CENTRAL FRONTENAC

Youngsters and adults of all ages had an opportunity to explore the latest in creative computing and other related technology thanks to a special interactive event put on by the Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on...

On Canada day, July 1, hundreds of excited patrons streamed into the newly transformed former Catholic church in Sharbot Lake for the widely anticipated opening of the Cardinal Cafe and Shop. Co-owners of the new business, Nicole Tarasick and Sylvie...

Sharbot Lake Property Owners' Association (SLPOA) is amalgamating their Annual General Meeting (AGM) with their annual social function, creating a full day event on Saturday, July 18. The AGM will commence at 10am at the St. James Major Catholic...

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library is delighted to offer a StoryWalk® in Sharbot Lake on Saturday, July 25, from 10am to 12 noon. StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places a children’s story along a walking trail or route in the community. It...

In her opening remarks at Granite Ridge's 2015 graduation and commencement ceremony on June 25, Principal Heather Highet praised this year's grads for showing G.R.I.T., especially during times of adversity. “By G.R.I.T. I mean your Growth mindset;...

TAMI (Talking About Mental Illness) is an organization whose goal is to raise awareness of and to address the myths and stereotypes associated with mental illness and mental health. Staff of the Kingston chapter are doing just that by including...

Residents who live on the Raymo Road were happy to hear that even though the Township of Central Frontenac was unable to provide a vehicle passage over Fish Creek where two culverts collapsed two weeks ago for liability reasons, at least a walkway...

For her final year as chair, it was not a surprise that at this year's Relay for Life opening ceremonies, which took place on June 20 at the Parham fairgrounds, Lesley Merrigan called Tonya Eastman to the stage and dedicated the 2015 Relay to...

Ottawa Valley-based singer songwriter Craig Cardiff not is only a gifted performer but he also has a unique ability to encourage and inspire youngsters. The singer/songwriter was invited to perform and hold workshops at Land O'Lakes Public School on...

Max Sedmihradsky is a bright and funny four-year-old boy who loves to laugh. His parents, Kerry and Andrew, love him to bits. Max was born in Australia and the family later moved to Hamilton, where Andrew had been raised. A couple of years ago, they...

The sounds of the Arden Glee Club at the Oso Hall on a week day in late June can only mean one thing: it is the day of the Seniors of the Year presentation. This was the 17th edition of the ceremony, and the Glee Club has performed in at least the...

The puppet show that was presented by The Flying Box Theatre from Montreal last weekend in Sharbot Lake, Perth and McDonalds Corners features a related set of German Fairy Tales. The show is called Hans Dudeldee and Other Forgotten Fairy Tales and...

Council addresses Raymo Road collapse At an emergency meeting on June 18, members of Central Frontenac Council addressed the issue of the collapse of the Raymo Road, which is off Wagarville Road. It had come to the works department's attention that...

There are people who know why former CAO/Public Works Manager Jim Zimmerman is no longer working for Central Frontenac Township, but they aren't in a mood to share the information, certainly not with the press. There was little warning before he was...

The solution to a gap in leadership at the top of the corporate ladder in Central Frontenac has turned into a huge problem. When James (Jim) Zimmerman was hired by the township just 3 months ago Mayor Frances Smith said she was happy to have solved...

Louise Moody, the newly appointed executive director of Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS), attended her first event with the organization at their sixth annual Great Outdoor Adventure, which took place at the Child Centre in Sharbot Lake...

On June 12, students in Mr. McVety's grade 10 Civics class at the Granite Ridge Education Centre competed in the finals for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) Award, a $5,000 grant awarded to the winning students to fund a local charity of...

Matthew Robinson, the CEO of Robinson Asset Management, travels in fancy circles when he travels to Bay Street to do whatever investment porfolio managers do to ensure healthy returns for their investors' money. One of those places is the lobby of...

The 2015 Relay For Life is just around the corner. Currently, we have 149 participants registered on 15 teams ready to hit the track on June 20 at noon. The day will start with campsite set-up from 8 until 10:30am and we are hoping to get underway...

In June 2011, I shared the stage at Relay For Life with an amazing leader; a lady who had the determination to accomplish anything that came into her mind. It was on that stage that I first thanked her for bringing Relay For Life to our area and for...

When Jen Andrews' (nee Seguin) parents purchased Saylor's Inn in 1994, she came along to help run the business with her boyfriend Kyle Andrews. The Seguin family found that while the business, which was located on Highway 7 just east of Arden, did...

Matthew Robinson of W.A. Robinson has been named in Wealth Professional magazine’s Hot List for 2015. This annual ranking honors 45 advisors and executives who have made waves in the wealth management industry over the last year and continue to...

Mountain Grove resident petitions council for permission to keep pigs In a delegation to council, Amy-Lynn Hole brought council's attention to a complaint lodged by a resident against the smell from pigs she is raising in a barn that is located at...

On Sunday, June 14, at 11am, Sharbot Lake United Church will host the 48th anniversary of the founding of the grouping of churches known as the Centenary Pastoral Charge, and all are welcome. Forty-eight years ago, in Centennial year 1967, the three...

TAMI, which stands for Talking About Mental Ilness, is a program run by volunteers that is based on an awareness program originally called “Beyond the Cuckoo's Nest”, which was developed in Toronto in 1988. “TAMI is about public awareness and...

Volunteers at the North Frontenac Food Bank held a first-time community garage sale fundraiser on May 30 in Sharbot Lake. The sale took place in the parking lot of the Sharbot Lake Country Inn and included a wide variety of items donated by the...

Proposed Septic Re-inspection program In a delegation to council, members of the Septic Re-inspection Committee, Terry Kennedy and John Duschene, outlined a proposed septic re-inspection plan for the township. The plan involve asking the existing...

Students in grades JK through six at Land O' Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove were full of questions at a presentation by Hydro One staff celebrating Arbour Week, which took place at the school on May 5. The presentation was headed up by Hydro...

Preserving the health of a river begins with care of the land throughout the watershed, and the shoreline is one important part of that care. The vegetation near the shores provides most of that care without our intervention. We can simply let it do...

Music students from GREC demonstrated their musical chops in an eclectic line up of musical offerings that delighted the large crowd who attended GREC's Celebration of Music event that took place in the schools cafetorium on May 25. The evening...

Eight walkers from the Moose Cree First nation are walking from Cochrane, Ont. to Ottawa, and the group stopped in Sharbot Lake on the evening of Monday, May 25 where they were offered hospitality from Chief Doreen Davis of the Shabot...

Sawyer McKenzie, sitting on his father (Seed to Sausage owner) Michael McKenzie's shoulder, looked unimpressed by the suckling pig that was being cooked over an open fire at the annual Day of the Pig, the opening extravaganza marking the beginning...

Since the start of February, the six members of the Granite Ridge School of Rock have been working together to learn to play musical instruments, build a musical ear, improve team-work and boost self-confidence. The students and their teacher, Julia...

The new Amazing Dollar Store in Sharbot Lake attracted hundreds of shoppers looking for opening day deals at its official grand opening on May 16. Part of the success of the opening day could have been due to the fact that the store's new owner,...

Members of the team named The Dirtbagettes will be participating in the upcoming Mud Hero run, which will take place in Ottawa on June 6. The team was out in full force for a fundraiser they held on May 16, armed with loads of fresh home-made treats...

Students from Land O' Lakes Public School put on the play "A Dragon's Tale" last week in performances at Granite Ridge Education Centre, and in the auditorium at LOLPS on Thursday night for parents and other family members, and again on Friday for...

Picky eater? Tantrums? This mother of four understands your frustration and is ready to help. Parenting expert, Carolyn Bond of Sharbot Lake, has just published her book Parent with Confidence. In it, she gives busy parents what she calls “Power...

by Adele Colby On May 6, Grandmothers by the Lake hosted a gathering of Eastern Ontario groups featuring Ida Mukuka, a Stephen Lewis Foundation Project coordinator in Sub Sahara Africa. The chairs of the assembled groups felt there was a need to...

Volunteer Septic Re-inspection Program The volunteer septic program will be available to property owners on Big Clear Lake and Silver Lake this year, at a cost of $6000 to the township. Of those lake associations wanting to offer the program to...

by Lesley Merrigan The Relay For Life leadership team is hosting a breakfast on Saturday, May 16, at the IOOF hall in Parham. This event will be an opportunity for those Relayers who have been hesitant in registering their team due to the increased...

by CF Soccer Association The Central Frontenac Soccer Association is getting ready for another great season. Baseball and soccer will be held at separate times throughout the spring and summer again this year, so that more children have the...

Northern Frontenac Community Services announced last week that after an extensive search they have hired Louise Moody to head the organisation. Moody has worked in leadership roles in social services agencies in York Region and the City of Toronto...

Every year the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board presents students in their board with a special award. On April 29, Ariel Lee, a grade five student at St. James Major Catholic School in Sharbot Lake, was presented with the...

Hats off to the close to 60-member cast and crew of The Music Man, who remounted and brought to life one of the all-time musical favorites from the Broadway repertoire. The play is being performed at Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake...

by Liz Steele-Drew If you had been a guest at the very first Comedy Night GREC ever hosted - last Friday night, you were probably wondering, as you sat hunched down in your seat, avoiding eye contact with the keenly intuitive comics, why has...

In an effort to demonstrate their school pride and tidy up their school grounds, students and staff at the Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake donned plastic gloves and with garbage bags in hand picked up trash in around the school...

By Dawn Morden, Mountain Grove Seed Cpompany SOME DEFINITIONS: Heirloom - Very old, usually more than 50 years, usually passed down through generations. Are open pollinated. Open pollinated - The ability to breed, with offspring being the exact...

Appendix. Categorization of vegetables The AMARYLLICACEAE family (aka liliaceae, or aliuceae) Species: i) allium ampeloprasum. LEEKS ii) allium sativum. GARLIC (no scapes) AND ROCAMBOLE (has scapes) iii) allium schoenoprasum. CHIVES iv) allium...

by Dawn Morden, the Mountain Grove Seed Company Seed saving is an integral part of agriculture. People have been saving seeds for thousands of years. Seeds from wild plants were collected and grown again and again over time. The plants evolved into...

Staff outlines plans to mitigate $255,000 budget pressure In an effort to mitigate the township's $255,000 budget shortfall that resulted from an oversight in the public works total formula, CAO Jim Zimmerman and treasurer J. Michael McGovern...

The art work of the 24 students who participated in this year's Art Club at Land O'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove was on display at their final show on April 20. The students spent six weeks creating the colourful paintings still lifes that...