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11/09/2024

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11/09/2024

❄️Winter Parking Restrictions - Beginning November 15th🚗

Parking on all Municipal roads is prohibited between midnight and 7:00 am, from November 15th to April 15th, unless otherwise stated.

Any vehicle that is parked in a manner that interferes with the clearing of snow may be issued a ticket and/or towed at the owner’s expense.

Help us keep our streets safe and clear this winter!

11/09/2024

EDITORIAL FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY

WE OWE IT TO THEM
By Jon Vickers Marshall
Publisher South Grenville Beacon

On Monday November 11th if you can, visit your local Cenotaph, attend a Remembrance Day Service, or visit a local Royal Canadian Legion to honour our past veterans and current ones.

We owe them that, if not more. Without their selfless sacrifice in WW1, WW2, Korea, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and other peace keeping mission through the decades, we would not live in this wonderful Country.

In South Grenville, South Dundas and Brockville and area communities in Leeds-Grenville many families share in the family history of lost loved ones over the last 100+ years due to war and conflict. Rural and farming families sent husbands, sons, uncles, cousins who lost their lives defending democracy and way of life.
Look at the names on the cenotaph and see how young they were, and for our area at the time, the heavy casualty loss in comparison to the population of the time and think about families receiving the “dreaded telegram”.

“The Beacon” since we started publishing in 2021 every year, print the names on the Cenotaph in South Grenville area communities and including Iroquois in our Remembrance Day section. We need to show our children, grandchildren sacrifice and a personal family history connection. We cannot forget their ultimate sacrifice and know they are never forgotten.

As publisher I think we are the only community newspaper in Eastern Ontario that does this and will continue to do so as long as I am owner and publisher of this newspaper.

Buy a poppy, thank a veteran if you can, go to a Remembrance Day service, visit or even join a legion, watch the National service on television but most of all “Lest We Forget…”
JVM

11/08/2024

Today 10am-2pm.
St. John's United Church, Cardinal

11/08/2024

11/08/2024

SPIRIT OF GIVING CAMPAIGN
If you live in South Grenville (Prescott, Maitland, Maynard, Spencerville, Cardinal, North Augusta, Algonquin or any community within) and need help this year at Christmas, the 35th Annual Kinsmen Club of Prescott’s Spirit of Giving Campaign is here to help you.

Register for a food and gift basket as part of the Spirit of Giving campaign. There will be 3 locations where you can register, see the attached photo for dates and times.

Please help spread the word!

11/08/2024

THIS WEEKEND ITS NOT TOO LATE TO BUY OUR THURSDAY OCTOBER 31ST , 2024 SOUTH GRENVILLE BEACON NEWSPAPER AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT OUR RETAILERS

SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY SECTION WITH ALL THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN ON THE CENOTAPHS IN OUR COMMUNITIES

BUY YOUR COPY TODAY!!

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CHECK OUT THESE STORIES:

SOUTH GRENVILLE CHAMBER TAKES OVER FORT TOWN NIGHT RUN
Funding Doubles Grain Drying Capacity At Port
Augusta Township Council Thanks Over 50 Volunteers
Augusta Township Food Bank Holds Official Opening
Prescott Business Forum Theme: The Fort Town Charts A New Course
Curling Club Enjoys Big Turnout For Open House
Mayors Serve As Honorary Ambassadors For Food Drive
Enemy Under our Roof tells the Reality of War in Holland
Appetite for Fellowship

Read Our Columnists:
Ramblin Ronnie
John Warren
Tom Gobeil – “Out of the Blue”
Jeff Morrison-“The Outdoors Guy”
Mark Cook-“Eh Mazing Canada
Deborah Dunleavy-“Meg Millers Shenanigans”
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Check Out Other Local Content:
Christmas Craft Shows Taking Place Throughout November
Chamber Music Concert To Be Held At Historic Homestead
Legion And Church Teas Highlight Stories Of The Past

Buy Your paper at these fine retailers in your area:

- SPENCERVILLE -
Cleary Feed & Seed, Drummonds Gas, Village Pantry
Spencerville Pharmasave,

NORTH AUGUSTA
Riopelle’s Convenience. Dairy Barn & Grill

CARDINAL
Nicky’s Place, Family Bazaar, Circle K, Rexall

IROQUOIS
Foodland Iroquois, Mustard’s Variety, River Rat Treasures, Circle K, Iroquois Esso HWY # 2

JOHNSTOWN
17 Acre Travel Centre, McEwen Gas bar

WILLIAMSBURG- Sherry’s Gas HWY # 31

BRINSTON
Brinston General Store

PRESCOTT
O’Reilly’s Independent, Prescott Convenience,
Waypoint Inver Gas (Edward St) Seaway Pharmacy, Mr. Gas, Katarina’s Coffee, Olde Magick, Bobby’s Restaurant, Your Family Dollar, A Craft Boutique, Dollar Bazzar King St ,MV Variety King St

BROCKVILLE:
Circle K King St. W., Circle K Hwy # 29 (beside Home Hardware) Rexall Pharmacy Pearl St., Ritchie’s Wholesale, New Horizon Health Foods

Mallorytown Freshmart

Lyn: Chit Chat Convenience

11/07/2024

11/07/2024

Share Memories of William & Support the Putman Family

11/07/2024

HOLIDAY TRAIN COMING SOON!!!

Save The Date – CPKC Holiday Train is coming through the Village!
The CPKC Holiday Train is returning to Merrickville on Thursday, November 28, 2024, to celebrate its 26th season of visiting communities across the CPKC network and helping those in
need.

Thanks to the generous support of great communities like yours, the Holiday Train has raised over $24.3 million and over 5.3 million pounds of food since 1999 to help people struggling with
food insecurity. With your help, we can continue to raise food, money and awareness for people facing hunger issues across North America.

The brightly lit train will stop at the East Broadway and County Road 2 tracks spreading Christmas cheer and FREE live entertainment.

This year we will be entertained by the talented
Tyler Shaw and Shawnee Kish the CPKC Holiday Train collections will assist the RCHS Food Cupboard program – Merrickville
site, House of Lazarus in Mountain, and South Grenville Food Bank (covering Townships of Augusta, Edwardsburg – Cardinal and the Town of Prescott) meet the ever-increasing demands
of food insecurity in our communities
We would like to extend a special thank you to everyone
for their continued support to their local food banks. Food banks continue struggling to keep up with the changing needs and demand of our services in our communities.

Please help us spread the word the CPKC Holiday Train and all its wonder is coming back to the village by following the train on social media, invite your friends and family to the evening
and spread the message about the importance of heart-healthy donations by using .

Follow social media to inform and invite community members to the event and encourage food bank donations.

Supporters can follow us on CPKC Holiday Train on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and share our message by using and
.

Thank you to those who are contributing to planning this event. The hard work and dedication ensure that all attending will have a safe and successful night!

For more information, please visit www.cpkcr.com. If you would like to volunteer to help with this exciting event, please contact Joanne Franey – Community Health Worker at 613-269-3400
ext. 247.

Hope to see you there!

11/07/2024

With the season of Fall Food Drives upon us, we do hear people ask from time to time what items are specifically needed and we are always grateful for the donations that we receive.

For your quick reference, here is the current Food Wish List from the South Grenville Food Bank.

11/07/2024