Municipal milestones recognized

Got an eReader or a tablet for Christmas, and don’t know how to use it? Head on over to your local branch of the SD&G County Library for a computer training session. 

The Library’s training sessions are tailored to each individual or small group’s needs, and include training with eReaders and tablets, online resources and the public library catalogue. “Providing resources for education and learning is an important part of what the Library does” said Erika Heesen, Communications and Marketing Librarian. “These training sessions are but one example of the many services the Library offers.”

These services include lending eBooks as well as print books. Using the Library’s OverDrive app or website at www.sdglibrary.ca, Library cardholders can borrow eBooks from the comfort of their own home. “The library is all about reading and learning, whatever format that might be in”, said Heesen. 

Training sessions are a part of the Library’s regular programming, or can be booked by contacting any SD&G County Library branch.

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Media Release

During the weekend of March 31st and April 1st, the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Auxiliary Unit set out for a third time to raise funds in support of the Special Olympics. 

Over the past months the SD&G Auxiliary Unit has been running fundraising events for the Special Olympics (Adopt an Athlete) and they have had great success. 

The SD&G Auxiliary Unit members first raised $2,000 last November by accepting individual pledges. The SD&G Auxiliary Unit then set up a toll booth at the entrance of the Winchester Mike Dean’s and Tim Horton’s the weekend of March 17th and 18th collecting $5,125.

This past weekend, the SD&G Auxiliary Unit members set up another toll booth at the Morrisburg Canadian Tire and the Morrisburg Tim Horton’s. Another $2,912 was raised in support of the ‘Adopt an Athlete’ program. 

To date, the SD&G Auxiliary Unit has raised $9,763.00.

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Despite the rains, the story on the drought situation remains much the same.

“We’ve had rain, but not enough to lift the level two drought,” says Jason Symington, environmental technician with the South Nation Conservation Authority. 

He was in the field examining levels early this week and says, “We still have a ways to go. The rain we got was fairly quick and not as long lasting as we needed it to be to change the level two situation.”

Earlier this month, the water response team which includes representatives from several stakeholder groups, including the agricultural community, met to talk about their observations and actions regarding the low water levels. According to Symington, they basically reported that things are dry but the demand is still being supplied so they recommended maintaining the level two designation.

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