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www.thehumm.com August 20132

Carleton Place Woman Finds Pot o Gold atCeltestDesite the intense het on the Sturdy nd the relentlessrin on the Sundy, nothing could den the sirits oestivl-goers nd orgnizers like during the 17th nnul Al-onte Celtest, this st July 5 to 7. Te sights nd soundso Celtic heritge usic, song nd dnce lled the nturlhithetre o Geill Prk throughout the weekend. Tediverse usicl rogr rovided soething or everyone,ro Celtic rock nd energetic jigs nd reels, to trditionlIrish olk usic. Celtic rtisns nd vendors roudly oered

their wres, nd little lerechuns enjoyed the ges nd ce int-ing in the Lil Celtz Zone.

WestJet Airlines, jor sonsor o this yers event, generouslydonted tri or two to ny o their destintions. As 4pm rochedon Sundy ternoon, the exciteent rose s the long-wited reticket ws drwn. Sheelh Finnerty ro WestJet ulled the luckyticket, nd Sndr Shert, o Crleton Plce, surrised her husbndwith n nniversry g it he wont likely orget! When sked bout herlns or the winning ticket, Sndr hdnt decided between tri toHwii or visit to Vncouver, where they could then ove on to nAlskn cruise.

As Celtest enters its 18th yer, orgnizers hoe to continue this

oulr estivl s ree event or ny yers to coe. Tis cnnotbe done without the nncil nd in-kind suort o our ny son-sors, the generosity o our udience who de dontions t the gte,nd ll the volunteers who send countless hours to roote our

vlleys rich nd diverse Celtic heritge. Te ebers o the Celtestcoittee work hrd ll yer long to ut together this gret weekendo Ottw Vlley nd Celtic entertinent in the hert o Alonte.

At the end o tht riny Celtest Sundy, Li the Lerechuncould be seen looking under rinbow or soewhere to hide next

yers ot o gold. Will you be there to win it?For ore inortion or to get involved in the 18th nnul Alon-

te Celtest, lese visit , or send n eil to. Brenda Cain-Kealey

119 Bridge Street, PO Box 1391Alonte ON K0A 1A0Phone: (613) 2565081

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Calendar Submissions:[email protected] is onthly rts, en-tertinent nd ides newserdelivered ree to businesses ndvisitor ttrctions in Alonte,Perth, Crleton Plce, West-ort, Pkenh, Cr, Arnrior,Siths Flls, Burnstown, WhiteLke, Renrew, Blderson, nd Ot-tw. Our ndte is to connectnd roote eole nd eventsin the sll towns nd rurl co-unities o the Ottw Vlley where the rts fourish nd enter-tining chrcters run ok!

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Thanks this month to:All o the wesoe individulswho give u soe o their re-cious Cndin suertie to

volunteer or ll the gret es-tivls nd events tht kee thisrticulr rt o Cnd so very

vibrnt!

ReadersWrite

WhosReadingtheHumm

Back in 2011, the lovely photo above was sent in. The

subject writes: Hi, my name is Rachel Henry, and I live

on a arm just outside o Carleton Place. Two o my sisters

and I travelled to France this past March and this is a

picture o me standing in ront o Marie Antoinettes hamlet

at the palace o Versailles. It was amazing and we are so

glad we brought theHumm all over France rom Paris to

Montpellier!

Also in 2011, theHumm went on saari in Kenya. Ken Hall

rom Carleton Place sent in the photo below, in which

he notes that: Eric is enjoying theHumm ater chasing

the girafes of the airstrip. This paper sure leads a more

exciting lie than its editors do!

Hummble Thought

Re: Steve Scanlons Youre Fired(July 2013 issue)In business nd olitics your worth is unction o wht you cntrde; ositive or negtive. So when I look t uy Duy nd skwht does he oer, I think to ysel: wht kes hi untouched?Certinly not his good looks!

So Prlient Hill journlist-turned-sentor is untouchble; Iwonder wht he knows? Ken Toews

Summer afternoon,summer afternoon;to methose have always beenthe twomost beautiful wordsin the English language.

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WHO Spartan Rubacha

WHAT Fine Furniture and Woodworking

WHERE Flook D. Doo Fine Furniture and Woodwork,Poland, 2593026, , ; Perth Farmers Market, Satur-days 8am1pm, ; River-guild Fine Crafts, 51 Gore E., Perth, 2675237,

WHEN Sundance Artisan Festival, Aug. 31 Sept. 2,Maberly, ; Perth AutumnStudio Tour, Oct. 1214, .

WHY Its common practice to buy, discard and replace;I prefer to create an object of beauty that can bepassed down and enjoyed for generations.

First u this onth, theWestort Arts Councilroudly nnounces TeOdyssey, resented byDritwood Teatre onTursdy, August 8 t7:30pm. Te stge will beset u in the bckyrd oTe Cove Country Inn (2

Bedord Street), with thelke nd Foley Moun-

tin s stunning bckdros orn evening o exciting outdoorthetre. Te story, s ny o

you will reeber ro school,is bout Odysseus thegret generl o the rojnWr. He hs been issingt se or twenty yers. Hiswie, the Ithcn Queen Pe-neloe, struggles to intinthe sety o her kingdo, herson nd hersel in the ce on incresingly hostile hordeo suitors. When strngerrrives, oering the ntsti-cl story o her issing hus-bnd, does she dre hoetht he ight still be live?Coe long on the wild rideoulted with yrid ythi-cl chrcters nd cretures,gods, sirens nd Cyclos, llbrought to lie by DritwoodTetres tlented enseble.ickets re vilble s o 6pmthe evening o the eror-nce, t Te Cove.

Westort is truly looking

orwrd to August, s it is MU-SICwestport onth, when thestreets will rock with sound. TeWestort Arts Council is hostingthe 7th nnul usic estivl onFridy, August 16, nd Sturdy,August 17. Te Fridy night kick-o rty t Te Cove eturesZl Sissokho, West Aricnusicin, lying ro 811pm.His usic will entertin ll ges.

by Georgia Ferrell

WordsFromWestport

Whats On In WestportTere is $10 cover chrge (llroceeds to MUSICwestort).

On Sturdy, August 17, thedy begins t 10am with theown Crier clling everyone tothe Cove stge to witness the -nls o the VOICE o the Rideuteur singing contest. Ninesingers will be coeting (by ge

grou) or trohies nd csh.Ater the VOICE nls, there

is ull dy o ree outdoorshows, rin or shine. Mke yourwy to Sring Street where therewill be lots o ctivities or dultsnd children like: ce inting,gic, hun-sized uets,nd rts nd crts.

Te two usic stges re tTe Cove (2 Bedord Street) ndArteisi (7 Sring Street).

Te Cove etures nlistsro the VOICE o the Rideu(1011:30am), rincn Steel DruBnd (12:301:45pm), HenryNorwood & Friends (23:20pm),And Rheue Bnd (3:40

West Arican musician Zal

Sissokho is one o the many

perormers slated to play at this

years MUSICWestport event

4:55pm) nd Beginners Guide toEndings (5:156:30pm). At Artei-si, you cn ctch Crooked Wood(11:30am12:45pm), Shun RileyBlues Bnd (12:20pm), Te Hevy-weights Brss Bnd (2:403:55pm),Kingston Jzz Coosers Collec-tive (4:155:30pm), nd the FoleyMountin Plyboys (5:507pm).

On A Personal NoteI wnt to sy herty nd hert-elt thnks to ll in Westort whoheled e through the lst stg-es o becoing Cndin citi-zen. I eel ighty roud to hve

joined ne counity nd wonderul country. I incred-

ibly hy to cll Cnd, now,totlly y hoe. Te cereo-ny in Ottw ws lovely; JudgeJohn Dennison gve us ll re-son to be roud to be rt othe heritge tht belongs to usll nd or which we ust be-coe nd be the very best citi-zens. Our uture deends onit. I know tht I nd every oneo the 80 olks ro 35 coun-tries who joined e in beco-ing Cndin citizen, will doour rt to intin nd growwht those who ce beoreus hve creted.

Here in town, we wish thevery best nd seediest re-covery to our wonderul ndcheerul Nikki. So gld youre now hoe, nd we will belooking orwrd to seeing yoursiling ce gin very soon onour streets.

wo couter crshes intwo dys sort o ut e in very blue ood recently, but Iws delighted to nd wonder-ul couter techie I ight beteted to sy geek! in BryceVnderschuit. So nyone roundhere who needs hel with theircouter hrdwre, lese justsk or Bryce! Ill hve ore in-ortion or you next onth

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On Sturdy, August 24 you cn ll beScottish or the dy by ttending the 30thedition o the North Lanark HighlandGames t the NLAS Firgrounds in Al-onte. Te Ges coittee is lesedto be celebrting their 30th nniversry osluting the regions Scottish Heritge.

Te dy begins t 9am with coe-titions or individul dncers, iers,druers, nd teur nd hevyweightthletes. Te event lso etures Scottishdislys nd concessions, cln booths, ndtrditionl Scottish rereshents. Chil-drens ini ges, lwys oulr withthe younger visitors, will tke lce in theerly ternoon. Te ofcil oening willbegin with rde ro the AlonteLegion to the Firgrounds t 12:30pm,ollowed by the Oening Cereonies inront o the grndstnd t 1pm.

Te guest o honour t this yers Gesis Je Semple. Born nd rised in Alon-te, Je is grdute o Ryersons School oJournlis, nd currently reorter nd

journlist with CBC News, bsed in oron-to. His reorting hs tken hi cross On-trio nd Quebec, to Citol Hill in Wsh-ington, nd even to Nicrgu. His creerhs even tken hi to new heights, s he

Happy 30th,

Highland Games!brodcst reort ro the Edge Wlk othe CN ower in oronto.

Te duty bnd or 2013 is the RoyalCanadian Air Force Pipes and Drums

(ictured bove), orerly the Air Co-nd Pies nd Drus, ro Ottw.Tis oulr grou erors t ny o-cil unctions in the Citl, including recent erornce t the Ntionl Cele-brtions t Prlient Hill on Cnd Dy.Tey will eror secil set in ronto the grndstnd in the id-ternoon,nd o course tke rt in the oeningnd closing ssed bnds, long with nestited twenty other ie bnds rocross Ontrio tht re exected tht dy.Lter in the ternoon nd into the erlyevening, usic will be rovided in the Le-gion tent by locl bnd Corkery Rod.

Adission or the dy is $17 er er-son, $6 or children 5 to 12, nd ree orchildren under the ge o 5 yers. Ad-

vnced tickets re vilble t the re-duced cost o $14 ro Mill Street Booksin Alonte, Nicholsons Sundries inPkenh, nd the Chber o Co-erce in the old trin sttion in CrletonPlce. For urther inortion, contct.

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Hve you ever been clled Pollynnor herd soeone else being clled one?I so, do you know why? It is becuse on Aericn story written by Elenor H.Porter, ublished in 1913. Soe hve lik-ened the tle to our own Anne of GreenGables by Lucy Mud Montgoery,which ws ublished in 1908.

Pollynn is very young orhn girlwho is sent to live where she is not rellywnted. She roches her young lie

by ocusing on whts wonderul, nd yetshe would hve ore cuse thn ost tobeon her stte in lie: oor, orhned,unwnted nd hting her reckles! Polly-nn sends uch o her tie trying tohel the dults in her new town to see lieore ositively by teching the TeGld Ge tht is, until soethinghens to her tht chllenges even herstunchly otiistic outlook.

Smiths Falls Community Teatrehs chosen n bsolutely wonderul u-sicl scrit tht etures delightul ndeorble edleys, nd will trnsortudiences bck to this chring eriodin Aerics history. Te show oens t7:30pm on Tursdy, August 8, nd runst the se tie on the 9 th, 10th, 16th nd

Pollyanna Comes toSmiths Falls Theatre

Valeria Brown and Sheila Jasiak rehearse

or the upcoming production o the

musicalPollyanna in Smiths Falls

17th. Tere re lso two Sundy tines,August 11 nd 18 t 2pm.

Coe nd enjoy this hert-wringerornce in the ir-conditioned co-ort o the Sttion Tetre, 53 Victori Av-enue in Siths Flls. ickets vry in ricero $10 to $20. For inortion on howto obtin the, lese cll 2830300 or

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Its August, nd tht cn enonly one thing or MississiiMills uet like e its ytie to shine! And joke nd lughnd ct silly! Sure, we uets dotht ll the tie, but on one se-cil weekend in one secil down-town in August, y cohorts roll over the world hve ily re-

union, nd our ntics re not onlytolerted theyre encourged!

Te ninth nnul Puppets Up! In-ternational Puppet Festival tkes overdowntown Alonte on August 10 nd 11,

Puppets and Baskets and Fairs, Oh My!

by Miss Mills, Puppet Reporter

MississippiMilling

nd this yers event relly is ily re-union. Orgnizers decided to invite bcksoe o the ost vouritest troues rost estivls, nd Ive been witing ll yerto eet u with soe o y old vour-ites, like the nglewood Mrionettes,the Frogtown Mountin Pueteers, ndBence Srkdis Budest Mrionettes.

Between shows, you cn tke in the

ree street entertinent nd wonderuluet rdes tht strt t 1:45pm echdy. For ull detils bout the troues, theschedule nd the dission (you cn buytickets online!), visit orull out the inside our ges o this issueotheHu. And lthough the dytiesre ll bout ily un, dults (only!)re invited to sty lte on Sturdy nightto see wht hens when ueteerscut loose Te Nughty Cbret Pu-et Show Black Sheep o the Familywill tke lce t the Alonte Old ownHll beginning t 7pm. Feturing My BigFat German Puppet Show by Frnk Me-schkuleit, hosted by Dill the rdillo(with little hel ro estivl vetern Al-ln Mrtin), it should be hoot nd hl.ickets re $25 ro Bker Bobs nd MillStreet Books in Alonte.

And ter one-yer hitus, Te Nai-smith 3 on 3 Basketball Festival is bckor its nnul coletion long BridgeStreet, on Sturdy, August 10. Cheer on el-eentry nd high school tes nd ensnd ldies tes s they vie or surecyon the outdoor courts. Or rticite! And

i youre coing to town or the 3 on 3,youll wnt to ke secil ilgrigeover to Mill Street to tke your hotowith Dr. Jes Nisiths sttue, who is

very hotogenic! For ore detils, visit.

Ater ll the sorts nd interntionlrolicking uets, you cn tke it es-ier on August 17, when the Pakenham

Fair coes to town. Hve soe goodold-shioned country un t leisurelyce. Te trdition tht begn over 100

yers go continues with rog juingnd dog contests, horse, bee, diry,deonstrtions, horticulturl nd crtshows, rers rket, s well ssoe terric childrens ctivities. Cll2561077 or detils.

Fer not though theres whole lotore good etin let in the onth! In ct, ihggis is your cu o te, you wont wnt toiss the 30th nnul North Lanark High-land Games on Sturdy, August 24. Setlong the bnks o the beutiul MississiiRiver, this event etures highlnd dncing,ies nd drus, nd thletic contests g-lore. For ull detils on ties nd tickets,

visit or seethe rticle on ge 5 o this issue.

And on the toic o eting, be sure tocheck out the rst-ever Harvest Food& Drink Show on Sturdy, Sete-ber 7, ro noon to 4pm t the AlonteAgriculturl Hll. Tis is your chnce toexerience the sweet, svoury nd lib-tionl cretions o ore thn thirty o the

regions best roducers, culinry rtists,nd ood nd drink exerts. ickets reonly $20 ech (which includes dissionnd 10 sle tickets ore re vil-ble t the show or $0.50 ech), but theywill only be sold in dvnce not t thedoor, ind you! so visit or dro in to HelloYellow (72 Mill Street) or Crush Mrket-lce (14 Mill Street) nd grb yours now.Becuse o the beer nd wine, you ust be19 or older to ttend.

And tht very se weekend (Sete-ber 7 nd 8) the Mississii Vlley extileMuseus Fibreest returns coletewith Vintge Clothing Show nd Sle!I out o sce here, but ju over toge 21 to red ll bout it!

Two ull days o shows or the kids (above),

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When I rst oved to Perth, itdidnt tke e long to relize thetown ws lled with tlented r-tisns. One reson or tht ws downtown shoing tri thtbrought e into Riverguild FineCrts, locted t 51 Gore StreetEst. Te store ws j-ckedwith beutiul rt work, elegntottery, nd net ites like hnd-

de jewellery, nity woodcrv-ings nd sheeskin sliers. I wsiressed, nd I ws right to be.

Everything in the Riverguildis the work o Cndin rtisn,the lrge jority ro roundEstern Ontrio, nd over hlro within ew iles o Perth,sys Joe Hnsgen, nger o thesho or the lst 24 yers.

Tis yer, Riverguild celebrtesits 36th yer in business, king itone o Cnds oldest nd, nywould gree, nest cooertivert glleries.

Te store oened in Mrch1977, two doors down on GoreStreet. We were on the other sideo the y River or those rsteight yers, nd being on the riv-er solved the issue o ning thestore, Hnsgen exlins.

Te store ws orgnized by lrge grou o locl rtisns, ho-ing to crete retil outlet ndlso suort grou o likeind-ed eole, he sys. Most crt-seole work in reltive isoltion,so coon enterrise oered chnce to get to know ellowrtisns. Te cooertive sectws centrl to the orgnizing, re-

A Celebration at Riverguildecting the ties nd the grou,ost o who were urbn-root-ed, bck-to-the-lnd olk lookingor better wy o living.

Bridget OFlherty, who hsbeen involved s both n rt-ist (she kes thred intings)nd bord eber or 17 yers,sys Riverguild ws creted bycrtseole who wnted to do

wht they loved.She exlins: Te Riverguild

ws conceived by core grouo ebers who entered lie ocrt nd sw theselves livingtht lie through tie buildingstudios, rising ilies, reltingto the counity round thes crtseole in other wordssily king rovisions to dothe thing they loved to best. Teyknew the nncil risks o inse-cure incoe nd lck o ensionbenets lter in lie, but it ws thelie they wnted. Tey wnted collective loction where every-one involved hd ersonl in-

vestent in the dy-to-dy run-ning o the store, s well s intheir own work being sold. Testore hs survived over 35 yerson tht orul, sys OFlherty,nd there re now over 75 rtistsreresented. We hve weltho tlented eole round us!OFlherty dds. We hve highqulity works in so ny edithere relly is too uch to list!

She sys custoers will lwyseet riendly nd knowledge-ble erson in the store whoknows ll bout the rtists swell s the town. Most dys Joe

Hnsgen is in the sho. Otherdys rt-tie eloyees rethere to serve you, while e-bers o the cooertive tke turnsworking in the store s well.

Ech eber is resonsibleor working dys in the store, swell s or decisions bout theoverll business side o the store,regrding issues such s dvertis-ing, dislys, st, nd juryingo new work. Most iortnt oll, she dds, we ound the er-ect nger, Joe Hnsgen, whoseeed to be ble to do every-thing ro negotiting consign-ent oortunities with new

crtsen to deling with cus-toers in wy which erns theirlong-ter loylty.

Keeing the books gets littlecolicted, she dits, when75 dierent ccounts hve to beccurtely trcked nd reortedto ech individul crtsersonevery thirty dys. But in tht de-rtent, she sys, Joe rovidesuch needed stbility. Ttswht relly kees the kers to-gether: they hve condence theywill be id every onth or worksold in the revious thirty dys.

She dds: Joe lso rovides uswith sles nlysis nd strtegy.Tis y see uniortnt butctully, s ties get tougher, itkes this whole side o thingsless bewildering.

Te high qulity o work youwill nd t Riverguild is not co-incidentl. Mebers get togethert qurterly eetings to jury

work subitted by rtisns ndcrtseole.We hve criteri or work

to be in keeing with the storesdeogrhics nd client reer-ence, s well s qulity o work,OFlherty exlins. We rely onthe exertise o the diversiedebershi to evlute worktht is in their eld. We lso relyon our nger to dvise us othe current trends within thestore. Work is brought in on tri-l bsis to begin with. Meber-shi is n invittionl roosl sgreed to by consensus ro theexisting ebers.

Meet The ArtistsOn August 9, 79pm, Riverguildwill be hosting Meet Te Art-ists evening to celebrte thework o our new ebers. Were oening our doors to give ourloyl clients chnce to connectwith their vourite rtist ndybe bring soe riends whohve never seen our store, sysOFlherty. We hve our newebers nd we would like theoortunity to introduce theto our clientele. We re lnninglight sncks nd custoer -recition drw nyone whocoes will hve chnce to llout bllot or git ro drw.

Over the yers, Riverguildhs connected with nd givenbck to the counity in nywys. Ech yer, the cooertivehosts the Ety Bowls roject,which ws insired by just-retired eber Jckie Seton.

(For ore on tht wonderulroject, lese visit ety-bowls.c.) Another vouriteis undrising or Brooke VlleySchool, dds Hnsgen.

New this yer, Riverguild willbe lunching student showcseto roote the work o youngerrtisns in the counity. Lo-cl high school students will besked to subit work or juriedshow nd sle tht will tke lcein Noveber. Teir work willbe etured t Riverguild over two-week eriod. John Pigeau

Many Eastern Ontario artists, including Anais Fritzland (above)

and Rita Redner ( below), are represented at

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I derly love grlic bred. Diingit into hoede st suce, Icould hily et severl loves.Actully, I could et severl loveswith or without the st suce.And now I relly hungry.

I you shre enchnt or theungent like e, then youre in

or rel tret s the 16th nnulPerth Grlic Festivl tkes lceon August 10 nd 11 t the PerthFirgrounds.

Tis is ntstic estivl,ying hoge to one o Perthsselliest nd yuiest nturlroducts: grlic, the stinkingrose. Iressively, the estivlhs grnered interntionl t-tention. Te trvel website rnks Perthsestivl s #5 in its o 10 GrlicFestivls in the world, noting thtt Perths Grlic Festivl gintbouquets o the Stinking Rosere sold the wy cotton cndyis sold t other estivls. Te es-tivl website even osts recieor grlic cough syru.

Tis is true, nd the recie isirly bsic. Ste 1: Crush 1clove o grlic nd lce on t-blesoon. Ste 2: Pour rw, unro-cessed honey onto the soon. Ste3: Ingest the soonul o honeygrlic syru every 46 hours, sneeded. And resto stuid su-er cold is giclly gone!

Tis yers estivl hs soe-thing or everyone not justthose with colds with over 70grlic, rtisnl, nd ood ven-

dors on the grounds. Grlic lov-ers will be in or tret, with sony delicious resh nd loclgrlic roducts vilble, whilegrlic growers cn shre theirknowledge nd recition orthe stinking rose.

Te two-dy event kicks oSturdy t 9am nd is j-cked with lethor o thingsto see nd do nd sell nd

In Praise o Garlic16th Annual Perth Garlic Festival August 10 & 11

her nd tste nd touch. A o-ulr vourite every yer is TeBirds o Prey Show, which tkeslce t 11am, 1pm, nd 3pm bothdys. Te Grlic Mn, ed Mcz-k, will lso be on hnd both dysto tell you everything you need toknow bout grlic, nd Al Cown

o the Ontrio Grlic GrowersAssocition will be grlic bridingthroughout the weekend.

For those who would like tolern ore bout cooking withgrlic, youll wnt to ke itout or ll the cooking deon-strtions. On Sturdy, threelocl resturnts will tke rt,including OReillys Ale House(10:3011:30am), Mberlys FllRiver Resturnt (noon1pm),nd Shrbot Lkes Seed to Su-sge (34pm). Cooking deon-strtions continue on Sundy,with Mry Jne Lee o Mxi-ilins (11amnoon) nd Robnd Jonne o Ctering o Perth(12:301:30pm).

Free? Did you sy you werelooking or soething ree? Well,

dont iss the grlic bred tst-ing on Sturdy nd Sundy (Iight see you there!), or the winetsting in Lions Hlls between124pm, eturing ne winesro Hrwood Estte Vineyrdnd Bergeron Estte Winery.Free ce inting or the kidswill be vilble by ebers oYAK Youth Services, nd DJ PtLbelle o Music Mix will ll the

ir with hy-king tunes. OnSundy, Hiltons Andre ndthe J-ones Rhyth nd BluesExerience will be lying setsbetween 11am nd 3pm.

All weekend there will be si-lent rt uction eturing work byCrig Cbell, Jckie Seton,

Dwn Burnh, Lind Hynes,Bill Vele, Mrilyn Gown, GryMrtin, nd ny ore tlentedlocl rtists. Bids close t 3pm onSundy, so ke sure to get yoursin erly.

Hosted by the Lions Club oPerth, the Perth Grlic Festivl is

volunteer-driven with ny olkscontributing ny hours to en-sure the estivl is success. Tenow interntionlly renownednd highly nticited estivlbegn odestly in 1997, when sll grou o likeinded eoledecided tht the stinking rosews thing to be celebrted. Sincethen, on the second weekend inAugust in one o Ontrios ret-tiest towns, thousnds o grlicheds hve gthered t PerthsFirgrounds to revel in the nyttributes o this delightul herb.

Te in urose o the esti-vl is to roote Ontrio-growngrlic, nd to shre ides ndknowledge on how to grow, hr-

vest, cook nd, o course, enjoygrlic. Annully bringing togethergrlic lovers nd roducers hsbeen wonderul by-roduct.Te gthering lso rovides one-sto destintion or consuers to

buy Ontrio-grown grlic directlyro the eole who grow it.Proceeds ro the estivl

lost $100,000 to dte redistributed to worthwhile co-unity inititives suorted bythe Lions Club o Perth.

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Dr. Frances Murphy to Retirefrom Medical Practice

Dr. Frances Anthony Murphy, a family physician in theAlmonte community, will be retiring after more than 30

years of medical practice. His last day seeing patients will

be Tuesday, August 13, 2013.

Dr. Murphy opened his primary care medical office in1972 at 30 Clyde Street in Almonte, where he still

practices today. He has also provided medical services tolong-term care patients at Almonte Country Haven,

where he currently acts as Medical Director, for over 35years as well as Broadview Nursing Home in Smiths Falls.

Enrolled patients in Dr. Murphys primary care practicewill be receiving a letter with information on who will

assume their future care. e Ottawa Valley FamilyHealth Team, located at 95 Spring Street in Almonte, willbe making best efforts to facilitate the transition of

patient care.

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Humm BitsChildrens Walk or AutismExercise, riends nd ily coe together in August to do soe-thing zing nd hel gret cuse too!

On Sturdy, August 17, Te Lnrk Autis Suort Grouwill host their 3rd nnul Childrens Walk or Autism, t the Cr-leton Plce High School trck on Mississii Rod in CrletonPlce. Registrtion begins t 9am tht dy or in dvnce online t. Registrtion is $10 er erson ndincludes the wlk itsel s well s ccess to the counity un dy.Te event tkes lce in coletely enced nd ccessible re,

nd includes 65-oot bouncy obstcle course, ood roviders,nd lrge kids crt re with ce inting nd crts.

Dontions received over the st two yers hve rised over$7000 or ilies right here in Lnrk County, to hel the yor bdly needed resite cre. Your contributions relly do hel!

Tis is truly eorble event or these secil individuls. Itis designed round the, or the, nd becuse o the. Orgn-izers invite everyone to ttend, nd re looking orwrd to thisgret dy. Detils, registrtion, volunteer oortunities nd direc-tions cn be ound t .

8th Annual Blueberry Tea at Union HallOn Sundy, August 25, ro 24pm, the nnul Blueberry e willbe held t Union Hll. In its eighth yer, this event etures reshlybked scones toed with blueberries, hoede leon curdnd whied cre. Gluten-ree scones re vilble on request.Juice, te nd reshly-brewed Equtor coee to o the est.

Union Hll, t 1984 Wol Grove Rod, corner o tlock Rod,hs been used continuously or over one hundred nd ty yers.Te hll is lrgely sel-sufcient nd intined through the e-orts o locl volunteers. An nnul grnt ro the own o Mis-sissii Mills hels to kee the hll going.

You re welcoe to coe nd visit with your neighbours, oreet new riends t the hll! Rereshents t the Blueberry ere ree o chrge, but dontions towrd the ukee o the hll relwys recited.

Music At The MarketTe own o Crleton Plce, in rtnershi with the BIA, is host-ing ree childrens suer concert series: Music at the Market.Te series o our ree concerts begn in July, with Monkey RockMusic nd Junkyrd Syhony, nd continues in August. Visitthe Mrket Squre in Crleton Plce to enjoy Slsh N Boots on

August 13, nd Mystic Druz on August 29. Ech erorncestrts t 6:30pm.Prticints re sked to bring their own lwn chir nd get

redy to sing nd dnce! For ore inortion, cll 2571704.

PCCsSecret Garden AuditionsPerth Counity Choir will be holding uditions or theirll roduction o Te Secret Garden on August 14 nd 15.Mle nd ele roles re being cst, ro ges 11 nd u. Forore inortion bout secic roles nd rnges, lese visit nd serch or Te Secret Grden. Teywill lso be looking or youth nd dult chorus ebers. Secicties, loctions nd udition inortion will be vilble on thePerth Counity Choir Fcebook ge nd the roduction blogt .

Young Leaders Summer CampsYAK (Perths youth centre) is excited to nnounce suer oun! Young Leders Suer C is series o suer csor youth ges 10 nd u. Cs will include thee weeks ndctivities tht ocus on ledershi nd un. Scvenger hunts, hik-ing, shing, swiing, kyking, cnoeing, horsebck riding, nAzing Rce coetition, bking, cooking, tnde bicycles,nd ny ore ctivities re lnned or the suer.

Youth cn register to ttend on dily or weekly bsis. Tecost is only $10 er dy nd covers the sncks nd lunches. Dilycs will begin t 8am nd end t 3pm. YAKs regulr dro-inrogrs run every weekdy too, so the Centre will lso be oenor ree extended ctivities until 7pm.

Cs will tke lce t YAK Youth Centre locted t 1 Sher-brooke Street Est in Perth (the Old Perth Shoe Fctory) nd willrun every weekdy this suer. o register, coe to the Centreto ll out registrtion or or visit YAK on Fcebook. For oreinortion, contct Jnnel Bigrs t YAK t 2648381.

Nancy DowkerRegistered Physiotherapist

613.253.4224

A Lie and Legacy inTextilesIn Seteber 2011, beloved other nd grnd-other ssed wy in Alonte t the ge o 93.She let her ily not only legcy o love nd cr-ing, but lso rich body o work tht will be shredwith the ublic t the Mississii Vlley extileMuseu (MVM) ro August 3 to October 19.

Mrth Moenig ce to Cnd in the erly1950s with her husbnd nd son, bringing with herthe eduction nd skills tht she hd cquired grow-ing u in Gerny. She settled in oronto, whereshe begn to work on reelnce bsis, designingnd roducing grents nd secilty ites. Shews soon creting sweters nd crdigns or o-rontos well-known Ad McKenzie Ltd., one o therst stores in Cnd to oer sortswer or wo-en, designed to be unctionl s well s shionble.

Te qulity o Mrths work bece widelyrecognized nd she ws soon lso designing ndebellishing sweters, hndkerchies, tblecloths,illows nd other ites or the shion leders ooronto society.

Te exhibit Biogrk is celebrtion o her liend the extrordinry nd beutiul work tht shecreted. It etures drwings, rticts nd hoto-grhs tht shed light on the lie o tlented wo-n king her wy in her newly doted country.

A vernissge will be held Sturdy, August 3,ro 24pm. Te MVM is locted t 3 RosondStreet Est in Alonte. It is oen ro uesdy toSturdy ro 10am to 4pm.

The lie and textile work o Martha Moenig is the

subject o the Biografkaexhibit at the MVTM

Te suer y be winding down, but HeritgeHouse Museu still hs soe exciting workshoslet or kids to rticite in. With three nts-tic hl-dy workshos nd one zing ull-dysorts-lled dy c let, theres still lots o unlet to be hd!

Becoe cke-decorting chion when youcoe or the Shell-Shocking Ckes worksho onTursdy, August 8, 13:30pm. Lern techniques totrnsor n ordinry cke into tsty turtle. Withthe cke-decorting knowledge nd the delectble

cke you will tke hoe, you will not wnt to issout on this worksho.Te coetitive dventure seeker will love the

As Seen on V worksho (uesdy, August 13,13:30pm). Coe or dr- nd irov-lleddy eturing oulr ge shows, like Whose Lineis it Anyway ndFamily Feud. Everyone is winnert Heritge House Museu!

ke tri to Itly without leving the useuon Tursdy, August 15, t the When in Roeworksho, ro 9:30am to 12pm. You will eel

Summer Fun Continues atHeritage House Museummolto Italiano once you crete your own izz,ke colourul stined glss steriece, ndlern the bsics o the Itlin lnguge.

Finish o the suer with ull dy o Funnd Fitness on Tursdy, August 22 ro 9am to3:30pm. Siths Flls Counity Abssdor ndersonl triner Jie Schoulr nd certied yoginstructor Kitlyn Webster will be leding n excit-ing dy o sorts, ges nd relxing yog. Tis isgurnteed to be un dy to end o your suer

vction!

Advnce registrtion is required or ll suerworkshos s sces re liited. You re consideredregistered once the or is hnded in nd yentis de. ke dvntge o the suer discount:register your child or our workshos or ore tonce nd receive one ree-hl-dy worksho! Askuseu st how you cn register tody.

For ore inortion on these un-lled work-shos, visit the Heritge House Museu t 11 OldSlys Rod in Siths Flls, cll 2836311, or visitthe website t .


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77 Little Bridge Street is jewel inAlontes downtown! Tis extrordinrilywell-intined nd -resented roertyetures two rtents on the secondoor nd two coercil of ces on thein oor. Lots o oortunity or utureuse s well s live/work nd tenncy uses.

19B Haggart Street etures like-new hoe with double cr grge, 3bedroo, 3 bthroos, nd custodetils throughout. Set on lovely lotwlking distnce to shos nd ttrctionsin retty Perth. At $379,900 it oersexcellent vlue.

217 Montgomery Park is locted onMississii Lke. Enjoy ll the un o thelke outside s well s recent renovtionsnd n indoor ool inside! Tis solid brickhoe is the ultite ily un house. 30inute coute to Knt.

#1 resonse uon entering this condo:WOW! 1750 squre eet o glour

locted directly on the lls in the VictoriaWoollen Mill condo building. An bsoluteust see! Visit our website or ull list odetils or this condo nd the other otionswe hve listed in the building.

153 White Pine Lane oers 10 cresbordering on Crown Lnd nd / ownershio lkeront lot on Ptterson Lke. Tedorble cottge is new build with twobedroos, setic, drilled well, genertorhooku, nd ore. All or $199,500.

163 St. Paul Street is wterront dre!A wonderul exle o heritge Alontestone set on river bnk. Coletely ugrdednd cred or in rivte setting yet wlkingdistnce to ll the shos nd ctivities.

244 William Street, Crleton Plceetures two hoes ttched by three crgrge. One hoe ces the street nd iscurrently rented or suleentry incoe.Te second hoe is wlkout bunglowcing the wter. A gnicent roerty!

1211 Narrows Lock Road is niressive roerty on Big Rideu Lke.wo rivte cres with our bedroohoe eturing soring ceilings ndlight lled roos. A short distnce toWestortor Perth.

1. Yesterdy I cciden-tlly used y otherscredit crd Ws thtbd? Will she notice theurchse ro L Senzo dozen thongs?

2. Yesterdy I cciden-tlly trined y brin tothink in Scottish ccent!M hoovercrts ull oeyls. (rnsltion: Myhovercrt is ull o eels.)

3. Yesterdy I ccidentllytried to downlod Te Sims 3 toy new couter. Its been stuckt this oint or the lst ortyinutes. All I wnt is to co-nd virtul eole nd ossiblykill the o in horric housere! Is tht too uch to sk?

4. Does nybody else nd itweird tht you cn ccidentllyke rel erson? Like WH?

5. Yesterdy I clicked on soe-ones Fcebook nd ccidentllyliked sttus ro 2009. Is thtstlking? Should I now delete yrole, burn y lto nd die in hole?

6. Yesterdy guy cciden-tlly hit y boob. Wht do yousy? Why did he sy, Tis ightcoe s surrise to you, but

your boobs go inside your shirt!?

Yesterday IAccidentally

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7. Hve you ever ccidentllyoened Photobooth on your iPdnd hd your nturl exressionstring bck t you? Why doesy iPd then sy Hlloween isover!?

8. I ccidentlly ut y hed-hones on dily, but I not re-lly listening to nything. Soetie lone hedhones on,world o. Is tht wrong?

9. Hve you ever ccidentllybued into cr in rkinglot nd ignored it like it neverhened? Did you leve note?

Hi! My name is Linda and I

accidentally hit your car. Some-one saw me, so I am pretending

to write down the details. Sorry!

10. Wht hens when youccidentlly delete soething

youve worked incredibly hrdon? Do you just sit there nd sk:Wht I going to do with therest o y lie?

11. Hve you ever cciden-tlly ulled u the blnket ndunched yoursel in the ce?

12. Hve you ever ccidentllyoened u Internet Exlorer?oolbrs why re there sony toolbrs?

Hve you ever ccidentllyjust done the wrong thing? Whyre the wrong things the ostun to do?

Hether Cbell rovesonce gin tht she is ster storyteller o loclhistory nd ily vlues.Te title o her new book,Sunny Side Up, sys it

ll, evoking bright sunnyornings nd the cozy,

esy, sile goodness o yers justst or long gone.

Tough you cn red thesechring vignettes during co-ee brek t the ofce or over quick cu o te t hoe, tke thetie to enjoy the. Tey re bestlet, I think, or bright sunnyorning, te or coee ner there, in your vourite esy chir.Give yoursel tie to settle in, toreinisce bout ties gone by.ke tie ro your busy lie-style nd svour the ties ndlces she so uniquely ens here.

Te stories reind us o goodties, wrth, cring, nd ilycohesiveness, which soe o usnd lcking in todys oh-so-busy,oh-so-technologiclly-drivenworld. Reinding us (s the Vcoercils now see to urge)to let the children ly! Let theshre with riends, ets, nd olderily ebers ll tht the relworld hs to oer. Let the ke

Heather CampbellsSunny Side Up

eories tht will sustin thethrough the us nd downs intheir lives. Te stories reind uso tie when ily reerredto severl genertions s well sthe wider counity.

As we trvel through the u-thors snshots o her lie thest nd resent yths, ncestrl

stories hnded down to her were given chnce to tke o-ent, to use nd reect. Whtkes lie worth living? Perhsit is childhood eory o uch-loved rocking chir, ndwild dventures hd in it, nowgleeully told nd vlued s histo-ry, nd the chir sved s -ily heirloo, or the genertions.Perhs loved childs oentto shine. Or even the escdes

o Cille, George, Corry ndDuy, the beloved ily etsMeories bound, nudging us toreeber our secil oents.Te love o lie nd ith in long-held ily vlues shine through.

Anecdote ter necdote tkeus through ties st, beggingus to sk Wht will the uturehold? Tese wonderul, wrily nd counity eo-ries ke us use nd wonderWht is relcing the or usnd our children?

Be it oents chuckle t loved et, nughty child (ordult), sobre oent, eel-ing o sorrow, or love we eelthere involved. She gives us glise into the hrd ties olong go, soehow still ondlyreebered. Fily history,stories reeted through thegenertions, tickle eories oour own. Tey ke us usend sk: Who will so delight-ully tech the children? Whowill insire us to write down ourown iortnt event? Who willgive voice to our st, s wells the uture? And or oentwe sto nd crete story o ourown, in our herts nd inds.

Certinly Hethers book en-chnts us, rods us nd gives us ne exle o how to ke ndrecite eories o our own.

by Shirley Westbrook

theHummBookReview


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Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival Almonte Aug. 10 & 11, 2013 www.puppetsup.ca

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Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival Almonte Aug. 10 & 11, 2013 www.puppetsup.ca

Our ScheduleOld Town Hall Shepherds Mill

TYPS Youth CentreRiverside Barley Mow Ultramar

11:1511:55Spin Cycle

Heath Tarlin Entertainment

10:0010:40The Budapest Marionees

Bence Sarkadi


Bence Sarkadi


Bence Sarkadi

2:453:25Spin CycleHeath Tarlin Entertainment

5:155:55Spin Cycle

Heath Tarlin Entertainment

11:0011:30Lile Red Riding Hood

Puppets to Go

9:4510:35The Dragon King

Tanglewood Marionees


Puppets to Go




Puppets to Go



5:005:20STOP Mikropodium

9:4510:15BAM Thtre des Petites mes

(English)


(English)


(French)




5:005:45The Banana Kid

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers

10:3011:00Punch & JudyPetersen Puppets



11:3012:15The Banana Kid

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers

2:453:30The Banana KidFrogtown Mountain Puppeteers

11:1512:00More of Everything

Revival Hour

10:0010:40Pierrot and the Moon

MetaPhysical Theatre





2:453:30More of EverythingRevival Hour

5:156:00More of Everything

Revival Hour

1:452:15 Puppets Up! Parade

StreetEntertainmentFor your added enjoyment, and free of

charge,PuppetsUp!welcomesaspectacu-

larlistofentertainersandmusicianswho

willperforminandaroundthefestivalsite.TefestivalsheadlinerisTim Holland whoseuniqueblendofpup-petry,jugglingandventriloq

uismhas made him aperennial fan fa-

vorite. Other featured

artistsincludeEccentricAdam(akaZip-

pytheClown),SarahArgueandRockthe

Artspuppetry, the on-the-wrist humour

oftheBalconyPuppeteersalongwith

a bevy of facepainters,puppet troupes,

musiciansandclowns.Award-winningsongwriterandJunonom-

ineeJakeDiferwillbringhiskid-friendly

brandofmusicalmagictothefestivaltoo.

Kids Craf TentGet creative at the Puets U! Cratent! Kids 2 and u will learn howto ake uets or just have unlaying with sarkles. Tere arecreative challenges in store or olderkids too.

Te crat tent is ree and islocated in Kirkland Park (behindthe new Post Ofce building).

Kids need to be accoaniedby an adult.

Take Home a Piece oPuppets Up!

Tis year kids can take hoe theirvery own souvenir o the Puets U!

Festival. Secial editionJust Add Sockuet-akingkits and I Put

a Sock on Itt-shirts are available

or urchase atHello Yellow

located at 72 MillStreet in Alonte.

Adults-Only Cabaret Puppet ShowDont iss our adults-only Naughty Cabaret PuetShow: Black Sheep o the Family on Saturday,August 10. Cash bar oens at 7pm, show starts at8pm. Te cabaret eaturesMy Big Fat German PuppetShow by Frank Meschkuleit, and is hosted by Dill thearadillo with a little hel ro estival veteran AllanMartin. ickets are available at Baker Bobs and Mill StreetBooks in Alonte.


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Te Mississii Vlley extile Museus highly n-ticited Fibreest is returning or its 18th yer onSeteber 7 nd 8, nd roises to be bigger nd

better thn ever. At three loctions the MVM,the Alonte Aren nd the Alonte Curling Club visitors will nd ore thn seventy vendors,couled with deonstrtions, exhibits nd uch,uch ore ull two-dy estivl o textiles ndbre rts!

Troughout Fibreest, locl guilds will be onhnd to deonstrte the rts o knitting, lcek-ing, socking, weving, sinning, quilting, ennyrugs, nd ore. Te Friends o the MississiiVlley extile Museu will gin be roviding teroo services, eturing hoede goodies, bev-erges nd sndwiches, ll vilble t resonblerice.

Te Ottw Vlley Button Club is gin hostingButton Mania. As well s hving vendors selling huge vriety o buttons nd button-relted ites,the club will ount dislys o beutiul glss but-tons nd historic unior buttons. Bring your oldbuttons to the button ID clinic to nd out the his-tory o your secil ites!

New this Year: Vintage Clothing!Orgnizers re very excited bout this new ddi-tion to Fibreest. Te Alonte Curling Club willbe the site o vintge clothing event, which willinclude useu-qulity disly Te Historyo Fshion designed to rise recition o thebeuty, worknshi nd cretive otentil o vin-tge nd collectible clothing. Tirty juried vintgeclothing delers will lso be oering qulity sh-ions or viewing nd urchse. Tis is unique o-ortunity to enjoy huge vriety o vintge sh-

ions ll in one loction.

Featured ArtistNoelle Hlyn is intrigued by the ossibilities otextiles o using textures nd bres to evokeeotion. She believes tht our sense o touch isone o our ost owerul, nd is thereore drwnto things with strong tctile qulities. Using widernge o unusul terils, she cretes works thtexlore concets such s eory nd ttchents,s well s culturl, ily nd ersonl nrrtives.

Sweetness o the Work is collection oieces creted in hoge to hndwork usullycoleted by woen tht seeks to showcsethe ccuulted stitches, lbour nd hours in-

vested in trditionl woens hndwork. Mnyieces hve been wshed nd treted, to encour-

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Te tools o the trde, ro sewing chines,sinning wheels nd scissors, to buttons, bobbinsnd ins, re cst with Jnese gi er tocrete ghost-like reerences to the hnds tht usednd bndoned these old-shioned ethods.

Grduting ro Sheridn Institutes Crtsnd Design Progr (extiles), nd the Schoolo the Art Institute o Chicgo, Noelle hs rere-sented Cnd t the Interntionl Crt Biennlein Cheongju, South Kore, nd the Love Lce In-terntionl Lce Coetition t the Power HouseMuseu in Sydney, Austrli. She showed t theVncouver 2010 Culturl Olyid nd hs work

Fibreest: Fashionistas,History & Art Afcionadosand Button Maniacs!

in the ernent collections o the Cbridge ArtGllery, the Peel Bord o Eduction nd the Cleve-lnd University Hositls.

Two World-Class ExhibitionsWhile Fibreest is in ull swing, the gllery t the

extile Museu will be eturing Inner Vision, disly o vibrnt odern testries by rize-win-ning Peruvin rtist/wever Mxio Lur, longwith Nked Cotic Dncers, collection o Chris-tin Egytin testries ro the 3rd to 12th century.You wont wnt to iss chnce to see these out-stnding collections.

I Say, Dont Miss the Tweed RideLocl cycling enthusists will gin be donningtheir oshest eriod biking duds (lus ours en-courged) to crete the sirit o bygone er inAlontes weed Ride. Riders will eet t the Fir-grounds on Sturdy, Seteber 7, t 11am ndwill tke erry junt round town to the vriousFibreest loctions. While ny bike is ccetble,clssic odels re nturlly encourged.

weed Rides re worldwide henoenon thtbegn in London in 2009 to celebrte the bike ndrise oney or good cuse. Proceeds ro theAlonte weed Ride re directed towrds educ-tion in Hiti.

Whether you re interested in rt, history, cloth-ing, textile crts, or just gret dy out nd bout,Fibreest will hve soething o interest or everyone.

Adission to Fibreest is $5 er dy, which in-cludes ccess to ll sites. Fibreest runs on Sturdy,Seteber 7, ro 10am to 5pm nd Sundy, Se-teber 8, ro 10am to 4pm in Alonte, just 45inutes west o downtown Ottw. Venues re theMississii Vlley extile Museu (3 RosondStreet Est), nd the Alonte Aren nd AlonteCurling Club (both t 182 Bridge Street). For oreinortion, contct the MVM t 2563754x7 or.

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a Vintage Clothing Show and Sale!


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Well Ive gone nd done it Ivessed the hl-century rk. Iotentilly hve ore yers be-hind e thn in ront o e. Howdid this hen? It sees to e,lthough y eory isnt wht itused to be, tht we were cool once.

We were henin, we were evengroovy, we were diggin it, nd tone oint in tie we were going

to chnge the world. When did tht llchnge? When did we (the royl we erhs you re rt o this royl ily)becoe Genertion X? Wikiedi denesGenertion X s: the genertion born terthe Western ost-World Wr II bby boo.Deogrhers, historins nd coent-tors use beginning birth dtes ro the er-ly 1960s to the erly 1980s. Te question is,how did we becoe letter in the lhbetnd ore iortntly, one ner the end othe lhbet? Is this n indiction o our lieexectncy? Hs Genertion W lredybitten the dust? Were lso known s thelost genertion. Well who lost us nd willwe ever be ound? We should run n d,LOS, ONE GENERAION, REWARD.I bet theyd nd us then.

I think erhs they cll us the lost gen-ertion becuse, i you re nything likee, youll be stnding in roo wonder-ing where your glsses re, only to ndthe erched ever so recriously on theto o your hed. Better yet, you wlk into roo in your house nd relize you hveno ide why you de the tri, stnd with

your hnds on your his (this is the think-

ing ose) nd try to gure out why you ceinto the roo, bck trck your oveentsu to this oint nd then throw your hndsin the ir in desir (this is the rustrtedose). Go hed Booer, tell e youvenever done tht. While I on the subject,who ce u with the ne Booer, orBby Booer? Ive never blown u nythingin y lie... intentionlly. Why do we hve tohve so ny dierent nes or our gener-tion when relly I cn brely reeber yown? Soe eole sy 50 is the new 30. I sybollocks 50 is 50, nd no tter whichwy you old it, it still coes out with littlewrinkles. My wie, the lovely nd tlented,disgrees with e. Shes the eternl oti-ist. O course she hsnt hit the rk yet

so she relly doesnt hve leg to stnd on.ies seeed esier, ore relxed wy

bck when I ws kid. During the su-er, wed leve ter brekst nd sty outuntil lunch tie. We lwys ound soe-thing to do. Wed venture bck out ginter lunch nd gin ter dinner. Whenthe street lights ce on wed go hoegin. Tinking bck we robbly didnthve choice with our children, yrents looked orwrd to the ece ndquiet. And yes, I did wlk iles to schoolthrough knee-dee snow, uhill bothwys. It ws chrcter-building.

I cn reeber growing u nd yrents clling out or us kids (our o us)nd never getting our nes right. For thelongest tie I thought y ne ws Ter-

by Steve Scanlon

StevieRaveOn

Talkin boutMy Generation

ese Stehen Joseh Ptty. I now know why they were over 50, nd they were rob-bly wering their glsses on the to o theirheds so they couldnt ke out uch orethn blur. My dd just ended u whistlingor us i you herd the whistling it wstie to coe hoe. Te ily dog would

coe hoe s well. Tt ws y introduc-tion to ultitsking. I going to strt cll-ing y son Eili Findley just or rctice(Why should he grow u without issues?).

Leo Rosenberg once sid; Old Age:rst you orget nes, then your orgetces, then you orget to ull your zieru, then you orget to ull your zierdown. Tree down, one to go

Heres the thing: y body is over 50 buty ind is still 17. I still reeber the rsttie I ell in love, the rst tie y hertws broken (thnks P). I recll distinctlydisliking the tste o scotch nd lovingenut butter nd j sndwiches (thnk-ully both hve chnged over the yers). Icn reeber how it elt to hve rticu-lr song ect e right to y soul. Wevelived through rock nd roll, hevy etl,rock oers, disco, o, unk, grunge, long-lying records, 45s, CDs nd downlods.Weve exerienced the reedo o levingthe house ter brekst nd coing hoewhen the street lights ce on. Weve gonero long-hired hiie reks to gol shirtsnd shiny shoes. Now, lthough I still hvethe ind o 17-yer-old, very exeri-enced 17-yer-old (oh, i only I knew thenwht I know now), y body is rejecting y17-yer-old thoughts. Do a cartwheel, yind sys. Are you out of your mind?ybody resonds, ollowed byDid you drinkyour Metamucil today? I not going to

listen to y body ny ore it doesntget it (excet tht Metucil rt thtsnon-negotible). So, wht I sying is, lieu to this oint hs been one lrge dven-ture. Now I 50(ish), I not the new 30,I not groovy nd diggin it, but I go-ing to ebrce it. I going to ebrce theeories tht got e to this oint. nd theexeriences tht de e who I tody.I going to ebrce the ct tht I cnshre these exeriences with y childrennd hoe they cn lern ro y istkesor, t the very lest, listen to wht I hve tosy nd ke their own inored decisions.I going to ebrce tht ct tht I exctly where I should be right now. I still going to do crtwheels in y hed

Shel Silverstein wrote the ollowing:Sid the little boy, Soeties I dro

y soon. Sid the old n, I do thttoo. Te little boy whisered, I wet ynts. I do tht too, lughed the oldn. Sid the little boy, I oten cry. Teold n nodded, So do I. But worst oll, sid the boy, it sees Grown-usdont y ttention to e. And he elt thewrth o wrinkled old hnd. I knowwht you en, sid the old n.

We should y ore ttention. I wedo it now, ybe, just ybe, soebodywill tke the tie to y ttention to uswhen we need it. So, i you see e wlkinground with y zier undone lese, orthe love o god, let e know. Dont levee hngin rdon the un.


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A Show o Clay ArtistsTe GristMill Studio (21 MinStreet in Westort) will be wel-coing grou o cly rtists ortheir August show. Cly Jour-neys is reunion show o tenrtists who were involved in the2011 entorshi rogr ut onby Fusion: Ontrio Cly nd Glss

Assocition. Tis grou o rt-ists, led by their entor Angelo diPett, hd the unique oortunity

to chllenge nd encourge ech otherthrough one yer o cretive exlortion.

Tickets $20

Saturday September 7th from 12pm to 4pmJoin us at the Almonte Agricultural Hall

for the first ever Harvest Food & Drink Show.

Experience the sweet, savoury and libational creations30+ of the regions very best producers, culinary artists &

food and drink experts have to offer.

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HangingAroundtheValley

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Tis exhibition is directly inuencedby tht collective exerience nd its con-tinuing inuence on their cretive rc-tice. ogether they show n exciting nd

vried rry o both unctionl nd non-unctionl work.

Artists rticiting in the show re:Angelo di Pett, Susn McDonld, JneKlrer-Lckey, Jne Telwell, Hn Po-

ier, Kren Frnzen, Crol Grnt, Rich-rd Skrobecki, Lind Willis nd JniceDitner.

Te show runs ro August 3 to 31.Meet the rtists on August 10, ro 25pm.Te studio is oen Tursdys nd Fridys,ro 14pm, nd weekends ro 10am to4pm, s well s by chnce or ointentthroughout the week. For urther inor-tion, go to or cll Dine t 2739299.

Quilts on the TayFro August 9 to 11, the Lnrk CountyQuilters Guild resents their Quilts on they show t St. John Ctholic High Schoolin Perth. Te event will eture over 200quilts de by their ebers, includingtrditionl nd conteorry quilts, wllhngings, nd ieces ro chllenges,workshos, nd block-o-the-onth cre-ted over the st two yers.

Secil dislys will be etured, s wells ebers boutique o quilts nd itesor sle. Tere will lso be lrge er-chnts ll with qulity brics, threds,tterns nd notions. Door rizes, quilt

re nd te roo round out the event,nd the rking is ree!

Adission is $6, nd the show runsro noon5pm on August 9, ro10am to 5pm on the 10th, nd ro10am to 4pm on the 11 th. St. JohnsHigh School is locted t 2066 Coun-ty Rod 10 (Scotch Line) in Perth. Forore inortion, cll 2674062 or visit.

A Call to Painters andPhotographersAre rtists re invited to coe celebrtend cture the beuty o the sunower

Art in the Valley

eld t Kricklewood Fr nd then torticite in grou show t Te HerbGrden, ll to benet Te ble, PerthsCounity Food Centre. Tis inititive,clled Te Art o the Sunfower, is beingorgnized by the owners o KricklewoodFr Lnrk Countys rst nd onlyroducer o cold ressed sunower oil.Prticiting rtists will be ble to visit ther during ek bloo in August ndcture the beuty o the eld using theediu o their choice, nd will be skedto donte soe work to this gret loclcuse. For ore inortion, visit Krick-lewood Fr on Fcebook, cll 2759901,or eil .

Striped vase by Richard Skrobecki

Artists are invited to participate in The Art o the Sunfower a show benetting

The Table Community Food Centre in Perth


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CLASSES COURSES LESSONS CLASSES COURSES LESSONS

Planning Aheador Fall?

On the next ew ges youll nd gretcollection o clsses, courses nd lessons

or ll ges nd skill levels. ught bytlented locl rtists, usicins, dncers,overs nd shkers youll be insired

to lern nd crete this utun!

In lte October, locl tlent, guestjudges nd ns will ll gther in

the cetoriu t CPHS or thenle o this yers My ownsGot alent coetition!

Lst yer, everyone ws nerv-ous, excited, nd bunch oeotions ixed together, sysAlexnder Cox, the winner othe 2012 My owns Got lent,who will be in the udience orthis yers October 25th nle.My vorite rt othe coetition wswhen I ws witing inthe bck roo or theto ve results, ddsCox. We were ll

just jing out ndsinging together!

Te roessionlnture o the co-etition is goodrertion or ny-one looking to enter lrger scle tlentserch, ccording toFrser Scntlebury,executive director oUnited Wy LnrkCounty. And indeed,Cox grees tht heelt like celebrityter winning lst yer s coeti-tion, nd dvises ny contestnts

to coe rered to hve theirhoto tken by doring ns.Tis yers nle will include

erornces ro 15 sei-nlists, nd the celebrity judg-

Its Time to Show ThatYour Towns Got Talent!

es will select the ve nlists who will then eror once

gin. Ech udience eberreceives bllot to vote or thewinner.

Lst yers My owns Got l-ent showcsed vriety o locltlent, including singers, dnc-ers, oets nd usicins, nd thedirectors hoe tht this yer thecoetition will drw n evenbigger ool o tlent.

Anyone in Lnrk Countyinterested in rticiting is in-

vited to udition in their town inlte Seteber. Auditions will beheld ro Seteber 23 to 26 inPerth, Siths Flls, Alonte ndCrleton Plce.

Je Gourgon, orer studentt Notre De Ctholic High

School, strted the event our yersgo. Te inititive rises oney orthe United Wy o Lnrk County,which suorts nuber o youthcentres in the re.

Its so wesoe to hve theoortunity to eror or thtbig crowd, sys Sr Millign, eber o Hoing Fences, whoce in third lst yer. For us

it ws bout being hynd energetic we sidit didnt tter how welced nd we hd rellygood tie.

As My owns Gotlent vetern, Cox oerssoe dvice to this yerscontestnts.

Cox suggests contest-nts bring soeone withthe to their uditions. Hebrought his usic techer,who oered erorncedvice nd ilir cebckstge. I wnt to telleveryone not to be nerv-ous, but I know they willbe he sys, but ssurestht once you get on thestge, everything is ne!

For ore inortion boutuditioning, lese visit , cll the United Wy LnrkCounty ofce t 2539074, orcheck out My owns Got lenton Fcebook. Alice Clark

Alexander Cox, winner o the 2012 My Towns Got

Talent event, is eagerly awaiting this years nals

in October

Are you ofering any

classes, courses or

lessons starting this all?

I so, may we suggest

that you advertise them

in the Classes, Courses,

Lessons section o our

September issue? It will

look all cool and snazzy,

just like this months (only

it will have your ad in it too,

so it will be even snazzier).

See page 2 or more

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I going to describe scene or you. Illwrn you now it isnt retty. Igine school, in this cse with students rnging

ro Kindergrten to Grde 8. Now, i-gine tht in this school tht there re sixull-tie red security ersonnel whoro the hllwys with wlkie-tlkies.ke quick look round the hllwysirst thing in the orning or between

clsses, nd you will notice tht none o the stu-dents hve bckcks, becuse in this schoolthey rent llowed to bring the, out o er thtthey will be crrying conceled weons. Bulle-tin bords in the hllwys re blnk, since ny-thing tht goes u on the just ends u gettingdeced. Wnder little urther, nd you will no-tice tht in the Visul Arts roo, which sees littleuse, rt sulies re in locked cubords. Downthe hll in the Music Roo, which lso sees littleuse, instruents re locked wy becuse hvingthe out in the oen ens extensive dgend thet. Litercy rtes in this school re wybelow the verge o other schools in the re,nd every yer hl the teching st end uleving. his school hs reuttion s being creer killer, nd nyone who wnts to ove inn uwrds trjectory on their creer th styscler. It sounds like ovie, doesnt it?

In ct, the scenrio I just nished describing istht o school on the outskirts o Boston, nd thisws the stte o tht school our short yers go.Orchrd Grdens K-8 School, in Roxbury, Ms-schusetts, hd truly hit rock botto, nd soe-

thing desertely needed to be done. Recently I sw news story ro NBC News bout this school,nd decided to do little ore reserch, since itseeed like erect toic or this colun.

When Orchrd Grdens hd hit rock botto,the school ws less thn ten yers old. Wht hdstrted out s hoeul dre hd turned into nightre in less thn decde. Enter AndrewBott, who hs been the schools rincil or thest our yers. Bott took the job t Orchrd Gr-dens ginst the dvice o collegues, who toldhi tht cceting it would en the end o hiscreer.

Since things were so bd t Orchrd Grdens,Bott ws ble to get his school clssiied s urnround School which gve hi increseduthority nd utonoy to ut n bitious ln

into ction. he irst thing Bott decided to dows eliinte the red security ersonnel whowndered the hllwys, nd reinvest tht oneyin rts unding, including hiring new techers.he rts were going to tke uch ore roi-nent role in every clssroo. His next ste ws

A Matter o PrioritiesArts Program Credited or School Turnaround

to increse the length o the school dy or llstudents in Grdes 6 to 8 so tht they could t-tend ndtory Citizenshi clsses. his school

ws going to be oen or business! eching stwere consulted, nd nyone who didnt shre inthis vision ws sked to leve. All told, eighty er-cent o the st ended u being relced. Sketi-cis ws rnt, nd ost eole thought thtthings would crry on s norl, with B ott lev-ing in yer or two.

Four years later, the turnaround at OrchardGardens is nearly complete. Every elementaryclassroom is flled with art, drama, and music.Colourul bulletin boards adorn the hallwaysand murals by students greet visitors as theycome in to the school. Wander a little urther,and you will hear wonderul music coming romthe band room. Tere are concerts and dramaproductions throughout the year. And yes, stu-dents are once again allowed to wear their back-packs in the hallways.

While test scores still lg behind the stte ver-ge, their rte o iroveent is the highest in thestte, nd it wont be long beore they hve cught

u. Wht Bott nd his st relize is tht there is direct link between rticition in the rts ndstudent chieveent. Tis is bcked u by n enor-ous ount o reserch. Now, severl Grde 8students ro Orchrd Grdens will be oving onto restigious rts-centered high schools. As oneo these students who hs been t the school sinceKindergrten describes it: now techers cre bouthis lerning, nd give hi ny dierent oortu-nities to succeed.

In Deceber o 2012, distinguished cellist YoYo M visited Orchrd Grdens nd sent tieworking nd lying usic with students t theschool. Four yers go, this would hve been un-thinkble. Andrew Bott sys it best: his isnt

just bout turning school round. We wnt toke it school wed select or our own children.

We wnt the students to understnd everythingthey do tters, nd this is very rel deon-strtion o tht. Tony Stuart is the Music Director at Notre Dame

Catholic High School in Carleton Place, and areelance proessional musician.

by Tony Stuart

MusicMatters

The frst thing Bott decided todo was eliminate the armedsecurity personnel who wandered

the hallways, and reinvest that

money in arts unding, including

hiring new teachers. The arts

were going to take a much more

prominent role in every classroom.

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Te ter entl helth ightbe intiidting to soe er-hs esecilly young eole but this Seteber, YPS youthcentre in Alonte will lunch un new rogr ied t k-

ing entl helth wrenessore inclusive, ccessible ndholistic.

Fron Gogo, the new MentlHelth Worker t YPS, is in thelnning stges or the ucoingrogr, clled 37 Skills, whichwill run Tursdys ro 46pm,strting in Seteber. Just s itsounds, the rogr will intro-duce 37 new skills cobin-tion o rts, lie nd coing skills, to re youth.

Its nything ro silk-screen-ing t-shirts, lerning how tocrochet, tking nture hike orlerning sort to doing yogclss or edittion, nd nythingin between, she sys, while relt-ing ll these things to your entlhelth nd counity connec-tion. For exle, how does de-

veloing new skills ke you eelbout yoursel? How does thtbenet your entl helth?

Also being introduced in Se-teber is rtnershi betweenYPS nd Alonte District HighSchool. Ech onth, YPS stwill rovide workshos on di-erent thees relting to entlhelth. Frons lns include en-tl helth 101, nd workshos

ocusing on eting disorders ndsubstnce buse wreness.She lso hoes to incoro-

rte sseblies with counityrtners, nd workshos or r-ents, where they cn lern bout

youth entl helth ro ex-erts within the counity.

Te gol is school-wide en-tl helth rootion, she ex-lins. Its relly cool becuse

37 Skills At TYPSwere not just trgeting the t-risk youth; were sying thteverybody could benet robecoing educted bout theirentl helth.

A third coonent o the new

inititive is onthly roessionldeveloent rogr, oen toyouth centre st ro Alontend surrounding res, rents,nd nyone else who could ben-et ro resenttion on youthentl helth. enttive lns orSeteber include suicide re-vention worksho, nd or No-veber eting disorder wre-ness.

Te roessionl develoentrogr, long with ll the othercoonents o the inititive, willbe coletely ree nd oen tonyone who would like to r-ticite. Ater yer o runningthe new rogrs, YPS willlso introduce eer entoringsyste, which will equi youngeole to know the signs o cri-sis nd how to reer their eersto n rorite entl helthroessionl.

Sttistics show tht young eo-le re going to go to other youngeole when they need hel, F-ron sys. Teyre not necessr-ily going to coe to n dult or entl helth roessionl.

In the entie, Fron isworking t YPS, doing reserchnd rertion or the ll ro-

grs. She hs lso runs ChillSce t YPS, on uesdys ndTursdys ro 46pm. Te ChillSce roo is colete with wish list wll, where YPS

youth cn write suggestions orwht theyd like to see in the u-coing rogrs. Its scewhere youth in the counitycn coe to int, or work withbric, or ll these dierent things

they do to kee their hnds busy,but tht re thereutic t these tie, she exlins.

Te new inititives t YPSre result o $137,000 grntgiven to the centre by the On-

trio rilliu Foundtion. Fronsys shes excited by the decisionto invest in rogrs tht reore reventtive thn correc-tive in nture.

yiclly grnts cn be rec-tive s resonse to trgedyor exle but this one is re-lly roctive, she sys. Fron,who grew u in counityuch like Alonte, sys rurl

youth hve unique entl helthsuscetibility nd needs, whichshe hoes to ddress. In city, its lot esier to be nonyous with

your issues, she sys, which iswhy she hoes to ct s n ir-til interediry between youthnd entl helth resources.

Ater two nd hl yers,YPS will coile reort onthe benets o the new rogrs,which will be relesed to the ub-lic on the centres website.

On August 12, YPS willhost n event or InternationalYouth Day, including BBQ,ro 68pm in the counitygrden behind the Alonte Li-brry. Its sily n event to cel-ebrte the youth o our cou-nity, sys Fron. And it will cts lunch or the new inititive.

Counity ebers ndyouth who would like to get in-volved in or who hve sugges-tions regrding the new ro-grs re welcoe to contctFron t . Kylie Kendall is theHus

summer intern, and will be en-tering her third year in CarletonUniversitys journalism program

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I recently worked with designer dur-ing the setu o y new retil businessnd, s soeone who thinks o hersels retty det when it coes to dcor,I ws zed t how this gl de ll oy thoughts work together. I showed her

illion ides in illion dierent styles (Iws ll I wnt it to be suer conteorry,but lso little rustic, you know? And cnwe incororte neighbourhood-slsh-rootos-slsh-hndde thee? Becusethts wht I thinking. You dig?), ndsoehow she de it ll coe togetherwithout scricing thing. I could hvedone it ysel, ybe. But it wouldnt hvehd the olish tht it needed to be gret(red: it would hve been hot ess). Andit robbly would hve cost e ore in theend, with ll the tril nd error.

Te other gret thing bout using designer to hel you is tht theyve gotthe hookus. Tey know the tried ndtrue locl contrctors tht will get the job

done, on tie, nd on budget. Tey knowthe inters tht cn be trusted with yourhouse key, so you cn coe hoe to reshly inted kitchen insted o hnginground id-reno house ll dy trying tovoid strnge (occsionlly shirtless) enin the hllwy. Hy reno!

Dear Miss Write,Cn you suggest soe tis on revitlizing volunteer coittee or counitybord? Mny volunteer orgniztions su-er ro the se eole who re doingll the work but when new eole shown interest in joining the orgniztion,they re ut o by the essiis ro theold coittee. Its vicious circle, relly.And i the newbie ersists beyond the rst

by Emily Arbour

FunnyYouShouldWriteDrinkin in the Dark

coule o eetings, they re usully greet-ed with we tried tht once nd it doesntwork Clerly the roble lies with theold gurd, so erhs soe olite tis onclening house? Volunteer Woes

Dear VW,As with ost things in lie, the only c-tions you cn relly control re your own.

I wondering i youre doing your rt tochnge this issue with the old gurd. Itsll well nd good to be bothered by the t-titudes nd oinions o others, but re youstting your osition loudly enough to beherd? Perhs, indeed, you re, nd thesesesoned volunteers re just stuck in theirwys s you sy. Or ybe they dont ctu-lly see the inuence theyre hving on thelrger grou nd new blood/ide ttrction.Mybe soeone needs to tell the. I ick

you. Te next tie soeone sys soe-thing like Nh. We tried tht once nd itdoesnt work, i it on the nd sy, Are

you sying you dont think we should con-tinue to try? or chllenge the to coe uwith dierent solution. Mybe its worthking rule tht in order to oo-oo nide, youve got to hve better one.

As or the ct tht its the se eoledoing the work, thts just rt nd rcelo being volunteer, in y exerience. I

you dont wnt to do the work, dont vol-unteer. Now I know, tht ight en thedeise o the grou. I not telling you tothrow in the towel. Consider roosing nnonyous grou review. Everyone getsto subit coent crd o wht theythink could be iroved uon. Dedicten entire eeting to reding the co-ents nd discussing whts working wellnd wht needs to chnge. Counic-tion is the issue. Its lwys the issue.

Dear Miss Write,Is it OK to drink while lying hide nd goseek with your kids? I en youre send-ing tie with your kids, nd techniclly

youre not drinking lone, but I ws eel-ing bit guilty hiding in y closet with big glss o wine. In the drk. Dad in the Dark

Dear Dad,Te short nswer is yes. Its OK to hve drink while lying hide nd seek with

your kids. Te long nswer is, yes, its OKto hve drink while lying hide nd seekwith your kids so long s you re not ) en-courging your kids to ly hide nd seek

so you cn drink in drk closets, b) llingslee while drinking in the drk, king itnerly iossible or your kids to nd you(or to get those vino stins out o your goodwinter cot), or c) lying in bed t night re-gretting the decisions youve de s r-ent tody. Hey. Whtever gets you throughthe dy nd kees your kids eeling lovedis A-OK in y book. Ply on dd, ly on. Emily Arbour is a reelance writer and shop

owner who lives and works in Almonte. Byno means is she an expert in anything buthaving an opinion and making things up.You can go ahead and take her advice, butyoud probably do just as well asking yourcontractor to keep his shirt on in this heat.Only dierence is he doesnt have a columnin this fne publication.


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Austrlin singer-songwriter ndngerstyle guitrist David RossMacDonald cn no longer clito be hoeless itinernt usi-cin. McDonld, who erorst MERA Schoolhouse on Stur-dy, August 10, sent nuber

o yers on the rod with noossessions other thn his vin-tge 1935 Gibson guitr nd whthe could crry in his ck. All otht hs chnged over the stcoule o yers, with McDon-ld sending tie ring wllsnd instlling wetherbord onhis own one-cre lot o lnd inSouth Austrli. He hsnt co-letely given u the lie o trou-bdour though, nd his brie trito Cnd this suer will bringhi to the MERA Schoolhouse,one o his vourite venues.

Its lwys tret to ly tMERA, sys McDonld, whoclled his rst sold-out er-nces t the Schoolhouse in Oc-tober 2010 trile-A gig. Hereturned to nother ccity-udience in June o 2011, buths been busy working on hisnew hoe since then, so hsnthd chnce or return visituntil now. McDonld will be in

Australian TroubadourReturns to MERA

Cnd or only short tie thissuer, nd hs seciclly re-quested the chnce to ly gint MERA, s one o only hnd-ul o concerts on his itinerry.

Acoustic Guitar Magazinelikened McDonlds vocls,lyrics nd intricte ngerstyleguitr style to collbortionbetween Nick Drke nd id-1970s Bruce Cockburn. Rossdels in subtlety, inticy nd

nunce, with tunesiths hndtht coins songs nd usic with hunting nd oignnt qulity.

Te son o jzz usicin -ther, he returned to his usiclroots ter soe yers under-ground s geologist nd now

lies his trde not only s n in-terntionlly touring songwriter,but lso s jzz-turned-olk-roots druer or the ccliedAustrlin grou Te Wis.

Hving lyed with nd oenedor such luinries s John Ren-bourn, ony McMnnus, Kelly JoePhels nd Chris Sither, Mc-donld constntly tours intern-tionlly, red with his Gibsonnd cret bg o songs tht heilluintes in his own iniitblereserved yet intense oetic style.

Dvid Ross McDonld -ers t MERA Schoolhouse onSturdy, August 10, t 8pm. Ad-

vnce tickets re $22 (includingservice chrge) nd re vilblero ickets Plese t 39 FosterStreet in Perth ( Jos Clothes), on-line t , or byhone t 4856434. For oreinortion or to reserve tick-ets, hone 2682376 or eil.

David Ross MacDonald returns

to play MERA on

Saturday, August 10

Te North Lnrk Regionl Museu is oen or the seson! Ourst ebers re trined to give tours o the dierent sections othe useu, which include diry, blcksith, rurl school, gen-erl store nd ost ofce exhibits.

Other etures include our eoril exhibit, coeortingthe Alonte rin Accident o 1942, which clied the lives o39 eole nd injured ny ore. Tis secil exhibit describes

not only the istkes tht led to the trgedy, but lso highlightsthe hun cossion shown by Alonte residents who workedtirelessly to sve the survivors o the crsh. Te NLRM hs col-lected eyewitness ccounts o the ccident ro survivors, wit-nesses nd ily ebers, which show the ccident ro nydierent viewoints.

One o the ost notble etures o the useu is its log cbin,originlly built in the 1850s nd used by re ioneers. Te cbinis now lled with ioneer rtects: everything ro griculturlileents to erly hygiene ites. Tere is lso section withinthe useu tht ocuses exclusively on ioneer living, with rte-cts ro ioneer hoested nd illustrtive wood diorscreted by the lte Norn Pul.

Tere re ny dierent exhibits t the NLRM or everyoneto enjoy, so ke sure to check out the useu this suer.Filies with children re rticulrly encourged to visit, s wetilor our tours to suit the visitors nd oer dditionl scvengerhunts nd colouring sheets or the kids.

Te NLRM y be sll useu, but it is cked with loclhistory.

Te North Lnrk Regionl Museu is locted just outside oAleton t 647 River Rod.

o see soe o the rtects tht the useu hs to oer, see, or cll us t 3578503. Ad-ission to the useu is by dontion. Ken Caldwell, Summer Sta, North Lanark Regional Museum

Appleton: Comeor a Visit!


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