Friday 5 March 2010

Waterfront Ride to stop in Colborne

Cramahe Township will once again host a rest stop on the annual July Waterfront Trail Adventure.


The adventure is a bike ride along the shore of Lake Ontario on the Waterfront Trail. The ride promotes the trail and its use. Cramahe will see the riders through on July 6.

Last year's stop was voted one of the top four stops on the eight-day ride by the 250+ riders. They could pick up snacks and drinks and get a quick massagae of their weary muscles before heading east.

Day four on the third annual 720 km. ride this year starts in Cobourg at 7 a.m.. Colborne's Victoria Square is the second morning rest stop, after a break at Wicklow Beach. They end the day in Picton.

The ride starts July 3 at Niagara-on-the-Lake and ends at the Quebec border on July 10. Some riders take the entire journey. Others opt for 1-4-day jaunts.




Sunday 28 February 2010

Cramahe Now has moved

Cramahe Now has now officially moved to www.cramahe-now.com. To get to the website try one of the following options in your address line

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If you are still having trouble getting there, email us at lowen@xplornet.ca

Thanks for your support. We hope you join us at our newly launched website.


Thursday 25 February 2010

Change your favourites - we're now www.cramahe-now.com - catch all the latest news at our new website.

For full listings of coming events go to www.cramahe-now.com

Last week for Cramahe-now.blogspot.com. The website Cramahe-now.com is up and running.



Cramahe Now offers "subscriptions"

A number of readers have asked us if they could "subscribe" to Cramahe Now. Their requests have generated a great deal of discussion and up until now we have resisted the idea. We are grateful for a generous subscription from one of our appreciative readers and this has pushed us to reconsider.


If you would like to "subscribe" to Cramahe Now by making a donation, it would be gratefully received. Subscriptions can be sent to Cramahe Now,
R R 2, Colborne, K0K 1S0.

If you wish to be acknowledged publicly let us know and we will post a page which lists Cramahe Now subscribers.

..... and don't forget we're moving to our new website  http://www.cramahe-now.com/ (http://www.cramahe-now.com/) at the end of this month.
 

 
 

Last week for the blog

This is the last week that we will post stories on www.cramahe-now.blogspot.com. At the end of the week all stories will be posted ONLY on www.cramahe-now.com.
If you are having trouble changing over please contact us at lowen@xplornet.ca.


Tuesday 23 February 2010

World Day of Prayer Friday, March 5

On Friday, March 5 members of Cramahe and area will gather at Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Colborne to celebrate the 2010 World Day of Prayer.

The 3 p.m. ecumenical service will mark 35 years of coordinated work by area churches. The services were inaugurated 90 years ago in the U.S. as the Women's World Day of Prayer and spread world-wide two years later. This year's service is the creation of the women of Cameroon.

The clergy and members of all Colborne churches, Eden and Salem United will take part in the 2010 service hosted by the Catholic community and St. Andrew's.

The theme this year is "Let everything that has breath praise God."



Monday 22 February 2010

Update your Internet Explorer

Are you concerned that you won't get the full cramahe-now site because you are on Internet Explorer 6 or 7?
Don't worry. Check the menu in the top left corner of www.cramahe-now.com and look for the "Having trouble viewing this page? comment.
Click on it and follow the on-screen instructions - and you are updated.


Latest condo news in Colborne

Read the latest news about the Johnston condo proposal for Colborne in http://www.cramahe-now.com


Sunday 21 February 2010

Are you travelling?

We've been watching as our readers shift over to www.cramahe-now.com. Most of our stay-at-home readers have switched over, but many who are travelling have not. If you are having trouble getting the website try using the following address - http://www.cramahe-now.com

You have a week to make the change - this Friday we will begin posting only on the website.


Saturday 20 February 2010

Spring Break info

For information about Spring Break art classes go to http://www.cramahe-now.com/ or http://www.cramahe-now.com/. - your total news source.




Vet's Views

Veterinarian, Dr. Michelle Chiunti is a regular contributor to Cramahe Now. This month she takes a humourous poke at some the more unusual "emergency" calls.


WHAT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY:

The Funny Side

Michelle Chiunti, D.V.M.


Rinnnggg ..., Rinnnggg ..., Rinnnggg ..., Rinnnggg ... It takes at least four of these annoying sounds to wake the blissfully sleeping veterinarian on call for emergencies in the middle of the night. Even alarm clocks and ringing phones heard on television make my blood pump to jump into action. That call better be important.

As discussed last month, the dog or cat with constant vomiting and diarrhea, the cat unable to urinate and screaming in agony, the dog that just got hit by a car or poked by a porcupine, the bitch unable to have her puppies, the animal unable to breathe normally, or the cold and unresponsive animal are ALL emergencies. Over the years, though, it is hard to imagine the non-emergency calls we have received in the middle of the night.

Listening intently to the slurring person on the other end of the phone who just got home from the bar at 2:00 a.m. to discover that the new puppy just vomited up worms is NOT an emergency call. We all realize that our judgement is impaired after returning home from a night of drinking (that is why you took a cab home). However, before you pick up that phone to call the veterinarian about that “emergency”, I implore you to ask yourself these questions. Is your animal still happy, bright and more alert than you? Is that animal about ready to eat the vomit you just produced upon seeing the worms on the floor? Was this problem present before you went out partying? Will your animal live until the morning? The answers to all of these questions are “YES”. Therefore, your response will be to clean up all the messes, and call the veterinarian during regular business hours to arrange for deworming.

I also love hearing from shift workers in the middle of the night. Those whose night is day, and day is night forget that the world does rest opposite to them. We have had many midnight phone calls from shift workers regarding fleas and ticks on their animals. However, when you explain that they can come during the day to pick up the flea retardant of their choice, their invariable response is “but that is when I am sleeping. Aren’t you open 24 hours a day for emergencies? This is an emergency. My dog has fleas!” Fleas and ticks are NOT an emergency. Before you pick up a retardant, you can pick off and kill the pesty critters, eliminating half of the problem. It would also do well for you to remember that the veterinarian that you just woke up still has to put in a 10-hour day on top of managing your emergency flea problem in the middle of the night.

And then there is the invariably favourite emergency phone call about your dog being “stuck” to the neighbor’s dog. Yes, they are literally stuck together – it is called a “tie”, and they will part amicably in about 20 minutes. You will also likely have adorable puppies because of the “tie” in 63 days. Please do not disrupt this process as it could harm either or both the male and female dog. Look away, call your neighbour and start making plans for the impending birth.

Some of my all-time favourite emergency phone calls concern accidental medication ingestions. When your Labrador Retriever eats your pack of birth control pills, not to worry. Your dog will be fine (including fending off the neighbor dog’s advances!), but you may want to get to the drugstore as soon as possible.

Or the poodle that accidentally ate the anti-depressant that you just dropped on the floor. Your dog will also be happy for the rest of the day (who knows, it may even help the dog to be able to live with you more easily!). However, the possible side effects include monitoring him/her for suicide. Don’t let him/her near that rope toy for 24 hours! Luckily, the clients that I have talked to regarding these emergencies realize the humour in these situations, and it is easier to defuse the panic.

There are certainly some medications that are harmful if ingested by your pet, and calling your veterinarian or poison control center should be pursued. I am just saying that at times you can create your pet’s emergency without it trying hard.

At times, let logic, and sometimes sleep, prevail before you pick up that phone to call the veterinarian in the middle of the night.




Thursday 18 February 2010

Sewage treatment report

To find out about the new sewage treatment report presented to Cramahe Council on February 16 go to

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or http://www.cramahe-now.com/