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The provincial offences court in Kempt-ville will have to fi nd a new home.
At the Jan. 26 meeting of North Grenville Council, a resolution was passed that will see municipal staff alert court offi cials to the municipality's plan to proceed on any one of
a number of options to deal with the heritage building.
The main issue at the moment, seemingly, is cost; According to Brown's report (dated Jan. 14) there is more than $40,000 in repairs and maintenance, including a new water heating unit (priced at $12,000), insulation in the attic and replacement of the roof (both clock in at $8,000).
While Coun. Terry Butler said at the Jan.
19 committee of the whole meeting that he doesn't want the municipality do "do any-thing in haste"; but wait until everything is fi nalized for the library.
"I don't want to give the courts the idea that we don't want them here," he said.
Mayor Bill Gooch, who was vocal in his support to somehow drop the courthouse from the municipality's books, said that fi rst considerations will be given to the provincial
offences court, but ultimately he would like North Grenville to make a move on selling the building.
Council instructed Brown at its Jan. 26 meeting to proceed on plans to give the courts a six-month notice of termination of the lease.
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FUTURE OF THE PROVINCIAL COURT'S HOME TENUOUS
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Last Friday January 23rd saw over 150 teenagers from all over attend a concert held at Leslie Hall in Kemptville. Six Bands played and there were various styles of music from Metal, Punk/Pop to Southern. These shows are put on once a month by Promoters Cody Coughlan and Ashley Gaumont for the teenagers and is promoted through the schools and on Facebook and MySpace. All ages are welcome and it is a safe fun environment put on by the kids for the kids.
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The four options put for-ward to council by Brown were to remain as the status quo; sell the building; de-
molish the building or retain and invest.
"The committee (of the whole) has several options," says Brown's report to coun-cil. "The municipality does not require the building for
its own purposes and there-fore it is recommended that the building be disposed of, unless Council wishes to invest signifi cant resources to bring the building up to today's standards.
"The recommended man-ner would be to fi rst offer it to the Province or Counties for their purposes, and fail-ing any interest, put it up for sale in the open market.
"In the meantime, Council may give the tenants notice (six months to a year) of their intent to terminate the leases. If, at the end of 2009 , the building is not sold, then Council should consder de-molition of next steps."
Parts of the courthouse building are designated un-der the Ontario Heritage Act, meaning the municipality would have to jump through a few hoops before selling or demolishing the building.
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Starting next week, we will begin a new weekly fea-ture called “Did You Know?” which will cover interesting information about different things, events, and people, in and around the area.
If you want to send in an idea for this feature please e-mail [email protected].
Next week we look at the promoters of the “Leslie Hall Concerts” for the teenagers in our area.
DID YOU KNOW?
Four options available to council
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The Municipality of North Grenville285 County Rd. 44, Box 130 Kemptville, ON. K0G1J0
www.northgrenville.ca [email protected]. 613-258-9569 Fax: 613-258-9620
Building Tel. 613-258-4424 Fax 613-258-1441Fire Dept. Info 613-258-2438 Fax 613-258-1031 kemptvillefi [email protected]
Police Administration Tel. 613-258-3441 Animal Control Tel. 613-862-9002
UPCOMING MEETINGS
REGULAR COUNCIL
Monday, February 9 at 6:30 pm in the Councilth
Chambers, North Grenville Municipal Centre.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL
Monday, February 2 at 6:30 pm in the Committeen d
Room, North Grenville Municipal Centre. For agenda
information, please contact the Clerk’s Office or the
Municipal web site.
BIA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThe Annual General Meeting of the Old Town Kemptville
Business Improvement Area will be held on Friday,
February 6 at 8:00 a.m. at the Court House Building, 15th
W ater St. in Kemptville.
VOLUNTARY WATER TESTINGAs part of the Ministry of Environment’s new initiative to
protect our drinking water, Municipalities have been
mandated to test the drinking water for lead. The
Municipality of North Grenville is looking for 40 private
residences that are on Municipal water to be tested for
lead. These tests are voluntary and for the benefit of the
resident. If you are interested please contact the
Environmental Services Dept. at 613-258-7400 or
2009 BURN PERMITSResidents are reminded that in accordance with By-Law
33-01, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning
on property located outside of the urban area. Burn
Permits for 2009 are available at the Municipal Office or
at the Fire Hall at 25 Reuben Cres. Please contact the
Fire Hall at 258-2438 for conditions prior to burning.
2009 DOG LICENSESDog Licenses for 2009 are now available at the Municipal
Office. The FEE SCHEDULE is as follows:
Spayed or Neutered Dogs $10.00 each
Non-Spayed or Non-Neutered Dogs $20.00 each*As in the past, these fees will double as of April 1, 2009.
WINTER PARKING REGULATIONSPlease be advised that parking on Municipal roads is
prohibited between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. from
November 15 to April 15 . A vehicle which is parked inth th
a manner interfering with snow clearing or removal
operations may be issued a ticket and/or removed at the
owner’s expense at any time.
Please note that parking in any Municipal owned parking
lot is prohibited between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. all
year round.
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The North Grenville com-munity is getting ready for the 11th Annual Sweetheart Brunch.
The tasty and popular event will be held on Mon-day, February 9 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre on 285 County Road #44 in Kemptville. The all-you-can eat brunch runs from 8 am to 1 pm. Along the way during the event there will be draws
for cash prizes. All of the proceeds will go to sponsor-ing local charities and com-munity initiatives.
Tickets are $10.00 per person, children age six to 11 are $5.00 per person, and children under six eat for free. Tickets are available at the door and at the follow-ing locations. Royal LePage Real Estate at 2705 County Road 43; Solution One Tax Services at 3 Clothier Street, O’Farrell Financial Servic-es at County Road 44 and Brewed Awakenings at 2868
Hwy 43. The Sweetheart Brunch is sponsored by the Holy Cross Council 5333 Knights of Columbus.
Putting an event such as the Sweetheart Brunch to-gether take time and the efforts of more than a few volunteers. The organizing committee for the brunch was meeting at O’Farrell Fi-nancial Services building on Saturday, going over all of the details for the event.
The meeting began with a six page list of items that
each volunteer reads through and discusses. Included were items such as how many ta-bles needed to be set up to getting the tickets printed. There were fi fteen differ-ent sections to the meeting agenda and each section in-cluded more than fi ve sepa-rate issues.
After all of that hard work and dedication volunteers for the Sweetheart Brunch can expect a great time and a wonderful meal for every-one.
Knights of Columbus gears up for 11th. Annual Sweetheart Brunch
GETTING READY FOR THE SWEETHEART BRUNCH: The organizing committee for this year’s Sweetheart Brunch was busy Saturday morning meeting at O’Farrell Financial building. The group was putting the fi nishing touches on their plan for the 11 Annual Sweetheart Brunch on February 8 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. Left to right are: John Brauneisen, Donna Lee O’Farrell, Matt Felker, Dermid O’Farrell, Jean LeClair, Marg Arcand, Mike Blais, Jim and Cathy McManaman, Phil Seymour, Gilles Racine, and Fred and Sylvia Turcotte.
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For all of you who for one reason or another have no faith in local politics, take heart.
Margaret Mead had a comment to make about people and politics. I spot-ted it used at the bottom of an e-mail that winged its way to me from a Kempt-ville resident.
It stated, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citi-zens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”.
At fi rst glance one might think that the comment is simplifying a very compli-cated and passionate pro-cess, however if you take a moment to consider all of the issues that North Gren-
ville residents have brought before their local council you will see that Margaret Mead was correct.
Most if not all of the rules that we follow so-cially and politically have evolved from trial and er-ror with the idea that fair-ness and effectiveness was the goal.
Sometimes that is not enough and hearing the lo-cal residents bring their is-sue about a proposed park-ing lot to their council to debate is heartening.
When the South Dun-das council had to come up with reasonable water rates, all hell broke loose in their municipality.
Many residents were about to simply accept
new increases until a very small band of disgruntled tax payers got together one
evening and decided to take on the council. After a bit of promoting and an avalanche of letters to the editor to the local papers,
the council came up with a compromise that made ev-eryone happy. At the time, some residents who had no faith in their
local government realized that for the most part there was indeed someone who could listen to them and even work to come up with plans that satisfi ed as many
people as possible.A battle of wills between
councillors and residents may be entertaining but usually results in nothing but acrimony.
That is why I was inter-ested to see that Kemptville residents still feel that it is worth their while to sound off to local council.
I would not be surprised if the results of complain-ing or at least asking a council questions will re-sult in some kind of posi-tive achievement.
In Kemptville and the surrounding area I think residents have won more than they have lost.
Its is not practical for all of us to expect the top lev-els of government to hear
what we have to say but one way to keep the con-cept of democracy working is to at least attempt to con-nect with your local gov-ernment.
There have been so many opportunities for residents in Southern Ontario to complain to their councils about one thing or another.
Sometime it has hap-pened other times issues and energy have evaporat-ed over time.
In the end, despite what we often believe to be true, politicians will listen.
They may not do exactly what you want or you may fi nd that they cannot help a situation which is out of their hands, but at least you can try.
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YOU WILL NEVER BE HEARD IF YOU NEVER SPEAK UP
It may be below freezing outside these days and the Kemptville Creek certainly is not a place to sun-bathe. However despite the season, animal tracks still indicate that life goes on and wildlife still fl our-ishes without gloves and a hat.
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IN THIS WEEK'S
The Advance is published on Wednesdays. It is available for $1 including GST at the offi ce at 113 Prescott Street
in Kemptville and from other local merchants.
The North Grenville Chamber of Commerce takes the initiative and hosts a presentation about how to deal with marketing challenges during diffi cult economic times.
Tom Graham of TD Graham and Associates will be makinig the presentation at Caicco's Bistro and Deli on Friday, January 30...
A proposal to create a temporary parking lot at the Kemptville District Hospital has some adjacent residents upset...
A home invasion in Edwardsburg/Cardinal leaves one man wounded and in hospital...
Notes from the United Counties of Leeds and Gren-ville...
The Ontario Provincial Police go for new head gear in 2009...
A THOUGHT FROM METO YOU
BY
JOSEPH MORIN
Take a look at the Kemptville Curling Club invitational in pictures.
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March to Nov. 2009 on 3rd Sunday of the month, 1-3:30 pm, at the Bodhi Tree Centre, 28 Prescott St., Kemptville. (Should you miss a session, I am available for personal check-ins and updates). A retreat in the fall is a possibility (priced separately).
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Register by February 20th as space is limited.“I am committed to sharing this amazing 10-month journey with women here and in Kingston in 2009. The gems of wisdom acquired in the second half of life are like no other: it is the time to align totally with the soul and to prepare to leave a unique footprint.” - Beryl Beryl Allport, MCC, TRC Inspirational Facilitator, Coach, Author 613-258-6893 [email protected] www.beallucanbe.com
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What does it mean to be living in the second half of life in these changing times? Never has there been such an opportunity to open up to our authentic selves.
We are the creators of our future - our dreams are awaiting our willingness to make them real.
We live in an age that wor-ships youth. Alongside this naïve, if not indeed tragic pursuit to resist aging in all its aspects, we fi nd ourselves as a society becoming ever more superfi cial, ever more devoted to what is external only, short on endurance, and shallow in meaning. Small wonder so many of us approach midlife in a state of crisis.
If we have lost respect for aging in our society, it is time we take it back.
It is time to bring back the wisdom of the ages as some-thing that is to be welcomed rather than resisted.
Arrien reminds us, in this collection of eight chapters named for eight gates, that this is not a time in our lives to resist or fear, but that it is in fact a time of wonder and beauty – of the deeper and more meaningful kind.
To pass through each of these “gates” is to be opened and enriched by the enlight-enment of the second half of our lives. In each chapter, Arrien has brought together age-old quotes and wisdom from many different cultures, tested by time and place. Each chapter describes the
gate through which we must pass, the task we must un-dertake to do so, refl ections that help us to understand more fully this threshold. Our lives at midpoint are about embracing the ancient, the everlasting.
Recently during a phone conversation with my niece Penny Allport, who is very much my teacher, mentor and coach, she gave me a “reality check” by asking me
to tell her how it feels to be in my 75th year.
Whew! I am not accus-tomed to visiting my own deeper feelings, and this hit home like a bolt of lightning full of deeply imbedded emotions, and this after years of coaching and facilitating others through a plethora of emotional issues.
I realized I had to look even deeper into my authen-ticity with myself in order to be able to do the work I am blessed to be able to do in service for others.
Are you willing to answer what it feels like for you in the second half of life?
“When you have the cour-age to change at mid-life, a miracle happens,” teaches Arrien, “Your character is opened, deepened, strength-ened, softened. You return to the soul’s highest values.
You are now prepared to create your legacy – an im-print of your dream for our world – a dream that can ful-ly come true in the Second Half of Life.”
It is time to show up and answer the call to be wise stewards and mentors by tracking life’s journey and put meaning into living a more embodied and authen-tic life now.
The messages that rings loud and clear for me in all of this are questions like; Are you living your legacy? Are you being totally honest
with yourself and authentic in all your dealings with oth-ers? What legacy will you leave?
Unfortunately, most of us live believing that we are infallible and therefore may have the preconceived idea that we can wait until the last minute to be authentic. When might that be?
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When: February 18, 2009Time: 7:00-8:00 pm
Where: Kemptville Public School215 Reuben Crescent, Kemptville
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Ok, I love winter in Canada. I really do. But I have truly had enough with this bitter, cold wind. This morning I woke up to fi nd that twin lambs (born in the night to a mother who was more concerned with clean-ing out the hay feeder than cleaning off her newborns) had frozen feet from being wet and neglected all night. Now they are lying in a blan-ket over the heating vent in the bathroom, warming up. When Paulina is fi nished writing her English exam this morning, she will be on lamb duty with bottles and heating lamps.
I feel like I spent the ma-jority of the weekend in the barn. We had a dozen new lambs born since Friday, and our water pipe to the barn froze. So now we are run-ning a hose from the house, draining it over a barn rafter (that in itself can be quite a feat – I have whacked my-self in the head more than once with the end of the hose) and laying it out in the TV room to thaw. With the rolled-up hose and manure-encrusted boots on rubber
mats, the décor in that part of the house has taken quite a nosedive lately.
Our Sunday dinner guests didn’t seem to mind. The rest of the house was clean anyway. And we did manage to fi nd them something to eat that the dog hadn’t stolen.
I think I have fi nally
learned my lesson about leaving food on the kitchen counter when Cody, our Gordon Setter, appears to be snoozing on his rug in the living room. His eyes may be closed but rest assured, his nose is not.
The other day Paulina and I were in the den, watching a video that I had made of the lambs in the barn. After just a few minutes, we heard something go crashing to the fl oor in the kitchen. Sudden-ly I remembered the thawing prime-rib roast that I had left on a cutting board on the counter.
“The meat!” I screamed, running into the kitchen, just in time to see Cody’s black tail disappearing around the corner. The cutting board was on the fl oor. It had been licked clean. I looked under the table for the meat. Noth-ing. Then I ran around the corner to see if Cody had taken the hunk of raw beef to his rug, to eat in peace. But he just lay there, looking at me. Licking his lips. Then he burped.
“I don’t believe it! He ate the entire thing! In about
three minutes that dog con-sumed our entire dinner! In complete silence!”
Paulina scolded the dog and put him outside in his doghouse, where he spent the rest of the day digesting his feast.
Cody the Wonder Dog has an amazing nose. Very subtle food odours will wake him from the deepest sleep, and whet his appetite. He is a kind and gentle, beautiful dog, but he has no manners in the kitchen. I think we should lend him to airport security for their canine unit. He may not be able to sniff out drugs but if anyone is try-ing to smuggle a salami into the country, he’ll get them. A friend suggested I take a break from life on the farm for a “Farmer / Farmwife Night Out” (FWNO) on Sat-urday, so the husband, Mom and I piled into the truck and headed to the Osgoode Legion to hear “Roxzilla” play classic rock. Phil Mo-rotti, Andre Courtemanche, Ken Johns and Piero Pre-sutti combine natural talent with an enthusiasm that is contagious. They had the
crowd clapping and singing along during their very fi rst song (David Wilcox’ “Layin’ Pipe”) and by the end of the fi rst set, the dance fl oor was full. At least two of these fi ne musicians claim to be self-taught. But if they are playing by ear instead of by the book, in my opinion they shouldn’t change a thing. It sounded great.
It was a nice surprise to see some of the band mem-bers’ teenaged sons and their friends wandering in to hear their fathers play. Most of these young ‘uns are tal-ented musicians themselves – so it was endearing to see them spending their Satur-day night cheering on “the old guys”.
The Farmer often fi nds himself coerced into one special event or another that is of interest to me but not necessarily to him. He never fails to make the best of the situation, however, whether he has been taken to an art show, a rock opera or a book launch. Occasionally he is on the receiving end of an added benefi t to attending these events, like the time he
thought he was going with me to the raceway to meet the mayor and wound up riding in the pace car beside Miss Ottawa. That was not a bad way to spend a Saturday evening, he fi gured.
I was pretty sure my hus-band would enjoy Roxzilla, as the band members are all around his age and were probably raised on the same kind of music. But as the night went on, I realized I knew more of the words to the songs than he did. I guess he wasn’t kidding when he said he had had a pretty strict, sheltered upbringing. His father wasn’t much of a fan of that “long-hair mu-sic”. But he really gave it away when he turned to me and whispered, after a very popular song by the Who, “hey – what’s a squeeze-box?”
My feet were killing me the next morning (maybe those high-heeled boots aren’t so good for dancing in after all) but it was all worth it.
I’ll be humming to the lambs during their next mid-night feeding.
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SPECIAL TO THE WEEKENDER
Big Brothers and Big Sis-ters of Leeds and Grenville is looking for teams to take part in their second annual Bowl for Kids Sake bowl-ing tournament at the Kemp-tville Bowling lanes.
The date is Saturday, Feb-ruary 21 from 4 pm to 6 pm in Kemptville. The cost is $150 per tem to join in the fun. There will be fi ve mem-bers on each team. Every $50 raised earns a player a chance to win an IPOD Touch. All teams that reg-
ister before February9 will be entered in an early bird draw plus the top fundraiser in each location will receive two seats to a Senators game. That prize has been provided by Strategic Legacies. You could also win a chance to bowl with Donavan Bailey.
The last day of registra-tion is February 20. Regis-tration forms are at Kemp-tville Bowling. You can call them at 613-258-3121 or drop in from 10 am to 11 pm seven days a week. Kempt-ville Bowling is located at 291 County Road 44.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Leeds and Grenvilles of-fers a variety of programs to suit the needs of both the children being served and the volunteer.
Being a Big Brother can be as much fun as it sounds. You get to build model air-planes, toss around the foot-ball, play computer games, hang out... whatever!
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Big For A DayThis program allows a
volunteer to participate in the scheduled group outings with children waiting to be matched with a Big Brother or Big Sister. This program is suitable for an adult with a less fl exible schedule, as the time commitment is less than that of a traditional match.
Couples for Kids The Couples for Kids
program matches a Little Brother or Sister with a car-
ing couple. All three of you will enjoy activities such as painting, playing games or just talking about your day.
In-School/Teen In-School Mentoring It’s a small com-mitment that makes a big difference. Become a men-tor to a child in a school en-vironment. You’ll help build a child’s self-esteem and school performance while having a lot of fun. And it only takes one hour a week during the school year. One child. One hour a week. One big reason to go back to
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GO GIRLS Go Girls is a program for girls ages 12 to 14.
For more information please call 613-345-0281 or visit www.mentoringmat-ters.ca.
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Get ready for the 2009 edition of the Snowarama Snowmobile Ride and Fun Day.
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Registration will be held at the clubhouse from 8 am to 10 am. Breakfast is put
on by the Kemptville Rotary Club and is $5. With a $75 pledge breakfast is free.
At 9;30am celebrity rider, Nancy Stapleton from Y101 will be on hand.
Other events include eu-chre at the Kemptville Le-gion at 2 pm, sleigh rides at 2 pm at Riverside Park in Kemptville as well as a 6 pm dinner at the kemptville :Legion.
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NEWS JANUARY 30, 2009- ADVANCE WEEKENDER - PAGE 9
By Rob BrodieOttawaSenators.com
Brian Elliott doesn’t know when the ride might end.Truth be told, the Ot-tawa Senators rook-ie goaltender would rather not spend too much time pondering that question. It just all
seems too good to be true so far.
“It hasn’t really sunk in. I’m trying not to let it sink in,” Elliott said after the Senators’ 3-2 triumph over the Washington Capitals on
Tuesday night. “I just want to keep it going and I’ll think about it after the season.”
Elliott’s play has been a rev-elation since his callup from the
American Hockey League’s Bing-hamton Senators two weeks ago. The Senators have gone 3-1-1 with Elliott between the pipes. His goals-against average (2.18) and save percentage (.924) have been top notch.
“He’s played some good games and made some real good saves,” said Senators head coach Craig Hartsburg. “There has been a goal here and there that he’s let in that he’d like to have back but for the most part, I think he’s looked solid and confi dent in net.”It’s been like that almost from the moment Elliott settled into the Ot-tawa net for his fi rst start of the season Jan. 10 against the New York Rangers at Scotiabank Place. Before then, he’d made one pre-vious National Hockey League start, beating the Thrashers 3-1 in a surprise start on Oct. 10, 2007.“I tried to feel as comfortable as I could right off the bat,” said El-liott. “Every time you get out there, those butterfl ies go away pretty fast.”
His teammates have been a big help in that process.
“I’ve been around here for so long for summer camps and stuff, so it’s more comfortable than (if
I had) just come up here and nev-er been here before,” said El-liott. “I know a lot of the guys and they made it pretty comfortable for me.”
Some would suggest Elliott’s arrival has provided the spark the Senators needed as they try to re-vive their playoff hopes. Harts-burg agreed it’s no coincidence that Elliott’s strong play has par-alleled the recent improvement in team play and results.
“(Elliott) has made some re-al big saves at crucial times in games,” said Hartsburg. “He’s given us the saves and given us the chance in games to get some-thing out of it. Before, there were goals going in at the wrong times. I think what Brian has done for us is when the game is on the line, he’s been very good for us.”
Added defenceman Brendan Bell: “He is just that calm, steady guy in net and I think if we’re go-ing to turn this around, we’re go-ing to need that.”
If all of this seems a little sur-real to Elliott, consider where he’s been. The 23-year-old from New-market, Ont., was passed over in the Ontario Hockey League draft. The Senators selected him in the
ninth round (291st overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
After a standout career at the University of Wisconsin, he spent all of last season and the fi rst 30 games of this one with the B-Sens. His numbers in Binghamton were spectacular (18-8-1 with a 2.31 GAA and .926 save percent-age) and he was named the AHL’s goaltender of the month for De-cember prior to his promotion to Ottawa.
Given what he’s been through to get here, Elliott isn’t taking his stay in the big show for granted.“You have to appreciate it,” he said. “You don’t get a lot of chances up here, so you just have to make the most of it. I worked hard to get here and I want to stay here.”
And if that means taking a pass on Monday’s AHL All-Star Classic in Worcester, Mass. – El-liott was chosen as the starter for the Canadian team – then so be it.“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing and you never know if you’re going to play in one of those again,” said Elliott. “But this is my ultimate goal, to play here, so I’m not complaining too much.”
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Los Angeles KingsTuesday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m., SportsnetThe skinny: The youthful Kings are managing to hang tough in the highly competitive Western Conference. Slovenia-born Anze Kopitar is one of the NHL’s brightest young talents and leads the Los Angeles attack. He gets of-fensive support from the likes of Alexander Frolov, Dustin Brown and Jar-ret Stoll. Drew Doughty has made an immediate impact on the Kings blue line as one of the league’s top rookies, while Kyle Quincey has supplied some quality point production from the back end. With Erik Ersberg side-lined by an injury, Jonathan Quick and Jonathan Bernier now share the goaltending duties.
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MACK WHITMAN
SPECIAL TO THE WEEKENDER
ST. JAMES ANNUAL
VESTRY MEETING THIS SUNDAY
The St. James Annual Vestry meeting will be held this Sunday, Feb 1st after the 10:00 am Church Service.
Reports from groups and committees will be reviewed for acceptance; fi nancial statements and 2009 budgets will be presented for ap-proval; and Church Wardens and Parish Council members will be elected.
If you have any nomina-tions for Wardens or Coun-
cil please contact Gordon Brown at 613-258-7367.
Thank you to all those Parishioners who supported the Friendship Luncheon last Friday.
A special thanks to Mar-garet Zebarth, the St. James coordinator for this weekly ecumenical event.
St. James will next be re-sponsible for the Luncheon late next month
This Sunday, Feb 1st is the monthly collection day for the St James contribution to the local Salvation Army Food Bank.
Please consider those less fortunate in these diffi cult economic times when gro-cery shopping this week. Cash donations are also
most appreciated by the Food Bank.
The Parish Directory is in the fi nal stages of editing. This is the last opportunity to order a copy or addition-al copies of the document which will contain contact information for all St. James Parishioners.
Parishioners who sat for photos will receive one complimentary copy and additional copies will cost $12.00.
For further information or to order copies of the Di-rectory, please contact Peter Bunn at 613-258-5998 or e-mail him at [email protected].
ST. JAMES NEW AND UPDATESDaily ProgramsMonday to FridayNutrition 4 Kids Lunch Program 11:10-12:10RBC After School Program 2:30-6
Evening ProgramsMonday 6:00-8:00 Youth Night at Caicco’s: Karaoke and Board Games! Starting February 9Tuesday 5:30-7:30 Open Sports Night at Kemptville Public School!Thursday 6:00-8:00 Cooking Night at the Youth CentreFriday 6:30-7:50 Skating Night at the North Grenville Municipal CentreDANCESMonthly dances are starting February 13, 2009 7-11pm at NGDHS!!! Cost is $3 or a canned food item.
GO GIRLS Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Big Brothers Big SistersWe will be hosting the Go Girls program starting Tuesday February 17, 5:30pm-7pm for
10 weeks. Go Girls is for girls 12-14 years, using a mentor approach to provide girls with the information and support they need to make informed choices about healthy, active living during a particularly challenging stage of development. Please contact us for a permission form for this great program.
You can check us out on the web: www.kemptvilleyc.com for all our programs and infor-mation!
Questions? If you have any questions regarding our programs, donations and volunteering, please do not hesitate to call Program Coordinator Stacey Tenbult at the Youth Centre, 613-258-5212 or [email protected]
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1927 – 2008Retired – Federal, Dairy Inspector
Ronald Smith passed away peacefully at the Elisabeth Bruyere Centre in Ot-tawa on December 30, 2008 at the age of 81. Ronald was the beloved husband of the late Teresa Smith (nee McKinnon). He is the loving father of Mike (Rose) of Prescott, Pat (Deb) of Kemptville, Larry (Pam) of Osgoode, Ted (Lynne) of Kemptville and Bob (Debbie) of Kemptville; cherished grandfather of 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grand-children; dear brother of Keith (Brucie) of Kingston, Grant (Janet) of Belleville, Findley of Kingston, and Fern Goodchild (Ray) of Madoc. He was predeceased by his brother Wilfred. Visitation was held at Grant Brown Funeral Home Rolston Chapel, Kemptville on Friday, January 2nd, 2009. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Holy Cross Church in Kemp-tville on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 11am with Father Shim offi ciating. Interment followed at Holy Cross Par-ish Cemetery. Pallbearers were Roland Prevost, Brandon Smith, Ron Watters, Ian Smith, Nate Ames and Tim Reid. A special thank you to the staff at Kemp-tville District Hospital, Elisabeth Bruyere Centre in Ottawa, Grant Brown Funeral Home, Father Shim, Ladies of the Holy Cross Parish and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 212, Kemptville.
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VERA MARTINJune 7, 1923 - January 30, 2006
Mother, you are not for-gotten,Though on Earth you are no more; Still in memory you are with usAs you always were be-fore.
In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you.
Three years since the sad dayThe one I loved was called away;God took her home, it was His will, But in my heart she liv-eth still.
Fondly loved and deeply mourned, Heart of my heart, I miss you so; Often my darling, my tears will fl ow;Dimming your picture where’er I go;‘Tis sad but true, I will abide, Until some day we’ll be side by side.
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2 BEDROOM FUR-NISHED APARTMENT. Located at Howard Johnson in Kemptville. 613-258-5939
MALAKOFF ROAD NORTH GOWER. 3 bedroom apartment in a large house set on 1 acre lot. $980/month. 613-302-4874
SMITHS FALLS, Tou-lon Place, one bed-room, ground fl oor, $770. Heat & hydro included. Attractive clean, quiet, security building by County Fair Mall, laundry fa-cilities, live-in superin-tendent. 613-283-9650.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
TWO BEDROOM apart-ment available February 1st. Edgetown Apart-ments, Kemptville. Ref-erences required. Phone 613-264-8439
TWO BEDROOM apart-ment in clean, quiet building in Kemptville. Phone 613-229-1653.
SHAREDACCOMMODATIONS
WANTED BOARDER: Hobby farm near Moun-tain. All privileges. Non-smoker with pleasant personality. $400 per month. Phone 613-989-1449.
VACATIONSALES/RENTALS
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The Home Ownership Program provides down payment assistance to households currently renting within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, or the separated municipalities of the City of Brockville, Town of Prescott and Town of Gananoque. Down payment assistance of up to 5 percent of the purchase price of an eligible home, to a maximum of $7,500, is provided to eligible applicants in the form of a 20 year forgiv-able, interest free loan. To qualify, applicants must be at least 18 years old, have a combined gross household income of $56,100 or less, and have access to mortgage fi nancing. The home must have a purchase price of $186,000 or less, and be located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, or the separated municipalities of the City of Brock-ville, Town of Prescott, or Town of Gananoque.The Program is made possible through the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program in partnership with municipalities such as the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program (AHP) has committed more than $28 million to make home ownership affordable for low and moderate income households across Ontario.Applications are now being accepted on a fi rst come fi rst approved basis, subject to the avail-ability of units and/or funding.For more information, or to fi nd out if you may qualify, please contact:
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The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville would like to invite you to attend an information session.
Learn how Affordable Housing Programs within Leeds and Grenville can make a difference in your community. If you are interested in purchasing a new home or have rental property,you don’t want to miss this!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009• Afternoon Session: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.• Evening Session: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
North Grenville Municipal Offi ces - Main Floor (Suite B)285 County Road #44
Kemptville, ON(Light refreshments will be provided)
Meeting Objectives:
• Creating a stronger connection between North Grenville residents, local agencies and Affordable Housing Programs.
• Overview of the Home Ownership Program and Rent Supplement/Housing Allowance Programs available within Leeds and Grenville.
• Sharing advantages and opportunities available through government initiatives.
To register for one of the sessions, please call:613-342-3840 ext. 2372 or email [email protected]
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VACATIONSALES/RENTALS
LOG CHALET FOR RENT - Mont Tremblant region. 4 bedrooms, fi re-place, hot tub. Book now for winter. www.harmonytoday.ca or call Joanne 613-838-4367
STORAGESPACE
STORAGE OR SPACE 3800 sqft. 1 Room 2700sqft. 1 Cooler Room 1060sqft. Renting fees to be negotiated. South Mountain. Call Chris 613-989-1031
MORTGAGES & LOANS
$$MONEY$$ Consoli-date debts mortgages to 95% No income, Bad credit OK! The Mortgage Centre #10969 1-800-282-1169 www.mtgcen-tre.com
EDUCATION
LOVE TO TRAVEL?Retired? Looking for a Second Career? Want to work from home? Train for a new CA-REER in the 3 billion dollar Travel and Tourism Industry as a Travel Counsellor. Train online at home or on Campus. CITC endorsed diploma Program. CALL TO-DAY 613-722-7811www.4myaca.comAlgonquin Careers Academy
UNEMPLOYEDOrganize your Objec-tives. Heavy Equip-ment Operators are needed Locally in all parts of Canada. Backhoe, Grader, Ex-cavator, Bulldozer, Forklift. We can train you. Come to North West. For profession-al training, Certifi ca-tion, AZ and DZ li-censing. [email protected],Tel 613-225-3055Ont. Works, E I re-cipients, WSIB, may qualify for Funding
WANT CHANGE?Train for a new CA-REER in LESS than 11 months! Personal Support Worker, Travel Counsellor, Paralegal, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Offi ce Assistant (in-cluding dental), Ac-counting and Payroll & NEW Fitness & Health Promotion.
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MUSIC/DANCING INSTRUCTION
PIANO LESSONS - Roy-al Conservatory,Theory, ear training or just for fun. 20 plus years expe-rience. Lessons at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Kanata or at my North Gower Studio. David Chin B.Mus., 613-286-0351
WORLD CLASS DRUM-MER (of Five Man Elec-trical Band) is now ac-cepting students. Private lessons, limited enroll-ment, free consultation. Call Steve, 613-831-5029.www.stevehollingworth.ca
COURSES
WELDING CLASSES Welding made fast & easy. Small evening classes, hands on expe-rience, learn cutting techniques, arc welding, M.I.G., and T.I.G. Course available. Certifi -cate course, tax de-ductible. 432-7932.
CHILDCAREAVAILABLE
BILINGUAL CHILD CARE available in our Kemptville home. Full and part time spaces. Nutritious meals and snacks. Insured. Re-ceipts provided. Phone 613-258-5235.
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BREAST CANCER Sup-port with Part-Time Can-dy Business. No selling, high profi ts. Help your-self while helping others. You can help us make a difference.www.UTURNCANADA.COM
COKE/M&M Vending. route. Earn up to $100K! Great Locations Available! Must Sell!1-800-367-8409 ext.#3178
OPPORTUNITY TO EARN Exec. Level in-come, average people using simple system. 1-888-811-2772
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SERVICE Tree removals & prun-ing. Full service prop-erty maintenance. Re-duced Fall and Winter rates. Seniors dis-counts. Fully insured. Please call 613-721-0660 for a FREE ES-TIMATE.
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ANGUS CARPENTRYLicensed carpenter. Basements, interior/exte-rior doors and trim, decks and fences. Free estimates. Eric 613-489-5219, Cell 613-796-1233.
CERTIFIED MASON; Chimney Repair & Res-toration, cultured stone, parging, repointing. Brick, block & stone. Small/big job specialist. Free estimates. Work guaranteed. 613-250-0290.
WILL PICK UP & RE-MOVE any unwanted cars, trucks, boats, snowmobiles, lawn- tractors, snowblowers, etc. Cash paid for some. Peter, All Purpose Towing. 613-797-2315, 613-560-9042www.allpurpose.4-you.ca
HOUSECLEANING
AN INVESTMENT TO YOUR PEACE OF MIND. Weekly/bi-week-ly/monthly. Call me now for your free estimate. Your house will sparkle. Cindy 613-258-7165
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PERSONALS
YOU AREN’T Imagining it. Everyone seems to be matched up except for you. You aren’t meant to go through life alone ei-ther. Let us change your life by fi nding you some-one special. Misty River Introductions. 613-257-3531,www.mistyriverintros.com
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No Experience Needed. Full Training Offered 613-228-2813www.ironhorsegroup.com
$334 DAILY! Data-entry positions available! Inter-net needed. Income is guaranteed. No experi-ence required. Apply! www.thedataprogram.com
**BE ADVISED THAT NO ONE MAY ASK YOU FOR YOUR SO-CIAL INSURANCE NUMBER UNLESS THEY ARE PAYING YOU TAXABLE IN-COME OR YOU PAY TAXES TO THEM.
A JOB At Home Mail Work, Assemble Prod-ucts or Computer Work. For Free Details write to: CHR Jobs: 900 Green-bank Road #415, A22 Ottawa, ON, K2J 4P6 or visit:www.TopJobCanada.com
AZ DRIVERS Needed Now. Company Drivers and Owner-Operators. Avg. length of haul: 1000 miles: great lanes: quality freight: dry vans; competitive pay and FI-NANCIALLY STABLE. Call Celadon Canada, Kitchener, 1-800-332-0518www.celadoncanada.com
BE YOUR OWN BOSS. Earn up to $3,000+ Wk. We are looking for indi-viduals who want to start up their own trucking business. Guaranteed long term work contracts with fuel increase allow-ance for 1, 3, & 5 ton straight trucks and Hwy Tractors, Paid while training, G2, G, DZ & AZ lic. OK. Immediate in-come. 100% fi nancing with approved credit. 1-888-827-6044 FUEL IN-CREASE ALLOWANC-ES OFFERED!!
CASHIERR.E. GILMORE
has an immediate opening for a Cash-ier/General Kitchen Helper for its in-house cafeteria. This is a Full Time, Monday to Friday, Days position, paying $9.00 to $10.00 per hour, with hours of operation from 6:30am to 5:00pm. Some experi-ence would be an as-set. Please send your resume [email protected]
CERTIFIED GLAZIERS (Slave Lake, Alberta) 2-3 Years experience. Bene-fi ts. No Shifts. Reloca-tion Assistance. Contact Bill Jensen, 780-849-4399, Fax [email protected],www.all-westglass.com
CERTIFIED GLAZIERS (Slave Lake, Alberta) 2-3 Years experience. Bene-fi ts. No Shifts. Reloca-tion Assistance. Contact Bill Jensen, 780-849-4399, Fax [email protected],www.all-westglass.com
CONSTRUCTION LA-BOURERS required im-mediately. Must have own Transportation, Driver’s License, WHMIS, Fall Protection & Confi ned Space. Phone: 613-223-2303
ORGANIST OR PIA-NIST for O.B.V.U. CHURCH in Vernon for Sunday 11:00am servic-es. Contact Kay 613-821-2174
EARN EXTRA income! carrier contractors need-ed for early am newspa-per home delivery in Kanata and Stittsville, 7 days/week. Vehicle a must. $500-$950+/MONTH. 613-592-9786
HOUSE CLEANINGCOMPANY
Looking to fi ll posi-tions immediately. Competitive wages, Tues to Friday occa-sional Mondays. Con-tact Natalie at 613-832-4609
HOUSE CLEANING Company presently seeking supervisor-man-ager, full-time. Must have car. $11.00/hour + $250/month car allow-ances. 613-860-0436. Career and franchise op-portunities available.
IF YOU ARE INTER-ESTED in working part-time from home for some extra income and spending more time with your family? All that is needed is access to the Internet. Please contact [email protected] for more information
THERMOTECHFIBERGLASS
Would you like to build the world’s most energy effi cient windows. Op-portunity for a Shopforeman. Carp Area. E-mail resume to david@thermotechfi berglass.com
IMMEDIATEOPENINGS
at established con-tracting company. Permanent F/T posi-tions. Require hard-working, dependable workers for operation of small equipment for snow removal, land-scaping, lawn mainte-nance. Salary based on qualifi cations and experience. Full benefi t package. Our company offers op-portunities for person-al growth and success in a team environ-ment. Fax resume to 613-831-9320.
LOCAL CLEANING Company seeks employ-ees, PT/FT, reliable, thorough, bondable with references. Transporta-tion required. Competi-tive wages. 613-989-1449.
OTTAWA’S LARGEST Lawn and Property Maintenance Company pays $120-$360 DAILY for outdoor Spring/Sum-mer work. Hiring honest, competitive, and ener-getic individuals to fi ll our various 2009 positions. Apply onlinewww.SpringMastersJobs.comEmail JobsOttawa @SpringMastersCanada.com
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AUTOMOTIVE
MOTOR VEHICLE dealers in OntarioMUST be registered with OMVIC. Toverify dealer registration or seek helpwith a complaint, visitwww.omvic.on.ca or 1-800-943-6002.If you're buying a vehicle privately,don't become a curbsider's victim.Curbsiders are impostors who pose asprivate individuals, but are actually inthe business of selling stolen or dam-aged vehicles.
BUSINESS OPPS.
MONEY MAKER - Local route, no sell-ing on your part. For more info call 1-866-821-2569.
COMING EVENTS
OTTAWA SPRING RV SHOW.February 20-22, 2009. LansdownePark, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa. 20dealers, a dozen campgrounds, newproducts, retail store, show-only spe-cials. Discount admission atOttawaRVshow.com. Call Toll-Free 1-877-817-9500.
CAREER TRAINING
MARITIME DRILLING SCHOOLSentry-level training for land and off-shore oilrigs. Excellent wages, bene-fits and opportunities to travel theworld. March 2nd-March 21st/09,March 30th-April 8th/09. Contact: 1-866-807-3960, www.mdslimited.ca.
TRAIN FOR A NEW CAREER inMedical Transcription. Learn fromhome! Earn from home! ContactCanScribe today for a FREE informa-tion package. 1-800-466-1535,www.canscribe.com, [email protected].
EDUCATIONAL OPPS.
LEARN HOME STAGING with ourcomprehensive distance educationcourse. Get professional instruction,hands-on practice, and full businesstraining. ISRP TM certified. FREEBROCHURE. Call 1-800-267-1829.www.qcdesignschool.com.
LEGAL SERVICES
DISABILITY CLAIM DENIED?Toronto's Leading Disability Lawyerswill fight for your rights! We offer aFree Consultation for Group & PrivateDisability Claims. No Fees until weSettle. www.ShareDisabilityLaw.com.1-888-777-1109.
MORTGAGES
A BELOW BANK RATE, 1st and 2ndMortgages, 95% - 100% O.A.C.Financing, Debt Consolidation, Self-employed & Equity Specialists, AllCredit Types considered. CALL 1-800-225-1777, www.homeguardfunding.com, EST. 1983. LIC #10409.
AS SEEN ON TV - 1st, 2nd or HomeEquity Loan's. We don't just say"APPROVED" we mean it! Bad Credit,Self-Employed, Bankrupt, Foreclosureneed to re-finance? No problem -APPROVED! 100% Financing & 40Year Still Available. Call Toll-Free 1-877-733-4424 or www.refitoday.ca.The Refinancing Specialists!LIC#10408
0$ ARE YOU SINKING IN DEBT? 1st,2nd & 3rd Mortgages - Bruised Credit- Bank Turndowns - DebtConsolidation - Refinancing - Power ofSale - Past Bankrupt - HomeRenovations. We can lend a Hand.www.canadalend.com Toll-free 1 (866)i CAN LEND (1-866-422-6536) CALLNOW!
$$$ 1st, 2nd, 3rd MORTGAGES - TaxArrears, Renovations, DebtConsolidation, no CMHC fees. $50Kyou pay $283.17/month (OAC). Noincome, bad credit, power of salestopped!! MORTGAGE CENTRE, Toll-Free 1-800-282-1169, www.mtgcentre.com (LIC# 10969)
$$$ 1st & 2nd & ConstructionMortgages, Lines of Credit... 95-100%Financing. BELOW BANK RATES!Poor credit & bankruptcies OK. Noincome verification plans. ServicingEastern & Northern Ontario. Call JimPotter, Homeguard Funding Ltd. Toll-Free 1-866-403-6639, email: [email protected], www.qualitymortgagequotes.ca, LIC #10409.
PERSONALS
ARE YOU LOSING a loved one tosubstance abuse? Our program hasthe highest success rate. Help is onlyone phone call away! 1-877-782-7409; www.narconon.ca.
BEING ALONE starting to get to you?MISTY RIVER INTRODUCTIONS canhelp. Ontario's traditional matchmak-er. CALL (613) 257-3531,www.mistyriverintros.com.
CRIMINAL RECORD? Seal it with aPARDON! Need to enter the U.S.?Get a 5 year WAIVER! Call for a freebrochure. Toll-free 1-888-9-PARDONor 905-459-9669.
DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/Short-Term Relationships, FREE CALLS! 1-877-297-9883. Exchange voice mes-sages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations- 1on1 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chat-lines. Local Single Ladies 1-877-804-5381. 18+
* PAST*PRESENT*FUTURE * #1Psychics! *1-877-478-4410* Creditcards / deposit or phone 1-900-783-3800 $3.19 min (18+) For a psychicNOW! Meet us at: www.mysticalconnections.ca.
PSYCHICS
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SERVICES
A CRIMINAL RECORD? Have troublegetting a job or traveling to the U.S.?We'll clear your name. BetterBusiness Bureau Certified.Pardons/Waivers Toll-Free 1-800-507-8043, www.pardongranted.ca.
CONCERNED ABOUT TRAVELLINGTO THE U.S.A.? Apply today forFREE Pardon, Waiver or Border EntryEvaluation. A criminal record can becompletely removed. Call 1-800-298-5520, www.FreePardons.ca.
STEEL BUILDINGS
BUILDING SALE!... "ROCK BOTTOMPRICES". BEAT NEXT INCREASE.25X40 $6,190. 30X50 $7,295. 35X60$12,400. 40X60 $15,330. 60x100$36,800. OTHERS! Pioneer SteelManufacturers. 1-800-668-5422.Since 1980.
VACATION/TRAVEL
ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGES - BookOnline at www.canadatravels.comand save more on your vacations. Usecode NCA74327 for discount or call ustoll-free at 1-800-563-5722.
TIMESHARE FORECLOSURES --Save 60-80% off Retail! Best Resorts& Seasons! Call for FREE cataloguetoday! 1-800-496-5964. Browse hun-dreds of worldwide properties online -- www.holidaygroup.com/ocn.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500$ LOAN SERVICE, by phone, nocredit refused, quick and easy,payable over 6 or 12 installments. TollFree: 1-877-776-1660.
$$$ FREE $$$ Yourself From Debt$$$ MONEY $$$ For Any Purpose!1st, 2nd & 3rd mortgages, credit lines,secured loans. Self-employed, mort-gage or tax-arrears. DON'T PAY 1YEAR PROGRAM! Ontario-WideFinancial Corp. (LIC# 10171); Toll-Free 1-888-307-7799.
HOMES FOR SALE
REPOSSESSED PRE-FAB HOMES!!SAVE 50%+++!!! CanadaManufacturer's USA OrderCancellations. Brand New 1260SFPre-Engineered Package originally$29,950.00, LIQUIDATION$14,975.00!!! Other sizes - SACRI-FICE PRICES! GREEN-R-PANELBuilding Systems: 1-800-871-7089.SPRING/SUMMER DELIVERYAVAILABLE!
INSURANCE
CLEAN DRIVING RECORD? GreyPower could save you up to $400 onyour car insurance. Call 1-877-505-0487 for no-obligation quote.Additional discounts available.
EMPLOYMENT OPPS.
Maple Farm Equipment Yorkton, aleading 5 store location John Deeredealership located in East CentralSaskatchewan requires an experi-enced Service Technician & an experi-enced Parts Person for their BobcatSkidsteer Division. Forward resumesto Larry Lucky, Service Manager byemail: [email protected] or byfax 306-783-7177. Maple FarmEquipment, Box 248, Yorkton, SKS3N2V7. Only those considered willbe contacted.
REMOVE YOUR RECORD: A CRIMI-NAL Record can follow you for life.Only PARDON SERVICES CANADAhas 20 years experience.Guaranteeing record removal. Call: 1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366).www.RemoveYourRecord.com.
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#1 HIGH SPEED INTERNET $18.95 /Month. Absolutely no ports areblocked. Unlimited Downloading. Upto 5Mps Download and 800KbpsUpload. ORDER TODAY ATwww.acanac.ca or CALL TOLL-FREE:1-866-281-3538.
A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE - GetYour First Month Free. Bad Credit,Don't Sweat It. No Deposits. No CreditChecks. Call Freedom Phone LinesToday Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464.
ADD AND SAVE on home phonereconnection. Bad credit - no problem!Up to $30. off for new customers, pluslower monthly rates! Call Tembo 1-877-266-6398 or sign up onlinewww.tembo.ca.
NEW FULLY LOADED COMPUTER$29.99/month! IN-HOUSE FINANC-ING EVERYONE'S APPROVED*.Right to your doorstep from only$29.99/month: MDG Desktop IntelProcessor, 2 GB Memory, 500 GB HD,22" LCD Flat Panel, Windows Vista or15.4" Notebook! BONUS 20" LCD TVwith DVD! (*Call for conditions) 1-800-236-2504.
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PET GROOMERand Brusher Bather wanted. Must have ex-perience. Please send resume to P.O. Box 561 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A5
SOUS CHEF, LINE COOK, DISHWASHER required. JR’s Restau-rant and Downstairs Pub, [email protected]
WORK OPPORTU-NITIES For Youth. Enjoy Children? In Florida, New York, California, Boston, all USA. Salary, airfare, medical provid-ed, plus more. Available Spain, England, Teach-ing in Korea - Different benefi ts apply. Inter-views in your area. Call: 1-902-422-1455 or Email:[email protected]
TERRACE YOUTH RESIDENTIAL SVCS is seeking to hire CYW SPVR for our female adolescent group home in the Ottawa West Area. CYW Certifi cate a must, 2 plus yrs exp in fi eld as a supervisor is required. Will prepare reports, ap-praise clients needs, im-plement life skills work-shops, work with social workers, admin & offi ce duties, supervise & train staff. Must be able to work under pressure, have great oral commu-nication, be able to multi-task, critical thinking be a great team player. Must have your own car. Salary based on experi-ence, full benefi ts. Send resume to 613-831-9877 [email protected]
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Gallery Hair Designhas renovated and ex-panded. Because of this we have an open-ing for a Hair Stylist. If you are interested in talking about it or see-ing the Salon call Alan at 613-283-1500 or stop in at 21 Beckwith St. N. Smiths Falls Coldwell Banker Building
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Residents close to the Kemptville District Hos-pital (KDH) are raising a stink over a proposed 70-car “temporary” parking lot that they believe will turn into a permanent parking lot.
North Grenville Council heard from Terry Meagher and Joan Nolan, both resi-dents affected by the planned parking lot, as Nolan read a prepared statement to coun-cil regarding the three par-cels of land required to build the temporary lot.
"We suggest the hospital could save about a quarter of a million dollars if it chose to rent one of the six parking lots in use on the Kemptville College Campus," said No-lan. "The walking distance would be about the same as from the Smith property. Why doesn't the hospital rent a college parking lot if this is temporary?"
The parking lot would be built on approximately 0.84 acres of land belonging to Daphne Smith.
Prior to the meeting, Mea-ger said at least a couple of residents have decided to sell their homes, while the other directly impacted are still involved.
"We believe the hospital wants to establish a perma-nent parking lot which would require that the land be re-zoned from R1 (residential zoning) to C1 (commercial zoning)," said Nolan. "This has nothing to do with tem-porary but much to do with making money. The hospital is using the word 'temporary' because that way it doesn't have to go through regular channels."
A large part of the issue is that the parking lot slopes approximately 20 feet from one end of the proposed parking lot to the other; meaning inclement weather will be an issue in terms of water run off.
Residents are also con-cerned about "noise, dust and privacy" if the parking lot continues on its current course.
In addition, the hospital will need to sever two of the three parcels of land re-
quired to build the parking lot; which the hospital is get-ting around by using a Part Lot Control Exemption.
While the group of resi-dents were concerned how the hospital could use the ex-emption, because it is clearly defi ned to subdivisions, the legality of the process can't be disputed.
The part lot exemption is defi ned as: "Where land is within a registered plan of subdivision and the owner wishes to subdivide a lot or a block within such registered plan for the purpose of sell-ing, conveying, leasing or mortgaging such part lots or part blocks, an owner may request the Municipality to pass a Part Lot Control Ex-emption By-law under Sec-tion 50 (7) of the Planning Act," according to provin-cial websites.
"The method of acquiring severances skirts the process of a full and open inquiry," charged Nolan. "It takes away our democratic rights as citizens and makes us vic-tims of capricious bureau-cratic planning.
"The policy says that the hospital should provide 'comprehensive drainage plans showing methods of surface water disposal and impact on adjacent proper-ties.' Ladies and gentlemen, we expect to be given those plans and have them exam-ined by our own experts and be given suffi cient time to do that," said Nolan.
"We believe that the un-derhanded method of pro-ceeding and the condescend-ing manner in which we have been treated by the hos-pital administrator and town planner, coupled with the deceitfulness in this whole process, does not bode well for this community or its reputation.
"We are petitioning the council to vote down the ap-plication for severances and record the vote and make it available for public scru-tiny."
Unfortunately, there was insuffi cient time between the meeting and the press dead-line to contact offi cials from the hospital.
However, keep an eye on The Advance for further up-dates.
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THE OLD IS NEW AGAIN: Merrickville-Wolford Community Sgt. Mike Francis volunteered his services to model the Ontario Provincial Police's "new" hats. To read the OPP's release on their hats, turn to Page 15.
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NATHAN JAHN
ADVANCE STAFF
With three larger issues on the table, North Gren-ville council, meeting as a committee of the whole, was interrupted halfway through its discussions on Monday night when an angry resident waited for the opportunity to pounce.
Robert Pacquette patient-ly waited for about 30 min-utes while council discussed changes to the Offi cial Plan before taking his chance to start yelling at Karen Dun-lop, director of Public Works, and Chair Tim Sutton about Limerick Road which expe-riences a lot of heaving due to frost during the winter and also has to deal with beavers in the surrounding area that dam up important drainage.
“We were promised it would get done,” said Pac-quette.
Though he later clarifi ed that the promise – and can-cellation of the road project that would have solved the problem years ago – fell un-der the purview of a council no longer in charge; but that
didn’t stop him from going after the current council.
Pacquette claims that he’s been complaining about the road for more than thirteen years and nothing has been done beyond trapping a few beavers.
While Dunlop tried, a number of times, to explain her side of what’s going on – that she hadn’t heard from Pacquette in six months, she said, and felt it meant all was well – but he continu-ally shouted her down and made motions to charge Sut-ton when he tried to calm Pacquette.
It eventually took resi-dent George Blake to calm Pacquette down enough to listen. "I think you've made your point," said Blake.
Dunlop promised to set up a meeting between Pacquette and municipal offi cials to try and get something fi gured out, but he fi red off one last warning before leaving the meeting.
“Next time (I have to come in) you better have the police here,” said Pacquette to Sutton.
“Thank you for the warn-ing,” came Sutton’s reply.
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NATHAN JAHN
ADVANCE STAFF
The three Rs are still very much on the minds of North Grenville council.
Meeting as a commit-tee of the whole, council heard from Doug Hendry, a representative from the Waste Reduction Committee (WRC), as he gave updates on general business and on gasifi cation (incineration of garbage) from WRC.
WRC was formed just a year ago and currently sits at six members due to a resig-nation through the year.
“Early meeting were tak-en up with familiarizing our-selves with the current op-erations and planning of the Public Works Department in regards to management of waste,” said Hendry. “This year has been marked by fi -nancial turmoil which had a great effect on the waste re-duction efforts… in the lat-
ter half of the year, both fuel and commodity prices have diminished considerably … the market for this material has all but disappeared with the exception of aluminum.”
In fact, it was confi rmed by Karen Dunlop, director of Public Works, that a number of items (mainly plastic wa-ter bottles) are being hoard-ed in a warehouse right now because there is almost no market for the material.
WRC also heard two pre-sentations during the year from companies interested in “partnerships or involve-ment in thermal destruc-tion of waste,” said Hendry. “In May, we contacted … Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment to solicit an offi cial opinion on this type of technology. We received a response in late summer indicating no specifi c objec-tions but lacking any posi-tive direction regarding this type of waste."
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Kia douses the Soul’s otherwise square proportions with bulges and creases.
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W ould you prefer Java or Molten?No, we’re not talking about the latest Starbucks fl avours, but
two of the high-fashion hues that can be applied to the new 2010 Kia Soul.
As with the oddly original colour schemes, the vehicle itself brings origi-nality to a new level, especially in the small-and-tall-wagon class.
Always ready to seize upon a trend or even generate a new one, Kia’s California design studio was let loose to create this boxy bridge to the youth market. The result is a celebration of eye-catching originality that ini-tially garnered plenty of approving stares on the 2006 auto-show circuit.
At fi rst sight, the fi ve-passenger, front-wheel-drive Soul’s wedge-shaped body appears to be wider in the front than in back. In fact, the distance between the rear wheels is actually slightly wider than in the front. The optical illusion is enhanced by the car’s slanted roofl ine, rakish beltline, snub-nosed fascia and the wheels that are positioned to the outer limits of the fenders.
Elsewhere, the vehicle’s near-vertical walls and extra-wide liftgate have helped to furnish the maximum amount of interior space on an all-new compact platform.
Thankfully, just as much thought has gone into the Soul’s inte-rior. The dashboard layout is bold without being overly trendy and the shape of the central control panel, with its built-in main audio speaker and storage bin, is particularly inviting. In fact, there are 14 such built-in “storage zones” throughout the vehicle, which must be some kind of record for a machine that’s this small.
Although nothing else quite looks like the Soul, there are com-peting wagons on the market. However, this abbreviated Kia is shorter than the Toyota Matrix, Pontiac Vibe and Dodge Cali-ber by 25-30 centimetres, but is somewhat larger than Nissan’s upcoming (and youthful) Cube. The Soul’s dimensions likely cut into storage capacity with the rear seat upright, but levels out the playing fi eld when the back bench is folded fl at.
Exactly what and/or whom you plan to carry could play a role in your choice of powertrains. The starting point is a 122-horsepower 1.6-litre four-cylinder connected to a fi ve-speed manual transmission. But for added performance as well as enhanced content selection, the upper-level trims come with a 142-horsepower 2.0-litre four-cylinder that’s connected to a fi ve-speed manual transmission or optional four-speed automatic.
Kia has also cleverly packaged the Soul for maximum custom-ization and a wide range of price points. The base model is not entirely stripped down since it includes heated front seats, power windows, locks and heated side mirrors and a decent sound system with steering-wheel mounted controls.
The Soul “2u” model adds air conditioning along with cruise control, key-less remote entry, dash-mounted high-frequency speakers, hands-free phone connectivity, anti-lock brakes, stability control (to prevent a skid or spin) and 16-inch alloy rims.
The next step up the ladder is the Soul “4u” with its upgraded interior trim, power sunroof, fog lights, 18-inch wheels and a 315-watt stereo, while the “4u Retro” offers unique interior colours and houndstooth-pat-terned seat covers.
Finally, the “4u Burner” provides a uniquely styled front and rear fascia, special red-on-black seat covers and a rear spoiler.
Kia specifi cally mentions both the young and the “young at heart ” (a euphemism for older folks) as the Soul’s target audience. But the styling, both inside and out, implies that the car is specifi cally geared for the youth end of the spectrum. However, as the product planners at many other auto companies would attest, you can’t pin down your audience and young and old alike appreciate utility and value. No doubt Kia will welcome any buyer of any age looking for a little Soul.
In the context of high-contrast colors, the Soul’s interior, above left, could best be described as funky. Look past this and what is a very compact vehicle doesn’t feel cramped.
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Kia lands on the map as the creator of a vehicle that’s truly different