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Kettle Campaign Kickoff
INSIDE Kingston-based youth program debuts
Y2K initiative to partner with Chill Zone at new Napanee Area Community Health Centre.......................Page 2.
NACHC officially opens new building Community health centre expects to expand and add programs with new space on Dundas Street..........Page 3.
L&A Horticultural Society busy at library
Group plants pair of prehistoric trees, installs new outdoor bench at Napanee branch.......................Page 5.
Atom BBs come out on top at home tourney Club one of four Napanee teams to make the finals at McGarvey Memorial Tournament.......................Page 21.
INDEX Social .................................. 4 Op/Ed............................... 6/7 History.................................. 7 Games ...............................12 Real Estate.........................15 Sports ................................21 Classifieds .........................23 Business Directory............. 26
Vol. 147 l No. 47
Quinte Detention Centre superintendent Larry Shorts and Sgt. Carol French (left) accept a Christmas Kettle from the Salvation Army’s Nancy Fisher and Major Craig Rowe to mark the official launch of this year’s Kettle Campaign. This
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year will be the first time a kettle will be set up for staff at the Quinte Detention Centre. Other locations for the public to make donations include Metro, No Frills, Giant Tiger, LCBO, Tim Horton’s, Wal-Mart and Country Traditions.
Stone Mills Township
Council takes pass on ranked ballots BY ADAM PRUDHOMME
brought about the most changes seen to Ontario’s Municipal ElecStaff Reporter tion Act in 20 years. Among the changes is the notion that municiRanked ballots were given a palities now have the option of movthumbs down while the notion of ing to a ranked ballot voting sysvoting at large was discussed by tem. council during Tuesday’s meeting. Beckel’s report suggested that Town clerk Susan Beckel deliv- council opt to keep the current firstered a Powerpoint presentation to past-the-post system in place for council outlining Bill 181, stating it 2018, but to monitor any other
municipalities that utilize ranked ballots with the intent of perhaps switching to that method in 2022. The motion was carried. Ranked ballots consists of having voters ‘rank’ their candidate choices from first to last, the top one being the candidate they’d most like to see get elected. If no one candidate obtains 50 per cent of the vote, then the candidate with the fewest
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votes is removed from the list, with all second place votes cast on that candidate’s ballot being applied to all remaining candidates. The process if repeated until one name garners 50 per cent of the vote. A by-law to move to ranked ballots would have to be in place by May 1, 2017.
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