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Caption CorrectionIn our Februry issue, the ction tht ered beneth the hoto onge 21 cconying the rticle Militry Museu A Plce to Re-eber ws incorrect. Te ction should hve red: Jck Churchill, ounding eber o the Hll o Reebrnce, stnds with hotoo his brother, Joseh Ronld Churchill, who ws wrded the Distin-guished Flying Medl on Nov 4, 1944. We ologize or the error.

Correction to last months Bus Schedule letter:Bd news I didnt check y cts! Not sure how iortnt itis, but the Alonte exress bus ctully gets bck to Alontet 5:30pm, not 5:50pm s I originlly secied in y eil.

I ologize I ws working ro rther blurry hoto othe schedule, nd I wrote the letter over the holidys when Iws continully under the inuence o ru nd eggnog or oth-er estive beverges. Poor or! Not sure i its worth rinting

correction; I leve tht decision in your cble hnds. Agin,sorry or the inconvenience, nd kee u the good work! Danielle Wojtyniak, Proud Almonte Resident and SloppyCitizen Journalist

We Missed One!Heres volunteer orgniztion tht we issed in lst onths GetInvolved, Get Connected issue:

Kiwanis Club o Perth is service club tht reches ny reunicilities. Our ocus is on heling children nd youth in thePerth, Crleton Plce, Siths Flls, Lobrdy, Glen y, Lnrk, ndrurl res. Our ebers, en nd woen, cobine hilnthroy,undrising, ellowshi nd un. See or cll 2674662.

And while were on the toic o volunteer orgniztions, Perth Ki-wnis is getting crty. Teir ltest service roject is king cloth dollsor the Childrens Aid Society to give to youngsters in crisis. Tey recurrently looking or dontions o clen new stung, ebroidery yrn,

nd bric cotton or oly/cotton in bright rints or colours, ini-u size o 12"x16". I you cn you hel sew, lese cll 2674662.

Frank Condelli (the one in mortal peril above) writes: Hereis a photo o Rita and me in La Manzanilla, Mexico with a

copy o theHumm. You can read all about our adventures

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Pictured below are musicians Don Paterson (right) and Dave

Arthur (rom Ashton). In 2010 they completed a 3-weektour o S.W. Asia where they perormed as members o the

backup band on a Canadian Forces-sponsored show tour.Involving Canadian singers, dancers, comics, musicians

and technicians in a contemporary style, the shows are

presented in the same vein as in the old Bob Hope USOtours. Shows o this nature require much hard work, a lot

o logistics preparation and a lot o travel on various Armed

Forces aircrat including helicopters. The visible morale-boosting aect that these shows have on our soldiers

makes the entire eort unquestionably worthwhile. It is

one way o showing our CF personnel there that they arecared about by the people back home. Don and Dave are

Humm reading at an airfeld in Aghanistan. They had to

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Ater interviewing this onths eturedrtist, I ound ysel unble to sto think-ing nd tlking bout the unique, vibrntintings Lorrine Mrie English is cret-

ing t her kitchen tble in her sll rt-ent in Perth. Te crylic cnvses glowwith lie. Tey re unlike nything I hveencountered in y st twelve yers owriting bout locl rtists.

As described by Gllery Perth in our Jnu-ry edition, Perths own Lorrine English, whois drwn to rich colours, uses hevy lictiono light nd drk to crete jewel-like deictions otrees, owers nd nils. Tere is glowing byz-ntine qulity to her work tht brings to ind theosics o Mogul lces nd the recision o In-din initures the colours shrly dened nds recisely lced s stone in its setting.

It ws Lorrine Mries inting o Cndincorneld tht colesced the colicted ires-sions tht her work de on e. I loved it s soons I sw it. But I wsnt sure why. Lvishly decort-ed sunowers boldly coete with golden ers ocorn ginst n zure nd cyn sky, ll drticllyred by n elbortely tterned, ulti-hued bor-der. Tere re thousnds o dots o brillint, etlliccolour outlining leves nd eticulously drwn bor-der tterns. It took e hours o reserch into EstIndin rt beore it nlly dwned on e wht wsgenerting the esthetic rush I ws exeriencing.

In her own serch or identity, Lorrine Mriehs develoed n originl rtistic voice. Quite un-intentionlly she hs creted new lnguge orexressing her convoluted nd conicted eelings

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Lorraine Marie English An Artistic Triumph

bout being n Est Indin/British iigrnt inrurl Cnd.

Four yers go when she ws orced to sto workbecuse o debilitting helth issues, Lorrine re-

turned to her childhood interest in rts nd crtsto ll her tie nd rise her sirits. She set outwith her cer to hotogrh tyiclly Cndi-n scenes, bought book on inting, urchsedcrylic rt sulies, nd st down to work. Te re-sults did not stisy her.

She begn exerienting, striving or whisi-cl interrettions o things tht re lredy beu-tiul. Soon her works grew incresingly elborte,nd she introduced ore nd ore intricte deco-rtion. Te result is strikingly originl juxtosi-tion o brod Indin culturl inuences inoringn cquired Cndin lte. Te whole is greterthn the su o its rts.

Overcoming Adversityby Celebrating DiversityIt hs been reveling nd heling journey. Lor-

rine Mrie nd her ily oved to Montrelro Englnd when she ws twelve yers old. It wsn incredibly dicult trnsition or her nd heryounger brother. Moving to Crleton Plce llevi-ted the lnguge diculties, but the torent shesuered or being dierent is ieditely evidenton her ce when she begins to recount her unh-iness s victi o rejudice. Tirty-ve yerslter she begn grdully cceting nd even e-brcing her culturl inheritnce through her rt.

It is n excetionlly rich culture ro which todrw. Tis quote ro is helul: Indin Art is the visul rt roduced onthe Indin subcontinent ro bout the 3rd illen-niu BC to odern ties. o viewers schooled inthe Western trdition, Indin rt y see overlyornte nd sensuous; recition o its reneentcoes only grdully, s rule. Volutuous eeling

is given unusully ree exression in Indin culture.A strong sense o design is lso chrcteristic o In-din rt nd cn be observed in its odern s wells in its trditionl ors.

It took e no tie to recite Lorrine M-ries rt, nd others re shring y enthusis.Recently won who hd bought two works tGllery Perth clled to tell her how delighted shews with her urchses; the next dy the Glleryclled to tell Lorrine the won hd urchsedtwo ore. She condes tht she is still surrisedtht t show in 2009 t Brush Strokes in CrletonPlce, ll o sudden I ws big success!

It is not surprising. A Canadian sensibility lavishlyembellished with an Indian aesthetic is a brilliant andwelcome addition to our sometimes restrained artis-

tic landscape. Lorraine Maries canvases combine an assured decorativehand with an underlying spontaneity. Like the Indian Miniaturist paint-ers, she represents the real as (s)he has realised it, a thing not as it hasbeen but as it has been perceived, that is, a reality re-cast, or re-modeledrst by perception and then by art treatment.

Her rt celebrtes her love o nture nd beuty, nd her revi-ously unconscious nd unexressed connection to her Est Indinroots. rditionl subjects like Indis ntionl bird, the ecock, ndthe elehnt, recur in her intings. Mny re lvishly, eticulouslydorned with borders nd outlines nd decortions executed in ge-

like colours. Soe re executed so nely they reind e o Crewel-work; others suggest bedwork.

Lorrine Mrie describes hersel s quiet nd hving soewhthidden ersonlity. Pinting gives e wy o exressing yselboldly, nd hs brought to e condence tht I did not hve. It hsreveled soe broken lces in e nd hs been joy to y hert.By ebrcing her culturl roots she nds she is heling the woundsshe exerienced nd disowned long go.

Although her helth constrins her outut, she hs coitted tobe the etured rtist t Brush Strokes in June, 2013. In the entie,soe o her work is vilble there t 129 Bridge Street in Crleton Plce(2538088, brushstrokesrt.c). Even though Gllery Perth is tking sbbticl until Aril, you cn see works by Lorrine Mrie Englishnext door t the Perth Picture Fring Gllery, Codes Mill, 17 WilsonStreet Est (2648338). Click on Enter Here t to est your colour-derived Cndin winter eyes on the exuberntnew Anglo/Indin rt lnguge she hs invented. She cn be rechedt 3260277 nd by eil t .


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WHO Lorraine Marie English

WHAT Acrylics Painter

WHERE Brush Strokes, 129 Bridge St., Carleton Place,2538088,

Gallery Perth and Perth Picture Framing Gallery,17 Wilson St. E. (Codes Mill), 2648338

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WHY Painting has healed some broken places in me,and has been a joy to my heart.

Alontes Folkus Concert Series concludes itshighly successul 2011/2012 seson on Sturdy,Mrch 24, with n ll-Ottw double bill eturingSilver Creek nd the Brothers Chey.

Silver Creek ce together in 2006 nd, ter ew rehersls bsed round hndul o songs,

the bnd ieditely begn recording. Tey detheir trnsition ro the studio to the stge esily,lying their rst show t Bluesest in 2006 nd be-ing invited bck or the ollowing three yers, in-cluding oening or Blue Rodeo on the in stgeto crowd o 20,000. Since then Silver Creek hsbeen building strong nd ithul n bse crossCnd.

Te bnd hs two lbus to its credit. Te rst,About ime, ws relesed in 2008, with songs thtconvey undentl truths o the hun exeri-ence. oics o love, hertche, soulul suer-tie usings, nd the cold oreboding Cndinwinter ix with hertelt lyrics nd ctchy elo-dies or n unorgettble sound. Silver Creeks sec-ond lbu, six-song EP entitledFollow the Sun,ollowed yer lter, nd is ull-throttle ory intoNorthern-ried rock nd soul tht showcses the

bnds strong songwriting nd usicl bilities. Iturther develos their new-old sound in wy thtis unquestionbly originl but lso reiniscent othe sound o such grous s Te Bnd, Te AllnBrothers, nd Neil Young. Teir live shows relwys exciting nd owerul, with soring three-rt hronies nd strong instruenttion. TeirAlonte show will tret udience ebers to -teril ro their brnd new third record, Princesand Kings (relesed lst Deceber).

Te second hl o Folkuss double bill resentsnother Ottw bnd, the Brothers Chaey. Tisgrou is ronted by brothers Curtis nd MtthewChey nd ws ounded in 2004. Since then thebnd hs toured ro cost to cost in Cndnd hs strong n bse in cities such s Hlix,oronto nd Ottw. Like Silver Creek, Broth-ers Chey hve lyed t Ottws Bluesest, t-

trcting enthusistic crowds three yers in rowwith their solid u-teo, dncehll, roots, rock 'n'roll sound. Tey relesed their rst CD, Harbord

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Street Soul, in 2005 nd ollowed it with Blood-lines in 2009. For their second lbu they teedu with roducer Ken Friesen (rgiclly Hi/Te Sdies/Hwksley Workn) nd, with new jzz druer dded to the ix, they continuethis collbortion s they record their third lbuin Alonte. On this lbu their style evolves sthey exnd their soul nd blues sound to give itcentre stge. Teirs is not soul sound tht erelyrevives Motown, however. Tey reer to it s neo-soul soething new nd not rooted in nostlgi.

As they work to streline their sound, they re bnd to wtch closely, s we ll nticite their CDrelese dte in sring 2012.

ogether these bnds roise concert-goers noortunity to her brnd new usic ro twogrous whose strs re on the rise. Silver Creek ndthe Brothers Chey cn be seen in concert t theAlonte Old own Hll on Sturdy, Mrch 24.Te show strts t 8pm, with doors oening t7:30pm. Single show tickets re vilble t costo $27 or dults nd $12 or students. Tey y beurchsed t the door on the evening o the show,or those willing to tke the risk. Tose wntingto secure set hed o tie cn cll Mill StreetBooks t 2569090 or ticket orders. For inor-tion, visit .

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Te 5 th nnul Seedy Sunday in the Ottw Vl-ley will be held on Sundy, Mrch 4, ro 10am to3pm, in the ceteri uditoriu o Fellowes HighSchool (420 Bell Street in Pebroke). Adission isree. All new nd exerienced grdeners, locl oodlovers nd the curious will wnt to ttend!

Seedy Sundy is rerkble henoenon thtcontinues to ctch on cross Cnd. Grdeners,seed svers, seed vendors, locl ood roducers,orgnic rctitioners nd environentl grouscoe together t venue where they cn lernro one nother, exchnge ides nd seeds, ndurchse seeds nd lnts, ll in un socil set-ting. Its dy to lern bout nd roote loclood, ore sustinble ethods o growing, ndthe reservtion nd use o heirloo, orgnic ndoen-ollinted seeds.

Plese reeber to bring ny o your ownseeds, cuttings, lnts or grdening tresures to ex-chnge t the Sw ble!

Presenttions during the dy re ree. Presentershve welth o knowledge to shre, nd welcoell your questions! Te rst tlk is t 10:30am: lern-ing bout Wild & Hoegrown Plnts or Nturl

Skin Cre with Sigrid Geddes o Sigrid NturlSkin Cre, ollowed t 11:30am by Fris Ahed oUSC Cnd with Bnking Diversity: Why SveSeeds. At 12:30pm, its Hving Fun In Your RisedBeds with Debr Lloyd, then exlore How We

5th Annual Seedy SundayCalling All Gardeners & Local Food Enthusiasts!

Connect to Nture with Ole Hendrickson o theOttw River Institute nd Rob Cunningh o thePebroke Are Field Nturlists t 1:30pm. Bringyour questions to the resenttions or visit the ttheir exhibits. Dont iss this oortunity to eetwith these resenters nd with the ny other n-

tstic exhibitors who will be hy to nswer ll oyour questions!

Food nd rereshents will be vilble. Alocl lunch rered by the Fellowes CulinryArts students will be sold between 11am nd2pm by the Ottw Vlley Food Co-oertive. Enjoy the locl oods othe Vlley, lern ore bout the co-o, eet soeo the co-o roducers, nd ick u your coy othe Local Food Buying Guide or the Uer Ot-tw Vlley.

Tere re lots o ctivities throughout the dy.Visit the Fellowes Greenhouse. Enjoy the buskerscorner, eturing soe wonderul locl usicins.ke rt in the silent uction nd ossibly win oneo ny door rizes.

Seedy Sundy is non-rot event oerted byvolunteers nd sonsored by the Ottw River In-

stitute . Net roceeds willbe donted to Seeds o Diversity , non-rot orgniztion dedicted to the reservtion oheritge seeds.

Most eole will reeber when the Occuy WllStreet oveent ws ront ge news lst ll, withits cll or ore equitble nd environentlly-sustinble econoic syste, its chllenge to theower o ultintionl corortions, nd its inno-

vtive ors o direct lederless deocrcy. Strt-ing in Seteber, the oveent took just ewweeks to sred to ore thn 1000 cities roundthe world, including Ottw, Kingston, Montrelnd oronto. While ost Occuy cs hvebeen disntled nd the oveent rrely kesthe instre news these dys, it is ctully stillgrowing s evidenced by the new nd ver y ctiveOccuy Lnrk County (OLC) grou tht hs beenoerting since erly Jnury.

The Occupy MovementComes To Carleton Place

On Sundy, Mrch 25, Occuy Lnrk Coun-tys outrech grou will introduce the ide to theCrleton Plce/Alonte counity vi MeetTe Occution event t Bllygiblins Resturnt,151 Bridge Street, Crleton Plce, t 2pm. Hosted

by Crleton Plce resident Peter Brown nd etur-ing resenttions by soe o the ost ctive veter-ns o both Occuy Ottw nd OLC, the ide is tooer the story behind the hedlines: why so nyeole ce to this oveent, why it hs been soinuentil, nd where it cn go ro here.

Contct or inor-tion, or check out the OLC Fcebook ges. Orbest o ll, join the t Bllygiblins on Mrch 25. Peter Brown

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Who They AreCrol nd Robert MouckKeeing the Hrvest or Food nd Seed

What They OferA slide resenttion on Keeing the Hrvest or Food nd Seedt 11am on Sundy, Mrch 4 s rt o Seedy Sunday t thePerth Legion (10am3pm). A resenttion on Benecil Insectsnd Pollintors o the Grden by Mureen Bostock will ollow t

1pm. Other rticiting orgniztions include locl seed vendors(Yukos Oen Pollinted Seeds, Heritge Seed nd Produce, errEdibles), rers rket vendors, rnsition Kingston, NtureLovers Bookstore, Seeds o Diversity, Occuy Lnrk, Perth ndDistrict Food Bnk, Mster Grdeners, Perth Horticulturl Society,Cndin Orgnic Growers, NFU Locl 310. For inortion con-tct Srh Mckenzie t or 2840578.

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As I look out the windowthis ternoon t the driv-ing snow being blown inby lte winter stor, I reinded o wonder.How treendous it is thtin tter o weeks thelndsce will trnsor.

Winters white, hrd, icyreeze will succub, so-tening under the quietress o stronger sun. Te

erthy sell o wring, oistsoil will thicken the ir. Andseeds, roots nd shoots, ll tk-ing their cues ro light, teer-ture, oisture, nd soe sorto insistent biologicl eory,will ush nd ulse through theconnes o their winter skins,nd begin to int the lndscewith illion shdes o green. oe, this is nothing short o i-

rculous. Yet, the colete nderect journey seed tkes rogerintion to ruiting to settingseed or the niesttion o u-ture genertions, is sily over-looked by ny.

So, wht bout sending soeo our energies s society co-ing u with celebrtions, or ritu-ls tht honour nd celebrte theower o seeds? Sy Ntionl(or Locl) Seed Sviours Dy.Could it relce Fily Dy?Soething kin to this ide(though not yet ntionl holi-dy) hs been hening quietlyunder our noses or the lst dec-de or so, in loctions ll round

the country. Initited by ssion-te seed svers nd orgniztionsinterested in reserving nd ro-oting heritge seeds nd geneticdiversity, Seedy Sturdys (ndSundys) hve becoe the relhrbinger o sring or grden-ers nd rers. Tey oer noortunity to sw seeds nd

Seeds or Thoughtother grden-relted ites, tolern bout seed sving, nd tosource usul nd unusul vrietieso heritge seeds tht hve otenbeen grown close to hoe. TePerth Frers Mrket hs orgn-ized the third nnul Seedy Sun-dy t the Perth Legion, nd it is

the lce to be this Mrch 4! Forexerienced nd inexeriencedgrdeners like, s well s or thecurious, the event will hve soe-thing to oer nd to insire, ndwill be gret lce to sk ques-tions nd get helul dvice onseed vrieties to suit your needs.

One o the hi ghlights o PerthsSeedy Sundy will be the slideresenttion by Crol nd RobertMouck, which hs been orgn-ized by EcoPerth. Te Mouckshve hd rich 40+ yers o ex-erience in seed selection ndcollecting, nd re widely knownin Ontrio nd beyond or theireorts in rooting seed sving.

Tis is certin to be wonderul,nd insiring, hour or so.

Crol nd Robert exude quiet condence nd grounded-ness, both s individuls nd s coule. Yers o shring ob-servtions nd insights ro thegrden see to hve nurtured dee i not roound inticybetween the, nd with theirseeds, the erth, nd the growingcycle. For the st our decdestheir story hs included sev-enteen yers o hoesteding tFoxre Fr, the rst certiedorgnic r in estern Ontrio,where they rised shee, veget-bles, Percherons (drt horses),

heritge grins they illed on-site, nd soybens they sold totou kers; seven yers o r-ket grdening t sller rner Nnee where they oved(with their seeds) when the hys-icl dends o Foxre begntking its toll on their bodies; stint in Veront; nd the ound-

ing o Te Heirloo Seed Snc-tury t the Sisters o Providenceo St. Vincent de Pul in Kingston. Now,they re entoring ew youngssionte rers ssing or-wrd their 140 yers o cobinedlie exerience nd showing the

how to tke on the resonsibilityo ensuring the collected storiescontinue or over 450 vrieties oseeds (their collection).

o sek o seeds hving sto-ries y see bit odd, butwithin ech little rticle is theeory o hundreds, soetiesthousnds, o genertions, co-bined with or built into geneticcode, tht enbles the seed to er-etute itsel nd dt to yridconditions yer uon yer. Inthe hun rel, seeds lso c-cuulte the stories nd lore wecontrive or the in the or ones, descritions, chrcter-istics, growing conditions, nd

soeties their unique histories where they originted rond igrted to, nd throughwhose hnds. Doing this cn be rel rt nd soe o the bestidentictions, ccording to theMoucks, cn be ound in the oldbooks re-hotogrhy inwhich things were ccurtely ct-logued nd identied bsed oncreul observtion. Soe eolestill do this, but or ost, the de-sire or instntneous identic-tion vi hotogrhs nd ccessto innite ounts o inor-tion on the internet y hvedulled our bilities to sense sub-tle nunces nd reltionshis tht

go on in our grdens (not online),tht re useul not only in identi-ction but lso in growing ndrogting uture genertions.Attention to het, oisture,neighbouring lnts, insects, soilqulity, weeds, ruit nd le qul-ity, tste, etc. nd the resilience,ilure or chnges o tht yersseeds cored to the reviousyers, ll becoe rt o reos-itory o inortion secic toindividul grdens nd the seedstht ture in it. Over severlyers, seeds dt uniquely to theterroir o tht r or grden.

Lerning to grow ones oodro seed selecting lnts to

grow out or seed, hrvesting theseeds, nd then storing nd iden-tiying the roerly is vitlrst ste towrds ood security.Te Moucks oint out tht sll-scle roducers, in ct bckyrdgrdeners, hve undentlroles to ly i we re to reserve,

or better yet, regin the geneticdiversity tht weve lost since the'50s. Locking u seeds in vultsin lrge interntionl seed bnks well intended s this ight be disruts the continuous c-cuultion o the cretive, d-tive otentil stored within theseed itsel tht occurs through

successive, continuous lntingnd hrvesting in diverse condi-tions nd clites. Much worse,however, is our collective hnd-ing o to ultintionl coror-tions the bility to control whtseeds re selected (uniority,size nd trnsortbility becoeore iortnt thn tste, vri-ety nd nutrient vlue); how theyre rogted (think GMOs,cheicls, onocultures); ndwht vrieties we s consuersdo nd dont hve ccess to.

Over the course o their lie-ties, the Moucks hve noted shocking decline in vilbleseed vrieties soething tht

hs coincided with the declinein sll-scle vegetble grden-ing nd the revlence o seedconies s sources or ourseeds. Te current groundswellin oulrity or growing ood ishertening, but they ehsizetht seed sving needs to be-

coe n integrl rt o growingood. Seed sving is soethingthey hve dedicted their livesto. Seeds re soken o like cher-ished old riends nd it is clertht Crol nd Robert do notwnt to let these riends down.Nonetheless, they note it neednot be n onerous tsk. It is i-

ortnt to view the resonsibilitys joy; to not be rid o k-ing istkes, becuse istkeswill inevitbly be de nd cnled to nuerous insights; nd tojust begin by juing in.

A grden is like continuouslychnging, never-ending work ort. Oening the senses, intui-tion nd ind to the owerul,cretive energy o seeds cn benothing short o roound. Whoknows erhs seed svingwill becoe the ntidote or thebusy, high-octne, inortion-overloded lives we led thesedys! Visit Seedy Sundy to herore bout the Moucks exeri-

ence nd how you cn strt sv-ing seed (11am). Another res-enttion by Mureen Bostock onBenecil Insects nd Pollintorsin the Grden (these guys reoten necessry or seed roduc-tion) will ollow t 1pm. Adis-sion is ree.


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I you know Westportt ll, youll know heCove Country Inn (Iy hve entioned

it once or twice y-sel). And i you knowhe Cove Country Inn,

youll know the Cowns they re, ter ll, thehertbet o he Cove.

For the uninitited, heCove is n inn in the truestsense o the word, copletewith ine dining nd entertin-ent, nd is, in ny wys, thehert o Westport. he CoveInn is where you go to celebrtebirthdys, nniversries, -ily holidys or successully

owing the lwn. he Cove isthe spot or weddings, recep-tions, eetings, or burgerwith cold beer on hot dy.he Cowns nge to do thisll with very personl touch; eber o the ily is lostlwys on hnd with kindword. It y be just to sy hel-lo or welcoe to he Coveor, ore likely, welcoe bckto he Cove, but the touchis personl nd you know itshertelt.

You would think tht jug-gling ll this would be enoughbut no, theres ore. Alongwith ll the dy-to-dy stu

The PerthCommunity Choir

is inviting proposals for the

Fall 2012 Show.

Proposals to include anArtistic Director,Musical Director

and show selection.

Deadline for proposals isFriday, March 30th, 2012.

Written proposals to be sentto 84 Harvey Street,

Perth, Ontario K7H 1X2

by Steve Scanlon

WestportWonders Driving, Kissing and Pancakes with

Picasso (and All in Westport!)tht goes into running n en-terprise like he Cove, ndll the specil events such swine tstings, Groundhog Dy

celebrtions nd Mrdi Grsnights, the Cowns lso hostBlues on the Rideu, series oblues rtists nd bnds plyingonthly to sold-out crowds.Mrch is no exception.

Mrch 17 brings three broth-ers Dune, Brooke nd Cory nd best riend Mrk Ayee,s Blackburn, oronto-bsedblues bnd nd winner o the2010 Mle Blues wrd or BestNew Bnd. A little bit o unk, little bit o soul, soe R&B in theix, nd whole lott groove.And Blckburn even soundsIrish, so the tiing is right.

And its not only blues be-

ing plyed. Mrch 9 is spe-cil night o Jzz with the ChetDoxas Quartet. Hiling roMontrel nd New York City,Chet Doxs, one o Cndseinent sxophonists, hspooled soe o New York Citysbest young jzz usicins orn evening o his originl co-positions. Mtt Stevens onguitr, Zck Lober on bss ndEric Doob on drus copletethe qurtet. his will prove tobe n evening to reeber.

Sticking with the thee ooriginl usic, nother thingtht two o the Cowns do isply usic lots nd lots o

usic. On ny given night, Jend Seus Cown (on drusnd bss respectively) cn beseen plying up stor on

stge with ny o the bnds p er-oring. Albert Einstein (youknow, tht genius guy) oncesid: Any n who cn drivesely while kissing pretty girlis siply not giving the kiss thettentions it deserves. I syPhooey. I y not be genius(you, in the bck stop gig-gling I know I not, oky),but the wy I see it is Je ndSeus hve hnd in k-ing he Cove the success it is,nd they lso hve hnd inking gret usic its whtthey do nd they do it well. Yes,they drive, kiss nd hve gret

vibe ll t the se tie tke

that, Albert!Prie exple: check

the out plying with theirown bnd, Spoon River, onMrch 23. he bnd ce to-gether with the help o visrince, ollowing the brekupo he Royl Mountin Bndo Montrel. Ater tiny hituso two yers (whts two yersbetween riends), Spoon Riveris bck recording their secondCD, ollow up to their irst,

Kingdom of the Burned, ndwill be unveiling soe newteril t the show. Dig heBnd? Neil Young? JohnnyCsh? Dusty bck rods nd

open windows? Windblownhir nd grinding song on therdio? hen go see these guys.Do it. I not or e, then do itor yoursel you deserve it!Check the out t .

Just to give you little extrpush in the right direction, theRueben deGroot Band is ply-ing on the se bill. Tis King-ston-bsed bnd cobines hinto John Prine, Te Bnd, pincho Lyle Lovett nd just sidgeo Dwight Yok, thrown into pot o pure Rueben deGroot.

Te sound is ilir but with lloriginl roots. Check out theirCD,Hey!.All o the Cove shows tend to sellout erly, so you y wnt to cll

hed nd reserve.o su up:he Cove Country Inn = A

gret plce to sty, gret plceto et nd gret plce to beentertined. he Cown Fily= Gret hosts, ine usicins,nd lovely giving ily.

Cvet lector: Te CoveCountry Inn nd the Cownily dont do this lone theyhve n incredible, dedictedstf nd they would be the rstpeople to recognize the.

Also in Mrch (under theheding lst, but deinitelynot lest), Artemisia ndThe Wordsmith re sponsor-

ing Brekst with the Arts,Westport Style series opotluck breksts (or brekie)being held on the lst Sturdy

o every onth. So, heres thewy it works: the coee will beperking t 7:30am, eet up ndbbble until 8:30 (ish) nd be-ginning t 8:30 (ish) there will

be speker u spekingon vriety o rts-relted sub-

jects. Mrch brings Ken Rose(k he Sndn) to the po-diu. Wnt to know wht thetlk is going to be bout? As-seble your vorite breksttrets (yes, soe ssebly isrequired), enough to eed iveor six like-inded olks, pck

your vorite knie, ork, spoonnd plte, dont orget yourug, nd hed out to Upstge(upstirs t he Wordsith)to ind out. While youre there,between outhuls, shresoe tie tlking bout yourlove o the rts in your cou-

nity. Art nd brekst, I see thebeginning o beutiul riend-ship who knew? Pnckesnd Picsso nyone?

This month in Westport you can catch Chet Doxas (below let) on

the 9th, Blackburn (above) on the 17th, and Spoon River on the 23rd!


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Relocation of Almonte FamilyPhysicians Offices

e family physicians who belong to the Ottawa Valley Family HealthTeam are moving from their current offices into a single clinic locationat 95 Spring Street (the renovated first floor of the former FairviewManor building).

e physicians moving are Dr. Heather Abramenko, Dr. William Blaine,Dr. Christiane Deschenes, Dr. Mike Dolan, Dr. Franz Ferraris,Dr. Melissa Forbes, Dr. Ursula McGarry, Dr. Graeme McKillop, Dr. JodyMurray, Dr. Anne Oldfield, and Dr. Cecil Rytwinski.

e office moves began in late February 2012 and will continue over a

period of at least five weeks. Once each physicians move is complete,patients will see their physician at 95 Spring Street, not at thatphysicians former office. During the relocation period, your physiciansoffice will contact you in advance of a scheduled appointment toconfirm the appointment location.

For current information about

the status of each physicians move, please visit

www.ovfht.ca

or call 613-256-9370.

ank you for your patience during our move.

On Stage For Kids is once again oferingresidents o the Mississippi Mills area a

great opportunity to meet and socializewith each other. Participants are requiredto prepare one part o a three-course din-ner appetizer, main dish or dessert. Teyare told which part they will be preparingahead o time, but no one knows wherethey will be going or their other coursesuntil the day o the event, and no one knowswho is coming to their home until they ar-rive! Ater each course the assembled partysplits up and heads to their next venues, toeat with another group o people. Finally,everyone gets together at Te Barley Mowat the end o the evening.

I you re new to the re or just look-ing to exnd your socil network, this is

gret oortunity to eet new eole.A iniu dontion o $20 er coule

is required to rticite. Plese eil to tke rt inthis yers event.

Te Sri Dinner is n nnul undris-er or On Stge For Kids nd, s such, helsto ensure the uture o the childrens enter-tinent series. Te dte or this eighth n-nul event is Sturdy, Aril 28.

Everyone is welcoe on Sri Dinnernd new rticints re desirble. Tere isno rule tht sys you ust rticite withyour souse. I he or she is not vilble,invite riend! I you live too r outside otown, orgnizers cn hel lce you t nin-town kitchen. Tere is lwys wy toke it work.

On Safari: Good Folks,Good Food, Good CauseFundraiser or On Stage For Kids

Reeber when you were teenger, ndthe ltest D.H. Lwrence book ws LadyChatterleys Lover nd ll the kids knewwht ws on certin ge? Unsek-ble sut, we were told! So wht didwe do? We ll got coy, snuck it into

drk corner, nd red nd re-red thosebits. Never ind tht we didnt know thewhole lot we didnt cre wed redthe censored rts.

Youre grown u now, nd the verybooks you were wrned ginst re nowclssy literture, nd you will be ble to re-visit our o these novels guilt-ree or theucoing Learning in Almonte coursebeginning Tursdy, Mrch 15, t the Al-onte Public Librry.

Well-known roessor Michel Gn-rowski will resent the six-week lectureseries clled Literature and Censorship Why? bsed on our clssics: Lw-rences Lady Chatterleys Lover, Millersropic o Cancer, FlubertsMadame Bo-vary, nd Nbokovs Lolita. I you dont

hve the well-thubed edition ro youryouth, the our novels re vilble t thelibrry or through Mill Street Books in Al-onte (256-9090).

Te six lectures will cover censorshi,societl tboos, nd stte nd church in-

Oooh, Its theNaughty Bits

tervention in censorshi, s well s discus-sions o ech novel. It will be i nteresting tocore the ide o censorshi t the tiethese novels were ublished, to tht o theresent dy.

Te Lerning in Alonte series hs

been running or ew yers now, withdiverse toics ro science to literture.Renowned roessors or ech subjecthve enlightened the udience in re-lxed but roessionl nner, with justthe right ount o intellectul stiul-tion to get lively discussion in every ses-sion. Te courses run or six weeks, twohours session. With no exs, no essysto write, nd nothing to do but enjoy thebrin exercise, these courses re winnersin every wy.

Registrtion is esy. Contct Don Wilest to reserveyour sot. Cost o the course is $75 rel brgin or twelve hours o stiult-ing converstion with like-inded eole.Te librry roo only holds bout 35 ex-

cited lerners, so it would be wise to reg-ister now. Its not quite sring yet, nd thiscourse is sure to be insirtion or thosebright sring dys when ncies run tothoughts o ronce! Glenda Jones


10/28


Disclaimer: please con-

sult your amily physi-

cian, therapist, baristaand mom beore heed-

ing any o the ollowingadvice. Got a question?

Send Miss Write an

email at [email protected].

Dear Miss Write,My rtner nd I hvebeen oerting our ownbusiness or ve yers

now. Beore oening, riend othe ily generously oered todesign our logo. I hte it. Aterhl decde in business how-ever, eole recognize it s ourbrnd. Is it too lte to chnge it?Sincerely, Branded or Lie?

Dear, Branded (can I callyou Brandy?)Consistency is certinly n i-ortnt rt o brnd recogni-tion, but its not uncoon orbusinesses to udte their i-ge to kee u with the ties. Iyou hte your logo, by ll enschnge it! Tt sid, i youvebeen in business or ve yers,its robbly doing you soevours, so y dvice would beto dt wht youve lredy gotgoing on rther thn ebrkuon colete reinvention.Te colours in your originl logore robbly ost signicnt.I would recoend keeing

the s is nd odiying theont or igery insted. Actu-lly, wht I would relly reco-end is hiring grhic de-signer to do it or you. Your logois the ce o your brnd nd, Ithink youll nd, worth the in-vestent.Miss Write

by Emily Arbour

Funn

yYouShouldWriteDont You Know Im Logo?

Dear Miss Write,Tis isnt so uch n dvice ques-tion, but I thought you still ightbe ble to hel. It sees everyoneis tlking bout blogs these dys.A I issing soething? Whtis blog nd why would I wnt to

red one? And besides tht, theInternet is so huge how doesone evennd blog theyd wntto red i in ct they didwnt tored blogs?Yours, BloglessP.S. How uch wood cn woodchuck chuck?

Dear Blogless,Blogs (or web logs) in nut-shell re online journls writtenby individuls or grous boutnything nd everything. Teyvebecoe oulr becuse o theirese o use nd ccessibility. An- yone nd their uncle cn write blog. Teyre not ll gret, but

soe re sweet little nds writ-ten by shr-witted, inoredolks who we ight not other-wise her ro. Soe bloggersuse the s ersonl diries otheir dy-to-dy, others s o-rus or exressing n oinionon rticulr subject, nd evenore use the s rketingtools or their businesses. Whtkes the esecilly gret istht ollowers hve the bility tosk questions o the writer, ostcoents, nd connect withlike-inded individuls ll overthis gret lnet o ours. Let it beknown, however, tht, like ostthings we cn nd on the w-w-w,

blogs re not necessrily yourost relible source or ctulinortion. Most re bsed on singulr ersons tke on sub-ject. Like little virtul soboxes.Personlly, blogs re y singleost vourite wy to nd insi-rtion nd inortion on sub-jects I curious bout nd wste erectly good ternoon.

Finding blog tht interests you is s sile s Googling toic. (And though y sell-check is icking u the wordGoogling s istkenly selled,the blog Googling Google isbcking e u on this one.) Once

youve ound blog you enjoy, itwill link to other blogs tht itenjoys. And so on nd so orthuntil sending your recious reetie ctully being roductive isbut distnt eory.Sincerely, Miss WriteP.S. Ask y grnd. Sounds likesoething hed know.

Dear Miss Write,My nine-yer-old wnts cellhone. Should I get her one? Irelly dont wnt to, but I lsorelize tht the ties they re chngin.Call me

Dear Call me,My dughter y only be three yers old, but with ll the wor-rying bout the uture I like todo, this scenrio hs crossed yind. Personlly, I wish we couldll live on tree-lined cul-de-scsnd just yell t our riends roour orches. Als. Nine sees bit young, but I suose i giv-ing her cell hone is soethingtht hels you, itd be OK in ybooks. Mybe she wlks hoero school on her own nd itwould give you ece o ind tobe ble to cll when shes runninglte. I tht is the cse, go or it.

My dvice would be to nd

one without ll the bells ndwhistles so shes not overly roudo owning it. Id lso suggest ur-chsing y-s-you-go ln ndrequiring tht she cover the costo ny clls bove nd beyondthose de to hoe, to tech herbout the nncil resonsibilityo hving her own hone. (I yougot her dog, shed hve to scoo

the oo wouldnt she?) Lstly, tlk to your ln rovider bout yourbility to rogr certin nubers into the device so you cn liither ccess to tht dile-ced Roeo in her dr clss with Bie-ber vibe. I dont cre i hes eight. I dont like the cut o his jib. Emily Arbour is a reelance writer (among other things) who lives and

works in Almonte, Ontario. By no means is she an expert in anythingbut having an opinion and making things up. You can go ahead and

take her advice, but youd probably do just as well taking VCR digitalclock setting tips rom your great aunt Agnes. Only dierence is shedoesnt have a column in this fne publication.

Counity Hoe Suort Lnrk County is once gin o-ering exressive rts bereveent grous or children, teens nddults, beginning in Mrch. Tese grous run or eight weeks,t the Perth oce. Tey re ree o chrge nd cilitted by JulieMcIntyre, n exerienced rt therist, s well s trined hosicevolunteers who re lso roessionls.

Lst ll, three grous were successully coleted or bereved

children (7 to 12), teens (13 to 17) nd dults, using odlities suchs visul rts, oetry, dr, oveent, ges, journling, sknd doll king, nd storytelling. Prticints indicted tht beingin se environent where they could shre their own exeri-ence o loss, nd connect to others who understood, ws gretoortunity to eel suorted. A new sect to this yers rogris tht teens who hve lredy exerienced this grou will be co-cilittors nd entors in the new grous.

Exressive thery uses cretive rts such s usic, dnce,dr nd writing s or o heling. Te ost iortntconcet is tht using the igintion to crete rt hels rooteentl nd hysicl helth. When this tye o thery is used stretent, the ct o creting is given ore iortnce thn ro-ducing coleted work o rt.

Te use o exressive rts in grie nd bereveent work hsny benecil eects nd cn roote heling, integrtion ndconnection in grou setting. No rtistic tlent is required orexected, nd there is no judgeent on the work coleted. Eve-

ryone is encourged to use the rt king within the grou ortheir own heling nd to continue the rocess t hoe ter thecoletion o the grou.

For ore inortion or to register or n ucoing grou,lese contct Rebecc Bowie t or2676400. Counity Hoe Suort-Lnrk County is su-orted by the South Est LHIN, the United Wy o Lnrk Coun-ty nd counity dontions. Julie McIntyre

Expressive ArtsBereavement Groups


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Its tie to ln tri to your locl sugr bush! With ll the wrwether this winter, sring y coe erly. Historicl records o syr-u king in Lnrk County indicte tht the syru seson usullystrted in lte Mrch or erly Aril. Te seson sees, on verge,

to hve dvnced by two weeks nd, in ct, we hve de syru inFebrury. It ys to be redy in order to ctch tht rst run o s.

Every yer we hve new visitors t our sugr c who re notilir with the rocess o king le syru. Te ost re-quently sked question is: Do you hve to ut new hole in thetree ech yer? Te nswer is yes. Te t hole begins to hel ssoon s it is de nd, in the course o our or ve weeks, the treeno longer runs s ro it. Te run cn be extended by re-drillingthe t hole. You cn see the heling rocess t work on brokenbrnch. Te s runs ro the brnch on the rst wr dy butquickly stos due to buildu o bcteri on the exosed wood. Iguess the word t ilies, to the novice, tht we cn turn it onnd o. I wish we could.

Te second question is : Is tht s? It looks like wter. Since -le syru is golden brown in colour, ost eole exect coloureds. It is the boiling rocess tht cretes the colour in le syru.

Another question oten sked is: How do you know which treesre le trees? I tell the its esy the les re the ones with

buckets or tubing. But then I ention the le le on the Cnding nd the sreding nture o le brnches. Its not lwys esyto sot the les without their leves. I still being reinded oy istkes in ting n ok, bsswood nd butternut, think-ing they were les. At the end o long dy in the sugr bush,ll the trunks begin to look very siilr nd you hve to look u tthe brnches to be sure o the secies. Most syru kers hve lsoted trees whose tos hve broken o esy to do i you dontlook u t the to.

Visitors see our big s storge tnks nd envision tnker truck-lods o syru, so they sk: How uch syru do you ke? Ourin tnk holds 8000 litres o s, which t rtio o 40/1 will ro-duce bout 200 litres o syru. Tis gives visitors n ide o the workrequired to ke even sll quntity o syru. And when they tryit theselves, in the bckyrd, they nlly recite wht 40 to 1relly ens.

In the c, the ost requently sked question is How do youknow when it is done? An exerienced syru ker cn tell by the

look o the hot syru nd the wy it dris o cold surce, like di-er. However, to get it right, we check the teerture o the boilingsyru. Mle syru boils t bout 104C nd the boiling oint is very

Need a Spring Tonic?Try a Maple Break!

Tay time at Fortune Farms with Sarah Fortune and visitors

sensitive to chnges in the sugr content. Te syru needs to contin66.5 to 68 ercent sugr to eet qulity stndrds. I the syru is toothin it will tste wtery; too thick nd it will roduce sugr crystlsin the bottle.

And nlly Which syru is best? I cnnot nswer this ques-tion. Everyone hs tste reerence. Flvour will vry ro dyto dy during the seson. Te lighter syrus hve delicte levour when rst de, which diinishes s the syru ges. Tedrker syrus re richer in vour nd tend to hold their vourlonger. We, long with other syru roducers, hve noticed grow-ing reerence or the drker syrus. Its best to do your own tstetest nd ke your own decision. O course i you ke your ownsyru, its the best.

o get the seson strted, consider ttending the nnul tingcereony. Tis yer the Lanark & District tapping out partywillbe held t Sringdle Frs, t 1699 Glbrith Rod in Clyton, onTursdy, Mrch 15, ro 10am to 2pm. Tere will be usic nd oodnd celebrtion o the strt o new seson. Another locl event o

interest is the nnul pancake and resh maple syrup breakast tUnion Hll on Sundy, Mrch 25. Ray Fortune, Fortune Farms Maple Sugar Bush


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who, in the rel world, dels with seriousngeent executives, or is undris-ing or the United Wy Lnrk County,hs or yers esced into the gicllysilly world o Nick, skiing nd dncing,

jiggling nd wiggling nd high-ving ndhugging his wy through crowd o hykids! How cn this be ossible? Cn oneerson be so divided in chrcter? Whichis the rel Frser?

Good question, sys Frser, lugh-ing. Id like to sy the Nick Frser is the

Puppets UnstrungEveryone is ost cordilly invited to verysecil undriser or the Puets U! In-terntionl Puet Festivl. On Mrch 26,on the Fourth Stge t the Ntionl ArtsCentre in Ottw, one o Cnds ostous ueteers, Ronnie Burkett, is tk-ing night o ro the run o his show

Penny Plain to give the estivl boost. Hewill send n evening shring stories ndreections bout his long nd hilriouscreer in uetry. Ronnie Burkett Un-

strung is suitble or uetry lovers over16, nd suorters o Puets U! Moreinortion is vilble t .

When ws the lst tie you wlked into roo nd instntly bece the centreo ttention? Wht bout strolling down street, only to hve sile ter sile di-rected your wy? Ever been the reciiento hundreds o hugs in sin-gle dy? How bout steingonto eld t secil event

with 500 eole ll cheeringnd lughing nd wvingbecuse o you! Not to en-tion everyone tking yourhotogrh. Oh wht theheck Lets go big! Why notbe the ost nited chrc-ter in PARADE! Yes, this isthe relity o being Nick.

Nick, o course, is theworld ous scot o Pu-ets U! Well, t lest hesous round here. For thest seven yers Nick hs -ered t hundreds o eventsnd gtherings throughoutthe Ottw Vlley, errilyrooting the Puets U!

nnul estivl, which tkeslce every August in down-town Alonte. And or llthose ernces, soechild-t-hert volunteer hs donned thecolourul costue nd oversized hed,nd tken on the erson o lovble, hug-gble Nick.

Te guy who hs robbly done it theost oten is Frser Scntlebury. Yes,this ild-nnered cororte consultnt

Being Nick, and Other Puppet Stuf

Always wanted a giant, jolly alter-ego? The olks who bring you

the Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival are looking or aew good volunteers willing to don the Nick suit

rel one, becuse he kees e young letting e be kid gin, to hve loto un. Ater being Nick, y ce is sorero siling so uch t the kids, nddults, who light u when they see hi.

Nicks just this big crtoonchrcter who never gets thechnce to tlk, but lwys hs

sile on his ce, exressinghisel with his whole bodynd ctions. Nicks ctully gint hnd-uet, tht I getto clib inside. But everyonesees hi s hy-ced, ted-dy ber kind guy. I love beingble to be tht guy once in while it kes e sile!

Nick ws de by roes-sionl ueteer, uet-ker nd rtistic director oPuets U!, Noreen Young.Hes like rt o y ily,sys Noreen. He lives t yhouse. Oten, wherever I go,he goes. Its not unusul to seehi sitting in the bck set o

y cr s I trnsort hi to hisnext gig. Hes even heled eke resenttions to the towncouncil. Quite guy! And esy

to hve round low intennce.I you think being Nick is soething

youd like to try, the olks t Puets U!re looking or ew good volunteers.Contct Nicks nger, Dvid Veniot,or ore inortion t 4610007 or.

The renowned Ronnie Burkett perorms

in support o Puppets Up! on March 26


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lengthy enough glise thtS ws ble to crete the beutiul sketch you seeon this ge.

Plant a Tree or the Maplelope!Heres wht you cn do to irove the hbitt othe Mleloe (nd lots o other wildlie): buy treero the Mississii Mills Chber o Coerce

ree Sle! Visit or ull ctlog o beutiul shde, ruit nd ower-ing trees, nd order right there online or by cllingKthryn t 2567464. Plnt it on your roerty, orgive it s git to riend or neighbour! And heres sweet del the rst ty eole to lce treeorders will receive ree I Plnted ree or theMleloe t-shirt, colete with beutiul ren-dering o the loe itsel by rtist S Hilton. Allorders ust be lced by Fridy, Aril 20 or ick-u on Sturdy, Aril 28, but hurry u nd lceyour order soon so you cn sng t-shirt!

So if you see some M-shaped hoofprints,Do be sure to stop and stoop;

Look around, and if youre luckyYoull find Maplelope... leavings :-)

In the entie, you cn nd rel (OK, not rel tht would be yucky) Mleloe levings, nderhs even sot soe trcks, t Fultons PnckeHouse & Sugr Bush . I you sot M-leloe, let the olks t Gilligllou Bird Inc. know sothey cn ost it on their sighting bord (you cnnd the on Fcebook or in the esh t AlontesHeritge Court, nd on weekends out t Fultons).Go hed nd Like the Mleloe on Fcebook,nd i youre on witter, try tweeting I sw M-leloe! (Fun will ensue).

If youre walking in the forest,And you spy among the trees

A strange creature who is hiding,Munching on some maple keys...

A ew weeks go, your intreid uet re-orter strted hering ruours o curioussightings. Folks living in the ore rurl r-

es o Mississii Mills were nding trcks

in the snow tht they hd never seen beoretrcks tht seeed to hve been de by cre-ture with distinctive M-shed hooves trckstht looked sort o like this:

And you close your eyes and open themAnd give your head a shake -

But its still there munching maples,Dont assume that its a fake!

At rst I erely wrote it o s ssqutch-esquehox, but then eole living on the outskirts o Al-

onte nd Pkenh begn reorting sightingstoo! And severl locl le syru roducers werending not only trcks, but lso sll iles o lev-ings (k oo) tht ered to be coosed ri-rily o le sugr.

Tere could be only one exlntion.Te Mleloe hs returned!

Dont be questioning your senses -Dont be thinking youre a dope!

Youve got sharper eyes than others -You just saw a Maplelope!

Wht the heck is Mleloe?!, I her youcry? Well, intreid reorter tht I , I visited nd ound the ollowing descri-tion: Te Mleloe is urely ctitious nd ut-terly iginry denizen o the dee woods o Mis-sissii Mills. Like ny other wild Lnrk County

dwellers, the Mleloe requires ixed tree coverin its hbitt. It relies on trees or ood, shelter, ndrotection ro redtors.

It ers tht the increse in Mleloesightings ner urbn res is result o severlyers o tree-lnting eorts by locl residentsnd orgniztions. One o the best estblishedis the Mississippi Mills Chamber o Com-merce annual ree Sale, which hs resultedin the lnting o thousnds o trees over thest twelve yers. he Chber ree Sle hsbeen so eective, in ct, tht the Mleloehs greed to becoe the oicil scot o thisyers event!

In order to hel sell ore trees, the shy nd elu-sive Mleloe llowed locl rtist S Hilton

On the Menu for Weekends in March

Mar. 3 & 4

Mar. 10

Mar. 17 & 18

Mar. 24 & 25

Recipe of the month Discover a new recipe andget the ingredients you need to create it at home

Meet Donna Chute from Ashton Station Garlic andtaste her wonderful jams and jellies

Tortilla and Salsa taste-off

Surprise!

WatchforourGr

and Opening!

Dont Be an Ash Plant a Tree!

All Things Tree-syWhile I on the toic o trees, the Mississippi Mills Beautifca-tion Committee hs lso de trees riority or 2012, nd is hold-ing ransplant Sale to hel kee our counity green. Wht is trnslnt you sk? Well the olks t Kings Creek rees tell us thtthese trnslnts hve been grown in seedbeds or three yers,

then dug nd trnslnted, giving the suerior root growth ndording the tree uch helthier strt. Tese trnslnts re otenquite bit lrger thn your verge seedling. Frser Fir (deer ndthe tsty), nd Colordo Blue Sruce (gret or windbreks) will bevilble or $2 ech. Plese cll B onnie t 2561077 beore Aril 5 tolce your order. rnslnts will be vilble or icku on Aril 28t the unicil oce.

And even the dr grou t Almonte & District High Schoolis going out on lib to get on the tree bndwgon. Lter on thissring they will be utting on roduction o the usiclInto TeWoods! Perornce dtes re Aril 27, 28, nd 29, nd there will belots ore inortion in next onths issue otheHu!

Well, thts ll or this onth. But i youre ine-ing or wy tohel beutiy your re nd crete hbitt or Mleloes nd othercritters, dont orget to order your trees! It y even ke you oreolr with your neighbours!

by Miss Mills

MississippiMilling


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14 Mill Street, Heritage Court,

Almonte 613-461-7333

www.gilligalloubird.com

Everyones hungry for theGilligallou Bird Seed!

Is soken word or you? Well, to know the nswer to this ques-tion, you hve to sk yoursel severl other questions. Do youlike oetry? Writing? Tetre? R? Rhyth? Hi ho? Stories?Do you enjoy ssion? Do you enjoy cretivity nd rts? I younswered yes to ny o these questions, then soken word y

indeed be your cu o te. One thing is certinyou hve to ex-erience it in order to know or sure.

I hve been hooked on soken word since the rst tie I exe-rienced it in Perth in 2008. A huge thnk you goes to Dnielle K. L.Grgoire or king this exerience ossible. She hd been in-volved in soken word nd decided to bring it to Lnrk County.Her endevours brought orth enough exciteent nd interestto llow or Finls coetition which in turn rovided theoortunity or Lnrk County soken word oets to coeteon the ntionl stge in Clgry in the ll o 2008. Tt ws theCndin Festivl o Soken Word, which is held in dierentloction in Cnd ech yer.

LiPS (the Live Poets Society o Lnrk County) is roud to bethe rst, nd to y knowledge only (so r), rurl grou coet-ing t the ntionl level. I you re interested in seeing wht itsll bout, or trying your hnd t soken word oetry (either incoetition known s sl or t the oen ic), the LiPS2012 seson runs on the third Fridy o ech onth (lternting

between Crleton Plce nd Perth).Our next sl is on Fridy, Mrch 16, nd is being held in

Perth t new loction: McMrtin House t 125 Gore Street Est.Doors will oen t 6:30pm, nd the show strts t 7pm. (I nyonewnts to coete in the sl ortion or rticite in the oenic, they need to sign u between 6:30 nd 7pm.) Adission isonly $5; ree or those who re coeting or eroring.

I you re lnning on sling, you ust eror two o your own originl ieces, ech three inutes or less in length.You will resent one iece during round one o the coetition,then the second one during round two. We welcoe new oets,closet oets, old oets, renewed oets, etc.

Our Aril sl will be held in Crleton Plce t Morhys FllsResturnt (in the dining roo ustirs), gin on the third Fri-dy evening (se tie). We will hve rvellous eture re-senter tht onth: Sen OGorn (lso known s O.G.) soken word oet not to be issed.

I you hve ny questions bout soken word or LiPS, lese

eel ree to check out their Fcebook ge (serch LiPS) or e-il . Leigh Gibson

Speaking Up orSpoken Word

On Sturdy, Mrch 10, Crle-ton Plce will get tste o therevivl o interest in swing dnc-ing tht is sreding cross the

country. Stnding Roo Only(SRO), the Alonte-bsed15-iece big bnd tht hs beenhosting the oulr Sundy A-ternoon e Dnces t the Al-onte Old own Hll or veyers, will be lying or swingdnce t nis Dnce Studio inCrleton Plce.

Swing dncing is enjoying surrising revivl in Cnd.Swing dnce studios nd clubshve srung u in ny cen-tres, including Ottw. Tere reeven inter-collegite swing dncecoetitions.

Te Ottw Swing Dnce So-ciety holds dnce every Fridy

night t the church hll o AllSints Anglicn Church in SndyHill. SRO hs lyed requentlyt these dnces nd lls the hllevery tie. Its one o the ostun enggeents we ly, sysdruer Chris Toson.150 eole throwing ech otherround the roo. Teir energyinsires the bnd. Teyre reluc-tnt to let us sto t the end othe evening.

Te eole involved in thisrevivl coe ro brod sec-tru o ge grous not justnostlgic seniors. SRO tru-eter John Hyso reclls SROslying t swing dnce in Perth

orgnized by the Clssic Te-tre grou. Swing dnce lessonswere oered t the beginning o

Swing Dance Revival inCarleton Place

the dnce nd I drove down ourcollege-ge instructors ro Ot-tw. We were lesntly sur-rised when soeone under

thirty yers o ge sked i wecould lyJumpin at the Wood-side, big Count Bsie hit rothe thirties.

Siilrly, ree swing dncelessons will be oered t nisDnce Studio on Mrch 10 t7pm rior to the dnces strt t8pm. ickets or the dnce re$15 in dvnce nd $18 t thedoor. ickets re liited to re- vent overcrowding o the dnceoor. Light rereshents rovided by the Rsy Woens

Institute re included in the d-ission.

nis Dnce Studio is loctedt 55 Lnsdowne Avenue in Cr-

leton Plce in the orer LCBObuilding. Weve renovted thebuilding extensively, sys ownerni Munro, including instll-ing the lrgest srung dnce oorin estern Ontrio. Even theoor nish ws creully selectedto eet the stringent require-ents or dncers. Weve hdseverl roessionl dncers tellus its the best oor theyve everdnced on. For ore inor-tion, contct or 2530035.

The 15-piece big band Standing Room Only will play a swing dance

at Tanias Dance Studio in Carleton Place on Saturday, March 10


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Te Lanark County Terapeutic Riding Pro-gram is thrilled to resent n evening o the exqui-site hotogrhy by Bill Prtt on Fridy, Mrch 30,ro 7 to 9pm, t the Alonte United Church t106 Elgin Street. Tis is rre oortunity to see

the rtistry o n zing locl hotogrher whohs trvelled extensively cross Cnd nd theworld to bring us iges tht we would otherwisenever exerience.

When sked bout his creer s hotogrher,Bill exlins: I took u hotogrhy seriously inthe id-'90s when I bece concerned bout ourntionl unity. Since then I hve trvelled to reso our country tht ost Cndins dont get to,nd I bring bck iges or AV resenttions. Teurose o these resenttions is to reind Cn-dins o the beuty nd grndeur o our country,how its rugged lndsce nd severe clite hveshed us s eole nd led to the vlues nd therinciles we stnd or, nd how iortnt it is tohold it together.

Tis event will eture two teen-inuteshows, with n interission in between the to

enjoy soe delicious desserts nd to greet yourneighbours ter our winter hiberntion. Te rstshow will be South Georgia to Antarctica ndwill include iges o the Flklnd Islnds, SouthGeorgi, South Orkney Islnds, Antrctic Penin-sul nd the South Shetlnd Islnds, ro tritken by Bill in Februry 2011. Tis resenttionocuses on the extree, brooding lndsce ndthe bundnt wildlie o this extrordinry re. Itwill be ollowed by trvelogue o the tri.

Polar Bears & PenguinsThe Photography o Bill Pratt Plan

taTree

fortheMaplelope! Visitmississippimills.com/trees

for a catalog of beautiful, nursery-grown trees flowering, shade, andfruit. Youll even find planting tips!

Order by April 20 online or bycalling Kathryn at 256-7464

Pick-up your trees on April 28 atthe Mississippi Mills municipal office

The first 50 orders get a free I Planted

a Tree for the Maplelope t-shirt!

Whats a Maplelope?!?

T-Shirts sponsored by Gilligallou Bird Inc.

The Maplelope is the very adorable(and imaginary) mascot of the

Mississippi Mills Chamberof Commerce Tree Sale.

Like many wild critters, theMaplelope thrives in mixed forests!

Unlike many wild critters, however, theMaplelope has a cool website

(www.maplelope.ca), a Facebook page,and even a Twitter account.

Try tweeting I saw a Maplelope

MAPLELOPECROSSING

42 Mill Street, Almonte www.soulscents.ca 18663470651

Come see ourselection of over 70

tumbled stones

and crystals

he second resenttion isMy Canada, MonPays. his slide show covers Cnd ro cost

to cost to cost. he hotogrhswere shot over nuber o yersnd cture the eeling o Cndswilderness nd wildlie. It coversthe ountinous glciers o BylotIslnd in the Estern Arctic, theorngt Mountins, Atlntic Prov-inces, centrl Cnd, the Priries,

olr bers o Hudson By, brrenlnds o the Northwest erritories,the Rockies, the Dester High-wy nd Klune Ntionl Prk inthe Yukon, nd Hid Gwii N-tionl Prk in the Queen ChrlotteIslnds.

Dont iss this scinting even-ing on Fridy, Mrch 30, ro 7to 9pm, t the Alonte UnitedChurch, 106 Elgin Street in Alon-te. ickets re $10 t the door. Forore inortion on the LnrkCounty Tereutic Riding Pro-gr visit .

View Bill Pratts stunning photos and help raise

money or the Lanark County Therapeutic

Riding Association on March 30 in Almonte!


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Hot o the heels o cross-Cnd the-tre tour with reehouse LIVE, Childrens

Music Grou o the Yer SlshN Bootsre returning to Bootss hoetown oPerth or n unorgettble erornce!With their brekthrough usic videoForthe Love o Dance iring ntionlly onreehouse V or the next our yers, thecutting-edge duo will eror their osthilrious nd inectious hits t the M-son Tetre locted in Bootss orerhigh school, PDCI t 2pm on Mrch4. ickets vilble now t 4856434 nd, with secil discountor ll dvnced urchses.

I so excited to eror t PDCI,sys es (ronounced ess) Levitt,the grous Boots. I love coing bckto Perth its un to see riends rohigh school nd eet their

bbies!

SplashN BootsCome Home to Perth!Perormance at PDCI on March 4

Tis erornce is n esecilly i-ortnt one s its in Bootss hoetown,

sys Nick, k Slsh. Weve been look-ing orwrd to eroring in Perth ginor so long now!

With ve CDs nd two ull-lengthDVDs under their belts, s well s over1000 interntionl estivl nd thetreerornces, there is no sign o slow-ing down or this young husbnd ndwie te. In ddition to their usic video, the duo erored in eleven cit-ies this ll with reehouse LIVE or theRoll Ply Live Anil Prty tour (bsedon reehouse Vs wrd winning show

Roll Play).Subsequently, the brek-out ir lnded n ddi-tionl our usic videoss well s our hl-hour

eisodes oRoll Play thtwill ir on the oulr chil-

drens network in 2012 nd or the nextsix yers.

Steing ro 2004 Queens Uni-versity clss roject, SlshN Boots reconstntly connected to their ns visocil edi chnnels. With grow-ing ollowing on Fcebook, witter nd

Youube, the two hve lot in store or2012, including severl ore Kitchen Jernces t Sick Kids Hositl, n or-gniztion they continully suort, re-cently donting $1000 ter selling theirrst thousnd coies o theirBack in Yel-low CD.

For ore inortion, including tourdtes nd how to urchse erchndise,

lese visit .

Alonte in Concert invites you to jointhe or un nd st-ced undrisert the Rideu Crleton Rcewy (4837 Al-bion Rod in O ttw) on Fridy, Mrch 30,ro 6 to 10pm. Enjoy eorble even-ing t the rces, nd nosh on sutuousbuet dinner. Alonte in Concert is bet-

ting tht the lively evening will be won-derul oortunity or residents o Missis-sii Mills to celebrte their cretive ndvibrnt counity.

ickets or this not-to-be-issed eventre $40 nd include n ll-you-cn-etbuet, txes nd grtuity, rce rogr,nd $15 worth o vouchers ro RideuCrleton Rcewy. A 50/50 rfe, whichwill tke lce during the event, is sure todrw interest s well.

Tere re lso exciting rootionl o-ortunities or businesses in MississiiMills wishing to showcse theselves tthe event. With every ticket urchsed (by

Almonte in Concertis Of to the Races!

the dedline o Mrch 21), rticitingbusinesses will receive: rce dedictionin the rogr nd chnce t ce crride; their ne on the rce rogr cov-er nd brodcst on ll Vs t the cilitynd t ll o-trck betting sites through-out Estern Ontrio; n d in the rce ro-

gr; the oortunity to disly businessterils, hlets or brochures in thedining roo entrnce; nd live on-ir in-terview with the trck nnouncer to ro-ote the grou or business.

ickets ust be urchsed in d- vnce nd re vilble by eiling or cll-ing 2568192. Interested businesses ylso contct Chntl Guindon, own ndCountry Events Coordintor t the RideuCrleton Rcewy ([email protected], or8222211 x255).

And were o! o the rces tht is!


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Perth Performing

Arts Committee

SEASON

2011 2012

T hirtieth

Mason Theatreat

Perth & District

Collegiate InstitutePerth, ONLunch at AllensLunch at Allens

David MylesDavid Myles

DAVID MYLESFriday, March 23, 2012

LUNCH AT ALLENSFriday, April 13, 2012

TICKETS

PLEASE

at Jos Clothes

39 Foster St., Perth

613-485-6434

www.ticketsplease.caSponsors: Lake 88.1 Media Partner, CIBC Wood Gundy Moe Johnson,

Coutts & Company, The Factory Grind, Foodsmiths, North Lanark Veterinary Services,Maximilian Dining Lounge, Kellys Flowers and Fine Things,

Lionel Pauze Piano Tuning, Camp Otterdale, Jos Clothes, Heide Gibbs

Tickets available at

Mississii Mills writer nd town councillor Shun J.McLughlin hs sent the lst our yers trying to rein-vent hisel s n uthor. Te trnsortion is colete!

On Mrch 8, McLughlin will dbut his rst twobooks one history nd one historicl ction incollbortion with Mill Street Books in Alonte. JoinShun t the Brley Mow ub or eet-nd-greet be-tween 6:30 nd 7:30pm, nd sty to her stories bout thetwo book rojects, s well s brie excerts ro ech.

Both books deict events in the estern thetre o thePtriot Wr. 2012 is the 175th nniversry o tht wrsrst shots. It is wr in which citizens o the UnitedSttes, not their governent, declred wr on the Brit-ish. Aligned with Cndin rebels, they ttcked Uernd Lower Cnd ten ties between Deceber 1837nd Deceber 1838, ro Michign, Ohio, New Yorknd Veront.

McLughlins rst history book, Te Patriot War Along

the New York-Canada Border, ublished by South Croli-n-bsed History Press, blnces olitics nd culture withilitry history. Te storytelling style kes the PtriotWr ccessible to csul reders nd history bus like.

Te eole-ocused nrrtion is s lively to red s ge-turning novel nd oers insight into the little-known wr nd its chrcters.

McLughlins irst sel-ublished novel, CounterCurrents, is story bout sugglers, river irtes,ronce, wr, nd reedo ighters. Snning 1837to 1845, ost scenes re set ginst the beuty ndgrndeur o the housnd Islnds during the dro the Ptriot Wr. Aong the Aericn riders wsthe legendry Bill Johnston. A young iigrnt isdrwn into Johnstons world o suggling, ircy

nd secret societies, nd lls or Johnstons dugh-ter. ugged by the oosing c urrents o ronce ndwr, he struggles to reconcile his troubled ily his-tory, his duty nd his hert.

For ore inortion on the event, contct MillStreet Books t 2569090 or Shun McLughlin t2569834 or .

Local Author HoldsDouble-Duty DbutFirst-time Author Releases a Novel andHistory Book on the Patriot War

Follow theHumm on Twitter!

@Infohumm


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until MARCH 31st 2012

on installation

with thepurchase of astove and chimney

Gret news or re usic lovers! Terere still two (count 'e, two) bulousconcerts let in this yers Perth Peror-ing Arts Coittee seson. First u,Est Cost usic coes west on Fridy,Mrch 23 in the or o ulti-Est CostMusic Awrd noinee David Myles.Dvids erlier releses, Tings HaveChanged (2006) nd On Te Line (2008)

hd lredy estblished his reuttions verstile, genre-bending rtist with knck or eortlessly strddling jzz,blues, olk nd o styles. Dvids ourthlbu, urn ime Of, ws roducedby cclied Nov Scoti usicin JoelPlskett, nd is sooth, soul-inusedo record tht ys tribute to croon-ers nd lovers like, nd solidies Mylessreuttion s gited, sirited songwriterwith wide el. A wr, esy eror-er, Myles brings his udiences to theireet wherever he lys. His unbshed joy t being on stge is inectious, ndhis enthusis, long with tendency toregle his udiences with huourous n-ecdotes, hs de hi vourite wher-ever he lys.

Happy 30th, PPAC!Ten on Fridy, Aril 13, PPAC o-

ers you the oortunity to hve

Lunch at Allens. Neither locl dinernor songwriters circle, Lunch At Al-lens is n extrordinry usicl revue byinterntionlly renowned rtists MurryMcLuchln, Cindy Church, Mrc Jordn,nd In Tos, who eror together s bnd. Te stge show is n intite nd

huorous erornce by soe o Cn-ds nest individul erorers. MrcJordn nd In Tos songs hve beenrecorded by everyone ro Rod Stewrtto Bette Midler, nd Din Ross to Sn-tn. Murry McLuchlns hits hvecovered Cndin irwves ro costto cost. Cindy Churchs voice nd songsre well known on the olk estivl circuitthrough her solo work nd s eber oQurtette with Sylvi yson. ogether, itsees s though this stellr oursoe hsbeen lying or yers with n energy ndreshness like theyve just et.

Both shows strt t 8pm t the M-son thetre in PDCI, nd tickets cnbe urchsed ro ickets Plese t or 4856434.

Kris Riendeau

Te Mberly Hll will be lled with ddlersnd their riends on Aril 22. Te BlueSkies Community Fiddle Orchestra isholding undrising ddle--thon withn oen invittion to ny locl usicin tocoe nd ly. And its not just or ddlers guitrs, cello, viol, ndolin,enny whistles nd the like re llwelcoe to join in the un. Plyers

obtin sonsors, collect the undsnd bring the to the Mberly Hllon Aril 22. Prticints cn droin nd join the j circle nytiebetween 1:30 nd 7pm. Prticintswill hve the oortunity to choosetunes (or songs) or ll in the circleto ly (or sing). Rereshents willbe vilble or lyers throughoutthe dy.

Te i o the ddle--thon is torovide relxed oortunity orlocl usicins to hve un s theyly together, ll the while risingunds or the ddle orchestr. Su-orting the orchestr will hel to

kee teur usic live in the cou-nity nd ssist in king it ordble ornyone to lern to ly the ddle nd joinin the un. o obtin sonsor sheet, con-tct Wole t or t 2733986.

Fiddle-a-thon inMaberly

PPAC presents Lunch at Allens (above) on April 13, and David Myles on March 23


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First o, i you issed the MississippiMudds Youth heatres roduction oGilbert nd Sullivns slendid usicl,he Pirates o Penzance, t the Crle-ton Plce own Hll in Februry, youcn still ctch it on Mrch 2 t 7pm oron Mrch 3 t 2pm. ickets re $15 ndcn be ordered ro the CP Chber o

Coerce t the old trin sttion, or byclling 2571976.

Next u is the Smiths Falls Commu-nity heatre, coing to the Sttion he-tre stge with Nor Fosters ever-o-

ulr Drinking Alone. Show dtes re Mrch 15,16, 17, 22, 23 nd 24 t 8pm, with 2pm tineon the 18th. ickets re on sle t CoositionsArt Gllery t 47 Min Street Est (2051258),or $20, with reduced rtes or seniors ($15), stu-dents ($10) nd grous o 15 or ore ($15 ech).Plese note tht the gllery is oen uesdys toFridys ro noon to 7pm, Sturdys ro noonto 5pm, nd closed on Mondys.

Ldies (in rticulr!), you will not wnt to iss

the Studio heatre Perth roduction o SteelMagnolias, Robert Hrlings gret show, directedby Kthie Reid. Show dtes re Mrch 22, 23, 24,30, 31 t 8pm, with 2pm tines on Mrch 25nd Aril 1. Advnce tickets re $20 nd vil-ble t the box oice nd he Book Nook (csh

by Ian Doig

TheatreNewsinourArea

March Into the Theatre!

Why not try to see things ro dierent ngle?sings the glorous div, Zz, ous drgqueen erorer whose rtner, Georges, owns glitzy nightclub in lovely Sint-roez nd hs son who hs just nnounced tht hes getting r-ried to the dughter o oliticin bent on closingll the trnsvestite clubs on the Rivier! Its coli-cted. But its hilrious, nd touching, s we wtchthis unorthodox ily struggle to sty together,sty true to theselves, nd bove ll else, stybulous.

La Cage aux Folles is brillint iece o usiclthetre with glorious score o excetionlly hu-ble elodies nd dynite cst, eturing thenotorious nd dngerous Cgelles, who oen theshow singing We re wht we re, nd wht we

re is n illusion. (Is it hi or her onlythe costuers know or sure!) Its shocking, en-tertining, hert-wring story tht hs lso beentrnsored into the Hollywood l Te Birdcage,strring Robin Willis nd Nthn Lne. Teoriginl 1983 Brodwy roduction received ninenointions or ony Awrds nd won si x, includ-ing Best Musicl, Best Score nd Best Book, nd itsthe only show tht hs won Best Production onyAwrd or ech o its three Brodwy roductions.

In Orion Tetre Conys version, the bu-lous coule o Albin/Zz nd Georges is lyedby Peter Dixon nd Robert Del Grnde, both well-known veterns o Perth stges. Tey re joined byother veterns such s Grry Welsh, Scott Soer-ville nd Ann Hwthorne; Orion Tetre Cony

Orion Celebrates 10thAnniversary in Heelsand Feather Boas!La Cage aux Folles Opens in Perth on April 13

stlwrts Andrew McDougll, In Jenner, Ginreine nd Susn Bber; reltive new-coersto the stge Alred Von Mirbch, Murry Hodgins,Geo Hodgins nd Citlin Doyle; s well s PerthAcdey o Musicl Tetre luni Stink Schil-ling, Ben Vorno, Jenn Vorno, Nick Vorno, EBornheier, Connor Lyon nd Mthew Bker.

Tis strong cst is suorted by ntstic eight-iece orchestr, under the bton o Don Mc-Ky, with rtistic nd usicl direction by HeidiStenek.

Orion Tetre Cony ws ored in 2002by collbortors Peter Dixon nd Heidi Stenek,in order to rovide roessionl toshere orteur ctors, usicins nd stge technicins,who love usicl thetre. Ater the success o Ori-

ons rst eleven shows Rocky Horror Show, TeFantasticks, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls,Evita, Cats,Godspell, Te Producers, Grease, Into Te Woods,nd Te Full Monty, Heidi nd Peter re excited tobe celebrting ten yers nd twelve shows with LaCage aux Folles.

Perornces o La Cage aux Folles will tkelce t the Myrid Centre or the Arts, locted t 1Sherbrooke Street Est in Perth, on Aril 13, 14, 19,20, 21, 26, 27, 28 t 8pm nd Aril 15, 22, nd 29 t2pm. ickets re $25 (including ees nd txes) ndre vilble through ickets Plese (in Jos Clothest 39 Foster Street), by clling 4856434, or by vis-iting .

Plese note: this show dislys strong notions otolernce, ccetnce nd love!

only). ickets re lso vilble t ickets Pleseor $22 including convenience ee. For urtherdetils lese visit .

hen the Orion heatre Company is cele-brting its 10th Anniversry in heels nd etherbos with the ulti-wrd winning La Cageaux Folles. his tells the story o n unorthodoxily nd notorious nightclub in St. roez

lso known by ny through the Hollywoodil he Birdcage. Show dtes re Aril 13, 14,19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 t 8pm, with 2pm ti-nes on the 15 th, 22nd nd 29th. ickets re $19.50(lus tx nd ees) nd re vilble throughickets Plese.

On the udition ront, I dvised by di-rector Jerey Dutton tht csting cll or theStudio heatres roduction oDoubt will beheld t the thetre on the evenings o the 5 thnd 7th o Mrch t 7pm. his is treendouslychllenging ly, or both ctors nd udiences,hving been wrded both Pulitzer Prize nd ony, nd would relly be soething to be in-volved in, so rk your c lendrs! Auditioneesre requested to enter by the the tres stge door.hey will be looking or three woen oneyounger, one older nd one blck (old enough to

hve twelve yer old son), s well s young-ish to iddle-ged n. For inortion, cll2676168 or eil .Production dtes re My 24 to June 3.

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Humm BitsMmm PancakesJoin neighbours nd riends to celebrte the coing o sring with Pancake Breakast on Sundy, Mrch 25. Enjoy buttered n-ckes with lshings o locl le syru, h or susges, bensor blueberries, juice, nd coee or te. Choose $6 or $8 ortion.Doors re oen 9am to noon t Union Hll, corner o Wol Grovend tlock Rods. Te hll is intined by the locl counity

with the suort o the own o Mississii Mills, nd hs beenserving the neighbourhood or ore thn 150 yers.

MVTM Fundraising DanceTe Friends o the Mississii Vlley extile Museu (MVM)invite you to n evening o country dncing nd singing eturingthe solid gold usicl tlents o the Bowes Brothers, ro 8pmtil idnight t the Civitn Hll in Alonte on Fridy, Mrch 30.

Te Bowes Brothers re true blue sons o the soil with deeroots in Crleton Plce, nd their hertelt songwriting tteststo the trils nd triuhs o country lie. Teir soulul our-rthronies nd ure country sound hve erned the lce on-stge with strs like Ricky Skggs, Ronnie Prohet nd MichelleWright. For sling o the Bowes Brothers usic, visit. One listen conrs why theyre so ou-lr throughout the Vlley. Join the or soe yodelling good un!

ickets re $15 ech, vilble t Bker Bobs nd the MVM(both in Alonte), nd t the door. Sndwiches nd sweets will be

served t 11pm, nd drinks cn be urchsed t the br. Tere willlso be door rizes nd 50/50 drw.

I you would like ore inortion bout the event, lese con-tct the MVM t 2563754x7 or .

No Dust on this ArchivistMureen Nevins is bout to chnge your ide o n rchivist ssoeone toiling wy in nonyity to sve the st or the u-ture. Mureen will be seking t the Almonte Lecture Serieson Mrch 23 to rove tht indeed Teres Musicl Gold in TeTr Archives.

Ms Nevins hs been Musicl Archivist with Librry nd Ar-chives Cnd since 1989, when she coleted degrees in bothusic nd rchivl science in Montrel nd Quebec, nd hs beenortunte to eet Cndin usic ins u close nd ersonl. Sheis ilir with Sir Ernest Mcilln, Oscr Peterson nd nyothers whose usic we ll know nd love. Mureen hs been rivyto the ny hotos, letters nd sound recordings tht go into cre-

ting exhibitions o the best o Cnds usicl st, nd she willshre her exeriences in her lecture.

Alonte in Concert res the benet o her extensive knowl-edge s she is the rtistic director or this restigious clssicl u-sic series. It will be interesting to her how her work t the rchivesblends with the tsk o discovering usic or locl udiences.

Mureen Nevins will sek on Mrch 23 t 7:30pm t the Al-onte United Church. Te lecture series survives on dontions,so it is golden oortunity to enrich your lerning exerience,eet riends, nd discover the inner workings o the CndinArchives, with seker who is sure to hve scinting storiesto relte.

Animal Tracking SeriesLern to red the oetry o nture! Over our sessions, rtici-nts will lern bout tril tterns nd trcks the telltle signso vrious secies including introductory nd dvnced tech-niques or identiying even weeks-old trcks covered with snow.

Sessions will include slideshow, tlk nd wlk, with new terilbeing introduced ech week. Prticints cn coe or one dy($25 er session) or ll our ($65). Youth re welcoe, but ust becconied by n dult.

Te sessions tke lce ro 12:30 to 2:30pm on Mrch 3, 10, 25nd 31 t the Cr Ridge Lerning Centre, 2386 Tos Doln Prk-wy in Cr. For directions, visit . Forore inortion bout the sessions, contct 2590249 or , or visit .

Robert nd I hve owned our lc rnch in NorthFrontenc since 2001. When we decided to delveinto the world o lcs, ost o our reserch tookus to U.S. websites. We lso visited ew Ontriors in our quest to gther inortion on theseelegnt, South Aericn bre nils.

In our rst yer o investigting lcs, wecoiled n overowing binder o inortion; itcontined everything ro lc eece inor-tion to brn lns nd rketing ides. Our bindersoon bece severl binders, nd s the r de-veloed nd our initil strter herd o ve elesgrew to thirty, we relized tht there hd to be nesier nd quicker wy to educte others bout thewonderul world o celids.

Initilly, our wy o inoring eole bout l-cs ws by ttending nuerous irs nd studiotours s well s oening the r to tours o thebrn. Te irs nd tours hve worked well ndwere still lesntly surrised when young chil-dren correct dults when they see our lcs:Tose rent lls, theyre lcs!

Those Arent LlamasWelcome to Alpaca 101

Llearn llots about alpacas (b ut not llamas) at the annual Alpaca 101 eventon March 24 at Silent Valley Alpaca Ranch!

On Sturdy, Mrch 10, biologist Brent Pttersonwill be the guest seker t the Mississippi Mad-awaska Land rust Conservancy (MMLC)nnul generl eeting t St. Andrews UnitedChurch in Lnrk.

Brent Ptterson is eld reserch scientist withthe Ontrio Ministry o Nturl Resources in Pe-

terborough, nd hs been n djunct roessor trent University since 2001. Brents resent re-serch dels ririly with understnding the o-ultion dynics o coyote, wol, oose nd deer.Brent cut his teeth s wildlie biologist studyingcoyote lie-history nd leding n ssessent othe eects o logging nd coyote redtion on deeroultions in Nov Scoti ro 1992 to 1997. Heholds Msters degree in Wildlie nd Conserv-tion Biology ro Acdi University nd Ph.D. inbiology ro the University o Ssktchewn, butuch o his lerning hs been done out in the or-est, in the nils hbitt. His current reserchinterests involve deterining the roxite ndultite ctors tht cuse chnges in the distri-bution nd bundnce o wildlie oultions, nd

Coyotes and Wolves:Friends or Foes?

ore seciclly in understnding the dynics overtebrte redtor-rey systes.

Te ublic will hve n oortunity to lernthe dierence between wolves nd coyotes nd getore clrity bout the erceived increse o thesesecies in this re. Are our ers nd irrittionbout these nils justied? Cn our reltions

with the be better nged, using better strte-gies nd techniques? Is there blnce o nture,nd do wolves nd coyotes hve benecil rolein it?

Dr. Ptterson will ttet to nswer ll o thesequestions nd ore, nd will bring his scienticersective to current issues.

Te eeting will tke lce Mrch 10, ro 2:30to 4:30pm, t St. Andrews Church, 115 ClrenceStreet (turn west t the Lnrk Highlnds unici-l oces on Highwy 511). In ddition to son-soring this resenttion, MMLC looks orwrd toshring the exciting events o its st yer wi th you.Light rereshents will be served.

For urther inortion, visit or cll2782939.

Well continue educting eole through irs,tours nd estivls; however, we thoroughly enjoythe enthusis nd hnds-on rticition o ournnul Alc 101 event. Tis ll-dy ir e-tures hnds-on cre o the lcs hysicl ndeotionl needs. Hnds-on trining hels indi-

viduls ccess n lcs helth nd eece qulitywhile becoing ore coortble in lc crend hndling. Well touch on everything ro to-knots to toenils.

Our third nnul Alc 101 event will nswerquestions on strtu, nd include key eleents obuilding successul lc business. Register erlys these liited sces ll u very quickly. Join us or wonderul wy to welcoe sring nd tlk boutll tht lcs hve to oer! Alc 101 tkes lceon Mrch 24 ro 10am4pm t Silent Vlley Al-c Rnch, 1120 Donldson Rod ner Oh.For ore detils or directions, lese cll 4790307or visit . Registrtion is re-quired, nd brekst nd lunch re included. Hanne Quigley


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Seeking Part-time B&B AssistantDuties: housekeeping, laundry, breakast, gardening, and takingreservations. On-call.Pinehurst Manor, Almonte. Please call 6134610117or an interview.

Its Mrch! You know wht tht ens?It ens we de it through Februry! Itold you we could. And do you know whtheled e get through ll 29 dys? Pln-ning this colun! Designing y grden,nd contelting the site rertion in-volved, hs brought with it visions o resh,green leves nd bold bloos bouncing in

the breeze.Tis is edition two in y yer-long ln

to ocus on dierent rtistic interest echonth. Soe o you y question y ct-egoriztion o grdening s rt. Well, in y

oinion, soething becoes rt when it chngesro indless chore to soething done withthought nd eeling. Or ybe its just in the eye othe beholder, right? And I do not sily en thebeuty o colourul ower grden, though tht isrt sure enough. I believe tht designing grdenor eectiveness nd eciency, by lcing veggies,berries, owers nd structures in such wy thtkes the ll bit hier nd ore successul,is quite n rt. Which leds e to the i-dddy

o ll grdening concets, in y huble oinion nd I cnt believe I hve de it throu

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