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Back to HomeNight Skies - May Planets dusk to dawn and a meteor showerby Leo Enright In the month of May, the daylight hours continue to increase and hours of darkness continue to decrease, but not by as much, on average, as they did from day to day during the… READ MORE

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Back to HomeLetters - April 30, 2009Letters: April 30Thanks for the coverage, Ron HipfnerRe: Hollywood Blockbuster Films In Frontenac County, Rachel CooperThanks for Your Support, Janice Conway, Leslie PickardThanks for the Coverage As you covered (very well!) in your March 19 issue, the website of the Greater Sydenham Community Association… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009Sydenham High School Drama ProductionsOur TownThe Virtuous Burglar Our Townby Wilma Kenny The cast of Our Town"We faced three major challenges in producing this play at SHS," admitted Dan Raponi, theatre arts teacher, " and they were: working with a cast of 21… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009 Sunfish regulations going publicby Jeff Green The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources tried to establish catch limits for sunfish in the Ontario fisheries management zone 18 last year. However, lodge owners in the zone, which covers most of eastern Ontario, including Frontenac,… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009 South Frontenac Committee of the Wholeby Wilma Kenny Landfill Site Report Guy Laporte of Aecon Consulting gave Council a brief overview of the results of this year's landfill monitoring. Based on current waste generation rates, compaction and population forecasts, the township has… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009 Midsummer Dream Even the spritely Puck (Kaitlyn Hannah) can't seem to figure out what Oberon (Brian Robertson) is up to. The mischievious King of the Fairies causes no end of grief for everyone in North Frontenca Little Theatre's accessible version of a… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009 Smart Boards: New Classroom Toolby Jeff Green Amber Minutillo, getting "Smart" For good or bad, most of us have vivid memories of the sound of chalk scratching out words and images on a blackboard etched into our heads. As a technology, blackboards… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 30, 2009 North Frontenac Council – April 23by Jeff Green North Frontenac Council will be making a single application for funding under the new Federal Infrastructure Stimulus Fund and the Build Canada Funds. The entire council agreed to apply for funding to rehabilitate sections… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 23, 2009 There’s a new potter in townby Julie Druker Local potter Johanna Jansen at her studio in Sharbot Lake Like many artists in the area, potter Johanna Jansen gets her inspiration from objects and the nature that surround her. And she is lucky… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 23, 2009 Local Girl Guides meet “Creatures 101”by Julie Druker Local girl guides get a close look as Matt Ellerbeck of Creatures 101 displays one of his scorpions. Last Thursday girl guides of the First Harrowsmith and First Sydenham groups along with the Chippewa… READ MORE

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Back to HomeOutdoors in the Land O'lakes - April 23, 2009 Spring Peepersby Lorraine Julien While driving home past a small lake one early evening recently, I heard the first chorus of Spring Peepers announcing that spring is definitely here! Even with the car windows up, the shrill trilling music… READ MORE

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Back to HomeMaster Gardeners - April 23, 2009 Problems with African Violets (Saintpaula)by Margaret Inwood, Lanark County Master Gardeners If leaves are small and very crowded, the plant needs repotting. Re-pot in the spring into the next size pot, but keep it pot-bound. If the leaves look limp, the plant… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 23, 2009 Bob’s Lake senior escapes fireby Julie Druker Alex Johnstone (right) survived the fire that engulfed his home on Sunday and rests at the home of his good friend Joe Robitaille who arrived first at the scene. Eighty eight year old Alex Johnstone… READ MORE

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Back to HomeLetters - April 23, 2009Letters: April 23Stop for school buses, for our children's sakes! Laina LeesNot Hydro One, Lillian LemkeStop for school buses, for our children's sakes! On Friday, April 17, my 5-year-old daughter's school bus pulled up and came to a stop in front of our laneway,… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 23, 2009 Accomodation Review Committee Considers its options The program and accommodation review (PARC) by the Limestone District School Board for the Sharbot Lake family of schools has been going on for a few months, and it is now looking squarely at the future… READ MORE

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Back to HomeFeature Article - April 23, 2009 Addington Highlands CouncilBy Jeff Green No major tax increase in the cards for Addington Highlands Addington Highlands Council has not completed deliberating over the 2009 budget, but Treasurer Jack Pauhl brought some draft numbers to a Council meeting on Monday Night in… READ MORE