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Belleville – The best New Year’s Eve party in Belleville may have been at 160 Catharine St. and it didn’t involve a drop of alcohol.

In fact, the revellers there had all gathered to help other holiday partiers get home safely.

There was a festive atmosphere at the Operation Red Nose Quinte headquarters on Thursday night, where 28 teams of volunteers had gathered for the final night of the volunteer campaign.

Operation Red Nose is a service which allows customers to call to have a volunteer pick them up and drive their car home safely. The only charge is a donation to a charity; this year proceeds went to the YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign and Rotary Club’s Camp Trillium campaign.

The level of service the volunteer operation provides is staggering on its own. This year, over 12 working nights, volunteers completed 1,285 rides and served 2,805 clients.

The total kilometers driven reached 41,560.

But everyone involved with the campaign seems to agree that what makes Operation Red Nose Quinte truly special, is the commitment of volunteers and the camaraderie they share.

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“I’ve been doing this for nine years.

It’s one big happy family,” said Wendy Pleizier, one of a handful of volunteers sitting along a packed table just before 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve night.

Dozens of people had crammed into the building, a union hall owned by Unifor, to celebrate New Year’s before they had to get to work. The phones start ringing like mad at around 9 p.m. on most nights, but until the busy hour, it’s essentially party time for the volunteers.

“We have a good time,” Pleizeir added, while looking around at about six other friends. “This group has been hanging together for about five years.

We do it all together every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.”

One member of the group, Bernie Tienbuit, added, “we don’t need alcohol. We make amends without it.”

At the back end of the building Peter Clark was ready to go, wearing a red vest that Operation Red Nose volunteers wear to identify themselves in the community.

He said he’s been volunteering for Red Nose since moving to this area to retire in 2009.

“This is a great way to meet a lot of people,” he said. “I enjoy meeting people, meeting the clients. They’re This group of Red Nose volunteers were ready to work on New Year’s eve. The group included (from left) Walter Armstrong, Wendy Pleizier, Bernie TienPlease see “Operation” on page 19 buit, Faye Armstrong, Coralee Lloyd and Nick Hubel. Photo by Stephen Petrick

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By Terry McNamee A recent project to replace old street lighting with LED lights is paying off for Stirling-Rawdon.

At the Monday, Jan. 4, Council meeting, when the payment of vouchers came up for approval, Councillor Dean Graff wondered if the new lights were proving beneficial.

“Are we starting to capture the savings from going to the LED lighting?” he asked.

Township treasurer Roxanne Hearns said the savings are starting to show up now.

But, commented township clerk Charles Croll, Hydro One is eating up some of those savings by raising hydro rates.

Croll said that, even as the township saves money with the lights, with hydro rates going up

regularly, the savings are simply keeping pace with the rate hikes.

“I think it’s important for people to know that,” Counc. Graff said.

Counc. Grant Hagerman noted, however, that there is also a saving on the maintenance required with the new lights.

The township began replacing the old lights in Stirling and Springbrook in 2015.

Deputy Mayor Bob Mullin announced that Lewis Zandbergen has been sent a certificate of recognition in honour of his many years of service on the Library Board and with the Historical Society. He said the certificate was sent to Zandbergen in December because ill health prevented Zandbergen from attending the council meeting on Monday to receive it in person.

During council’s public question period, local resident John Rock asked why the township is paying the dogcatcher to patrol all over the municipality instead of just responding to calls.

“I’d like to know how many times the dogcatcher on patrol actually picks up a stray dog.,” Rock said.

Croll said part of the reason for patrolling is the visibility factor.

He said that people see the animal control truck patrolling and this acts as a deterrent for not having tags.

Deputy Mayor Mullin said the $1,000 a month cost of having someone patrol is actually less than paying the on-call rate.

Deputy Mayor Bob Mullin chaired the Jan. 4 meeting of Stirling-Rawdon Council, the first meeting of 2016.

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COUNCIL MEETINGS LOCATION CHANGE Please be advised that effective January 15th, 2016 all Council meetings will be held in the Clock Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front Street South, Campbellford until further notice. All Council meetings are open and the public is welcome to attend.

CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS REQUIRED IN HOMES Trent Hills Fire Emergency Services is reminding everyone that as of April 15, 2015 carbon monoxide alarms are required in your home if you have a fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or an attached garage.

“If your home has a fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or an attached garage, you must have a working CO alarm adjacent to each sleeping area of the home,” said Trent Hills Fire Chief Tim Blake. “For added protection, install a carbon monoxide alarm on every storey of the home according to manufacturer’s instructions.” Fuel-burning appliances can include furnaces, hot water heaters, gas or wood fireplaces, portable fuel-burning heaters and generators, barbeques, stoves and vehicles.

Homeowners and owners of residential buildings that contain no more than six suites must be in compliance with the law as of April 15, 2015. Owners of residential buildings with more than six suites have until October 15, 2015 to comply.

The law will be enforced by the Trent Hills Fire Emergency Service. Failure to comply with the CO alarm requirements could result in a fine of up to $50,000 for individuals or $100,000 for corporations.

The Ontario Fire Code was amended October 15, 2014 to require CO alarms after the provincial government passed Bill 77 – the Hawkins Gignac Act, in December 2013. Bill 77 is named after OPP Constable Laurie Hawkins, who died, along with her husband and two children, in her Woodstock, ON home from CO poisoning in 2008.

The Ontario Fire Code also requires that in condo and apartment buildings with a service room, CO alarms must be installed in the service room and adjacent to each sleeping area of all apartments above, below and beside the service room. In condo or apartment buildings that have a garage, CO alarms must be installed adjacent to each sleeping area of all apartments above, below and beside the garage.

“In Ontario, more than 80% of injuries and deaths from CO occur in the home,” said Fire Prevention Officer Brad Patfield. “We want to ensure everyone is safe from CO. Install CO alarms, and do everything you can to prevent CO in your home in the first place.”

What is CO? • CO is known as the silent killer because it is an invisible, tasteless and odourless gas that can be deadly.

• CO is produced when fuels such as propane, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil or wood do not burn completely in fuelburning appliances and devices such as furnaces, gas or wood fireplaces, hot water heaters, stoves, barbeques, portable fuel-burning heaters and generators and vehicles.

Prevent CO in your home: • Ensure all fuel-burning appliances in your home are inspected annually. Visit COSafety.ca to find a registered contractor near you.

• Check that all outside appliance vents are not blocked.

• Never use a portable fuel-burning appliance inside (i.e. barbeques, portable heaters and generators).

Know the symptoms of CO: • Exposure to CO can cause flu-like symptoms such as headaches, nausea, dizziness, as well as confusion, drowsiness, loss of consciousness and death.

• If your CO alarm sounds, and you or other occupants suffer from symptoms of CO poisoning, get everyone out of the home immediately. Then call 9-1-1 or your local emergency services number from outside the building.

• If your CO alarm sounds, and no one is suffering from symptoms of CO poisoning, check to see if the battery needs replacing, or the alarm has reached its “end-of-life” before calling 9-1-1.

Know the sound of your CO alarm: • Your CO alarm sounds different than your smoke alarm. Test both alarms monthly and make sure everyone in your home knows the difference between the two alarm sounds.

• Don’t be confused by the sound of your CO alarm’s low-battery warning. Follow your CO alarm manufacturer’s instructions so you know the difference between the low-battery warning, the “end-of-life” warning, and the alarm alerting you to the presence of CO in your home.

For more CO safety tips, visit ontario.ca/firemarshal and COsafety.ca.

For more information, please contact: Brad Patfield, Fire Prevention Officer (705) 653-1900 ext. 225

TRENT HILLS CIVIC AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Municipality of Trent Hills is now accepting nominations for the 6th Annual Civic Awards. We invite you to recognize individuals and groups that have made an outstanding contribution in our community.

Award Categories: • Agricultural Leadership Award

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• Cultural Award of Merit

• Heritage Awareness Award

• Outstanding Youth Award

• Architectural Conservation Award

• Sporting Excellence Award

• Accessibility Award

• Community Betterment Award Nomination forms and additional information is available at www.trenthills.ca or at the Municipal Office, 66 Front Street South, Campbellford.

The deadline for nominations is January 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

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Swing bridge project “big challenge” for Trent Hills to start 2016

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Trent Hills – Being without a swing bridge in Hastings for four months while a new one is installed “is going to be a big challenge for us,” says Trent Hills Mayor Hector Macmillan.

Parks Canada estimates the

project will take until May 21 to complete but Macmillan is “hoping they’re wrong” and that it won’t take that long because of the disruption it will cause.

The federal government “originally wanted to start right after Labour Day and the Hastings community said “no”

because the work would have continued into the Christmas season, which would hurt the business community.

He now worries the project could still do damage to the bottom lines of businesses.

Should “it run into the tourist season ... then it will really hurt financially,” he said.

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“I’ve always felt it was going to be painful ... All we could do is lessen the pain as much as we can and the municipality has done absolutely everything [it] can to do that.”

He added, the Hastings Helpers, a group of volunteers, are doing “phenomenal” work.

They’re prepared to help schoolchildren cross the river using a specially built paved pathway as well as check on residents and see that they get their groceries and medications - “all those important little things” that are taken for granted, Macmillan said.

He praised former MP Rick Norlock for his efforts in getting the federal government to agree to replace the swing bridge rather than repair it and to have a walkway in place

while the work is being done.

Also on the agenda for 2016 are concept drawings for a new firehall in Campbellford as well as having drawings done of a recreation wellness centre, to be “shovel ready” should funding become available from the upper levels of government.

Another key initiative will be the launch of a service delivery review in 2016, starting with water and wastewater services, to be followed by examinations of other departments.

The purpose is to determine “if there are efficiencies to be found” and to take the necessary steps to put them into practice.

It’s important for the public “to really understand what municipalities do, and why it costs whatever the number is ... so

we can justify what we do for them,” Macmillan said. “They can have their say on how they want those services delivered and what they think they should cost.”

Macmillan is pleased all three urban centres now have revitalization committees in place, with two projects scheduled to take place in Campbellford, involving development of the vacant lot at the corner of Bridge and Front streets, and improvements to the barn at the Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Centre.

It promises to be a “very busy” year, Macmillan said.

He hopes “that the public is feeling optimistic” because “there’s so much doom and gloom going on” in the world at large.

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Where’s simple health care when you really need it?

Dear Editor So there I was, standing at the reception desk at the Marmora Medical Centre with the end of my index finger dangling, but salvageable.

I asked if I might get my finger looked at. ‘‘Are you a patient of ours here?” the receptionist asked. “Not yet,” I replied, “but I hope to be soon.” “Well you’ll have to go to emergency if you’re not a patient here,” countered the receptionist. “Oh, uh, okay,” I said, quite bewildered, and headed to the pharmacy for some bandages.

The pharmacist said to me, “You need stitches.” “Yes,” I

replied, “but the clinic wouldn’t do it since I’m not their patient.” The pharmacist then offered to call the Tri Area Medical Clinic in Madoc to see if they could help me. “They say if you’re not a patient, to go to emergency,” the pharmacist informed me. I thank them and buy some bandages and head off to Campbellford hospital to get my stitches. Three hours later I left the hospital with a freshly darned up digit, thanks to the staff there.

All of this was new to me; granted it’s been awhile since I’ve required a physician, (my red and white health card was

too old and needed updating), but I am still a resident of Ontario with valid OHIP coverage. Since when did our publicly-funded health clinics become private? When did physicians start turning away people in obvious need of assistance? “Go to the emergency,” isn’t really all that helpful in these circumstances. Why is it that a friendly little drugstore did more to help me than did two medical centres worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money?

Sign me: Disappointed in my public health care providers.

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On Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Sunni Muslim rulers beheaded their country’s leading Shia Muslim cleric, Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, on charges of seeking “foreign meddling” in the kingdom.

On Saturday, an angry crowd of Iranians – all Shia Muslims, of – attacked the Gwynne Dyer course Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran. And Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, put a cartoon on his website comparing Saudi Arabia’s head-chopping orgy on New Year’s Day (46 other executions on the same day) to the mass executions carried out by the Sunni extremist Islamic State group.

So on Sunday, Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with Iran – and all the pundits started talking about the Sunni-Shia “war of religion” that is about to engulf the Middle East.

This raises two questions. First, what would a Sunni-Shia war of religion actually look like?

And second, has everybody in the Middle East taken leave of their senses?

The first question is best answered by looking at the history of the Christian wars of religion, ca. 1520-1660.

The Muslim world now, like “Christendom” in the 16th century, is made up of many independent countries. And the current phase of the Muslim wars of religion is being fought out between Shias and Sunnis in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, just as the first phase of the Christian wars of religion was fought out mainly between Catholics and Protestants in individual countries.

From the start of the conflict in Europe, however, each European state tried to help its cobelievers in neighbouring countries as well, and alliances were increasingly shaped by religious considerations. In the second phase, these alliances dragged most of Europe into the catastrophic Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), fought mostly in the middle of Europe but involving armies from as far apart as Sweden and Spain.

The main battleground, Germany, lost between one-third and one-half of its population.

Nobody won, of course, and in the very long run everybody just lost interest in the question.

But it was a very great waste of lives, time and money.

The Muslim world is already caught up in the first phase of a comparable process, but it is not condemned to go the whole distance. One big difference is that the Sunni-Shia split is an-

cient – more than 1,350 years old – whereas the Catholic-Protestant split was new and still full of passion at the time of the Christian wars.

More than 99 per cent of today’s Muslims were simply born Sunni or Shia, whereas many 16th-century Christians had made a conscious choice about their religion. The current killings in the Muslim world are mostly driven by state policy, so maybe Muslims will not throw away a couple of generations following the same foolish, bloody road that the Christians took 500 years ago.

Those who live at the geographical extremes of the Muslim world – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh in the east; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisa and even Egypt in the west – will certainly not suffer the same fate, for there are only tiny Shia minorities in these countries. But for those who live in the heart of the Muslim world, from Yemen to Turkey and from Lebanon to Iran, the future may be much darker.

And so to the second question: has everybody in the Middle East taken leave of their senses?

Not exactly, but many players have lost sight of the bigger picture.

George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 unleashed the sectarian demon in the region. The “Arab Spring” of 2011 frightened the region’s dictatorships and absolute monarchies into increased repression and greater reliance on appeals to sectarian loyalty. Then King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died a year ago, and the kingdom spun out completely.

Saudi Arabia under its previous monarchs was very cautious and conservative in its foreign policy. It subsidised various extreme Sunni groups in other countries, but it clung tightly to its American alliance and never engaged directly in adventures abroad The new Saudi king, Salman, is 80 years old and infirm, so in practice most decisions are made by his nephew, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef (aged 56), or his son, Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (aged only 30). There is intense competition between the two men for the succession to the throne, and the decisions coming out of Riyadh have been much bolder than ever before.

The past nine months have seen a major Saudi Arabian military intervention against the Shia side in the Yemeni civil war, the creation of a Saudi-led alliance of almost all the Sunni-majority Arab states, and now the execution of a Shia leader in Saudi Arabia that was clearly calculated to cause a diplomatic breach with Iran.

It’s just dynastic politics, in other words, not some inevitable geopolitical juggernaut. But it was similar dynastic politics half a millennium ago that triggered the worst phase of the Christian wars of religion.

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Editorial - By Chris Malette

The punch bowls have been packed away and the goody platters back in the cupboards after a flurry of levees on New Year’s Day. Now, for municipal politicians, the new year that rang in with such good cheer, bonhomie and proud pronouncements of the year hence, comes the hard work.

It’s down to brass tacks with a flurry of challenges.

In Belleville, the seemingly never-ending merry-go-round that is the site selection process for a new police station spins on, with Mayor Taso Christopher predicting a decision will come by early summer. Early summer? That would be admirable if it wasn’t for the fact this will be more than two years since the whole adventure to find a new cop shop began.

Around the horn in council chambers, a somewhat factious split remains with Councillors Mitch Panciuk and Kelly McCaw apparently in lockstep in believing they are the only true fiscal conservatives in a chamber awash in free-spending liberals. Panciuk’s latest spotlight-seeking gambit will play out next Monday when he rises to his feet to serve a motion to have council consider a local improvement levy on the beleaguered merchants of downtown in order to cover some of the costs of the next phases of the Build Belleville downtown infrastructure project.

Never mind that all options are indeed open to members of the Mayor’s Implementation Team on this project, Panciuk has rarely passed up an opportunity to draw attention to himself in however ill-fated his one-man – and sometimes one-man, one-woman – crusades unfold. This one, too, will crash and burn, but not before he grabs a bucket of ink and headlines along the way.

In Quinte West, council there is comfortably enjoying the taxes-in-lieu status of the air base that injects more than $7 million annually to city coffers. But, council there has thrown full support behind the fight the good fight crowd of Our TMH in battling tooth and nail to preserve services at Trenton Memorial Hospital.

It helps that newly elected MP Neil Ellis is a backer of a proposal to establish veterans’ services at TMH as a means to helping the hospital remain vital, but he’s a backbench MP and it’s yet to be seen what influence he can

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bring to bear on the Veterans Affairs ministry to help introduce a veterans’ health facility at TMH. In Brighton, it seems quarrels among council, thankfully, have been muted of late, but there are infrastructure challenges there too.

As an aside, there are many municipalities that would dearly love to count among their few great public struggles the introduction of, wait for it, a Mac’s Milk outlet and gas bar in the downtown.

In Trent Hills and in Centre Hastings, as with many other municipalities in these parts, the ever-spiralling costs of policing will vex municipal treasurers and councils.

In Hastings County, at least, there is a proposal to possibly enter into a broader coalition of municipalities to hash out a policing agreement with the Ontario Provincial Police. One thing that’s a certainty, though, for municipalities that have gone the OPP route, aside from having signed on with a top notch police service with all the units and personnel for which it has become known, also comes with wildly spiralling costs that can nearly cripple smaller municipalities that don’t have the massive tax bases that exclusive cottage zones bring.

On a much, much more upbeat note, across the region there are truly heart warming efforts afoot to open our communities – communities that are known for having open arms and a legacy of welcoming any and all comers – to refugees from the war-torn regions of the Middle East, specifically Syria.

Families have quietly settled in Belleville and Prince Edward County and more are expected very soon in places like Brighton, Tweed and elsewhere.

These are mostly privately sponsored families, where $37,000 to $40,000 for each family group is required to help them settle. Not surprisingly, those sums have been fairly easily attained once a group springs up through a coalition of churches or other community initiatives.

So, a hearty hats off to those communities that indeed are opening up their doors and arms to these families and we hope to print many more stories of their efforts in the months to come.

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Belleville councillor takes a swing at downtown funding plan Township Update Visit www.stirling-rawdon.com for community events and municipal updates

Christmas Tree Pickup

The Public Works Department will be picking up Christmas Trees in the former Village of Stirling on Thursday, January 14th. Place your tree at the curb.

Winter Parking Restriction

To ensure that winter maintenance can be completed in an efficient manner, parking is prohibited on all streets, highways, and roads in the Township of Stirling-Rawdon between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. From November 15 to April 1st.

Agendas for Council meetings are now available online at www.stirling-rawdon.com on the Friday prior to the meeting.

Tue. Jan. 12 at 9 a.m.

Environmental Committee Transportation Committee Mon. Jan. 18 at 7 p.m.

Council Meeting Tues. Jan. 26 at 9 a.m.

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ebrations, and the third Wednesday features the noon potluck. Annual membership is only $5 and the second Wednesday diners meal is $8.

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mentation Team – the team guiding many Build Belleville infrastructure projects – to “investigate funding alternatives for the projected shortfall …. The report will include a range of options including a Local Area Improvement Charge as permitted by provincial statute.”

Panciuk said looking into the possibility of such a charge is reasonable, given that many businesses around the city pay into similar Local Improvement Charges. He clarified he’s not absolutely lobbying for this charge, but said it’s worthwhile for the city to file a report on the issue for information purposes.

Ultimately, Panciuk hopes to find a way that the city can hold onto it original promise of spending $21.05 million on the project. “If we’re going to be over budget, I want to make sure taxpayers aren’t binged on it,” he said. Panciuk also said he’s not afraid of the optics of him making this notice of motion – one that could hike taxes for businesses in the downtown core. Panciuk owns the Belleville Boston Pizza franchise, a restaurant on

the opposite side of town in the relatively new Bell Boulevard/Quinte Mall commercial zone. But he clarified he’s a proponent of downtown businesses and his goal is to simply support regular taxpayers. “I’ve advocated for improvements to downtown since 2010,” said Panciuk, who also sits on the Downtown Belleville Improvement Area’s board. “The question is how much do we want to spend.” He also said businesses on the thriving Bell Boulevard strip have paid for infrastructure upgrades in their area, not taxpayers. Edie Haslauer, the chair of the DBIA board, did not return numerous messages seeking comment on the Panciuk motion. And Mike Malachowski, a downtown business owner, who’s vice chair of the board declined to comment.

Attempts to reach Richard Courneyea, another downtown business owner on the DBIA board, were not successful, but earlier news reports showed while Cournyea frequently sides with Panciuk on a number of issues, is opposed to an extra levy on downtown businesses.

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Panciuk is concerned with the rising costs of the project. The three-phase project was budgeted for $21.05 million, but the costs for Phase 1 of the project, which was recently competed, came in at about $13.5 million.

City staff have conceded it probably won’t be possible to complete the final two phases within the original $21.05 million budget. Phase 2 work, which includes reconstruction of the middle part of Front Street, is expected to begin this spring. The current council plan has the city tendering Phase 3 work much later on in the process when more is known about what privately funded development could take place along the southern part of Front Street.

Panciuk said he felt it’s important to make the notice of motion because “quite frankly we don’t know what’s going to be happening.

“Now, we’re finding that Phase 2 of the project will use up the rest of the money and then we’ll need some more,” he said. Panciuk’s motion asks that council direct the Mayor’s Imple-

Tweed Agricultural Hall, 617 Louisa St. The AGM will be followed by the regular business meeting.

All members and any new members are invited to attend.

Sunday of each month through May. Bring talent and instruments. Admission $5 with admission free for entertainers.

Billed as Canada’s longest running sled dog races, Marmora SnoFest will be held this year on Feb. 5, 6 and 7. This year a fundraising raffle includes the following prizes: Axis rifle and scope; Simmons trail cam; Barnett Quad 400 crossbow package; Ugly Stick Gx2 combo fishing rod (HIS); Ugly Stick Gx2 combo fishing rod; Canadian Tire $100 gift certificate. Tickets are $10 each with a 1/500 chance. With two days of four and six dog races, including skijoring, and a downtown Little Nippers race, vintage snowmobile show and live entertainment on Saturday, a talent show, and many other activities, this is one of the highlights of winter in Marmora. For updates and news, SnoFest Chairman Tom McFarlane, can be reached at snofest.chair@ gmail.com or call 613-438-1508, or www.marmorasnofest.ca/news/

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Parents usually work away; consulting them is often through text messaging.

With multiple distractions, fast communication, peer pressure, street drugs, sexual promiscuity and lack of parental presence, adolescents are more likely to be distracted from pursuing an education.

Helping young people focus on their studies is the job of the alternative education program, an off-campus classroom available for a select few students within the Hastings-Prince Edward Board of Education area.

Students in the alternative program are not necessarily less able or intelligent than those attending mainstream classes. They are, however, more likely to be distracted or stressed by following the full-time school curriculum.

If a student shows a continued drop in grades over a three-month period, they could be eligible for the alternative program.

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By Bill Freeman

Havelock – Township residents can expect a revised portable garage structure bylaw sometime early in 2016 and will get have a say before it’s approved by council.

Councillors will continue to provide feedback to township planner Daryl Tighe who’s been refining changes to an earlier draft of the bylaw before they call a public meeting sometime in January.

Tighe presented a revised draft to council for further feedback noting “three key items” in the revision: the definition which now excludes “self-construction and/ or constructed on site;” setbacks, which include a minimum six metre front yard setback; and size, allowing a maximum of 30 square metres.

The maximum size is still “generous,” says Tighe.

In the draft bylaw, there can only be one portable

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garage structures per lot and for accessory use only in residential type one zones and agricultural and rural zones where permitted uses are restricted to a single, detached residential dwelling.

The bylaw also suggests they only be allowed from Oct. 15 to April 15 after which they must be taken down. That provision will be contentious, councillors hinted.

The structures can only be located “to the rear of any required or existing front yard” and no closer than six metres to a front lot line.

The bylaw includes a number of setback requirements including a three metre minimum separation distance from any part of any building or structure located on the same lot.

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The Legion has donated much to the community over the years from The Bridge Hospice, to the hospital while it continues to support local sports teams for youth.  “We make $9,000 or $10,000 every year at our bingo (in Cobourg) and we put at least half of that into the community plus what we make in fundraisers,� he said.

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Warkworth – The New Year’s levee at the Warkworth Legion, Branch 380, was held to welcome 2016 but it was a bittersweet event as the organization faces an uncertain future. “Membership needs to be increased or closing is a real possibility,� said Len Kenny, branch president, on the day of the levee. “It’s a provincial command decision but we would have to apply to surrender the charter from here,� he explained, setting the mood for a somber discussion.

Approximately 93 per cent of the membership fee goes to Dominion Command.  “It’s a matter of economics basically.�

If the branch is closed, the building would revert back to the Legion command, “because they actually own the property.

They might sell it off.�

The threatened future of Branch 380 is news that Lenny wants people to know.

A member of the Royal Canadian Legion for more than half a century, joining when he was living in Colborne, he has strong connections to the organization. “The Legion is the largest

veteran support and community organization in Canada,� he noted.

His father, Frank Kenny, was a sergeant-major in the paymaster corps.

Three uncles fought in the Second World War. His brother George Kenny spent 18 months in Egypt with UN forces before the Seven Day War and Lenny was an aircraftman first class in the RCAF. He has always been active in the Legion. He has been president more than once and a Sgt.-at-Arms.

He is currently the Zone F2 public relations officer.

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Havelock – In the rarified world of provincial and federal politics, finance ministers break out snazzy new loafers when they table budgets. In Havelock-Belmont-Methuen rubber boots were used to symbolize the “muck” they had to tread through to wrestle the municipal tax hike down to three per cent.

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HBM Council has been grappling with its draft budget since November when it faced a proposed 5.04 per cent increase with four per cent of that owing to a massive 24.5 per cent increase in OPP policing costs.

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“We have come down a long way from where we started,” Councillor Gerow said. “I don’t like a three per cent increase but it’s a necessary fact because we don’t control the OPP.” “We can’t afford this much longer” was the message he heard over the Christmas holiday, Gerow said.

“The message has to be made clear that no matter how we pass

the budget a four per cent incremental affect is the result of the OPP increase,” Mayor Ron Gerow added. “I don’t know of any department at the township level that’s increased that much.”

“It’s important we keep our money in our community for roads etc. instead of subsidizing the OPP for offloaded increases,” said Councillor Hart Webb. “While I don’t like any tax increase, I think a minimal one I’d be in favour of.”

Webb said that it was “imperative” that HBM “stop covering” for outside, uncontrollable increases like policing.

“We still do a pretty good job to keep the rate low.”

What council did was “try to mitigate” the impact of the OPP increase not cover it, Mayor Gerow said.

“I don’t see this as covering up any costs whatsoever. That’s not what we’re doing,” he said.

Through cost savings, council has attempted to soften the blow of the policing hike, said Gerow.

That being said, he warned that they “can’t continue to absorb these increases.”

Municipalities across region are saying the same thing, he added.

“It’s beyond cumbersome. Something has to be done about it. I’m not sure in the long term how everybody’s going to deal with this.”

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The municipality will raise $313,880 more through taxation in 2016 than it needed to in 2015.

Treasurer Carol James and council were able to trim $105,859 from the initial draft increase working to “mitigate” the impact of the $245,277 increase in OPP policing costs.

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By Melyssa Gloude Tweed -- After a nearly ten-year hiatus, Tweed’s Winter Carnival will back in full swing come February, along with the resurrection of an old friend: Mr. Tweedy the Mascot.

With collaborative efforts of The Winter Carnival Steering Committee, formed by members from various local organizations, the anticipated Winter Carnival events will coincide with the annual Family Day weekend.

According to Maril Swan, the Lions Club Representative with the Steering Committee, the Winter Carnival is set to run February 12th to 14th and has

come together without a hitch.

“We started contacting the other service groups in town; each group put on the table what they could offer during the event and everyone just came forward to help which made the planning easier.”

The Steering Committee will also be resurrecting the Winter Carnival King and Queen contest. According to Swan, there will be two tiers for King and Queen applicants: the 14-18 Junior contest, and the 19-and-up Senior contest.

“Judging will be based on volunteering: how you give back to your school, community and family as a volunteer,” says Swan.

“Applicants will also write a short composition of 500 words or less: ‘Why I want to be a Winter Carnival King or Queen’.”

Entry forms are being distributed to the schools for anyone who wishes to participate.

The Carnival will begin with the Torchlight Parade with the Tweed Agricultural Society holding a Kids’ Dance to follow. The slate of weekend events will consist of skating to music on Stoco Lake, a variety of games such as paint bucket curling, snow or ice sculpture contests, longest drive with a beach ball, and possible dogsled rides.

“Most of the events in the

park will be geared towards the kids,” says Swan.

“There will be a ton of things for kids to do but I think they’ll mostly enjoy just doing all of the activities outside and then having a bonfire. Kids love bonfires.”

For the older crowd, a special late-night event will be feature the popular Belleville radio personality, Freddy Vette and his band, the Flames. The 50’s Sock Hop (costumes optional) will be a licensed event with a cash bar to warm up after the festivities.

“It’s going to be a really great feature for the adults,” says Swan.

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‘Humungous’ policing costs increasingly hard to bear: council

By Bill Freeman Havelock – Collectively, seven Peterborough County municipalities will pay over $8.6 million for OPP policing in 2016 an increase of $1,142,692 and that’s without the eighth, CavanMonaghan, which has signed on with the City of Peterborough in an effort to reduce costs.

Cavan-Monaghan paid just over $1.3 million for OPP policing in 2015 and will pay $133,440 less this year with the city, a report from HavelockBelmont-Methuen CAO Pat Kemp indicates.

Selwyn Township’s Lakefield ward is also policed by the city at a cost of $549,260 with the municipality paying

$2,217,606 to the OPP to cover the rest of the township.

All told, Peterborough County’s eight municipalities will pay $10,406,911 for policing in 2016. “$10 million and change is a lot for eight little rural municipalities for policing,” says HBM Mayor Ron Gerow a vocal critic of escalating policing costs which are bringing ever-greater pressures to bear on municipal budgets, especially in rural communities.

HBM has been hit hard with the second highest increase ($245,277) for 2016; only Trent Lakes ($385,110) will experience a larger increase over the next year. Asphodel-Norwood is the only municipality in the county that’s seen a decrease ($5,753) under

the OPP’s new funding model which combines calls for service with a province-wide base service cost applied to all municipalities served by the OPP. “These are humungous increases and we’ve talked about the unsustainability of them,” Gerow said.

The municipality is grappling with their 2016 budget and knows policing represents four per cent of the first draft’s proposed 5.04 per cent municipal tax levy increase. Council’s working to bring that increase down to three per cent but has no control over the policing figure which is now almost as large as HBM’s roads budget.

“It’s an unmanageable number. It’s hard to absorb these huge increases,” said Gerow, quick to praise the work

the police do.

“Every year it’s the same thing. They give us an amount to pay and we pay it. How in the world can you finally say, ‘no, we can’t afford it?’” added Councillor Barry Pomeroy.

During some future budget debate that’s going to be an option the municipality is “going to have to take a serious look at,” Gerow said.

At some point, he said, a municipality is going to say “this is the amount we have; you’ll have to police us accordingly.

“It’s like your own personal bank account; when it’s empty it’s empty. How long do you keep going? We’ve been telling the government this for years; they don’t listen. Maybe that’s what

we do when it comes time to writing the cheque: ‘Here’s the amount we’re going to pay this year.’”

Councillor David Gerow calls budget time a “stressful enough time for any council and for ratepayers” only to be compounded by policing costs which loom over everything.

“In the back of our minds we’re trying to pare back things for the municipality to afford but it’s all about policing, because we get hit so hard.”

Mayor Gerow says it reminds him of the days when municipalities couldn’t set rates until they knew what school boards were going to do.

“Here we are full circle again with the OPP this time.”

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By Sue Dickens Campbellford – Three years into his position as executive director and John Russell has become a recognizable face of the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation.

From participating in the hospital auxiliary’s annual fundraiser, the Polar Bear Plunge, to joining Rotary, he dove into his job with enthusiasm and purpose and has become a major presence in the community of Trent Hills.

Looking back at the successes

of the Foundation, he is now building on that momentum as he prepares to face new challenges in 2016.

“I came on board at a time when people had made pledges to the CT campaign and it was winding down. We were taking on new large projects that we have since been able to see through,” he commented.

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“We moved into acquiring an echocardiography machine, again very similar in terms of using digital images.”

At the same time the Foundation was focusing on areas of the hospital that required new equipment such as the Operating Room (OR), surgical services area.

“The community embraced that need too and that changed the way things were happening in the OR . I was flabbergasted at the kind of community support the hospital received.”

Next came fundraising to replace aging equipment in the hospital lab. That became a priority for the Angels of Care campaign in December 2015 and will be winding down in January with a goal to raise the approximately $300,000 needed to purchase seven pieces of critical lab equipment.

“There’s been a lot on our plate,” said Russell, who talked about how it has only been possible because of “really incredible partners who work together.”

Those partners include everyone from the hospital auxiliary to the volunteers, to the Trent Hills Family Health Team, Multi-Care Lodge, the mental health services and more.

As he looks forward to 2016 Russell admits he couldn’t do it without his team which includes Angela Runciman, Catharine Holt and the Foundation Board and said, “I’ve got a great board who lead by example in terms of hard work and generosity.”

With 2016 comes a new list of priorities. “Every year the hospital staff develops

a capital list of things they need and we work every year chiseling away at that list,” he said, adding that being accountable for the money raised is crucial.

“People are trusting you to deal with their donations properly. They need to know who is accountable. I am answerable to the Foundation board and I also have to be answerable to the community as well,” he said.

Russell talked about “some exciting things happening on the horizon such as the master plan and the possibility of a new facility, “a legacy project, something for our grandchildren.”

“It’s 2016 and our year goes from January to December so it’s time to reset our countdown to zero again,” he concluded.

Looking forward to 2016, John Russell, executive director of the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation is ready to build on the successes of the past three years and deal with new fundraising challenges. Photo by Sue Dickens

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Belleville – A decision by council on a new police station by early summer was one of several predictions by Mayor Taso Christopher at the annual Mayor’s Levee in the Sports and Wellness Centre New Year’s Day. In a wide-ranging speech to about 300 citizens and visitors Friday, he reviewed what he called “a big year for Belleville� in 2015 and looked ahead to another big year this year. Guests included representatives from neighbouring Quinte West and Prince Edward County as well as CFB Trenton, including Major Robert Quaiff of the county and Deputy-mayor Jim Alyea of Quinte West plus representatives from CFB Trenton 8 Wing.

After a Happy New Year receiving line in the sportsplex foyer, 8Wing CFB Trenton Pipes and Drums piped council members into the gymnasium area where a limited number of chairs were quickly filled by those attending and more chairs had to be added.

For 2015, the mayor cited “a lot of infrastructure work,� including Phase 1 of the downtown revitalization, now finished, the reconstruction of Old Highway 2 East, completion of the Northeast Feedermain project, on the city’s

books since 1979, and completion of a new central firehall.

He had a lot to say about economic development, which he described as “the engine that drives the city.�

Expansions are under way at Kellogg’s and Black Diamond. A new Electrolab plant will be opening soon, more hiring is expected at the Strathcona solar plant in the former Nortel facility on Sidney Street and new stores are opening in the downtown core. Also, a new development is under way at the Avalon Motel on North Front Street and a new high rise apartment complex is under way just behind the Stream complex on Dundas Street West.

Belleville will also start preparing for significant anniversaries both for Canada and the city by forming a committee within the next few months to make preparations.

The city will mark is 130th and the nation, its 150th in July of 2017, he noted.

Council has also developed a strategy to focus on waterfront development on the bayshore in the months ahead, as well as continuing a push for improved park and playground facilities and their maintenance. A decision on a new casino should be made within a few weeks, ditto a new hockey team to occupy the Yard-

men Arena.

The U-19 World Women’s Floorball Championhips here this year will “bring the world to Belleville,� he said.

The key major infrastructure project for this year will be the new CP overpass for which city staff have arranged 80 per cent financing from federal and provincial levels of governments, allowing council to cope better with the second phase of downtown redevelopment under the Build Belleville program.

He also noted the huge success of the Sports and Wellness Centre, which is now attracting more than 30,000 visitors a week “and climbing,� he said.

Christopher closed by thanking the city’s small army of 400 to 500 employees and the co-operation of members of council who, despite some turmoil, remain “one happy family.� Christopher also stressed the close partnership between the city and CFB Trenton and the need to look after the many military families in the community.

Not all councillors attended the levee. Jack Miller is in Helsinki, Finland, providing radio colour commentary for the World Junior Hockey Championships and other no-shows were Kelly McCaw and Mitch Panciuk.

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Former MP Lyle Vanclief has new role with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – Lyle Vanclief has had a long career in agriculture; one that has taken him from the role of Prince Edward County farmer all the way to Ottawa where he became the federal Minister of Agriculture.

But his latest role seems to have him as excited as ever.

Vanclief, the former long time Prince Edward-Hastings Member of Parliament, is now chair of the board for Vineland Research & Innovation Centre, a Niagara region business that’s working on dozens of projects intended to change the way Canadians produce and consume agriculture products, ranging from fruits and vegetables to trees and even flowers.

The centre’s mission is ultimately about using research to improve agricultural products – such as improving the taste of a hothouse tomato or making a rose more resistant to disease – to future entice retailers to stock the products on their shelves.

This, Vanclief said, can only improve Canada’s agricultural industry, “which turns the economy and creates jobs.”

In a recent interview with Metroland Media to discuss the centre, Vanclief spoke about several projects the centre has on the go now or has recently completed.

Among them is a research project intended to make the Highway of Heroes tree-planting project possible. Vineland staffers are researching soil remediation and tree species to determine trees that can best survive along a major highway, where they’ll receive little care after planting and are subjected to such conditions as salt spray from traffic.

This research will help a government-backed plan to plant 117,000 trees along Highway 401 from Trenton to Toronto (the Highway of Heroes stretch); one for every Canadian solider killed since Confederation.

Vineland has also developed a new variety of pear called The

Cold Snap. The pear was intended to have the right balance between sweetness and acidity with good texture and a longer storage life. The pair was just released at the Royal Agricultural Fair and can now be found in some grocery stores.

The centre is also developing new apple varieties, finding ways to produce grape tomatoes in greenhouses that taste good and working on biological control systems to ward off diseases and pests in greenhouse and nursery settings.

Vineclief said that a visit inside the facility is an interesting experience on its own. The centre has 200 acres of outdoor research areas, in addition to its greenhouses and campus.

The centre has a room set up for “taste testers” who sit at cubicles and open panels to taste various products being developed. The centre also has an engineering department where robotic arms are developed to complete various tasks, such as picking mushrooms.

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Vineland has been a rewarding experience for Vanclief, who served as Canada’s Agricultural Minister from 1997-2003.

He became a volunteer member of its board four years ago, but was just elected as chair of the board in September. He said the diversity of his fellow board members is “absolutely incredible.”

The board includes the chief executive officer of a major bank, two chartered accountants as well as people with senior roles at several big food businesses.

Vanclief said he approaches his role as chair with a “hands on, fingers out” approach,

meaning he lobbies on behalf of the centre and plays a role in major financial decisions, but does not interfere with staff members’ day-to-day interactions.

The centre runs on funding from the federal government, the provincial government and support from private organizations, such as growers associations, which sponsor projects.

This means that Vanclief’s clout as a former Agriculture Minister can come in handy, when the centre needs a spokesperson or someone to advocate for funding.

When asked whether the elec-

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Thought the recent election of a Liberal government is intriguing to him – as Vanclief was a Liberal – he believes that the work Vineland does is so interesting and important that it tends to be supported no matter which party is in power in Ottawa.

“Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has always been a supporter of our research,” Vanclief said. “We’ve always been pleased with their support. I don’t see any reason why that will change.”

Two boys are first of 2016 The region welcomed two newborn boys as the first babies of 2016.

Baby boy Mason was born to mother Natasha Jackson of Belleville at 8:32 Jan. 1.

Mason was followed at 10:12 a.m., as proud parents Alicia Vanluven and Gerry Kennedy welcomed baby William to their family. Both babies were born at Belleville General Hospital.

A look at where city stands on Build Belleville

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – The project known as Build Belleville may be the most ambitious in the city’s history.

Build Belleville is the title for a portfolio of 22 infrastructure projects that are expected to cost the city upwards of $92 million over the next several years.

The projects costs’ and the way the city is going about financing them has caused plenty of debate at city council over the last two years, but one thing that few debate is that the city needs to improve infrastructure; such as roads, bridges, sidewalks and watermains.

As Mayor Taso Christopher has said, these projects are “needs” and not “wants.” Here is an update on where Build Belleville stands.

Completed projects North Park Gardens: This $3.2 million project included the reconstruction of North Park Gardens including the complete replacement of the watermain and the reconstruction of poor sections of sanitary sewer. It was completed in Aug. 2014.

Old Highway 2: Work was completed from Point Anne Road to Burns Drive last summer at a cost of $3.2 million. This project entails the rehabilitation of approximately 4.3 km of the highway.

Old Madoc Road: This project was

completed in Nov. 2013 at a cost of $250,000. It involved the rehabilitation from the north intersection with Hwy. 62 southerly for 1.8 km.

Boundary Road: This project was completed in the summer of 2013 at a cost of $250,000. The condition of the road was beyond normal maintenance and the only way to repair it was to reconstruct the road and ditches. This meant pulverizing, grading and adding granular and double surface treatment, plus ditches over the 3.5-km stretch.

College Street East Extension: This $7.6 million project was completed in Nov. 2014. This project extended the road 600 meters and extended water services to go with a new storm water management facility and a sewage pumping station that will provide room for more industrial growth.

North East Feedermain: This $17.75 million project was completed days ago. It included a new 600-mm diameter feedermain that connects the Gerry O’Conner Water Treatment Plant to a recently completed feedermain on Moira Street East. The work was completed along a route that included Sidney Street, Bridge Street West and Yeomans Street.

Ongoing projects There are 12 ongoing projects that are expected to continue in 2016.

They are projects for Bay Bridge Road/Dundas Street West, Tracey St/

Sidney St. Intersection, Bell Blvd/Sidney St. Intersection, Herchimer Avenue, Bronk Road, Mineral Road/Maitland Drive, Foxboro Bridge, Farnham Road, North East Industrial Park, City Centre Revitalization, Solar FIT Program and West Riverside Trail.

The City Centre Revitalization Project continues to raise scrutiny at city council, as Phase 1 of the three-phase project came in well over budget and the original budget for the overall project of $21 million isn’t likely to be met.

But there are other less talked about projects that are just as important to city planners. Work is continuing on the Bay Bridge Roa/Dundas Street West project, which will lead to a new bridge to connect Dundas Street to Zwick’s Island.

Work on the bridge is underway and work to widen Dundas Street is expected to start in the spring. This project is budgeted at $17.4 million.

The Mineral Road reconstruction is another costly project, earmarked for $10.1 million.

Future Projects There are four future projects that have yet to start; the Grass Boulevard reconstruction, the wastewater treatment plant upgrades, the new police station and the environmental remediation Zwicks Park and South Pinnacle Street.

The long-awaited police station is

Belleville Mayor Taso Christopher walks with a Build Belleville sign across Front Street, shortly after a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of Phase 1 of the City Centre Revitalization Project.

Phase 2 of the project is expected to continue in 2016. It’s one of several Build Belleville projects still on the go. Photo by Stephen Petrick

expected to cost $21 million. The city recently hired a group to study two sites – Belleville Agricultural Society property at Bridge and Sidney streets and land next to the utilities building at College and Sidney to see what site

will work best . When that study is complete -- hopefully by summer – a shovel could go into the ground.

The Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades are also costly, as they’re expected to cost $12.5 million.

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Campbellford BIA making big changes to help businesses in 2016

By Sue Dickens

Campbellford – A strategic planning session in January to build on successes of the past and put forward a vision for the future will ring in 2016 for the Campbellford Business Improvement Area (BIA).

When elected to the position of president last March, Caroline Bingley spoke of “a new vibe” and the need to “create change.”

Following through on her promise, the BIA board changed the format of the annual Campbellford Waterfront Festival and forged forward with a boatload of new plans.

For the first time, events and activities were set up not only on the west side of the canal in Old Mill Park in keeping with tradition, but also on the east side of the canal in Campbellford BIA President Caroline Bingley, owner of Caroline’s Organics the hopes of bringing people to the and Floral Design, is optimistic about 2016 and said the board will be intro- downtown shops and businesses. ducing some changes in 2016 that will help businesses thrive, not only in the According to Bingley the festival downtown core but also outside the catchment area. Photo by Sue Dickens was a success even though water activities were landbased events.

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“Looking back it has been challenging in the sense we were starting fresh, trying to create a whole new canvas. We did have some obstacles and new challenges for what was a whole new board that had no experience,” Bingley acknowledged.

“But we managed to get through it,” she added.

Bringing a business speaker to town for the first time was another success.

“If we don’t provide the business owners with the tools to succeed, we aren’t going to succeed,” said Bingley who has owned Caroline’s Organics and Floral Design since 2009.

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number in 2016. “There are other businesses outside of our catchment area that we want to include. What affects downtown affects those businesses too. It’s more about community and working together as opposed to one or two businesses benefitting,” said Bingley.

“We don’t want to see businesses close, we want to see businesses open and prosper.”

She views the future of the BIA with optimism and points out that businesses are there for the community, providing support for service clubs, hockey teams and more and she encourages everyone to “shop local.”

The board’s closed door strategic planning session will be held Jan. 11 and the regular general BIA meeting open to the public will happen Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m., at the Trent Hills Municipal Office in the municipal records room when the members will bring forward their ideas for the future.

Group seeks funding increase to increase reduction in feral cat numbers

By John Campbell

Trent Hills – The Cat Care Initiative is looking to build on its success in reducing the number of stray and feral cats roaming in the area by asking the municipality to increase its funding by at least half.

In a recent presentation to council, the not-for-profit organization requested the $10,000 it received this year be bumped up to $15,000 to $18,000 in 2016, in order to do more work while dealing with a shortfall.

“Clearly stated, we operate on a deficit and our fiscal pressures limit the impact we can make in our community when acting alone,” CCI secretary Stephanie Biamonte said. However, being “dedicated and ambitious advocates,” the group plans to increase the number of cats it spays and neuters next year by 25 per cent, to 190 animals.

CCI’s intervention already “has prevented hundreds of live births and new litters this year alone, [and] thousands in future – a significant impact on the local population,” Biamonte said.

The cost to service each animal, including vacCat Care Initiative Secretary Stephanie Biamonte cines and flea is explained to council why the not-for-profit orga- treatments, nization is looking for a substantial increase in funding for 2016. Photo by John Campbell

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Belleville tweaks bylaw for pot-based businesses

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville -- If the federal government decides to put more freedoms on marijuana use in the near future, the City of Belleville will likely be ready for it.

After an exhausting debate at City Hall on Monday, Belleville’s planning advisory committee supported amending a zoning bylaw so it can include language to clearly deal with marijuana production facilities or dispensaries.

The amendment, which will only come into effect if council later agrees to it, would give the city some ability to control where any proposed marijuanabased businesses could go.

Some members of the committee agreed that amending the city’s zoning bylaw was necessary, given the belief that rules surrounding marijuana use are about to change. The recently elected Liberal government campaigned on a promise to legalize and regulate marijuana use, on the grounds that

criminalizing the drug does not work.

If the amendment the committee is recommending is endorsed by council, someone looking to open a marijuana facility in Belleville would have to go through the proper zoning process.

The amendment states a “Medical Marihuana (sic) Production Facility shall mean premises used for growing, producing, testing, destroying, storing or distribution of medical marihuana or cannabis au-

thorized by licence issued by Health Canada.”

A “Marihuana Dispensary shall mean a business selling or dispensing marihuana or cannabis products as the primary activity of the business.”

One committee member, David Joyce, clarified that a vote to support the bylaw amendment isn’t necessarily an endorsement of marijuana use.

He said he felt an amended bylaw was necessary so the city is ready to deal with new marijuana laws.

“I’m not supporting the concept, I don’t agree with it. But this helps us a little bit,” Joyce said.

Belleville’s Director of Engineering and Development Services Rod Bovay said without this amendment the city would have no control on where marijuana businesses could go, and the municipality would have to rely on the federal government to enforce any rules.

For instance, he said, if someone wanted to operate a marijuana business downtown

or next to a school, “council would have no say.”

Although some committee members questioned whether to go ahead with the amendment, given that no legislation is in place in Ottawa yet, Bovay said it’s not a bad idea for the city to get ready early, as the process of amending municipal bylaws can sometimes take months.

“If this resolution is supported, staff have the ability to control quantity and location,” he said.

Humane Society still dealing with virus; dog adoptions on hold

Belleville -- The Quinte Humane Society will not be able to adopt out dogs for at least another week, as its Avonlough Road shelter continues to deal with a potentially deadly puppy virus.

Another dog infected with the parvovirus came into the shelter on Monday, Jan. 4. That means all dogs have to be quarantined for at least 10 days from that date and until no dogs show symptoms.

The parvovirus is a potentially

deadly disease and symptoms include diarrhea, blood in the stool and lethargy.

The humane society has been dealing with the virus through the holiday period, when a different dog came into the shelter with the disease.

The two incidents are unrelated, said humane society executive director Frank Rockett.

“It’s not originating here (at the shelter), it’s just ending up here,” he said.

Rockett said Monday that

about 30 dogs were at the shelter. Those dogs can go out in the yard, but are not being walked, as per the quarantine protocol. That doesn’t make for a great quality of life for the animals Rockett admitted, but the idea is to keep them healthy in the long run.

Fortunately, staff from the Toronto Humane Society have been helping the Quinte Humane Society by taking some dogs temporarily to their shelter, which has more space and is better equipped to handle the

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always appreciative.”

Clark has missed only one Red Nose night since he started in 2009 and has plenty of great stories to share.

He’s had the opportunity to drive cars he wouldn’t normally have a chance to drive – driving a Mercedes and a Land Rover stick out in his mind – and has heard a few funny stories from holiday partiers on their way home. The guy who had to think of a way to explain to his girlfriend why he was at a strip club is a classic.

“Lots of interesting things happen,” he said. “You meet people you never thought you were going to pick up.”

While doing the work is fun, Clark, like other volunteers, are ultimately there to get people home safely. Red Nose Quinte operates on most weekend nights from late November through to New Year’s Eve, when there’s greater worry that drunk driving accidents will occur.

Red Nose Chairman Rick Watt said he and his colleagues who work to ensure the program can continue each year want to ensure volunteering is a fun and rewarding experience.

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Volunteers are treated to food and can win draw prizes each night. “I think we have fun and they like doing it,” Watt said, adding that some volunteers complete rides earlier than their 7 p.m. start time if asked, because they’re so proud and so excited to do the job each night.

Watt said the numbers from this year’s campaign are up slightly from previous years.

This is despite the fact that the campaign had two fewer nights that normal, because Christmas Eve and Christmas fell on a Thursday and Friday.

On Dec. 12, Red Nose had its busiest night ever in Quinte

when it completed 247 rides. On New Year’s Eve, the team completed 209 rides – not quite the New Year’s record of 222 but close.

Most rewarding about this year’s experience for Watt was that, again, there were no known fatal crashes in the region on Red Nose nights. He said he’s already getting ready for the 2016 operation.

“We just try our best and have some fun,” he said.

Funds raised for the charities over the 2015 campaign will be announced at a year-end dinner event at The Banquet Centre on Feb. 19.

parvovirus.

Also, when news of the virus was released last week, the Humane Society announced it would take back recently adopted dog, realizing that some owners of new pets may not have the money to pay large vet bills if their dogs are found to contain the virus.

A few people took advantage of that opportunity Rockett said, but most recently adopted dogs remained with new owners.

Rockett encourages anyone

who believes their dog may be showing symptoms of parvovirus to contact their vet immediately, as it can be treated with antibiotics.

This may not only save their dog, but prevent the virus from spreading throughout the community and into places like the humane society.

“It seems to crop up every once in a while,” Rockett said.

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$120 to $150, while the rates charged for adoption are much lower, $75 for kittens and $50 for cats.

“This does not include the other expenses we incur such as food, cat litter, fostering needs, emergency medical services, cages and equipment or supplies such as traps,” she said.

There is also the cost of rent, hydro and improvements CCI incurs at its store Cat’s Cradle in Campbellford, where it sells high quality used goods to support its adoption facility and the cost of sterilizing male and female cats.

Biamonte said CCI’s mission is to reduce the number of stray and feral cats by “attempting to give a second Stirling-Rawdon Mayor Rodney Cooney (right) presented local firefighter Danny Blackburn with a plaque recognizing 22 years of service with the chance at life to adoptable cats and kittens through our Stirling-Rawdon Fire Department. The presentation was made at the Monday, Dec. 21, Council meeting. Photo by Terry McNamee storefront location,” without having to resort to euthanasia.

“We also hope to educate our community on the importance of responsible cat ownership, including spay and neuter,” she said.

“Rough estimates” of the homeless cat population in Trent Hills put the Christmas ad_Layout 1 2015-11-14 10:23 AM Page 1 figure “in the high hundreds to low thousands,” Biamonte said. “Our population figures in managed colonies is estimated at 140 to 150 feral cats.”

She said CCI receives four to five calls a day from people wanting stray cats and kittens picked up.

“These numbers average out to 20-30 calls weekly and can include walk-ins,” she said. “The scope of the population that still requires attention is a serious and pressing issue in our community, particularly in Campbellford.”

Research has shown that trapping, spaying/neutering, and returning feral cats to the wild is the best approach to managing their numbers.

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Deputy-Mayor Bob Crate said council’s approval of a donation for 2015 “was a one-time thing” but that can be changed during deliberations of the 2016 budget.

Director of planning Jim Peters said a report on animal control that provides a full picture will be prepared for council.

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Campbellford – Looking ahead to 2016, the Rotary Club of Campbellford, led by President Bob Fudge, will pursue several projects, some new and several ongoing in the community.

With six more months of his term of office remaining, Fudge talked about a special area of interest he wants to make a priority.

“I am trying to get a bit of a focus on the social aspect of the club ... to generate new members,” he said.

Aging club members mean new younger members are needed to carry on the work of the Rotary organization here, work that has always been closely associated with the town and has provided many community services.

“We will be hosting fireside meetings at the Legion, very informal. We’ll invite Rotarians to bring their spouses and guests and have a discussion about what Rotary is. Anyone can pop in to learn more about our club. People can get to know each other a bit better,” Fudge explained.

The club’s plans also include gearing up in January for Camp Enterprise, a project of Rotary clubs in Northumberland that brings together high school students for a three-day event at Trent University.

“It’s basically a business course. We set up scenarios and guest speakers come in and talk about how to work in business. We talk to inventors too,” he noted. Fudge has been chair of the event for the past three years.

January 2016 will see the Rotary members go to the high schools with applications in hand and talk to teachers and counsellors in Campbellford, Port Hope, Brighton and Cobourg.

“Our budget is $24,000 to host this and we do this with money raised and donated,” noted Fudge.

This year Camp Enterprise will be held May 5 to 8.

The club will also continue to promote the Rotary Youth Exchange program. Each year students who have applied to the program and are successful travel abroad to study and learn the culture of another country, living with a host family or families. Simon Vidal from Rancagua, Chile is here on the exchange program and was in attendance at the local club’s recent annual holiday dinner.

The exchange students in the area will be participating in another project, the Rotary Foundation of Canada

Walk which will take place in September in Presqu’ile Provincial Park.

A project for 2016 will be signage for the Rotary Trail along the Trent River.

“These are going to be large signs which we will have made up to give directions on the trail,” noted Fudge.

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Being a cadet does not necessarily mean one is pursuing a career in military service, but it is an opportunity to learn self-discipline, teamwork and leadership skills and social responsibility through serving in the local community.

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Madoc cadets meet Monday evenings at the Kiwanis Club. To sign up call 613473-1841.

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EVENTS BELLEVILLE

The Canadian Hearing Society offers Walk In Wednesdays from 10 am-noon and 2-4pm. Speak to a Hearing Care Counsellor. No appointment necessary. Bayview Mall, 470 Dundas St. E Belleville Dance to the Country Music of Heartland, January 8, Belleville Club 39, Belleville Fish & Game Club Hall, Elmwood Dr. Belleville. 8pm to midnight. Lunch will be served. Members $10 Nonmembers $12. Singles & Couples are welcome, for info 613-392-1460 or 613-966-6596.

January 13, luncheon 12-2 pm, 290 Bridge St W Belleville $12. Featuring Three Oaks Foundation with Jen Luner, soloist Rob Rapino and guest speaker Maria Kari from Belleville. FREE Nursery, reservations call Darlene 613-961-0956 sponsored by Christian Women’s Connection affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

Tai Chi Open House, Monday, January 11, 9:30-11:30 am, Christ Church Anglican, 39 Everett St., and Saturday, January 16, 10–12 noon, Quinte Gardens, 30 College St W, Belleville. Demonstrations, info about introductory courses beginning January 18 at the Church and January 23 at Quinte Gardens. Info www.taoist.org/kingston or call 613-399-5725.

Fundraising Committee members needed for Community Care South Hastings. Info: Deb at 613-969-0130 ext.

5214 or debm@ccsh.ca Ostomy Group General Meeting, Sunday January 10, 2PM in Rm. P10 Quinte Business Centre Building, Loyalist College Saturday, January 9, Belleville Legion – Elvis, A tribute to the King Featuring Bruce Andrew Stewart. Doors open 7 pm, Show 8 pm. 50’s/60’s dance music.

Tickets $20/person. Age of majority event Family Space supports families learning through play. Drop-in playrooms, 100 Station Street., Belleville. Open 6 days a week. Info: www.familyspace.ca or 613966-9427.

Monthly Nutrition Education Group, Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, 1-2:30 p.m, Community Health Centre, 161 Bridge St. W., Belleville. Registration required, 613-962-0000 x 233.

Meals on Wheels Delivery Drivers Required, Community Care for South Hastings, 4 hours a year, (1 hour a day for 1 day a week for 1 month). Info: Lee at 613-969-0130 ext. 5207 Attention High School Students age 14 years or older. Volunteer hour opportunites at Belleville General Hospital after-school and weekends in the auxiliary Gift Shop and Tuck Shop. Training provided covers safe food handling, financial transactions and customer service skills.

Info: Pat at 613 969 7400 ext. 3012 Probus Club Of Belleville meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month, 10 am at the Pentecostals of Quinte, 490 Dundas St. W. For retired and/or semiretired business and professional people.

Social time and a guest speaker. Guests are welcome.

“Pay and Play” Curling every Monday and Tuesday, Belleville Curling Club, 8:30

am. $8/game. Teams are made up daily.

No experience necessary. Info: Wayne 613-966-7184 or Harold 613-967-3859.

Quinte NeedleArts Guild Stiching for Fun! Workshops and lessons or work on your own piece. Salvation Army, Bridge St. W., Belleville. 1st and 3rd Thursday of month. 9:30am - 3pm. 613-473-4831 or 613-476-7723 Belleville Legion: Every Friday: Canteen open 4-7 p.m. Meat Rolls and Horse Races 4:30 pm., Legion Clubroom.

Everyone welcome. Fish & Chips, first and third Fridays of month in the Canteen, 4-6 p.m., The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 99, 132 Pinnacle St, Belleville.

Age of majority TGIF - frozen meal distribution for anyone wishing a meal, Bridge Street United Church, every Friday, 2 & 4 pm. Use 60 Bridge St. East entrance. No cost/no preordering. Register on your first visit by showing ID for each meal you plan to pick up. Info 613-962-9178.

Belleville Brain Tumour Support Group meets monthly on the second Wed., 6:30 p.m., Eastminster United Church.

If you or someone you know has been affected by a brain tumour come join us.

Monday Bingo; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling and Shuffleboard; Friday Darts and the 3rd Sunday of every month Cribbage.

All start at 1:00 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over. Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, 75 St. Paul St., Belleville New members welcome, Quinte Living Centre Concert Band. Students to seniors, if you play any band instrument. Mondays 7-9 p.m., Quinte Living Centre, 370 Front St, Belleville. Info: Marialice, mtfielding@ hotmail.com 613-962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail.com 613-243-1450 Quinte Region Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. Cost is $4.00. http://www.qrcc.ca . For info: Dave Brown at 613-967-7720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690.

Friends of the Library book sale daily at the Bookstore. Accepting gently used books, CD and DVD donations. Foyer of Belleville Public Library 10-4, MondaySaturday. 613-968-6731 ext 2245 Quinte Seniors Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome.

Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes Seniors 5-pin Bowling, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Come and meet new friends for fun and fellowship. Belleville Pro Bowl, Bayview Mall. Call Ken 613-962-3429

BRIGHTON

Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Clothing Depot, 58 Prince Edward St, Brighton. Wednesday-Thursday, 10-2, Friday, 10-6 and Saturday, 10-1. Winter stock has arrived. Donations of clothing, accessories and housewares welcome.

Interested in Volunteering? Call Jean 613-439-8869 Brighton Lions Club is looking for new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th

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Mondays of each month at the Commu- Play Group, hosted by Northumbernity Centre in Brighton. Info Membership land Cares for Children, Colborne Public Chairperson Fran Fulford 613- 475-0475 School, 8 Alfred St. Colborne, Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon. Info: Cheryl McMurray CAMPBELLFORD 905-885-8137 ext.209.

Campbellford Kinette Bingo Men’s Social Group, Tuesdays at every Thursday at 7pm. Campbellford/ Community Care Northumberland, 11 Seymour Arena, 313 Front St. N. $1000 King St. E. Colborne, 10-11 a.m. Info: Jackpot in 54 numbers, consolation prize 905-355-2989. of $200. Wheelchair accessible.

Learn the Art of Taoist Tai Chi - FRANKFORD classes available throughout the week, Alcoholics Anonymous Keep Community Resource Centre 65 Bridge It Simple Group, 8 pm every Thursday St, Campbellford, Join at anytime. Info: at Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 60 Trent St. N. (rear), Frankford. Info: 705 696 1841 or 705 243 5216.

THURSDAYS: Shake, Laugh and Medi- www.quintewestaa.org or 1-866-951-3711 tate, Ecstatic Dance, Laughing Yoga and Yoga classes every Tuesday. Holy Meditation. Introductory Class January 7 Trinity Anglican Church, Frankford Info: 613-398-6407 is Free. 9-10 am. Cost: $ 4.00 Every Monday, 7 p.m. Campbellford Free Senior’s fitness classes, Mondays Citizen’s Choir meets at Senior Citizen’s and Thursdays, 1 pm, Frankford Legion.

To register: 1-888-279-4866 Ext 5350 Building. All welcome Warkworth Spinners and Weav- Open T.G.I.F. with meal and games, first ers Guild meet the second Thurs. of every Friday of month, 4 pm, Frankford Legion. month, 10am, upstairs at the Campbellford Library. Info: warkworthguild@gmail.com. HAVELOCK New members always welcome RCL Havelock, Branch 389, 8 OtIndoor Walking and Exercise tawa St. weekly events. Monday Senior Program, St. John’s United Church Au- Darts, 12:30 pm. Bingo 6:30 pm. Tuesday ditorium, Tuesdays and Fridays 10-11am. Shuffleboard, 12:30 pm. Thursday Ladies’ Please bring clean, comfortable shoes. 50 Darts, 1 pm. Saturday Meat Roll 3-4pm Bridge St. W. Campbellford. Info: St. The first Sunday of the month, Bid John’s United Church at 705-653-2283 Euchre at the Havelock Lions Club. Games Each Saturday 1-4 PM, Kitchen start at 1 p.m. $5.00/person. For informaParty Music Jams, Campbellford Legion. tion, contact Glen Shearer 705-778-3169 Free admission. All musicians & fans or Glen Ellis 705-778-3039. welcome. 1st Saturday: Country Music. Havelock Seniors Club Bid Euchre, 2nd & 5th Saturday: Bluegrass Music. 3rd first Saturday of the month, 1 pm.

Saturday: Folk/Roots Music. 4th Saturday: Havelock OddFellows Brunch, Mixed Acoustic Music first Sunday of month, 8am-noon. PanVisit the Cat’s Cradle, 8 Bridge St. cakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, home fries, W., Campbellford, A New to You shop coffee, tea, juice. Adults $6, Under 12 $3. with monies raised going to spay/neuter feral cats and kittens. Open Thursday, IVANHOE Friday, Saturday 9-5.

Sunday Night Sing hosted by Ivanhoe Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Fun Darts. All Wesleyan Standard Church, 6:30 PM. Bring Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch your instruments. Open mic. Refreshments 103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450 to follow. First Sunday of each month.

Wood Burning Technology seminar, COBOURG The Hastings Stewardship Council. 7-9 Women’s Group, every Wednesday, pm, Huntington Veterans Community 2 pm, Halcyon Place, 580 Courthouse Rd, Hall, 11379 Hwy 62, Ivanhoe. Cost: $5.

Cobourg. To register: Community Care each (or donation), kids free. Refreshments Northumberland: 905-372-7356. provided. For information: 613-391-9034 or info@hastingsstewardship.ca.

CODRINGTON

2nd Wednesday of the month, Co- MADOC drington Women’s Institute 7:15 pm, Madoc Diners: Monday, Jan 11., St Codrington Community Centre John’s Anglican Church Hall, 115 Durham St N. Lunch at noon. Bring your own COLBORNE plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to seniors Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings, and adults with physical disabilities. Call Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Community Care for Central Hastings Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not alfoodaddictsanonymous.org ready a member of the Diner’s Program Soup Lunch, Friday January 8, 11:30 White Lake Bethesda Boutique, (Corner AM-1 PM. Heritage United Church, 13875 of Springbrook Road & Hwy. 62), SatCounty Road 2, Colborne (Salem). Soup, urday, Janaury 9, 9-12 Noon. Clothing Roll. Dessert, Coffee, Tea. $5.00 per person items $2.00 each. Baked items available.

Colborne Library Storytime Madoc AM Indoor Walk: Mon, Wed, program, open to children 2-5 years old. and Fri, 9:45-10:45 am. PM Indoor Walk: Thursdays, 11 am. To register: 905 355- Mon, Tues, Fri, 6:45-7:45 pm. Centre 3722 or drop by the library (Mon. 3-8, Hastings Secondary School, 129 Elgin St. Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4). Open to seniors and adults with physical

disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to preregister if not a member of this program New Finding Your Way clinics. Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event. Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018.

TOPS (take off pounds sensibly), every Wednesday, Trinity United Church in Madoc. Weigh-ins 5.30-6.p,m. Short meeting follows. Info: Lila 613-473-4668 BADMINTON every Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m., Centre Hastings Secondary School. Info: Terry at 613473-5662 or http://www.centrehastingsbadminton.com/

MARMORA

Learn to crochet at the Marmora & Lake Public Library, Thursdays, 6-7pm beginning November 12. To register: 613 472-3122 or info@marmoralibrary.ca The Marmora Crowe Valley Lions open mic, Marmora Community Centre Victoria St., Marmora, Jan. 10, 1-4.30 pm & second Sun.of each month. Bring your talent & instruments Admission $5.00 entertainers free. Refreshments, LCBO Dance area & lots of fun January 8, Open Mic 7 PM, Marmora and Area Curling Club, 2 Crawford Drive.

Join the great line-up of musicians or just enjoy the entertainment. No cover charge.

Marmora Blood Pressure Clinic: Tuesday, Jan 12, Caressant Care Common Room, 58 Bursthall St, 9:30-11:00 AM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Blood Pressure Program St. Andrew’s United Church New to You Shoppe sale, Saturday January 9, 8:30 till noon. Also the Deloro UCW is having a coffee party at the same time.

EUCHRE in Deloro Hall each Friday 7 p.m. sponsored by Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club. Bring light lunch to share.

Good Food Box depot, Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. Fresh fruit and vegetables in $10 or $15 size boxes or bag of fruit for $5. Order/Pay by the first Wednesday of the month. Pick up on the third Wednesday. Order any Wed. between 10am-2pm. Elaine 613-472-3219 Marmora Diners: Wednesday, Jan 13, Marmora and District Community Centre (Arena), Victoria Ave. Lunch at noon. Bring your own plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Diner’s Program.

NORWOOD

Norwood Legion: Wing Night Thursdays, from 4:30pm. Meat Draws Fridays from 5 p.m.

Preschool Drop-in, Westwood Public Library. Every Thursday, 10 amnoon. Enjoy play and creative areas. 705696-2744 or www.anpl.org Continued on page 29

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Albury Friendship Group - Quilts for sale each Wed 10 am - 12 noon. Albury Church Rednersville Rd. Proceeds to local charities for women.

Wellington District Lions Club - New members welcome. Club meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday of month, Wellington Town Hall. Info: Membership Chairs Marilyn or Stan at 613-399-1164.

Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

Loyalist Decorative Painters’ Guild meeting every second Wed. of the month. New members welcome. Carrying Place United Church, 7pm. Coffee & snacks at 6:30. Bring your regular painting supplies. Info: Noreen 613-475-2005 or www.freewebs.com/ldpg/ Picton Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

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Weekly Monday Night Bingo, Upstairs of Stirling Arena. Cards on sale at 6:15pm. Starts at 6:50pm. Proceeds to support community projects. Sponsored

by Stirling & District Lions Club.

Jan. 9 Stirling Club 55 and Over is holding a moonshot euchre in Springbrook Hall at 1:00. Refreshments available, all welcome.

Stirling Blood Pressure Clinic: Thursday, Jan 14, 204 Church St, Seniors Building, 9 AM to 12PM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Program New Finding Your Way clinics. Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event. Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018 Stirling Al-Anon Family Group, every Friday, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling. 866.951-3711 Stirling Citizens’ Band, a community volunteer concert band. Rehearsals every Tues. 7:30pm, Stirling Public School.

All ages welcome. Student community service hours available. Info: Donna, 705-653-3064.

in the Officers’ Mess. Light refreshments.

Admission: Members free and invited guests of members, $10.00. For more info: chambersj@live.ca Trenton Toastmasters Club meets 6:30-8:30 pm, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, Quinte West/ Trenton Library Meeting Room Main Floor. We are looking for new members.

Guests are welcome The Trenton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary monthly board meeting, Monday, Jan. 11, 1:30 pm, board room at the hospital. All volunteers, those interested in volunteering and the public are invited to attend. Info: Karen White 613 965 0423 Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

Trenton Legion Branch 110--check out our website for our Events calendar: www.rcl110.ca KARAOKE 1st and 3rd Saturdays of

the month, 8 p.m. to midnight. Members and Guests welcome. Trenton Legion Branch 110 Trenton Art Club. Calling all artists and would be artists. Painting every Friday afternoon, Smylie’s Independent Store (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525.

Quinte West MS Society Support Group, every second Monday of the month, Quiet Room, Quinte West Public Library, Trenton. 6:30pm. For those affected by MS, caregivers and friends. Info: trentonmsgroup@live.ca Trenton Lions Club is looking for new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: Member Chairman Diane 613 392 2939 Cold Creek Cloggers, Monday nights.

Beginner class 6:30pm. Trenton, Baptiste Church 15 South St. First night free. For info call Debbie 613-920-9034 Trenton Lions Club 77 Campbell Street hosts a weekly Thursday Night Bingo. Cards on sale at 6pm regular pro-

gram starts at 7pm. Everyone welcome. Mondays 9am Aerobics. Tuesdays 9am.

Stretch & Strength. Thursdays 9am Balls TWEED & Bands. Fridays 9am Interval Training.

Dance Exercise Class for everyone, Land O¹Lakes Curling Club, Tweed. $25/ every Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am., Tweed mth or $7/class. Info: Judy 613-478-5994 Legion. Bring your water and yoga mats. or Jan 613-478-3680.

Info: 613-478-1824 Bid Euchre every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Gateway CHC welcomes parents Actinolite Recreation Hall and caregivers of children grades 4 to 8, Attention Teens: Are you bored?

Tuesday, January 12, 5:30 -7:30pm, 41 Looking for a challenge? Join the Truth & McClellan St., Tweed to discuss ways Dare Youth Group, Fridays, 7 p.m. Fun, Gateway can help families eat healthy and Food, Games, Trips and more. Tweed be active. Dietitian 613-478-1211 ext. 228. Pentecostal Church, 16 Jamieson St. W. Tweed LegioN: Bi-weekly Open Bingo in the Upstairs Hall, 7 pm. Euchre every WARKWORTH other Saturday in the Clubroom, 1 pm. Warkworth Legion hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

Info 613-478-1865 Calling adults who struggle with Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. emotional eating, dieting, and losing weight. Everyone welcome Gateway CHC wants to hear how we can The Knitting Guild, second Tuesday help on Tuesday, January 12, 2-4pm, 41 of each month, Millcreek Manor, 140 McClellan St., Tweed. Info: Dietitian at Church St. Warkworth, 1:30. Anyone interested in knitting is invited. Info: Cheryl 613-478-1211 ext. 228.

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and $5,000 from the Campbellford Seymour Community Foundation and plenty of sweat equity.

And last but not least the Campbellford Rotary is planning on helping rebuild/replace a day-use picnic shelter at Ferris Provincial Park.

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If you are interested in any of these clubs please contact the Leaders for more information and startup date for the club. – the leaders will sign up all members at their club level - Once a Member has signed up for the year they can join any club that is available in Hastings County. ---different clubs maybe available throughout the year Membership fee for 2016 will be $75/ member.

The Life skills Project!

Explore different aspects of Life Skills including baking, sewing, crafting etc. This club runs from September to March.

The Stirling-Wellmans Life skills Club - this club will be starting their new year in January 2016 Beth Lake: 613-395-4235 bethlake5@gmail.com Judy Striker: 613-395-2529 judy.striker@sympatico.ca We also have a Life skills club in Frankford under the leadership of Valerie Locklin 613-919-2478 The Relay for Life Project!

This club will start February???

Explore developing your skills in leadership and active lifestyles and participate in Relay for Life!

Hastings County Relay for Life Club: Judy.striker@sympatico.ca The Dairy Project!

These clubs start in the early spring

raising horses. Take part in group rides and better your skills in horsemanship.

4-H Touring Horse Club Sarah Huffman: 613-989-0053

Hastings County Ploughing Club: Diane Bolton: 613-395-3192 dbolton2010@gmail.com Brian Dracup: 613-395-4327

The Judging Project!

This club starts in the spring

The Poultry Project!

This club starts in the spring

South Hastings Dairy Club: Edward Huffman: 613-477-1332 ehuffman@ explornet.com

Get acquainted with the world of judging. Focus your skills in judging dairy animals and develop confidence in public speaking.

Stirling-Tweed Dairy Club: Tim Hunt - 613-478-6143 gdhunt@sympatico.ca Brian Sills 613-477-1533 bnasills@explornet.com

Hastings County Dairy Judging Club: Edward Huffman: 613-477-1332 ehuffman@explornet.com Tyler Donnan: 613-398-5104 t.h.donnan@gmail.com

The chicken club is a project where we will be learning all about poultry, eggs and interesting facts about the birds. No chickens are needed as it is just a learning club at this point. We will be travelling to farms of different poultry as well as learning meetings in Springbrook Hall..

Learn how to care for a dairy calf and how to prepare it for show! Analyze the ins and outs of dairy production!

The Beef Project!

This club starts in the early spring Be introduced to how to care for a beef project calf.

Learn about today’s purebred and commercial beef markets.

Centre Hastings Beef Club: Megan Burnside: 613-242-8775 megb@gmail.com Marcie Reavie: 613-336-8796 Leaders of the livestock clubs will help members locate calves The Horse Project!

This Club starts in the spring Learn about riding, grooming, showmanship and

The Animal Friends Project!

This club starts in the spring Learn about different species of animals and how they are incorporated into our lives.

Hastings County Animal Friends Club: Megan Burnside: 613-242=8775 megb@gmail.com Kirsten Neumann-Stephens: 613-969-1866 kristen_is@explornet.com The Plowing Project!

This club starts in the early spring Drive tractors and work with machinery in this project for 12-21 year olds. Participate at the Hasting Ploughing Match!

Shelley Kay: skay8@hotmail.com Cloverbud Project! All year round project The Coverbud Project allows for youth aged 5-8 (as of January 1st) will have a chance to experience many different projects and topics throughout the summer.

Rebecca Posthumus: 613-395-1157 Hastings County Small Engines Club This Club has found a home and WILL be starting in April 2016 please contact Brian Dracup: 613-3954327 Get your gears going with hands-on learning. You’ll explore how an engine works, the parts of an engine, cleaning, maintenance and trouble-shooting. If you are interested in mechanics, agriculture, ATVs and other sport machines, this is for you!

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important discussion now, given the rise of ISIS and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France and subsequent hate crimes against Muslims, which have occurred in places as close as Peterborough, where a mosque was recently damaged in an arson.

The event takes place on Saturday, Jan. 9 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Belleville Public Library at 254 Pinnacle St. The event is being hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, a non-profit charitable religious organization that exists in 206 countries worldwide and has 86 chapters throughout Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The terrorist attacks in Paris, France, by terrorists groups, which claimed the lives of 129 individuals, has left us saddened,â&#x20AC;? the association said in a message to promote the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) categorically condemns these attacks as well as all forms of terrorism. Terrorism has never been and will never be the teachings of Islam. These attacks are an attack on all of humanity. Such extreme ideologies of terrorist groups, like ISIS, is a danger to all of humanity and the whole world. These dangerous ideologies must be eliminated with proper education.â&#x20AC;?

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During this campaign, the youth of Ahmadiyyat will hold more than 135 open houses and make more than 270 visits to more than 35 towns all across Canada, in an attempt to spread peace, demystify Islam and create religious harmony.

As well as the session in Belleville on Jan. 9, this event will also be taking place in nine other centres simultaneously across Canada.

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TRAVEL

This is a rather Cheesy Tour

By John M. Smith

During the recent holiday season, I had the good fortune to participate in and win our draw of the annual Cheese Bonspiel in Stirling (my other team members were Tammy Mitchell, and Bob & Marlene LaFrance). For the past 17 years, this mixed curling event has been run by Rick and Kelly Barnard, and it has proved to be very popular, with an annual ‘waiting list’ of teams trying to get in. And if you happen to know Barney (Rick), then you’re already familiar with his ‘entertaining flair’ and humorous ‘way with words’ that add to this event and his presentations. As usual, there were 16 teams participating in the two-day event and, as winners, we had to don the traditional ‘cheeseheads’ for the compulsory winners’ photo before collecting our blocks of Empire Cheese.

This cheesy event made me think back to a time when there were a great many cheese factories in this area, many of which have now disappeared. For ex-

ample, as a youngster visiting my cousin in Foxboro, I can remember many walks to the local cheese factory, where we were sometimes able to get fresh curd directly from the vat itself.

I can still remember how moist, squeaky, and tasty a treat that was! Well, that factory is long closed now, but it later served, for a time, as the workplace for this very newspaper, so I was again inside its walls.

I was also reminded of how my worldly travels have taken me to many destinations where cheese plays a predominant role, and I’ve decided to mention a few of them in this week’s piece. After all, I’ve been able to visit cheese factories and sample cheese products in several different parts of our fascinating world.

When travelling to our next door neighbour, the U.S.A., Wisconsin is probably the premier cheese state that comes to mind. After all, I’ve seen several signs there indicating that “there’s no cheese like Wisconsin Cheese”, and it’s “the largest producer of cheese in

the entire nation.” Just a year ago, Wisconsin is said to have produced 2.9 billion pounds of cheese, accounting for 25% of all cheese produced in the country. Therefore, cheese is a ‘big deal’ there. I can remember a visit to Wisconsin’s Fox Cities area, where I watched a cheese sculptor take an ordinary 40 pound block of cheese and turn it into a bouquet of tulips in a Fox Cities tourist bag before my very eyes (and then presented this ‘creation’ to the Fox Cities CVB – to be put on display). The sculptor, Troy Landwehr, told me that cheese is his favourite medium to work with, for “there’s absolutely no waste. All the shavings/scraps can be eaten, too” – and unlike ice sculptures, his creations don’t melt.

In Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, cheeseheads are a very common sight – and almost required attire on game days.

While visiting the football stadium and the Packers Pro Shop, I, of course, just had to buy one of these famous souve-

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The Netherlands is another cheese-rich destination, and I’d recommend a visit to Gouda, where you can see the huge wheels of Gouda cheese on display at the ‘Gouda Kaasmarkt’. Other worthwhile Dutch cheese markets are found in both Edam and Alkmaar. In

This cheese sculpture was made out of a block of cheddar in the Fox Cities area of Wisconsin.

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Asturia, in northern Spain, is sometimes referred to as “El Pais de los Quesos”, the “Land of Cheese”, and its most famous variety is Cabrales, known for its pungent, strong flavour. Other interesting Spanish cheeses

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The tiny village of Camembert, France is yet another important cheese destination. Here you’ll find a Cheese Museum in the shape of a Camembert cheese, and you can also visit the manor house of Marie Harel (the Beamoncel), the creator of this famous creamy, mild cheese.

In the southwest of England, check out the village of Cheddar, which is the birthplace of cheddar cheese.

While here, visit its renowned Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company.

There are, of course, many other important cheese destinations. Greece, for example, is the place to go for feta cheese. In northern Italy, the region of Emilia Romagna is the birthplace of Parmigiano Reggiano, said to be the “king of all cheeses”. Limburg, Belgium is, of course, famous for its limburger cheese, with its strong odour that once branded it as “the cheese everyone loves to hate”.

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Jobs boost, expansion for Havelock Metal

By Bill Freeman

Havelock Metal Company has received a $136,700 boost from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund and will invest more than $1.1 million through 2018 to acquire specialized equipment to expand production and streamline inventory control. In the photo are (L-R) are Havelock Metal President Todd Lawson, Peterborough MPP and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal, Vice President Jennifer Lawson, Peterborough County Warden J. Murray Jones and Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Mayor Ron Gerow. Photo by Bill Freeman

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The company manufactures metal siding, roofing, trim and flashing for homes, cottages, businesses and farms and is using a $136,700 grant from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund to buy specialized equipment to increase its production capacity.

“It allows us to do a lot of things we do today, faster with higher quality and less waste and it does get us into some different things that we haven’t done before which opens up some different customers for us which we’ve not been able to get into in the past,” Havelock Metal President Todd Lawson said during a formal announcement at the company’s 11th Line of Belmont headquarters.

During its summer peak, the company employees 24 people. The investment will add 12 more.

“We’re very excited about that,” said Lawson.

“We’re heavily Ontario-focused right now (and) could potentially look at the United States,” Lawson said. “We are looking at other provinces and with the dollar advantage that could be a natural thing to look at.”

Lawson and his wife Jennifer moved home to Peterborough area in 2008 after successful careers in the United States. They were looking at potential business opportunities before returning and officially acquired Havelock Metal in 2012. The successful company was founded in 1993 by Guy Gosselin and his wife Irene Ramspberger.

“It’s hard to believe we’re at the four-year mark,” said Lawson.

Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Mayor Ron Gerow was thrilled with the investment and particularly happy to see the EODF involved. Havelock Metal has been able to leverage the initial funding into a larger investment.

“It’s a win-win, not only for new jobs, but in increasing the tax base and opportunities for the whole community from this,” Gerow said. “This is a world class business (and) the industry base for this business reaches very far out.”

And while the investment is in HBM, the impact, Gerow stressed, goes well beyond the township.

Lawson thanked the province for the “confidence they’ve shown in (our) future strategy and what we’re doing here.”

Working with the Ministry of Economic Development was a “good learning experience,” he said. “We appreciate the help from local politicians in helping us do it.”

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Belleville NHLers outnumber Belleville OHLers

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – Here’s a fun, Friendly City sporting fact.

The number of National Hockey League players from Belleville this season out number Ontario Hockey League players with Belleville roots.

The NHL has three Bellevilleborn players this year, Chicago’s Andrew Shaw, Arizona’s Brad Richardson and Philadelphia’s Nick Cousins.

There are no players on OHL rosters this season who have Belleville listed as their hometown, although Hamilton’s Brody Morris lists Corbyville as home.

The only two others players in the OHL from the broader Quinte region are Aidan McFarland, of Trenton, who plays for the Mississauga Steelheads and Jakob Brahaney, of Hastings, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs.

Here’s a look at how each player is doing.

Brad Richardson had two goals and 10 assists in his first 36 games with Arizona this year. It’s his first season playing with the Coyotes, after signing with them as a free agent last summer.

Richardson, who turns 31 next month, is now an NHL journeyman, as over the last 10 years he’s also played with Colorado, Los Angeles and Vancouver, as well as three different minor league teams.

With 161 career points, he now ranks sixth in scoring among Belleville-born players who made it to the NHL, according to the website Quanthockey.com.

Andrew Shaw, a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Blackhawks, is having another decent season in Chicago. After 38 games, he had six goals and nine assists.

This is Shaw’s fifth season in the NHL. After this year, he becomes a restricted free agent.

By the end of 2015, he had 117 career points; not bad for a guy who’s listed at just fivefoot-11 and 175 pounds.

Nick Cousins has spent most of the last two seasons with the American Hockey League’s Leehigh Valley Phantoms. However, he’s been called up to the big club in Philadelphia twice.

This season, the centreman has played four games with the Flyers. Last year he played 11 games with the club. He has yet to record his first NHL point.

As for the local OHLers, there’s not much to celebrate yet.

Brody Morris, a defenceman, has just one point in 33 games for the Bulldogs. He played the two previous seasons with his hometown Bulls, and had four assists in that time, while seeing limited playing time.

Aidan McFarland, a left-

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winger, has no points in nine games with Mississauga this season and Jakob Brahaney, a big defenceman, was looking for his first OHL point after 15 games in Kingston.

More fun facts: As mentioned Brad Richardson ranks sixth in scoring among Belleville natives who’ve made it to the NHL. Topping the list is of course Hall of Famer Brett Hull, with 1,391 points. Second is Ed Westfall, who scored 625 points during a career in the 60s and 70s with the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders.

The recently retired Matt Cooke, of Stirling, is third on the list with 398 points. Next is Rick Meagher with 309 points and fifth is Rick Green with 263 points.

Technically, Brett’s famous father Bobby Hall should top the list. He’s not on the Quinthockey list of Belleville players, probably because his bio lists Point Anne as his hometown.

The Golden Jet had 1,170 career NHL points, but if you Belleville native Andrew Shaw is seen hoisting the Stanley Cup when he brought it add his WHA stats to his career to the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre last summer. Shaw is one of three Belleville numbers, he has 1,808 points. players in the NHL this season. Photo by Stephen Petrick

Lancers volleyball teams host Georgian Saturday Belleville – Loyalist College sports teams will return to action in the coming days, following the Christmas break.

The Lancers men’s and women’s volleyball teams return to action on Thursday, with road games at Fleming College.

Then, the two teams host Georgian College on Saturday, Jan. 9.

The women get things started at 1 p.m., while first serve for

the men’s game is 3 p.m.

The two teams are back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 13 when they host Durham, with the women starting at 6 p.m. and the men following at 8 p.m.

The women’s team entered the break with a 7-3 record, putting them tied for third place in the 11-team Ontario Colleges Athletic Association East division.

The men’s team ranks eighth out of 11 teams in the East, with

a 4-6 record.

Loyalist’s basketball teams won’t play again until Friday, Jan. 15, when they host Algonquin. The women’s game is at 6 p.m., while the men follow at 8 p.m.

The men have a record of 5-4, good for fifth place among 11 teams in the East division. The women are 4-2 and in third place, among eight teams in the East.

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