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D.A.R.E. program wraps up at local schools

Mr. Ross’s grade 6 students at LPS participate in the D.A.R.E. program The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is wrapping up at various elementary schools in South Frontenac. A number of grade 6 students from those schools, including Harrowsmith, Perth Road,…

Local students take up a “Challenge for Change”

Roughly 180 grade 7 and 8 students involved in the three Limestone District School Boards Challenge Programs will be participating in the “Challenge for Change - The Antipathy to Apathy”, a symposium that will take place on Wednesday Nov. 25 at the Queen’s University Faculty of…

Kylie Babcock has friends everywhere

When Kim Gould, owner of the Junction Restaurant and store in Sharbot Lake, read about two year old Kylie Babcock's battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago, “the tears just ran down my face” she recalls. Gould was thinking that she had to do something to help the Babcock's…

Afghanistan - a glass half full

Do you wish to hear some positive stories out of Afghanistan? Canadians for Women in Afghanistan is hosting a Community Appreciation and Information night on Thursday, November 19, in the Resource Center of Frontenac Secondary School, 1789 Bath Road, Kingston, from 6:30 – 9PM.…

St. James Major on the cutting edge

Delaney and Ainsley MacDonald, hard at work, using the new netbbook computers. In terms of technology, St. James Major is proving to be the Little School That Could, and part of its advantage comes from its small size. With only 22 students in the school, it has been easier for…

Independent school bus operators fighting for their livelihood

They’ve slowed down a provincial plan to set up a competitive bidding process that they are convinced will put them out of business, although small school bus operators have not put a stop to it. But they feel they now have three years to win that battle. At the second Annual…

Old growth forests - Part 1 of 2

Over the past decade or so, the term “old-growth forests” has steadily crept into the vocabulary of land managers, nature lovers and the media. This column will explore some of the benefits and features of old growth forests, and my next column will look at actions landowners…

Letters: November 12, 2009

Re: Bear Shock, Diane Cuddy Re: Bear Shock, Sarah Sproule Memory Lane, Sydenham, Joannne Ankers Re: Bear Shock, Marcie Webster Re: Bear Shock, Margaret Fewer First Alarm: Ticks, Mel Good Re: “Bear Shock”, Frontenac News, Nov. 5/09 I agree that the blatant display of large…

Central Frontenac Council - Nov 10/09

Arden wants to be first in line for 2010 Central Frontenac budget “We certainly can squeak,” said Ardenite Patrick Maloney when Central Frontenac Councilor Bob Harvey said the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Maloney was heading a delegation from the Village of Arden to a…

Alzheimer’s Society KFL&A, Sharbot Lake

Sharbot Lake, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my community for supporting the Alzheimer’s coffee breaks. We recruited over 30 new hosts in the North and Central Frontenacs, both businesses and private individuals to put the coffee on to support clients and…