Jan. 16, 2014

The Village of Westportpled guilty to two chargeslast week in a deal with theMinistry of the Environ-ment that saw them dropother charges against thevillage involving the waterand sewer system.The court fined the vil-

lages $3500 on each of thetwo counts.“On the advice of our

lawyers we pleaded guiltyto one charge on the waterside and one on the waste-water side,” Clerk-Trea-surer Scott Bryce told theaudience at Mondaynight’s council meeting.The two charges

involved letting an opera-tor licensing requirementto lapse and not havingenough hours of trainingin another area,” Bryceexplained.“In summary, I would

say these were administra-tive in nature and at notime was the health andsafety of village residents

in danger,” he said.The legal bill from

Cunningham & Swan ofapproximately $10,000 iscovered by the village’sinsurance. There is no

deductible.On July 29, 2013, the

Village of Westport,

By Margaret BrandThe Review-Mirror

Rideau Centennial Pub-lic School may be small,but despite triple gradingfrom one to three and fourto six, it may be here tostay.“We are governed by

class caps funded by theministry. The ministryfunds per pupil,” saidSuperintendent DavidCoombs.The 2012-2013 kinder-

garten students becamepart of the one to threeclassroom with the pres-

ence of an early childhoodeducator.“There is some alloca-

tion for being a ruralschool board. The govern-ment doesn’t fund pergrade,” he said.“Everything is a cost.

You have to take accountof everything. If our smallschools exist , it’s becauseof our geography.Enrolment after the

departure of Grade 7/8 andthe arrival of FrenchImmersion at South Cros-by combined with a dwin-dling demographic of chil-dren has left the school

with 40 pupils.“We’ve spent a lot of

time planning with theteachers doing the triplegrading, looking at thecurriculum. You just havea number of kids with dif-ferent abilities. Even in astraight grade it is really avery personalized curricu-lum. In a sense it’s not thatdifferent,” said PrincipalTheresa Polite.

Westport Mayor DanGrunig declared his inten-tions last week to run forthe village’s top job inOctober’s municipal elec-tions.He revealed his inten-

tions at Monday’s regularmeeting.“I have been in this

chair for six months and Ithink I should let everyoneknow my intentions.“I am putting my name

forward for considera-tion,” he said.Grunig, who took over

as head of Westport Coun-cil with the passing oflong-time Mayor BillThake in June, was aWestport councillor sincethe 1990s before that.“It is not an easy deci-

sion because we have oneyear left and you are com-mitting to another fouryears.“I will be 64 and a half

at election time and Ithink, if I am fortunateenough to get in, after thatit would be time for some-one else,” he said.

Retired from the Min-istry of Financial Institu-tions, Grunig lives onChurch Street with hiswife Joey. They have twogrown children.“I encourage everyone

here to run and if youthink you can help the vil-lage, I encourage you torun,” he said, referring tothe general population.

No other nominationpapers had been filed as ofTuesday.

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Construction activity isgearing up at two SunEdi-son large scale solar pro-jects in Rideau Lakes onCty. Rd. 42 and the Nar-rows Lock Road.The Rideau Lakes pro-

jects are two of sevenlarge scale developmentsSunEdison is investing inEastern Ontario including

projects in Ingleside,Sandhurst, Alfred and twoin the Kingston Area.Construction began on

the two 10MW RideauLakes projects in Septem-ber with completionscheduled by summer thisyear.Workers on site will be

numbering about 250 persite at the height of con-

Last large solar projectsto be completedthis summer

Grunig to run for mayor•Continued on page 3

Rideau Centennial students got to enjoy the computer lab during recess last weekwhen they were confined to the school building last week when freezing tempera-tures and icy conditions made the yard off limits.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16Diabetes and You Drop In: ‘Preventing Complications’ -Jack Laforty, MD. 10-11:30 a.m., Country Roads Communi-ty Health Centre, Portland. Info. 613-272-3302/toll free 1-888-998-9927 Kate x237/Jane x228. All welcome.Get W.I.T.H. It (Walking in the Halls) - (every Thurs.) Walkthe halls or use the fitness room. 5-7 p.m., Rideau DistrictHigh School, Elgin. Everyone welcome!Six-hand Euchre - (every Thurs.) 7:30 p.m., Legion #542,Westport.Bingo - (every Thurs.) 7:15 p.m., Elgin Lions Club Hall.Euchre - (every Thurs.) 7 p.m., Legion #491, Seeley’s Bay.Prizes, light lunch. Mature teens welcome. Open to public.CPHC Senior Exercise Class - (every Thurs.) 10-11 a.m.,Portland Comm.Hall. Info. Sally 924-2130/Mary 928-3164.Calling All Musicians! - (every Thurs.) A Musician’s Circle(musicians only). 7 p.m., ABC Hall, 3166 Cty. Rd. 36 Bol-ingbroke Rd. Network, share knowledge, learn from others.All ages welcome. Info. Matthew Churchill 613-273-9005.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17Come Walk With Us - (every Fri.) 10-11 a.m., Elgin LionsHall. Indoor shoes only please. Info. Lion Gene 359-5082.Public Skating - (every Fri.) - 9-11 a.m., Westport Arena.Fun Darts - (every Fri.) 7 p.m., Legion #231, Portland.Euchre - (every Fri.) 7 p.m., Delta Legion. Refreshments.Forfar Euchre - (every Fri.) - 7:30 p.m., Forfar CommunityHall. Light lunch. Everyone welcome!Euchre - (every Fri.) 8 p.m., Toledo Legion. Light lunch.Mixed Fun Darts - (every Fri.) 7:30 p.m., Legion #491, See-ley’s Bay. Prizes, light lunch. Mature teens welcome.Scottish Country Dancing - (every Fri.) 9:15 a.m., McMartinHouse, Perth. Info./Register: Freda 273-2571.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18In Branch Darts - Legion #491 Seeley’s Bay. Doors open 12,play starts 1 p.m. Free day of fun for members in good stand-ing.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19Storyfest in Seeley’s Bay - 2 p.m., Community Hall, Main St.,with Dr. James Raffan, “Rail Romance”. Communityfundraiser. All welcome.Sunday Brunch - 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Legion #491, Seeley’sBay.Fun Darts - (every Sun.) 1 p.m., Legion #542, Westport. Donot need to be a member, come join the fun! Info. 273-8890.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20Come Walk With Us - (every Mon.) 10-11 a.m., Elgin LionsHall. Indoor shoes only please. Info. Lion Gene 359-5082.Bingo - (every Mon.) Doors open 6:15 p.m., games start 7:15p.m. Legion #542, Westport. Toonie pot every week.Dart League - (every Mon.) 7:30 p.m. Legion #475, Toledo.No membership fee. Fun dart night. We have extra darts, noexperience necessary. Open to everyone.Bridge - (every Mon.) 1 p.m., Westport United Church Hall.Info. Doreen 613-273-3056.Euchre - (every Mon.) 1:30 p.m. Comm. Hall, Elgin. Lightlunch. Sponsor: South Crosby Friendship Club.CPHC ‘Heartwise’ Senior (50+) Exercise Class - (everyMon.) 10 a.m., Bolingbroke ABC Hall. Certified instruc-tors/individual fitness. Joyce 273-4832/Donna 273-8672.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21Stone Road Community Luncheon - 12 noon, at Steve’s.Info. Mona or Joyce.FREE Hearing Health Care Clinic - at CPHC WestportFamily Health Team office, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., 79 Bedford St.,Westport. Ask questions about hearing loss, hearing aids andmore. Info./book appt. 613-273-9850 or The Canadian Hear-ing Society 613-498-3933, toll free 1-866-498-3933.Get W.I.T.H. It (Walking in the Halls) - (every Tues.) Walkthe halls or use the fitness room. 5-7 p.m., Rideau DistrictHigh School, Elgin. Everyone welcome!Westport Area Duplicate Bridge - (every Tues.) 1 p.m.,Westport United Church Hall, corner of Church/Spring Sts.Info. Eileen 273-2954/Sally 273-3212.Bridge & Cribbage - (every Tues.) 1 p.m., Elgin MunicipalComplex. Info. 613-359-6192 or 613-272-2227.Bingo - (every Tues.) 6:30 p.m. Legion #504, Lyndhurst. Can-teen, fun, prizes. The Legion needs your support.Horseshoes - (every Tues./Thurs.) 7:15 p.m. Toledo Legion.

Line Dancing - (every Tues.) 7:30 p.m., Toledo Legion.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22Cribbage - (every Wed.) 10 a.m., Legion #542, Westport. Donot need to be a member, come join the fun! Info. 273-8890.Come Walk With Us - (every Wed.) 10-11 a.m., Elgin LionsHall. Indoor shoes only please. Info. Lion Gene 359-5082.Cribbage - (every Wed.) 10 a.m., Legion #542, Westport. Donot need to be a member, come join the fun! Info. 273-8890.Euchre - (every Wed.) 7 p.m. doors open 6:30 p.m., Legion#504 Lyndhurst. (upstairs main hall). Light lunch, 50/50.Six-Hand Euchre - (every Wed.) 7:30 p.m., North CrosbyHall, Cty. Rd. 10 Westport.Drop In - 2-4 p.m., Westport United Church Hall. Card games,snacks, music and fellowship. All welcome.Coffee Morning - (every Wed.) 10 a.m. - 12 noon, NewboroComm. Hall. Drop in, meet your neighbour. Children wel-come. Info. Andi Bianco 272-5335/Joan Wright 272-2393.CPHC ‘Heartwise’ Seniors (50+) Exercise Class - (everyWed.) 9:45 a.m., North Crosby Hall, Cty. Rd. 10, Westport.Certified instructors/individual fitness. Donna 273-8672 orJoyce 613-273-4832.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25Breakfast With the Arts - 8 a.m. pot luck breakfast, 9 a.m.,speaker: Aili Kurtis. Grist Mill Gallery, Westport.Dance - 8 p.m. - 12 midnight, Legion #491, Seeley’s Bay. Liveentertainment. Light lunch served. Open to Public.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28Community Lunch - 12-1 p.m., Portland United Church.Soup, sandwich, dessert. Handicapped accessible. All wel-come.Westport Writers Group - (last Tues. every month) 6:30p.m., Public Library, Westport. Info. Carol Lee 613-530-1117or [email protected] Everyone welcome.

WestportSt. Paul’s Anglican Church11:15 am ServiceOlivet Baptist Church11 am ServiceWestport Free MethodistChurch10:30 am ServicesKnox Presbyterian Church11 am ServiceSt. Edward Roman CatholicSat. 6:30 p.m. and Sun. 9 .a.m.St. Andrew’s-by-the-RideauSun 11:00 amBurridge United ChurchSundays 8:30 a.m.Westport United Church11:00 a.m.NewboroSt. Mary’s Anglican Church9:30amNewboro United Church9:45 a.m.PortlandEmmanuel Anglican ChurchPortland 10:30 a.m. year roundPortland United Church9:15 am ServiceBedfordSacred Heart ChurchJan. – 11:15 a.m.Sat. Evenings – 5 p.m.Feb. – 8:45 a.m.

DeltaDelta United Church9:15 am Sunday service613-928-2712Delta Baptist Church9:30 a.m. ServiceLyndhurstSt. Lukes Anglican ChurchSunday Service – 11 a.m.Wednesdays – 9:30 a.m.Lyndhurst United Church9:30 a.m. 1st & 3rd SundaysElginBethel Pentecostal Tabernacle10:30am & 6:00pmElgin United Church11:05 am ServiceSt ColumbanusSat. 4:30 p.m.Sun. 10:45 a.m.Seeley’s Bay PastoralCharge Schedule:Seeley’s Bay UnitedChurch:Every Sunday 11:00 am.Olivet United Church9:30 a.m. 2nd & 4th SundaysAlthorpe/BolingbrokeUnited ChurchSunday Service at 9:30 a.m.

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A meeting of the West-port Rideau Lakes Cham-ber of Commerce broughtout enough volunteers toassure outgoing presidentJan Clark the chambercould go on.

“I was thrilled,absolutely thrilled. It wasvery energizing to see peo-ple come in,” said Clarkwho over the last year hasbeen discouraged by alack of volunteers in theorganization.

“Times are tough.That’s when you have towork together. Every com-munity is trying to do thesame thing,” said DaveWickenden, a formerchamber president who’sready to step up to be adirector.

“Our community does-n’t have walls around it.Our community is whoworks and plays here,”said Wickenden who is

looking forward to coop-eration with the village,the township and busi-nesses in and outside thevillage.

The new group of vol-unteers will be meetingthis week to develop port-folios and a work plan.

The chamber has RogerMerkley as a representa-tive from the village andBob Lavoie representingRideau Lakes.

The chamber has 80 to90 members down from ahigh of 130 or 140 at itshighest point in the lastdecade.

The group operates thewelcome centre on SpringStreet in Westport andmarkets the region withthe benefit of cooperativeadvertising.

Membership renewalpackages are being sentout this month to mem-bers.

Westport RideauLakes Chamberdraws enoughvolunteers tocontinue

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7064152 Canada Ltd. andTony Giuseppe Coc-cimiglio were jointlycharged with sevenalleged offences underthe Safe Drinking WaterAct.“It is a very serious

matter,” said Mayor DanGrunig, adding that theoperator still has to havehis day in court.Some of the charges

date back to operation ofthe water system in 2009.The Village and Coc-cimiglio, who still oper-ates the system, werecharged with failing toreport the daily minimumfree chlorine residualresults measured by con-tinuous water quality ana-lyzers beginning in Janu-ary 3, 2009 and ending inDecember 2011.Coccimiglio was also

charged during the sameperiod of submitting tothe ministry during thesame three-year periodfor false or misleadinginformation of thoseresults.It is one of six charges

he and 7064152 CanadaLtd are facing without thevillage and follows a con-viction and $1,200 fine in2012.In 2011 Coccimiglio

failed to submit an annualreport on the operation ofthe wastewater system ontime. A 2010 annualreport which was requiredto be submitted by Janu-ary 31, 2011 was submit-ted on March 23, 2011.Among the water sys-

tem deficiencies to whichthe village and Coc-cimiglio were chargedwas the failure to have anaccredited operator, afailure to have properlogs and the failure tohave an alarm shouldminimum chlorine levelsnot be sustained?Issues around the

waste water systemincluded failures duringdifferent periods to moni-tor chlorides, total ammo-nia nitrogen and nitratesnitrogen, all parameterswhich are required to betested under the system’sCertificate of Approval.The non-compliance

issues, which are alleged

to have taken place over anumber of years, werebrought forward to thevillage by the MOE onJuly 29, 2013.The village has just

completed a $32,527 soft-ware and equipmentupgrade at the 20-year oldSnowfluent system thatwill also allow most oper-ators from across theprovince to run the sys-tem. It was previouslyoperated by unique, pro-prietary software.

•Continued from page 1struction.After workers have left

the sites this summer theprojects should be out ofsight and out of mind.“SunEdison tries to do

its best in siting equipmentin a way it won’t be intru-sive,” said Simon Gill,Business DevelopmentManager.All the major equip-

ment on site includingpanels, racking and inver-tors will be manufacturedin Ontario includingSunEdison Silvantis solarmodules and Unirac fixed-tilt racking.Work will be progress-

ing on the site with succes-sion of waves of installa-tion of racking and mod-ules. Each 1MW block ofthe project containsaround 14,300 modules.The project will be

using SunEdison 320 DCwatt modules and fixedracking which does notmove with the sun.The racks are installed

in the holes drilled byheavy equipment and thenaffixed with concretewhich has to be insulated

so that it doesn’t freeze asit cures.SunEdison is the pro-

ject owner, and is workingwith RES Canada on bothsolar projects. RES Cana-da serves as the Engineer-ing, Procurement, andConstruction (EPC) con-tractor for the projects.Approval for the pro-

jects came after a series ofstudies required for theproject as well as publicconsultation at two open

houses.When the projects are

completed their 10MWcapacity will provideenough power together tosupply electricity for4,000 homes.The two SunEdison

projects are the last two 10MW of nine which wererewarded to projects with-in the Township of RideauLakes.

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The infrastructure of SunEdison’s 10MW solar project on Cty. Rd. 42 was under con-struction last week including an expanded entrance onto the county road.

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The Township of Leedsand the Thousand islandsis urging the Province ofOntario to develop part-nership programs thatwould allow for mutualassistance between fuelproviders in emergencysituations.The resolution was

passed by council onMonday after a localpropane supplier, Levacwas unable to provide fuelto local area residents.“They knew at the

beginning of the monthhow they didn’t haveenough supply. Thereshould be a class-actionlawsuit. This is somethingwhich is more seriousthan a shortage of sup-ply,” said Councilor GeriDixon.On Monday Energy

Minister Bob Chiarellistated the province willlook into how to help peo-ple who depend onpropane as their mainsource of heat, but did notoffer any specific solu-tions.Regulations do not pro-

hibit one supplier fromfilling the tanks of anothersupplier states a letterfrom Consumer AffairsMinister sent recently toLeeds Grenville MPPSteve Clark.“There are no regula-

tions that prevent otherpropane suppliers fromfilling Levac customers’tanks. This is a businessdecision and depends onthe nature of Levac’s con-tracts with its customers,and whether it wouldallow other suppliers toserve its customers if it isunable to do so itself,”“Concerns regarding

failure to deliver propaneshould be directed to thecustomers’ fuel provider,”stated the letter. The min-istry plays no role in suchbusiness decisions,” stat-ed the Consumer AffairsMinister Tracy MacCha-rles.Clark is pleased the

township is reaching outfor support for the resolu-tion.“The government

should play a role. Thetownship‘s motion is apositive step,” he said.A conference call on

Tuesday afternoon withMPPs, the Ministry ofEnergy, Minister of Con-sumer Affairs and theCanadian PropaneAssoci-ation was a disappoint-ment for Clark.“I didn’t get the assur-

ances I wanted from theCanadian PropaneAssoci-ation that this couldn’thappen again,” said Clark.“They were indicating

there was supply outthere. They were verycautious with theirwords,” he said.Clark was pleased with

how his office was pro-viding assistance to thosein need during thepropane crisis but lessimpressed with how theprovince was able toreact.“I think Ontario has a

role in emergency pre-paredness. We saw howpotentially problematicthis shortage is for ourhomeowners. There’s alack of propane and lackof answers about how andwhy it’s happened,” hesaid.

Final two projects willbring the total number inRideau Lakes to nine

Township, MPP Clarkpush government forpropane policy

MOE didn’t bring issuesto the attention of thevillage until July 2013

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Editor,We are part of the group of

propane users feeling thepinch.

Before Christmas, wechecked our tank and foundwe had reached the 20 per centmark. We started calling thePerth outlet of Levac Propane,which services us, to notifythem that we were runninglow only to get a busy signal,every time we called. We triedthe Kingston outlet and weretold that there was a highdemand due to the weather butthere was no cause for con-cern. They told us they wouldfax the Perth office and tellthem our situation. We haveno idea whether this was doneour not. Our calls to Perth stillcame up busy. We use propaneas a back-up for electric heatso we turned off our propane,

just leaving the pilot light run-ning. Then, on Saturday at -30wind-chill, the power went offin Elgin. It was off for approx-imately four hours so we hadto turn the gas back on to keepwarm. We are now running atapproximately 10 per cent. Wefinally got through to the Perthoffice today, January 9th, butcould not get a commitmentfor delivery.

In your article, Mr. Levac,stated that all their customersreceived a letter explaining thesituation. We did not receiveone. He also asked people tocall to notify them if we arerunning low. We tried, only toget a continual busy signal.We appreciate that since weare secondary users ofpropane that we would beplaced behind those who usepropane as their primary

source of heat but it wouldhave been nice to be notifiedwhat the situation was beforeour tank was almost empty.We could have been rationingthe gas a lot sooner. It makesus wonder, is there really ashortage, since we see othersuppliers’ trucks around thevillage. We really hope therewill not be another power out-age in the near future.

Sandra SmithElgin, ON

P.S. In the early hours ofJan 10, Levac Propane filledour tank and we thank themfor that but since our last fillup at the end of November theprice has gone from .73/litreto .92/litre, almost $100increase on a tank.

Propane painsThe verdict is in. The village of

Westport, on the advice of a legalopinion from Cunningham/Swanof Kingston, pleaded guilty to twocharges, one in relation to thewater distribution system and onein relation to the sewer system.Readers will remember that theMinistry of the Environment filed charges against the Village, andits service provider for water and sewer, for poor oversight and lackof documentation.

The guilty plea resulted in fines of $3500.00 for each of the twocharges and no further action against the Village from the Ministryof the Environment. The charges against the service provider arestill before the court

In his summary clerk Scott Bryce took pains to point out that thecharges the Village plead guilty to were “administrative” in natureand that at no time was the quality or safety of Village water at risk.As an example of an “administrative” error, the village did not makesure that the service provider had a minimum of 40 hours trainingper year.

The legal bill for the village runs to almost $20,000.00. Fortu-nately the Village has insurance and Cunningham/Swan will be paidby the insurer. The $7000.00 in fines will be paid from revenue paidto the water and sewer system by Village rate- payers. Although itwas never mentioned it is clear that a plea bargain was reached withthe Ministry and there is no doubt the Village escaped the wholeincident lightly.

The tone of remarks made by the clerk and the Mayor suggestedthey felt Village administration (staff and council) were not entirelyto blame for the charges.

The service provider worked for a company that contracted to theVillage to run the water and sewer system. The Ministry of theEnvironment requires that service providers have certificates, whichrequire training and successful completion of tests to acquire, inorder to run water and sewer systems. Certificates need to berenewed every three years. The Village was unaware that the serviceprovider had not renewed his certificates until it was notified by theMinistry of the Environment. The service provider in question hadworked for the Village for 15 years.

Where did it all go wrong? The company the service providerworked for had an obligation to ensure that whatever qualificationswere required for its technicians were obtained and renewed as perprovincial regulation. The Village assumed that the company wasensuring that whatever certificates were required had been acquired.There is no sugar coating the pill; it was the responsibility of the Vil-lage staff to check with the company providing the service to ensurethat all proper certification for service providers was in place.

When the charges became public Mayor Grunig stated that theMinistry of the Environment was including the Village, “to get itsattention”. The Ministry of the Environment was saying that it maybe “administrative” to have to ensure that there must be an up to datecertificate for the service provider posted in a conspicuous place andit is important enough to do, that if it isn’t done, there is a provisionto charge the municipality.

It is likely that the Village insurance premium will go up in addi-tion to $7000.00 in fines. It has to be hoped that the whole processhas, in fact, “got the Village’s attention”.

Walkerton was a tragedy that could have been prevented if therehad been more attention to detail by the municipality. In the fullnessof time there will be a new company and service provider operatingthe water and sewer systems in Westport. It goes without saying thatcouncil should be directing staff to ensure that whatever certificatesare required are obtained and prominently displayed.

There is frequently much criticism about the “big brother role”played by the province. Without the Ministry of the Environmentinvolvement the “administrative shortcomings” in Westport mightnever have been uncovered.

Village of Westport pleadsguilty to two chargesconcerning water & sewer

MikeMcIntyre

Editor,I applaud the sentiment of

Jim McGlade in his letter inThe Review-Mirror on lightbulbs. I too deplore the nannystate over regulation by thegovernment. Mr. McGlade waswrong about the LED lightscontaining mercury. It is theCFL (curly bulb-compact flo-rescent) lights that containmercury. They are a serioushazard if they are broken andmust be cleaned up with spe-cial procedures. In additionthey are slow to reach full out-put and are very poor whenused outside in cold weather.The LED bulbs give a brightlight, they run a long time onbatteries. They are being pro-duced in vast quantities, theylast 50,000 hours and I expectthey will be widely adoptedwithout any coercion by thegovernment.

The motivation of this law,which was not dealt with in theresponse from Mark King Leg-islative Assistant to GordBrown MP, is to replace coalfired generation capacity andultimately all electrical genera-tion by either conservation,solar or wind power. So farthey have shut down one coal-fired generator (Nanticoke).Most of this power has beenreplaced by nuclear powerfrom the Bruce Nuclear Power

Plant bringing it up to 28.7 percent of all power used inOntario. This compares withgas/oil 14.6 per cent; hydro22.3 per cent; coal 2.8 per cent;wind 3 per cent and other(solar farms) – 0.8 per cent.Note that environmentalistsare not happy with nuclearpower either so if they get theirway on light bulbs much moreconservation measures willfollow to get us all living with-in the 3.8 per cent of the cur-rent consumption from sourcesacceptable to the environmen-talists. All the controversyabout Gas Power plants is partof this story because these areneeded as backup for solar andwind which may not providepower when you need it – andpower must be generated whenit is used. All this disruption isdone to shut down one coalgenerating station whichchanges nothing since the Chi-nese are setting up a new coalplant every week and theiremissions ultimately go intothe one global atmosphere.

These decisions were madewithout the population under-standing the cost trade offwhich has sent power billsskyrocketing. When the publicfinds out about the costs theyare enraged. This is sold asgiving us clean air but it is notcleaner because the wind

blows where it will.I recommend that Mr.

McGlade study what the envi-ronmentalists plans are for the“smart grid” using those newmeters that were just pushedon us. Are you ready to havesomebody far away shuttingoff your lights, heating or cool-ing, or sump pumps becausethey need to conserve powerjust now? Just when youdecided you want a coffee youneed to wait an hour before thekettle will work. Don’t laughuntil you read up on smart gridplans. Conservation cannotpossibly meet all the goals ofenvironmentalists. It willrequire serious dislocation ofour modern way of life! Iwould accept these changes ifthey were sold honestlyinforming the public of thesacrifices needed to achievethe environmental goals! Thathas not happened so far. Deci-sions were made with few ifany understanding what itwould entail and rammedthrough government by zealotswith a green religion I do notshare! Mr. McGlade is wakingup to some of this – I hope hewakes up to all of it!

Michael McCarthyWestport, ON

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Rideau Lakes firefight-ers isolated a fire in theattic of a home on Cty. Rd.36 just outside Westport,preventing a full-blownstructure fire.A call was received at

around 9:20 p.m. Satur-day, bringing a responsefrom Westport and Port-land’s Stations.After the structure fire

was confirmed an addi-tional pumper and tankerwere called to the scenefrom Elgin.The fire was burning in

the attic area in a wallbetween the original con-struction of the bungalowand an addition.“When it gets into an

attic it has lots of places tohide,” said Fire Chief JayDeBernardi.Personnel used water

and foam to extinguish theblaze but did not have toferry additional water withthe three stations’ threetankers.Damage was limited to

one wall and the addition,said DeBernardi.The crew prepared to

bring additional water onscene from a dry hydrant

located further north onCty. Rd. 36.Around 26 firefighters

attended the scene beforecrews from stations twoand three were releasedafter about 90 minutes onthe scene.The cause of the fire is

still under investigation.Westport Station 4

crews were called outagain Sunday to two chim-ney fires in North Crosby.Firefighters were able

to contain a chimney fireon the 10th concession inthe chimney of a homeheated by an oil and woodcombination furnace.They were later called

to a home on CentrevilleRoad where a faultydamper sent smoke intothe home.Changing weather con-

ditions can sometimes addto the danger of thebuildup of creosote in achimney which has notbeen properly maintained.Slow burning fires can

help deposit creosotewhich is a highly flamma-ble deposit on chimneywalls.“If it’s not properly

cleaned it can lead tochimney fires. It’s impor-tant to clean your chimneymonthly said DeBernardi“The guys did a good

job. They did what theyare trained to do,” saidDeBernardi.

Township of SouthFrontenac electors willhave plenty of choice formayor with three candi-dates already in the race.Loughborough district

councilors Allan McPhailand Ron Vandewal haveboth decided they wouldlike to become head ofcouncil.McPhail has served two

terms of council since hiselection in 2006. Vandew-al has been re-elected

since 2003.New to the municipal

scene is John McEwen, afoundation waterproofingcontractor from the Bell-rock area who is motivatedto run for office because ofthe municipality’s enforce-ment of the building code.“Each municipality is

the authority. They havechosen not to enforce therequired waterproofingsection,” said McEwen.McEwen, who grew up

in Kingston Mills, has adegree from Queen’s Uni-versity and has over 25years’ experience in theconstruction industry.Veteran Portland Dis-

trict councilor Bill Robin-son has also submitted hisnomination papers.Candidates have until

September 21 to registertheir candidacy for theelection which takes placeOct. 27.

A lot of residentshaven’t been too happywith the state of West-port’s sidewalks andstreets but Village ofWestport Council’sresponse is that the vil-lage isn’t alone.“As everyone knows,

we have had a tumultuoustime – it isn’t somethingI’ve seen in my lifetime.“Not everyone is

happy with it but Morrishas been doing yeoman’swork,” Coun. RogerMerkley said.After the cement-like

snow and ice mix on theweekend of Dec. 21-22,

and the subsequent snow-falls, some sidewalksweren’t cleared for a fewweeks and several streetswere down to one laneeven with cars parked onone side only. A few side-walks still aren’t clearedbut the village is workingaway on them.“Large centres like

Belleville and Kingstonhave told some residentsthat there sidewalks

won’t be done andGananoque tried andwrecked their sidewalkequipment,” Mayor DanGrunig said.“There hasn’t been one

municipality let off thehook,” he said.No discussion was

held about snow bankremoval but MotherNature has given them abit of a break on that overthe past week.


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The Village of Westportwill pay an estimated$116,372 for policing in2014, an increase of 22 percent over the $95, 280 billthey received in 2013.“As council is aware,

there has been some con-troversy surrounding OPPcosting over the past sixmonths,” Clerk-TreasurerScott Bryce said.After a two-year wage

freeze that ended Dec. 31,2013, the OPP are in for anincrease of 8.55 per centthis year and that isreflected in the costs.“Typically they overes-

timate and we get a refund.“Last year they estimat-

ed $95,280 and our creditwas about $3500,” Brycetold council.Coun. Jackalyn Brady

questioned the .68 timeconstable the village isbeing billed for.“So we should be see-

ing a constable in townevery other day,” she said.The province is work-

ing on a new more equi-table formula for 2015 that

would be applied evenlyacross Ontario. While thecurrent proposal may begood news for Westport,municipalities across theprovince heard from somelast month who estimatetheir costs would go up200 to 300 per cent nextyear.Westport council

received correspondencefrom a pair of townshipsnear Parry Sound lastmonth, asking theprovince to abolish amodel they say will doubleor even triple their polic-ing costs.The OPP is proposing a

formula that, starting in2015, will charge munici-palities a flat rate of $260per household plus a vari-able rate for calls for ser-vice in that municipality.Seguin Township’s cor-

respondence claims thechange will take theirpolicing costs from$592,659 in 2012 to$1,759,392, an increase of197 per cent.The Municipality of

McDougall claims theirrate would go from$233,396 based on 2012information, to $625,086,an increase of 168 percent.“It is all very compli-

cated, I think we shouldjust wait and see how itplays out,” WestportClerk-Treasurer ScottBryce told council lastmonth.The OPP estimate the

total cost, when variablesare added, would have toaverage about $369province-wide to cover thetab.“The range is $100 to

over $1,000 (across theprovince) and the OPPwants to narrow thatdown.“Right now we are sit-

ting at around $300 perhousehold so the impactmight be negative but itwon’t be large,” Brycesaid.That was before this

year’s 22 per centincrease.

Westport to pay 22 per centmore for policing in 2014

Village not alone when it comes todisastrous sidewalks: council

Damages kept to a minimum inthree North Crosby fire calls

Three men already in the runningfor South Frontenac mayor

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Newboro Lake is a lake in a lake. Eight inches of water on the surface of twenty inch-es of ice. Some of the old fishing holes have acted like sink drains for surface waterto run into but they have opened up to 2 or 3 feet in diameter, big enough to fallthrough if you are not careful. I marked four of them between the township dock andMcCaskill island. Will be breaking out the canoe soon.

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There was a bit of goodnews at Monday night’sWestport Council meeting,when it comes to their2014 Rideau Valley Con-servation Authority levy.“This is a bit of a good

news story compared tothe OPP,” Clerk-TreasurerScott Bryce told councilMonday.Westport taxpayers will

pay $5,506 for 2014, adrop of $273 compared to

the $5,780 they paid lastyear.“They have dialled

back some of their pro-jects, and with re-assess-ment, the village, as withthe majority, went down,”Bryce said.Higher assessment

growth in the northern endof the watershed – mainlyOttawa, North Grenvilleand Beckwith – meansmost southern municipali-

ties will see a decrease.Rideau Lakes Town-

ship will pay $55,912 thisyear, a drop of $3,874.Smiths Falls sees a similardrop while Perth and TayValley will each payaround $2,800 less.Ottawa makes up

almost all of the differ-ence, paying $4,495,715in 2014, up $192,251.

A public meeting onFebruary 12 will presentan amended plan for a pre-viously draft approvedsubdivision located onCty. Rd. 42 east of West-port.The developer, Brig-

gsport Properties Inc, hasrevised the subdivisionplan to include two vacantlot condominiums toinclude four units each.

Each four-unit condo-minium will have a com-mon septic system andwill share a common areawith the other four unitcondominium on site.The proposal includes

road infrastructure, privateservices infrastructure andstorm water managementinfrastructure. The proper-ty overlooks the UpperRideau but the shoreline of

the property would remainundeveloped.“The amendment is

considered major in theway the lots are legallyestablished,” said RideauLakes Manager of Devel-opment Services MikeDwyer.The meeting is at 1 pm,

Feb. 12 at the Township ofRideau Lakes offices inChantry.

A group of Portlandarea residents interested indeveloping the communi-ty’s assets are continuingto reach out for ideas andvolunteers for developingthe community’s assets.The group had a meet-

ing last week which car-ried on the momentum of ameeting held in Decemberorganized by the hallboard.“One of the things we

did was try to identifywhat people considered tobe assets,” said volunteer

Doug Good.Good is looking for

more input from the com-munity and has madeinformation about the pro-ject available at the Port-land Library branch.Responses can also be leftat the library.Major priorities which

have been identified aremore activities, better pro-motion of activities, park-ing and a farmer’s market.“Parking, that was one

of the big items which gotmore attention,” said

Good, who was taskedwith creating a summaryof residents’ input.A committee has

already been struck andwill be meeting next weekto discuss the founding ofa farmer’s market in thevillage which could alsobenefit from traffic fromboaters and cottagers.“We are going to sum-

marize the other actionsand try to identify groupsthat were sitting aroundthe table willing to partici-pate,” he said.

A trio of would bethieves were foiled Jan. 5when OPP were calledregarding two suspiciousmales at the Hydro Onecompound on Eric Hutch-eson Rd., off Cty. Rd. 29south of Smiths Falls.Rideau Lakes O.P.P

officers along with O.P.PEmergency Response Unit(ERT) and O.P.P Canineofficer responded to thecall. Officers were able tolocate the suspect’s vanand they subsequentlyarrested its three occu-pants.

Howard James Dick-son, 51, of Elizabethtown-Kitley Township has beencharged with break andenter, possession of breakin instruments and failingto comply with an under-taking.Trevor Beute, 47, of

Tay Valley Township hasbeen charged with breakand enter, possession ofbreak in instruments andbreach of recognizance.Nancy Maclaren, 48, of

Tay Valley Township hasbeen charged with Posses-sion of break in instru-

ments.Beute was released and

he is to appear inBrockville Court Feb. 21.Dickson was held for a

bail hearing on Feb. 10.Maclaren was released

and is to appear inBrockville Court Feb. 21.The Hydro One yard

has been broken into morethan once, with copper andtools taken.Anyone with informa-

tion regarding this or anyother incident please con-tact the O.P.P. at 1-888-310-1122.

The Eastern OntarioWardens’ Caucus(EOWC) has awardedcontracts to expand high-speed fibre internet con-nections at more than 50business parks and clustersacross rural EasternOntario.“Expanding high-

capacity, high-speed inter-net fibre to these businessparks will help our com-munities to attract andretain local businesses,”said Warden Ron Holman.“It is a real boon for eco-nomic development.”Areas that will benefit

include Gallipeau Busi-ness Park in Smiths Falls,core business areas inGananoque, Verona,

Sydenham and Perth. InTay Valley, it will also beextended to Christie LakeRoad and the Hwy. 7 busi-ness area outside Perth.Bell Aliant, Cogeco

Cable Inc. and UtilitiesKingston were awardedcontracts to provide thenew internet connections.The companies are

building the new servicesoff of their existing infra-structure, as well as off ofthe 5,500-kilometre, fibre-optic backbone builtthrough the EasternOntario Regional Network(EORN).The business park pro-

ject, valued at about $8.9million, is the latest phaseof the EORN project, a

$170 million initiative toexpand rural broadbandthroughout the region.Created by the Wardens’Caucus, the project is sup-ported by federal, provin-cial, and municipal fund-ing, and private sectorinvestment.EORN was established

by the Wardens’ Caucus tomanage expansion of therural broadband networkin Eastern Ontario. Itincludes the 5,500-kmfibre optic backbone andmore than a dozen localaccess networks that willincrease speeds and ser-vices to 95 per cent of thehouseholds in the regionby the end of this year.

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Portland community improvementgroup gaining momentum

Trio arrested breaking into substation

Improved internet speeds comingto dozens of commercial cores

This month Township ofLeeds and the ThousandIslands staff and councilwelcomed public worksdirector Ted Laszczak tothe township.Laszczak, an engineer-

ing technologist, hasmoved from Manitobawhere he was most recent-ly the public works direc-tor in the northern commu-nity of Churchill and pre-viously in the rural munic-ipality of La Broqueriesoutheast of Winnipeg.He gained his first pub-

lic works type of experi-ence in his native Polandwhere he was in charge ofmaintenance in a compa-ny-owned coal mining

town.“Twenty years ago I

didn’t see a future inPoland for my children,”said Laszczak, then afather of two.Laszczak moved to

Ontario on his own wherehe went to work in the ura-nium mine at Elliott Lake.He later brought his fami-ly to Canada.He remembered Ontario

as a welcoming place.“They accepted me right

away, offered me friend-ship,” said Laszczak whohas also been pleased withhis most recent welcometo the township, includinga tour of all or most of the316 km of township roads.

“The road crew is doingan excellent job,” saidLaszczak who got to seethe township under someextreme conditions.“I love solving prob-

lems. I like variety, newchallenges,” he said.

The Town ofGananoque decided at acouncil meeting inDecember to provide visi-tor services in-houseinstead of contractingthem to the GananoqueThousand Islands Cham-ber of Commerce.The Chamber served to

promote businesses inGananoque and Leeds andthe Thousands Islands, butin recent years TLTI hadbeen contributing less ofthe cost of the welcomecentre operation.In 2013, the township

contributed $5,000 to thechamber for visitor ser-vices compared to over$40,000 from the town infunds and in-kind benefits.“We’re going to work

with them to make asmooth transition,” saidChamber president JoeBaptista of the town’s newproject.“The focus for the

chamber now is one where

we are going to have toreset and evaluate andlook at our direction,” hesaid.Last fall the chamber

proposed bringing togeth-er partners, including thetownship and the town, aswell as the ThousandIsland AccommodationPartnership to create aregional tourism workinggroup.“I think the mayor of

Gananoque doesn’t’understand there needs tobe collaboration with thetown and all the otherareas of the region. We canmake Gananoque a hubfor day trips to do otherthings.“If we don’t foster the

relationships with otherregions they won’t pro-mote us," he said.The chamber will be

continuing to publish avisitor’s guide and to pro-mote tourism activities ontheir website.


Ted Laszczak joined the staff at the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands on Jan-uary 6 as the Public Works director replacing Steve Keeley who left earlier this fall.

The Township ofRideau Lakes is seekingproposals for the transfer,processing and marketingof its recyclable materials.Preference by the town-

ship is to have singlestream recycling, with thematerials sorted by thecontractor.The township would

like to obtain a ten-yearcontract for its recyclingservices.“Single stream is easier

to handle because you aredealing with one commod-ity,” said Rideau LakesCAO Bob Maddocks.The RFP document

states the township’sdesire to have the plasticbags which the materialsare collected in, to be recy-cled and will give contrac-tors with the ability torecycle plastic bags, apreference.Companies have until

January 22 to submit theirproposal.On Monday night

Leeds and the ThousandIslands renewed their two-year contract with Man-cos, a Napanee area firm

which has been processingthe township’s recyclablessince January 2012.Councilors confirmed

staff’s recommendation tocontinue with the firm atMonday’s meeting.Cost of the contract has

increased with the rising

cost of fuel from $120 fora bin haul-away to $149.The move to Mancos

has increased the town-ship’s diversion rate aswell as lowering costsbecause of the company’srevenue sharing of the saleof recyclable materials.

Township of RideauLakes building activity in2013 might have beenheading into a dark holebut revenues recovered bythe end of the year.Permits within the

township included 326building permits, 43dwellings and 84 septicpermits for a total con-struction value of$13,487,682 in construc-tion value and $288,622 inrevenue.The income is compa-

rable to 2011 ($289,940)and 2010 ($274,300) withconstruction value of$13,487,682, the lowest

amount in ten years.Building activity in

Westport and Athenshelped to make up the rev-enue shortfall with$54,640 of revenue, thehighest since buildinginspection service beganto be provided to themunicipalities in 2005.Planning activity in the

township generated rev-enues of $85,506.Leeds and the Thou-

sand Islands buildingactivity was valued at$15,734,117 with$224,611 in fees collected.It was $16,444,161 and

$228,385 in fees in 2012.

Township seeking new and improved10-year recycling contract

Building permit revenueholds its own for 2013

TLTI gets new publicworks director

Gananoque going italone with visitors’welcome centre


TLTI councilreject newsign by-law

Township of Leeds andthe Thousand Islandscouncil shortened theirplanning director ‘to-do’list when they rejected theidea of creating a town-ship sign by-law.

Monday’s agendaincluded a draft signageby-law to council and arecommendation to strikea committee of stakehold-ers to examine the pro-posed bylaw.

The township has asign by-law in the Front ofLeeds which covers thatward but the rest of thetownship has no signguidelines.

Planner Elaine Mallorydidn’t find any enthusiasmaround the council tablefor more rules aroundsigns.

“I think we have todecide if the township isopen for business or not,”said Councilor VelmaKelsey.

“I’m not sure this isfurthering the rural homebusiness concept we aretrying to promote.

“We are putting on somany restrictions we arekilling small business. Wehave a sign bylaw at thecounty so all our majorroads are covered by asign bylaw,” said MayorFrank Kinsella.

“This bylaw can bemade as simple as thecommunity wants it.When I first arrived I hada number of calls aboutreal estate signs which hadbeen there is perpetuity,”said CAO MilenaAvramovic.

Council voted to notpursue creating a commit-tee to examine a bylaw orto pursue passing bylawby other means

RVCA warnsof possiblepoor iceconditions

Warm temperaturesand rain last weekendcaused stream flows toincrease to the extent thatthe ice cover couldbecome unstable.

Snow measurementscompleted by RVCA Jan.6 showed the snowpackcovering the Rideau Riverwatershed was an averagedepth of 32cm and a watercontent of 58ml, bothmore than twice what arenormally seen at this timeof year.

As a result of therunoff, increased waterlevels could make icecover on ditches, streamsand rivers unstable posingpotential safety risks.Caution should be exer-cised by everyone nearstreams and rivers.

The RDHS Lions boysbasketball teams wereback in action Tuesdaywith a pair of one-sidedwins over Ange Gabriel ofBrockville.The senior Lions won

65-15 led by an 18-pointgame from Justin Steacy.Brian French and Mack

Turnbull added 10 each.The junior Lions led 35-

14 at the half on the way totheir victory over Ange-Gabriel Tuesday.The senior Lions played

in a tournament in NorthDundas on the weekendwhere they went 1-1They defeated St. Fran-

cis Xavier 45-37 in over-time. Chad Baker forcedthe extra period with a freethrow with seconds left inthe game. Rideau thenwent on to outscore them8-0 in overtime.Dylan Hayes and Caleb

Rice each had 10 points.

Rideau then lost 44-18to Fellowes from Pem-broke. Brian French hadseven and Mack Turnbull

added five.Both the juniors and

seniors are at SouthGrenville Jan. 16.

The weather is shapingup to be perfect for the10th anniversary of Skatethe Lake and the 2014 run-ning of the North Ameri-can Speed SkatingMarathon Championships.

“The 10th edition ofSkate the Lake is shapingup to be the most excitingthus far so plan to comeout and enjoy the manyactivities that the Skate theLake committee hasplanned,” Portland Out-doors President JohnBongers said.

Derek O’Farrell, theRBC Olympian will bethere the entire weekend tojoin in the festivities alongwith the RBC HockeyShootout tent (open forkids of all ages). Therewill be plenty of hot foodto enjoy including Snert,the Dutch Pea Soup,Beaver Tails and chilidown stairs in the PortlandCommunity hall.

Rocks will be slidingback and forth on the out-door curling rink and therewill be pick up hockeyavailable as well. New thisyear will be horse-drawnsleigh rides, ice conditions

permitting, on Saturdayafternoon.

Also this year the Port-land Legion will be partic-ipating by hosting a dinnerand dance on Saturdayevening featuring greatfood and the live bandHealy & Orr immediatelyfollowing the traditionalfireworks display at dark.

The oval should beopen for practice and pub-lic skating by this week-end but check out theirwebsite, under ‘news’ forup to date ice conditions orfor the race schedule andother activities.

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RDHS girlshockey teamhosts gamesThursday

The RDHS girls’ hock-ey team hosts league playJan. 16 in Westport.

St. Mike’s, TISS, St.Mary’s and SouthGrenville are at the West-port Community Centre ina day-long round-robin setof games along withRideau.

The host Lions play St.Mike’s at noon and SouthGrenville at 2 p.m.

After a break forexams, league play con-tinues on Feb. 4 and 11.Semi-finals are Feb. 20with the finals Feb. 27.

Big Rideau oval may beopen this weekend

The RDHS Junior Lions defense made it a long game for Ange-Gabriel in Elgin Tues-day afternoon.

Try something new thiswinter and help make ourcommunity a fun place tolive. It could be the start ofsomething big. The West-port Lions Club is organiz-ing the first Lions’ PondHockey Tournament onWestport Sand Lake infront of the Lions’ club-house on Feb. 15.

The cost of enteringthis 4-on-4 tournament is$120 per team.We suggest each team car-ries 6 players so they havea couple of substitutes. Ifa person wants to play, butcannot get a team togetherthen he/she pays $20 and

organizers will put you onan appropriate team. Wehave a number of playersthat have signed on indi-vidually. No goalies areallowed and raising thepuck will result in loss ofpossession. If MotherNature does not co-operatethen a full refund will begiven. Each team is guar-anteed three, thirty min-utes straight time games.There will be 4 divisions:three men’s or mixed divi-sions with age categoriesof 19-34, 35-50 & 50+,and one women’s division19+ years old.

The cut off date for

entries is Jan. 25. Registerearly to avoid disappoint-ment. Please make yourcheque payable to West-port Lions Club and sendit to: Bob Reddick, 60Maple Grove Lane, West-port, ON K0G 1X0

Registration form andrules are published atwww.westportlions.ca orWestport Lions on Face-book. If you have anyquestions please call BobReddick at 613-273-3499,or email at [email protected] or FrankHuth at 613-273-9041 oremail [email protected].


After a three-week hol-iday break from leaguegames, North Leeds AtomB House Rideaus splittheir first two games of2014.

They dropped a 3-1decision to Brockville inWestport on Jan. 4 in agame that was scorelessuntil late in the secondperiod.

The visitors went up 1-0 with 4:08 left in the peri-od but Evan Carroll, withan assist from Wes Ewart,tied it 11 seconds later.

Brockville restoredtheir lead at 2-1 with 30seconds left in the secondand had the lone goal ofthe third.

Cole Hanna took theloss in goal.

On Saturday, NorthLeeds hosted Kemptville Iand came away with theirbiggest win of the seasonover the league’s top team.

Wesley Ewart hadNorth Leeds’ first goal,from Nick Holder and then

Holder broke the tie withthe game winner, fromHunter Wenzel, in a 2-1win.

Hanna had the win ingoal.

The Atom Bs hostedKemptville I again Tues-

day in Westport and gotedged by a 3-2 score. Nogame report was availableat press time.

North Leeds is atKemptville II Friday nightand hosts South GrenvilleSaturday at 1 p.m.

By Howie CrichtonThe Review-Mirror

The Westport Rideauslast shot at the playoffsstarts this week with threegames against Brockville.

Westport picked upthree of a possible fourpoints on the weekend,leaving them three pointsback of the Tikis for thefinal playoff spot.

“We played wellenough to win,” HeadCoach/GM Mike Seedsaid of an overtime loss inAlexandria Saturdaynight.

“We hit four or fiveposts but we kept com-ing,” he said.

Westport came frombehind twice to tie thegame before losing 3-2 inovertime to the Glens.

After a scoreless first,Alexandria had the lonegoal of the second.

Peter McGahey tied thegame before the midwaypoint of the third but Ale-

exandria went up 2-1 with3:20 left. McGahey, on thepower play, scored his sec-ond of the night with 1:59left, forcing overtime.

“They did score a nicegoal in over time but itwas our best effort in amonth,” Seed said.

Nicholas Newport tookthe loss in goal as West-port (11-18-4-2) outshotAlexandria (15-13-4-1) bya 46-34 count.

Westport started off theweekend with a 4-1 winover the Morrisburg Lions(3-28-0-1).

“We did score six goalson the weekend which ispositive, and the defenceand goaltending wassolid,” Seed said.

The Rideaus led 1-0and 3-0 at the intermis-sions against the Lions.

Ryan Ward had the lonegoal of the first and AlexSzabo and McGahey,shorthanded scored in thesecond. Szabo added hissecond of the night in thethird.

Newport stopped 35shots for the win whileWestport had 41 shots onthe Lions’ goal.

The Rideaus were inBrockville Jan. 15 andhost Prescott Friday.Brockville is back in West-port Saturday at 2 p.m. tomake up a game cancelledby weather last month.Their third meeting in ninedays is a regularly sched-uled game in Westport Jan.24.

“This is it – betweennow and next Friday wewill know our fate,” Seedsaid of the three gamesagainst Brockville.

“We do struggle in thatbig barn,” he said ofBrockville’s big ice, buttwo of the three are inWestport.

• • •Connor Merkley was

scheduled to be back frominjury Wednesday nightbut Caleb Rice and GarrettMcMullin are still outindefinitely.

Westport gave updefenseman Matt Dimilloand centre Dylan Rodgersat the roster cutdowndeadline Jan. 10, but theydid pick up some playersGM/Head Coach MikeSeed hopes will help theteam next season.

The Rideaus sent MattDimillo to Gananoque fora pair of defenseman, AlexRice and Chris Smith.

“We are happy with theGananoque deal.

“We moved a 21-year-old for a 17-year old withlots of upside,” GM/HeadCoach Mike Seed said.

Alex Rice, a 6’3”, 180lb. native of Kingston, hadfive points and 56 penalty

minutes in 29 games withthe Islanders this season.

Also coming over in thedeal for Matt Dimillo, wasChris Smith who had 50points in 33 games for theGananoque Islanders lastseason. He is with theCJHL’s Nepean Raidersand has 11 goals and 26points in 38 games. West-port has his Jr. B rights forhis overage season nextyear with the hope hereturns to Queen’s Univer-sity.

Earlier last week, West-port sent Dylan Rodgers toPrescott for the rest of thisseason. In return, theRideaus get a 16-year-oldcard next season, a player

development fee and theyget Rodgers’ rights backnext year.

Westport also gotanother pleasant surpriseon the blue line when theSmiths Falls Bearsreleased Ben Beasley tothe Rideaus. Beasley, 19,whose family recentlymoved to Chaffey’s Lock,had two goals, nine assistsand 24 penalty minutes in34 games for the Bears.

“With Beasley, it justcame down to a numberscrunch in Smiths Falls andwe were fortunate to landhim for the rest if theyear,” Seed said.

The Athens MinorMidget Rep team sawtheir first league action inthree weeks last Thursdayand came away with a winover the top team in theeast.

Athens, who leads thewest division, broke a 1-1tie with a pair of quickgoals just past the midwaypoint of the second on theway to a 3-1 win overSouth Grenville (10-6-4).

Athens is now in firstoverall with a 14-3-2record with five games left

in the regular season.In Athens last Thursday

against South Grenville,Jared Fenlong scoredtwice and Marc Burnhamhad the other. Westport’sBraden Truelove had twoassists with single helpersgoing to Dawson Dancyand Elgin’s Andrew Sly.

Westport’s ColinKnapp picked up the winin goal.

Athens’ hostsBrockville Jan. 16 andtravel to Brockville Satur-day.

Rideau Insurancescored five times in thesecond half to break ahalf-time tie on the way toa 10-6 win over McNi-chols Electric & Plumbingin Westport Youngtimers’hockey action Sunday.

Scott Niblock, JordanLynn, Ryan Patterson andColin Tye scored two eachand Adam Herlehy andVilis Abele added oneeach for Rideau Insurance.Herlehy and Lynn alsoadded four assists each.

Spencer Sortbergscored twice and and Mur-ray Sortberg added one

and two assists for McNi-chols. Kurt Thompson,Scott Weber and JamesDavis had one each andSkylar Hudson addedthree assists.

In Sunday’s late game,Blair Construction edgedHerlehy Home BuildingCentre 7-5.

Rob Heise and JoelWeber had two goals eachfor Blair’s with RyanCarty, James Ross and JeffNorris adding one each.

Ryan Bruyere and MarkMcCreary had two each ina losing cause with AustinBresee adding one.

Atoms Bs beat league’s top team

Three games against Brockville in nine days will decide fate

Rideaus last, last chancecoming up this week

Rideaus’ defence bolstered bytrade and Bears’ roster reduction

Spaces still available for WestportLions’ pond hockey tournament

Rideau Insurance, Blair Constructionpick up Youngtimers’ wins

Midgets edgeEast’s top team

Minor Soccer AGM MondayNorth Leeds Minor Soccer is hosting their annual

general meeting next week.Anyone interested in the meeting is asked to go to the

RDHS library Mon., Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m.For more information, contact Scott Halladay at

[email protected].

Jasper Norwood tries to create some traffic in front of Kemptville’s net during theNorth Leeds Atom Bs 3-2 loss to the league leaders Tuesday. North Leeds did beatthem 2-1 on Saturday.

The curling field is setfor the men’s OntarioDominion Tankard at theSmiths Falls MemorialCommunity Centre Jan. 27to Feb. 2.Glenn Howard’s team –

defending champion forthe past eight years – willbe joined by two Ottawateams as well as eightother teams from acrossSouthern Ontario.Mark Homan of the

Ottawa Curling Club andBrian Cochrane, ofOttawa’s City View Curl-ing Club won their berthswith wins in Bellevilleearlier this month.They will be joined by

teams led by Jake Higgs ofStrathroy, Sarnia’s MarkBice, Aylmer’s Craig VanYmeren, Whitby’s RobLobel, Cannington’s Shan-non Beddows, Brampton’sJake Walker and Colling-wood’s Rob RumfeldtJoe Frans, a former

Toledo resident who wonthe Ontario high schoolchampionships in 1991,lost to Walker and Rum-feldt in their qualifier.Frans lost in the Ontariofinal to Howard last yearin Barrie.The winner goes to the

2014 Tim Hortons Brier inKamloops, BC.Full event, weekday

and weekend ticket pack-

ages can be purchased forthe men’s curling event. Inaddition to general seatingpackages, there are selectpackages governing pre-mium seats, which will belocated at the “Home” endof the community centrenear the front entrance.There will be two

draws Monday (2 and 7:30p.m.) and Tuesday (2 and7 p.m.), three on Wednes-day (9 am., 2 and 7 p.m.)and two on Thursday andFriday (2 and 7 p.m.).

Playoffs are Saturday withPage games at 2 and 7p.m. and the semi-finals (9a.m.) and finals (1:30p.m.) on Sunday.All package prices

include a daily boxedlunch coupon, which canbe redeemed at the “Lock-master House” in theUpper Hall of the arena.Lunch will be served from12 to 2 p.m. and is open toeveryone, not just ticketpackage holders. Dinnerhours are 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Rideau District HighSchool students and staffhave formed new alliancesand friends this year withthe introduction of grade 7to 12 extra-curricularhouse teams“The participation in

school events has tripled,”said RDHS principalSharon Halladay who ispleased with the newschool spirit initiative.“It’s something that in

this community peoplehad fond memories. Itseemed to be a veryimportant thing,” she saidof the former yellow, red,blue, green team days.The RDHS 2013 ver-

sion of house teams isAlpha (green), Beta (red),Delta (blue) and Gamma(gold)“We have been very

fortunate. The kids andstaff have bought into theprogram,” said teacherChristie McCreary whodevised the 2013 versionwith other staff members.“A few of the staff who

did attend Rideau definite-ly remember all the fun,”she said.The houses have the

benefit of leadership fromstudent council membersand LINKS crew leaders

who are part of a peer-leadorientation program forgrade nine students whichwas introduced to theschool in 2012.A variety of activities

have been chosen to earnhouse members points fortheir teams including per-mission slips to school ontime, a food drive, an airband contest, school

dances, intramurals andattendance at last month’sstaff-student hockeygame.“Our main goal was to

get some organization thatwas good for competition-good for solidarity,” shesaid.To date the Alpha

(green) team is in the leadwith 1000 points.


Rideau Division StandingsGP W L Otl Sol Pts WPCT

Gananoque Islanders 34 22 9 1 2 47 .691Prescott Flyers 37 22 15 0 0 44 .595Athens Aeros 35 16 15 3 1 36 .514Brockville Tikis 36 13 18 4 1 31 .431Westport Rideaus 35 11 18 4 2 28 .400

St. Lawrence Division StandingsGP W L Otl Sol Pts WPCT

Casselman Vikings 32 28 2 2 0 58 .906Char-Lan Rebels 30 17 8 1 4 39 .650Akwesasne Wolves 30 17 12 1 0 35 .583Alexandria Glens 33 15 13 4 1 35 .530Winchester Hawks 29 16 11 0 2 34 .586Morrisburg Lions 32 3 28 0 1 7 .109

Taylor Bresee is anathletic and involvedgrade 10 student fromNewboro. She plays set-ter on the Junior Girls’Volleyball team and thisyear she played pointguard on the SeniorGirls’ Basketball teamwhich made OFSAA.Outside of school Taylorplays point guard forAAA Kingston ImpactJEUL Prep team and sheplays soccer for theKingston UnitedRegional team, and bothare under 16 age level.Furthermore, Taylor is amember of RAA and is aJunior member of Stu-dent Council. Taylor hasa 90 per cent average

with her two favouriteclasses being gym andmath. After high schoolshe is considering goingto university to be aphysiotherapist.

Taylor Bresee

Lion of the Week

Scoreboard

North Crosby Hall BoardEuchre winners Jan. 8 were:

first, Nadene Arthur, 105; sec-ond, Judy Davey, 98; third,Dale Burns, 97; lone hands,Maurice Hutchings; 50/50:Herb Hutchings, Sylvia French,Vic Warren, Murray Sagriff.Six hand euchre, Wed., 7:30p.m.

Submitted by Jim MulvilleLegion #542, WestportEuchre winners Jan. 9 were:

first, Wayne Derbyshire, 106;second, (tie) June Smith, 102;Maurice Hutchings, 102; worstluck, Carmel Paynter, 66;draws: Joan Hargrave, CarmelPaynter, June Smith.

Submitted by Joan Thompson

Elgin Monday Night MixedBowling LeagueDec, 30 2013LHS June Smith.................272LHT Lila Welch...................630MHS George Mustard........280MHT Ernie Gard.................702Team Standings.Garry Merriman....................49Ernie Gard............................43George Mustard ...................36Peter Cox .............................31Jan, 6 2014LHS Linda Deveaux...........225

LHT Linda Deveaux ...........568MHS Jim Prescott ..............257MHT Jim Prescott ..............723Team Standings.Garry Merriman....................51Ernie Gard............................46George Mustard ...................37Peter Cox .............................35

Jan 13,2014LHS Nancy Mustard...........297LHT Nancy Mustard ...........713MHS Pat Kenney ...............243MHT Ernie Gard.................688Team Standings.Garry Merriman....................54Ernie Gard............................50George Mustard ...................38Peter Cox .............................37

Submitted by Nancy Mustard

Westport Rideaus ScoringGP G A Pts

McGahey, Peter 33 13 15 28Miller, Steven 29 11 17 28Merkley, Connor 19 14 12 26Drouin, Patrick 33 10 14 24Szabo, Alex 30 10 10 20Dimillo, Ryan 32 3 12 15Waller, Jay 35 2 12 14Ward, Ryan 31 5 7 12Porter, Thomas 32 5 6 11Rice, Caleb 29 5 3 8Slessor, Alex 23 2 6 8Jung, Connor 24 1 7 8Williams, Jarrett 8 5 2 7Hood, Clark 34 1 6 7Rice, Alex 2 0 0 0McMullin, Garret 14 0 3 3Olesen, Joe 32 0 2 2Germann, Darrin 2 1 0 1Newport, Nicholas 15 0 1 1

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Rideaus’ scheduleWed., Jan. 15Westport at Brockville 7:45Fri., Jan. 17Prescott at Westport 8:00Sat., Jan. 18 (ppd from Dec.)Brockville at Westport 2:00Fri., Jan. 24Brockville at Westport 8:00Sat., Jan. 25 (ppd from Dec.)Westport at Prescott 7:30Sun., Jan. 26Westport at Gananoque 7:00

Township of RideauLakes council passed aresolution to providefinancing to the NorthCrosby Tennis Club tocomplete improvements tothe tennis courts atShillington Park.The $35,877 project

includes resurfacing of thecourts and the installationof new tennis net posts.The groups of tennis

enthusiasts spearheadingthe project are looking for-ward to incorporating theirgroup in the comingweeks.The proposal could see

an investment of up to$25,000 by the townshipfor the court project withthe remainder of the pro-ject undertaken by theclub.The project is projected

to be completed thisspring in time to attractnew members and newmembership fees tofinance the club’s share ofthe improvements.A memorandum of

understanding would havethe Township of RideauLakes provide $1000 peryear for 2014, 2015 and2016.

Not only has it been arough winter for humans,the mixture of ice andsnow has made life diffi-cult for the region’s deerpopulation as well.Despite that, the Min-

istry of Natural Resourcesis asking people to refrainfrom feeding deer.There are a number of

reasons, MNR says, wherefeeding can cause moreharm than good:• Using the wrong feedcan result in digestiveproblems.

• Feeding may encouragemore deer than thehabitat can support.

This can result in poorreproduction, smallerfawns, and higher win-ter mortality rates.

• Deer-vehicle collisionsmay occur as deer crossroads to feeders.

• Deer that come to feed-ers may lose their nat-ural fear of humans andcause conflicts at othertimes of the year.

• A concentration of deeraround feeders cantempt natural predatorssuch as wolves to comecloser to populatedareas.

• Concentrating deer in anarea increases the risk

of disease transmissionamong animals.Deer are designed to

store fat, reduce theirmetabolism and success-fully process that fat in thewinter while feeding onnatural foods according totheir daily needs. If deerbecome dependent on arti-ficial feed, their metabolicrate increases and theyrequire more food to sur-vive, according to anMNR press release.When artificial feeding

stops, deer can die fromthe stress.

Rideau District reviveshouse team tradition

Shillington Park tennis courtsto get $35,877 upgrade

Field set for 2014 OntarioTankard in Smiths Falls

MNR asking people to not feed deer

As many as 40 to 50 deer have been riding out the winter in just one area of FoleyMountain Conservation Area.

Welcome to a newweekly feature about bird-ing in this area.

Rideau Lakes Town-ship is now sponsoring anew group, for those inter-ested, called the RideauLakes Birding Group(RLBG). They meet at apredetermined locationeach Thursday, 52 weeks ayear. Normally, the routinewill be to:• meet at a pre-designated

location in the town-ship;

• stop at a restau-rant/coffee shop mid-morning (around 10a.m.) for a short break;

• lunch at noon (bring asandwich/salad, etc. &a drink); and

• for those who wish,birding will continueafter lunch - otherwiseit's homeward bound.The following is rec-

ommended:• two-way radio (walkie

talkie) for each car min-imum (supplied);

• binoculars;• scopes if you have

them;• cameras if you wish;• good footwear; and

dress for the weather.Those who volunteer to

drive will receive a smallfee per passenger to helpdefray the cost of gas forthe day. There’s normallyfour persons per car. Muchof the birding is done onback roads with occasional

walks on trails in goodweather. Being in topphysical condition is not arequirement. Having timeto dedicate to birding mostThursdays is a definiteasset. Currently, there areno annual dues and we stillhave a few membershipsavailable before it’scapped with a waiting list.

You’re cordially invitedto come and try it. OnThursday, Jan. 16, theRLBG meets at the Port-land Community Hallparking lot for its usual 8a.m. start. On Jan. 23, theymeet at Smiths Falls in theTim Horton's parking loton Hwy 15 across fromWalmart for an 8 a.m.start.

In the meantime, besure your feeders arefilled. Your featheredfriends need a helpinghand in winter…and goodbirding.

For more information,contact Marty Burke [email protected] or(613) 272-5193.

The 2014 Tay ValleyLoppet is set for Sun., Feb.9 at Murphy’s PointProvincial Park with astart time of 11 a.m.

There will be 10 and 20km classic races for adultsand 2.5 and 5km freestyleraces for youth. Start timeis 11:00 a.m. for adults and10:00 a.m. for youth.

In support of Perth’sworld record setting kiltrun, there will be specialprizes for skiers in kilts.

Registration is $30 forthose over 19, $20 for 19and under and the CookieRace for 19 and under is$10 until Fri., Jan. 31.After Jan 31 rates go up by$5, except the CookieRace.

Registration forms andwaivers are available atthe club website:

http://tayvalleyskiclub.wordpress.com.

Ski clinic this SundayThose wishing to brush

up on their ski technique ata basic to intermediatelevel are invited to partici-pate in a classic style skiclinic at Murphy’s Pointthis Sun., Jan. 19 fromnoon until 3:30 p.m., snowand weather permitting.The free clinic will betaught by Nancy Gau-dreau, a former collegelevel racer and high schoollevel coach in the U.S.,and Rick Sauder, a formerloppet racer and Nordicski patroller. Informationfor the ski clinics can befound at the club websiteor by contacting NancyGaudreau directly [email protected].

Children’s clinics weeklyChildren interested in

learning to ski or improvetheir skills, are invited toparticipate in the BunnyRabbit Program for 3 to 5year olds or the Jack Rab-bit program for 6 to 10year olds. The programstake place every Sundayuntil March 9 from 1:30 to2:30 p.m. at the LallyChalet at Murphy’s Point.Cost is a family member-ship of $65 to cover insur-ance and use of trails, anda $20 course fee per child,which includes instruc-tion, booklet, stickers andother goodies. Contactperson is Club PresidentDrew Lampman:[email protected].


The musicians, including Rick Fines, had as much fun as the crowd at BOTR Friday.

After a break for theholidays, Blues on theRideau (BOTR) returnedFriday with a sold out per-formance by Rick Finesand Susie Vinnick.

Fines, Vinnick and theirband were every bit asgood as expected for theirshow at The Cove Fridayas they played to a packedhouse.

The talented pair’s 20-year musical friendshipshowed through all nightlong as they laughed, sangand traded hot guitar licks.

Rick was masterful onslide and Suzie ripped itup on her ‘green machine’.

They were joined bythree time Juno AwardwinnerAlec Fraser on bassand John Crown on drums.

A total of $648 wasraised for the Friends OfFoley Mountain from the$5 per ticket that goes tolocal organizations andcharities.

Next up Feb. 15 is theSteve Strongman Bandfrom Hamilton, 2013 JunoAward winner for Best

Blues Album of the Year.Check him out at

www.stevestrongman.comor, for a medley of songsfrom a show they didopening for Buddy Guy atHamilton Place, go toYoutube.

Advance reservationsare required by calling613-273-3636.

For more informationon the series, includingartists’ videos and songs,fo towww.bluesontherideau.ca.

Perth Blue Wings arehosting some of hockey’sgreatest players Sunday.

A group of MontrealCanadiens alumni alongwith their head coach GuyLaFleur will be at thePerth & District Commu-nity Centre for a 3 p.m.game against local adultplayers and Blue WingsJunior players.

Some of the Canadiensalumni expected includeGuy Carbonneau, SteveShutt and Dan Daoust.

The Ultimate FanExperience is also up forgrabs with one playerposition and one assistantcoach position availablewith the Canadiens Alum-ni. Fans can bid on the

chance to play or coachand then join them for ameet and greet dinner afterthe game. The online auc-tion site is located at Play-WithTheHABS.com.

Tickets are $25. You

can add a $100 VIP passthat includes a meet andgreet buffet at Code’s Millin Perth. You can purchaseonline at Canadiens-Game.com or on gameday.

Upper Rideau Legion Branch 542Branch recently recognized the topRideau Vista and St. Edward students inthe Legion’s their Poster, Poems, andEssayContest for 2013.

They are:Primary black and white posters1st Claire Seed Rideau Vista2nd Jordon Billingham St. EdwardsPrimary color poster1st Sarah Kilby Rideau Vista2nd Emilia Strotmann Rideau Vista3rd Zoe Whyte Rideau VistaJunior black and white poster1st Alisha Donnelly St. Edwards

2nd Abby Lyons Rideau Vista3rd Cameron Scott Rideau VistaJunior color posters1st Jacob McElroy St. Edwards2nd Charlie Ann Shillington St. Edwards3rd Samantha Adrain St. EdwardsJunior Essay1st Aleah Seed Rideau Vista2nd Abby Lyons Rideau Vista3rd Connor Hopwood-White Rideau VistaJunior poems1st Aleah Seed Rideau Vista2nd O’Dessa Anne Dixon Rideau Vista3rd Fiona McCreary Rideau Vista

Legion Remembrance Day contest winners at Rideau Vista Public School were rec-ognized recently. Back (l-r) Don Ewart, Abby Lyons, Connor Hopwood-White, FionaMcCreary, O’Dessa Anne Dixon, Aleah Seed, Teresa Polite and Dave Wickenden.Front (l-r) Claire Seed, Zoe Whyte, Emilia Strotmann, Sarah Kilby and Cameron Scott.St. Edward winners’ photo was published in December.

Legion 542 recognizes contest winnersCrookedWood in Athens

The Kingston based Celtic/folk/roots band, “CrookedWood” are bringing their brand of music to Athens onSaturday, Feb. 22.

The group, a refreshing trio with catchy songs, wellplayed arrangements, and sweet, tight harmonies, haveplayed many festivals and recently provided great musicat an event in Westport. They are a band who clearlyenjoy their music.’

In Athens, they will be at Athens United Church,starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 with children under 12admitted free. They are available at Stedman’s, by call-ing 613-924-2056, or at the door.

Birding club launches new column

A male Hairy Woodpecker

Ski club offers programs for allages at Murphy’s Point

Canadiens alumni in Perth Sunday

Blues returns from Christmasbreak with a packed house


Runner Runner**1/2 (out of 5)Cast: Justin Timberlake, BenAffleckRated: 14AJustin Timberlake, who has some

decent acting chops – witness TheSocial Network – stars as a Prince-ton graduate student who loses hisshirt while using an on-line gam-bling site. When he realizes theunlicensed, off-shore site is, waitfor it, crooked (insert exclamationmark), he sets out to exact revengeand get his cash back. There’s atemptation to yell at the screen,“How could you be so stupid? Ofcourse an unlicensed gambling siteis going to be crooked!” And fromthere, it is easy to complain themovie has a silly premise, which itdoes, but poor Justin’s characterclearly lacks street smarts, so let’sall cut him some slack.What Timberlake’s Richie Furst

lacks in street smarts, he makes upfor in book smarts. Quickly he useshis super math smarts to track downthe ring leader Ivan Block (BenAffleck). Block is instantlyimpressed with Furst’s brain powerand offers him a cut of the action inexchange for the use of those mathskills. All should work out fine, butthe standard movie FBI agent turnsup and offers Furst a deal if he turnsinformant. Oh dilemma, and we’rebarely a half-hour in.After the major plot points are

set up, none of which I spoiled,they’re easily gleaned from thetrailer, the rest of the film unfoldslike a standard thriller/chase movie.This isn’t to say Runner Runner isterrible, it just isn’t terribly good.With standard genre movie plottwists and dialogue, complete witheye-candy token girlfriend to beused as a wedge between the maleleads, Runner Runner leaves nodevice unused. Fans of Justin Tim-berlake will certainly enjoy.

Lee Daniels’ The Butler***1/2 (out of 5)Cast: Forest Whitaker, OprahWinfreyRated: PG13Lee Daniels’ The Butler, so

called in a slap-dash legal settle-ment because Warner owns therights to a long lost silent filmcalled The Butler, is not quite asadvertised. It is hardly the sweepinghistorical drama that the trailers andtelevision promotional campaignmakes it out to be. Closer to Forrest

Gump than Lincoln, this dramatraces a White House butler as heserves eight American Presidentsover 30 years. That the butler(Whitaker) is black, adds complica-tion to the story, and one wouldhope, nuanced levels of historicalrelevance. Sadly it often plays outlike a made-for-TV mini-series.Casting is mostly spot on, with

the exception of Oprah Winfrey,and yes here I go hating on Oprah.The problem with casting her at thisstage in her career is, when youlook at the screen, all you see isOprah. It is a form of stunt castingakin to casting a big Hollywoodname to voice an animated feature.Forest Whitaker is rock solid asCecil Gaines, a man who workshard to raise his family while work-ing equally as hard to avoid the civilunrest of the 60s and 70s. He hasseen his share of hard times, havingworked his way up from pickingcotton as a boy to having a career atthe White House. To the viewer, aswell as his militant son, Gaines’actions often make him appear as aWhite House Uncle Tom.As a work of speculative history,

the film is interesting at times, espe-cially when dealing with the ovaloffice. Unfortunately, I suspect thedirector wanted us to feel moreattached to what was going on athome. This fails in part because,while the film is supposed to bebased on a true story, Hollywoodspeak for never let the facts get inthe way of a good story, this isalmost science fiction, it so faraway from the realm of truth.Lee Daniels’ The Butler benefits

greatly from a strong supportingcast. Cuba Gooding Jr., and LennyKravitz turn in impressive perfor-mances as junior staff who workunder Whitaker’s head butler.David Oyelowo, steals every scenehe’s in as Cecil’s militant older sonwho is desperate for not only hisfather’s love, but for equality. I willleave it to you to discover who playthe various presidents and judge foryourself how they do in their per-formances.For me, Lee Daniels’ The Butler

is certainly above average, andrefreshingly grown up. I’m not con-vinced it warrants the awards buzzit has garnered so far.

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This recipe calls for spaghetti butI used rice noodles and the resultswere just as good. Feta cheesetends to be salty so be sure to tastebefore adding any salt. To savetime, pre-cooked bacon slices canbe used, they tend to be pricey forthe amount of bacon in the packagebut are very handy when cookingon a deadline.

INGREDIENTS16 oz spaghetti4 slices of bacon1 garlic clove, crushed1 red pepper, finely chopped1 tsp red wine vinegar1 cup feta cheese, crumbledSalt and pepper to taste

PREPARATIONCook the pasta and set aside,

keeping it warm.In a large pan, fry the bacon until

crisp, remove and crumble.Drain the bacon fat leaving 2

Tblsp in the pan.Add the garlic and pepper, saute

for 5 minutes at a low heat.Add the bacon, vinegar and feta

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The Grain Farmers ofOntario district meetingtook place on Wednesday inthe Elgin Lions Hall. Localfarmer Murray Sortberg wasabsent, as he jetted off toSmithers, British Columbiafor a visit with local exportJesse Sheffield.

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AMENDMENT TO AN APPROVEDDRAFT PLAN FOR PROPOSEDPLAN OF SUBDIVISIONBRIGGSPORT PROPERTIES INC.CON 6 PT LOT 9 RP 28R12509;PARTS 2 5 TO 8 AND 13 TO 15

Ward of North Crosby, Township of Rideau LakesTAKE NOTICE that the United Counties of Leeds andGrenville, as the delegated approval authority, hasdetermined amended application #08-T-20001 to becomplete under Section 51 (19.1) of the Planning Act.TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Advisory Committee ofthe Council of the Corporation of the Township ofRideau Lakes will hold a public meeting at the requestof the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, the del-egated approval authority, on the 12th of February,2014, at 1:00pm to review application #08-T-20001 for aMajor Amendment to an Approved Draft Plan of Subdi-vision. The public meeting will take place at the Town-ship’s municipal offices at 1439 County Rd 8, Chantry,Ontario, K0E 1G0.THE LANDS described herein to be subdivided are notknown to be the subject of an application under thePlanning Act for approval of an Official Plan Amend-ment, Zoning By-Law Amendment, Minister’s ZoningOrder Amendment, or a Minor Variance.DESCRIPTION: The major amendment to theapproved draft Plan of Subdivision is to permit twovacant land condominiums that will each accommo-date four, single detached units. The proposal addi-tionally consists of a common area, road infrastruc-ture, private services infrastructure and storm watermanagement infrastructure. The area of land subjectto this application and associated development is2.77ha. The remainder of the property is to beretained by the applicant. The applicant has complet-ed and updated a number of environmental, engineer-ing and cultural studies to support the application.ANY PERSON may attend the public meetings and/ormake written or verbal representation either in supportof or in opposition to the proposed plan of subdivision.If a person or public body does not make oral submis-sions at the public meeting, or make written submis-sions to the Township of Rideau Lakes or the UnitedCounties of Leeds and Grenville in respect of the pro-posed plan of subdivision before the approval authoritygives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of sub-division, the person or public body is not entitled toappeal the decision of the United Counties of Leeds andGrenville to the Ontario Municipal Board.If a person or public body does not make oral submis-sions at the public meeting, or make written submis-sions to the Township of Rideau Lakes or the UnitedCounties of Leeds and Grenville in respect of the pro-posed plan of subdivision before the approval authoritygives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of sub-division, the person or public body may not be added asa party to the hearing of an appeal before the OntarioMunicipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board,there are reasonable grounds to do so.If you wish to be notified of the decision of the UnitedCounties of Leeds and Grenville in respect of anychange to the draft conditions of this subdivision, youmust make a written request to:United Counties of Leeds and Grenvillec/o Mr. James A. (Sandy) Hay, Manager of PlanningServices25 Central Ave. W., Suite 100Brockville, ON, K6V 4N6ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposedPlan of Subdivision, the Notice of Decision to ChangeConditions and copies of the proposed Plan of Subdivi-sion as well as Draft Conditions, and related reports areavailable for inspection at the Township Office at 1439County Rd 8, Chantry, Ontario during regular officehours. Members of the public are welcome to come tothe Township Office to review the submitted Plan ofSubdivision and related reports, speak with Townshipstaff and submit oral or written comments.THIS NOTICE serves as both the Notice of Applicationand Notice of Public Meeting.

Dated January 16th, 2014Dianna G. Bresee, Clerk, Township of Rideau Lakes1439 County Road 8, Chantry, Ontario, K0E 1G0Telephone: (800) 928 2250

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PLEASE BE ADVISED that snow shall not bepushed, deposited or left on any public street,sidewalk, park or municipal property unless previ-ously approved by the Municipality.SNOW SHALL NOT be deposited in such a wayas to impede the traffic flow or vision of anyonedriving a motor vehicle on a public or privatestreet.Dan Grunig Scott BryceMayor Clerk-Treasurer30 Bedford St., Westport ON K0G 1X0 613-273-2191

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NOMINATIONSNOTICE IS HEREBY given to the Municipal Electorsof the Village of Westport. In the County of Leeds andGrenville of the period during which NominationPapers may be filed in the above Office of the Clerkfor the purpose of the Municipal Elections, com-mences on January 2nd, 2014 and will continue untilthe close of Nominations on Friday, September 12th,2014 at the hour of 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon.Nominations will be received for the Offices of:

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(c) The prescribed Nomination Filing Fee of $200.00for the head of council and $100.00 for all otheroffice must be paid at the time of filing the Nom-ination (cash, certified cheque or money orderonly made payable to the municipality). A candi-date is entitled to a refund of the filing fee, if heor she is elected, receives two percent of thevotes cast for the offices or withdraws the Nom-ination.

(d) A nomination paper may be filed in person or byagent. The Municipal Elections Act, 1996, pro-hibits any election document to be faxed oremailed.

(e) After the Nomination is filed with the Clerk, itshall remain in the possession of the Clerk.

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K-3 teacher Mary Dex-ter Kayser has had her firstencounter with triple grad-ing at Rideau Centennial.

“It’s quite a bit moreplanning . For every gradeyou have to try to makesure you cover the curricu-lum for all of them,” shesaid

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Next year Rideau Cen-tennial could be in a better

position to serve parents ifa daycare locates to theschool, a project theschool board is investigat-ing seriously.

“It would make sensewith the full-time kinder-garten. Rideau Centennialreally is a central locationthat’s so easy to pick upand drop off kids,” saidVice Principal DesireeMcWilliam.

She’s impressed withthe support the school hasin the community and theparents that volunteer theirsupport for programsincluding coaching teams,cooking hot lunches andsupporting programs toensure kids aren’t left out.

“It’s a core group ofparents. That’s the reasonthis school isn’t goinganywhere. The hope is thatas the families grow theschool population willincrease,” saidMcWilliam.

“What makes the envi-ronment so good really isthe culture of the schoolreflects the parents. Thekids are very respectful ofeach other. They reallycare about each other,” shesaid.

She’s not concerned theschool can’t support a tra-ditional dedicated kinder-garten class and attractnew families

“Study after study has

recognized that kinder-garten students can under-stand concepts at a higherlevel than we’d give themcredit. Any student at anylevel is able to understandsomething at a higherlevel,” she said.

“The focus of learningis meeting individual stu-dents level of understandno matter where they areat. Everybody knows thatin any individual gradethere are still levels. It’sreally about creating self-directed learners no matterwhere they are at,” shesaid.

School hopes to attract day care next year

Mayor Frank Kinsella got the opportunity to wear somehead of council regalia Monday with some rejigging ofthe former Front of Leeds chain of office with a centralmedallion with the amalgamated municipality’s logo.

Jan. 16, 2014

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