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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Third Relay for Life surpasses the oddsBy Julie Druker The Survivors walk at Sharbot Lake’s Relay for Life in Parham on FridayThe ball field in Parham was taken over on Friday by Sharbot Lake’s 3rd annual Relay for Life cancer fundraising event.… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 South Frontenac Council June 16/09By Wilma Kenny South Frontenac "Volunteers of the Year"South Frontenac Township took the time before their regular council meeting this week to honour their volunteers of the year. Last year only three people were given the honour, but… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Sharbot Lake High School says good-bye to two Pillars of SupportBy Chava Field-Green Pat Dowdall and Dianne Lake preparing to step out the door. In my last eight years of involvement with Sharbot Lake Intermediate and High schools, I’ve had dozens of… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Saving part of their heritageBy Julie Druker Photo Left: Gayle Robertson and Brenda Crawford are hoping to save the original windows at St. Paul’s United Church in Harrowsmith It won’t be the first time that the congregation at St. Paul’s United Church… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Surprise Funding for New Sydenham Library Proposalby Wilma Kenny Almost a week after most other project grants had been announced, South Frontenac learned at noon Tuesday that their application for funding for a new library and fully centralized municipal offices had been… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Shabot Obaadjiwan backs away from Frontenac VenturesBy Jeff Green They were strange partners from the start. An Algonquin community that was so opposed to uranium exploration that they joined a blockade, and the uranium exploration company that they blockaded. In the end… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Verona Drug Mart reaches out to the elderlyBy Julie Druker Patrick Casey, RN, Verona Drug Mart pharmacist Hany Girgis, and client Elieen Manson at Diabetes Education Day at the Verona Drug Mart In an effort to provide more hands-on services to the… READ MORE

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Back to HomeEditorial - June 18, 2009 PARC: Ministry of Education Could Be wrongEditorial by Jeff Green Throughout the whole program accommodation review process for Central and North Frontenac schools, the Limestone School Board Officials have been dutifully repeating edicts from the Ministry of Education. Now, I don’t question their… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Denbigh residents want to keep their schoolBy Jule Koch Brison At a public meeting on June 15, Denbigh residents let representatives of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) know in no uncertain terms that their connection to their school has not diminished… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Pioneering triathlete in Nepean Sports Hall of FameBy Jeff Green Pat Dowdall and Dianne Lake preparing to step out the door. Rudy Hollywood is a familiar face in the Sharbot Lake area. He was born and raised south of the village and… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Two years later, a return to RobertsvilleBy Jeff Green Members of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation will be returning to the gate of the Robertsville mine site on June 28, two years after the start of an occupation that lasted almost 4… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Talk about the flying fiddles of timeBy Jeff Green The Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra was once but a gleam in the eye of Orchestra Director Carolyn Stewart, but for 10 years it has been meeting to rehearse every Saturday through the… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Anti-uranium art show in MaberlyBy Jeff Green Paul Gervin and Wolfe Ehrlichman presented a skit with Dumbglo the $28 billion (and counting) elephant The protest against uranium exploration in North Frontenac has taken many forms, and on May 31 it was the… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Line of sight, yes, but do we have to see itBy Jeff Green At a public meeting on June 8 concerning the placement of five towers that are set for construction by Barrett Xplore to deliver fixed wireless internet service in parts… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Central Frontenac Council - June 8/09By Jeff Green Guntensperger chastised over PARC Councilor Norm Guntensperger asked that the Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) for the local schools be put on the council agenda. However, Guntensperger, who represented council on the committee,… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - June 11, 2009 Cloyne Pioneer CemeteryBy Mary Kelly For the better part of a year now, a few members of the Cloyne and District Historical Society have been trying to track down who might be buried in the pioneer burying ground in Cloyne. It is… READ MORE