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Belleville News Serving Belleville and Area

June 27, 2013

Inside GREEN BINS By Steve Jessel

The bins are coming! The bins are coming!

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Weightlifters bring home iron.

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Big music in the big park.

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EMC News - Belleville Another year, and another Relay for Life is in the books, and once again the Belleville and area community answered the Canadian Cancer Society’s call en route to raising over $200,000 at the annual fund-raising event. “It was a great success; we were very happy with the turnout,” said Relay for Life co-ordinator Matthew Del Grosso. A total of 63 teams, 649 participants, 174 survivors and countless community members gathered at the Loyalist College grounds on Saturday, June 22, walking the oval track in support of cancer victims and cancer research. While donations are still coming in daily, a total of $207,123 was announced as the fund-raising total for the event, and while the number is shy of the event goal, Del Grosso said he’s very happy with the result. “We didn’t make our goal, but we’re really happy with the way the event went and the changes that were incorporated this year,” he said. “Our total will continue to climb.” Those attending the Relay can be excused for thinking they had mistakenly arrived at a carnival of some kind, as the “Under the Big Top” theme brought out plenty of colourful costumes and activities for people of all ages. As is custom, the event officially kicked off with a cancer survivors lap of the track, before the hundreds of participants joined them on the loop. “It’s very gratifying,” Del Grosso said. “We’ve been working on the event [since August of last year], and you really like to see that in the end that a significant amount of money was raised for

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Janet Rosborough (left) and Sarah Black share a smile during their lap around the track. The pair participated as part of the “Beavers Fight Back” fund-raising team. Photo: Steve Jessel

Council approves archives move By Jack Evans

EMC News - Belleville - City Council Tuesday came close to describing it as a “match made in heaven” when a report collectively supported by all agencies involved recommended the long-proposed archives be moved to the present library site. The move came as a surprise after more than two years of fund raising and planning to purchase the former Irish Canadian hall on Church Street and convert it to joint archives for the city and Hastings County. The official statement issued Please see “Relay” on page 3

at the council meeting explained it would lead to “efficiencies and cost savings for both the Library and the Archives.” The latter group is a branch of the long-established Hastings County Historical Society which obtained support for the project from both the city and county over many months of planning. But after more detailed studies, problems of moisture issues which could affect valuable archive documents and the useful life of the building came to light. Renovations to the library would last many more years and at less cost, plus a

sensible sharing of the building. Among those surprised was Mayor Neil Ellis who recalled that the library had been proposed originally as a suitable location in 2004, but council was told at that time there was not enough room. Councillor Garnet Thompson, chair of the library board, explained that modern technology has meant opportunities for better space use and praised library CEO Trevor Pross and his staff for encouraging and assisting in a solution beneficial to all parties. The matter must still come before Hastings County Council

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which partnered with the city to create the facility. Council was also told all financial details and plans for renovations will be compiled and presented to all parties for ratification. Among those sitting as observers was Orland French who, as former president of the Historical Society almost single-handedly pushed the concept through to approval by councils and obtaining necessary funding for the Historical Society’s share. Asked if the abrupt change might mean the archives will be up and running sooner than expected, Please see “Council” on page 5


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