June- a Month of Richness in Nature
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. As I sit…
Ben Knechtel- Cavan’s Award-winning Videographer
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 his friends horsing around…
Council Member Remuneration
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 elimination of approximately $1.5…
SUURD FAMILY RECOGNIZED AS FARM INNOVATORS
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 awards in Norwood. Next…
Warren Craft lives up to his lablel, “Warren in Motion”
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, the event has fittingly…
From Winter to Summer!
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 last two years in…