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Year 146, Issue 16 April 21, 2011 | 44 Pages yourottawaregion.com
ALL FLUFFED UPGrab your pillow and head to
Almonte for a giant pillow fi ght on April 30. 28
THINK PINKStudents at Carleton Place
High School change hues for one day during Cause Week. 18
PREPARE TO VOTEMeet the candidates in the
federal riding of Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. 3
Photo by Nevil Hunt
PUT ‘ER THERENotre Dame High School’s Jesse Larocque, left, hands the baton to teammate Austin Lamont during a 4x100-metre relay race on Tuesday, April 19. Carleton Place High School hosted 18 schools from as far away as Toronto for a day of track and fi eld.
OPP plans graffi ti
crackdownBRIER DODGE AND DESMOND DEVOY
Canadian Gazette
LANARK COUNTY – Lanark County OPP are launching a new campaign to get tough on graffi ti artists.
They started with a daytime presentation on graffi ti intervention in Carleton Place to media and offi cials, followed by an evening public meet-ing on April 12.
Const. Lori Lobinowich will be focusing on graffi ti prevention in the upcoming months in Al-monte and Carleton Place.
“We don’t want it to become part of the land-scape,” Lobinowich said.
Sgt. Pierre Chamberland, from the OPP head-quarters in Orillia, was present to talk about types of graffi ti and his experience throughout the province.
Chamberland defi ned graffi ti as being any writ-ing, drawing or symbols applied to any surface without the consent of the property owner – and are acts of vandalism.
Often, graffi ti is left in the form of a tag; a type of signature for graffi ti artists.
Chamberland also fi elded questions about the punishment for someone caught applying graffi ti – a mischief charge. While it sounds fairly minor, a mischief charge can have a sentence of up to 10 years – and each piece of graffi ti can count as a separate charge.
And the graffi ti often doesn’t stand alone. Cham-berland said that youth charged with graffi ti often steal the spraypaint and supplies.
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On April 30th 2011, members of the Saje Wisdom salon team will travel to Hollywood California to take part in an inspirational seminar held by Shu Uemura. The seminar is set around a unique tailor-made haircare journey inspired by the traditional Japanese Tea ceremony. The stylists will be given a special sneak peek into the history of Shu Uemura and his artistic philosophy of perfection and contemporary artistic creation.
The brand was developed by Shu Uemura; a Japanese artist and son to a Samurai Father and Geisha mother who moved to Hollywood in the 1960’s to use his artistic talent on the Hollywood stage. Fast forward 40 years and you have Shu Uemura Art of Hair; held in only 26 salons nationwide.
Saje Wisdom is looking to share the information and inspiration from this seminar and offer it to their clients; cutting edge style with an Eastern infl uence. Saje’s dedication to Eastern Philosophies, and its desire to honor the brand’s Japanese roots, have resulted in hosting a large fundraiser to be held on Monday May 16th from 3 to 9pm at the Salon: “KyoTokyo Collection for the Children of Japan”. The event will focus on raising money for relief efforts in Japan and Saje will partner with “Save the Children Canada” to make the donations.
In fact, 100% of the proceeds of the day will be donated to the effort. Donations can be made in person at the salon or can be made via internet through www.sajewisdom.com or through Saje Wisdom’s Facebook page. The event will center around spring makeovers in the salon and spa with silent auctions taking place featuring local businesses such as a one of a kind painting done by local artist Leah Hicks. The event promises to be an exciting one and the team at Saje hopes to raise a large amount of funds to donate to the cause.
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THE TOWNSHIP OF LANARK HIGHLANDS MUNICIPAL MATTERS
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Spring Clean Up Time!As spring comes to your yard and thoughts turn to clean-up, remember that the following materials can be taken to any waste site for recycling – NO TIPPING FEES APPLY:
SCRAP METAL FIBRE: CONTAINERS: E-WASTE TIRES Newspaper Glass Bottles & JarsTIRES Boxboard Plastics #1-7CLEAN BRUSH Cardboard Metal & Cardboard CansLEAVES & GRASS Mixed Paper Milk Cartons & Juice Boxes White Styrofoam
Please store household hazardous waste until the MHWD opens at the Middleville waste site on May 21. You can also go to www.makethedrop.ca for the location of retailers with take-back programs for paint, batteries and fl uorescent bulbs.
Construction waste and large bulky items can be disposed of at the Middleville waste disposal site for $30/cubic yard. If you have re-usable furniture, appliances and household goods, save on tipping fees by taking them to the McDonald’s Corners Re-Use Centre.
With a little clean up, your yard will be a place where you can enjoy the summer with your family and friends. Visitors will see what a beautiful community we live in, and your neighbors will thank you for improving the view from their yards!
Operating hours at the waste sites can be found on our web-site: www.lanarkhighlands.ca.
Happy Spring – see you at the recycling depots!
GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAYPlease be aware that the Municipal Offi ce will be
closed on Friday April 22nd and Monday April 25th, the offi ce will re-open on Tuesday April 26th.
CouncilCouncilMeetingMeetingSchedule:Schedule:Tuesday, May 10th at 2:30 p.m. – Committee of the Whole7:00 p.m. Budget Adoption MeetingTuesday, May 24th at 2:30 p.m. – Committee of the WholeThursday, May 26th at 7:00 p.m. Council
INTERIMTAX BILLS DUE DATE!
The second installment date is April 29th 2011.
ADOPTION OF THE 2011 ANNUAL
BUDGETTAKE NOTICE THAT, the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Lanark Highlands intends to adopt the 2011 Budget on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Offi ce. Dated at the Township of Lanark Highlands this 16th day of April, 2011.For further information contact: Township of Lanark Highlands Robert Bunker, Treasurer75 George StreetLanark, ON K0G 1K0T: 613-259-2398 ext. 225F: 613-259-2291E: [email protected]
DID YOU KNOW?
Plastic containers with numbers 1-7 can all be recycled but only 5 kinds of plastic bags can be recycled in Lanark Highlands: Bread bags, grocery & produce bags, blue newspaper bags, and ‘outer’ milk bags (not the inside pouches, just the outer bags.) All other fi lm plastic like saran wrap, bubble wrap, cat & dog food bags, Ziploc and plastic bags not listed above must go in the garbage.
By carefully sorting your recycling you help the Township produce clean and useful recyclable materialthat brings in good market value to help pay for municipal waste management.
KEEP IT GREEN – RECYCLING WORKS!
DESMOND DEVOY
While Doug Smyth’s name will be the only one appearing for the New Demo-cratic Party on the federal ballot in La-nark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington on May 2, Smyth may as well have a run-ning mate in party leader Jack Layton.
“I think Jack did a great job those two evenings (of the debates),” said Smyth. “He seemed to have impressed a lot of people out there.”
Even though this riding has never vot-ed for an NDP MP or MPP, Layton’s per-sonal popularity it helping Smyth on the ground.
“Nobody is throwing things at me,”
Smyth joked. “We’re get-ting more respect than I thought we would.”
Knocking on doors this spring, voters have been telling Smyth that one of their top priori-ties is health care.
“We should be looking at nurse practitioners,” said Smyth. “If I could speak to Jack right now, I would tell him about that.”
He added that the NDP would offer fi nancial in-centives to doctors and nurses to also move out to rural areas.
“We’re not asking people to move out to the North Pole,” he said of this riding, which is in the commuter belts for Ot-tawa and Kingston. “The main thing is to have doctors…and we have a plan to hire
doctors. There are a lot of people in our region who don’t have a doc-tor.”
Smyth noted that a new walk-in clinic has opened up at a su-permarket in Carleton Place, but “I don’t think that is the answer,” for long-term health care in the area.
One of the ways that the NDP would pay for health care would be by cancelling the planned corporate tax cuts and
rolling them back to 2008 levels, and by revisiting the government’s decision to purchase F-35 fi ghter jets.
“It’s going back to the drawing board to see if we need 65 of them,” Smyth said.
He agreed that Canada will need new
jets to replace its aging CF-18 jets, but an NDP government would put the contract out to tender.
“It blows my mind that this can be sole-sourced, that it wouldn’t be put out to competition,” said Smyth.
While health care and jets are some of the top issues Smyth is confronting on the campaign trail, the economy remains the top concern.
“People are challenged with paying their daily bills,” said Smyth.
The NDP is proposing to cap credit card interest rates as one way to help people who are struggling, and also by helping promote small businesses.
“We have picked up on box stores in this area,” said Smyth, pointing to such large retail stores in Carleton Place, Perth and Smiths Falls. “But they would have come on their own anyway. We’re looking at dropping the tax rate on small business. Small business has to be a focus.”
Smyth hopes Layton’s poll bounce will help campaign
LANARK-FRONTENAC-LENNOX AND ADDINGTON
Name: Doug SmythParty: NDP
Here is a look at your federal candidates for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington
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DESMOND DEVOY
Rural and seniors issues are dominat-ing the campaign for Ralph Lee, the inde-pendent candidate in the federal riding of Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Add-ington.
“People in rural Canada are getting the short end of the stick,” said the Carleton Place-based lawyer last week. “(Rural people) pay as much taxes as people in ur-ban areas,” and deserve the same level of services, he said.
One method he is proposing for bring-ing more doctors to rural areas includes paying the fees for re-educating and requalifying foreign-trained doctors.
“Upon graduation…they would have to work their fi rst year or two in a rural
community,” said Lee. “The goal is that they will stay,” adding that the riding’s natural beauty should help.
“Rural Canada is the most beautiful area of the world,” said Lee.
Lee noted that he would support a proposal in the budget presented by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty last month, to forgive student loans to doctors and nurses who elect to work in rural or remote areas for a cer-tain period.
“Anything to get more doctors out here,” he said.
Lee is also pushing for “enterprise free zones,” which have been tried in coun-tries like Ireland, to attract businesses to rural areas.
“Businesses (would not be) taxed on anything until they start making money,”
he said. Once they reach profi tability, taxes would start being levied on a gradual basis.
On April 7, Lee launched a seniors bill of rights at a seniors home in Carleton Place, which he wants to see enshrined in the 1982 constitution. The bill would guarantee things like access to afford-able services, protection from abuse, and infor-mation on all programs and benefi ts available to
them. Lee also wants to reduce taxes on pensions and the estate tax.
Lee was campaigning in Sharbot Lake last weekend.
“They were very enthusiastic about the fact that there was an alternative candi-date,” said Lee.
Whether he is in Sharbot Lake, Carleton Place or elsewhere in the large riding, Lee
noted that what he is hearing from voters is all the same: “They feel let down by all of the parties,” because of “partisan poli-tics and childish behaviour.”
Lee added that just by electing an inde-pendent MP to the House of Commons, that would start to return civility to the institution.
“I think my being elected in and of it-self will send a message that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated,” said Lee.
Lee is also in favour of proportional representation, which would likely see more independent candidates like him-self elected to Parliament.
Lee was born and raised in Montreal, and served as vice-president of the stu-dent union at Concordia University, which has a student population of 30,000. He is also active with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and served with the Securities Commission of New Zealand for several years.
Rural health care, business and seniors issuesLANARK-FRONTENAC-LENNOX AND ADDINGTON
Name: Ralph LeeParty: Independent
ANDREW SNOOK
David Remington decided to take another swing at the Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington seat, because he’s always enjoyed public service and work-ing with people and their surrounding communities.
The 43-year-old, life-long Napanee native, said his campaign will focus on bringing back good-paying jobs to people in the re-gion, and helping small businesses grow.
Remington embraced his entrepre-neurial spirit at the early age of 18, when he opened his own coffee shop. He has since owned and operated a variety of businesses, including a fl ower shop, two movie theatres, and a consulting fi rm that focused on so-cial service issues.
He wants to work together with all levels of government to tackle the is-sues currently facing the LFLA rid-ing.
“I just fi nd that’s my style,” he said. “Job creation, strong rural health care…there are so many opportunities where we can work together with municipal leaders.
“I think I would have the ability to get people to the table. Municipal leaders sometimes feel like they’re left out of the big conversations with the province and the feds, and I feel like we have to do a lot more to-gether.”
In the 2008 federal election, Remington fi nished sec-ond at the polls with 21.8 per cent of the vote (11,827 votes). The riding was won by MP Scott Reid, who had 55.81 per cent of the vote (30,280 votes).
Remington is an experienced politician, who has held a variety of elected positions, including mayor of Napanee from 2000-03.
He began his political career at the age of 25, when he was elected to Napanee’s town council. Remington worked as a councillor from 1994-95, and was the depu-ty mayor from 1995-96.
He also worked on Parliament Hill as a legislative assistant for a year for former MP Larry McCormick.
Remington said he wants to take on all the issues that residents struggle with from day-to-day.
He said he would like top see more funding go to-wards non-profi t agencies in the community.
“When I was mayor I often thought ‘wow, it would be great if the feds could help with the community agencies.’ There are amazing non-profi t agencies that do incredible things on a shoestring bud-get. People in the community are just giving up their time to make things a better place…if we could (offer addi-tional funding) just think how much more they could do.”
After graduating Napanee District Secondary School, Remington at-tended Queen’s Theological College in Kingston, and graduated with a di-ploma in restorative justice in 2004.
He currently works as a program supervisor for the Ministry of Chil-dren and Youth Services and Commu-nity and Social Services.
Remington is married to Diane, and has two step-daughters, Kylie and Nicole.
Remington said if he were to leave a political legacy, he would like to be remembered for his helpful na-ture.
“I want to work across party lines,” he said. “I don’t want to be seen as the big Liberal partisan guy.
“I think the style you bring to politics is as impor-tant as any single issue or policy. To me, it’s the ap-proach. My style of politics will be in the community and active.”
Name: David RemingtonParty: Liberal
Remington aiming for jobs in riding
GEOFF DAVIES
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Having grown up alongside his family’s chain of discount stores, Scott Reid got to know the riding he now represents while out scouting new locations with his dad.
“My fi rst memory of Carleton Place, where I now live, is going into the Findlay Stove Works,” recalls Reid, the Conservative incumbent in the race for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington.
“I remember wandering around this crazy huge old building…it was a pretty impressive place,” says Reid.
Though some folks still own their woodstoves, the Find-lay factory is now gone. Giant Tiger, no longer in its in-fancy, will turn 50 years old in May. Reid, meanwhile, is 47, and fi ghting to keep his seat after 11 years serving as MP for the area.
After so many years seeing the area through a busi-nessman’s eyes – he worked full-time for the company for about four years and still sits on its board of directors – Reid notes that adaptation is an important theme in the riding’s economic history.
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Reid says he knows the issues
Name: Scott ReidParty: Conservative
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Dedicated AGH/FVM volunteers honoured at April 12 event
The dedicated women and men who volunteer at the Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor were honoured at a volunteer appreciation event at the Almonte Civitan Hall on April 12, 2011. The Hospital and Manor have 260 regular volunteers and 41 junior volunteers. Between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011, regular volunteers worked 8,489.25 hours and junior volunteers worked 1,624.5 hours, for a total of 10,113.75 hours. In the photo above, left, some members of the Volunteer Services Committee are shown at the event while listening to Almonte’s Big Band Standing Room Only. Shown, from left, are JC Empey, Committee Chair Rita Munro, interim Volunteer Services Coordinator Kelly Lewis, Cheryl Moore, Trish Lemon and John Black. In the photo above, right, Rita Munro, left, and Loreen Stewart, President of the Fairview Manor Auxiliary, cut the cake served at the event.
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Once a network of industrial towns set-up around sources of water power – like Code’s Mill in Perth or Smiths Falls’ namesake – the area has seen many of its old factories shut their doors, includ-ing the Findlay Stove Works.
“The reality is there are some industries you can’t keep,” said Reid.
Today, the area’s economic con-nection to its urban neighbour is an important part of that adap-tation, he said. Many people, in-cluding Reid himself, make their homes here and commute to work in Ottawa.
“In Lanark, we are very tightly linked to the Ottawa community,” he says.
In similar fashion, being tight-ly linked to powerful people in Ot-tawa is something Reid lists as an advantage he can offer the riding.
“I’ve been around for a long time and I’m someone who has worked closely with Stephen Harper since back in days of Re-form Party. I’m able to bring con-
cerns to him in ways that aren’t always possible (for other MPs),” he says.
His experience, as well as that of his staff, is another advantage, he says.
“I’ve been doing this now for a long time and I’ve got a reason-ably good grasp of the issues that are important.”
For Reid, some of those issues include abolishing the long-gun registry, which has been a long-time objective for his party.
His personal aims include mak-ing Canada more democratic – “we have a series of ways in which we’re not living up to our potential” – and securing a spot in the constitution for Ontarians’ property rights.
Speaking to the latter, Reid said he hopes his joint initiative with local MPP Randy Hillier will be on better footing come the fall. With his fi ngers-crossed for Tory governments on both levels, Reid said he hopes Hillier will be rein-troducing the motion, which will have died on the order paper, as a government motion.
LANARK-FRONTENAC-LENNOX AND ADDINGTON
Scott ReidKASSINA RYDER
Green Party candidate John Baranyi was born in Elliot Lake, Ont. in 1961. He moved to the La-nark County area 28 years ago before settling just outside Mid-dleville on a farm where he and his wife run a vegetarian frozen food business, Pulse Foods.
“I came here in 1983 because I suppose there was a certain spir-it of community here,” said Ba-ranyi. “People working together.
“I never really pictured my-self as a politician,” said Ba-ranyi. “I’m just a citizen in this community who cares about the community.”
He spent time in Indonesia in 1981 as part of the Canada World Youth Exchange Program and also lived in both St. Lucia and Jamaica for a year. He has also worked as a tree planter and worked on energy-effi cient hous-ing as a renovator and carpen-ter.
All of these experiences, both
at home and oversees, fostered the concepts that would become the basis of his “green ideas,” he said.
Baranyi said he strongly be-lieves in the Green Party’s vi-sion for Canada, focusing on en-vironmentally healthy ways to improve both communities and the economy.
“I suppose I carry a vision of how I see our communities can develop and become more sus-tainable,” he said. “The green
vision of localization, strength-ening our communities at the municipal, local level. That’s something that I see.”
The Green Party’s initiative to introduce municipal infrastruc-ture bonds is a way to strengthen local economies, Baranyi said. The initiative would allow peo-ple to self-direct their RRSP’s into community infrastructure investments.
“This is a smart law that would allow the shifting of RRSP invest-ment to the community level, pro-viding funding for much needed infrastructure improvements,” he said. “It’s a win-win-win...that doesn’t cost the government or taxpayer anything.”
He said such funding could be used for water and sewer proj-ects in villages such as Lanark, which has needed a new water and sewer system for years, Ba-ranyi said.
The system would also keep the community’s debts in the hands of its citizens, Baranyi said.
Community plus sustainability
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WATER MAIN FLUSHINGALMONTE WARD
April 26 – May 20, 20117:30 a.m. to 4pm. (excluding weekends)
This annual maintenance program is designed to remove the sediment that has accumulated in the water mains to maintain good water quality in the distribution system and may result in temporary inconveniences to you such as reduced water pressure or red (discoloured) water.
• Reduced water pressure should only be intermittent as the hydrants are being fl ushed. The pressure will return to normal once the fl ushing is completed.• If you detect discoloured (red) water, turn off your tap for 20 to 30 minutes; this should allow work crews enough time to complete the fl ushing. When work crews have left the area, turn on one COLD water tap for a few minutes to fl ush the system.• Discoloured water may occur in close proximity to the watermain fl ushing or many blocks, even kilometres away, depending on various factors such as their supply main size, location and demand fl ows. Unfortunately, it is impossible to predict the location and extent of the customers that may receive discoloured water. • Residents who live in the areas being fl ushed may want to collect containers of water for drinking and cooking, each day before the fl ushing program starts. • We recommend that you do not drink or wash laundry with red water.
We appreciate your patience while this work is being completed and if you would like more information, please call the Roads & Public Works Department at 613-256-2064 and speak to Rod Cameron, ext. 232 or Cindy Hartwick ext. 258.
LARGE ITEM DAYSaturday, May 14
8am to 4pmThis is for the disposal of large items
(chairs, tables, couches, etc.)
Drop off bins will be located at the Landfi ll Site on Howie Road, Pakenham Recycle Depot on Barr Side Road and the Union Hall Yard, corner of Wolfe Grove Road and Tatlock Road.
More information about Large Item Day is available on the Town’s website or by calling Cindy Hartwick at 613-256-2064 ext 258.
LEAF & YARD WASTE PICK-UPWednesday, May 11
Almonte
Thursday, May 12villages of Pakenham, Appleton, Blakeney and Clayton
O.P.P. CONTACT INFORMATION
In case of an emergency call: 9-1-1To report a non-emergency, please call: 1-888-310-1122
To report anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at: 1-800-222-8477
ANNUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY REPORTThe 2010 annual report for the Almonte wastewater treatment facility is now available on Town’s website or viewed at the municipal offi ce or the Almonte library.
ANNUAL EXCHANGE DAYMay 6, 7, 8
This is a day where residents of Mississippi Mills can put items out at the curb they no longer want and others can take the “treasures”. Items can be placed on the curb on Friday, May 6 and must be brought back in (if not taken) Sunday, May 8. Please ensure that no items that you do not wish to give away are left near the road. Disposal of items not taken is the responsibility of the resident-Mississippi Mills will NOT be picking the items up. Items not taken can be dropped off at one of the Large Item Day locations the following weekend. For larger items or those of safety concern, a curb side sign may be more appropriate.
Please beware of children’s safety, do not place any items out that might have potential danger i.e. refrigerators/freezers with door. Mississippi Mills assumes no responsibility or liability regarding these items.
Please include a sign with your items indicating “Free.” For more information, please call Cindy Hartwick at 613-256-2064 ext. 258
LIGHT UP THE NIGHTCOMMUNITY GARAGE SALE
Saturday May 28 7:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m Tables $10.00 each
For more information, to reserve your table or to donate items to Light up The Night, please call Calvin Murphy at 256-1077 Ext:24.
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Election 2011
Advance polls land on EasterJOHN CARTER
If you’re upset that the federal election’s advance poll is being held on Easter weekend, don’t blame Elections Canada.
The politicians who set the May 2 election date are to blame.
Elections Canada eastern On-tario fi eld liaison offi cer Joan O’Neill said the Canada Elec-tions Act sets out exactly when the advance polls are held. They must be 10, nine and seven days before an election.
So this election, the advance polls are on April 22 (Good Fri-day), April 23 and April 25 (Eas-
ter Monday), which has upset some church-goers. The polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. on all three days in various locations around the riding (check your voter’s card).
O’Neill reminds voters they need identifi cation to vote: con-sult the voter’s reminder bro-chure that was mailed out last week. About 75 per cent of peo-ple use their driver’s licence, but there are also other options, O’Neil said.
Electors can still get on the voters list on May 2 even if not on the list, if they have the right identifi cation. More information is available at www.elections.ca
Candidates to meet in CPCARLETON PLACE – Candidates in the Lanark-Frontenac-Lex-
ington-Addington riding will be facing off in an all candidates de-bate on April 27.
The event is organized by the Carleton Place and District Cham-ber of Commerce and will be held at Caldwell Public School at 70 Caldwell St in Carleton Place. The event will start at 7 p.m. and is open to everyone.
The debate will feature the fi ve riding candidates: John Baranyi – Green Party, Ralph Lee – Independent, Scott Reid – Conservative Party, David Remington – Liberal Party and Doug Smyth – New Dem-ocratic Party. For any questions regarding the debate, please contact the chamber at 613-257-1976.
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial Policy
Clerk left out to dry
I used to joke that if you ever lost luggage at Toronto’s Pear-son International Airport, that it was likely my dad that was to blame.
Sure, ‘twas all in fun. My dad used to say that he was
one of the lucky people who en-joyed going to work every day. It certainly wasn’t because of the hours, that’s for sure. Three days on afternoons, three days on mornings, three midnights, then three days off.
But he knew that he was lucky to have his baggage handler job at Air Canada. He would joke that it was one of the last dinosaur jobs around, having joined the airline when it was a Crown corporation on March 1, 1976. Now, 35 years later, he is preparing to hand in his security pass, and the keys to his little red jeep.
Back in the pre-9/11 days, knowing how much I loved air-planes, he would take me to the airport and smuggle me onto the tarmac. I would get to go right up to parked jumbo jets.
Once, out on the ramp with my dad, I got to see how impor-tant his job was. Normally, he’d handle just bags, but this day, he was transferring a box contain-ing the ashes of a man who had died in the Caribbean. His ashes were being sent to Montreal for scattering. He let me place the parcel gently into the hold of the DC-9. It was an oddly touching, and creepy, moment.
At the airport, he got to meet Sir Elton John and Margot Kid-der, and was scheduled to trans-port a special cake for Charles and Diana’s wedding in 1981. As he entered the warehouse though, he saw another lad, from Liverpool no less, driving out with it. Needless to say, he was a little put out by that one.
He was able to travel as he nev-er could have imagined growing up in Ireland. He has said that he owes this country a lot, includ-ing a great job at the national air-line. Enjoy your richly deserved retirement Daddy.
COLUMN
To the Editor,
I fail to see what is wrong with a coali-tion. In fact I would love to see our gov-ernment run as a total coalition. I think it could cure the issue that embarrasses us all – the idiotic behaviour during Question Period.
Visualize this. Rather than isolating members of Parliament by having them sit with their own parties . . . mix them up – helter skelter – with Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Bloc sitting be-side each other.
And rather than picking a cabinet from the party with the most elected
members, pick the best people from the whole gang – including the Bloc – they are people too.
It would be a lovely change to see them all working together, debating issues from their point of view, fi nding ways to balance the budget and yet be imagina-tive and progressive.
Just imagine how much work could get done and how much pride and re-spect we would all feel with such a gov-ernment.
A coalition? Bring it on.
Fern MartinPakenham
Coalition? Bring it on.
A public servant is being used by politicians.It’s not an uncommon story on Parlia-
ment Hill, but in this case, the damage is being done at Carleton Place’s town hall.
Town clerk Duncan Rogers has been left trying to pull the curtain down around information council doesn’t want to share with residents.
The town has possession of two documents it doesn’t want to part with. No prying eyes please, despite election campaign promises about transpar-ency.
The fi rst document requested by this newspaper was a groundwater monitoring report related to the contaminated land where once stood a Canadian Tire store at 7 Beckwith St.
A town manager fi rst said the document was in the town’s fi les, but it couldn’t be shared. It wouldn’t be “politically astute” to let people see it because they may not understand it.
That condescending attitude runs smack into the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The act says taxpayers have a right to see documents funded by their tax dollars.
When this newspaper fi led an information request, the town agreed the groundwater report could be shared, but it would somehow require 26 hours to lift the report out of a fi ling cabinet and carry it to a photocopier. Total retrieval bill: more than $900.
A second access request has been denied alto-gether, and that’s where Rogers comes in.
The information law outlines when an access request can be denied. It says the town can with-hold “access to records revealing the substance of deliberations of…a closed meeting.”
That obviously refers to the minutes of closed meetings. Fair enough.
In order to serve his master(s), Rogers has been forced to defend the indefensible, and has interpret-ed the information legislation in the most small-minded way possible.
In a nutshell, the town has decided that any piece of paper discussed during a closed session of coun-cil is forever secret.
Following this leap of logic, we are forced to as-sume that if a closed session of council discusses a heating bill, the latest John Grisham novel, a label on someone’s shirt or Canada’s Constitution, those documents are locked away in a fi ling cabinet forevermore.
Long live transparency.
Daddy’s fi nal days at Air Canada
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In our April 14 edition, in our story “Carleton Place remembers Battle of Vimy Ridge,” we incorrectly identifi ed the photo of a First World War Canadian army uni-form on page 21 as being worn by George Southwell Sr. of Pakenham.
The uniform actually belonged to Charles Richard Southwell, a Sapper in the Ca-nadian Engineers. The jacket was loaned by John Southwell Sr., the late Charles Southwell’s son, to the Royal Canadian Legion for the event.
The Canadian Gazette apologizes for this mistake.
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Students hear drug message
MICHAEL MURCHISON
CARLETON PLACE – Car-leton Place High School students in grades 9 and 12 were given an informative and emotional drug awareness presentation on April 13.
Teaming with the OPP to give the presentation was seasoned presenter Nicole Pearson.
“I think those forums are great when we have law enforcement and the emotional side of it,” said Pearson. “It’s a great bal-ance.”
Pearson began presenting in 2007, when then-principal of CPHS, Stephen Sharp prompted her to give a memorial speech after the death of her son, Brett Pearson.
“Brett was the type to lift oth-ers’ spirits,” Pearson noted. “He’d want me to help out and reach out.”
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Following the initial speech in 2007, Pearson was asked by many other schools and organizations, such as Carleton University and some Ottawa police services workshops to speak with stu-dents, helping them understand and identify signs of depression and suicidal thoughts.
“I go wherever the people would like to have me,” Pearson said.
This presentation comes in the middle of CPHS Cause Week, a week devoted to raising the stu-dent awareness of many causes, such as the heart and stroke charity, mental health, anti-bul-lying, environmental damage, and drug abuse.
The main focus of Pearson’s presentations is to deliver the point that “most problems are temporary and solvable and with time and the help of those around you, you can turn things around,” Pearson said.
Ultimately, Pearson would like to expand her advocacy into workshops, teaching young chil-dren healthy living and mindful social interaction.
Pearson will return to CPHS on May 3 to tell a more in-depth story of her son to grade 10s and 11s.
A microbiologist for the Public Health Agency of Canada, Pear-son has made 40 presentations since 2007 and 12 this year alone.
“I never thought it would get to this point,” said Pearson, “but I’m very proud.”
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The Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) Foundation is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $7500 from the Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation of The Royal Canadian Legion. The grant will be used to help purchase a defi brillator for the Emergency Department which costs approximately $15,000.
“Our organization is very fortunate to have the overwhelming support of our local Legion, Branch 192, and we also are very pleased to receive this grant from the Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation “, stated Theresa Fritz, Vice-President of the CPDMH Foundation. “All associated with the Carleton Place Hospital and Foundation are very grateful for this wonderful gift and we off er our sincere thanks to the organization.”
The Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation was conceived and implemented as a Provincial initiative in 1981 and remains a remarkable
example of the good that can be done when the Branches within Ontario Command and Ladies Auxiliaries combine their eff orts. Each year, the members and Directors of the Charitable Foundation review applications for medical equipment and research funding, and approve grants to community medical facilities and organizations across the Province. Since its inception the organization has made grants in excess of $15 million to the various charities in the communities throughout Ontario.
“Hospitals are struggling to provide quality care on reduced budgets and the Legion’s Charitable Foundation helps local hospitals, nursing homes and medical facilities to purchase needed medical equipment,” stated Iain Davidson, President of Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 192. “Our charitable Foundation does a lot of great work throughout the province and I am very pleased to present this cheque to the Carleton Place Hospital Foundation on behalf of the Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation.”
For the 2010 fi scal year, the Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation approved grants totalling $571,028 to various hospitals, health clinics, homes for the aged, charities and emergency services throughout Ontario.
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With a cheque representing the grant received from the Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation of The Royal Canadian Legion are : Theresa Fritz, Vice President of the CPDMH Foundation; Iain Davidson, President of Branch 192; Lynn Julian, President of the Branch 192 Ladies Auxiliary; and George Wood, 2nd Vice-President of Branch 192.
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CARLETON PLACE – The Lanark Landowners Association held an in-formation afternoon and question and answer session at the Carleton Place arena on April 16.
The 250-person crowd was welcomed by MP Scott Reid and MPP Randy Hill-ier, who spoke about the joint constitu-tional amendments they are working. They are both introducing resolutions in their legislatures that call for a constitutional amendment to embed property rights within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Hillier said that creating more and more property laws has allowed gov-ernment to grow and “over govern”.
“Government grows when there is a lack of property rights and faith in the people,” Hillier said. “The motion by Scott and I says people have the right to use and enjoy their private property.”
Hillier said to his knowledge, this is the fi rst time in Canada there has been a joint resolution by two members of the same riding.
Reid said that since the laws would be above the municipal level, it would bind municipal governments to abide by them as well.
The changes would have to do with the property titles, use and enjoyment of property and fi nancial compensa-tion based on changes or designations, Reid said.
GUEST SPEAKER
Liz Marshall of the Ontario Land-owners Association spoke as an expert on Crown land patent grants.
“I read a lot of leg-islation because I’m a nerd with an atti-tude,” Marshall said.
She said that Crown land patent grants are perma-nent rights to ab-solute ownership – and give landown-ers a right and legal authority to fi ght against invasive by-laws.
Marshall spoke about different situ-ations where property owners have spoken up about changes to their own property and seen results.
She spoke about her own experienc-es with bylaw offi cers on her brothers’
business property, as she called 911 and reported the bylaw offi cer as trespass-ing after he told her she did not have the correct permits to repaint a sign.
Increasing laws, such as the Places to Grow Act, are preventing landown-ers from exercising their rights as laid on in the Crown land patent grant, those who attended the meeting were told.
“If your neighbour’s fence falls on your property, throw it back,” she said. “Or have a bonfi re and tell him poor luck.”
By creating more bylaws, people are allowing the govern-ment to make rules they should not be able to make for pri-vate property, she said.
She encouraged those in attendance to support their neighbours if they decide to fi ght a des-ignation or bylaw ruling, and said she thinks that the cur-rent government and laws discour-
age people from knowing or respecting their neighbours.
“You’ve allowed bylaws that people can’t hang their laundry out,” she said. “Are you stupid?”
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“I read a lot of legislation because I’m a nerd with an attitude.”
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free public service the Canadian Gazette provides for non-profi t groups. Notices appear as space permits. Please submit your information at least two weeks prior to the event and include a daytime contact name and phone number in case we need to reach you for information or clarifi ca-tion. Keep submissions under 30 words. Notices can be e-mailed to [email protected] or dropped off at our offi ce at 53 Bridge St. in Carleton Place.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Four-hand euchre, 7:30 p.m. 375 Country St., Almonte. Light lunch. Sponsored by the Town and Country Tenants Association. Contact Norma at 613-256-4179.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22Helen Wilson Memorial Dart Tournament at Carleton Place Royal Canadian Legion branch, 177 George St. Regis-tration from 11 a.m. to noon. $10 donation. Call 613-257-1727 for details.
Almonte lecture series wel-comes Carleton University geography professor Ken Torrance who will speak on soil at 7 p.m. at Almonte Old Town Hall.
MONDAY, APRIL 25 Zumba dance fundraiser for
the new play structure at Ecole Elementaire Catholic J.-L. Couroux in Carleton Place. The dance will be held at Notre Dame Catholic High School 157 McKenzie St. in Carleton Place at 7 p.m. Tick-ets are $10 per person.
Almonte and District Horti-culture meeting, Cornerstone Community Church, Almonte, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26Lanark County Knitting Guild, 7 p.m., Almonte United Church hall, 106 Elgin St. Contact Barb Carroll at 613-256-6646 or [email protected]
Blood donor clinic, Almonte Civitan Hall, 500 Almonte St., main hall, 2 to 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27Co-Operative Nursery School of Almonte Open House and Registration Evening, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Almonte United Church hall, 106 Elgin St. For more information, call Lisa Code at 613-257-3428.
Film Night at Stewart Commu-nity Centre arena hall, 7 p.m. Film: The Man Who Planted Trees and Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathi.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28Tree Walk and Talk with Brian Anderson, Mill of Kintail Con-servation Area, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29Annual United Church Women Spring Rummage Sale, Zion-Memorial United Church, 37 Franklin St., Carleton Place, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Halfway to Heaven, the new Mississippi Mudds musical, opens today at the Carleton Place town hall auditorium at 8 p.m. The musical will also be performed at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. There will be a matinee performance on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, available from the Arts Carleton Place offi ce, 132 Coleman St. Call 613-257-2031 for details.
Tree Talk and Walk at Al Potvin’s Arboretum, 38 Carss St., Almonte, 7 p.m.
Roast beef dinner, Almonte United Church, 106 Elgin St., 5 to 7 p.m. Adults $12, children 12 and under $6, pre-school-ers free. Tickets available through church members, at the door, or by calling Bonnie at 613-256-2389 or Donna at 613-256-1894 or the church offi ce at 613-256-1355.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30Annual United Church Women Spring Rummage Sale, Zion-Memorial United Church, 37 Franklin St., Carleton Place, 9 a.m. to noon.
Roast beef supper, St. John’s Anglican Church, 110 Fergson Falls Rd., Innisville, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Free Masonic child identifi ca-tion clinic, hosted by St. John’s Masonic Lodge, at TD Canada Trust, 565 McNeely Ave., Car-leton Place, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please call 613-283-7790.
Bluegrass concert with award-winning band Concession 23, Cedar Hill School House Com-munity Centre, 270 Cedar Hill Side Rd., Pakenham, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door. Lim-ited seating. Call 613-256-5439 for reservations. Fundraiser for the Friends of the Cedar Hill School House.
Hot roast beef supper, Christ Church, Ashton, 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets at the door. Take-out available. All-you-can-eat-pie.
SUNDAY, MAY 1 Ham n’ Bean Supper, Clayton Community Hall, 2 to 6 p.m. Adults $10, children under 12, $5, children under fi ve, free.
All musicians welcome.
Evening Dinner, Stewart Community Centre hall, 112 MacFarlane St., Pakenham, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by St. Mark’s Anglican Church. For details, please call Helen at 613-256-4126.
“Jazz Vespers,” with jazz duo Peter Woods and Brian Brown at St. James Anglican Church, 225 Edmund St., Carleton Place, 4 p.m. Donation only. All welcome.
Cliff Bennett gives a Tree Talk and Walk at 1772 Clayton Rd., 2 p.m.
Tree Bike Ride, 9 a.m. Meet Jeff Mills at the Palms, 78 Mill St. The ride will take about 20 minutes.
MONDAY, MAY 2Ray Holland gives a Tree Talk and Walk at Stewart Commu-nity Centre, 112 MacFarlane St., Pakenham, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 3Trade Fair, featuring industry apprenticeships in the trades and construction industry, Notre Dame Catholic High School, 157 McKenzie St., Car-leton Place, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All students welcome.
Brian Anderson gives a Tree Talk and Walk at Blakeney Park, 2 p.m. Later that same day, Mike O’Malley will give his own Tree Talk and Walk in Appleton near the community mail boxes at 7 p.m. Please wear rubber boots.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Guest speaker Diana Beres-ford-Kroeger speaks on the Globe Forest: Its Impact on the Health and Wealth of the Planet, Almonte Old Town Hall, 14 Bridge St., 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 7 Fundraising euchre tourna-ment, Almonte and District High School, 126 Martin St. N., 7 p.m. in the gymnasium. Raising funds for the school drama program. Tickets are $20. LCBO-licensed event. Ages 19 and over only. For more information or to regis-ter, please call 613-256-1470 or email [email protected]
Pancake breakfast, bake sale, plant sale, yard sale and silent auction, Clayton Community Hall, 8 a.m. to noon. Admis-sion, $6 adults, children six to 12, $4, children under six free. Fundraiser for Kathy’s Crusad-ers for the Cure Relay for Life team. All proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Come Meet Your Trustee and Help Us Celebrate the Quality of Public Education!
For more information, call 1-800-267-7131 or visit www.ucdsb.on.ca
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The value of Full-Time Learning in Kindergarten How we support the success of all learners through Trailblazers and other Pathways, Mentoring Programs, and Credit Recovery Our High Performance Schools How Strategic Planning improves student achievement How our staff members go the extra mile to care for our students How our Principals and Teachers are guiding student learning to improve results
We invite you to attend the presentation of theUPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD2010 DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITYTh ursday, May 5, 2011Almonte District High School126 Martin Street NorthAlmonte, ON7:00 – 8:30 p.m.(For Almonte and Carleton Place Families of Schools)
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ALMONTE – Downtown Almonte is home to 13 new bike racks, with lots of time for cyclists to use them before Bicy-cle Month rolls into town in June.
Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month orga-nizers worked with the town of Missis-sippi Mills to apply for funding for an upgrade in cyclist services.
The Ministry of Transportation matched the $5,000 contribution from the town with a transportation demand man-agement grant for a $10,000 total.
Nicole Guthrie, community and cul-tural programmer from the town, said that the grant allowed them to purchase bike racks, share the road signs and will help to fund Bicycle Month activities in June.
Six of the 13 bike racks have already been installed, with the rest to come by the end of the month, said Bicycle Month chair Jeff Mills. Eventually, the commit-tee and town want to see more through-
out parks and several in Pakenham. Guthrie said the plan is to encourage
more pedestrians to use the downtown core and take advantage of the warm weather to leave their cars at home.
Mills said the Bicycle Month commit-tee is hoping to see the community even-tually recognized as a platinum level community by the Bicycle Friendly Com-munity Program.
There is a checklist of things that need to be done, and this program will check adequate bicycle parking off the list.
“We’re not stopping until we’re done,” Mills said.
All of the bike racks were made by Almonte welder John Branje, who also made the benches throughout the down-town core.
Businesses who want to purchase a bike rack for outside their store can con-tact Guthrie at 613-256-1077, ext. 22.
Mills said that new businesses opening in Mississippi Mills are being encouraged to include a bike rack in their plans.
He also said he expects to see many people participating in Bicycle Month – and commuting by pedal.
“I think people are seeing the value in living close to work,” Mills said. “If you can spend more time getting physically fi t and easing your pocketbook, it’s just win win.”
Photo by Brier Dodge
Members of Mainstreet Almonte Attraction and Promotion pose with a new bike rack in-stalled outside of Heritage Court. From left in front row, Gord Pike, Mayor John Levi, Lilly White, Rona Fraser, Nicole Guthrie, Dianna Lachapelle, Jeff Mills. From left in back row, Terry Lumsden, Jack Elgood, Dorothy Waterman, Mary Lumsdem and Cynthia Stuart.
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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
Town still refuses to share monitoring studyNEVIL HUNT
CARLETON PLACE – Despite the release of one study of chem-ical contamination in central Carleton Place, two other key documents are still being kept under wraps by town staff.
Last week, the town adminis-tration released a 2009 soil and air quality test report that dealt only with fumes rising from the soil.
It concluded there was “no un-acceptable risk to human health” in the buildings located near the site of a perchloroethylene leak.
Perchloroethylene, often re-ferred to simply as “perc,” is used in the dry-cleaning trade, and in smaller amounts as a de-greaser in auto service shops. Perc has been linked to liver and kidney damage and the U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency considers it a carcinogen.
A pool of the chemical was found a few metres below Lake Avenue East after the Canadian Tire land was sold to the town for $1.
While the air and soil report found no unacceptable health risk, it did fi nd signifi cantly
greater concentrations of perc fumes inside buildings near the site of the leak than in the out-side air.
The report states that “con-taminants are causing measure-able effects on…indoor air con-centrations at all three of the investigated properties.”
Despite some articles in local media that accept the air and soil report as evidence of safety, the report’s fi ndings have in fact prompted the town to:
• Purchase two private build-ings, which it now plans to de-molish.
• Accept that the town-owned southern portion of the former Canadian Tire property – clos-est to Lake Avenue East – will remain unfi t for construction of any enclosed buildings for many years to come.
Two months ago, a town coun-cillor speculated the effects of the perc leak may be around for decades. When the land was de-termined to be unfi t for habita-tion, the town lost considerable resale value and potential tax revenue.
The air and soil study con-fi rmed perc fumes are rising from the site, and the town has
decided to try and limit the effects by paving the area for a parking lot. The town will also construct a farmers market structure that will be open to the elements, so any potentially toxic fumes dis-sipate. The only indoor areas planned for the market structure are a washroom and small stor-age room.
TWO STUDIES STILL SECRET
In discussions with the Cana-dian Gazette, town clerk Duncan Rogers has refused to provide a copy of another report related to the perc leak.
The document includes the town’s plan to deal with the con-tamination. The remediation report has already been shared with the provincial Ministry of the Environment, but not the public.
Such a remediation plan would likely include a schedule for long-term monitoring of the pool of perc underground, so any movement or spreading of the contamination can be addressed. The remediation report may also include an estimate of the ongo-ing costs to taxpayers over the coming years. It’s impossible to
say exactly what the taxpayer-funded report says until it is re-leased.
Rogers’ interpretation of pro-vincial access to information leg-islation has provided the town with the ability to keep the re-ports secret for now.
Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a town can withhold information under some circum-stances. One of those exemptions is for the minutes or records of any council deliberation held out of the public eye.
Town council has held numer-ous meetings about the perc spill in closed sessions where the pub-lic is not allowed to attend.
Rogers told the Canadian Ga-zette that his interpretation of the freedom of information leg-islation’s exemptions means that any document ever discussed during a closed meeting immedi-ately and automatically becomes unavailable to the public from that point forward.
Based on that interpretation, Rogers says the remediation re-port cannot be released to the public.
The Canadian Gazette is chal-lenging that interpretation
through an appeal to the provin-cial information and privacy of-fi cer. If that appeal is successful, the remediation report will be detailed in this newspaper.
POOL OF PERC
A second report requested by the Canadian Gazette is also sub-ject to an appeal to the provincial information and privacy offi cer.
The town has offered to share the original groundwater moni-toring report for the area around the former Canadian Tire, but only for an estimated price of more than $900.
The groundwater monitoring study may provide information about the size and movement of the pool of perc sitting below the ground.
The town justifi ed the large bill by suggesting it would take 26 hours to search for and pre-pare the document for release. At an earlier meeting, Carleton Place public works development co-ordinator Wayne Fraser had already confi rmed the document is in the town’s fi les,
If the appeal is successful, the groundwater report will be de-tailed in a future issue.
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There is nothing in life more exciting that buying a new home. Home buyers thrill in watching their new home take shape, knowing that they are getting exactly the fi nishes and features they want. Yet the excitement and emotion of buying a new home can sometimes overshadow the fact that your home purchase also means entering into a complicated legal agreement. Chances are, it will also be the largest fi nancial investment of your life.
Due to the complex legal aspects involved in buying a new home, it is strongly suggested that home buyers consult with a lawyer before signing on the dotted line.
When you buy a new home, the contract, or the signed Agreement of Purchase and Sale document, between you and your builder is your assurance that you will receive exactly what you have purchased, at the price that you have agreed to. It is also the builder’s assurance that you will follow through to the end with the purchase.
Some home buyers sign the contract fi rst, and then take it to their lawyer for review. By this point, however, it is too late for the lawyer to suggest any modifi cations or changes. Alternatively, make your offer conditional on your lawyer’s favourable review. It is sometimes wise, and less costly, to agree with the builder on price and terms before involving a lawyer. (If you cannot reach an agreement with the builder on these fundamental points, there is no need to pursue the contract any further.)
The lawyer will look for certain clauses which include information on restrictions and obligations that may affect your rights and responsibilities as a home owner. Typically, clauses may mention the need to bus students to the nearest school. A clause may mention a right of way or an easement registered against the lot. For instance, will there be a fi re hydrant on your lot, or an electrical box?
Clauses concerning mortgage approval must also
be treated seriously. A large number of Agreements ofPurchase and Sale include clauses making them conditionalon receiving mortgage fi nancing. The Agreement shouldspecify the number of days allotted for obtaining the mortgage, the process for notifying the builder and whatwill happen if the mortgage application is turned down.
The lawyer may suggest changes to the wording and theclauses of the contract to further promote your interests.Immediately notify the builder of these recommendations,allowing enough time for a review by the builder and/or thebuilder’s lawyer before acceptance or possible counter.
Once your offer has been accepted and all conditionshave been waived, you have a fi rm contract. Your lawyerwill begin the legal process of transferring ownership ofthe home and you can now go on to the next, and perhapsmost, exciting step of home buying . . . getting ready tomove into your new home!
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CARLETON PLACE – Pink shirts, pink leg-warmers, and pink pan-cakes found their way into Carleton Place High School (CPHS) on April 14.
It was pink day for the school, a day where all the students were asked to wear pink clothing in sup-port of anti-bulling.
It was the third time CPHS has had Pink Day, which started nationally after a male student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school.
The student council raised funds for the cause, which goes to the Inter-national Pink Shirt Day Foundation in support of anti-bullying and anti-ho-mophobia efforts.
“It’s one of the causes that gets pushed aside,” said Grade 10 student Jor-dan McIntosh. “And today we actually get to do some-thing about it.”
It was all part of Cause Week, when the students supported a different cause each day. Some were fund-
raisers, other presentation and knowledge based.
McIntosh said that Pink Day was his favourite, but admitted the pink chocolate chip pancakes helped too.
Student council co-presi-dent Aleni Cronkwright said she likes seeing the
students all in same colour because “the cafeteria is a sea of the colour”.
Across North America, Pink Shirt Day was April 13, and stands up against discrimination and bully-ing in schools and work-places.
Students pink it up against bullyingCATHY JAMES
These are council briefs from the La-nark County Council’s Community De-velopment Committee and Community Services Committee meetings, on Wednes-day, April 13, 2011.
In an effort to wean Lanark County’s youth centres off county fi nancial de-pendency, the centres will now discover if they will receive county funding on an annual, case-by-case basis.
Council wants the youth centres to demonstrate their efforts to acquire this funding elsewhere.
Centres must provide an annual fi nan-cial report to council, as well as include a plan on how they intend to become self-suffi cient.
Council would then review each cen-tre’s statements and determine if they would receive county funding.
Community services committee chair Keith Kerr said the centres have to dem-onstrate their need for the money.
“If they are working to the best of their ability and still can’t fi nd the mon-ey, budget by budget we have to look at it,” Kerr said.
HIGH HYDRO COSTS
The Lanark County Housing Corpora-tion was left with a $93,000 defi cit last year and is working to eliminate future fi nancial shortfalls.
The housing corporation manages more than 500 rental units across the county, and increased Hydro costs con-tributed to last year’s Lanark County Housing Corporation’s defi cit. This cost is out of the housing corporation’s hands, as they don’t have control over each tenant’s energy use.
This year’s hired summer student will develop an education program to show-case ways to minimize hydro use.
COUNCIL PREPARES TO PLAN STRATEGICALLY
The Lanark County OPP Detach-ment and a waste management working group formation ranked as the previous council’s top priorities in 2010.
This term’s council will determine if these items remain a top county con-cern as they plan to work on the Lanark County Strategic Plan in the coming months.
Wagland handed each councillor a survey and questionnaire at the April 13 meeting.
Councillors will then get together with the executive management staff for a day-long meeting where they will review accomplishments from the 2007-2010 municipal term, and identify up-coming challenges.
A work plan and timetable will be crafted from the day’s event, and will act as a guideline for future county refer-ence.
Youth centre funding not guaranteed
Photo by Brier Dodge
Grade 10 student Jordan McIntosh fl ips a pink pancake the student council at Carleton Place High School sold as a fundraiser for pink day.
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Bottom-seeded team played their way
to the topBY BRIER DODGE
ALMONTE – Going into national cham-pionships ranked 10th out of 10 teams, the Gamblers didn’t expect to come home with a title.
But after defeating the Ontario Sting, based out of Ottawa, 3-2 in an overtime fi nal, they did just that.
Thanks to the overtime goal scored by Almonte District High School (ADHS) student Brandon Feurguson, the Sting – heavy favourites to win the tournament – were sent home from in Portage la Prai-rie, Man. with silver medals.
The Gamblers are a juvenile division team, meaning they are all under 19.
The team practises in Carleton Place, but has many players from Almonte and Pakenham that attend ADHS together.
Kyle Killeen, Shawn Mills, Joe Kealey,
Brandon Feurgson, Ben Kealy, Adam Kane and Ryan Dalgity are all Almonte and Pakenham players – and so is the coach, Kealey’s father, Kevin Kealey.
The team was the underdog for the tournament after barely qualifying.
They placed third at the national quali-fi er that usually only sends the top two teams.
But the Gamblers got lucky, and were sent to Manitoba for nationals, seeded last of the 10 competing teams.
“It was their turn to win it,” said Mills, of the top seeded Sting. “They’re every-one’s rivals.”
By winning nationals, the Gamblers have also automatically qualifi ed for the 2012 national broomball championships, which will take place in Quebec City.
The players are all fairly new to broom-ball, having played for only one or two years. Killeen, Mills and Joe Kealey agreed that recruiting players would be easier for the upcoming year now that they had a national championship title.
With graduating players this year, new team members will be needed if the Gam-blers stick to their plan to sweep up the title two years in a row.
Almonte students sweep up national broomball title
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Almonte students Kyle Killeen, left, Shawn Mills and Joe Kealey were part of the Almonte
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SKATE OF MINDIsaac Uriarte skateboards at the Carleton Place and District Youth Centre’s Skateboard-a-thon on Saturday, April 16. The skateboard-a-thon raised $350 for the youth centre’s summer programming and skateboarding trips. The youth centre has indoor skate-boarding every day. For more information, call the youth centre at 613-257-8901 or email [email protected]
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CARLETON PLACE – The federal election may be in its fi nal weeks, with party leaders making all manner of promises, but the Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation was the one delivering the goods to Carleton Place last week.
The corporation’s chair, June Timmons, and offi ce administrator, Sharen Symondson, were on hand on April 13 to present a grant cheque for $10,000 to the Lanark County Planning Council for Children and Youth and Open Doors for Lanark
Children and Youth. The money will go towards a new online Lanark
County Youth Services Directory, which the plan-ning council and Open Doors had been sponsor-ing.
Jane Torrance, a community co-ordinator with the planning council, said that the directory would be an “inventory of programs for youth, to see where the gaps were.”
Her group approached the corporation for fund-ing, “to see where a business might be able to help kids.”
See GREAT, page 22
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From left, June Torrance and Nicki Collins, accept a cheque for $10,000 from June Timmons, on April 13.
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The Meeting Dates are as follows:
Detailed agendas for meetings are available for review on the Township website at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca or at the Township Offi ce 24 hours prior to the meeting
SCHEDULED MEETING DATES 2011SCHEDULED MEETING DATES 2011Monday April 26th 7:00 PM Planning Councillor Brian DowdallTuesday May 3rd 7:00 PM Council Reeve Richard KiddTuesday May 3rd 7:00 PM Public Budget Meeting Reeve Richard Kidd
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BECKWITH CLEAN UP DAYS
The Beckwith Township Economic Development Committee is continuing its project for beautifi cation of the Township. This project involves a cleanup of roadside ditches, parks or other areas of community interest. Following the cleanup an appreciation gathering will be held to thank those who came out to help with this initiative.
Special bags/tags are available for this project and can be picked up at the Beckwith Township Offi ce and then placed out at the end of your laneway. The garbage contractors have agreed to pick up these bags in coordination with the Beckwith Clean Up Days. Lend a hand to help keep our community a clean and beautiful place to live. To pitch-in or for further information please contact the Township Offi ce 613-257-1539
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“We produced a database of all the pro-grams for youth in Lanark County,” said Torrance.
The survey, with more than 400 entries, can be found online at www.lanarkkids.com/youthdirectory, and it lists what Tor-rance sees some of the most important contact details for youth around, from numbers for mental and sexual health to 211, a number for information on provin-cial programs. The 211 program launched a few years ago in Ottawa and was launched in Leeds-Grenville last month.
“It was diffi cult to co-ordinate it all be-cause 211 was coming on board,” said Tor-rance. “We didn’t want to replicate the job of 211.”
The $10,000 from the corporation’s east-ern Ontario development fund covers two thirds of the directory’s $15,000 cost.
“We could not have done that other-wise,” without the corporation’s support,
said Nicki Collins, executive director of Open Doors.
Torrance added that the money not only helped build communities, but helped build businesses as well.
“Sometimes, you can’t separate what is business and what is community,” said Torrance.
Later the same day, Timmons and Sy-mondson visited the Carleton Place and District Chamber of Commerce on Cole-man Street to drop off a cheque for $7,500, to help pay for the cost of the chamber’s new decks of promotional playing cards.
“Every card has one of the 52 things to see and do in Carleton Place,” said Jackie Kavanagh, the chamber’s co-offi ce man-ager. “And they are good as playing cards too.”
The cards should be ready by the end of April, with about 5,000 available.
The corporation’s money went towards the design and printing of the decks of cards.
Great groups get cash
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ALMONTE – You may not see a fi ddler on the roof of the Almonte Old Town Hall (AOTH) on May 1, but you’ll fi nd plenty of them in-side in the auditorium.
The sixth annual Fiddler’s Friends concert will be held at the AOTH, 14 Bridge St., from 1 to 4 p.m., with an afternoon of down-home Ottawa Valley fi ddling.
“It’s a very dynamic appeal to the afternoon,” said Dan O’Connell, the organizer of the concert, a traditional fi ddle awards show-case. The event is also a fundrais-er for the Community Foundation of Ottawa-administered Danny O’Connell Memorial Fund, set up after the sudden death of his tal-ented fi ddler son in 2004.
“All of those people are giving their talent,” said O’Connell of the afternoon’s performers. “They’re there for the music. They’re there for the tradition. There’s a few who are there for the personal ele-ment.”
O’Connell, who is studying the fi ddle himself, is pleased to see the fi ddle tradition continue to fl ourish in the Valley.
“It’s good to see the youngsters,” he said. “It’s very encouraging to see these youngsters taking up the tradition. And, of course, the step dancing goes hand-in-glove with this music. A lot of the youngsters are a double threat. Some get into the fi ddle and then get into the dancing,” and vice versa.
The concert will feature what O’Connell calls “family-style” en-tertainment, and it carries on a long tradition found not only on Canada’s East Coast, but here in the Valley as well.
“It’s very similar to the type of celebration that would have taken place in people’s kitchens over the last century,” O’Connell said, add-ing that his son would have loved the line up of talent on display at the AOTH.
The event’s proceeds go towards the memorial fund, which helps en-courage local fi ddling talent under the age of 25. Recipients are nomi-nated from three local authorities on traditional music, such as the Renfrew County Fiddlers, the Irish Society of the National Capital Re-gion, and the Ottawa Traditional Fiddling and Folk Art Society.
O’Connell praised the help that the Community Foundation has given to the fund.
“If you wanted to have a fund of this kind, you’d need a lot of legal fees to keep it at arm’s length,” said O’Connell. “They (the foundation) share the proceeds from a major investment which you wouldn’t be able to do with a small organi-zation. They’ve got the combined clout of all of the funds that they administer…It takes some of the headaches out of it (for the fam-ily).”
The musical friends on stage on May 1 include: • Terri-Lynn Mahusky• Matt Pepin• Kyle Felhaver• Tom Brennan• The Monday Night Fiddlers • The Barley Shakers • Special guest performer Ernie Fraser
Recent recipients of the award, including Tessa Bangs, Joseph Ger-vais, Amy Felhaber, Ellen Daly and Elly Wedge will also be in atten-dance with special performances.
Tickets are $15 and are available from Mill Street Books, 52 Mill St., Almonte, Couples Corner, 94 Mill St., Almonte, Mississippi Mills Musicworks, 453 Ottawa St., Almonte, and at the door.
For information, please call 613-256-3786.
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Election 2011
All-Candidates’ MeetingHear what your next federally elected Member of Parliament
will have to say about the state of affairs in Canada and locally.All candidates for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington
will be on-hand for this.
The Candidates:John Baranyi, Green PartyRalph Lee, Independent
Scott Reid, Conservative PartyDavid Remington, Liberal Party
Doug Smyth, New Democratic Party
All-Candidates Meeting to be held on:
Wednesday, April 277:00 to 9:00 pm.
Caldwell Street Public School70 Caldwell Street, Carleton Place
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or by e-mail to [email protected] Friday, April 22, 2011.
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Lanark County employees value; honesty, respect, communication, accountability, positive attitude, collaboration and teamwork. When applying for a job you may be asked to give examples of how you’ve demonstrated these values in your previous employment or other areas of your life. If you embrace these values and you meet the position qualifi cations as found on our website, we look forward to receiving your resume.
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Please join Lanark County Council, local politicians and staff for the official launch of the County’s new
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County Administration Building, Sunset Boulevard, Perth
Displays of new and antique emergency apparatus• Emergency preparedness information•
Official live launch of fire communications system at 6 p.m.• Ribbon cutting ceremony•
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infrastructure. Help us to mark the occasion in advance of Emergency Preparedness Week (May 1 to 6).
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Arts and Culture
More fi ddler’s friends than you can shake a rosined bow at Annual Ottawa Valley fi ddle concert in Almonte May 1
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Danny O’Connell loved to play the fi ddle. After his death, a memorial fund was set up to encourage a new generation of Ottawa Valley fi d-dlers. A fundraiser concert for the fund will take place on Sunday, May 1, at Almonte Old Town Hall.
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Kyle Skerkowski is the Athlete of the Month for Notre Dame Catholic High School.
Kyle, who is completing his fi fth year at Notre Dame played on the volleyball and basketball teams since Grade 9 – and just started his fi rst year playing soc-cer for the school.
He started playing with Notre Dame’s senior team right from Grade 9 and traveled to OFSSA, the high school provincial cham-pionships.
He’s been to a total of fi ve OFS-
SA championships – one for vol-leyball, four for basketball, the past two as basketball captain.
He is excited for spring so he can start to use his court at home and is looking forward to continuing to play basketball next year, when he attends the University of Ottawa for kinesi-ology. While he wasn’t recruited for the college team, he’ll try out for the varsity team and if he doesn’t make it, continue to play in recreational leagues.
“I don’t think I can give it up,” he said. “It clears my mind. It’s just me and the ball for however long I play for.”
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CARLETON PLACE – While MPs are busy out on the hustings for the May 2 election, students from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Carleton Place are getting more work done on Parliament Hill than the House has seen in a while.
Even though they won’t be able to be on the ballot for years, Grade 5 students from the school went to Parliament Hill April 14 to tour Parliament.
“We were pretending that we worked for Parliament,” said Jackson Fisher, 10. Some kids were appointed as senators, oth-ers MPs, who debated a bill to ban advertisements from chil-dren’s TV.
One girl from Jackson’s class was selected as prime minister because she was able to name the greatest number of prime ministers – two, Stephen Harper and Paul Martin.
The class also got to see all of the major rooms on Parliament Hill, including the House of Commons.
“There was at least 1,000 seats there,” said Cheyenne DeMatos, 10. They also visited the Senate. “That’s where the Queen sits,” said Cheyenne.
Both students were selected to sit as “senators.”
“I kind of felt like I was actu-ally being a senator,” said Chey-enne. “It was really cool because there were so many things I did not know (about Parliament).”
“It was cool to debate about the bill and pretend you were there,” agreed Fisher.
For Cheyenne and her friends, the gift shop was a highlight, but Jackson didn’t see what he hoped to see in the store.
“They didn’t have bobble head dolls,” of the party leaders, he said.
The school will be holding a mock election for prime minis-ter next week, but Jackson has already made up his mind who will not get his vote.
“I know I’m not voting for Ig-natieff,” said Jackson. When asked why, he responded, “Be-cause of the TV ads. All of the commercials say he doesn’t like Canada, and he’s going to raise
taxes.” But even though negative at-
tack ads had cemented his per-ceptions of the Liberal leader, he echoed an often-heard senti-ment amongst voters about the ads.
“Instead of saying what they’re going to do good, they say why not to vote for someone
else,” said Jackson. As for Cheyenne, she had a
sunnier outlook on who had earned her vote.
“I’d say Jack Layton,” said Cheyenne said of the NDP lead-er. “Mostly because he seems
kind and he’s a
happy guy.”Conservative leader Stephen
Harper, meanwhile, leaves her feeling cold.
“He just seems too business-like,” said Cheyenne.
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MISSISSIPPI MILLS – Missis-sippi Mills committee and coun-cil met on April 18 to hear several presentations and proposals.
Committee reviewed the re-quest of the Bicycle Month com-mittee to use the Almonte Old Town Hall parking lot for a bike polo tournament in June.
“Council should be in support of these Bicycle Month initia-tives,” said Coun. Alex Gillis. “It will defi nitely be bringing people to the town and we’re just going to aid it by allowing access to places that cost nothing.”
Committee had a signifi cant discussion about the pros and cons over authorizing staff to prepare a lease agreement for the Mississippi River Power Cor-poration for the operation and maintenance of Metcalfe Park.
“I could never support it be-cause we fought for so long to get a park,” Coun. John Edwards said.
The lease would give the power corporation the park area next to their existing property.
They have improvements planned for the park that many councillors thought would be benefi cial and without costing the town much money.
Coun. Gary Dalgity said, “the park will look like a rose garden by the time they’re done with it.”
FIRE CHIEF UPDATE
Fire Chief Art Brown was on hand to present his report and a detailed list of all fi re calls in 2009 and 2010.
He also noted staffi ng changes, and said Kevin Cooney will now be a captain, and Andy Forting-ton and Jamie Thompson lieu-tenants.
He also reviewed the results of the Fire Underwriters survey in 2010. The survey said that not all parts of Mississippi Mills have adequate fi re services because of their distance from responders.
Councillors asked Brown if any houses within Mississippi Mills had zero protection, and Brown said no.
“I want to know who doesn’t have adequate service so we can plan for it,” said Coun. John Ed-wards.
TREE CHAMPION AWARD
Al Potvin will be the fi rst re-cipient of the Tree Champion Award in recognition of tree stewardship efforts, named the Golden Branch Award.
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ALMONTE – Want to work out your ag-gression in a soft way, for a good cause?
Well, a fundraiser at the Almonte Old Town Hall at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, will certainly be the biggest pillow fi ght Almonte has ever seen.
The Family Fun Night, which will also feature two movies, Tangled and Despi-cable Me, is a fundraiser in support of Lupus Ontario.
The event was organized by local pho-tographer Robin Andrew, whose studio Unposed Photography, does just what its name says it does.
“The whole premise behind the pho-tography is to play and have fun and we wanted to extend that,” said Andrew. “Our original plan was to break a Guin-
ness world record. But that would’ve required 10,000 people, so we decided to scale it back a bit.”
Andrew’s studio will provide pillow cases for $8, which participants can fi ll themselves. The cases can be purchased at Tag Along Toys in Kanata, Arts Car-leton Place’s offi ces at 132 Coleman St., and at Blackbird gift shop, 79 Mill St., in Almonte.
“After the pillow fi ght, you can lie on your pillow and watch the movie,” said Andrew. The two animated fi lms were chosen because “everyone said that those movies were well worth seeing, and if you’d seen them before, they were well worth seeing again.”
The event will raise money to fi nd a cure for Lupus, defi ned by Health Canada as “a chronic, autoim-mune disease in the
arthritis family that affects nearly one in every 2,000 Canadians. This disease affects various parts of the body, most frequently the skin, joints, blood and kid-neys, and is often accompanied by severe joint and muscle pain, extreme exhaus-tion, fevers and skin rashes.”
“I helped out at the Lupus gala last year,” said Andrew of how she came to know about the disease. “(I took) a num-ber of pictures of people with Lupus. I met a number of people locally who had it and realized it does not get a lot of coverage and support. They (Lupus victims) were just inspiring.”
The event will also feature a 50/50 draw to raise even more money, and there will be door
prizes. “I think it should be a lot of fun,” said
Andrew. “The pillow fi ght will be very family friendly. It won’t be a total free-for-all. Kids can only hit their parents, not their brothers or sisters.”
Volunteers will also be on hand to make sure that kids – and adults – follow the rules.
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Paul Martin, 613-264-0123
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$549,000 - This 1817 stone home has been tastefully renovated and restored – approximately 3220 sq. ft., the home features 10’8” ceilings, pine & hardwood fl oors, original heritage 12&24 pane windows, deep sills with working interior shutters, oversized trim & mouldings and a gorgeous dream kitchen.
Paul Martin, 613-264-0123
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469 Christie Lake Rd. - Wonder-ful family home fronting on the Tay River only 3 kms from Perth. 3+2 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms incl. en suite, sun room, in-law suite with separate entrance, appliances in-cluded, double attached garage, new shingles (2010), new HE propane furnace (2009). $359,000.
Christian & Norene Allan, 613-207-0834
OUT OF TOWN
Enjoy privacy and panoramic views from this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom log home on 3.9 acres in the heart of the Lanark Highlands. Open concept with stunning, central fi eldstone fi replace separating spacious living/family room from large dine-in kitchen. $239,000.
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$234,000 - 516 Christie Lake Rd. (Glen Tay) - 12.9 Acres, unbelievable good value for this home & 12 acre property - 2 storey board & batten constructed house built in 1892 & solid as a rock - house has had every-thing imaginable updated, renovated
or replaced including lath & plaster removed & drywall put in place, new oak kitchen with breakfast bar, both full baths updated, all plumb-ing, wiring (100 amp service), oil furnace & oil tank, all new thermo-pane windows & steel exterior doors, most fl ooring replaced, enclosed 3 season south facing sun room, wett compliant woodstove, lots of closets & storage space added - laundry on same level as bedrooms, master has attached offi ce or nursery room - side door entrance into mud room – property consists of some open, some planted pines (30-35 years old) & some mixed bush - great gardening potential! MLS# 091191601530800. Call Sheri at 613-812-1215
NEW LISTING$188,000 - 901
Rutherford Side Rd.This home has incredible potential. Very nice layout some fi nishing required, mostly on the exterior of the home. Gorgeous, treed lot with a very pri-vate setting. Spacious eat-in kitchen has patio
door & golden pine cabinets, formal living & dining rooms have full length bay windows & maple hardwood fl oors, lge bathroom on main level as well as full bath on the second level close to the good sized 4 bedrooms. Full basement has a fi nished family room, walk-in storage room, wood storage & utility area. Also walks out to the back yard. At-tached dble garage has interior entrance into the kitchen. Being sold as is. Immediate possession. MLS# 091191602017102.
Call Sheri 613-812-1215.
NEW LISTING$139,900 - 18 Brock
St., N.,Very affordable home to start out in. Everything has been totally renovated here. Nice open concept design featur-ing large living/dining room with lots of windows, eat-in kitchen with ceramic fl oors & back splash, lots of cabi-nets & built-in dishwasher.
Upper level sees 2 generous sized bedrooms, each with good closet space & a large 4 piece bathroom. Maintenance free exterior with vinyl thermopane windows, vinyl siding, aluminum soffi t & fascia, steel ex-terior doors. Covered front porch and rear deck off the kitchen. Newer gas furnace. 5 appliances included. Deep lot near the Tay. Possession May 1st. MLS# 092101001009400. Call Sheri, 613-812-1215.
NEW LISTING$195,000 - 17 Alvin St.Perfect central location for this 2+1 bedroom bungalow. Features include effi cient gas heat, large “l” shaped living/dining room with maple hardwood fl oors, spacious front foyer with closet, lovely up-dated kitchen with new
maple cabinets & side door entrance from driveway, patio door to private rear yard and deck, master bedroom has a wall of cupboards & storage. Lower level sees a nicely fi nished family room with corner gas fi replace, large bedroom and great workshop/storage area. Lot is 60’ x 100’. Quiet neighbourhood, walk easily to downtown. MLS# 092103007016000. Call Sheri, 613-812-1215.
NEW LISTING$249,900 - Pike Lake
Very cute “A” frame cottage and bunkie located on the south shore of Pike Lake with excellent road access from Stanleyville. The lot is slightly tiered with good, great multi-level decking taking you right from the cottage to the dock, fi re pit area and the rope swing at
the water’s edge. The cottage consists of an open kitchen/dining/liv-ing area with cathedral, beamed ceiling fi nished in pine & a warming woodstove to take off the morning chill. 2 bedrooms with built-in bunk beds & storage, 3 piece bath with shower, large closet with washing machine & the pull-down stairs accesses the upper loft area. The 12’ x 12’ bunkie is perfect for guests or your teenagers. Most furniture, appliances & Fendock are included. Good parking, great neighbours. MLS# 09119110151100. Call Sheri at 613-812-1215.
NEW LISTING
1296 Black Lake N. Shore Rd. – 190 ft. frontage with 1970 built 2-bdrm., 1 bath cottage with dry boathouse/workshop/bunkie and toolshed. Large front screened-in porch. Rustic, furnished with docks & boats on shore. Immediate occu-pancy. Lake water & holding tank(s). $289,000.Bob Ferguson - (C) 613-812-8871
www.bobsperthhomes.ca
NEW LISTING
791 Black Lake Rd. - 125 ft. front-age with 1985 built 2-bdrm., 1 bath cottage with (2) furnished bunkies. Screened-in porch and large front deck. Great underside storage. Furnished, neat and tidy interior, turn key condition with immediate occupancy. $285,000. Lake water & septic system.Bob Ferguson - (C) 613-812-8871
www.bobsperthhomes.ca
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Mississippi Mills gets offi cial puppet spokesperson
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MISSISSIPPI MILLS - Town council got up close and personal with the friendly Miss Mills on April 18.
Miss Mills is the town’s offi cial puppet, designed by puppet artist Noreen Young.
It took Young 80 hours over the course of a month to design the puppet, which she fi nalized as a golden yellow, blue haired girl with large eyes.
“It uses the colours and designs of the town logo, with the M on the top of the hat,” said Young.
Jennifer Sheffi eld, a teacher at Almonte District High School, will be the pupeteer responsible for bringing Miss Mills to life.
“She’s going to give Miss Mills personality,” said Young.
Photo by Brier Dodge
Mississippi Mills Mayor John Levi, left, was happy to meet the town’s new puppet mascot, Miss Mills and her puppet artist Noreen Young at the town council meeting on April 18. The puppet will appear at different town events and festivals throughout the year.
Young will be respon-sible for touching up paint and making sure Miss Mills looks her best at all times.
Miss Mills is fortu-nate to have a head that can spin and a mouth that moves, so she can speak up and be the face of upcoming events and campaigns throughout
the town.“She’s already been
the poster girl for the pitch in campaign,” Young said. “She will be the spokesperson for Mississippi Mills and she will be bringing everyone’s attention to events and attrac-tions.”
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Tags can also help identify how many people are marking up the community.
Lobinowich estimated there are currently fi ve active graffi ti artists in the Carleton Place and Almonte area, with the same tags seen in both towns.
“One person can do a lot of damage,” said Const. Trish Var-rin. She said that a large section of graffi ti that the untrained eye may guess took hours to com-plete can be fi nished in 10 to 15 minutes.
The offi cers reviewed different initiatives they hope to have in the community to clean up graffi -ti and are launching a prevention campaign targeted at parents to help identify if their child may be producing graffi ti.
Signs to look for include heavy backpacks fi lled with spray paint, smell of paint or stains on hands, and possession of materials like painting masks for unknown rea-sons.
“There are kids who are ob-sessive about their tag,” said Lobinowich. “It’s on their note-books, everywhere.”
Carleton Place mayor Wendy LeBlanc and councillors were in attendance and happy to take on the challenge issued by Insp. Gerry Salisbury.
“I want to issue a challenge to the municipalities,” he said. “I want to send a representative to each and you to identify three spots with issues and report back.”
Salisbury presented to the Mississippi Mills police services board on Thursday, April 14.
“The graffi ti is not gang-relat-ed, I will make that very clear,” said Salisbury.
There are several Mississippi Mills hot spots in the area that are prime targets like the Al-monte and District Community Centre, abutments to the railway bridge, and the passageway from Mill Street to the parking lot of the Barley Mow pub, where TYPS (Taking Young People Seriously) is located.
Salisbury reported that Can-ada Post was on board with get-ting graffi ti off of its mail boxes in the area, and by applying a graffi ti-proof skin to the exterior of their boxes.
He also pointed out that while graffi ti was found in the vicinity of TYPS, the OPP was actually working with TYPS and the Car-leton Place and District Youth Centre and their membership to address the problem.
“We are hoping to see some progress in the next month,” said Salisbury I think we will see some success. We need to work as a team.”
He referred the committee to a graffi ti program set up in Collin-gwood, Ont.
“They got the youth involved from area high schools, and re-painted over it (area graffi ti),”
said Salisbury. When the vandals returned to repeat their crimes, the high school students got up-
set and reported the incidents. “We have to get it (graffi ti)
reported to us,” said Salisbury. “Every incident needs to be re-ported…The quicker you get it removed, or covered up, the bet-ter.”
Mississippi Mills Mayor John Levi took part in a public forum on graffi ti in Carleton Place ear-lier this month, and he was sur-prised at some of what he saw.
“I was shocked at how much of it was in Almonte that I didn’t see,” said Levi. “It has in-creased.”
“Some of the communities have realized that it is very ar-tistic,” said committee member Anne Mason. As such, the Ot-tawa suburb of Orleans created
a graffi ti wall, with the help of a local youth group.
Not all committee members were convinced by Mason’s argu-ment for graffi ti walls though.
“The communities where they’ve tried it (a graffi ti wall), it’s gotten out of control,” said Salisbury.
“It’s called the creep effect…It just keeps going. Experts are say-ing it’s not a good plan.”
Salisbury also pointed out that allowing a graffi ti wall could be construed as “we’re promoting a criminal offence.”
While the Town of Mississippi Mills has a graffi ti policy, the committee passed a motion rec-ommending that town council pass an anti-graffi ti bylaw.
Community
Tags common form of vandalism
Photo by Brier Dodge
Const. Lori Lobinowich of the OPP presented at a graffi ti elimination strategy meeting on April 12 in Carleton Place. The OPP are launching a new effort to crack down on graffi ti vandals and do clean-up in Car-leton Place and Almonte.
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Community
Bluebird’s call means spring is hereLYNDA C. BENNETT
Strictly for the Birds
Friday, April 15, the month being half over, Georgina Doe and I decided to look for reported eastern bluebirds.
I had had a call from David Donaldson, Pakenham ward, that the fi rst bluebirds were back April 14. He has set up a blue-bird trail on his property.
We looked all along the road, but noth-ing was moving around the nest boxes. As we prepared to leave, a bird song broke out. Where was it? Just behind us on the telephone wire sat the male bluebird! Defi -nitely, spring is here.
A second report, this time from Carleton Place, from Joyce and Mike Jaques, told of a fox sparrow in their garden.
Joyce told us of seeing a golden-crowned
kinglet in Smiths Falls that day. The date was April 12.
Georgina had been to their home to look for this bird but it did not show up. We de-cided to try again April 16. Joyce mentioned that the fox sparrow had been there 15 min-utes before we arrived Saturday morning. We saw the white-throated sparrow looking freshly groomed.
Eleven dark-eyed juncos, three Ameri-can tree sparrows, plus two song sparrows and two American robins were busily seek-ing food. At last, the fox sparrow came into view under the closest spruce tree. Wow! What a wonderful view of this northern breeder. It will soon be fl ying north.
Returning home, there in our backyard were six fox sparrows! I’ve never seen that many in the same place.
East of Ramsay ward, Ray Sample called
to report juncos, a pleated woodpecker, tur-key vultures soaring, and six mourning doves.
PHEASANTS
On Bellamy Road, White Lake area, Eliz-abeth Morsink said her husband watched a male ring-necked pheasant as it walked through their farmyard April 13. In Almon-te, Valerie McDonald noted the osprey that was back on the nest at the ball diamond, on Country Street.
On Aberdeen Island, Mississippi Lake, Irma Jackson reports the bald eagle nest was blown down in the strong winds last week. The eagle was sitting on it, likely brooding eggs, the past two weeks.
Please call Lynda: 613-256-5013, or email: [email protected], with bird reports. ly
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Y O U R G U I D E T O L O C A L H O U S E S O F W O R S H I P
St. Paul’sAnglican Church
62 Clyde St., AlmonteParish Offi ce 613 256-1771
www.stpaulsalmonte.caoffi [email protected] Rev. Pat Martin
Maundy ThursdayEucharist - 7:00pm
Good FridayLiturgy - 11:00am
Holy SaturdayGreat Easter Vigil - 7:30pm
Easter Sunday Worship8:00am - Quiet Traditional9:15am - Choir and organ
11:00am - Contemporary praiseWe share a coff ee hour betweenthe services at about 10:30am
Come and be welcome!
AlmontePresbyterian Church111 Church St. 613.256.2184
[email protected]. Alison & Rev. Brian Sharpe
Mr. George StewartOrganist and Choir Director
Sunday 10:30amWorship Service & Sunday School
Nursery care AvailableALL WELCOME!
Transportation is available by callingElford Giles
613.256.2460
Holy Name of MarySt. Mary’s ParishAlmonte 613.256.1034Father Lindsay Harrison
SATURDAY MASS4:30 p.m.
SUNDAY MASS9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s RomanCatholic Church28 Hawthorne Ave., CP
Fr. Augustine Mendonça,613-257-1284, 613-257-1630
Easter Celebration ScheduleHoly Thursday – April 21st
7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper(Adoration until Midnight)
Good Friday – April 22nd9:30 am – Stations of the Cross
3pm – Celebration of the Lord’s PassionSaturday – Easter Vigil – April 23rd
Mass – 8amEaster Sunday – April 24th
Masses – 9am & 10:30amHANDICAP ACCESS
Almonte United Church106 Elgin Street, Almonte
Tel: 256-1355Rev. Jeff de Jonge
Organist & Music Director: Neil Milnes10:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship & Sunday
School • Child Care AvailableWebsite: www.almonteunited.comEmail: offi [email protected]
Offi ce Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mon-Fri.For Transportation call the offi ce.
All Welcome!
CornerstoneCommunity Church
A Free Methodist Congregation(Just east of Tim Horton’s)
Lead Pastor: Rev. Glen SniderYouth Pastor: Andrew Klinger
613.256.4995www.cornerstone.almonte.ca
SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.Worship Service & Sunday School
FRIDAY 7:00 p.m. Youth Group
AlmonteBaptist Church
207 Reserve St. 613.256.5655Pastor: Paul Benson
www.almonte.baptistchurch.com11:00 a.m. - Sunday Morning Worship
Nursery Care and Junior Church Available
ReformedPresbyterian Church
273 Almonte St., AlmonteServices:
10 am. each Sunday11:30 am. Sabbath School Classes
Second services at:2:00 pm. 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays.
6:00 pm. 2nd & 4th SundaysWeekly Bible Studies
For Information-613-256-2816 – [email protected]
Pastor Matt Dyck
Ottawa ValleyVineyard Church
Loving God, Loving People, Having FunWhen: 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Where: Carleton Place High School613-257-6045
www.ottawavalleyvineyard.ca
St. George’s Anglican Church, Clayton Easter Services:
Maundy Thurs. Apr 21 7:00 pmGood Friday Apr 22 11:00 am
Easter Sunday Apr 24 11:30 am
St. JamesAnglican Church
225 Edmund Street,Carleton Place, Ontario • 613.257.3178
Web site: stjamescarletonplace.orgMaundy Thursday April 21st
NO 10am Holy Eucharist7:30pm Holy Eucharist, Stripping of the
Altar, Foot WashingGood Friday April 22nd
10am Church open forOrgan Voluntaries and Prayer
11am Solemn Liturgy andMeditation on the Cross
2pm Youth Group meets in the Hall to watch “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Sunday April 24thEaster Day
8am Holy Eucharist10am Festive Choral Eucharist Church School
Thursday April 28th10am Holy Eucharist
Rector The Rev. David AndrewOrganist Mr. Ralph LangtryChoir Director Pat Grainger
The Bridge @ Kanata(The Wesleyan Church)
285 Didsbury Rd., Kanata(Behind Canadian Tire)
613-592-7635www.bridgechurches.ca
Sunday Worship Services:9 am & 11 am
Kidz Zone (ages 3- Grade 5)during both services
Nursery Care available in both servicesSr. Pastor: Rev. S. Allan Summers
Pastor of Student Ministries: Ben MargesonDirector of Children’s Ministries:
Lisa Summers
Grace Anglican ChurchAn Anglican Network in
Canada ChurchYou are invited to worship with us
Sunday Morning @ 9:30amClayton Community Hall
ClaytonLay Pastor: Trudy Hardy
613-256-2644www.graceanglicanchurch.ca
Zion-MemorialUnited Church
37 Franklin Street • 613-257-213310:30 a.m. - Morning Worship
10:30 a.m. - Sunday School NurseryFULLY ACCESSIBLE
Minister: Rev. Peter W. Dahlin, B.A., M.Div.Organist: Mr. Tony StuartWARM WELCOME TO ALL!
The United Churchof Canada
Ashton-Munster Pastoral ChargeAshton, Munster & Prospect
613-693-1849 Date Ashton Munster April 21 No Service 7:30pm April 22 10:00am No Service April 24 11:00am 9:30am
Rev. Matt GallingerEveryone Welcome
The Lighthouse355 Moff att St. 613-257-4255
Pastor: Doug AndersonW-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cplighthouse.orgSunday Services
10am Celebration Service& Children’s Church
Contact us for more information.
Seventh DayAdventist Church
117 Victoria St. 613-257-5109www.carletonplaceadventists.org
Pastor: Adriaan van der Lingen613-979-1161
SATURDAY SERVICESSabbath School - 9:30 a.m.Divine Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Calvary Pentecostal ChurchPhone: 613 257 3484
Email: [email protected]
Parish of Franktown& Innisville
Anglican ChurchesSunday Services:Rev. Robyn Cuming
613-257-1340St. James, Franktown 8:30 a.m.St. John’s, Innisville 10:30 a.m.
All are welcome!
Carleton PlaceBaptist Church
299 Bridge St. Carleton Place613-257-1889
Pastor: Brian Affl eckSunday School 10:00 am
Worship 11:00 am Children’s Church provided
Wednesday 7:00 pmPrayer & Bible StudyThursday 10:00 am
Coff ee and ConversationAll welcome! Handicap access
Eternal HopeAnglican Church
Affi liated with the AnglicanNetwork in Canada
Come, worship with us!APRIL
Sunday Services and Children’s Programat 10:00 am
7:30 pm - Maundy Thursday ServiceHoly Communion with Neil Stephens22nd - 1 pm - Good Friday Service
24th - Easter Service“Come Celebrate the Resurrection”Holy Communion - Rev. Archie Hunter
Worshipping at117 Victoria St. Carleton Place
Info: Dave Kemp, Lay Pastor613-257-5490
www.eternalhopechurch.ca
Destiny ChurchSpeaking to your potential your past
does not determine your futureMeeting at 17A Albert St.,
Carleton PlaceSundays 10 a.m.
Pastor Jamie Robertson613-978-5723
St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church
39 Bridge St. • Tel. 613-257-3133Minister Rev. Tony Boonstra
B.ED, B.TH., M.DIV.Organist and Choir Director
Susan HarronMaundy Thursday April 21 7p.m.
Good Friday April 22 10 a.mSunday Service at 10:30 a.m.
The porch lamp is lit.Nursery Available Every Sunday
Handicap Access
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Community Information brought to you by the Town of Carleton Place
Municipal Matters • Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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EMERGENCY NUMBERSPolice • Fire • Ambulance
911Emergency Only
Public Works Emergency Number 24/7613-257-2253
[email protected] Bridge Street,
Carleton Place, ON K7C 2V8613-257-6200
www.carletonplace.ca
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011
7:00p.m:Council
Followed by:Policy Review CommitteeMajor Topics: Social Media
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR THE DEMOLITION and REMOVAL OF THREE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 7 BECKWITH STREET, 12/14 BECKWITH STREET and 8 Beckwith Street
The Town of Carleton Place (OWNER) is seeking proposals from qualifi ed Contractors for the removal/demolition of the buildings and ancillary structures located on the Town owned property at 7 Beckwith Street (old CTC store), 8 Beckwith Street(Snow White Laundry Mat) and 12/14 Beckwith Street (duplex-Residential).
Quotations will be received by:Dave Young, Director of Public Works175 Bridge Street.Carleton Place, On. K7C 2V8up until and including 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Questions can be directed to Wayne Fraser (phone 613-257-6203) ([email protected])
Proposal documents will be available at the Carleton Place Town offi ce on Tuesday April 19, 2011 for a non refundable fee of $25.00 (HST included). Cash, cheque, or debit card are accepted. No credit cards please.
NOTE: To be eligible to submit a Proposal, contractors must be represented at an on-site tour of the three buildings to be demolished. The tour will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday April 26, 2011.
COLLECTION SERVICES – EASTER MONDAY
Garbage and recycling collection services are unchanged for Easter Monday (April 25, 2011). Please ensure all items are at the curb before 7am.
HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING:APRIL 27, 2011
The meetings start at 6:30 PM in the hospital Boardroom on April 27, 2011. To ensure space is available, individuals wishing to attend Hospital Board meetings must give at least 24 hours notice to the Board Secretary. The Board may limit the number of attendees if space is insuffi cient. Please send an email to [email protected].
Celebrate
Arbour Week Arbour WeekArbour Week in Mississippi Mills
April 27 to May 4Tree Walks and Talks
Tree Bike Ride Sunday, May 1, 9AM
Film NightWednesday, April 27, 7PM,Pakenham Arena Hall:The Man Who Planted Treesand Taking Root:The Vision of Wangari Maathi
Guest SpeakerDiana Beresford-Kroeger Wednesday, May 4, 7:30PM,Almonte Old Town Hall.The Global Forest: Its Impact on the Health and Wealth of the Planet.
Tree Seedling SalesContact Bonnie Hawkins 256-1077 before April 15to order seedlings of Norway Spruce, ColoradoBlue Spruce or Fraser Fir. $1 each. Unlimited quantities.
Pitch-InSaturday, April 16, 9AM–NOONPitch-In bags available at Nicholson’s Sundries,Pakenham; Clayton General Store; communitymailboxes in Appleton; Baker Bob’s; andthe Recreation and Culture office in Almonte’s Old Town Hall.
Sponsored by the Mississippi Mills Beautification Committee.For more information please call Nicole Guthrie, 256-1077, ext. 22 46
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For good or for ill, Parliament Hill is a place for winners, and a relay race team from St. Mary’s also won a big race amongst 31 other schools from eastern On-tario on April 14.
The student racers ran a cir-cuit from the Centennial Flame, up around the circular driveway in front of Parliament to the Peace Tower and back round the driveway to the fl ame.
The day started off for the stu-dents with a demonstration from a group of wheelchair athletes.
“They were pretty fast,” said Nick Vala, 11. “They did a lap faster than we could run.”
“They were like a minute fast-er than us,” said fellow runner Jessica Patten, 11.
Nick was impressed with the upper body strength of the wheelchair athletes.
“There was this one guy who had a muscle shirt and his mus-cles were just popping out,” said Nick.
Even though the St. Mary’s team ultimately proved victori-ous, Nick walked up to Parlia-ment Hill with great trepida-tion.
“I thought we were going to get beat,” he admitted. “At the start of the race, my legs were shak-
Kids running on, not for, Parliament
Photo by Desmond Devoy
BOUQUET OF THANKS FOR 30 YEARSThe Blossom Shop at 167 Bridge St., in Carleton Place was recently honoured for 30 years worth of participation in the Welcome Wagon program. Above, Welcome Wagon representative Sharon Shea shares a laugh with Yvonne Kilpatrick, right, owner of the Blossom Shop, dur-ing a plaque presentation ceremony on April 14.
ing. But we had a good start.”Nick and Jessica followed
their coach’s advice, to keep their pace.
Nick credited fellow runner John Stewart with a strong start, and with a very good showing
by Jessica. “I lapped fi ve people,” said Jes-
sica. “We were really happy,” with
the win, added Jessica. “It was pretty exciting to win
that.”
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