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The race to representLeeds–Grenville–Thou-sand Islands and RideauLakes included a lot of allcandidate meetings lastweek for the Conserva-tive, Green, Liberal andNew Democratic parties.

After meetings Tues-day, Wednesday, andThursday in Toledo,Brockville and Lans-downe, candidates were inSeeley’s Bay on Fridaynight where the CitizensDemocracy Forum withhelp from the Seeley’sBay Residents’ Associa-tion hosted a meeting atthe community hall.

The Citizens Democra-cy Forum will be holdinga second meeting on Wed.,Oct. 9 in Westport at theSt. Edward CatholicSchool.

New on stage with hisopponents in Seeley’s Baywas Liberal candidateJosh Bennett, the only oneof the four who didn’t runin last December’s by-election to fill the vacancyin Ottawa left by the deathof MP Gord Brown inMay 2018.

Most of Fridayevening’s questions weresubmitted by the Democ-racy Forum and gave thecandidates an opportunityto speak of their party’splatform but not muchopportunity to sell them-selves as candidate.

An opportunity for theaudience to question thecandidates was lost whena lengthy preamble towhat might have become aquestion proved to be toomuch for the patience of

Conservative MichaelBarrett who heard hisparty criticized by arearesident Paul Gervan.

“The ConservativeParty is dragging us backin the past. It refuses todeal head on with environ-mental issues and Mr. Bar-rett you need to fact checka lot of your information.

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The Township ofRideau Lakes timetable toallow the continued charg-ing of development feessucceeded Monday nightwith the passing of a newDevelopment ChargesBylaw.

The municipality haduntil Oct. 25 to put a newby-law into place beforethe 2014 bylaw’s expirydate.

Councillor Jeff Banks,Councillor Bob Lavoie,and Councillor Carolyn

Bresee voted against thenew bylaw with MayorArie Hoogenboom andCouncillors Joan Delaney,Councillor Claire Gun-newiek and CouncillorCathy Livingston votingfor it. Councillor Ron Pol-lard was absent.

“We are caught with atimeline crunch. If we stopdevelopment charges weare potentially caught witha loss of $80,000 a year,”said Mayor Hoogenboom.

A division in the rankswas no surprise to themayor.

“In my 30-plus years ofexperience, everywhere

I’ve been, developmentcharges have been con-tentious,” said Hoogen-boom, a retired municipalmanager.

The township averagesabout $80,000 in revenuefrom the charges and thisyear has already broughtin over $120,000 fromnew builds. Last year thetownship collected$55,000.

“I think it’s a regressive


Advocates forimproved protection ofwater quality on lakes gota win at Monday’s RideauLakes Township councilmeeting with the passingof a bylaw to register siteplan agreements on title.

Volunteers from lakeassociations, concernedabout a lack of monitoringof lakefront development,have been lobbying thetownship since last winterto adopt the policy.

Property owners whodevelop their property andsign a site plan agreementwith the municipality will

have to register the agree-ment on the property’stitle.

The registration passesthe obligations of the siteplan agreement on tofuture owners who will beobliged to follow the sameconditions to which theoriginal developers of theproperty agreed to abide.

Lake association volun-teers who researched theissue found the practice ofregistering on title to be ausual practice for otherregional municipalitieswith extensive waterfrontas well as others across theprovince.

Upper Rideau Lakepresident John McDowellwas grateful for council’s

move to bring some teethto the stewardship obliga-tions of waterfront proper-ty owners, a move sup-ported in the lakefrontcommunity.

“This is just the tip ofthe iceberg. There aremany other committedpeople,” said McDowellwho was part of a trio ofsupporters at the end of along council meeting onMonday.

Councillor Jeff Bankssaid their were more issuesto consider than addingjust shoreline vegetation.

“If the Upper andLower Rideau want thissite plan agreement, let

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10Weekly Coffee Break – (every Thurs.) 8-10:30 a.m. – enjoy

donuts & coffee. Addison Church Hall, 9007 Cty.Rd 29.Fully accessible. Info.924-9816.

Free CPHC Gentle Fit classes (65+) - (every Thurs.) 10-11 a.m., in Newboro.

North Crosby Coffee Club - (every Thurs.) Coffee, coffee,coffee, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. North Crosby Hall. All welcome!CPHC Senior Exercise Class - (every Thurs.) 10-11 a.m.,

Portland Comm.Hall. Info. Sally 924-2130/Mary 928-3164.

New Life Thrift Shop - (Thurs.-Sat.) 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., 40BMain St., Westport. Drop off, Westport Free MethodistChurch.

Chit & Chat Coffee Hour - (every Thurs.) 10:30 a.m. - 12p.m., downstairs Portland Community Hall. Goodwilloffering. Bring treats, board games, cards. Sit & chit chat.

Mahjongg (American and Chinese) - (every Thurs.) 1p.m., ABC Hall. We welcome new people. Info./Lessons:Info. Rosetta 613-268-2548.

Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners - (every Thurs.) 1:30-2:30, Country Roads Community Health Centre, 4319 CoveRoad, Portland. Register/Info., Mandy 613-272-2799 Ext.258 or 1-888-998-9927.

Six-hand Euchre - (every Thurs.) 7 p.m., Legion #542,Westport.Musician’s Circle - (every Thurs.) 7 p.m., ABC Hall, 3166

Cty. Rd. 36 Bolingbroke. All musicians, genres welcome.Info. Matt Churchill 273-9005.

Bingo - (every Thurs.) 7:15 p.m., Elgin Lions Club Hall.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11Elgin Lions Club Spaghetti and Quiz Nite - 5 p.m.,

spaghetti, 7 p.m., quiz. Join us for one or both. Community Coffee Break - (every Fri.) 9:30 a.m., Elgin

Complex. Enjoy bridge, crib & more. Free will offering.Scottish Country Dancing - (every Fri.) 9:30 a.m.,

McMartin House, 125 Gore St. E., Perth. Beginners andnewcomers welcome. Info./Register: 613-264-2767.

Line Dancing – (every Fri.) ABC Hall, 10 a.m. Beginnerswelcome. Info.: Rhonda Aisbitt, 613.885.8543 [email protected]

Free CPHC Parkinson’s Exercise Classes - (every Fri.) 1-2 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 10 Church St.,Smiths Falls. Contact Kim at 1(800) 465-7646 ext. 2303.Hooks N' Books - (every Fri.) - Portland Public Library,

1:30 to 4 p.m. (except public holidays).TGIF Pizza - (every Fri.) 6-8 p.m., pizza and beverage.

Legion #504 Lyndhurst. Open to the public!Euchre - (every Fri.) 7 p.m., Legion #207, Delta. Refresh-

ments after the 5th game.Forfar Euchre (4-handed) - (every Fri.) 7:30 p.m., at the

Forfar Community Hall. Light lunch served. Everyonewelcome!

Fun Darts - (every Fri.) 7:30 p.m., Legion #491, Seeley’sBay.

Euchre - (every Fri.) 8 p.m., Toledo Legion. Light lunch.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12Westport Food Bank Fall Food Drive - 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.,

Kudrinko's Grocery Main St., Westport. Donations ofnon-perishable food or cash are very welcome.

Snow Road Snowmobile Club Breakfast - 8–11 a.m.,Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road, Snow Road Station.Everybody Welcome.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14Portland and Area CEC Meeting - CANCELLED due

to holiday. Next meeting Nov. 11 (2nd Mon. eachmonth), 7 pm, Portland Hall.

Wii Bowling - (every 2nd & last Mon. of the month) at 7p.m., Burger available. Legion #491, Seeley’s Bay.

Bingo - (every Mon.) 7 p.m., Legion #542, Westport.Free CPHC Exercise Class - (every Mon.) 9:30 – 10:30

a.m., ABC Hall, Bolingbroke. Info.: Margaret Miller(613) 273-9244, email [email protected]

Free CPHC Gentle Fit classes (65+) - (every Mon.) 10a.m., in Morton.

Falls Prevention - (every Mon.) 12:30-1:30 starting Sept16th for 12 weeks. Presbyterian Church.

Bridge - (every Mon.) 1 p.m., Westport United ChurchHall. Info. Doreen 613-273-3056.

Euchre - (every Mon.) 1:30 p.m. Comm. Hall, Elgin. Lightlunch. Sponsor: South Crosby Friendship Club.

Free CPHC Parkinson’s Exercise Class - (every Mon.) 2-3 p.m., at Perth Physiotherapy, 1861 Rogers Rd., Perth.Info./Register: 613-267-6789.

Westport Gentle Fit - (every Mon.) 2-3 p.m. Presbyterianchurch.

Rideau Lakes Ladies Fun Golf/a.k.a. Twisted Sisters -(every Mon.) Shot-gun 4 p.m. All levels welcome. Info.Christine Kirby 613-272-3098 or Rd. Lks. 613-273-2937.

Dart League - (every Mon.) 7:30 p.m. Legion #475, Tole-do. No membership fee. Fun dart night.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15Westport Area Outdoor Association Meeting - 7 p.m., Fish

Hatchery, 52 Mountain Rd., (Cty. Rd.#36). Info. 613-273-8797 or 613-273-2132.

What’s Cooking in Portland - (3rd Tues. each month) Cooktogether in the community kitchen. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., CountryRoads Community Health Centre, Portland. Try new foods,recipes, share a meal. Info. CRCHC, Kate 613-272-2799x237.

Living Well with Chronic Pain - (6 wk. workshop Tues.Oct.1-Nov.12) 1-3:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Anglican Church,17 Spring St., Westport. ** No class Oct.29th. Registertoday, spaces are limited. Country Roads CommunityHealth Centre, Jane Palmer 613-272-3302 ext.228.

Indoor Horseshoe League - (every Tues.) 7:15 p.m., Tole-do Legion. New members with all skill levels welcomed.Info.: 613-275-2154.

Morton Mug - (every Tues.) 9:30-11 a.m. Conversation,games, refreshments. All welcome. Free will offering.

Coffee Connection - (every Tues.) South Elmsley Hall(beside OPP Station) 10 a.m. - 12 noon. Enjoy refresh-ments and meet some friends.

Free CPHC Gentle Fit classes (65+) - (every Tues.) 10-11 a.m., in Newboro.

Social Bridge - (every Tues.) 1 p.m. Like to play socialbridge? Elgin Complex. Info. Gail 613-359-6192.

Westport Area Duplicate Bridge - (every Tues.) at 1 p.m.,Westport United Church Hall. Info. Eileen 273-2954/Sally 273-3212.

Bingo - (every Tues.) 6:30 p.m. Legion #504, Lyndhurst.Canteen, fun, prizes. The Legion needs your support.

Euchre - (every Tues.) 7 p.m., ABC Hall,. Sandwiches atnoon, games 12:30. Info.: Joanne Milner-Green 279-1106.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16Winter Washer Toss - (every Wed., but Pot-Luck Wed.), 7p.m., Legion #542, Westport. No experience necessary!CPHC Seniors’ Exercise Class - (every Wed.) North Cros-by Hall, Westport, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. – bring running shoes,light hand weights, comfortable clothing. Classes are free.Info. Margaret Miller (613) 273-9244.Free CPHC Gentle Fit classes (65+) - (every Wed.) 10

a.m., in Morton.Coffee Morning - (every Wed.) 10 a.m. - 12 noon, New-

boro Comm. Hall. Meet neighbours, new friends. Coffee,tea, snacks. Info. Joan-613-272-2393.

Local Radio Amateurs Meet- (every Wed.) 10 a.m. atRideau Lakes Golf & Country Club, for coffee & an eye-ball QSO. Join us.

Falls Prevention - (every Wed..) 12:30-1:30 starting Sept16th for 12 weeks. Presbyterian Church.

Free CPHC Parkinson’s Exercise Classes - (every Wed.)1-2 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 10 Church St.,Smiths Falls. Contact Kim at 1(800) 465-7646 ext. 2303.Drop-In - (every Wed.) 1:30-3:30 p.m., Westport United

Church Hall. Cards, coffee, music, conversation.Line Dancing – (every Wed.) ABC Hall, 3 p.m. Begin-

ners welcome. Info.: Rhonda Aisbitt, 613.885.8543 [email protected]

Free CPHC Parkinson’s Exercise Class - (every Wed.) 3-4 p.m., at Perth Physiotherapy, 1861 Rogers Rd., Perth.Info./Register: 613-267-6789.Euchre - (every Wed.) 7 p.m. doors open 6:30 p.m., Legion

#504 Lyndhurst. (upstairs main hall). Light lunch.Beginners Clogging - (every Wed.) 7 p.m., Newboro

Community Hall. Info. Dorothy Meek 613-272-8053Six-Hand Euchre - (every Wed.) 7:30 p.m., North Crosby

Hall, Cty. Rd. 10 Westport.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17The Better Together Circle presents “Resilience,” - a dif-

ferent climate change movie. Be inspired. Together wemake a difference. N. Crosby Community Hall, 7-9 pm.613-273-4218.

Indoor Horseshoe League - (every Thurs.) 7:15 p.m.,Toledo Legion. New members with all skill levels wel-comed. Info.: 613-275-2154.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18Snow Road Snowmobile Club General Meeting - 7:30

p.m., Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road, Snow Road Sta-tion.

Spaghetti All-You-Can-Eat - (3rd Fri. each month) 6 p.m.,Legion #542, Westport.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19Snow Road Snowmobile Harvest Supper - 4:30 – 6:30

p.m., Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road, Snow Road Sta-tion. Everybody Welcome

REAL’s Local Foods Harvest Dinner - Smiths FallsLegion. Local food producers. Appetizers, local beers andOntario wines, 6 p.m., fabulous buffet by JoanneEdwards, 7 p.m. Live music, silent auction. Tickets:Modern Thymes, REAL Deal Reuse Store, or Cathryn(613) 283-9819.

The ROLL-Aid Centre Food Bank Annual Food Drive- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Non-perishable food items and cashdonations door-to-door in Lyndhurst, Seeley's Bay andsurrounding areas. Donations may be dropped off at Lyn-dhurst Library or Seeley's Bay Legion. Info./VolunteerDon at 613-387-8361.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20On Our Own, Social Group for Adults - 2 p.m., Athens

United Church, 17 Church St. Cards and board games. Nofee, just a fun afternoon.

St. Paul's Anglican Community Centre, 77 King Street inDelta will present the Merry Minstrels. The concert willbegin at 2pm. There will be an intermission where lightrefreshments will be served. Free will offerings will beaccepted.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21Leeds & Thousand Islands Historical Society Presenta-

tion - 7:30pm in the Seniors’ Room, Lansdowne Comm.Center. Guest Speaker: Marcus Letourneau. What wasfound in the attic? The trials, tribulations and triumphs.All are welcome to attend. Light Refreshments to follow.

Leeds Grenville Onatrio Genealogical Society Meeting -6:30 p.m., Brockville Museum . Old fashioned pot luckmeal, bring food, plate and cutlery. Drinks provided.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24Thursday Evening Euchre Group - 7 p.m. Legion #542,

Westport. Prizes for Top 4 Scores. 6-hand progressive; 4-hand for new/rusty players. In support of Westport PublicLibrary.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25Wing Night - 4-8 p.m., Toledo Legion. Come out for some

of our great tasting wings.Soup Sandwich Dessert Lunch - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Athens

United Church, 17 Church St. Donation at the door. Helpsupport the outreach of the church. Served downstairs.Info. 613 924 2175.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26Classical Organ Concert - 7 p.m., Portland United

Church. Free will offering to support the activities ofPortland United Church.

WestportSt. Paul’s Anglican Church11:15 am 613-549-8429Olivet Baptist Church11 am Service Westport Free MethodistChurch10:30 am ServicesKnox Presbyterian Church10:30 am Service St. Edward Roman CatholicSat. 6:30 p.m. and Sun. 9 a.m.St. Andrew’s-by-the-Rideau Sun 11:00 am Westport United Church11:00 a.m.ElginBethel Pentecostal Tabernacle10:30am & 6:00pmElgin United Church11:05 am ServiceSt ColumbanusSat. 4:30 p.m.Sun. 10:45 a.m.

NewboroSt. Mary’s Anglican Church9:30am 613-549-8429Newboro United Church9:45 a.m.PortlandPortland United Church9:15 am ServiceBedfordSacred Heart ChurchSaturdays May-Oct. 5:00 p.m.Sundays Oct. – 8:45 a.m.DeltaDelta United Church9:15 am Sunday service613-928-2712Delta Baptist Church9:30 a.m. ServiceLyndhurstSt. Lukes Anglican ChurchSunday Service – 11 a.m.Wednesdays – 9:30 a.m.Althorpe/BolingbrokeUnited ChurchSunday Service at 9:30 a.m.

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“It’s quite obvious tome that you are very illinformed,” said Gervanwhose comments wereinterjected by a questionby Barrett.

“Do you have a ques-tion?” said Barrett whoappealed to the chair.

“I think I’m satisfiedwith the submitted ques-tions and I appreciatebeing here. I’ve knockedon every door in the vil-lage today. I’m happy tohave a private conversa-tion,” said Barrett whowas talked over by Ger-van.

“If you care about thefuture and if we care aboutour grandchildren we can-not support the Conserva-tive Party,” said Gervan.

“I don’t think you

dressing me down in frontof a room full of people isparticularly respectful,”said Barrett who notedhe’d like to withdraw fromthe ‘lecture’ portion of theevening.

NDP candidateMichelle Taylor was dis-appointed with the endresult of the evening and

commented about the inci-dent on Facebook.

“Listening to andresponding to the concernsof constituents is literallythe job we are currentlyrunning for in this elec-tion. That means hardquestions, spirited discus-sions and respectful dis-agreement,” she said.


tax,” said CouncillorBanks.

The perception ofCouncillor Lavoie is thatthe charge puts the town-ship at a competitive dis-advantage in attractingnew development.

“Any of our neighbor-ing municipalities thatcontinue to attract new

housing don’t chargedevelopment charges,”said the councilor.

The new rates whichwere calculated by therecently completed Devel-opment Charges back-ground study are $3,949per residential unit and$1.95 per square foot fornon-residential.

From 2014 to 2019charges were $3,673 per

residential unit and $1.71per square foot for indus-trial, commercial or insti-tutional property.

Studies justifying thecharge identify capitalprojects which can be jus-tified as related to growth.Development chargesstudies are required to becompleted every fiveyears.


them put it on their ownlake,” said Banks whothinks that beaver pondrun-off, gulls and the run-off of Westport streetsshouldn’t be ignored.

Banks insists there are alot of issues which cause alot more harm than ‘a fewhouses who don’t plant afew shrubs in front of theirproperty’.

“We are going to block-ade all the developmentacross the township. Thefootprint that we areallowed to develop getssmaller and smaller,” hesaid.

“We get some people

who don’t do what theyhave agreed to do. The siteplan control or the siteplan registration will giveus another tool to do thatnow and into the future,”said Mayor Arie Hoogen-boom who noted the poli-cy needed to be enforcedacross the township.

The registration willapply to all site plan agree-ments including those trig-gered by development of323 square feet or more.

Council did drop a planto have five site plans cho-sen at random for inspec-tion in 2020, leaving thediscussion over enforce-ment of agreements foranother time.

The new measures are asign of progress for Coun-cillor Cathy Livingston.

“Water is our mainresource We have to makesure it’s taken care of,” shesaid.

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School strike avoided as provinceand CUPE reach tentative deal

The Ontario PublicSchool Boards' Associa-tion (OPSBA) and theCouncil of Trustees Asso-ciation (CTA) and theprovincial governmentnegotiated a tentative set-tlement on the weekend onthe central terms of a col-lective agreement withCanadian Union of PublicEmployees (CUPE) edu-cation workers.

“All the parties workedhard together at the tableto reach a fair and respon-sible agreement that willkeep students in the class-room,” said OPSBA Presi-dent Cathy Abraham.

“Education workers

play an important role inour schools, and thisagreement is a recognitionthat we value the contribu-tion they make to the edu-cational experience of ourstudents every day.”

The new deal securesthree years of labour peacefor 55,000 educationworkers, who are repre-sented in central bargain-ing by CUPE's OntarioSchool Board Council ofUnions (OSBCU).

The agreement endedwork-to-rule job action byCUPE members and avertsa province-wide strike thatmight have begun Mon-day.

The tentative agree-ment, which must still beratified by CUPE mem-bers in 109 bargainingunits, restores many of thecuts made to educationservices earlier this year.CUPE education workerswill also retain their exist-ing sick leave plan.

The union will not dis-close specific details of thetentative settlement untilCUPE education workershave had the opportunityto review its contents andvote on the agreement.

It has been reportedthey will receive a one percent a year raise over thethree-year deal.

By Raymond J. de SouzaSenior Fellow, Cardus

Who does the govern-ment compete with? Is apublic school a sacredbuilding?

A recent surplus build-ing sale raises those ques-tions.

In Merrickville, theUpper Canada DistrictSchool Board (UCDSB)has sold the Wolford ele-mentary school that itclosed in 2018. The build-ing was surplus, no othergovernment had a use forit, so the school districtput it up for sale.

The school board gotan offer of $350,000 fromHeritage CommunityChristian School, (fromnearby Addison) which itturned down because theydidn’t want the buildingused for a private school.The school district even-tually sold the building for$303,030 with a stipula-tion that the building notbe used for “educationoutside the public system”for 99 years. Violatingthat stipulation earns afine of $1 million.

Non-compete clausesare pretty standard in thecorporate world. Someonewho buys Wrench’s AutoService may insist on aclause that preventsWrench or his affiliatesfrom opening anothergarage within the samecity. Or perhaps Wrenchowns the neighbouring lotand sells it with the stipu-lation that the buyer notopen a competing garageon the property.

The UCDSB clearlyregards any private schoolas Wrench might regardanother garage: namely,competition for cus-tomers.

This is not unexpected.As the total number of stu-dents in Ontario falls,

existing school boards arevery attentive to wheretheir students might go.

But do the studentsreally belong to UCDSB?

Students in the districtare free to seek educationoutside board schools.Those who attend Her-itage Christian already do.And more want to jointhem, hence the Christianschool’s desire to buy theWolford building. So thestudents don’t belong toUCDSB either.

But why shouldn’tUCDSB try to do whatWrench does, to limit thecompetition’s access toresources?

The difference is thatthe government is meantto serve the entire public,not just those who preferUCDSB schools. Wrenchhas no such obligation.Indeed, because theUCDSB is meant to servethe entire public, it’s fund-ed by tax dollars fromeveryone, including par-ents who send their chil-dren to Heritage Christian.

The implication ofUCDSB’s position is thatonly the government canprovide education for thepublic and is thereforeentitled to constrain its‘competition.’ But thatposition is supported nei-ther in law nor public pol-icy, both of which recog-nize the right of parents tochoose other schools – orhomeschooling – for theirchildren.

UCDSB is misunder-standing its role in educa-tion. Private schools, orother publicly-financedschool boards, are notcompetitors, but partnersin education.

The stipulations in theUCDSB sale are similar towhat’s customarily foundin the sale of closedchurches. For example, asold Catholic church may

include a provision that itnever be used for sacredrites, to make clear thatit’s no longer an activechurch and to prevent itfrom being used for falseworship.

It’s common that thebuyers of churchespromise not to allow cer-tain activities in them –for example, gambling ora nightclub. The buildingstill retains something ofits sacred character, orleast its sacred history,and that must be respect-ed.

Here UCDSB would beon stronger ground if itwishes to claim that theWolford school has asacred character – the edu-cation of children in thepublic, government-runsystem. The building wasbuilt for that sacred pur-pose and so can’t be usedfor an alternate religion,namely private education.To make the point explic-itly, Heritage Christiancan’t operate in the Wol-ford school because theydon’t worship the samegod: state-run education.

That would justify theUCDSB decision not tosell to Heritage Christian,just as Seventeenth StreetBaptist is entitled not tosell its sanctuary to Bump’n’ Grind Pub and RestoBar.

But is that the argu-ment UCDSB wishes tomake, that its buildingshave been consecrated to aparticular delivery methodof education or to a partic-ularly philosophy of edu-cation?

I don’t imagineUCDSB would want tosay that. But perhaps thereare some who think it?

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At the Westport council meetingheld October 8, “the good, the bad,and the ugly” of municipal govern-ment was on display.

To briefly recap - the Petersons wholive on Main Street right next to FetchMurphy Way, received a letter fromthe village indicating that their fenceand some of their shrubs were, in fact,on village property and that the villagewas prepared to remove the fence andshrubs. Westport had received somecomplaints from pedestrians who werewalking up from the harbour on thesidewalk beside the Bank of Montreal.By removing the fence and shrubs, itwould be possible to establish theproperty line where it should havebeen, and thereby increasing the dis-tance available for cars to back out ofparking spots, without encroaching onthe sidewalk, ultimately making itmuch safer for pedestrians.

The “good” about this whole issueis that people can approach the gov-erning body that makes the decision.

The original property line, as it wasunderstood, had never been in disputewhile the Petersons lived in the house,and to the best of the Peterson'sknowledge – never an issue with any-one else who may have lived in thehouse. The Petersons have decided tosell the house, and when the villagebecame aware of the impending sale, itdecided it would be an opportune timeto establish the survey lines oncemore, with a view to increasing theland available for safer parking. ThePetersons were sent a lawyer's letter ofthe impending action. There was novisit from any personnel prior to thereceipt of the lawyer's letter. The vil-lage has since admitted that communi-cation with the Petersons could havebeen handled in a more diplomaticfashion.

In early communication with thePetersons, the village simply indicatedwhat they intended to do with no inputfrom the Petersons. Over the fullnessof time, cooler heads prevailed and thePetersons were able to get the villageto consider modifying their originalplan for establishing the property line.In the meanwhile, council had made adecision establishing what the villagewanted, and it would need to bechanged based on the modificationsthat would be extended to the Peter-sons.

After some procedural machina-tions, Westport council was in a posi-tion to decide what it was going to doonce the original decision was setaside. This is where the ugly comes in.To the best of the author's knowledge,Westport has no policy on how proper-ty line disputes will be handled. Upuntil the 1970s little attention was paid

to property lines. It is quite likely thatthere are literally hundreds of potentialproperty line issues that may surface.Council, in its original effort to dealwith the dispute, had agreed to pay forthe reestablishment of a chain linkfence, with two gates, on the propertyline. The cost of the fence was quotedat $2160 for a 45 meter chain linkfence. The Petersons asked if it wouldconsider giving them the money thatwould be paid for a chain link fence,and they would take it and build awooden privacy fence 25 meters inlength. The cost of the 25 meter wood-en fence was estimated at $1800.

After a prolonged discussion atTuesday’s meeting, including a ques-tion around who would be responsiblefor maintaining the wooden portion ofthe fence, it became clear it wouldprobably be necessary for council torevisit the fence issue yet again. Spaceprohibits dealing with all the questionsthat were raised. In the beginning therewas going to be a fence that would be45 meters in length. The village agreedthat the Petersons, on their property,could put up a 25 meter wooden fence,in order to obtain some privacy fromthe people parking cars and the pedes-trians using the sidewalk. Westportwill pay the Petersons what it wouldhave spent to erect a chain link fenceover the 45 meter length of the proper-ty.

Counsellor Melissa Sullivan arguedthat whatever the village did, it shouldnot add to the original price quoted forthe 45 meter fence. If the propertyowners wished to upgrade the fence,then any added cost would have to beassumed by the property owners. Itappears, at this point, that the fencewill be partially chain link and partial-ly wood. It was reassuring to see thevillage attempt to work out a solutionthat, while probably not to the likingof either party – was a compromisethat just may work.

Municipal government deals withproblems that aren't easy to solve.While it complicates arriving at a solu-tion, the people involved do have anopportunity to address the decisionmakers, and those making the deci-sions, have to do it while those thatwill be impacted are in attendance.There are times when it is less thanpretty, but it is democracy.

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Township of RideauLakes councilors decideda proposed backyardchicken bylaw would needsome more work before itcould be passed.

“This bylaw is notmuch better than prohibi-tion. I think it might beappropriate for settlementareas,” said CouncillorClair Gunnewiek.

Among the restrictionsof the bylaw is a prohibi-tion against slaughtering,having a rooster and sell-ing eggs.

“It’s very challengingto have a flock of chickenswithout a rooster,” said thecouncillor who has had herown experience of raisingand slaughtering chickenson a small rural lot.

Councillor Jeff Banks,a member of the PlanningAdvisory Committee, hasheard enough about back-yard chickens over several

meetings of that commit-tee.

“We go round andround the table with this -hours and hours of timefor something which

should be so simple,” hesaid.

Council deferred fur-ther discussion of the issuewhich will be revisited.

Sunnyside FamilyRetreat and their membershave had another record-breaking year for ShanleyShines Foundation, in con-junction with Children'sAid, raising $12,937.

The charity near anddear to the Scott family’sheart.

Member's donated toseveral activities over thesummer and had a liveauction raising monies tohelp kids who otherwisemay not be able to pur-chase sporting equipment,attend summer camps,receive Christmas giftsand receive an AlgonquinCollege grant.

The Shanley Familyhas camped at Sunnysidefor almost 40 years.

Matthew, their youngestson, spent every summerhere while growing into ayoung man. At age 26,Matt was diagnosed withterminal brain cancer andhe lost his battle to the dis-ease three years later. Mattloved sports and knewhow important they are toevery child, whethershooting a puck, swinginga golf club, hitting a base-ball or just having fun withyour friends and being akid.

"Shanley Shines" is anendowment fund foryouth, a component of the"Champions for ChildrenFoundation of Ottawa" theregistered charity of theChildren's Aid Society.Funds are available to

children who requirefinancial assistance to playorganized sports, and whowould otherwise be unableto do so. In addition, itprovides financial assis-tance for eligible studentswishing to attend post sec-ondary school institutions.Algonquin College hasmade available an awardin Matt's memory.

Kevin and MelanieScott, Kaitlyn, Bryan,Chris and Dave and thestaff members would liketo personally thank all ofthose who volunteeredtheir time and donated tomake this possible.

Since 2007 they haveraised over $100,000.

A Leeds County OPPofficer escaped seriousinjuries when a vehicleslammed into his parkedcruiser Saturday just after12:45 a.m. while theywere conducting a RIDE(Reduce Impaired DrivingEverywhere) check onKing Street, Delta.

The northbound vehiclecollided with a parkedpolice cruiser occupied byan officer. The driver ofthe vehicle fled the sceneon foot, but an arrest wasmade a short time after.

Both the officer and theother driver were taken tohospital and were released

after being treated forminor injuries.

Brett Harrigan, 23, ofPortland has been chargedwith impaired driving,dangerous operation of amotor vehicle, flight frompolice, assaulting an offi-cer and assault with intentto resist arrest.

Sunnyside group raises$12,937 for Shanley Shines

Walter Noble, centre, the Executive Director for Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa,who also helps with the Shanley Shines Foundation effort, accepts a cheque fromMelanie and Kevin Scott of Sunnyside Family Retreat.


Electors will be head-ing to the advanced pollsthis weekend on Friday,Saturday, Sunday andMonday, Oct. 11,12, 13and 14.

Polling stations will beopen from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.but on Election Day, Octo-ber 21 in Ontario they willbe open from 9:30 a.m. to9:30 p.m.

Electors should havereceived a voter informa-tion card listing the loca-tion of their advanced polland the location of theirpoll on Election Day,October 21.

If you have notreceived a card, are aCanadian citizen, are 18on Election Day and canprove your identity andaddress there are multipleways to check and updateyour registration.

You may visit elec-tions.ca for information or

by calling 1-800-463-6868. You can also regis-ter when you go to vote onelection day at yourassigned polling station, atadvance polling days afterinquiring by phone orInternet where that wouldbe.

Voters living outsidetheir riding can vote at anyElections Canada officeacross Canada beforeTuesday, October 15. .

Offices are open Mon-day to Friday from 9:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Satur-day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. and Sunday fromnoon to 4:00 p.m.

For all voting, electorsneed to bring a proof ofidentity which could be agovernment issued identi-ty card such as your dri-ver's licence or two piecesof identification whichinclude at least one with acurrent address.

Accepted identificationincludes a wide range ofdocuments including cardsfrom institutions and busi-nesses, bills with a currentaddress, a personalcheque, statements, etc. Awide list of accepted ID islisted on the ElectionsCanada website at elec-tions.ca.

Elections Canadaoffices in the LeedsGrenville riding are inBrockville at Apex Logis-tics Inc, 100 StrowgerBoulevard Suite 104 andin Kemptville at theKemptville Mall, 2600Cty. Rd. 43, Suite 32A.

In Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston Elections Cana-da offices are located inSmiths Falls at the SettlersRidge Mall, 275Brockville Street and inHarrowsmith at 4917,Suite 4937, Hwy 38.

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The Township ofRideau Lakes has adopteda Vegetative ShorelineBuffer Policy to provideclear requirements for theplanting of buffersrequired as part of a siteplan agreement.

Council passed thedescriptive policy onMonday night but optedout of including theenforcement aspect, whichsome councilors foundinadequate.

The enforcement pro-gram, which was approvedby the Planning AdvisoryCommittee didn’t meet theapproval of councilorswho objected to the pro-posal in 2020 to select fivesite plan agreements fromthe previous two years toinspect.

“I don’t think there hasbeen sufficient explorationof options for enforce-ment,” said CouncillorBob Lavoie, who isn’t amember of the planningcommittee.

The new policy wasdeveloped in concert withthe Rideau Valley Conser-vation Authority andWatersheds Canada, orga-nizations which can pro-

vide technical advice andprograms to meet theneeds of landowners.

Landowners with siteplan agreements must sub-mit site preparation, plant-ing and maintenance plansfor the property to meetthe requirements of the

bylaw.Councillors will revisit

the enforcement optionswith further input fromstaff on what resourceswould be needed to pro-vide universal enforce-ment of the standards ofthe bylaw.

Last Friday the Portland community took time out to participate in a visioning exer-cise for the township to learn what area residents think their community could be inthe next ten to fifteen years. Council could be making major investments in the vil-lage over the next decade and want to learn about the public’s vision and priorities.



The Township ofRideau Lakes is encourag-ing the Portland area com-munity to participate in anexercise to envision howPortland could evolveover the next 10 to 15years.

Around 40 peopleattended the two facilitat-ed visioning gatheringslast Friday afternoon andevening at the CommunityHall.

A third session will beheld Wed., Oct. 9 from 6to 8:30 p.m. No pre-regis-tration is required to par-ticipate in the session.

An online component isalso available until Wed.,Oct. 16 for people whocan’t attend the sessions orare summer residents andstakeholders in the com-munity.

“The more input youget the deeper and richerthe vision,” said facilitatorMike Coxon who is work-ing with Tracey Zander ofplanning firm Zanderplanon the project.

“You want to make sureyou capture as manypoints of view as possi-ble,” said Rideau LakesCAO Mike Dwyer.

The online survey can

be found with a search onthe Survey Monkey sitewith a search of PortlandCommunity Visioning2019.

At Friday’s sessionsparticipants, in pairs andsmall groups, came upwith ideas for the commu-nity which were thenaggregated into themes bythe facilitator.

“The most importantthing about the visioningexercise is that everyonewho can possibly partici-pate on October 9 andonline should really try.

“This will be how weknow this will be a worth-while effort, reflecting awide variety of opinionand deep thought,” saidVirginia Bourget, a volun-teer who is the chair of thePortland Area CommunityEnhancement Committee.

She noted that at theFriday night session par-

ticipants were concernedwith the village’s basicinfrastructure.

“We need to work onthe septic systems and thewater supply and thedrainage first before wefancy up the streetscapeand expect the businessesto come in,” said Bourget.

“I was glad to see peo-ple working together onthe ideas. There wasn’ttime enough to explore theideas we had,” she said.

After the close of theonline survey next weekthe consultants, TraceyZander and facilitatorMike Cox will complete areport.

The document whichwill be presented to theproject’s advisory com-mittee of communitystakeholders before thefinal version is received atcouncil in December.

Driver charged in June hit and runAfter an extensive investigation Lanark OPP in col-

laboration with the Lanark County Crime Unit, SmithsFalls Forensic Unit and assistance from the public,charged Luanne Blair, 64, of Tay Valley Township withFailing to Stop at an Accident resulting in Bodily Harm.

The incident took place June 29, 2019 just before 6p.m. on Christie Lake Road in Tay Valley Township. Atwelve year old female was struck by a vehicle whileriding her bicycle and sustained non-life threateninginjuries.

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Leeds County OPP observed a southbound vehicle onCty. Rd. 42 Sunday at about 11 p.m. south of Forfar.

The vehicle plate was found to be expired and a traf-fic stop was conducted. The driver Michael McGoldrick,37, was arrested on three outstanding warrants. Theaccused was also charged with drive motor vehicle- nolicence and no currently validated permit under theHighway Traffic Act and fail to surrender insurance cardunder the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act.

There is no word yet onthe identity of humanremains found off Opini-con Road by a duck hunterSaturday morning.

Saturday shortly after9:30 a.m., officers fromFrontenac OPP attended aremote location in South

Frontenac after receivingthe report of found humanremains.

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The Upper Canada Dis-trict School Board(UCDSB) and Queen’sUniversity Faculty of Edu-cation signed a Memoran-dum of Understanding lastweek that will allow themto explore opportunitiesbetween the two institu-tions that will put anemphasis on rural andremote education forapprenticing teachers.

Through this collabora-tion and partnership, stu-dent teachers in theQueen’s program willeventually have the oppor-tunity to receive their pro-gram of instruction on-site, in select UCDSB ele-mentary schools.

This will allow studentteachers to spend moretime in classrooms, work-ing with children andapprenticing under quali-fied and experiencedteachers.

For the university, thiscreates a unique experien-tial learning opportunityfor teacher candidates. Forthe UCDSB, it enhancesthe local labour pool,develops a deep under-standing of the unique cli-mate of rural schools, andestablishes connectionsbetween teacher candi-dates and the local com-munity.

“We are thrilled to beable to offer this opportu-nity alongside Queen’sUniversity Faculty of Edu-cation. As a mainly ruralschool district, our schoolshave unique demands,challenges and opportuni-ties that you don’t find aturban schools,” saidUCDSB Director of Edu-cation Stephen Sliwa.“This partnership will pro-vide student teachers withmore than just practiceteaching, it will give them

a taste of the opportunitiesthat are part of teachingstudents in rural class-rooms.”

“It’s important for us tooffer our teacher candi-dates a broad range ofclassroom experience dur-ing their time at Queen’s,”says Dean of EducationRebecca Luce-Kapler.“The opportunity forplacement in a rural schoolprovides them with theskills and knowledge toteach in these communi-ties.”

The two institutionswill be laying the ground-work for this opportunity,starting in the fall of 2020-2021, with the intent ofestablishing a host-site forthis program by 2025 in anelementary school in theGananoque and ThousandIslands area.


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A group of Portlandresidents have expressedtheir desire to have thesteel roofed structure onthe township owned Gal-lagher property on WaterStreet remain in the vil-lage.

At Monday’s RideauLakes Township councilmeeting, Portland residentLiz Church representedthe 57 residents frominside and outside the vil-lage who signed a petitionto ‘keep the pavilion forour local use’.

The structure is unus-able as a shelter in its cur-rent location where it cov-ers a network of pipes.

It was built to shelter anexperimental wastewatertreatment process usingplants which was installedby an environmentalgroup that used the proper-

ty when it was owned byBob Sneyd.

A proposal made inAugust to have the struc-ture moved to Lorne Parkin Newboro would savethe Township $45,000 inthe township’s budget forimprovements to the parkas it would replace aplanned $60,000 structure.

The savings wouldallow for other improve-ments at the park includ-ing a cushioned surface onthe new pickle ball courtsand the addition of a con-crete base for the adjacentpavilion.

The fate of the town-ship-owned Gallagherproperty is still undecidedas residents continue to beconsulted on their visionfor the future of Portland.

Church said ideas forthe structure include a

farmer’s market, a parkshelter, and a shade area.

“I believe when webegin to tear down someof these visual assets itaffects the community as awhole. It causes emotionalturmoil, which in turnoften affects generalhealth in a community,”said Church who doesn’tthink a departure of thepavillion is to be ignored.

“Many here may thinkthis to be a trivial matter –whether the pavilion staysor goes. I say that it is amuch deeper concern,concern from individualsas to whether the next stepis to take my home or myland because it is neededfor another prosperityplan,” she said.

The Township ofRideau Lakes will be hir-ing a recent universitygraduate to complete a20-week contract posi-tion as a Cultural Her-itage Coordinator.

The municipality wassuccessful in receivingfunding for the positionthrough the Young Cana-da Works - BuildingCareers in Heritage pro-gram.

The new employeewill be tasked with creat-ing a Cultural HeritageStrategic Plan in consul-tation with members ofthe Municipal HeritageCommittee and otherstakeholders in the com-munity.

Having a plan in placewill qualify the townshipfor funding sourceswhich require the munic-ipality to have developeda strategy and an inven-tory.

“A cultural strategicplan gives us some clari-ty on where we are goingwith specific initiatives,”said CAO Mike Dwyer.

The plan would identi-fy existing assets andcould outline potentialopportunities to pursue.

“You need to havesomething aspirationaland something imple-mentable.” said RideauLakes CAO Mike Dwyer.

“The bigger benefit isit gives you a clearer

vision,” he said.Volunteers from

around the townshiphave been concerned thatsmall cultural organiza-tions, such as the DeltaMill Society are depen-dent on volunteers fortheir operations and haveno ongoing administra-tive support for theiractivities.

“A strategic initiativecould be to develop train-ing and recruitment. Vol-unteers are aging out,”said Dwyer.

The township will berecruiting candidatesuntil Oct. 28 for a Nov.11 start date.

Portland group wants to keepGallagher pavillion in the village

The Village of Westport has a new look at night with decorative streetlights in itsdowntown core and new low maintenance energy efficient LED street lightingthrough the village. The efficiencies should pay for the investment in six to sevenyears. The downtown core will also be getting WIFI in the future after the installationof electrical outlets on some of the poles to accomodate the equipment.

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The Honourable Prab-meet Sarkaria, AssociateMinister of Small Busi-ness and Red Tape Reduc-tion, will be a keynotespeaker at the upcomingLeeds Grenville EconomicDevelopment Summit inKemptville Nov. 22.

Appointed to Cabinet inJune 2019, Prabmeet is theMPP for Brampton South.Before going into publicservice, Prabmeet workedas a corporate and com-mercial associate at MillerThomson LLP.

He earned his lawdegree from the Universi-ty of Windsor as well as a

Bachelor of BusinessAdministration from Wil-frid Laurier University,where he majored infinance. Prior to his legalcareer, he worked at TDSecurities.

Registration for the11th annual Summit isopen and for the past threeyears, this Summit hassold out.

It takes place at theNorth Grenville MunicipalCentre at 285 CountyRoad 44, Kemptville. Costis $30 and includes lightbreakfast, lunch andsnacks are included.

This event is in partner-

ship with Steve Clark,M.P.P., the 1000 IslandsRegion Workforce Devel-opment Board and the1000 Islands, Grenvilleand Valley HeartlandCommunity FuturesDevelopment Corpora-tions.

Winner of the BillThake Memorial Econom-ic Development Leader-ship Award will be pre-sented at the summit.Deadline for nominationswas last month.

For more, or to register,go to leedsgrenville.com,click on Invest and thenchoose the events tab.

The 18th annual LakeLinks workshop is set forSaturday, Oct. 26 at thePerth Civitan Hall whereparticipants learn aboutthe many citizen scienceinitiatives available.

Keynote speaker thisyear is Kat Kavanaugh ofthe Water Rangers, on thisyear’s theme: Enhancing,Restoring & Exploring:Applications for CitizenScience on Your Lake.

Lake Links is a one-dayworkshop held everyOctober, in Perth thatattracts citizens and scien-tists to share ways to helpsustain lakes and rivers.

Individuals spreadacross five watersheds in

Eastern Ontario attend thisday-long event to learn,network and see what’snew. Each year we addressthe lake and river issuesthat matter most to com-munities with expertspeakers, breakout ses-

sions, and dynamic pre-sentations. WatershedsCanada, the main sponsor,is just one of the manyorganizations that makeLake Links possible.

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Funding from Cabela’sCanada’s Outdoor Fundhas allowed for therestoration of a historicwalleye spawning bed inMary Jane’s Creek nearWestport.

The project was com-pleted thanks to Water-sheds Canada, the West-port Area Outdoors Asso-ciation (WAOA), volun-teers, and G. Tackaberry &Sons Construction.

One hundred and eighttonnes of washed riverstone was placed in thecreek and along the bankslast Thursday. Silt curtainswere hung to minimizeimpacts on the system.The rocks will be criticalto walleye spawningbecause typical spawningsites include gravel shoalsor rocky, wave-washedlake shallows.

“It was great workingwith such an experiencedgroup of volunteers and tosee this project finallycompleted with such suc-cess”, said Melissa Dak-ers, Lake StewardshipCoordinator at WatershedsCanada. Melissa organizedthe event, secured fundingand permits, and designedthe project.

Members of Water-sheds Canada, the West-

port Area Outdoors Asso-ciation, and Tackaberrywere on-hand to make theevent a success.

“We [WAOA] havewanted this project for afew years now, but wenever could find the fund-ing. It is a great feeling ofsatisfaction to be heretoday.

Some 10 years ago, wecreated a bed downstreamof the dam but the walleyeneed more help to spawnin this area”, said DonGoodfellow, Membershipand Treasurer, WAOA.

The success of the pro-ject will be measured inthe spring by the WAOA.

“The area is a knownspawning area, and theproductivity of the spawn-ing area can be improvedwith the placement of thestone”, said Mike Fay,

WAOA Board Member.Walleye spawn in the

early spring for one to twoweeks and return to thesame spawning site eachyear. There needs to beflowing water or adequatewave action to keep thespawning material cleanand the eggs well oxy-genated.

This is the secondWatersheds Canada pro-ject the Cabela’s CanadaOutdoor Fund has support-ed this year, with the firstbeing a cold water creekrestoration to support thebrook trout in Easton’sCreek, about 45 minutesnorthwest of Perth.

For more informationabout these projects,please contact MelissaDakers at [email protected] or visitwww.watersheds.ca.

Members of Watersheds Canada, the Westport Area Outdoor Association and Tack-aberry were on-hand Thursday at Mary Jane’s event.

Mary Jane’s Creek projectrestores walleye spawning bed

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2019 Lake Links Workshop Oct. 26

The upstream side of the Creek had 72 tonnes of addedwashed river stone.

The Township ofSouth Frontenac plan-ning department got asignificant response fromthe community lastThursday when over 70residents attended anOfficial Plan visioningworkshop in Storrington.

A show of hands onhow the audience becameaware of the meetingmade it obvious thatawareness of the eventhad increased after theinstallation of electronictraffic message signsannouncing the event onthe Battersea Road.

“This process is aboutyou and your input- ourcommunity,” said Direc-tor of Development Ser-vices Claire Dodds.

The next 20 yearscould bring another3,000 residents to thecommunity with the pre-sent pace of 80 to 100new homes built withinthe township each year.

“It creates opportuni-ty. It creates excitement,”said Dodds who wouldlike the community tohave a hand in managingthe change.

“It’s really importantfrom a planning perspec-tive to start with vision,”said Dodds of the valueof the visioning exerciseand the early stage of theOfficial Plan’s creation.

“We don’t have a lotof answers for you interms of what the policiesare, what the mappinglooks like. We are reallystarting at the groundlevel which is gettingyour input and yourvision,” she said.

Dodds sees wisdom in

creating a new OfficialPlan from the start aftermany changes to theplanning frameworksince the township’s firstplan was created andpassed in 2003.

The creation of aCounty Official Plan aswell as multiple changesto the Provincial PolicyStatement has been agame changer.

Input for the visioningprocess continues foranother three weeks witha final visioning session

in Sydenham at the coun-cil chambers Oct. 23from 5 to 7 p.m.

An online surveywhich will be open untilOctober 31 is availablefor residents to give theirvision for the townshipand is available with aGoogle search SouthFrontenac Official Plan2040 survey monkey.


Elizabeth Okum cele-brated a major milestonelast month with a grandopening celebrating thecompletion of renovationsto house her new massagetherapy practice.

Okum purchased the1890 storefront and resi-dence in November 2017in a bank sale. The build-ing is located beside theJubilee Block on KingStreet.

“I bought it on a whim.It was so cheap,” saidOkum whose investmentin the property nowincludes plenty of sweatequity.

Okum with the help ofher uncle, David Okumand some guidance fromher father, was able tocomplete many of the ren-ovations herself.

“Things take a lot moretime. I’m learning to make

smaller daily goals,” saidOkum who has alsolearned first-hand some ofthe pitfalls of renovations.

“You have to spendmoney to make money.You can always makemore money. Renovationsare always over budget,”said Okum.

With some guidance,including help fromYouTube she installedwindows and siding, fin-ished drywall and installedcrown moulding.

Okum obtained somefunding for the projectthrough Rideau Lakes’Community ImprovementPlan’s funding programs.The plan was created in2014 in response to a needin the community for rede-velopment and recognitionof the importance in Deltaof built heritage.

The provisions forwhich Okum was eligibleincluded CommercialFaçade and Sign Improve-ments ($1000), Planning

and Development Fee Off-setting ($605), ResidentialConversion ($5,000), andBuilt Heritage Improve-ment ($5,000) Grants.

Okum replaced thewindows, put new sidingon the building andreplaced a back wall onone side of the buildingwhich had opened to someattached sheds which wereof no value.

The store area has beendivided into a waitingroom, treatment area,washroom and a laundryroom leading to her soon-to-be residence.

For the last year she hasbeen operating the busi-ness out of the familyhome in Chantry.

Okum doesn’t see anydrawback in her Deltalocation which she sees ascentral to all the ruralcommunities.

“Massage therapy ishealth care. There isalways going to be a mar-ket,” she said.

Elizabeth Okum held the grand opening of her new massage studio ‘Ethereal Mas-sage’ on King Street in Delta during the village’s Harvest Festival.

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Happy Thanksgiving

The Westport Rideausreeled off three wins lastweek to extend their leadatop the CCHL2 standingswith a record of 7-1-0-0.

They started off with alast-minute come-from-behind win on the roadover Ottawa West (4-1-0-1) Thursday.

Blake Kettyle andBrock Boisclair gaveWestport a 2-0 lead in thefirst but the GoldenKnights bounced back totake a 3-2 lead by the five-minute mark of the sec-ond.

After they did take thatlead on a shorthandedgoal, Sean James tied it ona Westport power playlater in the period.

Ottawa West re-tookthe lead with 6:07 to gobut Avery Arnold tied it aminute later and Kettylescored the winner with 38seconds left.

Kettyle had two goalsand an assist and PatrickLeaver stopped 24 shotsfor the win.

Westport had 41 shotson Brent Pledge-Dickson.

The Rideaus were backat home Friday night tohost Char-Lan (3-3-0-0)and never trailed in a 6-4win.

Kettyle, Connor Man-derson and Tye Carswellhad Westport up 3-0 afterone.

The Rebels had two inthe middle period onKaleb Griffin, sandwichedaround a power play goalby Anthony Ieradi, leavingWestport up 4-2 after two.

Kettyle scored his sev-enth of the season midway

through the third andNathaniel Watson made it6-2 Westport a few min-utes later.

Alex Seed of Portland,a call-up from the BearsU18 team, had an assist onthe night.

Char-Lan scored twolate goals on Griffin, whostopped 28 shots for thewin. Westport had 34 shotson Dawson Irving.

Sunday, the Rideauswere off to Arnprior (3-3-0-0) where they went 5-for-11 on the power playen route to a 9-1 win.

The game was closeuntil past the midwaymark, with Westport up 2-1 when they scored twicelate in the second.

They added five in thethird, including four on thepower play.

Westport outshot thePackers 54-21 with Leaverpicking up the win.

Sean James and Griffin

Paterson had two each forWestport with the otherfive goals all by differentscorers – Kettyle, MattSeed, Owen Watson, LiamGraham and Colby Barr.Seed also had three assists.

• • •Westport now has four

games in a row against thebottom two teams in eachdivision, including threehome games in a row.

This Friday, they hostthe struggling AthensAeros (0-7-0-0) who arehaving trouble scoringgoals, with 14 over thoseseven losses. Game time is8 p.m.

Alexandria (1-5-1-0) isin tow Saturday night withgame time at 7 p.m.

Next weekend, White-water (1-4-1-0) is in West-port Friday night and theRideaus are then off toRichmond (2-4-0-0) for aSunday afternoon game.

By Jim Clarke,Clarke MotorsportsCommunications/ First Draft Media

Whatever type of dirttrack racing excitementgets your motor running,you’ll satisfy that need forspeed at the 2019 editionof the Loud & Dirty BrandDIRTcar Northeast FallNationals, Friday and Sat-urday – Oct. 18-19 atBrockville Ontario Speed-way.

Some of the sportsbrightest stars will be onhand to chase the Fridaynight opening $7500 win-ner’s payday in the SuperDIRTcar Series Big BlockModified 100 lapper. Alsoon the show will be theSportsman-Mod Ogilvie’sAuto & Fleet finale andMr. DIRTcar champi-onship crowning.

Catch the 50 lap Mr.DIRT Pro Stock Seriesfinal and Mini Stock invi-tational. Racing starts at 6p.m., following time trials.

Head to the Pat’s AutoService and Radiator FanZone before the secondnight of racing and seewhat this year’s market-place vendors have tooffer. There’ll be greatentertainment too, withWhisky Rocks taking thestage at noon, opening-upfor perennial crowdfavourite Ambush who’llrock the house from 1 to 3p.m. The post race partyand bonfire features DirtyAlibi, starting at around 11p.m. after the weekend’sfinal checkered flag.

Saturday night’s spot-light is on the 358 Modi-fieds as the 50th anniver-sary season at The BOSwraps-up with the $10,000to win Bullringer 110. The

same event will also deter-mine the Small Block ModOgilvie’s Auto & Fleettitle and the Mr. DIRTcarTrail champion. Fans willalso see an open 360Sprint Car show and a 30lap Street Stock invitation-al. Racing starts at 5 p.m.,after time trials.

“We’re pulling out allthe stops to close the cur-tain on our first fivedecades of racing,” said

Brockville Ontario Speed-way track owner and pro-moter Paul Kirkland. “Ourdrivers, race teams andfans have been loyal sup-porters of everythingwe’ve done and this agreat reward for that levelof dedication throughout amemorable season.”

Head towww.brockvillespeed-way.com for more.


Char-Lan’s Wade Moak (20) did beat Kaleb Griffin on this shot Friday night, for a lategoal after Westport had built a 6-2 lead.

After a week whereextracurricular activitieswere postponed duringCUPE’s work-to-rulecampaign, sports wereback this week with theRideau Lions in action infour sports.

The Lady Lions basket-ball teams were in actionwith the Juniors at AthensTuesday. Both the Seniorsand Juniors are at BCIThursday and host St.Michael’s in Elgin thisTuesday.

The Junior and SeniorBoys volleyball teamswere hosting a tournamentin Elgin Wednesday (Oct.9) and then travel to NorthGrenville next Wednesday.

The Boys football teamtravels to North DundasFriday, Oct. 11.

There is a cross countrymeet Thursday, a warm-upfor the Leeds Grenvillemeet Oct. 18 at St.

Michael’s in Kemptville.

Henderson tiesfor 16th in texas

Brooke Henderson shot5-under at the Volunteersof America Classic inTexas last week.

She had rounds of 71-67-72-60 to finish at 279,13 strokes back of winnerCheyenne Knight.

Henderson won$16.315.

After a week off, theLPGA is in Shanghai,China Oct. 17-20.

Rideau Insurance 2-0after two weeks ofYoungtimers action

Rideau Insurance raisedtheir early season record to2-0 with a 7-2 win overBlair Construction in

Youngtimers Hockeyaction Sunday night.

Tynan Blair scoredtwice to lead Rideau Insur-ance and singles camefrom Murray Sortberg,Braden Truelove, AdamHerlehy, Scott Blair andColten Wright.

Scott Weber and AdamRaison scored for Blair’swho dropped to 0-2.

In Sunday’s secondgame, McNichols’ Electri-cal & Plumbing scoredwith 6:50 to go and theyended up in a 3-3 tie withHerlehy Home BuildingCentre.

Scott Forbes, KurtThompson and Scott Rai-son scored for McNichols.

Ethan Seed, CraigMcCullough and SpencerSortberg scored for Her-lehy’s.

High school sports backafter a one-week stoppage

Scoreboard

Elgin Monday NightMixed BowlingWeek 5, Oct. 7LHS-Clara Sonstenes.......343LHT-Clara Sonstenes .......701MHS-Ernie Gard ...............243MHT-Ernie Gard ...............645Team StandingsErnie Gard ..........................18Nancy Mustard ...................14Ed Cairns............................14Clara Sonstenes .................10

North Crosby HallEuchre winners Oct. 2

were: first, Ruby Flynn, 108;second, Mary Michea, 104;third, Frances Charby, 103;lone hands, Cathy Bongers;50/50: Frances Charby, GordFrench, Earl McFadden, CarolHaapala.

Legion #542 WestportEuchre winners Oct. 3

were: first, Helen Barry, 110;second, Joan Thompson, 107;third, Bob Michea, 105; fourth,

Marj Norwood, 102; lonehands, Marlene Greenslade;draws: Linda McFadden, Mar-lene Greenslade, NormaThomas.

Elgin Friendship ClubEuchre winners Oct.7 were:

first, Dorothy Jack; second,Linda Ubdegrove; third, TedDorion; fourth, Pat Dorion; lonehands, Pat Dorion; door prize,Lisa Bennett; 50/50: Vera Best,Ted Dorion, Jackie Doyle, EarlMcFadden, Florence Pratt.

Rideau Lakes LeagueTuesday Night BowlingWeek #1Inger ....................................7Gord .....................................7Frances ................................0Beth .....................................0 HWS - Sheila ....................202HMS - Wayne ...................192HWT - Sheila ....................547HMT - Gord.......................534

Rideaus raise record to 7-1after three-win week

Big racing weekend at BOS Oct. 18-19

MirrorThe ReviewSPORTS

Westport Rideaus ScheduleThurs., Oct. 3 Westport 5 Ottawa West 4Friday, Oct. 4 Westport 6 Char-Lan 4Sun., Oct. 6 Westport 9 Arnprior 1Friday, Oct. 11 Athens at Westport 8:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 12 Alexandria at Westport 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 Whitewater at Westport 8:00 p.m. Sun., Oct. 20 Westport at Richmond 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 Carleton Place at Westport 8:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26 Westport at Alexandria 8:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 Ottawa West at Westport 8:00 p.m.

CCHL2 STANDINGSRICHARDSON DIVISION

GP W L Otl Sol Pts GF GA DIFF PCTWestport 8 7 1 0 0 14 44 17 27 0.875Perth 6 3 1 2 0 8 20 18 2 0.667Renfrew 8 3 3 0 2 8 32 33 -1 0.500Brockville 7 3 3 0 1 7 27 29 -2 0.500Carleton Place 5 3 2 0 0 6 17 11 6 0.600Arnprior 6 3 3 0 0 6 18 37 -19 0.500Whitewater 6 1 4 1 0 3 16 41 -25 0.250Athens 7 0 7 0 0 0 14 36 -22 0.000

MARTIN DIVISIONGP W L Otl Sol Pts GF GA DIFF Pct

Casselman 6 5 0 1 0 11 28 17 11 0.917Ottawa Jr 6 5 1 0 0 10 23 12 11 0.833Ottawa West 6 4 1 0 1 9 31 18 13 0.750Winchester 6 4 1 0 1 9 28 17 11 0.750Embrun 6 4 2 0 0 8 19 12 7 0.667Char-Lan 6 3 3 0 0 6 21 20 1 0.500Richmond 6 2 4 0 0 4 22 32 -10 0.333Alexandria 7 1 5 1 0 3 17 27 -10 0.214

Every spring, studentsat St. John Catholic HighSchool in Perth raisemoney for the CanadianCancer Society throughthe Relay for Life.

Dave Peters, teacherand staff coordinator ofthe SJCHS Relay for Life,travelled to Nepal to runthe Tenzing-Hilary MountEverest Marathon in May2019. The marathon is aninternational, high-altitudeadventure sports eventwhich begins at Mt. Ever-est base camp and criss-crosses the high Sherpatrails of Khumbu Valley tothe village of NamcheBazaar.

Peters spoke to theCatholic District SchoolBoard of Eastern Ontariotrustees at their last meet-ing about the Relay forLife event at St. JohnCHS, and the reasons hesigned up for the verychallenging high-altitudemarathon.

“I have been the staffcoordinator of Relay forLife at St. John for 14years. It’s truly a passionof mine, and our entireschool,” began Peters.“Every year, one of ourbiggest challenges is tofind new ways to inspireour students and motivatethem with different themesand ideas.”

In 2018, the schoolraised $42,000, which wasthe lowest total in years.This prompted Peters totry something new andultra-challenging, toinspire students throughnot only the marathonevent, but also through theadventure of arriving atthe start line.

“The marathon wasreally a promotion ofRelay and I used it as atool to motivate students.The travel alone was anadventure, with a 36-hourflight across the world,”noted Peters. “This wasfollowed by a 70 km trekover 12 days to arrive at

the actual start line. I wasactive on social media asmuch as possible to keepthe kids engaged.”

On the final day of thetrek, Peters and hismarathon partner arrivedat their highest altitude of5,643 metres where theycamped for two daysbefore the race began.

“The race itself was asuccess as we survived,”he explained.

“This was about muchmore than the run itself,the purpose was much big-ger than that. The hopewas that we were going toraise money for the Cana-dian Cancer Society. Weare very proud of what wedo at St. John and I want-ed to take the opportunityto promote that as much aspossible. Thirdly, I wantedto inspire our students tohopefully do a little bitmore this year withfundraising.”

Individually, many stu-dents set records over theamount of funds they hadraised. In addition, theschool received over 75individual sponsors on theMt. Everest MarathonFacebook page. The initia-tive also garnered mediaattention through local

radio and newspaper out-lets.

“Many students wentabove and beyond theirpersonal fundraisinggoals, and I think its goodfor students to see an aver-age guy do something big-ger for the right reasons.”

Over the past 18 years,St. John CHS has raisedmore than $792,000 forthe Canadian Cancer Soci-ety, and in 2016 the schoolwas recognized by theCanadian Cancer Societyfor its efforts and wastreated to a private showby the Canadian bandHedley. Through Peters’efforts and with the sup-port of staff, students andthe community, this year’sSJCHS Relay for Liferaised a record $59,000.

“We are all trulyinspired by your effortsMr. Peters,” concludedChair Lalonde. “Thankyou so much for yourwork, for going above andbeyond for your schooland an amazing cause. Weare certainly proud to haveyou as a member of staffwith this Board. Congratu-lations.”


By Gay Henniger

Many people havecurled since they werevery young but never gavea thought to how curlingice is made. After sittingwith Bryan Best of Chaf-fey’s Lock, for an hour,and talking ice-making, Ihave developed a hugenew respect for the scienceand patience that sur-rounds this art.

In 2008, the late AlexMcKinney, in partnershipwith his wife Roberta, hada dream to bring curlingright to his doorstep justoff Indian Lake Road inRideau Lakes Township.

Supporters in thegreater Chaffey’s areahelped Alex fulfil andmaintain his dream byforming a club (TheLoonie Sports Club) andputting structure to thesports programs offered.Alex, an avid curler, hadbeen running curlingevents outside on the icesince 1982 but found thatweather up and downswere making it difficult tomaintain regular games.

Alex achieved worldclass qualifications for icemaking, and many will saywe have had the best curl-ing ice in the area. Alexalso shared his knowledgeand skill with Bryan Bestand Lou Egerdee who,with Alex’s passing thissummer, are in the processof making the curling icethis week at the LoonieSports Club.

My first question forBryan was what is the dif-ference between skating orhockey ice and curlingice? Skating ice is madefrom natural water, eithersoft water or hard water.Water used to make curl-ing ice must be processedfirst – deionized. Two

large tanks near the rinkput the water throughcationic and anionicprocesses to remove anysolids in the water thenremove the charges on theions that make up thewater. The ions need to beneutral. Water that is nottreated properly, willresult in a slimy surface.

Before the water can besprayed on the concretesurface (which is paintedwhite at the Loonie Club),the temperature of the con-crete slab, which has brinetubes running through it,must be lowered to thefreezing point 0°C.

Once the above twoprocesses are completed,the surface of the slab iscoated with a couple oflight sprays of the deion-ized water. Then theLoonie Club decals andhouse circles, lines (rib-bon), and hack plates arepositioned. Light spraylayers are added, thenrolled, to remove bubblesand the ice makers are surethe decals etc. are fixedand they don’t float.

At this point another 15layers of ice is added tothe surface with at leasttwo and a half hours in-between each layer. Thenit is ready for scrapingwith a power scraper tomake it as level as possi-ble.

Curling rocks must thenbe frozen before they canbe placed on the ice. Tofreeze the rocks, a blackmesh is placed on the iceand the stones are placedon top of the mesh.

The rock is made froma rare granite that repelswater and is slightly hol-lowed out on the undersideso ti doesn't suction to theice.

We are lucky to have asuch a curling rink (and

other outdoor summerfacilities) on Maplecroftlane near our small hamletof Chaffey’s Lock.

Roberta McKinney,Alex’s wife, is confidentthat members of theLoonie Sports Club willrise to the challenge ofbuilding membership toensure that curling pro-grams for all ages contin-ue. We are also very for-tunate to have many vol-unteers like Bryan andLou who are dedicated toprovide curling ice that isas good other area curlingrinks. After all, theylearned from one of thebest icemakers in theregion.

Curling registration isnow in progress. To visitthe club, see the facilityand rink and try it out con-tact Bryan or Donna Bestat 613-359-5047, [email protected] orcall Garth Hoegi at 613-530-5887 or [email protected].

It is important for newcurlers to realize that youdo not need to deliver therocks from the hack, youcan also learn to use acurling stick and deliverthe stones standing up.Many of our senior curlershave moved to this form ofdelivery. We also haveyouth curling lessons andgames on Saturdays.

There is a general year-ly fee of $25 per personfor access to club facili-ties, potlucks, card games,cornhole games, etc.

Curling fees are $125per year and members cancurl as much or as little asthey wish. The grouphopes to have many newcurlers join us this year.Learn to Curl runs Oct. 14to 20. Call for a time tovisit. Curling starts Oct.21.

Teacher behind Relay for Liferecounts Everest Marathon

Loonie Sports Club launching first season without founder Alex McKinney

Did you ever wonder howcurling ice is made?

Bryan Best and Lou Egerdee, above, making curling ice at the Loonie Sports Club.

Rideau Trail October outingsSat.. Oct. 12, Salmon Lake Loop Frontenac Provincial ParkLevel 2, moderate pace. 17 km. Part of the FrontenacChallenge. Depart Conlon Farm at 9 a.m. Leader: JimMiddleton, [email protected]., Oct. 19 Murphy's Point Provincial ParkLevel 2, moderate pace. 8 km. Depart Conlon Farm at 9a.m. Leader: Bob Chittick, 613-329-3006 [email protected]., Oct. 20 Cedar Lake Frontenac Provincial ParkLevel 2, moderate pace 15 km. Depart Conlon Farm at9 a.m. Leader Jim Middleton, [email protected] Oct. 26 Baird's WoodLevel 2, moderate pace. 6 km., Depart Conlon Farm at9 am. Leader to be announced.Sunday, Oct. 27 Tetsmine & Hemlock Lake LoopsLevel 2, moderate pace. 17 km. Depart Conlon Farm at8:30 am. Leaders: Howard & Mary Robinson, 613-256-0817 or [email protected]

Dave Peters and Trevor Choffe at the start line of the Tenzing-Hilary Mount EverestMarathon in May 2019.

The Perth & DistrictHistorical Society wel-comes back John McKen-ty to its October 17, 2019meeting. McKenty’s talkfor this visit is of JoePerkins, the subject of hislatest book.

The Life & Times of JoePerkins: 1908 – 1990traces the story of JoePerkins from his daysworking with his dad atthe family’s general storein Maberly to his arrival inPerth in 1938 through tohis death in an Ottawahospital in 1990. From theday he arrived until theday he died, Joe Perkinswas a formidable figure inthe Town of Perth. Overthe years, he put together abusiness empire that bothamazed and confoundedhis contemporaries. Partshowman. Part salesman.The people of Perth couldnever decide if Joe Perkinswas a visionary or anopportunist. While someswore by Joe, othersswore at Joe. In the end,no matter one’s opinion ofhim, this much was true:Joe Perkins had a pro-found effect on the socialand economic develop-ment of the town he calledhome.

McKenty first cameupon Joe’s story in 2000when he met Joe’s son anddaughter while workingon his first book, Square

Deal Garage. The subjectnext surfaced in 2016 atthe Perth Regional Her-itage Fair where there wasa project on the Perkinsfamily. With assistanceand contributions in theform of interviews, feed-back and photographsfrom several members ofthe Perkins family, McK-enty’s book came to life.

McKenty is a retirededucator, but has contin-ued with his own learningthrough the books that hehas written and published:Square Deal Garage:Sixty Years of Service tothe Motoring Public; Fol-low The Crowd: TheJames Boys of Perth;Canada Cycle and Motor:The CCM Story; ArdenBlackburn’s Mail Route:The Early Days at Christie

Lake; St. Crispin’s Lega-cy: Shoemaking in Perth,Ontario 1834 – 2004. Hisbooks telling of local peo-ple and businesses showthat history doesn’t needto be on a grand scale. Inaddition to his writing,McKenty’s volunteeringto the Perth communityincludes the Stewart ParkFestival and the PerthRegional Heritage Fair. Inrecognition of his efforts,he was awarded the 2018Perth Medal presentedduring that year’s StewartPark Festival.

The Perth and DistrictHistorical Society is dedi-cated to learning aboutand popularizing our his-tory and is a forum for dis-cussion and celebration ofour area’s rich culture andheritage. The meetingsare held the third Thurs-day of the month and areopen to the public, at 7:30pm at the Royal CanadianLegion, Perth-Upon-Tay,Branch 244, home of theHall of Remembrance, 26Beckwith St. E. in Perth.The usual “Toonie Fee”applies for each meeting.For information, contactEllen Dean at 613-264-8362. Our website atwww.perthhs.org hasadditional informationabout us and items ofinterest related to Perthand district.


Joan Barrett was recognized as the Village of Westport’s volunteer of the month fororganizing last month’s Makers Rendezvous that drew thousands of visitors to West-port the weekend of Sept. 14-15. Mayor Robin Jones made the presentation at Tues-day’s council meeting.

The Perth and District Historical Society October Meeting

The Life & Times of Joe Perkins

By Seamus CowanFor The Review-Mirror

Is it just me, or is itsports overload right now?The NFL is in full swingwith some big powershifts, NHL is back withmy Habs winning someearly season dog fights,MLB is down to the lasteight (Beloved formerJays Russell Martin in LAand Josh Donaldson withthe Braves), Raptorsplayed their season openerwith Kawhi Leonardback... Must be a re-runfrom last year.

And finally, the FederalLeaders Debate 2019. Ithink it was a polite box-ing match, so Canadian. Ihave to admit, it was greatto hear all of the leaders’points of view but somuch over talking left meand probably many votersfrustrated by the experi-ence. I think NDP leaderJagmeet Singh was hilari-ous and Green Partyleader Elizabeth May wasinformative and strong butthe others were prettywishy-washy. Let’s justhope this prospective frac-tured elected governmentworks hard together to getsome things down for thegood of us all.

• • •Thanks to Larry Pegg

for getting in touch withme the other day. I’msorry I didn’t make it outto the local Green rally onSunday afternoon but I’mreally glad to hear youplayed your song and toldyour story about the lossof your daughter and herdepression that lead to hereventual untimely demise.Check out his awareness/protest song CarbonCrimehttps://lpgroove.ca/nomorecarboncrime fort h ekids, #Planethealth=Men-tathealth. Serious stuff.

• • •Congratulations to

Steve Tennant who is“honoured to have (his)article included in the(new) book, "The Awe-some Music Project Cana-da: Songs of Hope andHappiness", celebratingthe healing power ofmusic and helping tacklemental health. Steve isincluded with fellowfamous writers SarahMcLachlan, Chris Had-field, Tim Wynne-Jones,Rick Mercer and manyothers. Stay tuned for it'srelease. #theawesomemu-sicproject #musicchange-severything

• • •Listened to author

Jonathan Safran Foer onCBC’s The Current thispast week. He wrote whatsounds like an incrediblyprovocative book calledWe Are The Weather: Sav-ing The Planet Begins atBreakfast. His message,“doing your part is not an

event, it’s a process”.Baby steps folks. We allhave to do them.

• • •The weirdest thing hap-

pened the other day. I got amessage from my cousinChris who wanted thelyrics to the old tune Love,Love, Love of my dadTerry’s band called theArlingtons, that he co-penned with his brother,my uncle Peter Cowan in1958. I haven’t spokenabout this song with anyof my family in about fiveyears. What happensabout an hour later? Theirbass player Peter Cottonwalks through the doorbecause he just happenedto be en route to Ottawafrom Niagara. He’s look-ing to see my dad!

• • •Unreal jazz double bass

legend Dave Young iscoming to Kingston for amaster class if there areenough folk who want tocatch him in the flesh.Beautiful player. Pure toneand musical thought!Played with the likes ofOscar Peterson and OliverJones...

• • •Huge congratulations

to our good friend and fel-low employee HeatherPatterson on her marriageto Steve Robar. It reallywas a perfect weddingday. You both seem sointoxicatingly happy.Enjoy the East Coast andthanks for celebrating iton the home front with uson Saturday.

• • •How about those fire-

fighters volunteering theirtime doing a boot drive formuscular dystrophy thisweekend. Amazing dedi-cation.

• • •Been catching kids

show, Raven’s Quest onTVO some mornings late-ly. Very cool to see a showthat tells the story of FirstNations culture through akids eyes.

• • •

Aren’t we all sorelieved there wasn’t aschool strike this week?Let’s hope there weresome big strides made inthe arbitrations.

Coming this week toThe Cove:

Due to Shawn and mostof the DoubleBack boys,as well as their friend Krisbeing down in Nashvillethis week, local countrymusic legend, Henry Nor-wood will be leadingOpen Mic. 7-10 p.m.Wednesdays.

• • •Spencer Evans will

play his last Jazz Night ofthe season Thurs., Oct. 10-from 7:30-9:30 pm or so.Show some love for thisnight as we wrap up the22nd season of virtuosicmusicality from this oneof a kind musician.

• • •Blues on the Rideau

returns with The HogtownAllstars. You want bigtime Blues in a small townvenue? Gonna be a beautyweekend of music. Stillsome seats open for bothnights. 7-11 p.m.

• • •Swampy Acoustic

Blues man AI Lerman ofFathead plays next Friday6-9 p.m.

• • •The voice of Dave Bal-

four does his acoustic folkthing next Saturday, 6-9p.m.

• • •Finally, RIP Ginger

Baker. The colossal drum-ming of this man truly ele-vated Eric Clapton’s Bluesrock and roll power trio toheights that inspiredeveryone in the industry.In the Sunshine of yourLove.

• • •Send me your events on

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Leaders debate frustrating to watch

Skylar Veley is theintermediate Lion ofthe week. Skylar is ahardworking grade 8student who demon-strates excellent leader-ship every day.

Skylar is a WEBleader and did anexceptional job of help-ing grade 7s transitionto Rideau. She is also avalued member of ourschool’s spirit council.

She is an active clar-inet player in both intermediate and secondary bandand is participating in this year’s production of CampRock. She intends to participate in this year’s art clubactivities as well. Skylar is an avid basketball playerand plays at the school level and also plays competi-tively with the Elgin Wildcats.

Skylar Veley

Lion of the Week

Returning for the firsttime in three years, SharonAdams will perform aClassical organ concertSat., Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. atPortland United Church.

There will be a freewilloffering to support theactivities of Portland Unit-ed Church.

Adams, an accom-plished pianist and organ-ist, studied organ underthe late Anne Gray as wellas the late Dr. Godfrey

Hewitt, former organist atChrist Church Cathedral,Ottawa. She has studiedtheatre organ stylings withworld famous theatreorganist George Wright ofHollywood, California.

Adams has been supplyorganist at Peoples Churchin Toronto, Ontario, whereshe played the largestelectronic organ in Cana-da.

Annually, she gave aconcert on Canada’s

largest theatre pipe organin Kingston, and hasappeared many times onboth CBC and CTV televi-sion in concert. She hasassisted at the organ con-sole to honour the visit ofthe Archbishop of Canter-bury (Robert Runcie) andalso the Pope’s visit toCanada (Jean Paul II).Adams has played organconcerts in Canada, theUnited States, Barbadosand Jamaica.

Adams to perform Classical concert in Portland

Joe Perkins started outwith his dad at the fami-ly’s general store inMaberly.

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Toy Story 4*** ½ (out of 5)Cast: Tom Hanks,Tim AllenRated: PG

The gang of Toy Storyis back for one last(hopefully) animatedadventure and it is a gutpunch emotional farewelltoo. Tom Hanks is backas the voice of the jovialif not a little controllingretro toy sheriff Woody.And Tim Allen voices theover the top space rangerBuzz Lightyear. BothBuzz and Woody havesettled into their liveswith Bonnie who is nowtheir child since beinghanded down after Andyheaded off to college,outgrowing his child-hood and his toys. WhenBonnie goes to kinder-garten orientation day,she makes a craft whichshe turns into a new toyto bring home.

The spork turned toynamed Forky (voiced byTony Hale) doubts hisworthiness as a toy. Evenwith the best efforts ofWoody and Buzz to bringhim into the toy fold,Forky keeps trying tojump into the trash. Yes,this is just a little dark, atoy with suicidal tenden-cies. Things get worsefor Forky and friendswhen Bonnie and herparents take an RV tripand during a stop Forkymakes a break for it.Woody is determined tobring him back and setsout in search of thedepressed spork. Whenhe stumbles across a mid-way things get a littleweird for Woody whenhe runs into his long lostlove Bo Peep.

This is a dark andemotional Toy Story akinto the third instalmentand younger or more sen-

sitive viewers could bescared by some of thescenes or situations onscreen. So parentsbeware. The character ofGabby Gabby is menac-ing as are her actions –although there may besome hope for redemp-tion as the film unfolds.Interestingly, the writersof this final, and I sayhopefully, because I real-ly think Toy Story hasrun its course and gets asatisfying send off, giveus as viewers as muchclosure as we can expectfrom a cartoon. Wow thatwas one run on sentence.If the previous Toy Storyfilms were about friend-ship and growth andlearning to say goodbyeto the past, then this finalchapter may just be a nodto embracing the futureof adulthood, a frighten-ing and exciting notionfor any child or toy.

Midsommar** (out of 5)Cast: Florence Pugh,Jack ReynorRated; 14A

Dani (Florence Pugh)has had a rough yeardealing with personalloss, and family tragedy.Add to the mix her rela-tionship with boyfriendChristian (Jack Reynor)has been rocky as well.Christian appears to havea solution to their rela-tionship woes when hesuggests the two of themjoin some friends andattend a summer solsticefestival in Sweden. Theevent is billed as a once-in-a-lifetime event. So,

you know nothing badcan come from that.

When they arrive inthe secluded wooded areaof Sweden which isclearly run by a cult orreligious sect, the warn-ing bells should be goingoff to hop the next Uberand get on out of there.Still, our hipster friendgroup decide nothing iswrong with the creepypeople they’re meetingand decide to hang out topartake in the increasing-ly trippy ceremonies.Things get worse for ourgang as trippy turns todisturbing and even vio-lent as our friends findthemselves increasinglyat the mercy of their so-called hosts.

Midsommar offersshock value and hints atsome deep thinkingabout the state of margin-alized religious sects in amodern society. But thetwo together aren’tenough to make a com-pelling movie. BoyfriendChristian comes off as ajerk most of the time.Still we do feel for Dani– again not enough tomake the film worthgoing out of the way towatch. I knew going inthere were some scenes,several of them sexual innature, designed forshock value and horror.But, I was hoping formore. Lots of films offerscenes with shock value.I wanted something tomake me think as well assomething that made meshudder or jump a little.

• • • Dale Morrisey can be

reached [email protected].

Toy Story has run its course andgets a satisfying send off

VideolandDale Morrisey

Some rutting behaviour starts as velvet is shed from the antlers and coincides withdecreasing daylight and increasing testosterone levels. Photo by Margie Manthey

White-tailed bucks and the rutIt is almost breeding

season for white-taileddeer. This is known as the“rut,” a time when bucksare furtively seekingreceptive does. Some rut-ting behaviour starts asvelvet is shed from theantlers and coincides withdecreasing daylight andincreasing testosteronelevels.

One common behav-iour that bucks displayduring the rutting season isusing their antlers to makerubs on trees. A chosenrub site might be awoody–stemmed shrub, athin sapling or a small tree,around 3-4 inches in diam-eter. Generally, a rub treeis less than 8 inches indiameter. There are differ-ent reasons for rubbing.Scraping antlers on treeshelps to strengthen theneck and shoulder musclesfor potential battles withother bucks. It also allowsfor a release of pent upaggression from risingtestosterone levels. Afavorite rub tree can beshredded from repeatedabuse, especially as multi-ple bucks may use thesame tree. Such batteredtrees serve as “sign posts,”offering visual clues forother deer that one or morebucks passed through ormay still be in the vicini-ty. A rub can also act as anolfactory sign post, whenother deer are alerted by

scent left on the tree fromglands on the buck’s fore-head. The combination ofvisual and olfactory signsmay intimidate smallerbucks to the point of hor-monal suppression: theirtestosterone levels staylow enough that they willnot try to mate. Bucksalso make scrapes undertrees by intentionally dis-turbing the leaves and soilaround the trunk, deposit-ing scent from glands ontheir nose and forehead.Afterwards, they oftenpaw the ground andrelease urine, leavingmore of their signaturescent behind. Ruttingwhite-tailed bucks fre-quently choose a lickingbranch, which — youguessed it — applies evenmore of their individualscent to inform other deerof their presence.

Whitetails are “polyan-drous,” meaning they matewith multiple individuals.Still, there is a lot of com-petition among bucks foropportunities to breed.Early in the rut, bucks ofvarying sizes engage inbrief sparring matches.These skirmishes are usu-ally nothing more thanmacho shoving matches,which probably help to

determine dominance. Asthe season progresses,rivals are more likely to beof a similar hierarchy, andbattles can escalate tomore dramatic antlerfights. Surprisingly, mosttense encounters betweenbucks are resolved withouta physical altercation.Avoiding fights helps toconserve valuable energyas well as avoid injury —or worse. Bucks havebeen found with theirantlers locked together,which can result in a trag-ic outcome for one or bothanimals.

Once a receptive doe isclaimed, a buck will spendone or two days tendingher before moving on. Inthis time period, he mayhave his strength andendurance tested by rivalswho attempt to drive himoff and claim the doe.White-tailed bucks maylose around 30 percent oftheir body weight throughthe physical rigor andstresses of the rutting sea-son.

• • •Margie is a self-pro-

claimed nature nerd with apassion for all thingsfinned, furred and feath-ered…even the creepy-crawly-scaly kinds. She’ssummered on Wolfe Lakesince childhood and lovessharing what she learnsabout our wild things.

Wild Around WestportMargie Manthey

Better Together Circlewould like to invite you toa different type of climatemovie, an hour-long filmabout hope and possibility.

“Resilience, Trans-forming Our Community,”will be screened Thurs.,Oct. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. atthe North Crosby Commu-nity Hall.

Attendees will get tosee what Owen Sound hasaccomplished. After thefilm their will be a discus-sion and sharing of ideas.

Better Together

Circle – a local groupformed last year – is of thehope that it can be as easyas reducing use of plastics,conserving the wildernessand water. There arethings people can do indi-vidually, as a communityand at a national and glob-al level.

It is a climatechange film of hope, pro-duced by marine scientistJohn Anderson and poetLiz Zetlin, featuringGrey/Bruce stories. Thisdocumentary is a catalyst

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Marine scientistDr. John Andersonexplains how climatechange will affect us andwhat we can do about it.The film is designed toinspire action, using facili-tated post-screening dis-cussions.

For more informationcontact Sandy Prentice at613-273-4218.

Unique climate change movie at NorthCrosby Community Hall Thursday

Amazingly, there are anumber of reptile andamphibian species whoare able to survive theharsh winter tempera-tures, ready to ‘spring’back to life when theweather gets warmer.The CRCA is hosting aspecial presentation forall ages to learn theanswer to this mystery ofnature.

The event takes placeSunday, Oct. 20, at 1p.m. at the LittleCataraqui Creek Conser-vation Area OutdoorCentre.

Join Kenny Ruellandfrom the Reptile andAmphibian Advocacy

project and discover howreptiles and amphibianshave adapted to surviveour Canadian winters bymeans of brumation (ahibernation-like state).

The Kingston-basedReptile and AmphibianAdvocacy project wasfounded in 2015 with themission of contributingto the conservation ofnative reptiles andamphibians in Ontario,Canada.

The cost for the pre-sentation is $4 per per-son, which includes thegate fee. Pre-registrationis required atwww.crca.ca/online-ser-vices.

The Little CataraquiCreek Conservation Areais located on Cty. Rd. 10two kilometres north ofHighway 401. Entry feesare: $5 per person foradults and children over12, and $3.50 per personfor children 12 andunder, to a maximum feeof $15 per car. Annualpasses are available for$85 per year. We acceptcash, tap enabled debitcards and tap and chipcredit cards at the gate.

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CLASSIFIEDS P.O. Box 130, 43 Bedford St.,Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0

273-8000 • toll free 1-800-387-0796fax 273-8001 • email: [email protected]

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Call Terry Thake at 613-353-2460I make house calls

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Stocked Bar andBarperson incl.

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Happy 60th AnniversaryDon and Marlene Greenslade

From the entire family

BROWN : KYLE RYANSuddenly at Kingston as a result of an accidental fen-tanyl overdose on Saturday October 5, 2019. KyleBrown, in his 36th year. Beloved son of Angus andAnthea Brown of Delta. Dear brother of Lucas (Clau-dine) and Andrew (Samantha) all of Kingston. Cher-ished grandson of Colonia Flynn of Bobcaygeon andAileen Brown of Lindsay. Predeceased by his grand-fathers; Elmer Flynn and George Brown. Sadlymissed by several aunts, uncles and cousins. Thefamily will receive friends at St. Barnaby's Church,5307 Highway # 15, Brewer's Mills on Friday from11 o'clock until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 12noon. As expressions of sympathy, memorial dona-tions made to Martha's Table, Kingston or your localfood bank would be appreciated by the family.(Memorial donations, please by cheque only) Kyle'ssense of humour and the ability to make those aroundhim smile will be missed by all. Please give a helpinghand to someone and be kind in Kyle's memory.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to theScotland Funeral Home, 27 Main Street,

Elgin Ontario K0G 1E0 613-359-5555 or atwww.scotlandfuneralhome.com

Burial, Cremation and Pre-Arrangement Services

EGOLF: CLARENCE (EGGIE)(Eggie was a regular visitor to the Westport area

since 1969 and ultimately called theUpper Rideau his home away from home)

Peacefully at Pottstown, Pennsylvania on ThursdayOctober 3, 2019. Eggie Egolf, in his 80th year.Beloved husband of Katie. Loving father of Lisa(Willie) Colford of Westport and Rodney Egolf (Beth)of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Cherished Pop-Pop ofRianna. Sadly missed by his many Canadian Friends.Private Family Services will be held at a later date. Asexpressions of sympathy, memorial donations madeto the Westport Lions Club Mobility Van Fund wouldbe appreciated by the family and can be made throughthe Scotland Funeral Home, Elgin, 613-359-5555.

www.scotlandfuneralhome.com

- muLviLLe - In Memory of

Bev - Oct. 13, 2004Dad (Francis) - Oct. 15, 1986Mary Frances - Oct. 18, 1952

They sayThey say I’m sorry for your lossThey say your heart will mend,They say you’re in a better place, and death is not the end.They say you’re reunited with loved ones gone before,They say that you’ll be waitingWhen we walk through Heaven’s door.We feel their love in every wordOf comfort they impart,And know that each is spokenFrom deep within the heart.But all the words of comfortThough kind, sincere and true,Can’t take away the emptinessWe’re feeling without you.

Love: Your family

eDGa r br eseeIn memory of a loving father and grandad who passed away

October 8, 1984.35 years have passed.Those we love don’t go awayThey walk beside us everyday.Precious are the years we sharedBeautiful memories you left behind.But life is eternal, till we meet again.Forever loved and greatly missed.

Chris, Heather & family.

Food bankfall driveSaturday

The Westport FoodBank is holding its annualfall food drive this Satur-day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.at Kudrinko’s CountryGrocer.

The food bank servesaround 45 households,clients which include fam-ilies, single people andseniors.

The group welcomescash donations as well ascanned and packageditems which are withintheir expiry dates and theyalso have a ‘wish list’ ofitems which are in need.

Charitable donationreceipts can be issued bythe group which needabout $1000 to $1500 amonth to buy groceries.

Donations for the foodbank can be sent c/o thetreasurer, Norm Lapointeat Box 503, Westport, ONK0G 1X0.

The Rideau Lakes Fly-ing Club annual Pig andPie fall fly-in is Saturdayat the aerodrome on Cty.Rd. 10 south of Westport.

Members of the flyingclub will be welcomingvisitors arriving by car andplane for the event.

It takes place from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch,sausage and pie, will be

served at the clubhousefrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. fora donation.

Visitors can enjoywatching the planes arriveand depart from the fieldfrom the clubhouse deckand take a walk down thefield to see the planesclose up.

The airfield is operatedby a group of volunteers,

some with aircraft and allwith a special interest inthe aviation field.

The airfield is locatedat 9985 Perth Road (Cty.Rd. 10) south of Westport.For information or detailsabout the event call MikeMiles (613-276-6276) orBill Green (613-783-6322).

Rideau Lakes fly-in Saturday

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Fall colours on the farm – a row of round bales of hay in a field along the Big RideauLake Road. Photo by Michelle Vander Byl

UPCOMING P.A.DAY PROGRAMS

DATE: OCTOBER 25THTIME: 9AM - 4PM

LOCATION: NEWBORO HALL

DATE: NOVEMBER 29THTIME: 9AM - 4PM

LOCATION: PORTLAND HALLOPEN TO CHILDREN AGED 6-12 YEARS OLDMAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:30

COST: $15/CHILD/DAY

Join us for a day of baking,games, crafts, and fun!Pre-registration is required.

For more information or to register contact Leilaat 613-928-2251 ext.238 or [email protected]

Every Wednesday, 7-10pmRACK ‘N TUNES + OPEN MICwith Shawn McCullough

Thursday, Oct. 10, 8-10pm

JAZZ NIGHTwith Spencer Evans

Every Sunday, 12:30-3:30 pm

HEAD OVER HEELSAcoustic guitar/vocal duo (Gananoque)

Friday, Oct. 18, 11:30am-3pm

CLAUDIO VALENTINIClassical Guitar feat. Jazz, Folk, Pop Classics

Friday, Oct. 18, 6-9pm

AL LERMANBlues & Roots. 2x Juno Award winner

Saturday, Oct. 19, 6-9pm

DAVE BALFOURAcoustic Folk (Westport)

Friday, Oct. 25, 7-11pm

YOUNG PETTY STONESGhosts of Woodstock Costume Party

Buffet and Show

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