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Snow Road Women’s Institute celebrates 75 years: 1935 – 2010

Photo: Betty Kelford and Edith Beaulieu Approximately 21 people attended the 75th anniversary of the Snow Road Women’s Institute. The meeting started with the Institute Ode, followed by the Mary Stewart Collect. The roll call was “Name the country of your ancestors”. Guests in…

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club succeeds nationally and internationally

Photo: Jack Fenlong at Eastern Ontario Sprint Qualifier with Coach Devon Bayle-Jones; Genevieve L'abbe and Sprint Coach Devon Bayle-Jones; Courtesy Jack Fenlong Genevieve L'Abbe (age 12) and Jack Fenlong (14) were both medal winners at the Ontario Provincial Trillium Sprint…

Counting his turtles after they hatch

Pat Grace likes turtles. And he sees a fair number of them from his house on Bobs Lake. Pat and his wife Cathie were seasonal residents at their property off the Badour Road for over 20 years, and about five years ago they decided to sell their house in Toronto and retire on the…

Following in their footsteps....to Bon Echo

Jim and Sue Waddington pose where A..J. Casson painted one of the many works he made of Bon Echo Park Art enthusiasts John and Sue Waddington have been following in the footsteps of Canada's most renowned landscape painters, The Group of Seven, for 30 years and on August 16…

Local “grandmothers” jump on board the “AfriGrand Caravan“

Adele Colby, chair of Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the local chapter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, will be presenting a talk and introducing African guests at the AfriGrand Caravan, a new cross-country event and tour seeking to raise…

0Prison farm supporters purchase part of Frontenac Institution's herd

Organizers and supporters of the “Save Our Prison Farms” campaign, who held a protest and blockade at the Kingston Frontenac Institution on August 8 & 9 to try to stop the sale of the institution’s dairy herd, have since joined forces and purchased 25 animals from the herd at…

Cloyne to host Walk of Hope to raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Peggy Truscott was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999 and had a dream about raising awareness and building a community of support for survivors and their families. The first Walk of Hope was organized by Peggy in 2002 in Toronto…

Tell us your tomato story

The Frontenac Farmers’ Market held their annual Tomato Madness promotion last Saturday morning, with numerous varieties of sweet heritage tomatoes available for tasting inside the Donna Clark pavilion. Tomatoes of all colours, shapes and sizes were also available for tasting and…

Central Frontenac Council - Aug 23/10

Road, sidewalk work approved for Arden Members of Central Frontenac Council were called in from their summer vacations this week for a special meeting to make two time-sensitive decisions. All members of council attended the meeting, with the exception of John Purdon, whose wife…

My last summer at the lake (Part 3 of 4)

Summer fiction by Jack Benjamin Leaving the Lake (Part 3 of 4) September 20, 2006 – the last day of the summer The Blue Heron in the little bay by the cottage was startled by the sound of my tires on the gravel road, sparking an awkward ascent. This happens pretty often. I…