Olympic spirit
Above: Ela Jones, left, a junior kindergarten student at
Above: The two girls run to the finish line. (Kristen Shane photo)
Bluewater changes school scheduling for Sept.
By Kristen Shane
Starting September 2010, Bluewater District School Board elementary students are slated to follow a new timetabling cycle which could disrupt parents’ and caregivers’ schedules.
The change would mean students follow a two-day or five-day schedule rather than following the days of the week.
Darcie’s Variety closing its doors after 15 years
By Kristen Shane
Every day for the last eight and a half years Doug Lamb has done it: cross the street a few hundred metres from his house to pick up a paper and, maybe, a lottery ticket from Darcie’s Variety, on the corner of Russell and Walsh streets.
“(It’s) a great neighbourhood store,” he says. “It’s quite handy. And they’re good people who run it.”
They know his routine; he knows theirs.
Independent nominated for two newspaper awards
The Kincardine Independent is one of the top three newspapers in
Also nominated for the Class 2 General Excellence Award are the Meaford Express and the Minden Times.
The general excellence award recognizes the overall quality of the newspaper, including editorial, advertising and layout. Class 2 newspapers have circulations between 2,000 and 3,499.
The award for the best Class 2 newspaper will be presented at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association convention on May 14.
The Independent has also been nominated for best Feature Writing for newspapers with a circulation under 9,999.
The other two nominations went to the Elmira Independent and the Haliburton County Echo.
Lovely day for a walk
Trevor Davis takes his son Ichigo, just shy of two years old, and their family’s dog Tripp for a walk along the trails near
Lessons to be learned from Bruce Power contamination
By Josh Howald
Early testing indicates that while no workers will be adversely affected from the alpha radiation contamination at Bruce Power, there are lessons to be learned from the situation.
That point was hammered home by the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Michael Binder, at a CNSC Public Hearing held in
SBGHC cuts more jobs
By Kristen Shane
South Bruce Grey Health Centre is cutting the equivalent of 14.16 full-time jobs and changing the way it serves food to patients, staff and visitors at its four sites, including the Kincardine hospital.
Currently, hospital cafeteria workers serve food to paying customers. By November, that will likely have changed, said South Bruce Grey Health Centre CEO and president Paul Davies last week. Visitors and staff would get food from vending machines and, if needed, re-heat it themselves.
Under 23? Stay away after 9
By Josh Howald
If you’re under the age of 23, stay away from the Hawgs Breath Saloon on weekends.
The local establishment has instituted a rule banning those under the age of 23 on weekends after 9 p.m.
It’s a preventative measure really, says Laura Doerr, who with Brian Doerr has run the Kincardine business since 1996. No serious incidents have happened at the Hawgs Breath, but “the anticipation has been there.”
Too many cats, too few homes
Helga Szekely, of Cozy Cat Kennels in Kincardine, has rescued many cats like Bogey, seen here, whose owners likely abandoned them. But her services are being stretched thin. Read more about Kincardine's cat overpopulation problem in this week's paper version of The Independent. (Kristen Shane photo)