Congratulations to Jordan for winning the “Favourite Part About Summer Contest.” Jordan, who’s 9 and will be attending Grade 5 at JE Horton Public School in September, says her favourite part about summer is, “ Being with family, hiking, bike riding, going for walks, going swimming, Canada Day, sleep overs and the heat.”

In July, we set up an online poll to see what you thought about some of the issues. Here’s what you said:

Kingston is known as a historical city with spectacular tourist attractions, like Fort Henry and its Sunset Ceremonies. The show is historic, meaningful, loud, and exciting for all ages.

A belated congratulations to the Kingston United, U12 Boys Premier Soccer Team, sponsored by Oxford Learning. They won the Boucherville Quebec tournament in June. It’s the first time a team from outside Quebec has won the tournament. Way to go boys!

In our everyday lives, we tend to take things for granted. Like fresh, drinkable water. We turn on the tap and there it is. But how did it get to us?

In this two part series on the Kingston water system, we’ll see how the water gets to us and where it goes when we flush the toilet, or release it down the drain.

Red and yellow peppers and tomatoes are ripening and look like they might be ready to donate in August.
If you’d like to donate extra vegetables from your garden, you can take them to the Partners In Mission Food Bank at 140 Hickson Street, or drop them off at the Farmer’s Market downtown on Saturdays.

Step 1
Robert Friendship from Speedpro Signs prints the vinyl sheets

Step 2
Jordan Blancher puts his 10 years of experience to work as he applies the vinyl to the car

The Speed Radar Trailers that were placed on Greenwood Park Drive and Donald Street were for educational purposes only. Now you know how fast you were going, in case your car didn’t come with a speedometer.

In mid June we walked amongst a rare display of thousands of wild, Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchids. These breathtaking flowers are located in a bog at Purdon Conservation Area, just west of Lanark.
This is Canada’s largest colony of this species of Orchid, with more than 10,000 of the 16,000 or so plants bursting into delicate pink and white bloom each year between mid June and early July.

Call it what you will (vacation, holidays, break, time out) but I’m sure we can all agree that holidays are an incredible gift. Can you imagine working for an organization that never lets you take a break, regain perspective, get inspired, acquire vision, take time to unwind or simply allow you to remember why you work so hard? These are, afterall, what holidays have the potential of doing!