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Bridge Street Church program feeds the stomach and the soul

By Stephen Petrick

News - Belleville - Every day, during the coldest weeks of winter, there’s a warm and friendly atmosphere inside Bridge Street United Church.

Free dinners are offered through late January and February, as part of the church’s famous Inn From the Cold program.

Those who attend get a full course meal: soup, an entrĂŠe and dessert. But, perhaps more important, organizers says, they get a welcome atmosphere and a chance to mingle with friends. “It’s not just feeding the body, it’s feeding the spirit,â€? said the Reverend David Mundy.

Inn from The Cold started on Sunday, January 18, and will run seven days per week Rick Hammond, the head chef for Bridge Street United Church’s Inn From The Cold program, prepares a soup to be served to guests during the first week. The free meal program until February 28. Doors open operates every day until the end of February. Photo: Stephen Petrick

at 4 p.m. for coffee. Soup is served at 4:30 p.m. and the meal is served at 5 p.m. If any food is left, seconds are offered around 6. The church is located at 60 Bridge Street East (on the corner of Church Street).

Rick Hammond is the head chef for the program and he works closely with fellow volunteers Sue Catherwood and Ian Sutherland. Hammond said the church is proud to offer the program as part of its community outreach services.

Every night he and his team prepare food for 120 people. It’s a massive job and it requires support from congregation members, farmers and businesses, who donate either food or money to the program.

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age was that there’s plenty of food around in July and August, but that’s not the case anymore.�

Hammond said he volunteers for the program because it’s rewarding for him to see the visitors come in and enjoy a meal. Many show their appreciation by helping out with the cleanup or sending thank-you notes to the volunteers.

He’s now retired from a career in business, and takes pride in his chef duties. He proudly proclaims that all food served is made from scratch, often through donations from local farmers. He also enjoys working with fellow volunteers, who he calls “a Godsend.�

Mundy said he’s thankful for Hammond’s leadership in the kitchen, explaining that his friendly manner makes for an inviting and warm atmosphere. Since coming to Bridge Street just two years ago, from a church in Bowmanville, he was amazed to learn about the hard work that goes into the Inn from the Cold program.

He said the work that takes place in the kitchen reflects the issues that are spoken about on any given Sunday at the church service; that is the need to care for fellow human beings. “This is not charity, this is justice,� he said. “We shouldn’t live in a society where people have to decide whether they should eat or pay their bills.�

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church is determined to keep it going because it means so much to people who access it regularly.  “It’s open to anyone. We recognize the fact that it’s a social medium, too,� he said. “It’s not just street people; it’s older people. It’s a reason to get out.�

Bridge Street, in fact, feels obligated to keep it going because demand is on the rise; a fact that may have to do with troubling reports on poverty.

A recent Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit report stated that this area has the second highest level of food insecurity in the province, meaning more than 17,000 people in the region don’t always have enough income to purchase nutritious food.

Hammond said Inn From the Cold program usually serves around 9,000 meals per year, but he senses it will hit the 10,000-mark soon.

The church is also seeing numbers grow through its year-round Thank God It’s Friday program, which provides frozen meals to families just before the weekend starts. That program, Hammond said, used to break in July and August, but it now operates 52 weeks a year, because of growing demand.

It usually provides anywhere from 40 to 80 meals each Friday for registrants to take home to their families. “Unfortunately, it’s tough all year round,� Hammond said. “The old ad-

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The event is billed as an international documentary film festival featuring films that “celebrate life and human dignity around the world and right here at home.”

Shows take place at three venues within walking distance in downtown Belleville. They are the Empire Theatre, the Belleville Public Library and the Core Centre. For a full list of These people are pretty excited about the upcoming Belleville Downtown Docfest, taking place Feb- events, visit <www.downtowndocfest. ruary 27 to March 1. They are (from left) Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith and festival orga- ca>. An early bird festival pass, purchased by the end of January, is $35. nizers Gary Magwood, Holly Dewar, Ruth Ingersoll and Lynn Braun. Photo: Stephen Petrick

Parrott Foundation donation funds new carpet for Glanmore

News - Belleville - Belleville City Council provided pre-capital budget approval for $77,633 to reproduce the original hall carpet in Glanmore National Historic Site at a recent meeting. This project includes floor repairs at Glanmore and the custom reproduction of the original Wilton carpet.

The majority of this cost will be covered by a grant of $75,000 received by Glanmore from the J.M. and B. Parrott Foundation. The Parrott Foundation has a long history of supporting projects at

Glanmore is committed to presenting the site in the most historically accurate manner possible. The reproduction of the hall carpet is one of the last major interior elements to be reproduced.

The current carpet was installed in 1972 when Glanmore opened as a museum. It has been in place for over 40 years and is in need of replacement. Glanmore’s curator, Rona Rustige, has been working with historic interior experts to ensure the reproduction carpeting is as historically accurate as possible.

The funding is now in place and the carpet reproduction project can proceed.

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Festival organizers also recently received some exciting news, which will only raise the profile of the growing event. The festival received a $10,000 Media Arts Project grant from the Ontario Arts Council. They say the funds will allow the festival to hire a parttime employee to co-ordinate activities and market the event.

The money will also go to costs involved in hosting film-related workshops that take place year round at the Belleville Public Library and to continue screening films at the Empire Theatre. The money will also help organizers compensate the filmmakers for their work.

“The OAC grant is a most welcome acknowledgement of how Belleville Downtown DocFest has grown and matured in four short years,” said Gary Magwood, the festival’s Committee Chair. “The six original committee members’ collective dream has struck a positive chord with the residents of the Quinte region; sold-out gala openings and the necessity to purchase festival passes in advance are the result of this high level of community interest and support for the arts.”

Four organizers for DocFest met at the Belleville Public Library, along with Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith, to celebrate the grant on Friday, January 16. Magwood, Ruth Ingersoll, Lynn Braun and Holly Dewar spoke about how the festival has become an exciting event for film lovers, some of whom travel great distances to attend the event.

The Docfest, which started in 2011 as a two-day event, has always focussed solely on documentary films, so to offer viewers “the story behind the story” Magwood said.

Ingersoll said she’s particularly pleased with how the event has encouraged people to become more interested in arts, culture and social issues. And Braun pointed out that the event’s popularity has grown to a point that it’s now difficult to find volunteers to help out because “the volunteers want to attend the films.”

Last year, the accumulated audience for all events was about 3,300. That included a few sold-out screenings at the 700-seat Empire Theatre. Seeing the event grow, “makes it all worthwhile,” Ingersoll said. “And people talk about it all year.”

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Three months a year

Editorial - Everybody knows where the population explosion came from. Two centuries ago, birth rates and death rates were high everywhere, and population growth was very slow. Then clean water, good food and antibiotics radically cut the death rate—and the huGwynne Dyer man population of this planet increased 300 per cent in the past 90 years.

Eventually, as people moved into the cities and big families were no longer an advantage, the birth rate dropped too. The world’s population is still growing, but it will only increase by 50 per cent in the next 90 years. So far, so obvious.

But what’s happening to the human lifespan is equally dramatic.

Here’s the key statistic: the average human lifespan in a developed country has been increasing at three months per year ever since the year 1840.

Everybody assumes that lifespan grew much faster in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and is growing much slower now. But no. It has plodded along at the same rate, adding about three months to people’s life spans every year, for the past 175 years. And yes, that does mean that a baby born four years from now can expect to live, on average, a whole year longer than a baby born this year.

There have always been some people who lived to seventy or eighty, but the average age at death in 1840 was only forty years. By the year 2000 it was eighty years. That’s forty more years of life per person in 160 years.

And lifespan is still rising at the same rate.

In Britain, for example, the average lifespan has increased by eleven more years in the past fortyfour years. Three months per year, just like in the 19th century.

This is why actuaries predict that babies born in the year 2000 will have an average lifespan of one hundred years. Give those babies the eighty years of life that people who died in 2000 enjoyed, then give them an extra three months for every one of those eighty years—and they will have twenty years more years to live. That is, an average of a hundred years.

This sounds so outlandish that you instinctively feel there must be something wrong with it, and maybe there is.

The fact it has gone on like this for 175 years doesn’t necessarily mean that it will go on

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forever. But it’s not stopping or even slowing, so the smart money says that it will continue for quite a while yet What about the developing world? Most of it has been playing catch-up, and by now the gap isn’t very big any more. In China the average lifespan was only forty-two years as recently as 1950, but then it began increasing by six months per year, so that the average Chinese citizen can now expect to live to seventy-five.

Once you hit an average lifespan of seventy-five years, however, the pace slows down to three months per year, the same as in the developed countries.

India is a little behind China: average lifespan was still forty-two years in 1960, and is now sixty-eight, so it’s still going up at six months per year. But we may expect to see it fall to the normal three months per year in about 2030, after the average Indian lifespan reaches seventy-five.

All the developing countries of Asia, Latin America and the Middle East are in the same zone. The sole exception is Africa: where 35 countries have average life spans of 63 years or lower. But even most African countries are seeing a slow growth in average lifespan.

So do we end up with a huge population of people so old they can barely hold their heads up, let alone eat solid food? Probably not.

Three hundred years ago Jonathan Swift wrote about people like that in his satire Gulliver’s Travels. Struldbrugs, he called them: people who could not die, but went on ageing until they were so decrepit and disabled that death would have been a mercy.

They were declared legally dead when they reached eighty, as otherwise their longevity would mean they ended up owning everything.

But they weren’t really dead; now it was the public that had to support them for the rest of their interminable lives.

In real life, crippling diseases and disabilities are still mainly a phenomenon of the last decade of life, and as the lifespan lengthens that final decade also moves.

Demographers now talk about the “young old,” who are in their 70s and 80s and still in reasonably good shape—and the “old old,” in their 90s and 100s, who are mostly frail and in need of care. So the time is probably coming when people must work until into their 80s, because the over-65s will amount to a third of the population. No society can afford to support so many.

But by then people won’t be decrepit in their 80s.

And the only alternative is dying younger.

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Science relentless in pointing out mankind’s march toward self-destruction

By John Campbell

Editorial - Humanity is slowly but surely signing its own death warrant.

Oh no, not another piece on climate change!

Not entirely.

Yes, it has to do with what’s happening on the planet but it’s not just about the damage being done to the environment. How can it be just about that in the wake of what took place in Paris. People shot down in cold blood because their killers were outraged by how their religion had been disrespected.

Freedom of expression has its limits but it is not for the offended, however much aggrieved, to punish those who cross the line with racist cartoons and screeds.

That there is a long history of virulent hatred giving rise to savagery is reason enough to be pessimistic about what kind of fate awaits future generations.

The brutal acts of terrorists are all but certain to grow in number and in consequence, and the “clash of civilizations” they are determined to set in motion seems destined to become a reality.

But, as devastating as these conflicts are bound to be, with attendant great loss of life, they cannot match in magnitude the harm humankind is doing to Earth. Just as we are depriving other species of a home by destroying their habitat, we’re doing the very same thing to ourselves.

Still not convinced after all these years that human activity is responsible for climatic changes that are to our detriment?

Think again. More data was brought forward by scientists last week that point to that conclusion.

According to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2014 was the hottest on Earth since 1880, when records started being kept of global temperatures.

“It is exceptionally unlikely that we would be witnessing a record year of warmth, during a record-warm decade, during a several decadeslong period of warmth that appears to be unrivalled for more than a thousand years, were it not for the rising levels of planet-warming gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels,” Michael E. Mann, a climate scientist at the Pennsylvania State University, told the New York Times.

This is not good news, as you can imagine, if you haven’t already read the reams of articles that have been written forecasting dire consequences

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for billions of people occupying a planet that’s steadily heating up.

The other bad news to come out last week was a report published in the journal Science warning mankind is pushing to the brink of extinction fish and animals living in the oceans.

The article identified a number of factors: over harvesting, destruction of habitat, undersea mining, and, oh yes, climate change.

Again, the hope was held out that the changes could be reversed–if humanity were to commit to begin addressing them now, a tall order for a species notoriously stubborn in its ways.

“If by the end of the century we’re not off the business-as-usual curve we are now, I honestly feel there’s not much hope for normal ecosystems in the ocean,” Stanford University’s Stephen Palumbi, who co-authored the study, told the Times. “But in the meantime, we do have a chance to do what we can. We have a couple [of] decades more than we thought we had, so let’s please not waste it.”

Then there’s this: five trillion small bits of plastic are said to be floating around in various garbage patches, weighing an estimated 250,400 tonnes in total, according to a third study, released last month.

Yet another example, in a continuing stream, of the sorry impact man is having on the world, whether it’s polluting oceans, contaminating drinking water, clear cutting forests, or gouging the earth.

This country shares in the blame for the continuing desolation of the planet. It still has a long way to go if it hopes to cut greenhouse gases 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020, Environment Canada reported in December.

Talks to finalize the next international climate accord are to take place the end of this year.

How many more studies will it take to stiffen Canada’s resolve to live up to its commitments and, so doing, help humanity go down a different path?

It would be wonderful if the same old predictions of disaster found in endless studies and editorials were to be replaced with accounts of bold, courageous actions being taken by governments around the world determined to be good stewards of the Earth.

Then and only then will humanity be able to crumple up its death warrant.

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Pension increase The real cost A fairy tale ending doesn’t even buy of being tough an apple these days

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Dear Editor, Our federal government is launching a “tough on crime” program while not revealing its cost or lack of benefits.

It costs $140,000 per year to keep an inmate in jail. It costs a staggering $250,000 per cell to build a minimum security jail.

In the United States, this approach to crime bankrupted the state of California. Texas was planning to build three more correctional facilities but after they did the math, they closed three jails. States such as Kentucky, which has the highest incarceration rate, find that by releasing prisoners early, the saved money could be spent on programs to reintroduce these people to society.

Of course, there are some criminals that should never be allowed back on the streets. Law enforcement people know who the hardcore criminals are.

The crime the government is focusing on mainly stems from poor people and ignores the corporations who blatantly skirt the law and risk people’s lives.

The biggest issue I have with the tough on crime approach is that it does not work. When Canada was soft on crime and the United States pursued a vigorous policy of locking people up, the crime rates of both countries fell at the same rate.

The real approach to crime must be changing the conditions that foster crime. Poverty elimination, lack of housing, social programs proven to work, often take years to show results but do result in dramatic reductions in crime. For every dollar spent on early childhood education, seven dollars are saved as a result.

Only by spending on our future, can we hope to truly reduce crime. Our politicians must look beyond the next four years. The money is there; it must be allocated more intelligently.

Janice Gannon, Stirling

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Once upon a time, there was a lady living in a North American town with a beautiful name. Every summer, she visited her relatives in her country of origin, travelling thousands of kilometres away from her current home. This year, however, two family reunions in Latvia and Russia changed her plans so the time of her journey landed right on the first winter month. Everything turned out wonderfully, emotionally uplifting and enriching.

Only on the way back, her suitcase carrying all the gifts, important documents and digital family archive, was delayed … she was even thinking lost

for ten days. What a stressful time she experienced! The happy ending lies in the fact that the delayed luggage has been delivered to the lady’s home right on the first day of the new year making this time exceptionally special.

Every fairy tale has a moral, so I would like to add that this story illustrates how every moment of our human life, someone somewhere is doing things changing our lives, including the correction of mistakes. So never give up the hope and be thankful to all invisible Santa’s helpers or angels, who are in fact, people like yourself doing regular jobs in the vast but interconnected human world.

Antonina Vassilieva-Durham, Belleville

Dear Editor, I was reading your article regarding the increase in the number of people using the food bank and I was wondering if there have been any studies, or even just observations, of the number of seniors who use the food bank?

I would think that number must be climbing more quickly than a lot of other age groups.

I was astounded to see the OAS pension go up only 50 cents per month from 2013 to 2014. I can’t wait to see what amazing monthly raise I get the end of this month for 2015. There are many seniors who get very little or no CPP because they worked on the farm or “just” stayed home and raised their kids.

And now they can’t even feed themselves properly.

Your article mentioned the higher cost of heating a home but did not mention the higher cost of food. That 50 cents a month doesn’t even buy me an apple these days.

Pat Vatta, Norwood

Workshops on starting or College growing a food-based business Loyalist to host

News - Belleville - Businesses in Hasting County and the Bay of Quinte Region will have the chance to explore value-added opportunities for their products and/or services. The Small Business Centre, Trenval Business Development Corporation, Harvest Hastings, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) have partnered to offer a two-part workshop for small business.

“These workshops will focus on opportunities for rural and agribusiness,” said Charlene Bessin, Managing Consultant with the Small Business Centre.

“Workshop participants will have an opportunity to be inspired, learn best practices, manage potential risks and identify next steps.”

The workshops are an opportunity for businesses to obtain the

tools needed for growth.

“There is incredible value to the information provided at these sessions,” continued Bessin.

The first session is “Exploring Value Added Opportunities.” Value added is the enhancement given to an existing product or service or the addition of a new product of service providing additional value to the company. This workshop will help businesses with the process of generating ideas, how to select your best idea, assessing your idea’s potential and next steps.

The second session is “Market Considerations.” It will discuss regional food processing demographics, basics of food safety, and market requirements for labelling and nutrition. The day will also include a presentation on “Foodland

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Exploring Value Added Opportunities is being held Tuesday, January 20 and Market Considerations is being held Tuesday, February 17. Both events being hosted from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Stirling Public Library, 43 West Front Street, Stirling.

Seats are limited. Registration is required and free of charge.

Interested parties can contact the Small Business Centre at 613961-0590 or <events@smallbusinessctr.com>.

The Small Business Centre, Trenval Business Development Corporation, and OMAFRA are located at the Quinte Business Development Centre in Belleville and together provide business counselling, resources, business lending, and other business services.

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Events - Belleville - Loyalist College is inviting current students, alumni, and employers to the Annual Career Fair on Thursday, February 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Kente building. Regional and national employers will be available to meet with students and alumni.

They represent business and industry sectors directly related to the program training Loyalist students receive.

“Now in its 18th year, the Career Fair is highly anticipated for the networking opportunities it offers both employers and prospective employees,” said Loyalist College President and CEO Maureen Piercy. “Many of the employers return each year with potential full-time and part-time, as well as summer and temporary positions. Their ongoing involvement highlights the success of the event, which is organized by our Career Centre to support students and alumni in their career exploration, planning, and development.”

Employment and Career Advisor Lyndsay Kerik said, “Our goal is to provide students and graduates with access to employers who are hiring in their field. We encourage employers who have positions available and are seeking well-trained qualified applicants to attend the fair to meet our students and graduates.”

The Loyalist College Career Centre offers everything from computers and Internet access for conducting job Continued on page 7

6 Belleville News - Thursday, January 22, 2015

School board looking for public input

News - Belleville - The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board is inviting all community members to take its 2015 Public Survey as part of its longterm planning. The survey is available at <www.HPEschools. ca/PublicSurvey>.

“We’re looking for input from everyone,” said Director of Education Mandy Savery-Whiteway.

“As the local public school board, we want to hear from community members, students, employees and families as we review our goals and priorities for the coming years.”

The school board’s current five-year AiM System Plan will be coming to a conclusion at

the end of June 2015. Planning is under way to develop a new multi-year system plan. Consultation with employees, trustees, families, students and the community is an important part of this process.

The public survey addresses five areas: 1. The school board’s AiM System Plan, goals and priorities (general knowledge) 2. Student knowledge, skills and characteristics 3. Customer service 4. Community use of school facilities 5. Communicating with Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board

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The electronic survey will be live until February 8. All responses will be confidential and anonymous. Results will be analyzed and reported in summary in mid- to late-March by an independent research firm.

Paper copies are available at local schools and at the Education Centre, or can be obtained by calling 613-966-1170 or 1-800267-4350, or emailing <communications@hpedsb.on.ca>.

The survey will take about ten minutes to complete. The data will be used as part of the planning process for the new multiyear system plan. A draft plan will be presented to the board in September 2015 for approval.

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Belleville News - Thursday, January 22, 2015 7

Mother walks for autism support and funding

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - Dee Gordon is walking from Etobicoke to Parliament Hill in hopes of raising awareness for autism. She passed through Trenton on January 19.

“As a mom with a child with autism [ASD] I have had to fight every day for real help for my child,” Gordon says. “ I have watched other families fight as hard as I have, and this is simply not right.”

She says families should not have to fight for early diagnosis and treatment, or beg for money for treatment.

“We should not have to live in poverty to ensure our children’s wellbeing,” she says.

After watching her son Jacob struggle for 13 years and not have Dee Gordon is hoping to raise awareness and funding for autism in her walk from Toronto to Ottawa. enough support, Gordon has decided Photo: Submitted

to walk from her home in Etobicoke to Ottawa from January 15 to 29 to ask the federal government for help for her family.

“I talked to my son and he liked the idea,” she adds.

Gordon is collecting signatures for a petition in hopes that Parliament Hill will investigate the problems of autism.

She wants Ottawa to look into creating a nation-wide strategy.

Gordon has an online petition at <www.walktoottawa.org> to present to the government. There is also a Facebook page and Twitter feed.

She says her son Jacob struggles in school and can get aggressive when he hears a loud sound or feels something touching him.

“It is better when he has a child and youth worker beside him but such

assistance is not always available,” she added.

She chooses to fund herself by collecting scrap metal left on curbs, brake rotors and donations of vehicles.

So far, she has collected about $2,200 selling scrap metal.

She hopes to arrive in Ottawa on January 29, where she will meet other families with autism at a hotel. From there, they will walk the last seven kilometres to Parliament Hill with Jacob leading them.

Her campaign has some supporters in Ottawa, one of the most prominent being her own Etobicoke MP Kirsty Duncan, who brought her petition to the House of Commons on October 29, asking for a Canadian strategy. She is currently collecting signatures for this petition.

Public Relations students to host free media workshop digital marketing tools, including mobile fundraising, online surveys, crowdfunding, Storify, Pinterest, and Prezi.

“We’ve held this community workshop series several times in the past with excellent feedback from participants,” said Professor Kerry Ramsay, co-ordinator of the post-

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“For small communication teams, this event provides a valuable connection to peers in the field and an opportunity to explore the latest multimedia and multiplatform communications. The networking aspect of the community workshop series is really appreciated by non-profit agencies.”

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Any non-profit agency interested in participating in the upcoming media workshop series can reserve a spot for one or more sessions. For a full schedule of sessions and to register, please email <loyalistpr@loyalistc.on.ca>.

Public relations professionals are increasingly in demand as employers recognize the value of effective

Please visit Passport Canada at www.ppt.gc.ca to find out which documents and signatures are required to complete your application PRIOR to attending the Passport Clinic.

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Loyalist Entrepreneurial Studies - Business Launch program receives grant

News - Belleville - Loyalist College will work with provincial partners, local business leaders, and investors to deliver a new one-year post-graduate program in Entrepreneurial Studies.

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Special Olympians inspire Stirling crowds

Stirling Figure Skating Club volunteers Shirley Deck and Pat Duncan were among the many Special Olympics supporters on hand at the arena last weekend. (above) Members of the Stirling Figure Skating Club participate in opening ceremonies during last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 Special Olympics qualifier that featured skaters from across eastern Ontario.

Stirling and District Lions Club member Kenn Deck applauds medal winners during the awards ceremony held after the Special Olympics competition in Stirling last Saturday.

(right) Special Olympics competitor Stephanie McMahon, who has been blind since birth, waves to the crowd as she leaves the ice with helper Chelsea Lacelle.

Sports - Stirling - There were plenty of memorable moments for participants and spectators alike when the Stirling Figure Skating Club (SFSC) hosted the 2015 Special Olympics Ontario Invitational Competition last weekend at the Stirling Arena.

Throughout the day dozens of skaters, representing clubs from across eastern Ontario, competed in various interpretive, dance, solo, skills and funskate events before gathering for the formal medal presentation ceremonies upstairs in the Lions Hall. And at the end of the day, SFSC Competition Chair Bev Myers commended participants and volunteers for â&#x20AC;&#x153;a fabulous job,â&#x20AC;? before thanking supporters including the Royal Canadian Legion, Stirling and District Lions Club, Friends of Stirling and Hydro One for their help in making the event a successful one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without them,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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In a press release issued last week by the Stirling Rawdon Police Services Board, officials have announced that the once profitable program has seen significant decreases in revenues in recent years and “Chief of Police Dario Cecchin, has concluded the use of police personnel can no longer be justified in this non-policing activity. The interests of public safety are best served by having police personnel concentrate their attention on the many daily activities of policing. As

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Since 2007, the StirlingRawdon Police Service has been performing criminal record checks as a paid service for various third parties including private security and pre-employment screening companies.

There has been, however, a steady decline in revenues between 2007 and 2014.

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News - Quinte West - The temperatures may have plummeted but work at the Trent Port Marina is heating up.

“As of the first week in January, the underground site utilities and road base have been constructed, the building steel frame components are in place and the building sub-pad with service installation have been completed,” said Brian Jardine, director of Planning and Development Services.

He noted that the tender for the project went to Aveiro Constructors on October 8, 2014 at a contract price of $3.1 million.

“The contract is being managed by the city’s facilities manager with the assistance of a privately hired construction manager hired by the city,” Jardine added.

The dates the Environmental Assessment approval was given and the necessity for the dredging components to be off site before building construction began have meant that the building and site works have been pushed to a winter build period, in order to meet the marina opening deadline of May 2015.

As soon as the concrete floor pad is finished, wood construction can begin and the structure closed in for internal construction.

“The city’s project manager and

construction managers meet weekly and discuss issues daily, in order to manage progress around the winter weather events,” Jardine added.

Completion of the internal roadway and parking as well as site landscaping will commence in the spring as temperatures and conditions allow.

“The most sensitive portion of the marina development, from an environmental approvals standpoint was the dredging operation and shoreline construction,” Jardine said. “This work was limited to a tight construction period running July to September to avoid fish spawning periods.“ Following a competitive tender process the contract was awarded to Catalina Excavating at a total price of $2.6 million. Dredging and shoreline design was undertaken by Shoreplan Engineering.

Dredging began as soon as required agency permits were in place and over 25,000 cubic metres of material was removed by the end of September.

“As part of the contract, the entire shoreline underwent reconstruction and realignment including the placement of graded rock, turtle nesting area, underwater fish habitat and steel sheet wall in front of city hall,” Jardine said.

This work was completed in October and the equipment removed for the site

infrastructure building. In the spring of 2015 Catalina will return to complete the concrete capping work along the top of the steel sheet wall and place concrete pads to accommodate the landward end of the docks.

The overall project budget was set by council at $12 million. The province of Ontario announced partial funding of $4 million in May, 2011, to be implemented over a three-year period.

The third construction element of the project is the docks and breakwater which will be constructed off site and installed in 2015. This would provide a total of 384 slips of varying lengths divided between two marina basins, north and south. The construction focus for the target opening in May is to have the breakwater structures and the docks in the south basin constructed and installed for the 2015 boating season. This will provide 212 boating slips, all served by water and electrical services.

In order to keep the project within the $12-million-budget ceiling as approved by council, the contract also covers the construction of a portion of the north basin, including the primary dock and boating dock (A3) with 62 slips in 2016.

This will provide a total of 274 boat slips for use by 2016.

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Work is progressing on the Trent Port Marina which should be ready the long weekend in May. Photos: Kate Everson

million does not permit the installation be subject to further discussion from of docks A1 [56 slips] and A2 [54 slips] council based on the successful slip at this time,” Jardine added. “This will purchases in 2015.”

Big Brothers/Big Sisters host Trivia Challenge

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties is having a trivia challenge.

Executive director Arlene Coculuzzi says the event will be held January 29 at 413 Wing starting at 6 p.m. and attracts a steady following.

“This is our first fundraiser of the year,” she said. “Teams of eight to ten people register to battle it out to win bragging rights of being Big Brothers Big Sisters Trivia Challenge Champions.”

In the past the agency has compiled questions from all over and was fortunate to have local celebrity Rick Kevan. This year they have changed it up a bit and have a new Trivia Master, DJ Rockin’ Rob Eady, to keep returning teams on their toes. It’s a licensed event and there will be pizza for sale, a 50/50 draw, and prizes for the top three teams.

“This is to raise awareness of our mentoring programs and bring together some amazing folks who believe in our organization,” she says. “It’s for anyone that enjoys a fun, laid back, night out with friends or colleagues while exercising their brain muscles.”

There are ten fun rounds, ten questions each. Should there be a tie, it proceeds to the tie-breaking rounds to determine a winner. Registration is $20 per person and funds raised at the event go toward providing mentors to children in need of a positive role model to help them reach their full potential through various programs. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties has been creating friendships since 1974.

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Little Brothers and has grown to include a variety of different programs that serve both boys and girls.

“We are proud of our achievements,” she says. “We continue to strive to be on the leading edge of the Big Brothers Big Sisters movement in Canada.”

Coculuzzi adds that even though their office is physically located in Belleville, it continues to grow its involvement in Quinte West by

hosting two fundraisers, Trivia in January and Bowl for Kids Sake in March. “We are active in many of the Quinte West schools with our In School and Group Mentoring Programs,” she adds. “We currently have many well deserving children on a wait list to be matched to a special BIG in Quinte West.”

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Lou Rinaldi talks about cuts at TMH

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - MPP Lou Rinaldi was not the most popular person in the room at council Monday night when he talked about cuts at Trenton

Memorial Hospital (TMH). The councillors were fighting mad and wanted answers. Lou had none to give.

“Trenton is my family hospital too,” Rinaldi said. “We

have been through this a number of times. The hospital has been cut to the bone. We can’t do it any more.”

Rinaldi said he was meeting with Quinte Health Care (QHC)

MPP Lou Rinaldi talks to Quinte West council about healthcare. Photo: Kate Everson

CEO Mary Clare Egberts on Thursday morning and hoped to get some answers.

“Things are very vague and murky,” he said.

Rinaldi noted that the number of QHC employees on the Sunshine List (making over $100,000 a year) has jumped from six in 2008 to 58 in 2013.

“The CEO makes 40 per cent more than the premier of Ontario,” he said.

He said the province has increased its funding to QHC by 44 per cent over the last ten years. Since 2003 QHC has received $43 million more. He also noted that no one from Quinte West is on the healthcare board.

“Our goal is to make sure the communities are represented,” he said.

“We want it to be fair and balanced. But I have no magic wand.”

He said the LHIN is waiting for the same answers. Queen’s Park is watching the situation carefully. He did not want to speculate or fear monger but was willing to take on the challenge.

Karen Sharpe asked about the time frame of when they would get some facts. Rinaldi said he did not know.

Keith Reid asked if the Sunshine list compared with other hospitals. Rinaldi said he did not know.

Al DeWitt said the board is made up of local businessmen but there are no mayors of local communities on the board.

He said we have proven business people here who should be on the board. “We are not being represented,” he said. “We just have to sit and wait while they shovel dirt on us.”

He said the city built its hospital and should have a say. Rotary and Kiwanis with citizens built it, yet Mary Clare Egberts dictates to us.

Rinaldi said the government should appoint a facilitator. He noted the Scott Rowan report in 2008 decided how the boards were composed across the province.

DeWitt said, “If they actually balanced the books, we wouldn’t be asking these questions.”

Duncan Armstrong said Quinte West has the largest military base in Canada and is one of the top retirement centres. Losing services at a hospital will affect schools and everyone. He also asked Rinaldi why he no longer has an office in town, not just Brighton and Cobourg, so people could talk to him.

“Our hospital is on life support,” he said, noting he has set up a twitter account at #savetmh.

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strong objection to talking politics in this room, and this might be his last time here. He said his office has been strategically placed and he pays for two offices.

Sally Freeman said, “We need you, Lou, for this battle. It will take more than cutting a few managers to save this hospital. We are in for the battle of a lifetime.”

Rinaldi said, “I have never walked away from anything.”

He said healthcare has not been cut, but along with education, has actually seen modest increases in funding across the province.

Michael Kotsovos said, “Doom and gloom doesn’t do any good. Belleville cannot absorb about 30,000 patients from TMH. Trenton and Brighton need the hospital here.”

Rinaldi said they need to find a way to make sure Quinte West is not treated differently. “How to do it, I don’t know,” he admitted. “We need to make sure we get the services we deserve.”

Doug Whitney asked how much healthcare has been cut. Rinaldi said there has been a cost of living increase of two or three per cent. He added that we have created a society dependent on the hospital as a catch-all. If you get a sore finger you run to the hospital. We need to try to treat people at home.

Doug Whitney said he heard there will be $30 million in cuts over the next ten years for QHC, but there has been no clarification. “Nobody wants Trenton hospital saved more than me,” he said. “I was the 13th baby born in that hospital. It’s part of the community, a godsend. We have to have it.”

Deputy-mayor Jim Alyea said the details are pretty murky. They talked to Mary Clare Egberts and they still don’t know. There will be $12 million cut next year, but don’t know if it be spread out among all four hospitals or just one or two. “The hospital has been cannibalized as it is,” he said. “Part of it is not even being used.”

He said they can’t touch Bancroft hospital because it is so far out. They are building another hospital in Picton.

And Belleville is the Taj Mahal, as [former CEO] Bruce Laughton said.

“He said it was the centre of healthcare for the area,” he said. “We have to stay vigilant. We will fight the fight.”

Alyea noted that the formula for QHC does not consider it as four sites, which is not fair.

Fred Kuypers said there are too many people running too often to the hospital. Doug Whitney agreed but said he has been treated good there.

Mayor Jim Harrison said it is important to recognize QHC as four sites. “We are here to keep what we have,” he said. “We have a fantastic medical system here.”

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Montreal Canadiens Alumni beat Quinte West Oldtimers

By Kate Everson

Sports - Quinte West - The Montreal Canadiens alumni beat Quinte West Hawks (Old Timers) in a hilarious 12 - 5 game on Sunday, January 18.

“The Canadiens liked the crowd,” said Bevett Horner, manager of the Quinte West Minor Hockey Association which raised

funds from the game. “They said Wayne was the best coach they ever had!”

Wayne Baril had been selected to be honorary coach of the game, as a diehard Canadiens fan. He had originally been scheduled to coach alongside Guy Lafleur but this was changed in the last week to Yvon Lambert.

“Lafleur was having some difficulties,” said Horner. “We were glad to get Yvon Lambert to step in.”

Yvon Pierre Lambert, born May 20, 1950, is a retired Canadiens forward.

Although Yvon was drafted in 1970 by the Detroit Red Wings he started his career with the Montreal

Canadiens in 1973. He spent nine Kotsovos as #7. Councillor Rob towered over the tiny Tykes years in Montreal before being McIntosh was on the Quinte West and even let the little guys skate traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Yvon Hawks team as #22. between their legs, or lifted them is best known for scoring the The Trenton Figure Skating up by the shirt tails. Refreshments winning goal in overtime of game Club featured some of its skaters were offered upstairs at the arena seven of the 1979 Stanley Cup in the first intermission and the afterward.

Semi-Finals against the Boston Quinte West Minor Hockey “The board was very happy Bruins, the culmination of an Association Tykes played in the with the turnout for the game,” exciting game most memorable for second intermission with a few of said Horner. “We just broke even a career-damaging coaching error the Montreal Canadiens helping with 700 people, but it was a great

by Don Cherry with two minutes steer them toward the net. The game. left in regulation. Lambert won four crowd loved it as the Canadiens “The kids had a great time.” consecutive Stanley Cups with the Habs from 1976 to 1979.

Wayne Baril stood proudly beside him as coach.

The game included several other big name Canadiens alumni, along with a few who paid $500 to wear the team colours including Councillor Michael The Tykes played hard to beat the Canadiens and even got a goal!

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Mac and Morgan, at age 19, are the two youngest in a family of four brothers. They had a successful high school curling career with Moira Secondary School.

They started in 2009, when they curled with their older brothers Chris and Riley.

That year they earned a spot at the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association championships. Mac and Morgan continued curling with Moira and went on to win a silver and a bronze at OFSAA in subsequent years. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also since curled at other provincial championship club meets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to quite a few provincials already,â&#x20AC;? Mac said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this will be our ďŹ rst national event.â&#x20AC;?

While the team hopes to win the national titleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and represent Canada at the upcoming world championships in Estoniaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the foursome have smaller goals theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to achieve ďŹ rst.

Mac said the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst goal is to win its ďŹ rst game, which will be a challenge given that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to get used to a new environment.

The team is used to playing in small clubs, but national-level competitions take place on better ice with better rocks and many good curlers, Mac said. They need an adjustment time to learn how the rocks will break.

Next, if they can win eight of ten games, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a good chance of earning a ďŹ rst-place bye after round-robin play and a spot in the national championship game.

Mac said he and Morgan are preparing for the championship seriously. As the skip, his job involves preparing for various scenarios that can come up in any end and knowing how to make the proper throw.

He also takes the physical

training seriously, explaining that a common misconception is that curlers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be in great physical shape.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young curlers, he said, train for strength and stamina.

They have to glide through the ice and sweep quicklyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sometimes vigorously for 20 seconds straight. Doing that dozens of times in a day will get tiring for anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of shape. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as easy as it looks,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the people you see on TV are in the gym training ďŹ ve days a week.â&#x20AC;?

In fact, Mac believes the next generation of curlers will all be incredible athletes. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be tasked with following in the footsteps of current Canadian legends like Kevin Martin and Glenn Howard. And Mac says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to join that circuit of elite menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curlers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully over the next few

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Eric Hardy led the point parade with one goal and two assists. Matt Symons (one goal, one assist), AP Reed Anderson (one goal, one assist), Liam Stewert (one goal, one assist), Tyler Anderson (one goal), Zack Wilson (one goal), AP Mikey Verbeek (two assists) and Conner Patterson, Jordan Johnson, Carson Donaldson, Matt Watters and Sebastien Traynor each had an assist. The Bulls ďŹ red 43 shots at the Pickering net while Liam Cross was fantastic in net facing 26 Panther shots.

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weekend, a 4 - 3 loss to the Oshawa Generals in overtime on Saturday and a 4 - 3 loss to Niagara IceDogs in a shootout on Sunday. However, with a 5 - 3 victory over the Mississauga Steelheads on the road on Friday night, they escaped the weekend with four out of a possible six points, to maintain their ground in the Ontario Hockey Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East division play-off race.

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Twin brothers Mac (left) and Morgan Calwell will represent the Quinte Curling Club as Team Ontario at the Canadian Junior Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, later this month.

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years we will be able to move into the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loop,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have another year of junior, hopefully we do well again next year.â&#x20AC;?

When not curling, the Calwell twins are often at Loyalist College. Mac is working on a manufacturing engineering technology course, while Morgan is enrolled in civil engineering technology. They have to have a good education to fall back on, because even elite curlers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make much money off the sport.

But Mac says he competes because he loves it. All four boys inherited a love for the sport from their parents, Doug and Beth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown up with,â&#x20AC;? Mac said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The complexity of it is awesome; and just the feeling of gliding on the ice. To be honest, it grabbed me.â&#x20AC;?

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was left was a short time for the game to be over.

It was victory for the Trenton Golden Hawks.

Trentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goalie Justin Kapelmaster stopped 25 shots out of the 28 that he faced. The Golden Hawks incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Mathew Robson made 19 saves for the Patriots on 23 shots. Toronto Patriots incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.

There were 535 in attendance at the Duncan McDonald Memorial arena. Stars of the game were Hunter Fargey and Loren Ulett.

By Kate Everson

Sports - Quinte West - Ten wins in a row! That was the count after the game on Friday night in Trenton, January 16. The Trenton Golden Hawks came close to giving away a three-goal lead to the Toronto Patriots, last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s league champions, but they won 5 - 3 in a hard-fought game.

The Patriots got the first goal early in the first period. Then Nick Santoro scored, unassisted, to tie the game 1 - 1. Then Hunter Fargey scored in the first period assisted by Christian Lloyd and Michael Siddall, making it 2 - 1. In the second period Loren Ulett scored assisted by Kevin Lavoie and newly acquired Bobby Polachek, making it 3 - 1. In the third period Liam Morgan scored assisted by Tyler Donaldson and Hunter Fargey, at 4 - 1. The Patriots then got two goals making it 4 - 3. The Patriots pulled their goalie in order to have an extra man on the ice, getting them that third goal. The Patriots returned their goalie to the net. A few moments later they pulled their goalie one more time, hoping for another goal, but it went against them. Blayne Oliver scored on an empty net, Trenton Golden Hawks score in the first period with Hunter Fargey (88) assisted by taking the game 5 - 3. All that Michael Siddall (21). Photo: Kate Everson

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At the end of the weekend, the Bulls sported a record of 19-183-3, giving them 44 points and fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

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They then return home to play the London Knights (2613-0-3) on Saturday at 7:05 at the Yardmen Arena. On Sunday, they host the East Division rival Peterborough Petes (15-21-1-4) at 4:05 p.m. at the Yardmen.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win in Mississauga was relieving, considering the Bulls entered the game having lost four straight games and having scored just one goal in their last two games.

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Connor Hicks took the loss in goal, despite a 32-save performance.

On Sunday, the Bulls erased a 3 - 1 first-period deficit and came back to tie the game at 3 3, before heading into overtime.

Justin Lemcke scored two goals for the Bulls, while Harper added the other.

After no one scored in the five-minute overtime period, the Bulls were shutout in the shootout, as Subban, Harper and Michael Cramarossa were all turned away by Niagara goalie Brent Moran.

Niagaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Billy Jenkins scored the lone goal in the shootout to seal the win. Graham took the loss in goal, despite a 43-save performance. Again, the Bulls earned one point, by taking the game to overtime.

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On Saturday, the Bulls almost pulled off an upset against the Generals, who are statistically the best team in the OHL, with a record of 33-7-1-1, and the number one ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League.

David Tomasek and Maurizio Colella scored in the first to give the home team an early 2 - 0 lead, but the Generals fought back to take a 3 - 2 lead into the second intermission. The Bulls newly acquired forward Trent Fox then scored in the third period to force overtime.

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SCC hosts another provincial championship

The Land O’ Lakes Curling Club rink, including skip Laura Reavie, third Laurie Healy, second Amy McConnell and lead Rosemary Enright, lost their bid for a championship in the Best Western Challenge last weekend, losing in the semi-finals in Stirling.

By Richard Turtle

Sports - Stirling - A full slate of rinks from across the province arrived at several area curling clubs last weekend where the Stirling Curling Club hosted much of the women’s action in the Best

Western Challenge that wrapped up in Picton on Sunday.

Club representative Rick Barnard was at the rink for much of the weekend and says the event was a big success, attracting hundreds of curlers to the

area for the annual competition. And it has been a busy stretch for the local club, to which Barnard and many other local curlers can attest, having only the weekend before hosted the Stirling Curling Club’s first Provincial Masters

Curling Championships.

A total of 32 women’s rinks began their weekend of curling in the Best Western Challenge on Friday evening with the 16 teams making up the second draw taking to the ice in Stirling while

the first draw rinks faced off at the Prince Edward Curling Club in Picton.

Meanwhile, the men’s events were under way in Brighton and Trenton.

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Campbellford and District Curling Club rink of skip Katy Mountain, third Colleen Kelly, second Erin Hobbs and lead Tara Watson.

Campbellford was defeated by the Quinte rink in the final game hosted in Stirling, while the Land O’ Lakes team fell to the Arthur and Area rink skipped by Tracey Jones.

The Quinte rink, including curlers Sheri Lynn Collyer, Erin Butler, Jordan Mark and Tanya Visockis Izzotti, went on to Picton to face Ottawa.

After a weekend of play the provincial finals determined winners in four flights, topped by A winners from Brockville Country Club including skip Karen Mahon, third Cindy Dalgleish, second Colleen Quinn and lead Annie Allan. B Winners were the Ottawa Curling Club rink of Lynsey Longfield, Erica Hopson, Chantal Desjardins and Alex Birtwistle with the Megen Husk rink from Leaside taking the C finals. Husk’s teammates included Grace Bugg, Alison Cook and Julie Thompson.

The D Winners were members of Campbellford and District Curling Club members sweep a rock during the Best Western Challenge last weekend. The rink of the Jones rink from Arthur.

Katy Mountain, Colleen Kelly, Erin Hobbs and Tara Watson made it to the semi-finals on Sunday morning.

The Land O’ Lakes entry, including third Laurie Healy, lead Rosemary Enright were Sunday morning before After two days of the winners continued on skipped by Laura Reavie and second Amy McConnell and joined in the semi-finals by the competition, the final to Picton to determine the eight played off in Stirling final standings.

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Jefferson Starship plays insane psychedelic rock show The show started with a 30-minute set from a Picton-based acoustic guitar duo called Instant Rivalry. The group is a brother-sister combo, featuring Megan and Caleb Hutton. Megan also had a smooth and powerful voice, which could carry up to the rafters.

The duo sang folksy-pop songs from

an album they hope to release through â&#x20AC;&#x153;crowdfunding.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a term used to describe the act of soliciting donations for a creative project. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something more artists are doing in an age of social media, where there are fewer record companies and fewer

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Megan and Caleb Hutton, of the group Instant Rivalry, sing on the Empire Theatre stage last Friday, when they opened for Jefferson Starship.

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Cathy Richardson, the new lead female vocalist in Jefferson Starship, raises her voice during a song, with drummer Donny Baldwin in the background. Photo: Stephen Petrick

her own songs.

But the band now has some young energy, with a lightning quick lead guitarist, Jude Gold, and Richardson, who while only in her 40s, sings as if she experienced the music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. She, in a sense, is there to replace the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woodstock-era lead singer Grace Slick. Her voice carried up to the Empireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back row.

Richardson later explained to the audience that she grew up listing to Jefferson Airplane albums for hours in her room and was thrilled to get an opportunity to play in the band.

Long-time members of the band, Paul Kantner, the legendary American rocker, plays guitar during a Jefferincluding guitarist and singer David son Starship show at Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empire Theatre. Photo: Stephen Petrick Frieberg, drummer Donny Baldwin and keyboardist Slick Aguilar also played

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And with that the band started more than an hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of psychedelic rock, driven by wild electric guitar solos and powerful vocals, led by the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new singer, Cathy Richardson.

Jefferson Starship is a band that evolved following the rise of Jefferson Airplane in the 1960s. Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show in Belleville, to a close to capacity crowd, included some well-known songs including Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Get Together, a smooth and catchy gem from Jeffersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Airplaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1966 debut album.

The band also opened the show with a wild version of Ride the Tiger, from their 1974 album Dragon Fly, which got the crowd grooving.

It perhaps wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same as seeing the band in the 1960s and 1970s. Kantner, now in his 70s, played much of the show slumped over or leaning against a large case. He also took a breather part way through to let Richardson play some of

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An “all time high” for local beef farmers

By Brett Mann

News - Tweed - The Beef Farmers of Hastings County held their annual general meeting in Tweed again this year. Sixty-five members and guests of the club, a branch of Beef Farmers of Ontario, gathered to enjoy a roast beef dinner followed by a “routine” business meeting.

Secretary/Treasurer Glynda Moore reported that the board of directors gained a new second vice-president in Mark Grant but “the directors didn’t change.” Darrell Russett remains president with Darren Farrell as vice-president. Beef farmer Dale Grant continues as advisory councillor. President Russett discussed the history and goals of the organization.

“We have thirty-five paid members across Hastings County, but there’s a lot more farmers in Hastings County than that,” said Russett who operates the farm he was born on north of Stirling with the help of his wife Sandra and son Rodney. Monthly meetings deal with topics such as proper

vaccinations for cattle, how to treat animals, various medical problems and related issues.

“It’s a place for cattlemen to get caught up on different problems we’re having. We do a lot of work to help 4-H members. We always have a booth at the Hastings County Plowing Match, and there’s always lots of recipes and different things available to help both the barn end of the farm and the kitchen end.”

Other activities include an annual Twilight Supper and Auction, a “steer bursary” for agriculture students, and the OCA Cow/Calf Road Show where farmers visit different farms to share tips and knowledge.

While the club does not directly address marketing strategies, Beef Farmers of Ontario provides consumer education on different cuts of beef, preparation tips and how beef is produced on increasingly high-tech farms.

“Everything is documented,” says Russett, “whether it be a sore foot or pink-eye … all that stuff is documented and there’s a traceability

The Beef Farmers of Hastings County held their annual meeting and dinner in Tweed this month. Re-elected to the Board of Directors were President Darrell Russett, (l) Secretary/Treasurer Glynda Moore and Vice-President Darren Farrell. The industry is experiencing “an all time high” says President Russett.

end of it. It’s done with a scanner and radio tags that track where the animal was born and raised.” He adds that some farmers don’t use the technology, which is not particularly expensive, because they don’t

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Russett estimates the majority of “the cow/calf guys” have herds ranging in size from 35 to

150 animals, with Charolais, Angus, Hereford and Simmental accounting for most of the breeds. Availability of grazing land is a concern for Ontario beef farmers.

“The people from the city have bought a lot of that land for recreation,” says Mr. Russett. “That’s taken a lot of land beyond what a farmer can afford to pay for it.” He would like to see provisions to encourage land owners (often absent) to allow grazing on their properties, and reports support from MP Daryl Kramp and MPP Todd Smith on the issue. “There’s lots going on at the government end.”

One proposal is the Northern Cow Herd Extension plan to develop the sixteen million acres of grazing land north of Cochrane, but lack of infrastructure and roads present a huge problem. “Today we farm thirteen million acres,” says Russett. “We have enough [grazing land] here if we could get the land back in farmers’ hands.”

Overall, times are very good in beef farming Russett reports. “I think we’ve got a great future coming. We’re at an all time high, but nothing ever stays at a high. Beef consumption is up and production is down. We’ve never seen the price of beef where it is right now.

I don’t see it staying there forever, it’s going to go up and down, but we’ve got a good run right now and hopefully things will keep going.”

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BELLEVILLE Belleville Brain Tumour Support Group meets monthly on the second Wed.,7:30 p.m., Eastminster United Church. If you or someone you know has been affected by a brain tumour come join us.

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, Monday-Saturday. 613-968-6731 ext 2245 Belleville Garden Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month, 7-9 pm, Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave, Belleville. Info 613-966-7455.

Saturday, January 24, Belleville Legion Country Jamboree & Open Mic.. $10.00 p/p at the door. 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

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Free Indoor Walking Program, Centennial Secondary School. Drop in until March 12, 2015. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-7:30pm, 160 Palmer Rd, Belleville. Call Belleville & Quinte West Community Health Centre, 613-9620000 x233.

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 613962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail. com 613-243-1450 Dance to the Country Music of Heartland, Jan. 23, Belleville Club 39, Belleville Fish & Game Club Hall, Elmwood Dr. 8pm to Midnight. Lunch served. Members $10 Non Members $12. Singles & couples, 613-395-0162 or 613-966-6596.

Monday, Jan. 26: A Walk on the Wet Side. Virtual hike with Pamela Stagg.

Quinte Field Naturalist meeting, 7 pm, Sills Auditorium, Bridge Street United Church, Belleville. Donations gratefully accepted.

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

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Saturday, January 31, Blue and Grey Gala: A Celebration of the Jack R. Sisson Bursary, BOQ Yacht Club with former QSS students, teachers and friends of Jack. Dance, fun and fine food.

Tickets $50 pp - Fred Whalen at fred. whalen@yahoo or (613) 968-5695. Info: Alex McNaught at (613) 968-2348 Euchre/Bid Euchre Cards, 4th Monday of every month, 7 p.m., College Hill United Church, 16 North Park St., Belleville. Everyone welcome.

Spaghetti Dinner, St. Mark’s United Church, 237 Cannifton Rd N, Belleville, January 31, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. $8 person/ $20.00 family. To reserve: 968 8268.

Quinte Friendship Club, 4th.

Wednesday of each month, 7 PM, downstairs, Richmond Retirement Center.

Activities include out to lunch bunch, pot luck dinners, euchre nights etc. Info: drop in, or 969-4475. New members welcome 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 The Belleville & District Olde Tyme Fiddlers Assoc. party, Sunday, Jan 25, Belleville Fish & Game Hall, Elmwood Dr., 1 PM. Round and square dancing. Open Mic. Lunch after the party.

“At Last”: Georgette Fry Sings Etta James, Empire Theatre, Belleville, January 23, 7 pm. Box Office (613) 9690099 Belleville Legion Country Jamboree. Live country music and dancing.

Saturday January 24, 7-10:30pm. Admission $10.00 p/p.

Open Door Café - Every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:00pm at Eastminster United Church, 432 Bridge St. E, Belleville. There is no cost for this hot meal however donations are gratefully accepted. For more info: 613 969-5212.

The ANAF Unit 201 Pipes and Drums

is recruiting members. Free lessons and Band practices are at the ANAF Unit 201 (upper Floor) 187 Front St, Belleville, Tuesday nights from 630-830pm. All are welcome. For info: www.anaf201.ca Meals on Wheels Belleville: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday a hot meal delivered to your door around noon. Info: 613-969-0130 Euchre/Bid Euchre Cards, 4th Monday of every month, College Hill United Church ,16 North Park St. Belleville. Monday January 26 at 7.00 PM. Everyone welcome.

New Finding Your Way clinics. Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones prevent a missing person event. One hour appointment.

Jan. 23 or Feb. 8, Belleville or arrange one near you. Call 613-962-0892.

Diner’s Club, every Tuesday, 12-2 pm. CrossRoads to Care, 470 Dundas St. E., Belleville $9/member. $10/nonmember. Reservations required. Call 613-396-969-0130 Overeaters Anonymous meeting every Friday, 10 a.m. Calvary Temple, corner of Wallbridge Loyalist and Hwy 2 West. Contact Dianne 613-392-0081.

BRIGHTON Apple Route Grannies meet the second Saturday of each month, Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Hall, Prince Edward St, 9 a.m. Supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation African Grannies. Info: 613-475-5260.

Skate Canada Brighton fundraising Spaghetti Dinner, Friday, January 23, King Edward Arena Community Centre, 5:30-7:30 pm. Adults $8, Seniors $7, Child $5, Family of 4- $20 “I Know Where the Money Went!”

Workshop. Larry Kinar provides basic step-by-step logic in developing personal/household expense control.

Wednesday, January 28, 6-8pm. Fee: $5.00. CCN’s Activity Room – 46 Prince Edward Street, Unit #13 in Brighton.

Gail 613-475-4190.

Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Clothing Depot open Wed., Thurs. 10am-2pm, Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-1pm. Closed Sunday,

Monday & Tuesday For pick ups: 613475-2705.

Callanetics Class: Stretch of Yoga, strength of ballet. Fridays, 10 a.m. at Trinity-St. Andrews United Church, 56 Prince Edward St. Brighton. Call Gail to register 613-967-4447.

The Brighton & District Curling Club 12th Annual Bill Dunk Senior Men’s Bonspiel, Friday, January 2. Two draws from 8:45 am. Everyone invited.

Brighton Horticultural Society, January 27, 7.30pm. King Edward Community Centre, 81 Elizabeth St. Brighton. Speaker - Kimberly Leadbeater on Northumberland County Food Charter.Visitors Welcome. Info.

613 475 9563 or 613 392 5543.

Supper’s Ready, Trinity St Andrew’s United Church, every Wednesday, 5 pm. A community meal for those for whom a free meal is a blessing. Donations welcome.

CAMPBELLFORD Indoor Walking and Exercise Program, St. John’s United Church Auditorium, every Tuesday and Friday, 10-11am. Bring clean, comfortable shoes. Program is free. 50 Bridge St. W. Campbellford. Info: 705-653-2283.

FootCare Clinic- 1st Fri, 2nd and 3rd Thurs Each Month Royal Canadian Legion. VON offers Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care (Fee for Service). For appointment call the VON at 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 Sunday, January 25, Sunday Jam, Campbellford Legion Branch #103, With Craig Peterkin. Free admission Campbellford Kinette Bingo every Thursday at 7pm. Campbellford/ Seymour Arena, 313 Front St. N. $1000 Jackpot in 54 numbers, consolation prize of $200. Wheelchair accessible.

Campbellford Legion: January 24, 9 p.m.-1:00 a.m. fun evening of entertainment and Karaoke with entertainer Shawn Nelson. January 31, Celebrate Winter Dance Building Fundraiser. Late lunch Tickets $5 at the Clubroom Bar any day after 11:30 a.m.

Info: 705-653-2450.

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Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch 103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450 Every Monday, 7 p.m. Campbellford Citizen’s Choir meets at Senior Citizen’s Building. All welcome Kent YMCA Child Care Centre before and after school and PA day care. Kent Public School. Call 905-372-4318 x 404 or 705-632-9205 for rates and info.

Learn the Art of Taoist Tai Chi classes available throughout the week, Community Resource Centre 65 Bridge St, Campbellford, Join at anytime. Info: 705 696 1841 or 705 243 5216.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), every Wednesday, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 17 Ranney St. S. (side door).

Weigh-ins 5:30-6:00 p.m. Meetings 6:006:30 p.m. Join any time. All welcome.

COBOURG Women’s Group, every Wednesday, 2 pm, Halcyon Place, 580 Courthouse Rd, Cobourg. To register: Community Care Northumberland: 905-372-7356.

COLBORNE Colborne Library Storytime program, open to children 2-5 years old. Thursdays, 11 am. To register: 905 355-3722 or drop by the library (Mon. 3-8, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4).

Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings, Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. foodaddictsanonymous.org Play Group, hosted by Northumberland Cares for Children, Colborne Public School, 8 Alfred St. Colborne, Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon. Info: Cheryl McMurray 905-885-8137 ext.209.

Men’s Social Group, Tuesdays at Community Care Northumberland, 11 King St. E. Colborne, 10-11 a.m. Info: 905-355-2989.

The Colborne Art Gallery presents Intersection, our 2015 themed group exhibition. Opening reception with the artists Saturday, January 24, 2-4pm.

Admission free and all are welcome. www.thecolborneartgallery.ca, 51 King St E Colborne, 905-355-1798 Continued on page B6

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Family Games Night, Christ Church COLBORNE Glen Miller, 770 Trenton-Frankford Rd. Soup Lunch, Friday January 23, Heri- Friday, January 23,6:30 pm. No Charge. tage United Church, 13875 County Rd. 2, Everyone Welcome.

Colborne (Salem), 11.30 am to 1.00 pm.

Soup ,bun, dessert & beverage $5.00.

HASTINGS Salvation Army Lunch, 11:30AM FOXBORO – 1:00PM on the 2nd and the 4th Friday Thurlow Diners Club requires a of each month, Civic Centre, Hastings. cook, 4th Wednesday of the month, 12 pm, Soup, sandwiches, salad, dessert, coffee, Gerry Masterson Community Centre. Info: tea and juice. Everyone welcome Cindy 613-969-0130, cindyt@ccsh.ca Hastings Legion: Horseshoes, Diners Club Thurlow: Every 4th Thursdays, 6:30 pm. Zumba, Mondays Wednesday from 12-2:00pm, Gerry Master- 6:30 pm. Summer Darts, Thursdays, 7:30 son Community Centre, 516 Harmony Rd. pm. Meat Draws Fridays 5 pm. $8/member, $9/non-member. Reservations required. Info: 613-969-0130.

HAVELOCK Havelock Legion: Mondays, Fun FRANKFORD Darts start 1 pm. Saturdays, Meat Roll Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) start 3 pm. All Welcome Weekly Meetings, Wednesday Evenings, 7-8 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Havelock Legion Branch 389, 8 60 North Trent St. Frankford. For more Ottawa St. Karaoke Dance, Jan 31, 8pm.

Admission $5. Door prizes. information call Fern 613-3952345 Frankford Lions Hall, Moonshot Havelock’s Wellness Program, Town Hall, 8 Mathison St., Havelock, Euchre, Wednesdays 1p.m. from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm, Tuesdays and Frankford United Church Sunday Thursdays. Weights, stretches, exercises, Service with Rev. Norman Long, 10:30 health education discussion. Free. am. every week. Sunday school available.

Come join us in fellowship.

MADOC Alcoholics Anonymous Keep It Second Sunday of month, Sunday Simple Group, 8 pm every Thursday at Night Sing, Ivanhoe Wesleyan Standard Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 60 Church, 6:30 pm. Bring your instruments.

Trent St. N. (rear), Frankford. Info: www. Open mic. Refreshments to follow. quintewestaa.org or 1-866-951-3711 Madoc AM Indoor Walk: Mon, Wed, Every 4th Wednesday, Seniors Lun- and Fri, 9:45-10:45 AM. PM Indoor Walk: cheon, 12pm, Frankford’s Royal Canadian Mon, Tues, Fri, 6:45-7:45 PM. Centre Hastings Secondary School, 129 Elgin St. Legion at 12 Mill St

Open to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

January 29, The Beaver: the most powerful animal in the world with acclaimed naturalist Michael Runtz. 7pm, Huntingdon Veterans Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62, Ivanhoe. $5.00 entrance fee, children free. Presented by Hastings Stewardship Council. More info: 613-3919034 or info@hastingsstewardship.ca Royal Canadian Legion Br 363 Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday, 7pm. Friday Night ‘Jams’, 7-8:30pm.

Bring your own instruments NewTRENDS - education monthly to discuss seniors health, healthy aging, managing memory and dementia. Free.

January topic; Secrets to Self Care. Madoc Arts Centre, 231 Durham St., Jan. 28, 6:30pm. Info: 613-962-0892

MARMORA Marmora St. Andrew’s United Church 33 Matthew St. Snofest Hot Luncheon, Saturday January 31, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. Adults $10/Children $4/Pre-school age free. All Welcome MARMORA LEGION Karaoke event, Friday January 23, 8 PM. $5 pp. Everyone welcome

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

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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/ Friday, January 23, Country Square Dance presented by PEC 4H square dance club. Sophiasburg Town Hall, Demorestville, 8 pm Live music and caller with instruction. Admission $10/person. Light lunch provided. Info Liz at 613-827-8972 Meals on Wheels, Picton: Daily noon time meal delivered to your door. Info: Prince Edward Community Care 613476-7493.

Picton afternoon Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Wednesdays, 2-4 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

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STIRLING Stirling Al-Anon Family Group, every Friday, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling. 866.951-3711 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.

Sunday Brunch, Stirling Legion January 25, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Ham, bacon, sausages, eggs, homefries, baked beans, pancakes, toasat, coffee, juiice. $9.00 per person. Children under 10 $5.00.

TRENTON Toastmasters International, Trenton Library. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 6:30-8 pm. New members and guests welcome.

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 2nd and 4th Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: Member Chairman Diane Gardy 613 392 2939 413 Wing AFAC Pipes and Drums and the Trenton Scottish Irish Festival 19th Annual Robbie Burns Night, Saturday, January 24, Knights of Columbus Hall, Stella Cres, Trenton. Dinner, Entertainment, Silent Auction. $30/person at Arden’s Music, Trenton and Belleville, and Knights of Columbus Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Piping in of the Haggis. Kilts are encouraged. Info: 613-922-9982.

The Trenton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is looking for new volunteers (18 years +). Give back, make new friends and learn important skills. Training provided. Call the volunteer office at 613 392 2540 ext. 5454 Quinte Bay Cloggers every Friday, 6:30 - 9 pm, starting September 5, Salvation Army, 244 Dundas St E, Trenton. All ages welcome, no experience necessary.

First two nights free, $5/night. Info: Eve or Ozz at 613-966-7026 Monthly Diabetes Support Group January workshop: Diabetes Bingo. Mon Jan 26, 10am – 11:30am, 70 Murphy St., Trenton. Call Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre at 613-9620000 ext. 233 Trenton Art Club. Calling all artists and would be artists. Painting every Friday afternoon, Smylie’s Independent Store (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525.

Club 105 Ham Dinner with coffee, tea, dessert. Saturday Jan 31. Advance ticket $10, at the door $12. 4:30 – 6:00pm. Info613-392-5400. All are welcome Friends of the Quinte West Library Book Sale, every Tues and Thurs and the last Sat of month, 10 am-1 pm. Accepting book donations as well. 25 cents to $1.50.

Quinte West Public Library.

FootCare Clinic, 2nd Fri every other Month, Alnwick Civic Centre. VON offers Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care TWEED (Fee for Service). For appointment call the Attention Teens: Are you bored?

VON at 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346

Looking for a challenge? Join the Truth & Dare Youth Group, Fridays, 7 p.m. Fun, Food, Games, Trips and more. Tweed Pentecostal Church, 16 Jamieson St. W. Free one to one computer lessons, Tweed Public Library. Book one hour at a time. 613-478-1066 for availability and sign up.

Tweed & Area Heritage Centre presents an exhibit of paintings by local artist, Debra Tate-Sears, in Memorial Hall, during January and February. Open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m, and 1-15 p.m. Free admission, donations appreciated.

Tweed Legion: Jan 22 - Open Shuffleboard, Auxiliary Bing, 7 pm. Jan 23 - Open Darts, 7:30 pm. Jan 24 - Open Euchre, 1 pm followed by Meat Draw.

613-478-1865.

New Memory Boost-Brain activities, exercise, speakers, and more. For people with early stage memory loss, their care partners and those worried about their memory. Moira Place Home, 415 River Rd. Tweed, 10am, last Thursday of the month. Info: 613-962-0892. Free Tweed Lions Club Charity Jamboree, Sun., January 25, Tweed Agricultural Building, 1- 4 pm, Family Tradition Band, Open mic, Dancing, Canteen, Admission $6.

Soup & Sandwich Luncheon, Friday, January 23, St. Matthew’s Hall, Marlbank, 11 am – 1 pm. $6.00 per person. Includes soup, sandwich, dessert, tea & coffee.

TYENDINAGA Meals on Wheels Deseronto: Tuesday through Friday a hot meal delivered to your door around noon, for more information call 613-396-6591 Shannonville Ag. Society famous pancake breakfast Jan. 25, 8am-1pm, Tyendinaga Rec. Hall, 363 McFarlane Rd. Shannonville. Same great menu, same great prices. Children 5 and under free, 6 and up $8.00, all you can eat.

FUNctional Fitness 50+: Gentle workout to improve your balance & strength. Free Tuesday & Thursday 1011am. Funded by LHIN – Fitness Program for Fall Prevention, Tyendinaga Fitness Resource Centre (613) 962-2822

WARKWORTH Warkworth Legion hosts bid euchre at 2 p.m. every Wednesday and a dart league at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday.

Everyone welcome Trent Hills Cancer Society Euchre, 4th Tuesday every month, 7:30 pm. $3 includes coffee and sandwiches.Everyone welcome. Warkworth Legion. Info: Kathy Ellis (705) 924-9116 JAN 28, Annual General Meeting of the Percy Agricultural Society, January 28, 7 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church hall in Warkworth. New members always welcome. www.warkworthfair.com Warkworth Masonic Hall breakfast, Sunday January 25, 9am-Noon. 13944 County Rd. 29. Adults $7.50 Kids 10 & under $4.00 Everyone welcome Have an non-profit event you’d like to share?

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Curacao’s Colourful Capital City, Willemstad

By John M. Smith

Lifestyles - The relatively small Caribbean island of Curacao is located just off the coast of Venezuela and very near the island of Aruba. It’s a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with a population of only about 150,000, and its colourful capital city is Willemstad.

My wife and I explored this intriguing destination of Willemstad, and we were particularly attracted to the beautiful, colourful Dutch colonial architecture so prevalent along its waterfront. After all, these colourful buildings seem to be featured in almost every tourist brochure, and they certainly do catch one’s attention.

I learned that these colourful buildings weren’t always here, for most of these structures were originally built of sea sand and sea coral and were white.

They often suffered from decay and what our guide called “sea cancer,” so it was necessary to apply a coat of paint annually.

I was then told that a former governor of the island suffered

from severe headaches, and he thought that this malady was aggravated by the sun’s reflection off this plethora of white buildings, so he apparently mandated that the exterior be painted in any colour other than white, and thus the colourful buildings emerged, and this tradition continues on even now. To make this anecdote even more entertaining, I also learned that the particular governor who had made the decree actually had shares in the island’s only paint store. Go figure.

The vivid colours found along Willemstad’s waterfront are one of the most stunning displays found in the Caribbean, and its city centre has now been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. However, we discovered that Willemstad had much more to offer, including the oldest continuously operating synagogue in the Western Hemisphere (the Mikvé IsraelEmanuel Synagogue), the Jewish Cultural Historical Museum (attached to the synagogue), the Pietermaai Cathedral (the island’s largest Roman Catholic

Willemstad’s Wedding Cake House.

Correction

An article about Quinte Health Care in the January 15 Connected section contained some incorrect information. QHC is not projected to have a $12-million deficit by April. Rather, Quinte Health Care is preparing to have a balanced budget by the start of the 2015-2016 fiscal year. If it does not make changes, it would end that fiscal year with a $12-million deficit. We apologize for the error and any confusion it caused.

Willemstad’s Queen Juliana Bridge.

church), the Curacao Museum (located in a renovated 1853 hospital), the Curacao Maritime Museum (with its maps, charts, and nautical equipment), the Kura Hurlanda Museum (which traces the history of the slave trade in this area), Rif Fort (originally used as a defence for the harbour entry, and now housing shops, restaurants, and a gallery), and Fort Amsterdam (now used as the governor’s home). We were also impressed by the city’s towering Queen Juliana Bridge, the tallest in the Caribbean, and its immense oil refinery; after all, since Willemstad is located so close to Venezuela’s oilfields, its harbour has become the largest oil handling port in the Caribbean.

We also discovered that two city districts, Punda and Otrabanda, are divided by St. Anna Bay, which can be crossed via a floating pontoon bridge, the Queen Emma Bridge. This pedestrian bridge opens to allow large freighters through, so a warning siren will tell pedestrians when the bridge is about to swing open, so that they can rush across, or simply stay on the bridge and enjoy the ride.

We, of course, explored both sides of the bridge, and discovered lots of shopping. However, we particularly liked the float-

ing market, in the Punda district, where Venezuelan merchants tied up their wooden boats and offered goods for sale, including clothes, crafts, and fresh fruits and vegetables. We observed that some of the locals didn’t even bother to park their cars while shopping here, for they simply slowed down and placed their orders, and then a merchant would run ahead and give them the desired products.

Drive by shopping in Curacao.

Punda, once fortified and walled, is the oldest district of historic Willemstad. The somewhat more modern Otrabanda district (appropriately translated as simply “The Other Side”) was founded in 1707, and here we found a maze of twisting streets and alleyways.

We also discovered some old cemeteries in Willemstad, including a rather decrepit Jewish cemetery, Beit Hayim Cemetery, where many of the gravestones have sadly deteriorated because of acid from the nearby oil refinery. Ironically, this island refines oil for nearby Venezuela, but has none of its own. We also learned that people are buried above ground on this island, in family plots, and more family members keep being added to the same plot.

Our guide told us it was like “an

At Willemstad’s floating market.

afterlife family time share.”

Our guide also recounted a story of an old house in Willemstad that some had deemed to be haunted, for the piano would suddenly begin playing. How-

ever, after further investigation, it was determined that the piano keys were actually being walked upon by tiny lizards that had come into that particular abode for a visit.

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SnoFest welcomed the seasonable weather in 2014

By Judy Backus

2014 Event Review – SnoFest celebrated 36 years on the weekend of January 31 to February 2, 2014 when crowds of mushers and observers arrived at the fairgrounds and other venues around town for a wintry weekend filled with fun. It truly was a snow event with the trails boasting a hefty covering of the white stuff and plenty of it in evidence at the fairgrounds as well.

It all began at the Community Centre on Friday evening with the opening ceremonies during which MP Daryl Kramp expressed thanks to those who make the annual event possible, pointing to the younger generation stepping in to carry on with Jen Bennett as the new Chair.

Kramp, in speaking to the mushers, commented, “You have come to a warm, warm, friendly place. The weather may be a little fresh and chilly in some cases, but the hearts of the people here are absolutely magnificent. Have yourself a wonderful time. Take advantage of every activity - there is something for everyone.”

The evening went ahead with the well-attended Marmora’s Got Talent, which attracted two entries in the 13 and under category and nine in the over 13 classification. Judges Paul Speight, Luke Mercer and Hynze Bryans had their jobs cut out for them in de-

termining the winners, who provided entertainment ranging from classical and country music to humour and rap. Speight commented on the outstanding talent, saying the judges had a tough job making a decision, as all contestants were “within fractions of one another.” First place in the 13 and under category went to Deanna Collier, with Kayla Carman in second. Matthew Rivera, Anne Marie McGregor and the DeJong family of eight violinists were first, second and third in the older division.

The races began the following day with teams from across Ontario and one from each of Quebec and New York State participating in a total of eight dog-related events, which ranged over the course of the snowy weekend from sprints and skijoring to a 20-mile run to Malone and back.

As always there were many other activities and events for all to enjoy both at the fairgrounds and around town, among them, an ice water rescue demonstration by members of the local fire department, the Back of Cordova curling bonspiel, the annual Artistic Expressions display and sale, and Who’s Growing Locally with its wide array of goods, both edible and otherwise, all produced nearby.

There was entertainment for the children with Sat-

urday’s Kidz Zone, which provided both indoor and outdoor fun ranging from mime, face painting and storytelling, to music, hot chocolate and time spent sliding down a man-made hill. Sunday featured the impressive talents of Circus Jonathan Seglins, of Toronto, who provided two 20-minute interactive and very entertaining outdoor shows on Sunday, which had appeal not only for the children who sat in colourful chairs to enjoy the juggling, balancing and other feats, but also for the parents who stood nearby watching the show. Between performances, Circus John donned a pair of very tall stilts, then walked around the site impressing all with his agility.

There was food to be enjoyed at the Legion breakfasts as well as at the Curling Club and on the fairgrounds, with a luncheon held at Saint Andrew’s United Church.

Chainsaw carver, Levi Caya of Campbellford, who has been perfecting his craft over the past five years, set up shop on the bandstand where he worked on a bear, while onlookers had the opportunity to purchase other pieces of work or buy tickets on a draw for one of three carvings with the proceeds going to SnoFest.

Saturday night featured a silent auction at the Community Centre along with the annual banquet catered by members of the Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club, followed by entertainment provided by the Toronto based band, Running Red Lights.

The group played again the next day following the awards ceremony when many gathered to receive trophies, ribbons and congratulations from Race Mar-

shall Shane Cox, who managed to participate in two races himself, winning the 20-mile event.

Bennett commented prior to the presentations, saying, “I want to thank everyone who came out this weekend. We braved this great Canadian weather and saw lots of gorgeous dogs ... I hope we can continue to improve this festival for years to come.”

During the 2014 Friday night talent show, Dave Green and his grandsons, two-and-a-half year old twins, Connor and Cameron Alexander, received a standing ovation for their performance of Kris Kristofferson’s, Help Me Make it Through the Night. Photo: Judy Backus

Daryl Kramp, Member of Parliament

Have fun at the Marmora Snofest!

Chainsaw carver, Levi Caya, of Campbellford attracted a crowd who watched as he worked to create the head of a bear using skills he has honed over the past 13 years, five of those making use of a chainsaw. Several of his works were for sale, Four-year-old Mason Richter of Wooler had been practising for the Little while three others, an owl, a wolf head, and an Nippers’ race with his dog Bailey almost every day for four weeks before the eagle head, went up for raffle last year, with the 2014 event. His efforts were rewarded with a third-place finish in a field of proceeds going to support SnoFest. Photo: Judy Backus 15. Photo: Judy Backus

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TONER, Sean Joseph - passed away suddenly on Sunday, December 28, 2014. Born in Hamilton on January 30, 1963 to Sheila (Byrne) and the late Patrick Toner. Sean grew up in Tweed, attended St. Carthagh’s School, Nicholson Catholic School and Herzing College in Toronto. Sean worked with computers, carpentry and truck driving. He finally found his calling in the barbering business. This allowed him free range to use his social skills, share his laughter, good humour and most of all his knowledge of the world and its people. Great music, the simple things in life and being outdoors made him the happiest. He loved his family and friends, especially his children, like no other could.

Sean will always be loved and missed by his daughter Katie, his former wife Jill, mother of his children Jack and Nicole, mother Sheila, siblings Siobhan (Kim) Hughes, Kelly (Bob) Lord, Patrick (Sherry) Toner, Colleen (Siegfried) Kiefer and Maura (Jim) Thrussell, aunts and uncles Larry (Margaret) Byrne, Bob (Flo) Byrne, Fr. Gerald Byrne, Fr. Leo Byrne and his many nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by his father, his brother Kevin Toner and nephew Adam Hughes. Great music, the simple things in life and being outdoors made him the happiest. He had a loving and kind heart for family, especially his children. Sean rested at the Cassidy Funeral Home, Tweed on Thursday from 2-4pm & 7-9pm. Funeral Mass was concelebrated by Fr. Leo Byrne, Fr. Gerald Byrne, Fr. Shawn Hughes, Fr. Patrick Kelly, Fr. Mark Ruckpaul, Fr. John Gillis, Fr. John Grainger, Fr. Tim Shea and Deacon Phil Carney at St. Carthagh’s Church on Friday, January 2, 2015 at 11am.

Readings from Scripture were done by Chantelle Hughes and Chris Byrne. Jim Byrne read the Prayers of the Faithful. Interment St. Carthagh’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jack Toner, Pat Toner, Jim Thrussell, Siegfried Kiefer, Kim Hughes and Bob Lord. CL447069 COMING EVENTS

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WHITE, Ronald Durham. Passed away at Northumberland Hills Hospital, Cobourg on Wednesday January 14, 2015. Ronald White beloved husband of Carol McLean and the late Margaret Ann White. Dear father of Sharon (Bill Hamilton), Patricia Brocklehurst, Barry McLean (Judy) and Morley McLean (Grace). Survived by grandchildren Kristy Phillips, Kimberly Hamilton, Sean Brocklehurst, Taylor, Tara, Hunter and Tristen McLean and his 5 greatgrandchildren. Brother of the late Stan White.

Friends will be received at the ALLISON FUNERAL HOME, 103 Mill Street North, Port Hope, Friday January 23, from 1 pm until time of Memorial Service at 2 pm. If desired, in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made by cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society. www.allisonfuneralhome.com

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1st April, 1958 10th January, 2015 Peacefully at home in Havelock after a brief illness. Beth Wilson beloved daughter of the late D. Laurence and Mary Wilson. Dearly loved sister and friend of Barbara Kimball, Judy Ganton, Sandy, Peter and Bruce Wilson, their spouses, children and grandchildren. Beth was predeceased by her partner Bruce Kellough and will be greatly missed by his daughter Erin and her partner Jamie. The family would like to thank the caring staff of KGH Davies 5 and Campbellford General Hospital. There will be a private family service.

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WARR, George Bertram —

Suddenly, at his Crowe River home, surrounded by his family at the Campbellford Memorial Hospital, January 14, 2015 in his 80th year.

Beloved husband of Shirley (nee Code) for over 56 years. Dear father of Debra Ann Allen (Steven) and Donna Lee Macdonald (Glenn). Dear Pappy to his grandchildren, Emily & Molly Allen, Lindsay (Lucia) Allen & Mawgan, Kipp, Naaman Macdonald and his great grandchildren Connor & Liam Allen. Brother of the late June Weatherstone & Bill Weatherstone. Brother in law of Irene Weatherstone. He will be sadly missed by his nieces and nephews. George had a 37 year career with Superior Propane and was a loyal member and choir member of Christ Church, Campbellford. Family and friends gathered at CHRIST CHURCH, 154 Kent Street, Campbellford on Sunday from 3:00 until 5:00 pm. A memorial funeral service was held on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11:00am, Reverend Bryce Sangster officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christ Church, Campbellford or the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation. Special thanks and gratitude to the staff at Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Online condolences may be made at www.brettfuneralchapels.com

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SENIOR USING CANE needs small used toboggan or sled to bring groceries from street to ramp to door. 613-475-0122

Wanted: Standing timber, mature hard/softwood.

Also wanted, natural stone, cubicle or flat, any size. 613-968-5182.

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HIND, Ellen Mary “Nellie” at the Maplewood Nursing Home, Brighton, on Saturday, January 10th, 2015, age 90 years.

Ellen Hind, daughter of the late Lemanuel Cook and the late Mary (Wreggitt). Beloved wife of the late Jack Hind. Loving mother of Sharon Wyns (Orval MacGregor) of Brighton and Paul Lewis of Scarborough. Sister of George and Frank Cook of Gravenhurst, predeceased by her sisters, Annie Coker, Alice Prosser, and her brother Jack Cook.

Sadly missed by her grandchildren, Kevin Adamson (Kim), Cheryl Cottreau, Chris Wyns (Shelley), Pauline Lewis (Phillip), Terra Lewis, and her eight great grandchildren.

Predeceased by her grandson Daniel Lewis. . The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Arlene MacIntyre and the staff of Maplewood Nursing Home for their wonderful care and support. The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton (6143 475-2121) on Thursday, January 15th, 2015 from 1 o’clock. Service to follow in the funeral home at 2 o’clock. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Salvation Army, would be appreciated by the family. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com

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FOR RENT Furnished room in new luxury home, Carrying Place, minutes from Trenton, suit working male or student, includes parking, internet, laundry, TV, own bathroom, references. $500/mnth.

Paul 613-438-9433 Havelock- Great for seniors! One bedroom on ground level. $700; 2 bedroom on main floor, $730.

Centrally located. Controlled access to quiet building. Appliances, storage unit, parking and laundry incl. Utilities extra 705-778-5442.

Marmora- 1 bedroom apartment. Quiet, modern, mature building. Laundry, fridge, stove, dishwasher.

Great location. Mail delivery. Balcony and parking. $ 7 0 0 + / m t h 613-472-2667.

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Office space for rent. 115 Durham St. N. Madoc, 2nd floor. Former Community Care office in Anglican rectory consists of four offices and two washrooms. All offices have laminate flooring with fluorescent fixtures and wired for internet. Rent includes H&H $500/mth. To view phone 613-473-2931 and a time will be arranged.

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County Water TreatmentSofteners, U.V. Lights, R.O. systems, chemical free iron and sulphur filters. Sales, installation, service and repair. Steven Menna. (613)967-7143.

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We think of you in silence, we often speak your name.

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For a part of us went with you... the day God called you Home.

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Township of Madoc Request for Proposal The Township of Madoc is seeking proposals from qualified manufacturers for supply and delivery of one new, single axle Pumper/ Tanker with 1500 – 2000 gallon tank capacity; triple combination pump with a minimum 1050 gpm; automatic transmission; swivel dump valve; manual fold-down portable tank storage; manual fold-down ladder storage; LED emergency lights and storage compartments. Fire truck must be entirely NFPA compliant and ULC approved. Warranty and service policies must be stipulated.

Please submit information and quoted price (taxes separately) to the undersigned by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 3, 2015. For further information contact the undersigned. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accepted.

Jason Gear Fire Chief P.O. Box 503, Madoc, Ontario K0K 2K0 613 473-2677 clerk@madoc.ca NOTICES

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CITY OF QUINTE WEST Proposal to Declare Surplus Lands NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, February 4, 2015 6:00 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City of Quinte West Corporate Financial Services Committee proposes to sell certain lands set out and described as follows; Part of PIN 40397-0169, also known as Queen Elizabeth Park; Part of PIN 40397-0163, a portion of Hastings St Closed Road Allowance; and PIN 40397-0166 in its entirety.

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Based on input received at the Public Meeting, the Committee will forward a recommendation to City Council for final consideration of the proposal.Please submit any comments in writing or by email to the address below by January 30, 2015 at 2:00 pm.

Virginia LaTour, Deputy City Clerk City Hall, 7 Creswell Drive, PO Box 490 Trenton, ON K8V 5R6 virginial@quintewest.ca

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The Quinte Regional Minor Hockey Association is now accepting expressions of interests for coaching positions.

Deadline is January 23, 2015 The Quinte Regional Minor Hockey Association is now accepting expressions of interests for coaching positions. These are paid positions. Non parent coaches are paid $500/month plus expenses. Parent coaches are also paid.

Your expression of interest must include: a) All candidates must submit a completed coaching resume (see “Coach Application Page”) on our website to download this form, www.quintedevils.com b) All candidates must provide a 1 to 2 page “basic outline” of their season plan c) Current coaches interested in returning to the same team should also provide a document on how their team has progressed in the current season d) All candidates must provide a list of any people they are considering for their staff All coaches must have a minimum of Coach Level NCCP (Hockey) certification and completed the Speak Out! (PRS) or Respect in Sport (RIS) course. Coaches not meeting the minimum certification requirements will be required to obtain certification prior to the start of the season. You must also complete a Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC) prior to being appointed.

We will send an email acknowledgment that we have received your application.

Mail or Email completed Coaching Resumes to: QRMHA P.O. Box 23103 Belleville, Ontario K8P 5J3 Email: info@quintedevils.com Attn: Dave Wheeler, VP of Hockey Operations AAA Email: David.Wheeler@ontario.ca

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The Stirling Library is seeking a student to work in our Children’s Department on a permanent, part time basis.

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provides early learning and child care for children 0 – 12 years of age in the Norwood and Havelock communities and is seeking Program Staff for our Child Care Centre located in Norwood commencing February 16, 2015 If you have licenced child care experience, First Aid and CPR, send your cover letter and resume.

Email: jan.hucklebug@gmail.com We thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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CAM TRAN CO. LTD. is a family owned distribution transformer manufacturing company with facilities in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. With over 30 years in the utilities industry we continue to grow as one of the leaders in quality and service in the Canadian market. Cam Tran Co. Ltd. provides a clean, safe, and challenging team environment for those who are committed to long term success and continuous improvement. Cam Tran Co. Ltd. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGIST

Cam Tran Co. Ltd. is looking for a motivated Electrical Technologist (Customer Compliance Leader) to join our team. We are looking for a team player with an Electrical Engineering Degree or Technologist Diploma. A successful candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience in Electrical (Transformers) Manufacturing Environment; Strong quality assurance and electrical test experience; Possesses good computer skills with Excel, Word; Leadership ability to act as a facilitator and trainer in on-the-floor environment; Capable of working with minimal supervision and be a self starter; must have strong organizational skills; and must have a high level of integrity and accountability. Experience with LEAN concepts would be considered an asset.

Interested candidates should forward their resume & cover letter to hr@camtran.com by February 6, 2015.

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HELP WANTED

FIRE FIGHTER RECRUITS NEEDED

Travelers Transportation is a reliable, family-run carrier since 1985.

Production Auditor Cam Tran Co. Ltd. is looking for a motivated Production Auditor (Mission Assurance Auditor) to join our team. We are looking for a team player with an Electrical Engineering Degree or Technologist Diploma. A successful candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience in Electrical (Transformers) Manufacturing Environment; Strong quality assurance and electrical test experience; Possesses good computer skills with Excel, Word & Industrios; Leadership ability to act as a facilitator and trainer in on-thefloor environment; Capable of working with minimal supervision and be a self starter; must have strong organizational skills; and must have a high level of integrity and accountability. Experience with LEAN concepts would be considered an asset.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Northern Cables Inc. is currently recruiting for engineering resources to support our manufacturing operations. Candidates will preferably be a Professional Engineer or Technologist with 5 -10 years experience in a manufacturing environment. Critical Skills:* Electrical/Electronic systems installations (new equipment installs / equipment upgrades) * Maintenance support for Electrical/Electronic systems * Documentation creation and maintenance for Electrical/Electronic systems * Regulatory support for Electrical/Electronic systems * Technical staff development * New product / process development assistance * Assistance with Safety, Quality and Productivity initiatives INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS Northern Cables Inc. is currently recruiting for a licensed or registered apprentice electrician as well as a licensed millwright/mechanic to support its growing business.

Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and the ability to train and coach employees are necessary. Base wage to $60,600/yr. This position requires flexible working hours and rotating shifts.

SHIFT COORDINATOR This position is responsible for coordinating the daily functions of the plant floor. This role is a “hands-on” role in achieving the plant’s productivity, safety, quality and shipping objectives. Applicants are required to have prior supervisory and operating experience in a manufacturing environment, an exemplary work ethic, attitude and attendance history. Applicants must be familiar with basic manufacturing and shipping / warehouse principals. Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and the ability to train and coach employees are necessary. This position requires flexible working hours and rotating shifts.

MANUFACTURING WORKERS Northern Cables Inc. is currently recruiting for factory production workers for our Brockville and Prescott facilities with medium/heavy manufacturing experience.

Applicants must have general math and English skills. Training provided to suitable candidates. Full time hours, base salary $43900 - $46000 per year.

Interested candidates are invited to submit resumes to: Northern Cables Inc. P.O. Box 1564 - 50 California Avenue Brockville, Ontario - K6V 6E6 Fax (613) 345-3147 Email: humanresources@northerncables.com Website: www.northerncables.com No phone calls please

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Our continued growth has created new opportunities in our Brockville and Prescott facilities. We are locally owned and operated, offer a history of a stable work environment with regular working hours, flexible vacation schedules and opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities Include: Performing personnel, process and systems audits to identify procedures that pose a risk to variance and seek improvements from the Value Streams; Measure the development and deployment of TWISWI initiatives and then audit based on trends and prioritization; Report by auditing Safety initiatives being developed and then implemented; Identify trending on Quality by periodic analysis of NCR’s and Warranty; Be a resource in operator’s training and certification; Perform and report on regular QMS Internal Audits; Assist and support the QA officer’s daily transformer testing/inspections and monitoring activities.

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Wise customers read the fine print: ◊, †, », ≈, § The First Big Deal Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating retailers on or after January 3, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice.

All pricing includes freight ($1,695), air-conditioning charge (if applicable), tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Financing and lease offers available to qualified customers on approved credit. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. ◊$8,500 in Total Discounts is available on new 2015 Ram 1500 models (excluding Reg Cab) and consists of $7,000 in Consumer Cash Discounts and $1,500 in Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. See your retailer for complete details. †3.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on select new 2015 models through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Examples: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 SXT (25A+AGR)/2015 Ram 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 SXT (25A+AGR+XFH) with a Purchase Price of $28,447/$31,914 with a $0 down payment, financed at 3.99% for 96 months equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $160/$179 with a cost of borrowing of $4,828/$5,417 and a total obligation of $33,275.14/$37,330.57. »$1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2014/2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Regular Cab), 2014 Ram 2500/3500, 2014 Ram ProMaster or 2014 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before January 1, 2015. Proof of ownership/lease agreement will be required. 2. Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. This includes Licensed Tradesmen, Certified Journeymen or customers who have completed an Apprenticeship Certification. A copy of the Trade Licence/Certification required. 3.

Customers who are Baeumler Approved service providers. Proof of membership is required. Limit one $1,500 bonus cash offer per eligible truck transaction. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. ≈Non-prime financing available on approved credit. APR example: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad 4x4 SXT with a Purchase Price of $28,447 financed at 6.99% over 84 months, equals 182 bi-weekly payments of $198 for a total finance obligation of $36,053. §Starting From Prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g., paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. •Fuel Economy claim based on Automotive News Full-Size Pickup segmentation and 2015 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada new 5-cycle test method used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. ±Based on Automotive News Full-Size Pickup segmentation. ▲Longevity based on entire Ram Pickup lineup compared to competitive pickups.

Based on IHS Automotive: Polk Canadian Vehicles in Operation data as of July 1, 2014, for model-years 1988–2014 for all large pickups sold and available in Canada over the last 27 years. **When properly equipped. €Based on Automotive News Full-Size Pickup segmentation. 420 lb-ft of torque achieved at 2,000 rpm. ••Based on Automotive News Full-Size Pickup segmentation. 2014 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. 11.5 L/100 km (25 MPG) city and 8.4 L/100 km (34 MPG) highway on Ram 1500 4x2 model with 3.0L EcoDiesel V6 and 8-speed automatic. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.

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