By Councilor Tim Belch We are fighting a war in our own backyard and I’m afraid we’re losing the battle! What war you say? I don’t see any war! Well, it’s insidious and it’s happening on a global scale. The war I speak of is the Rural vs. Urban… Continue reading
There’s science behind that expression, and now the pressure is on –it’s time to cut hay. While this is always a stressful time for local farmers, this year it has been more challenging than usual, and of course we can thank Mother Nature for that. The cool, wet spring has… Continue reading
Well, if I have trouble narrowing down what I want to write about every month so it will fit the column, you can imagine the anguish I am experiencing for June! June is such a month of richness in nature–incredible sights, sounds and smells are all around us this month…. Continue reading
As a boy growing up along the border of Cavan and Bethany, Ben Knechtel was often seen with a video camera in hand. He began using his grandfather’s old video camera recording the antics of his sisters at play, and at 14 armed with a new camera he began filming… Continue reading
By Deputy Mayor Scott McFadden At the time that our current council took office in December 2010, the municipality was using $1,493,771 from funds transferred from Casino Reserves to subsidize the operations of the municipality. Following the approval of the 2013 budget, that transfer was reduced to $0. The… Continue reading
For this edition our farming column we will examine the tools and techniques the Suurd family uses and promotes in order to increase the productivity and profitability of crop farming in Ontario. Last month, the Suurd family of Cavan was recognized for Leadership in Agriculture at the Peterborough County Recognition… Continue reading
For more than twenty years, Camp Kawartha’s annual “Green-In-Motion” fundraiser has raised money for the camp’s sponsorship fund. As a result, many deserving children have been given the opportunity to experience the thrill of summer camp. This year, in recognition of the $102,000 twenty-year total singlehandedly raised by Warren Craft,… Continue reading
Of course we were all longing for the spring-that-didn’t-seem-to-want-to-get-started to proceed, but now it seems to have gone straight to summer (at least so it seems right now as I write–next week may be another story!). I am lucky to have a pair of House Wrens who have nested the… Continue reading
Do you ever wonder what happened to someone you used to run into all the time but has moved on? I mean the teenager who drove the Zamboni, who helped at Sparks, who worked at the Pharmacy, or who you saw in the former Bulk Food store buying gummi worms… Continue reading
