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The Voice of North Grenville Feb. 19, 2014

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Celebrating Our HeritageDowntown Kemptvile 1905

Downtown Merrickville 1905

Photo’s courtesy of NG Historical Archives

Until around 1850, Merrickville-Wolford and Oxford-on-Rideau had one municipal Council to administer both areas. The population was very small and it was easier for the few residents to meet together and legislate for the general locality. They passed resolutions concerning fences, kept census information and made decisions on the economic development of the combined townships. The population was so small in the early days, that every new birth and every death was recorded in the Council Minutes.

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Things are once again heating up at Kemptville Campus with the expansion of its oil and gas programs. Working closely with East-ern Ontario industry part-ners and the Technical Stan-dards and Safety Authority,

University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus responds to the need for a skilled workforce in the gas industry

the University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus has re-cently introduced its newest skills training program.

On January 27, the Cam-pus welcomed its first intake of students into the Gas Technician Certification program. The program is 18 weeks in duration and provides graduates with the knowledge and training nec-

essary to write the provin-cial licensing exams for the gas technician level 2 and 3. The program is modular in format and features hands-on training as the approach of choice for students new to the industry as well as seasoned technicians to ac-quire the skills and gain the practical experience needed to succeed in the industry.

Professor Tim Chajkoski and Mike Moore are doing the honour of opening the new pro-gram facilities as the program students look on.

The training facilities with its large practical lab have been extensively renovated to support this learning philosophy.

Currently there are close to 35,000 registered gas technicians in the province of Ontario and many of them are retiring or set to retire in the near future. The demand for skilled technicians in this sector is growing as evidenced by the more than 2000 gas techni-cian licensing exams that are written each year across Ontario. The new program goes a long way in address-ing the anticipated shortage of qualified gas technicians in Eastern Ontario. Kemp-tville Campus is planning to offer the program again in August 2014. For more information about the pro-gram or for a registration package, please contact the Skills Training Admission Clerk at 613-258-8336, Ext. 61377.

Bishop’s Mills Community Hall Commemorative Plaque is unveiled

It was a busy day in the Mills. A sun filled after-noon of outdoor activities celebrating the best that winter offers culminated in the unveiling of a new plaque to grace the wall of the Community Hall. The

Victor desRoches, Tim Sutton, Mayor Dave Gordon, Steve Clark, Rowena Cooper and Barb Tobin

by Beth Nicol North Grenville Heritage Advisory Committee worked with the Bishop’s Mills Com-munity Association to de-sign a plaque representative of the hamlet’s community roots while celebrating the building’s historical signifi-cance. Attending to pay their respects were: MPP Steve

Clark, Mayor Gordon, Coun-selors Barb Tobin and Tim Sutton, Heritage Committee representative Rowena Coo-per and Bishop’s Mills Com-munity Association member Victor desRoches.

Community owned and operated since 1878, the hall continues to host the

hamlet’s many activities and functions.

This is the seventh in a series of plaques gracing his-torically significant locations in the municipality sponsored by the North Grenville Heri-tage Advisory Committee and the North Grenville His-torical Society.

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The annual presentation of the Heritage Awards took place at the Branch Restaurant in Kemptville on Monday, February 17. The awards are given out by the North Grenville Historical Society, in co-operation with the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee, and recognise those who have worked to preserve, protect, or promote our local history and heritage.

This year’s three recipients of the awards were each recog-nised for very different aspects of heritage and history. Gordon Moat received an award for the remarkable detective work he had undertaken in tracing the work of a local craftsman, Horton Row of Kemptville. Dr. Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad, two amazing residents of North Grenville, were honoured for the work they have done for over thirty years in recording and campaigning to preserve our natural history. Mr. Bortolussi was recognized for his work with the Grade 10 History Class at St. Michael’s High School, on the World War I trench project.



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Letter to the editor

Dear Editor:

Re: “KuKlux Klan in Smith Falls”

It seems hard to believe that many of us call ourselves Christian and can do such despicable things in the name of Christianity. It always seems that one religion is pitted against another. To-day, it seems that Muslims are at the losing end, at least in “Western” societies. This fear fosters hate and violence. Where does it end? Usually death and war.

A very interesting article!

Kath Piché

Liberal party supporters gathered to meet Kyle John-son on Sunday February 16. The Spencerville resident is seeking the nomination for Liberal Candidacy for the Federal Election.

The North Grenville

Council has passed a by-law to make it easier to sell municipal buildings. A few years ago, Council declared some heritage properties to be surplus to requirements, and these may be the first to be sold. The intention is to sell them to interested com-munity groups, rather than the commercial sector or private individuals, such as happened to Acton’s Corners, one of the proper-ties declared surplus.

The Oxford Mi l l s Community Association has expressed an interest in buying Maplewood, the old school building in Oxford Mills which they have been administering on behalf of the munici-pality for the past number of years. The new process allows the Municipality to sell to such potential pur-chasers without much of the required red tape and procedures that hindered such a sale in the past.

The other heritage buildings similarly de-clared surplus by the mu-nicipality include the Ar-moury, and the Kemptville and Oxford Mills Town Halls.

This is Heritage Week in Ontario, which should be something to celebrate. In North Grenville, how-ever, it is hard to see where the cause for celebration may lie. In terms of our built heritage, as it is called, we have a dismal history of demolishing whatever is old, whatever has character, or whatever is in the way of “progress”. Think about it. For the past few weeks, the History Page has been detailing just a few of the many heritage buildings that have disappeared from our landscape, sometimes simply to create an empty space. For those of you old enough to remember, there is still upset and a sense of loss regarding the demolition of the old Post Office. This quite lovely building was built about a hundred years ago, and gave Prescott Street an anchor, an identity. But down it went to make way for the present Post Office: that awful red brick lump. In its place we now have…nothing. There is just a small green area with a path running through it to access the...Post Office.

In Oxford Mills, the old mill that gave the vil-lage its name was also de-

Here Today….molished for no good rea-son. Imagine what a tourist attraction some of these buildings would be today. Think what we could do with a bit of imagination. Gord Brown has issued a major report on the Rideau Heritage Corridor, and the Report makes it abun-dantly clear that we have on our doorstep a World Heritage Site with incred-ible potential for economic development. But the Re-port says almost nothing about North Grenville. It jumps from Merrickville to Baxter and Rideau Pro-vincial Parks, with just a quick nod to Burritt’s Rapids. No-one seems to have told the writers of the Report that there is a place called Kemptville in between, with a long history of steamboat traf-fic, both commercial and recreational. North Gren-ville should have been involved in the making of that Report, and it ought to figure prominently in plans for economic development as a centre for tourism with a heritage focus. The North Grenville Historical Society was not consulted about these things, al-though it has done more than any other sector of our community to promote and preserve our local heritage and history and to make it known to residents of the

municipality.We have a Municipal

Heritage Advisory Com-mittee, on which I served for six years until resign-ing at the end of last year. It has signally failed to protect important heritage assets, most specifically the Acton’s Corners school site. What could have been a wonderful heritage site, owned by the Municipality and unique in being intact, complete with original school bell, desks, chalk-boards, wood interior and even outhouses, was sold by the Municipality for a pitiful sum, consider-ing what could have been realised from a heritage development project. The Heritage Committee failed to save this asset, because Councillor Barb Tobin, who sits on the Commit-tee, decided it was none of the Committee’s business. Even though assurances were given that the inte-rior of the property would be protected, as befitting a place with a heritage designation, it turns out that the municipality has no power to control what is done with the building. Even ensuring that the original locks and fittings would be removed before the sale went through was beyond the Planning De-partment’s ability.

The Committee’s Chair

insists that it is only an ad-visory committee and can-not force Council to pro-tect anything. Fair enough; but the Committee waits until asked for its advice. It is never asked. Surely, those mandated to watch over our heritage should be willing to offer advice, even when it isn’t asked for, when a unique asset such as Acton’s Corners is at risk? The fact is that we have to be proactive about protecting our heritage buildings, before they are all gone. Not just the nice looking places, but the old barns, farmhouses, schools, cheese factories - whatever is left to us. Remember the railway stations at Bedell and Wel-lington Street? Gone.

These physical links to our past are an essential part of our heritage and history. They can remind us that we have a past, that others built what we have inherited. They are a tangible expression of the past, the people who opened and farmed the land, who taught in our schools, opened business-es and worked on railways and canals. More and more people are moving to this region, and they have no sense of the past. They need to know about the community of which they have become part, so that

they can decide the future. There is a genuine interest in our heritage in North Grenville. The people at the NG Sports Hall of Fame are working to pre-serve that part of our story. Restaurants and other pub-lic spaces are eager to have historic photographs on their walls. People want to learn about the past and that is our heritage, passed on to us, and ours to pass on to the future.

In this issue we take time to celebrate our past. It can be, and should be, humbling to remember that others were here be-fore us, others who had a part to play in making this community. We are only here for a short time, like they were. I will declare a complete bias and vested interest when I recommend to everyone to make sure that your family story, in pictures, letters, docu-ments or whatever, are passed on at some point to the NG Archives, where our history and heritage are being preserved and brought to the general pub-lic to inform, instruct and even entertain. And let’s not take our heritage for granted, or, one day soon, all of our heritage plaques will be pointing out places where our heritage build-ings used to be.

Heritage Buildings surplusby David Shanahan

Kyle Johnson seeking nomination for Leeds and Grenville Liberal Candidacy

A group of 30 Liberal sup-porters gathered at the home of Ralph and Kathy Raina to meet Federal Liberal Nomi-nation hopeful, Kyle Johnson, on the afternoon of Sunday, February 16. A resident of Spencerville, he is making himself known to the party grassroots, stirring up interest in the up-and-coming federal election.

Mr. Johnson has had a long-time interest in gov-ernment, earning degrees in Political Science and Interna-tional Affairs. The workings

of parliament are not new to him; he is employed as a Legislative Assistant to (ex-Liberal) Senator Mitchell, a former Opposition Leader in the Alberta Provincial Gov-ernment. In spite of recent disruptions in Senate routines and general public disillu-sionment with parliamentary conduct and decision making procedures which seem arbi-trary and undemocratic, Mr. Johnson remains steadfast in his belief that the best way to effect meaningful political change is from within.

Casual conversation pre-ceded a more formal gather-

ing where Mr. Johnston ad-dressed the group briefly. He posited that his focus will be on local issues and concerns; political accountability to constituents was stressed as well. His campaign will be conducted in a clean and ethi-cal manner. He spoke to the Liberal Party’s plan to base its platform on issues brought forward from the grassroots level. A question and answer session followed touching on a variety current issues.

The need to strengthen the Liberal base locally was addressed, with Mr. Raina issuing a challenge to fill two

buses with local Liberal party members to attend the nomi-nation meeting in Brockville. An annual membership can be purchased for $10; only party members are eligible to vote.

The Liberal Party of Can-ada will present a number of Policy Resolutions at the Convention in Montreal this coming week. To familiarize yourself with their content, check the official party web-site.

Mr. Johnson is avail-able to meet with interested groups to share his ideas and ideals.

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Municipality Matters

This week we celebrated one of Ontario’s newest holidays, Family Day, which is very rightly timed to mark the start of Heritage Week in Ontario. Heritage is our inheritance from the past, our history. It is the history of all the other families that made this Province what it is today, and what we hope it will be in the future. Sometimes people think that heritage is something just for certain people, very academic and very dry. But our heritage is our story, and the story of North Grenville, going back to the founding of Oxford-

David Gordon on Heritage WeekOur Heritage is a colourful story

on-Rideau township in 1791 and South Gower township a few years later, is a far more colourful story that you might guess.

People back in the 1800's lived rough and hard lives, fighting against the weather, the bush and the wild animals that filled the wilderness around them. They cut down huge trees, opened up the land and built their homes and barns. They watched out for each other and shared what they had. There wasn’t much cash around, so they bartered for what they need-ed. That is not a bad example to follow for us today, when life can be very hard still for many people in our com-munity.

Heritage and culture may sound like things that have little to do with our day to day life in 2014, but what we do and read, the sports we play, the TV we watch, the groups we join, that is our culture, and that is the heritage we are passing down to our children and their chil-

dren too. So we have to stop for a minute now and then re-member the ones who came before us and whose heritage we are enjoying today. They were not always “good” and “respectable” members of society. In the fights and arguments over prohibition, for example, some people went as far as burning down the Methodist church where the “drys” met and planned their next move against the demon alcohol.

People carried guns, and sometimes used them. And not always against animals! Kemptville, Heckston, Ox-ford Mills, Burritt’s Rapids had their hotels and drink-ing places where people let loose after a long week, or a harsh winter. There are many people living here today who can still remember some of those places - but that is part of our heritage too. Just as much as the churches, the concerts and the social work that were also a part of North Grenville culture.

Heritage can also be ex-

pensive. It costs money to keep buildings in good repair, and to support events and or-ganisations. We have to ask ourselves how much we are willing to spend to preserve heritage and culture. Maybe the answer is in remembering that our heritage is ours. It is not just kept in museums and archives, though they are very important. But it is in us too, in our memories and our stories, in our photographs and scrapbooks. When we celebrate heritage this week, remember that we are cel-ebrating our forefathers, our grandparents and ourselves. We carry on the heritage to the ones who come after us. It is not high-brow, not the possession of scholars. If we remember that, we can keep out heritage alive every day, and not just at special events and weeks. It is not a matter of spending money to preserve our heritage. It is really a matter of remember-ing and appreciating what we have, where we come from, and what we want to pass on.

Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark said Hydro One CEO Carmine Mar-cello should resign imme-diately over his complete failure to resolve the util-ity’s billing and customer service problems.

Clark gave Marcello that message directly in a telephone conversation after the Hydro One CEO called him.

“I told him if he wants to send the right message, he should do two things: apologize to Ontarians and step down. He’s known about these problems and the hardships they are caus-ing Ontario families for more than a year and has done absolutely nothing to fix them,” said Clark. “He needs to step aside and let someone capable of resolv-ing the issues with delayed and inaccurate bills take over and get this job done.”

Clark said the only rea-son Marcello is picking up the phone to call On-tario PC MPPs this week is because of Ombudsman Andre Marin’s blunt com-ments about the utility in announcing his investiga-tion last week.

“The Ombudsman hu-miliated Hydro One and for good reason – they have a disaster on their hands and no idea what to do about it,” stressed Clark. “If Carmine Marcello was

Clark calls for hydro one CEO to resign over billing ‘disaster’

actually interested in fix-ing this problem, he would have called me months ago when I was standing up at Queen’s Park and talking about the billing night-mares being experienced by the people I represent in Leeds-Grenville.”

Clark said he has ab-solutely no confidence in the current CEO’s ability to get the issues with bill-ing and customer service fixed. “And I don’t think Ontarians do, either,” he added. “The big question now is whether the Energy Minister will continue to stand by Marcello if he won’t do the right thing and step down.”

After months of inac-tion by the government and Hydro One over bill-ing issues he has brought forward on behalf of con-stituents, Clark has wel-comed the Ombudsman’s investigation.

“As I have said last, Minister Chiarelli, Premier Wynne and Carmine Mar-cello have all been missing in action on this issue,” said Clark. “I’m glad the Ombudsman has listened to the growing chorus of Ontarians who have found themselves, in the Om-budsman’s words, ‘wres-tling with a slippery pig’ in trying to get their billing complaints addressed by Hydro One.”

Mayor Doug Struthers on Heritage Week

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We will all remember Shane Koyczan’s rendition at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olym-pics in Vancouver – en-titled”: “We Are More”:

“Canada – True North, Strong and Free: We didn’t just say it – we made it be!”

We live in a community that is older than our coun-try, yet whether we come from old or new commu-nities – it is a shared and common bond of heritage and history (and basic val-ues) that binds us together in our country, in our com-munity.

And what wonderful built heritage we have! What a wonderful his-tory – people history - we have. Perhaps far too often we forget to tie the history and people to our built heritage.

We can reflect back 226 years – 1793 – the found-ing of Merrickville.

We can reflect back 202 years – the War of 1812 – when our nation builders wanted a safe and secure

land: True North, Strong and Free!

We can reflect back 182 years – 1832 – the comple-tion of the Rideau Canal…when our nation-builders had confidence that we could and would have a safe and secure land.

We can reflect back 7 years – 2007 – when the world recognized our Rideau Canal as a World Heritage Site for its unique design, structure, construc-tion and value to our na-tion’s history. The Rideau Canal is one of the funda-mental cornerstones to the founding of our country!

Yes, our nation’s his-tory, our community his-tory. Without the Rideau Canal we well might not have had a country called

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Inasmuch as the Rideau Canal is important to the sustainability of our com-munities…our economic development – community development and enrich-ment – all of these values and economies contribute significantly to our na-tional history, to our local history and heritage.

As Canad ians we should be proud. Proud of our heritage, proud of our built heritage that tells the story of our history!

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Don’t Want Brother DissectedOn Saturday afternoon Wm. Eastman of Oxford Sta-tion returned from Ottawa where he had gone to procure the remains of his brother George who died in the Carleton County hospital on 26 Nov. George is said to have worked on Eligh’s boat during the summer but after leaving that occupation caught a severe cold which lead to a serious illness, and having no home he went to Ottawa three weeks ago where he gained admission into the hospital. The medical at-tendant had advised Wm. Hinton of the young man’s illness and in sending word of his death addressed his card to Wm. Milton, hence the delay. On going to the city William was informed that as no friend applied for the body nor paid the necessary burial expenses, the remains had been sent to Queen’s College, Kings-ton. Like most people, William had a tender spot in his heart, and to think of his brother being dissected by a lot of jolly and perhaps reckless students was a thought he could not entertain. He at once communi-cated with Principal Grant by telegram but received a reply to the effect that no one there knew anything about the body of George Eastman.Mr. Eastman has since received word that he will be able to get possession of the remains of his brother. No doubt the remains of many who were solemnly placed in the quiet cemeteries, and supposed to be there still, whose memory is refreshed by plants, flowers and bouquets, have also found a place on the dissecting table.1898

Mr. Asa Bishop, Bishop’s MillsOur staff reporter at Bishop’s Mills writes: The funeral of the late Asa Bishop occurred on Monday last, and was largely at-tended. Deceased was 78 years of age, [born 1832] and was a life-long resident of this village. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife, two sons, Orla of Oxford Mills; Harold of Oxford township, and a daughter, Mrs. Hunter, of this village. Rev. Mr. Weese conducted the funeral service, in the Methodist Church, after which the remains were interred in the Alexander cemetery.

North Grenville is only sixteen years old, but the roots go a long way back. Oxford-on-Rideau township was first surveyed in 1791. South Gower used to be linked to North Gower when Marlborough Township was part of Grenville County before 1840. Kemptville began life as Clothier’s Mills until it changed its name in 1829. It became a Village in 1857, and only attained the status of a Town in the 1960’s. Oxford Mills used to be the “capital” of Oxford-on-Rideau township before 1998. Burritt’s Rapids didn’t have an island until the 1820’s, and was nearly lost to Oxford in the 1840’s. The main stagecoach route from the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence ran through South Gower, and the general store in Heckston was once the main staging stop on the journey between Prescott and Bytown. Our history is full of interesting facts, events and people. One day, we will be part of that history, so let’s make sure the stories we leave are just as interesting and colourful as the ones we have been left!

December, 1898:The beginning of the Horticultural Society, “the necessary number of signatures for membership having been received”.

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A look back

"Meyrick - Ville - Rideau" ca. 1838, by Philip John Bainbrigge.Library and Archives Canada, Acc No. 1983-47-60

The Merrickville family had a great deal of influence in the development of Oxford-on-Rideau. Aaron Merrick, along with Rickey Waugh, bought the west half of lot 17 in Con-cession 5 from the Clothier family in 1844 and had the area laid out as a townsite. The plans divided the part lot into smaller quarter and one-fifth acre parcels,which Merrick and Waugh sold over the next five years, before Waugh bought out Merrick's share for £2,000, a very large sum indeed at the time. Aaron Merrickand his family con-tinued to hold a mortgage on the land for many years after-wards. The village laid out by Merrick and Waugh became known as Oxford Mills.

Close Connections

Wolford and North Grenville have always had a very close connection. When the first immigrants were arriv-ing in the area after the War of 1812, the British Govern-ment planned to locate a major supply depot to provide tools, seed, food and other necessities to the new arrivals. Originally, the idea would have seen a new settlement spring up along the Rideau between where Burritt’s Rap-ids and Merrickville are today. But the rapids at Bur-ritt’s and the Merrick dam at Merrickville meant that the river was not navigable along that stretch before the Rideau Canal was built a few years later. So the depot was moved north of the Rideau and became the town of Perth.

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1898 The Advance, Dec. 8, 1898 celebrates its 10th Birthday

Queen’s College, Kingston. Like most people, William had a tender spot in his heart, and to thinkof his brother being dissected by a lot of jolly and perhaps reckless students was a thought hecould not entertain. He at once communicated with Principal Grant by telegram but received areply to the effect that no one there knew anything about the body of George Eastman.

Mr. Eastman has since received word that he will be able to get possession of the remainsof his brother.

No doubt the remains of many who were solemnly placed in the quiet cemeteries, andsupposed to be there still, whose memory is refreshed by plants, flowers and bouquets, have alsofound a place on the dissecting table.[That final sentence is troubling! One otherthought: why would he be worried that thestudents dissecting his brother might be“reckless”?]

Ghosts of the Past 2:The building that once housed the BaptistChurch in Kemptville still stands on ClothierStreet West, though it is hardly recognisablethese days. It is the oldest church building inNorth Grenville, dating from the 1840's.

Christie’s CornersCupid has again entrapped one of our young menin the person of David McCaughey who hassatiated his passions in the bonds of holymatrimony, his choice being Miss Jane Tomkins ofMillar’s Corners.[What an odd way to phrase this: “satiated hispassion in the bonds of holy matrimony”?]The Advance, Dec. 8, 1898 celebrates its10 Birthday.th

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When Kemptville broke away from Oxford-on-Rideau in 1857, a special Act of the Legislative Assembly had to be passed, because the population of Kemptville was not large enough to qualify as a Village. Immediately after separating, another Act had to be passed because the new Village Council had been elected in what may have been an illegal manner. The following year, yet another Act had to be passed to change the boundaries of the new Village, because one of the main landowners, “Squire” Bot-tom, didn’t want to pay the higher taxes as part of the urban area.

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The store was the first in Bishop’s Mills, opened byMoses Waldron around 1860 and served in that capacity until 2002.

Merrickville train station

Photo courtesy of Brian Fitzpatrick, Merrickville

Thursday April 27th 1899:

Get your Wants Supplied cheapIf you want a FIRST CLASS PIANOIf you want a FIRST CLASS ORGANIf you want a FIRST CLASS SEWING MACHINEGo to T. A. Hill, KemptvilleP.S. Horses and cattle taken in ex-change

The High School in Kemptville burned down one night in 1936 and many people be-lieved it was a deliberate act of arson, possibly by a stu-dent. When the Public School burned down just weeks later, those suspicions were con-firmed in the minds of many. In fact, there are still those who claim to know the iden-tity of the arsonists.

In 1890, two buildings dominate the photograph: on the left is the McGee Hotel, built by Archibald McGee in 1856. It was also a meeting hall where the Oxford Council met between 1857 and 1875. In 1900, it was bought and used as a workshop by Ormand Bernard. It was then a store and post office run by Charles Beckett after 1934. The building on the right was on the site of a tav-ern, also built by McGee. In 1887, T. A. Kidd replaced the building with the brick one pictured, where he ran a store. It lasted until 1939, when both buildings were destroyed by fire.

Oxford Mills VictoriousOxford Mills defeated Burritt’s Rapids last Saturday to the tune of 9 - 2. A good crowd was present to cheer for “the boys” and although the ice was heavy and a light snow storm was on, a scientific exhibition of hockey was put up. The score stood at half-time 3 - 0 in favour of Oxford Mills...The Burritt’s Rapids boys were royally entertained to supper at the Maple Leaf Hotel after the game. The return match will be played on Saturday.



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CLASSIFIEDS C O M M U N I T Y EVENTS

Feb 17 North Grenville Cancer Support, 2 pm, St. John's United Church-

Kemptville. Welcome to anyone requiring encouragement and support

Feb 19 Kemptville Horticultural Society M eeting , 7:30 pm at the

Kemptville Pentecostal Church ( 1964 County Rd #43). Guest

Speaker: Dave Leonard on How to build a pond. Also, it is seed

exchange night.

Feb 19 Probus Club of North Grenville, 9:30 a.m. Gathering Time; 10:00

a.m. Meeting Time. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall- Kemptville.

Speaker: Robin Heald, Executive Director, Kemptville Youth Centre.

Feb 19 The Chamber's Business After Hours Event at the Branch

Restaurant and Texas Grill, 6- 8pm. Members $10 - Future Members

$15 includes...Finger Food showcasing The Branch menu. Note:

Beverages extra.

Feb 20 Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm -Trivial

Pursuit.

Feb 21 Fiddlehead Soup and Kyra Shaughnessy at Geronimo's 7 pm.

Admission by donation.

Feb 28 Family Fitness Friday at Oxford-on-Rideau PS, 50 Water St,

Oxford Mills from 6:30 – 8 pm. Come out and enjoy a FREE evening

for the whole family! MOVE. GROOVE. DANCE. PLAY. HAVE

FUN with Luv2Groove fo llowed by nutritious snacks.

www.oxfordonrideau.ca, 258-3141

Mar 2 Literary Follies, Leslie Hall, 1:30 pm. Free admission and

refreshments. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Weekly and recurring events

Wed The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday

of every month at the Auditorium at the Municipal Centre on Hwy 44.

For more info see ngphotoclub.ca.

Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion.

Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre every 2 & 4 Wednesday of the month starting atnd th

1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome - $5.

Vivian Howe 613-258-2540.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church

(downstairs), 2659 Concession Street every 3 Tues. 7 pm. Newrd

members welcomed!

Probus Club of North Grenville meet third Wednesday of every

month except for July, August and December, St. Paul's Presbyterian

Church---9:30 am Gathering Time, 10 am Meeting. Come and enjoy

great speakers and fellowship. New members welcome.

Thurs Bridge -St. John’s United Church, 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner

preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-

2691.

North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1 & 3 Thurs. of the month,st rd

7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 258-

7665.

Sat Games night, 6:30 pm, St. John's United Church. Fully accessible.

Please call Barbara at 613-258-4526 for further details.

Mon Cancer Support Group meet third Monday of every month except

July, August and December, St. John's United Church-Kemptville at 2

pm. Welcome to anyone requiring support and encouragement.

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of

Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information.

Bridge- St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $3, partner

preferred but not necessary. Info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s United Church,

6:30-8 pm. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-at-home, working,

teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married, MOPS is for you! For

more information, call Angie Brown at 613-223-3979.

Mon Modern Square Dancing in Kemptville. Every Monday at North

Grenville District High School - 7:00 to 7:45 is free to all beginners.

Weekly and recurring events

Wed The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday

of every month at the Auditorium at the Municipal Centre on Hwy 44.

For more info see ngphotoclub.ca.

Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion.

Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre every 2 & 4 Wednesday of the month starting atnd th

1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome - $5.

Vivian Howe 613-258-2540.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church

(downstairs), 2659 Concession Street every 3 Tues. 7 pm. Newrd

members welcomed!

Probus Club of North Grenville meet third Wednesday of every

month except for July, August and December, St. Paul's Presbyterian

Church---9:30 am Gathering Time, 10 am Meeting. Come and enjoy

great speakers and fellowship. New members welcome.

Thurs Bridge -St. John’s United Church, 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner

preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-

2691.

North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1 & 3 Thurs. of the month,st rd

7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 258-

7665.

Sat Games night, 6:30 pm, St. John's United Church. Fully accessible.

Please call Barbara at 613-258-4526 for further details.

Mon Cancer Support Group meet third Monday of every month except

July, August and December, St. John's United Church-Kemptville at 2

pm. Welcome to anyone requiring support and encouragement.

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of

Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information.

Bridge- St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $3, partner

preferred but not necessary. Info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s United Church,

6:30-8 pm. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-at-home, working,

teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married, MOPS is for you! For

more information, call Angie Brown at 613-223-3979.

Mon Modern Square Dancing in Kemptville. Every Monday at North

Grenville District High School - 7:00 to 7:45 is free to all beginners.

C a s u a l a t t i r e . S i n g l e s W e l c o m e ! I n f o

[email protected] or Shelley (613) 258-0016

M,W,F Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre - Early

birds: 8 am, others 8:30 am Contact: Eva 258-4487.

SERVICES

Snow plowing, Kemptville and Surrounding area. Call Mike @ 613-223-1455 or 613 258-6407

Yoga for everyone. Wednes-day starting Oct. 23, 5:30-6:30 pm: Thursday, Oct. 24, 12 - 1 at Independent Grocer. Call Maureen 258-9902

Nutritional Counselling to customize a wellness plan for all your health concerns. w h o l e s u m a p p r o a c h . c o m 613-258-7133

Boat & car storage available at Osgoode Storage. Dry con-crete floor and steel walls. Book your spot now. Call 613-826-2511

Are you looking for Avon Products. Call Joan at 258-7644.

Osgoode Mini Storage avail-able. Short and long term units available in various sizes. Clean and secure, com-parative rates. Call 613-826-2511

House Cleaning-Every work-ing Mother and Father needs a House Wife. Each home is custom priced to ensure my cleaning will meet your needs & budget. Sandi 613-219-7277

Grade 9-11 MATH TUTORING: Local math teacher, 4 years experience. Old Town Kemp-tville, $30/hr 613-863-5639

Stonehouse Studio Sewing - new in Kemptville! Altera-tions or new; formal or ca-sual. Sharon 224-3182

HANDYMAN, no job too big or too small. I can do it all.Free estimates and references available. Paul 613-791-8597

DRUM LESSONS - Professional drummer/teacher accepting students. All levels welcome! Bryan Valeriani 613 298 5913 www.drumhead.ca

Helen’s Sewing Room All kinds of sewing 613 258 5584

Rock My House Music Centre of fers lessons in Piano, Violin, Guitar, Drums, Bass and Vocals. 613 258 5656

Kemptville - Shop AVON at home Personal service and 100% guar-antee. Anne Hunt 613-258-3806

[email protected]

Bowen Therapy Restore your health. Pain, Respiratory, Diges-tive & more. 613-799-3315. www.BowenKemptville.ca

O ne Tear St u dio, Paint ings/Soapstone Sculptures/Butterfly Hear ts. Visit by appointment o r c h a n c e w w w. H a n n a M a c-Naughtan.ca (613) 258-7297

I Can Sew It : Rhonda Cybul-sk ie - 613-258-524 8 [email protected]

Al’s Cleanup Services Dump runs, Grass, Landscaping Al Scott R R #1 Oxford Station(613) 258-3847

House Cleaning - Kemptville area. For quote call 613-294-0385 or [email protected]

Property Clean up, yards, ga-r a g e s , b a s e m e n t s , l o a d s t o dump,anything removed. 613-258-7955

Sienna Fine Arts Art Classes and Supplies www.siennaf inearts.com 613-878-9706

Commercial/Residential cleaning- Kemptville area. For quote email [email protected] or call 613-867-2184

FOR RENT

One bedroom apartment, single person, private en-trace, non smoker, no pets. $500/m. Call 613 258 4055

Farmhouse for rent in Os-goode Area. Large 4 bed-room, 2 bath home for rent. $1300. + utilities. Double attached garage, large mud-room, 3 season porch, fridge and stove available if re-quired. For more information please call 613-258-6379

2 Bedroom’s, near Kempt-ville Campus, $500.00/month each, females preferred, For details call 613-258-7703 or e-mail [email protected]

Old Town Kemptville, 10 Prescott St, commercial retail space, 893 sq.ft., available February 2014. 613-295-0552

2 bedroom unit for rent, $950, Gas and Electricity ex-tra Downtown Kemptville-Contact Justin 613-296-5906

Spacious, quiet 2 bedroom apt. Excellent for retirees. Stove & fridge incl. No smok-ing, no pets. 512 Clother, call 258-3010

Modern Kemptville 3 bed-room, 2.5 bath townhouse. $1500+utilities. 613-852-4246

One bedroom apt. in country; new appliances; 10 minutes to Kemptville. $750 all incl. 613-794-3551

Room for rent, own bath-room, laundry, 2 min. to college/hospital $500/mth. Female, no pets/smoking. 613-215-0816

1 Month free rent! Brand new 2 & 3 bedroom ter-race home condos. With stain-less steel appliances, washer & dr yer, ceramic tile, ceramic backsplashAnd much more in desirable neighbourhood across from the hospital.$ 1250 To $1400 a month. Water, condo fees and 1 parking spot included.Heat & hydro ex tra. Move in today.For more information call mike (613) 325- 0754 or (613)36 6 -2007.

FOR SALE

Firewood, cut, split and deliv-ered $100/cord. Call Peter at 258-5504

wWanted: Retired senior needs old car batter-ies - making canon balls (weights used for deep sea fishing) 613-258-6254

Mels Farm All Animal Rescue needs Foster

Homes . 258-7488 (Mel-anie) Foster co-ordina-tor for North Grenville/

Merrickville areas.

WHY COOK DINNER? PANCAKE TUESDAY,

March 4The Oxford Mills

Community Association is having a fundraising “Pancake Dinner” at

Maplewood! This event is to help support our ongoing

activities.Only $5 per person There

will be two sittings: One at 5 pm and another at 6:30.

Get your tickets early!For more information email

[email protected] or call 258-6485

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The year ahead By John Barclay, BIA Coordinator

On Thursday February 6, the Old Town Kemptville Busi-ness Improvement Area held its Annual General Meeting in order to review and approve the 2014 Budget and to discuss its marketing and promotional plans for the upcoming year. Led by Chair, Su Sally (SuGold Jewellers), the BIA Board of Management includes Shelley Mitchell (To Be Continued Consignment Shop), Sue Higgins (North Grenville Public Library), Samantha McLean (Candy for You), Amanda Guerin (CIBC), Terry Butler (Butler's Victorian Pantry), Nicole LeB-lanc (The Branch Restaurant and Texas Grill) and George Pep-per (The Book Market). Nicole sent her regrets and George forwarded his letter of resignation from the Board. Everyone else was in attendance including members of the public and several BIA businesses; Wendy Chapman (North Grenville Chamber of Commerce), Teri Devine (North Grenville Eco-nomic Development Department) and Councilor Tim Sutton.

The first and most important item on the Agenda was the presentation and discussion of the proposed budget for 2014. The 2014 budget includes additional money for the BIA's Hallowe'en and Christmas events, new funds for paid advertising and enough to hire a part-time Coordinator. At $25,000, the new budget represents an increase in the busi-ness levy of approximately 40% over last year's budget. After a few questions from the floor, it was passed unanimously. The 2013 Financial Statement was presented by Su Sally (Chair) and Amanda Guerin (Treasurer). The Reserve Fund remained intact from last year. The Financial Statement also passed easily.

Councilor and BIA Board member, Terry Butler, next presented his report on the Municipality and Old Town. Terry highlighted all the recent investments by the Municipality in assets downtown including capital expenditures for the Court House and the Armory (old Fire Hall); refurbishing of the dockage at Curry Park; approval of $50,000 towards the revitalization of Riverside Park; and investment in North Grenville's Trails Strategy, specifically $50,000 towards a pathway along the South Branch linking the docks downtown to the docks at Anniversary Park in the Ferguson Forest Cen-tre. Terry noted that, in what was a difficult budget process this year, there were no cuts to line items reserved for maintenance of the downtown streetscape. Both the Dandelion Festival and Canada Day grants remained the same as last year. Terry also noted that challenges, such as road and bridge closures, as well as opportunities such as the Rideau-Sanders Revitalization Plan, were well met by a strong BIA that advocated for the interests of downtown

At the end of the meeting, the BIA's promotional and marketing plans for 2014 were presented. This coming year's events can be found on the Old Town Kemptville website's Calendar and include many of the BIA's most popular events from 2013. Partnerships with other local community groups and visiting groups to Old Town will be emphasized in the coming year. The BIA has built substantial marketing tools that can assist these groups in building attendance to their events. These tools include both traditional and social media including press releases and articles in local papers, flyers, posters, banners, a weekly email newsletter, a dynamic responsive website and an ever-growing Facebook page. Promotional tools such as brochures and coupon booklets also help to inform the public about the events, services and businesses downtown.

The Old Town Kemptville Business Improvement Area does more than just organize and promote events happening downtown. The BIA also represents its merchant members in a number of groups that are developing strategies to expand business and cultural activities downtown and advocates on behalf of its merchants and residents. Please join other Friends of Downtown online by liking our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OldTownKemptville), following us on Twitter (@OldTownKemptvil) or bookmarking our website (www.OldTownKemptville.com).

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Fourteen year-old and former North Grenville High School student, Nicole Clarke, was the 1st place overall winner for the women in the February 8-9, 2014 Art Tommy Memorial alpine ski race at Calabogie Peaks. The event consists of two days of super-combined racing, which is a super-G in the morning and a slalom race in the afternoon. Nicole was considered an underdog in this race with it being her first year in the U16 age group and first time racing super-G.

Local athlete wins Art Tommy Memorial alpine ski race

submitted by Mary-Anne Leang, Director, Public Relations, KDLL

While planning for this year's busy baseball/softball season continues, Kempt-ville District Little League (KDLL) is bringing in for-mer Major League Baseball pitcher for a pitching clinic during the March and April sessions of Spring Training. The KDLL executive want to make sure that players have the best possible training available to be the best they can be.

As part of this year's Spring Training, pitchers will have the opportunity to work with Pitching Coach Mike Kusiewicz who was drafted

Kemptville Little Leaguebrings in MBL pitcher for player development clinic

The St Michaels Senior girls Mustangs were victorious at the LGSSAA champi-onship game. They played in Brockville Wednesday, February 12 at St Mary’s and defeated the St. Mary’s Crusaders in the best of 5 playoffs.

St Michaels Senior girls Mustangs victorious

The Kemptville 73’s opened this week’s action on Friday night when the Nepean Raiders visited North Grenville. The 73’s out shot the Raiders in the first but the Raiders scored the only goal of the period. In the second, Kemptville again lead on the shot count. This time, the 73’s made a difference on the score-board. Kemptville had the puck in the Nepean end, cycling it around in full control, making the Raid-ers chase them. The puck was sent back to the point where Matt Martin let a shot go that went wide. Alex Row picked up the rebound and took a shot which the Nepean goalie deflected to the corner and Quinn Car-roll took possession. He fed it to Daniele Disipio in the slot and he found the back of the net for the tying goal. Two minutes later, the 73’s were pressuring the Raid-ers in their own end again and Doug Harvey sent a pass into Dylan Giberson in the slot. He had no play so the puck went back to Harvey. This time, he found Brandon Seatter on the half boards who quickly sent to Dean Galasso right in front of the net. He made no mistake with the point blank chance and put Kempt-ville up 2-1. But, before the period concluded, Ne-pean added two power play goals to take a 3-2 lead

speed to establish control but neither could gain the upper hand. The first period remained scoreless and the shots were 13-10 in favour of the Bears. The first half of the second was played with same intensity as the previ-ous period. Smiths Falls broke the ice first at 11:08 of the second to take a 1-0 lead. Erik Brown evened the score four minutes later. In the Bear's end, Jesse Blais won a face off and it went to his left winger, Brandon Seatter. Se-atter passed it back to Blais at the bottom of the circle. Both defencemen went to check him and the pass went to Brown all alone in front of the net. The goalie tried to make a play but Brown went to his backhand and put in the top of the net. The Bears scored a power play goal before the end of the frame to hold a 2-1 lead after two. In the third, at the 3:13 mark, Kemptville tied the game again. After a dump in, Blais went hard into the corner, gained control of the puck and sent it back to the blue line. From his point posi-tion, Doug Harvey let a hard shot go right on the net that the goalie was able to stop. However, he was unable to control the rebound and Dean Galasso buried it to make it a 2-2 game. Smiths Falls took the lead again with another power play goal. The 73's pressed hard but were unable to get another passed the Bears net minder. Smiths Falls added an empty

into the intermission. Early in the third, the 73’s took advantage of a power play. Cody Hendsbee intercepted a Raider clearing attempt at centre ice. He sent a cross ice pass to Harvey who spied Erik Brown breaking up the middle. Brown split the Nepean defence and beat the Raider goalie cleanly to knot the game at 3. With the game tied, the 73’s contin-ued to buzz the Raider net. Giberson picked up the puck behind the net and fed it to Jesse Blais, then went to the bench for a change. Blais passed it to Seatter in front of the net. Seatter saw Brown coming off the bench, sent a soft saucer pass to him and he put it upstairs in the top corner with a great backhand shot. Kemptville took the lead and never looked back. The team shut down the Ne-pean offence the rest of the game and held on for the 4-3 win. Erik Brown was named first star and Doug Harvey was picked as second star. Kemptville put 54 shots on the Raider net.

On a sunny Sunday af-ternoon, the league's sec-ond place team rolled into Kemptville. The Smiths Falls Bears were ready for a battle and that's what they got. The game was opened by a colour party from the North Grenville Scouting community. Members of the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Ventures were flag bearers during the National Anthem.

Both teams used their

by the Colorado Rockies in 1994 and played for 6 major league teams in his career. He was also a member of the 2004 Canadian Olympic team in Athens, Greece. Hav-ing the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of proper pitching in this clinic will help our pitchers have what they need to throw their best this season.

The Spring Training season started February 1 for Minor/Major baseball players and girls softball and continues until the end of April, offering players conditioning, skills and fun. The Spring Training ses-sion for T-Ball and Coach Pitch begins March 29. Visit KemptvilleLittleLeague.com

for more details and to reg-ister online. There are still some spots left and you can sign up online or in person at one of the registration events listed below.

Players signed up for Spring Training enjoy a re-duced rate for the pitching clinic. KDLL executive are available to answer any of your questions. You can enrol in person on February 22 at the Kemptville Walmart from 10-2 pm and on Febru-ary 22 at the Merrickville Library from 1-3 pm. Check the website for locations of future in person registration events on March 8, 22 and April 13. The last date to take advantage of the early bird discount is February 28.

73’s Split Weekend Action

net goal to make it a 4-2 final. Matt Couvrette was named the game's second star making some acrobatic saves, keeping the score close. He stopped 34 shots in the loss. As the season starts to wind down, Kemp-tville finds themselves with 4 road games this week. On Tuesday, Kemptville travels to Pembroke to face the Lumber Kings and then on Thursday, they see action in Cornwall against the Colts. Friday night, their road trip takes them to Gloucester to battle the Rangers. The week's action finishes in a Sunday matinee in Carleton Place against the Canadians. Catch the Junior A fever! Hockey with edge!



Over the years, we have raised $575,000 for Wet-land Conserving Projects in Ontario.

On Thursday, February 27, we are holding a volun-teer recruitment evening at O’Heaphy’s Irish Pub (up-stairs) in Kemptville, from 7 to 9 pm. “We have had many excellent volunteers

over the years”, said Kerry Coleman, chairman of the fund raising committee, “and we would really like to get some new people in-volved. New people bring new ideas and fresh energy to the committee.”

Anyone with an interest in wetlands and water-fowl is invited to attend this informal information session. Tim Binch, the

Ducks Unlimited needs your help! Volunteer Recruitment Evening

Volunteer Coordinator and Fund Raising Manager for eastern Ontario will give attendees a presentation about Ducks Unlimited and its conservation pro-grams.

“I think most people will be a little surprised at the variety of conservation programs undertaken by Ducks Unlimited”, said Kerry. “DU programs in-

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clude restoring grasslands, replanting forests, restor-ing watersheds, building and maintaining water control structures, work-ing with landowners and partners, land acquisition, conservation easements and management agree-ments”.

“We hope anyone inter-ested in wetlands and wa-terfowl will take the time to come out and learn more about Ducks Unlimited”, Kerry added. “There is no cost and no commitments”.

In order to plan for snacks, please let us know you plan to attend by contacting

[email protected] or call 1-866-389-0418 ext 124.

Adjusting to life alone is not an easy process. Nor is it one often readily shared with others. The Beth Donovan Hospice is offering an opportunity for those who have lost a life partner to meet with Grief and Bereavement Counselor, Suzanne Duc. How long ago the loss of the loved one occurred is of no importance. The first of eight sessions will begin on Wednesday Febru-ary 26, from 3 pm until 5 pm at the hospice. It is located at 25 Hilltop Crescent in Kemptville. The group will be limited to eight participants and pre-registration is required. Call Suzanne by phone at 613-258-9611; by email at [email protected] or through the website www.bethdonovanhospice.ca

Taking the first steps towards a new “normal” can be a challenge, the outward calm seldom reflecting the inner turmoil. If a friend or family member would benefit from the opportunity to acquire new coping skills or sharing with others facing similar issues, encourage him or her to call Suzanne for additional information. There are no fees involved.

Beth Donovan Hospice hosts Spousal Bereavement Group

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