Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Review.ca 10 Organic natural & specialty foods The Review’s Organic Foods feature is published on the second Wednesday of every month. Suggest a story. Email: [email protected] Advertise what you have to offer. If you are a local food producer and want to promote your products on this page, contact Shirley, at 613-678-3327 extension 1013 or by emailing [email protected] Gwen Morris to be honoured with Pioneer Award on April 15 In recognition of her work to preserve local heritage, Gwen Morris of Alexandria will be presented with the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Award” at the annual general meeting on Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. SUBMITTED PHOTO DUNVEGAN – Gwen Morris of Con- cession 4 in Alexandria will receive the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Award” in recognition of her years of dedicated work to preserve the her- itage and enhance the cultural life of Glengarry. Morris will be honoured at the Pio- neer Museum’s annual general meeting and potluck supper on Friday, April 5 at the recreation hall in Dunvegan. A longtime supporter and mem- ber of the Glengarry Historical Soci- ety and the Pioneer Museum, Morris has been a vigorous champion of the importance of preserving our local her- itage. As the first woman reeve of Kenyon Township in 200 years, and its last, she led a council that declared the Kenyon Township hall a heritage site and saw to the placement of 0 permanent his- torical plaques commemorating im- portant heritage sites in North Glen- garry. More recently, she has been the in- itiator of an archival book that will honour the seven men who created Glengarry Gardens, a private and then public sports arena in Alexandria from 947 to 975. When asked what she thought of receiving the Pioneer Award, she re- plied with typical understatement, “I’ve been fortunate to live a long and active life here in Glengarry. For at least 70 of my 88 years, I’ve tried to do what I can so that we all remember and preserve our valuable heritage.” Born in St. Andrews in 922 and raised in Maxville, Morris is in her 64th year of living on the heritage fam- ily farm where she and her husband, Howard, raised 0 children. “It’s good to see that there are still a number of families still making a living on ancestral farms despite how difficult the times are for small farmers. It’s sad to see how many of those farms have been lost from the families that started them,” she commented. A graduate of Queen’s University, Morris returned to Maxville as a teach- er for 35 years, starting the first special education program in this area. While at Queen’s, she excelled in hockey and track and field, continu- ing a tradition she started at Maxville High School. In recognition of this excellence, she was inducted into the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. e evening event begins at 6 p.m. with a pot luck supper, followed by a short business meeting and a program that will include presentations on two new structures coming to the museum grounds: a pavilion to be dedicated to the Williams family and the Big Bea- ver one-room schoolhouse, currently located next to Laggan Public School. Officers and committee members for the coming year will also be approved. Anyone interested in the activities of the Pioneer Museum is welcome to attend and to volunteer during the up- coming season which begins on May 2, Victoria Day weekend. is year’s season includes several annual events: the Art Fayre ( June - 2), Historical Driving Tour (June 25), Wood Fair and Auction (August 20), Harvest Festival (September 8), and War of 82 Reenactment (September 24-25). For more information, call 63- 527-5230 or visit www.GlengarryPio- neerMusesum.ca. e Dunvegan Recreation Hall is located west of the central intersection in Dunvegan on County Road 24. Gwen Morris is being recognized for her years of work to preserve the heritage and enhance the cultural life of Glengarry. Plantagenet Public School merits high-performance school award Plantagenet Public School students held its Jump Rope for Heart on Monday, April 4. The students raised $2,000 and, of course, had fun skipping rope in the gym. SUBMITTED PHOTO PLANTAGENET – When staff, teachers and students at Plan- tagenet Public School (PPS) found out an Upper Canada Dis- trict School Board representative would visit on Friday, April , they soon discovered it was no mere April Fool’s joke. During an assem- bly that afternoon, UCDSB director of education David o- mas presented PPS principal Susan Kelly with a high-perform- ance school award. According to o- mas, the award was given to the school “for excellence in a number of areas, in- cluding steadily-in- creasing EQAO re- sults, her school’s culture scan results, morale in the school, results of an inter- nal audit of office op- erations, and the fact that the work of Susan and her staff has cre- ated a student-centred school.” In the school’s ap- plication for the award, Plantagenet proved that its School BY JUSTIN BROMBERG [email protected] Success Plan aligned with the board’s goal of a 90-per-cent grad- uation rate, that all staff members were included in the plan- ning and implemen- tation of the plan, and that the school had embraced the need to be accountable, col- laborative and inno- vative. omas congrat- ulated all staff mem- bers for making Plan- tagenet a special place for learning: “is school has a history of outstanding work and staff. In or- der to have a success- ful school, your custo- dian and the people who work to main- tain the building have to have real pride in what they do. “You also have to have an office ad- ministrator who un- derstands her service to the community to make sure everything is ready for teachers.” Principal Susan Kelly said it was an honour for Planta- genet to receive the award. “e staff members at Plantagenet contin- uously work towards making sure that each student’s needs are met so that every child will develop to his or her fullest potential,” she said. “Our school credo is: ‘Believing in Achieving.’ Everything we do here is centered on making sure that our students are successful and graduate. “We do not do what we do here for an award,” she add- ed. “e real reward is seeing the students succeed and enjoy coming to school. We are a family at Plan- tagenet. We do it be- cause we care.” This little piggy was popular with visitors to the official grand opening of Penny’s Livestock and Produce Market, which took place on Tuesday, April 12. The market will be open year-round on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. Local producers are breathing new life into the old hog pro- ducer’s building at the corner of Highway 47 and exit 35. Penny’s Livestock and Produce Mar- ket officially opened its doors on Tues- day, April 2. e brainchild of pro- ducer Peter Amstutz and members of the Eastern Ontario Lo- cal Food Cooperative, the goal of the market is to give consumers a way to get even more personal with the food they purchase and consume. Livestock will in- clude cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry, to name a few. Not only will pro- ducers be able to sell livestock at the mar- ket, but it will also feature other season- al, local produce such as fruits, vegetables, cheeses, baked goods and a number of oth- er tasty treats. e Eastern On- tario Local Food Co- operative is also in- volved. e market will be open Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 This little piggy was popular with visitors to the official grand opening of Penny’s Livestock and Produce Market, which took place on Tuesday, April 12. The market will be open year-round on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. In recognition of her work to preserve local heritage, Gwen Morris of Alexandria will be presented with the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Award” at the annual general meeting on Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Review.ca10
Organic natural &specialty foods
The Review’s Organic Foods feature is published on the second Wednesday of every month.Suggest a story. Email: [email protected]
Advertise what you have to offer. If you are a local food producer and want to promote your products on this page,
contact Shirley, at 613-678-3327 extension 1013 orby emailing [email protected]
Gwen Morris to be honoured with Pioneer Award on April 15
In recognition of her work to preserve local heritage, Gwen Morris of Alexandria will be presented with the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Award” at the annual general meeting on Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. SUBMITTED PHOTO
DUNVEGAN – Gwen Morris of Con-cession 4 in Alexandria will receive the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Award” in recognition of her years of dedicated work to preserve the her-itage and enhance the cultural life of Glengarry.
Morris will be honoured at the Pio-neer Museum’s annual general meeting and potluck supper on Friday, April 5 at the recreation hall in Dunvegan.
A longtime supporter and mem-ber of the Glengarry Historical Soci-ety and the Pioneer Museum, Morris has been a vigorous champion of the importance of preserving our local her-itage.
As the first woman reeve of Kenyon Township in 200 years, and its last, she led a council that declared the Kenyon Township hall a heritage site and saw to the placement of 0 permanent his-torical plaques commemorating im-portant heritage sites in North Glen-garry.
More recently, she has been the in-itiator of an archival book that will honour the seven men who created Glengarry Gardens, a private and then public sports arena in Alexandria from 947 to 975.
When asked what she thought of receiving the Pioneer Award, she re-
plied with typical understatement, “I’ve been fortunate to live a long and active life here in Glengarry. For at least 70 of my 88 years, I’ve tried to do what I can so that we all remember and preserve our valuable heritage.”
Born in St. Andrews in 922 and raised in Maxville, Morris is in her 64th year of living on the heritage fam-ily farm where she and her husband, Howard, raised 0 children.
“It’s good to see that there are still a number of families still making a living on ancestral farms despite how difficult the times are for small farmers. It’s sad to see how many of those farms have been lost from the families that started them,” she commented.
A graduate of Queen’s University, Morris returned to Maxville as a teach-er for 35 years, starting the first special education program in this area.
While at Queen’s, she excelled in hockey and track and field, continu-
ing a tradition she started at Maxville High School.
In recognition of this excellence, she was inducted into the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
The evening event begins at 6 p.m. with a pot luck supper, followed by a short business meeting and a program that will include presentations on two new structures coming to the museum grounds: a pavilion to be dedicated to the Williams family and the Big Bea-ver one-room schoolhouse, currently located next to Laggan Public School. Officers and committee members for the coming year will also be approved.
Anyone interested in the activities of the Pioneer Museum is welcome to attend and to volunteer during the up-coming season which begins on May 2, Victoria Day weekend.
This year’s season includes several annual events: the Art Fayre ( June -2), Historical Driving Tour ( June 25), Wood Fair and Auction (August 20), Harvest Festival (September 8), and War of 82 Reenactment (September 24-25). For more information, call 63-527-5230 or visit www.GlengarryPio-neerMusesum.ca.
The Dunvegan Recreation Hall is located west of the central intersection in Dunvegan on County Road 24.
Gwen Morris is being recognized for her years of work to preserve the heritage and enhance the cultural life of Glengarry.
Plantagenet Public School merits high-performance school award
Plantagenet Public School students held its Jump Rope for Heart on Monday, April 4. The students raised $2,000 and, of course, had fun skipping rope in the gym. SUBMITTED PHOTO
PLANTAGENET – When staff, teachers and students at Plan-tagenet Public School (PPS) found out an Upper Canada Dis-trict School Board representative would visit on Friday, April , they soon discovered it was no mere April Fool’s joke.
During an assem-bly that afternoon, UCDSB director of education David Tho-mas presented PPS principal Susan Kelly with a high-perform-
ance school award.According to Tho-
mas, the award was given to the school “for excellence in a number of areas, in-cluding steadily-in-creasing EQAO re-sults, her school’s culture scan results, morale in the school, results of an inter-nal audit of office op-erations, and the fact that the work of Susan and her staff has cre-ated a student-centred school.”
In the school’s ap-plication for the award, Plantagenet proved that its School
BY JUSTIN [email protected]
Success Plan aligned with the board’s goal of a 90-per-cent grad-uation rate, that all staff members were included in the plan-ning and implemen-tation of the plan, and that the school had embraced the need to be accountable, col-laborative and inno-vative.
Thomas congrat-ulated all staff mem-bers for making Plan-tagenet a special place for learning:
“This school has a history of outstanding work and staff. In or-der to have a success-
ful school, your custo-dian and the people who work to main-tain the building have to have real pride in what they do.
“You also have to have an office ad-ministrator who un-derstands her service to the community to make sure everything is ready for teachers.”
Principal Susan Kelly said it was an honour for Planta-genet to receive the award.
“The staff members at Plantagenet contin-uously work towards making sure that each
student’s needs are met so that every child will develop to his or her fullest potential,” she said. “Our school credo is: ‘Believing in Achieving.’
Everything we do here is centered on making sure that our students are successful and graduate.
“We do not do what we do here for an award,” she add-ed. “The real reward is seeing the students succeed and enjoy coming to school. We are a family at Plan-tagenet. We do it be-cause we care.”
This little piggy was popular with visitors to the official grand opening of Penny’s Livestock and Produce Market, which took place on Tuesday, April 12. The market will be open year-round on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m.
Local producers are breathing new life into the old hog pro-ducer’s building at the corner of Highway 47 and exit 35.
Penny’s Livestock and Produce Mar-ket officially opened its doors on Tues-day, April 2. The
brainchild of pro-ducer Peter Amstutz and members of the Eastern Ontario Lo-cal Food Cooperative, the goal of the market is to give consumers a way to get even more personal with the food they purchase and consume.
Livestock will in-clude cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry, to name a few.
Not only will pro-ducers be able to sell livestock at the mar-ket, but it will also feature other season-al, local produce such as fruits, vegetables, cheeses, baked goods and a number of oth-er tasty treats.
The Eastern On-tario Local Food Co-operative is also in-volved.
The market will be open Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m.