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Gold up for grabs in Gleaners campaign

By Stephen Petrick

News - Belleville - There’s an ounce of gold available to a supporter of Gleaners Food Bank this St. Patrick’s Day. The immeasurably important food provider is going all out for its annual shamrock campaign. Gleaners runs a St. Patrick’s Day-themed fundraiser every March, and as usual this year, supporters can purchase paper shamrocks and post them to the walls of local stores with their name on it, to show off that they’re a proud supporter.

The purchase also enters them into a draw for several prizes. The grand prize is an ounce of gold, donated by RBC Dominion Securities.

The value of an ounce of gold uctuates, but lately has been hovering around the $1,500 mark.

This year Gleaners is also running a “Show off Your Shamrockâ€? contest. People who buy their shamrock are encouraged to take a “selďŹ eâ€? with the shamrock before posting it to a wall. If they upload the image to Gleaners’ Facebook page, they’ll be entered into a draw to win one of three additional prizes.

The program was unveiled at the Quinte Mall last weekend. “There’s been a lot of interest, especially with our leprechaun here,� said Kirsten Geisler, the assistant to Gleaners’ director of operations, while pointing at Matt Bewsky, who was dressed as a leprechaun to entice guests to the table.

The shamrocks are $2 each or three for $5. The campaign continues until Tuesday, March 17, (St. Patrick’s Day), when the prize winners will be drawn.

From March 13 to 17, Gleaners will have a table at the mall where items for a fundraising silent auction will also be shown.

Gleaners staff hope the campaign will raise Matt Bewsky (the leprechaun) and Kirsten Geisler show off the shamrocks Gleaners Food Bank supporters can purchase as part of its St. Patrick’s Day-themed fundraising campaign. The $15,000–money that’s well needed given the number shamrocks will be sold at several Belleville locations until March 17. Those who purchase them will be entered into a draw, with the grand prize being an ounce of gold. Photo: Stephen Petrick

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Quinte Conservation passes budget with 1.5 per cent levy increase

By Stephen Petrick

News - Quinte Conservation has passed a budget which asks taxpayers to shoulder a modest increase in 2015.

The executive board for the environmental agency ratified a budget of almost $4 million at a recent meeting.

The budget calls for a 1.5 per cent increase to the taxpayer-supported municipal levy. That levy is split between Belleville, Quinte West, Prince Edward County and several small Hastings County and Lennox & Addington municipalities, each of which have representation on the board.

Quinte Conservation is an environmental protection agency that serves communities in the Moira, Napanee and Salmon River watersheds and Prince Edward County.

A budget proposed by Quinte Conservation staff late last year called for a 2.5 per cent increase to the levy, but the board sent it back with the request that the levy increase be lowered.

At the follow-up meeting the budget was passed unanimously with little discussion or debate.

At the same meeting, 13 new members were welcomed to the board to serve for the 2015-2016 term. They are Paul Carr, Mitch Panciuk (Belleville); Allan DeWitt (Quinte West); Sandy Fraser (Marmora and Lake); Jim Flieler (Tweed); Carrie Smith (Madoc); Phillip Smith (Central

Frontenac); Steven Evarhardus (Deseronto); Heather Lang (Tyendinaga Township); Jamie Forrester, John Hirsch, Peter Keizer and Tom Livingston (Prince Edward County).

Returning members of the board include: Henry Hogg (Addington Highlands); Mike Kerby (Centre Hastings); Jackie Denyes (Belleville); Dale Grant (Stirling-Rawdon); Irene Martin (Tudor and Cashel); Penny Porter (Loyalist Township); William Robinson (South Frontenac); John Wise (Stone Mills); Roger Cole (Greater Napanee); Janice Maynard, Jim Dunlop and Ray Hobson (Prince Edward County).

Also, 13 outgoing members of the board were recognized for their efforts over the years.

Quinte General Manager Terry Murphy applauded their efforts, saying, “We have accomplished many projects such as the Big Island Marsh Restoration, creation of an accessible trail, and the McLeod Dam Green Energy Hydro Project.

“We are looking forward to many more successful projects as we welcome our new members on board.

With the passing of the budget at this meeting it’s a good start for 2015.

This is going to be a busy year for Quinte Conservation with work on dams throughout the watershed as well as many education and outreach programs.”

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Salvation Army has new look drop-in centre welcoming to guests. The back end of the building, once used for the food bank, has been converted to the drop-in centre and the food bank has been moved to the front of the building.

The move allows guests to come in to a drop-in centre that has a bathroom, a televi-

sion and plenty of space to sit and chat. campaign, and great commuThey say an open house is be- profile of the Salvation Army’s The Salvation Army’s drop-in centre nity support. ing planned for May to raise the services even more. operates weekdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coffee is always available during STORE HOURS: PRICES EFFECTIVE those hours.

Monday thru Sunday Abby Mills, the director of CommuFriday Mar 6 nity and Family Services, describes the 8:OOam - 10:00pm Thursday Mar 12 drop-in centre as a service “for anyone that is feeling lonely and would just like to get out.” It’s advertised as a “safe place for fellowship.”

It’s one of a number of programs for people in the community that need a little help. The emergency food bank is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. The Salvation Army also has Lunch Room and Warm Room services.

Mills and Marlene Johnston, the Family Services Co-ordinator, stressed that the new drop-in centre is a shortterm plan.

THIS WEEK ONLY In the long term, they’d like to reAbby Mills (l) and Marlene Johnston, of the Belleville Salvation Army, stand develop the ground floor of the buildin the new drop-in centre at the back of the 295 Pinnacle Street building. ing so that the kitchen, currently upThe drop-in centre has been moved to the back of the building, to create a stairs, is on the same floor. But such a project would require a fundraising better atmosphere for guests. Photo: Stephen Petrick

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Workshop to be hosted March 12

News - Belleville - An upcoming Harvest Hastings workshop will focus on a material that’s helping enhance soil fertility and production for farmers.

It’s known as biochar and it’s described as a stable charcoal produced by burning plant matter under zero oxygen conditions. Biochar enhances soil fertility, reduces the need for fertilizers and can increase plant production for farmers and gardeners. Biochar has beneficial links to renewable energy production and for the reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide, as it does not break down in the soil.

The workshop, run with help from the Local Wood Initiative, takes place on Thursday, March 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gerry Masterson Thurlow Community Centre at 516 Harmony Road.

The workshop will be host-

ed by Mackenzie Denyes, who recently completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering specializing in Environmental Science and Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Over the past four years her research has focused on the application of biochar and activated carbon to soils highly contaminated with organic contaminants with the objective of minimizing contaminant bioavailability.

Denyes has authored five publications and presented at numerous national and international conferences on biochar.

She has three international speaking awards and a Government of Canada Award for her contributions to the remediation of contaminated sites in Canada.

Mackenzie is a native of Hastings County, and grew

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of people the food bank supports.

In 2013, the food bank provided 8,136 food hampers to hungry people. It served 3,598 families, 11,471 adults, 7,597 children, 162 seniors and 285 Loyalist students.

Shamrocks can be purchased at the following locations: Bayshore Credit Union, Beaufort Pub, BDIA Office, Dewe’s Independent Grocer, Grills Orchard, Kelly’s Drug

Store, Legendz Pub, Metro, Foxboro Foodland, Pure Honey, Quinte Mall, RBC Front Street, Red Rock Canyon, Reid’s Dairy, Sans Souci, Scallywag Toys, Shoppers Drug Mart (Bridge and Sidney), Slapshot Bar and Grill, TD Bank North Front Street, The Boathouse Restaurant, The Hot Dog Factory, Vic’s Place, Wild Wings and Y Wanna Have Café.

For more information visit <www.gleanersfoodbank.ca>.

up on her family’s third-generation dairy farm in the Plainfield area. She was a Hastings County Princess and Queen of the Furrow, and a 4-H member and Youth Leader, and a past recipient of the Hastings County Women’s Institute Scholarship and the R.W. Phillips Hastings Scholarship Award.

For more information contact Louise Livingstone, Harvest Hastings co-ordinator, at <info@harvesthastings.ca> or 613395-4388.

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The fight continues to preserve Our TMH

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - Mayor Jim Harrison is not convinced that the recent funding announcement is all we can do to preserve our hospital.

“We must continue to work directly with many other groups to convince them to support what the residents of this area believe should be provided at TMH,” he says. “We will not be fooled. We also must work positively to attract doctors and in order to achieve that we have to meet certain objectives established by our chief of staff. We can do it!”

Elaine Palmateer agrees with Harrison. She said MPP Lou Rinaldi asked the Ministry of Health to ensure the doors stay open at the hospital and the ER continue to operate 24/7, with no cuts to patient services and no bed closures.

“Done,” she affirmed. “Now we have the time and the opportunity for some community leaders, including the chairs of Our TMH, to sit down with QHC and help develop a “made in Quinte West” plan for the services and needs in the hospital and in the community.”

Jim Harrison says, “Be positive. We have made progress.”

Robert Quin adds, “Yes, be positive, but don’t be fooled. Thanks to a small group of determined and dedicated people, we just might win the fight. We have made progress!”

Mayor Jim Harrison urges residents to keep up the good fight to save and Lorraine O’Quinn notes that on <gofundme.

money. There’s lots of waste in government and cutting other places will definitely help balance the books, but that brings us back to how do we funnel that money to our hospitals? It sounds to me that the funding formula will need to change or we need to find a way to turn it in our favour.

Perhaps a large population growth would allow us funding to keep up with the ever-increasing costs of healthcare that we will see as our population ages. This would mean longer wait times, but less need for services being cut. I looked at our population growth in this area compared to across Ontario and it doesn’t look good. This would indicate we get a smaller cut of the pie in future years unless I am missing something. I am growing tired of hearing about cuts.”

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Sylvia Reddom added, “We all have to start giving back more to these great health professionals and health institutions, and not just ask what they can do for us. We all have a lot to do yet about this. I, for one, am impressed by how many folks care enough to step up. Let’s keep this ball rolling in the right direction and not just at election time.”

Andy Axhorn said, “I have always thought that some of these places would be unable to function without their volunteers. My wife volunteers at the hospital and has done so for several years, and as a member of the Trenton Lions Club, I have just started a fundraiser for the hospital. We do what we can, but the waste I am talking about is horrendous. Ajax Hospital was rebuilt in the mid 1980s. Thirty years later, there are still parts of it that have never been opened. Why build them in the first place? Whitby hospital was shut down when it was only about ten years old. Some of the planning that is done could better be done by a five-year-old kid.”

Ben Colangelo noted, “We are a small city and I have to imagine we won’t see most of this

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Belleville rolls out red carpet for DocFest

(From left) Esthel Issa, Penny Hendricks, Dug Stevenson and Alicia Pinelli sit at a booth at the Core Centre, headquarters for the Belleville Downtown DocFest. Twelve festival committee members and 49 volunteers helped make the three-day festival run smoothly. Photo: Stephen Petrick

is developing a film culture.

“We have an audience,” she The city seems to have a good said. “It’s an informed audiJustin Kauflin performs while backed by members of a Centennial Secondary School band during a Friday afternoon show at number of people who enjoy, ence.” the high school. Later that day, the jazz musician played at the Empire Theatre as part of the opening gala event. Kauflin was not just films, but educational The prize for the top film at the subject of Keep On Keepin’ On, the featured documentary at the opening gala. Photo: Stephen Petrick films. the festival went to Lenny EpFor the first time, the Empire Theatre was used again on the Saturday night of the festival to show the film Red Army, a documentary about the famous Russian hockey team from the Cold War era. About 400 people attended that event, which featured a question-and-answer period afterword with men who had played against Russian hockey teams, including some members of the World Champion Belleville McFarlands and Pat Stapleton, a captain of Canada’s 1974 Summit Series team.

Festival organizers sold all 500 of the festival passes they had for sale, a number that would still allow them to sell individual tickets. Meanwhile several workshops, aimed at teaching aspiring filmmakers more about the business, were well attended, Stevenson said.

At the Core Centre, headquarters for organizers, festival committee members spoke positively about the event. One

downside, they said, was that few restaurants in the downtown core seemed to be open on Sunday, a missed opportunity for owners, they felt, given the high number of people downtown.

Parking areas around Pinnacle Street were packed all weekend, with viewers entering the Belleville Public Library, the Pinnacle Playhouse and the Core Centre to view films.

Penny Hendricks, a festival committee member, said organizers are proud about how the event features the work of local filmmakers. The program guide was colour coded to show what films were locally made and what films were submitted by independent filmmakers from outside the region. The festival also showed several short student films.

She said the success of DocFest, and the Quinte Film Alternative, a group that shows independent films weekly at the Empire, shows how Belleville

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News - Belleville - It was a weekend full of big audiences, big sales and big screens.

The Belleville Downtown DocFest has come a long way in just four years, as this year’s event saw a record number of documentary films shown and ticket sales.

“In the first year we had thirty films, now we have over fifty.

In the first year attendance was about 2,000, now we’re over 3,000,” said Dug Stevenson, one of the festival’s organizers.

The opening gala event at the Empire Theatre on Friday night sold out. The documentary that was screened there was Keep On Keepin’ On, a story about a young blind jazz prodigy named Justin Kauflin. When the film ended, the screen rolled up unveiling a stage, where Kauflin made his Canadian debut, performing with students from a Centennial Secondary School band.

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LETTERS LIFESTYLES TO THE EDITOR

Our society from a teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point of view Dear Editor, Being a 14-year-old, you would expect that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m obsessed with technology. You might be right. All of my life I have been surrounded by technology; however, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never get to experience going to a record store and ďŹ ghting for the newest release. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never get to experience actually needing to call my friends on the phone if I wanted to talk to them after school.

Technology is great in some cases. It helps me ďŹ nd the information I need for school, and my presentations look neat and organized. There are also some downfalls about technology. For example, some girls are constantly taking stupid selďŹ es. I see girls taking selďŹ es all the time: they even take them during class. With todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technology, teenagers are downloading songs from iTunes and other Internet sources. I prefer to use a record player when I do not feel like using my iPhone. The only place I can go to buy records in town is Sam the Record Man. That place has always truly fascinated me, ever since I was around ďŹ ve. I prefer records because when the needle touches the

record, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that little buzz, I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually in the studio with the artist. But some of my favourite artists do not make their CDs vinyl.

Kind of like vinyl, I prefer Disney ďŹ lms that were released before 2000. I like to watch them and imagine all the drawings the animators had to draw by hand. Today, they are all done on computers. I prefer the movies that were created by hand because even though it may take longer, I think it gives more life into the ďŹ lm. People took time to really study every detail, like expressions on a characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face when they are happy, sad, or angry. As our population goes toward DVD and Blu-ray discs, I will always enjoy VHS tapes. I like how you cannot scratch them as easily.

I think people need to learn how to live again. Some of these things my children might not ever get to experience. We need to take time out of our tech life and experience the world in which we live. If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just miss it.

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Dear Editor, So Prime Minister Stephen Harper has gone to Elections Canada and told them to ďŹ re up the printers in preparation for a spring election. MPs have been notiďŹ ed to open their ofďŹ ces and get ready.

Having blown his image as the great economist, (will he even bother bringing out a budget), the last arrow in his quiver is fear and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s using it to the max to distract us from his failures.

When we look back at history, the greatest leaders never stooped to instilling fear in their citizens. At the height of World War II, Winston Churchill inspired courage, Roosevelt stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have nothing to fear but fear itselfâ&#x20AC;? yet our PM has a majority of Canadians shaking in their boots.

Geo Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lies gave us the war in Iraq. Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to convince the world that the Iranians are but a brief moment away from making the bomb though their own intelligence agencies have stated that this is far from the case.

Now Stephen Harper would have us believe there is a jihadi behind every bush and no Muslim is to be

trusted, though many have tried and failed to put the government onto radicals in their midst.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all so familiar. Dehumanize a certain group, for example Jews, First Nations people, blacks, and you allow bigotry and hatred to take you to places no civil society should go.

When Harper came to power, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give me a majority and when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ďŹ nished you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize Canada.â&#x20AC;? And hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he just done that beyond his wildest dreams.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rammed through so many odious policies in huge omnibus bills, which virtually none of his MPs admitted to have taken the time to read and after little or no real debate. Bill C-51 is the icing on the cake.

With little to no oversight by an underfunded CSIS and RCMP, he will have taken away our last vestige of rights, contravening the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

And with an underfunded military, he sets out poking the Russian bear, threatening to do God knows what in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the Ukraine.

There was an amazing article in Macleanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this week on the New Leader of the Free World,

Dear Editor, How ironic that Councillor Martinello writes a letter published in your February 26 issue (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Accuracy, full and honest reporting wantedâ&#x20AC;?) accusing your reporter of â&#x20AC;&#x153;dishonest and inaccurate reportingâ&#x20AC;? for failing to list one of the ďŹ ve councillors that voted for disbanding the down-

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Angela Merkel. How is her leadership described? Never a whiff of scandal, modest, hard working, consensus seeking, practising diplomacy, involving her partners, etc., etc. That is leadership and it is sorely lacking in this government of ours. Political correspondent Miriam Lau makes an interesting point. Merkel, she states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is governing by reason, and around her she sees male helplessness. Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call to arms (as well as Stephen Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) is a sign of helplessness, because the US feels its power slipping away. The same goes for Putin. He has no economic strength. His country is falling apart. But he does have military might and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he wants to use.â&#x20AC;? Is this a man we want to continually provoke? Really Mister Harper?

So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re heading for an early election in the hopes that Canadians wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to ďŹ gure out just how much they have surrendered in Bill C-51, to a government that does not have their best interests at heart. I can only hope we will not let him succeed in this endeavour.

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March 2 council agenda that this subject is not dead yet with a Notice of Motion by Councillors Baker and Martinello to order staff to â&#x20AC;&#x153;cease any and all activityâ&#x20AC;? on both the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and the Branding Initiative. But wait, this motion goes further and demands from staff a speciďŹ c report of â&#x20AC;&#x153;all municipal funds including grants, loans, or any and all other funds spent on the Downtown Revitalization, Brighton Creative Trades Centre, and Branding Initiatives.â&#x20AC;?

So let me get this straight: council cancels all of the main elements of its Economic Development Strategy effectively wasting all of the investment in time and treasure; and then they would compound the insult to staff, volunteers and taxpayers by having more staff time and money wasted on a speciďŹ c report. Such a report might serve some political purpose for the sponsors but it will do nothing to advance our community.

Three months in we continue to see projects cancelled and directives given to staff but are yet to see a vision and plan from our new council.

We live in interesting times.

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Murder in Moscow Editorial - “Every time I call [my mother],” said Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov recently, “she gives me a talking-to: ‘When will you stop being rude about Putin? He’ll kill you.’”

Nemtsov Gwynne Dyer is Now dead: four bullets in the back as he was walking home in Moscow with his girlfriend on Friday night. The protest march against Putin and the war in Ukraine that he was planning to lead on Sunday became a memorial march instead.

So, two questions. Did President Vladimir Putin order the assassination? And if he didn’t, then who did, and why?

The hit was carried out with professional skill only three minutes’ walk from Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin, in an area that is infested day and night by militia (police) on constant alert to break up demonstrations. You could put together a feature-length film with the footage from the countless CCTV cameras that tracked Nemtsov’s walk across the square and down to the bridge where he died.

It took accurate intelligence to know where Nemtsov would be on Friday night, and serious organisation and planning to carry out the killing in such a heavily policed area. That points to members of the military or security forces, though not necessarily to ones who were acting on official orders. Because the first thing to say about this murder is that it did not serve Putin’s purposes.

No doubt the Russian president disliked and despised Nemtsov, but neither he nor any other opposition leader posed any threat to Putin’s power. Thanks in large part to his seizure of Crimea and his military intervention in eastern Ukraine, Putin is currently enjoying an 85 per cent approval rating with the Russian public. Why risk upsetting this happy relationship with the first public killing of a senior political figure in more than a decade?

It’s much more likely that the killing was carried out by serving or former soldiers or intelligence officers, who took it upon themselves to eliminate an “anti-patriotic” politician who condemned “Putin’s War” in

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Ukraine. In the superheated atmosphere of nationalist paranoia that currently prevails in Russia, such people could easily imagine that they were doing just what Putin secretly wanted.

As for the rest of the world (or at least the “western” part of the world), it has already written Putin off as a man you can do business with. The Russian leader is, in many Westerners’ eyes, an expansionist warlord who can only be contained by sanctions and threats. It may even take a new Cold War to stop him. Paranoia, alas, is a communicable disease.

The Western narrative that seeks to explain how, in less than a year, we have arrived at a point where the United States is contemplating supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine to kill Russian troops, has several large gaps. The first is that the revolution on the Maidan in Kiev last winter overthrew a legitimately elected Ukrainian president only a year before the next elections were due.

Putin initially accepted that outcome (with the elections moved up to only one month in the future), which was brokered by the European Union. In other words, he accepted the illegal overthrow of the proMoscow president, Viktor Yanukovych, so long as free elections followed rapidly. Quite possibly because he thought Yanukovych’s supporters in the east might boost him back into the presidency again.

That same thought may also be why the revolutionaries in Kiev broke the deal and insisted on Yanukovych’s immediate removal from power. It was only then that Putin concluded that he was faced with a Western plot to whisk Ukraine into NATO and create a strategic and political threat on Russia’s southern frontier.

There was no such plot: NATO has not the slightest desire to assume responsibility for the defence of Ukraine. But there was a great deal of open Western rejoicing at Russia’s discomfiture, and Putin lost his customary cool and responded with the annexation of Crimea and then the encouragement of proRussian rebels in southeastern Ukraine.

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” said Lord Acton. “All great men are bad.”

In that sense, Putin is a bad man, and more dangerous for being both paranoid and increasingly isolated. (His circle of advisers has dwindled to a handful of hawks.) But he is not planning to conquer even Ukraine, let alone the rest of the former Soviet empire, and he almost certainly did not order Nemtsov’s death.

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Inclusive language is okay, but let’s call a spade a spade

By Stephen Petrick Editorial - I was at an assignment recently when I let out a slip of the tongue. I asked an organizer how much “manpower” was involved in her event. “Human power” she corrected me, causing me to laugh nervously. I apologized and assured her I had no bad intentions; it was just a figure of speech.

Truthfully, I have no qualms with people who lobby for more gender neutral language or what the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board calls “inclusive language.”

Some posters distributed by the board recently are calling for more inclusive language and were recently the subject of an intense social media debate. The posters encourage people to use terms such as “police officer” as opposed to “police man” or “chairperson” instead of “chairwoman” or “chairman.”

This message, I believe, is well intended and it probably didn’t deserve all the negative feedback it received. But at the same time I understand some of the criticism because, at some point, you have to call a spade a spade.

There’s nothing wrong with saying a “policeman” came to my house if the police officer was, you know, a man.

One could argue that, for the sake of not being sexist, a person should say “quick, let’s call a police officer” instead of “quick, let’s call a policeman.” But that would be kind of stupid. In an emergency, who cares about such political correctness.

Maybe my view of this is biased because I write words for a living and believe in good ol’ plain speak. I wonder if it’s really necessary to call someone “hearing impaired” if they are, by technical definition, deaf. And is it wrong to use the word “blind” instead of visually impaired?

Labels we give to people change over time, sometimes for good reason, and sometimes because of political correctness gone awry. Several years ago, when I flirted with the idea of a teaching career, I found myself taking a course on special education in New York State. I was shocked when the instructor used the word “mentally retarded.” I thought that word had been banished in Canada years ago, in favour of terms like “developmentally delayed.” But in some parts of the United States, I learned, it was still a common term (at least at that time)–I even found it in a text book, too.

I’m not going to defend the use of the term “mentally retarded.” To me it sounds hurtful. But the fact that it was still commonly used in one area of the world, long after it was deemed insulting in another, says something about how appropriate language is ultimately just a judgement call.

To be fair, retarded was once the new term used to stop labels such as “slow” or “imbecile.” But eventually it received a negative connotation and had to give way to new terms like “special needs” or “developmentally disabled.”

And those terms will eventually have to be replaced–if they haven’t been already–with new terms, once they’ve been used for so long that they’ve ruffled the feathers of a few people the wrong way. The process will continue forever.

My point is that there’s little use in fretting over what words should be considered appropriate or inappropriate.

In many cases, the right answer is simply in the eye of the beholder and it’s based on their experiences.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be careful. Words can be hurtful, especially when they’re used at clearly the wrong time in clearly the wrong way. But sometimes they’re just words and they’re meant to be taken literally.

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Dear Editor, Liberal hypocrisy is stunning.

The comment comes in respect to a recent Independent article “Difficult task ahead for hospital in trying to balance budget.” The provincial government has all the hospitals in Ontario on a balanced budget order, which is not a bad thing, but coming from this deficit-loving regime it’s a joke of the century.

Why is it that this corrupt government under Premier Wynne seems to believe the health care system should be restricted to a sensible spending plan when the government itself has spent more and wasted

more taxpayer dollars than any other jurisdiction in North America with the exception of Obama’s socialist White House?

If this government was not guilty of all the scandals and the staggering amount of money it represents every hospital in Ontario, including the one here in Campbellford, could easily be allowed to spend another 25 per cent in support of patients instead of threatened staff layoffs.

Better still, why doesn’t the Wynne regime set an example by balancing its own budget? Seems to me the hospitals are actually showing the Libs how to be frugal considering

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Campbellford will probably end up with a deficit of $20,000 on an $18.6 million operating budget for the 20142015 fiscal year. If only the Liberals had a similar record, they wouldn’t be the subject of such condemnation.

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Council officially names Our TMH Week

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - Council has officially declared March 2 to 8 as Our TMH Week.

The request came from Our TMH committee member Lorraine O’Quinn, chair of strategic planning. She was accompanied by committee co-chairs Frank Barry and Betty Clost.

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O’Quinn noted that the news of cutbacks has already affected real estate. She had two clients who decided not to move to Trenton because of hospital worries.

“In 2009 we had 70 beds at TMH,” she pointed out. “In 2014 we had 26 beds. We are being cut to the bone. It’s scary.”

Sally Freeman commented they must go one year at a time and commended the group for forming. “You are all orga-

nized,” she said. “Last time we went through this we were missing your kind of group.”

A rally is planned inside Trenton High School on Saturday, March 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. Buses will be provided for seniors and the general public through Quinte Access, and there has also been an offer through Freeman Bus Lines to bring seniors to the rally. For information on getting a ride call 613-392-9640.

Betty Clost noted this rally is

not outside like the previous one where people paraded in front of the hospital with signs. It will be inside the auditorium where speakers will give information and anyone can comment. Everyone is urged to come and find out more about the cutbacks at TMH, including those happening this week with staff. Volunteers have been selling Our TMH buttons and giving out red ribbons for residents to wear to show support.

Quinte Health Care feels it’s close to closing funding gap

By Stephen Petrick

News - Belleville - News of a $3.5-million funding commitment from the province means Quinte Health Care management feel they’re close to closing a funding gap that has threatened significant job losses and cuts to services lately.

Susan Rowe, QHC’s Director of Communications, said on Monday that the hospital organization hopes to make a public announcement later in the week, after management has spoken to union leaders, about a new plan going forward.

That announcement would come about a week after Northumberland-Quinte West Member of Provincial Parliament Lou Rinaldi told a packed council chamber at Quinte West City Hall that the province has come up with $3.5 million to end the threat of closure

to emergency services at QHC’s four hospitals.

Although the announcement took place in Trenton, where a group called Our TMH formed to lobby on behalf of Trenton Memorial Hospital, Rowe stressed that the $3.5 million is not specifically earmarked for one hospital. QHC doesn’t operate four separate budgets for its four hospitals: Trenton Memorial, Belleville General, North Hastings and Prince Edward County Memorial.

“The funding is for Quinte Health Care as a whole,” she said.

“We have one budget or pot of funding.”

That said, the funding was meant to ensure that 24-hour emergency care will continue at all four hospitals. It also makes what was once a $12-million funding gap easier to handle.

Just a few months ago QHC

was projecting to have a $12million deficit by the end of its next fiscal year. However, since that time nine employees based at Belleville General Hospital were laid off–six managers and three administrators–and several vacant positions have been earmarked for elimination.

Rowe said staff are working toward passing a balanced budget for 2015-2016 at its April 30 board meeting. However, a lot can still change between now and then.

Three unions that represent QHC employees–OPSEU, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor–have a month to respond to the plan presented to them by management earlier this week and make recommendations of their own.

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Rowe said that the $3.5 million QHC received last week was intended for the 2015-2016 budget. It’s not a commitment of annual funding, so QHC still has to make changes. However, now it has more time to do so.

“We still need to determine how to deliver hospital services within the funding we have available,” Rowe said. “Because of this funding we now have the time we need to build creative and sustainable solutions.”

She said the root of the issue is a funding formula the Ontario government uses to fund hospitals. The formula allots hospitals sums of money based on several statistics, such as the population of the area, the age of that population, gender rates, overall health of the population and projected population growth.

That funding formula, Rowe said, is causing difficulties for several hospital organizations in rural communities that aren’t growing at the same rate as large centres. She says QHC isn’t the only hospital organization in Ontario facing the pinch.

The new funding, Rowe said, seems to be a sign that the Ministry of Health acknowledges the funding formula is challenging rural hospitals and many need more time to make new plans on how to deliver services with the funding they have available. Making matters more challenging is relatively new legislation that doesn’t allow hospitals to carry a deficit.

The good news, Rowe said, is that many organizations QHC works with understand that challenge and are working with the organization to find solutions.

“We’ve received a lot of support from MPP Rinaldi and we’ve found the Local Health Integration Network and the Ministry have been open to having that conservation,” she said.

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Council, officials mark lagoon expansion

By Richard Turtle

News - Stirling - With the flip of a switch last week the village paved the way for significant residential development with its lagoon system now in full operation.

Calling it, “a banner day,” Stirling-Rawdon Mayor Rodney Cooney was joined by his fellow councillors, staff members and Greer Galloway representative Tony Guerrera to celebrate the resulting near doubling of sewer allotments for the village at the site of recent work.

Speaking inside a small structure, with controls for newly Stirling-Rawdon Council members Bob Mullin, Dean Graff, Grant Hagerman, Rodney Cooney and Jeremy Solmes are joined for a installed lagoon aeration equipribbon cutting by staff and officials involved in recent lagoon expansion and approvals. Mayor Cooney says the improvements ment, Mayor Cooney spoke of the importance of recent approvals will significantly increase residential capacity for the village.

and increased capacity.

“After many years of hard work and debate,” Cooney says, “the Stirling-Rawdon lagoon system is fully operational, allowing the municipality to expand its urban area moving forward.”

Receiving full ministry approval, he adds, “has only been reached through the hard work and dedication of council, public works and administration.

“Although this is a banner day for the municipality,” Cooney says, “it does not come without added debt which will have to be paid over the next number of years.”

Cooney also thanked Deputymayor Bob Mullin, who also

serves as Environmental Committee chair, and Public Works Manager Charles Croll for spearheading “the redesign and reapplication for this certificate of approval,” as well as Greg Joslin, public works staff and Greer Galloway officials including Bob Brown.

Many involved, he says, have provided guidance and advice over the course of several years.

“We will continue to make the kinds of improvements to the community that will achieve sustainable long-term results,” Cooney added, noting council is committed to making Stirling-Rawdon a great place to live, whether you live here now or are considering a move here in the future.

Slight tax increase projected after Belleville passes capital budget budget places a heavy emphasis on infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, it also features several parks and recreation projects. One highlight Christopher touted was the city’s decision to rebuild the Kinsmen Pool that’s been left to deteriorate at its site along Dundas Street East. That project was budgeted for $1.3 million.

The pool is expected to open as early as May and a splash pad is expected to go up at the site later. The city has also earmarked money for the construction of parks in several new subdivisions.

On the infrastructure side, Christopher also said he’s pleased that the budget al-

lows for the construction of Bay Bridge Road to take place this year. This Build Belleville project, meant to make traffic run smoother upon the entrance to Prince Edward County, was scheduled to begin in 2014, but had to be halted once council went into “lame duck” status, prior to the October municipal election. Christopher said the capital budget should also be considered a success because it was done in one day; in the recent past it’s taken up to three days.

City staff encouraged council to fund most projects through available revenues, and not to build any more debt because the Build Belleville projects

are being funded through loans.

However, after making several tweaks to the capital budget originally proposed by staff, council will have some challenges as it goes through the operational

budget session. The operational budget, for the most part, shows the city the labour costs involved with all the capital projects, including new parks.

“On the flip side now we

have staff that have to give you a number on [the changes council made],” Christopher said.

“You’re going to see a glitch there, but that’s part of having recreational facilities.”

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It’s all about being able to show taxpayers that they’re getting a good bang for the buck, regardless of whether there’s an increase.

“You don’t want to go through two days of exercise and lower the level of service,” he said. “If you can stabilize it and add where you can, that’s what you want to do as an elected official.” He said if this council, in the end, passes budgets which result in a slight tax increase, it will be following the standard set for the city over the last 25 years or so. In that time span, he said, Belleville has almost always had a slight increase, ranging anywhere from zero to three per cent.

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Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk returns to city May 2 and 3

Events - Belleville - Get your walking shoes and bike ready; Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third annual Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk will be here before you know it.

This global event, which is always held on the ďŹ rst weekend of May, rain or shine, honours urban activist Jane Jacobs.

Her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, called for an approach to city living that fosters healthy

neighbourhoods and communities. The Belleville event runs on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3.

A number of people are expected to take advantage of this no-cost way to learn about the past, present and future of Belleville while strolling or cycling along guided routes.

Tours are organized to allow participants to join one or more of the guided forays into

Belleville neighbourhoods. Last year, there were four guided walks. This year, two walks and a bike tour are in the works according to Marianne Scott, chair of the Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk 2015 planning committee. Each walk (or ride) lasts approximately one to one and a half hours. SpeciďŹ c times and meeting places for these trips will be announced at a later date.

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torical Society has joined Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk and will lead a walk that studies church history and architecture, both inside and outside some of Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s churches.

Orland French, a local author and historian, reports that the tour will visit four churches on Church Street (St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, St. Thomas and Bridge Street United) plus Victoria Avenue Baptist.

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also has joined Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk Belleville for the ďŹ rst time. Cycling devotees Robert Jakes and Justin Jones are inviting people to join them on Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ride, an exploratory tour of Belleville by bike. Robert is a lifelong Belleville resident, active member of BoB and a seasoned bicycle tourist. Justin is a passionate cycling advocate and, as a new resident, brings a fresh perspective to cycling issues in Belleville. They envision this city as a place where people can pursue a healthy lifestyle and choose safe alternative transportation solutions.

On this ride, participants will get tips and tricks for cycling around Belleville while exploring how locals can build a better cycling environment through Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Master Plan, which proposed new road designs, bike lanes and recreational trails.

In addition, local SPIN (Small Plot Intensive) farmers such as Max Valyear of Green Wheel Farms and Stephanie Bell in-

vite participants to join them to learn more about Spin farming, foraging practices and urban sustainability.

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City hears ideas of what to do with $2.4 million

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - Jeff Moorhouse representing the Batawa Lions Club had some good ideas at council on Monday about what to do with the $2.4 million in reserves from Sidney Township.

“Set up a grant program,” he suggested.

He said the money could be accessed from all of Quinte West, not just Sidney Ward.

“Anyone could apply,” he said. “The money would last for years and go on indefinitely. It would go a long ways.”

Councillor Karen Sharpe thanked the Lions Club for their business plan and proposal. She said she was happy to hear it would benefit all of Quinte West.

Councillor Don Kuntze said they are always looking for ideas to meet and discuss but no decision has been made yet.

Councillor Rob MacIntosh said new ideas are great to bring into public consultation.

Councillor Allan DeWitt said other people have come forward with ideas and they will all be looked at.

Mayor Jim Harrison asked Jeff Moor-

house about the things the Batawa Lions Club is doing in the community. Moorhouse said they have three ice rinks and are applying to Trillium for an efficient watering system. They have begun building a new playground made of all timber and wood with hill slides and a treescape, one of a kind. The Lions Club has 18 members and is active in local programs.

Paul Kyte, in public input, said the Sidney reserve has sat there for 11 years and was never touched. He felt they should set it aside for a rainy day for any needs that Sidney Ward has. He noted

that both splash pads in Quinte West had public support. “It’s not always necessary to spend money,” he said. “Keep it in the bank.”

Terry Cassidy, also in public input, agreed it is good to put the money aside, but also use some now so it is balanced.

Allan DeWitt said the money could be used to improve a park at Montrose, put in LED lights at intersections off Old Highway 2, acquire more green space, upgrade parks and purchase land for a new industrial park in Sid- Jeff Moorhouse had some good ideas from the ney Ward.

Batawa Lions Club. Photo: Kate Everson

Council lobbies province for funding during conference News - Stirling - StirlingRawdon Mayor Rodney Cooney remains frustrated after recent meetings with provincial officials failed to provide requested explanations for Ontario Municipal Partnership Funding (OMPF) cuts or a commitment to provide financial help with pressing infrastructure projects. Cooney, joined by several fellow councillors and municipal staff members, recently returned from four days of lobbying the provincial government as well as outlining the municipality’s financial concerns.

Other officials in attendance at

the recent OGRA/ROMA combined conference at the Royal York in Toronto February 22 to 25 included Councillors Grant Hagerman, Dean Graff, and Jeremy Solmes, along with CAO/Public Works Manager Charles Croll, and Treasurer/Deputy Administrator Roxanne Hearns. Councillor Hagerman explained at the most recent meeting of council that while there, they heard from the premier and 21 cabinet ministers regarding the future plans of the province.

Cooney says in recent years Stirling has seen significant fund-

ing cuts while most other Hastings County municipalities have seen increases.

“They couldn’t tell us why,” Cooney says. During the conference Cooney, the CAO, and Treasurer, met with Laura Albanese, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance, a meeting secured with the assistance of Northumberland/Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi. In addition, they met with Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman, PC Critic for Municipal Affairs and Housing and his assistants. The purpose of both meetings was to discuss munici-

pal provincial funding and Mayor Cooney used the opportunities to raise concerns on behalf of the municipality. Although no firm commitments were made, councillors say their concerns were heard.

While at Good Roads, Mayor Cooney joined Tweed Reeve Jo-Anne Albert, and Hastings

County Warden Rick Phillips in support of Napanee Mayor Gord Schermerhorn as he met with Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Ted McMeekin to express concern over the cancellation of the AMCTO’s municipal management internship program.

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Quinte Conservation monitoring snow levels

By Stephen Petrick

News - Belleville - It’s too early to tell if the Quinte area will experience massive flooding this spring, as it did last year, but Quinte Conservation crews are already working to get a sense of what to expect.

“This is a very busy time of year for all of our field staff,” said Jennifer May-Anderson, a spokesperson for the environmental agency in an interview last Friday.

“They’re out at different monitoring stations measuring snow. Right now, it’s too early to make any predictions.”

While the massive snow banks outside in March don’t seem like a good sign, May-Anderson said whether there’s actual flooding depends on three factors. The first is the water content in the snow. From what Quinte Conservation staff members have observed thus far, this year’s snow isn’t as heavy as last year’s snow, which is a promising sign that flooding won’t be bad.

“If you measure the depth of snow we’re close to what we were at last year,” May-Anderson said. “But the snow this year is drier. Last year it was really heavy.

This year it’s light, so there’s less water content.”

The second factor affecting floods, she said, is the range of temperatures we

experience in the spring. “If we have a slow thaw and the snow and ice melts gradually, then that’s not as much of a problem,” she said.

However, if the spring thaw comes quickly, then the snow and ice may melt so fast that the river can’t keep up. If the weather shifts from well below zero to well above zero in a day or two, that’s a bad sign.

The third factor is the rain. If it’s pouring, as the snow is melting, the riverbeds are, again, likely to overflow. May-Anderson said the Quinte Conservation staff will continue to watch the rivers daily and warn the public and its partnering municipalities about concerns as they come about.

Quinte Conservation monitors the

Moira, Salmon and Napanee River watersheds and the waters of Prince Edward County. She also reminded the public of who is responsible for what during flood season. As a publicenvironmentalagency,Quinte Conservation is responsible for monitoring conditions and warning the public and its municipalities about signs of danger. However, each municipality is responsible for carrying out its own emergency response plan. The municipalities are also responsible for protecting their own infrastructure. MayAnderson said homeowners in flood-prone areas are responsible for their own properties and they should pay attention to Quinte Conservation updates and plan

The win avenged Belleville’s 8 - 4 loss to the Generals in Oshawa the previous night and ensured a split in the homeand-home series. It also brought the Bulls a little closer to a playoff berth.

They ended the weekend in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings at 25-28-3-4 (57 points).

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with 54 points.

It all sets up a dramatic final month of the regular season. The Bulls have eight games left on the schedule, including two this week. On Thursday, they travel to North Bay to take on the fourth-place Battalion (30-18-6-5). And on Friday, they move over to Sudbury to take on the cellar-dwelling Wolves (10-48-1-1).

The ultra-tight standings mean the Bulls upset over Oshawa couldn’t have come at a better time.

Jordan Subban got the Bulls off to a good start, scoring his 24th goal of the season to give the home team a 1 - 0 lead in the first period.

Oshawa tied it 1 - 1 minutes later and the score stayed that way into the third period. Then Adam Laishram scored at the 5:35 mark for what turned out to be the game-winning goal and Niki Petti added another at the 15:19 mark to make it a two-goal lead.

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Beyond the danger sign ice can be seen jamming what is usually a freeflowing waterfall along Quinte Conservation’s McLeod Dam, near the corner of College Street and Cannifton Road in Belleville. Right now ice jamming is a concern for Quinte Conservation staff, but soon thoughts will turn to flooding, especially if there’s a quick thaw later in March. Photo: Stephen

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“We have what we call floodplain mapping,” May-Anderson said. “It tells us, based on history, where the water will get to.” She also stressed that anyone who lives near a river or stream should exercise caution. While there are some well-known flooding hotspots–the Moira River along Foxboro is one–flooding has the potential to take place “at anytime, anywhere there’s water.”

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the Generals’ skill showed in the third period as they outshot the Bulls 22 - 4 in that frame.

Not surprisingly, Graham was named the first star of the game. Laishram and Subban were the second and third stars, respectively.

Saturday’s third period was a refreshing change, after the Bulls gave up five third-period goals on Friday in the 8 - 4 loss.

The Bulls trailed only 2 - 1 after the first, and 3 - 2 after the second, as Subban and Welychka provided goals.

But the Generals scored just 47 seconds into the third and scored four more over the next 13 minutes to put the game out of reach. Michael Cramarossa added a late goal for the Bulls, but it was too little, too late.

Connor Hicks took the loss in goal but he had a busy night, as the Bulls were outshot 39 - 25.

The Bulls’ home game the previous Wednesday versus Kingston was just as disappointing, as the Bulls allowed six second-period goals en route to a 7 - 3 loss. David Tomasek, Matt Luff and Justin Lemcke provided the Bulls’ goals.

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Handicapped youth enjoy specialized skiing

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Sports - Batawa - Seven young people have enjoyed skiing at Batawa this winter despite their disabilities.

“We have kids from ten to fifteen years old,” says volunteer skiing instructor Austin Watts from Quinte West.

The program called Track 3 has been in Batawa for the past five years. It started in Ontario in 1972 with the Easter Seals program and in 1987 became the Ontario Track 3 Ski Association for the Disabled.

It is called Track 3 because the equipment includes a sitski with one track in the snow and two outriggers attached to help keep the child upright.

Mandy Scarr from Brighton has been bringing her 15year-old son Nick to Batawa for the past few years. He has cerebral palsy but loves to ski on the hill with the help of volunteers, even skiing down Ol’ Smokey, the steepest of the slopes.

“He loves it,” she says with a smile.

There is a waiting list for young people to get into this program, dependent on the number of volunteers.

Braden, ten, is one little guy who enjoys the snow, despite the cold weather. Bundled up in his sit-ski and with an interpreter at his side to

The children include AJ, Eric, Marissa, Thomas, Nick and Braden with their volunteers at Batawa on the last night Braden, ten, and Nick, 15, with his volunteer Troy Zuorro from Trenton get ready to go skiing. Photo: Kate Everson of skiing, February 26. Photo: Kate Everson

communicate for him, he goes up the Bambi slope with his volunteer Austin Watts and zooms down to the bottom. Halfway down he goes sideways and falls face first in the snow. He looks delighted.

“We teach them how to fall,” explains Austin. “That’s all part of it. You have to love snow!”

He says the youngsters develop a passion for the sport which gives them a sense of freedom they don’t have in everyday life.

“They are all different,” Austin says. “It’s a great group.”

Austin has been volunteering for the past five years at Batawa

and is an avid skier . Someone approached him to help out, and he has been involved every since.

“It’s incredibly worthwhile,” he says. “It’s great. It’s a lot of fun. The kids are so appreciative.

Everyone is genuinely happy. It’s a beautiful thing.”

Austin says the volunteers are incredible too. They are each matched with one child and are trained specifically to help that type of disability.

For instance, with Braden, the volunteer needs to learn how to set up and work with a sit-ski, a highly technical piece of equipment.

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each had a goal and an assist to lead the offence. Ryan Fraser also scored, and Mackenzie Warren, Dominic Della Civita, and Tanner Sheppard each chipped in with assists. Anthony Popovich earned his second playoff shutout between the pipes. The series resumes Friday night at 8:30 p.m. at the RCAF Arena.

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The instructors work together and are very tuned into each other to help out. The parents help too.”

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The program starts the third week in January and runs twice a week, on Wednesday and Thursday nights to the end of February. People can go to the website <www.track3.org> to find out more.

“It’s an amazing program,” Austin says.

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Centennial senior boys basketball team dominates at COSSA

By Stephen Petrick

Sports - Belleville - The Centennial Secondary School senior boys’ basketball team can charge toward the provincial championships. The Chargers won the Central Ontario Secondary Schools Athletics AA championship on Friday, February 28, with convincing wins over Crestwood Secondary School and Prince Edward Collegiate in front of their home fans. The title qualifies them for the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA) AA championships, to be played March 9 to 11 in Ottawa. The Chargers first met Peterborough-based Crestwood in the semi-final game.

They built up a 35 - 16 half time lead and cruised to a 66 39 win. Coach Patrick Foran was impressed with his team’s effort.

“This was probably the best complete game we have played this year,” said Foran, who guided the Chargers to an undefeated season in Bay of Quinte Athletics play. “Very good defence and an excellent cohesiveness on offence didn’t leave Crestwood much to work with.”

Zack Mullins led the offence with 21 points, while Chase Peck had 17 points. Blake Reid added nine and Raheem Silcott had eight. In the final game, Centennial outran Prince Edward to a 64 - 37 win, but the game was not as lopsided as the score indicated, Foran said.

“It took a strong second half to finally pull away from this scrappy Picton team,” he said. “The defence and rebounding was finally too much for them to overcome.” Silcott led the way, offensively, with 22 points. Mullins had 12, Reid had 11, Peck had nine and Benj Vandewalle had nine. The Chargers Centennial’s Zack Mullins fights for the ball in between two Crestwood Secondary School playearned the right to host COSSA after beating Nicholson 44 - ers during a COSSA AA semi-final basketball game at Centennial on Friday, February 27. Photo: Centennial’s Blake Reid guards a Crestwood player during the COSSA AA semi-final game. Photo: Stephen Petrick 38 in the Bay of Quinte finals a week earlier.

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Polachek leads Trenton to 6 - 4 win

Sports - Wellington - In the second game of the series against Wellington Dukes on March 1, The Trenton Golden Hawks came out winners again.

Bobby Polachek lifted the Trenton Golden Hawks to a 6 - 4 victory with a hat trick against the

Wellington Dukes.

Polachek got on the scoresheet 13:44 into the first period. He then added goals at 2:27 into the third and at 16:35 into the third.

The win gave Trenton a 2 - 0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

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Wellington’s power play was ineffective against the Golden Hawks’ penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Trenton excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in six chances. The Golden Hawks’ offence rang up 34 shots on the Dukes’ net.

Trenton also got a goal from Kevin Lavoie as well. More assists for Trenton came via Christian DiFelice, Tyler Donaldson, Loren Ulett, Blayne Oliver, Michael Siddall, and Hunter Fargey, who each chipped in one.

Wellington stifled Trenton’s power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

The Dukes were helped by Ben Sokay, who tallied one goal. Sokay scored 1:15 into the second period to make the score 2 - 2. Jacob Panetta provided the assist.

Wellington additionally got points from Panetta, who also racked up one goal and one assist to lead the team in points.

Wellington also had goals scored by Abbott Girduckis and Wes St. Amand, who each put in one. In addition, Wellington received assists from Will Cook, Conner Judson, Griffin McCarty, Nick Devito, and Olivier Lafreniere, who contributed one each.

Justin Kapelmaster recorded 23 saves for the Golden Hawks. Trenton incurred 26 minutes in penalty time with eight minors.

Wellington’s Lafreniere stopped 28 shots out of the 33 he faced. The Dukes ended with 43 minutes in penalty time with nine minors and one major. Wellington ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Andrew Coupland was ejected from the game.

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Five Golden Hawks in the OJHL All-Star teams

offensively during his second season with the Golden Hawks. One of the best conditioned athletes in the OJHL, the Oakville, Ontario, native doubled his scoring from the previous year, finishing fourth on the club in scoring with 17 goals and 52 points in 51 games played, while also registering 83 penalty minutes and providing a physical edge from the back end.

Lloyd’s blend of a hard, accurate shot, along with his playmaking abilities, combined to give him 52 points, tops among all rearguards in scoring this season. His 17 goals ranked second and his 35 assists tied for fifth best. Logging heavy minutes in all situations, Lloyd registered 20 power player points and five shorthanded points, including

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the league’s most dominant in the face-off circle, de Concilys finished second to scoring champion Steve Hladin with 60 assists on the season, while also notching four shorthanded points.

Brahaney and Gilmour earn gold

Team Ontario members Brady Gilmour and Jakob Brahaney brought home gold medals from the Canada Winter Games. On Sunday, Team Ontario won its sixth game, defeating Team Alberta 3 - 1 in the final in Prince George, BC. Ontario was undefeated throughout the competition, and Gilmour chipped in with a goal and four assists in the tournament. Earlier in the playoff round, they defeated Team Quebec 5 - 2 in the semi-final round, and Team Saskatchewan 9 - 0 in the quarter-finals. Photo: Submitted

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Sports - Quinte West - The Trenton Golden Hawks have five players in the All-Star teams just announced by The Ontario Junior Hockey League. Justin Kapelmaster, Christian Lloyd, Braden Hellems, Zach de Concilys and Brady Wiffen are on the teams.

1st Team All-Star G - Justin Kapelmaster (Trenton Golden Hawks) D - Christian Lloyd (Trenton Golden Hawks) D - Eric Williams (Aurora Tigers) F - Adam Brady (Kingston Voyageurs) F - Steve Hladin (Georgetown Raiders) F - Brady Wiffen (Trenton Golden Hawks) 2nd Team All-Star G - Andy Munroe (Aurora Tigers) D - Braden Hellems (Trenton Golden Hawks) D - Niko Kovachis (Toronto Patriots) F - Zach de Concilys (Trenton Golden Hawks) F - Alex Tonge (Kingston Voyageurs) F - Gabriel Valenzuela (North York Rangers) Goaltender - Justin Kapelmaster (Trenton Golden Hawks).

Playing his first season of junior hockey in Canada, Justin Kapelmaster lived up to his advanced billing, leading the Golden Hawks to the East Division title while finishing as runner-up for the OJHL Regular Season banner. A native of Coral Springs, Florida, the lanky netminder was named runner-up as the OJHL Gongshow Gear Goaltender-ofthe-Month twice early in the season (September, October). Posting a 29-7-1 record in 40 games played, of which the win total ranked second in the OJHL, the netminder ranked highly in most statistical categories throughout the season. He posted three shutouts, tied for seventh in the league, a 2.09 goals against average, tied for second among goalies, and a .925 save percentage that was also third best. Kapelmaster’s efforts earned a spot on Team OJHL Hawerchuk, winning both games he played at the 2014 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge held in Toronto.

Defence - Christian Lloyd (Trenton Golden Hawks). Joining his teammate on the 1st All-Star Team is defenceman Christian Lloyd, who broke out

four points at the 2014 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge, and is committed to join the RPI Engineers beginning next season.

2nd Team All-Stars Trenton Golden Hawks defenceman Braden Hellems is a native of St. Thomas, Ontario.

Teamed with 1st Team All-Star Christian Lloyd, the pair was one of the top 1-2 tandems in the entire OJHL throughout the season and it was Hellems in fact, that was named Gongshow Gear North-East Conference Player-of-the-Month in October.

The first year OJHLer finished fifth on the Golden Hawks in scoring with 50 points in 53 games played, while his totals of 38 assists and 50 points were both tied for second best among all OJHL rearguards.

Trenton Golden Hawks forward Zach de Concilys is a native of St. Catharines, Ontario.

After leading the Golden Hawks in scoring during the 2014 postseason, de Concilys picked up where he left off, finishing second on the Hawks and third in OJHL scoring with 83 points in 52 games played. The consummate playmaker, who is also one of

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Goalie Justin Kapelmaster stops a goal from the Wellington Dukes with help from Zach de Concilys and Blayne Oliver. Photo: Kate Everson

four shorthanded assists, which was tied for the best among all OJHL skaters. He notched a pair of points as a member of Team OJHL Oates as they captured the 2014 Central Canada Cup AllStar Challenge that was held in Toronto.

Forward - Brady Wiffen (Trenton Golden Hawks). After recording just over a point-pergame last season, Brady Wiffen of the Trenton Golden Hawks took his game to another level in 20142015, registering more than a goalper-game with a league-high 53 goals in 52 regular season contests.

Wiffen became the first player in three years to hit the magical 50goal milestone. Also the runnerup as the OJHL Top Scorer with 92 points this season, the Golden Hawks alternate captain was not only a key contributor to the club’s power play unit, but also one of the leaders for the league’s third best penalty killing unit.

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Three Maples hosts first tap of spring 2015

This is the newest evaporator Harry Dennis has installed at his Three Maples Sugar Camp between Marmora and Madoc. The modern evaporator requires two people to work on the processing. Photo: Margriet Kitchen

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News - Marmora - The Three Maples Sugar Camp, operated by Harry and Janet Dennis and family, was the scene of the prestigious event celebrating the start of the maple sap run for this

year. Each year, a different member of the Quinte and District Ontario Maple Sugar Producers Association (OMSPA) is selected for the honour to host the first tap.

On hand to perform the official “tap-

ping” were invited dignitaries, Prince Edward-Hastings MP Daryl Kramp, Marmora and Lake Reeve Terry Clemens, and Centre Hastings Mayor Tom Deline.

Many other associated maple syrup

producers, family, friends and neighbours were present to be given a tour of the facility, enjoy a visit before the busy tapping season, and a delicious pancake and syrup brunch. Chris Koopmans, president of the Quinte and District

Maple Syrup Producers, presented a plaque of appreciation to Harry Dennis for hosting the first tapping of 2015.

The Three Maples operation taps approximately 2,000 trees total in the Quinte area, including the home farm at Old Marmora Road between Madoc and Marmora.

Harry Dennis has been tapping maples for over 43 years, starting with the sugar bush his grandfather worked just across the road from the present location. Harry has worked the present location for the past 30 years. The maple syrup produced at Three Maples is worthy of being called world champion.

This was proved at both the Royal Winter Fair, where the Three Maples Sugar Camp won a first place, and Harry’s proudest accomplishment in 2010, of first place for their Canada No. 1 light, over all other entries from the North American Maple Syrup Council.

In 2008, the Dennis’ operation burned down, and they had to start again from scratch–a daunting task. Harry was surprised when a fundraiser was held to help in re-building the structure and the business. Donations were made, a silent auction was held, and the result was that the family was able to rebuild.

Local businesses donated raw material, and services, friends helped in many practical ways, and today, the Three Maples building is decorated with original tools, and lots of vintage photos, and lovely paintings of sugaring scenes.

A cozy wood stove puts out a welcome heat to the delight of those with chilled fingers and toes.

The sugar shack of today is a hightech operation. The new evaporator at Three Maples is a forced air wood-fired model; others may heat with pellets, oil, or even electricity. Harry prefers the wood heat. From a huge wood-burning box, with multiple burning controls, Please see “First Tap” on page 2

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to an air flow system, and top quality insulating features, the burning is accomplished without any gasses or smoke escaping, only the steam from the evaporator escapes into the cool spring air from the roof of the “shack.” Harry and Janet welcome those who would like to see the operation first hand.

Call 613-473-2521 to arrange a tour.

OMSPA is made up of maple syrup producers in the province with approximately 400 members. Ontario produces the second largest volume of maple syrup in Canada, following Quebec. At present, it is estimated that only four per cent of Ontario’s viable sugar bushes are tapped. Much of the Crown land in Ontario contains excellent sugar bush potential.

Marmora and Lake Township Reeve Terry Clemens drills the tap hole for the gathering of maple syrup at the “2015 First Tapping Ceremony” held at Harry and Janet Dennis’ Three Maples Sugar Camp on Saturday, February 28. Harry Dennis, Ed Tidman, of Tweed, a retired maple syrup producer, and Doug Stevenson, of Tyendinega Township, left, and on the right, Prince Edward-Hastings are obviously eager to sample the fine maple syrup produced by Three Maples Sugar Camp at their MP Daryl Kramp, and Centre Hastings Reeve Tom Deline express encouragement and plenty of First Tapping Pancake Brunch. Photo: Margriet Kitchen friendly advice. Photo: Margriet Kitchen

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39th Annual Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile Waterfowl Weekend Events - Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile - The Friends of Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile Park are pleased to announce that after the coldest February on record, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Spring is in sight. And with spring comes the return of tens of thousands of ducks, geese and swans to Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile Bay. Waterfowl of up to 25 different species arrive each spring to rest and feed here before moving on to nesting areas further north and west. Each year, for the past 38 years, the Friends of Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile have been happy to sponsor the Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile Waterfowl Weekend to celebrate this natural phenomenon.

The tradition continues in 2015 with the 39th annual weekend on March 14 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is truly a world-class natural spectacle,â&#x20AC;? says Park Naturalist David Bree. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While these birds are present in March in numbers at various places along the Lake Ontario shoreline, Presquâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ile has some of the greatest concentrations and has easy access to good viewing locations.â&#x20AC;? Bree goes on to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big advantage to coming to the park during this weekend is you have access to spotting scopes to look

through and knowledgeable volunteers to help you ďŹ nd and identify the many species present, and of course we have some added attractions people can take advantage of at the Lighthouse Centre and Nature Centre.â&#x20AC;?

The Nature Centre will feature childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities and crafts, duck displays, and a taxidermy display from Feather and Down Taxidermy, with Steve Dingman there to answer your questions. Carver Gary McPherson will also be present to showcase the art of bird carving and photography.

The Lighthouse Centre will feature photography and art displays by Lynda Barber and Sherrie Greig. Of course the Friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift Shop will be open. Plan on entering our spring rafďŹ&#x201A;e for great Bushnell optics.

The Friends will also host a barbecue, where lunch, hot drinks and snacks can be purchased starting at 11 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The barbecue is always a great hit; a warm burger is just the thing come noon and I am glad we are able to offer this again this year,â&#x20AC;? says Bree.

The Lighthouse Centre is also the location of the indoor washroom facilities,

an attraction in their own right on a cold March day.

The Friends invite everyone out to share in this event. It makes a great outing for those who appreciate nature,

families and individuals alike. The only cost involved is a $10 per vehicle park entrance fee. Seasonal and annual park passes also honoured for entry. Proceeds from this weekend will go toward The

Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects in the Park. We hope to see you there.

For more information call 613 4754324 ext. 225 or email <david.bree@ ontario.ca>.

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velop new business relationships.

The FWE is offering 23, $2,500 grants to women entrepreneurs across Canada, with support from Teck Resources and KPMG. These grants cover programming, inclusion in the Mentor Program for 14 months of one-on-one mentorship, and travel and accommodation costs.

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REPORTS FOR MARCH 2015 fee will be $75.00, please bring your 4-H Membership ID. 4-H â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE Not only will you ďŹ nd a strong 4-H presence province-wide, but 4-H clubs can happen anywhereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;around a kitchen table, in a forest, barn or community centre. What deďŹ nes a 4-H club is not where it happens but the people who belong to it. If you have a group of six members, and two trained and screened 4-H volunteers you have 4-H club.

Check out the 4-H website about starting your own club.

How 4-H Clubs Work 4-H Clubs are comprised of a minimum of six 4-H members and two trained, Hastings County Information Splash screened volunteers who act as club leaders.

Event The club decides on a topic and through When: Saturday April 11th, 2015 leader instruction and hands on learning, Where: Belleville Wellness Centre members spend 12 hours or more exploring Time: 3-5 pm the topic during 4-H meetings. 4-H members Come join us! Enjoy the pool. and volunteers can belong to as many clubs See what clubs are available to you for the as they wish. Topics include cooking, year. Talk to the Leaders or senior members woodworking camping, building a healthy about their club. body image, drama, agricultural, business For those members who would like to Sign management photography and much more.

Up for the year at this event the membership Featured Clubs for the month: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Pledge My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater Loyalty, My Hands to larger service, My Health to better living, for my club, my community and my country.â&#x20AC;?

Hastings County Annual General Meeting Open Invitation Date: March 23, 2015 Time: 7:30 pm Where: Moira Town Hall Location: 29 Carson Rd, Centre Hastings (Between Hwy 62 & 37 off Moira Rd)

DAIRY PROJECT: This project (and the dairy industry) is about more than just milk. This project will teach you the ins and outs of a successful dairy operation. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also cover basics, such as showing and animal care, and new and relevant dairy farming tools and practices.

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New member inspires others to write about why they volunteer with Friends of Ferris

By Sue Dickens

News - Campbellford - Friends of Ferris relies on its volunteers and the newest member hopes others will consider joining this non-profit group which has seen a dramatic decline in its numbers.

At its peak the organization had 150 volunteers but that number has dwindled to about 30 people who dedicate time and energy to park events and activities.

“I chose to be a board member of Friends of Ferris [FoF] because I am passionately committed to nature and land to wander in,” said Marcia Perryman, of Hastings, who joined Friends of Ferris about a month ago.

A hiker and a skier “with a love for camping in a tent,” she sees this as an opportunity to connect with other people with similar values and share the work involved.

And she hopes others might do the same so she hopes to get their message out by explaining why other board members joined asking them to write down why they like being a volunteer with FoF. Barb Hogan, president of FoF for the past eight years, said, “I was motivated to become involved … as my husband and I both love the outdoors and were looking to be involved with the community.”

Friends of Ferris (FoF) President Barb Hogan and her husband Bob are at one of the newer trail head signs they installed, just one of the projects the group of volunteers has completed in the past at the provincial park. A drop in membership numbers has prompted a new volunteer to help promote FoF by asking others to write about why they like being a volunteer with the group. Kite Day on May 24 kicks off the summer season of events. Photo: Sue Dickens

She said her presidency “is a humbling position when you are surrounded by such an eclectic and enthusiastic group of volunteers … I truly believe that Ferris is a natural jewel in Trent Hills and should not be taken for granted.”

Many of the other volunteers agree that the love of the outdoors is what started them on their path to volunteerism with FoF. Sandy Chapman, secretary, is one of those volunteers.

“I love helping out at all the projects put on by the Friends.

I’ve met such wonderful people and consequently made good friends and learned so much about nature,” she wrote.

“Volunteerism is critical for our society and this is one of the

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ways I volunteer.”

Carol Robertson joined about ten years ago and wrote, “As the board vice president I was determined to participate in activities designed to promote visitors.”

She organizes the Spring Nature Walk, Fungi Walk, Trillium Walk and is chair of the dry stone wall workshop.

“Working with Friends of Ferris, collaborating with the Ontario Parks staff and other groups is productive and invigorating; ensuring that visitors discover and enjoy the ever-changing and unique features of the park is … wonderful,” she wrote.

Marlaine Bennett, also a volunteer, wrote, “I joined and

got actively involved in 2001 with the Friends of Ferris Park.

Our family loves to hike and spend time outdoors enjoying nature so when I know a couple of people were a ‘Friend of Ferris’ it motivated me to look into getting involved ….

“Friends plays an important role in bringing more campers to the park by increasing the number of sites with power, trails improvements and kiosks, better signage, new benches, fire grates and fun park events.”

For her FoF is, “Great with the other ‘Friends’ [volunteering] for a common goal.”

For more information about FoF or to join go to: <http:// www.friendsofferris.ca/friends. html or call 705-632-0894.

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A visit to Portugal ’s enchanting Sao Miguel Island in the Azores Lifestyles - Every Christmas, I plan and give a trip to my wife, and this year I thought it was time for us to do something a little different. Instead of visiting the southern U.S., Mexico, or another Caribbean island, I decided to plan our first visit to Portugal ’s Azores, which is actually a group of nine volcanic islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,300 kilometres west of Portugal ’s mainland. Our particular trip would take us to the largest and most heavily populated of this archipelago: Sao Miguel. I ’d found a great deal on the Internet via Travel Zoo <www.travelzoo. ca>, with a direct flight from Toronto to Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel via SATA International, their airline; it included our accommodations at Ponta Delgada ’s popular Lince Azores Hotel <www. thelince-azores.com/en>. Therefore, we found ourselves in this intriguing European destination just this past month.

Indeed, it ’s winter in Europe now, too, but these islands are blessed by a mild maritime climate, so the temperature is usually between 14C and 25C year-round. We discovered we were visiting in “windbreaker weather,” for it was about 15C daily, or higher, so a light jacket was sufficient, and it was rather perfect for golfing, hiking, or touring around.

We also discovered we were there during their annual Carnival, so we enjoyed seeing the school children in their fancy costumes, and we even became avid spectators during their traditional “Water Balloon Battle.” I found this particular event so fascinating I hope to write an entire article about it just prior to next year ’s Carnival.

We did a lot of walking and exploring in Ponta Delgada, and Marion particularly enjoyed shopping for souvenirs for our grandchildren. We also discovered several enchanting, old, narrow alleyways, magnificent churches, informative museums, striking monuments, and a wide, spectacular promenade that took us along the picturesque harbour area. We decided that other not-to-be-missed attractions here included the beautiful 18th century

City Gates, the Central Market, the inner almost dangling from the steep hillsides. city parks, the Micaelense Theatre, the Another feature was that some of these 16th century St. Bras Fort, and the cattle were actually milked right in the Military Museum of the Azores. We field where they were grazing, via a also discovered that this destination mobile milker, so they remain contented offered a plethora of good restaurants, and outside year-round. The milk is then particularly offering fresh seafood, and taken to collection stations, and there we discovered a little “trick” used at ’s even a slogan stating that “We bring many of these eateries. Upon arrival, milk from happy cows.” we would be given bread, butter and On a jeep tour, we passed the former perhaps even a plate of snails or an octopus salad to start us off, without our even ordering.

However, when the bill arrived at the end of the meal, these items would all be there. Despite this bit of additional cost, we found good meals much cheaper here than at home, and the portions were very large.

We decided to take some Visitors amid the thermal activity in Furnas. day tours of the area, and this proved airport, and we learned that it had to to be a great way to discover more be moved because there were so many about this fascinating, mountainous cattle in this area that flights were often island that ’s about 65 kilometres long changed or delayed because cattle and 14 kilometres wide. Sao Miguel is would be too close to the actual flight often referred to as “The Green Island,” path. These cattle ruled. for there ’s a lot of lush vegetation. It My wife ’s favourite tour was by seems almost anything that ’s planted jeep, and we actually encircled some grows, so even such invasive species as volcanic crater lakes on narrow, winding ginger lilies, with their rather obtrusive dirt roads. We saw the spectacular Sete and large root systems, flourish here. We Cidades, with its two lagoons. It ’s one also saw oranges, pineapples, bananas, of the island ’s most mesmerizing natural and even tea (apparently it ’s the only wonders, and in some places the steep place where tea can be grown in Europe) cliffs dropped about 500 metres into the plantations. Most residents live along mirror-like waters. We also visited the the coast, near the water, and a lot of the village itself, located right on the floor interior land is dedicated to agriculture. of the crater.

We saw so many cattle here that the My favourite day trip was to Furnas, island could also be known as “Cow which positively trembles with thermal Island”; some of these cattle were seen activity. Here we walked, on designated grazing precariously high up on the hills. boardwalks and footpaths, among the Locals refer to these as “spider cows,” many hot springs and experienced for they seem, in the distance, to be the gasping, hissing sounds that were

emitted from the sulphurous holes of boiling mineral waters. It ’s quite a sight.

Other points of interest that we encountered on our island tours included Fire Lake (another caldera with a lake) and Caldeira Velha (where we could bathe in a naturally heated waterfall and

pool area). We also stopped at many stunning lookout points, with views of the rugged coastline. We even added a whale and dolphin watching tour to our agenda, too.

Yes, it was a great trip.

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BATAWA Batawa Craft Fusion Call For Vendors for Spring Craft Fusion (June 6). A handmade artisan/craftsman showcase at the Batawa Community Centre, 9am-3pm. Judi Clark, Batawa Development Corporation: 613-398-6111 or cdc@batawa.ca.

BELLEVILLE Rotary Music Festival, March 9, 12 noon, Belleville Travelodge. All proceeds to Bibles for Missions.

Quinte Prostate Cancer Group, Support and Awareness. Second Wednesday each month, 7-9 P.M., Steele Family Center, 30 Moira St. Belleville. Drop in or call Jurgen Hermes, 613 478-6139 Bay of Quinte Squadron Course: Pleasure Craft Operator Card. Includes approved Study Guide, 3 nights Instruction and Transport Canada Exam. Monday Mar.

23, Tuesday Mar. 24 and Monday Mar. 30. $65.00/one, $50.00 /second person sharing a book. Preregister at the Quinte RV and Boat Show or Don at 613-966-9051 Open Door Café - Every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:00pm at Eastminster United Church, 432 Bridge St. E, Belleville. Info: 613 969-5212.

Roast Beef Dinner, Sat., March 7, 4.306pm, College Hill United Church 16 North Park St., Belleville. Adults $13, Children 6-12 $6. Tickets: Bonnie 613-962-4147.

Belleville Art Association: March 9 – April 11: Fine Art Show & Sale “All Things Circular”. 392 Front St., Belleville.

10am to 4pm, Tues-Sat., 613-968-8632 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, 613-962-2881, or Sally, 613-243-1450

Meals on Wheels Delivery Drivers required for Community Care for South Hastings. Time commitment 4 hours a year.

Info: Lee at 613-969-0130 ext. 5207 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.

Ostomy Group Belleville meets at Loyalist Collage Business and Development Centre, second Thursday of month.

R&J’s ~Ultimate 80’s Dance Tribute, Sat Mar 7, Hottest New Club Circuit DJ. Ideal for Singles or those who want an ultimate dance experience. Belleville Legion, 9pm-1am, 613-392-9850 Meals on Wheels Belleville: Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Fri. delivered to your door around noon. Info: 613-969-0130 March 11 luncheon 12 - 2 pm, 290 Bridge St W, Belleville (Salvation Army).

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Reservations: 613-396-969-0130 Noon Hour Lenten Recitals, Bridge St. United Church, Tuesdays, Mar. 10, 17 and 24, 12-12:30 p.m. Contemplation through music. No admission, donation for Gleaners Food Bank encouraged. 60 Bridge St. E., Belleville Free Fun with Crafts Monthly Workshop, Tues March 10, 1:30 – 3:30pm, 161 Bridge St. W., Belleville. Call Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre at 613-962-0000 ext. 233 Monthly Nutrition Education Group, Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, 1-2:30 p.m, Community Health Centre,

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LIFESTYLES The Good Earth: Lifestyles - Gentle Reader, I am excited to let you know that my friend Tom Ogren has put out a new book. Tom is a most interesting fellow. His academic credentials are impeccable as is his meticulous research methodology.

Tom is not some in-house writer for the chlorotic yellow pages of a lurid mail order catalogue; his body of work is professionally acclaimed and rather extensive.

(As an aside, his western novel, Shadow Box Canyon, does put you in mind of Jim Mayo and Lucky Starr; his California songs and vocals will have you digging out your old Leonard Slye 33s.)

The Allergy Fighting Garden

I came across Tom’s writing in 2004 when he published Safe Sex in the Garden. Who among you, Gentle Reader, could resist that title? I was fascinated to read the connection Tom was making between the overuse of male, aka “clean” plants in our landscapes, not only in residential and commercial sites but also in our municipalities. You can read my review of that book in the archives of this paper. When the Kingston Lung Association hosted that city’s Spring Fling, I used Safe Sex and other writings as the basis of my talks. I clearly remember, earlier that year,

handling a large shipment of Brown’s Yew (Taxus x media “Brownii”) in full bloom; the pollen that arose in dusty clouds was impressive and soon had me coughing. I became a believer in Tom’s theories and we were soon corresponding. Over the years, Tom has moved from theory to fact with an overwhelming body of research. This is the book that puts everything together; this is, in my opinion, one of the most important gardening books to be published in decades. Really.

The Allergy Fighting Garden is divided into two parts: Creating an Allergy Fighting Garden and

Probus Club honours special month News - Campbellford - Fun, friendship and learning, are the basic objectives of the Probus Club of Trent Hills.

Probus Canada, the association representing 240 Probus Clubs across Canada has declared March as Probus month in honor of the first Probus Club in Canada formed March 17, 1987, in Cambridge, Ontario.

Steve Campbell, past president of Probus Canada says, “Probus is a local, national, and international association of retired people who came together in non-political, non-profit , nonfundraising autonomous clubs which provide regular opportunities for members to meet others in similar circumstances and similar levels of interest, make new friends, and maintain and expand their interests.”

The more than 150 members of the Probus Club of

Trent Hills embody the Probus definition.

The monthly meetings at St. John’s United Church hall are filled with the lively conversation and laughter of friends coming together.

The excellent speakers each month have informed, motivated and entertained the membership on a wide range of topics from health and history to our local hospital and community foundation.

Club members have participated in trips and activities

from visiting CFB 8 Wing in Trenton, the Canoe Museum in Peterborough, birding in Presqu’ile, Cirque du Solei in Oshawa, to book clubs and scotch tasting.

Past President Bill Hogle says, “Probus is filling a real need in Trent Hills of providing a venue that brings together an amazing range of talented people in our community to make friends, share experiences and have fun.

Probus is one more reason that Trent Hills is a great place to live.”

the Allergy Fighting Plants.

Part One introduces the reader to the dangers of pollen when it is present in overwhelming quantities. We get a quick but in-depth lesson of the types of flowers and where you might find them. Did you know that some flowers are male, others are female and others include both genders? Further, did you know that some plants carry only male flowers, some only female and some both?

We learn how to identify trouble-causing plants and where they will likely exist in the landscape.

In part two, we learn the OPAL system, a method of rating the severity of the health issues a particular plant’s pollen can cause.

Then there are 180+ pages of rated plants. Mind you, Tom has travelled the globe extensively and the plant list reflects this. Doesn’t apply to you? Think about some of the tropical plants you pick up during the dreary days of winter.

What follows is the

review that I posted on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites. Although I have often been asked to post reviews here, I have done so only twice for Tom and for Donna Dawson. I have turned down many similar requests.

The Allergy Fighting Garden is the culmination of decade’s worth of research with the single goal of making our communities healthier places in which to live.

As you read this book you will sense Tom Ogren sitting beside you; his writing style will engage you in conversation as you progress from simple botany lessons to the working chapter, selecting plants that will fit your landscape and your health.

The comprehensive OPALS rating system is nothing short of brilliant. (By the way, that male yew has a rating of ten, the highest.) This is a good book but, more to the point, this is an important book.

There is no longer any doubt about the direct correlation between male plants and

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I see this book as an important piece of the home library, a tool for the professional and a textbook for the educator.

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Instant Rivalry takes first round of Jamboree-sponsored music showdown in Bethany to take the first Country Jamboree.

The sister and brother duo of round of The Next Country Music Star competition co- Megan and Caleb Hutton were sponsored by the Havelock “riveting” on stage and edged out fellow county musical talent Becky Elliott.

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Caleb and Megan started playing together as Instant Rivalry (IR) while attending high school. The Highway, a song off their first album, spent nine weeks on the independent charts reaching number two on the international charts and receiving international radio play.

The duo toured Canada opening for big names like The Trews, Jefferson Starship, Honeymoon Suite and Sarah Cripps They have spent time in Nashville and are members of the Nashville Songwriting Association International.

Becky is establishing a name for herself as a performer in the county and beyond and has appeared on stage at the Hollyrood Jamboree, Napanee Country Jamboree, Just Past The Pines Jamboree and the Cangig Country Music Competition as

well at many other local venues across the county and Belleville area.

Also performing was Jesse Slack accompanied by bass player Craig Fass who impressed the judges with his “punchy interpretations” of country classics as well as his own material and “commanding stage presence.”

The audience was given a special treat with a surprise 15minute set by Spurvey along with songs by guest performer Jan Schoute.

Show organizers have added another week to the contest during the preliminary audition stage so that ten contestants, six weekly winners and four wild card picks, will advance to the semi-final round scheduled for April 4 and April 11.

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Prince Edward County duo Instant Rivalry won the first preliminary round of The Next Country Music Star at The Ranch Resort in Bethany and advance to the semi-final round in April. The grand champion will get a chance to perform at the 26th annual Havelock Country Jamboree in August.

Use common sense on ice News - Marmora - Central Hastings OPP has issued the following reminder.

A few Marmora residents have expressed concerns for the safety of snowmobilers travelling on Crowe Lake near the mouth of the river as well as near Beaver Creek. Members of Central Hastings OPP would like to remind snowmobilers that no ice can be considered 100 per cent safe to ride on when snowmobiling on frozen waterways.

Adhering to land-based Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) prescribed trails whenever possible offers the safest snowmobile terrain. They provide many trails that avoid water crossings altogether as well as bridges and culverts to pass over known water crossings safely.

If you do make the personal choice to take the risk of travelling on ice by snowmobile, wait until a marked stake line is in place and cross only when you can follow it directly from shore to shore, without stopping on the ice.

While ice crossing is never a sure thing, snowmobilers can also reduce their risk by: • checking ice thickness and quality before riding onto any frozen water; • understanding that ice conditions may vary from day to day, from hour to hour and from place to place; • never travelling on ice alone, at night or while impaired; • avoiding slushy ice, untracked ice, or ice near moving water or dock bubblers; • watching out for obstacles like rocks, stumps, docks, ice roads and fishing huts; • wearing a buoyant snowmobile suit and carrying ice picks.

The OPP is committed to saving lives on Ontario’s highways, trails and waterways through the reduction of preventable injury and death.

March Break turtle fun in Hastings fered by the Hastings Environmental Group (HEG).

The two free “All About Turtles” workshops will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion starting with a visit by the Kawartha Trauma Centre

and their Turtles 101 session on March 18 (10 to 11 a.m.) followed by students from Trent University’s Trent Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge and Science (TRACKS) program.

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The TRACKS Mishiikenh (Turtle) will introduce youth to one of humankind’s oldest relatives and will teach them the connections between the 13 moons and mishiikenh.

Students will learn about biology, Map turtles are considered a species of concern under Ontario’s Endanhabitat and the life cycle of various gered Species Act and the federal government’s Species at Risk Act. turtles through storytelling, adaptation Photo: Bill Freeman art and an active game that will turn students into hatching turtle eggs racing the tide, weather and predators.

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ASH, Donald Borden – At Quinte Health Care Belleville General, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Don Ash, of Madoc, in his 93rd year. Husband of the late Joan (Potter) Ash. Father of Jan Bruce, Madoc; Ted (Roxanne), Belleville; and the late Carol Norman-Rankin. Grandfather of Terri Bruce, B.J. Kelly, Thomas Bruce, April Campbell, Christina Ash, and Derek and Lawrence Norman. Loved by his many great grandchildren. Cremation has taken place.

Donations to the Heart of Hastings Hospice or Community Care for Central Hastings would be appreciated. Arrangements, McConnell Funeral Home, Madoc. www.mcconnellfuneralhome.ca

DEATH NOTICE

IN MEMORIAM

SEMPLE: Edwin James

Passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Sunday February 22, 2015 at the age of 88. Ed Semple, beloved husband of the late Teresa Smuck and the late Ida Pyke. Much loved father of Darlene (Allan) Elliott, Russell Semple, Marlene (Mark) Knock, and Kevin Semple. Predeceased by 1 son Jim Semple (Elaine). Cherished grandfather of Danielle, Jeffrey, Jamie, John, Jessica and Jamie. Dear brother of Evelyn Summers, Doris (Birdie) Wenzel, Murray Semple and Robert (Bob) Semple. Predeceased by 1 sister Murial Smith and by his parents Russell and Ellen Semple. A Service will be held for Ed at the Jehovah Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Joyce Street, Kingston on Saturday March 7, at 2:00 pm. Online condolences at www.tompkinsfuneralhome.ca IN THE CARE OF TOMPKINS FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES 63 GARDEN STREET GANANOQUE K7G 2T8 (613) 382-3088

INGRAM, Michael Passed away at Campbellford Memorial Hospital surrounded by the love of his family on Friday February 28th, 2015 in his 85th year. Loving husband of Margaret Ingram. Beloved father of Lorie Ingram, Tim & Tracey Ingram, Tom & Anne Marie Ingram and Colleen Ingram and lovingly remembered by Marg’s children Sharon & Dennis Hay and David Field. Sadly missed by his grandchildren Lesley (Jamie) Mahoney, Mike (Sarah) Ingram, Brandon Ingram, Emily Ingram, Derek (Kayla) Ingram, Chad (Greer) Ingram, April (Kevin) Healey, Michelle Ingram, Christopher (Jill) Hay, Jonathon (Julie) Hay, Allison (Matt) McKenzie and his great grandchildren Nolan, Kieran & Gradey Mahoney, Evan & Kylee Healey, Adele & Jeremy Ingram, Autumn Hay, Emily& Marley Hay and Sawyer McKenzie. Survived by his sister Marie Sanders and his sister-in-law Beatrice (Bill) Ingram. Predeceased by his parents Elmo & Kathleen Ingram and his brothers Jack, Ken and twin brother Bill.

A celebration of Mike’s life will be held on Saturday March 21st, 2015 from 1- 5 PM at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 103 Campbellford in the First Floor Club Room and Vimy Lounge. If desired, donations to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 103 Building Fund would be appreciated by the family. Online guest book & condolences at www.weaverfuneralhomes.com CL443276

IN MEMORIAM

SMITH, Bradley, March 11, 2000 There is a corner in our heart we keep it just for you, As long as life and memories last we will always think of you.

Love forever, Dad, Mom, Sisters and Brother xoxoxoxoxo

In Memoriam Ron Swayze

In loving memory of a dear husband, Dad, and Gramps who passed away March 5, 2014.

Sadly missed along life’s way, Quietly remembered every day, No longer in our lives to share, But in our hearts his is always there.

Loved always Juanita, Jane and Steve, Kristopher and Bev DEATH NOTICE

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RONNEBERGER, Alfred (Al) CPA,CA,CMA 28 April 1928 - 26 February 2015. Al leaves behind his second wife Lotti. Pre-deceased by the mother of his children, Ursula (1989) and son Michael (2013). Survived by his son Jens (Dagmar), his daughter Kirsten (Dieter) and grandchildren Nils, Maja (Steve), Inga and Nicholas. Stepfather to Christian, Heide, Joerg and Susanne. Al and Ursula, both originally from Germany, arrived in Montreal in 1953, having met and married in England.

He received his Commerce degree from Concordia University. After obtaining his CA and CMA he was recruited to practice in Germany with Peat Marwick. There he joined Arthur Andersen & Co and quickly became a partner in the Hamburg office. He was instrumental in building the consulting business in Europe. He returned to Canada as partner in charge of Consulting. At 50 Al retired to Brighton to build high performance sailboats. He also started a software company that developed and supported a number of national and international clients in the distribution, forestry, fishing and ski industry. Rotary was important to Al and he was the founding member of the Rotary Club of Brighton. Many thanks to the caring and able staff at Maplewood LTC Home of Brighton and Dr. Noland. At his request there will be no funeral or memorial services. A private cremation has taken place. If desired, donations to Rotary International would be greatly appreciated.

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Tree Pruning / Apple Picking $11/hr required Immediately at: Scarlett Acres Ltd. Please apply within or email Knight’s Appleden Fruit Ltd. amycook@ knights-appleden.ca NOTICES

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Dispatcher Exel Contracting Inc (1989) construction company serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec requires a full time experienced dispatcher.

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Honey Bees for sale- NUC’s and Queen Bees. Contact Debbee’s Bees for all your beekeeping needs. 434 McCann Rd., Portland K0G 1V0. 613-483-8000 or go to www.debbeesbees.ca

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CITY OF QUINTE WEST NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION PW 15-03 RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATOR The City of Quinte West is situated on the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte serving as the gateway to the world famous Trent Severn Waterway and is just 90 minutes east of Toronto on Highway 401. The City is now accepting Request for Prequalification for the work as described.

Scope of Work: The Request for Prequalification is issued to provide rates for equipment rental with operator to be utilized by the City throughout a two year period. The rental of equipment with operator, and the hours of work will be as and when required by the City. The City does not guarantee to employ the services of any contractor, under the terms of this RFPQ. Detailed RFPQ packages will be available at the 2nd floor reception area of Quinte West’s Municipal Offices, 7 Creswell Dr., Trenton as of Monday, March 2, 2012. Electronic copies may be downloaded from the City website www.quintewest.ca under “Business” “bids and tenders”.

Submission Deadline/Closing Time: Submissions properly endorsed and sealed in an envelope with the return label provided affixed will be received at the 2nd floor reception area at the Municipal Office, 7 Creswell Dr., Trenton, ON, on or before March 17th, 2015 at 1:00:00 p.m. local time. Failure to submit forms on or before time stated above will result in rejection of the RFPQ submission. Local time is in accordance with the electronic punch clock located in the 2nd floor main reception area of the municipal office which will be deemed conclusive. Late submissions will not be considered.

Questions should emailed to: purchasing@quintewest.ca Section B - Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Must have own vehicle.

Call Tues. To Fri. 8 am - 2 pm.

613-392-5585 or 613-967-5941

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

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Stirling Manor Nursing Home is accepting applications for Personal Support Workers Permanent Part time and Casual Positions Must possess a Personal Support Worker certificate. Experience working with seniors in long term care and ability to perform tasks that are necessary for the position (i.e. lifting/transferring residents) required.

Please forward resume and cover letter to: Lesli Anawati Director of Nursing 218 Edward St Box 220 Stirling, ON K0K 3E0 lanawati@bellnet.ca

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Saint Elizabeth has been a trusted name in Canadian health care for more than a century and is a leader in responding to client, family and system needs. As an award-winning not-for-profit and charitable organization, Saint Elizabeth is known for its track record of social innovation and breakthrough clinical practices.

Our team of 7,000 nurses, rehab therapists, personal support workers and crisis intervention staff deliver nearly five million health care visits annually.

Full-time and part-time positions available in Belleville, ON.

Shift Nurses (RNs)

A valid driver’s licence and vehicle is required.

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Saint Elizabeth offers competitive wages, paid mileage, benefits and a pension.

Please apply online at: www.saintelizabeth.com/careers

THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON JOB OPPORTUNITY

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Call or visit us online to reach over 69,000 potential local buyers.

Deadline: Mondays at 3 p.m.

Contract Drivers & Dispatcher

HELP WANTED

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FULL TIME & PART TIME

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The Municipality of Brighton wishes to acknowledge and thank all candidates for your interest in responding to this posting, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Personal information and any supporting material is obtained and used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Alternate formats of job postings and accommodation during recruitment is available upon request by contacting Human Resources at 613-475-0670.

CITY OF QUINTE WEST Office of the Manager of Human Resources Invites applications for the position of SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR (One Year Contract Position) Economic Development and Tourism Services Reporting to the Supervisor of Tourism and Special Events, the incumbent will be responsible for the coordination, development, implementation and marketing of designated City sanctioned special events. The incumbent will coordinate the advertising and media initiatives of the Division including media releases, seasonal brochures, promotional materials, print, radio and television advertisements. Key functions of the position will include the coordination and development of new and existing special events, attending associated sub-committee meetings and providing administrative support as required. This position will also serve as a liaison and resource person to various groups in promoting the City of Quinte West as a venue for hosting events, in addition to providing support to community functions as required.

The position requires a post-secondary education (diploma) in event management, marketing or equivalent, and a minimum of three years’ experience coordinating special events.

Effective communication skills, a highly developed sense of tact and diplomacy when working with individuals and volunteers, and demonstrated interpersonal and team building skills are required. The candidate will have the ability to manage and respond to stringent deadlines and to prioritize same. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and PowerPoint is an asset. A valid Ontario Class “G” Driver’s License and a clear Criminal Records Background check are required.

Remuneration: $25.99/hr.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit a resume clearly marked: “Application: Special Events Coordinator” in the subject line by 4:30p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2015 to: hr@quintewest.ca We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and is used to determine eligibility for potential employment. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the City of Quinte West is pleased to accommodate individual needs of applicants with disabilities within the recruitment process. Please call 613-392-2841 (4489) or email the above if you require an accommodation to ensure your participation in the recruitment and selection process.

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Qualified candidates are invited to submit a covering letter and resume clearly marked “Part Time Temporary Fire Department Administrative Assistant’ prior to 12:00 noon, March 6, 2015 to the attention of: Human Resources Municipality of Brighton 35 Alice St., P.O. Box 189 Brighton, ON K0K 1H0 hr@brighton.ca

HELP WANTED

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A detailed job description is available on the municipal website www.brighton.on.ca

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Due to a vacancy, the Municipality of Brighton is seeking a Temporary Part Time Administrative Assistant in the Fire Department for a period of approximately 12 months.

Responsibilities: Reporting to the Fire Chief, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing all clerical support to the department. This position works up to 21 hours per week as directed by the Chief performing duties including: reception; preparing and responding to departmental correspondence and invoices; filing and data entry. The position also supports departmental and committee meetings by providing secretariat services, including some evenings, according to municipal standard.

Qualifications: The preferred candidate will have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma complemented by 1 to 2 years’ experience in a general office setting.

Proficiency in MS Office applications is required.

Pay Rate: CUPE Band 5 Employment Dates: Approximately March 30, 2015 to April 8, 2016.

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Fantastic Scenery, Fresh Air & Friendly Faces

Located an hour east of Toronto, the thriving Southeastern Ontario community of Northumberland County has a rich history of agricultural production, world-class manufacturing, and economic viability. As the upper tier of municipal government, we weave together seven diverse yet complementary municipalities.

Engineering Technician • two permanent, full-time positions

Both positions (one position will fill an existing vacancy, one position will fill a new vacancy) will report directly to the Manager of Project Engineering. You will be responsible for the completion of field surveys, design of road alignments, drainage systems including culvert and ditch profiles, road widening, intersection improvements, and cycling lanes. You will assist in the maintenance of asset management inventories, conduct site inspections and data analysis, and assist with inspections of ongoing maintenance operations and capital works to measure conformity to standards and specifications.

FREELANCE REPORTER REQUIRED The Belleville News & The Quinte West News is looking for a freelance reporter to help cover Belleville and Quinte West areas.

If you have better than average writing and photography skills, a flexible schedule and enjoy meeting people, please send a sample of your work to Managing Editor Terry Bush at tbush@metroland.com.

Weekend work and a good camera are required for this position.

The successful candidate should also be adept at sports photography.

As the ideal candidate, you are a graduate of a Civil Engineering Technology or Construction Technician program from a recognized community college and you have or are eligible for a CET designation. You have one to three years of relevant engineering design-related and construction-related experience in public works, roads, and waste management. Your excellent verbal and written communication, conflict resolution, problem-solving, customer service, and interpersonal skills are coupled with your detailed knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations that apply including confined space entry, traffic control, WHMIS, and First Aid. A demonstrated use of survey instruments including electronic total station, data collector, level, and GPS measuring equipment along with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and ESRI products is required. You are a fully licensed Class G driver with an acceptable driver’s abstract. Candidates selected for an interview will also be evaluated on a technical and/or written component. In order to be considered for this position an acceptable driver’s abstract must be submitted with your resume.

The successful candidate will be required to submit a satisfactory Criminal Reference Check or Vulnerable Sector Search prior to the commencement of employment. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.

www.northumberlandcounty.ca

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Reply with resume to rivervalleyherefords@kos.net or fax to 613-378-1646.

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Human Resources County of Northumberland 555 Courthouse Road Cobourg, ON K9A 5J6 e-mail: hr@northumberlandcounty.ca fax: 905-372-3046

Alternative formats of this job posting are available upon request.

Crew needed for 6-8 weeks to install cage equipment in Newburgh, ON. Some experience with light hand tools or mechanical ability, required.

Must be able to work a half day on Saturdays. Approx. start date March 1st.

GARAGE SALE

Please submit a resume and cover letter, by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2015, to:

Please note that accommodations are available, upon request, to support potential applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Please e-mail your request to accessibility@northumberlandcounty.ca or call 905-372-3329 ext. 2327.

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CAMPBELLFORD March 6, 7-8:20pm, Free Skating, King Kent P.S. Parent Council (Silent) SpaEdward Park Arena, Brighton. Sponsored ghetti Dinner & Silent Auction, Wed.

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March 12 and 26 (2nd and 4th Thursdays monthly) from 7-8:30 p.m. Explore rhythm. Every Monday, 7 p.m. Campbellford Play djembe. For address and information, Citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir meets at Senior Citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Building. All welcome email twelvedrummers@gmail.com.

Skate Canada Brighton is having March 6, 1:30 PM, World Day of Prayer a send off on Friday March 13, 4:30pm, 2015, Hoards United Church, 22 Hoards King Edward Arena for Harlie Jane Cooper Church Road, Campbellford who is advancing to Provincials at Skate The Campbellford Osteoporosis Continued from page B6

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Information Meeting, March 10, 2pm, Trent Hills Library 98 Bridge St. Guest Speaker Jack Veitch CMHA. Topic: Nutrition Warkworth Spinners and Weavers Guild meet the second Thurs. of every month, 10am, upstairs at the Campbellford Library. Info: warkworthguild@gmail.com.

New members always welcome Craft & Gift Sale, Sat. March 14, 10am3pm, Campbellford Community Resource Centre, 65 Bridge St. E., Campbellford.

Silent auction. Coffee.

Campbellford and Area 2015 World Day of Prayer Service, Hoards United Church, 22 Hoards Church Rd, March 6, 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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 6:00-

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SATURDAY: Large Amount of Smalls, Dinner Sets, Crystal, Carltonware, Pottery, Doulton Figures, Victorian Mahogany Dining Table, Double Pedestal Sideboard, Pair of Single Beds, Oils, Watercolours, Prints, Clocks & Chinese Screens.

SUNDAY: Sorenson Tulip Table & Chairs, Large Collection of Retro Metal Pottery, Glass Ware & Kitchen Collectables, Oils Watercolours & Prints.

Followed by Large Collection of Coke Collectables & Related Items.

Large Indoor Yard Sale to Include: Furniture, Decorative Items, Books, CDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Glass, Silverplate & Large Amount of Pictures.

Watch the Website for Updates & Photos. www.waddingtons.ca/cobourg

BROWSE OUR HOME FURNISHINGS CONSIGNMENT STORE FOR GREAT REDUCTIONS QUALITY ITEMS AT A FRACTION OF RETAIL PRICES at www.estatetreasures.ca

Tel: 905.373.0501 Toll Free: 1.855.503.2963 Fax: 905.373.1467 Email: pn@waddingtons.ca 9 Elgin St. E., Unit 6, Cobourg ON K9A 0A1

COBOURG Organ & Choral Music for Lent, presented by Royal Canadian College of Organists, Northumberland Centre.

Choral Festival, Sunday, March 8, 4 pm.

St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, 240 College St., Cobourg. Free will donation.

CODRINGTON Wed. Mar. 11, 7:15pm, Codrington Community Centre - Friends of the Library: Discover Your Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Treasures. Free admission. Snacks & draws. WI ROSE Program Info: 613-392-9450

COLBORNE The Colborne Art Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Pat Stanley, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nowâ&#x20AC;?.

Opening reception Saturday, March 7, 2-4 pm. Admission free. Colborne Art Gallery, 51 King St E Colborne. 905 355 1798 Soup Lunch, Friday March 6, Heritage United Church, 13875 County Road 2, Colborne (Salem). 11.30 am-1 pm. Soup, bun, dessert & beverage. Pay at the door.

FOXBORO Hospice for Quinte Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, March 7, Emmanuel United Church, 458 Ashley St., Foxboro, 8-11 a.m. Adults $8, Children under 10 free.

FRANKFORD Alcoholics Anonymous Keep It Simple Group, 8 pm every Thursday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 60 Trent St. N. (rear), Frankford. Info: www. quintewestaa.org or 1-866-951-3711 Frankford Lions Hall, Moonshot Euchre, Wednesdays 1p.m.

Every 1st Friday; TGIF, 4-7 pm (Games and food). Every 1st Sunday, 1-4pm Open Mic, Frankfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Canadian Legion at 12 Mill St

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ARTWORK original signed oil on canvas 20â&#x20AC;? x 26â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x153; The Major Oak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sherwood Forestâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Geo Turner ( British 1843 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1910); original signed Poul Thrane oil on canvas 24â&#x20AC;?x 20â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x153; Bon Echo Beachâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1979) original signed oil on canvas RG Miller 32â&#x20AC;? x 30â&#x20AC;?, 3 original Donald Gordon Fraser AOCA oil on canvas paintings; ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES collection of Asian collectibles including ivory figures and models, bronze figures, blue and white porcelain, vases, scent bottles; several pieces of fine jewelry including ladies rings with diamond, gold pocket watches, gold bracelets, pearls, gem stone rings; art glass, sterling silver collectors coins, paper weights, Royal Doulton figurines, Beswicks, Lladros, Canadian and International stamps, Toronto School duck decoys, 1950 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Siouxâ&#x20AC;? pin ball machine, Coca Cola collectibles, vintage toys, games, puzzles, books, tins, milk bottles, advertising, kitchenwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Hudson Bay blankets, hand woven coverlet, Canadian military uniform, hand painted china, ANTIQUE FURNITURE Victorian walnut sideboard, East Lake style open front bookcase with lower doors, oak ice box, oak and glass floor model display cabinet, primitive 4 ft pine table, pine corner cupboard, snowshoes, long box telephone, vintage commercial lighting, copper gravel test sieves, fog horn, thread display box, numerous other articles.

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Home furnishings, some antique pcs, collectables, including a rare 1955 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gottliebsâ&#x20AC;? pinball machine all in working condition - a real nice piece, quantity of good antique fishing lures all in mint condition, other small pieces, including glass, china and metal pieces, books, selection house hold articles, pots, pans, dishes, etc, lamps, clocks, pictures & more, large selection old records, childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wooden wagon & doll stroller, 2 good queen size beds, bar fridge, auto washer & dryer, electric range, excellent sofa & matching wing chair, sofa bed, pantry cupboard, small oak tables and 2 matching chairs, several sets of golf clubs, selection dressers & chests of drawers, chrome table with 2 matching chairs, selection copper wares, selection artwork pictures, etc. plus a load of articles dropped off on weekend with no idea what is in the boxes, from a Belleville estate, all to be sold to settle estates.

Terms: Cash, Cheque with ID, Visa, M/C, Interac.

6:30 p.m. Join any time. 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.

Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Fun Darts. All Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch 103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450

Hastings Legion: Sunday March 8, Jam Session. Everyone welcome. Bring an instrument or yourselves.1-5 pm March 6, 1:30 PM, World Day of Prayer Service - Trinity United Church, 3 Albert Street West, Hastings

HAVELOCK St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance, Havelock Branch 389, 8 Ottawa St, March 14, 8pm-1am.

DJ Dale Phillips. $5/person. Age of majority event.

Havelock OddFellows Brunch, first Sunday of every month. All you can eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, coffee, tea, juice. Adults $6, Under 12 $3.

The first Sunday of the month, Bid Euchre at the Havelock Lions Club. Games start at 1 p.m. $5.00/person. For informa-

tion, contact Glen Shearer 705-778-3169 or Glen Ellis 705-778-3039.

Vendors wanted: Spring Craft Show, May 2-3, 10am-4pm. Tables $20 incl both days. Havelock Legion. Info: 705-778-7294 or fundraising389@gmail.com Havelock Seniors Club Bid Euchre, first Saturday of the month, 1 pm.

MADOC Royal Canadian Legion Br 363 Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday, 7pm. Friday Night â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 7-8:30pm.

Bring your own instruments TOPS (take off pounds sensibly), every Wednesday, Trinity United Church in Madoc. Weigh-ins 5.30-6.p,m. Short meeting follows. Info: Betty at 613-473-1498 Madoc Diners: Monday, March 9,St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church Hall, 115 Durham St N. Lunch at noon. To pre-register: Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564

MARMORA New Finding Your Way clinics. Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event. Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018 The Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club annual Irish Stew Dinner, March 14/15, 7pm, Marmora Community Centre, Victoria St. Marmora. Open Mike Music, LCBO. Tickets $15.00 Advance only Call 613-472-2377 or 613-473-2026 Marmora Blood Pressure Clinic: Tuesday, March 10, Caressant Care Common Room, 58 Bursthall St, 9:30-11 AM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to preregister if not already a member.

Marmora St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Church, 33 Matthew St., â&#x20AC;&#x153;New to You Shoppeâ&#x20AC;?

Bag Sale, Saturday March 7, 8:30 am-12pm. Fill your bag $7 large bags and $3 medium. Gently used items..

March 6, First Friday Open Mic, 7 PM, Marmora and Area Curling Club, 2 Crawford Dr. Come and perform or just enjoy the entertainment. No Charge.

Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club Open Mike, Marmora Community Centre, Victoria St. Marmora, Mar. 8, 1-4.30 pm.

Admission $5.00, entertainers free. 50/50, refreshments, LCBO. Info: Leo Provost 613-472-2377.

Marmora Diners: Wednesday, March 1, Marmora and District Community Centre, Victoria Ave. Lunch at noon.Bring your own plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member.

NORWOOD Donegal Fiddlers Orchestra, Saturday March 7, 7-10 pm, Norwood Town Hall, 2357 County Rd 45 Norwood. Admission $5.00. Lunch is pot luck. Jigs, reels, 2 steps and square dance tunes.

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EVENTS NORWOOD Donegal Fiddlers Orchestra, Saturday March 7, 7-10 pm, Norwood Town Hall, 2357 County Rd 45 Norwood. Admission $5.00. Lunch is pot luck. Jigs, reels, 2 steps and square dance tunes.

Monthly bid euchre sponsored by A/N Beautification Board, March 8, Norwood Legion, 1-5PM. Lunch available at noon.

Admission is $5.00/person.

Norwood Curling Club hosts Brier Party, Sunday March 8. Sturling Curling at 3 pm and 4:30 pm; $5/person /game.

Spaghetti Supper starts at 5:30 pm. Tickets, $10/person are required and can be ordered by calling 705-639-2850

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

Loyalist Decorative Painters’ Guild meeting every second Wed. of the month. Carrying Place United Church, 7pm. Coffee & snacks at 6:30. Bring your regular painting supplies. Noreen 613-4752005 or www.freewebs.com/ldpg/

STIRLING 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.

Ham and Scalloped Potato Supper, March 19, 6 pm, Springbrook United Church. Music following supper. $10 advance tickets only. Call 613-395-1056, 395-4890, 395-3272 or 395-5177 The Stirling Festival Theatre presents Magic O’ The Mist, Saturday March 7, 2pm. Celtic band the Fiddleheads featuring dancers from The Kelly School of Irish Dance. All seats $20. Box Office 613-3952100. www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com Stirling Al-Anon Family Group, every Friday, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling. 866.951-3711 Daytime curling, Mondays and Wednesdays, 1pm, Stirling Curling Club.

Info: Gail Parker 613-967-0420.

Stirling Citizens’ Band, a community volunteer concert band. Rehearsals every Tues. 7:30pm, Stirling Public School.

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

Stirling Blood Pressure Clinic: Thursday, March 12, 204 Church St, Seniors Building Common Room, 9 AM to 12PM. Open to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. To pre-register: Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564

TRENTON 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.

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 The Trenton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is looking for new volunteers (18 years +). Training provided. Call the volunteer office at 613 392 2540 ext. 5454 Knights of Columbus-March 12, Roast Beef Dinner, Knights of Columbus Hall 57 Stella Cres. Trenton. 5-7pm, Cost $12.00.

Take out available. Everyone welcome 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 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 Probus Club Of Belleville meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month, 10 am at the Pentecostals of Quinte, 490 Dundas St. W. For retired and/or semiretired business and professional people.

Social time and a guest speaker. Guests are welcome.

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

Trenton Art Club. Calling all artists and would be artists. Painting every Friday afternoon, Smylie’s Independent Store (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525.

TWEED Free one to one computer lessons, Tweed Public Library. Book one hour at a time. 613-478-1066 for availability and sign up.

Tweed Legion Clubroom: Mixed pool Wednesdays, except 3rd week is Monday.

Open Shuffleboard, Thursdays, 7pm. Cost $3. Open Darts, Fridays, 7:30pm. Info 613-478-1865 World Day of Prayer, Pray for the People of the Bahamas, Friday March 6, 1pm. St. Edmund’s Church, Stoco. Info: Nancy, 613-478-346

Ladies Pool Night, 7 pm starting Monday, March 9. Open to everyone. .

Info 613-921-9999.

TYENDINAGA Meals on Wheels Deseronto: Tuesday through Friday a hot meal delivered to your door around noon, for more information call 613-396-6591 Orange Lodge Dance March 7, Orange Hall, York Rd, Tyendinga Territory.

Jeff Code and SilverWings. Dancing 8pm12am. Cost $12.00 per person . Dance, Dinner, Prizes Contact, 613-396-6792

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 The Knitting Guild, second Tuesday of each month, Millcreek Manor, 140 Church St. Warkworth, 1:30. Anyone interested in knitting is invited. Info: Cheryl 705-924-2598.

The Warkworth Maple Syrup Supper, Friday March 13, St. Paul’s United Church, 60 Main St, Warkworth. 5-7 pm.

Tickets $15 adults, $6 children ages 6 to 12. Under age 5 free. Tickets and info: Janice Laver 705-924-2623, Ruth Widdowson 705-924-3843 or Don Young 705-924-3121.

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