Now that we have settled into the New
and titanium joints.
Year, and have broken most of our New
Remember how fortunate we are.
Year’s Resolutions, we ought to resolve to
Remember war veterans, of today and
make resolutions that we can actually keep,
yesteryear.
according to an expert in everything, a.k.a.
If you do not live in Hawkesbury, stop
“Noah Ital,” which, surprisingly, is not his
criticizing the town. Hawkesburgers dump
real name.
on their own municipality already without
“Noah” observes that it is very easy to
any help from outsiders.
stick to resolutions — if we select pledges
Everyone should do something to help
that are relatively easy to respect. It is also
organize and promote the International
The new, improved you!
fun to make resolutions for other people,
Plowing Match and Rural Expo that will be
who could use all the free advice they can
held in September in East Hawkesbury
elected representatives are praised.
a recent report.
get.
Township. This is our chance to show the
If you live in the boonies, get your drinking
Volunteer more because it is better to
For starters, “Noah” urges that everyone
world, or at least about 100,000 strangers,
water tested, be less sensitive about dusty
give than to receive, and the warm fuzzy
must fight the urge to get sucked in by
just how wonderful this unique part of the
and rough roads and quit complaining about
feeling you will give will help you sleep at
hyperbole, particularly when it comes to
planet is.
the price and/or the lack of high-speed
night.
self-improvement.
Remember: If you are not part of the
Internet service.
Become more involved in something,
By January 2, the “average” person had
solution, you are part of the problem.
Spay and neuter your pets; do not attempt
because people are always being told they
ditched all those promises to quit doing
Do not preach, unless you own a pulpit.
to do this to other people’s animals without
have to become more involved.
something bad and start something good.
Avoid clichés, and repetition.
their permission.
Take up bird-watching. There are plenty
Yet, we must constantly resist sales pitches
As for economic development, all the
Recycle more of our waste electronics
of great spots to view the wonders of nature
that tout a “magic bullet,” a special pill,
“stakeholders” ought to keep in mind that
and other doo-dads such as computers and
and many of them are just outside your
fruit, machine, exercise or ashram that will
this is a team sport, and the quest for
TV sets. We no longer have excuses since
window.
magically transform us into the people we
prosperity is a marathon, not a dash.
local recycling programs are expanding to
Start snowshoeing and walking.
see in all those “after” pictures in self-
And we should resolve — all together
make it easier to recycle more WEE products.
Never start a conversation with a stranger
betterment ads.
now — to find the courage to improve the
Sleep more. If your eyes are not blood-
by revealing scars or explaining in great
We should resolve to avoid all news items
things we can, the serenity to accept the
shot, look around you. Most of us are always
detail your latest medical procedure. Wait
that drive us crazy. So try to forget that by
things we cannot alter, and the wisdom to
tired because, for several different reasons,
until you know the stranger a little better,
2:30 p.m. January 3, the first working day of
know the difference.
we do not get enough shut-eye, according to
then share all you want about your operation
the year, Canada’s top CEOs had earned the
average worker’s annual pay. The best-paid
chief executives get an average of $6.6
A lasting tribute to "real" pioneers
million, or 155 times the average income of
$42,988, the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives said in a report. In the past 20
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the Esligers managed to reveal the
years, one-third of all income growth in
P OINTE - AU -C HÊNE
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Canada went to the richest one per cent of
The Esligers and Delisle hope that the
Canadians.
municipality will support their efforts to
“Beautiful” was the apt description Jean
Resolve to keep repeating this mantra:
acknowledge the contributions of long-
McEvoy had for an elegant tribute to her
Money does not buy happiness. Do not repeat
established families. “We would like to see
family at the Pointe-au-Chêne library.
this mantra while driving or operating heavy
public places, or perhaps streets or a lake,
A group of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
equipment. (But really, how many of us
named after pioneers,” reiterates Tom
citizens hopes the gesture is just the
actually do operate heavy equipment?)
Esliger.
beginning of a program to recognize the
Resolve to stop reading news items about
“real pioneers” of the region.
how the average person is so much poorer
“Our institutions, our bridges, are named
Pay attention, drivers!
than the best-paid executives.
after politicians,” says Tom Esliger. “It is
Expand your vocabulary; eschew epithets.
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correct and proper that we recognize the real
Avoid the term “wellness;” stop using
Drivers are being reminded that they
pioneers,” adds the McEvoy Road resident,
“outline” as a verb; cease the sharing of the
should be ready to brake for school buses.
who along with his wife, Claudette, and
over-used “sharing” and “man-up.”
Recently, there have been several school
Normand Délisle have formed a committee
Try to remain humble as you show off the
bus collisions in eastern Ontario, reports
to preserve and promote local family
latest “app” on your electronic gadgets.
the Ontario Provincial Police. Motorists
histories.
Try to engage in a real-live conversation,
are failing to stop for flashing red lights
The three initiated the McEvoy family, a
with another person who is actually in the
and many are striking the rear of the school
framed collection of family photographs that
same room as you are, without fiddling with
bus, usually when they are carrying
was unveiled at the library.
an electric gizmo.
children. Fortunately, injuries have been
Seven generations of the family have lived
Avert all clichés.
minimal.
in the Pointe-au-Chêne area, says Jean
Slow down. There are already too many
O.P.P. officers will be out ensuring that
McEvoy, who along with her sisters, Audrey
bad drivers out there. Besides, unless you
motorists are reminded of the rules of the
and Kathleen, were among those attending
are an emergency service worker, you are
road in regards to school buses.
the unveiling ceremony. “There are still
not that important; they will wait for you.
Section 175(11) of the Highway Traffic
many members of the family living in this
We should become more interested in
Act states, “Every driver or street car
area. It is hard to leave the Pointe,” remarks
our governments, but at the same time, we
operator, when meeting on a highway,
Jean McEvoy, who lives on a part of the farm
cannot expect governments to do much about
other than a highway with a median strip,
that was settled in 1847 by James McEvoy,
our personal lots in life.
a stopped school bus that has its overhead
the first of a long line of Irish pioneers who
We should emulate all the involved
red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before
settled in what was once Grenville Township.
taxpayers in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, where
reaching the bus and shall not proceed
Photo Richard Mahoney
The Esligers have gone to great lengths to
the taxpayers watch their elected
until the bus moves or the overhead red
James McEvoy, and his wife, Bridget Kelly,
literally unearth the past, notes Ray McEvoy,
representatives like hawks.
signal-lights have stopped flashing.”
who arrived from King’s County, Ireland
an Ottawa resident who unveiled the photos
At the same time, we should cut our
The fine for failing to stop for a school
in the 1840s, raised eight children on a 200-
with his wife, Joan.
elected representatives some slack because
bus with lights flashing is
$400
acre farm in Grenville Township, now part
Ray McEvoy recalls that at one point, the
they perform difficult duties, carry out
accompanied by a victim fine surcharge.
of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge.
Esligers, armed with a shovel, water and
thankless jobs for very little pay and are
brushes, uncovered in a Grenville cemetery,
doing the best to serve their communities
the headstone of James McEvoy’s wife,
while you lazy taxpayers are sitting at home
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Bridget, who died in 1881. The grave marker
wondering how you can become one of those
had been covered in moss and the top had
best-paid executives.
been broken, but with a little elbow grease,
We ought to recognize sarcasm whenever
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