Written by Jeff Green

Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Local Students, Champions at Pony Club National Quiz Anne Marie Duarte (right) and Clara Sellers (left), senior students at Sydenham High School, have returned from Edmonton with individual and team National Championships from the Canadian Pony Club National… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Proposed Boat Launch Sparks Lively Debateby Wilma Kenny An apparently simple proposal to construct a public boat launch on Bob’s Lake adjacent to Buck Creek bridge revealed strong differences of opinion. Councillor Hahn opened the discussion by saying… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Community Supports Deliver Vital Servicesby Jeff Green Only a government could come up with a title like Community Support Services, which doesn’t capture any of the flavour of the impact that diners programs, meals on wheels, respite services,… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Off to the Nationalsby Mark Ford Lead rider, Elaine Steele on Chanticleer Shadow followed by Paul Mann, Dagmar Downes, and Pat St.Jean.In November 2007 Elaine Steele, a resident of Mountain Grove, will be traveling to North Carolina to… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Is Green the New Black? How Students Voted in this Provincial ElectionBy Kate Brown Although the majority of students in Ontario are under the age of 18, they have been allowed to vote in mock elections since the… READ MORE

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Letters - October 18, 2007 Back toHome Letters - October 18, 2007 Letters October 11 Why There Shouldn't be a Uranium Mine, Devin Kohl Why There Shouldn't be a Uranium Mine When Frontenac Ventures staked a claim on the land for a uranium mine near Sharbot Lake, it started a… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 New Life For Addington Higlands Resort Planby Jeff Green It’s been about 6 years since a provincial “jump team” visited townships in the Land O’ Lakes. The team recommended that the northern parts of Lennox and Addington and… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 New Principal at Land O'Lakesby Ina Hunt Turner It may have been a very sad day when Land o' Lakes Elementary School lost their beloved Principal Anne Peace-Fast, due to her retirement; but Joan Dufresne (pronounced Dufrane), who… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Feature Article - October 18, 2007 Addington Highlands Council - Oct. 15by Jule Koch Brison At the Flinton meeting on Oct 1, 2007, Cross Lake Road resident Norine Traynor had brought a petition to council, asking for council’s help in stopping the closure of… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Feature Article - October 11, 2007 SLHS Participates in Record Walk One Hundred and fifty-six member of the Sharbot Lake high School community took advantage of spectacular weather to complete a 1 km walk or run at the school track last Wednesday, October 3.… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Malcom Lake Landowners AssociationSubmitted by the Malcolm Lake Landowners Association The MLLA has conducted a survey of their members and results conclude that 90% oppose and 10% approve mining initiatives in North Frontenac. The majority of MLLA members… READ MORE

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Letters - October 11, 2007 Back toHome Letters - October 11, 2007 Letters October 11Scams, Ina Hunt-TurnerDr. Cronk Flies Home, Jim & Vivian AmbroseScamsFor a long time I have felt like I was out of the loop. I hear of other people getting fake e-mail letters from exotic countries telling… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Back toHome Legalese - October 11, 2007 Enforcement of Human Rights in Ontario by William A. Florence, Barrister and Solicitor Legalese is a column of general information and opinion on legal topics by the lawyers of Rural Legal Services, Box 359, Sharbot Lake, ON,… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Bringing Back the Bald Eagleby Jeff Green If someone based their estimate of the population of towns like Northbrook, Plevna, Sharbot Lake, or Verona on the number of cars in the Foodland, Freshmart or IGA stores in each… READ MORE

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Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Feature Article - October 11, 2007 Starving for Changeby Jeff Green Donna Dillman is a Lanark Highlands-based grandmother and political activist who has become heavily involved in the anti-uranium protest at the Robertsville mine. The protest has been focused around a blockade of the… READ MORE

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