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communautaire Le lien community link The Clarence Creek 3 e Tournoi de golf « meilleure balle » pour l’École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Félicité, le 13 juin au Club de golf Nation, à 12h30. Organisé par le conseil d’école. Réservations pour la journée ou le souper : tournoidegolfsteflicite@ gmail.com, www.sainte-felicite.csdceo ou 613-488-2890. Fournier Mass under the tent at Fournier, June 14 at 10:30, with the Burundian choir, fol- lowed by barbecue. Also, exhibition and sale of crafts and baking by the Cercles des fermières. Info: Marie-Andrée, 613- 524-2941 or Gaston, 613-524-5208. Hammond Tournoi de golf en l’honneur de Dan- ny Nolan, organisé par le Club Optimiste de Hammond, le 14 juin au Club de golf de Hammond. Départ à 12 h 30. Réserva- tions forfait ou souper seulement: Serge Brazeau au 613-487-2486, ou sergebra- zeau@sympatico.ca. Second Annual Pig Roast fundraiser for the Fondation La Patte Cassée Broken Paw Foundation for pets, June 20, 3 p.m., at 2080 Nolan Road. RSVP 613-488-2595 or 702-4103. Plantagenet Assemblée générale annuelle (AGA) de l’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario (ACFO) de Prescott et Rus- sell, le jeudi 11 juin, à 18 h, à l’École secondaire catholique de Plantagenet. L’inscription se fera à compter de 17 h 30. Rockland Dernier souper de l’année du cercle 1210 des Filles d’Isabelle de Rockland, le 15 juin à 17h, exceptionnellement au Jardin Belle Rive. Renseignements : Rhéa Séguin, 513-446-4248. Souper de dorés et danse organi- sés par le club L’Amicale Belle Rive, le samedi le 13 juin à la Résidence Belle Rive dès 18h. Renseignements : Laurent, 613-296-4685. Marche pour l’Alzheimer à Clarence- Rockland, le samedi 13 juin, de 9h à 11h, à l’École secondaire catholique L’Escale, 1535, avenue du Parc. Renseignements : Sharyn, 613-932-4914 ou www.walkforal- zheimers.ca. Tucker House and Boisés Est invite families to celebrate nature during the second annual Forest Magic event, June 14, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Tucker House heritage estate, 1731 Tucker Road. For information phone 613-446-2117, ext. 8 or community@maisontuckerhouse.ca. Wendover Souper de fèves au lard le 12 juin, de 17 h à 19 h, au centre communau- taire Lucien Delorme, organisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb de Wendover. Renseignements : Raymond Viau au 613-673-4840. Tournoi de pêche aux dorés organisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb de Wen- dover le 20 juin. Inscriptions: Stephane Martel, 613-673-4467.
New breed of elk on the Prescott-Russell scene
Whether or not these » pose a potential problem for local farming ope- rations is still an open question. Ken Da- lrymple, a retiredMNR conservation officer nowmanaging a small beef cattle farm in the Clarence Creek area, has seen elk tracks and found other signs in and around his property but he’s had no problems with the animals, whether they are true elk or hybrids. « They’ve been in and around with the cattle, » Dalrymple said. « The cattle pay no mind to them or to deer. They (cattle) are a little more nervous of the moose. » Dalrymple noted that he’s had no damage to the fencing around his pastures, and sus- pects the elk just jump the fence when they get in among the herd. They also seem to ignore or step around the gravity-feed plas- tic pipeline sap collection setup he has for the small sugar bush operation in a grove of sugar maples located on a steep hillside. « The squirrels are worse than the elk, » Dalrymple said, chuckling. « They chew the (plastic) pipelines. The elk just either jump over them or steer clear. » « wild elk
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
It looks like an elk but it isn’t, not quite, though it may not be of much concern to hunters and farmers in the Prescott-Rus- sell area. Back in 2000, theMinistry of Natural Re- sources (MNR) launched a project to reintro- duce elk to the Ontario wildlife landscape. The results have proven successful but wild elk sightings in the Clarence-Rockland and Wendover areas may not be due to theMNR project or even be actual wild elk altogether. « It appears from the photographic evi- dence that they are red deer/elk hybrids, » saidMike Allan, anMNR wildlife resources technician attached to theministry’s Peter- borough operations area and working out of Trent University. « They may have escaped from a local elk farm or somewhere. » Allan noted that the photos he has now seen of the alleged « wild elk » show a reddish colouring to the animal’s body hair, unlike the tawnier brown colouring of a true elk. Also, those animals bearing antlers have palmated type antlers similar to red deer rather than straight cluster of sharp tines typical for an elk’s antler rack. More than a decade ago, MNR established a herd of 170 elk in the Bancroft area.Those elk were tagged and also had radio collars attached to them to help MNR staff track their movements. Most of the original herd has since died, as a result of natural causes, predators, or hunters, but the herd has flou- rished and grown in size with newborn elk that have grown up and become adults. Allan noted that some of those wild elk,
An actual wild elk has more of a buff coat and sharp-tined antlers.
untagged and lacking radio collars, may have wandered away from the Bancroft area, made their way into Prescott-Russell and mixed with local deer herds. He would like local farmers and hunters, or any other residents, if they are able to send himmore photographs of these potential hybrids and also hair and scat samples if possible so he and other researchers can determine if the animals are true elk or a red deer/elk hybrid.
Caller spoofing The Hawkesbury OPP received complaints from local residents regarding “Caller ID Spoofing”. The homeowners advised that their own phone number was displayed on their caller ID when receiving a call from a telemarketer. Caller ID is a useful function allowing information on the identity and number of the caller to be seen before answering the call. Some telemarketers will mask or falsify this information. This practice is called “spoofing” and is an indication that the call may not be legitimate. A spoofed number can appear as a string of digits such as 000-000-0000 or 123-456-7890, a random number or another company or person’s real number. If such a call is received by a telemarketer believed to have a spoofed caller ID, a complaint should be filed by going to the National DNCL website at https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/ or call toll-free 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625). Calls from a TTY device, call 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-362-5889). Fraudulent calls or a spoofing incident should be reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
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Trees for planting offer The South Nation Conservation Agency (SNC) has a goal this year of 120,000 seedling trees planted in the South Nation River watershed region. The regional conservation agency has its own treeplanting schedule in place but it also offers a community treeplanting program for landowners and community groups to make use. This year’s orders are all booked but anyone wanting to pre-order seedlings for 2016 can call Cheyene Ramsey, SNC forestry technician, toll-free at 1-877-984-2948, extension 295. Treeplanting helps provide buf- fer zones between homes and fields and along roads to reduce snow drifting during winter and along streams to help filter spring runoff and also reduce bank erosion. Trees also help clean the air and provide oxygen in return, and provide forest habitat cover and food sources for some wildlife and bird species. – Gregg Chamberlain
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