Kawartha Pony Club Celebrates
Club members were ready to serve up the main course for last month’s Kawartha Pony Club Spaghetti dinner. Kawartha Pony Club wishes to extend our utmost thanks and appreciation to everyone that supported our spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the Ida church! Our night went off without a hitch, thanks to all of our members,…
Common Ground – April 2023
“The drama of spring is not always very well staged…. too often it proceeds jerkily, with the halts and repetitions of a rehearsal instead of the sustained rhythm of a finished performance.” Jason Hill The vast expanse of ice and snow has started to retreat for the second time this year. I’m hoping we…
Experienced Care Provider Brings Compassion and Professionalism to Seniors
With more than twenty years of counselling, home support and Personal Service work experience under her belt, Shona Steele believes she understands her clients. Working as a care provider for private firms, she often felt that the needs of her clients often went beyond what the private home care service company could provide. Sometimes…
Living Water Brings Forth Life
Plants are particularly important to me. Especially now, it’s March. I’m ready for spring, green grass, flowers, all the wonders of new life. My house plants are a harbinger of what is to come. Unfortunately, the Christmas cacti in my study are looking neglected. Someone told me they need very little water. During our…
Baxter Creek Watershed’s Natural Green Infrastructure
Natural green infrastructure is becoming a key mechanism in urban planning. It reduces pollutants and excess stormwater from being released directly into the environment especially into our Baxter Creek. While it is called “natural”, green infrastructure is really any human-made landscape feature that reduces pollutants or water runoff from rain or snowmelt entering directing…
Youth Encouraged to Flex Entrepreneurial Muscle in Summer Company Program
Youth interested in launching and running their own business this summer are encouraged to apply by May 15th to the Summer Company program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre (BAC). “It’s a great time for students to start thinking about summer employment opportunities. While there are many excellent summer jobs…