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January, 2012 Volume 8 No.1

North Grenville Community Newsletter

A Month ly Pub li ca tion

As we begin a new year it is time to refl ect on some of the accomplishments of the North Grenville Accessible Transpor-tation (affectionately known as NGAT) from its beginning to the present.

In 1999 a group of con-cerned North Grenville citi-zens realized that there was no public transportation and never would be for the wheelchair bound citizens of the commu-nity. Their mission was, and still is, to provide accessible and affordable transportation to those persons whose needs cannot be accommodated by conventional vehicles. So, application was made to the Ontario Trillium Foundation to purchase a vehicle with acces-sibility equipment. The wish was granted and a suitable van became the fi rst vehicle NGAT used to give affordable accessible transportation to the mobility impaired.

Over the years, fi nancial help from service clubs, busi-nesses and private individuals have made it possible for a dedicated board of directors to carry on with this dream.

The service provides afford-able, accessible transportation to seniors, youth and veterans who require transportation to doc-tors’ appointments, to church, to sports and cultural events, for banking, for shopping and for transportation to and from hospitals both local and further away. This service means that individuals who previously had to depend on family members, caregivers, ambulance services etc. have been able to participate more fully in our community.

Each year since its inception, NGAT has seen the services and demands grow from a few rides a month to nearly 250 per month. Thanks again to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, NGAT now has two vehicles on the road every day, the latest being a four wheelchair bus that came into service in October 2010.

Like all enterprises NGAT has had some fi nancial crises. However, the Municipality of North Grenville and United Way have provided some relief with partial sustainable an-nual funding. The rest of our

NORTH GRENVILLE ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION SAYS

THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY

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The Search for Fair Treatment Goes On

Every parent knows the situation: one of your children is ill and needs to stay home. Both you and your spouse need to be at work, so one of you has to give up a sick day, or a vacation day, and remain at home.

Natural and understandable. But what if the child gets worse? What if you have to stay home for a few days, or more? What if the child ends up in hospital and is diagnosed with a possibly fatal illness?

North Grenville resident Sharon Ruth’s fi ght for compassionate leave program

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The opinions expressed in this Newsletter are those of the writ-ers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the North Grenville Community Newsletter.

Editor: Marguerite Boyer

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Deadline for submission for the next issue is

January 20, 2012

Publisher’s NoteSubmissions (articles,

news items, etc.) may be edited for length, clarity, and style (basic elements

of grammar).

Letters to the Editor are always welcome!

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Lessons Learned

It is sometimes hard to take a long view of things. We can be so preoccupied with the prob-lems and challenges of today, that we fail to see the value of pushing through and waiting for the fruits of our struggles. So whenever we get to actually see the results of those hard years, it is encouraging and inspires us to press ahead today. I’m thinking of the Ferguson Forest Centre and the last mortgage payment they made at the end of December. The statistics show clearly how the struggles and challenges of the past have been turned around by hard work and dedication on the part of staff and the Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre. It is a thriving operation, a local employer and a place that provides facilities for the community. Walkers, bikers, gardeners, people and animals getting exercise in the open air, all benefiting from the FFC. It is a unique asset: how many towns in the country have such a green space within their boundaries?

It is hard now to remember

how many obstacles were put in the way of that success. How much opposition came from earlier Councils, eager to close the FFC and sell off the land for commercial and residential devel-opment. Do you remember when we were told that if we wanted to walk in a green space, we could always go to Limerick Forest? Terry Butler could tell you all about it: he fought long and hard against colleagues on Council to get a long-term lease for the FFC back in 2004 and 2005. Although it was a later Council that finally signed the deed, it was Terry Butler and Ken Finnerty who provided the energy and support for the lease over many years, and it is right that the public in North Grenville remember that.

The FFC story is one of the triumph of vision over shortsight-edness. It is, alas, one we value in part because such victories are not as common as they should be. Concern over bottom-line poli-cies has too often overcome long-term planning. People are still in shock that this Council would ac-

tually sell a unique heritage jewel like the Acton’s Corners School. (And, no, I will not stop going on about that. People who do the wrong thing need to reminded of what they have done).

The FFC example should re-ally inspire us all to take another look at the way our community is growing. It may not be green, but it is growing and we need to assure that such growth is sustainable and responsible. To make sure of that, it is vital that not just the economic develop-ment of North Grenville be at the forefront of planning initiatives. On strictly economic criteria, the FFC might not have got its 25-year lease. What is required is what this Council have prom-ised, but have not yet delivered: a renewed Strategic Plan. This should involve consultations with the wider community, as the original Plan did. Our first Strategic Plan was a wonder-ful product of widespread input from individuals, community groups, social service groups, and business. It only failed when the Implementation Committee became ineffective. Implement-ing a new plan will require more than brochures claiming progress that has not happened: it requires on-going, long-term vision and dedication like that shown by the FFC and people like Terry Butler.

Don’t let personal animosities or political ambition stand in the way. North Grenville’s future stretches well beyond the next election. We need to see things happen now. How many times does it need to be said: this is a community of people waiting and eager to be involved in plan-ning the future. Without them, we would not have an enlarged hospital, or a new Library, or a new High School, etc. At the start of this new year, the future looks very bright for North Grenville. Don’t let’s stand in its way.

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operating funds comes from ridership fares, advertising on the buses, and gifts, donations and memorials form service clubs, businesses and private individuals. This past year NGAT had a very successful membership drive. Thanks to all who took out a membership.Public support is necessary to keep this transportation affordable for everyone. To make a donation or to fi nd out more about us, please contact Brenda Dillabough at (613) 258-7177. Pre-booked drives can be scheduled for anytime between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. seven days a week including all holidays. Unscheduled drives are subject to availability of an accessible vehicle and driver. For more information about fees or to arrange a ride, please call (613) 258-6600.

The NGAT Board of Di-rectors wish to thank all those wonderful people of North Grenville for their continued interest and concern for those people who require NGAT’s transportation services, and especially to those individuals and groups who give their time and talents as well as fi nancial contributions to keep the buses running.

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Now the fear and heartache take over from the everyday hassle of get-ting time off. But the fact is that you need that income. It may be ok if the child is in Kemptville hospital, but what if they have to go to Ottawa, or even Toronto, for treatment? There is simply no way you would let them be alone, one of you has to be there with them as much as humanly possible. Now you are running out of paid leave from your job. The employer is understanding, but how long can that last? Your family is going to need that income amid all the extra expenses. Your other children need you too, and are deeply affected by what’s happening.

Although the money should be the last thing on your mind, it is a constant, nagging and traumatic concern, always there, adding im-measurably to the stress and strains of your unexpectedly upturned life. When you were expecting your child, the Government and employer gave you maternity or paternity leave. There was an understanding that you needed time off to care for the expected child, that it was right and proper not to penalise you financially for meeting that responsibility. Now,

as your child is in danger, you look to the same source for help. Surely there is some support available to you in this dire crisis?

There is...sort of. A Government of Canada program, the Compassion-ate Leave program, funded through Employment Insurance, allows you six weeks paid leave to be with your child. But the conditions are horrific. If, for example, your child is battling cancer, fighting for their life and hanging on to hope through the challenges of cancer treatments, your doctor has to sign a form for the Government stating that your child is likely to die within six months. Otherwise, you don’t qualify for the “Compassionate” leave. It sounds incredible and unbelievably cruel that parents are expected to produce such a form for just six weeks pay, but that is the reality of life in Canada for parents of seriously ill children. How would you feel about that?

Sharon and Danny Ruth dis-covered this the hard way in 2003 when their daughter, Colleen, aged 6, was diagnosed with cancer. Faced with all the fear and disruption this caused their entire family, the Ruths were shocked to find so many families were in the same situation. As time passed, Sharon began to campaign for some humane treatment

for families in her situation and the work continues to this day. Why has it taken so long?

“A petition asking for an exten-sion of benefits to at least 26 weeks was presented on Parliament Hill in May 2004. Over the next several years the Political Instability in the Federal Government prevented any progress on this issue, even though it was widely felt that changes needed to be made, and in particular for chil-dren with cancer. In 2005 an Analysis and Evaluation of the Compassionate Care Benefit was released. It was published by the Health Council of Canada. It clearly states that there was not enough public awareness of the Compassionate leave benefit, and makes recommendations for change. Helping families of children with cancer was one of them. It was never acted upon.”

Sharon has worked with local M.P. Gord Brown, Senator Sharon Carstairs and others to have Private Members Bills introduced into Parlia-ment to change the system, seeking 26 weeks leave instead of just 6, for example. But the constant series of elections frustrated all these attempts at change. Yet changes can be made very quickly indeed, when the Gov-ernment feels the need. In 2006, an Order in Council was passed expand-

ing the definition of “family member” and who could access the program, because of a law case brought by a man in Winnipeg who wanted to care for his brother. Changes to the length of leave covered by the program, for example, could just as easily be introduced.

In 2008 Sharon wrote a book telling her family’s story, The Guin-ea Kid, and the book has been read by many legislators and people throughout the country. Sharon had already lost her parents and her sister to cancer, so she knew what she was talking about, and she told her story well. The one bright spot, and a brilliantly bright one it is, is that Colleen is in full remission from her cancer and doing exceptionally well at her studies and in life. But the Ruths have not forgotten all the other families who are, or who will be in their position. Sharon has been working with Candlelighters Canada, the National Childhood Cancer foundation, and in 2011 gave testimony to a special Parlia-mentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care. This Committee published their Report in November, 2011 and Sharon’s testimony and book were referred to in reaching their conclusions on the issue of Compassionate Care:

We recommend that the federal government expand the provisions of the E.I. based compassionate care benefit to a minimum of 26 weeks coverage. We further recommend that the benefit be given flexibility to allow partial weeks to be covered, allowing caregiver leave for episodic care giving needs i.e. 5 or 6 days a month to allow a parent to stay in hospital with a child as they undergo chemotherapy. We recommend that the qualifying criteria be changed from “significant risk of death” to “gravely ill” so as to allow the hope of caregivers to be kept alive when applying for the caregiver benefit. Finally the government should look at raising the maximum payment cap to a higher amount, more in line with the costs of living and care giving. The impact this provision would have if it were implemented by the current Government is immense. As Sharon says: “Think of all the families from

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2005 to the present that could have been helped if someone had not buried the 2005 report and our Government had been more stable. I hope that with this ma-jority Government, there will be a quick vote and changes made like in 2006.”

This is not an issue that involves politics. It is a family issue, one that could affect any family in Canada at any time. Sharon points out the relative significance of the Compas-sionate Leave program: “Our Government has moved to all-day kindergarten. We now want 2yr olds to go to school so both parents can work. There is no employment protection for the working parent if their child becomes gravely ill and has to be out of school and daycare to get better and save their lives. How many families do you know with children who could

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Nor does the expansion to the program Sharon is looking for involve large government expenditures. Childhood can-cer makes up just 1% of all cancers, so implementing this would not have a big impact on the EI fund. No new pro-gram is required, either; the EI fund is there and parents have already paid their dues as they worked. They are only asking to be allowed draw on the fund now that their need is there, asking for money they themselves have already con-tributed. It seems a no-brainer: so why is it taking so long? To fi nd out how you can help bring about change, or to get a copy of The Guinea Kid, contact Sharon at [email protected].

D. Shanahan


In the world of our adult development, there are times when some person or situation stirs us toward some sort of change or movement in our lives. These situations can arise in us like a lightning bolt, as in an unexpected illness in ourselves or a loved one, a relationship or job loss. More often this stirring in us comes from lingering or gnawing questions that we have been carrying for a period of time. Are my present relation-ships helping me or holding me back? What would make my relationships more fulfilling? Are my gifts and strengths able to be actualized in my present employ-ment? If so, what are my specific contributions? If not, what work do I imagine myself doing? Are there aspects of my life that I am not living in truth with others or with myself? What can I do,

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Letter to the EditorWe have many wonderful

human service organizations in North Grenville that you may or may not know about until you need them. On December 17, my husband passed away at home according to his wishes. He was able to stay at home because of the support from a network of health care professionals, staff and volunteers from the CCAC, Elizabeth Bruyere Pal-liative Care (Pain and Symptom Management), Bayshore Home Heath, Canadian Red Cross, On-tario ALS Society (Champlain Region), Kemptville District Health Unit, and the Beth Dono-van Hospice.

Many thanks to Dr. Lewin and the staff at the Kemptville District Health Unit, and to Dr. Rice and her team at Elizabeth Bruyere Pain and Symptom Management Team. They were always available to listen and advise us in a compassionate, professional and reassuring manner. I wish to also thank the nursing staff at Bayshore Home Health (especially Kerry and An-gela) for their attentiveness and good humour, and the Red Cross - notably Kim, my husband’s trusted support worker. The road to get consistent care was fi lled with bumps and challenges, and there is much to be improved in our health system, but in the end it worked.

I also want to acknowledge the staff and volunteers of the Beth Donovan Hospice. I never knew what hospice was all about until they came forward and of-fered equipment and support. My husband enjoyed the weekly visits from our volunteer who read the newspaper, discussed current events and offered him a vital connection with the outside world.

Behind all of this were the people at the CCAC and the ALS Society Ontario – Champlain Region. Without their assistance we could not have accomplished Don’s wish to remain at home and die with dignity. In a session with fi rst year medical students, my husband said that he was not afraid of dying, but he was afraid of living with ALS. You made that somewhat easier.

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C’est avec grande joie que je remercie Mme Sue Higgins, PDG de la bibliothèque publique de North Grenville, et son équipe de la part des francophones et fran-cophiles de la région. On nous avait annoncé au printemps que des fonds avaient été reçus pour des livres en français. Eh bien, ils sont arrivés et sont en circulation. Mes enfants sont ravis d’avoir de si beaux livres en français, non seulement des traductions mais aussi des œuvres d’auteurs francophones. Les adolescents n’ont pas seulement un beau sa-lon à l’entrée de la bibliothèque mais ils ont maintenant des livres adaptés pour eux en français, dont les séries populaires de « Hunger Games » et La grande quête de Jacob Jobin. Quelle belle surprise pour les adultes d’apprendre que eux aussi ont accès à des romans en français! Plusieurs d’entre vous le savez déjà puisque le personnel de la bibliothèque a du mal à garder les livres sur les étagères. Il y a des livres pour tous les goûts et tous les âges. Milles mercis!

Pour les parents qui ne se sentent pas à l’aise de lire à leurs enfants en français, vous pouvez toujours visiter le site web de la bibliothèque, www.ngpl.ca, et choisir sur la page « kids’ corner » la rubrique « Tumble-Books ». De là, vous pouvez changer la langue au français ou à l’espagnol. Vos enfants auront le plaisir de visualiser des livres animés et d’entendre la langue choisie. Les ordinateurs d’enfants à la bibliothèque ont aussi des jeux en français. Il suffi t de choisir le drapeau de la France au lieu du drapeau américain.

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Many people fi nd the holidays and the depths of winter a diffi cult time to manage psychologically and emotionally. Whether your “black cloud” is caused by a diagnosed disorder, by SAD (Seasonal Affec-tive Disorder), or simply the feeling of being trapped indoors too much, December, January & February can be tough months for a lot of folks.

One of the best ways to alleviate stress and to cope with depression is to exercise. Increasingly, there is evidence from researchers that certain levels of physical activity can positively affect mental health. As the Executive Director of a mental health program that provides exercise options to persons suffering from mental illness, I can attest to seeing these benefi ts almost daily. But my personal experience aside, published data shows that people with higher levels of fitness are capable of managing stress more ef-fectively than those who are less fi t. It appears that cardiovascular exer-cise is the method that most benefi ts stress reduction. The research shows that moderate intensity aerobic exercise performed 3 times a week (sessions lasting more than 20 minutes) for up to 12 weeks has the most infl uence on stress manage-ment. The antidepressant action is

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With increasing levels of obesity matched with the day-to-day stress-ors we experience due to a variety of factors caused by our fast paced lifestyle, exercise becomes more and more important in maintaining both a healthy body and a healthy mind.

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Our Artist/Biologist team Aleta Karstad and Fred Schueler are at it again! Their autumn project in the South Nation watershed was so successful that they can't stop! Now it's winter, and they'll be painting and exploring in the snow, in the woods.

Aleta posts her outdoors paint-ings on her blog at www.aleta-karstad.com, along with her journals. Her words describe the experience of being immersed in nature to create her art, further informed by the dis-coveries that her biologist husband Dr Frederick W. Schueler makes all the while she's painting. At winter's end the pair will publish a full colour book of Aleta's paintings and their combined nature writing, in the "Landscape Art & Science" series. See www.lulu.com/spotlight/karstad for a list of publications from the couple's new "Library of One Thing And Another"

This winter Aleta and Fred will visit private and public forests, intro-

duced by the owners to favourite trees and enchanting corners, and sharing their own way of looking at nature to blend with what they can learn of lo-cal history from those who love their woods. Meanwhile, Aleta's out in the snow, where she's happiest painting.

The Landscape Art & Science team, informed by their studies in forests over the course of four de-cades, provides custom packages of information for their woodlot hosts - discoveries made onsite this winter, as well as the ecology of woodlots in their area, including spring-fl owering herbs, snails and slugs, salamanders, and the complex and fascinating life of forest ponds and vernal pools.

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For the past two years a group of artists, at different levels from beginners to advance have been meeting an evening a week to paint, share techniques, learn from each other, and orga-nise art shows.

Our workshops will now be moving to Maplewood Com-munity Centre in Oxford Millls. We meet every Tuesday evening

from 7 pm to 9 pm. The cost is determined by how many people show up on a given night. (This helps pay the rent charged by the Community Association. )

The workshops are run by Marguerite Boyer, founder of Go Figure and Gallery Six. and now volunteer artist at Bayfi eld Manor.

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The Christmas holidays are a busy time for most of us, so it is with gratitude that I thank the many families and friends who came out on Christmas Eve to sing carols to our seniors at Bayfi eld Nursing Home. I would also like to thank Bruce Enloe, Doug Hendry and David Shanahan for bringing along their musical instruments to help us along.

I was asked again this year to see if I could muster up some people on Christmas Eve, and it was not until the evening in question that I knew just how many would arrive. Knowing full well that many of us have commitments on that evening,

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For decades, one of the ma-jor industries in North Grenville was the making and marketing of cheese. That may seem like a minor event, but cheese making was one of the three staple ex-ports of Canada in the late nine-teenth century, after timber and wood products. Between 1870 and 1940, Canada exported an average of 96 million pounds of cheese to Britain every year. In 1895, there were more than 1,200 cheese factories in the

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville alone. This was clearly not a minor industry.

Individual farmers had al-ways made cheese for family consumption. But there had not been a sufficient market for large-scale manufacturing until after the American Civil War. In fact, by the end of that conflict, more than 27,000 pounds of cheese were imported from the United States. But in 1865, a free trade agreement between Canada and

the US ended, and higher tariffs meant that American cheese was no longer affordable in the Cana-dian market.

Ironically, it was American entrepreneurs who started the Ca-nadian cheese factory project in the 1860's. They introduced what was known as “the American system”, a co-operative arrange-ment whereby a number of local farmers would invest in setting up a separate building in which to manufacture cheese. They sup-

plied the milk, paid a cheese mak-er to actually operate the factory, and divided the revenues from the sale of the cheese produced. During the nineteenth century, the cheese maker made about 2 cents per pound fro cheese, which the investors sold for about 8 cents a pound. A very profitable business for all concerned.

But the first cheese factory in North Grenville was not a co-operative. William Kidd and his son, Edward, established a factory on part of Village Lot number 1 in the first range of village lots in Burritt’s Rapids, now East Street, in 1868. Ed-ward became a major power in the cheese business throughout the region, eventually owning at least seven cheese factories in the surrounding townships. The fac-tory in Burritt’s Rapids survived until the 1940's, when it burned down - the lot of many of these institutions over the years.

Edward Kidd was one of a number of North Grenville men who set up factories outside the American system: they were single owners, the sole investors in factories, responsible for the machinery, production and mar-keting of their cheese, and reap-ing all of the rewards. Claudius Ferguson, of Oxford Township, bought the Burritt’s Rapids fac-tory and several others around the region during the two decades after 1900. He, Freeman Brown, Orlando Bush and other business-men resident in Oxford Township were also major players in the

Cheese Factories in North Grenville


BackgroundWhy did we decide to form a

Friends group? The CEO of the li-brary, Sue Higgins, expressed interest in such a group and a Library Board trustee, Dr. Patrick Babin, decided to investigate “friends of the library” with the ultimate objective of form-ing a local group. He discovered a plethora of helpful information from FOCAL and from its United States counterpart. It soon became evident that these guidelines were just that; one had to adapt these criteria to local conditions. This became a real incentive for the formation of a local Friends group because of a strong desire among a sizable segment of the citizenry determined that a new cen-tralized library should be given top priority. From Day One, that seem-ingly remote objective influenced decision-making among a nucleus of bibliophiles who were determined that a Friends group was feasible.

Babin, on May 1, 2002, “re-cruited” five individuals who were avid users of the four branches of the local library system. His chal-lenge was to sell them on the idea! He decided to contact a Friends of the Library group currently func-tioning in a nearby community and one which was definitely pro-active. He and his recruits visited Louise Burchell, Chair of the Friends of the Edwardsburgh Public Library, in Spencerville. That give-and-take session brought us one step closer to the formation of the Friends of the North Grenville Public Library.

The Library Board and the Li-brary CEO were provided with periodic progress reports on the deliberations of the emergent Friends group. The lines of communications and responsibility were clearly de-lineated at the outset. The Library Board was responsible for policy making; Friends’ role would be to focus on its mandate as an advocacy group responsible for the promotion of cultural and educational programs for the Library through fundraising endeavours along with the advance-ment of literacy.

Friends of the North Grenville Public Library

What We Have LearnedA key to our success has been the

recruitment of exemplary Executive Committee members who are willing to become involved in our many ac-tivities, including monthly meetings and major projects.

Another plus has been the support of a vibrant membership base which currently numbers 116. Fifty-one of that total are family memberships, twenty-nine are life members, and eleven are honourary life members.

The importance of partnerships cannot be stressed enough. Com-munity Living North Grenville has become a lifeline along with the Ferguson Forest Centre.

Clear and two-way lines of communication among the Library CEO, the Library Board, and the Friends of the Library are essential. We have constantly strived to keep these various conduits open.

“Say thank you often and in as many ways as possible.” Three of our Executive Committee members are examplars in this area; they have set an excellent example for all of us. We have probably sent more thank-you notes/letters than any other group in our municipality.

Having the Library CEO, Sue Higgins, on board as an ex-officio member of our Executive has pro-vided ample dividends. We could not have done it without Sue, especially during our formative years. Invalu-able liaison is provided by CEO Higgins.

What Is Next?Now that we have a new library,

there is available space for expanded adult/senior programming. Collab-orative planning with Library Board and Library Staff.

Succession planning must be given a higher priority.

Standardizing membership pro-cedures now that we have a Member-ship Chair, Ivan Russell.

Implementing a volunteer policy through our Volunteer Chair, Bill McElrea.

Submitted by Friends of the Library

Bookmark Contestcheese industry in the twentieth century. But the biggest of them all was James A. Sanderson of Oxford Station.

Sanderson started his career as the manager of the Patter-son’s Corners Factory. When the Kemptville Cheese Board was established in 1900, it provided a forum for selling the cheese made at twenty-six factories through-out eastern Ontario. Each week, cheese manufactured at these fac-tories was auctioned off to buyers representing various companies, most of them from Britain, who then exported the cheese. Up to 95% of this cheese was sent to the British market in the first half of the twentieth century. Sanderson served as President of the Kemptville Cheese Board, then as cheese buyer for Lovell & Christmas of Montreal. In 1930, he opened the first rural cold stor-age facility in Eastern Ontario. This facility grew over the years to have a capacity of 20,000 boxes of cheese. He was Reeve of Oxford for over 30 years, and one of biggest exporters of cheese to Britain.

In Bishops Mills, the cheese factory was destroyed in an explosion in 1924, killing three people. In 1946, the roof of the cheese factory in Oxford Mills, built by Murdock Gair in the early 1880's, collapsed from the weight of snow. In both cases, it marked the end of the cheese factories in those hamlets.

William Eager owned built and operated a cheese factory near Acton’s Corners in 1886. He also owned the factory in Heckston, as well as others around Edwardsburg and South Mountain. He sold the Acton’s Corners factory in 1893 to the farmers, after the American sys-tem model, and it was run by the investors until 1948. In 1933, the factory burned down, but was rebuilt and modernised. It was always known locally as Scott’s Factory. North Grenville also

supplied a revolutionary machine used in cheese factories all over Canada. Ormand Bernard, of Ox-ford Mills, invented the Branrad Mill, a curd cutting machine oper-ated by steam. In 1933, the Scott Factory bought a Bernard Mill for the extravagant sum of $20!

The cheese factories gave em-ployment to many in North Gren-ville, both directly through the farms and factories themselves, and also in ancillary industries. Men were employed to cart the milk to the factories, and then take the cheese to the railway stations. Others were employed in factories making boxes in which to store and transport the cheeses. Some of these factories had been saw mills in previous years, and would have been closed down without the cheese box market. Cheeses weighed around 90 pounds each, and in an average week, there might be more than 2,500 cheeses sold through the Kemptville Cheese Board.

But the industry gradually diminished in importance be-tween the two World Wars for a number of reasons. After 1918, competition arose from manu-facturers in New Zealand, who produced a milder cheese and this appealed to the British mar-ket more than the aged Canadian cheddar. Although refrigeration had revolutionised the industry to Sanderson’s benefit, it also allowed cheese from the most distant parts of the world to be marketed in the main markets. Another problem for the indus-try was the decreasing supply of milk available for cheese making. More people were living in urban areas , away from farms. Their demand for fresh milk, butter and cream drew off much of the sup-ply of milk previously arriving at the cheese factories.

In 1944, there were only 16 cheese factories left in all of Grenville County. Twenty years later, there were none.

Dr. David Shanahan

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Friends of the North Grenville Public Library

News Briefs The tenth Literary Follies is

scheduled for Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Leslie Hall, Kemptville. Program chair is George Buys, Friends of the Library.

Newest recipients of the Star

Boys and girls, between the ages of five and fifteen, and who reside in the Municipality of North Grenville, are encouraged to participate in a Bookmark Contest sponsored by the Friends of the North Grenville Public Library.

The challenge is to create a bookmark which will focus on the new library as a very special place and/or your love of books.

All submissions must be 2 1/2 inches by 8 inches.

Gather your paint, crayons, markers, and any other media that suits your fancy---whatever you need to design the greatest bookmark ever!

Three prizes will be awarded in each of two categories:

Category One: Ages 5 to 9;Category Two: Ages 10 to 15.

Winners will be announced during Canada Book Week in April 2012.

Certificates along with book gift cards will be awarded.

To enter your work:Provide the following informa-

tion on a separate piece of paper: printed name, full home address, telephone, e-mail address (optional), grade level, and AGE.

ONE SUBMISSION PER PER-SON.

Do not print your name on the front of your bookmark; it should be on the reverse side.

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of the Library Award, presented by the Friends of the North Grenville Public Library, are Dr. John Evans and Brenda and Chris Reinkeluers. Presentation was made on December 27 at the Children's Holiday Concert, Municipal Theatre.

Plans are in the works to sponsor a kite making and kite flying contest during the Dan-delion Festival. Idea will be discussed at the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Friends of the Library, scheduled for January 30 at the Norenberg Building.

January is membership month for the Friends of the Library.

mation sheet, should be placed in a sealed envelope with your age indicated on the front of the envelope.

Entries must be submitted at the

local library no later than March 31, 2012. The decisions of the judges will be final.

Winning bookmarks will be printed in colour and distributed in the library.

Judges will be looking for origi-nality, appeal, and how well your bookmark captures your relationship to your library, to books, and to the joy of reading.


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North Grenville Community Newsletter A Month ly Pub li ca tion

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Print Design we have created a new web site for the Newsletter. This web site will feature not only the online monthly newsletter (for those who don’t get it delivered) but will also feature new items.

There will be a video section, enabling groups to post their fi lmed events. There will be an option to subscribe to the online newsletter and receive weekly updates on events happening around the area. Since

The Newsletter fi rst appeared in 2005, and continues to be the only locally-owned and operated publication in North Grenville and has grown rapidly and energeti-cally since its inception.

The Newsletter is published in print format each month and distributed throughout North Gren-ville, reaching more than 4500 readers. We provide news and information on the Arts in the area, review books, spotlight local musi-

we are only a monthly publication this enables us to send out reminders and also post events that might have missed our deadline.

To send in articles or videos please contact:[email protected]

If you are looking to place an ad, contact Pam Owen at [email protected]

cians, artists and crafters, as well as informing the community on matters political, social and cultural.

A major element in the Newslet-ter’s philosophy is the encourage-ment of social organisations in North Grenville. The Newsletter itself was started and run by volunteers and remains dependent on voluntary contributions from writers, reviewers and is committed to promoting com-munity activism and participation in all forms.

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The NGHS will hold its An-nual General Meeting on Wednesday, January 11, beginning at 7.30 p.m. The venue will be the Court Room at 15 Water Street in Kemptville, and it should be a busy evening. Elec-tions wil be held to fill a number of positions on the Executive, including President, Vice-President, Secretary and Archivist. Anyone wishing to put their name forward for any of these positions should contact Dr. David Shanahan by e-mail at [email protected] before January 11, or by phone at 613-258-5083.

The future direction of the Society and the Archives will be discussed, and a series of proposals will be prepared as a starting point for the discussion. These, along with the President’s and Treasurer’s reports should be sent to members via e-mail before the meet-ing. This will be a very important meeting in determining the future of the NGHS and NG Archives, and we would encourage all members to attend, as well as any member of the public who wishes to join the Society and help direct the course of our continuing growth and community involvement.

Our new book: North Grenville: Glimpses of the Past, is now avail-able and selling very well indeed. We hope to have it on sale in a number of locations in the near future. For now, it can found at the Chamber of Commerce office on Clothier Street

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in Kemptville, and by contacting the NGHS at the e-mail or phone number already provided above. The book is hard-copy, colour, 140 pages, large format publication and contains hundreds of photographs of North Grenville, past and pres-ent, compiled from our archival collection. The NGHS is very grateful indeed to all our sponsors who made the book possible.

North Grenville Historical SocietyAnnual General Meeting


BMWI News January 2012

Women’s Institute Auction a Success!

The 2011 Christmas Fundrais-ing Auction is another feather in the cap of the accomplishments of the Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute. Over $700 was raised through the efforts of the 46 women in attendance. Auction-eers Jane and Vicki Graham kept the group laughing and the gen-erosity flowing. Members of the BMWI, as well as members from Maitland and Roebuck branches, neighbours, friends and guests filled the Bishop’s Mills Com-munity Hall for the annual event.

The proceeds of this Decem-ber 1st event will be distributed between the Beth Donovan Hos-pice and the House of Lazarus. The Bishop’s Mills branch of the WI has been hosting a fundrais-ing auction annually for over 25 years. This tradition brings people together to celebrate the season of giving, have an evening of fun and raise money at the same time. Many thanks to our auctioneers for their efforts and energy.

The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute has been involved in the community since 1985, includ-ing documenting the history of the village and encouraging positive change. The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute holds monthly meetings and welcomes new members interested in meet-ing their neighbours and getting involved in their community.

The next meeting is Thursday January 12th. If you are interested in finding out more about WI, see the Provincial organization’s website: www.fwio.on.ca . For information about attending local meetings, please contact President Sheryl McKim 613-926-2472 or Jeanne Lambert at [email protected] .

Submitted by Jeanne LambertPRO Bishop ‘s Mills Women’s Institute

Dear editor,Over the past year we, as a

community, have seen new sub-divisions, new businesses, and new faces. Maybe NOW is the time to suggest and put forth the idea of a NEW indoor pool! We have plenty of potential users; our schools, seniors groups, Commu-nity Living (who currently have to travel into Ottawa each week) as well as many individuals in our community.

When the new Municipal Centre was first proposed, the indoor pool concept was scrapped as being not cost effective. With our community growing as it is, an indoor pool would be an asset and a very well utilised one, I believe!

There is only one other type of business that I (and many others would love to see in North Gren-

ville...is a Chicken Franchise. Maybe a Scores, or a St Hubert, or even a Swiss Chalet? We have fast food outlets, specialty foods and family restaurants why not a Chicken place? It would fit into the eating out spectrum nicely!

Here’s hoping to see you at the indoor pool or maybe at the new Chicken place!

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We often have misconceptions about people from their outward ap-pearance. The muscle bound gym hound with Neanderthal tendencies is one such stereotype. But this is far from the truth for Craig Pollard, North Grenville’s very own Per-sonal Fitness Trainer. Don’t get me wrong, he’s certainly in good shape, no doubt about that. But he’s also a well-balanced soul with a keen mind who can see beyond himself and wants to help people take control of their lives.

Having had a successful career in the high tech industry, flying around the world working on global satellite data services, Craig decided to go back to his fi tness roots. He studied at the Sports Performance Institute (SPI), became certifi ed as a Personal Fitness Trainer, established a private training facility and started his business of A Fitter Me just south of Kemptville.

Offering a free consultation, Craig will sit down with you to dis-cuss your goals in order to design a program that is specifi cally for you, whether it’s to lose weight and tone or to achieve the next level in your competitive sport. Once you start your program he’s part of your well-ness team, encouraging, motivating

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Always wanting to learn more for the benefi t of his clients and to achieve global training standards, Craig continues to study avidly with the International Sports Sciences As-sociation. He says, “Fitness is more than just moving dumbbells. If given the knowledge, people can succeed.”

Having been ranked 8th in Can-ada at the Canadian Olympic Trials in men’s lightweight rowing, Craig knows how to succeed in the sports arena. And with a lifetime of par-ticipating, coaching, counselling and program development in a variety of sports including squash, soccer, baseball, swimming, football, rugby and rowing, he knows how to moti-vate you and personalize your fi tness routine to meet and even exceed your goals.

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North Grenville Business Build-ers is a business and professional networking group intended to help local businesses succeed.

We increase your exposure to other local businesses and assist you by signifi cantly increasing the growth of your business through relation-ships and partnerships.

What you can expect from your membership:

Increased businessOn average a good percentage of

new business is gained through word of mouth and positive recommenda-tions. As you develop your contacts and build up positive relationships with people you will fi nd that you will naturally gain business and sales leads as people recommend your ser-vices. People like to pass business to those they know, like and trust. But this will only happen if you maintain a network of contacts through regular meeting attendance.

Raising your profi leBy expanding your contacts you

are raising your profi le â€“ people know you exist, know what you do and you are more likely to be thought of if your products or services are required.

Uncover new opportunitiesYou never know when a contact

will be useful and will present you with new opportunities. If we restrict ourselves to a narrow network of contacts we are living inside the box. As soon as we get to know others and become open minded to their ideas we suddenly go outside the box and open ourselves up to new possibili-ties, perhaps a new approach to doing something or even a new business venture which we may never other-wise have thought of.

The Benefi ts of Business Networking

I suppose most people know that the word “Gospel” means Good News (from the Old English word Godspell). It’s a word that’s heard a lot in churches and musical circles, and is properly associated with absolute truth: “gospel truth”, “it’s gospel”. But how many know what the good news actually is? Yes, it’s about salvation and forgiveness and other religious things like that. But at its heart, it’s about love, a different way to live, peace and fulfi llment in this world, and hope for what comes after. This is the point: it is not pie in the sky, it is not in the least bit vague or churchy. The good news is that God loves you. More than that: God loves you as you are, knowing all about you and seeing into the very depths of your soul, to places you know nothing about.

We know only too well that people are looking for something more than they have. Something that things and money don’t bring. I’m not saying that things and money don’t make you happy, at least for a while. Of course, its much easier to live with money than without it. But the fear of going without is something that ruins so many of the joys we have. We save up for “rainy days”, for our old age, for security. Why? Because we’re afraid we don’t have enough. Trouble is, we don’t know what enough is, so we can never be secure in our minds, no matter what our situation. The Good News is that we don’t have to worry. It is not a guarantee of wealth or happiness, no matter what some evangelists might sell you. Rather it is the knowledge that God Almighty, maker of all that is or ever will be, has promised to care for you. That, as Paul said, all

things work together for the good of those who love God. Does this still sound simplistic, naive, completely ridiculous? Then you don’t know the Good News yet where it matters. You are not convinced that God is, or that is true, or that he loves.

That’s fi ne: there are so many valid questions to ask, so many things that need to be explained. The truth is that, if something is true, then you can ask any question you like, and there will be a valid answer. God asks you to ask him, not to be shy, not to just accept someone else’s word for it. Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall fi nd; knock, and the door will be opened. That is a promise Jesus made. Call him on it. But one word of caution: make sure you mean it. Be sure you want to get an answer. Too many want to prove something to be untrue, so they simply will not accept a good answer to a good question. If God is real and true and there, then there are answers to every question. Start with the basics: lay a foundation. Then build, question by question, until you fi nd yourself on fi rm ground. Let’s deal with the real world here: why is there evil? Why do the good suffer and the bad prosper? Why does God allow disasters and disease and war? All good questions, and all ones he has answered and can answer for you. Are you willing to hear? It will take openness on your part, a willingness to be real about yourself too. But he said: “to everyone who asks, an an-swer will be given. To everyone who seeks, they will fi nd; to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened”. He said it: so, is he a liar, or is there a truth out there? David Shanahan

So What’s the Good News

Bread Pudding; Paladino style

2 1/4 cups milk2 beaten eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon cinnamon2 cups of day old bread---cut up1/2 cup of brown sugar1/2 cup of raisins Combine fi rst fi ve ingredients;

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on oven rack; pour in hot water in large pan to depth of 1 inch.

Bake at 350 degrees till knife inserted at center comes out clean. About 45 minutes.

Given to my sister, Rinette, by Patrick Paladino, Chef, Copley Plaza, Boston. He and his wife were her neighbors in Port Richey, Florida. His meals were to die for! Incidentally, Mrs. Paladino was an immense woman.

Get set, ready, GO!Contributed by P. Babin

Quite often the Salvation Army food bank gets depleted during the holidays. To ensure that the shelves be replenished at the beginning of the year, the parents who attended the Children’s Holiday Concert on December 27, 2011, donated non perishable food items for the benefit of Salvation Army. Two large hampers!!!Approximetly 125 children and parents attended the ninth concert sponsored by the

Friends of the North Grenville Public Library. The ER Quartet provided the entertainment.

Rent at the Municipal Theatre was paid by Crain and Schooley; refreshments were provided by Giant Tiger and Butler’s Victorian Pantry. Volunteer cookie bakers were Jean Kilfoyle, Joan Yeaton and Patsy Brooks.


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Managing Your MoneyCPP changes may impact your retirement planning strategies

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is changing in phases that began last year and end in 2016. These changes, and your personal circumstances, could mean that you should rethink when to begin receiving your CPP pension.

Retirement has many meanings these days and 65 is no longer the ‘magic’ retirement age. The CPP changes are intended to provide more fi nancial fl exibility depending on each individual’s chosen retirement path and to encourage Canadians to work longer before starting to draw a government pension. That’s why the changes provide greater incentives for those willing to work past the traditional retirement age and signifi cant reductions for those taking CPP benefi ts before age 65.

Generally, the new rules make it more attractive to delay receipt of your CPP benefi ts – but only if your health is good, your life expectancy above average, you have a reasonable income, and/or intend to continue working after 65. You should consider taking your CPP benefi ts earlier if your life expectancy is below average, you have an illness that doesn’t qualify for CPP disability, you have little or no other income, or you are permanently unemployed. There are other changes you should know about:

• The work cessation rule has been eliminated. Now, starting at age 60, you can continue working and still receive CPP benefi ts. Under the old rules, once you began collecting CPP benefi ts, you stopped contributing to the plan. Now, if you’re under 65, and working while receiving a CPP pension, you (and your employer) will have to continue making CPP contributions that will increase your CPP benefi ts beginning in 2013. If you are 65-70 and work while receiving CPP benefi ts, you have the choice of not making any more contributions or continuing to make them, resulting in an increase in your CPP benefi ts in 2013.

• The earnings drop-out provision has been changed. Under the old rules, if you retired at age 65, you could drop out seven of your lowest earning years from age 18 to 65 when you were eligible to contribute to CPP. Now, that drop-out period increases to 7.5 years in 2012 and 8 years in 2014.

If you’re approaching retirement, you have a lot of fi nancial decisions to make, including how to get the most out of the CPP changes for your situ-ation. Your professional advisor can help guide you down the right path to your best possible, and most fi nancially stable, retirement.

This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specifi c advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact Doug Scott at 613-723-7200 or email [email protected].

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MLS 808006 $549,000 Stylish new quality built bungalow. Open concept, 9ft ceilings, hardwood & ceramic floors throughout. Custom kitchen with granite countertops opens to patio doors into screened porch looking onto treed lot. Luxury ensuite bath in private master bdrm with his & hers walk-in closets. Spacious mudroom hosts laundry, sink & vanity. Mins from golf/schools/parks & Ot-tawa. HST/GST incuded, rebate to builder. Location on map is approx.

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MLS 811635 $445,000 FANTASTIC TREED set-ting for this stately Georgian style home.Main fl oor family has fl r to ceiling brick fp with gas insert,open to eat-in kit,sliding glass doors to great south facing 3-season sun rm.Handy main fl r laund/mud rm has access to garage.Note small wet bar.Formal liv/din boasts bay windows-sunshine fi lled,awsome sunsets!Lge foyer,open stairs/balconey to 2nd lev bedrms.Spac master,walk-in cc+4-pc ens.Bsmt insulated,airtight.

MLS 812942 $219,900 Meticulously maintained, with charm and character! This stately 5 bedroom 2-storey home boast large principle rooms. The original woodwork has been preserved and main-tained and remains in pristine condition. 10 Foot ceilings, a covered front porch, upper lvl deck, 2 staircases to second lvl,2-car tandem garage, metal roof, all newer vinyl windows, newer furnace, newer pressure tank. Love trains? Note-Train tracks run through property.

MLS 812441 $249,900 Sought after location. Brick Bungalow , num upgrades. Open concept liv/din, hwd fl rs,effi cient kitchenwith pantry, door ro screend porch & lower level, cer tile. 3 good sized bdrms, main bath boasts soaker tub, lower level fam rm has cozy gas fp, 4th bdrm, & 2 pc bath, hobby rm.Recently installed gas furnace. Walk tomost amenities, curling etc. This home will suit both young families and retirees.

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MLS 810655 $ $489,900 This GEM is the HEART of Kemptville! Fabulous stone building currently being operated as restaurant, featuring local artisans/musi-cians,3 second level offi ces fully rented.Building only for sale.Approx 1500 sq.ft. per fl oor, original tin ceilings,full basement,patio&more!Num upgrades.Restaurant owner will sign lease with new owner.Gorgeous River view,park,new library,shops,schools- within walking distance.Restaurant equipment excl.

MLS 811677 $ 169,900 Hobby Farm Potential! 25.03 tile drained acres, build your dream! Drive-way & culvert already installed. Located in area of newer homes, hobby farms etc. Great location - close to Kemptville's amenities, Hwy 416 - 30 mins to Ottawa, minutes to Rideau River, Provincial Park & much more!

MLS 811185 $100,000 Wanted: nature lover. A Large wooded lot with lots of road frontage. Yours to enjoy; hiking, snowshoeing, xcountry skiing, bird watching...

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