County Line Courier April 10, 2013

Vol 21 No 7 April 10, 2013community powered stories and events

Kensington Relay For Life Committee is ready to take your registrations for this year’s Relay which will take place on Friday May 24th. The new and exciting change for this year is the time. This year Kensington’s Relay will be starting at 6:00 pm as it has in the past but will be ending at 12:30 am. This new time frame will give more families a chance to attend. As in the past there will be all kinds of Entertainment and fun activities. The Survivor Reception will start at 6pm with the Survivor Lap starting at 7pm.

Registration packages can be picked up at the town hall from Kim Verhulp or you can register on line at www.relayforlife.ca . Don’t forget that you can also register as a survivor or a volunteer on line as well or you can contact Gail MacDonald at the Canadian Cancer Society 1-888-566-4007 as she would be happy to make sure you get registered or answer any questions you might have.

Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back! Get your Relay For Life

team together now!

more on p. 5

The Kinkora Blazers won the 2013 Island High School Hockey Champi-onship on March 30 in fi ne style, 3-2 in a shoot-out!!

The Blazers were trail-ing the Bluefi eld Bobcats 2-0 well into the third pe-riod but came back to tie it up with 44 seconds left and forced the shoot-out.

Colton Dawson scored both Blazer goals in reg-ulation time.

Goalies Clay Tremere and Justin McInnis shared the netminding duties for the Blazers and they both played phe-nomenally.

Brady VanderVelden scored in the shoot-out and then Sawyer Mayne, Kinkora’s sixth shooter, sealed the deal with the winning goal. In photo back left to right: Coach Paul Dawson, Logan Heffel, Ryan Beckingham, Garret Harkness, Sawyer Mayne, Brady VanderVelden,

Brandon Green, Jacob Fox, Branson Mayne, Coach Edward VanderVelden and Coach Kevin Bustard. Front left to right: Justin McInnis, Colton Dawson, Brandon McCardle, Michael Lawless, Nathan Noonan and Clay Tremere.

Kinkora Blazers

2013 Island High School Hockey Champions - Kinkora Blazers

Recently Sergeant Gan-ton (Gib) Gibson (left), CD (Retired) was awarded the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal under the authority of His Excellen-cy the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen in recognition of his valu-able contribution to world peace while serving with the Multinational Observ-er Force (MFO) in Egypt from 20 September 1994 to March 1995.

Making the presenta-tion and extending con-gratulations to Sge. Gib-son was Col. (Ret.) Denny Hopping, Hon. Colonel of the PEI Regiment.

backgroundHer Majesty The Queen

approved the CPSM in 1997 following the award

Area Resident Receives Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal

more on p. 4

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Draw made by Barbara Doughart.

Barbara Doughart and Wendell Thompson.

Nathan Bushey is very pleased with the deci-sion to maintain Island-wide dialysis but, like the community of East-ern PEI, is perplexed by the announcement by the Dept of Health to cen-tralize acute services. “Though we continue to say to Minister Currie to hire a transplant coordi-nator which would trans-form patient lives and save millions of dollars-- Maintaining Islandwide Dialysis was a good de-cision based on good in-formation we provided to the Minister of Health.” The decision to cut acute care at the Souris Hospi-tal appears to be another poor decision and the Is-landwide Dialysis com-mittee is reorganizing to address the matter.

The Islandwide Hospi-tal Access Committee is formed to address issues about access to Hospitals across PEI. The proposal by the Dept of Health to eliminate acute care at the Souris Hospital has quick-ly come together to work with Island hospital com-munity groups in Mon-tague, Alberton, O’Leary and Tyne Valley. The ru-ral committees across PEI have united with a common front to work to-wards Islandwide Hospi-tal Access. “The proposal by the Minister of Health will increase wait times in Ch’town, S’side, Montague and Alberton as well as eliminate access in Souris and O’Leary.” The Island-wide Hospital Access Committee hopes to meet with concerned groups in Ch’town and S’side who see current wait times at the QEH and PCH as un-acceptable.

Currently, rural Island-ers often have to wait an hour for an ambulance and though the proposal includes increases in the ambulance fleet to deal with this backlog, elimi-nating Islandwide access will further increase am-bulance requirements be-

yond the additional fleet planned. “There is ample medical evidence that we will be providing to show that the best health outcome and lowest cost health outcome occurs closest to home. Basic acute rural care can be in place to deal most ef-fectively with the issue at home.” said Mr. Bushey.

Mr. Bushey stated that “What we do know is that there is something wrong when over the last several years if you took a bleed-ing patient or a person having a heart attack to the Souris Hospital - doc-tors and nurses were not allowed to touch them or help them because of orders from the Dept of Health, yet, if a citizen didn’t help someone in-jured in a car accident they could be charged with a criminal offence. A patient was treated in Souris for a peanut aller-gy and the hospital had to call the fire dept. to ad-minister oxygen because the Doctor was not per-mitted to, by instruction from Health PEI. Every business on PEI must by law have a first aid kit, every rink has a defibu-lator, imagine if the Dept of Health didn’t permit people to use them as they don’t permit health staff at the Souris Hospi-tal! There is something very wrong in what is go-ing on with Minister Cur-rie’s approach to health-care.”

Health PEI has ad-vised that there will be information sessions in April to outline the plans for having an integrat-ed health system where all of our facilities are used to maximum advan-tage for patients as they transition back to their homes following acute illnesses.” Mr. Bushey states. “Once again the issues seem familiar – There was no consulta-tion with the community and we have already re-quested written rational

from Minister Currie for the decision because the community is upset with what it perceives as an il-logical and costly move to eliminate rural health care and increase wait times at the QEH and PCH.”

The PEI Medical So-ciety has spoken out in support of the Minis-ter’s proposal. Mr. Bush-ey stated “We expect they would only do that if they were aware of the details of the plan – it is only fair that the community gets to see the plan im-mediately as well. There are many questions that need to be answered im-mediately.” He also noted that the doctors on PEI received a huge raise in the last contract signed and the salary increase alone is equal to 50% of the $23 million dollar cost to run all Island ru-ral hospitals.

Noting that Minister Currie has stated this proposal will not save costs is contrary to the public perception that this is a cost saving mea-sure. Some people are perplexed as to what is driving the centraliza-tion of acute care under the guise of better access and better care. Noting that Minister Currie stat-ed there is a need for 80 extended care beds at the Queen Elizabeth Hospi-tal and that this proposal will only free up 8 beds for extended care, there are some who believe this proposal is simply a step to build a large facil-ity in Charlottetown for post operative and pallia-tive care. There is specu-lation that when this new facility is built in Char-lottetown, all recupera-tive and palliative care will be in Summerside and Charlottetown. This new facility in Charlotte-town will allow 80 beds at the QEH to become acute care beds and at this time it is likely there will be the closure of acute ser-vices at the Alberton and Montaque Hospitals with all rural hospitals be-coming day clinics and manors. Mr. Bushey said “The Islandwide Hospital Access Committee will be asking the Minister of Health for clarification of this matter because longer lineups in the city and no access in rural PEI is not better care.”

While the impact of ru-ral hospitals is vital for rural Islanders, the Cost

to operate all rural hospi-tals is less than $23 mil-lion dollars out of a $550 million dollar Health PEI budget. PEI Department of Health is spending more money than ever in its history on Healthcare – federal health payments to PEI have increased 40% over the last 7 years yet Minister Currie is cutting health services to rural PEI and even states that centralizing health services is not about sav-ing money which leaves everyone very perplexed. “Less than 5% of the health budget for all Is-land rural hospitals is very good value to the Department of Health” said Mr. Bushey.

Total federal transfer payments to the Province for the Souris Hospital region’s population are between 15 million and 20 million dollars alone on top of all the taxes paid in the region. For all di-rect provincial spending in the region- highways, schools and hospitals in-cluded the Souris area receives about 12 mil-lion dollars per year. The Souris area sends tens of millions of dollars to the Provincial treasury.

Mr. Bushey stated “The less than 1% of the Island Health budget to serve 4% of the Island population in Eastern PEI is good value. The less than 5% of the health budget spent on all Island rural hospitals care is not the health problem or budget problem on PEI. The more than 95% spent elsewhere is the problem and answer to the PEI health and budget prob-lems. If the airplane is too heavy you don’t solve that by throwing out the pea-nuts.”

Souris Hospital has seen a decrease in access with the loss of emergen-cy services and even more as ambulance service was decreased – loss of acute care is the last link to any hope for access to health-care in the Eastern PEI re-gion. The Islandwide Hos-pital Access Committee is going to work for bet-ter access and better care for all Islanders. “We’re not talking about cosmet-ic surgery, we’re talking about life support” said Mr. Bushey. “We will prob-ably see you on the steps of the legislature again, this time with an Island wide rally – it’s a bother to do so, but it’s necessary.”

Islandwide Hospital Access Committee

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Taking The Wrong Approachby Andy Walker

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

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

WHEREAS people in the province of Prince Ed-ward Island are touched by cancer every day,

WHEREAS for 75 years the Canadian Can-cer Society has been re-lentless in its commit-ment to prevent cancer, fund research and sup-port Canadians touched by cancer. The Canadian Cancer Society strives to change cancer forever so fewer Canadians are di-agnosed with the disease and more survive.

WHEREAS through-out the month of April Canadian Cancer Society volunteers and people across Prince Edward Is-land are showing support for those living with can-cer,

WHEREAS Daffodil

Month reminds us to learn about the steps we can take to reduce our risk of cancer and cel-ebrate the tremendous contributions of volun-teers and donors,

THEREFORE, be it re-solved that we, the un-dersigned, do hereby proclaim the month of April to be DAFFODIL MONTH, and urge all citi-zens of Prince Edward Is-land to fight back against cancer by supporting the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety throughout its 75th Anniversary year and by wearing a daffodil pin throughout the month of April.

Signed, sealed and de-livered at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island March of 2013.

photo left - Premier Robert Ghiz is presented with a bouquet of fresh daffodils by cancer survivor Charles

Keliher and Lori Barker, Executive Director, Canadian Cancer Society. P.E.I. Division. Premier Ghiz signed an

official Proclamation designating April as “Daffodil Month” on Prince Edward Island. The Proclamation

recognizes that people on PEI are touched by cancer every day and acknowledges the impact of the Society in this

province. For 75 years, the Canadian Cancer Society has been committed to preventing cancer, funding research and

supporting Canadians touched by cancer.

Daffodil Month ProclamationPremier declares April Daffodil Month on PEI

L-R: Premier Ghiz, Lori Barker, Executive Director, Canadian Cancer Society and

Charles Keliher, cancer survivor.

When it comes to at-tracting tourists, New-foundland and Labrador takes a much different approach than this prov-ince.

Most people have like-ly seen the television ads promoting the culture and flavor of Canada’s newest province. One of the ads this year features a couple looking out over Cape Spear (where the sun rises first on the North American conti-nent) as a voice says “It’s hard to believe most peo-ple in the world still wake up to an alarm clock.”

Newfoundland began its “Finding Yourself ” television and newspa-per campaign in 2006—each year adding some new commercials or, “chapters”, as Tourism Minister Terry French called them at the recent

launch of that province’s tourism campaign.

Where is PEI’s answer to that? Well, land any-where in the 800 channel universe and there it is – missing. In fact, Brenda Gallant, who is the Direc-tor of Marketing for the Department of Tourism and Culture, makes no apologies for it.

She said PEI simply doesn’t have the mon-ey to buy television ads. They will put their em-phasis, as they have for the last several years, on social media. PEI doesn’t really have an ongoing campaign, although the “Gentle Island” theme has been around for a few years. This year, the cam-paign draws attention to the fact that we are an Island—just in case our name didn’t give it away.

In fact, Gallant told re-porters at the launch “We are the only province that is an Island.” I’m guess-ing geography wasn’t her best subject in school.

While the approaches may be different, it is re-sults that count. French said during the campaign launch in that province, the number of out-of-province visitors has in-creased three per cent ev-ery year since 2006. In ad-dition, spending by those visitors has increased by five per cent each year.

What about PEI? The Island industry is now sent for the third year of a plan called Strategy 2015. That document pro-jected growth in visita-tions of five per cent an-nually. It also called for tourism to be generat-ing $500 million annually by 2015, compared to the current level of $380 mil-lion. By contrast, tour-

ism adds close to $900 million to the Newfound-land economy.

During the recent meeting of the Tourism Industry Association of PEI, members got a prog-ress update. In 2011, the number of visitors was up less than one per cent. Last year, when the prov-ince was blessed with one of the warmest summers in recent memory, visi-tations increased by less than two per cent.

With their projections dealt a severe blow, per-haps it was time for a change in approach. In-stead, the bar was low-ered. Now, the indus-try/government group that developed the strat-egy predicts the Island’s number three industry will generate $424 mil-lion in 2015. They are convinced they are on the right course—they were apparently just thinking too big.

This year’s campaign seems to indicate a shift in focus. After several

years of catering to golf and the growing seniors market, the emphasis is being shifted back to families again. The other target market is couples over 40. That seems to be a “catch all category” that could include every-body except young fami-lies and singles.

Both government and industry are clear they are expecting a wealth of free publicity from an event called GoMedia. It is described in a depart-ment news release as “a major international me-dia marketplace that will draw hundreds of del-egates from all over the world.” The hope obvi-ously is that the writers will go back home and write glowing articles about the province that will trigger a stampede of visitors.

They may well write the glowing articles, but just because somebody happens to read a trav-el piece doesn’t mean they are going to rush out to buy reservations.

No doubt the travel writ-ers will enjoy what the marketing strategy calls a new tourism trend—“foraging for food like shellfish and mush-rooms, fiddleheads and fresh herbs.” Not only is PEI an Island, apparently we could be the backdrop for a Survivor episode.

The news release an-nouncing the strategy notes “Tourism is a vital industry in Prince Ed-ward Island that employs over 7,000 Islanders. It ac-counts for approximately $380 million in econom-ic activity each year and seven percent of GDP, the highest of any Canadian province.”

It is time the industry is promoted in a way that reflects that economic importance. The market-ing strategy so far hasn’t produced the desired re-sults—it’s hard to believe social media posting tell-ing people the shocking news that Prince Edward Island is an Island is go-ing to change that.


of the Nobel Peace Prize to all peacekeepers in 1988. It recognizes service by Canadians deployed out-side Canada at the initia-tive, by the nomination, or with the agreement of the Canadian govern-ment, for an aggreate of 30 days in support of at least one United Nations or international peace-keeping mission. The rib-bon’s colours of blue, red, white and green respec-tively represent the United Nations, the blood shed by Canada’s more than 100 fallen peacekeepers, peace and purity, and finally, service. Red and white also represent the official colours of Canada as ap-pointed by His Majesty King George V in 1921.

Peacekeeping Medalcont’d from p. 1

Every three minutes another Canadian is faced with fighting can-cer. The Canadian Can-cer Society wants them to know that they are not alone.

This year, as part of its annual Daffodil Month activities, the Society is stepping up the fight against cancer by desig-nating April 27 as Daffo-dil Day.

“During Daffodil Month we’re asking Ca-nadians to wear a daf-fodil pin to honour the people in our lives affect-ed by cancer,” says Pe-ter Goodhand, CEO and President, Canadian Can-cer Society. “Throughout April our hope is that

thousands of Canadians across Canada will be proudly wearing our pin to show their support for people with cancer. Unit-ed by the daffodil, we will be saying that no one has to face cancer alone and that we won’t give up un-til this disease is defeat-ed.”

The Society will be encouraging Canadi-ans to do something spe-cial on Daffodil Day for those touched by cancer or contribute to the fight against this disease. For example:

Tell a loved one or friend with cancer that you are thinking of them; let them know about the Society’s information

and support programs.

Do something special for someone you know with cancer, such as mak-ing a meal, babysitting or doing an errand.

Talk with your provin-cial or local politicians about the importance of fighting back against cancer and tell them how they can join with the So-ciety in this fight.

Make a presentation in your community to help raise awareness about how Canadians can fight back against cancer.

Wearing a daffodil pin throughout April is a vis-ible symbol for people with cancer that thou-

sands of Canadians are standing with them as they go through their cancer journey.

Events will be taking place in communities across Canada during Daffodil Month leading up to Daffodil Day. Con-tact your local commu-nity Society office to find out more.

“On Daffodil Day we’re inviting Canadians to re-flect upon the thousands of people in this country who are facing cancer and to think about ways they can help them in their journey,” says Paul Lapierre, Vice President, Public Affairs and Can-cer Control, Canadian Cancer Society. “Dur-ing Daffodil Month, and particularly on Daffodil Day, we also want those with cancer to know that they can turn to the Soci-ety for the support they need.”

To find out where you can get a daffodil pin contact your local Soci-ety office or go to fight-back.ca. The pins are also available at outlets of Curves Canada, First Choice Haircutters, Lau-ra Canada and Wireless-Wave/Tbooth. While the pin is not being sold for a set price, the Society en-courages Canadians to make a donation to help support the fights across Canada.

The Canadian Cancer Society has had Daffodil Days in the past where daffodil flowers have been sold on various designated days in com-munities across Canada in late March and April. This year’s Daffodil Day on April 27 will have a different focus. The So-ciety wants to create one special day for Canadians to visibly show their sup-port for those on a cancer journey. Daffodil flowers will continue to be sold in many communities throughout Canada.

By supporting the Ca-nadian Cancer Society during Daffodil Month and on Daffodil Day Ca-nadians will be joining a team that works hard to fight cancer in Canada. Your donation will help the Canadian Cancer So-ciety:

•prevent cancer

•fund research to out-smart cancer

•empower, inform and support Canadians living

with cancer

•advocate for public policies to improve the health of Canadians

During Daffodil Month Canadians can make a difference by:

•wearing a daffodil pin to show your support for people with cancer

•attending a Daffodil Day event in your com-munity

•buying daffodils, the Society’s symbol of hope

•donating to the Ca-nadian Cancer Society when a canvasser knocks on your door

•participating in a So-ciety fundraising event in your community

•signing up to partici-pate in a Relay For Life event in your communi-ty

Contact your local So-ciety office to find out what is going on in your community.

Watch for these upcom-ing events:

Wednesday, April 27: New cancer research grants funded by the Ca-nadian Cancer Society will be announced.

Wednesday, May 18: New cancer statistics will be released show-ing the state of cancer in Canada.

Cancer StatisticsAn estimated 173,800

new cases of cancer (ex-cluding 75,500 cases of non-melanoma skin can-cer) and 76,200 deaths from cancer were expect-ed to occur in Canada in 2010.

The five-year relative survival for all cancers combined in Canada is 62 per cent.

The death rate for all cancers combined is de-clining for males in most age groups and for fe-males under 70.

The Canadian Cancer Society fights cancer by doing everything they can to prevent cancer, save lives and support people living with can-cer.

Join the

fight!

April is Daffodil Month - support a person with cancer by wearing a Daffodil Pin


Kinkora Public Library Hours of operationTues: 2pm-6pm Wed: 3pm-7pm Sat: 9am-1pmTel: 887-2172Cathy Arsenault LibrarianMaple Leaf SeniorsCards Every Tuesday

night at 7:30pmCouncil MeetingThe next Council meet-

ing will be held Wednes-day April 17, 2013 at 7pm in Council Chambers.

Community Bridal ShowerThere will be a com-

munity Bridal Shower for Lesley McCarvill at O’Shea’s Pub and Eatery on Friday, May 10th at 7:00pm. All are Welcome!

Highlights from the communities 56th An-nual Meeting held on Wednesday March

•Financial Reports were given

•Audit by B.D.O. Char-tered Accountants was presented

•2013 Budget was given

by Administrator Aaron Gauthier with a small surplus being forecasted for 2013

•Property Tax Rates were discussed and the following was approved

The Residental Rate will be unchanged (0.55 cents per 100 of assess-ment)

Commercial Rate in-creasing 2 cents from (0.55 cents to 0.57 cents per 100 assessment for 2013)

•Reports from Library, Fire Department, Rec-reation, Sewer, K.A.B.C were presented

•All reports and finan-cial statements available at the Community Office

•Update on the Renova-tions was presented.

•Discussion over fu-ture Gas Tax Projects was discussed, as well as things residents would like to see done over the next few years.

•Motion was passed to increase Council Seats from 5 to 7 at the next council term which is

November of 2014A Thank you was ex-

pressed to all residents who attended the 56th Annual Meeting.

Kinkora Notes and

Updates

GIANT AUCTION

CARD PARTY Monday, April 22

Time: 1:30PM Kinkora Kanata Club

Sponsored by Kanata Club &

Maple Leaf Seniors

1st Prize $100.00 2nd Prize $50.00 3rd Prize $25.00

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Scoring for Bluefield were Cody Miller and Brady McQuaid in regu-lation time and Spencer Francis in the shoot-out. Bluefield goalie Sean MacPhee suffered the loss.

The Game took place at MacLauchlan Arena.

The Blazers went 3-0 in round robin play to make it to the championship game.

The Blazers defeated the Westisle Wolverines on March 26 by a score of 3-2, they defeated the Three Oaks Axemen on

March 27 by a score of 3-2 and they defeated the Kensington Torchmen on March 28 by a score of 4-1.

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Upcoming Somerset Band

FundraiserBand members from

grades 7 and 8 will be Bagging Groceries at Kensington Save-easy

on Sat., April 20 from 9am to 5pm.

All proceeds go to the Somerset Band trip to the Music Festival in

Halifax. Your Support

Would Be Greatly Appreciated.

Sharon Anderson Band Parent


Sunday, April 2810:00 am – 4:00 pm

at Kensington Legionhosted by

The Kensington Scouting GroupsTickets available:

per Adult /for children/for family (3 or more)All proceeds to the Kensington Scouting

Group going to CJ’13 in Sylvan Lake Alberta July 6-13, 2013

Canteen available

Model Train Show

The aerospace indus-try has long been paint-ed by provincial govern-ments of both political stripes as a success story.

Born in the wake of the Brian Mulroney gov-ernment’s decision to close CFB Summerside, aerospace has risen to be-come the Island’s fourth largest industry. It is of-ten painted as a shining example of how the prov-ince can diversify from a seasonal economy re-lying on the primary in-dustries of agriculture, tourism and the fishery.

The industry has been in expansion mode al-most from its opening, but now one of the ma-jor players is in financial trouble and hundreds of jobs could be on the line. Testori has 140 employ-ees throughout Prince County, most of them lo-cated at Slemon Park, where the bulk of their business is building in-teriors for trains and planes.

The current financial challenges the plant is facing date back to 2011 when the operation was sold to TMC Avion. The

Testori Jobs Important To Areaby Andy Walker

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

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

new owners claim for-mer company president Lindo Lapegna and two Italian business partners misrepresented the val-ue of the company. That has led to a flurry of law-suits from both partners in both PEI and south of the border.

In the meantime, a $13.2 million loan Testori had with the provincial government was allowed to fall into arrears. The government then sold its security on the loan PEI Westside Funding for $5 million.

Opposition Leader Ste-ven Myers has accused the Liberal administra-tion of turning its back on the industry. However, Innovation Minister Al-lan Roach paints a dif-ferent picture, saying the action was taken so the company could stay in business.

“The payroll since 2000 that has come out of that company has been $76 million to Prince Ed-ward Island to those em-ployees in the western end in rural PEI,” Roach said when the issue sur-faced in the legislature.

“After reviewing the file, we felt it was appropriate to give the employees and the new company the op-portunity to continue to grow and to continue to survive in the aerospace industry.”

However, Myers and Stratford-Kinlock MLA James Aylward main-tain the province’s action cast doubt on the com-pany’s ability to survive and places the 140 jobs in jeopardy. Roach declined to talk about the compa-ny’s long term contracts, saying that should be in-formation that comes from the company.

The innovation minis-ter repeated a charge of-ten used by cabinet min-isters of both political stripes in the past, name-ly that public discussion is bad for business. He was especially upset with a charge from Myers that officials with Testori and TMC are subject to a racketeering and corrup-tion case in California.

The minister main-tains that accusation is not true and called Myers irresponsible for making the accusation of “shady

dealings.” As part of a long-standing British parliamentary tradition, Island MLA’s enjoy im-munity from prosecution for anything they say in-side the rail at Province House. As well, the me-dia can’t be prosecuted for reporting anything said in the legislature.

There is certainly something to Roach’s contention. In most cases when a business is dis-cussed by MLA’s, they usually owe taxpayers money and are having trouble paying it back. Having it widely known that a business is in fi-nancial trouble usually drives both suppliers and customers away.

In this instance, the accusation is particular-ly troubling because My-ers has inferred they are breaking the law. If that is not true, as the minis-ter claims, the opposition leader could end up caus-ing considerable harm to Testori.

It is too soon to tell, right at this point, where the company will sur-vive over the long term. For the most part, these are good paying full time jobs that Prince County, and the Island as a whole, can’t afford to lose.

The end result of a clo-sure would no doubt be that many in this trained workforce would be forced to leave the prov-ince to pursue addition-al job opportunities. The Robert Ghiz government is learning a lesson many of its predecessors have also found out—main-taining jobs and protect-ing the taxpayer’s invest-ment is a delicate balanc-ing act.


The Kensington Lions Club recently had the pleasure of a visit from District Governor Lion Stewart MacDonald at their meeting at their Lions Den on March 6, 2013.

During the meeting Club members were pleased to welcome new member Karen Champi-on who was being induct-ed into the Kensington Lions Club, and awards were handed out.

Lion Keith Sudsbury Receives Harry A. Newman Diabetes AwardL-R: District Governor Lion Stewart MacDonald of Lions District N-1, Lion Keith

Sudsbury and Lion Paul Gauthier of Parkdale-Sherwood Lions Club and the Prince Edward Island Canadian Diabetes Awareness Chair/Liaison.

Induction of New MemberTaking part in the induction of a new member into the Kensington Lions Club were L-R: Lion Peter Gallant of

the North Rustico Lions Club-Zone 3 Chairperson of the Island Lions Clubs, District Governor Lion Stewart MacDonald, new member Lion Karen Champion, PDG Lion Carl Semple, standing in for sponsoring member

PDG Lion Bev Semple, membership chairperson Lion Patty Kelly and acting King Lion Glynn Paynter.

Lion Patty Kelly receives her 10 Year Pin of Service to the Kensington Lions Club by

District Governor Lion Stewart MacDonald.

Lion Donald Campbell (right) receives his 30 Year Pin of Service to the Kensington Lions Club by

District Governor Lion Stewart MacDonald.

SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTED

Kensington Lions Club

Update

Meeting the needs

of our local communities

L-R: Past District Governor Lion Bev Semple, Paige MacKay Speak Out winner, King Lion Wilfred Gillis and Lion Buddy MacEwen. Paige MacKay, who will be representing the Kensington Lions Club, now moves unto the District Speak Out Competition which is be-ing held in Fredericton, NB on April 20.

Speak Out Winner

Presentation read...

It is a great pleasure for me to present to a Lions Member of the Kensing-ton Lions Club a Harry A. Newman Diabetes Award. (Mr. Harry A. Newman was the first Canadian President of Lions Club International in 1924-1925. During that year Helen Keller challenged the Lions Clubs and Lions to become Knights of the Blind.)

His son Tom Newman and family of Whitby, On-tario are pleased to have this award named after their father.

The award may be giv-

en to a Lion, Lioness, or Leo member (or club) in good standing in Canada, who has shown outstand-ing commitment to the Li-ons and the work of the Canadian Diabetes Asso-ciation.

The Member of this club who has shown com-mitment to the Lions and the work of the Canadian Diabetes Association, is a 31 year member of this club, he was president of the Kensington Lions Club 1994-1995, Lion of the Year 2004-2005 and is either a past or present chair of the following commit-tee’s Finance (Budget and Audit), Emergency Re-

lief and Special Request, Cards and Christmas Light Up to name a few. This lion has also held of-fices on the Board of Di-rectors over the years such as: Lion Tamer, Treasur-er a number of times, 1st and 2nd Year Director. This Lions member in the past has always been at the top when it comes to ticket sales or poster sales for the Lions Cavalcade for Diabetes.

Congratulations to your treasurer Lion Keith Sudsbury on receiv-ing the Harry A. Newman Diabetes Award.

Lion Paul Gauthier

10 Year Pin

30 Year Pin


Four years ago, in Clin-ton, it was envisioned that Prince Edward Is-land would have it’s own Bible Institute. Since neighboring New Bruns-wick is home to three Bible schools, each one

recognized as a bright contribution to the prov-ince, it seemed only right that PEI should have an interdenominational Bible school of it’s own. So, starting with small steps and a confidence in

the power of the Gospel, an embryonic plan was formed and students be-gan to arrive in 2010 from different parts of the US and Canada. They came for training in the Bible and preparation for full

Federal Non-profit Corporation Recently Approved for New PEI Bible Institute in Clinton

time ministry. The facil-ity being used was the SKY Family Lodge on Harding Creek Road in Clinton. After several years it became apparent that the school needed to go all the way or pull out.

Left to right: Sarah, Joel, Miriam, Tom, Seth, Tai Sophia and Gabe Petrofsky.

The decision was made to go all the way. Start-ing in 2013 the Prince Edward Is-land Bible Institute has become a full time four se-mester Bible college and has recently been granted it’s federal n o n - p r o f i t status.

The Petrof-sky fam-ily who tours across Cana-da and the US under their stage name ‘The SKY Family’ long r e c o g n i z e d the need for a place of training for the young people they

tially seemed formidable but now, in it’s fourth season, the PEIBI is op-erating smoothly and ready to take on the new challenge. Many courses have been added to bring well-rounded training for youth ministry, chil-dren’s ministry, worship and pulpit supply. All things are directed with the single focus of the undiminished power of the ‘old fashioned’ Gos-pel.

In addition to course work and student train-ing there are many op-portunities open to the general public. The SKY Family Summer Concert Series will be back in swing this summer. Con-certs will be held at the SKY’S Performance Cen-tre every Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday of July and August [check their website for blacked out dates when they will be in NY]. Bible studies are open to the public Tues-day and Thursday eve-nings during the school year and Sunday morn-ing services are held each week at 10:30 when the SKY Family is not touring. A cordial invi-tation is extended to all - come by any time for a visit and coffee!

meet while on tour. Look-ing at their own SKY Family Lodge they real-ized that with their guest rooms open all winter it could provide the facili-ties for the beginnings of a Bible institute. Ad-mittedly, housing and feeding the students ini-


Vickie Arsenault (left), Financial Officer with Malpeque Bay Credit Union, is pleased to make a do-nation to Dianne Doucette, committee member of the

Kensington Meals on Wheels.

This non-profit organization helps provide nutritious meals to our seniors in the Kensington and

surrounding area.

Credit Union Makes Donation To Meals on Wheels

Celebrating PEI Day in Fort DeSoto FloridaLinda Stavert

of Margate recent-ly returned from a trip to Zephy-rhills, Florida, where she enjoyed some warm weath-er and a pleasant visit with Lillian Inglis, formerly of Kensington.

Lillian is the author of two pub-lished children’s books, ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ and ‘The One That Caught Away’ and presently resides

Celebrating PEI Day at Fort Desoto Park in Tierra Verde, Florida.

L-R: Lillian Inglis, Alex Campbell, and Linda Stavert.

Lillian Inglis, author of two chil-

dren’s books ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’

and ‘The One That Caught Away’ with

Linda Stavert of Margate.

...Prince Edward Isle, to theeOur hearts shall faithful be

Where’er we dwell; ...

Fair Island of the sea, We raise our song to thee

in Millet, Alberta and Zephyrhills Florida.

While in Florida, the pair were thrilled to at-tend Islander Day at Fort DeSoto Park in Tierra Verde, where they were welcomed and chatted with former Premier Alex Campbell who orga-nizes the festivities every year.

Kevin Dyment (leader) and Brianna Davison get set to help count recyclables.

Members of the Kensington Scouting Groups send a thank you to Merton Smith and Errol Waugh

for helping out and, to Trailside Bottle Exchange for their assistance.

Wilma Duffenais donates recyclables to Stephen Dyment, Keegan Rix and Joel Newrick to help out with the annual

Recycle Drive.

Spring has come and with it the Annual Kensing-ton Scouting Groups Recycling Drive. The Drive, held last weekend, saw a good turn out.

Many thanks to all those who helped out and, to all the Kensington and area residents who donated to the Recycle Drive.

The money generated is used to help run programs in the local area and also to defray the costs of mem-bers attending the upcoming CJ’13 Jamboree in Syl-van Lake, Alberta this summer.

Local resident Buddy MacEwen donates recyclables to Wilbur Rammelaere (left), and Dylan Moase.

Recycle Drive Helps Run Programs of

Local Scouting Groups

Scouts Porter Arsenault and Joshua Burt pick up a load of recyclables on School St..

Greg GillisGroup Committee


After a long history of 98 years, the members of the New Annan Women’s Institute find it necessary to disband due to lack of membership.

The present member-ship has only two mem-bers in the Community and several former resi-dents who have moved to other communities.

The Institute has a long history of accomplish-ments over the years. They organized on April 29th, 1915 with a member-ship of 11 ladies at that time followed by several other ladies joining over the first year. At that time the Country was at War and the school was badly in need of repair. The la-dies immediately began knitting socks to be sent to the men at war and raising money to help the

school. They were the first Women’s Institute to re-ceive a card of honor in 1918 for over 200 pairs of socks and other articles of food and knitting that were sent overseas along with money sent to adopt-ed prisoners of War.

Along with Sherbrooke, Read’s Corner and Trav-ellers Rest Women’s Insti-tutes, a War Memorial was erected in Travellers Rest in 1921 and was redone af-ter World War II. This me-morial is still cared for by the Communities and we place a Wreath each Re-membrance Day in memo-ry of those who lost their lives in both wars.

In the beginning, the New Annan Racetrack was very popular and the ladies made money by serving meals at the rac-es, having ice cream so-cials, making quilts and box socials at the New Annan Hall which lat-er became H. R. Moase’s

Store.

The local school was the main focus of Wom-en’s Institutes in the ear-ly years and they provid-ed repairs, cod liver oil pills, maps, books, fences, flags, soups and whatev-er was needed along with treats for the students at Christmas.

To this day we still support our schools with prize money, supplies and donations to the playground fund. Prince County Hospital always received donations of money and supplies from our group, the most re-cent being purple baby hats for the Period of Purple Crying program. The Provincial Sanitori-um which was opened in 1930 also received mon-ey and linens from our WI. We also support the Queen Elizabeth Hospital annually and donate to the Spring Is In The Air event that raises money

for all hospitals.

Members knit for Red Cross before they sup-plied the yarn. Members bought the wool and card-ed and spun their own yarn. Many garments were knit over the many years by ladies.

Several courses were sponsored in the Com-munity such as Defensive Driving and a home nurs-ing course. We also orga-nized a 4-H Club in 1969 which ran for a number of years in the Commu-nity. The History of New Annan was published in 1971 with the proceeds going to the WI funds. The Women’s Institute supports many Women’s Institute projects at the provincial, national and international level.

Our Women’s Institute purchased the former school in 1974 and reno-vated it and held card parties and community

New Annan Women’s Institute Will Not Be Reorganizing in September

events in it until it was sold in the 90’s. We en-tered the building in the Rural Beautification and won a prize for our im-provements. We also had road signs made for all six entrances to our Com-munity.

We have had many members in the 98 years who have given so freely of themselves to make our WI such a success for so many years. In the early years they toiled in less than perfect con-ditions with mud roads, winter roads, no electric-ity and very little money but they were a deter-mined bunch of ladies who worked to improve life for their fellow man in our Community and we are most grateful for those who came before us. We truly lived up to our motto “For Home and Country” We will miss the sociability that Women’s Institute pro-vided for so long.

On April 13, 2013 there will be a benefit for

Michael Corcoran at the Miscouche Legion.

Doors open at 6:30 pm with a live auction starting at 7:00 pm with Allison Smith as auctioneer.Michael is travelling to London

to undergo a double stem cell transplant to help in his fight

against cancer.For more information

please contact 853-7160.

for Michael Corcoran

The 8th Annual Tree Planting Ceremony

is taking place atThe International

Children’s Memorial Place Scales Pond in South Freetown on

Sunday, May 5th at 2:00pm.

Parents who have lost a child will plant trees in

their memory.

Light refreshments will be served.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more info contact Gus or Rhonda Houston @ 902.892.3267 or email ghouston@pei.

sympatico.ca The web-site is www.ic-

mplace.com <http://www.icmplace.com/>


Tuesday, April 23rd ...7.30pm

Entertainment by:

Judy and Joan, Wayne Diamond,

Judy Lowe, Lou Dorion,

Susan Campbell & Johnny Gallant.

Lunch Provided

Admission applies

Fundraiser for

Church Basement Renovations

Spring Ceilidh

Freetown United Church

Tasty & Nutritious Grilled Salmon Sandwiches

An easy recipe for Grilled Salmon Sandwiches. You can make it in minutes, and it will keep for sev-eral days, well covered, in your refrigerator. Use it as a cold sandwich spread or make grilled sandwiches, cooking until the cheese melts.

Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 5 minutesTotal Time: 10 minutesYield: Serves 6 servings

Ingredients:1 (14-ounce) can salmon, drained, skin and bones

removed if desired3/4 cup mayonnaise1 Granny Smith apple, chopped1-1/2 cups shredded Swiss or Gruyere cheese16 slices whole grain bread3 tablespoons butter

Preparation:In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except

for bread and mix gently to combine. You can serve this as a cold sandwich spread, or put about 1/3 cup between two slices of bread, butter the outsides of the bread, and grill salmon sandwiches on a dual con-tact grill for about 5 minutes, or on the stove.

Make the Filling for Quick No-Bake Graham Cracker Sandwich Cookies

Place the softened butter and about 1 cup of the powdered sugar in a mixing bowl, and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Add the cream and remaining powdered sugar al-ternately in batches, beating well after each addition, until the frosting is smooth and creamy.

Beat in the vanilla and salt.

Now add the peanut butter, and beat until fluffy.

Spring TreatYummy No-Bake Graham Cracker

Cookies

Fill the No-Bake Graham Cracker CookiesSpread a generous amount of the peanut butter

frosting on one graham cracker. Top with another, and squeeze gently to make a sandwich.

Continue making sandwiches. The graham cracker sandwich cookies are ready

to eat right away or, you can let them stand for a few hours.

They’ll become nice and soft as they absorb the moisture from the frosting. ENJOY!

1/2 cup butter, softened4 cups powdered sugar3-4 Tbsp. light cream1 tsp. vanillapinch of salt1/2 cup peanut buttergraham crackers


“QEES Battling for Buddies”5th Annual

Relay for Life Breakfast Carr’s Oyster Bar,

Stanley BridgeSaturday, May 11th

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

Entertainment/Silent Auction Tickets in advance from Team

Members or at the door.

Malpeque MP Wayne Easter described the bud-get cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) as a betrayal to the farm community and a blight against Canadi-an food security.

“By examining docu-ments related to govern-ment spending on the Federal Treasury Board’s website, we are now learning the truth about Minister Flaherty’s bud-get; and the truth is not pretty,” Easter stated.

“As hard as it is to be-lieve, the Harper govern-ment is cutting the CFIA’s budget by 15% and reduc-ing staff by 14%; this after the disasters in food safety evidenced last year.”

Easter added, “All one has to do to share this worry is read the con-cerns raised in the CFIA Plans and Priorities 2013-

2014 documents, which state:

There is a threat that the Agency will be un-able to make risk-based decisions due to a lack of timely, accurate, and use-ful data and information.

There is the threat that the Agency will lack the appropriate inspection effectiveness to expedi-tiously prevent, detect and respond to threats to food safety, animals and plants.

“No matter how you decorate this,” Easter concluded, “no matter what spin the Conserva-tives attempt; the Agency responsible for the food on the table of every Ca-nadian has now stated, on the record, that it will not be fully able to protect the food we all consume. This is not only shame-ful, it is dangerous and we should be outraged at this attack on Canadians’ safety and security by the Harper Conservative government.”

Press Releasefrom the Office of Hon. Wayne EasterConservative Cuts Jeopardize Food Safety

Mildred Davison

Sunday, April 21 2-4pm

at her home in Spring Brook.

Best Wishes only, please. All Welcome!!!!

When you can’t wait to get started in the spring garden, a good task to consider is having your shrubs and trees pruned. Most trees and shrubs ben-efit from annual pruning. It keeps them in shape, gets rid of dead and dis-eased wood and encourag-es new growth. But, not all trees and shrubs should be pruned early, especial-ly some of the flowering ones so, check with a pro-fessional.

Early spring bloom-ers set their flower buds the fall before. Pruning them early in the spring would mean losing some blossoms and is one of the most common an-swers to “Why don’t my plants bloom?. Most of

the time this is not what you want. However there are exceptions. It’s often easier to prune when you can see the shape of the plant, before the branch-es are masked by leaves. Trees and shrubs that are in need of a good shap-ing could sacrifice a few blooms to be invigorated by a spring pruning.

Old Tree StumpsBroken, dead or dying

trees can easily fall and break onto homes, ga-rages, even powerlines. Trees which are weak and unhealthy should be removed prior to damage to ensure safety for all.

Even when a tree is re-moved, the roots are still firmly tucked under the

ground. Over time these roots and old pieces of tree bark will begin to rot, causing pests, and insects, and in some cases diseas-es which can easily spread throughout your lawn.

By having old stumps removed you will be elimi-nating possible rot, insect pests and dis-eases from spread-ing so you will be able to replant, or relocate another tree of your choice.

Spring - Tree Pruning/Trimming/Tree Stump Removal


Kensington Lions Club

Update Meeting the needs

of our local communitiesThe Kensington Lions

Club held two meetings in March. The following donations were made:

•$50 Bowl fo Kids Sake •$100 local Benefit•$100 ticket draw to

help Kensington Club•$50 to the District Gover-

nor to help with his expens-es for being District Gover-nor and visiting every Lions Club in the District.

Card Party Results:Friday, March 011st-Glynn Paynter2nd-Eric Sinclair3rd-Marjorie MoaseLow-Theo CrozierDoor Prize- Wilber Lamont50/50-Gwen ProfittFriday, March 081st-Connie Paynter2nd-Roy Campbell3rd-Wallace MacLeodLow-Betty CarrDoor Prize- Fannie Roberts50/50-Marion JohnstoneFriday, March 151st-Gwen Profitt2nd-Norman Ramsay3rd-Betty CarrLow-Eric SinclairDoor Prize- Robert Jorgensen50/50-Edwin WallFriday, March 221st-Connie Paynter2nd-Ronnie Clark3rd-Eleanor HardingLow-Nancy MacKenzie

Door Prize-Thelma Moase50/50- Walter GiovanniniCrib Card results:Tuesday, March 051st-Norbert Peters and Gail Chappell2nd-Eleanor Harding and Betty Carr50/50-Eleanor HardingFree Night-Mel ReevesHigh Hand-Janet Lyle

with 20Tuesday, March 121st-Barrinie Earle and Claude Lyle2nd-Stella Hagen and Mary Rogers50/50-Rudy CrokenFree Night- Wilber LamontHigh Hand-Mary Rog-

ers with 24Tuesday, March 191st-Wilber Lamont & Claude Lyle2nd-Mel Reeves and Ken Simmons50/50-Ivan GallantFree Night-Stella HagenHigh Hand-Dave Walk-

er, Barry Chappell, Dave Ross & Ronnie Clark

Tuesday, March 261st-Helen Marsh and Lois MacLeod2nd-Glen Marsh and Eleanor Harding50/50-Gail ChappellFree Night- Hilda JorgensenHigh Hand-Dianne Ev-

ans & Barry Chappell.

I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to Dr. Phelan, Dr. Estey, Dr. Millar and Dr. Profitt and all the nurses on Unit 1 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the nurses on Unit 2 at Prince County Hospital during my stay in December and March. Also thanks to my husband and family for the gifts and cards I re-ceived.

May God Bless You Sincerely Wilma Campbell

An “Evening of Fine Food and Music“ Returns to New London Commu-nity Complex

The Board of Direc-tors at the New London Community Complex has scheduled its 3rd An-nual fundraising evening on Saturday, May 4 fea-turing a four-course Lob-ster Dinner (steak op-tion) and entertainment by the highly acclaimed PEI musical group, Eddy Quinn & Friends.

The proceeds from the dinner, which will be sponsored by Malpeque Bay Credit Union, will be applied directly to the mortgage which remains on the building.

The New London Com-munity Complex, which is registered as a charita-ble organization, is oper-ated by a volunteer elect-ed Board representing the ownership communi-ties of: Grahams Road New London Stanley Bridge Clinton North Granville Long River Spring Brook andFrench River/Park Corner

The facility is available to, and is frequently used by, community groups for fund-raising activi-ties and is available free of charge for “benefits” organized in support of individuals or families in the area.

Over the past eight years, two major up-grades have been done to the facility with the support of both the Pro-

vincial and Federal Gov-ernments. The portion carried by the Complex itself is repaid from in-come generated from ban-quets, Sunday Brunches, the Summer Bakery and from fund-raising activi-ties such as this one.

The dinner includes salad, mussels, lobster (steak option), desserts and tea and coffee.

Eddy Quinn & Friends will entertain during the hour before the dinner and again following the meal.

Quinn, who is also known for his “lead” with Fiddlers’ Sons will be ac-companied by Courtney Hogan and Mark Rooney.

New London Community ComplexAn “Evening of Fine Food and Music with

Eddy Quinn and Friends on Saturday, May 4

Eddy Quinn

and

Friends


Song Sparrow Digs InYou know how a free –

range chicken scratches in the dirt when it’s look-ing for bugs and other tasty morsels? Scratch, scratch – first with one foot , then the other. Very doable, I must say. Well the bird on the deck this morning was no chicken and its scratching style was awkward, to say the least.

First I’ll give you some background info.. This winter when it’s been really blustery, I throw small quantities of black oil sunflower seeds onto the deck. The house af-fords a bit of shelter for the birds and the snow doesn’t accumulate very quickly there. When I checked this morning to see how things were go-ing, a song sparrow had dug himself a cavity in about 4 inches of snow. He was working away at shelling a sunflower seed in his beak (which inci-dentally is no small feat when you have no hands) and occasionally he’d drop the seed. At this point, he’d dig himself into the soft snow a little deeper using both feet at the same time. Try to picture it. Then he’d go

back to chewing away at his sunflower seed. It’s possible that his scratch-ing was uncovering some new ones but it didn’t ap-pear that way.

Under the deckDo you remember the

old poem by Oliver Her-ford about the elf that crept under the toadstool to get out of the rain. That was great until he discovered that there was a dormouse asleep under the same toadstool. What to do? According to the poem, the elf toppled the toadstool, and holding it over himself flew off home, leaving behind a puzzled dormouse.

Now my deck is no toadstool but for several winters I’ve suspected that there were things taking shelter under it. Right by my back step there’s a spot where the snow has not piled up and you can easily get in and out from under

the deck. This morning when I went out into the storm, three juncos flew out from under the deck when I walked down the step. I can see taking shelter in a spruce tree but under a deck? Imag-ine what it would be like to be a junco hunkered down under the deck when a neighborhood cat decided to take shel-ter under the deck too. I’d say that the elf in the poem would have had far more options than the junco would have.

I wonder if the juncos have any food stashed away in case of a bliz-zard? They’d be all set if they could persuade a blue jay to join them. The amount of seed that a single blue jay can truck away from a feeder in a day would feed a jun-co for a long time.

Have a carrot! The March issue of the

farm publication “The Grower” reported find-ings from an interest-ing survey entitled the Taste and Discover Re-search Study. They list-ed 27 of the most popu-lar vegetables grown in Canada and determined how many respondents served them in the past two weeks. The good ol’

carrot topped the list, served by 85% of the re-spondents. Potatoes were next at 83%, peppers next at 78% (that surprised me), followed by brocco-li at 77%. Romaine let-tuce came in at 61% (Not every household eats as much of that as we do), but iceberg lettuce was only 47%. Rhutabaga, eggplant and parsnips tied for last place at 16%.

And variety wise? They claimed that the av-erage household ate 11.3 different kinds in 7 days and that number was the same whether there were children in the house-hold or not. Good to know that there are chil-dren out there who are getting their veggies on a regular basis.

Data on fruit was lim-ited but it was gleaned that apples, strawberries and grapes were the most popular with children.

New fad?Over the years we’ve

seen food fads come, and go, and sometimes they stay. Remember the oat bran days? The 80’s may-be? I can and it sort of fizzled out over time al-though I believe you can still buy it. Then along came yogurt. In the early days, making your own

was the “in” thing, es-pecially if you had your own cow. Yogurt didn’t fizzle – it stayed. Just look at the size of the yo-gurt section in a large supermarket these days! Variety galore – and all I want is plain fat free! If they had included yo-gurt in the above study, I wonder how many house-holds would have eaten yogurt in the past two weeks? It might have even topped carrots!

Maybe it’s been around for a while and I’m just noticing it now but have you come across the bread made from sprout-ed grain? I’m no expert on flour but we all know

that white flour had sig-nificant portions of the wheat removed. Then conventional whole wheat flour is still not “whole grain” but you do see bread labeled “whole grain whole wheat”. Now we are seeing bread made from sprouted grains. I’ve tried two brands al-ready and they are as alike as day and night. I wonder if this will be a passing fancy like oat bran or here to stay like yogurt?

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

For more information please call: 902-836-4823 or

email: [email protected]

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Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge Victoria Street

KensingtonEvery Sunday Evening

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

Kensington Community ChurchPastor Gene Carson

Margate Pastoral ChargeRev. Anne Dalziel Singer

Princetown United ChurchSouthwest River United Church

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

Our Community ChurchesEvents

Calendar

KensingtonNew London

Presbyterian ChurchRev Alan Stewart

Kensington United Church of Canada

Rev. Robert McCarthy

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

day evening 7:00 p.m.

Kensington Nazarene Community Church

47 Victoria St., Kensington

Pastor Rev. Ray Hinchey

Anglican Parish of New London

Rev. Margie Fagan

Lauretta Balderston free-lance writer

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that

is what we are!.” 1 John 3:1a (NIV)“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

The Invitation Has Come

St. Mary’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish

Kensington Father John Molina

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

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

Clinton View Lodge:Every first Friday.

Prayer Service At Clinton View Lodge

every second Wed. at 1pm.

Fellowship: Last Sunday of the

month following Mass in the parish centre.

Meetings:Knights of Columbus:

Second Monday of the month at 8pm.

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

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

All are WELCOME.

Kensington United Church

Spring Chicken Salad

Luncheon(two settings)

11:00am and 12:30pmTake out Available!

Hope to See You There!!!

Saturday, April 20th

What excitement we feel when we open that lit-tle card that says there is a celebration and we are invited. We are request-ed to attend and be part of that special event in someone’s life. Immedi-ately we consider all the people who will also be sharing in this event. We check our wardrobe to make sure we have some-thing suitable to wear and all the necessary ac-cessories. What will we bring to add to the festivi-ties- food? A gift? Drinks? Oh the thrill when that special day arrives and we know we won’t have to wait too much longer to celebrate with friends and enjoy all the happi-ness, chatter and warmth such an event always en-sures. Such expectation all because of one invita-tion in a small card that holds such a huge prom-ise.

The invitation has

come again- to everyone- we are invited! There is a fresh awareness of the reality that God gave His one and only Son to take all our sins and fail-ings to the cross. We are once again washed in the awareness of that great love lavished on us by our Heavenly Father! We are made brand new because of Christ’s sacrifice! We have every reason to cele-brate! The invitation has come!

But the invitation isn’t exclusive - we are, every-one one of us, invited! The sacrifice was made for everyone to know Him and to live as His children. “The old has gone, the new has come.” 2Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

We don’t have to wor-ry what we are wearing when we come to Christ- it doesn’t matter to Him. We don’t have to concern ourselves with what to bring- we can come emp-ty-handed. We don’t have to fret about whether to bring a gift or not because the Gift has already been bought and paid for by the Father who loves us so much that He provided everything we need and everything we will ever need. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.” John 3:16a (NIV)

There has never been a more generous gift giv-en out of pure love! What

a celebration there will be and we are all invit-ed! The invitation nev-er expires or goes out of style! His promise to us is as true today as yes-terday and will remain true tomorrow. What an amazing guarantee God has given to us and all because He loved us- He loves us- and He will continue to love us. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NIV)

The only question re-maining for each one of us is will we accept the invitation? Will we be part of a joyous renewal of hope, peace and assur-ance? Will we accept the Gift God has lovingly giv-en for you and me? Will we accept that invitation with anticipation and ex-pectation?

We are each one of us on a journey of faith and ,at times, we are present-ed with many questions and challenges, joys and longings, pressures and problems every day; but we are also provided with God’s promise that what-ever we need, or wherev-er we go, we are not alone. God is with us always! “I will not leave you.” John 14:18a (NIV) “You did not choose me, but I chose you.” John 15:16a (NIV)

I last shared with you that my husband was sicker recently than I had ever seen him and I’ll ad-mit I was challenged and afraid. But when I sur-rendered him to God, (hoping He would choose to give him back to me), I experienced a real peace. I knew that God heard my prayer and knew my heart- whatever God had planned would be the right plan for us. As Ira said, “Either way I would have been all right. God always knows best.” God never leaves us!

There is a celebration of love- for you and for me! Everything has been provided and we are all invited! Remember the excitement at receiving an invitation to share with old friends and new friends? Will you? Will I- accept this invitation from God? He knows our hearts and our deepest longings. The invitation has come!

The St Pats’ Tea, held at the Kensington Naza-rene church on March 16 was well-attended and brought in $913.00 for the church building fund.

A big Thank-you was extended to everyone who came.

St. Patrick’s Day Tea A Success!

Ethel MacDonald pours a cup of tea for June Ellis

at the St Pats’ Tea held at the Kensington

Nazarene Church.

photo above - Astrid Johnson, dressed

in green, sells tickets at the St Pat’s Tea held at the

Kensington

April worship Schedule:9 am - St. Thomas’ & St.

Elizabeth’s11 am - St. Stephen’s &

St. Mark’sApril 8- 7 pm St. Thom-

as Council meeting April 9 – 1:30 pm St.

Stephen’s ACWApril 10 – 1:30 pm St.

Mark’s ACW April 11 - 10 am Bible

Study at St. Mark’sApril 11 - 7 pm Youth

Group meets.St. Stephen’s Choir

CDs are available.

April 79:30 Sr Sunday School

& Handbell Practice 10:30 – Worship & Sun-

day School April 149:30 Sr Sunday School

& Handbell Practice10:30 – Worship & Sun-

day School

Kensington United Church will hold a Chick-en Salad Luncheon on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

There will be two sit-tings: 11a.m. and 12:30 pm. Tickets are available through the Church of-fice on Wednesday and Friday mornings (836-3639)

On Saturday, April 27th

the “Celebrate Our Youth Talent Show” will be held in the Murray Centre .

To sign up, please con-tact Rev. Robert McCa-rthy at 836-3639 or e-mail at [email protected]

For updated informa-

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

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

April 14:Kensington Worship &

Sunday School 11am

New London Worship & Sunday School 9:30 am


Sunday School 9:30 am

New London Worship & Sunday School 11:00 a.m.


Sunday School 11am

New London Worship & Sunday School 9:30am

Spring Bible Study will begin April 9 - May 14th.

April Worship Schedule:

9:30 am - Princetown11:00 am - Southwest

River

CHARGE DINNER…April 15, 6:30 p.m.

Dinner will be held at Lotus Garden Restau-rant.

Entertainment by Rod-ney Savidant.

We continue to support Marinya a Ruibi School in Kenya.

Presently we are writ-ing letters to their stu-dents.

Annual MeetingNorth Granville Cemetery Committee

The Annual Meeting of the North Granville Cemetery Committee will be held on

Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Granville Community Centre.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

County Line Courier April 10, 2013

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