Lions make like Santa during visit best.” The Hastings Lions are always looking for members to help with its endeavours. The club does receive help from volunteers as it runs major fund raisers like the Victoria Day Weekend road toll and lunches at Hoards Station. They also run bars at weddings and other functions. The money will be used to help the office with its “general needs,” says McKeown. “Just to help us to keep doing what we’re doing,” she says. Community Care in Hastings serves approximately 150 clients “on and off” and could also use more volunteers to help in the office and also with its well-used transportation program. The Hastings office has eight volunteer drivers, says McKeown. McKeown says she is “quietly” working on a couple of
new programs for the new year. “We always hope to develop new things in the future,” she said. The organization has had tremendous success with a series of activity programs at the Civic Centre including line dancing, yoga and Latin dance. The newest entrée is Thursday morning belly dancing. McKeown says she had people ask if there was a chance of running a belly dancing class at the centre. “As luck would have it I contacted a few people and found an instructor.” She agrees that the activity programs have become very popular and chalks the success up to affordability—the classes are $3 per visit—and the fact that “people like to have things happening in the community in which they live.”
The Hastings Lions Club presented a $500 cheque to Community Care in Hastings last week. On hand to present the money to Sarah McKeown were club president Jim Dowell (left), secretary Doreen Dowell and treasurer Ian Wilkins. Photo: Bill Freeman
“I like to keep it fresh and new.” The Thursday afternoon knitters continue to thrive and remain one of the most
Scoping out a second river water main in Hastings By Bill Freeman
EMC News - Hastings Hastings residents got a chance to provide input and learn more about a proposed second river-crossing water main to serve the south side of the village during an open house last week. The information centre was part of a municipal class environmental assessment to identify and recommend a second water main crossing the Trent River that would provide “redundancy” for the current 30-year-old main which traverses the river suspended to the County Road 45 traffic bridge. “It’s the only source of water for the south side of the community,” says Scott White, Trent Hills general manager of infrastructure renewal and public works administration. “A second water main crossing would give us redundancies so we don’t inconvenience or go without water on the south side.” White says he can recall at least six occasions in the past 20 years “where that water main has become unavailable for supply due to maintenance items or breaks.” A second water main run-
ning under the river would provide additional security to the current water main which White says is in “good shape.” “[But] if something should happen, and it can, we have redundancy with the second main. Typically with any municipal infrastructure, particularly water and wastewater, we like to have redundancy and this will give us that.” The municipality has made no decision on the water main. “Right at this point there isn’t necessarily a time frame,” says White. “What council’s directive to staff up until this point is getting a preferred location for a second river crossing and get it up to a point where it is construction ready.” The public meeting is part of the process to “get it to the next stage to move on in terms of design,” White explained. Engineering consultants AECOM are conducting the environmental assessment. “This is just a key part of getting it to the next step of getting it ready.” White says there’s a short list of four possible locations
“and maybe our strong recommendation at this point but basically they’re all still on the table at this point.” The top-rated location, pegged at $760,000, is an under-river crossing west of the County Road 45 bridge near the water treatment plant. The other possible underwater locations are: west of the bridge near the intersection of Hope and Front Streets on the north crossing to the Argyle and Water Street intersection on the southside, estimated cost, $680,000; east of the County Road 45 bridge near the Park Street and Water Street intersection which is estimated to cost $580,000; east of the bridge structure nearby the northern limit of the Trent River priced at $470,000. The municipality will look toward future infrastructure funding to pay for the project,
says White. “There’s all kinds of infrastructure money being talked about coming down the line.” Having the project ready to go will enhance its eligibility, White added. “We’ll have to wait; it certainly won’t be in 2013. We’re still in a freeze with our water and sewer rates at this time.” Going under the river bed with “directional drilling” is how the water main would be constructed. “It’s fairly complex because you never know what you’re going to find underground but the method is done routinely all over the world,” says engineer Doug Timms of AECOM A project of this nature would take three to four months to complete, Timms said. “This project really is to address the vulnerabilities.”
vigorous contributors to local charities in Trent Hills. Community Care is running its Christmas lights tour once again this year on December 11 (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.). People who are interested in booking a spot can call the
Hastings office at 705-6963891 or Campbellford office at 705-653-1411. Hastings residents can meet at the Civic Centre. Refreshments are served at Campbellford’s Multicare Lodge following the tour.
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EMC News - Hastings The Hastings Lions made like Santa Claus during a pre-Christmas visit to Community Care’s Hastings office last week. Sporting their distinctive yellow vests, president Jim Dowell, treasurer Ian Wilkins and secretary Doreen Dowell dropped off a cheque to program assistant Sarah McKeown. “It’s fantastic; it’s so great to be so well-supported by the community,” McKeown said in accepting the generous donation from the small, sixmember club which continues to punch above its weight class when it comes to giving back. “We try to do our best to donate as much as we can each year,” Dowell, also a Community Care volunteer driver, told the Northwest EMC. “Community Care appreciates it and we do do our
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NOTICE OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTIONS The overnight parking restrictions now apply to all wards of the City of Quinte West. No person shall park a vehicle on any highway or boulevard adjacent thereto, or in any Municipal parking lot between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
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The overnight parking restrctions are now in effect for the period of December 1st of any given year to March 31st of the following year.
DonnaLee Craig, City Clerk 7 Creswell Drive, P.O. Box 490 Trenton, ON K8V 5R6 donnaleec@quintewest.ca
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Vehicles parking in contravention of the By-law will be ticketed and may be towed at the owner’s expense. There is a minimum fine of $75.00 for infractions.
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