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Vol 21 No 9 May 8, 2013community powered stories and events

Setting Day 2013A Toast to our Island Fishers - calm waters, gentle breezes, a bountiful catch of lobsters and a safe return back to port

At 6:00am Monday, April 29 lobster fi shers from French River, New London and Stanley Bridge left French River wharf for the start of the north shore lobster sea-

son. On the beach, for the

4th year in a row, was Pip-er Alyson MacLean of Spring Brook who played as the boats paraded out of the harbor.

Though the tempera-ture was only 2+, there was no wind so, all in all, it was a perfect morn-ing. A crowd of a hun-dred plus people from surrounding communi-

ties turned out to wish the fi shermen good luck and get some pics of the boats as they made their way out to set their traps. A narrow band of cloud just above the horizon

blocked the sunrise but, none the less, it was a wonderful sight to see the lobster boats sail out in single fi le.

To warm up, many head-ed to St. Thomas’ Church

Hall for a hot drink and some fresh baked treats, prepared by the women from the community and, to spend some time catch-ing up with friends and family.

Happy Mother’s Day

GREAT Community Spirit!

Lobster boats line up to wait for the 6am signal to start the 2013 lobster season along the north shore.

Lobster boats heading out of French River Harbor Setting Day 2013.

It’s lobster fi shing time on the north shore. Photo shows boats prepared and ready to go just

prior to the annual lobster season.

photos CLC

May 8, 2013The County Line Courier ~ your community newspaper

Kensington Lions Club Update

Meeting the needs of our local communities

The Kensington Lions Club held two meetings in April. The following donations were made:

•$100 to a local Benefit •$100.00 to Upper

Nashwack Lions Club to help with the serious flooding in the communi-ty of Stanley, N.B.

•$50.00 to Special Olym-pics P. E. I.,

•$50.00 to Canadian Council of the Blind (Prince County Chapter) for the Atlantic Sports and Recreation weekend

•$100 to the Queen Eliz-abeth Hospital Telethon.

Card Party Results:Friday, April 051st-Buddy MacEwen2nd-Glenda MacLellan3rd-Edwin WallLow-Marion WoodingtonDoor Prize-Anna Windsor

50/50-Mary CousinsFriday, April 121st-Diane Cole2nd-Mary Houston3rd-Ken SimmonsLow-Betty CarrDoor Prize-Duncan Cole50/50-Don MacLellanFriday, April 191st-Robert Jorgensen2nd-Glynn Paynter3rd-Ernestine SimpsonLow-Walter GiovanniniDoor Prize-Connie Paynter50/50-Dot PaynterFriday, April 261st-Dianne Paynter2nd-Edwin Wall3rd-Lindsey SeamanLow-Ernestine SimpsonDoor Prize-Marjorie Moase50/50-Don MacLellanCrib Card results:Tuesday, April 021st-Stella Hagen & Eleanor Harding

Two parts steel, a dash of aluminum, one part chrome, two parts leath-er. Toss in some rubber (soul) together with a pinch of spice, and mix with oil together to cre-ate, what many of us know already, is a delec-table and irresistible so-lution to the summer times blues.

Some choose as their pastime, golf, others gar-dening… we love the feel-ing that comes with twist-ing the throttle, leaning into a curve, the camarade-rie of riding to the Sun or chasing a distant horizon.

Many years ago, when I was pondering a name for my motorcycle shop, Freedom Cycle came to mind. I mean what is biking if not the feeling of freedom, right.

With this freedom comes responsibility, af-ter all… nothing in life that is worth anything, truly is free is it?

Let’s face it… we’re hard to see and often our choice of gear doesn’t help our situation does it. Black leather, black hel-mets, black bikes… I used to tell my students that if you held a pen at arm’s length, you could hide an approaching biker literal-ly from view. That’s why we ride as if we are invis-ible. Our safety is primar-ily in our own hands.

On the other side of the coin, even though public attitudes have,

ahem… modified some over the last few decades, the motoring public still does not understand us, are oft times pre-occu-pied with kids, burger, cell phones and a hun-dred other distractions. This is a fact of life, our life. If you haven’t gotten used to it by now, then you may be missing the proverbial boat.

Most places in Canada require a winter hiber-nation for our favorite pastime. Come spring we dust off our gear, pull the cover off the bike, stick the new decal on the plate and head out on the road. How many of us immediately drop by the local school or supermar-ket parking lot, and pol-ish our skills over a few hours… Be honest!

Not many I’d bet, and as a former CSC* Chief Instructor, I am speaking from experience.

Like many things, we get rusty. Sure, we check our tire pressures and oil level, do a walk about in-spection and service our wheels don’t we.

How about our riding attitude? Let’s give those less fortunate than our-selves, strapped into their SUV’s, a break. Ride with common sense, leave the racing for the track and remember, you’re not re-ally a Hell’s Angel, you’re an accountant during the week. Loud pipes don’t save lives, they just an-noy people.

Do yourself a fa-vor, go out and practice your slow speed park-

ing lot maneuvers, do some quick stops, crank that neck into shoulder checks, and behave as if your life depended on you, because for the most part, it does.

As for the average mo-torist driving the aver-age car, remember this… you may be enveloped in crash test dummy ap-proved steel bars, 16 air bags, shatter proof glass, multi disc/XM/GPS/DV D / Q u a d ro p h o n i c, state of the art equip-ment, but behind all that, you are still a danger to us, if you don’t pay atten-tion to the road.

Please, PLEASE watch out for us.

Remember this… if you look twice, the life you may save could be your son, your daughter, your grandchild or your

Dad or Mom.After all… Underneath

that black leather, we are people too!

2nd-Robert Jorgensen & Ruth Croken50/50-Emmett Hagen Free Night-Pat BrennanHigh Hand-George Wall with 21Tuesday, April 091st-Corrine Kay & Barry Chappell2nd-Eleanor Harding & George Wall50/50-Ivan GallantFree Night-Joyce Camp-bellHigh Hand-Doug Perry & Robert JorgensenTuesday, April 161st-Brad MacArthur & Mary Rogers2nd-Bernie Earle & Shirley Walker50/50-Hilda JorgensenFree Night-Betty CarrHigh Hand-Hilda Jorgens-en & Helen Marsh with 24Tuesday, April 231st-Eleanor Harding &

Thelma Moase2nd-Donald Sinclair & Hilda Jorgensen50/50-Dana CoulsonFree Night-Claude LyleHigh Hand-Helen Marsh with 24Tuesday, April 301st-Mary Moase & Barry Chappell2nd-Fred Lamont & Thelma Moase50/50-Janet LyleFree Night-Claude LyleHigh Hand-Gail Chappell, Dana Coulson & Wilber Lamont with 24

Card party’s are held on Friday nights at the Lions Club starting at 7:30pm. Crib cards are held on Tuesday nights at the Lions Club start-ing at 7:30 p.m.. All mon-ey raised goes back into the community.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Motorcycle Awareness Month by Frank Simon

Aka Dr. N. Thusiast

Ride/Drive safe. *Canada Safety Council

Photo of Frank Simon on his southern tour of Greece.

photo Frank Simon

Blog spot http://themanymisadventuresofdrn.blogspot.ca

May 8, 2013 The County Line Courier ~ your community newspaper

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Workforce Partnership Long Overdue Ideaby Andy Walker

Editor, Island Farmer/Freelance journalistPresident, Canadian Association of Journalist, PEI

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

It seems like one of those things that are so obvious it should have happened a long time ago.

During a recent meet-ing in Nova Scotia, the four Atlantic premiers agreed to harmonize the requirements for their apprenticeship program. Having four different sets of rules when it comes to trade certifica-tion makes absolutely no sense—especially at a time when the region is bleeding skilled workers to the west.

Economists and edu-cators are continually warning of shortages in the trades. There are likely several factors to blame for the projected shortfall—until recently,

the trades were simply not promoted as a career option like they should have been at the high school level.

Many high school teachers and guidance counselors clearly favour university over trades training when it comes to promoting career op-tions. Despite the fact the earning potential is higher as a skilled worker, more and more people who might have otherwise opted to pur-sue trade careers in the past are now heading for the promised land of Al-berta.

In reality, it is hard to blame them. As a high school graduate, the lure of making in the neigh-bourhood of $30 per hour

is pretty enticing. It can allow them to start buy-ing cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles and even houses while their peers heading to university or college are building up debt in their quest to ob-tain an education.

Will those who opt for education be better off 20 years from now? Prob-ably some will. However, it has been my experi-ence that people in their late teens and early 20’s tend not to be big picture thinkers. To paraphrase any old saying, a dol-lar earned now is worth two earned 20 years from now.

The entire Atlantic re-gion is facing an uncer-tain job market—the ma-jor factor out migration. When the employment statistics come out each month, they actually show a country divided

almost down the middle. The lowest unemploy-ment rates are found in the western princes, On-tario and Quebec do bet-ter although widespread manufacturing closures have shot their rates up and then the Atlantic re-gion brings up the rear.

It is actually a double whammy for Atlantic Ca-nadians. Those who work probably earn less than people who are doing the same job anywhere else in the country. The major exceptions are the federal government and compa-nies that pay to a national scale. PEI is the lowest of the low when it comes to wage rates—an unenvi-able position the province has held for decades.

Obviously, the ideal is to keep apprentices with-in the province. The next best scenario is retaining them within the region.

It is better for family life, but it also increases the chances of hopefully at-tracting them back home at some point.

That is basically due to simple math—the wage spread between PEI and Nova Scotia, let’s say, is not near as great as be-tween here and Alberta. Virtually every Islander now knows at least one family that is doing the Alberta shuffle—despite the need to keep two resi-dences, it still makes eco-nomic sense for them.

As a first step, the provinces will bring four trades affecting 20 per-cent of apprentices into alignment within the next 24 months. The first four trades to be aligned are Cook, Instrumenta-tion Technician, Brick-layer and Construction Electrician.

The premiers also iden-tified a goal of harmoniz-ing additional high vol-ume trades that meet key labour market demands covering an additional 40 percent of apprentices in the following 24 months. Changes will be phased in starting in 2014.

The four jurisdictions will be introducing mea-sures that will support the use of apprentices on major projects and government operations. Furthermore, Atlantic governments will amend hiring practices to in-crease the number of apprentices within their workforce.

Aligning apprentice-ship is one step in a se-ries of initiatives under the Atlantic Workforce Partnership. Building on a successful model established in Newfound-land and Labrador, the Atlantic provinces are supporting immigration and attraction through events to recruit interna-tionally, and are working together to provide on-line training supports for small- and medium-sized businesses.

More than $2 million is being invested, with over 20,000 workers in over 1,000 businesses taking advantage of this free on-line learning. Over 20,000 courses are available, in-cluding human resourc-es, purchasing, and mar-keting.

The region is also mounting a joint effort aimed at Atlantic Canadi-ans interested in coming home to work. Over 100 vacant positions with 14 companies from Atlantic Canada were advertised during a recent job fair in Toronto, with over 750 candidates pre-screened prior to attending the event.

That shows there is ob-viously a pool of workers wanting to come home if the opportunities are there. Making that path as smooth as possible is one of the best ways the province can spend our tax money. Quite liter-ally, our future depends on their success.

Somerset Concert Band consists of grade 7 and 8 (and occasionally a few grade 6) band stu-dents from Somerset El-ementary School. This

dedicated group of stu-dents practices Tuesday and Thursday mornings before school to prepare music they will play at both the Christmas and

spring concerts, as well as the Atlantic Band Fes-tival.

Each year, preparation for the Atlantic Band Fes-tival trip requires a lot of practice on the part of the students, but it also requires a lot of fund raising.

The fund raising this year, organized by the band parents’ committee, was in the form of tick-et sales, grocery bagging and a dance. People in the community of Kinko-ra are always very quick to support the band by

buying tickets for Christ-mas baskets, raffles, etc. Because of this, the band was able to raise the $6000 required to make the trip to Halifax and the cost to the students remained low.

Thank you very much, Kinkora, for your sup-port of the Somerset Con-cert Band. The band just recently returned from performing at the Atlan-tic Band Festival in Hali-fax on May 2 and 3, where they received a bronze grade and had a wonder-ful time. They are look-ing forward to preparing for the trip again next year!

Claire Caseley SmithMusic & Language Arts

Somerset Elementary School

Kinkora - Somerset Elementary Home of the Panthers

Concert Band Receives Bronze Grade at Atlantic Band Festival

in Halifax


Kinkora Notes and

Updates

Dates to Remember May 14 - Spring Con-

cert @ 6:30 p.m.May 16 & 17 - Gr. 11

Ag. Cert. Program West-ern P.E.I. Agricultural Tour.

May 20 - Victoria Day. No school.

May 25 - K.R.H.S. Prom. 2013 PROMThe 2013 K.R.H.S.

Prom will be held on Sat., May 25 from 8-11 p.m. Music will be by Derek Arsenault. All grads and their escorts are asked to be at the school by 8:10 and meet in the low-er corridor to line up for their walk-in which will begin promptly at 8:30.

Interfaith Service And Grad SupperThe Grad Supper will

be held on Thurday, June 6 at 7 p.m. at Kinkora Place. The Grad Supper will immediately follow the InterFaith Service which begins at 6 p.m. at K.R.H.S.

2013 K.R.H.S. GRADUATIONThe 51st annual com-

mencement exercises of Kinkora Regional High School will take place on Tues., June 18th at 7 p.m.

Student Council ElectionsThe Student Council

Executive elections for

next year will take place on Tues., May 14. The position of President is open to students who are in Gr. 12 next year and the other three executive positions are open to stu-dents who will be in Gr. 11 or 12 next year. Stu-dents interested in run-ning are to submit their names to Mr. Stewart by 12:00 on Mon., May 6.

Music NewsSpecial thanks to Pe-

ter Wynne for the excel-lent work he does with our music program. The Atlantic Band Festival in Halifax was May 2-4. Spring Concert is May 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Agriculture Cert. ProgramThe Gr. 11s will be par-

ticipating in an over-night Western P.E.I. Ag-ricultural Tour on May 16 & 17. Gr. 10 Tractor Safety Day will be held on May 30. Ag. Cert. Pro-gram Closing Supper will be held at Lotus Gardens on June 7.

Blazer Sporting News Badminton ~ Briar Rob-

erts & Hillary MacLeod won silver at the P.E.I.S.A.A. Provincials on Apr. 27.

Well done, girls! Cafeteria Specials MayMay 9 PizzaMay 10 Hamburger &

FriesMay 14 Chicken Ceasar

SaladMay 16 Pizza May 17 Hot Turkey

Sandwich

KinkoraRegional

High School Happenings

Radio Controlled Helicopters - becoming a fun and popular hobby!

On Tuesday, April 30 RC enthusiasts got to-gether at Kinkora Place/Community Centre to en-joy their hobby of flying Radio Controlled heli-

copters. With countless types

of RC helicopter models available and, varying price points it’s pretty easy to get started in this

hobby. The great thing about

radio controlled helicop-ters is that they don’t re-quire a large mowed or paved runway; they take-

off vertically so, any open area will do and, depending on model and size, they can be flown in-doors.

The more a hobbyist flies and practices, the better and better their performance potential gets - hovering, landing, loops or rolls etc.. There is also the accomplish-ment of knowing the technical side of under-standing and maintain-ing a RC helicopter.

For many this popular hobby challenges partici-pants, sharpens the mind and gives one a great sense of satisfaction. This hobby is now one of the most popular activi-ties and has a growing number of fans across the country.

Target landing with a RC model

“Huey” helicopter.

Roger Savoie, Tom Mallett and Scott Jay and John Jay prepare

some helicopters for flight at Kinkora Place/Community Centre.

Brian Chappell puts his RC model “Huey” helicopter through

low level flying exercises.

Tom Mallett manuevers a RC helicopter

through its paces.

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Canada Safety Council’s goal is to increase aware-ness and educate the public on traffic safety to make our roads safer for all Canadians. This includes aggres-sive driving, driver distractions, impaired driving, seat belts, photo enforcement, and many other topics.

National Road Safety Week May 14-20

Vessey Continues Account on Impaired Driversby Andy Walker

Editor, Island Farmer/Freelance journalistPresident, Canadian Association of Journalist, PEI

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Robert Vessey is continu-ing his all out assault on one of the province’s ma-jor social problems—im-paired driving.

There is a solid ratio-nale for his battle— on a per capital basis, PEI has almost twice as many im-paired driving convic-tions annually than the national average. That’s definitely not something to be proud of. The trag-ic consequences that can result from drinking and driving hit the headlines frequently—injury, death and ruined lives.

Vessey has made per-haps the most determined effort at combating the problem since a convic-tion for impaired driving started to carry a penal-ty of several days in jail. Last year, the transporta-tion minister made the ignition interlock man-datory for all offenders. Previously, the system, which requires an alcohol free breath sample before the vehicle will start, was only required for repeat offenders.

Now, if it is a first of-fence, the device will stay in place for a year, two years for a second offence and five years for a third conviction. A year will

be added to the program if there was a passenger under 16 in the vehicle when it is stopped.

As well, drivers con-victed of any three crimi-nal code driving offences within the last 10 years will see their vehicles im-pounded for six months if the charges involved bodily harm or death. Previously, the maxi-mum time for impound-ing a vehicle following a conviction was 60 days.

Later, Vessey mused about instituting what could be called a scarlet letter for those convict-ed of impaired driving. Under that system, those convicted of impaired driving would get a dif-ferent coloured licence plate.

The minister travelled to several American states where the system has already been institut-ed and came back full of enthusiasm for the idea. However, the proposal did generate a great deal of flack and, to date at least, the government has been reluctant to move on it.

Instead, the province is now in the process of putting up signs across the Island reminding drivers to call 911 if they spot any of their fellow drivers exhibiting clues

they might be driving drunk.

“We all have a role to play in keeping our roads safe and getting the mes-sage out that there are absolutely no excuses for driving while drunk or impaired by other drugs,” the minister said when the sign campaign was unveiled.

He is absolutely right. Let’s say you see some-body driving erratically and didn’t report them. Perhaps you knew them and didn’t want to risk losing a friend. Perhaps you just say “I’d rather not get involved—it’s not my problem.”

Now think of how you would feel if you heard later on the news that that vehicle was in-volved in an accident. Perhaps the driver killed or injured themselves or somebody else. Would you be ok with the fact that you could have per-haps prevented the trag-edy but chose instead to sit on your hands?

The signs were a rec-ommendation from an impaired driving sum-mit hosted by Vessey’s department earlier this year. The summit brought together repre-sentatives of the RCMP, municipal police forces, MADD Canada and lo-cal chapters, Addiction Services, and the Depart-ment of Environment, Labour and Justice.

“We are so pleased to see these signs going up at key locations across the Island,” said Russ Stewart of MADD. “They will remind the public of the important role they can play in helping po-lice take impaired driv-ers off the road. We are very thankful to the Min-ister and his office for their leadership on this project.”

Stewart reminded Is-landers there are certain signs that can be a poten-tial tip-off to impaired drivers including: Driv-ing unreasonably fast, slow or at an inconsis-tent speed; Drifting in and out of lanes; Tailgat-ing and changing lanes frequently; Making ex-ceptionally wide turns; Changing lanes or pass-ing without sufficient clearance; Overshooting or stopping well before stop signs or stop lights; Disregarding signals and lights; Approaching signals or leaving inter-sections too quickly or slowly; Driving without headlights, failing to low-er high beams or leav-ing turn signals on and Driving with windows open in cold or inclement weather .

“These signs, as well as the legislation our government introduced toughening penalties last fall, will help combat im-paired driving. But I rec-ognize there is still much more work to be done,” said Vessey. “We must do all we can to make sure everyone knows im-paired driving won’t be tolerated.”

Prepare your vehicleBefore leaving on vacation, have your vehicle checked

to make sure everything is working properly. Repair or replace worn parts to avoid the worry and time-consum-ing costly repairs that could ruin your trip. Check fluid levels and tire pressure. Make sure all lights work, in-cluding signal lights.

Keep your passengers safeMake sure everyone in your vehicle is buckled up

properly at all times. Buckling up is the single most ef-fective thing you can do to keep yourself and your pas-sengers safe while on the road.

If you are travelling with young children, make sure to make regular stops. Bring plenty of items to keep them occupied. Special travel games and songs also help.

Drive defensivelyDrive at a safe speed. Speeding increases the like-

lihood and severity of a crash. The faster a vehicle is moving, the less time the driver has to react to a haz-ard, and for other road users to react to that vehicle. A speeding vehicle requires more time and distance to stop. Leave plenty of distance between yourself and the vehicle ahead. Apply the three second rule so you can see around the car ahead and plan a manoeuvre to avoid potential dangers, add more time if you have a heavier vehicle, and in poor weather conditions.

The Canada Safety Council estimates that 85 per cent of collisions are preventable. But simply being in the right will not save you from injury or death. You must be prepared for the unsafe actions of other motorists or for poor driving conditions.

Obey all signs and signals, including speed limits, traffic lights, stop signs and railway crossings.

If you drive with a wireless phone, avoid unnecessary calls and always make the driving task your top priority.

Absolutely never drink and drive.Carrying a heavy load or towing a trailerDriving a heavily loaded car or towing a trailer means

you need more space to stop or pass. Leave plenty of dis-tance between yourself and the vehicle ahead. Keep your distance – at least three seconds for each six metres (20 ft.) of vehicle length. When traveling slower than the flow of traffic, be courteous. Pull over where possible to let faster vehicles pass.

Share the roadWith the warmer weather, comes the prevalence of

vulnerable roads users. Motorists must be cautious of cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians. Always be on the lookout for and yield to vulnerable road users, even if they don’t have the right-of-way. Summer also brings increased construction on our roads and highways. Be prepared to stop or slow down in construction zones.


The Kensington Scout-ing Groups hosted a fun and informative Model Train Show at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 9 on Sunday, April 28.

The UMG of model HO scale railroaders agreed to set up their modules at the Kensington Legion Home at no charge to the Scouting groups in order to help with fundraising activities for their trip to Sylvan Lake Alberta this July for the 12th Canadi-an Jamboree.

The event also had a bake goods table as well as a canteen and a BBQ. Also, Brian Chappell from Summerside came out with his radio con-trolled helicopter and a flight simulator, which the youth had a great time trying to fly the air-craft on the simulator. There were balloon ani-mals as well. Lots of ac-tivity during the day.

Thanks to all that at-tended.

There are 16 from Kens-ington, youth and adults, attending this Jamboree in Sylvan Lake. This is quite an adventure for these youth, for some this might be the only time they will get this experience. They will get to do white water rafting, ziplining, Calgary Stam-pede, water events and mud events. They will get to know other youth from across Canada, some of these friendships last a lifetime. No doubt all that attend will be having a blast.

Upcoming events:Indoor Yard Sale May 11 at the Silver

Fox in Summerside

Indoor Yard Sale June 16 at the Kens-

ington Legion Home

A flight simulator gives a very realistic radio control flight training experience, without having to leave the

house and allows one to hone their piloting skills.

A Fun Scouts Fundraiser for CJ’13model trains, RC flight simulator,

RC Helicopters and RC Trucksbake table and BBQ

Fun and InformativeL-R: Shawn Connolly,

Dylan Connolly and Ashton Cole with avid railroader and member

of UMG Derwin Cole.

One of the RC Monster Truckson display at the fundraiser.

Brian Chappell demonstrates flight patterns of one of the RC helicopters to onlookers at the Scouts fundraiser.

A model trail runs speedily around a

track that winds its way through a replica

town of houses and businesses.

photos CLC


On Wednesday April 17, members of the Kensington Lions Club inducted new member, Lion Andrew Windsor, and recognized 30 year member Lion Stavert Huestis for his years of service.

L-R: Kensington Lions Club King Lion Wilfred Gillis, new member Lion Andrew Windsor, Lion Don Campbell and

Lion Frank MacKinnon.

King Lion Wilfred Gillis (left) is shown presenting Lion Stavert Huestis with his 30 year Chevron to mark 30

years of dedicated service to the Kensington Lions Club.

Lions Club Inducts New Member and Presents Service Award

For many, the extreme-ly dry summer of 2012 was the watershed story of the year. How many conversations did we each have with neighbors and acquaintances about the dry weather, its im-pact on crops, lawns, gar-dens, tourism, water ta-bles, fish habitat, forests, wildlife, and our own lives in general? The re-ality is in the Kensington North area it did not re-ally rain from May until late August. There were a few localized showers, that definitely helped, but they did not soak into the soil and recharge the water table. They kept crops alive, but did not promote good growth, es-pecially in our valuable late potato crop.

A very common unit used to measure water on land is the acre-inch. An acre-inch is the volume of water that would cov-er one acre to a depth of one inch, which amounts to 22610.7 Imperial gal-lons or 102,790 litres. It sounds like a lot. But it also sounds very vague.

In metric terms, which are much easier to calcu-late, a similar question would be how much wa-ter is required to cover 1 hectare to a depth of 10 mm. The answer is 100,000 litres. Again, it sounds vague.

The tanker milk truck that picks up at Nobra Farms in Irishtown has a full-to-the-brim capacity of 33,000 litres. A Cana-dian Football Field, such as the field at Kensington Intermediate Senior High School, is 101 by 59 me-tres, which is 5959 square metres, about 0.6 hect-ares. So, it would take al-most 2 very full trucks to cover the K.I.S.H. playing field to a depth of 10 mm. An acre-inch would be a little over 3 very full milk trucks to the acre. A lit-tle easier to imagine, in a sense, but what does 10 mm. of rain or irrigation mean to a crop in a field?

Only a portion of wa-ter that falls on a field is available to plants. Some of the water may soak into the ground

down to the water table, some may be lost as sur-face runoff, and some evaporates from the sur-face back into the atmo-sphere. The remaining water remains in the root zone, and a portion of that available water will be used by plants. As well, there are many oth-er variables. If the rain-fall occurred very quick-ly, in a big downpour, more may be lost to sur-face runoff, in compari-son to an equal amount of rain that falls over several hours that can gently soak into the soil. Hot weather increases the amount that is lost to evaporation. Different soil types and soil condi-tions have a wide range in the soil’s ability to re-tain water, sandy soils low in organic matter be-ing the worst, and a loam soil high in organic mat-ter being the best. Also, the topography, the lay of the land, has great influ-ence on water retention. A higher sloped field will tend to have great-er amounts of runoff. Large late season plants

How Much Water Is In 10mm of Rain?

can uptake and transpire more water than young, early season plants.

Lucky for us, for the most part ample amounts of clean water fall from the sky, and we don’t have to bring it in over the Confederation Bridge!

Kensington North Watersheds Association

An acre-inch of rain would be the equivalent of a little over three very full milk trucks (shown

above) to the acre.

You are invited to a Birthday Party

for Gladys Stavert at St. Thomas’

Anglican Church Hall, Spring Brook

May 19th 3 - 6pm

Best Wishes

Only

family of Gladys Stavert


Kensington Police Service 2013 Fishing Derby

CONGRATULATIONS to the organizers for a day of FISHING FUN and, to the derby winners from the County Line Courier Community Newspaper and its readers!

Russell Paynter with sons Jaden,

Caleb and Cameron.

photo leftRiley Warren

Chief Sutherland with

Lucas Hickey

Chief Lewie Sutherland

presenting fish-ing rod to Jaden

Paynter.

Chief Lewie Sutherland with Lauren Ferguson who caught the biggest fish of

the day

photo rightAshlyn Beairsto

accepts her fishing rod from

Chief Sutherland

Eric Paynter shows off a big fish caught by

Reid MacKinnon

Sunshine and blue skies were the order of the day at the Kensington Police Service annual Fishing Derby, held this past weekend. The nice weather and the large number of trout that were stocked in the Aly-sha Toombs Memorial Park pond brought many families out for a day of FISHING FUN.

Part of the day’s ac-tivities also included a BBQ held for all partici-pants to enjoy. Food and supplies were donated by Kensington Food Bas-ket and Kensington Save Easy. Cooking and serv-ing up the food were staff members from Malpeque Bay Credit Union staff and Kensington Police Service.

Grand Prize winner of the BBQ donated by the Town of Kensington was Wilbert Rammelaere.

photo aboveEllen Murphy shows off her

catch.

Ross and Allie Morell enjoy a day of fishing

together.

Marissa Stewart accepts a

fishing rod from Chief Sutherland

photos CLC


Vimy: Canada’s Com-ing of Age, is a one week program conducted by Encounters Canada in Ottawa Ontario.

This year Sgt Jacob Brown from 1231 Kens-ington RCACC travelled to Ottawa from April 7th to the 13th to take part in a jam packed week of ac-tivities showcasing many of the national historical sites in Ottawa as well as exposing the 125 partici-pants to the cultural di-versity the nation has to offer. The highlights of the theme of this week were the commemora-

1231 Kensington Army Cadets

tion of the battle of Vimy Ridge at the National War Memorial on April 9 and the Peace Module on April 11. The Peace Mod-ule included a ceremo-ny at Beechwood Cem-etary where the students placed candles on the graves of fallen soldiers while reciting a poem.

The last post and rev-eille were played in soli-tude on a lone trumpet and this, along with the cold wind and cloudy skies created a solemn event for the students.

Cultural activities in-cluded trips to the War Museum, the parliament buildings and, of course, free time to shop. The students had the oppor-tunity to particpate in a variety of cultural activ-ities including slam po-etry, remembrance art, a harlem globetrotters

Cadet from 1231 Kensington Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corp Travels to Ottawa To Take Part in ENCOUNTERS CANADA Program

game, african dance and live theatre.

One week may seem like an insignificant amount of time but, on the final evening the stu-dents participate in a pass the stick ceremo-ny where they each had the opportunity to share their feelings on the week. Emotions ran high and there were many tears as students lament-ed the lives lost during war and the friends they will miss upon their de-parture from the centre.

Boys and girls ages 12-18 are encouraged to check out the army ca-det program on Monday nights in Slemon Park, 10 Parkway Drive. For more information contact Cap-tain Tracy Enman at 854-2215.

Front L-R: Logan Saulnier, John Lockerby, Cole Gallant, Cameron Mill, Julia Weir, Lauren Folland. Middle L-R: Dylan Moase, Hannah LeClair,

Jack Donald, Abby Christopher, Maggie Johnston, Avery MacDonald, Skye Boutilier, Mallory Clark. Back L-R: Hillary MacLean, Callie Champion,

Kylie MacLellan, Carter Champion, MacKenzie Mill.

Front L-R: John Lockerby, Cole Gallant, Zach Cole, Jared Mann, Logan Saulnier. Back L-R: Krystof Wigmore, Cameron Mill, Logan Mann, Bailey Stavert and

Peyton Lauwerijssen.

Front L-R: Hillary MacLean, Marilyn Sheen, Abby Christopher, Paige Arden. Middle L-R: Shianne Adams, Callie Champion, Emma Gillis.

Back L-R: Lexi Murphy, Elizabeth Burt, Cassandra MacLeod, Chloe Greenan, and Emily MacDonald.

QEES Update - B-Ball Tournament and Heritage Fair Winners

The QEES boys and girls basketball teams recently attended the annual Ath-ena Consolidated Friendship B-Ball Tournament. The girls team had a perfect 3.0 record. Everyone had a great time.

QEES Heritage Fair Winners

photos CLCphotos CLC

QEES Boys Basketball Team

QEES Girls Basketball Team


Shown above are members of the Kensington group of Scouts Canada, along with leaders who attended the Kub Kar and Truck Rally held on Saturday, May 4 in Charlottetown. Ashton Cole, Shelley Cole, Joshua Burt, Wes Sheridan, Brian-na Davison, Katherine Macleod, Colin Macleod and Tara Davison.

backgroundThe Kub Kar Rally and Truck Rodeo brings together Cubs and Scouts to compete

for fun and prizes in a variety of different categories. The rally is a provincial rally, open to all registered Cubs across PEI.

Front L-R: Colin MacLeod, Wilbert Rammelaere, Steven Dyment, Dylan Moase, Marcus Johnson and Katherine MacLeod.

Back L-R: Ashton Cole Treina Lochart, Kevin Dyment, Trevor Moase, Shelley Cole.

Hon. Wes Sheridan makes cheque presentation on behalf of the province. L-R: Ashton Cole, Shelley Cole, Joshua Burt, Brianna Davison,

Katherine MacLeod, Colin MacLeod and Tara Davison.

The Honourable Wes Sheridan presents a cheque on behalf of the province to help defer costs for the Kensington group of Scouts Canada attending Canadian Jamboree 2013 in Sylvan Lake Alberta.

backgroundThe Canadian Scout Jamboree 2013 (CJ’13) is a week full of fun, friends, camp-

Kensington Update

ing, adventure and chal-lenge for Scouts.

The Jamboree includes exciting activities to chal-lenge Scouts - hiking near glaciers, digging for bones, raiding the cas-tle, and diving for buried treasure!

This year the Canadi-an Scout Jamboree event is being held in Sylvan Lake, Alberta from July 6 to 13. CJ’13 brings youth, leaders and volunteers from across Canada and from around the world together for the ultimate Scouting experience.

Scouts will share friendship and adventure while experiencing per-sonal development that only a jamboree experi-ence can bring.

photos submitted


“Music In Motion” Presents

Special Ceilidhs at SeaView Hall Rte 20

Sat., June 1st7-9:30pm

Doors open 6 PM Refreshments Served 50/50 will be drawn.

Upcoming CeilidhDates: July 6th, Aug 3rd, Sept. 7th and Oct 5th.

Ceilidhs fall on the first Saturday Night of each month with a great line-up of new and old Entertainers. Come and enjoy a nice evening out - and bring your friends!!! Some of the top musi-cians will be there.

Reuben’s JamboreeMay 18

Starts at 7:30 PM

Come and Enjoy A Great Evening

Of Entertainment

Open MicAlso a 50/50 Draw

Bring Lunch To ShareSmall admission

(Ceilidhs will take place the 3rd Sat. of

every month through till Nov)

Everyone Welcome

Kensington Legion

Kitchen Partyand Ceilidh

May 4th CANCELLED

New Date May 25that 7:00PM

Admission applies.

Open Mic Ceilidh 50/50 draw

Light lunch to be served.

Come and enjoy local talent.

19 years and over

Entertainment

Come and Enjoy Some Down East

I hope everyone is en-joying the May days of warmer weather with the grass growing greener every day and everthing coming to life again!

I want to thank all the wonderful people I have seen on a regular basis during my time here at Kensington Heritage Li-brary. I know we all still miss seeing Stephenie but it’s been a pleasure getting to know the dif-ferent people who visit

the library and to serve you all to the best of my ability.

You will soon be see-ing another face, Shel-ley Tantom, who will be your new library techni-cian. Shelley will do a great job and hopefully, I’ll see you all occasion-ally either visiting the li-brary or out and about in the community!

The Summer Reading Program will be happen-ing again this summer

so watch for the regis-tration date sometime in early summer.

Thanks again for being such a wonderful com-munity to work in!

Ruth McKennaKensington

Heritage Library

UpdatesGearing Up For

Summer Reading Program and

introduction of New library technician

Ruth McKenna

KensingtonHeritage Library

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KensingtonEvery Sunday Evening

at 6:30pmPastor Gene CarsonRR1 Kensington, PEI, C0B 1M0Tel: (902) 836-5220CSSM Ministries

Kensington Community ChurchPastor Gene Carson

Margate Pastoral ChargeRev. Anne Dalziel Singer

Princetown United ChurchSouthwest River United Church

“All are welcome, all are welcome in this place.”

Our Community ChurchesEvents

Calendar

KensingtonNew London

Presbyterian ChurchRev Alan Stewart

Kensington United Church of Canada

Rev. Robert McCarthy

Worship Meeting: Sunday 11:00 a.m.Adult Study and Discussion Group at the Church Wednes-

day evening 7:00 p.m.

Kensington Nazarene Community Church

47 Victoria St., Kensington

Pastor Rev. Ray Hinchey

Anglican Parish of New London

Rev. Margie Fagan

Lauretta Balderston free-lance writer

“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humil-ity, gentleness and patience. Put on love, which binds

them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:12b, 14b (NIV)

“Whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.”

Colossians 3:23a

Practical Living

St. Mary’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish

Kensington Father John Molina

Masses:Saturday: 7:00pm Sunday: 9:00am

St James Church (Summerfield)Sunday at 10:30am

Clinton View Lodge:Every first Friday.

Prayer Service At Clinton View Lodge

every second Wed. at 1pm.

Fellowship: Last Sunday of the

month following Mass in the parish centre.

Meetings:Knights of Columbus:

Second Monday of the month at 8pm.

Catholic Women’s League: Second Tuesday of the month at 7pm.

Spiritual Meditation: Each Thursday evening 6:00 to 7:00pm

All are WELCOME.

May worship:9 am - St. Mark’s & St.

Stephen’s11 am - St. Elizabeth’s

& St. Thomas’ May 8 - 1:30 pm - St.

Mark’s ACWMay 11 - 9 am - Clean-

up at Peoples’ Cemetery, Kensington

May 14 - 1:30 pm - St. Stephen’s ACW

May 16 - 7 pm - St. Ste-phen’s Church Rogation Service

May 21 - 7 pm - K’ton & Area Christian Council at St. Thomas’ Church

May 26 - Teresa Doyle concert at St. Elizabeth’s

There were times over my life when I found lit-tle pleasure in what I per-ceived to be the menial tasks of everyday life: cooking, cleaning, wash-ing and ironing. I want-ed to make an impact and be remembered for some-thing of importance. But God opened my eyes and my heart to the fact that there are no menial tasks- only things to accomplish, like cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing- that should be done with the right attitude and in the right spirit. My mother never worked outside the home but she did work- a lot! She cooked wonderful meals, cleaned with gusto and did her daily house-hold tasks with a purpose. She loved to iron and she ironed everything with pride in a job well done. She baked and shared her baking with others. She was never idle! “A job worth doing is worth do-ing well, no matter what the job is at that moment.” she always said. Her words, and actions, dem-onstrated the verses in Co-lossians 3. Unfortunately I was not always apprecia-tive of the work my moth-er lovingly did to keep our home running well. But, in retrospect, I have come to value the lessons she dem-onstrated and instilled in me. She was an amazing woman!

The book of Proverbs gives the qualities of a woman of God: hard work, fear of the Lord, respect for those in her family and her neighbourhood, encouragement and care for others, concern for the poor, wisdom in handling money and able to make wise decisions. “A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30b (NIV)

When my mom passed away I was blessed to have

a dear friend who quick-ly assured me she would be there for me- like my mother- whenever I need-ed or wanted someone to lean on. She didn’t always agree with me, ( neither did my mom!), but she did offer me her strength and the wisdom of her years. Neither of these special ladies was influential in the sense of worldly ac-complishments. Neither was rich or famous. But both were sincere, genu-ine and always available, always patient and always loving! Both worked hard inside the home to do the best for their families and both were examples of a Proverbs 31 woman- God-ly women who loved their Lord and shared that love in practical ways! Over the years I have had many wonderful women in my life, some mothers and some not, who graciously taught me and influenced me in my walk of life and faith.

Let’s take time this week to reflect on the women who have impacted our lives in positive ways. Let’s read Proverbs 31 and decide if we are the kind of woman God can use in everyday situations and be a blessing to those around us- in our home and in our community. Our journey of faith is also a journey of learning and growing in our love to God and to oth-ers. As I always say, “I am a work in progress. God is not finished with me yet!” He won’t give up on me so I will keep trying to “ en-ter His gates with thanks-giving and His courts with praise.” Psalm 100:4a (NIV) (I will also try to remem-ber this includes ironing too!)

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.” Co-lossians 3:23a (NIV)

May 5, 2013 –9:30 Se-nior Sunday School

10:30 – Worship & Sun-day School

May 12, 2013 - Service

of Worship and luncheon at Camp Abby

For updated informa-

tion and to view all our programs,check out our website at

www.kensingtonunit-ed.ca <http://www.kens-ingtonunited.ca>

Worship and Sunday School:9:30 a.m. - Princetown11:00 a.m. - Southwest

River

May 8 - Worship at Clinton View Lodge

May 14 - Princetown UCW meeting

May 21 - Southwest River UCW meeting

May 22 - Session meet-ing

May 12th: Kensington Worship

11:00 a.m.New London Worship

9:30 a.m.

May 14th:Bible Study Tue, May

14th, 10:30am in Kensing-ton Church

May 19th: Kensington Worship

9:30 a.m.New London Worship

11:00 a.m.

PEI Women’s Institute finalizes preparations in May for the Island wide Roadside Cleanup, WI Pro-vincial Convention, schol-arship and Royal Beautifi-cation deadlines.

To mark the 40th WI Roadside Cleanup on May 11, partners have come on-board to issue a challenge to all Islanders for the op-portunity to win $500 per category. Categories in-clude schools, family/in-dividual, organizations, or businesses and are asked to fill out a pledge sheet and followup by sending a photo of your team in action. Pledge sheets can be filled in online by vis-iting www.iwmc.pe.ca or available for downloading by visiting www.martime-electric.ca or www.peiwi.ca. Thank you to Island Waste Management Corpo-ration, Maritime Electric and Pepsi Bottling Compa-ny and the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry.

Free clean up bags and

Contest Pledge Sheets to enter the contest are now available from the follow-ing locations: Kensing-ton Potato Services, Ac-cess PEI sites in Summer-side, Alberton, Charlotte-town, Montague, Souris, O’Leary, Wellington and

Tignish as well as at the Maritime Electric (Kent St., Charlottetown), Corn-wall Town Office, Strat-ford Town Office, Char-lottetown Agricultural Research Station and. Lit-ter collection bags are also available at IWMC Facili-ties: Waste Watch drop-off Centres at New London, Brockton, Murray River and Dingwell Mills, Green-Isle, Charlottetown (Supe-rior Sanitation) and East Prince Waste Management facility in Wellington. The Department of Transpor-tation and Infrastructure Renewal will pick up the waste bags along our Is-land roads. Only those marked with the WI logo will be picked up. We hope all Islanders participate in the contest as part of this annual Island wide event.

PEI WI Board Member Myrna Murray along with her committee have orga-nized this year’s Conven-tion at Credit Union Place on June 1. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The af-ternoon session includes business, reports, memo-rial service and entertain-ment with guest speaker Kim Rashed on fashion trends for any age. Also during this year’s conven-tion committee invite all to wear hats from any de-cade as part of the prov-

ince wide celebration of PEIWI’s centennial anni-versary. If you are not fa-miliar with WI, join in to meet representatives from your area at this conven-tion - contact the WI Office for further information.

PEIWI Board of Direc-tors wishes to bring notice to several upcoming dead-lines.

As part of ongoing cen-tennial celebrations PEI-WI is pleased to sponsor a Community Improvement Competition for the PEI Rural Beautification Soci-ety’s annual competitions. Competition books listing all categories are avail-able in the WI Office at 40 Enman Crescent. Entry deadline is June 1.

PEIWI Scholarships PEIWI offers several schol-arships for Island students entering any form of post secondary education. May 31 is the application dead-line for the “Louise Mac-Millan Memorial Scholar-ship” and the “PEIWI Ed-ucation Scholarship”. For a complete scholarship list and more information please check the WI web-site at www.peiwi.ca or WI Office at 368-4860.

FWIC National Officer Carol MacLellan reminds everyone to check out the FWIC website www.fwic.ca for “Growing a Healthi-

er YOU” each month. It of-fers both educational and fun methods to improve both personal well being and physical health.

The “Spring Is in the Air” Gala Dinner Com-mittee were pleased with a sold out attendance. Pro-ceeds will be presented to the Souris Hospital and the Kings County Memo-rial Hospital. Audrey Far-quharson and her commit-tee sends a thank you to attendees, those who do-nated to the live and silent auctions, as well as mone-tary donors.

A sincere Happy Mother’s Day

from the PEI Board & Staff

of PEIWI

This article is prepared by Ellen MacPhail, Execu-tive Director for the PEI-WI. For more info on the PEI Women’s Institute, visit www.womensinsti-tute.pe.ca, phone 368-4860 or email [email protected]

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE May 11th - Roadside Cleanup Contest

Scholarships and Provincial Convention

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Come out and enjoy an evening of music by our mens choir and church choir members to celebrate our garden-ing and farming sea-son and all the bounty of the earth at St Ste-phens church in Irish-town. Free will offer-ing and refreshments.All are Welcome.

An Evening of MusicCelebrating Our

Gardening/Farming Season


“QEES Battling for Buddies”5th Annual

Relay for Life Breakfast Carr’s Oyster Bar,

Stanley BridgeSaturday, May 11th

7:30-10:30 a.m.Tickets available (adults, students)

Entertainment/Silent Auction Tickets in advance from Team

Members or at the door.

As part of the Kensington 2014 Celebrations, the 2014 Committee would like to encourage residents and visitors to “Pay it Forward”. The goal is to record 2,014 acts of kindness before the Town’s 100th Birthday on May 23, 2014. The Pay It For-ward Committee are taking the lead from our very own KISH students who have been Paying it Forward by doing random acts of kindness throughout their regu-lar school day. Students have been “caught in the act” doing such things as help-ing a fellow student carry their books, cleaning up the classroom without being asked, welcoming a teacher back after being out sick and the list goes on.

Pay it ForwardSometimes being contagious is a good thing....KISH students have started Pay-

ing it Forward and we want the entire Town of Kensington to keep it going. It’s

In the photo are KISH Students: Haley Evans, Lindsay Ramsay,

Paige MacKay and J.R. Dennis.

simple! If someone does something nice for you...a random act of kindness, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. By telling us, we can cel-ebrate all of the kind and generous people who live and work in our commu-nity and you’ll be helping us reach our goal of re-cording 2,014 good deeds before our 100th Birth-day.

2014 Committee Following The Lead of KISH Students


Shriner Doug Smith of the Red Oak Shrine Club thanks members of the PEI Masonic Motorcycle Riding Assoc. for volunteering their time and help in delivering over 100 Shriners Roast Beef Takeout Dinners in Kensington and area which is an annual Shriners fund-raiser. “We do it because we want to help the Shriners Hospital For Chil-dren”, said Skip Beairsto, President of the PEI Masonic Motorcycle Riding Assoc..

L-R: Greg Beairsto, Doug Smith, Nevin Murray, Skip Beairsto and Morle MacNeil.

Masonic Motorcycle Riders Aids Annual

Shriners Fundraiser

Canada Safety Council’s goal is to increase aware-ness and educate the public on traffic safety to make our roads safer for all Canadians. This includes ag-gressive driving, driver distractions, impaired driv-ing, seat belts, photo enforcement, and many other topics.

Play it Safe on the Road Stay Calm Behind the WheelPlan ahead. Allowing yourself enough travel time

will prevent a time crunch.Obey the speed limit. Obeying the speed limit will en-

sure proper traffic flow.Identify alternate routes. Try to find routes that will

enable you to avoid traffic congestion on busier roads.Just be late. Being late for work or an appointment is

better than endangering your life or the life of someone else.

Drive sober. Absolutely never drink and drive.Keep the kids content. With young children, take reg-

ular stops and bring plenty of items to keep them occu-pied.

Don’t let traffic congestion get to you. Keep in mind that traffic congestion is often a regular part of driving and is best handled with a calm attitude.

Stay Alert Behind the WheelSleep. Make sure you get enough sleep before your

drive.Pull Over. If you’re feeling tired while driving, pull

over to a safe place and take a nap or perhaps spend the night in a hotel. There is no better cure for tiredness than sleep.

Be cautious. If you suspect someone else is driving drowsy on the road, keep alert, drive courteously and don’t get angry.

Protect Yourself from Aggressive DriversDon’t take it personally. Be polite, even if the other

driver is not. If another driver challenges you, take a deep breath and move out of the way.

Keep your eyes on the road. Don’t provoke an aggres-sive driver further by making negative eye contact or gesturing. Show them they can’t distract you from driv-ing safely.

Always be a courteous driver. Set an example for oth-er drivers by always being courteous and driving defen-sively.

Take all safety measures. The number one passenger safety precaution is to make sure everyone is properly buckled up.

Take Action! You Can Prevent Aggressive DrivingJust as community groups have banded together to

protect their neighborhoods, drivers must take an active role in preventing aggressive driving on our roads and highways. Here are some simple tips on how to make a difference.

Report incidents of aggressive driving. If your safe-ty, or the safety of someone around you, is being threat-ened by an aggressive driver, contact the police.

Set an example for younger passengers. Children are keenly observant. Educating them at an early age through your actions will teach them the importance of being courteous.

Source: Canada Safety Council and The Steel Alliance

National Road Safety Week May 14-20


Squirrel Has Interesting Stash of FoodThis past winter we

had a squirrel visiting our feeders – the first one since we moved to Ebenezer in 2008 – and he had evidently spent the winter in my shed in the yard. Last week I took it upon myself to clean up the shed and I was amazed and amused at what I found.

Well, first of all, I found two cozy nests made from shredded newspapers and flyers, bits of burlap and cot-ton fabric. That was rather straight forward

and predictable. Then I came across a tall, skin-ny box. A pump for blowing up air mattress-es had come in the box. Down in the bottom of the box there were two pieces of tea biscuit, a couple of fragments of toast and several pieces of soda crackers. Inter-

esting to note that this little stash of food was not especially close to either nest and would be only accessible to some-thing capable of climb-ing cardboard walls. And here I thought that the birds were cleaning up the stale baked goods that I tossed out!

Living on the Edge?I am always fascinated

by the starlings that nest in the light standards that support our traffic lights and it strikes me as being a challenging spot from which to make your first flight as a fledgling. Well,

some starlings don’t take chances like that. I went by a light pole recently and there was an opening in the bottom of the pole very close to the ground. Mrs. (or Mr.) Starling was perched in the opening – the doorway to a ground-level nest I expect.

Feathered FriendsMy little friends, the

American tree sparrow and the song sparrow, are still regular visitors at the platform feeder attached to my deck. This evening I got out the binoculars and checked out the “back

forty”. To my delight I could make out two adult bald eagles in the nest that has been here ever since we came in 2008. There was one year that I didn’t detect any activity back there but, it looks like there’s going to be some this year. Both birds were in the nest. I wonder if they were doing some housecleaning? When you use the same nest year af-ter year, does the decor ever change?

Garden SeasonTime to get head and

ears into gardening again. I recently tackled my rasp-berry patch, cutting off and removing last year’s fruiting canes. Okay, I guess that it would have been better to do it last fall after fruiting was over - but I didn’t. Last spring my raspberry patch was rather pitiful looking with extensive cane die back. There appears to be very little of that this year. Si-mon and Schuster’s Ency-clopedia of Practical Gar-dening recommends cut-ting the tips off canes in early spring, thus remov-ing winter damage and encouraging lower buds to break.

My everbearing rasp-berries have been slow to get established here on this property. Is the soil too heavy for them, retain-ing too much water? May-be they simply don’t han-dle weed pressure as well as our conventional vari-eties and they surely have lots of weed pressure!!!

Season ExtenderHave you ever used

floating row cover in your garden? If not, I’d recom-mend that you give it a try for it can significant-ly change your first har-vest date for some vegeta-bles. I’ve not tried it on all my veggies yet but I give it rave reviews when it comes to early pota-toes. The potatoes under floating row cover in my garden are as much as a

week earlier that those left to their own devices.

You’re not familiar with floating row cover? It’s a light fabric that al-lows water, light and air to pass through it while increasing daytime tem-peratures around your plants and providing a small degree of frost pro-tection. This is available at Veseys and Stokes. Veseys, this year, has it in more than one weight and different sizes.

Floating row cover re-quires that you secure it well for otherwise in a strong wind you might see it floating over the neighbor’s back pasture. Pick a perfectly calm day to spread it out (not easy to come by sometimes) and place clods of soil or rocks along the edges of it to hold it in place. Keep in mind that any-thing that helps our veg-etables to grow stands a strong likelihood of en-couraging weeds to grow too. In my potato patch, I don’t leave the row cov-er on all season. If you take good care of it, you should, with luck, get at least two seasons out of it. It should to be rolled or folded up and stored in a dry location.

This year I’m also us-ing some landscape fab-ric topped with bark mulch around my shrubs and perennials. It does help to suppress weeds but, any weed seeds float-ing by that happen to set-tle on the mulch-covered fabric might just settle in, take root and thrive. However you may find it worth giving this prod-uct a try. It’s carried by many department stores and garden centers.

Gardening comments or questions? Drop me a line at 471 New Glasgow Road, Ebenezer, PE, C1E 0S8 or [email protected].

Floating row cover held down with some old bricks.


From The Wharf To The Tablesucculent north shore lobster

Now that the north shore lobster season is open lobster enthusiasts are able to enjoy fresh succulent lobster.

One traditional way to eat lobster is to first prepare a pot of boiling salted water. (approx. 2 tbsp. of salt per litre/qt of water) Use enough water to cover the lobster. Grasp the lobster by its back with your hand or tongs and plunge it headfirst into the water (some people prefer to remove rubber bands before placing lobster in water to cook). Cover and return to a boil, and then lower the heat to a bubbly simmer.

Lobster will cook in 12-20 minutes depending on the size. Smaller lobsters will cook in 12-15 minutes, while larger lobsters will require up to 20 minutes or more of cooking time. Timing should start only after the water has returned to a boil.

Pull the front leg and if it pulls out easily, the lob-ster is cooked and ready to eat.

Include some home-made potato salad, rolls and butter and ENJOY!

Eating Lobster In The shell - life is good!Be prepared to dig in and get messy - it is part of the

lobster eating experience. Might be an idea to have a bib to protect your clothes and lots of napkins.

• twist the claw and knuckle from the lobster body• crack the claw and knuckel shell with a nutcrack-

er or heavy knife and remove meat with a fork or small pick

• twist the tail to remove from lobster body• hold the lobster tail in your hand, with the under-

side facing you, squeeze the sides together to break the shell down the length of the tail. The shell should now be able to be split apart to remover the meat. Re-mover the dark vein in the center of the tail flesh be-fore eating the meat. You can also break off the tail flippers and push out meat.

• the shell covering the body can be removed and dis-carded by grasping the body itself and prying the shell away. Inside you will find additional white meat.

• don’t forget the tasty morsels of meat found in the small legs. These can be broken off and the meat squeezed out.

Yummy Lobster Cakes

•1 lb. cooked lobster meat, chopped (2 lobsters yield about 1lb of meat)•1/2 cup bread crumbs•2 eggs•1/4 cup mayonnaise•1 tsp. dry mustard or yellow mustard•1 tsp. crab seasoning•1/4 tsp. black pepper•dash Worcestershire sauce

Instructions:Mix eggs, mayo mustard, seasonings and Worces-

tershire sauce.

Blend in lobster meat and bread crumbs.

Form into cakes and place on a platter lined with wax paper.

Chill cakes for 30-60 minutes before cooking for best results.

Fry in a hot cast iron skillet until golden brown or broil in the oven until brown, flipping once.

Serve on sandwich rolls or fresh bread. Garnish with fresh tomato slices and Dijon mus-

tard, a little mayo or tartar sauce.

Note: Lobster shells. Added to the garden, they help produce large tomatoes.

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