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Harrowsmith Area Responds To Super Storm Sandy

Long Beach, NY is the original hometown of Harrowsmith resident Kristine Marks and she still has family and close ties to people there. When Super Storm Sandy swept through the US recently, most of her family and several friends were affected. The storm and flooding of October…

Land Claim Agreement-In-Principle Elicits Varied Responses

The long-promised Ontario Algonquin Land Claim Agreement-in-Principle (AIP) was quietly released in early December, and comments about its implications have been somewhat muted since then. To a certain extent this is due to the political focus on Chief Theresa Spence and the…

Top 10 book sharing strategies for wiggly children

Reading with children 15 minutes a day improves their chances of success in school. That’s quite a claim but, increasingly, research supports it. Cunningham and Stanovich’s study with first-graders, whom they followed for ten years, showed that first-grade reading abilities…

HAWLEY, George (Geordie)

Peacefully, with his family by his side at the Moira Place in Tweed on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in his 86th year. Loving husband of 55 years to June (nee Perry) of Cloyne. Dear father of of Perry (Cheryl) of Belleville, Allan (Michele) of Inverary and Cindy Titus (Allan) of…

HOWES, Glenn Valentine

On Sunday, January 13, 2013, Glenn Valentine Howes passed into his eternal rest. Predeceased by his parents, James Earl and Eva Maude (Valentine) Howes, his sisters Jean (Leonard Goodberry), Lola (Doug Doxtator) and Lillian (Lloyd Peters) and his daughter Mary Eva. Beloved…

Johnson, Diane

In hospital in Perth, Ontario, on Thursday 10 January 2013, Diane Mary Johnson, of Sharbot Lake, at 78 years of age, after a prolonged battle with cancer and, more recently, a heart ailment. Dearly beloved wife of Fred Johnson. Loving mother of Wendy Johnson, Debbie Nelligan…

KIRKLAND, James Kelvin

Suddenly at the Perth Hospital after a short battle with cancer, on Thursday January 10, 2013. James Kelvin Kirkland in his 78th year. Beloved husband of Barbara Marguerite Lee. Dear father of Kelvin (Diane), Karen Messel (Bill), Terrie Gubbins (Ray). Sadly missed by…

Lavoie, Marius B.

1948 - 2013 Marius Lavoie of Northbrook passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Lennox & Addington General Hospital in Napanee on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Loving father and best friend of Jamie (Karen) Lavoie of Northbrook, Nicole Lavoie (Leroy Blugh) of…

SHORTS, Garrett Derwood

Passed away peacefully at the Lennox & Addington General Hospital in Napanee on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in his 84th year. Beloved husband of 46 years to Rita (nee Hermer). Dear father of Darren Shorts of Northbrook. Pre-deceased by his 2 boys Derrick & Darrell. Cherished…

Ready To Take The Plunge

t's that time again. The Polar Bear Plunge will be a key activity at the Central Frontenac Heritage Festival. The event will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, February 17 at the Sharbot Lake Marina. This is the 3rd annual Plunge and we encourage you to join us in the balmy waters…