Humm Online Exclusives - May 2015

World Labyrinth Day Walk

For more information contact Debby at 257–1014, visit find CarletonPlaceCommunityLabyrinth on Facebook, or see the blog at carletonplacecommunitylabyrinth.blogspot.com.

Re: Check Your Selfie Before You Wreck Your Selfie! (letter to editor)

Here is the very funny and very important explanation of just how threatened we are by the ability of big business and government to record and retrieve everything we share with our friends and families on the Internet, on our cellphones, and via any electronic transmission of information:

The Jimmy Tri-Tone Band

For more information on The Jimmy Tri-Tone Band including show dates, visit www.jimmytritone.com. Their video for “Wanted” is available here:

Ottawa Valley Farmers Markets - a rundown of markets and special events for 2015

We have updated our popular survey of Ottawa Valley Farmers Markets this month - don't miss out on this very handy overview.

A Resurgence at the Market!

It’s the Almonte Farmers Market’s 25th birthday this year! And in a time when change seems to come swiftly, the Almonte Farmers Market continues to be a consistent anchor in the community. For a quarter-century, people have been able to find everything from fresh produce to maple syrup, cut flowers to fresh baking, handmade crafts to preserves in the library parking lot on Saturday mornings from the weekend after Mothers Day until Thanksgiving. When Janet Duncan and I started at the market in 2006, we were the newbies by far. Betty Hudson and her flowers and produce; Meryl Sonnenburg and her baking; and Don Stewart and his daughter Moira and their produce had been at that market for at least sixteen years before that! Dave Gilhooly was still an active organizer of the market, but hung up his BBQ tongs. These folks were the only ones standing. Janet and I were the fourth booth at the market that year. Unbeknownst to us, it was the beginning of a resurgence.

Since I joined the market we have seen old vendors return, some new vendors come and go, and as more and more have held on, the market has gotten a bit bigger….and then just a bit bigger. Today we have a critical mass of roughly thirteen vendors, providing a wide variety of goods and services. We are happy to have Betty Hudson, and Al & Pat Watson as vendors still. They provide that history and groundedness to the market that only grandparents can give to a family. We are a group of friends who really work well together. I would say that we pride ourselves on our welcoming nature, towards both vendors and the community as a whole. Our priorities are goods that are grown or made in Lanark (and area), friendliness, and a willingness to work together. This isn’t written down anywhere. It’s just the way it’s been since 1990.

If you have not frequented the market, I encourage you to do so! This year, you can count on the “fresh bread” folks, Uta and Steve, every week! As usual, you will be able to find an array of other baked goods, fresh produce and meat, maple syrup, honey, pottery, luscious plants and more. If you need your kitchen knives or garden sheers sharpened, Nick Moore is there to help every third Saturday of the month. Every first Saturday of the month, we will be hosting a Cooking Demonstration (with free samples!) featuring fresh market fare. And July 25 is our Birthday Party! We hope you can come to celebrate with us. We’re open from 8:30am until 12:30pm every Saturday from May 16 until Thanksgiving weekend. Come and visit us –— we’d love to see you! We’re there rain or shine.

— Hilary Moore

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