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7- Slaughterhouse / Abattoir (ROCKLAND DIRECTORY) Désormeaux Meats Chrysler 613-987-2148
7-01 Aliment Piatto-Mare
Gino Gambuto, owner
1902 rue Principale, Bte 007
Chute à Blondeau Ontario K0B 1B0
Hawkesbury East
Tel 613-632-6193 Fax 613-632-4840
07- BBQ Smoker (ROCKLAND DIRECTORY) -BBQ Smoker by Menard Welding Embrun 613-443-2490
07- Baker (ROCKLAND DIRECTORY) - Boulangerie du Village Bakery Embrun 613-370-8800
07-Beans Specialists (ROCKLAND DIRECTORY) - Binerie Plantagenet , 613-673-5243 www.tabinerieplantagenet.ca
7-02 Bean Town Ranch
Geneviève Desjardins, owner
2891 Concession 3
Plantagenet Ontario K0B 1L0
Tel 613-673-5894 Email: beantown@magma.ca Website:www.beantownranch.com
7-03 Binerie Plantagenet
Alain Lapensé, Dominique Auger, owners
650 rue Water St
Plantagenet Ontario KoB 1L0
Alfred Plantagenet
Tel 613-673-4383 Website: www.labinerieplantagenet.ca
7-04 Cuisine Jean Bernard Email: cuisinejb@yahoo.com Website: www.labinerieplantagenet.ca
7-05 Boboul Restaurant
Sam Al-Switi, owner
525 Limoges Road
Limoges Ontario K0A 2M0
Nation
Tel 613-443-3616 Website:www.bboulpizza.business.site
7-06 Boucherie Ménard
Daniel et André Ménard, owners
1085 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1B8
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-7301
7-07 Boulangerie Buns Master Bakery Pierre et Louise Laplante, owners
325 Régent St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1G1
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2867
7-08 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Luc Bélanger, manager
3926 Champlain St
Bourget Ontario K0A 1E0
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-487-3372
7-9 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Luc Charbonneau, manager
120 St Albert St
Casselman Ontario K0A 1M0
Nation
Tel 613-764-5231
7-10 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Jean-Denis Lavoie, manager
753 Notre Dame St
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W1
Russell
Tel 613-443-4644 Website:www.thebeerstore.ca
7-11 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Richard Stetem, manager
Highway 17
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-2973 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-12 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Claude Demers, manager
23 Mill St
Vankleek Hill Ontario K0B 1R0
Champlain
Tel 613-678-2001 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-13 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Pierre Roy, manager
St Isidore Ontario K0C 2B0
Nation
Tel 613-524-2170 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-14 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO) Mike Dubois, manager
2759 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1A3
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-5841 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-15 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Mike Quinn, manager
1653 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K2
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-4472 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-16 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Pierre Burelle, owner
56 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A3
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2121 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-17 Brewer's Retail Store (LCBO)
Jacques Berdelot, manager
1036 Landsdowne St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1H7
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-7700 www.thebeerstore.ca
7-18 Burger King-Hawkesbury S
Jean-Guy Legault, owner
314 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2615 Email: burgerking588@kwik.net
7-19 Café La Légende
Danie Labelle, owner Comments: Fine Dining, Bar Terrasse
35 Maple Rd
Grenville Quebec, GOV 1J0 Tel 819-242-1059 Fax 613-632-2681 Website:www.timhortons.ca
7-20 Carole Restaurant
Mike Georgakakos, owner
292 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-8588 Website:www.caroles.ca
7-21 Casselman Restaurant & Pizzeria
Peter Kiraikakis, owner
703 Principal St
Casselman Ontario K0A 1M0
Nation
Tel 613-764-2988 Website:wwwcasselmanrestaurant.com
7-22 Casselview Golf and Country Club 844 Route 700 Casselman, Ontario K0A 1M0 Tel 613-764-4653 Website: www.casselview.com
7-23 Cafe Laroche Restaurant
Anahr Ismel, owner
655 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K5
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-6781
7-24 Dairy Bar Laitier Marie-Jo
Marie-Reine Chartrand, owner
2026 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K1
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-4841
7-25 Dairy Queen
Bernard Guilbert, owner
76 Main Street West
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 2H2
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-8133 Website:www.dairyqueen.com
7-26 Dairy Queen
Georges Marszalek, owner
767 Notre Dame St Unit 20
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W1
Russell
Tel 613-443-3093
7-27 Dépanneur Les Beaux Frères
Dominique Lavigne, owner
4755 St Catherine Rd
St Isidore Ontario K0C 2B0
Nation
Tel 613-524-2952
Website:www.ultramar.ca
7-28 Dépanneur Du Village
Joel, owner
550 Limoges Rd
Limoges Ontario K0A 2M0
Nation
Tel 613-443-1678 Fax 613-443-1484
7-29 Dépanneur Lalonde
Christina Gillet, owner
561 St Philippe St
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-4778 Fax 613-679-1805
7-30 Dépanneur Lamarche
Sylvain Lamarche, owner
302 Telegraph Rd
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-4606
7-31 Dépanneur Lemieux
Louise Lemieux, owner
1050 Laurier Str
Rockland Ontario K4K 1E3
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-5287
7-32 Dong Kong Café
346 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-7012
Website:www.restozone.ca
7-33 Dong Seng Chinese Food
David Yen, owner
1204 St St Marie
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W0
Russell
Tel 613-443-3426 Wayne Beggs owner Website:www.dongsengrestaurant.com
7-34 Eau Aqualife
Pierre Lamontagne, owner
928 Laporte Unit 170
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K6
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-1233 Fax 613-446-5185
7-35 Eaux Villegeois (Les) Luc & Nathalie Cheff CP 578, Bourget Ontario K0A 1E0 Clarence-Rockland Tel: 613-487-1932 Email: eauxvillegeois@hotmail.com
7-36 Filion Provision Inc.
Denis Roy, owner
1000 John St
L'Orignal Ontario K0B 1K0
Champlain
Tel 613-675-4604 Fax 613-675-2255
7-37 Food Basic 9030 ch County Rd 17, Rockland Clarence-Rockland Tel 613- 446-2825 Website:www.foodbasic.ca
7-38 Foodland-Russell
Kenneth William, owner
148 Craig St
Russell Ontario K4R 1A1
Russell
Tel 613-445-0468 Website:www.ontario.foodland.ca
7-39 Fresko's Restaurant
1002 Highway 17
L'Orignal Ontario K0B 1K0
Champlain
Tel 613-675-1213
7-40 Fromagerie St Albert Cheese Factory
Réjean Ouimet, manager
150 St Paul St
St Albert Ontario K0A 3C0
Nation
Tel 613-987-2872 Website:www.fromageriestalbert.com Email: info@fromageriestalbert.com
7-41 George's Pizzeria & Restaurant
Donna Gifteos, owner
182 Castor St
Russell Ontario K4R 1C7
Russell
Tel 613-445-3395
7-42 Glen Vending Limited
james & Philip Brown, owners
3300 St East
Cornwall Ontario K6H 6J8
Cornwall
Tel 613-933-5555
7-43 Goodies Restaurant
55 Main Street West
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 2H3
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-3555 Website:www.restozone.ca
7-44 GRENON INDÉPENDANT 2737 rue Laurier St, Rockland Ontario K4K 1A3 Clarence-Rockland Tel 613- 446-7273 Website:www.yourindependentgrocer.ca
7-GROCERIES (ROCKLAND DIRECTORY) Coop Independent Embrun 613-443-3064/ Pharmacy 613-443-2357 www.yourindependentgrocer.ca No Frills -Daniel Nadon Casselman Tel 613-764-1467 www.shopnofrills.ca Independent Grenon Rockland Tel-613-446-7273 Valu-Mart Parent Alfred Ont 613-679-2578
7-45 Independent Grocer
CO-OP d'Embrun, owner
753 Notre Dame Unité 189
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W0
Russell
Tel 613-443-3064 www.yourindependentgrocer.ca
7-46 Jo's Dépanneur
Jo-Ann & Gaëtan Champagne, owner
695 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1B3
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-3245
7-47 Jumbo Pizza
Sylvain Glaude, owner
2609 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K2
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-1291 Website:www.rocklandjumbopizza.com
7-48 Kentucky Fried Chicken
Jean-Claude Ravary, manager
827 McGill St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1R5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2173 Website:www.kfc.ca
7-49 Kittawa Restaurant 651 Limoges Road Limoges, Ontario K0A 2M0 Tel 613-443-3040
7-50 La Cuisine Gimy
1885 Clark St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K7
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-4064
7-51 La Cuisine Jean-Bernard Dominique Auger & Alain Lepens, Co-Propriétaires Comments: affilié avec Binerie Plantagenet
650 rue Water, CP 11 Plantagenet, Ontario, K0B 1L0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-673-4383 Website:www.cuisinejeanbernard.biz Email cuisinejb@yahoo.com
7-52 La Cuisine Volante
Roger Lamarche, owner
322 Télégraph Rd
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-2267 Website: www.lacuisinevolante.com
7-53 La Petite Fourchette S Linda Lacasse, owner 1321 St Albert Rd St Albert, Ontario K0A 3C0 Nation Tel 613-443-3921 Fax 613-443-3921 (call first before faxing) E-mail: Buzznou@hotmail.com Website: www.lapetitefourchette.ca
7-54 L'Ami de la Santé
Pierre Beaudry, owner
230 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2997 Website:www.alivecentre.com
7-55 Lavoie's Restaurant
Tim & Chantal McRae, owner
19 Mill St
Vankleek Hill Ontario K0B 1R0
Champlain
Tel 613-678-3238
7-56 Le Petit Pain Bakery
Roman Eugster, owner
245 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A1
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-4486
7-57 Le Vieux Château
Neil Bower & Sotiri Moshonas, owners
797 McGill St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1R5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-9877 Website:www.levieuxchateau.ca
7-58 Leclerc Foods Ltd
Lynn Leclerc, director
1432 Aberdeen Rd
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1K7
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-0777 Website:www.leclerc.ca
7-59 Leduc Snack Bar
Richard leduc, owner
551 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1B3
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-1080
7-60 L'Escale Restaurant
Alex Papnpjiotis, owner
1027 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1B5
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-0197
7-61 L'Orignal Packing Limited
Jean-Guy Bonneau, owner
2567 Highway 17
L'Orignal Ontario K0B 1K0
Champlain
Tel 613-675-4612 Website:wwwlorignalpacking.ca
7-62 M & M MEAT SHOPS 4-2848 rue Laurier St, Rockland K4K 1A3 Clarence-Rockland Tel 613- 446-6641
7-63 McDonald's Casselman
Guy Courteau, owner
11 Richer St
Casselman Ontario K0A 1M0
Nation
Tel 613-764-6236 Website:www.mcdonalds.com
7-64 McDonald's Rockland
Guy Courteau, owner
2686 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K4
Clarence-Rockland Website:www.mcdonalds.com
7-65 Magasin Sauvé
Mario, Louise Sauvé, owners
944 Elizabeth St
Curran Ontario K0B 1C0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-673-5049
7-66 Maison de Xin
It Ping, owner
1486 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1C7
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-5122 Fax 613-446-1229 Website:www.maisondexin.com
7-67 Maison Jeanne D'Arc Cadieux
Jeanne D'Arc Cadieux, owner
29 Wharf Rd
L'Orignal Ontario K0B 1K0
Champlain
Tel 613-675-4808
7-68 Marché A & B (Richelieu)
Alain Viau & Bernard Lalonde, owners
1244 St Augustin St
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W0
Russell
Tel 613-443-5301
7-69 Marché de la Place
Eli Chartrand 7 Michel Beauchamp, owners
3159 Principal St
Wendover Ontario K0A 3K0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-673-5615
7-70 Marché du Coin
Michel Aumont, owner
2070 Principal St
Lefaivre Ontario K0B 1J0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-4400
7-71 Marché Gamache
Julie & Yves Gamache, owners
1085 Labrosse Sy
St Eugène Ontario K0B 1P0
Hawkesbury East
Tel 613-674-2134
7-72 Marché Richelieu
Marc Wolfe, owner
138 John St
L'Orignal Ontario K0B 1K0
Champlain
Tel 613-675-4100
7-73 Marché St Albert
Denis & Ginette Beaudoin, owners
1227 Principal St
St Albert Ontario J0A 1E0
Nation
Tel 613-987-2049 Website:www.marchestradition.com
7-74 Mary's Country Kitchen
Chantal Lacelle, owner
22 Main Street East
Vankleek Hill Ontario K0B 1R0
Champlain
Tel 613-678-3984
7-75 Milano Pizza 777 Principale St Casselman Ontario K0C 1M0 Tel 613-764-4442 Website:www.casselman.milanopizzeria.ca
7-76 Miss Alfred
Lionel Villeneuve, owner
143 St Philippe St
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-2803
7-77 Miss Hawkesbury
Peter Tsimas, owner
254 Main Street West
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 2H6
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-4473
7-78 New Ruby House Restaurant Chinese , Cantonese, Szechuan & Thai Cuisine 1781 Laurier St Rockland Ontario 613-446-2838 Website: www.newrubyhouse.ca
7-78 Olympique Restaurant & Pizzeria
Sylvain Ranger, owner
1692 Landry St
Clarence Creek Ontario K0A 1N0
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-488-2939
7-79 Petro Canada Max Diner
Jacques Goupil, owner
5715 Ste Catherine Street
St Isidore Ontario K0C 2B0
Nation
Tel 613-524-3151 Website:www.petro-canada.ca
7-80 Pizza Pizza
Lucien Zottu, owner
173 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A1
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-3030 Website:www5.pizzapizza.ca
7-81 Pronto
Richard Hamelin, owner
1119 Concession St
Russell Ontario K4R 1C8
Russell
Tel 613-445-5568
7-82 Restaurant Landriault
230 St Philippe St
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-2989
7-83 Restaurant Le Chardo
Michel Lamarche, owner
374 St Philippe St
Alfred Ontario K0B 1A0
Alfred-Plantagenet
Tel 613-679-4777 Website:www.lechardo.ca
7-84 Restaurant Lucky Ranch
Rollande & Georges Diamant, owners
994 Notre Dame St
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W0
Russell
Tel 613-443-1626
7-85 Rockland Pizza
Jean & Hanna & Issa Abouaaffl, owners
2294 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1K4
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-1056
Website:www.rocklandpizza.com
7-86 Russell Restaurant
182 Castor St
Russell Ontario K4R 3C8
Russell
Tel 613-445-0307 Website:www.russellrestaurant.ca
7-87 St Isidore Value Mart
Jacques Roy, owner
4512 Ste Catherine St
St Isidore Ontario K0C2B0
Nation
Tel 613-524-2933
Fax 613-524-2935 Website:www.valuemart.ca
7-88 Shannon's Pub & Grub Gillian Mc Cullough, owner 250 Main St. E Hawkesbury, Ontario K6A 1A5 Tel 613-632-6499
7-89 Station 4 Saisons-Domaine Chez Philias S Mario Perrier & Johanne Lefebvre, owners 1422 Lavigne St Hammond Ontario, K0A 2A0 Clarence-Rockland Tel 613-487-3412 Email: info@station4saisons.ca Website: www.station4saisons.ca
7-90 Subway Sandwich Salad Shop
Roch Pilon, owner
952 McGill St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 3K8
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-2562 Website:www.subway.com
7-91 Subway Sandwiches & Salads Pascal Brunet, owner
685 Notre Dame Unit 1
Casselman Ontario K0A 1M0
Nation
Tel 613-764-0454 Website:www.subway.com
7-92 Subway Sandwiches & Salads
2058 Laurier St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1L4
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-3333 Website:www.subway.com
7-93 Sweet Tooth
Tami Viau, owner
880 Notre Dame St
Embrun Ontario K0A 1W0
Russell
Tel 613-370-8800 Website:www.villagebakeryembrun.ca
7-94 Tim Hortons Donuts
Denise & Richard Servais, owners
2 Racine Rd St
Casselman Ontario K0A 1M0
Nation Tel 613-764-0483 Website:www.timhortons.ca
7-95 Tim Hortons Donuts
Yves & Nathalie Paris, owners
2875 Laporte St
Rockland Ontario K4K 1R3
Clarence-Rockland
Tel 613-446-9948 Website:www.timhortons.ca
7-96 Tim Hortons Donuts
Marc & Nicole Gatien, owners
418 Main Street East
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 1A9
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-4390 Website:www.timhortons.ca
7-97 Tim Hortons Donuts
Marc & Nicole Gatien, owners
1000 McGill St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 3K8
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-8278 Website:www.timhortons.ca
7-98 Town & Country
91B Mill St
Russell Ontario K4R 1E3
Russell
Tel 613-445-3162
7-99 Traitement d'eau Desforges Durastill Canada Pierre Desforges, owner 4582B Ste Catherine St St Isidore Ontario K0C 2B0 Nation Tel 613-524-2177 Website: www.durastillcanada.com
7-100 Variétés Du Coin
Denis Lebel, owner
804 Landsdowne St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 3E9
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-4950
7-101 Vic's Restaurant
Ronald Lavictoire, owner
373 Bertha St
Hawkesbury Ontario K6A 2A7
Hawkesbury
Tel 613-632-3206
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ABOUT GROCERY BAGS
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older
lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags
are not good for the environment.
The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have
this 'green thing' back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation
did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
The older lady said that she was right -- our generation didn't have the
"green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain:
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to
the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and
sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over.
So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the "green thing" back
in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused
for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was
the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This
was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by
the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to
personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But, too bad we didn't do
the "green thing" back then.
We walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store
and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb
into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.
Back then we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw
away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine
burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes
back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their
brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in
our day.
Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember
them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen we
blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to
do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the
mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or
plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn
gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human
power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club
to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or
a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing
pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor
blade in a r azor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because
the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes
to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi
service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole
house did before the"green thing." We had one electrical outlet in a
room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we
didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from
satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger
joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old
folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson
in conservation from a smart ass young person.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to
piss us off... Especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartass who
can't make change without the cash register telling them how much.
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