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ANDREW SNOOK
Just days after the Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears elimination from the CCHL Tier 1 playoffs, the organi-zation fi red Bill Bowker, its long-time head coach.
Bowker, a well-respected mem-ber of the hockey community, at both the professional and junior hockey levels, was shocked to hear the news.
“It was unexpected and pretty surprising,” he said.
“But it’s all part of it. I have a lot to be thankful to Chris (Cassell) and his mother Joan to coach at this level. I will be forever grateful for that.”
The long-time Carleton Place resident said he will have to re-evaluate his life at this point, before deciding on what to do next.
“I’m 62 years old. I had nothing left in my life other than that hock-ey team. I focused on that and the kids. I think that’s the biggest part of it. It was all-consuming for me. I was viewed on with respect by the hockey community. I guess it’s time to let the young lions roar,” said Bowker.
Bowker was hired by the hockey club in December 2004.
ANDREW SNOOK
Smiths Falls Mayor Dennis Staples and members of coun-cil will be seeing an increase in their remunerations in the near future.
At the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 21,
council approved an increase that will see the mayor’s an-nual remunerations increase $7,673 to a total of $30,363, and the councillors’ wages will in-crease by $3,766 to a total of $15,742.
Wayne Brown, the town’s chief administrative offi cer, said the raises would put town
councillors and the mayor on par with the average remu-nerations members of council in the surrounding area with similar populations.
Council voted 5 to 1 in favour of the increase. Staples was not in attendance for the vote.
Raises for SF mayor and councillors
See page 7
SEASON ENDSFOR SF
Photo by Andrew Snook
Ryan Polk and his two-year-old son, Nolan, watch construction crews clean up the wreckage that was once the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre. The former arena was slowly taken apart through-out the month of March before being demolished last week.
HOME AGAINA former Smiths Falls teach-
er returns to Lanark County after volunteering overseas for more than a decade. Read about her adventures. 8
HAIR-RAISINGTwo Merrickville sisters are
recognized by Barack Obama after fi nding a unique way to help clean up after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 16 See page 7
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INFORMATION SESSION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL – HOW IT AFFECTS THE FAMILYThursday March 24th, 2011 @7:00 p.m. Speaker: Erin Lee-Todd, Executive Director of Lanark County Interval House. Sponsored by the Municipal Substance Abuse Committee, Brunton Community Hall, Black’s Corners (Hwy. 15 & 9th Line). Light Refreshments – All are welcome.
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THE CANADIAN SAFETY COUNCIL BABYSITTERS COURSEHosted by the Beckwith Youth Committee. April 15th & 16th, 2011, Friday 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. & Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Brunton Community Hall, 1702 9th Line Beckwith. $40 Registration Fee, taught by Heather Legge. Bring Your Lunch, must be 12 years of age or older. To register or for further information please contact the Beckwith Recreation Department at 613-257-1539. Forms can be found on-line at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca under Recreation ~ Youth Committee
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GEOFF DAVIES
Sharon Swanson’s fi ngers must be ex-hausted.
As a member of the Lanark County Grannies, she has been furiously at work writing letters to federal politicians in support of Bill C-393, which, if passed, would make it easier for Canadian com-panies to sell generic drugs overseas.
With 308 members sitting in the House of Commons and 105 senators, those let-ters have been keeping her and the Gran-nies busy. Not that Swanson minds.
“You can stay and do it all day long,” she said.
“It’s seductive because we’re so close, we’re so close after all these years.”
The House of Commons passed the bill to amend Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime on March 9, which humanitar-ians say could have a dramatic impact on the struggle against HIV/AIDS.
The next step is for a second reading in the Senate, which could happen as early as March 21.
If approved there, it would be a major step towards cutting red-tape on a bill that, despite being on the books since 2004, has been used by only one company to send one shipment of HIV/AIDS drugs to another country.
The Lanark County Grannies is one of 240 groups who have been fi ghting for this bill for more than two years as part of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmoth-ers to Grandmothers Campaign.
Aside from countless phone calls, let-ters, emails, and many visits to MPs, the campaign has also involved a trip to Ot-tawa for Swanson and her colleagues.
She was part of a group of 10 local Grannies who went to Parliament Hill to watch the vote on March 9.
“There were over 85 Grandmothers in the gallery, it was packed on both sides,” said Swanson.
“And we had the most Grannies out
there of all, which is kind of nice, not that it makes any difference.”
That day the bill passed by a vote of 172-111. A private member’s bill originally sponsored by the NDP, it got a unanimous vote in favour from that party, as well as votes from a majority of Bloc MPs and some Conservatives. It received the sup-port of most Liberals, except for two MPs who voted against the bill and several who abstained.
“It was great to see 26 Conservatives vote in favour of the bill,” said Swanson.
“Brave souls.”Local MP Scott Reid did not support the
bill, Swanson noted, saying she found it disappointing, especially after the Gran-nies’ previous attempts to lobby him.
As part of this effort, on the morning of March 7, Swanson and fi ve other La-nark Grannies held a brief vigil outside of Reid’s offi ce to deliver a letter urging him to support the bill.
Their message: “Few people in life get the opportunity to vote for something that can save the lives of thousands.”
Both Conservative and Liberal mem-bers have panned the bill on the grounds that it may infringe upon intellectual property rights, and that it would not be as effective as it’s made out to be.
As for the senators, Swanson said the Grannies’ hope to appeal to them as fel-low grandparents.
“We’re hoping that the senators will have compassion for the grandmothers who are raising these sick children,” she said.
“Can you imagine lying in bed at night and hearing them cry from pain when you know that the pill exists somewhere else, but it’s too expensive for you? I can’t.”
She said there is concern a delay in the Senate could kill the bill if an elec-tion is called, but even if that happened it wouldn’t be the end of the road for its supporters.
“The Grannies aren’t giving up and were not going away yet.”
Lanark Granniesfi ght on for drug bill
If approved in Senate, bill could speed fl owof AIDS drugs overseas
Photo by Andrew Snook
POT OF GOLDKids show off their festive headgear at the Smiths Falls Public Library on Thursday, March 17, in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.
Photo courtesy of Sharon Swanson
Members of the Lanark Grandmothers – from left, Marilyn Joynt, Mary Elizabeth James, Susan Quipp, Diana Bracegirdle and Pat Coghlin – pose in front of the letter they left for local MP Scott Reid at his offi ce on March 7.
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Keeping busy over March break
(Above) Danya Hardwick poses with her newly constructed house, beside Habs fan Aiden Legget, during the importance of architecture day at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario on Thursday, March 17. (Top right) Taylor Watson constructs her mas-terpiece during a scrapbooking workshop held on Friday, March 18, at the Heritage House Museum.
Photos by Andrew Snook
(Above) Allan Vaughan laces up his grandson Connor’s skates during the RBC free skate, held on Wednesday, March 16. (Left) Brady McEwen skates his way through traffi c during the free skate.
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BY ANDREW SNOOK
Peter Willey has always loved to paint.Since he was seven years old, peering
outside a school room window, sketching a tractor that was digging up the road, he knew he had a gift.
Willey has spent more than 40 years painting in parks and studios in England, and various places across Canada, most recently, Smiths Falls.
These days, the 53-year-old spends his time painting inside Compositions, Smiths Falls’ newest art gallery, from noon to 5 p.m., as the gallery’s live artist.
Although he makes his living selling his paintings, he doesn’t charge people money to come in, sit down, and watch him bring a canvas to life. He enjoys the public eye.
“The best part of all my jobs is meeting people,” he said. “I would love it if peo-ple came in, grabbed me a coffee, and sat down. Decaf though.”
Willey said he used to enjoy spending time sitting in parks painting. One time he was so immersed in his art, he didn’t notice families setting up picnic lunches around him.
“I’m painting outside and (all of a sud-den) I’m surrounded by picnics, and a child appeared dabbing his fi ngers in my paint,” he said.
Willey said he would like to see people relaxing in front of artwork, the way they watch television or surf the Internet.
“With all the bad things happening in the world, I want to be able to take people away,” he said. “I want to get people back to when they can have a painting on their wall and they can turn off their TVs, their computers and just sit there and en-joy it.”
MAGNIFICENT MEDIUMS
Willey is currently working on “George,” an acrylic painting of an eagle from a zoo he visited long ago. He said he
enjoys painting in various mediums, but watercolour is his personal favourite.
“I was told it was the hardest medium to do,” he said. “I started looking into it and got books from the library. I love it; it’s one of the best.”
A BALANCING ACT
Almost any artist will tell you, it’s tough to make a living from your art. Willey’s situation is no different.
For many years, Willey worked a vari-ety of manual labour positions, including 11 years as a driver for an auto parts com-pany in Carleton Place.
He said it was extremely diffi cult to fi nd the time and energy to get into his paint-ing at the end of the day.
“(At the end of the day) I’d rather watch cartoons with my son than do art,” he said. “I love art, but I love my son more.”
Willey moved to Smiths Falls approxi-mately eight years ago, and has been facing the same economic challenges as many other residents in the town. Before being given the opportunity to paint full time at the gallery, Willet was unemployed for more than a year.
“This opportunity here is like a dream come true. I really thank Louis (Trem-blay) and Leah (Hicks) big time,” he said.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Willey said all of his children have ar-tistic talent, and he has never discouraged them from their nurturing their gifts.
Willey said his son, Stephen, is inter-ested in becoming a cartoonist for news-papers.
“I wish I had his ability to do dead-lines,” he said.
Willey be offering painting lessons at the gallery in the near future, and al-though he currently struggles fi nancially to make ends meet, he is cheery and opti-mistic about his new opportunity at the gallery.
“Even though I’m poor, I’m as rich as ever in spirit,” he said.
Recommended Actions from Community Consultation
Provide a variety of opportunities for accessible and inclusive physical activity.Promote physical activity as do-able for all.
Healthy Communities Partnership
Physical Activity, Sport & Recreation
Substance & Alcohol Misuse
Injury Prevention
Tobacco Use/Exposure
Mental Health Promotion
Healthy Eating
Enhance & facilitate adaptive qualities in youth that promote protective factors that buffer risky environments and lead to resilience (e.g. DevelopmentalAssets).Implement health promotion programs in schools, workplaces, communities & with families that encourageappropriate use of alcohol and avoid problematic substance use for all ages.
Provide individuals/ families/communities with information and resources to help them maintain good mental health, recognize mental health challenges and get supportFosterenvironments that enhancecommunityconnectedness for children, teens, adults and seniors
Provideopportunities for individuals to develop food selection, food preparation, and food safety skills.Provide supportive environments for healthy food choices.
Create & implement policies and programs that support safe environments.Promote safe environments and healthy lifestyles to prevent injuries in all ages, especially falls among seniors and children.
Supporttobacco-freelifestyles by increasing the availability of comprehensivetobacco awareness, prevention,cessation services for youth and adults.Implement health promotionprograms that encourage a smoke free lifestyle for all ages.
To access the full version of the LLG HCP Community Picture please visit: www.HealthyLLG.org
Lanark Leeds & Grenville has been working very hard! We have engaged partners to develop a vision for a Healthy Lanark Leeds and Grenville, assessed our local needs and assets, and identified recommended actions to address the six priority areas as established by the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport. Local agencies and individuals are welcome to join this Partnership to collaborate and work together so that we can all lead healthy and active lives. For more information about the Partnership, call Lois Dewey, 613-283-2740 or email [email protected].
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Photo by Andrew Snook
Local artist Peter Willey works on his most recent painting, “George,” at the Composi-tions Art Gallery on 47 Main St. E. Willey invites residents to come to the gallery.
Smiths Falls artist paintinglive daily at new local gallery
HE SHOOTS, HE ROARS!Royal Bank of Canada’s Leo the Lion helps Dave Lawrence hand over a cheque for $10,000 to town councillors Ken Graham and Chris Cummings to go towards funding the new Smiths Falls Memroial Community Centre, on Wednesday, March 16. RBC also funded a free skate for area residents at the new arena.
Photo by Andrew Snook
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DESMOND DEVOY
Want to direct some applause at LAWS?
Then shake a leg – or a paw, for that matter – at the Stomp Your Paws for LAWS country concert and live auction fundraiser event for the Lanark Animal Welfare Society on Sunday, March 27, at the Carleton Place arena, upper hall, 75 Neelin St., from 2 to 4 p.m.
Lynn Plexman, who has been organiz-ing the event since before Christmas, said that she hopes that the event will become an annual fundraiser for the non-profi t organization.
Plexman got the idea for the fundrais-er because the Town of Carleton Place, along with neighbouring municipalities like Beckwith Township and Mississip-pi Mills, have signed a contract making LAWS their designated animal pound for the next three years.
“There will be many more animals that will need veterinary care and spaying and neutering,” said Plexman. “They’re going to need more money.”
The entertainment list is a veritable who’s-who of Ottawa Valley country and western talent. The entertainment line-up includes:
• Arlene Quinn.• Johnny Spinks.
• Lex Donaldson.• Sara Mithcell.• Andy Bowes.• Brad Scott Band.The MC for the event will be Charlie
Kitts. In fact, one of the evening’s head-liners – all of whom are volunteering their time – was instrumental in getting all of the talent onto the stage.
“Arlene Quinn…organized all of the performers and she is an animal lover and a LAWS supporter,” said Plexman. The entire LAWS board will also be in at-tendance for the afternoon of music.
“We need the community to get behind LAWS and support them,” said Plexman.
Plexman herself has been an animal supporter for more than 25 years.
“It’s something you learn from your parents, to be compassionate to animals,” said Plexman, who is also involved with the Cat Rescue Network in Ottawa. “Par-ents have to show their children that it is important to help animals.”
While there will be volunteers dressed up as dogs, and animals will be on hand for the afternoon performances, no real animals awaiting adoption will be at the concert.
“It would be too scary for animals to go,” said Plexman. Instead, people can browse the LAWS website at the concert to see which animals are available for adoption.
There will also be door prizes and a live auction, as well as free refreshments like
water and pop provided by Steve’s Inde-pendent supermarket.
ON THE AUCTION BLOCK
The live auction will be held in be-tween acts and the number of items is still growing.
“We’ve got a lot of items donated and we are still approaching businesses for more,” said Plexman. “The Carleton Place community has been very generous with their donations.”
The donations up for auction include:• A reception for up to 40 people, do-
nated by Sue Cronkwright and Dorreen Donald Catering.
• Loads of gravel from Cavanagh Con-struction.
• Eight weeks of ballroom group dance lessons from Tania’s Dance Studio.
• Six private individual or couples les-sons from JP’s Ballroom Dance Lessons.
• Full cross cut shredder from Carleton Place Staples.
• A gift basket from Balderson Fine Foods.
• $50 gift certifi cate from Carleton Place Home Depot.
• Barbecue tool set from Carleton Place Canadian Tire.
• A certifi cate for two home-baked pies from Becky’s Baking of Carleton Place.
• Gift certifi cate for paraffi n wax ther-
apy and deluxe foot massage from Free-dom to Move massage therapy.
• Alumni hockey jersey, signed by the players, Busters Bar and Grill, Carleton Place.
• Basket of cosmetics from Carleton Place Shoppers Drug Mart.
TICKET INFO
Tickets are available at the following locations:
• Pakenham General Store.• Almonte Natural Foods.• Ballygiblins restaurant, Carleton
Place.• SRC Music, Carleton Place.• Balderson Fine Foods.• Jo’s Clothes, Perth.• Vickie’s Specialty Shop, Smiths Falls.• Lanark Animal Welfare Society offi ce,
Drummond/North Elmsley.Tickets will also be sold by LAWS at
the Carleton Place Wal-Mart on Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults, seniors over 65, $10, children 13 and under free. Tick-ets at door, add $5. For details, click on www.lanarkanimals.ca
The fundraising drive is desperately looking for volunteers in Carleton Place, Mississippi Mills and Beckwith. Those wishing to volunteer can contact Plex-man at 613-253-3035.
Get ready to stomp your paws for LAWS
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In praise of actionStrength is best used when it protects the
weak. That is why our planes have taken to the skies over Libya. If ever there was a just
war, this is it.The irony of western powers launching fi repow-
er on a Middle Eastern country the eighth anniver-sary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was probably not lost on many people.
But the differences between the two confl icts are like night and day. This time, the Arab League “re-spects” the United Nations mandate. Not only are they on side, but nations like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are also in support. Countries that took the U.S. and its allies to task for their Iraqi ad-venture – like France, Germany and Canada – are now not only on board, but leading the charge.
It is not lost on us that part of the reason why we are taking action in Libya is because of that coun-try’s oil wealth – with gas prices shooting up, with no signs of the rise abating, we almost have to.
Yes, the reasons why our six fi ghter jets and the HMCS Charlottetown are in the area are not entire-ly altruistic, and may even be partially selfi sh. But we can be certain that the rebels of Benghazi, fac-ing certain annihilation just a week ago, or torture or exile if they survived, are just glad that we have arrived at the party – a little late and out of breath, but we’re there, making it an even fi ght.
We support our men and women in the air, on the seas in the support base in Italy. These actions are part of a coming day of reckoning for Col. Gad-dafi , the alleged mastermind behind the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, attacks on his own people, and spreading countless degrees of misery around the world. Your oil money, Swiss bank accounts and henchmen won’t save you now.
We do agree with the New Democratic Party that this should not be an open-ended mission. Even though time was of the essence with last week’s de-cision, if it is not over within three months, it does need to come back to the House of Commons for a proper debate.
The Libyans know best how to decide the future of their country, one without Col. Gaddafi and his family. Hopefully, the action taken by Canada and her allies this week will hasten an end to this bloody civil war.
And once the dust settles, and a new democratic government is set up, Canada will be there, as we always have been, ready to help with tools, sweat and advice on rebuilding.
COLUMN
ANDREW SNOOK
Snook’s Look
The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears sea-son has come to an end.
The fact that they lost to the top-seeded, powerhouse Pembroke Lum-ber Kings probably doesn’t come as a big surprise to many hockey fans. It was what happened afterwards that was shocking.
The Bears fi red their long-time head coach Bill Bowker. With all the success Bears players have had un-der Bowker, going on to play at the university level, and in some cases, being drafted by NHL teams, I imag-ine few people expected that kind of response from the Bears organiza-tion.
I mean, let’s be realistic here. If every coach lost their job for los-ing to the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the playoffs, almost every coach from the last four years in the league would be out of work.
I wish Bill all the best in future, but with a successful track record like his, I don’t think he will need it. I get the feeling teams from various leagues will be knocking on his door before too long.
ALL STAR KUDOS
Congrats to both Mike McNamee and Nathan Livingstone for being selected to the 2nd and 3rd CCHL Tier 1 All-Star teams.
The fact that Mike got his uncle to quit smoking by scoring 40 goals this season is fantastic. Hopefully he can stick with it; quitting smok-ing is a tough gig.
Last week, on March 19, I cele-brated my fi ve-year anniversary for quitting smoking; but I couldn’t tell you how many times I “quit” before giving it up for good.
Don’t be too hard on him if takes the odd puff Mike, these things take time.
Good luck Bill, although I don’t think you’ll need it
LETTERS
Dear Editor,The organizing committee of the Tri
Church Pancake Supper would like to thank our many volunteers.
Without their help, the supper would not be the success that it continues to be. Corporate sponsors and the local media have been very generous in their assistance once again.
We would like to express our thanks to the Rideau Mellowdears and Robert Scott for our evening en-
tertainment. It is estimated that 760 people were
served from 4 to 7 p.m.We are pleased to announce that the
two dental health programs, Dental Is-sues Group and the Tri County Dental Coalition, will each receive $1,300 be-cause of the generous people in our community.
Lombardy Tri Church
Thank you to many volunteers
If you have a thought you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you. Email your letters to the editor to [email protected].
CorrectionSmiths Falls This Week stated in its March 17 issue, that 75 per cent of the
town’s budget goes towards paying staff salaries. Wayne Brown, the town’s CAO, said it is 75 per cent of the taxes collected by the town, or 38 per cent of the town’s operating budget, that go towards paying staff. We apologize for the error.
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From front pageHe turned the Bears organiza-
tion around, from missing three consecutive playoffs, to four straight playoff appearances and a trip to the CJHL fi nals in the 2007-08 season, where the Bears lost to the Pembroke Lumber Kings in fi ve games.
With Bowker at the helm, three Bears players were select-ed in the 2008 NHL entry draft: Mike Bergin, Mark Borow-iecki and Nicholas Tremblay. It marked the fi rst time three play-ers from the same CJHL team were selected in an NHL draft.
Before coaching the Bears, Bowker led a variety of teams to success in various junior hockey organizations.
Chris Cassell, president of the Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears, of-fered no explanation for his de-cision, but said it was time for a change.
“I have no comment, there’s nothing to be said,” Cassell said. “(Bowker) contributed a lot over the years, I just made a decision.”
Cassell said he did not have a new head coach in mind for the 2011-12 season.
A RESUME BUILT FOR SUCCESS
Bowker spent several years coaching at the university level.
He coached Carleton Univer-sity’s men’s varsity team for two years before jumping over to women’s hockey, where he
coached the Golden Hawks at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1999 to 2003.
Over his tenure at WLU, Bowker led the Golden Hawks’ women’s hockey team to On-tario University Athletic Cham-pionships in 2001-02 and 2003-04, as well as two silver medals and a bronze medal.
He also led the team to a silver medal at the national level.
In the 2001-02 season, he was also awarded the OAU’s Women’s Hockey Coach of the Year Award and the WLU Glenn Caroll Hawk Coach of the Year Award.
He left WLU with a regular season coaching record of 79-18-10, and a playoff record of 12-5.
He was also on the ice for Can-ada’s Olympic evaluation camp, the assistant coach of Team Canada’s Under-22 women’s hockey team, and led women’s hockey teams to two provincial gold medals and a gold medal at the 1999 Canada Winter Games.
It is likely that another or-ganization will be seeking out a coach with Bowker’s creden-tials; however, Bowker said it is too soon to think about the possibility of coaching with an-other organization.
“This isn’t something you get over at 11 o’clock in the morn-ing and start working some-where else at one o’clock in the afternoon. There’s so much that goes into it, the kids, recruit-ing, design, it’s going to be a big change for me.”
From front pageNewly elected councillor Shawn Pankow was
the lone vote in opposition of the raise.“I truly appreciate the fact that as a councillor
we are underpaid,” Pankow told his fellow council-lors. “I just can’t agree with a raise of that signifi -cance in a community facing wage rollbacks.”
Pankow said he would have been in favour of a remuneration increase, if it was for the next term of councillors.
Coun. Chris Cummings responded, saying the increase is justifi ed, and long overdue.
“Council has been underpaid for a very long time,” he said.
“I’ve always got positive feedback that it was required and justifi able. Since the last committee meeting I’ve had a lot of people stop me and tell me that we need a raise.”
One of the other newly elected offi cials, Coun. Jay Brennan, also felt the increase was necessary.
“As a new politician to vote yourself a raise is a little distasteful,” Brennan said. “But when you look at the neighbouring communities, I think we struck an average within the communities.”
“To not pay fair remunerations would limit some good people from possibly sitting around this horseshoe,” said Coun. Dawn Quinn.
Acting Mayor Ken Graham and Coun. Lorraine Allen also supported the motion.
“I think the taxpayers get a good value for what they’re paying,” Graham said.
“There’s a heck of a lot more to running council then sitting around here every Monday.”
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A familiar sight behind the Smiths Falls Bears bench for the pastseven seasons, Bill Bowker will not be back next season. After the Jr. A club was ousted in four games in the opening round of the playoffs, Bowker was fi red. It came as a shock to the head coach who took over bench duties for the club in 2004.
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‘TIS A DAY TO CELEBRATEMardy Dales and Ann McGahey share a laugh dur-ing a St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 on Thursday, March 17.
THIS WEEK STAFF
The Smiths Falls and District Arts and Culture Council is looking for a few good men, and women. The new council is currently seeking members for its board of directors.
The SFDACC is interested in applications from members of the community who have an interest in the arts, and want to help shape the future of arts and culture in the Smiths Falls area.
Louis Tremblay, chair of the arts and culture task-force in Smiths Falls, said the council is currently in process of becoming a non-profi t organization, and that he hopes to one day see the surrounding area transformed into a community known for its artists.
“Westport to Merrickville could be known as a little mecca for great art,” he said.
The goals of the future council are to encour-age access to arts and culture in the town, provide fi nancial and in-kind support to local artists, pro-mote numerous related programs and events, and to work with all levels of government, public and private organizations and community stakehold-ers.
The SFDACC is looking for people interested in serving two or four-year terms on council. Anyone living in Smiths Falls and the surrounding district with an interest in the arts is encouraged to apply.
The deadline for submitting an application is 4:30 p.m. on April 1.
Applications can be dropped off at the Economic Development Department at Town Hall at 77 Beck-with St. N.
New arts and culture council seeking members
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GEOFF DAVIES
After 25 years teaching in Perth and Smiths Falls, Wynne White still had a few lessons up her sleeve.
Recently retired and restless, she decided to take her trade overseas, fi rst teaching English to tourism workers in Nepal.
Now, 10 years and four coun-tries later, Wynne knows that, in the global classroom, it’s not the lessons you give, so much as the lessons you learn, that count.
Be fl exible, be patient, and cher-ish the relationships you make along the way. But one thing re-mains just as important as those wise tips, says White: “if you’re not having fun, get another job.”
White began volunteering with CUSO-VSO in 2001, using her many years in Lanark Coun-ty classrooms to train teachers in Nepal, Laos, Cambodia and – most recently – Ethiopia.
Along the way, she’s had her fair share of fun. Often, it in-volved her motorbike.
With White’s work usually taking her between towns scat-tered across a rural countryside, motorbiking was the only way to travel in countries like Laos and Cambodia. Literally.
“Oh, it was great fun,” she said with a laugh. “I only fell off a few times. I hit a cow once.”
Her cattle encounter took
place one day on a dirt road in rural Cambodia, as she was passing a cow being led along by a young girl.
“The cow must’ve got fright-ened hearing the motor and sud-denly jumped in front, and I ran into it,” White recalled.
“I fell down and the cow fell down and then we both got up and everything was fi ne.”
Having become pretty profi -cient on her Honda step-through motorbike, White said she was looking forward to riding her hog once again in Ethiopia.
But she would soon fi nd out things there run at a different pace.
White went to Ethiopia in Sep-tember 2008. She settled in at Haramaya University, one of the country’s oldest universities, lo-cated outside the ancient walled-city of Harar, in the eastern part of the province.
There, she worked with a small team of university staff to develop a training program for professors, who generally go straight to the classroom after earning their degrees.
“They’ve got Masters, they’ve got PhDs, but they’ve never learned how to teach,” she said.
White helped develop a one-year teacher training program, a pilot project at Haramaya which is currently being considered by Ethiopia’s ministry of education to be adopted nationwide.
Surprisingly, one of the big lessons she brought to the uni-versity’s staff may seem a bit elementary.
“These are people who are very experienced in their fi eld, but they couldn’t manage to be punctual,” said White.
White said everyone – students and staff alike – weren’t very watchful of when they dribbled into the classroom, and lessons were frequently delayed as a re-sult.
“They were always running behind in their curriculum,” she said. “Everybody recognized it as a problem.”
One of the things she did to fi ght this was to launch a poster campaign, plastering the school with 400 sheets asking everyone to “please be on time.”
Except, though Haramaya Uni-versity holds lessons in English, not everyone there has the same language abilities. So the post-ers had to present their point through pictures: please “bee” on time, illustrated with a clock.
But seeing the impact her work has on the places she visits is only half the reward. The rest is simply being there.
“I just love it,” White said.“Life’s a lot simpler in some
of these places. You don’t have a lot of stuff, like a phone, mail or bills.”
Though she’s looking forward to spending the summer with friends and family in her home near Murphys Point Provincial Park, White said she’s already plotting her next adventure.
Next on her hit list: South America.
“As long as I’m healthy I can’t picture just hanging out at home.”
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A young woman walks by donkeys loaded with fi rewood in Harar, a traditionally Muslim city in eastern Ethio-pia. Haramaya University, where Wynne White worked, is a short distance outside the city’s ancient walls.
After 10 years volunteering abroad,Wynne White is fi nally home — for now
Photo by Kassina Ryder
Though she’s glad to be back home in Lanark County, Wynne White says she’s anxious to keep exploring the world. As a volunteer with CUSO-VSO, she’s been to Nepal, Laos, Cambodia and Ethiopia. She says she hopes to make South America her next destination.
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BY BRIER DODGE
Next time you’re at the grocery store, put more of those leafy greens and apples in your cart, leave and tobacco behind the counter, and walk the long way to your car.
Statistics Canada released a health pro-fi le comparison on Feb 28 that compared residents in the Leeds, Grenville and La-nark District Health Unit (LGL) against Ontario averages. While the area beat provincial averages in some categories, it fell short in several others.
“It wasn’t a surprise,” said Dr. Paula Stewart, Medical Offi cer of Health for LGL. “We’ve seen these patterns before; part of it is because we’re a rural area. Across Canada, we fi nd that rural areas don’t do as well.”
Some of the factors are infl uential on other categories – for example, obesity rates increase arthritis, said Stewart.
STATISTICS
The area fell short in several catego-ries, including:
*22.6 per cent of the population is obese, compared with the Ontario aver-age of 17.4 per cent.
*21.9 per cent report arthritis, com-pared to 16.8 per cent of the Ontario pop-ulation.
*22.6 per cent report heavy drinking, compared with the Ontario average of 15.6 per cent.
*37.6 per cent reported fi ve servings of fruit or vegetables a day, compared with 44.1 per cent in Ontario.
*10.4 per cent of residents are exposed to second-hand smoke at home, compared to the Ontario average of 5.3 per cent.
The area did beat Ontario in other ar-eas:
*Almost six per cent higher fl u immu-nization and 96.1 per cent of residents re-porting a regular doctor.
*The area also reported a lower infant mortality rate, 3.8 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to the 5.1 Ontario aver-age. The babies are certainly healthy, also reporting a lower rate of babies born un-derweight than the Ontario average.
*Almost seven per cent fewer children are living in low income households.
*The suicide and self-infl icted injuries rate was slightly slower, with 7 per 100,000 people versus 7.7 in Ontario.
*Five per cent more residents reported a sense of community belonging.
*Slightly over seven per cent more resi-dents reported participating in leisure time physical activity.
These statistics are common to see in rural areas, said Melanie Josee David-son, program lead for the Canadian Popu-lation Health Initiative (CPHI). She said it comes down to education, employment and income, all factors that differ from rural to urban populations.
“It is very complicated and a refl ection of social factors, with differences among men and women,” said Stewart. For ex-ample, in the LGL health unit, men are much more likely to be daily smokers than women. While men are more likely to be heavy drinkers than the Ontario av-erage, women are slightly less likely.
And while both men and women were likely to be overweight, LGL women were far higher above the Ontario average than men.
While LGL residents do report a higher than usual level of physical activity in leisure time, Stewart said that in urban areas, more physical activity is geared to weight management, such as gym work-outs.
In 2006, the CPHI, in partnership with other organizations, published a study called How Healthy are Rural Canadians? The study said that there are a larger number of reasons why rural areas re-port poorer health that urban areas, but the predominant reasons are lifestyle and health service access.
Though lifestyle did benefi t rural com-munities in one way – reported stress levels were lower than those who live in urban areas. The report also said that rural communities reported less of the majority of cancers.
The study was published fi ve years ago, but Davidson said that the statistics are still relevant and the trends still appli-cable to today.
Population composition can infl uence trends too, as young people are less like-ly to report health problems. LGL has a greater population of seniors, said Stew-art.
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE
Stewart said that the health unit is aware of these statistics, and that they have a responsibility to try and improve them. A large part is decreasing smoking and access to tobacco. She said they have specifi c tobacco enforcement offi cers and education in the classrooms to prevent smoking patterns from continuing.
The 2006 study on rural Canadians suggested that certain prevention meth-ods have been designed to operate in ur-ban settings and different methods and awareness needed to be created for rural citizens to match effectiveness.
Davidson said that several prairie provinces have adapted new methods of specialized clinics and screenings, such as mammograms, which have proved suc-cessful. The clinic is mobile and travels from community to community.
“It just raises more awareness (about different health issues) and makes it less stigmatized,” said Davidson. “It’s been very successful.”
The LGL health unit is currently work-ing on the healthy community partner-ship to improve unhealthy trends. This means the health unit partners with other organizations to implement dif-ferent campaigns. For March, the focus is on healthy eating and the appropriate amount of fruit and vegetable consump-tion.
For the nutritional campaign this month, there is a partnership with Eat-Right Ontario to publicize available dieti-cians. The health unit also put together a listing of locally grown fruits and veg-etables.
“Our health unit is recognizing that the factors that infl uence all of these lifestyle things aren’t simple. It’s not a matter of saying ‘you need to exercise more,’” said Stewart.
She said that the urban shift towards walking more for day to day errands can’t happen in rural areas – where it is often required to get in the car to purchase a bag of milk. There can also be a lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
“There is a steadiness in the rural ar-eas, which is a really helpful thing, but change in behaviour can take longer. I also think that urban areas have more resources than the rural areas,” she said, citing examples such as gyms and fre-quent grocery stores.
The healthy birth rates can be ex-plained by less infertility treatments, which have a higher chance of leading to multiple births. Twins and triplets are high risk births, which LGL sees less of, Stewart said.
“I have some possible interpretation,
but we need to understand the differences better to help us improve our programs,” said Stewart.
She also said that in higher education is associated with healthier behaviours. In Ottawa and LGL, almost 15 per cent fewer individuals have post-secondary education.
But of course, every community is different. While the 2006 study on rural Canadians reported more than a six fold increase in suicide rates, LGL reported slightly less.
There are resources in place to become educated on the campaigns and initia-tives to improve health. The health unit has a wide variety of resources and pro-grams available. To get involved with one of the programs or take advantages of the resources, visit the health unit online.
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Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears star forward Mike McNamee battles for the puck in game against Kemptville. McNamee was named to the CCHL Tier 1 2nd All-Star team.
ANDREW SNOOK
The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears season may have ended in the opening round of the playoffs, but forward Mike McNamee can’t be too upset when he looks back at his 2010-11 season.
McNamee had a big breakout campaign, scoring 40 goals and 41 assists, fi nishing third in goals and seventh in the league scoring race.
It was a big jump in production from 2009-10 season, when McNamee fi nished with 25 goals and 13 assists.
For his efforts he was voted on to the CCHL Tier 1 2nd All-Star Team.
All-star voting and award selections are all made by the CCHL Tier 1 general managers.
The 18-year-old Perth native said sever-al factors contributed to his improvement on the ice.
“Obviously being a third year player and having an ‘A’ on your jersey gives you a little more confi dence,” he said.
“I can thank my linemates. Me and Matt Robertson were together from the start of training camp. Matty was defi nitely a help to my success, and I thank everyone who played with us.”
McNamee admitted he had an extra in-centive to score 40 goals this season.
“I was playing in the fl oor hockey in the old rink and my uncle walked in and yelled to me, ‘How many goals am I going to score this year?’ I said 40. He started giggling and said, ‘If you score 40 goals I’ll quit smoking.’”
McNamee said his uncle stayed true to his word and “butted out” that same night.
“As far as I know, I think he’ll stay true,”
McNamee said.McNamee said he plans on returning to
the Bears in 2011-12, and has his sights set on another big season.
“Right now my goal is going to be 50 (goals), but anything over 40 and I’ll be happy,” he said.
ALL STARS
The following players were selected to the CCHL TIER 1 All-Star teams:
1st Team:Goal - Pete Karvouniaris (Cornwall).Defence - Youssef Kabbaj (Cornwall),
Ben Reinhardt (Pembroke).Forwards - Jacob Laliberte (Cornwall),
Tyler Tosunian (Pembroke), Andrew Creppin (Gloucester).
Coach - Adam Dewan (Kanata).Manager - Sheldon Keefe (Pembroke).
2nd Team:Goal – Scott Shackell (Kanata).Defence – Zachary Carriveau (Nepean),
Tyson Wilson (Brockville).Forwards – Mike McNamee (Smiths
Falls), Tyson Spink (Cornwall), Matthew Peca (Pembroke).
Coach – Todd Gill (Brockville).Manager – Ian MacInnis (Cornwall).
3rd Team:Goal – Justin Gilbert (Brockville).Defence – Nathan Livingstone (Smiths
Falls), Ryan Johnston (Nepean).Forwards – Brent Norris (Nepean), Mi-
chael Webley (Gloucester), Tylor Spink (Cornwall).
Coach – Jason Clarke (Carleton Place).Manager – Jason Clarke (Carleton
Place).
McNamee looking forward to another Bear of a season
ANDREW SNOOK
Marian Forster is helping Montague Township residents say hello to better health through tai chi at Rosedale Hall.
Forster, a certifi ed tai chi instructor, has opened a Montague Township divi-sion of the Canadian Tai Chi Academy. It offi cially opened its doors on Valentine’s Day this year.
“I’ve been doing it for 16 years,” For-ster said. “I had very bad allergies and very low lung function. I was told by the allergist that there was nothing he could do for me. He suggested I take tai chi. I wanted to be well so I went.”
Forster said she was fascinated by it instantly, and her health improved sub-stantially while taking classes.
“It has completely transformed my health,” she said. “I never expected to feel so good at the age of 67. I haven’t
been sick in years. I can lift up my grand-children, and I don’t get asthma near as often.”
Several local residents have already started reaping the benefi ts of Forster’s Tai Chi classes.
“I’m here two-fold,” said Sheila Phil-ips. “One is for my health. I have arthri-tis and it’s supposed to help. (The other reason is) I work shift work and it helps me meet people in the community.”
“It’s a good gentle exercise you can do,” added Ruth Duffy.
The Canadian Tai Chi Academy is a non-profi t organization, and is a member of the International Association of Tai Chi and Lokhup academies.
Classes are available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m. at Rose-dale Hall, located at 657 Rosedale Rd. in Montague.
For more information, visit: www.canadiantaichiacademy.org
Montague residents get fi t with tai chi
Photo by Andrew Snook
Montague Township’s Marion Forster instructs her tai chi class on Friday, March 18, at Rosedale Hall. Forster opened up the Montague Township division of the Canadian Tai Chi Academy on Valentine’s Day this year.
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Community
Excitement is building over the “Help us Build a Bridge Bash” fundraiser coming up on Friday, April 15.
This event is a joint initiative of the Friends of Murphys Point, Tay Valley Ski Club and Rideau Trail Association Central Club, and will raise funds to help re-place the bridge over Black Creek on the McParlan House Trail at Murphys Point.
A signifi cant part of the fund-raiser, which is to be held at the Perth Civitan Hall, is an awesome silent auction.
Some of the intriguing items up for auction include a half-hour sightseeing fl ight, manure for your spring garden, fi rewood, a Via Rail ticket package valued at over $1,000, a bottle of Lanark County maple syrup that won the John David Eaton World Cham-pion Cup at the Royal Winter Fair (some of this batch was present-ed to Prince Charles), a CD pack-age from Chris McKhool and the Sultans of String, and a ladies bicycle.
“Community support for this event has been tremendous,” said event co-ordinator Beth Peterkin. “We are thrilled with the inter-esting variety of items being do-nated for the silent auction and anticipate over 100 items will be available.”
In addition to the silent auc-tion, guests will enjoy a home-cooked turkey dinner with all the trimmings prepared by the mem-bers of the Civitan Club, includ-ing their fabulous desserts. Live music will be provided by Tell Mama, and the Perth Town Crier will carry out the emcee duties.
Tickets are $30 per person and can be ordered by e-mailing [email protected], by calling Beth at 613-267-5340, purchased at Shadowfax in Perth or through local club members. Event and ticket information is also posted on the Friends website at www.friendsofmurphyspoint.ca.
Doors open at 6 p.m. on April 15 with dinner served at 7 p.m. Come and join the hikers, skiers and outdoor enthusiasts of these three clubs and help to build a bridge. The assistance of Ontar-io Parks and the Perth Civitan Club in this worthwhile project is gratefully acknowledged.
The above article was submitted by the Friends of Murphys Point Park.
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After receiving the CCHL Tier 1 award for most improved player of the year, the referees had to hold back a furious Ryan Van Stralen who was ejected from Game 2 of the Bears playoff series against the Pembroke Lumber Kings. The Lumber Kings elimanted the Bears from the playoffs in four straight games, they will advance to face the Gloucester Rangers in the next round.
ANDREW SNOOK
The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears season has come to an end at the hands of the Pem-broke Lumber Kings.
The Bears were defeated 9-3 at the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Cen-tre on Tuesday, March 15, offi cially elimi-nating them from the playoffs.
Pembroke swept Smiths Falls in four straight games in the opening round.
Pembroke 9 SF 3Kyle Just and Jonathan Milley led the
Lumber Kings on offense with four points each, to advance their team to the second round of CCHL Tier 1 playoffs, where they will play the Gloucester Rangers.
Bears leading scorer Mike McNamee opened the scoring just past the fi ve-min-ute mark of the fi rst period to give his team a 1-0 lead, but Pembroke’s Stefan Salituro responded with a goal 44 seconds
later to tie the game.Lumber Kings forward Chris King put
his team up 2-1 just 45 seconds after Sali-turo’s goal.
Pembroke added to their lead with less than a minute left in the fi rst period, when forward Tyler Tosunian scored his fi rst of two goals on the night, to make the score 3-1.
Smiths Falls defenceman Nathan Liv-ingstone cut the lead to 3-2, with one second left in the period, but that was as close as the Bears would come to tying the game.
Forward Matt Robertson also scored for the Bears.
Robertson and McNamee both fi nished the game with a goal and an assist.
Pembroke controlled most of the of-fence, outshooting Smiths Falls 41-24.
Bears goaltender Mackenzie Sawyer stopped 32 of 41 shots in the loss, while Pembroke’s Francis Dupuis picked up the win.
Bears playoff hopes offi cially extinct
Pembroke sweeps Smiths Falls in four games
Photo by Ryan Holland
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Confronted by images of birds and wildlife cov-ered with oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill last April, sisters Taylor and Peyton Horn-ing went looking for a way to help.
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They learned of an or-ganization called Matter of Trust that was stuffi ng nylons with hair to make highly absorbent sausage-shaped “hair booms” to soak up the oil before it reached the shoreline.
So last summer, the animal-loving elemen-tary school students dug out their wagon and be-gan gathering all the hair and animal fur they could fi nd.
Their plan was to collect 500 pounds, but with help from 26 hair salons and pet groomers in their home-town of Merrickville and surrounding communities, they reached that amount in less than two months.
“(The businesses) thought it was a really, really great idea, because we were taking hair, that’s just an object that’s going to go in the landfi ll, and using it for a good cause,” Peyton said.
With word of “Taylor and Peyton’s Share Your Hair Project” spreading, Taylor, then 11, and Pey-ton, then 9, decided to dou-ble their goal and amass a whopping 1,000 pounds of hair.
The Horning’s two-car garage soon fi lled with garbage bags, before PODS Moving and Storage donated a collection bin in Ottawa. A barbershop set up at the girls’ elemen-tary school, Holy Cross in Kemptville, netted still more straight, wavy and curly donations.
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Peyton said her favou-rite part of the experience was “getting kids involved and showing the world that kids can make a dif-ference.”
The energetic, commu-nity-minded sisters see more charitable work in their future.
“There’s lots of projects we want to get involved in,” said Taylor.
“But for now, our mom wants us to take a break.”
Merrickville sisters commended
Peyton (left) and Taylor Horning of Merrickville collected 1,000 pounds of hair and fur to help with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup.
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Should the provincial govern-ment be able to tell farmers what colour to paint their egg grading area?
Wayne Senior doesn’t think so.
“I should be able to choose my own colours,” said Senior, dur-ing a Christian Farmers Federa-tion of Ontario (CFFO) seminar at the Carleton Place arena on March 8.
So, he has a good way of get-ting around the regulation – he simply mixes two approved co-lours together to get a unique, and legal, blend.
“What does (paint) have to do with food?” asked fellow farmer Ron Burgess.
Poultry farmer John Beking has a similar problem, with the colours he is allowed to paint the inside of his farm truck.
These were just some of the complaints from area farmers during the CFFO’s stop in the area as part of their “Enough Is Enough” tour, which is being held in a number of locations around Ontario, including Bel-leville, Welland, Peterborough, London and Chatham.
“Often, we grumble about reg-ulations and we say that they are a pain in the butt,” said CFFO member Paul Boonstra, a farm-er who joined the group in 1982. “But regulations were there in the beginning.”
Boonstra then led the group in prayer, reading from John 15: 9-17, which he cited as some of the fi rst regulations set down by God.
“So, regulations do serve a purpose,” said Boonstra.
“Regulations are so complex because there are so many rea-sons why they are developed,” said facilitator Bill Van Geest.
He urged the group “to chan-nel some of the frustration in the farm community into a deep-er understanding of their causes and issues.”
While none of the farmers present called for an end to all regulations, one farmer noted that their industry was at break-ing point when it came to rules.
“We’re probably the most reg-ulated profession in the world,” said Wayne McDowell.
“There’s probably a rule for everything we do, and if there isn’t one, there will be one to-morrow.”
While the farmers noted that there were good regulations, many were frustrated with what they saw as their livelihood be-ing dictated by bureaucrats in Toronto and Ottawa who had never set food on a farm.
“(I dislike) the unreasonable-ness of it,” said Bob Seguin, the executive director of the George Morris Centre, an independent
agri-food think tank in Guelph, in talking about manure regula-tions. Even when a farmer makes an honest mistake in disposing of his or her manure, “you’re treated like a criminal.”
“We’re always dealing with regulations,” added Senior. “They can be pretty frustrating at times.”
Wood and honey farmer Bruce Stewart said that he had concerns about the level of pol-lution and run-off regulations, but said farmers work their lives around them.
Burgess did take the provin-cial government’s new Green Energy Act to task.
“The Green Energy regula-tions, they drive me crazy,” said Burgess.
“They’re not cost effective and they’re not saving the earth.”
For one farmer, the regula-tions may be good at keeping people safe, but were proving to be an unfair advantage to for-eign growers.
“It seems that Ontario regula-tions are superseded by products from countries with less regula-tions,” said Senior, who said it led to an un-level playing fi eld for highly regulated Ontario-grown produce to be competing in the same local supermarkets with cheaper products grown else-where that faced fewer regula-tions and, therefore, lower costs.
For Beking, interactions with regulations can be a daily occur-rence.
“I record about 15 control points every day and report it,” Beking said.
But even for him, he can see the downside of not having regu-lations enforced when he makes deliveries to some of his hun-dred-plus customers, including restaurants.
“I see a lot of health issues
with my customers with what goes on in the back rooms of res-taurants,” Beking said.
Beking added that he has been to Third World countries and seen places with no agricultural or food regulations, or poorly en-forced ones, and the effects they have on people’s health.
Beking did admit that some regulation was necessary.
He pointed to a recent case in Toronto where 10 stores were caught carrying unregulated eggs.
“That is not good for consum-er confi dence,” said Beking.
“(With regulations) it does give confi dence in your product to the consumer. It’s like a love-hate relationship there (with regulations.)
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Paul Boonstra, a member of the Christian Farmers Federation ofOntario, starts off the seminar on government regulation at theCarleton Place arena on March 8 with a reading from the Bible.
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BY COURTNEY SYMONS
On March 26, our area may face its darkest hour. In a good way.
Earth Hour, the worldwide event that began in Sydney, Australia in 2007, asks individuals to turn off the lights and reduce their energy use for an hour on March 26, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Last year, an estimated 10 million Canadians participated in the effort to raise awareness about sustainability issues. Earth Hour has become the most successful voluntary event in the history of humankind.
Hosted by the World Wildlife Federation (WWF), Earth Hour saw a record 128 countries par-ticipating in 2010.
But there is always room for improvement, said Paulette Ro-berge, head of communication for Ottawa’s WWF bureau.
“The main focus this year is to try to get Canadians to think beyond the hour,” she said.
“Yes, we’ve had a very suc-cessful campaign since 2007, but it’s not enough to have people do it for only one hour.”
Canadians should think of ways to minimize carbon emissions and cut down on energy consumption every day, said Roberge.
She also stressed the need to switch to cleaner types of ener-gy, like solar and wind.
“Although Earth Hour has been phenomenally successful, the reality is that we’re one of the top ten nations contributing to climate change, and we don’t have to be,” she said.
The Green Party will host a candlelit vigil on Parliament Hill on March 26, as they did last year.
Over 400 people covered the hill in 2010, and this year there are 500 candles to be given away to participants.
Roberge said Canadians at home can turn off the lights, perhaps dusting off their board games and lighting some can-
dles.Last year, Hydro Ottawa mea-
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The provincial average of en-
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To learn more about Earth Hour and how to participate,
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Users can fi nd creative ways that fellow Canadians are par-ticipating, and download posters and tool kits for the event.
Another initiative launched by WWF for Earth Hour this year is called Beyond the Hour, an on-line forum for people around the world to share ideas to reduce their ecological footprint.
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Rideau Lakes man arrested for gas thefts
The Rideau Lakes O.P.P. and the Eastern Region Rural Agri-cultural Crime Team (R.A.C.T.) arrested a 24-year-old, man from Rideau Lakes Township, in con-nection with recent gas thefts at Campbell’s Trucking in Smiths Falls.
The thefts took place in Janu-ary and February. The man has been charged with theft under $5,000.
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- The Smiths Falls Commu-nity Theatre production of Melville Boys will take place at the Station Theatre (53 Victoria Ave.) from March 24 to 26, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 at Spotlight on the Rideau or at the door.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
- Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host a meeting at 7:30 p.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.).
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
- Trinity United Church in Smiths Falls will host its “Mom to Mom Sale,” from 8 to 11 a.m., at the Trinity United Church Hall (41 Market St. N.). People can buy or sell clothing, toys, equip-ment, books for babies and chil-dren, as well as maternity wear. Table rental is $20. For more in-formation, call 613-283-8956, 613-283-2015, or 613-283-9589.
- Trinity United Church in Smiths Falls will host its “New to You” sale, from 8 to noon, at the Trinity United Church gym-
nasium (41 Market St. N.). There will be gently used adult cloth-ing and accessories for sale.
- St. Thomas Anglican Church will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to noon, at St. Thomas Anglican Church Hall There will be pancakes with pure maple syrup, sausages, or-ange juice, and coffee served to your table. Cost is $7 for adults, and $3 for children aged 12 and under.
- St. John’s Anglican Church (110 Ferguson Falls Rd.) will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The menu includes juice, coffee, tea, baked beans, pancakes with real maple syrup, bacon and sau-sages. The cost is $6 for adults, or $20 per family. Kids aged four and under eat free.
- The Snow Road Snowmo-bile Club will host a fundraiser breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.) Everyone is welcome to attend.
- There will be a craft show fundraiser at the Orange Hall (42 William St. W) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds from the sale will go towards the Centre Vie Orphanage in St. Marc, Haiti.
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
- St. Philip Neri Church in Toledo will host a Fish Fry and is being held at the Royal Cana-dian Legion in Toledo, from 4 to
6:30 p.m. Cost is $12 for adults, or $6 for children, aged 12 and under. There will also be pork, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, cabbage salad, macaroni salad and home baked pies.
- Trinity United Church (41 Market St. N.) will have a guest speaker, Mr. Getu Hunde, an Ethi-opian water and development expert, economist and educator, sharing the service with Rev. Pe-ter Woods.
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
- The “Get W.I.T.H. It” walking program will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute.
- The Smiths Falls Knitting and Crochet Club, Knitting for Charities, will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Seniors Activity Building. For informa-tion, contact Bonita at 613-283-1174.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
- The Smiths Falls Toastmas-ters Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Café (7 Russell St. W.) for its regularly scheduled meeting. All are welcome to at-tend.
Thursday, March 31- The Montague and District
Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m.
Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more informa-tion, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
- The “Get W.I.T.H. It” walking program will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute.
- Film Night International presents Made In Dagenham (U.K. 14A.), a dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Dagenham Ford plant by 187 female ma-chinists, at 7 p.m., at Premier Cinema in Smiths Falls. Tickets are $10 at the door, or purchase a series of fi ve fi lms for $40. For more information, contact 613-267-1224, or www.fi lmnightint-ernational.blogspot.com
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
- St. Thomas Anglican Church will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to noon, at St. Thomas Anglican Church Hall There will be pancakes with pure maple syrup, sausages, orange juice, and coffee served to your table. Cost is $7 for adults, and $3 for children aged 12 and under.
- St. John’s Anglican Church (110 Ferguson Falls Rd.) will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The menu includes juice, coffee, tea, baked beans, pancakes with real maple syrup, bacon and sau-sages. The cost is $6 for adults, or $20 per family. Kids aged four
and under eat free.- The Newboro United Church
will host its third annual Silver Spring Tea, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Newboro Community Hall, located at County Road 42 and Carleton Street. A free will of-fering will be collected to help the church upgrade its wash-rooms to make them handicap accessible.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
- The Smiths Falls Knitting and Crochet Club, Knitting for Charities, will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Seniors Activity Building. For more information, contact Bonita at 613-283-1174.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
- The Smiths Falls Toastmas-ters Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Café (7 Russell St. W.) for its regularly scheduled meeting. All are welcome to at-tend.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more informa-tion, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
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DESMOND DEVOY
CARLETON PLACE – Is storytelling something you do only for children?
If you are Jennifer Cayley or Jan An-drews, the answer is most certainly no.
“Storytelling for adults is absolutely unknown,” said Cayley. “They think of storytelling with grandparents and li-brarians and children.”
While storytelling can be done with kids, it is not only that.
“We wanted to change that,” said Cay-ley. “No one has ever marketed it prop-erly.”
That is why the two women decided to form their own non-profi t company, 2 Women Productions, to tell stories for adults, “in acceptable performance ven-ues within the community…to try and move storytelling into being an integral part of arts and culture.”
One of the many challenges facing adult storytelling is letting audiences know what it is not – it is not monologue or a one person play.
“We’re a great culture for wanting ev-erything categorized,” said Cayley. The important difference for adult storytell-ing is that, “your fundamental relation-ship is with the audience and not with another person on stage.”
Andrews has been telling stories for about 30 years, while Cayley has been at it for about 20 years, and she pointed out that their form of storytelling is more comparable in style to that of Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café program on CBC Radio, or Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio, than it is with the likes of monologuist Spald-ing Gray.
The company’s inau-gural season will kick off with three produc-tions, two of which will be held in the Lanark County area, with each production divided up into two 45-minute sets. While epics are all the rage at the cin-ema, with The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter mov-ies, Cayley believes that people are hungry for an extended, epic experience in live performance as well. One recent weekend, she helped perform Homer’s The Odys-sey in 14 hours.
“It took us all weekend,” she said. “But people were mesmerized. People are hun-gry for that engagement, to be engaged with that story over time.”
And while the audience might be sitting in their seats, there is still a lot going on.
“It may look very passive,” said Cayley. “But the audience is working just as hard as the storyteller,” having to use their imaginations to paint a picture with their imaginations.
Some storytellers use props in their performances, and that is true in the sec-
ond show in the inaugural season, Talk-ing You In: A Life Watch, with Dan Yash-insky and jazz guitarist Brian Katz using music to underscore the story.
Cayley, who lives “on the Almonte side of Middleville,” hopes that this season will become a regular three-show-season every spring with frequent performances in Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Peterbor-ough, Perth and Wakefi eld, Que.
While epics are a big part of adult sto-rytelling, small, personal stories are also a happy member of the medium.
In the second show of the season, Land-scapes of Silence: A Daughter’s Story, Argentine storyteller Marta Singh tells a narrative set against the backdrop of the military junta that ruled Argentina in the 1970s and ‘80s, as well as her decision to have an abortion.
“The story, in the end, comes down to being about her relationship with her mother and a place of secrets,” said Cay-ley.
Meanwhile, Yashinsky’s story is very different, as he struggles to deal with his second son lying in a neo-natal intensive care unit after his birth. His wife gave him the idea for telling stories to his sick son one day as they looked down on him, lying unconscious in the hospital.
It is here though that there is another departure from a one-person show and storytelling, and that comes in the direct-ing.
“In storytelling, there is no directoral process,” said Cayley. “It’s more of a dra-maturgy process. The storyteller must have the fi nal vision of the show.” Cay-ley and Andrews will be working as dra-
maturges for Singh’s show, for example.
“This is our work,” said Cayley. “We see ourselves as profes-sional artists. We want to get the work out there.”
The season opener will star Cayley and Andrews during a spe-cial performance of The Book of Spells: A Love Story, at Peter-borough’s St. John’s Anglican Church on Saturday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. as a benefi t for the Peterborough Women’s Events Plan-ning Committee. Land-scapes of Silence: A Daughter’s Story, starring Marta Singh, plays the following lo-cal dates:
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GOLDEN DOODLE & Labradoodle pups, ready to go, Shawville. $450, vet checked, first needles and dewormed. 613-223-5015.
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2 BEDROOM UP-STAIRS apartment,downtown Arnprior.Washer and dryer inunit, secure build-ing with intercom, parking spot, heat and hydro extra. $750/ month, first and last. 613-302-1669.
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C A R S S R I D G E A P A R T M E N T S . LARGE 3 bedroom,ground floor, $ 1 , 0 9 0 / m o n t h , available April 1. In quiet, adult-only security building with laundry. Heat, hy-dro and cable in-cluded. 613-283-9650.
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Job Title: Freelance reporter/ photographersNumber of Positions: Several Department: Editorial Department Location: Ottawa
Do you have a fl air for writing? Do you have a passion for news and features and capturing the essence of every story? Are you detail-oriented, with superior written and verbal communication skills?
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MECHANICS & ELECTRICIANS: Pro-con Equipment is cur-rently looking for full-time permanent jour-neyman heavy duty mechanics and jour-neyman electricians for our Nisku, Alberta fa-cility. Must have certifi-cation. Preference will be given to any with un-derground experience. Excellent work atmos-phere and benefits. Work schedule is 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off. Will also consider relo-cation or qualified indi-viduals to Edmonton area from within Cana-da. Please fax résumé to 780-955-2411.
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Wilhelm, JohnJohn Wilhelm passed away
peacefully at home with family by his side on Saturday March 19,
2011 at the age of 87 years.
Loved husband of the late Maria Wilhelm. Loving father to Lynda Baumann and Angela Stoddard. Grandfather of Katie
Taylor, Valorie Henderson, Joshua Baumann, Sarah Baumann, Ben
Stoddard, Nathan Baumann, Jennifer Stoddard, Julie Baumann. Great grandfather of Ava, Jaxon, Jacob, Brooke, Braedan, Aiden,
Skye, Dante, Cheyenne, Shawnna and Veronica.
Family and Friends may call at Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths
Falls on Th ursday March 24, 2011 from 1PM until service time in the chapel at 3 PM. Interment
Hillcrest Cemetery. Donations in memory of John to a charity of
your choice would be appreciated. Online condolences available at
www.lannin.ca
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THOMLISON;Ronald Gordon
At home, with family on Thursday March 10, 2011.
Ronald Gordon Thomlison of Merrickville in his 77th year.
Loving father of Rhonda (Brian) Fraser, Mitchell, Shari (Darryl) Workman
and step-daughter Angela Bickerton. Cherished grandfather (poppa) of
Shallan (Darryl), Keara (Donny) Molson, Trystann, Bradley, Megan and Jordanna; great-grandfather to Coleton. Close and
special friend of Joan MacLaren, Arnprior. Beloved brother of Shelda Bell. Dear
uncle of Hope and Bentley (Kim) Bell. Great uncle to Cindel and Orry. Ron will
always be sadly missed by his faithful canine companion Jake.
Friends called at the Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths Falls on Sunday March
13, 2011 from 6 PM to 8 PM.
A Funeral Service was held in the chapel on Monday March 14, 2011 at 11 AM.
Interment Union Cemetery, Merrickville in the spring. Donations in memory of
Ron to the Lanark Animal Welfare Society or the Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated.
Online condolences may be made at www.lannin.ca.
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KINCHWilliam Edsel
April 25, 1927 - March 12, 2011
Peacefully at Rosebridge Manor on Saturday March 12, 2011. William
Edsel Kinch, age 83 years.
Dear father of Darlene Perkins of Oxford Mills. Predeceased by Parents Richard N Kinch and the former Mary
May Cassell. Six brothers, Wallace, Laird, Lloyd, Arthur, Earl, Orville and one sister Rheta. Survived by brother Cecil of Jasper; Sister in laws Vera
of Lombardy, Isabell of Smiths Falls, Willa of Jasper, and Irene of Newbliss.
He will be sadly missed by many nieces and nephews.
As per Edsel’s request, there will be no visitation or funeral service. A graveside service will take place in the spring at Maple Vale Cemetery.
Arrangements entrusted to Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths Falls
613-283-7225.
Online Condolences available at www.lannin.ca
Hogan; Wilbert Ernest
Died Peacefully, surrounded by family on March 18th, 2011 at the Smiths Falls Hospital. He was in his 86th year.
Ernest will be missed by his wife of 58 years, Jean Hogan. Caring and loving father of Glen (Verna), Philip (Beverly), Debbie (Doug) and Kevin (Jennifer). Cherished grandfather of Jeffery, Jordan (Stephanie), Diane (Kevin), Vicky (Don), Robyn, Luke, Blair, Carla, Jean (Blair), Mark (Amie), Alison (Dennis), Kristen, Dana, Bethany and late infant Adam. Great grand-father of Madison, Brooke, Mada-lyn, Tyler, Katie, Lauren, Landon and Simon. Ernest will be missed by numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Friends called at Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths Falls on Tuesday March 22, 2011 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. A Funeral Service has taken place at the Calvary Bible Church, Smiths Falls on Wednes-day March 23, 2011 at 11 AM.Donations in memory of Ernie to a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Online Condolences available at www.lannin.ca
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North Grenville woodlot owners are being urged to diversify their tree stands and begin selectively salvaging inferior ash trees to prepare for the spread of the emerald ash borer (EAB) through the re-gion.
Over 150 attendees at the recent 24th annual Winter Woodlot Conference at the Kemptville Campus were updated on the EAB situation by representatives of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). The best defense against the rapacious insect, said Martin Streit, stewardship coordinator of the Leeds Grenville Stewardship Council, is to be proactive.
“If you start to thin your woodlot, you’re going to have a bit more diversity of tree species. So if the emerald ash bor-er does kill your (ash) trees, you’ve got something else there. If you have a stand that’s 50 per cent ash, try to get it to 30 per cent ash,” Streit advised.
The EAB is thought to have arrived in Detroit, Mich., in the early 1990s in wood-en packaging materials from China. It went undetected until 2002.
Since fl ying over the water into Wind-sor, the tiny pest has gnawed its way through 35,000 acres of ash forest in On-tario, including almost 20,000 acres in 2010 alone, killing millions of trees and wreaking grave environmental and eco-nomic damage.
Last August, EBA-infected wood was found at a rest stop near Mallorytown, along Highway 401. While this has been the only confi rmed case in Leeds-Gren-ville to date, the insect has also been sighted in Perth. The ministry has found that EAB can spread eight to 15 kilome-tres around the initial infestation site within 15 years.
“In highly infested areas, high popula-tions of trees can die within a couple of years,” warned Taylor Scarr, OMNR’s provincial forest entomologist.
The adult EAB is only 8.5-14 mm long, but it is the 26-32 mm larvae that do the real damage. The larvae tunnel in ser-pentine patterns behind the bark, cutting off nutrients and killing the tree from within.
The highly destructive beetle targets all types of ash, except mountain ash, which is not a true ash. Pumpkin ash, a species native to southwestern Ontario, has been ravaged to the brink of extinc-tion. Because the larvae are hidden from sight behind the bark, it can take three to fi ve years for an infected tree to show symptoms, such as bark splitting or green epicormic shoots emerging from the lower trunk.
The EAB has no local natural preda-tors, though larvae do sometimes barrel through each other as they rush through the tree. Woodpeckers and other beetles also target the borer.
But woodlot owners can’t depend on nature to eliminate the foreign pest.
“By the time you see woodpecker dam-age in the tree, it’s probably too late – the tree’s doomed,” Scarr said.
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Before the EAB arrives in full force and decimates the region’s plentiful ash pop-
ulation, Streit advises woodlot owners to reevaluate their trees. Whereas in the past they would have let ash trees grow to their full height – some can reach up to 25 metres – before harvesting them, to-day the prevailing wisdom is to cut down ash trees for fi rewood or smaller sawlogs so as to realize some profi t before the ash borer renders the wood worthless.
Streit was careful to stress that the ministry is not advocating the clear-cut-ting of all ash in the region. Rather, he recommends woodlot owners get local advice before conducting any preemptive salvaging.
However, if owners are debating be-tween removing a dead or poor quality ash or cutting a non-ash species, the an-swer is simple. Remove the ash, and allow other trees to seed in its place, “and you’ll have a better chance when the ash borer does arrive,” Streit explained.
He predicts red maple and bur oak trees will supplant ash as the new cash crop for sawlogs. Maple wood is already more valuable than green ash, though the growing period is longer for maple trees, meaning owners must wait for the payoff.
Longtime woodlot owner Pud Johnson of Prescott is convinced of the need to take preventative action against the “dev-astating” insect.
“In my own particular forest, I antici-pate that ash will be eliminated, probably within 20 years,” he said. “And to meet that challenge, we have been harvesting ash at every opportunity during the last fi ve years.”
That means cutting down trees he might otherwise have grown for sawlogs or veneer production. But Johnson knows it will soon be impossible to salvage all of the dead ash available.
ARTIFICIAL SPREAD
EAB most commonly moves by artifi -cial spread – infected fi rewood or nurs-ery stock is unknowingly driven from one location to another. Artifi cial spread brought the insect to Sault Ste Marie, and Streit thinks that’s how it got to Mallory-town.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency strongly discourages anyone from mov-ing fi rewood, and has set up regulated areas outside of which ash materials cannot be transported, further restrict-ing the market for ash products. Leeds-Grenville will likely soon be designated a regulated area, Streit said.
The province is getting better at detect-ing and defending against EAB, though the two techniques now in use – an expen-sive injectable insecticide named Tree-Azin that protects a tree for two years, and a sticky trap used to catch the bugs – are typically used to save a few prized trees on city streets, parks, schoolyards or golf courses. There does not yet exist a proven defensive strategy for woodlots.
Johnson is buying a sticky trap for the summer, but he is realistic about future losses. Like most owners, he does not rely on his woodlot for primary income, but with ash comprising 20 per cent of the stems in his lot, he will take a hit once the EAB arrives.
“These are well-developed trees that have a very high potential for sawlogs, but we have to salvage them as fi rewood,”
he said. “I think it’s very sad that this is happening, but there are no other options at this time.”
In future, the EAB may be slowed by colder northern temperatures and natu-ral predators in the old growth forest, but Scarr said the ministry is considering bringing in a predator bug from China to target the pest.
It’s a high stakes problem, since pri-vate woodlots account for 90 per cent of the forested area in eastern Ontario.
Scarr hopes for an eventual “equilib-rium” such that the EAB kills trees at the same rate they are re-grown.
In the meantime, expect to soon see fewer ash trees in the forests of Leeds-Grenville.
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Emerald ash borer heading this way
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Aspen Zeppa, a forest health technical specialist with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources, is working to locate and eradicate the emerald ash borer in Leeds-Grenville.
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Bob Ferguson (c) 613-812-8871 • www.bobsperthhomes.ca
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Saturday March 26 • 1-2:30 p.m.613 Townline Rd. Gorgeous, custom built bungalow on ~7.7 acres. 3 bedrooms, master has ensuite and walk-in closet, 3 bathrooms, studio/workshop, wide verandah, lower level with family room, rec room and kitchenette. From Smiths Falls, south on Hwy 29 towards Brockville: turn right onto Townline Rd.; travel 0.5 km to property on left. MLS# 778424. $299,900.
Norene Allan 613-812-0407
NEW LISTING
$254,000 - 2 minutes from downtown Perth, this completely reno-vated side-split offers more than 1600 square feet of quality living space on a mature landscaped & wooded 2.86 acre lot. Prefect for a home business or large family. Open living/dining/kitchen area on main fl oor with 3 bedrooms & a full bath on the upper level. Family room, 4th bedroom & partial bath on lower level is suitable for a home based business. Basement offers either large fi nished rec room (or 5th bedroom if required) and laundry/utility room! MLS#782546.Bob Ferguson (c) 613-812-8871 • www.bobsperthhomes.ca