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Several first-year med students are in town this week as part of The Eastern Regional Medical Education Program - a non-profit program funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Each year the ERMEP sends a group of first year medical students out to experience life and work in rural communities. Local physicians and their staff donate their time and in some areas, the medical students are able to contribute by speaking to area high school students about their experience pursuing medicine as a career. In North Grenville, the students are billeted at local homes, they get a free membership to the gym and the Chamber of Commerce welcomes medical students to the area through receptions at Business After Hours events.

North Grenville Mayor David Gordon has sent a memo to staff so that no one is ever again ticketed for using his parking spot. A letter to the editor in last week's edition of the Kemptville Advance/EMC complained about an elderly woman receiving a parking ticket for using the Mayor's spot. The author of the letter, Steve Corkery of Oxford Mills, wrote that his mother only used the Mayor's parking space because all of the handicapped spots, for which she has a permit, were full. The bylaw officer wasn't willing to cancel the ticket, but upon learning of the fine, the Mayor took the matter into his own hands: 

Mayor Gordon says if someone is in his space he will simply park elsewhere and walk across the lot; he needs the exercise anyway.

The McCloskey Project will host a 30-Hour Open Jam Session this weekend during the annual Art on the Waterfront Festival in Chesterville. Local musicians are invited to visit www.mccloskeyproject.com to sign up for a performance slot between 12noon on Saturday, June 8th and 6pm on Sunday, June 9th. This will be a live streamed event.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is under fire by city columnists who say he waited too long to step in and protect the Rideau Carleton Raceway in Osgoode as the only site for a casino. Watson says he had the RCR's best interests at heart from the beginning, and he thought the OLG would consider it as a satellite location to a downtown casino. Tuesday Watson told his Finance & Economic Development Committee that he wants to restrict the bidding process.