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Vol 21 No 1 January 9, 2013

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The Kensington-Bedford Peewee Hockey Exchange is one of those “good news” stories that affect each of us and our communities, and the tradition continues in 2013. January 25-28 and again in February 20-25 both teams will have the opportunity to extend a hockey glove of friendship and in-vite new hockey friends to become a part of their families.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the exchange noted committee member John Kelly. Who would have thought that the exchange would last this long or, the lasting friendships that would be made.

This year the Kensington team are sporting a new look with new jerseys so, they’re a pretty good looking bunch!

Kelly also noted that out of the 14 players going, 9 of the Dads were part of previous exchanges. That means that not only will this year’s players get to play hockey and make new memories but, these 9 dads will have the opportunity to relive some of the memories made in previous years.

Kelly noted that there is also an alumni team coming down to play some hockey against an alumni team from this area and, he thinks all 9 dads will be taking part.

Schedule of events cont’d on p. 2

45 years and the tradition continues - friendship, fun, family and hockey

Back L-R: Coach- George Roberts, Trainer- Peter Coulson, Bevin MacLellan, Clark Webster, Maggie LeClair, Cale MacKay, Colby Lidstone, Joshua Coulson, Krystoff Wigmore, Coach- Donald MacKay. Front L-R: Cameron Roberts, Cameron Mill, Bailey Stavert, Kian Caseley, Abigail Kelly, Taryn Caseley, Tyler Caseley.

KENSINGTON/BEDFORD PEEWEE HOCKEY EXCHANGE

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November Draw Winners

•Brody MacDonald Springfield•Amy Reeves Kensington•Norma & Sterling Murphy Sea View•Dick Ripley Summerside•Noelle & Stephen MacEwen Summerside

$1000 Dollar Winner Garth & Betty Toombs Kensington$100 Dollar Winners

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Draw made by Cindy and Wade Toombs.

The Annual KISH Band Candlelight Dinner Fund-raiser will be held again this year at New London Community Complex on Saturday, February 16th 2013.

Tickets (per person) include a Roast Beef Dinner along with Live Musical Entertainment provided by the KISH Jazz Band.

Reception will be held at 6:30pm with Dinner at 7:00pm.

Take-Out is also being offered this year with pick-up time at the Complex from 5:00 - 5:30pm.

Tickets may be purchased from any band member or by calling the main office of the school at 836-8901.

A Silent Auction will also be held.

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Location TimeFri, January 25 Bedford Arrives Royal Canadian Legion Mid AfternoonWelcome Supper Royal Canadian Legion 6:00 PMSat, January 26 Old Timers Breakfast Royal Canadian Legion 8:30 AMInitiation Royal Canadian Legion 10:00 AMTobogganing Roberts in Clinton 2:00 PMOpening Ceremonies Community Gardens 6:30 PM45th Anniversary Game Community Gardens 7:00 PMAlumni Game Community Gardens 8:00 PMPizza Party for Players Royal Canadian Legion 8:30 PMEntertainment for Parents Kensington Club 9:00 PMSun, January 27 Game with Billets Community Gardens 2:10 PMMedal Presentation Community Gardens 3:20 PMClosing Banquet Royal Canadian Legion 7:00 PMEntertainment and Dance Kensington Club 9:00 PMMon, January 28 Bedford Departs Community Gardens 7:30 AM

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Court Action On HST Has Little Chance of Successby Andy Walker

Editor, Island Farmer/Freelance journalistPresident, Canadian Association of Journalist, PEI

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

News that a group op-posed to the introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax plan to go to court comes as little surprise.

During the course of my reporting career, I couldn’t begin to count how many groups that fail to change the think-ing of the government of the day tend to look, at some point, at resorting to the courts. It usually produces limited results.

There are a few rea-sons for that. Leading the list is cost. Going to court is expensive and proceed-ings tend to be lengthy. Most ad hoc groups like the one formed to combat

the HST have little money for a lengthy legal battle. Currently, the anti-HST group is in the process of raising dollars.

Such cases are seldom

settled quickly and the simple truth is the gov-ernment, funded by our tax dollars, is in a better position for a long fight.

Although the group may be convinced of the rightness of their cause, the reality is it is not that easy to build a case. This HST court fight seems to be a case in point.

Group spokesman Cin-dy Baird indicated to the media their case is based

on the fact that the Rob-ert Ghiz government an-nounced its plans to im-plement the tax shortly after fighting an election promising the tax was nowhere on the horizon.

While an argument can certainly be made such actions may increase the cynicism many people (particularly young vot-ers) feel about the politi-cal process that is not the mandate of the courts. This is by no means the first time a government changed its course of ac-tion following an elec-tion.

The group hopes the Supreme Court will force the Liberal government to hold a plebiscite on the issue—something Finance Minister Wes Sheridan said is not planned at the moment. That is not surprising either. No government would ever want a yes or no vote on whether its citizens want a new tax. There is simply no way they could win.

While I certainly don’t claim to be a lawyer, I do feel I have enough time

covering cases in the courtroom to make a pre-diction on the chances of the lawsuit’s success—slim bordering on nil.

If the matter does go before the court, no doubt the lawyers rep-resenting the govern-ment would set out a few facts of their own. Central to their case would be the fact that the elected govern-ment—not the courts or interest groups-- have the sole responsibility for taxation.

The Robert Ghiz Liber-als won that election and that gives them the right to impose the HST on Is-landers. Whether or not that constitutes a broken election promise is large-ly irrelevant for legal purposes.

The group opposing the tax maintains it will hurt the most economi-cally disadvantaged in so-ciety. That is something that simply can’t be ar-gued. On items where the full 14 per cent tax is ap-plied, everybody pays the same amount—whether their income is $20,000 or 200,000. Few would main-tain the extra tax would impact low income and

high income consumers the same way.

Indeed, the govern-ment recognizes that fact with its plan to send re-bate cheques to help less-en the impact on low in-come Islanders. Those opposing the new tax ar-gue the rebate will do lit-tle to mitigate the added cost.

One of the biggest con-cerns is electricity—the HST will mean an ad-ditional nine per cent on power bills (current-ly, electricity is exempt from provincial tax). That will be in addition to a planned increase of two per cent already ap-proved by government.

Again, this is a matter of policy and setting pol-icy is the responsibility of the government of the day. Anybody thinking of contributing to the court challenge is better ad-vised to save their money until April 1, when they can start giving it back to the treasury in the form of HST payments.

Come out and help support your local Scouting Groups. All proceeds are being used for CJ’13 in Syl-van Lake, Alberta. Pick up is January 20th, 2013 at the Kens-ington Legion Home between 11am – 2 pm.

We will deliver.

Tickets available from:•Tara Davison – 836-3235 or 432-0066•Shelley Cole – 836-5108 or 439-9967•Kevin Dyment – 836-4421 or 888-7452•Katherine MacLeod886-2745 or 439-9972•Kevin Arsenault- 439-1239

Tickets are also available at the Kens-ington Legion Home.

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Triena and Dylan Moase were two members eager to take part in the Recy-cling Drive for Scouting Groups in the

Kensington area.

photo right: Merton Smith and

Stanley BridgeHistorical Society

Quilt Winner

Joan Harding, Stanley Bridge Historical Soci-ety committee member, congratulates Janet Cotton (right) the lucky winner of the Stanley Bridge His-torical Society Quilt Draw. The draw was made by Marlee Wadman.

Thanks to All Who Supported the Scouts Canada Recycling Drive January 5

Katherine MacLeod help Scouts Keigan Rix and Brianna Davison sort the recycables at the recent

Recycling Drive at Trailside Recycling.submitted by Greg Gillis


They say that Food is spiritual for the soul and people sitting together sharing a meal is a wonderful way of bringing people together.

Case in point - The Long River Breakfast Club meets every other Saturday morning at the Friends and Family Restaurant on Gar-den Drive in Kensington. This group of neigh-bours and friends have enjoyed this special time together for many years. It’s a wonderful time for this lively bunch to come together to socialize, catch up on family and community news and share a few laughs.

A group of Long River friends enjoy breakfast at the Friends and Family Restaurant. Friends wearing warm smiles chat over breakfast, and

share stories.

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photo bottom right: Alumni Women who won the KISH Alumni tournament played on December

22, 2012. Members of the team are as follow: Front row L-R: Alyson Campbell, Megan Paynter, Kendra MacLellan. Back row L-R: Amy Marchbank, Sarah

Crane, Devin Wells, Alyson Harding, Paula Harding.

The Prime Time Play-ers emerged victorious for both the women and the men at the 15th annu-al KISH Alumni Basket-ball Tournament held on Saturday, Dec 22nd.

The alumni women proved to the KISH team that the school girls were not quite ready for Prime Time as the women pulled away after a close first quarter to capture the 56-41 victory. The alumni team led 34-25 at half-time before a large crowd of spectators. Sarah Crane led the way for the alum-ni women with 14 points, while Leslie Clark was high scorer for the KISH team with 8 points.

The men’s tournament included four games, with three alumni teams and the current KISH contingent. The “Old Guys” Alumni team (60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s) defeated the KISH team 66-57 in the first game of the day to advance to the finals. The KISH team led for most of the game, but, in the fourth

quarter, Noel Pender-gast scored 9 of his game leading 24 points to lead the old guys to the win. Jake Reynolds had 13 for KISH. In the second game, the 1998-2005 Alum-ni used a combination of size and speed to defeat their younger opponents, the 2006-2012 Alumni, by a 72 to 60 score. Jeff Cole led the 1998-2005 Alumni with 15, while Ben McCa-rvill had 18 for the 2006-2012 Alumni.

In the consolation fi-nal, the KISH boys out-scored the 2006-2012 Alumni men 58-41 with Jake Reynolds and Har-mi Singh leading their

photo top right: “The Kensington PTPers”Team 1998-2005 Alumni Men (with some younger alumni) who won the KISH Alumni tournament

played on December 22, 2012. Members of the team are as follow: Back Row L-R: Keir Adams, Trent Cousins,

Derek Profit, Chad MacLeod Front Row L-R: Eric Adams, Ryan McCarvill, Jeff Cole, Ben Paynter.

teams with 16 and 11 points respectively. In the championship game, the 1998-2005 Alumni proved they were the real Prime Time Players, defeating the Old Guys (60’s, 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s) in a convincing 85-47 victory. Jeff Cole led the attack for the 1998-2005 Alumni with 22 points while Kent Thompson scored 12 for the Old Guys.

The KISH Alumni tour-nament, which always includes a number of sibling and inter-genera-tional rivalries, began in 1998 as a Christmastime tradition to promote the sport of basketball.

PTPers Emerge Victorious at 2012 KISH Alumni Tourney


Kevin Crozier (right), secretary of Red Oak Shrine Club Kensing-ton, with help from San-ta presented a $5000.00 cheque to Brenda Per-ry, Pediatrics/Mater-nity Unit RN at Prince County Hospital.

In the spirit of the season, Santa, along with his aid Roger Clark, also gave out gifts to the children and newborns at the hospi-tal.

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Shriners Bring Santa to Hospital

On behalf of CUPE 4893, members Brenda MacIsaac, secretary and Les Thomas, treasurer were pleased to present Christmas gifts the group collected to Lions members Doug and Eva Perry for the Tree of Hope, a project co-partnered by Malpeque Bay Credit Union and the Kensington Lions

Club.

Roxanne Campbell (left) and Heather Bernard (right) of Malpeque Bay Credit Union were pleased to present

toys collected from their Christmas Tree of Hope campaign to Lions member Eva Perry. The toys are

sorted and distributed to children in Kensington and area for Christmas.

For many years Kens-ington Lions Club and Malpeque Bay Credit Union have partnered to help collect and distrib-ute boxes of food and toys for Kensington and area families at Christ-mas time. It’s a commit-ment both have made to get involved to help area residents.

Joining them are many area businesses, individ-ulas and volunteers who dedicate time, energy and supplies for this project.

Community Matters - businesses, service group, churches and schools working together to make a difference

The toys come from the Christmas Tree of Hope, set up at Malpeque Bay Credit Union prior to December 25, and the food items are collected by members of the Kensington Lions Club from area businesses, Kens-ington Intermediate Senior High School, Queen Eliza-beth Elementary School, various Churches and indi-viduals.

This year Kensington Lions Club members pre-pared 60 boxes of food to be distributed to families in the area.

L-R: Keith Sudsbury, Krista Cousins, Glynn Paynter, Donnie Campbell, Eva Perry, Doug Perry, Frank MacKinnon, Chester Paynter, James Condon, Buddy MacEwen, Wayne Scott.

Lions members Glynn Paynter, Doug Perry and Chester Paynter help prepare boxes of food.


Changes Coming In The Lobster Fisheryby Andy Walker

Editor, Island Farmer/Freelance journalistPresident, Canadian Association of Journalist, PEI

Vice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

When lobster fisher-men head out onto the water later this year, they will be facing a very dif-ferent regulatory envi-ronment.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans ap-pears intent on easing it-self away from control of the industry. If they keep going in the same direction, there will be a time in the not-too-dis-tant future when Canadi-ans should quite rightly ask “why do we need this department in the first place?”

It is true the depart-ment has been imple-menting what they have called “co-management” with industry for some time. However, what is happening now can no longer be classed as joint management—it is off-loading to industry.

The latest installment is lobster tags. Fisher-men need a tag for every trap they put in the wa-ter, and those tags have traditionally been issued by the department. That is the way it should be

done. Regardless of the fishing area, the fishing industry is a national resource and that is the way it should be treated.

However, that system will disappear. In fact, the department sent out a questionnaire to fisher-men asking them wheth-er tags were even needed. When the answer came back a resounding “yes”, not only in PEI but across the Atlantic region, the department basically said “too bad. We are not issuing them anymore.”

Instead, their only role now is to set up a com-mittee that will review proposals for who can issue the tags. That left industry groups like the PEI Fishermen’s Associ-ation with basically two choices—take on the job themselves or see it go to a third party.

Presumably, if it went to a third party, they would be out to make a profit. That would mean one of two things—the number of tags would have to increase or the price per tag would have

to go up. The former is unlikely since DFO still sets the trap limit—prob-ably because it doesn’t really cost them much. It would also effectively de-stroy every conservation effort made over the past three decades.

To help guard against those increases, the asso-ciation is now a tag sup-plier. That cost has to be borne by fishermen, (ei-ther in a direct charge for the tags or increase dues), at a time when prices are on a downward cycle.

Fishermen already have successfully fought off a proposal to end the owner/operator and fleet separation policies—es-sentially the regulatory framework that prevents corporate control of the inshore fishery. Older fishermen who may not be computer savvy will now have to apply for their licences online—desk service will not be available after April.

As well, changes to the Employment Insurance

regulations will make it harder for many cap-tains to retain workers from season to season. The tougher rules gov-erning seasonal workers will likely mean the lure of well paying jobs in Al-berta and Saskatchewan will be even greater.

As well, the Maritime Fishermen’s Union in New Brunswick is push-ing the idea of increas-ing the carapace size be-yond the current level of 72 millimetres, which would essentially wipe out the canner fishery. The vast majority of Is-land lobsters fall into the smaller size classifica-tion

Now, Gail Shea has suggested it might be time for the industry to consider the idea of boat quotas. Essentially, that means what it says. Each vessel would be assigned a quota and, once that was reached, the season would be over for them.

Shea made the com-ment just days after she

handed the reins of the Department back to Keith Ashfield. The fish-eries minister was recov-ering from a heart attack and Shea filled in during his recovery—in addi-tion to her duties as na-tional revenue minister. She was also fisheries minister during the gov-ernment’s first term in office.

Shea made the com-ment in a newspaper in-terview, conceding the subject has always been “taboo” for fishermen. However, she said it might be one way to less-en the supply of lobsters and hopefully increase prices.

That would require dockside monitoring and DFO has already stat-ed industry will have to bear the entire financial responsibility for moni-toring in all species ef-fective this year. That’s another added cost for an increase that sold some catches last year for $3 a pound when it needed close to $6 to make mon-ey.

There is no question a change is needed in how lobsters are sold—the system is essentially the same as one used a hun-dred years ago. Howev-er, whether a quota sys-tem is the best option re-mains to be seen.


Huge Birds Visit Riverton YardJuanita Kneabone of

Riverton, PEI recently phoned to report seeing two pileated woodpeckers in her yard. This is the first time since I started writing this column that I’ve heard from anyone who has seen this bird so this is quite an occa-sion. I contacted David Seeler and he tells us that there are indications that this bird is increasing in numbers, particularly in eastern PEI. Now that’s a great positive story to start off 2013 with.

What is a pileated woodpecker anyway?

This is the largest North American wood-pecker after the Ivo-ry Billed woodpecker, which may or may not be extinct. Peterson’s Field Guide describes the Pileated woodpecker as 16-19 1/2 inches long with a flaming red crest. Most of the rest of its plum-age is black. The downy woodpecker that so many of us are familiar with is a mere 6 1/2 inches long. A crow is 17 to 21 inches long. Try to imagine a woodpecker the size of a crow!!!!!! I can just imag-ine how quickly that bird could hollow out a nest-ing cavity in a dead tree!!

The PEI Field Check-list of Birds indicates that these birds are thought to nest here. The following information has been gleaned from the Cornell Lab of Orni-thology website.

Favorite FoodCarpenter ants are a

pileated woodpecker’s fa-vorite food and in their hunt for these insects they leave rectangular holes which can be wide enough and deep enough to cause small trees to break in two. The exca-vations that they make while foraging are so ex-tensive that other bird species often flock to the area, presumably for the leftovers. A pair of pileated woodpeckers remains in its territory year - round but are less diligent about defending their turf in winter.

Pileated Woodpeckers Need Large Trees To Thrive

Pileated woodpecker populations need large trees to thrive but, as far as the location goes, they aren’t really picky and will even nest in cit-ies if they like the trees. The entrance holes to the nest cavities are ob-long rather than circu-lar as is the case with most other woodpeckers. Most of the excavation is done by the male and the only padding in the nest is some wood chips. No horsehair for the nests

of these birds. It takes some 3 to 6 weeks to hol-low out a nesting cavity and it is not used in sub-sequent years. Keep in mind that a large dead tree in a wood lot may be the cat’s meow from the point of view of a pileat-ed woodpecker looking for a nest site.

Adapting To Change of HabitatThe Audubon Nature

Encyclopedia tells us that at one point it was thought that the pileated woodpecker might go the way of the Ivory billed woodpecker when pio-neers cleared the land. However, it seems that this woodpecker was able to adapt somewhat to this change in habitat and when land once cleared was allowed to regrow, populations of the pileat-ed woodpecker started to rebound until today, the Cornell website lists their population status as “least concern”. Read-ers, if you spot this bird, please drop a line and let us know.

Feeder News!Who’s visiting your

feeders these days? It appears that there’s no small number of birds taking shelter under my deck. They are mostly juncos and chickadees. I’ve seen a sparrow too but didn’t get a suffi-ciently close look at him in order to properly iden-tify him. The rest of my feathered friends are blue jays, starlings, mourning doves and crows. We’re on a “crow path” from Charlottetown to I’m not sure where. Every morning they head out from the city and if there happens to be any baked goods thrown out in the yard, we end up with a huge number of crows. Scraps thrown out mid day don’t attract nearly as many of these birds .

And as far as the birds under my deck are con-cerned, I wonder what will happen if we get a big snow fall. I may have to shovel the birds out. I wonder if they could dig their own way out?

I visited a home lately where they just bought a bag of bird seed for the first time in months. It didn’t take the birds long to find it but the fact that the neighbors feed the birds helps, I’m sure.

While I was there, a huge flock of goldfinches vis-ited the feeder located on the front step. In the middle of that little flock was a single american redpoll!!!! We haven’t been seeing many of these birds in recent years. Let’s hope that this winter will be differ-ent! There were chicka-dees coming and going there steadily. Last year they had rose breasted grosbeaks coming to the feeders for weeks. I hope they find their way there again!

Doreen Cole, President of PEI Women’s Institute, greets Premier Robert Ghiz at the first ever WI Le-vee on January 1, 2013 at the Farm Centre in Char-lottetown. The inaugural event was well received with guests numbering into the hundreds to officially launch the 100th anniversary of Women’s Institutes across Prince Edward Island.

WI Levee A Huge Success In Kicking Off Centennial Celebrations

Diet UpgradeThe food in this house-

hold is about to get tast-ier! I took a look at my spice and dried herb col-lection this week. I’m sure that some of them go back more than 30 years!!! The contents of several spice jars end-ed up in the compost. Things are looking up!

Gardening Comments or questions? Drop me a line at 471 New Glasgow Road, Ebenezer, PE, C1E 0S8 or [email protected].

All-You-Can-EatCommunity BreakfastSunday, January 13th

Where: Legion Home KensingtonTime: 8am to 1pmTickets: $12.00Tickets can be purchased at the door.This important fundraiser is a joint project between

Branch No 9 Legion and Scouts Canada. Your support will help Scouting Groups with their trip to the CJ’13 in Alberta and for ongoing Legion

services in Kensington and area.

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Where: Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge

Victoria StreetKensington

Every Sunday Evening at 6:30pm

Pastor Gene CarsonRR1 Kensington, PEI, C0B 1M0Tel: (902) 836-5220CSSM Ministries

Kensington Community ChurchPastor Gene Carson

Margate Pastoral ChargeRev. Anne Dalziel Singer

Princetown United ChurchSouthwest River United Church

Our Community ChurchesEvents

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KensingtonNew London

Presbyterian ChurchRev Alan Stewart

Kensington United Church of Canada

Rev. Robert McCarthy

Worship Meeting: Sunday 11:00 a.m.Adult Study and Discussion Group at the Church Wednes-

day evening 7:00 p.m.

Kensington Nazarene Community Church

47 Victoria St., Kensington

Pastor Rev. Ray Hinchey

Anglican Parish of New London

Rev. Margie Fagan

Lauretta Balderston free-lance writer

“You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.”

Psalm 145:16 (NIV)

Memories Then and Now

St. Mary’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish

Kensington Father Joe Brazel

Masses:Saturday: 7:00pm Sunday: 9:30amClinton View Lodge:Every first Friday.

Prayer Service At Clinton View Lodge

every second Wed. at 1pm.

Fellowship: Last Sunday of the

month following Mass in the parish centre.

Meetings:Knights of Columbus:

Second Monday of the month at 8pm.

Catholic Women’s League: Second Tuesday of the month at 7pm.

Spiritual Meditation: Each Monday evening 6:00 to 7:00pm

All are WELCOME.

St. Mary’s Holy Family Church

FundraiserCommunity

Variety ConcertLocation: Murray Christian Centre Date: Friday, January 25, 2013Starts at: 7:30p.m.Doors open at 7:00p.m. Tickets available at

door or by calling: Carol Evans 836-5200,Rosalie Profitt 836-4824

This time of year more than any other evokes in us a time for reflection and a rekindling of mem-ories we thought long ago forgotten. I am work-ing on scrapbooks, one for each of our children, so they will have their own memory makers down the road. Each pho-to, certificate and award is another memory of when they were little and were content with what-ever they were given- be it a toy or a new- to- them activity resulting in a painting or story board. Happily my mind wan-ders back to that particu-lar day and the laughter shared again as they told their Dad their memory of what had happened in his absence at work. Of course, as we all know, the story changed with each retelling but the joy remained as fresh as it had been earlier in the day! The scrapbooks are going to be quite a jour-ney to their completion!

Every year the feel-ings that settle over us ei-ther revive memories of better days or drape our spirits in a cloak of sad-ness at what once was but is no longer. We are reminded of the fleeting moments and that noth-ing remains forever. De-cember warms the hearts of some but grips others in a realization of loneli-ness that seems harsher as the twinkling lights get brighter. Some hous-es glow with expectancy and some huddle within themselves trying to shut out the lights around them. What can we do? How can we change our attitude as December marches stoically on and threatens to swallow us up?

”The Lord remains faithful forever.” Psalm 146:6b (NIV)

“The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made.” Psalm 145:13b (NIV)

We can open our mind to our memories and al-low their warmth to re-fresh us. We can wrap our hearts in His love and allow the warmth of the season to wash over us in the assurance and prom-ise that He is always near us and hears every sigh, every longing and every feeling we experience- good or sad. He knows and He cares- always. God still reaches out His hand and prepares to lift us up, stand us tall, and fill our hearts with His love. He will revive our happier memories and stir them as embers in a warm hearth so we will be warmly refreshed by their presence.

“Great peace have they who love your law and nothing can make them stumble.” Psalm 119:165 (NIV)

This is the season of peace- real peace- given so long ago in the form of a baby and given again as we revisit past memories and present circumstanc-es- whatever they are for each one of us. We are not alone! He walks with us! He loves us- always! We are on a journey of faith and this is the sea-son when we really real-ize just how much God loved us, loves us and will continue to love us! May we not only be wrapped in His love and peace this season, but may we be a light to those around us who need to know, be-yond the shadow of any doubt, that He “opens (His) hand and satisfies the desires of every liv-ing thing.” Psalm 145:16 (NIV)

We are making new memories, with God’s love surrounding us and lifting us up- in love that never fades or fails!

“The Son is the radi-ance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by His power-ful word.” Hebrews 1:3a (NIV)

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Hall RentalsDo you have a special event, meeting or

gathering coming up?Why not rent the Murray Centre or

Amy MacKay Parlour.

January schedule:9:00 a.m. –St. Stephen’s11:00 a.m. – St. Thomas’ and St. Mark’s Jan. 10 - Bible Study at 10am

January 6, 2013 10:30 Worship Service January 13, 2013 9:30 Senior Sunday

School10:30 Worship Service

& Sunday SchoolFor updated informa-

tion and to view all our programs,check out our website at:

www.kensingtonunit-ed.ca <http://www.kens-ingtonunited.ca>January 13

9:30am Kensington 11am St. John’s, New

LondonJanuary 2011am Kensington

9:30am New LondonSunday School during

the service.

“All are welcome, all are welcome in this place”

Sunday worship:9:30 a.m. - Princetown11am - Southwest RiverCGIT every Tuesday

after school at Southwest River.

Explorers every Wednesday after school at Southwest River.

Tues, Jan. 15 - 7:30 p.m. Southwest River U.C.W. meets at the church.

Wed, Jan. 23 - 7:00 p.m. Pastoral Charge Session meets at Princetown.

In a recent CBC article Hillsborough Hospital in Charlottetown received ac-colades for its literacy pro-gram for people with mental disabilities and its achieve-ment on being able to help clients become more inde-pendent. The program en-ables patients to complete literacy workbooks, put on concerts and attend field trips giving them the oppor-tunity to do the best they can. The program builds self-confidence, self-worth and social skills. The pro-gram has been presented to other health professional in the Maritimes and, in May 2013, will be presented at a national conference in B.C..

Island Disability Program Gets A

Tip of the Hat From Across Canada


Legion Members Lloyd Banks and Lois Brown, Chair of the Poster, Poem and Essay competition commit-tee, recently presented certificates and prizes to winners at Kensington Intermediate-Senior High school.

Front row, Jillian Ferguson (Colour Poster Gr. 7-9), Jillian Stewart, Emily Kelly, Courtney Profitt and Re-becca Woodside (Poem Gr. 7-9) with Lois Brown.

Back row, Lloyd Banks with Jacob Blackett (Colour Poster Gr. 7-9), Patrick Corcoran, Annie Tuplin and Bailey Clark (Essay Gr. 7-9). Unavailable for photo was Emma MacLean (Poem Gr. 10-12).

Principal Rodney MacArthur, left, Legion Member Lloyd Banks, rear, and Legion Poster, Poem and Essay Chairperson Lois Brown, right, recently presented certificates and prizes to the 2012 Legion contest winners at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School.

Back: Allie Francis (Poem Gr. 4-6), Shianne Adams (Essay Gr. 4-6, B&W Poster Gr. 4-6), Emily MacDonald (Essay Gr. 4-6), Bailey Stavert, Braiden Tyler and Logan Saulnier (B&W Poster Gr. 4-6).

Middle Centre: Paige Arden and Emma Gillis (Colour Poster Gr. 4-6)

Front: Emily Cousins, Samantha Schurman, Avery Hattie and Daniel Rice (Colour Posters Gr. 1-3). Missing from Photo: Abby Rice (Colour Posters Gr. 1-3).

Legion Poster, Poem and Essay Competition WinnersEach year, students from Queen Elizabeth Elementary School and Kensington Intermediate Senior High submit posters, poems and essays to the local Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 9 Poster and Literary

contest. These students help keep alive the achievements and sacrifices made by those who served Canada in times of war and peace.

The Kensington Lions Club held one meeting in December. The following donation was made: $200 to the Salvation Army.

Card Party WinnersFriday, December 071st- Emmett Hagen2nd- Norma Seaman3rd- Madeline RobertsLow-Wilber LamontDoor Prize- Lindsey Seaman50/50- Marion Woodington

Friday, December 141st- Marjorie Moase2nd- Joyce Campbell3rd- Stella HagenLow-Connie PaynterDoor Prize-Dot Paynter50/50- Betty Millar

Crib Card Results:Tuesday, December 041st- Gloria Lucas &

Shirley Walker2nd- George Wall &

Dana Coulson50/50- Hilda JorgensenFree Night- Stella HagenHigh Hand- Eleanor Harding

Tuesday, December 111st- Ruth Croken &

Connie Reeves2nd- Rudy Croken &

Fannie Roberts50/50- Robert Jorgens-

en & Wilber LamontFree Night- Nancy MacKenzieHigh Hand-Nancy

Heaney & Mary Rogers with 24

For info on any lions projects contact the Kens-ington Lions Club at 836-5060 and leave a message, or e-mail: [email protected]

Our Moto is WE SERVE.

Kensington Lions Club

Update

Legion Poster, Poem Essay KISH Winners

Legion Poster, Poem Essay QEES Winners

Got Recyclables and can’t be bothered to take them to the Depot? NO PROBLEM!

The Kensington Scouting Groups will be doing an ongoing Recycling Drive in the Kensington area, so if you have recyclables we’ll pick them up for

you and you’ll be helping out our groups as part of our fundraising towards programs and camps.

Kensington Scouting Groups Ongoing RECYCLE DRIVE

Just a few examples:*Canadian Tire Money*Pop/Juice cans*Sealed Juice Cans(large)

*Plastic bottles*Juice Boxes sm and Gable top beverage cartons

(ie- tomato, orange or pineapple juice cartons)

county line courier jan 9 2013

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