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Williamsburg is all decked out in its fall-finest because this is the weekend that the Williamsburg Community Association presents Williamsburg’s 23rd Annual Fall Harvest Festival.

Events kick off Friday evening with a free movie night at the Oddfellows Hall in Williamsburg with a screening of The Legend of Oz – Dorothy’s Return.

Saturday morning, one of the newest events to Harvest Festival, the Outhouse races take place at 10 a.m. along Villa Drive.

Last year was Harvest Festival’s first go at outhouse races and it proved very popular. All are looking forward to the races. For those not participating, spectators are encouraged to check out the fun-filled competition. 

Saturday morning judging will take place for various competitions including heaviest potato, largest sunflower face best decorate bicycle, and more. 

The Harvest Festival parade takes place at noon.

Saturday, park activities for the kids including face painting, pony rids and petting zoo and air bounce will be available, along with games, displays and demonstrations. Shoppers may want to check our the Craft Show and Sale at J.W. MacIntosh Seniors’ Support Centre and the Flea Market and Farmers Market at the park.

The 6th Annual Allan Doherty Memorial Horseshoe Tournament also runs Saturday at the park. 

As always, admission and events that take place from one end of the village to the other are free of charge.

Saturday night revellers can shuttle their way to Matilda Hall to dance to Landmark. The shuttle which picks up in Morrisburg and Williamsburg is free. Admission to the dance is $12.

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At the May 1st South Dundas council meeting, manager of public works Hugh Garlough recommended that council accept seven tenders, each achieved through a joint tender process with the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

The tenders included are:

• Canada Culvert for corrugated steel pipe at a cost of $6,002.76

• Maximum Signs for signs at a cost of $212.40

• Crossroads Pavement Marking for specialty pavement marking at a cost “to be determined”

• Road Last Asphalt & Sealing Maintenance Inc. for crack sealing at a cost of $18,900

• HWB Bruce Sales Inc. for blades and cutting edges at a cost of $1,298.02

• UCC Industries International Inc for perforated tubing sign posts at a cost of $1,421.25

• Denchem for dust suppressant at a cost of $64,098

Garlough told council that “the roads department feel we get a better price by tendering as a group.”

He informed council that the amounts are already accounted for in the 2012 budget. 

Quietly and without comment, council unanimously agreed to the recommendation.

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As children in South Dundas head back to school, many with backpacks filled with all the necessary supplies for a good school year, it is difficult to imagine that on the other side of the world, there are children who stand outside the schoolyard, peering in and hoping that they will someday have the chance for an education.

Unable to go to school due to the lack of family funds, the children will have few opportunities to break out of the cycle of malnutrition and poverty.

In the summer of 2007, an elementary teacher from Maxville decided to try and change that.

Cathy Lucking was volunteering at an orphanage in central Madagascar and resolved to confront the education problem directly by building a school and staffing it with competent Malagasy teachers.

During that year, many in Eastern Ontario responded by contributing money to the registered charity that Lucking had established, and the villagers of Ambatoharanana began making and hauling the important bricks necessary for the construction of their first school. It was completed and in operation by the fall of 2008.

In the past few years, the project has gathered speed and another school has been built and opened. Cathy’s home area of Maxville has been a big supporter of the project. As word spread, more churches and community groups have become involved.

Now, a Christian outreach group from three Anglican churches in South Dundas is working on a fund raising dinner to help fund the ongoing work of operating the schools and increasing the number of classrooms.

On Saturday, October 5, Allan Hall in Morrisburg will be the site of a special dinner that will feature a menu of Malagasy foods, which will be prepared by a dedicated group of local volunteers. Tickets are $20.

Diners will enjoy foods similar to those that would be a holiday meal for the more affluent in Madagascar. Dishes will include a soup of pureed vegetables, tomato salad, also vegetables and chicken and rice, with typical spices from which you may choose. For dessert, pineapple upside-down cake.Organizers will have a small display of items from Madagascar, along with some hand-crafted jewellery for sale. 

Cathy Lucking will be in attendance to share her experiences through a video presentation. Tickets can be purchased at Seaway Valley Pharmacy in Morrisburg or by calling Joan Larocque at 543-0722. MadagascarSchoolProject.com is the online source for photos and information about the Madagascar School and Cathy Lucking’s amazing work.

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