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HORSIN AROUND FUN
2024... Only 6 more months until our kids camps start up
again! I have already received a lot of messages asking what
the dates are but I haven't had a chance to get them up on
the website yet. here is a sneak preview for my friends. The
yellow dates are Scouts camps - boys and girls 5 to 8. The
purple lines are the girls farm camps where the focus is
mostly on the horse activities - girls 9 to 13. We will have
something a little more formal up soon but this will at least
get the dates on your calendar. www.horsinaroundfun.com

DID YOU KNOW
In the 1930s in the United States, sacks containing flour and grain were made of cloth, primarily
cotton. The Kansas Wheat company, in the midst of the Great Depression, realized that the
poorest families were reusing them to sew dresses for women and girls, so to make them more
captivating they decided to print them with floral and colorful motifs. The initiative was a huge
success: they made sure that the ink used for the logos would fade after a simple wash, and some
bags even had the patterns already drawn on the fabric, ready to be cut and sewn. A marketing
tactic that helped American families get through a particularly difficult period, also useful as a
source of income for women who would later sell their recycled models.

LOYALIST COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH HAWKINS CHEEZIES
Belleville, ON, Canada / Quinte News - Alan-Michael Steele
A new partnership has been announced between local snack producer Hawkins Cheezies and Loyalist College. The
partnership between the Loyalist College Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis and the snack food company,
will involve a series of scientific studies intended to help refine and improve the process of manufacturing cheezies. The first
study will gather baseline data on the snack, to be used as a comparison point for future studies. Hawkin’s Cheezies have
been produced in Belleville since 1956. When supply chains were disrupted during the pandemic, Hawkins sought the help of
Loyalist College to test alternative packaging for their product.

COMMUNITY STEPS UP FOR FINNEGAN’S BREAKFAST CLUB IN CLOYNE
Ever since North Addington Education Centre opened in 1970, High School students have made their way over to the store
just off the property before school, during breaks and lunch. And since the store became Finnegan's four years ago, the
stream of students to and from the store has picked up even more. Store owner Stephanie Regent has seen the students come
and go over that time, and as she has gotten to know the kids, she has realized that not all of them were eating properly in the
morning. “You can kind of tell over time that some of the kids could use some help,” she said. Even though there is a well-
established breakfast program far all kindergarten to grade 12 students at the school, not all of the kids make full use of it, so
Regent has been picking up some items (granola bars, fruit, muffins, cereal boxes etc.) and quietly handing them out. “I was
doing that in the fall, and over Christmas I decided to set something up at the store,” she said. So last week she put up a post
on Facebook asking people to contribute to a food table she was planning to put in. The response has been very strong.
Donations of food have been flowing in, and there is now a small display at the store, with signs telling kids they are welcome
to take what they need, no questions asked. “The first two days after we set it up were snow days, so it wasn’t until Thursday
and Friday last week that kids started coming in and using it. It has been well received by our customers, who have been
saying they will be bringing donations in for it.”
There are two things that Regent is adamant about, however. The first is that the Finnegan’s
program is meant to complement the school’s breakfast program, not compete with it. She
encourages her customers to donate directly to the breakfast program through the parent
council at NAEC. “What we are doing is just for the high school students, because they can
leave the school grounds, and the school breakfast program is for the whole school. What we
are doing is for those students who for any reason are not likely to use the school program,
and who come to the store before school starts and on their breaks. The food is here all day,”
she said. Her other big issue with high school students: they need to be on time for class.
“That has always been a demand I make of them. They need to be back in the school by 8:25
in the morning, and after recess and lunch. They cannot be here when they are supposed to
be in class.”
For more information, contact Finnegansgs@gmail.com
Frontenac News - Jeff Green