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PRESCOTT The annual Shakespeare in the Park performance this year will be held this Friday, July 7 starting at 8:30 p.m. This year, Montreal's Repercussion Theatre will perform A Comedy of Errors.
Funded by the Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce and other donors, the play will be performed on a stage to be set up in the Fort Wellington field, and spectators will bring their own lawn chairs. People are asked to make donations as they enter the field.
In case of rain, the event would be moved indoors to the Leo Boivin Community Centre across the street.
PRESCOTT The 2000 Sunday Summer Concerts will include the Riverside Singers this Sunday, July 9. The concert, to be held at Prescott's Kinsmen Outdoor Amphitheatre at the harbourfront, is free, although donations are welcome. The concert schedule also includes the Brockville Concert Band on July 16, the Carm Aubé Band of Cornwall on July 23 and the local area's Daeladen Dixie Consort on July 30. All July concerts begin at 7 p.m. For more information or to make a donation, talk to organizer Norm Fortier at the bandshell Sunday evening. Donations can also be mailed to: Amphitheatre Summer Concerts, P.O. Box 160, Prescott, K0E 1T0.
SPENCERVILLE A Family Fun Day will be held on Saturday, July 15 at the Johnstown Community Centre in support of the Edwardsburgh Public Library Renovation Fund. The event is being organized by the Spencerville and District Winter Carnival committee. The day's events will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a giant garage sale in the parking lot of the community centre. Coffee and donuts, then later hot dogs and hamburgers, will be available. The fun day will include games and entertainment for children. Starting in mid-afternoon, a Battle of the Bands will begin. The public pool will be open for swimming in the afternoon. Baseball and volleyball are also planned, and the day will be topped off by a chicken dinner . For information, call Deb McKinstry at 658-2220.
PRESCOTT The Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce is planning a Thousand Islands Moonlight Cruise on Saturday, July 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. The cruise is open to everyone. Food and beverages will be available. Boarding will take place at Blockhouse Island in Brockville. Tickets are limited to 100, so anyone interested is urged to purchase tickets early from TD Bank, Royal Bank or Mike Boyles.
By CHRISTINE ENDICOTT - Journal Editor
PRESCOTT Fort Town taxpayers can expect to see a 5.2-per-cent increase in the municipal portion of their tax bills this year, according to figures presented to council Tuesday night.
Before press time, the Journal received an advance copy of the proposed budget expected to be passed at council's special meeting Tuesday.
Clerk-treasurer Andrew Brown reported that under the proposed budget, all municipal services, programs and service levels would be maintained, despite a $171,000 loss in provincial funding. Last year, Prescott received the funding to help offset the costs of services passed on from the province to the municipality. This year, the "downloaded" services remain the municipality's responsibility.
Prescott council also had to account for increased costs for wages and fuel with no increase in the assessment base from 1999.
According to the budget proposal, residential property owners will see the municipal portion of their taxes increase 5.2 per cent compared with 1999 rates.
Residential taxes will increase one per cent to 4.5 per cent overall when the educational portion is included. For a homeowner with a property assessed at $100,000, the tax bill will be approximately $62 higher this year.
Industrial and commercial property owners will see smaller increases in their taxes if the budget was passed. Due to a provincial freeze on educational rates for these property owners, the combined municipal/school tax rates will increase 2.76 per cent or $126.49 for a property assessed at $100,000. Industrial rates will increase 1.03 per cent or $99.94 for a property assessed at $100,000, according to the proposed budget.
Tax rates for vacant commercial property will decrease an average 30 per cent, while rates for vacant industrial property will be down 35 per cent, according to the document.
The town's total proposed budget is $12,765,634, including more than $7 million in capital expenditures due to the $8.5-million sewer separation project presently under way throughout the town south of the railway tracks. The town received provincial funding for the project.
Expenditures for health services will be up significantly due to increases in ambulance and health unit costs as well as a $22,400 donation toward the Brockville hospitals' expansion project. Social services expenditures are expected to double this year, to more than $1 million, due to assistance costs. Ambulance and social services are among the responsibilities "downloaded" from the province during the past few years.
Recreation and planning and development budgets will decrease somewhat. Recreational services will be down to $647,882 from $673,571, while planning and development will decrease to $56,363 from $79,457 due to a proposed decrease in the tourism and planning budgets.
The first interim installment for the tax bill was due March 15, and the two final installments will be due Aug. 11 and Sept. 29.
PRESCOTT -- If at first you don't succeed, then commission another study; and that is just what the Prescott Hotel Development Committee did early this winter when it hired Horwath Consultants of Toronto to determine if a destination resort hotel complex could succeed in Prescott.
Previous studies over the past 15 years all came up negative, but the Horwath study, which took into consideration the added benefits of north-south traffic from Ottawa on the new Highway 416, as well as the Highway 401 traffic, came up positive.
Horwath's market study and financial projections for a 70-unit destination hotel on the Prescott waterfront, immediately east of the Sandra Lawn Harbour, indicate that such a facility could be successful.
The report recommends that a hotel with 70 guest rooms be considered, explaining that a smaller facility could not accommodate a sufficient number of guests to support the required meeting space and restaurant facilities. The total cost of the project would be $6.5 million.
The consultants recommend an 80-seat dining room with adjacent 40-seat lounge, which could also serve light meals and act as an overflow facility to the dining room during periods of high demand. They also recommend direct outside access to attract and promote local restaurant and lounge patronage. Also listed as a seasonable, desirable feature was a patio overlooking the adjacent marina and river.
In order for the hotel to attract destination-oriented meetings, it should contain a varied mixture of quality meeting and banquet facilities. The report proposed one large meeting room accommodating 150 people which could be divided into two smaller rooms.
Also required would be about eight meeting rooms that could accommodate between 10 and 20 people each. All meeting rooms, plus the guest rooms, would require the latest in communications facilities.
Recommended for such a destination hotel are theme-oriented, oversized rooms (especially suites) to attract the getaway market and meetings market. The rooms would differentiate the property from the standard commercial hotels which prevail in the area.
The Horwath group cited Prescott's close proximity to Ottawa, and especially the high-tech community in Kanata, as advantages for its destination resort facilities, pointing out that off-site meeting places in pleasant surroundings are growing in popularity in the high-tech sector.
The $15,000 study was funded by the Municipality of Prescott ($2,500); the now-defunct South Grenville Economic Development Commission ($2,000); Grenville Community Development Centre ($2,000); the Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce ($1,000); and private business investors ($7,500).
A spokesman for the Prescott Hotel Development Committee, which is headed by local developer Bob Lucey, said the group's next step would be to find a developer to take on the proposed $6.5 million project. Failing this, the committee could try raising the funds through the sale of shares, with an experienced developer having to take a lesser equity stake of the $6.5 million.
By JEFF LEE - Journal Staff Writer
BROCKVILLE The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) unanimously adopted a $243.2-million budget for 2000-2001 at a special budget meeting last Wednesday. The budget will be used to operate the 110 schools in the board's jurisdiction.
Revenues total just over $244 million while expenditures are set at nearly $243.2 million. The board decided to not allocate $801,000 of this year's budget.
Local trustee Joan Hodge says by keeping the more than $800,000 in reserve, the board is provided with a "cushion" for any unforeseen expenses that could occur during the board's fiscal year. Meanwhile, a $900,000 surplus from last year's budget will be directed to schools, with decision-making left locally, Hodge said.
Joe Gunn, chairman of finance and operations, urged caution that should the board be faced with a deficit at the end of the year, it would be wise to cover the deficit with the $800,000 presently not allocated.
Rick Gales, treasurer and superintendent of business, told the trustees that the development of the board's budget has provided a number of challenges for the trustees and staff. These include continuing to learn the new funding model; attempting to balance the competing needs of the board's various communities with limited funds; establishing appropriated financial reporting tools; and continued restructuring throughout the board.
Of the $900,000 surplus from last year, $346,000 is earmarked for schools with Grade 7 and 8 design and technology programs where there is an "inequity" in funding, Hodge says. The remaining funds will be divided among schools.
Hodge says that schools are still facing challenges, particularly in the area of accommodation and transportation.
"We are working with what we have," Hodge says. "We are working with what the provincial government has given us."
She cites North Grenville District High School as an example where more accommodation funding is needed. Hodge said that while the school has wonderful programs and a strong school spirit, it is in need of more than just a facelift. Fixing up the school has been weighted against building a new one, and the conclusion is that "North Grenville is in need of a new high school," she said.
A committee has been looking into the issue of a new school but the process is just beginning, Hodge noted. "We have to come up with some unique ideas. Hopefully something will catch and we can get a new building for North Grenville District High School."
Trustees held four community consultation meetings in various locations within the jurisdiction before making budget decisions. Gales said the final budget document is the product of listening to the concerns of parents, staff and interested groups.
PRESCOTT Fort Wellington National Historic Site in presenting the 2000 season of Shadows of the Fort. The history of Fort Wellington, guardian of the St. Lawrence River, comes to life in a series of historical vignettes portraying the ups and downs of life in early 19th century Canada. Military, cultural and Canadian history combine to create a look into how soldiers, civilians and families would have lived during the 1800s. A guide will take visitors back in time when the fort was a very lively site. Along the way, visitors will encounter soldiers, officers, farmers and soldiers' wives. Their hardships and victories will be brought to life. Period music, rifle firing and costuming all bring the stories of the past to life.
In response to popular demand, the show will be offered once a week this season, on Thursday nights from July 13 to Aug. 24. Two performances will be held each evening, at 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. The evening walk through the fort is designed for the whole family. Tickets should be reserved in advance; a limited number of visitors is taken on each walk. To reserve or for more information, call 925-2896.
PRESCOTT Youth for Life has plenty of activities planned during the next week. On Wednesday, July 5, a game night will be held, and a pizza party and movie night is planned for Thursday, July 6. On Friday evening, a dance will be held from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by a fundraising ball tournament on the weekend and swimming on Monday afternoon. Next Wednesday, July 12, Youth for Life participants can play basketball at Central Public School. For more information, call 925-2004.
Mansel Harold Wallace, 275 Water St., Apt. 104, Prescott, died June 14, 2000 at Dundas Manor, Winchester. He was 84.
Mr. Wallace was born Aug. 15, 1915 in Pleasant Valley to Robert Wallace and Elizabeth Gilmer, who predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Marie Wallace of Prescott, whom he married Sept. 15, 1953. He is also survived by his sisters, Dorothy Moore and Nelda Stinson, both of Prescott, and by several nieces and nephews. Mr. Wallace was predeceased by his brothers, Kenneth and Herb.
Mr. Wallace enjoyed playing euchre and was the owner and operator of a dairy farm.
The funeral service was held at the Chris Slater Funeral Home, Prescott, June 17 at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. Bob Fillier officiating. An Orange Lodge Memorial Service took place at the funeral home June 16 at 7 p.m. The pallbearers were Carl Sears, Richard Gilmer, John Somerville, Bob Juby, Jim Moore and Lawrence Wallace.
Burial was held at the Hainsville Cemetery June 17, 2000. Donations to the War Amps would be appreciated.
Murray Pettigrew, a resident of St. Lawrence Lodge, Brockville, and a World War II veteran, died May 1, 2000. He was 83.
Mr. Pettigrew was born June 6, 1916 in Windham Hill, Nova Scotia.
He was predeceased by his wife Della, his son Walter, his parents Robert and Lettie Pettigrew, his sisters Alma and Ethel Pettigrew, Edith Parkman, Violet Hope and Florence McLeod and his brothers Wallace and Layton Pettigrew.
Mr. Pettigrew is survived by his daughter Joan Hodge; his son Gary Pettigrew (Noreen); daughter-in-law Ilde Pettigrew; son-in-law Graham Hodge; grandchildren Deana DeRoche, Thana, Josh and Terra Hodge and Tyler Pettigrew and his sister Elsie Emlree.
Mr. Pettigrew's life work was as a heavy duty mechanic, which took him around the world. He was an ordinary man with an extraordinary character. He was quiet and shy, witty and caring, hard working, doing many jobs that most would refuse. He was always willing to lend a helping hand.
He enjoyed sharing stories and time with family and friends, but most of all he enjoyed being with his grandchildren.
The committal of Mr. Pettigrew's ashes took place June 10, 2000 at Sandy Hill Cemetery, Prescott, with Rev. Blair Paterson officiating. Donations to St. Lawrence Lodge or St. Vincent de Paul Palliative Care would be appreciated.
Peter Christopher Polite, 62, of Domville, died May 2, 2000
at the Brockville General Hospital.
He was born July 7, 1937 in Domville to Reta (Baker) and Ken Polite.
Mr. Polite attended Domville Public School and after a brief time at the Prescott High School, he left for a job on the lakers as a wheelsman. Driving was a skill that Mr. Polite excelled at from his early youth. He drove a taxi in Ottawa for a couple of years, and shortly after came back to his roots in Domville. He became employed as a heavy equipment operator during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway and eventually achieved employment with Permanent Concrete as a cement operator during the early 1960s. With an ambition to drive heavy equipment, Mr. Polite drove tanker trucks for Texaco of Ottawa until 1967.
He later purchased his first dump truck, which he drove independently for two years before starting Pete Polite Sand and Gravel in 1969. During this time, he took on a side venture known as Pete's Fish and Chips. He operated two stores in Prescott and Kingston for three years. After almost two decades as a successful businessman, Mr. Polite retired in November 1988.
On his retirement, which he often commented were the best years, Mr. Polite enjoyed several hobbies including collecting antique cars, restoring antique pedal cars, collecting nostalgia memorabilia, and taking a special interest in birds and wildlife. He cherished his fish pond and spending time with his beloved dog Tash. Mr. Polite was devoted to his family as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Mr. Polite is survived by his wife of 42 years, Margaret (Leacock) and his children, Steven (Ann-Marie) of Roebuck, Lana (Paul) Francis of Prescott, Lisa (Dennis) Isotti of Kanata, Lori Polite (friend Ron Ferguson) of Belleville and Lara Polite (friend Jim Savoie) of Domville.
He is also sadly missed by five grandchildren, Dustin, Wesley and Kenny Polite and Hayley and Lindsey Francis. Also surviving are his brother Calvin (Cathy) Polite of Spencerville and an aunt, Bernice Brown of Domville.
Mr. Polite was predeceased by his mother Reta in 1996 and his father Ken in 1974.
Family and friends were received at the Chris Slater Funeral Home, 416 Dibble St. W., Prescott, Wednesday, May 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service was held in the chapel on May 4 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Doug Warren officiating. Eulogies were read by Mr. Polite's brother Calvin and by his grandson Wesley. Interment was at Maynard Cemetery.
The pallbearers were friends and former employees Richard Stephenson, George Armstrong, Milford Brown, Harlow Miller, Duane Stephenson, Ken Banning, Tom Simpson, and eldest grandson Dustin Polite. The honourary pallbearer was Cheryl Craig.
Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Humane Society and the Diabetes Association would be appreciated.
George Murray Durant died June 21, 2000 in his 75th year at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville.
He was born August 4, 1925 in Winchester.
For the past several years, he had resided at 23-1871 Oxford Ave., Brockville. He had previously resided in Johnstown and Prescott and enjoyed spending winters in Florida for 10 years.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Irene Brown of Brockville, and sons Kent (Susan) of Burlington, Paul (Kim) of Kingston and Mark (Lianne) of Trenton.
Mr. Durant is also survived by eight grandchildren, Joshua, Alyssa, Mathew, Andrew, Bradley, Meghan, Jordan and Connor; as well as a brother Roy and sister Marguerite.
Mr. Durant was predeceased by his parents, Hector and Mabel (McKercher) Durant; brothers, Allan, Don and Gerald and an infant son, Brian.
Mr. Durant retired as a welder from DuPont of Canada, Maitland, 15 years ago.
Funeral services were held June 23 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Chris Slater Funeral Home, Prescott.
Interment was held at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Maitland, with Pastor Randy Hopkins officiating.
The pallbearers were Dick Miller, Jim MacDonald, Ed Henry, Lorne Bender, Eldon Bailey, and Keith Simpson. The honourary pallbearers were Evan LeClair and Roy Lindsay.
Donations to the Kingston Regional Cancer Centre or Palliative Care would be appreciated by the family.
By CHRISTINE ENDICOTT - Journal Editor
PRESCOTT About 35 people gathered at the Prescott Legion June 28 for the second community breakfast organized by the Marketing Prescott group.
Several speakers brought people up to date on the progress of Marketing Prescott subcommittees, which formed after a brainstorming session earlier this year sponsored by the Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce and the Grenville Community Development Centre.
Strategic plan update
Keeley Mouré, the local Royal Bank branch manager, gave a presentation on the progress of the five-year strategic plan committee. Mouré said the group members began by "visioning" how they would like the town to appear in the year 2005. They envisioned the town receiving an award after being named the best place to live, work and raise a family in North America. An award is something "that's real, that's tangible to work towards," Mouré said.
Citizen questionnaire
Lewis Beach, owner of Beach Home Hardware, spoke on behalf of the citizens' questionnaire committee. The group hopes to find a university business school, such as the one at Queen's University in Kingston, to conduct a survey of residents. Students would be unbiased, he said. Committee members have yet to determine exactly what questions would be on the survey, although questions about shopping locally are likely to be part of it.
Downtown beautification ideas
Adele Throop, co-owner of Money Concepts, made a presentation on behalf of the downtown beautification committee. "We have a lot of ideas, but... funding is an issue," she told the audience. "We all have to take part in this. The town has so much potential."
The group's ideas include park benches on King Street, a bicycle stand near the clock tower, hanging flower baskets, a flag campaign, signs, murals, brighter lighting downtown, more interlocking sidewalks, more trees on King Street, ashtray buckets "so people can properly dispose of their cigarettes," bylaw standards, and garbage collection days when volunteers would pick up trash.
Also on the idea list are asking merchants to fix up storefronts, a "visual barrier" such as a park bench or flower pot at the empty Daniels lot, painting more fire hydrants as soldiers and repaving Water Street. "The aim is to get most of this in place by next summer," Throop said.
Town needs 'unique hook'
Sharon Spychi, owner of Tan and Tone, spoke on behalf of the marketing subcommittee and discussed installing new signs in the north end, at the waterfront and by the clock tower, as well as developing a "unique hook" to bring visitors to Prescott.
She said the group is considering the proposal made by John Reynolds at the June 22 public meeting. Reynolds suggested the town purchase the decommissioned Seaway Queen and convert it to a town hall and tourism attraction, including a hotel.
The marketing group said the ship could also house a government-run charity casino, which the Ontario government has said could be in Prescott, Gananoque, Front of Leeds and Lansdowne or Brockville, if enough residents endorse it through a referendum.
Buying the Seaway Queen "could make the difference of where the casino goes," Spychi suggested. "It would be a fantastic hook to attract people to Prescott. Ship is a four-letter work that could have such a magnificent impact on our town."
She suggested the ship could also house a factory outlet mall.
Web site design
Pat Dewar, co-owner of Dewar's Inn on the River, spoke for the website committee.
She said she hoped to get high school students involved in creating a common website for Prescott but there was not enough time to organize the project before the school year ended. "We don't want to rule out working with the students," she added.
Dewar said the domain name www.prescottontario.com is reserved for the site but no information is available yet at that address. Prescott.com already belongs to Prescott, Arizona, she noted.
Dewar displayed a proposed site map. Under the Prescott banner, links to the chamber of commerce, Prescott Journal, Prescott Public Library, Grenville Community Development Centre, Town of Prescott and SGDHS would be included, as well as a "News and Events" selection, a business directory and e-mail selection.
Dewar said when she and her husband Paul were planning their recent trip to Portugal, many of the hotels listed on the Internet were fully booked. However, when they reached Portugal, they found there were many rooms available "at hotels that did not have websites. What does that tell you?"
Hotel study 'very favourable'
Local businessman Bob Lucey spoke about the study done on the market potential of a hotel on land east of the marina near Fort Wellington in Prescott. The study, completed in May, came out "very favourable," Lucey said. The proposed site was seen as "ideally suited for a quality accommodation development," reported Lucey. He noted that Plan A is to take the study, find a developer, give the developer the name of the town "and wish him well," while Plan B is to find local investors "and proceed on our own." He said for Plan B, "bring me your money. I'll take it all!" Lucey noted that a quality hotel project would be very costly, perhaps $6.5 million.
Economic development volunteers
Judi Baril said a group of local people interested in economic development continues to meet following the recent breakup of the South Grenville Economic Development Commission. The group includes Wilf Peters, Garry Dewar, Peter Martin and others, she said. She said during the next few months, "we'll meet with developers to see if we can stimulate development. [Prescott] has such tremendous potential."
Community profile
Prescott clerk-administrator Andrew Brown said a professionally produced community profile for all of Grenville County, including Prescott and North Grenville, is expected to be completed in September.
Brown said the document will provide information for developers and people interested in living in Grenville.
PRESCOTT Fort Wellington will be the site of an antique car show on Sunday, July 16 hosted by the St. Lawrence Valley Car Club on the fort's sprawling lawn.
The 13th annual show will feature hundreds of antique vehicles from around the area, including the Ottawa Valley, Eastern Quebec and northern New York State.
The show is free for spectators and runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Owners of vehicles who want to have their vehicles judged must be registered by noon to be able to compete for the numerous class trophies.
There will door prizes given out throughout the show, dash plaques for all vehicles registered, and Best of Show and People's Choice awards at the end of the day.
This day offers an opportunity for families to come and enjoy the splendor of the St. Lawrence River scenery, picnic on the grounds of Fort Wellington, explore the historic town of Prescott and see vehicles that have been lovingly preserved by antique car lovers for all to see.
So if you are rarin' to go, join the St. Lawrence Valley Car Club as they host this annual event in Prescott.
For more information, contact Mike Baril at 925-3751 or Paul Francis at 925-2170.
PRESCOTT Visit the Forwarders' Museum on select Fridays this summer, including this Friday, July 7, and enjoy afternoon tea in the historic setting. Tea and dessert will be served by staff and volunteers in period costume behind our historic building, overlooking the river. Each Friday, a different form of entertainment will be provided to serve as a backdrop. The first tea, on Friday, July 7, will feature period music performed by local entertainers, including Kate Bevan-Baker. More teas will take place on July 21, Aug. 4 and Aug. 18, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. For more information, contact the For-warders' Museum at 925-5788.
Once again we are trying to get the word out that we have a nice park in this town, a well maintained pool and a sandy beach known over the years as Kelly's Bay (and Centennial Park).
The problem is making the town responsible to clean up the debris at the beach on a regular basis. Large pieces of wood, weeds, tree branches, dead fish and broken glass litter the area.
Although a sign says "No Dogs in the Beach Area," the rule is not adhered to and we have to swim with the dogs, personal watercraft and motorboats which like to come in there.
Visitors would not be impressed. Why can't we take care of what we have?
The same problem occurs every year, and we complain. There used to be a buoy line which acted as a safety zone, as there is no lifeguard, but that line is stored in the equipment building. This is called tourism in Prescott!
Betty Elliott, Prescott
Prescott Police are asking that all parents ensure that their children wear helmets when riding bicycles this year. Chief Rick Bowie informs parents that helmets can save children's lives. Worn properly, Canada Standards Council-approved helmets can significantly reduce deaths and serious injury. The Highway Traffic Act states that any person under age 18 must wear an approved helmet while riding a bicycle. The act obligates parents to ensure that children under 16 wear approved helmets when riding bikes.
Jane Fullarton
Graduation ceremonies were held at Maynard Public School on June 28 at 7 in the school gymnasium. Eighty-one students received their graduation certificates. The gym was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers, evergreen boughs and lots of white mini lights, making the atmosphere intimate. The ceremony featured a duet, Janey Brown and Suzanne Lumsden, performing Somewhere Over The Rainbow, and a slide presentation of the year's highlights given by Mrs. Campeau. Veronica Blair-Beveridge gave the farewell address.
Following the ceremony, an outdoor reception was held under large white tents provided by Gary Greer. Students and their guests could enjoy punch and a delicious assortment of food featuring a beautiful graduation cake.
The principal's award went to Ryan Delaney. Citizenship awards went to Jonathan Bennett, Suzanne Lumsden, and Ken Meikle.
Academic Proficiency Awards were presented to Tamara Kingsbury, Matthew Millard, Sarah Wilson, Matthew Maloney, Chistopher Hogeveen, Lindsay Ryan. Bobbie Jo Wylie, Alex MacMillan, Veronica Blair-Beveridge, Janey Brown, Suzanne Lumsden, Blake Gobeil, and Alice Murray.
The best female athlete award went to Stacy Jones. Ryan Delaney and Ken Meikle tied for the top male athlete category.
MERC uses money to level rink area
At its most recent meeting, the MERC board decided to use the $1,600. capital grant from Augusta township to fill and level the Millennium Rink area.
The rink area has been flooded all spring due to the very wet weather, delaying the additional work that has been required at the site. The money will be used to offset the cost of the sand and gravel fill needed to level the area.
By Willy Sieling Heuvel
Our steak barbecue was a huge success. The weather co-operated and the steaks and other goodies were very tasty. Thanks to all who helped to make it successful.
Reservations are needed for the picnic and trip to Mallorytown Landing on July 20. Please let me know by July 18 at 4 p.m.
Also, another dinner is booked for July 29. It will be chicken this time, with of course all the trimmings.
The weight wisdom group started all over again with a new scale donated by the Joys. Thanks June and Gord. We get together on Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. and give each other pep talks. We also exercise, the great way to get or stay in shape. Aquafit in the pool will begin on Monday, July 3.
Card winners
Winners at the card tables last week were:
Monday bridge: first Mary Reynolds, second Audrey Kingston, and Andy Britnell won the door prize.
Tuesday cribbage: high hand Hugh Evely, high score Mary Mulder, second Sam Covey, third Hugh Evely.
Wednesday bridge: first Andy Britnell, second Audrey Kingston, and Bea Hemsley won the door prize.
Thursday euchre: first Jean Annable, second Mary Reynolds and Alice Crowder, third Bea Hemsley. Eleanor Gilligan won the door prize.
Sharon Spychi, on buying the Seaway Queen and creating a tourist attraction
The future of Canada belongs to our youth, so for a special guest editorial this week, we bring to you a poem written by a graduating Grade 13 (OAC) student at South Grenville District High School, Melissa Ablett. Congratulations on a beautiful poem, Melissa.
Melissa Ablett
Monica Whitney
Canada's colours were flying strong and true on the weekend from rooftops, car antennas, backpacks and back pockets, flower gardens and store windows.
Canada Day 2000 was celebrated in this area by a hearty bunch of patriotic fans eager to show what makes this country glorious and free. It would have been impossible to accurately count the several hundred Canada well-wishers at July 1 events in Cardinal. Village residents turned out in droves to the Legion park for breakfast, barbecues and drinks, kids' races, fishing derbies, music, swimming, sports events and just plain relaxation and fun. By the afternoon, it was difficult just to find a parking place near the rousing activity.
These lively events were sponsored by a number of community groups and organizations, who all teamed up to stage an impressive show of Canadian patriotism. The village council, local businesses, the Legion's Ladies Auxiliary, the Lions Club, Navy League, Labourfest Community Festival Committee, Cardinal Fish and Game Club and many other volunteer workers all pulled together to put on a super birthday bash for all ages.
While Prescott's Canada Day celebrations were more sedate and quiet, the sincere pride and patriotism was real. Fort Wellington held several activities for visitors to witness part of Prescott's rich past through free fort tours, a period fashion show, an artillery drill and canon firing, a flag-raising ceremony and the singing of our national anthem. Children were invited to take part in hat making replicas of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment and a mock battle.
Prescott Royal Canadian Legion volunteers sponsored a tantalizing breakfast, and birthday cake was served at the fort. Anyone looking for a quieter venue to say Happy Birthday could visit the Forwarders' Museum for cake and lemonade and a graceful step back in time.
Canada's birthday can be a time for celebrating with individual preferences as well. Giving ourselves time with family and friends, catching up on gardening and yard work, fishing, hiking, camping, volunteering to make another person's day more memorable; these are all truly Canadian activities that raise our spirits to life, the things that make Canada special.
As a child, I can recall spending Canada's birthday waving flags, getting dressed up in red and white, and going on family picnics and outings, just enjoying simple things that make our home and native land something to celebrate.
However you spent July 1, wherever you were, I hope you raised a glass of anything to our Canada with a hearty "Cheers!"
FORT TOWN DIARY
John AH Morris
In Grenville County, who is the biggest star, Const. George Duke of the Prescott OPP Detachment or Alexei Yashin, a former NHL star who once played for the Ottawa Senators?
The answer to this is easy: It's Const. Duke! Why? Well, Yashin will be asked to pay hundreds of dollars for a copy of Duke's signature on a fast-driving award he received on Highway 401 last week. Making like a Russian rocket, Yashin was clocked at 150 km-h in a 100 zone by Const. Duke.
The price of Duke's autograph will be determined by the courts, and it will be considerable. There is no mailing in a cheque on an "over 50" charge, and no matter what sort of a contract the traffic court judge decides upon, Yashin and his agent Mark Gandler are advised to follow it to the letter. It will likely be at least 90 days, if not three years, before Alexei will have the "unrestricted" use of his driver's licence again.
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Congratulations to Dr. Peter Bevan-Baker for the great job he did in impersonating Lt. Col. "Red" George Macdonell at Prescott's successful highland tattoo a couple of weeks ago. This was the first of what we hope will be many Prescott appearances by the brave big Scot, whose daring capture of Ogdensburg during the War of 1812 played a major role in the British force's victory over the invading Americans in the Niagara region.
With his elimination of the U.S. garrison at Ogdensburg during the winter of 1813, Macdonell and his regular troops and militia wiped out the Americans' only military stronghold on the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Lake Ontario, thus assuring the safe passage of military and other supplies, as well as British troops up the St. Lawrence to the western reaches of Upper Canada.
Although it was not admitted to at the time by Macdonell's British superiors, his action in wiping out the military and naval threats emanating from Ogdensburg helped turn the tide of the War of 1812, thus keeping Canada British.
While researching the events of the capture of Ogdensburg for our upcoming book on Prescott's history, we keep uncovering more and more historical facts important not only to the history of Prescott but also to the history of Canada.
In fact, as Prescott progressed from 1784 to until about 1925, so did Canada.
One of the tidbits of local history that we found fascinating was the fact that although a treaty was signed in 1784 ending the War of Independence, the British maintained a garrison at Fort La Presentation on the west bank of the Oswegatchie River in Ogdensburg until 1796.
Apparently this was a common occurrence along the northern U.S. border, which was sparsely settled and certainly not worth the cost of guarding.
This disregard for borders helped the flow of goods back and forth between neighbouring farmers and merchants, and it also helped smooth the way for the thousands of U.S. immigrants who flocked to Canada following the first wave of U.E. Loyalists who came in 1784.
And here's a bit of trivia from the War of 1812. The only building still standing in Prescott from that era is the Stockade Barracks on East Street. Owner Paul Fortier has turned it into a period restaurant of the 1812 era which is quickly gaining an international reputation. Being of Yorkshire descent, we can assure you that nobody can prepare a traditional roast beef and yorkshire pudding feast like the Barrack's boss and chief chef Glenda McAuley. If you haven't supped there, put it on your 'must' list this summer. The restaurant is open Friday and Saturday evenings and reservations are recommended.
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Allan Poinsett of Seattle, Wash., who lived with his aunt and uncle Jean and Ken McLean in Prescott while going to school here in the 1950s, along with his wife Susan, were visitors to Prescott on the holiday weekend, with Allan soaking up enough nostalgia to last a lifetime. He was wondering about the fate of his old sidekick Garnet "Battler" McGinly, but we could only tell him that the Battler had retired from the RCMP and was living in Bent Elbow, Sask. Anniversary best wishes to Bob and Sandra Lawn, who celebrated their 40th last weekend. Planning to make the pilgrimage to their old home town later this month are Hilliard Stern and sisters Reva and Ruth. Last time we saw the "Old Ickster" was at Ryerson Tech back in 1955, when he was brushing up on the old soft-shoe routine he made famous at the Saturday afternoon matinees at the Princess Theatre in downtown Prescott.
By MONICA WHITNEY - Journal Staff Writer
Cardinal residents and business owners can look forward to the same programs and services in 2000 as in 1999, thanks to a village budget with no local increases.
Councillors passed what they called an historic and unique budget Thursday, with the only increase coming from the county level.
The taxes on a home assessed at $100,000 will be $1,494.13 this year, compared with $1,480.63 in 1999. The difference of $13.50 is due to an increase in the county tax rate.
Total expenditures for 2000 are estimated at $2,423,650.
Reeve Larry Dishaw called the budget "very responsible and maybe even historic. As long as we're in control as council we do our utmost to provide the services at reasonable cost to the taxpayer," he said. "I think a lot of municipalities would like to be in our place."
Coun. Joe Scott said the budget was "unique," since it was the first for the new millennium. As well, "it's the last budget for the Village of Cardinal, and it's balanced." Amalgamation between Cardinal and Edwardsburgh Township becomes effective Jan. 1, 2001.
Listed in the budget highlights is a decrease of $2,350 for recreation and cultural services. Dishaw noted this amount is coming from wages, and does not represent a change in services. "By all means, all programs will stay exactly the same," he said.
Other budget highlights include a 1999 operating surplus of $338,000. Increased revenues over budget, such as bank interest, miscellaneous permits and fees and penalties and interest on taxes were major contributors to the surplus. An under expenditure of approximately $89,000 in 1998 and $26,000 in 1999 for OPP costs billed to the village as part of the local services realignment form the largest part of the surplus.
Clerk Jack Walsh explained the village is billed an estimate for policing costs, and then given a grant from the province based on the estimate of $90 per household. The actual policing time was less than estimated, and the village was given too much grant money. Cardinal was able to retain this money under the Community Reinvestment Fund, providing it was used to benefit the taxpayer through lower taxes.
Expenses in the protection to persons and property budget have increased by $35,604, mainly due to a rise in the OPP costing of $5,000, an increase for the fire department operating budget of about $11,000 and an additional $3,000 for bylaw enforcement.
Total OPP costs are $265,000 for the year, and the fire department requires $80,000. A new foam system is being purchased for the fire department's pumper to provide increased protection for Edwardsburgh after amalgamation. The total protection budget is $374,400.
General government requirements are $479,500. This includes an increase of $178,500 due to an allowance for assessment appeals of $182,000. These appeals are outstanding issues, Walsh explained, and if the outcome is in favour of the municipality, the money goes back into its reserves. Other government expenses include administration, salaries, expenses of council, legal and audit fees, donations and insurance.
Environmental services expenses have decreased by $25,600 as a result of a reduction of operating expenditures at the wastewater treatment plant.
The $361,000 environmental budget includes the costs for the interior coating of the water tower; the Walker Street extension project to tie in with Canal Street; landfill site upgrades; three history information displays and an ice storm tree replacement program. The village's share of the tree program is $11,000, while the province pays $43,000.
Another environmental budget project includes the East Street water main, storm sewer and hydrant replacement. All materials have been ordered and received for this five-week project, expected to begin in September.
The $219,150 budget for recreation and culture includes repairs to the broken sea wall and services at the parks, pool, ball fields, library and arena. Some flexibility has been allowed in the recreation budget for playground upgrades and changes, the reeve said.
The water and sewer base rate remains the same as in 1999, and transfers from the province have been reduced by $30,000 to $290,000.
Cardinal expects to receive $881,000 in residential, farm, commercial and industrial taxes. Sewer charges bring in $171,404, while water charges are estimated at $182,029. Revenue from the community centre is estimated at $111,500 and canteen revenue is $35,000. Investment income is $25,000, and penalties and interest on taxes brings in $40,000.
The final tax payments are due Sept. 28 for residential properties, and Sept. 29 for commercial, industrial and multi-residential.
CARDINAL Benson Public School honoured its terrific kids for the final month of school at an assembly last Thursday.
Terrific kids are chosen for how they exemplify the 3 Cs of the school: courtesy, consideration and co-operation.
Students are also chosen for the award for being thoughtful, enthusiastic, respectful, responsible, influential, friendly, impeccable and caring.
Primary students recognized were Ryan Robinson, Sarah Smith and Shelby Roode.
Junior students given awards were Vanessa Elliott, Jordan Grootjans and R.J. Foster.
In the intermediate division, Kayla Murphy, Pamela Seeley and Jennifer Sherman were honoured.
The assembly also featured the random selection of three students one from each division to represent all winners for the year. The final three were Megan Tobin, Grade 2, Jessica Riddell, Grade 5, and Pamela Seeley, Grade 8.
The program is sponsored by the Prescott Kiwanis Club, which provides awards for the honoured students.
Here are the winners in the Canada Day children's fishing derby held in Cardinal: mudpout, Chris Adams; perch, Ryan Harper; small mouth bass, Jason Witteveen; sun fish, Jordan Witteveen and Mackenzie Allen; rock bass, Allan Dawe; large mouth bass, Nick Allard; pike, Jason Witteveen.
Winners in the gooey egg toss event during Canada birthday celebrations were David Wallace and Sara Rust, first, Mike Armstrong and Nathan Smail, second, and Krystin Jessome and Evan Lavallee, third place.
CARDINAL The Cardinal Sea Sharks are hoping to swim their way into another successful season this year, and village parents are getting the word out about the benefits of the program.
"It's just so great for the kids," said village resident Tracey Myers of the local champion swim team. "There's not any other sport around that attracts so much family. I look forward to it as much as they do. They make a whole day of it," she said, referring to the weekend swim meets.
"It's not, 'Oh, we have to do that again.' We look forward to it.
"The kids just cheer each other on. The bigger kids help coach the little ones. It's not a matter of who can be better than whom," Myers said.
Myers, who said she is a "passionate parent" when it comes to the swim team, noted that the team has achieved "awesome" ratings in previous years.
The Sea Sharks usually finish the season in the top 3, and last year attracted more than 50 swimmers. The Cardinal team always has the largest number of participants at meets as well, Myers said.
Team members meet at the Cardinal pool Monday to Friday from 12 to 1 p.m., and practice strokes, relay, sprints, timed swims, starts and turns. Any child up to the age of 16 who can swim one length of the pool is eligible to participate.
Weekend swim meets take place at area pools, including Prescott, Johnstown, Kemptville, Winchester, Avonmore and Chesterville.
"The kids just love it, and it's free," explained Myers. "I just think it's the greatest thing in the world for them."
Myers said the swim program is funded from a number of sources, including the village, which provides staffing and pool time, the Cardinal Lions Club, which makes an annual donation, and the Edwardsburgh Lions Club which provided a sun canopy.
Parents help fundraise through bake sales and an annual swim-a-thon. Funds have purchased the pool mural, lane ropes, stop watches and batteries, medals, ribbons, an awards banquet and team suits.
Cardinal resident Louise Bonvie is also enthusiastic about the Sea Sharks. "With the amount of youth mischief in the past year, it's an excellent opportunity for youth to get off the street, get busy and be productive.
"It's become a family event," Bonvie said. "We pack a picnic, and that's how we spend our weekends."
The Cardinal Sea Sharks have been going strong since about the late 1940's. Dave MacDonald said he worked as a lifeguard at the pool as a teenager in about 1962 and recalled two members of the local team swam in the Ontario finals in Toronto when he was a toddler.
In 1948, a section of the old canal adjacent to what is now the Legion parking lot was sectioned off into three different sized pools to form Cardinal's first pool, the village's history book explains. Qualified instructors provided lessons, and swim teams evolved from these early beginnings.
"It's never stopped," Bonvie said of the swim team. "It's not going to stop."
Public swims are scheduled at the village pool for Monday to Friday from 1:30 to 5 p.m., 6:45 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. An adult/senior swim is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and aquafit is offered Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Lessons are scheduled in the mornings. Lifeguards at the pool this year are Billie-Jo Jodoin, David VanDerMeer, Diana Simpson and Amanda Simpson as Supervisor.
By JEFF LEE - Journal Staff
JOHNSTOWN Although the first group of swimmers taking lessons took the plunge Monday into the Johnstown Pool, it's not too late to register for the pool's various summer programs, says pool supervisor Katie Mills.
"People can still sign up," says Mills, who shares the supervisor duties with Liz Rutherford.
Those interested can call the pool number or stop by, during the hours of 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mills says they can also call her or Rutherford at home. (The pool number is 925-5822. Mills' number is 925-2453 and Rutherford's number is 925-5290).
The first group of swimmers will wrap up their lessons on July 18, which is followed by session 2 beginning on July 19 and running until Aug. 3. The third session is reserved for those taking Bronze Medallion or Bronze Cross, and runs from Aug. 7 until Aug. 11. The final session of the summer begins Aug. 14 and ends Aug. 24.
The swimming lessons are for any age, says Mills, adding that the staff can test swimmers to decide what level they should be enrolled in. The Red Cross program for children, AquaQuest, involves 12 levels.
There is also AquaAdults, swimming lessons for older swimmers.
Mills says that these classes are rarely overflowing with students. Last year, only one person signed up for the AquaAdult class, which was held in the evening.
Mills can't say for sure why more adults do not sign up for these classes but she says that perhaps it's pride that is stopping them from taking swimming lessons or maybe the simple fact that people are unaware of the adult swim program.
For those who want focus on fitness rather than swimming, the pool also offers an Aquafit program.
"Aquafit is for any age," says Mills. "But usually teens and adults sign up for the class. It's like aerobics in the water. It gets your heart rate up."
Mills said that a class involves running in the water and tuck jumping. She added that the classes are also good for people who have joint problems because the water provides buoyancy.
Mills and Brenda Hildebrandt, who is a lifeguard/instructor, will be teaching at least the first month's classes.
The classes vary in size from one to the next, says Mills.
"Sometimes there are 20 people and sometimes there are 10 people," she said. "We have big nights and we have small nights. It depends on what the weather is like."
For those at the Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross levels, the pool offers a session mid-summer. Mills says she is hoping for large classes this year."We have had a lot of people sign up [for Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross] compared with last year," says Mills.
"We have about six people so far, which is pretty good."
Swim team:
Aquafit times:
Tuesday and Thursday: 6 to 7 p.m.
The Windmill Web Spiders sit in first place in the Under-8 division of the Prescott and District Soccer Association.
Their 4-3 win over D.B.L. Computing gave the Spiders the two points necessary to stay a point ahead of Playit Star, currently sitting in second place with 15 points, and finishing the week with two wins and no losses. Playit beat the Colour Pallette 2-0 and Grenville Pharmacy 4-0 to get four points and to stay three ahead of Johnstown Duty Free and Freer Electric, both tied for third with 12 points.
On Monday, June 26, the Spiders' Ronnie Harrison scored two of four goals in the team's 4-3 win over D.B.L. Computing. Teammates Dylan Render and Shaun Perrin each netted singles. D.B.L.'s Josh Pitt scored two, while Ryan Van Stralen scored one.
In Playit Star's 4-0 win over Grenville Pharmacy, scoring was split evenly between Scott Stevenson and Jessica Dunnington.
Meanwhile against the Colour Pallette, Scott Stephenson scored both of Playit's goals, giving them the 2-0 win over the Pallette.
Freer Electric smoked the Colour Pallette 4-0, with Mitchell Grant scoring three of Freer's four goals. Keith Ditchburn scored one.
In other senior tyke action, Grenville Pharmacy beat Prescott IDA 3-1. Grenville scoring was split with Matthew Gilligan, Mike Morel and Sarah Hendriks each netting a goal. IDA's Austin Murphy scored the lone goal for his team.
Johnstown Duty Free beat the S.L.P. Printing Devils 3-1. Ben Hutton was on fire, scoring all three of the Devils' goals. Matt Edgley scored for the Devils.
On Wednesday, the Devils played Prescott IDA to a 1-1 tie. Matthew Suatac scored for the Devils, while Devon Chisam scored for IDA.
D.B.L. Computing picked up its second loss of the week against Johnstown Duty Free. Johnstown edged out D.B.L. 2-1. Ben Hutton continued his scoring streak, netting both of Johnstown's goals. Ryan Van Stralen scored for D.B.L.
Under 10 (atom)
Over in the atom division, the Royal Bank sits in first, five points ahead of its next two rivals, Beach Home Hardware and the Bank of Montreal, which are tied for second with 14 points each.
The Royal Bank, on Monday, June 26, beat Splash Well Drilling 6-0. Robbie Deeks and Brandon Spencer each scored two goals for the Bank, while Hank Heykoop and Jamie Graham each netted singles. In Wednesday's game, Royal Bank beat the Hansen Cavity Kickers 2-1. Brandon Spencer and Hank HeyKoop each scored for the Bank, while Sebastian Last scored for Hansen.
Beach Home Hardware beat Toronto Dominion Bank 2-1. Kristian Knapp scored both of Beach's goals. Nick Perrin scored for TD.
Against Splash Well Drilling, Beach beat Splash Well 6-2. Kristian Knapp picked up three goals, while teammates Allen Waddell, Payton Williams and Brian McMullen each scored singles. Splash's Orry Thorpe and Sean Perrin each scored singles.
Meanwhile, Bank of Montreal won its game against Becker's 3-1. Jordan Grootjans scored two, while Reilly Grootjans scored one. For Becker's, Andrew Bernard netted the team's only goal.
In the Bank's second game of the week, the team beat Toronto Dominion Bank 4-1. Reilly Grootjans scored two for Montreal, with Lindsay Francis and Jordan Grootjans netting singles. For TD, Nick Perry scored the team's only goal.
In other Under-10 action, Prophet's Trophies' Curtis Biccum continues to have the hot scoring foot, netting all four of his team's goals in its two games last week. Biccum's three goals were enough to edge out the Hansen Cavity Kickers in Prophet's 3-2 win over the Kickers.
But in their game against Mac's, Biccum was held to just one goal as Mac's beat Prophet's 4-1. Mac's four goals were split evenly among its players: Mike Thomas, Justin Dalrympole, Mason Amell and Brodie Somerville each had singles.
Mac's won its second game of the week, edging out Prescott Kiwanis 1-0. Erin Molder scored for Mac's.
Prescott Kiwanis second loss of the week came against Kriska Transport. Kriska won 4-0. Danielle Norton scored two of four Kriska goals. Joel Smyley and Alanna Lasenba scored singles. Jeffery Molton scored a goal for his team.
Kriska's Alanna Lasenba rolled along, scoring the only goal of the game in her team's win over the Prescott Kinsmen. Kriska edged out the Kinsmen 1-0.
The Prescott Kinsmen rebounded for Wednesday's game against Becker's. The Kinsmen beat Becker's 4-1. Torrin Marcynuk had the scoring touch, netting all four of the Kinsmen's goals. Andrew Bernard picked up his team's only goal.
Under 12 (mosquito)
On Monday, Delphi Solutions beat Giant Tiger 2-1. Chan Hyland scored both of Delphi's goals, while Rob White scored a single for Giant Tiger.
First-place Delphi continued adding points in the win column with the team' 4-3 win over D.W.J. Plumbing on Wednesday. Chan Hyland had the hot foot in the game, scoring three goals, while teammate Ainslie Orr netted a single. For D.W.J. Plumbing, the scoring duties went to Josh Joudoin, who scored three goals.
In earlier action, D.W.J. Plumbing tied the Shiners 1-1. Eric Bernard scored for D.W.J. and Clayton Dunnington scored for the Shriners.
In other action, Seaway Valley Pharmacy beat Techan Titans 5-3. Joel Joudoin netted three for Seaway, while Ryan Armstrong and Nathan Last each scored singles. For Techan, singles went to Jonathan Arcand, Haley Francis and Alyssa Bauder.
Seaway's game against the Shriners was rained out Wednesday. But Giant Tiger was able to play their game against the Techcan Titans. The Tigers mauled the Titans in their 5-0 win.
Scoring for the Tigers were Nick Gould with two and Joshua Couperus, Jordan Daw and Rob White with singles.
Under 16 (peewee)
Nitrochem didn't have the right mix Tuesday against Gateway Packaging as Nitrochem fell 7-1 to Gateway.
Gateway's Aaron Lavallee and Johnathon MacIntosh each scored two goals, while David Wallace, Ryan Davy and Miguel Brisson each scored singles.
Tony Florio picked up Nitrochem's only goal.
Kriska's Cory Van Hyning scored three of four goals in the team's 4-0 win over Playit Star. Sherry Davidson scored the single.
Games scheduled for Thursday were rained out.
On July 1, the Under-6 teams did not play their two games.
The Edwardsburgh Figure Skating Club had a number of skaters who passed their tests over the course of the 1999-2000 figure skating season.
The list is as follows:
* May 2, 1999, Cardinal, Jessica Summers - Skill 2
* May 14, 1999, Nepean, Jamie Longtin Novice Competitive S 1
July 27, 1999, Kristina McNamara - Skills 7, Swing and Fiesta Dance
* Oct. 9, 1999, Brockville, Jessica Summers and Jaime Longtin both Skill 1
* Oct. 16, 1999, Prescott, Heather Toye and Melissa Toll both Skill 2; Kristina McNamara - Willow Dance; Jordan Greer Swing and Fiesta Dance; Taylor Greer - Canasta Dance; and Amber Salmon - Fiesta Dance
* Nov. 20, 1999, Brockville, Heather Toye - Blues and Viennese Dance; Melissa Toll - Quickstep Dance; Jessica Summers - Blues Dance; and Jody Toll - Bronze Artistic Singles
* Dec. 11, 1999, Spencerville, Amanda Lalande - Canasta Dance; Sarah Aubin - Canasta Dance; Lauren Carter - Swing Dance; Jennifer Seary - Willow Dance; Jordan Greer - Preliminary Elements and Program; Amber Salmon - Preliminary Program and Kristina McNamara - Junior Bronze Elements and Program.
* March 5, 2000, Cardinal, Amy Dillabough - 14 Step Dance
* March 8, 2000, Minto, Jody Toll and Melissa Toll both - Silver Artistic Single
* March 21, 2000, Spencerville, Jennifer Seary - Junior Bronze Elements and Program; Michelle Lawrence, Jordan Greer, Elizabeth Hooper, and Jennifer Seary all - Skills 7; Kristina McNamara and Amy Dillabough both - Skills 6; Lauren Carter - Willow Dance; Taylor Greer - Fiesta Dance; Amanda Lalonde and Katelyn Miller both - Baby Blues Dance; Brittany Buiting - Dutch Waltz
* May 11, 2000, Nepean, Carey-Ellen Matthews - Bronze Artistic, Skills 2
* May 12, 2000, Cardinal, Heather Toye - Skills 1, Argentine Dance; Jessica Summers - Argentine Dance; Amy Dillabough - Ten Fox, Junior Bronze Elements and Program; Jennifer Seary - 14 Step Dance; Jordan Greer - Willow Dance; Taylor Greer and Amber Salmon - Swing Dance; and Amanda Mathieu - Baby Blues Dance
* May 12, 2000, Brockville, Heather Toye - Gold Freestyle Elements and Program.
PRESCOTT Youth for Life is looking for teams to participate in its slo-pitch fundraiser at the RCA ball diamonds here Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9. Umpires will be supplied. Each team is required to have an even number of men and women, The top two winning teams will receive cash prizes. A canteen is planned. There will be a lottery table with prizes supplied by local businesses. Proceeds go to Youth for Life. For more information, call Leslie Ross, Youth for Life co-ordinator at 925-2004 (home) or 925-4376.
BROCKVILLE The annual Downtown Brockville 3-on-3 Basketball Shootout is planned once again for this summer, scheduled for July 8.
The event is open to players of all abilities, men and women, boys and girls, 10 years of age and older. The Brockville 3-on-3 Shootout has a division for every skill category, from those with very little experience to college and university players. Divisions are based on the average age and playing experience of your roster. Your team will be placed in a division with similarly matched teams by the tournament committee. The tournament is full-day event. Teams pick up their free event t-shirt, schedules and programs at 8:00 a.m.
Games start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and continue throughout the afternoon. Registration forms are available at JJ's Bar & Grill, King Street Cafe or the Downtown Brockville Office. Enter early, as space is limited. For more information, contact Jason White or Junior Yee at 498-1100.