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6 – June 2, 2011 The Review-Mirror TLTI donates $22,364 in casino funds to medical centres and local groups The Leeds and the Thousand Islands council approved its GrantAlloca- tion Committee’s recom- mendation of allocations totalling $22,364 of its $80,000 grant budget for 2011. Funds for the grant allo- cations come from the township’s casino rev- enue, half of a five percent share which the Town of Gananoque and Leeds and the Thousand Islands split. Grants for equipment of $6,294.00 were made to Last Saturday fire fighter recruits in the Leeds and the Thousand Islands Fire Depart- ment were getting some simulated experience with smoky interiors in a simulator building at the new Firefighters Training Facility at Lyndhurst. Photo by Margaret Brand Elder abuse in our own back yard AThing or Two A disturbing case of elder abuse has raised its ugly head in Rideau Lakes. Elder abuse is often defined as any act or omis- sion that harms a senior or jeopardizes his or her health or welfare. Elder abuse can take place in the home, in other residential settings, or in the commu- nity. It is estimated that between four and 10 per cent of Ontario ’s seniors experience some type of abuse. Steps to help eliminate elders are taken at various levels of governments in Canada. But we as citizens must be very cognizant of methods to assist in this abuse, abuse of some of our beloved family and friends. Officials who work in this field, highly suggest the first level of prevention is our personal monitoring of the people. Be aware of those sur- rounding you, in your home, in your community or in homes or hospitals where the elderly are being cared for. A local family wants to raise awareness of such abuse, as it does happen in our communities. In this case, a person, known to the family, allegedly “signed out their mother from a retirement home under the guise of a friendly outing. The moth- er is well physically, but is having memory problems. Then the man asked her to sign a Power of Attorney form that would allow him to have some control over her funds. Next came a trip to one the local banks, of attempting to withdraw her money. Fortunately, the alert bank teller, know- ing all of the people involved, became suspi- cious and called the fami- ly. Presently the police and lawyers are attempting to verify this incident and Scotty’s Scoop take the proper steps nec- essary. Thanks to the family, we are now more aware of such a scheme and will be more educated. In turn, our elders will be safer. Dis & Dat •Mark your calendar for this Saturday, June 4 when St. Paul's ACW are spon- soring a fish fry at the Westport Lion's Beach. Frying time is 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $14 per person in advance only by ACW members or contact Betty at 613-273-3248. This function was enjoyed by all who attended last year including myself. •Some sports are more violent than others, but golf is not classified as one of them.Maybe we should change our thinking. Last Thursday in the fun men’s league at Evergreen Golf Course, an errant drive struck RobMerkley in the. ahahh, ummm, …groin, causing much pain. Hope- fully an ice pack was applied at home and all is back in good shape, although discoloured from the bruising. •Late last fall a couple from the big smoke, bought a lovely home on the Rideau in Westport, behind the Mulville farm. A great lover of fishing, the man ‘tied’ his boat to the adjoining dock and went to sleep. During the night the boat was dis- lodged by the wind and floated in the breeze down to the Narrows. Themysti- fied owner thought some- one stole the boat until it was discovered in fine shape, with the two ropes dangling overboard. You don’t need to know his name but he is the owner of the fish store on Main Street. Drop in and say hello to ‘Knot’ and enjoy his famous fish and chips. •Bill Monahan orga- nized a golf tournament in aid of cancer research last Friday at Evergreen Golf Course. Forty-two golfers braved the elements with Andre Boucher and Car- olina Arrietta from Kingston crowned the eventual winners with a score of 38 in the best ball competition. The event raised $1700 that will go to cancer research. Just over $1,000 was from entry fees with the remain- der coming from special competitions, an auction, and a draw for a solid oak blanket box, made by Bill, with a hand stitched quilt. A great big thank you should be passed on to all the local merchants who supported this event with prizes of merchandise and gift certificates. Also the efforts of the volunteers who helped out, Judy Pat- tinson, Lisa Monahan, and Doreen Monahan who did their best to make it a smooth running day. The players would also like to thank all the individuals who stepped up with prizes to fill out the table. The convener, Bill Monahan has a very per- sonal reason to run this event – mother, father, brother, daughter, sister, wife, niece and nephew. Thank you on their behalf. Special gratitude is passed to Bill for his supe- rior efforts for a wonderful cause, a cause that is grad- ually resulting in the con- trol of such a dastardly disease. •Mike and Ed Adrain have serious health prob- lems. Please pray for their return to better health. the Seeley’s Bay Medical Centre and $9,500 to the St. Lawrence and District Medical Centre. The Seeley’s Bay Cana- da Day Celebration Com- mittee will receive $500 and the Sweet’s Corners Parent Advisory Commit- tee $3,670 for an electron- ic sign. The Lillies Baptist Cemetery will receive $2,400. The Rockport, Lans- downe and Lyndhurst community improvement organizations will be look- Murphy off to Toronto for Miss Universe Canada this month Online voting for People’s Choice Award Danielle Murphy, granddaughter of Betty AnneMurphy ofWestport, will be heading to theMiss Universe Canada Pageant in Toronto in two weeks. Murphy, 20, will spend time with other delegates for training in advance of the actual event June 23 and 25. She has also made at least trips to Montreal since March to meet with choreographers and do a photo shoot for the school pageant. Murphy, who went to in Toledo and Brockville, is the daughter of Dan and Laurie Mur- phy. If you want to give her a boost when it comes to The People’s Choice Award, you can go to www.beautiesofcanada.co m where you can see all the contestants and place your vote. The winner of the Peoples Choice award will automatically get into the top 20 on the final pageant night June 25. This is the only award voted on by people other than the official judges. One of the final 20 will be selected as Miss Uni- verse Canada 2011 and then participate in the Miss Universe pageant in Brazil in September. Murphy has just fin- ished her second year in Advanced Graphic Design at Algonquin College in Ottawa. ing to the grant committee for funds this month. All three communities were unsuccessful in receiving funds from requests for funds from the recreation budget. The groups did not have the bad news in time to seek out the alternative source of funding of the grant committee. The committees will be asked to fill out applica- tions in time for this month’s grant committee meeting.

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