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EMC News — EMC News — A grant applica-tion to study the structural soundness of Hinchin-brooke Public School won’t be going through, but Central Frontenac Council didn’t outright nix the idea of turning the school into some sort of community centre when it closes next year.

Representing a coali-tion of arts and community groups urging the munici-pality to buy the building, Sue Leslie told Council at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake that

the Frontenac Community Futures Development Cor-poration wanted more of a commitment from the mu-nicipality before granting the group $5,000 for an en-gineering study.

But Council wasn’t ready to make that com-mitment.

Coun. Heather Fox began the discussion by wanting to know what the price tag on the building would be.

“I spoke to our trustee, Ann Goodfellow, and she told me that the (Limestone District) school board is mandated by the province to get market value for properties,” Leslie said.

“Our understanding is that is about $240,000.”

Coun. John Purdon not-ed that the school board’s reasoning for closing Hinchinbrooke was that it was “prohibitive to repair” and suggested that a $5,000 study might not address all of the issues involved.

“There are things like accessibility,” Purdon said. “(And) I’m wonder-ing how far you’ve gotten into details of what might be in a $5,000 engineering report.

“You might not get what you like and it might be better to get the school board report on what makes the school prohibitive to

repair.”Coun. Wayne Miller

agreed.“There could be asbes-

tos in a building of that age,” he said.

Leslie said it was her understanding there had been asbestos found in floor tiles and pipe cover-ings

Dep. Mayor Tom Dew-ey was also concerned with the costs of cleaning up as-bestos.

“We went through as-bestos in our church,” Dewey said. “It has to be cleaned up by a qualified company and could run into the thousands.

“I couldn’t support this

without a feasibility study and the cost should go down if there is much as-bestos present.”

“I’m hearing that Coun-cil that’s moving cau-tiously,” said Mayor Janet Gutowski. “Perhaps rather than making a commitment in terms of a resolution, maybe we should get our staff more involved and see if they can get access to the school board’s infor-mation.

“This could be very ex-pensive.”

Council resolved to ask the school board for its report on what makes the building prohibitive to re-pair.

Sledding weatherEMC Events – Tyler Barker and Terry Allen of Tichborne weren’t about to let the mild weather conditions on the weekend end their snow-mobiling season prematurely. Allen said the sledding has been “great so far, a little sloppy lately though.”

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Wolfe Island’s George Merry awarded Jubilee MedalBy Margaret KnottCorrespondent

EMC NEWS- Wolfe Is-land’s Dr. George Merry is one of just 30 Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) members from across the country awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Dia-mond Jubilee medal for their contributions to con-servation and their work with DUC. The medal serves to honour contri-butions and achievements made by Canadians.

Dr. Merry was advised of the award in a letter from DU on behalf of the Right Honourable David John-ston, Governor General of Canada in early December. The letter acknowledged what a privilege it was for the organization to be able to nominate 30 outstand-ing individuals to receive medals. “You are among these inspiring and re-markable people who DUC is now honouring,”it said.

“I am honoured to have been nominated by Ducks Unlimited and to have been chosen to receive the Jubilee medal,” Dr. Merry said in acknowledging the award.

Anyone who knows George Merry is well aware of his more than

30 year involvement with DUC, Canada’s leading wetlands conservation or-ganization. He has been an DU volunteer, a member of many DUC chapters and a fundraiser. Presently he is a member of the Wolfe Island DU Committee and conducts a Sealed Bid auc-tion program. He is also among the first major gift donors to DUC on Wolfe Island where, in 2000 he and his family donated 50 acres of ecologically sen-sitive land, with 850 ft. of Big Sandy Bay shoreline to the organization (to be upgraded this year). “This land, part of the DU La Salle conservation ease-ment along with 5 other landowner’s, is almost a 100 acre wetland,” accord-ing to Merry.. “a valuable Great Lakes coastal wet-land for years to come.”

Dr. Merry was hon-oured in 2010 when the DU Collins Creek Project in Kingston was dedicated to him also in recogni-tion of his wetland con-servation. George’s com-mitment is evident in the support he receives from his family and the Wolfe Island community. And now Congratulation are in order once again with the awarding of commemora-

tive Jubilee Medal.*Please take note that

the date and location of the award ceremony has yet to be announced.

*The commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Eliza-beth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Can-ada. It serves to honour contributions and achieve-ments made by Canadi-ans. Wolfe Island’s Perry Chesney, was awarded the Jubilee medal in Septem-ber 2012 for his dedicated years of service with the WI Ambulance Service.

Around Town:* Con-gratulations to Anthony Broeders , U OF Guelph, winner in a pentathlon event. * Thanks to the WIPP for keeping us all in coffee and pizza and conversation as the winter moves on. * A very active skating schedule is now underway at the WI Com-munity Centre rink.

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No consensus where 2013 Central Frontenac budget headed yetBy Craig BakayReporter

EMC News — When Central Frontenac Trea-surer Michael McGovern asked Council for direc-tion on the 2013 budget at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake, “the silence was deafen-ing,” according Mayor Ja-net Gutowski.

McGovern said that most taxpayers would be facing some sort of in-crease anyways given that the MPAC property as-sessments increased by an average of 2.73 per cent, but inflation in Ontario is 1 per cent right now (1.58 per cent in Canada).

“We’ve been $674,000 higher in revenues than expenditures to date but there are still some things to come in that will likely take care of that,” he said. “And the estimate for OPP costs is $40,000 higher than last year.”

Coun. Norm Gunten-sperger said that he’d like to see a decrease in the tax rate this year.

“I don’t think the tax

rate should increase at all,” Guntensperger said. “MPAC rates are going up as it is so we’re way ahead of the game.

“I’d like to see a de-crease.”

“I agree with Norm,” said Coun. Tom Snyder.

But Dep. Mayor Tom Dewey didn’t.

“I’d like to see an in-crease of 2 per cent,” Dew-ey said. “(And) I think we need to look at user fees from some halls — see if we can pull in some extra revenues there.”

“Last year, we start-ed with something like a 20 per cent increase,” said Coun. John Purdon. “Could we start at, say 5 per cent, and nibble away at that?”

McGovern estimated that the increase in assess-ment would bring in about $250,000, depending on what the County does, but salary increases, a 5 per cent increase on insur-ance, $40,000 in OPP in-creases and inflation could eat that up.

Acting Clerk Cathy MacMunn said there

would be a department heads meeting before the next Council meeting (Jan. 22) and she expected to have more information for Council then.

Guntensperger also suggested Council begin the budget process earlier, like October or Novem-ber.

Purdon argued against the idea while noting that some municipalities do start earlier.

“We can start earlier but it won’t be every year,” he said. “Every four years, there’s an election and you have to let a new Council set its own budget.

“And, it is difficult to end the process without final numbers.

“But Ottawa and South Frontenac do their budgets earlier.”

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January 24th, February 14th, 28th, March 14th and 28th, 2013. See our website for details.

2013 DOG TAGS2013 Dog Tags are now available and can be purchased at the Municipal O�ce, 4432 George Street, Northway

Hardware in Inverary, Perth Road Store in Perth Road village and RONA Hardware in Verona. The fee is $12.00 per tag until April 30th, 2013.

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COUNCIL MEETINGThe next Council Meeting will be on January 22nd, 2013 at 7:00 pm.

The next Committee of the Whole Meeting will be on January 29th, 2013 at 7:00 pm.

NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAWIN THE MATTER of section 34(18) of The Planning Act, TAKE NOTICE THAT a number of housekeeping zoning amendments were passed by Council 0n December 18, 2012 to correct errors in mapping that occurred with the preparation and passage of the South Frontenac Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 2003-75. Some text amendments were also passed to clarify and improve interpretation of the By-law. AND TAKE NOTICE that any individual, corporation or public body may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the By-law by �ling with the Clerk of the Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac not later than the 16th day of January, 2013 (during regular Township business hours), a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons for the objection. A notice of appeal may not be �led by any unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be �led in the name of an individual who is a member of such an association or the group. Additional information relating to the Zoning By-law amendments is available for inspection at the Township Municipal O�ce during normal working hours. Contact Lindsay Mills,Planner & Deputy-Clerk.

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on a proposal to stop up, close, and sell, a small portion of road allowance at the west end of Sleeth Lane in lot 2, Concession 10, District of Storrington.

There would continue to be a right-of-way for members of the public as an access route to Loughborough Lake. For further information, contact Anne Levac ext. 2224.

WINTER MAINTENANCEWinter is now upon us. To assist our crews in their winter control efforts, the parking of vehicles on

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A Fines night of blues at The Crossing PubBy Craig BakayReporter

EMC News — Last Saturday night was acoustic blues picker Rick Fines’ fourth trip to Sharbot Lake in recent memory and the love af-fair between him and the audience at The Crossing Pub seems to still be go-ing strong.

“This is a perfect little place to play,” he said Saturday night, after a satisfying two-setter that

left those in attendance wanting more. “The audi-ence really feels a part of it here.

“The Whites (owners Frank and Sandra) have created quite the atmo-sphere.”

After 31 years in the business, Fines appears comfortable in his own skin. His reputation is as a blues man, but he al-most seems too happy to be playing the blues.

“I’m the luckiest guy to be able to play mu-

sic with my friends,” he said.

The friends on this night were Alec Frasier on bass (actually a dou-ble bass-slash-drum con-traption of his own de-sign) and Rob Phillips on keyboards. They’ve been playing together since grade school and Fines credits Phillips in partic-ular for helping shape his own unique blues style.

“I write most of my own stuff, just a guy from Peterborough trying to put in the words that suit the music,” he said.

What’s come out of it is a blend of traditional styles that pay homage to blues legends like Hound Dog Taylor and Missis-sippi John Hurt, but also draws on jazzier styles including Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong.

“Folk rock was an ear-ly influence but growing up my mom always had people like Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles playing,” he said. “Robbie’s piano play-ing encouraged me to try some of the stuff the old jazzy trios played because I had a piano player who could play that stuff.”

The results are a unique Dr. John meets El-more James with a little bit of George Thorogood thrown in with Leon Red-

bone style vocals.Another unique twist

has been the use of par-lour guitars made for him by Peterborough luthier Wayne O’Connor but that was kind of a happy ac-

cident rather than a con-certed effort to recreate the sound of past blues legends.

“I hurt my shoulder and had trouble holding a full size dreadnought or

southern jumbo,” he said. “The parlour guitar was just more comfortable.”

But it worked out.“I like the sound he

gets with the acoustic slide,” said Frasier.

Rick Fines (guitar) along with Alec Frasier on bass and Rob Phillips on keyboards put in another stel-lar performance at The Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake Saturday night.

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Council supports Farmers Market grant application to CountyBy Craig BakayReporter

EMC News — Central Frontenac Township vot-ed to support the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market in its application for a $15,000 gas tax grant from Fron-tenac County at its regular meeting last week in Shar-bot Lake.

In the application to County, the Farmers Mar-ket representative Mary de Bassecourt said they’re asking for funding for “landscaping around the pavilion and parking to make it safer for residents to use, improvement of lighting and upgrades to the water system in the washrooms.

“Currently there is very high maintenance cost to the washrooms due to low

water pressure.”Council also agreed to

contribute $2,500 to the $17,500 plan.

• • •It’s going to cost more

to have a dog in Central Frontenac.

At it’s regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake, Council voted to increase the dog tag fee to $12 from the current $9.

Staff had been asking for the cost to be raised to $15, citing a $14.60 per dog cost in 2011 (costs were $12,452 with 835 tags sold).

Coun. John Purdon said the original ask was a 66 per cent increase and con-ceded that it did put the costs on users but added, “I’m not sure that’s the way to look at it.”

Purdon suggested the $12,

or a 33 per cent increase.“I think that’s pretty

steep,” said Coun. Wayne Millar. “How many dog owners are there out there who don’t pay?”

Dep. Mayor Tom Dew-ey said he could go for $12 but would like to see it raised to $15 eventually.

• • •Following a disagree-

ment between departments over where to store fire re-cords, acting Clerk Cathy MacMunn told Council the matter had been re-solved with the Township buying a used server from North Frontenac Tele-phone Company for $200.

Council also approved purchase of software for the fire department at a potential cost of $2,348 to be financed out of the 2013 budget.

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Helping hands and random acts of kindness

Dear editor,

I am writing today to express my sincerest gratitude to a number of unidentified friendly citi-zens who live on Redwood Crescent in Kingston’s west-end neighbourhood of Cataraqui Woods.

At around 7 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27, one of our ambulance crews was called to an address on Redwood Crescent. If you’ll recall, this was during the peak hours of that huge winter storm – snow was still falling and many streets had yet to be cleared.

When the paramedic crew arrived on the scene, the ambulance was over-whelmed by the weather and got stuck in a snow drift. The paramedics notified their on-duty su-pervisor that they would need a snow plough and tow truck and proceeded with their call.

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ways makes things busier for Frontenac Paramedic Services, and the 30 cen-timetres of snow that fell on the 27th was no excep-tion. Our crews were on the road nonstop, attend-ing to the regular types of calls, and also dealing with the many weather-related calls. The gener-osity of the neighbours of Redwood Crescent al-lowed our crew to treat their patient efficiently and in turn, improved the efficiency of our patient care throughout the day.

I think that we can all agree the weather on the 27th was surprising, but the helping hands and random acts of kind-ness witnessed through-out the area were not. In the County of Frontenac and the City of Kingston we don’t hesitate to help when our neighbours need us.

Thank you specifi-cally to the wonderful, kind people who live on Redwood Crescent and to everyone who offered help to those struggling through the weather.

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EMC Editorial — The other night, I overheard a conversation where some-one was proclaiming that we live on the oldest rocks on the Earth right here in our little slice of Heaven.

It’s a nice thought and one the tourist operations would love to trumpet to the world, but it’s not really all that accurate.

It’s funny how a shred of truth can get turned into something more that gets to be popular lore isn’t it?

We do, however, live on some pretty old rocks in this area, and they are in fact some of the oldest

rocks on the planet. And, there’s a pretty good case to be made that the oldest on the planet are in the Ca-nadian Shield (on the shore of James Bay, more on that later). And, we are part of the Canadian Shield here (well, just about anywhere north of Verona anyways).

But the fact is that the Canadian Shield, while being homogeneous when compared with the other physiographic regions of Canada, contains a lot of different areas, and the rocks therein span some four billion years.

The area we live in is called the Laurentian Shield (or uplands, or high-lands or just region) and most of the rocks date back to the Aphebian Age, or 2.5 billion to 1.6 billion years ago. That’s about the time oxygen started appearing in our atmosphere, by the way. (Some scientists are fond of calling that “The Great Oxygenation Catas-trophe.”)

Now, there are a couple of areas in other regions of the Canadian Shield that ar-guably are the oldest rocks on Earth.

At this point, some peo-ple might use the old chest-nut “scientists agree,” as in “scientists agree that these are the oldest rocks.”

But of course, in all things scientific, scientists rarely agree, but in this case I’m inclined to go with the ones who make the case that the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt exposed on the eastern shore of Hud-son Bay in Northern Que-bec are the oldest at 4.28 billion years. This find was made in 2008 by a team of researchers from McGill, the Carnegie Institution for Science and the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.

This claim is disputed by Simon Wilde of the Institute for Geoscience Research in Australia, who puts the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone at 3.8 billion years.

Then again, there have

been zircons from the Jack Hills in Australia dated that old and the possibility that Wilde is a homer kinda creeps in there.

The other area of the Ca-nadian Shield that’s really old is the Acasta Gneiss in the Northwest Territories. These rocks are on an island in the Acasta River east of Great Bear Lake, about 300 kilometres north of Yellow-knife. Most estimates put these rocks at 4.03 billion years old

Both the Natural His-tory Museum in Vienna and the Smithsonian Institution have samples of these rocks and proclaim them to be the oldest.

But if you really want to quibble and like to look for irony at any cost, it’s quite possible the oldest rock on Earth didn’t come from the Earth at all.

The Genesis Rock, brought back from the Moon by Apollo 15 astro-nauts, has been dated to 4.46 billion years ago.

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EMC Editorial – January is Alzheimer Awareness Month.

According to Alzheimer Society Canada, 747,000 people are currently living with dementia, and that number is expect to double to 1.4 million in the next 20 years. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 64 per cent of all dementia in the nation.

Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of the aging pro-cess and it is important for people to know the warn-ing signs of the disease. Early diagnosis will allow you to make the most of supports and treatments that are available. The 10 signs of dementia include mem-ory loss that affects day-to-day function, difficulty performing familiar tasks, problems with language, disorientation of time and place, poor or decreased judgment, problems with abstract thinking, misplac-ing things, changes in mood or behaviour, changes in personality, and loss of initiative. If you or someone you know is experiencing any of these symptoms, make an appointment to see a physician.

People can also be proactive about their brain health and take steps that may reduce their risk of de-veloping Alzheimer’s disease. While you may not be able to control some risk factors of the disease, like genetics and aging, there are other lifestyle changes that you can control that may reduce your risk and improve your overall brain health. These include: challenging yourself by playing games, learning a new language, reading, and engaging in hobbies; be-ing socially active through work, volunteer activities, travel, hobbies, family and friends; making healthy food choices by putting a rainbow of colours on your plate; being physically active through activities and sport; reducing stress through personal time to enjoy exercise, hobbies and social activities, etc.; protecting your head by wearing helmets while engaged in physi-cal activities and using safety features like handrails to prevent falls; and making wise choices including avoiding bad habits and maintain regular visits with your doctor.

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The Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will meet in the Wilson Room of Kingston Fron-tenac Public Library, 130 Johnson St., Saturday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. Arthur Milnes, Commissioner of the Sir John A. Macdonald Bicenten-nial, will speak about the upcoming Bicentennial and Sir John A’s family. Visitors welcome. Further informa-tion at www.ogs.on.ca/kingston.

Singles Only Club of Kingston. Fri-day, Jan. 18: Steak dinner at RAXX. Meet at the big round tables, past the pool tables, at 5:30 p.m. All non members welcome. Saturday, Jan. 19: A Song for the Asking-Open Voices Concert, 2-7 p.m. at Cooke’s Portsmouth United Church. A Song for The Asking - Open Tickets are available from Yvonne Hawkins. Sunday, Jan. 20: Games at Minotaur’s at 4 p.m. followed by dinner at 5:30 p.m. We will go for dinner at 5:30 p.m. Location to be decided. Saturday, Jan. 26: Fine dining. Call Monica at 613- 384-4104 to reserve a place. For more information call 613-530-4912 or visit www.sockingston.com.

The Adult Rendezvous Club (ARC), based at St. Paul the Apostle R.C. Church Hall, 1111 Taylor Kidd Blvd., in Kingston, meet for Contract Bridge, Progressive Euchre and board games Thursdays, 1-3:30 p.m. from September to June. Yearly membership. For more info call 613-548-7936 or 613-389-0968.

Pork Supper Friday, Jan. 18 from 5 - 7 p.m. at St. Andrews by the Lake in Reddendale (Front & Days Rd). This will include Pie, Tea/Coffee, Juice and Entertainment. Children five and under eat free. Catered by Rent A Chef. Advanced tickets only - will be sold at the church of-fice from 9 a.m. - noon, weekdays or after church service, 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Take-out also available. For tickets and /or more information, call 613-389-8082.

Poverty Challenge: on Sunday, Jan. 20, there will be a free two-hour ‘Poverty Challenge’ starting at 12:15 p.m. and running until 2:45 p.m. at Crossroads United (Sir John A Blvd and Princess) starting with a small lunch, also at no cost. This is open to adults or accompanied children over 12. Email [email protected] or [email protected] or phone 613 766-6079. The first workshop took place in the Spring of 2009 initiated by mem-bers of the Roundtable on Poverty Reduction. In a one-day format, it has been presented to students

many times since. It is an experien-tial event which provides a deeper understanding of the systemic and personal issues of poverty in our community.

Love to Sing? Join Shout Sister! Choir for a relaxed atmosphere and repertoire of popular music. No au-ditions and no need to read music. Join us for a practice, everyone is welcome. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Mulberry School on John St. between Patrick St. and Montreal St. Choir Director is Georgette Fry. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca.

Overcomer’s Assembly Prayer Room, 1187 Princess St. Kingston will have their church open for personal prayer times Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Every-one welcome.

Frontenac County Childcare Centre.L.C.V.I. Preschool Program, 153 Van Order Dr. Kingston, Ont., K1M 1B9. Full-time and part-time spaces available. Spaces available for this school year, 2013. Spaces available for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. For Further Infor-mation Contact Edie at 613-545-1759.

Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Kingston Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca.

Darts at the R.C.L. Branch 623 on County Rd 4 in Millhaven every Thursday starting at 7 p.m. For Information: call the branch at 613-352-7772. Everyone Welcome.

Baha’i Faith Discussion Saturday, Jan. 26. “New Beginnings” - The Baha’i Community of Kingston wel-comes everyone to an informal dis-cussion on this theme at 2:30 p.m. at 99 York St. Further info: [email protected] 613-634-0767.

39 Club of Kingston Dance Fri-day. Jan. 25. Music by Top Shelf. 8-11:30 p.m. at Collins Bay Royal Canadian Legion 631, 4034 Bath Rd. Singles and Couples welcome. Dress Code in effect.

Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston Region Mourning Coffee: The opportunity to join other be-reaved individuals for casual coffee-break chat. Held Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 10-11 a.m. at Tompkins Funeral Home, 435 Davis Dr. (Up-stairs in the Trillium Room - Please Park in the Left-Side Lot and Use the Right-Side Main Entrance).

Kings Town Trekkers Walk Sunday, Jan. 27 from the Kingston YMCA. Registration in Cafeteria at 1:30 p.m. Walk starts at 2 p.m.

Quill Lecture Series at Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. in Goodes Hall, 143 Union St. Words: Building a Lexicon. Douglas Mewhort, Professor, Department of Psychology, Queen’s University. For more info call 5491910.

Taoist Tai Chi™ Open House: Thursday, Jan. 22, 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the Loyalist Plaza, 18 Manitou Cres. W., Amherstview. See dem-onstrations and find out about the introductory course that will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 29. This aero-bic, meditative stretching exercise promotes health and well-being for those of all age and fitness levels, while relaxing and strengthening body and mind. For more info: www.taoist.org/kingston, 613-544-4733. Friday night karaoke Jan. 18 hosted by Showman’s Karaoke from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the lounge of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560, 734 Montreal St. Smith and Brady entertain Saturday, Jan. 19 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the lounge. All welcome. Small cover charge for non-members. Seniors Walk to the Beat Plus Stretch and Strength six week courses held on Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursdays. Also, introduc-tion to Line Dancing in Kingston’s west end. New: Senior’s Boomer Modified Yoga-Fit with all standing poses and activities. New: Golf for Gals six week mini clinics designed to improve distance/accuracy of the ball, as well as addressing injuries specific to golf. Join us at 50+ Fit-ness. For location and additional info on all classes, please call Dee at 613-389-6540.

Jan.18, Robbie Burns Celebration Jan. 18. Runs 6:15 p.m. - 12 a.m. Come celebrate the Early Robbie Burns Day with Branch 631 Legion in Collin Bay. Piped in Haggis and Ceremony, and Traditional Scottish Dinner. Entertainment featuring the Scottish Dancers. Round out the Night with Music by the Musicman DJ. Tickets on sale at the Branch until Jan.14. For information please call the Branch at (613)389-6605.

VON SMART (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together) exercise classes. Come and join our fun and friendly low impact fitness classes designed for Seniors. Classes in-clude cardio, strength training and stretching with no mat work. Five convenient locations in Kingston.

First trial class is free! For location and information call Joanne 613-634-0130 ext. 414 or email [email protected].

Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Call Al-Anon/Alateen Fam-ily Groups, 613-384-2134.

Rideau Trail Kingston Club Fron-tenac Park Bufflehead (Duck) Trail hike Saturday, Jan. 19. Snowshoe this challenging12 km. route at a moderate pace and participate in the excitement of finding the Bu-cephala albeola. Departure time is 9 a.m. from Canadian Tire Parking Lot at the Kingston Centre along Bath Rd., where car-pooling will be available. Details: (613)634-1877 or [email protected]. Historical/Military hike Sunday, Jan. 20. Ex-plore the historic Barriefield Village for an easy hike of some 10–12 km. at a moderate pace. Experience the footpath across the causeway, and retrace the steps of our military past by exploring famous Fort Henry and the Royal Military College grounds in addition to lunching at the Canadian Forces Base. Meet at Tim Hortons by the Wolfe Island Ferry Dock for departure at 10 a.m. Details: (613)549-6807 or email [email protected]. Urban Walk Downtown Kingston Thursday, Jan. 24. Starting at Tim Hortons by the Wolfe Island Ferry Dock at 7 p.m., this easy evening walk offers an opportunity to discover additional treasure spots in downtown Kingston. How many can you find? Come enjoy a relaxing evening in good company over this 6 km. trek and celebrate the charm of downtown Kingston.Details: (613)542-8224 or (613)484-6110.

Adults with Aspergers Social/Support Meeting. Do you have Aspergers or know someone who does? Join others facing the same challenges and look for solutions together on Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 7- 9 p.m. at 361 Montreal St. (Bagot Street entrance) Please contact Patti for more information, to get on our email list, and for future meeting dates, 613-507-7896 or [email protected].

Seniors Community Club #523 Centre 70, corner of Days and Front Road. Shuffleboard and Bridge Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. New members welcome.

Diabetes Clinic. Drop in to The Seniors Centre Thursday, Jan. 24 from 9:00am to 12 noon to meet with a dietician or nurse educator from Maple Diabetes Centre. 56 Francis St. 613.548.7810.

Robbie Burn’s Dinner Saturday, Jan.19 at Rideau Acres - Upstairs Hall. Celebrate with the Rob Roy Pipe Band & Highland Dancers Door Open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cash bar. Tickets avail-able from Leslie 613.549.4692 or email [email protected].

Senior’s Boomer Modified Yoga-Fit with all standing poses and ac-tivities. Introduction to Line Dancing and Golf clinics designed to improve distance/accuracy of the ball, as well as addressing injuries specific to golf. Join us at 50+ Fitness. For location and additional info please call Dee at 613-389-6540. Bluegrass weekly jam every Thurs-days at 7 p m at Ben’s Pub, 105 Clergy St., Kingston. No cover charge. Everyone welcome, wheth-er you play or come to listen. For info Sandra 613-546-1509.

Join the drum circle at Ben’s Pub (105 Clergy Street) every Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m. No experience is necessary. This is a casual, come-when-you-can circle open to all. Bring drums, shakers, flutes, and other instruments. If you don’t have any, we have extras on hand. Come to play or just sit back and watch. Free. Wheelchair accessible.

The ‘Silver Wings’ welcomes ex-service members from all branches. Join us at the Wing 416, Kingston, for a fun lunch and social every third Sunday at 1 p.m. For more details and info please contact Molly at 613-389-6120.

Cam Schaefer (organ) & Jak Thrasher (percussion) + guests play instrumental pop and jazz from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at The Standeasy at the RCHA Club, 193 Ontario St. Irene Torres and The Sugar Devils perform Friday, Jan. 18 from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Kingston Blues Society Blues Jam Saturday, Jan. 19 from 8:30 p.m .to 12 a.m. Shuffleboard at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20. Darts from 8-11 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Al Duquette performs Thursday, Jan. 24 from 8-11 p.m.

Pork Roast Supper at St. Andrew’s by the Lake United Church, 1 Red-den St, on Friday, Jan. 18 from 5 - 7 p.m., catered by Rent A Chef. Tickets are $15 Adults, $12 Children under six years free. Tickets are available at the church office be-tween 9 a.m. and noon, weekdays, until Jan. 11. Sunday Brunch Sunday Jan. 20, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Seniors Centre

is serving up a delicious Sunday Brunch. Bring your friends – order eggs any way, bacon, yogurt, fruit, specialty breads, and more. Pay at the door. 56 Francis St.

Cataraqui Canoe Club – Saturday, Jan. 19 – Gatineau Park Nordic Ski. Join us on this yearly excursion to Gatineau Park with its well-groomed trails for all levels of difficulty. We plan to leave at 8 a.m., have lunch in one of the warming huts and start back after 4 p.m. For more infor-mation call 613-389-4459, www.cataraquicanoe.on.ca.

Chicken, Biscuits and Cards at Bat-tersea United Church Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. For more information please contact Ruth at 613-353-6297.

A Burns’ Night Dinner and Dance will be held by Kingston’s Scottish Country Dancers on Saturday, Jan. 26 starting promptly at 6 p.m. The event takes place at St. Luke’s Anglican Church hall, 236 Nelson St. Contact Lois at 613-545-1952 regarding tickets.

The Emotional Impact of Dyslexia with Dr. Leonard Harris, a child psy-chologist with over 30 years profes-sional experience. He conducts Learning Disability assessments in his private practice, and also counsels children, teens and their families. Dr. Harris is an Adjunct As-sistant Professor at Queen’s. Jan. 22, 7:30-8 p.m. at the Isabel Turner Library, Room A - 935 Gardiners Rd. Spaces are limited so please register at www.idaontario.com under events.

As part of Artignite 2013, join the students from the Music and Digital Media and the Graphic Design de-partments at St Lawrence College for musical performances and a display of design work on Sunday, Jan. 27, between 2:30-5 p.m. at the Renaissance Event Venue, 285 Queen Street (at Barrie). Free admission.

Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions inc. presents the Canadian musical The Drowsy Chaperone at the Baby Grand Theatre, Jan. 10-26 at 7:30 p.m. It all begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favourite cast album, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. Kingston’s youth theatre company brings young artists together working on and off stage to create community theatre. Tickets are available at 613-530-2050 or www.kingstongrand.ca.

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Trinity Presbyterian Church, Amherestview is having a Music Night featuring Don Norman in Concert, Saturday, Jan. 26, 7-8:30 p.m. Light Refreshments will be served. Please Contact Beth Medlen 613-634-5536 for more info.

Kingston Branch, United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada meets at St. Paul’s church hall, corner Montreal and Queen Streets, Saturday, Jan. 26, start-ing with a potluck lunch. Come at 11:30 am for noon lunch. Meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Speaker is Dr. Jane Errington, professor of history at Queen’s University and the Royal Military College, talking about “Coping with the Wilder-ness: Telling Women’s Stories of Early Upper Canada”. All are welcome. Further info from Carol, 613-546-2256.

Kingston Orchid society meeting Sunday, Jan. 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ongwanada Re-source Centre, 191 Portsmouth Ave. Learn about growing exotic orchids - it’s fun, easy, fascinat-ing! Monthly meetings, discus-sion & speakers, refreshments. Please join us and enjoy our display table of flowering orchids.

Everyone is welcome! Contact person: Gwenneth Howard, 613-389-0861 or 613-389-2895, [email protected] or [email protected].

Odessa Winter Carnival Dance, on Jan. 26, sponsored by the Odessa Agricultural Society (non-profit)in the Palace at the Odessa Fairgrounds. Featuring Country & Classic Rock Party Band Texas Tuxedo. Doors open at 8 p.m., dance at 9 p.m. Hot meal and bus home. Tickets available at Savages Home Hardware and Pop In.

Empire Life is celebrating its 90th birthday and would like to say thanks to the Kingston com-munity. Join us at our free skating party at the K-Rock Centre on Saturday, Jan.19, from noon to 2 p.m. Thanks for 90 great years!

The Kingston Heirloom Quilters welcomes new members. We meet 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at St. John’s Angli-can Church Hall, 41 Church St., in Portsmouth Village. Guests are welcome. Please bring a lunch and enjoy the company of fellow quilters throughout the day. Learn to quilt or improve your skills in

a friendly, relaxed group. 2013 Winter/Spring Dates: Jan. 24, Feb.5, Feb.21, March 5, March 21, April 2, April 18. For further information please visit our web-site at www.quiltskingston.org.

PA Adventure Day at St. Paul’s United Church, Harrrowsmith on Friday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will be learning about “Jesus the Carpenter” through games, songs and build-ing crafts. Lunch and snacks provided. Children under four must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required by Monday, Jan. 28 by calling Marni 613-374-9929 or Suzanne 613-386-7751. Please have child bring a picture of him/herself for a craft.

Open Mic Night every Friday at the Storrington Centre Fire Hall in Sunbury, 7-10 p.m. Old and new country, gospel, bluegrass and more. No cover charge.

Sunbury TOPS Chapter meet every Monday evening, weigh-in 5:30 p.m. meeting begins at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Come

and join a supportive weight loss group to take off pounds sensibly. For info [email protected].

Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation offers a Caregiver Support Drop-in the second Tuesday of every month from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Grace Centre in Sydenham. This is an opportunity for those who are Caregivers to enjoy a cup of coffee/tea with other Caregivers in a safe and supportive environ-ment. It is possible, with prior ar-rangements, to bring your loved one with you who will be cared for by caring and qualified staff of the Adult Day Service. For more information please contact Mary Gaynor-Briese, Caregiver Support at 613-376-6477.

SMART (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together) exercise class every Thursday from 10-11 a.m. at the Grace Centre, 4295 Stagecoach Rd. in Sydenham. Fun, Low Impact fitness class, no mat work. Call Joanne at 613-634-0130 ext. 414 or email [email protected].

Bedford’s Bi-Weekly Open Mike and Jam Session, 1-5 p.m. Jan.

27 at Bedford Community Hall, 1381 Westport Rd. Featuring Bluegrass,Country, Gospel and more. Info, at 613-374-2614.

Jan. 18 “Theme” youth dance at the Golden Links Hall in Har-rowsmith. $25.00 gift card for the “craziest hair”. 7 to 10 p.m.; ages 9 to 15. For info, call Sharon at 613-372-1274 or Wayne, 613-358-2533. Enjoy beef supper at the hall on Jan. 20 from 4:30-6 p.m.. Call Barb, 613-372-2315.

St. Paul’s United Church in Har-rowsmith will be hosting a Chili Fest and Auction on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For a free will offering, you can join friends and neighbours and sample various homemade chil-ies then vote on your favorite. Buns and beverages included (hot dogs available for the kids). Also, there will be a friendly auction featuring many glass collectibles and other items. All welcome!

Saturday, Jan. 19 - Music night with “Celtic Combination” at Inverary United Church (4681 Latimer Rd. ) at 7 p.m. “Burns and Blarney”, Scottish and Irish Music. Freewill Offering for the

Benevolent Fund. Refresh-ments will be served. Our 5th annual Chili-fest will take place Friday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. Several different types of chili available and vote for your favourite. Cost for dinner Includes chili, salad, buns, dessert and tea or coffee.

Taoist Tai Chi™ Open House: Monday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m. - noon, Oso Community Hall, Sharbot Lake. See demon-strations and learn about the introductory course that will begin on Jan. 28. This aerobic, meditative stretching exercise promotes health and well-being for those of all age and fit-ness levels, while relaxing and strengthening body and mind. For more info: www.taoist.org/kingston, 613-544-4733.

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Township wins dumping court case but it’s not enough for PWMBy Craig BakayReporter

EMC News — Even though Central Frontenac Township was successful in its prosecution of an individ-ual for dumping garbage on public roads, Public Works Manager Mike Richardson would like a stronger bylaw that could streamline the process, he told Council at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake.

“In previous meetings with Council we’ve asked for some changes in the by-law to create a short form with people who throw gar-bage somewhere other than the landfills,” he said. “Since then we had an incident where a non-resident threw six bags on Conway Road.

“Names and addresses were found in the garbage and the bylaw officer fol-lowed up with an interview that determined there was

cause to go to court.”But even though the

Township won the court case and was awarded $500 in fines and another $125 in court costs, the problem doesn’t end there, Richard-son said.

“We have expenses out of that $500,” he said. “But the court case does show there are problems, and every now and then you have to pros-ecute to show we’re not go-ing to put up with that sort of thing.”

And on the snow removal front, Richardson said there has been enough snowfall that they’ve begun hauling it away from around busi-nesses.

“It was a busy Christmas Day and for a couple of days before and after,” he said. “We’ve had several freez-ing rain and snow events but nothing major — just con-tinuous.

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the snow around businesses before it turned to ice.”

“Christmas was a holiday period but not for our roads crews,” said Mayor Janet Gutowski.

Coun. Bill Snyder asked about a phone call he re-ceived.

“This guy was pretty up-set,” Snyder said. “He said his road was sanded three times in one day, before the snowfall when the road was totally bare.”

“We do get calls where people say ‘it’s good enough for me to drive on so it didn’t need sanding,’” said Richardson. “But we are the ones who call the contractor in to sand so there had to be a reason.

“We’ve had other reports where contractors were not putting down enough sand or not being in front of a school bus.

“We treat those things very seriously.”

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In the late 1920’s, the entire concept of bathrooms began to change.

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EMC Lifestyle – There’s a powerful play coming to the Baby Grand Theatre. Blue/orange, by playwright Joe Penhall, deals with the complexities of caring.

In England, two doctors assess an enigmatic patient in a psychiatric hospital. The man claims to be the son of an African dictator. As the play develops, his belief becomes plausible. Race, madness and a power struggle between medical practitioners: the premise screams dramatic conflict.

“People should come to the play to see great drama,” said the play’s di-rector, Alan Dilworth, who was named Toronto’s best emerging male director of 2008 by NOW Magazine.

Dilworth is a graduate of York University’s Master of Fine Arts program. He has a Bachelor of Educa-tion and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Univer-sity of British Columbia. In 2005, Dilworth was the Urjo Kareda Emerging Art-

ist in Residence at Tarragon Theatre. He’s won multiple Jury Prizes for Outstanding Productions at Summer-Works and the Irish Inter-national Theatre Festival.

Theatre Kingston’s Ar-tistic Producer, Brett Chris-topher, was instrumental in bringing Dilworth into the director’s role for this play.

“I so much enjoy the collaboration with Brett,” said Dilworth. “In addition to being Theatre Kingston’s Artistic Producer, he’s an amazing actor and direc-tor. He’s a strong artist. To get to work with him on his own turf is special.

“The audience is going to thoroughly enjoy this. The humour in the play allows them to talk about things we can’t usually talk about. It’s a great feat in 2013 to strip away the politically correct. It’s not preachy theatre. It’s get-tin’ down and havin’ some fun.”

He said high school stu-dents should attend this production (and it qualifies for eyeGO To The Arts, so students can get a five dol-lar ticket by showing their high school ID card—the best deal in town! Also, anyone under 30 can get a half-price ticket through Youth Pricing).

“High school students are the best theatre audi-

ence,” he said. “They’re so engaged. We’re so used to being fed opinions and an-swers, especially in the me-dia. The kind of democratic debate of drama is not lost on young people yet.”

Dilworth said blue/or-ange is one of many good plays coming out of the United Kingdom.

“It speaks to the ambi-guity of our time,” he said. “For example, the issue of how we provide health care in Canada: how do we care for each other in this day and age? This play deals with this with such incred-ible humour, a subtle po-etry and intelligence, and without presuming to give answers.”

He noted that other is-sues arise in this produc-tion.

“If a young person is be-ing assessed for their men-tal wellbeing, how does their cultural background inform the assessment?” he said. “It’s a huge question at the heart of this play. Are we able to provide care for all the communities in our country right now? Are we responsible to provide for everyone?”

Dilworth said the script is a strong piece of writ-ing.

“Each of these char-acters is so complex,” he said. “There are so many contradictions. In the scope

of human existence, those contradictions make them complete.”

Brett Christopher said he chose the play for inclu-

sion in Theatre Kingston’s season because it’s relevant to Kingston.

“It’s all about health care,” he said. “Many peo-ple in this region are em-ployed in the medical sys-tem. It’s great to present a play that speaks to people on that level. There are two doctors involved in the as-sessment. They fight about the challenges of the health system. It deals with the hi-erarchy of the medical sys-tem and racism.”

He described the script as ambiguous about who is in

the right.“The conflict centres on

whether the mental health patient should be released,” said Christopher. “The older doctor realizes that funds are limited and if they can’t pro-vide for the patient’s needs, he should be released. The younger doctor is more eth-ics-driven. It’s very thought provoking in its ambiguity.”

Christopher said another reason he selected this play is the environment of the theatre.

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Theatre Kingston's production of British playwright Joe Penhall's blue/orange will be performed at the Baby Grand Theatre from January 30 to February 16. The play explores the nature of caring in the health system and challenges the audi-ence's beliefs about madness and compassion.

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“The Baby Grand really requires a specific type of script to be successful,” he said. “It’s an eccentric theatre space. The dynamics between

the three actors in this play are very taut. The space is viscer-al. When you’re that close, it can be very exciting.”

Christopher said that set designer Anahita Dehbonehie grasped the concept of the Baby Grand space and has a created a scene that makes

audience members feel like they are in the medical room eavesdropping on the assess-ment.

It was important to Chris-topher to cast the best actors for the roles.

“We’ve got Nigel Ben-nett, a major Canadian film

and TV star in the cast,” he said. “It’s important to have professionals of that calibre come to Kingston. It’s doing what New York does all the time. It’s legitimizing the art form.”

Also in the play are Wil-liam Matthews and Ayinde Blake.

Dilworth said that, in ad-dition to working on a great play, he’s pleased to be part of Theatre Kingston’s sea-son.”

“To work with Theatre Kingston in this kickoff year as it grows is a great source of energy for me,” he said. “To be asking these questions in a play like this in such a special

year, I’m thrilled about that. This piece could have been written for Kingston. There are two sides to every com-munity. There is still so much colonial antecedent operating in Kingston. It’s a very Eng-lish city. It’s also known for it’s academic and medical in-stitutions. It’s so exciting to bring a play like this to the stage. It’s balanced and intel-ligent.”

Brett Christopher has a challenge for residents of our region.

“It’s important for people who aren’t necessarily au-tomatic theatre-goers to get out to see who is out there and what theatre can be. I’m

challenging people to see 25 plays in 365 days,” he said. “It could even be a busker’s performance. When you go see it, go on our Facebook page and review it. At the end of the year, there will be a special event that brings people together.”

Theatre Kingston is this city’s only professional the-atre company. From January 30 to February 16, you’ll have a chance to see pros in action in blue/orange. There’s a great Valentine’s present for someone.

Tickets are available at www.kingstongrand.ca or the Grand Theatre box office at 218 Princess Street.

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Annual fundraiser encourages community members to get a new do, or go blue in support of Make-A-Wish Eastern OntarioBy Kristen [email protected]

EMC Events – You may have previously known this group as the Queen’s Universi-ty Volunteer Branch of Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario. Today, this group is going by the name Students for Wishes Queen’s University, and is gearing up to host its largest annual fundraiser in support of granting wishes for local children with life threatening medical conditions.

Previously named the Hair Massacure, the HaiRaiser will be held Feb. 9 at the Cataraqui Centre. There, community members are invited to have their hair cut, shaved or dyed blue in support of Make-A-Wish- Eastern Ontario. Live music, a silent auction, ser-vices by aestheticians, and children’s activities will also be a part of this exciting six-hour event.

Now in its fourth year, this annual winter event has proved itself to be quite successful, raising thousands of dollars to grant wishes to Kingston and area children facing life-threat-ening medical conditions.

“It’s been amazingly suc-cessful. I counted money last year and we raised over $35,000 and $20,000 of that was in cash, which is a little bit crazy,” said Marketing Direc-tor Chelsey Wilson. In addi-tion to cash donations, Wilson noted that last year’s event re-ceived a ton of support online.

The goal for this year’s HaiRaiser will once again be $35,000, but the executive team at Students for Wishes Queen’s University is hoping to see an increase in participa-tion from the public.

“Our goal is $35,000, so hopefully we’ll be able to get that or even beat it, but we’re trying to push it in terms of participants and get to about 90 participants this year,” said Branch President Kalla Tonus-Burman. She noted that last year’s event attracted 70 par-ticipants from the Kingston community.

Those interested in partici-pating in this year’s event can register and get pledge sheets by e-mailing [email protected]. Participants can collect pledg-es to shave, cut off 8-10 inches, or dye their hair blue. Hair will

be donated to Pantene Beauti-ful Lengths and Children with Hair Loss. Hair will be profes-sionally styled with the help of Regis Salon and Catherine Grant on the day of the event.

“We have about five of our exec members already on board to have their hair cut or shave their heads,” said Tonus-Burman.

Those who cannot partici-pate or make it to the Feb. 9 event can still help by donating online at http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?langPref=en-CA&TSID=382194.

In addition to this event, Students for Wishes Queen’s University hosts a variety of other activities throughout the year in support of its cause. Cumulatively, in its three years, the branch has raised over $78,000 and granted seven wishes to local area chil-dren.

“We’ve already raised al-most $20,000 just from Sep-tember to December so we’re already at about two wishes that we will be able to grant this year,” Wilson added.

She noted that the branch’s success can be attributed to the support it receives from

both the students on Queen’s campus and the greater com-munity.

In fact, the group has been so successful that Make-A-Wish Canada is using it as a model to expand student operations across the nation. Tonus-Burman noted that the Students for Wishes concept were just finalized in Septem-ber, 2012. Since then, Ryer-son and York University have come on board.

“It is really neat to think that we’re the model that they are going to build other groups on,” Wilson said.

To help Students for Wish-es Queen’s University cel-ebrate another successful year of operations and grant more wishes to local children with life-threatening medical con-ditions, drop by the Cataraqui Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 9 during the HaiRaiser.

“It’s great for people who are in the mall that day and want to come down and see what we’re doing. We also sell merchandise that day, Make-A-Wish T-shirts and glow necklaces that are really popular with the kids,” Wilson said.

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EMC Lifestyle – There are few compliments great-er than to call someone a poet. Greek-American So-phia DiGonis is known as The Gypsy Poet.

She graduated with a degree in musical composi-tion from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her poetic words are like mu-sic. I first encountered her work on the Internet. Her words moved me.

I asked her about the moniker Gypsy Poet.

“That’s because I can never find a place in the world to fit in,” said DiGo-nis. “I felt out of place ev-erywhere. In high school, I was not popular. I was not one of the cheerleaders or dance team members. Even though I was in the choir, I felt like an outcast there. I had to create my own place, and I’m going to keep going with my take-it-or-leave-it attitude.”

Her talents are many: poet, author, spoken word

artist, pianist, singer, per-cussionist and teacher.

She said she was called the most unique girl in her high school class.

“But that’s because I flipped the bird at people who deserved it.”

She said she had a knack for wit and writing poetry. She gravitated to music.

“Poetry and music, that’s the one special world where no one can get in the way,” she said.

As a web radio deejay, she runs her own show called Gypsy Poet Radio. DiGonis describes it as the place to be if you’re looking for art, history, literature, music, films, food or fash-ion information.

“I really enjoy working with words,” said DiGonis. “It’s what my mom called word knitting. That’s where this poetry business began. I had a gift with words, but I didn’t know where it be-longed.”

She speaks Greek, Eng-lish and Romani.

Her Greek background is fitting. The poetic tradition extends back many hundreds of years into Greek history. Think of Homer, Tyrtaeus, Sappho and Simonides.

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relevant.”Her most recent work is

Mysterium. “It’s a poetry book about

tapping the unknown in-side,” she said. “I’m clos-ing my eyes and tapping into the dark.”

On her radio show, she said she’s still tapping into the dark.

“I want to help others get their work out there,” she said. “People who are trying to make it or people who have made it start-ing from the ground up, or someone who starts a sec-ond project while they have a normal job. I want to help others be heard.”

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Poet and spoken work artist Sophia DiGonis, The Gypsy Poet, says that performing her work live allows her to grip people. Her most recent book, Mysterium, is a collection of works dealing with the unknown.

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DiGonis explained that others she encounters have an impact.

“I find a way to shape them into my life’s quilt,” she said. “I dedicate my life to shaping what people have given me in my life to show them how they’ve influenced me in various ways.”

She’s also a music teach-er.

Some of the influences on Digonis’ poetry and mu-sic are the Romantic era and Victorian styles of music.

“Chopin, Schubert and some of Beethoven,” she said. “I take elements from music and literature and in-corporate them into things I write.”

She’s also a music teach-er.

“I like to write things that inspire people in a snap,” she said.

She loves to read but said she’s not crazy about things like 50 Shades of Grey or Twilight.

“I like biographies and books on history,” said DiGonis. “Books by Oscar Wilde or Anton Chekhov or works like Wuthering Heights that are classics or books by authors who may not have gotten any notori-ety in their time, like Djuna Barnes.”

She said she loves works that deal with the world around us. For example, Donald Duk, Frank Chin’s novel (1991) about a young Asian boy who hates his name and is struggling with accepting himself amidst cultural assimilation in America.

Whether it’s music or the spoken word, Sophia DiGo-nis enjoys performing.

“The Greeks started lit-erature with poetry,” she said. “But poetry can be just dead letters on the page. When you perform, it grips the s##t out of you. It’s about raw emo-tion when you spit it out in front of the crowd.”

DiGonis said that artis-tic creation is like a birth-ing process.

“The Greeks have a saying that whoever writes poetry hurts, or whoever writes poetry feels,” she said. “A lady wrote me and told me, ‘This moves me to tears.’ Having some-thing like that keeps me going. That’s what keeps the Gypsy Poet evolving. My goal is to move peo-ple. When you move them through tears or a deep story, you remind them to be happy. There’s a joy around the corner. There may be thunder and light-ning and a storm above you, but there’s light com-ing after the storm. I want to remind people that there is a miracle around the corner. We go through difficulty and when the clouds part the sun’s rays shine. When you’re in a thunderstorm, it makes a lot of noise. There’s a poem called Thunderstorm in my first book. Don’t be afraid to make noise and tell your story. That’s how you grow.”

DiGonis said that it doesn’t matter if artistic expression is viewed as good or bad.

“What matters is that you’ve created something,” said DiGonis. “Without art, you have no voice.”

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the pedal, the car kept ac-celerating. I pulled up on the pedal with my foot but the car still kept accelerat-ing!

“I turned off the ignition key and pulled off the road. I pulled up on the gas pedal and re-started the car. The engine revved up again. It turns out the 4-barrel car-buretor was all gummed

up from not having an air cleaner. Remember, I was a teenager and couldn’t af-ford extras. The bias ply tires were so bald, the ny-lon cord was showing on the tread.”

Alex owned his ’56 Mercury for two years and sold it to pay his university tuition. Gone but not for-gotten, he always wanted another one. In 1993, he purchased an unrestored 1955 Mercury Montclair convertible from his broth-er, who had bought it sev-eral years earlier from John Riordon in Stratford, Ont., who found it at a swap meet

in Waterdown. “When I brought this

car home, my friend’s wife called it a piece of junk and said I should just continue with it to the wrecking yard. We finished a frame-off restoration by 1999. Everything has been kept original except for convert-ing the electrical system from 6 to 12 volts.”

Alex McClure’s 1955 Mercury convertible was built at the Ford of Canada plant in Oakville with se-rial #176BK55-51203. It is one of 111 built at that lo-cation, with another 10,557 built in the U.S. The paint

colour is Arbor Green with an Alaska White pocket under the door glass and it has a power-operated white top. The engine is a 292 cubic inch V8 with 4-bbl carburetor and dual exhausts producing 198 hp. The car has power steering, power brakes, and a Merc-O-Matic air-cooled trans-mission.

“This is a 3-speed au-tomatic,” explains Alex. “Henry Ford wanted a safe-ty feature whereby the car starts from a stop in second gear so the rear wheels will not spin on a wet road. If you kick down the acceler-ator, first gear will engage. The ride and handling is very impressive.”

Alex’s car is one of 10 Cruise Nationals Finalists and will be featured this

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I’m always looking for more stories. Email [email protected] or write Bill Sherk, 25 John St., P.O. Box 255, Leam-ington, ON N8H 3W2. Ev-eryone whose story is pub-lished in this column will receive a free autographed copy of my latest book: “OLD CAR DETECTIVE FAVOURITE STORIES, 1925 to 1965.”

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Here’s a vehicle story which I hope you might find interesting. My special friend SAM drives the way she talks. Patience is not a virtue she was blessed with and at her age it is rather doubt-ful that she will acquire it.”

Happy New Year and keep up the good work.

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Closing 2012 SAM Tale A week before Christmas,

SAM goes into Canadian Tire in Ottawa to have a low beam driver’s side headlamp replaced. She waits in line for 30 minutes for the customer service fellow. SAM tells him her problem and he said they could do it in 90 minutes. She said how much? He checks the parts and labour and said $69.57. WHAT? He re-peats the price to her. She says to him “Is it written on my fore-head, that I’m a dizzy blonde and you can overcharge me?”

He says NO! (Note: She has dark brown hair). He checks the pricing out again and comes up with a reasonable quote and she says go ahead. Everyone in the line up behind her has heard the conversation and is laughing.

“How long?” she asks. “Ninety minutes,” he replies and she says I will shop in the store and you call me when the car is ready. Fifteen minutes later in the store her cell rings and it is customer service. He said they checked all the vehicle lights and the high-mounted stop lamp and a left rear tail lamp are also burnt out and need to be re-placed and she says, okay. An hour later she gets a call and is informed her car is ready. She goes to customer service waits in line for 40 minutes picks up the bill and keys.

Invoice – three lamps and re-placement service: $37.49

Okay, that’s reasonable and off she goes to pay the bill. Mor-al of the story: Don’t overcharge SAM at Christmas.

Thanks for a great tale and one I’m sure everyone can relate to. At one point in our automo-tive past, changing light bulbs was something almost everyone could do. Back then every lamp was secured with screws that, once removed, allowed easy access to twist out bulbs. There

were only about five or six dif-ferent bulbs that would fit just about every vehicle on the road and when you changed a head-lamp bulb, you got a new lens because it was a sealed-beam type. No worries back then about clouded plastic headlamp lenses that made nighttime driving un-safe. Small bulbs cost less than a dollar each and sealed beam headlamps were ranged from $6 to $10. No repair shop back then would ever think about charging a customer labour to replace a simple bulb. How things have changed!

Today replacement head-lamp bulbs can average around $25 or more and try over $200 for high-intensity discharge bulbs. While most tail lamp bulbs can still be a do-it-your-self five-minute job, some front lamps require removing the main battery or the entire lamp assembly just to get at the bulb at the back. I can even remem-ber working on a certain year of Ford’s Probe which required re-moving the front bumper cover just to replace a park lamp bulb! But still many shops of-fer these services at no charge, especially for regular custom-ers. Mostly because it’s good customer service but partly be-cause it’s easier than trying to educate some car owners on the

complexity of today’s autos and the real pain some engineers and designers build in to their creations at no extra charge.

“Hello Brian,Within a period of less than

10 months I had to replace both original rear wheel bearings and have the rear differential rebuilt (total outlay around $2,000) on my 2005 Pontiac Vibe. I bought it because it had come to the end of the useful life of my 1990 Corolla after 18 years with no repairs of that kind, and I wanted this vehicle with the Toyota power train. The Lemon Aid guide suggested buying the Vibe if purchasing used due to the lower resale value, which I did. Both vehicles are/were all-wheel drive (AWD). The transmission shop that repaired the differential showed me two of the bearings with scoring – after about 120,000 km; as they said, they were sealed bearings and should not have failed. This has shaken my concept of Toy-ota being a producer of quality parts. Your insights/thoughts would be appreciated.”

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First for those that might not be aware, the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix are the same

vehicle with different badging, both manufactured by Toyota and in reality the Matix/Vibe is simply a four-door hatch-back version of the legendary Co-rolla. I’ve only come across a few AWD Vibe/Matrix’s in the shop, and at least two of them had rear differential and wheel hub/bearing assembly failures. The rear wheel bearings I can live with. On just about anything on the road today, hub/bearing assemblies are for the most part not-for-life units. Some driv-ers will never have to replace them; some will replace two or three sets during one vehicle’s lifetime. Other than internal failures, the number one cause of their demise is excessive lateral force due to curb strikes or hard skids on dry pavement. Chalk it up to auto makers forc-ing parts suppliers to cut their costs and some careless driving. The differential is another mat-ter. These were, in my humble opinion, particularly weak units, rather light, and not too sturdy. That being said, few owners are aware of the need to change the rear differential flu-id on a regular basis and those failures that I’ve been involved with were on cars that had very spotty axle fluid maintenance records. From info I’ve gath-ered from my sources, savvy

Matrix/Vibe owners are replac-ing the differential fluid with high-quality synthetic gear oil and changing it every 24,000 km as per the owner’s man-ual severe-service schedule. Every vehicle on the road to-day has its strengths and weak-nesses. If Toyota sold a perfect vehicle, there wouldn’t be any competition. I think they make a very good vehicle generally, but the days of vehicles last-ing like your 1990 Corolla are pretty much long gone unless you wish to invest an inordi-nate amount of time and mon-ey in repairs and upkeep, not to mention extremely careful driving.

If you have any questions, opinions, or stories on any-thing automotive please drop me a line, [By email to [email protected] or directly to [email protected] listing ‘Question for the Car Coun-selor’ on the subject line or by post to Record News Com-munications, 5 Lorne St., P.O. Box 158, Smiths Falls, Ont. K7A 4T1]. When using regu-lar mail, please supply a phone number if you seek direct con-tact (due to volume I can’t al-ways promise replies).

Yours in service Brian Turner

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EMC News - For many in Kingston, the impos-ing outside walls of Col-lins Bay, Kingston Pen, or Millhaven are the most we will ever see of these mys-terious institutions. Not so for Vern Thibedeau, a retired Corrections officer that spent 26 years inside some of Canada’s toughest prisons.

Thibedeau began his Corrections career at Collins Bay Institution, but also worked at KP, Millhaven, Bath, and Joyceville. Now having recently moved back to Kingston, Thibedeau’s living room window over-looks the very institution where he began his pro-fession in 1973.

“It’s strange to be able to look out at it,” he says, bemused at how his life has, in a sense, come full circle.

In 2012, Thibedeau published his first book, The Door. It is a memoir that recounts his many years working in federal prisons. He recalls being taken hostage by inmates,

seeing his colleagues and friends killed on the job, and being face-to-face with the Iikes of Clifford Olson on a daily basis.

“Things that happened at KP, I remember more,” says Thibedeau of his har-rowing years behind the prison’s walls. “Or they seem to bother me more,” he says quietly.

Thibedeau’s most trou-bling experience on the job comes to him quickly.

“I still think it was KP when an inmate had pic-tures [of a female victim’s autopsy],” he continues.

Thibedeau’s daughter was the same age at the time. It caused him to take several weeks’ leave to recover. When asked how he feels about KP’s slated closure, Thibedeau takes a long pause.

“I’m not sure how I feel. It’s an old institution. Re-ally, it should be closed. A lot of bad stories.”

But it’s not all bad memories. Thibedeau also recalls many positive mo-ments. There were light times, Thibedeau says, necessary reprieves from the emotionally taxing work. There was also ca-

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“The staff really pulled together,” he remembers. Now that he’s back in Kingston, many are still around to reconnect with. “It’s like you never left.”

Speaking with Thibe-deau, one gets the impres-sion that he never did. His memories of his time in the prisons are all very clear.

“It was all out of mem-ory,” he says of how he wrote The Door, and con-tinues that the process was a necessary catharsis. In fact, he says that he’s had emails from many fel-low corrections officers that thank him for writ-ing what they had always wanted to, what needed to be written.

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and big platters of sliced meat would be put at the ends of the tables. By the time the last man had washed up in one of the two basins of hot soapy water on the bench at the back door, the water was black. There wasn’t much thought given to germs back then.

Rich brown gravy was poured from milk jugs. And it didn’t take long for the men to wipe their plates clean with slices of home-made bread. The pies were cut in four, and without benefit of clean plates, the men slid a whopping piece onto their dinner plates and it wasn’t unusual for second help-ings all around.

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EMC Lifestyle - Lamb is fresh, lean, tender, mild and easy to cook! It’s an excellent source of protein, iron and B vita-mins. Because lamb isn’t marbled like beef, health-conscious cooks can eas-ily trim off the fat.

This is a fabulous idea for fancy dinner or a quick yet elegant meal. Ask your butcher to remove extra fat and chine the bones (meaning to sever the backbone). Serve with roasted root vegetables.

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Peppers1/4 cup (50 m L) chopped •olivesTwo tbsp (25 mL) chopped• capers

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I’m referring to main-stream television. We must have 800 channels and it’s expensive to purchase. But most nights there’s virtually nothing to watch. Unless you are into so-called “real-ity TV” that is.

Speaking of desert is-lands, I’m not a ‘Survivor’ fan. The only reason shows like that are on the air is be-cause they’re cheap to make and for some inexplicable

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Tune these shows out folks. Make it stop, please!

If you read this column regularly you know I enjoy history, travel and sports.

It’s hard to get excited about History Television when they air a steady diet of Pawn Stars and Canadian or American Pickers (take your choice). History? I can hardly wait until those shows are – history that is.

If I wanted to watch non-stop ghost stories I normally wouldn’t turn to Travel and Escape. Oddly, that’s where to find the paranormal these days.

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As a travel junkie that’s not exactly what I’m looking for. What ever happened to travelogues?

When American cable channels came to Canada many years ago, Arts and En-tertainment Television was among them. They offered a bit of everything, most of it good. Looking back my wife and I realize how spoiled we were when A&E carried British series like ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (starring the late, great Jeremy Brett), the ce-rebral ‘Inspector Morse’ (the late John Thaw was brilliant in the lead role) and Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

As an aside, British ac-tor David Suchet is currently involved in a 13th and final series, starring as Hercule Poirot. Suchet is outstand-ing as the fictional, Belgian-born detective who relies on his “little gray cells” to solve all sorts of complicated ho-micide cases.

It won’t appear on the “new” A&E however! A

channel which was once a fixture in our house long ago surrendered to the whims (and big bucks evidently) of Reality TV. Watch A&E to-day and you’ll find programs such as Duck Dynasty and Barter Kings. Or maybe you prefer Shipping Wars?

To each their own obvi-ously!

I have picked on a few channels. By and large I could write an entire column pointing out the anomalies relative to television today. To be fair, the channels I have mentioned aren’t bad compared to some of what is being broadcast today.

Truly terrible TVThe drivel pumped out on

certain channels 24/7 is truly mind-boggling. Some crit-ics call shows such as those mentioned above “dumbed down television.” Not sure what you would call some of this stuff?

Honestly, it’s all about money – advertising dollars. Clearly there is a huge audi-ence for this sort of fare.

It says something about our society today. Some-thing puzzling, even worry-ing I think.

Fortunately I am a team sports fans, mainly European soccer and North American football or baseball. Sport offers an entertainment is-land of sanity for me.

I won’t be supporting the National Hockey League during the shortened season which launches this week-end however. The league and its players clearly don’t care about the fans, the same people who collectively

have made so many of them multi-millionaires. It’s time to send the NHL a message by tuning out!

The just concluded Bowl Season, the splashy end to the U.S. college football campaign, was a lifesaver during the holidays. I mean who wouldn’t get excited at the prospect of watching the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl or Idaho Potato Bowl? Also on the holiday viewing tray was the GoDaddy.Com Bowl and something called the BBVA Compass Bowl.

I told you I was desperate for TV entertainment.

Now for my salvation! It’s taken a while to get here. I needed a rant first.

At this time of year the “entertainment savior” for Kathleen and me is public television.

I don’t believe TV On-tario (TVO) is as good as it once was. But even at its worst TVO offers superior programming when com-pared to most of what is available today.

Last Tuesday a second series of the visually spec-tacular series ‘Coast’ began. The program takes viewers on an entertaining journey along the coasts of European nations, focusing mainly on the United Kingdom.

It wasn’t a new series, but recently we enjoyed every episode of a cross-Canada tour involving Scottish-born comedian Billy Connolly. Excellent stuff!

Still, THE saving grace most of the year for me is U.S.-based Public Broad-casting Service (PBS).

I was among those who fought hard to keep WPBS Watertown on Rogers, Ot-tawa a couple of years ago. Fortunately that campaign was successful, underlining how many people in Eastern Ontario value that particular channel.

Canadians comprise a large segment of the finan-cial supporters for many PBS affiliates close to the border. Torontonians back the Buffalo PBS channel so dramatically that the station is called “WNED Buffalo-Toronto.”

PBS has always been good, airing superior series such as Masterpiece Theatre

featuring outstanding British dramas. Their own program-ming is highlighted by the science show ‘Nova’, news documentary series ‘Front-line’ and the history classic ‘American Experience’ to name a few. Most PBS sta-tions also show good travel features including the ac-claimed series on European destinations hosted by Wash-ington State-based travel writer Rick Steves.

The network has just be-gun to air Season 3 of the acclaimed British costume drama ‘Downton Abbey’. The opener Jan. 6 drew 7.9 million viewers, an as-tounding number for PBS. Downton Abbey is ex-tremely popular in Canada too of course.

Also last week PBS started a new, three-part series ‘The Abolitionists’ as part of American Experi-ence on Tuesday night.

For anyone interested in that unfortunate but intrigu-ing chapter in U.S. history and the role the anti-slav-ery movement played in the American Civil War, don’t miss this series. It is sure to be repeated.

One of the most contro-versial abolitionists, Con-necticut-born John Brown, was among five main play-ers featured in the opener.

His story has connections to Canada. For people in our region Brown also had a very interesting link to the Lake Placid, New York area which is so familiar to East-ern Ontario residents.

I have written about Brown previously and would be pleased to ex-pound on this further if there is enough interest among EMC readers? Let me know your thoughts on this subject and your feel-ings about the TV situation in general.

Well, time to check to-night’s viewing schedule. Regardless of the poor quality of so much of what airs today, television still provides a safe port in the midst of a long Canadian winter.

If you have any com-ments or questions for Jeff Maguire he can be reached by e-mail at: [email protected]

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