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Vars farmers market idea shelved
Please note that the free space in the Community Calendar is for non- profit groups only, including sports clubs, school groups, and community service agencies. BOURGET Barbottes, beans and macaroni supper, followed by Military whist card games session, May 4, at the Bourget Community Centre, courtesy of the Cheney-Hammond Knights of Columbus. Supper 5 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. Cost $12.50 adults, $5 children. Tickets at the door. EASTERN ONTARIO The St-Bernardin Big Reunion is May 19 and 20 at the Caledonia Community Centre. Anyone and everyone with family ties to St-Ber- nardin is invited to take part in any or all of the events planned for the weekend. Included is the launch of the St-Bernardin Centennial Book. For complete details of events go to www.st-bernardin.ca or phone Julie at 613-678-6471. HAMMOND Community Garage Sale, May 26, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at École Saint-Ma- thieu. Le Club d’Optimiste de Hammond organizer. Table space rentals are $15 for inside with $5 rental per table if needed or $10 for outside and bring your own table. Reserve table space by phone to Diane at 487-3914. Articles for donation to the garage sale should be brought to the school the morning of the sale. RICEVILLE Riceville Agricultural Society Mother’s Day Brunch, May 13, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., South Plantagenet Municipal Hall, County Road 9. Adults $12, children 12 and under $5. ROCKLAND Tucker House hosts an evening discussion session May 10, 7 p.m., with Jacinth Laforte, author of City Carbon . A $5 donation suggested. Clarence-Rockland Public Library and Tucker House are co-hosting Green Thumb Day May 5. Register at the library desk, by email to biblioinfo@biblibclarence- rockland.ca, or phone 446-5680. Fire up the grill. The Annual M&M Meat Shops Charity BBQ Day is May 12. All local M&M shops staff and local celebrities are cooking up snacks to raise money for the Crohn’s/Colitis Foundation of Canada for research and treatment of Crohn’s Disease, Colitis and similar intestinal illnesses that affect all ages. The 1 st Rockland Scouting Group 25 th Annual Giant Flea Market is May 21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Grenon Your Independent Grocer parking lot at Laurier Street and Heritage Drive. Rain date and location May 26 at Jean-Marc Lalonde Arena. Vendors set up between 7 and 8:45 a.m. Fee is $20 per parking spot site. Vendors must supply own tables. For registration information go to www.1strocklandscouts.ca or phone Jeff at 673-2568. WENDOVER Les Chevaliers de Colomb de Wendover host their monthly bean supper May 11, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Lucien Delorme Community Centre. For information phone Gilles at 673-5811.
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the proposal on the association’s website but “zero volunteers” resulting to set up an organizational committee. There is startup funding available from the City of Ottawa through its cultural sup- port program for a farmers market but one of the conditions is there must be an organizational committee or even a part- time project manager hired to look after setting up the venue, booking the vendors, and doing the necessary clerical work. “The idea is there,” said Jean Séguin, VCA president. “We haven’t shut it down.” The association will return to the idea in the fall and begin the planning process again. One point, both McCannell and Séguin noted, out of all the feedback received is that Vars should schedule its farmers market so that the event avoids having to compete on the same day and time as the large and successful one in nearby Cum- berland.
The Vars Community Association (VCA), in partnership with other groups, began looking into the feasibility of such a project for the village. In her report during the VCA’s April 19 regular meeting, Laurie McCannell reported lots of positive feedback to a request for comments about
There is blossoming interest in the idea of a farmers market for Vars, but one thing not growing is a list of volunteers with the time and energy to help organize and manage such a project.
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a proposal from Canadian Ramp Com- pany to supply and install a skatepark setup. The cost is budgeted at $39,536.23 plus HST. The skateboard park will be similar in concept to existing youth recreation facilities in the villages of Bourget, Alfred and other communities in the Prescott-Rus- sell region.
Before the summer is out, local skateboards and rollerbladers may have a new official home to call their own in Rockland. The Skatepark Committee has spent the past few years raising money to buy skatepark structures for set up in Simon Park. Now city council voted approval on
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