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PRESCOTT Town council is moving into the second phase of discussions of merging its Public Utilities Commission with five other municipal utilities plus a private company called Canadian Niagara Power.
During a recent committee meeting, councillors voted in favour of proceeding with the second phase of a merger study and appointed Prescott PUC manager Allan Beckstead to the technical committee and PUC chairman Don Gibson to the steering committee.
Presently, the town is considering a merger with the utilities in North Dundas, South Dundas, Cardinal, Westport and Mississippi Mills. North Grenville has decided to pull out of the discussions.
The town's chief administrative officer, Andrew Brown, said council has been discussing electrical restructuring with the PUC for two years, initially considering three options: keeping the status quo, merging the utility with others or selling it. Consultant Campbell Patterson created a report outlining the various options available.
Brown said keeping the status quo, with Prescott PUC operating as a separate company, was rejected because the utility would likely operate at a loss.
Council must decide this summer whether to merge or sell the utility in order to have its plan in place by the provincial deadline for electrical restructuring in early November, Brown said.
The second phase of the discussions will consider financial and human resource plans as well as shareholder agreements for the proposed merged utility, he noted.
The phase is expected to be complete by Aug. 1. At that point, council is expected to make its decision.
PRESCOTT A new event for Prescott, the Highland Band Tattoo, will be held Saturday, June 17. The event will feature seven highland bands and 150 pipers.
The bands will muster at Centennial Park at the west end of town then march down King Street together to Fort Wellington.
A large crowd is expected at Fort Wellington to hear the bands perform starting at 2 p.m.
PRESCOTT Tags will be sold in town this Friday, June 9, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For this annual fundraiser, tags bearing the names of Brockville General Hospital Auxiliary and St. Vincent de Paul Hospital Auxiliary are sold. Canvassers wear blue hospital volunteer signs. Money raised from the donations will be divided equally between the two hospitals. Tags will also be sold in Cardinal on Thursday, June 8 and Friday, June 9.
By CHRISTINE ENDICOTT - Journal Editor
PRESCOTT The ambulance services in Prescott and the entire Leeds-Grenville area need to be upgraded, according to the team designing the Leeds and Grenville Emergency Medical Service.
According to the report, presented to Prescott council Monday evening by Chris Lloyd of North Leeds Ambulance, Dan Chevrier of the Brockville ambulance service, Mark Urquhart of the Gananoque ambulance service, and Sandi and Steve Seale of the City of Brockville, service needs to be upgraded throughout the region.
In Prescott, one ambulance is staffed for 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and is on call, off site, during the other 12 hours. The situation is the same in Kemptville. During the off-hours, staff are in their homes and must rush to the ambulance, which delays response times.
In 1998, the most recent statistics in the EMS design committee's report, ambulances responded to 1,332 calls in Prescott. About one-quarter of the calls were between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
The Joint Services Committee, which includes the United Counties, Prescott, Brockville and Gananoque, recommends that one ambulance be staffed 24 hours a day in each of the five ambulance stations: Prescott, Brockville, Elgin, Gananoque and Kemptville. The committee also recommends extra ambulances be staffed part-time for Brockville, Gananoque and Kemptville.
The Emergency Medical Service recommends that all ambulance stations remain in their existing geographic location. In Prescott, this is on King Street West, across from the Canadian Coast Guard building.
The current ambulance service for Prescott and Kemptville is privately owned and operated, while in Brockville, the ambulance service is hospital-administered.
The presenters noted that under the present system, when the Prescott ambulance transports a patient to an Ottawa hospital, for example, that ambulance can be dispatched to other calls in Ottawa and not return for many hours, leaving Prescott "open" and requiring ambulances from other municipalities to cover Prescott calls.
The report recommends the purchase of one additional ambulance for Leeds-Grenville, so that 10 are available instead of the present nine ambulances. Included would be mechanical spares in Prescott and Elgin. Presently, there is only one mechanical spare, in Brockville.
Ambulance response time is rated by the response of the call at the 90th percentile. In 1996, Prescott's time was 17 minutes 10 seconds, in 1998 21:10 and in 1999, 21:02. The response times have also become increasingly slow in most other areas of Leeds-Grenville, according to the report.
Prescott, Brockville, Elgin and Gananoque calls are dispatched out of Kingston, and Kemptville calls out of Ottawa.
The Emergency Medical Service design committee is recommending that all calls be dispatched through a Leeds-Grenville communications centre.
The report also recommends the use of alternative transportation, such as volunteer drivers, St. John Ambulance and the Access Centre, for patient transfers from, for example, a hospital to a nursing home.
The presenters Monday discussed the First Responder program, which gives firefighters training to provide basic pre-hospital care prior to the arrival of paramedics. The firefighters could be called if patients' vital signs are absent, if they are unconscious or choking, or if there is a delay in ambulance response. In addition to standard First Aid and CPR courses, the firefighters will take a 40-hour First Responder course as an eight-hour defibrillation training course. Under the program, firefighters will also be able to assist paramedics after the ambulance arrives.
Using firefighters as "first responders" is more cost-effective than adding many additional ambulances to improve response time, the report said.
By CHRISTINE ENDICOTT - Journal Editor
PRESCOTT The organizers of the June 22 town meeting are looking for a few good men and women. And at least 500 more people to listen and make their opinions on the town hall issue known.
Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce committee members Dan Throop, Sharon Spychi, Ray Young and Lewis Beach are searching for five "regular people" to argue in favour of their preferred location for the new town hall during the town meeting sponsored by the chamber, Spychi said in an interview Monday.
Those options could include:
The meeting will be held in the amphitheatre at the Sandra S. Lawn Harbour instead of in the municipal parking lot, as previously planned. The problem with using the parking lot was that it would block off the lot during the day and eliminate parking spots for meeting participants for the 7 p.m. meeting, Spychi said.
At the dock, there is plenty of parking for the hundreds of people expected to attend, as well as seating for those who do not bring lawn chairs, she added. "The parking problem was alleviated and everything's down there."
The meeting is expected to last about one hour. The audience will have a chance to listen to five quick speeches from people in favour of various options for the town hall.
"At the end, we are going to ask if there are any other suggestions. Somebody may come up with an idea no one has thought of," Spychi said.
"People can hear the reasoning and make up their minds. Then we are going to ask people to fill out a survey."
On the survey, people will be able to state their preferred option for the town hall, then the results will be tabulated and presented to council, she said, "so council will get an idea of how everyone feels."
Spychi emphasized the meeting is organized by the chamber but is for every resident of Prescott, not just the business community.
The previous public meeting held on the issue in April attracted only about 150 people. Organizers are hoping this meeting attracts at least 500.
"People all have opinions. We hope they feel strongly enough to come out."
The committee is also looking for people who will help with flyer delivery, a phone campaign to occur in the few days leading up to June 22, and other tasks associated with the town meeting. The door-to-door flyer delivery is being co-ordinated by Estelle Guertin-Street.
For more information, call Sharon Spychi at 925-5700.
By JEFF LEE - Journal Staff Writer
SPENCERVILLE Edwardsburgh township council has rejected a request to open a Spencerville street.
George Drummond requested that Sarah Street, off of Centre Street, be opened so that it could be used to access land he intends to donate to the fair board, land which could be used as a possible parking lot or parade marshalling area.
Coun. George Dick, reading from the committee meeting report, said that the township is not willing to open the road but suggested that council might consider a non-road maintenance agreement, adding that Drummond would have to apply in writing to the township clerk.
Dobbie said that if Sarah Street were to be opened, he would want a "very cautious" approach taken because of possible flooding.
Dick added Drummond would also have to have a drainage plan for the proposed road.
Dobbie said the road would have to meet council's specifications and that the township would not maintain the road.
Dick added that "the neighbours should be made aware."
Following a series of budget meetings, Edwardsburgh Township Reeve Dave Dobbie said the township's budget should be passed at council on Monday, June 19.
Gillis, Cook, Irving all names that may sound familiar will becoming to a street near you.
Edwardsburgh council on Monday night passed a bylaw to change the names of several township streets. The new street names will be of past reeves: Gillis Street, Cook Street and Irving Street.
With the amalgamation of the township of Edwardsburgh and Cardinal, a number of streets had duplicate names, so the transition board recommended the solution that duplicate streets with the larger number of residents would remain the same, while the streets with the lesser number would change.
The seven streets that will change are:
Edwardsburgh council passed a resolution to allow a two-per-cent increase to non-union staff's base salary effective June 1.
Jane Fullarton
Maitland residents Dusty and Jill Covey are this year's co-ordinators of the annual March For Jesus. The march is a non-denominational event that is meant to take Jesus to the streets. Covey says that the ministry of Jesus started in the streets and that it has been taken into buildings, therefore making it less visible. The March For Jesus is a way to make His ministry more visible.
The March For Jesus is an international event, with marches taking place this Saturday in 155 countries. Covey explains that this Saturday with participants marching in their own time zones, there will be continuous marches for 24 hours around the world. Last year's march in Brockville attracted about 1,000 participants.
The march takes place Saturday, June 10, culminating in a brown bag lunch at Tunnel Bay featuring music by the Youth Band of Centennial Road Standard Church, drama by Alpha and Omega Productions, and prayers and testimony. Participants will meet at the Black and Decker parking lot at 9:30 a.m. with the march starting down Stewart Boulevard at 10 a.m. The marchers will proceed down Stewart Boulevard and walk by many of the downtown churches ending at Tunnel Bay. Participants should bring a bag lunch. Drinks will be available at Tunnel Bay.
The marchers expect to arrive at Tunnel Bay at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
The Maitland Peewee Girls softball team is having a car wash on Saturday, June 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Maitland Fire Hall. The team is raising money for team jackets. The Hornets have been busy playing ball; their record is one win, one loss and one tie. They have also been raising funds to buy equipment and uniforms as well as making a donation to the renovation project for MERC.
The next Maitland Senior's Luncheon is June 14 at the MERC Hall. The menu is a cold plate featuring sliced ham, potato salad, cole slaw, jellied salad and squares for desert. The students of Maitland Public School will sing and join the group for desert. This is the last luncheon until September. Call Cheryl Battams at 342-3693 to confirm your attendance.
PRESCOTT St. Paul's United Church in Prescott will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Church of Canada at a Homecoming Weekend June 9 to 11.
Former members and their families are invited to return for the festivities, which will include a Friday evening registration and reception, and a pot luck supper and dance on Saturday evening featuring the music of Matt Hayes and Old Friends.
A celebration service on Sunday morning will feature Dr. Peter Bevan-Baker on trumpet and daughter Kate on violin.
Following the service, the congregation will attend the annual picnic with good food and games at the home of Carl and Shirley Robinson. Everyone is invited back to the Robinsons' home in the evening for a hymn sing and fireworks by Hands.
For more information, call St. Paul's at 925-2795.
SPENCERVILLE Edwardsburgh council has approved a surface water plan and environmental monitoring program at the landfill site on Pittson Road.
The two resolutions were the 1999 Environmental Monitoring Update and Surface Water Drainage Plan and the 2000 Environmental Monitoring program proposed by Water and Earth Science Associates Ltd.
The recommendation is to monitor the landfill site. Reeve Dave Dobbie said the municipality took it upon itself to have a surface water drainage plan in place, calling the move proactive.
Dobbie said there have not been any problems, and that the municipality will try and do everything it can to protect the residents living around the landfill site.
"Better to be proactive than reactive," Dobbie said.
By MONICA WHITNEY - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT Canadian navy personnel muscled their way through a gruelling two-minute exercise Saturday afternoon, while members of Ottawa's Central Band of the Canadian Forces entertained the crowd with music.
The Naval Gun Run returned to Prescott's Fort field, where more than 300 people witnessed the feat of hauling a 900-kilogram cannon across a chasm, assembling the equipment, loading and firing the cannon, and then repeating the procedure.
The 35-member official navy display team and staff are touring across the country this summer, recreating a military necessity during the Boer War (1899-1902). British troops ashore desperately needed more artillery power, so heavy and awkward naval guns were removed from fixed mountings aboard ships and placed in gun carriages. These were disassembled and transported ashore, often by hand using ropes and pulleys. Once ashore, naval gun crews fought alongside army counterparts. Later, the guns and crews were hoisted back aboard their ships by the same method.
Physical fitness, strength, dexterity and teamwork are all necessary elements in the demonstration.
The co-ordinator of the gun run, Jeri Grychowski of Halifax, said the event is the best way to showcase two of the Canadian navy's main requirements for life at sea: teamwork and a high level of fitness. "It gives a connection to their every-day work," she explained. "It's a way to strengthen ties between Canadians and their sailors."
A team member from Halifax, Leading Seaman Tom McDaw, said participating in the gun run is an "awesome experience." He said he feels a huge sense of pride representing Canada's navy, while travelling across the country and meeting new people. The run is an "opportunity to expose the navy and show people what we're doing. It's great to be able to open somebody's eyes. It's an amazing feeling."
Training for the summer-long Canadian tour involves eight hours of physical exertion every day, explained McDaw. A 10-kilometre run, circuit training, sprints, swimming and an unlimited number of pushups and situps round out the daily exercise routine.
McDaw said he feels so much pride while participating, he doesn't even notice or think about the exertion. "It's an amazing feeling."
Summed up team member Leading Seaman Cliff Kearley: "It's max outburst."
An added bonus to this attraction was the Central Band of the Canadian Forces. Its members are all regular forces personnel based in Ottawa.
PRESCOTT Internationally acclaimed jazz artist Ranee Lee will perform at St. John's Anglican Church in Prescott Thursday, June 15.
Lee will perform highlights from her new CD, Dark Divas: The Musical, which is a tribute to seven jazz legends including Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald.
For the past several years, Lee has made time to fundraise for St. John's, where her brother-in-law, Rev. Gerry Ring, is rector.
Aside from jazz, Lee is also an award-winning actress. She's on TVO's Studio 2 and Open Mike with Mike Bullard.
Toronto Star arts writer Greg Quill called Dark Divas "one hell of a fine live CD by one of the great jazz artists of our time."
The first half of the Prescott show will feature A Little Jazz with Richard Ring, Paul Lafortion on drums, Tom Babin on bass, Simon Sloutsker on piano, and a surprise guest.
After intermission, these musicians will be joined by Joel Miller on tenor sax, Denny Christianson on trumpet, Mike Faye on trombone, and Ranee Lee. Tickets are available at the door for the 8 p.m. performance or by calling 925-2748. Proceeds will go to the church restoration fund.
By MONICA WHITNEY - Journal Staff Writer
Young members of the 661 Lt. W.F. Sharpe Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets demonstrated their achievements Sunday afternoon, while displaying pride and excitement for their accomplishments over the past year.
The Air Cadets' 43rd Annual Review and awards presentation was held at the Leo Boivin Community Centre, with South Grenville District High School principal Brenda Ramsay as the reviewing officer.
In her address, Ramsay congratulated the cadets on their excellent performance and the leaders for giving their time for the betterment of the community.
The ceremony also included a squadron inspection, march of the flags, squadron march past, an active display of the drill team, advance in review, and a general salute.
The Prescott squadron has been serving youth since 1957, with the aim of developing good citizenship and leadership, promoting physical fitness, and stimulating an interest in the air activities of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Sponsored by the Prescott branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, the local squadron is open to all youth age 12 to 19, with the aim of instilling a sense of self worth, pride and discipline.
The squadron is named after Prescott's Lt. William F. Sharpe, the first Canadian pilot to die in World War I. He was born in Prescott in 1892, and received a full military funeral in town in 1915. He is buried in Sandy Hill Cemetery, with a tombstone maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
No membership fees or dues are required of the cadets. The mandatory training, uniforms, equipment, some extracurricular activities, staff salaries and summer training are paid by the Armed Forces. The local Royal Canadian Legion, as sponsor, provides the training and facilities and supplies support for transportation and meals over the military budget.
Local headquarters training consists of general cadet knowledge, citizenship, physical training, effective speaking, precision drill, aeronautical facilities, sharp shooting, radio communications, aircraft identification, leadership, first aid, aeroengines, instructional techniques, principles of flight and meteorology. Extracurricular activities include gliding, canoeing, bush survival exercises, sailing, field trips and abseiling, which is similar to rappelling.
Summer training runs from June to August at Canadian Forces bases across Canada. The summer camps of varying lengths include physical fitness, leadership, music, technical training, photography, aeroengines and air frame.
Leading Air Cadets Randy Simpson and Ryan Elliott both commented after the review that they enjoy their participation in air cadets for the discipline and respect taught as part of the curriculum. In-class training and drill keeps the cadets busy for three hours per week, plus additional studying for tests and weekend adventures. In the past year, there were only two weekends that did not include a planning activity, such as participation in a parade or gliding instruction, Simpson and Elliott said. Cadet Danielle Coville added that she also appreciates the extra learning experiences and the discipline and respect.
Cadet Erin Murphy said she likes the extra work and learning about subjects not taught at school. Learning how to fly, gaining knowledge about the Legion and sports topped her list of favourites.
With an ambition of becoming a pilot in the future, Leading Air Cadet Monica Maloney said she loves the training and the strict routine.
"There's a time to goof off and there's a time not to," she explained, adding that the several trips and adventures add a lot of fun. "It makes you feel good that you belong to something big. It makes you proud," Maloney said.
Cpl. Chenee Brackett said it's the leaders who make the cadet program a worthwhile experience. "They make you not want to go out and goof off," she said. "You always have to work hard to get something in return. A lot of people come here with a horrible attitude and leave here with a good attitude," Brackett said, explaining that some people view cadets as "nerds" until they discover what the program is like.
Brackett's mother, Judith Tibbits, has been driving her daughter for weekly training and "weekends galore" for two years from their home in Kemptville. She said a program such as air cadets does not exist closer to Kemptville, and that it's "definitely worthwhile.
"I think it's wonderful. Now there's no looking back."
A three-year veteran of the program, Cpl. Tyler Couperus, said he's "scared and sad" for the future of Prescott Air Cadets if the town council decides to demolish its current town hall on Dibble Street and build new.
The cadets have been using the town hall for training and drill since 1960, but were left without a gym for drill practice in December when the building's heating system broke down. Couperus said the cadets are hoping for a firm base, as scrambling to find locations for training is difficult.
"Air cadets have been here a long time," he said. "It can be here a lot longer."
Awards were presented at the Annual Review Sunday to:
By MONICA WHITNEY - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT Grade 7 and 8 students at Central Public School spent Friday afternoon walking in the shoes of a firefighter, police officer, truck driver, nurse, minister and more than 20 other professions at a career fair at the school.
Teachers Barb Anderson and Ron Pratt organized the event for the senior students to tie in with their curriculum on career planning. A new Ministry of Education program known as Choices into Action requires students to keep an annual education plan from Grade 7 to 12 that documents their plans for the future, career goals and choices.
"I love the new curriculum," said Anderson. "I think it's marvelous. Why shouldn't kids find out what it's like to be a lawyer? They need to sit down and talk to him."
The students were required to circulate to the people representing the various professions and ask questions regarding education, duties, salary and other information specific to the jobs.
Among the other professions represented were secretary, labour mediator, retail and auto sales staff, customs and immigration personnel, veterinarian, electrician, computer technician and municipal services staff.
CASCO truck drivers Lorne Cassie and Fred Holmes said the students were most interested in knowing how far they had to drive, whether it was lonely and how much they were paid.
Endangered species confiscated in smuggling attempts and other illegal weapons attracted students' attention to the Canada Customs booth, where Customs summer student Amanda Morphet, a Central grad, and officer Perry Birtch spoke about their careers.
Const. Moe Morrissette of the Prescott Police said students were interested in knowing the most dangerous situation he had been involved in and his wage.
Student council president Matthew Birtch and fellow student Tiffany Pope both said the career fair was beneficial as the students gained insight into various professions.
AUGUSTA Charles and Ann Steiner of Augusta received a joint volunteer award from Jeunesses Musicales Canada on May 21 at the JMC open house in Montreal. The award is given to individuals who have consistently worked to promote the young musicians who tour from JMC, thereby giving them a start on their musical careers.
Ann and Charles Steiner were among the first subscribers to the Ovation Concert Series of the fledgling Fort Town Concert Association in 1982. In 1986, Charles joined the concert committee to serve as treasurer, and moved on in 1994 to assume the chairmanship. He served in this capacity until 1998 and now continues to offer advice in the role of vice-chairman.
Ann Steiner joined the concert committee in 1989 when she was responsible for membership. In 1994, she took on the posts of secretary and publicity director. In the latter capacity, she has been successful in getting extensive media coverage for JMC's concerts on both sides of the border.
In the citation, the Steiners' service in the Fort Town Concert Association was described.
"A highly respected couple in the area, Charles and Ann Steiner have shown singular dedication in keeping JMC's musical offerings alive and well in this community. They have worked consistently to ensure that the quality of JMC concerts matches the expectations of FTCA's loyal following of classical music enthusiasts."
By Willy Sieling Heuvel
Today, Wednesday, June 7, we are on our way to Stratford to see Fiddler on the Roof. I'm sure it will again be a pleasant time for all who are with us.
Our Weight Wisdom Group, which meets on Tuesday mornings, collectively lost 21 lb. During the second week. We had a guest speaker, Joyce Wells of the health unit, who spoke about nutrition. It was very helpful to all who attended. If you would like to join, see you on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. It is great; we try to inspire each other.
Barbecue June 28
A barbecue will be held on Wednesday, June 28 at 5 p.m. Steaks, salads, baked potatoes and of course a healthy dessert strawberries. The event is a fundraiser; the photocopier gave up the ghost.
Last week's card winners
Monday bridge: Joyce Nesbitt 5970 and Margaret Nesbitt 4840 points. Bess Silversides won the door prize.
Tuesday cribbage: high hand Myrtle Shahan, high score Sam Covey, second Bea Hemsley.
Wednesday bridge: Jim Campbell 4920 and Audrey Kingston 4660 points. Anne Woods won the door prize.
Thursday euchre: first Alice Crowder, second Jeannine Marion, third Phyllis Whitney and Bea Hemsley. Hilda Hutton won the door prize.
SPENCERVILLE The Edwardsburgh Public Library Garden Tour will be held June 10.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Edwardsburgh Public Library Renovation 2000 project.
Tickets are available at the library, or on the day of the tour at the Edwardsburgh Lions Hall, 4122 County Road 44, three kilometres south of Spencerville.
Gardens can be viewed in any order between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
A tea will be held at 3 p.m. at the Lions Hall, when the host gardeners will be acknowledged and door prizes given out to the visitors.
A large selection of perennials and bedding plants will be available for sale at the hall, also in support of the library.
PRESCOTT Fort Wellington National Historic Site is seeking children ages 7 to 14 for its Heritage Day Camp.
Children play the role of living at the fort in the 1840s. Over the course of each session, the children will learn about the history of Canada and the area and participate in period games and activities. Participants will have fun pretending to be children from the 1840s.
Each child is responsible for furnishing his or her own period costume. Patterns are available.
The three sessions will run July 4 to 14, July 31 to Aug. 4, and Aug. 8 to 12. The first session will be half-day sessions for nine days from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day. The second and third sessions will each be five full days, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A general information meeting regarding the Heritage Day Camp will be held on Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m. at the Visitor Reception Centre at Fort Wellington. All parents or guardians and children interested in the program are invited to attend.
For more information, call Christine Brooks at 925-2896 between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Crime Stoppers and the South Grenville Detachment of the OPP are asking for the public's assistance in solving a theft of a generator and other items from a construction site in Edwardsburgh Township.
Police discovered the morning of May 23 that thieves had broken into a storage shed and a trailer on Greenbush Road and stole many articles.
Bolt cutters were used to cut the lock on the trailer door and gain entry to steal a chainsaw. The cutters were again used to cut through a chain that secured a generator to a second trailer. Also taken were a portable heater and a cooler.
The missing items are described as: Husqvarna, 50 cc, chainsaw with an 18-inch bar, Serial No. 6490893; Honda generator, model EB11000, serial no. 1082183 and a second serial no. EZCQ3008505; portable ceramic heater, Super PTC model CH27000.
If you have any information regarding this theft or any other crime, call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). You never have to give your name and your information could make you eligible for a cash reward.
Help is available for anyone wanting to apply for the various permits required under the new Firearms Act. The chief firearms officer for Ontario and the OPP have trained people to assist in the preparation of the required forms and answer any firearms-related questions. The service is available from June 14 to 18, from noon to 8 p.m. daily, at the Prescott Police Service, 302 Centre St., Prescott.
BROCKVILLE The Ontario Provincial Police in Leeds and Grenville counties are currently looking to fill vacancies in its auxiliary program. Under the program, volunteers are trained to assist officers in emergency or special circumstances. Auxiliary members must meet the same requirements as permanent OPP members and receive training at the OPP academy. Auxiliary members donate a minimum of 160 hours per year patrolling with regular officers and undergo training throughout the year from OPP instructors. Anyone interested in becoming an auxiliary member should contact the Leeds County OPP detachment at 345-1790.
ALGONQUIN: Friday, June 10, there will be Jump for Heart and Hoops for Heart. Some students will be heading off to Thousand Islands Secondary School for the Leeds-Grenville track championships.
BENSON: The deadline for recipe submissions has been extended to June 30. For more information on this fundraiser, please call Peggy Taylor at 657-1728.
BOUNDARY: Boundary is very busy winding down the year with many planned year-end trips. Four of our students were honoured for their artwork at Brockville Collegiate Institute in Brockville Monday, June 5. On Friday, June 9, the hot lunch is chicken nuggets.
CENTRAL: Music through the Ages will be performed by students in Grades 4 to 8 on Wednesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. Thank you to everyone who participated in a very successful Career Fair on Friday, June 2. Congratulations to all participants at the East Regional Track and Field meet held at South Grenville District High School on Thursday, June 1. On Thurday, June 1, six of our junior students attended the Roots Outdoor Education Day in Kemptville. The winning class in our Can Collecting Competition was Grade 7. A special note to Alex Ward, who was the top senior girl two weeks in a row, and Heidi Reinstra, who was in the top three for junior girls both weeks as well. Good luck to a number of our athletes who will go on to the Upper Canada (Leeds-Grenville Division) championships on June 10 at Thousand Islands Secondary School in Brockville.
MAITLAND: May 31 was our evening of Mayfest celebrations, when $1,500 was raised for school improvements. Wow! Thanks to all of the students and their parents who attended and spent their hard-earned cash. We also appreciated the help we received from our many volunteers and family members of our staff. Thank you also to the businesses and individuals who donated prizes for our raffle. The Maitland Public School staff appreciated the wonderful response from the surrounding communities. Thanks again. Thursday, June 8, students will compete at the peewee track and field meet at South Grenville District High School. Go Maitland athletes! Attention parents: If your child brought cross country skis to the school this past winter, please stop by the school before Friday, June 9 to take them home.
MAYNARD: Six students' artwork was selected for the Hospital Art Show in Brockville on Monday, June 5, and were in attendance at a reception. A car wash will be held on Saturday, June 10 at Beach Home Hardware starting at 10 a.m. A school committee meeting was held on Tuesday, June 6. Top senior athlete awards at the East Regionals went to Matt Millard and Stacy Jones. The meet was held at South Grenville District High School. Thirty students will be attending the Leeds-Grenville championship meet Saturday, June 10.
SOUTH EDWARDSBURG: A school council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Grade 5 to 8 students are going to the Olympic Days at Carleton University on Thursday, June 8. They leave at 8 a.m. and return at 4:30 p.m. A recognition assembly will be held on Friday, June 9 at 11:15 a.m. at the school. Grade 3/4 students will go on a Gananoque boat cruise. Junior, senior and Grade 1 and 2 students will go to Prehistoric World Monday, June 12. They will leave at 9 a.m. and return at 12:30 p.m. A Terrific Kids assembly will be held on Friday, June 16 at 11:5 a.m.
ST. MARK: On Monday, June 5, we were very proud to feature six of our students' work in the Hospital Art Show in Brockville. Congratulations to students whose art has been selected to cheer patients in our hospitals: Lindsay Byers, Robbie Deeks, Brooke Lefebvre, Jesse Poole, Stephanie Valley, Simon Van Stralen. On Saturday, June 10, Mrs. Henry's class will sponsor the bingo from 8:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. Many thanks to the parents who staff our bingo for us; they enable us to reap many rewards through the generosity of St. Mark School Council. First Communion at St. Lawrence O'Toole Parish, Spencerville is Sunday, June 11 at 11 a.m. On Tuesday, June 13, Grade 3 students will enjoy an orientation at St. Joseph School in the afternoon. Next Wednesday, May 14, will feature a Volunteer Tea from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Regular volunteers should let us know if they can attend. In the evening, two of our staff, Ms. Judy Tait and Ms. Mary Catherine Wilson, will present a reading workshop for parents of young children at 7 p.m. in the gym. Reading is a critical skill for children; please feel welcome to attend.
Coun. John McAuley, after a small crowd attended the Naval Gun Run
The greatest benefit of downloading responsibilities to poorly-funded municipalities is that when things go wrong, you can say it's not your fault.
Premier Mike Harris and his group of Tory cabinet members took the opportunity this week to blame municipalities for not upgrading their infrastructures after the tragedy in Walkerton, Ont., where 11 people died and more than 1,000 are ill due to E. coli contamination in the water system.
Harris said Monday that some municipalities have let water treatment and other basic services slide.
"Priorities somehow ... became arenas and municipal centres and theatres and some other things," he said during a radio show. "Let's get back to the basics of infrastructure."
Indeed, Mr. Harris.
Let's hope this new concern about infrastructure from the provincial government leads to good news for the town of Prescott. Mayor Doug Hayes recently had a meeting with Environment Minister Dan Newman to ask the province to provide funding for the sewage treatment plant. This past January, the provincial government transferred its substandard sewage treatment plant to the town of Prescott. It is a primary treatment plant, one of the few on the river, and the province should have upgraded it to the current standards of secondary sewage treatment before transferring it.
On Tuesday, Mayor Hayes confirmed that he still had not received a reply from Newman following his meeting a month ago. Hayes said upgrading the treatment plant would cost as much as building a new one likely millions of dollars.
The town was wise enough to take advantage of provincial infrastructure
funding to rip up roads and install new sanitary and storm sewers
this summer. Let's hope the province also puts its money where
its mouth is and upgrades the local sewage plant. It should have
been done years ago. Perhaps the mayor and council can use Harris's
comments this week to embarrass the provincial government into
upgrading the plant now, while the Walkerton
E. coli tragedy is fresh in politicians' minds.
Christine Endicott
Jeff Lee
I figured I would try a little fishing. It's been a while since I had last been, but I'm pretty sure pitting myself against the beasts of the deep was something that I had once enjoyed.
To get things started, I headed off to a local store that sold, among other things, fishing gear.
Now my memories of fishing gear is of a bamboo pole with a line and a worm and my reel and telescopic pole, which came in a plastic pouch, a few lures, bobbers and weights.
I was pretty sure I could find my old rod and reel back in the Falls. With those items were off my list, I figured would be nothing more than a quick trip to the store to stock up.
But navigating the isles of plastic containers and plastic storage bins, I realized it wasn't going to be as easy as I had thought. I came face-to-face with the real battle the battle to reel me in hook, line and sinker as a consumer of "fishing gear."
I have to admit, I felt a little trepidation, what with the rods looming over me from the top rows of the shelves and the hundreds of different hooks, lures, lines, floats.
I felt that I needed an anchor point, a place to get started, so I reasoned that looking for fishing line was a great place to start. With that, I struck out to the shelves that carried that piece of gear.
Finding the area was easy. "Line weights" and "lure weights" adored the shiny boxes, which caught the light just right. So what if I had a line weight of 8.15 lbs? Would it really matter if my lure weight fell below 1.4 ounces or tipped the scales at an ounce instead of 3/4 ounces? And would I even know how much my lures weighed out at the pond?
I decided to keep it simple and think like a fish. What type of line would least distract me? I figured the clearer the better, so I picked a translucent one.
So I had my line; it was off to the hooks. Seeing the hundred or so hooks only made me think that it didn't matter what colour the line was if I didn't have the right hooks big or small, one prong or three. I had a sinking feeling.
I latched onto the prepackaged ones, in their very own case. I was probably paying a premium for the case but didn't care.
I still didn't have any lures. And I was pretty sure I needed lures, because why would there be two entire shelves devoted to them, with some the length from my wrist to my elbow.
One of the first lures to catch my eye was a ghost-like lure with BIG yellow eyes painted on a round head. The body was a white stringy, coarse material. I figured if it caught my attention, then it should work for the bass, perch, trout, pike that it said on the label it would catch. I grabbed a few shiny metal ones too, figuring they would work for the same reason.
The bobbers were really a no brainer because I remembered that they were round.
Once I had them, I headed for the checkout counter, feeling a little sympathy for the fish, secure in the knowledge that they would be on the losing end of the next battle I faced.
John A.H. Morris
Things seem to have quieted down over the town hall issue during the past week maybe it's because the council and chamber have gone underground with their plans, or maybe it's because we were out of town for three valuable days last week testing the economy of southwestern Ontario. Most likely it's a combination of all these, with council wishing we would go away again and stay away this time.
And you know, we would, if we thought they could be trusted to consider town hall construction sites other than the municipal parking lot. As things stood on the weekend (prior to Monday night's council meeting and our column deadline), it looked to us as if council had no intention of changing its mind.
In last Tuesday's Ottawa Sun, after council had assured a BIA-chamber delegation that no final decision on the town hall site or renovation plans had been made, chief administrator Andrew Brown was quoted as saying, "No decision has been taken about what to do with the Dibble Street building when it is vacated."
Based on this pronouncement, how can we conclude anything except that the present town hall is not going to be renovated?
And along the same lines, Mr. Brown dotted his I's and crossed his T's when he told Sun columnist Tom Van Dusen that at issue is the $25,000 cost of such a study (re: the present town hall renovations). Mr. Brown added that architectural work is under way at the parking lot with soil testing about to begin, all of it aimed for sod turning this fall.
From this we surmise that the Chamber of Commerce is going to be stonewalled on its offer to share some of the costs of the study (about half of the 25 grand would probably be fair in council's eyes), so put up or shut up you dastardly pretenders of commerce!
Council also claims that for every protester to the municipal parking lot plan the business community can produce, it has an equal or maybe double number of supporting taxpayers in the bushes.
If this is so, let's flush them out with a vote on a new town hall in November. Instead of council putting an unwanted shovel in the ground this fall, they should let taxpayers put a ballot in a box.
In the meantime, those opposed to the parking lot plan should continue with their plans for a taxpayers' protest meeting in order to keep the heat on council. A couple of them are starting to crack now, especially those who want to seek re-election, and we think more will follow. The only ones who will stay the present course are those who can't control their own eggos (sic).
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Rather than spend money on a feasibility study on renovations for the town hall, the Prescott chamber and BIA might better finance a study for strategic growth for the downtown area over the next decade.
This is not something, however, that can be done through a public-opinion poll or random-sample questionnaire. It has to be done by professional town planners who can direct the town's vision of the future and the civic energy that has been generated by this debate.
Most important of all, it has to have council's support and continued leadership, because it is the only catalyst the community has for a long-term commitment.
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There is an important message for council in the decision by a citizens' group to hold a protest rally on Thursday, June 22. It was first planned to hold the rally in the municipal parking lot, with the organizers hoping for a crowd of at least 500 protesters.
Then a light came on: If a crowd of 500 showed up at the municipal parking lot, downtown parking spaces would be cut in about half.
The solution: Move the meeting to the waterfront pavilion at the waterfront park where there is plenty of parking.
The conclusion: Where will people park if a town hall is built on the municipal lot? Hopefully Mayor Hayes' secret stash of downtown parking spaces is not on the waterfront lot at the foot of Heart Attack Hill?
By MONICA WHITNEY - Journal Staff Writer
CARDINAL - The village marina is not in "sale mode," Reeve Larry Dishaw said after a regular Cardinal Council meeting Monday evening.
The reeve was responding to a recent article in the Cardinal News, which quotes him as saying the marina property had been declared surplus and would be listed for sale.
Dishaw said the article "did spark a lot of interest." During the meeting he told councillors that previously there had been little interest in the marina, but he has since received several telephone calls and personal enquiries on the marina. "All of a sudden a sale seemed to be the answer by a lot of persons."
Councillors further discussed the property issue at Monday's meeting without any consensus. Dishaw opened the marina discussion by saying to councillors some "uneasiness" had been created because of how the marina had been operated. "We have talked about the potential of what that property can do for us in the possibility of a sale."
The reeve said he would like some direction on the marina. "I don't care to see the property vacant. I would prefer to see a sale and have a marina operation."
"It has great potential," commented councillor Joe Scott. "The possibilities are endless and it's just sitting there. People aren't just going to come out of the woodwork."
He suggested a plan of promotion and a commitment of money for upgrades.
Councillor Jim Pakeman said he has "great reservations" about declaring the land surplus. He wondered about the possibility of grant money to develop a combination hotel and marina plan.
It was with regret the marina was not rented for operation this year, he said, despite rental problems with the marina in the past. Pakeman said it would be a "shame to sell" the property. "In terms of leasing the advertising should be done now for next year."
"It's a pretty valuable piece of land to the village," said councillor Dick Willis, who suggested council should look at any proposal that came forward.
"The village has been approached by a number of people in the past with grand ideas for the marina's operation, he said, "and not one of them could do it."
The discussion was brought to an abrupt end with councillors unable to agree on a plan. It was decided to drop the issue for 30 days.
CARDINAL - An initial reserved attitude by village councillors toward delegates from a housing program for lower income families turned to optimism during Monday's regular council meeting.
Habitat for Humanity representatives Bob Jordan and Valerie Kines asked council to consider the donation of a small lot for a simple home that could be built under the group's sponsorship in Cardinal within the next two to three years.
The Thousand Islands division of Habitat International began in February 1998, and has recently completed a home in Brockville. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit group that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by bringing communities together to help build homes for families in need.
The group offers quality, economical housing for one family at a time, with long-term, no-interest mortgages recycled to build more homes. Kines said she hoped council could "capture the spirit" of the program that builds homes with the community in the "old fashioned concept of a barn raising."
With a motto of A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out, Habitat homeowners must invest 500 hours of their own labour, known as sweat equity, into the building of their homes.
Reeve Larry Dishaw said initially low-income housing schemes have "created some tension in the past" in Cardinal, referring to an unsuccessful Native and rural housing project, and a seniors complex in which the village lost control of operations to a housing authority.
"We're not saying no to the idea," Dishaw told Kines from Habitat. "We're just being careful."
Kines said the failure rate is only two per cent for people who do not continue to live in the homes. Habitat maintains a partnership with the families to insure home and property maintenance and to ensure a successful transition. "Habitat houses are like little lights that shine," she said, because the homeowners have finally realized a dream come true.
Dishaw promised to look into the possibility of a home lot for Habitat. "History has it that the citizens of Cardinal will get behind the project," he said.
The Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life for Lanark, Leeds and Grenville counties will be held June 23 and 24 in Lombardy. Cancer survivors, families, businesses, friends and the community will come together at the fair grounds to raise money for cancer research, to celebrate those who have survived cancer and remember those who have died from the disease.
Teams in this challenging fundraiser will run, walk, stroll or wheel relay style throughout the night. Mary Macintyre, society president for the Cardinal, Augusta, Prescott and Edwardsburgh area says sponsors, donations of prizes and teams are all needed to help make the event a success. Luminaries in memory of or in honour of a loved one will be placed around the track for a special ceremony, and can be purchased for $5 each. For more information, contact Macintyre at 657-3302, or John Christofolakos at 925-4627.
The new fire safety hazard house simulator being shared by 16 Leeds and Grenville fire departments will be on display in Cardinal June 12 at 7 p.m.
The fire prevention teaching tool was purchased by 12 area Lions Clubs for $6,000, and will become part of the fire safety program in area schools. It will also be available to the fire departments for use with various clubs and groups. Fire Safety Officer Robin Yandeau of Cardinal will be hand to demonstrate the equipment and to answer questions. The event takes place at the Walter Baker Building, 341 New Street.
IROQUOIS - Newfoundland Day will be celebrated at the Galop Canal-Iroquois Landing Marina Tuesday, June 13 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. The Newfoundland Flotilla of over 30 sail boats are expected to join in the official opening of the newly upgraded marina. Festivities begin at 12 noon with the Iroquois and Matilda Lions Club opening the Newfoundland Pub. Jack McPartlin will be Master of Ceremonies for the day and will have Newfoundland music and tails to tell. A steak and chicken barbecue with all the trimmings will be provided Call 543-3788 or 1-888-229-2850 for more information or for tickets.
CARDINAL Several Benson Public School students were honoured at a Terrific Kids Assembly May 26.
The students who best exemplify the 3C's of Benson - considerate, courteous and cooperative - were nominated by their peers to receive the awards.
Primary students recognized were Cameron Pelehos, Christopher Sherman and Terri-Lyn Merkley.
Junior students given awards included Michelle MacDonald, Taylor Smith, Erika McDonald, Adam Patrick and Laci Riddell.
In the intermediate division, Kayla Murphy, Nathan Smail and Brian Day were honoured.
* Cardinal Council isn't likely to pursue the possibility of annexing two nearby areas currently within the boundaries of Edwardsburgh Township.
At Monday night's meeting a petition was received from a group of residents requesting that Cardinal make application to the municipal Boundaries Branch regarding possible annexation for taxpayers of Edwardsburgh who are using services provided by the village. The areas affected are the north side of Marjorie Street and the west side of Nine Mile Road
* A time capsule for Cardinal and area is being prepared by Michael McCurrie and Alfie Marin for the year 1990.
* Cardinal councillor Ray Laming was appointed as the village's representative to a committee overseeing the possibility of re-opening Grenville Park for the 1991 tourist season.
* The Cardinal Fish and Game Club has to announce that the discharge of firearms will no longer be allowed at the archery range as this presents a safety hazard.
* A contribution of $700 was made to the Cardinal swimming pool fund by two members of the local police force, Acting Sgt. Ron Wood and Const. Wayne Selleck. The money was the profit realized from the RCMP musical ride, recently staged in Cardinal through the efforts of the local police force.
* The Cardinal Fire Department will be this year's hosts for the 68th annual Eastern Ontario Firefighters Association convention to be held June 21 and 22.
* With their flight from the communist regime of Vietnam now behind them, Cardinal's newest residents are looking towards the future with hope and determination.
De Ly (Ty), his wife Thi Nho Ly (Mai Fong), and their two small sons, Duc Thanh and Duc Cuong flew to Montreal from Singapore May 24.
They were welcomed to Cardinal by a committee from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, which is their sponsor.
* The head office of the Canada Starch Company Limited will move at the first of the year to larger, more modern facilities, president M.E.
Fee announced to the company's retired employees at their annual banquet Friday night. The company is the first to sign a lease for the new office complex now under construction on Nuns' Island, Montreal.
* An estimated 200 Brownies, Guides, leaders, mothers and invited guests enjoyed the 11th annual mother and daughter banquet and fly-up ceremonies at the Legion Hall Tuesday.
Guest speaker Mrs. Sally O'Brien, Division Commissioner for Leeds, Grenville and Dundas told the gathering that hopes are very high for continuing the ranger program in Cardinal.
By Scott Kuipers
Don't forget to register for our local Cardinal in Bloom! gardening contest. Great prizes are available and this year we have added an extra category, "Best Use of Red and White."
The judges for Communities in Bloom were extremely impressed with our local participation and we hope to show the national judges the same enthusiasm this year.
Registration forms are available at the municipal office and the General Dollar store.
There are a number of spring flowering shrubs that will need to be pruned this month. Everything is a little late this year, and the shrubs, for the most part, did very well. After they have bloomed, cut out old wood that has produced flowers back to the first (lowest) strong new shoot.
Try to encourage growth toward the outside of the plants by choosing a shoot that grows outward. Older shrubs will benefit greatly if five to 10 thick, old stems are cut back to ground level. This may seem drastic, but it is the best way to retain the natural shape of the plant while keeping it at a manageable size. Make sure your pruning tools are clean and sharp.
Remember this basic rule of thumb: make as few cuts as possible to achieve the desired results, in other words, don't snip off tiny bits from the outside, instead go to thicker, older wood that isn't going to flower. Chop, Chop!
A South Grenville District High School (SGDSH) student was picked up Saturday in Ontario Hockey League Draft.
Grade 10 student Adam Gibson, 16, was selected by the North Bay Centennials of the OHL.
The 5'10" and 180 pound defenceman went in the second round, 25th overall in the draft. Gibson, who played for the Rideau-St. Lawrence Major Bantam Kings and with the Brockville Braves Tier II Jr. 'A' of the CJHL as an AP, had 78 points with the Kings and 8 points with the Braves in the 1999-2000 season.
Gibson says he's still weighing his options with the Centennials and will be spending the summer getting stronger in preparation for their training camp at the end of August.
He has served as the Kings' captain and also was the captain of the Bantam All-star West Team of the ODMHA.
The Prescott women's Gunners, playing in the third division, started off the season with a 3-1 loss but followed it up with a 6-2 drubbing of Rideau.
The men's team, who moved up to division two, began with a 3-1 loss to St. Stephan but played Ottawa United to a 0-0 draw.
A new men's team playing in the division eight in Ottawa began it's season with a 3-1 win and then a 3-0 loss.
The Prescott Gunners opened the new season this year with six rep teams, competing in the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League (OCSL).
The youth rep teams have an under 13-boys' and girls' teams and also a new Under-11 boys' team.
These teams appreciate Boomers for its sponsorship of the adult rep teams.
Also the teams are appreciative of Seaway Physiotherapy for allowing Jason Turnball, a Concordia University student working there this summer, to accompany the teams to games as the teams' sports therapist. The older they get the more bruises there are.
Come and check out all the action as the rep teams take on squads from all over Ottawa.
For game times, check out the gunners website at www.recorder.ca/gunners/ and link up to the OCSL's website for game times, scores and standings.
Prescott - Elementary school athletes went head-to-head at the Thursday East Regional Track and Field meet at South Grenville District High School.
Taking top stop overall at the June 1 meet was Maynard Public School.
Top senior boy and girl also went to MPS. Matt Millard and Stacy Jones picked up the awards.
Millard is having a strong season. At the Burger King meet held recently at Thousand Islands Secondary School (TISS) in Brockville he took the top male athlete award.
In the junior girls 100 metre dash Maynard's Becky Graham finished second with a time of 14.94. Maynard's Ronica Mazur took third and St. Joseph's Catholic School student Mandy Vanschie took fourth.
In the senior girls 100 metre dash, Central Public School student Alexander Ward took first with a time of 13.96.
Maynard students took third through fifth spot. Shannon Thornhill took third, Brittany Byrd fourth and Alice Murray fifth.
In the junior boys 400 metres, Jaime Sarginson of Centennial '67 Public School finished first with a time of 1:07:69. Maynard's Geoff Millard took second, followed by Maitland's Steve Pettem and Matt Leeder.
Thirty Maynard athletes have qualified to go on to the LGESSA Championship track and field meet.
The meet will be held on Saturday, June 10, at TISS in Brockville.
In the last five years, there have been more than 1,000 boating-related deaths and injures, according to the Canadian Safe Boating Council.
Todd Powis, operations coordinator for Better Boating, which offers watercraft safety courses, continued in the statement saying that Canadians love their summers and their boating, which has to be compressed into four short months.
Better Boating have a few safety tips that should be followed before heading out on to the water:
The Empire Super Sprints and Late Models showcased their talents on the Coca-Cola Sprint Car Spectacular night at the Cornwall Motor Speedway.
The Modifieds had the night off. After running three heats in which the fastest cars clocked at just over 12 seconds per lap, the Sprints broke the 12 second barrier during the feature with pole sitter Alain Bergeron from St. Pie, Quebec, won his first sprint feature.
The only Quebec driver in the field, Bergeron maintained a strong lead throughout.
With less than four laps to go, Bergeron avoided lapping cars that he had caught up to avoid running into problems.
While Bergeron slowed up, Don Sharp Jr. of Grafton, N.Y. closed the gap but ran out of laps and had to settle for second.
Scott Holcomb finished right behind Sharp in third. R.C. Faigle, Doug Emery finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Former Modified track champion at Cornwall, Rick Wilson ran a solid heat and wont the Dash of Cash for the sprints. The Joyceville, Ontario driver had to head to the pits after only a half dozen laps into the feature. The entire 25-lap feature took less than six minutes to complete.
Late Models race
It was also a night for the Late Model driver to strut their stuff.
The first race in the Mr. Radiator series was spectacular. Brockville, Ontario's Randy Earl led the feature from the start to finish but had to fend off a strong field that included the 1999 series champ Lee Ladouceur.
The driver of number 12, Ladouceur didn't finish the race, pulling off with engine trouble with eighth laps to go.
On the restart from the caution, Marc Therrien of Alexandria, Ontario tried to get by Earl on the highside but couldn't pull ahead enough to drop down in front of number two. Dave Bissonette of Alexandria, Ontario wasn't far behind the leaders as he tried to find a hole to swoop in to but couldn't and finished third. Darryl Steele of Renfrew, Ontario took fourth.
BROCKVILLE - R.C. Faigle wishes all Empire Super Sprint races were held at Brockville Ontario Speedway.
The Manilius, New York driver successfully defended his 20 lap feature win of a year ago Friday night at the B.O.S.
Faigle took the early lead but was passed by former Brockville Modified Track champ Rickey Wilson of Joyceville. The near capacity crowd was on its feet as the local hero vaulted out to a substantial lead until the first caution flew on lap 14.
Faigle used the restart to go on the offensive, the two went wheel to wheel around the fast quarter mile oval for a couple of laps before Faigle went by and held on for his second straight ESS win at Brockville.
Randy Years of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., Don Sharp Jr. of Grafton, N.H. and Ray Preston of Romulus, N.Y. rounded out the top five.
Two time NASCAR Northeastern regional champ Dale Planck of Homer, N.Y. got past Kingston's Todd Stewart with six laps to go to claim the 25 lap 358 Modified feature.
Planck admitted that he learned to use the outside lane from Stewart a few laps earlier. The Kingston driver was a close second followed across the finish line by Jeff Sykes of Edwards, N.Y., Lee Gill of Lefargeville, N.Y. and Chico Dingwall of Brockville.
A wild and woolly Novice feature was taken by Todd Raabe of Pembroke, who took the lead with three laps to go. Dave Austin of Hartington, Kingston's Terry McCullough, Roger Bushy of Ogdensburg N.Y. and Earl Simmons of Star Lake N.Y. were second through fifth respectively.
The next event at Brockville Ontario Speedway is Friday, June 9 with a special Syracuse Qualifier for the DIRT Modifieds. The green flag drops at 7:30.
ESS Feature 20 laps
1. R.C. Faigle 2. Rick Wilson 3. Randy Yates 4. Don Sharp Jr. 5. Ray Preston 6. Doug Emery 7. Mike Stelter 8. Rob Dietrick 9. Mike Woodring 10. Scott Holcomb
358 Modified Feature 25 laps
1. Dale Planck 2. Todd Stewart 3. Jeff Sykes 4. Lee Gill 5. Chico Dingwall 6. Mark Hitchcock 7. Kyle Jacobs 8. Rich Hall 9. Stephane LaFrance 10. Jerry Skebo
Novice Feature 10 laps
1. Todd Raabe 2. Dave Austin 3. Terry McCullough 4. Roger Bushy 5.Earl Simmons.
Prescott soccer heated up this past week. Games included:
Junior Tyke Under 6
Saturday, June 3
In first game action, Lanes Smoke Shop beat Tropical Pool Service 5-0. Matthew Boyd scored two for the Shop. Emily, Matt Edgley and Jesse Boyd each scored one.
Playit Star beat Grenville Fish and Game 2-1. Alex Stephenson and Nathan Peters scored for the Star.
Tichbourne Auto Supply beat Brent Scott Insurance 6-1. Supply's Payton Marriner scored three, Brett Van Stalen scored two and John Wood scored one. Erin Merkley scored for the Insurance.
Prescott Chiros beat Beck's Construction 3-0. Chiros' scorers were Cody Knapp, Spencer Merkley and Brodie.
In second game action, Beck's Construction beat Brent Scott Insurance 6-0. Taylor Byers scored all six goals for Beck's.
Tichbourne Auto Supply beat Grenville Fish and Game 3-1. Payton Marriner scored two for Tichbourne and Van Stalen scored one. John Wood scored the lone goal for Grenville.
Lanes Smoke Shop beat Playit Star 2-0. Jesse Boyd scored both goals for the Shop.
Hometown Heating beat Tropical Pool Service 2-0. Mike Pilla and Christian scored for the Heating.
Senior Tyke Under 8
In senior tyke action Monday, May 29 the Johnstown Duty Free just edged out DBL Computing 4-3 for the win. Duty Free's Ben Hutton scored three goals and Julian Goodman scored the fourth. Computing's Joshua Pitt scored two, while Ryan Van Stralen scored the team's third.
Grenville Pharmacy played Playit Star to a 2-2 tie. Pharmacy's Kaitlan Bloedow and Nick Thorpe scored Pharmacy's two goals, while Scott Stephenson scored the Star's two goals.
Freer Electrical burned the Colour Palette 8-0. Scoring for Electrical were Mitch Grout with two, Keith Ditchburn with three. Rich Godwin, Braden Smith and Jamie Pool rounded out the team's scoring each with one goal a piece.
Prescott IDA beat the SLP Printing Devils 5-4. Scoring for IDA were Austin Murphy with two, Chad McAuley with two and Michael Lawless with one. The Devils' Matthew Suatac scored three while David Suatac scored one.
On Wednesday, May 31 DBL Computing notched a 3-1 win over the Colour Pallette. Computing's Josh Pitt scored two, while Todd Bernard pitched in for one. Lisa Norton scored for the Pallette.
The Windmill Web Spiders beat Freer Electric 3-0. The Spiders' Sean Perrin scored two, while Ian King scored one.
Playit Star beat Johnstown Duty Free 1-0. Scott Stephens scored for the Star.
SLP Printing beat the Grenville Pharmacy 2-0. Printing's Kaitlin Bloedow and Rik Champagne scored for the win.
Atom Under 10
Monday, May 29
Mac's beat the Hansen Cavity kickers 3-0. Michael Thomas scored two, while Mason Amell scored one for Mac's
The Royal Bank beat Prophet's Trophies 8-1. Sebastin Last scored four for the Bank, while Hawk Heykoop scored two. Robbie Deeks and Brandon Spencer each scored one.
The Trophies' Curtis Biccum scored the lone goal.
Beach Home Hardware and Bank of Montreal played to a 3-3 tie. Allan Waddell, Zach Campbell and Christian Knapp scored for Home Hardware, while Kelsey Sargent, Riley Grootjans and Josh Beckstead scored for the Bank.
In other Atom action, TD Bank beat Splash Well Drilling 6-1. TD's Nick Perry and Robert Kimmerly each scored two, while Colin Grant and Tannis Olson each scored one. Rachael Reindorf scored the lone goal Drilling's goal.
Kriska tied Becker's 4-4. Kriska's Bradley Carriere scored two, while Joel Smylie and Allana Lasemba rounded out the scoring. For Becker's, it was all Andrew Benard with four.
Prescott Kiwanis beat Prescott Kinsmen 1-0. Kyle Lavery scored the lone goal.
Wednesday, May 31
They seemed to be able to carry their momentum over into Wednesday's game against the Bank of Montreal, beating the Bank 3-0. The scoring was split three ways with Reilly Grootjans, Lindsay Francis and Allard each scoring one goal apiece.
Mac's tied Kriska 2-2. Mac's Justin Dalrymple and Michael Thomas scored for Mac's, while Goal and James King scored for Kriska.
South Grenville Minor Hockey Executive invites anyone interested in coaching young children in ALL levels of hockey-levels 'B', "C' and house league.
Applications can be picked up and dropped off at the Prescott Police Station before July 1, 2000.
Or mailed to: Rules and Discipline, Sue Sloan, R.R. #1 Cardinal, Ontario, K0E 1E0
If you have the time and are interested, volunteer. It gives our children the best: Your time.
Applications must be accompanied by Police Search to be considered.
Prescott pool swimming lessons and "Best I can be" camps are to hold registrations Thursday, June 15 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, June 20 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Centennial pool. For more swimming information call 9250762. For more camp information call 342-1711.