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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Richard Mahoney
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Erring on the side of dullness
W
hew! That was a close call!
Apparently, for years, unbeknownst
to the masses, an overhead menace
on Kenyon Street in Alexandria had been
threatening the safety of pedestrians, and
compromising the integrity of heavy-duty
snow removal equipment.
But thankfully, just before Christmas,
North Glengarry Township swooped in and
eliminated the threat, removing hundreds of
boots and shoes from Alexandria’s much
beloved “shoe tree.” And what does the township get in return for its actions? Shoddy
treatment, scorn, ridicule, derision.
The loss of the whimsical attraction was “a
punch in the stomach” dealt by “bullies,” people protested on The News Facebook page.
“Stupid” was the most common adjective
used to describe the move, which was taken,
North Glengarry public works director Ryan
Morton explained, because footwear might
fall and bonk people on the head. Plus, “We
have a $170,000 snowblower. The last thing I
needed was a steel-toe boot to go through it
and mess it up.”
Hear that? That is the sound of people
chortling. They guffaw because they know -and do not try this at home -- that most
decent-sized blowers could make mincemeat
out of a boot. And have you seen the industrial-strength machines municipalities employ?
Those mechanical beasts could probably swallow and spit out a small car and still keep
chugging along.
Who says that government acts slowly?
People can wait forever to get a pothole fixed
or a street light repaired. But when it came to
the shoe tree, North Glengarry did not loaf
around.
When it was determined that, after all these
years, the overhead collection had suddenly
become unsafe, a cherry-picker was brought
in and the shoes were lifted.
A sneaker-clogged blower might impede
snow removal, and endanger people, even
though at the time we were about to enjoy a
green Christmas and golf courses were open.
Sadly, nothing could be done to save the
shoe tree, a special, fun, inclusive, spontaneous, non-official form of expression.
(However, at last report, there were still about
six pairs of shoes hanging from the branches.)
The disappearance of dangling footwear
may make Alexandria safer but it also makes
the town a more dull place.
The departure of all those soles recalls the
successful campaign to save the catalpa tree in
May of last year.
You will remember that the municipality
wanted to chop down the catalpa in order to
“improve” Mill Square because the unusual
tree produced “unsightly” pods. After a public
uproar, the township backed down.
Lo and behold at Christmas there was the
catalpa all decked out in lights, an element of
the lovely illuminated downtown Yuletide
display.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature did a number on that set-up.
A few days after the shoe tree became shoeless, the massive Christmas tree in Mill Square
was toppled by a mighty wind, falling across
the street. Miraculously, nobody was hurt.
But the crash served as a reminder that no
tree is safe in North Glengarry.
On the other hand...
Damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t.
What if, against all odds, somebody had
indeed been injured by a falling shoe or if that
valuable snowblower had been plugged by a
construction boot? By the same token, you
might also fear being hit by fish when they
start flying out of Mill Pond.
Anyway, municipal officials have much to
worry about, including real and/or imagined
threats.
Like all public bodies, North Glengarry
must, for the good of all of us, exercise due
diligence and identify dangers in the context
of a risk management strategy.
At the risk of sounding totally paranoid,
most pieces of public infrastructure represent
an accident, and lawsuit, waiting to happen.
Streets, roads, sidewalks, vehicles, even people can be dangerous if they are not properly
maintained and/or operated.
The revered and popular tradition of putting up a huge evergreen in a busy public area
might also be reviewed, the ramifications of
community Christmas celebrations questioned. Consider the potential liability posed
by a towering tree, full of needles and lights!
And what about street banners and decorations?
While they are it, North Glengarry officials
should try to use their connections to land
special government assistance to bury all
Hydro lines.
The list of potential hazards is endless.
At the same time, governments are often
seen as “deep-pocket” targets in liability litigation. A level of government is named in 40 per
cent of all lawsuits in Canada.
As insurance costs have increased, some
municipalities have banned tobogganing and
others have curtailed events that involve
horses.
Government involvement in almost every
aspect of our lives has given rise to the backlash against the “nanny state.”
But try to be fair, and attempt to remain
awake, because we are about to enter the
realm of municipal liability, torts and the
Negligence Act.
At the same time, try to be mindful that,
although our world is safer, municipal insurance premiums and liability claims are
increasing dramatically. In a five-year period,
municipal insurance bills shot up by 22 per
cent, relates the Association of Municipalities
of Ontario. What’s worse, per capita premiums for smaller municipalities were higher
than cities’ bills.
And who pays for those expenses? Look in
the mirror.
As everyone knows, the trouble here is the
legal convention known as joint and several
liability, regularly denounced as an “archaic
creature of the common law.”
It is patently unfair.
Let’s say there is a motor vehicle accident on
a slick road. Several vehicles are involved; it is
shown that the slippery surface was a factor.
If the negligent drivers are unable to pay,
damages can be recovered from any defendant even if it that defendant is deemed just
one per cent responsible.
Municipalities have for years been complaining that they are routinely used as insurers of last resort, and are unfairly paying for
others’ mistakes. The Ontario government
has so far dismissed calls for reforms that
would limit the damages municipalities
would be obliged to fork out.
The argument for the status quo is that
when a victim is granted damages, it is more
important that the victim be compensated.
The source of the compensation is a secondary consideration.
If the “liability chill” continues, municipal
governments warn, they will have no other
option but to continue reducing the scale and
scope of public services to avoid liability exposure.
Risk mitigation might help explain North
Glengarry’s trepidation over an apparently
harmless collection of shoes. But right now,
talk of liability provides little comfort for the
multitude of shoe tree huggers.
-- Richard Mahoney
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News item:
Alexandria’s
shoe tree
deemed to be
‘dangerous’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Become a friend of woodlot group
The Editor,
During the last week I have attended two
meetings of disparate groups: The Glengarry
Historical Society and the Ontario Woodlot
Association.
The significant concern expressed by both
audiences was the disappearance woodlots,
wetlands and habitats in Glengarry and adjacent counties.
Over the last six years there have been
many articles and letters from your readers
on this topic. I sense a frustration in the community that no one is prepared to listen to its
concerns.
Your readers should be aware that there is
an advocacy group that would be happy to
hear from them, and further, to take their
issues to every level of government; municipal, provincial and federal. The arboreal concerns of Glengarry residents are mirrored in
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More about shoe trees
They are hailed in many communities as “roadside landmarks.”
High school graduates toss their shoes into a tree to mark this important time in their lives.
A shoe tree starts with one dreamer, tossing his or her footwear-of-old high into the sky, to catch on an out-of-reach branch.
The shoe tree blooms with polymer beauty. A work of art like this may last for generations, tracing our history by sneakers.
Trees across North America are festooned with hundreds of pairs of sneakers.
They have been dismissed as “a strange ritual by bored locals.”
In California, a shrunken old desert tree bore both shoes and a variety of shirts.
In many trees, shoes have names and messages scrawled on them.
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ow, that’s quite the deal. After
spending a year brainstorming,
attending meetings, completing
surveys, compiling inventories, and reviewing plans and designs, North Glengarry residents would be remiss if they didn’t act on
the township’s offer to help them fix up their
businesses, homes and heritage buildings.
The township’s new Community
Improvement Plan seems to have something
for everyone.
The grant program will give property
owners and tenants cash to help them
improve the appearance of their properties
and make a lasting improvement to the community. The township is willing to pay up to
50 per cent of the cost for facade and landscape upgrade projects, including funding
business signage, lighting and awnings, and
public art.
The township is also agreeing to pay the
initial costs of a property assessment increase
on people’s taxes as a result of their property
improvements, as an “tax increment grant.”
The township is really covering all bases
V IEWPOINT
and is clearly thinking
ahead, anticipating
any excuses people
may have for not
improving their establishments. It will pay
100 per cent of the cost
of a building permit
up to $750,, and 75 per
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cent of the cost to
install civic address signage that helps direct
emergency services responders. If business
owners and residents need to borrow money
from the township to complete their projects, they can also take out an interest-free
loan they can pay back within five years.
CAO Daniel Gagnon says the grant and loan
program is a good use of tax dollars. The
township wants to focus on supporting
mainly business improvements to start the
program.
When one thinks about it, since the
money the township is waving in front of
people’s eyes is taxpayer money, they would
be doing themselves a disservice by not tak-
SCRAPBO
FIRE IN THE SKY: “Looks like the woods are on fire,” observes Monica McLean. She was referring to this photo of the sun
rising on Concession 6 of Kenyon. “I had to ask my husband if he also saw the sunlight flaring up on the clouds, I thought I
had a problem with my eyes, but he could also see it!” Do you have any brilliant shots to share?
Send them to [email protected]
all areas of Ontario.
Whether you are a woodlot owner or an
apartment dweller, you can “Become a
Friend” of the Ontario Woodlot Association.
Visit www.ontariowoodlot.com and select
“Support Us.” You will find how you can help
the OWA, and they in turn can take your
message to the various government bodies
upon which they are represented.
Robin Flockton, Apple Hill
OK
ing advantage of the offer. The township
showed at this past week’s public meetings
in Alexandria and Maxville it will be doing
its part to make the downtown cores more
attractive, starting with improving
Alexandria’s Mill Square.
The Friends of King George Park will be
looking for ways to fundraise to spruce up
King George Park in downtown Maxville
also.
An architect and urban design specialist’s
renderings of redesigns for Mill Square and
King George Park incorporating resident
feedback from the Re-Imagining Main Street
workshops last June were especially impressive, and provided the community a chance
to imagine how beautiful and inviting their
community “hubs” could be with a little
work.
And to the naysayers,, really? At the
Alexandria public consultation meeting last
week, one resident grumbled quietly about
the municipality asking that people planning
building facade improvements maintain a
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HANDS-ON DECK: This 1948 photo shows a work crew buidling a new bridge on Bishop Street in Alexandria. With a population of 2,181, the town was on the verge of a post-World War II boom that saw the expansion of businesses and public services.
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Crunch time for dog show
BY MARGARET CALDBICK
News Staff
Last year’s first-ever K9 Sport
Fest at the Maxville fairgrounds
was such a smash success that
event organizer Erika Anderson
has been deluged with calls and
emails from people eager to
know if the event is a go again
this summer.
“Everything is confirmed for
the weekend of July 16-17,
including the fairgrounds and
the Sports Complex,” said Ms.
Anderson earlier this week.
“It’s now a matter of securing
local sponsorship to help pay for
the rent of the facilities and the
insurance,” says the professional
pet and animal photographer
and agility competitor from
Apple Hill. She has set a deadline
of March 1 to raise half of the
money she needs to go ahead.
Last year’s Olympics-style
canine games drew 600 to 700
spectators a day and 550 competitors to the two-day dogsport
Woofstock. For a $5 entrance fee
people of all ages were encouraged to come and bring their
dogs to see sports they could also
try out.
The event was so large that it
covered the Maxville Fairgounds
infield and grounds, the soccer
field, the horse show area, and
the rink of the Sports Complex.
If it proceeds this July, the
event will again pit pooches in
eight sanctioned sports events
including a new competition for
K9 Sport Fest, lure coursing
where dogs chase an artificial
lure across a field. The request to
include the popular sport came
from competitors and a luring
club from Québec.
Other events will include
Agility, Barn Hunt, Disc Dog
(commonly called Frisbee Dog),
sheep herding, Canine Good
Behaviour and Flyball, a thrilling
indoor team sport where two sets
HOCKEY DAY IN BAINSVILLE: Despite persistent flurries, the games went on Saturday
when Bainsville hosted its annual Family Fun Hockey Day at Jack Danaher Park.
Newsman thrives on fictional beat
BY ANGELA BROWN
News Staff
Alexandria has a new writer in
its midst: retired long-time
Montréal news anchor Bill
Haugland, who recently
released his third mystery
novel, The Informants.
The Montréal native and his
wife, Linda, moved to
Alexandria from Vermont in
November, 2015.
“We are definitely enjoying
our experience here,” said Mr.
Haugland. “This is a lovely little
town. It’s a perfectly central
locale for us.”
He said economically it made
more sense to come back to
Canada and decided to live in
Alexandria since it is close to
friends and family.
Mr. Haugland gained fame as
a CFCF Pulse News anchor for
29 years, and prior to that as a
reporter before retiring in 2006,
after working 45 years in the
business. He was also an editor
while at Pulse News.
He has “always been a writer”
since he was 10 years old and
first entered a contest with a
story called Room Without
Windows. Over the years, he
wrote novels as well as poems,
in what he calls “a learning
experience” while honing his
craft as a storyteller.
Since retiring he has been successful in having four books
accepted for publication -- three
mystery novels as part of a trilogy, Mobile 9, The Bidding, and
The Informants, and a book of
short stories, After It Rains. The
mystery novels focus on a fictional TV news reporter, named
Ty Davis.
Mr. Haugland, who is receiving positive response for his
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degree of uniformity and a
“sober” appearance. Granted, it
would be fun to see what kind of
creative, original designs people
may have in mind. Maybe a
restaurant owner would install a
giant three-dimensional hamburger on top of his or her signage. The township wants to
play up the heritage of
Alexandria and Maxville as the
communities’ selling features.
North Glengarry’s Scottish heritage is what lured many people
to visit and settle here in the first
place.
The municipality also hopes to
maintain a common design, to
give the downtown cores a dignified look and make the most of
the buildings already in existence. Why change a good thing?
After the proposed plans for
Mill Square were shown at the
Alexandria public consultation,
many residents taking in the
presentation were clearly bubbling with enthusiasm for what
the future may hold. Imagine
walking into Mill Square and visiting a few artisans and vendor
kiosks, or having lunch at a bistro
table and then walking over a
newly revamped bridge to view
the waterfall, and take a short
stroll to the water, traverse the
walking bridge to Firemen’s
Island on Mill Pond then returning to Mill Square and downtown Alexandria to visit the businesses on Main Street. It may
sound like a dream, but one that
can be realized.
Whether it does materialize
remains to be seen, but to the few
people who see only the negatives in such an idea – how this
won’t work, can’t work – why
must you doubt?
It’s easy to sit back and complain about everything, and do
nothing. Residents instead
should make an effort to believe
in the future growth of the township and appreciate the enormous work economic development officer Kerri-Lynn
Strotmann invested into the
Community Improvement Plan.
The public applauded her work
at the recent consultation meetings.
It takes many people willing to
share and support a vision to
make change happen.
If more individuals don’t
make a commitment and take up
the township’s challenge to make
their properties and commercial
establishments more appealing,
they may as well pack their suitcases and check out.
People can’t expect the town-
ship to promise them a bright
future, with a better quality of
life, if they are not willing to walk
the same road to be part of it.
novels, said his first book was a
top seller.
“Sales have been very good. I
have had so many compliments
from people who have read
them,” he said. “I am very gratified that my writing is enjoyed
by people,” he added.
The Informants harkens back to
the biker wars in Québec. Mr.
Haugland often uses his journalism experience to give him ideas
for stories.
Writing and speaking engagements keep him busy.
He writes four hours a day
and often spends about a yearand-a-half completing a novel.
Even in the middle of the
night he will often get up to jot
down some ideas on his bedside table as he continues to
work on new stories.
“I will get up in the morning
and say: ‘That’s a good idea for
a new plot,’” he said.
Mr. Haugland, 73, has three
grown children – Heidi,
Matthew and James. One of his
sons, Hugh, 44, was killed in a
helicopter crash in Mont Laurier
in 2009 while on the job as a
CTV cameraman.
The Informants is distributed
through Montreal publisher
Véhicule Press.
of dogs race relay-style.
A huge hit last year for dogs
and their owners and spectators
alike was dock-diving. Karen and
Mark Larocque of Canine Water
Sports Canada intend to be back
again this year with their custombuilt 45-foot pool with a 36-foot
elevated dock where dogs from
tiny Yorkshire Terriers to large
German Shepherds can discover
the fun of dock diving for the
first time.
Like all the events, even sheep
herding, during the hour-and-a-
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“Everyone is so willing to help
because they are delighted that
this has come to Glengarry,” says
Ms. Anderson. “When people
weren’t competing they helped
out because they know it’s all run
on volunteer work.”
That included keeping the
grounds in pristine clean condition
with a Poop Deposit raffle and
brigades of volunteers roaming the
grounds to keep things tidy.
There are contests and prizes
and vendors from Ontario and
Québec on site, as well as the
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
SPCA’s fundraising tent with
photos of available rescue dogs.
Last year the SD&G SPCA raised
over $1,200 at Sports Fest and ran
the Agility tryout ring.
“I am hoping this event will
grow and contribute to
Glengarry’s economic development,” says Ms. Anderson. “I tell
local sponsors that they don’t
have to be a dog-oriented business. They likely have dog-owning customers and coming on
board shows that they are supporting the dog sports and discipline community.”
To find out more, visit
http://www.k9sportfest.com or [email protected]
Erika Anderson
Unemployment
drops
half breaks between competitons,
dogs and their owners are invited to try out any of the events.
Erika Anderson is now down to
the wire working to net the final
amount she needs to confirm
that no-profit K9 Sport Fest is
back this summer.
The event is largely staffed by
high school student volunteers,
participant volunteers, friends
and family. The only paid staff
are eight people hired from the
community to man the entry
gate, help direct people and and
provide information.
The jobless rate in eastern
Ontario continues to drop
below the national average,
according to Statistics Canada.
The jobless rate was 6.9 per
cent February 6, compared to
7.6 per cent January 9. The
national jobless rate is 7.2 per
cent. A year ago, the unemployment rate for this district
was 8 per cent. The numbers
are for a region that encompasses Stormont, Dundas,
Glengarry, Prescott, Russell,
Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds and
Grenville and Renfrew.
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on a 48 month lease for 2016 GMC Sierra Crew Cab 4x4 1SA G80+H2R+B30/Terrain SLE-1 AWD 3SA/Acadia SLE-1 AWD 3SA. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. OAC by GM Financial. Monthly/bi-weekly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. A down payment or trade of $0 and/or $0 security deposit is required. Total obligation
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most models. See dealer for details. */1/▼/♦/***Freight & PDI, ($1,695/$1,700/$1,700), registration, air and tire levies and OMVIC fees included. Insurance, licence, PPSA, dealer fees and applicable taxes not included. Offers apply as indicated to 2016 new or demonstrator models of the vehicle equipped as described. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the Ontario
Buick GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only (including Outaouais). Dealers are free to set individual prices. Quantities limited; dealer order or trade may be required. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate offers, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See
dealer for details. **U.S. government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). +Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select
markets. Customers will be able to access OnStar services only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. After the trial period (if applicable), an active OnStar service plan is required. ▲Warranty based on 5 years or 160,000 km, whichever comes first. Fully transferable. See dealer for conditions
and limited warranty details. Excludes Medium Duty Trucks. ±2016 Sierra 1500 Denali Crew Cab 4WD with GAT, MSRP with freight PDI & levies: $67,149. 2016 Terrain DENALI AWD, MSRP with freight PDI & levies: $44,209. Dealers are free to set individual prices. 2016 Acadia DENALI AWD with PPE, MSRP with freight PDI & levies: $59,179. Dealers are free to set individual prices.