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ca / e v ents , www .faceboo k .com /p hi l arber - e x ce ll ente v ents , or 613-678- 50 86 . %( ŏ"++ DUNVEGAN | Foraging for food in the great outdoors was routine for the early settlers. Visitors to the Glengarry Pioneer Museum can learn more about wild edible plants Sunday, July 7 at 2 p.m. when expert Peggi Calder will talk the food that is growing in our yards, fields and fence rows. T he ta lk co v ers greens , fr u its , n u ts and a co upl e of v ery safe and easy - to - identify m u shrooms. S he has been gi v ing w i l d ed - ib l e p resentations since 1988 at pl aces s u ch as C oo p er M arsh , the Upp er M igra - tory B ird S anct u ary , Appl e H i ll F orestry I nter p retation C entre , the S t. L a w rence R i v er I nstit u te of E n v ironmenta l S ciences , among co u nt l ess sma ll er organi z ations and fairs. I f yo u ha v e e v er w ondered if that mysterio u s pl ant a l ong yo u r fence l ine is a w i l d plu m or p ric kl y ha w thorn , this co ul d be the day to fi g u re that o u t.
VANKLEEK HILL| You do not have tomake a lot of noise to draw a large crowd. There will be no cars, no bands and no floats in the 17 th annual Horse and Buggy Pa- rade, which trots through Vankleek Hill Sunday, July 7, beginning at 1 p.m. sharp from the fairgrounds. G ordie All en of V an kl ee k H i ll is the 2 0 13 P arade M arsha ll . N o w 88 years yo u ng , the l ife l ong area resident gre w up w ith horses and farmed w ith them u nti l ju st recent l y , w hen he so l d his l ast team to K eith Ev ans of C o w ans v i ll e , Qué bec. Sp ecia l arrange - ments ha v e been made to ha v e these horses ret u rned so that All en may dri v e them once more to l ead the 2 0 13 p arade. A n ec u menica l ch u rch ser v ice w i ll be he l d at the fairgro u nds at 11 a.m. fo ll o w ed by a lu nch. A fter meandering thro u gh to w n streets , the p arade ret u rns to the fair - gro u nds , w here a stra w berry socia l w i ll be he l d at 2 p .m. , p resented by VKH F armers M ar k et w ith the he lp of the 2 0 14 V an kl ee k H i ll C o ll egiate I nstit u te grad u ating c l ass. F ormore information , www . v an kl ee k hi ll .
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Wind farm project proposed for The Na- tion T he N ation m u nici p a l ity can c l aim to be a p o pul ar l ocation for the three main ty p es of “ green p o w er ” p ro j ects that are becom - ing p art of O ntario ’ s energy p ro fil e. R oofto p so l ar arrays are no w p art of v i l- l age l andsca p e in S t -I sidore and C asse l- man w hi l e more and more standa l one sin - g l e - array set up s are p o pp ing up in p ri v ate yards thro u gho u t the m u nici p a l ity. S ome l oca l farmers are l oo k ing at biodigesters to t u rn their man u re into methane to p o w er sma ll t u rbines to he lp l ight up their barns and maybe se ll any e x cess e l ectricity bac k to the p ro v ince. N o w a w ind farm p ro j ect is in the w or k s and it has recei v ed some conditiona l s up- p ort from T he N ation co u nci l . L eader R eso u rces S er v ices C or p . and S i - erra N e v ada P o w er (O ntario ) L td. are l oo k- ing at de v e l o p ing a 3 0 - mega w att w ind farm in the m u nici p a l ity. A t p resent the p ro j ect , ca ll ed F erme É o l ienne G a u thier , is ju st at the p ro p osa l stage u nti l it can get a p o w er s uppl y contract a pp ro v a l from the
p ro v incia l go v ernment ’ s F eed -I n T ari ff (FIT) p rogram. T he p artners a ppl ied for FIT a pp ro v a l l ast year b u t then the p ro v incia l go v ernment made some changes to the a ppl ication p ro - cess. N o w the com p anies are w or k ing on achie v ing the p riority p oints needed for a s u ccessf ul a ppl ication u nder the c u rrent FIT p rogram. P art of their strategy in v o lv es getting s up- p ort in p rinci pl e from the m u nici p a l ity for the w ind farm p ro j ect. A fter re v ie w ing a brief and the FIT a ppl ication form , co u nci l a pp ro v ed a reso lu tion of s upp ort for the com p anies and their p ro j ect.
Power outage warning H omeo w ners and merchants in se v era l P rescott C o u nty comm u nities sho ul d p re p are in ad v ance for tem p orary p o w er o u tage o v er the Jul y 7 w ee k end. O ntario H ydro ’ s V an kl ee k H i ll o p erations centre has sched ul ed a fo u r - ho u r p o w er sh u tdo w n on Su nday , Jul y 7, from 8 a.m. to noon. T he p o w er o u tage w i ll a ff ect 83 5 c u stomers in Al fred -Pl antagenet T o w n - shi p, C ham pl ain T o w nshi p, and T he N ation m u nici p a l ity. Jul y 1 0 , some 6 0 3 c u stomers in E ast H a wk esb u ry w i ll be w itho u t p o w er from 9 a.m. to 1 p .m. H ydro O ne w i ll do an ad - v ance p hone ca ll notice to a ll ho u seho l ds a ff ected before the sh u tdo w n ta k es pl ace. T he sh u tdo w n is p art of a sched ul ed maintenance and up grade pl an for H ydro O ne e qu i p- ment in the area.
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