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We pride ourselves on made at home meals.

'Well fed' doesn't necessitate traveling to the ends of the earth

for good product. But it certainly does mean combining

good ingredients to create great flavors.

And what other night is so suited to coming home

to a foam topped beer in a cold stein, organizing and

combining ingredients, and creating the above, than on Friday.

Butternut squash and pear soup accompaniment!

Quick and easy, while standing watch at the stove,

a starter glass of red in hand. The soup is producing

a rolling abundance of sweet flavour over a slow heat.

And the wine naturally makes an ideal mix with the soup's rich,

nutmeg infused aroma. A tossed salad of baby spinach clippings,

ultra thin honey sweet apple shavings, dried cranberries

dressed in an apple cider vinegar mix.

Plated and topped with chopped old fashioned ham,

a free-range, boiled and sliced egg, and candied pecans placed among

generous portions of rough chopped chunks of goat cheese.

Wednesday, Feb. 12th, shot this photo at 6:40 a.m., -  the rest of the photos

we shot while touring the area on Tuesday around noon,

after we managed to clear our property access . . . 

Tuesday, February. 18th - Two South Dundas Lions playoff hopefuls returned to the ice this week in the opening round of the play-off pool action, neither registering a victory.  The regular season Champion U11-Rep Lions entered their Round 1 Pool meeting the 6th-place closing Alexandria Glens, coming away after battling back from two single goal deficits, recording a 2-2 tie at Morrisburg Arena. The Lions closed their regular season 20-points and 11-wins ahead of the Glens.

        South Dundas’ U15-Rep squad completed their regular schedule in 2nd-place, 10-points, 3-wins and a pair of ties in front of the 3rd-place South Grenville Rangers. The Lions dropped the opening game on a 3-1 note at Morrisburg in Round 1 of their playoff pool.

        Charlie Booth-Lauzon kicked off the excitement in the action on Tuesday evening when he notched the opening goal of the 2024-25 U11-Rep play downs. Booth-Lauzon beat the home team’s defence and then handcuffed netminder Ben Langois who was assigned to guard the Lion’s net on this night. The unassisted goal was netted with six-minutes remaining in the 1st-period.

        Midway through the middle frame Jaxon Holmes corralled the puck and combined with Parker Johnson who beat the Glens cage guard, Louis Decoste to even the score. Johnson’s counter lasted just more than two-minutes before Hudson MacMillan went the distance, unassisted, burying the puck behind Langois and moving the visiting Alexandria entry into the lead for the second time on the night.

        As the two teams raced back and forth through the final ten minutes the Lion’s Parker Johnson picked up an errant pass, directing the puck toward the Glens net. Linemate Drake Thompson was quick in picking up the opportunity to relay the puck behind Decoste, again drawing the score even.

        Through the closing seven-minutes neither team managed to add to their score as both Langois and Decoste steadily turned away every opportunity and attempt to increase the score by either competitor.

        South Dundas will next meet the Regular Season 5th-place finishing Brockville Braves on Sunday, Feb. 23rd at Morrisburg Arena in a 12-Noon puck drop in what is sure to be an exciting game of hockey.

U15-Rep Lions haunted by Demons . . .

Tuesday, February. 18th - In spite of running well ahead of the North Dundas Demons through the 2024-25 Regular Season schedule the South Dundas Lions were haunted through three-periods by that team in their opening round play-down series on Tuesday  evening at Morrisburg Arena. Even though the South Dundas entry closed their schedule well in the lead in  ‘goals for’ and ‘goals against’, the Demons matched the home team’s play through a 1-1 opening period, a scoreless middle frame and a 2-0 final period for a 3-1 victory.

        Initially the Lions held an edge in the early game, netting the opening goal when Simon Martens beat North Dundas’ netminder Rick Carter for a 1-0 lead. Grayson Casselman and Taylor Elliott assisted on the counter.

        Austin Holmes kicked off the Demon’s scoring drive when he combined with Colby Morozuk to set-up Holden Porteous for the tying marker that eluded the South Dundas backstop, Lincoln Robinson,

        Neither team could put together an attack that beat either net minder through the middle stanza., but the Demons Morozuk completed his 3-point night scoring a pair of dingers to capture the 3-1 victory for North Dundas.

        The Lions second game in the playoff rounds is scheduled for Kemptville Arena against the Regular Season winning Kemptville Royals on Saturday, Feb. 22nd at 2:30 p.m.

        All of the schedules, scores and more are available by clicking here: https://sdhockey.ca/schedule/

Monday, Feb. 17th - Morrisburg’s Junior C Lions are two games from elimination in the opening round of the 2024-25 National Capital Junior Hockey League play-offs. The popular South Dundas squad lost the opening two games in a best four of seven series over the past weekend in dropping game one at Westport against the 2nd-place regular season finishing Rideaus on a 7-3 score. The second game of the series on Sunday afternoon at Morrisburg recorded the Lion’s 2nd-loss, pushing the locals dangerously close to elimination.

        Or, the Morrisburg’s Junior Lions are faced with a single opportunity to show South Dundas hockey fans they are indeed a competitive team, willing to bring it all to the ice in Westport on Friday evening, February. 21st (7:30 p.m.) and again on Saturday, February. 22nd (7:30 p.m.) in Morrisburg.

        Either introduction will suffice concerning the task at hand. Fact is, the Junior Lions are out of choices to apply to turning this series around. 

        “You never know what can or will happen in Junior hockey,” says Head Coach Jamie Smith, who vows his staff and line-up “. . . are not giving up. We’re  remaining positive in preparing for the upcoming weekend’s action.

        Smith says, with some clear respect for their opponents, “Westport comes out hard and that’s what we have to be prepared for!” 

        As much as their hearts may have been in the game on their Valentine’s Day opener at Westport the Lions left the opening period with a 1-0 lead at the WTC Communications Centre. But romancing the visitor’s was never on the mind’s of the home team Rideaus. They allowed the Lions another single in the first 18-seconds of the middle period before retaliating with five unanswered goals to lead 5-2 after 40-minutes of action.

        The Rideaus would go on to outscore their visitors 2-1 in the final 20-minutes and 7-3 over the game. More than a few fans verified “ . . . Westport starts fast and set an ever quickening pace through all three periods.”

        “And that’s the pace we have to match,” Smith said, following the weekend. “We believe we can change this around this weekend coming,” the Lion’s Coach, forever hopeful, added, “We believe it’s very possible!”

        Lukas Rozon scored the trio of goals for the Lions. While Justin Cyr, Bennett Harty and Ben Lapier restored single assists.

Returning to Morrisburg for game two the Lions matched the Rideaus in the first and third periods, giving up the game on seven minor infractions and a major misconduct call through the middle period during which they were outscored 3-1. The undisciplined play continued through the game, totalling 13-minor infractions, one Major Misconduct penalty and one Gross Misconduct penalty called against the bench.

        Jack Leonard opened the game scoring three minutes into the 1st-period when he snapped the puck behind Hunter Sanger defending the Morrisburg pipes. Benny Lapier organized an opportunity to tie the game slipping a pass to Lukas Rozon for the tying counter six minutes later in the period.

        Noah Cyr, Brock Seed and Eric Judson added a power-play marker and a pair of even strength goals through a five minute span in the penalty filled middle period. Rozon came back with Lapier and Aronhiawaks Rice, cutting the visitors lead to 4-2 after 40-minutes.

        The two teams would trade goals during the final period, one each from Justin Cyr (Lions) and Liam Simpson (Rideaus) to close the game with Westport taking their 2nd-win, this time on a 5-3 score.

        “We’ve had a lot of close games with these guys and I still think it’s very possible that we could tie this series this coming weekend,” Coach Smith summarized, adding, “But that’s going to take discipline and a lot of hard work to accomplish!”

        “It is very possible!”

Champions, prepared to carry South Dundas colours and talent to the bitter end, include

(in no particular order) Beckett Fahrngruber, Jack Heuff, Drake Thompson, Grayson Kelly,

Gavin Aubin, Blake Sears, Harris Smail, Jaxon Holmes, Parker Johnson, Nash Dempsey

and Ben Langois. Absent: Emmett Cooper-Kerkhof . . .

Monday, February. 10th - Coach Matt Fahrngruber’s South Dundas U11-B Rep Lions were a  feline’s breath from recording a perfect Upper Canada Minor Hockey League regular season for 2024-25. The team completed their 24-game schedule on Sunday afternoon at Morrisburg Arena playing host to a very determined Cornwall Colts squad. The Colts did earn a 3-3 tie and a temporary hold on 3rd-place. 

        South Dundas’ team included Dave Sears and Ryan Aubin as Assistant Coaches to Fahrngruber, and Amber Kelly serving as Trainer. This group iced a hugely talented squad of gifted young players who do play a level of hockey beyond their years. 

        Over 24-games these Lions scored 21-victories, tied one and lost a pair of contests, owning a 43-point, impossible to beat record. The team has finished first over all, second in ‘goals-for’ at 4-counters per game (96). The coaching staff perfected a stand up, stick checking defence over the season, backed by two equally talented cage keepers in (#1) Emmett Cooper-Kerkhof and affiliate Ben Langois. The two puck-stoppers combined to allow just 1.4 ‘goals against’ per game (34) .

Friday, Feb. 14th – A group of Grade 4-6 students from Central Public School has taken a hands-on approach to supporting Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, Feb. 26th, an annual event to raise awareness about bullying, by designing and selling custom stickers to promote this year’s theme, “I Belong.”

        The Real-World Learning initiative was a collaboration between CPS and the Boys & Girls Club of Cornwall/SDG. Students not only created unique sticker designs but also applied business skills such as calculating costs, determining pricing, and planning sales strategies.

        “It was just a seamless collaboration,” said CPS teacher Mike Singh. “All eight students were engaged from start to finish. When they’re given real, meaningful work, they thrive. This wasn’t just another classroom project; this was something tangible that mattered.”

        Students worked with digital design tools like Canva to bring their ideas to life, receiving guidance and feedback throughout the process.

        “They always do their best work when they have ownership,” Singh added, “When they realized these stickers would be sold, their attention to detail and willingness to take feedback skyrocketed.”

        In a reveal party held at BGC headquarters on February 7, the class had no idea whose designs would be chosen, and Community Engagement Coordinator Kaitlyn Legue surprised them all.

        “We revealed to the students that all their stickers were selected,” said Legue. “It was their first time seeing the finished results and holding the finished product.”

        Grade 5 student Cohen Willard incorporated a photo of CPS into the background of his design, along with symbols of inclusivity. “I think everybody will love it,” Cohen said, “I put the LGBT symbol on mine with different people wearing pink shirts because I wanted to show that everyone belongs.”

        Another standout design came from Grade 6 student Bryson Lascelle, who incorporated a bee into his graphic. “I feel happy about my design being chosen,” Bryson said. “Using Canva was fun because I got to create images and blend colors. I think it’s cool that everyone’s stickers got picked, and I don’t think we’ll have any trouble selling them!”

        Students will now set up shop and promote sales within CPS and hope to encourage other Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) schools to participate by purchasing or selling stickers at their own locations. Stickers will also be available for purchase through the BGC Cornwall/SDG online store, alongside Pink Shirt Day t-shirts.

        “The math, the problem-solving, the teamwork—it all came together in a way that made sense to them,” said RWL learning partner Linzi Leclerc, “They saw firsthand how their creativity and effort could have an impact, and that’s exactly what this program is all about.”

        The project also had a deeper impact on students beyond just learning business skills.

        “Let’s be honest, these kids struggle with bullying issues—on both sides,” Singh explained. “They struggle with belonging and allowing others to belong. Even during this process, we had some struggles in class, but I believe that when they look back on this experience, it will mean something more. It’s about helping them see the importance of inclusion in a real way.”

        Proceeds from the sticker sales will support BGC Cornwall/SDG’s anti-bullying initiatives, reinforcing the Pink Shirt Day message of kindness and belonging. The project has not only given students a unique hands-on learning opportunity but also a personal connection to the cause.