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Celebration pays tribute to businesses
By Sue Dickens
News - Campbellford - Businesses and individuals were recognized for contributions to the community at the 2014 Cel ebration of Business Excellence awards ceremony held last Saturday. “Through this event which has become
the premier business event of the year we recognize the integrity, creativity and dedication to contribute to a successful business,â€? said Jeff Hamilton, president of the Trent Hills and District Chamber of Commerce. One of two special awards, the President’s Award, was presented by Hamilton GREAT ESCAPE to Brian Redden. The award recognizes an individual, company or organization involved in business, professional associations or in community service and has had a signiďŹ cant impact on the Trent Hills community. In business Redden was instrumental in the establishment of a cable television system in Campbellford. He has been actively involved in the chamber of commerce initiating the government relations commitMuseum exhibit advocating changes to the sign bylaw tells famous story. tee, and is currently the chamber representative on the bridge steering committee. “I am happy also to say he has acted as a mentor to all the members of the chamber commerce as we changed over time,â€? WHAT A RUSH! of said Hamilton. Another special award, the Inclusive Community Employer Award, was presented by John Mood of Community Living Campellford/Brighton, to Empire Cheese & Butter Corp., one of the ďŹ rst to The President’s Award, the premier award sponsored by the Trent Hills and District Chamber of Commerce, was presented to Brian Redden, left, by chamber
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Splashpad shovel in ground May 17
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By Bill Freeman
News - Norwood - It was a dreamy Saturday night for the Norwood Lions Club and the soon-to-be-built splashpad the been working hard to bring to the CHANGEOVER club’s community. The Lions prominent fundfrom raising thermometer burst through to the top, ying past the $275,000 mark during a ceremony celebrating the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s $150,000 grant. Once the formalities were over, the club welcomed hundreds of guests to the NorTrenton: Cobourg: wood Town Hall for their dream auction 613-392-1354 905-372-6664 and wine-tasting gala that added another 303 461 $13,344 to the splashpad fund, $1,900 of Dundas St. W. William St. that from bidding on Carl Millett’s one-of-
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a-kind Casson sewing machine tractor. Everything is ready for a May 17 ground-breaking ceremony and a two- to three-week installation of the $210,967, 2,575-square-foot Vortex splashpad by ABC Recreation Limited of Paris, Ontario. “Nothing can stop us now, it’s under way,� a jubilant Ron Scott told The Independent. Scott chairs the Lions splashpad committee which made remarkable headway in raising cash and pledges and putting the community in a position to have a splashpad this summer. When the facility is completed the Lions will turn ownership and operation over to the township.
“We are a couple years ahead. I thought we’d be at this a few years,� Scott admitted. “There has been lots of community support,� he said, adding that the huge turnout for the dream auction is representatives of that support. “There wasn’t much negative and if there was they’re on side now. It’s amazing how much more money came in once we got the Trillium grant. It made a boost in fund raising.� Scott said the committee was optimistic that they would be successful in their Trillium application; they just weren’t sure when that might be. “I was optimistic because I’d seen oth-
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ers around get it so I thought we would get it; whether this time or not I didn’t know. I was pretty sure we’d get it sometime.â€? Fund raising will continue to allow the Lions to have the facility landscaped in an attractive fashion with trees, shrubbery and benches. Scott says there is a possibility of having the splashpad fenced off so it can be locked up when not in use but that has not been decided. He is also suggesting, tongue ďŹ rmly in cheek certainly, that Lions Club members will be out in their Speedos to help turn the water on during an ofďŹ cial opening ceremony.
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