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JUNE 2018
Navan Nugget
BUSINESS CARDS ROTATED BI-MONTHLY Digital colour version available on navan.on.ca
Cartoon by Jeff Amey
See page 5 for June 23rd Barn Dance details
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NAVAN NOTABLES
McFadden Family and Cecilbay Farm Gord and Lucy McFadden, married in 1984, were the next
Eileen Vaillancourt, youngest daughter of Charles and generation to work the farm. Just recently, Lucy and Gord
Annie McFadden, opened the family history with this built a house across from the farm on Trim Road, and is
little rhyme. semi-retired from farming. Their two sons, Travis and
“We’re a Family, and we’re a tree,
Our roots go deep down in history!
Devyn, run it now. It’s a dairy farm. Their 70 cows are
From my great great Grandpa reaching up to me milked twice a day. As we all know there is a lot of work
We’re a green and growing family” in running a farm. Milking, cropping, haying, tending to
livestock, fencing, keeping the machinery in good working
order. Then there is the house to look after, meals to
prepare for family and workers, gardens to plant and weed.
Children, as soon as they’re old enough, help out with
chores. Farm chores promote a good work ethic in them.
I think it’s wonderful that a family can keep farming in
their family. My father came from a farm in Cumberland.
Two of his brothers remained in farming. But none of the
children from the 8 brothers and sisters have remained on
the farm! It’s a busy hard working life a farmer chooses.
Hats off to the McFaddens!! And if you ate today thank a
farmer!
Sheila Minogue-Calver
(pictured Basil and Doreen McFadden) www.navanwi.com
After perusing this historical document, one realizes the
many McFaddens that made Navan their home.
Basil and Doreen McFadden bought the farm from
Charles and Annie McFadden. Basil also bought a red
tractor, a plough, a disc for $2000.00! Pretty good deal
even in the 1950’s! They took over the farm in 1957. One
of their children, continued in farming the land.
(pictured Gord and Lucie McFadden)
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NAVAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SAFETY ZONE
Welcome to June’s Community Safety Zone!
With summer just around the corner, this month’s column
will focus on water safety at the pool. Several Navan
residents have backyard pools to cool off during the warm
summer weather. Following a few water safety rules, even
in our own backyard pool, can greatly reduce the risk of
The NCA Executive would like to encourage all residents injuries and drowning. Here are some general rules :
to become members of the community association. NCA
meetings are held on the third Monday of the month, Take swimming lessons
This may seem obvious but many people overestimate
next meeting June 18th at the Navan Arena at 7:30 p.m. their strength, stamina and skill level who it comes to
Your membership entitles you to vote at the AGM, bring swimming. Ensuring you and your children are equipped
issues relative to the village to the agenda, and get actively with the right training and experience to know your
capabilities and when to call it quits for the day is essential.
involved in projects that are of interest to you. The NCA also
provides the community link to our City representative. Watch children at all times
Backyard pools are, in fact, one of the most likely places
for children under 5 yrs of age to drown. According to
Chair: Philippe Grandmaitre the Lifesaver Society, while 61% of drowning deaths for
Secretary: Christina Macpherson children 5 and under involved them being alone near
Treasurer: Dale Borys water, 53% of these deaths occurred during a momentary
absence or lapse of a caregiver’s attention. Many people
Safety: Bob Price assume they would hear shouting or splashing when a
Navan Nugget: Tom Devecseri drowning begins but unfortunately many are completely
NCA Membership: Ray Vetter silent.Be sure to keep watch on young children.
Learn CPR and First Aid
The NCA is the umbrella organization for: When it comes to your own personal pool, the lifeguard
- The production and distribution of the Navan Nugget; on duty is you. Knowing how to perform simple first aid
- The Nifty 50 Plus Senior’s Club; - Canada 150 Celebrations; and CPR on children and adults using your pool could
save lives. It is also a great idea to have another person in
- The Navan Youth Ball league; - The Navan Tennis Club; your home trained in these skills in the event they need to
- The Soccer Registration Group; - The Fall Fest Committee; assist you !
- The Winterfest Committee; - The Outdoor Rink
Equip your pool with safety devices
Committee, and For poolside emergencies or injuries, have a first aid kit,
- Members of the NCA maintain the floral gardens at the flotation devices and a phone close by at all times. Having
entrance of the village. gates and or ladders that lock and prevent access to the
pool area helps with safety.
The NCA has successfully completed projects such as the Enforce family “pool rules”
Cenotaph Restoration, the Shade Structure Park Project, Create a checklist for the whole family to follow when
they’re using the pool. Some rules to consider include:
the Clock Tower and Wall of Fame, the 150th Celebration,
and the Outdoor Skating Rink. •No running, diving or rough housing near the pool
•No swimming alone
•No glass or sharp breakable objects in the pool area
Make sure everyone is on board and follows the rules your
family comes up with together.
Also, remind your child to stay away from ditches, creeks,
rivers and lakes. During Spring and Fall, water levels can
be be higher than usual and are often accompanied by
soft, slippery banks that are treacherous, particularly for
younger children.
We appreciate hearing your comments, receiving your
concerns and taking suggestions for future Community
Safety Zone topics.
Please feel free to email us at safety@navan.on.ca
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CHILDREN’S VILLAGE AT NAVAN
1375 Colonial Rd. Navan, ON. K4B 1N1 (613) 835-1583
The Children’s Village of Ottawa Carleton has been operating
for over 150 years. The Children’s Village at Navan, operates
a full time preschool program as well as a before and
after-school program for Kindergarten and School Age
children attending Heritage Public School.
We are currently hiring supply teachers for all of our
programs. Being an RECE is not required, but is an asset.
You must have experience working with children. We
are located a quick 9 minute drive from Orleans and
surrounding areas.
Only those chosen for interviews will be contacted.
Please email your cover letter and resume to navan@
childrensvillage.on.ca attention: Erica Young.
Thank you for your interest in
The Children’s Village of Ottawa Carleton.
JUNE Page 5
Homecraft Prize List
Get a head start on your homecraft projects for the 2018 Navan
Fair!
The Homecraft Prize List is available on our web site www.
navanfair.com under the Prize List dropdown menu, the office
cane-mail you a copy OR you can pick up a hard copy at the
2018 Navan Fair office. You can now send your entries to the new
homecraft entry email homecraft.entry.navanfair@gmail.com.
Check out the new kids, mens and persons with disabilities
August 9,10,11,12, 2018 categories.
Please follow the Homecraft division tweets on Twitter@
NavanFairHmCrft.
NEW BARNS GRAND OPENING
Membership/Admission Passes available at the Navan Fair Office,
JUNE 23RD , 2018
Please join our community celebration of the June Hours Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 10am - 5pm
completion and official opening of the
Membership/Admission Prices
New Barns on the Navan Fairgrounds. Adult Membership $27.00
Senior Membership (65+) $22.50
5:00 – 7:00 PM – Navan Lions BBQ Youth Membership (13-17 yrs of age only) $15.00
(3 above: until July 31 – incl. 4 Day Pass)
6:00 – Official Ribbon Cutting Exhibitor Membership (includes 1 Day Pass) $12.00
Senior Exhibitor Membership (includes 1 Day Pass) $10.00
Followed by: Passes
4 Day Adult $27.00
Senior 4 Day Adult (65+) $22.50
1 Day Adult Pass $12.00
Senior 1 Day Adult Pass (65+) $10.00
4 Day Child Pass (4-12 yrs of age) $10.00
1 Day Child Pass (4-12 Yrs of Age) $ 3.00
Children 3 Years and Under No Charge
(7 above: sold until August 8th, 9:00pm)
Methods of Payment: Debit, Visa, MasterCard, Cash
(Cheques until August 1st only).
President: Andrew Davies
Admin. Coord: Madeleine Gauthier
1279 Colonial Rd., Navan ON K4B 1N1
Tel: 613-835-2766 Fax: 613-835-4008
navanfair@bellnet.ca or www.navanfair.com
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Finally I must mention the Relay For Life – held by
Cairine Wilson High School in the Navan Fairgrounds
on the 11th May. Navan Lions supports this event by
feeding the hungry students hamburgers and hot hogs.
This year the students raised $93,000.00 for the Canadian
Navan Lions Club Cancer Society. This is an astonishing achievement and
President: John Geiger
we congratulate them.
Secretarial Team: Mark O’Donoughue and John Ladds
Treasurer: David Grattan
At the time of the last report we were preparing for the
Ham dinner /Murder Mystery on the 27th April. We
were very pleased with the success of this event. We had
a sellout crowd and people enjoyed the food and seemed
to have a great time. Particularly challenging all evening
was the threat of a power cut – it hung over us like the
Sword of Damocles (see below for comments on theatre).
The threat level changed throughout the evening but
the final word from Hydro was that there would be no Thank you all
cut in or area. Then the power went out from 7pm till Many thanks to all the friends and neighbors who
8pm. Fortunately Lion Fred Hyde had his generator participated in Catherine’s recent Celebration of Life. It
ready to go and there was good emergency lighting in truly was the party she wanted.
the Curling Club. Furthermore all the food had been
served by 7pm - so the cut caused little difficulty and
if anything improved the atmosphere. “Professor Plum’s
second murder mystery” went off without a hitch – and
the cast – especially Alan White, Shena Hyde, Juanita
Vetter, Joanne Maika White and Katherine Vanderploeg
portrayed their characters very well much to the
amusement of the crowd. I, as before, was the absent
minded Professor Plum. Congratulations to the winning
table – who won chocolates and two original paintings
by children attending the Ottawa Children’s Treatment
Centre – one of our favourite charities. I am sorry if I did not speak with you directly at the
Also on the same evening we were delighted to present event; it was simply a matter of so many people, too
a Herb Deavy bursary to Takara O’Donoughue. Takara little time.
was a particularly worthy recipient as she has volunteered Thanks also to the St. Mary’s A.C.W. who provided and
to help at so many Lions functions- including many served the refreshment. It turned out to be an ideal
dinners weather day for Catherine’s request to include an ice
Theatrical events were much on our mind these past few cream sundae bar.
weeks as at our last supper meeting we had a presentation Thanks must also go to Rachel Grattan who so
from Victor Lachance of Vintage Stock Theatre. This insightfully and skillfully led us through the Ceremony
theatre group is fundraising for a utility trailer to haul and to those who shared their stories about Catherine.
their portable stage – this will improve their ability to The biggest thanks must go to Catherine, herself, for
perform in more places in the region. The Navan Lions not only for planning the Celebration of Her Life before
Club is very supportive of the idea of bringing live she passed away, but more for having sharing her life
theatre to the Navan area, so we hope to be able to help with us and in particular, me.
in their quest to find a trailer for moving the stage. Fred Hyde
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Well it was another active month for the Navan Nifty 30th Anniversary of the OCCRC!
50plus Seniors Club. On Tuesday May 1st a group of the 30ième anniversaire du CRCOC!
Nifty 50 members went to The Upper Canada Theatre Annual General Meeting 2018
in Morrisburg where they enjoyed a wonderfull Assemblée générale annuelle 2018
production of “The Grand Ol Opry” a musical tour
Monday June 18, 2018 – Lundi 18 juin 2018
of generations of Opry performers. Thanks to Betty Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, 2940 Old Montreal Rd, Cumberland
Johnston for organizing this great outing. The first Musée-village du patrimoine de Cumberland, 2940 chemin Old Montreal, Cumberland
Wednesday of the month luncheon was catered by the Annual General Meeting 2018 Assemblée générale annuelle 2018
Navan Women’s Institute and was enjoyed by a large 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm 16 h 30 – 17 h 15
crowd of members and friends. As usual there was a
large birthday cake to celebrate the members having a Celebration of the 30th Anniversary! Célébration du 30ième anniversaire!
5:30 pm to 7 pm 17 h 30 – 19 h
birthday in May.
On May 9th the members were treated to “a tribute FREE GRATUIT
BBQ – Face Painting – Fun Games BBQ – Maquillage – Jeux amusants
to mothers” with a Mother’s Day Fun Vintage Apron
Brad the Balloon Guy Brad the Balloon Guy
Fashion Show. This included in partaking of a special
table of vintage treats such as rolled cucumber Come with your family and friends Venez avec votre famille et vos amis
and celebrate with US! célébrer avec NOUS!
sandwiches, fluffy pastries, and an array of other tasty (Bring your lawn chairs) (Apportez vos chaises de jardin)
snacks. Thanks to Juanita and her crew for arranging th
Please RSVP by June 12 SVP vous inscrire par le 12 juin en ligne à
the event and to all participants who in addition to online at https://crcoc.ca/30th- https://crcoc.ca/30ieme-anniversaire-
modelling the aprons provided everyone with a few anniversary-of-the-occrc/ or contact du-crcoc/?lang=fr ou communiquez avec
laughs along the way. Janelle at 613 830-4357 Janelle au 613 830-4357
If you would like to join the Nifty 50plus Seniors Group
the requirements are simple! IF YOU HAVE reached
your 50th birthday you are welcome to join. The
group meets every week from the first Wednesday in
September to the last Wednesday in June upstairs in the
Navan Memorial Arena from 12:30PM to 4:30PM.
Your Nifty 50plus Committee
JUNE Page 9
NAVAN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Royal Wedding
Early one Saturday morning, 10 ladies got together, some
in pj’s and all with Fascinators, to celebrate the marriage of
Harry and Meghan. It was a delightful time watching the
wedding, drinking coffee, and eating breakfast together. It
will be a long time before we do this again!!
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Navan’s Women Inspired!
We were certainly inspired by Michael Habonimana’s talk
on the Tim Horton’s Camps he has attended in the last
two years.Lots of learning and lots of
fun combined to make his two weeks at
the camps a wonderful experience for
him.
Michael, 13 years old, from Tanzania,
has been here for 3 years now . He is
doing well in school and playing soccer.
We certainly enjoyed listening to him
and questioning him.
(Picture is Michael Habonimana) Navan Streetwalkers
Next meeting is Wednesday, June 13 at 7. We are going to 16 walkers rode the train in May to see “Come From
the Cumberland Resource Center followed by a pub crawl Away” in Toronto. Wonderful musical!! While there we
on St. Joseph!! dined and walked around the city. A great time was had
by all!
Navan Women’s Institute Presents Back to walking on the Navan Trail and streets!!
An evening of
Torchlight Shakespeare
Featuring “A Company of Fools”
Ottawa’s original professional Shakespeare company
Wednesday, July 4th 7-8:30 pm (no intermission)
In the park behind Bradley’s Convenience Store
1220 Colonial Road, Navan
Join us with your blankets and
lawn chairs for this fun and
interactive play that suits the whole family
Pay-what-you-can
Knotty Knitters
Knitting at Café Latte Cino every Monday, at 1PM.
See you there. (Picture is Pam O’Donoghue and Karen Smith
from the Streetwalkers group.)
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NAVAN COMMUNITY SUNDAY SCHOOL ORLEANS WOMEN’S CONNECTION
Navan Community Sunday School & Youth Group Wed: 13 Jun 9:30-11:00 Cost: $6 at door
9:45-11:15 St.Mary’s Hall - Smith Rd Orleans United Church Hall, 1111 Orleans Blvd
Children ages 3 & up are welcome
Feature: Andrea of Therepuetic Riding Association of
For more information email -
navancommunitysundayschool@gmail.com Ottawa Music: Cameron Dunn
Volunteer teachers needed- no experience necessary as we work Faith Story: Karyn Pearson, “Love Has Come; Finding
as a team - police record check for vulnerable sector Freedom From Fear Through The Power Of Love”
required. Volunteer letter provided. Reservations please: Shirley 614-841-5143 shirleyjholt@outlook.com
Cost: $6 at door
CAMP AWESOME 2018
sponsored by Navan-Vars United Church THIRD SPACE
& St. Mary’s Anglican Church Join us for Third Space in June. This will be the last
Children ages 4-12 years $85 per child gathering before we take a break for the summer.
Catch up with friends and neighbours over fair trade
Mon. to Fri. July 9-13th, 2018 coffee, tea and refreshments from 10 am to noon at St.
10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m. Mary’s Church Hall on Saturday, June 30.
St. Mary’s Hall & Navan-Vars United Church Sponsored by the Anglican Parish of Bearbrook, Navan
and Blackburn.
"Bible Stoies Songs
Games Crafts"
Camp Awesome Sunday Service
July 15 @10:00 Navan-Vars United Church
Download the registration forms at:
www.navan-vars-united.org
For info: Call Shelley Douglas 613-835-3965
or email: shelley_d1@sympatico.caPage 11 JUNE
Snow in May?
This Snowy Owl refuses to leave the farm. Photographed on May 24, 2018 on a farm in the Navan area. Possibly
a 1st year male who will not breed this year and so is not driven to get back to the northern breeding grounds.
Tom DevecseriPage 12 JUNE
The Bobolink and Baltimore Oriole
Article David Grattan and Photos by Tom Devecseri
For the last two evenings we have seen Bobolinks and Baltimore orioles
on the old rail line. The Bobolink is perhaps one of the lesser known birds
found in this region. In fact we are near the northern limit of the summer
– breeding range. The Bobolink is a small member of the blackbird family
with an absolutely stunning song. We heard it very clearly tonight. It has
been described as being dressed like a man in evening dress on back to
front. Indeed the breast is black and there are white/ tan markings on
the back. The top of the head is pale yellow – it is a very distinctive cap.
Unfortunately they are a threatened species – which means they are likely
to become endangered. They like to breed in open fields with long grass
and are often killed when hayfields are cut. In addition in South America
where it winters – it is regarded as a serious pest to grain crops and has
been killed in large numbers. And yet it is a beautiful and interesting little
bird.
It is hard to imagine a more beautifully coloured bird than the Baltimore
Oriole. Perhaps what is less well known is that it was not named after the
city of Baltimore – but after the bold orange and black colour in the coat
of arms of the Baltimore baronetcy. The Baltimore title was granted in
1625 to Sir George Calvert, and was held by six generations of his family, above male Bobolink
who were proprietors of the Avalon in Newfoundland and the colony of left female Bobolink
Maryland. If you have visited Newfoundland you may well have visited
Ferryland in the Avalon peninsula, a settlement founded by Lord Balti-
more. The oriole likes open woodland and has been declining steadily for below
the last 30 years. It is not yet a threatened species. Baltimore Oriole
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