CP Scoop - March 25th, 2024

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MUNICIPAL NEWS

Second Annual EARTHFEST - April 20th in Carleton Place

Celebrate Earth Day at the second annual EARTHFEST, on Saturday, April 20th at Market Square (7 Beckwith Street) in Carleton Place.

This free event offers workshops, activities, and entertainment for all ages, presented by the Carleton Place Environmental Advisory Committee (CPEAC). Featuring an expanded range of workshops, performances, and vendors at Market Square from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., plus satellite events at All Nations Church (39 Bridge Street - 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.), and the Carleton Place Library (101 Beckwith Street, running all day).

New this year: hands-on workshops for adults and youth, the launch of Just Good Compost in Carleton Place, and opportunities to test-drive an electric vehicle (EV), (pre-registration recommended).

Learn: how to reduce household waste, start a garden, compost and recycle properly, preserve and can food, mend clothing, cook delicious plant-based meals, create an environmentally friendly watercolour painting, and more! Learn about climate and health concerns, water quality protection in the Mississippi corridor, how to choose the right EV, and how to plant and care for a tree (free seedlings available from the Carleton Place Urban Forest Committee!).

Engage with the many Lanark County organizations on hand to answer your questions about the great things they are doing to take care of our environment and how you can help.

Enjoy live music by C.A. & Sonny and Ball & Chain; family-friendly performances by The Paddling Puppeteers at 10:30 a.m. and Play Where You Live youth theatre; and a presentation by expert cave diver Jill Heinerth, at 2:30 p.m., whose adventures in underwater exploration in the Mississippi and Ottawa Rivers are featured in the new film Into the Planet. 

Savor delicious food and refreshments (including vegan options!) and quality products and services, handmade artisanal creations at our Sustainable Marketplace, including native plants from Kiwi Gardens.

Especially for kids: Performer Glen Carradus of the Paddling Puppeteers will offer two (2) workshops for children ages 5 to 12 years old. Make a dancing puppet or carve a soapstone pendant! 

The Carleton Place & District Horticultural Society will be offering three (3) different garden-related activities for children as well!

Face painting and an Earth Day Art Display by local Grade 4 students.

FEATURED WORKSHOPS:

• Darn It! Mending workshop (all ages)
• Sustainable Watercolour Painting with Paint with Janet & the Art for Aid Project (all ages)
• Organic Vegetable Gardening with expert gardener Alberto Suarez Esteban
• Increasing Plant-Based Foods in your Diet with chef Karine Lang at 613 Plant-Based
• How You Can Help Improve Water Quality with the Carleton Place Urban Forest and River Corridor Committee and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
• Composting 101: Why It’s Important to Our Environment and How to Get Started with expert composter Scott Hortop, Vermiculturist Geraldine Baker, and local composting entrepreneur William Affleck of Just Good Compost
• Canning and Preserving Food with Plan B Lanark
• EV TEST DRIVES!! With EVCO. Pre-registration recommended
• Launch of JUST GOOD COMPOST – CARLETON PLACE COMPOST PICK UP SERVICE! That’s right! Their compost pick-up service is starting in Carleton Place this year, partly subsidized by the Town of Carleton Place. Learn more about this service and register for the pilot program, which will be subsidized in part for Carleton Place residents by The Town of Carleton Place. More details to follow in April. https://www.justgoodcompost.com/

For EARTHfest workshops, Jill Heinerth & Paddling Puppeteer presentation schedules and location, and more info, go to Carleton Place Calendar of Events, or our Facebook Event Page

 

PROVINCIAL NEWS

Ontario Extending Gas Tax Cuts to Keep Costs Down for Families - Continued gas tax cuts would save households $320 on average since 2022

To continue keeping costs down for families and businesses, the Ontario government is introducing proposed legislation through its spring 2024 Budget that would, if passed, extend the existing gasoline and fuel tax rate cuts until December 31st, 2024.

 

OTHER NEWS

Lanark County Food Bank – Top Three Wish List Items

The Lanark County Food Bank’s inventory is low and in need of the following three (3) items:

• Canned Mushrooms
• Macaroni
• Sweetener Packets

You can drop off your food donations at 84 Mill Street in Carleton Place on Mondays or Wednesdays between 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon, or call 613-257-8546 to set up a drop-off time.

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