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Contract awarded for design of new Murray Canal swing bridge ficially been awarded. The County Rd. 64 swing bridge that crosses the Murray Canal is a vital arterial link between Brighton, Quinte West and Prince Edward County. “This has been a long time coming,” said Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison. “This is good news – it’s fantastic.”

The replacement will not impact navigation, Parks Canada spokesperson Natalie Austin has confirmed in correspondence with the Quinte West mayor. More information surrounding the replacement will be made available once the design has been completed and a construction contractor has been hired

and submitted a work plan. For the Municipality of Brighton, MayQuinte West/Brighton – The Murray or Mark Walas says he’s “very pleased” Canal Brighton Road Swing Bridge, to hear of the recent news. built in 1947, will soon be replaced. While technically in Quinte West, the Local mayors are breathing a sigh of rebridge is a key link for Brighton in terms lief after hearing the news that a contract of both commerce and tourism, he said. to design a new two-lane bridge has ofThe bridge replacement is tentatively scheduled for the non-navigation season of the Trent-Severn Waterway, between November 2017 and May 2018. For years, several citizens groups and residents towards the lower part of Quinte West and into Barcovan have worked tirelessly to have this bridge replaced, says Harrison. Parks Canada announced its plan to construct a new bridge in 2015. The Brighton Road Swing Bridge was identified for replacement through the Parks Canada ongoing asset-monitoring program. But, the bridge became a political football before the nod was eventually given to have it built. Initial reports from the previous Conservative government – through then MP Rick Norlock – said there was no money for the bridge replacement. Once an election call was imminent, however, the funds were found and Norlock made the announcement that it would indeed be built. Because of the bridge’s age and condition, load limits have been established for the bridge and the electrical and mechanical systems require renewal, reports Parks Canada. “This commitment was made by our Parks Canada has announced the Murray Canal Brighton Road Swing Bridge on County Rd. 64, will tentatively be replaced during the non-navigation last Conservative government that it would be rebuilt and now, the new Libseason of the Trent-Severn Waterway, between November 2017-May 2018. Photo by Sarah Hyatt.

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eral government has committed and gone to tender – which means this will be done,” said Harrison. “This means our people are being listened to. Politicians are listening – we’re very thankful and appreciative.” Mayor Walas is similarly pleased to hear the new Liberal government is continuing on with the plan to have the bridge replaced as a two-lane structure, with a pedestrian walkway. The original proposal was for a onelane bridge with traffic lights, he noted. A lot of work was done, the mayor continued, to convince the federal government of the importance of this link and that two open lanes were absolutely necessary. “Traffic flow has increased on this bridge and for about 70 years, this has been a two-lane bridge,” said Walas. It’s anticipated traffic volumes will only increase in years to come and therefore, the proposal for a one-lane bridge was simply “nonsensical,” said Walas. While vehicular traffic and residents can expect some temporary closure next year, the timing and duration of this is unknown at this point in time. Parks Canada will be exploring the feasibility of providing a temporary bridge during construction. A firm in Mississauga known as MMM Group Limited has scooped up the design contract awarded on Aug. 22, with the best overall proposal for the project and with a bid of more than $2 million. Please see “Contract” on page 3

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Brighton – Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed a body discovered earlier this month in Duoro Dummer Township, Peterborough County, is that of a Brighton woman, Theresa MacRae, 88. Peterborough County OPP discovered the body of a woman on a trail near Twelfth Line Road Aug. 15. The body was taken for an autopsy and dental records were used to positively identify the deceased as Mrs. MacRae. She was last seen on August 9 near Presqu’ile Park. Police said no foul play is suspected in her disappear-

ance and subsequent death. According to a death notice posted by Rusnell Funeral Services, Mrs. MacRae was a Presqu’ile Park resident since she retired in 1986 when she moved to Brighton from Toronto. She volunteered in the community and her church and actively enjoyed cards, darts and bingo. Mrs. MacRae was a member of the Holy Angels’ Roman Catholic Church in Brighton. The family held a funeral service at Holy Angels’ on Friday, August 19.

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Contract awarded for design of new Murray Canal swing bridge Continued from page 1 “We’re [the municipalities] all benefiting from this – we couldn’t afford to lose this bridge or see it closed or see it reduced to a single lane – that would be disastrous,” said Harrison. Austin reports Parks Canada will replace the existing steel truss swing bridge, with one that has full highway load rating and no restrictions for emergency and service vehicles. “Additional investments have enabled Parks Canada to upgrade the current bridge to a two-lane structure with a pedestrian walkway,” it was outlined in correspondence sent from Austin to Harrison. “The new bridge will allow for the simultaneous flow of traffic in both directions and will meet current highway load standards, meaning the existing load restrictions will be removed once the project is complete.” And construction of the bridge can actually start anytime, noted Harrison, which is a bonus, he said. The bridge is being fabricated off-site and will be transported to the site in sections for assembly. The goal of this is to decrease the time needed for vehicular closures. The concrete road abutment and centre pier will be rehabilitated to accommodate and support the new bridge, which will be heavier. Some mechanical and electrical features will also be upgraded. For Quinte West, the mayor says residents and the city will benefit from the bridge replacement in terms of safety, traffic flow and tourism. “For us, one of the largest benefits is we’ll be able to better service our people on the south side of the canal,” said Harrison. The fire department, ambulances and emergency response teams will be able to get to people a lot quicker and be able to get to residents a lot safer, said Harrison. “We also have a number of campgrounds and tourist attractions in that area – we need this bridge badly, to support tourism and there’s also the economic benefits concerning flow of traffic,” Harrison went on to say. The project to replace the bridge is part of an unprecedented $3 billion investment to support infrastructure work to heritage, visitor, waterway and highway assets located within national historic sites, parks and marine conservation areas across Canada. These investments represent the largest federal infrastructure plan in the history of Parks Canada. For up-to-date news follow www.pc.gc.ca/ TSWQuinteWest, where the Brighton Road Swing Bridge project is listed.

Revving and roaring for Quinte Ride for Paws By Sarah Hyatt Quinte West – The rumbling and roaring of engines echoed throughout Quinte West on the weekend, as hundreds of motorcyclists descended upon the city to lend a hand to some furry friends. A few animals in need of either care or a new home are now much closer to that reality, thanks to the fifth annual Quinte Ride for Paws. This year’s event united volunteers from all walks of life and riders from all over – and they flooded Quinte West City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 28, to show their support for the cause. “We were expecting a big crowd this year,” said co-organizer for the event, Tamalin Vajda. “Everyone’s really stepped up to help us this year.” From volunteers who helped set up the event, to others who constructed trophies for this year’s “Show N Shine” out of old motorcycle parts, to local businesses that donated prizes – in its fifth year, the community’s truly came together to celebrate the milestone and to ultimately help local charities, says Vajda. And it means a lot for Vajda and her partner, Derek Andrew who started the event back in 2012. The Quinte Ride for Paws event began after the pair learned of 47 hound dogs found at a hunting puppy mill that were brought to the Quinte Humane Society that year. The duo was inspired to try and make the difference and to support local organizations that fight to provide safe homes, shelters and care to animals like those puppies found that year in 2012. From humble beginnings, with only 60 or so riders in its first year, to raising more than $5,500 in just a few hours last year – the event continues to grow, says Vajda.

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Brighton -- The three volunteers who were turfed from the Brighton Clothing Depot by its executive have been reinstated, resulting in both the president and secretary handing in their resignations. Liese Weiss, Barb Manion and Dawn Mastromarco were granted their return by members of the non-profit group in a vote that took place during a raucous meeting Aug. 16, which led to president Pat Davis and secretary Linda Reckenberg stepping down. Treasurer Patricia Heron, the third member of the executive who had supported the removal of the three women from the duty roster, has decided to complete her term but not run again when elections are held in the fall. “We’re just happy, happy,” and “feeling much better [now] there’s that structure again to our week,” an overjoyed Weiss said Aug. 24. She had missed working Thursdays at the depot in Brighton’s industrial park and the “camaraderie” she has with fellow volunteers. “It’s a big part of our lives.” she said. It’s less so for Davis now. “I’m feeling relieved,” not being president anymore, said Davis, who plans to continue working Mondays as a volunteer, even though she’s not happy “the three people that caused all the trouble” are back and “probably going to be worse than ever now.” The Aug. 16 meeting “was just a horrible,” she said, with people yelling, before a vote was held by members which went in favour of Weiss, Manion and Mastromarco by a margin of 15-13. They had been told by the executive

in June that their services were no longer required. Each was given different reasons in a letter, ranging from creating disturbances and making threats to outright theft, all accusations they denied. They said they were being punished for having stood up for another person, Linda Granger, who wanted to return to being a volunteer after being away from Brighton for two years but was denied because she has a disability. They launched a petition demanding Granger be allowed to return and Weiss went public with the controversy on Facebook, eliciting expressions of support from the community. The executive eventually responded to the outcry by saying Granger could work at the depot, but not before the three women had written to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario pressing their case and demanding that the accusations against them be rescinded. They weren’t allowed to attend the August meeting but in a letter read out on their behalf by another volunteer, Weiss and Manion said they would withdraw their complaint if they were reinstated and “a way [was found] to take back the unfounded accusations.” Weiss said last week she and Manion had not withdrawn their complaint as yet. “We’re waiting to see how things go,” she said. “If it ends up being a really hostile environment ... then that’s a continuation of the discrimination against us.” However, as far as having the accusations made against them taken back, “we’ve kind of given up on that objective,” Weiss said. Being reinstated by the membership was “a big concession so we’re not going to be rigid about it. It would be nice, but we’re not holding

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Brighton taking closer look at closure on Lawson Settlement Road By Sarah Hyatt

municipality. Transport Canada earlier identified safety concerns due to insufficient warning light coverage. The CN and CP tracks are also very close together and close to County Road 2, which does not meet the crossing regulations and standards for a new crossing. Both Watson and the director of finance and administrative services, Linda Widdifield, previously voiced concerns over the risks and dangers, because of this. “The municipality has been asked to once again upgrade this rail crossing as it is geometrically difficult and from a signal point of view deficient under the current standard,” said Watson. In addition to work already completed in previous years and with future upgrades likely required and related to the geometric arrangements between the crossings, Watson made his recommendation to council in August that council direct staff to proceed with process to stop up and close Lawson Settlement Road in the area of the rail crossing. The current upgrades required to each rail crossing would amount to

about $36,500 in 2016, it’s estimated. These costs would be in addition to regular annual maintenance charges in the amount of about $10,000, Watson reported. Maintenance costs are also expected to continually rise, the CAO noted. Additional future work required, including turning and storage lanes on County Road 2, could cost as much as $100,000. The one-time cost to construct and create a turning circle is estimated around $15,000. - With files from John Campbell In other council news: Councillors John Martinello and Roger McMurray have asked the municipality consider reducing truck traffic on Whites Road, to “the fullest extent possible.” The two councillors have asked that a bylaw be presented to the public and council no later than Sept. 19. The purpose behind the reduction in truck traffic, would be to reduce the “the costly wreckage and wear on Whites Road.” The duo is also suggesting council take a new approach to keep a closer eye on the status of the Brighton Water Pollution Control Plant, to ulti-

mately ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements. The pair would like to see Jeff Graham of GSS Engineering appear at one council meeting monthly, for the purpose of reporting and answering questions about the status of the plant, and at no extra charge to the municipality. Council is also looking at reducing the speed on Bayshore Road, between the Calves Pasture Bridge and the Presqu’ile Lighthouse, from 50 kilometres to 30. Mayor Mark Walas, backed by Councillor Mary Tadman, got the ball rolling and have asked staff to prepare a report on the reduction of the speed limit. The Presqu’ile Property Association has repeatedly raised concerns with respect to the posted speed on Bayshore Road, between these areas. Council acknowledges the Presqu’ile Property Association’s concerns from a public health and safety aspect, it was explained. On the physician recruitment front, the committee met on Aug. 24. Dr. James Larmer has since been elected as the committee’s communications spokesperson.

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Brighton – The municipality is going ahead with the process of stopping up and closing Lawson Settlement Road in the area of the railway crossing there. CAO Bill Watson reports, closing that part of the road and constructing a turning circle in the area south of the tracks will save the municipality about $21,000 in capital costs and about $10,000 in maintenance costs in 2016. “In future years, it is anticipated to save a further amount of as much as $100,000 in future upgrades and safety measures,” he says. The municipality would use the materials from the Lawson Settlement railway, to upgrade the adjacent crossing at Stoney Point Road, at no charge to Brighton, as an added benefit, Watson added in his report to council recently. The idea that the municipality considers closing Lawson Settlement Road, at County Road 2, to avoid paying for future upgrades to the crossing, surfaced earlier in this year – and it was met by some quick reaction from residents, including local farmers. At this point, staff is going ahead with the process Watson clarified.

In other words, staff will be circulating information regarding the potential closure and will be soliciting comments from neighbouring properties. Concerns were previously voiced that shutting off access to County Road 2 would not only inconvenience farmers, but others who use the road and potentially cause “more of a traffic hazard,” being people and farmers with equipment would be forced to travel farther along the road. It’s said traffic has increased significantly in that area, over the course of the last year. However, upgrades and maintenance costs for the crossing have caused ongoing concerns for Brighton. In 2015, the municipality handed over more than $90,000 for maintenance work to CN Rail. The crossing’s current warning system also needs to be upgraded and in the near future, which is expected to come with a price tag of about $500,000. Brighton would be responsible for about 12.5 per cent of that cost. Safety surrounding the tracks has also been an ongoing concern for the

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Why are wars so hard to end?

After 52 years of war, the guns finally fell silent in Colombia at midnight on Sunday, when permanent ceasefires were proclaimed both by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government. Gwynne Dyer But this only happened after 220,000 people had been killed and 7 million were displaced by the fighting – and it took four years just to negotiate the final peace deal. Yet the original causes of the Columban civil war have been largely irrelevant for decades. Why is it so hard to end a war? We’re not talking about big conventional wars between major powers here. Those last only a few years (the two world wars), or a couple of months (India vs. Pakistan) or just a week or two (the Arab-Israeli wars). The Syrian civil war is much more intense: as many Syrians have already been killed or fled from their homes in five years of war as the total number of victims of the Colombian civil war in half a century. But everybody in Syria is well aware that the civil war in nextdoor Lebanon, which has much the same mix of ethnic and religious identities, lasted for fifteen years. When the fighting began in Colombia in 1964 the population was mainly rural, 40 percent were landless peasants, and barely half the country’s people were literate. It seemed an ideal environment for a Marxist guerilla movement promising land reform, and FARC fitted the bill perfectly. FARC grabbed a lot of territory, but Colombian governments, though usually corrupt and incompetent, were never quite wicked and stupid enough to lose the war, and over the decades Colombia changed. The economy grew despite the fighting, there was a mass migration of peasants to the cities (partly driven by the fighting), and education worked its usual magic (98 percent of younger Colombians are now literate). Land reform is still a big issue for the quarter of the population that remains on the land, and the current peace deal promises to deliver it, but even 20 years ago it was obvious that FARC could never win. The Colombia it had set out to change had changed without it, even despite it. On the other hand, government troops could

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never root FARC out from its jungle strongholds entirely, so it was time to make peace. And the peace talks duly began in 1998 – and continued on and off until the final push for a settlement began four years ago under President Juan Manuel Santos. Why did it take so long? Because the “losers” had not actually lost, though they could never win. FARC’s leaders and its 7,000 fighters had to be amnestied, given guarantees for their safety after they disarmed, and even allowed to become a legitimate political party. It took 17 years to reach this point, and even now the deal could collapse if Colombians do not vote in favour of it in a plebiscite on October 2. They probably will approve it, but the vote could be close because so many people hate to see the rebels being “rewarded”, not punished. Now consider Syria, where the destruction and the atrocities have been much worse. In Syria there are profound religious and ethnic cleavages, and it’s not just two sides fighting but five: the government, two mutually hostile organisations of Islamist jihadis (so-called Islamic State and the Nusra Front, now calling itself the “Army of Victory”), the remaining Arab insurgents of the “Free Syrian Army”, and the Syrian Kurds. Each of the five sides has fought every one of the others at some point in the past five years. Not one of them has a reasonable prospect of establishing control over the whole country, but none of them has been driven out of the game by a decisive military defeat either. Every one of the local sides depends heavily on foreign support, but the foreigners all have their own agendas. Russia, the United States, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have all sent money and arms to various local players and even dropped bombs on the country, but the beneficiaries and the targets vary from time to time according to the foreigners’ political priorities of the moment. There are those who see the increasing engagement of the United States and Russia in the Syrian war as a hopeful development, since if these two superpowers can agree (and they sometimes do) then maybe they could impose some kind of peace on the country. It wouldn’t be pretty, but it would be better than endless war. Perhaps that is true, but it may just be wishful thinking. If a relatively simple, small-scale civil war like Colombia’s took so long to end, why would we expect Syria’s war to end any time soon? Remember Lebanon. Fifteen years.

Macmillan’s plight shows constraints of health system Editorial by Stephen Petrick The news we reported last week, that Trent Hills’s respected mayor Hector Macmillan is dying of cancer, is heartbreaking. And the issue about his fight for health care that might save him is disturbing. Macmillan, 58, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in January. His only chance of survival, he insists, is to undergo surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky, which has had success in extending the survival rates of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. But it’s expensive – $250,000 US – and recently Macmillan learned his application to have the cost of the surgery and subsequent care paid for by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) had been denied by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. It cited the “experimental” nature of the treatment he seeks, which makes it ineligible for funding for OHIP-insured out-of-country hospital and medical services. Macmillan is obviously upset about this and he used a recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference to voice his displeasure with the Ontario government. Given an opportunity to speak with Health Minister Eric Hoskins, he said he had “joined the ranks of many Ontarians who are being murdered” by the ministry and Cancer Care Ontario. Macmillan has also heard that the “NanoKnife machine” that’s used in Kentucky to destroy cancerous tumours using electrical pulses, “collects dust” at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto while the protocols for its use are still being developed. Suffice to say, everyone in the Trent Hills community should keep Macmillan in their thoughts and prayers, as he endures the battle of his life. And it’s great to see the community is rallying behind him already. The Trent Hills Fire Service has set up a GoFundMe campaign, hoping it will raise enough money that Macmillan can pay for the U.S. treatment himself. Yet, there has to be limits on what the provincial health ministry can and will pay for. Do we allow a Nanoknife treatment in Kentucky, for instance, but deny someone a Mexican cure clinic’s treatment for stroke, the kind that reportedly bought hockey legend Gordie Howe another year or more of extended independent life, but which is seen as hokum by many in the

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Brighton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Site plan control policies for Brightonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street revitalization area will give council the â&#x20AC;&#x153;enforcement toolsâ&#x20AC;? necessary to achieve planning goals, council has heard. At a recent planning meeting, council voted 4-3, after hearing from municipal planning consultant, Darryl Tighe, on the development of such site plan control policies. Council has directed staff to proceed with the development of said policies and a bylaw, specific to the revitalization area, with input from both the heritage committee and Brighton Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). While some, such as Councillor Roger McMurray, suggested council should exercise the old, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if it ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broke, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fix it,â&#x20AC;? motto and Councillor John Martinello similarly refused to support staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation, stating the policy was â&#x20AC;&#x153;too restrictive,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ultimately, Tighe says the policies will serve as a guide for the municipality and future developers.

Councillors McMurray, Martinello and Steven Baker expressed worries over whether or not the policy would inevitably deter development and business. The trio did not vote in favour of staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation. The status quo was good enough, they said. However, the purpose of such policies wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be to â&#x20AC;&#x153;create or add more red tape,â&#x20AC;? says Tighe. And the heritage committee and DBIA will not be deciding on development or redesigns, but rather serve as resources. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common during proposals for developers to inquire as to what the municipality would like to see, explained Tighe. The onus has then fallen to staff, without such policies in place and based on past files and proposals, to provide some vision in this regard, the consultant said. One of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;benefitsâ&#x20AC;? of the site plan control policies would be to provide consistency, a local resident and former Brighton councillor, Dave Cutler,

has told council. Cutler appeared before council earlier this year, recommending council establish the official and necessary framework policies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or a specific site plan control area policy for the Main Street revitalization area. Cutler says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Main Street is Brightonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;shop window,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; reflecting our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small town character and appeal.â&#x20AC;? The municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official plan recognizes the Main Street revitalization area as comprising those lands between Kingsley/Division, to the east, and Ontario Street to the west, which are currently in transition from resident to commercial. In his report to council, Cutler says, over the years, development has pro-

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Cutler, now is the time to establish standards. Currently, the municipality has a site plan control bylaw, which identifies the entirety of municipality as a site plan control area. However, the existing bylaw doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contain provisions for preserving built heritage. Tighe says he foresees such a policy being of more assistance to developers, rather than too restrictive. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, the consultant summarized in his report to council, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outlined in the official plan, the vision of the municipality clearly recognizes the historic character of the downtown core to be maintained through land use plan tools available to council. Policies within the official plan do provide direction for designating the Main Street revitalization area as a special site plan control area, to provide for: the retention of existing residential structures, sensitive treatment of commercial buildings adjacent to residential uses, location of off-street parking, landscaping requirements and architectural compatibility of new construction with existing. The consultant said it would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;prudentâ&#x20AC;? for council to consider Cutlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requests, to implement policies of the official plan. CAO Bill Watson acknowledged some of councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns at the recent meeting. Watson is similarly aware of municipalities that have struggled with business and finances after putting forth certain policies. However, the CAO does not foresee this, driving neither people nor business owners away. Being the policy would be serving more as a soft guide and is not looking at specific heritage designation, this is relatively safe, he said. Mayor Mark Walas believes this is something that should work in everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests and potentially will save a lot of back-and-forth; ensuring consideration is given for designs in the future to stay somewhat within the characteristics of Brightonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown. At this point, the mayor clarified, council has only asked staff to look further at this information and bring council back a report.

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“It’s important to remember, that applicants are encouraged to develop projects that celebrate who we are as Canadians in 2017 and who we Brighton – The municipality is asking for the want to be in the future,” said Millar. federal government’s help in creating a $20,000 The time capsule project should do just this, time capsule, as a way to celebrate Canada’s according to staff and committee members. 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. Committee members would like to see a granDirector of parks and recreation, Jim Millar, ite monument/time capsule constructed in the has got the OK from council to pursue an apshape of a cairn, with a hollow inside that would plication for funding through the Canada 150 house the contents of the capsule. Community Infrastructure Intake. A top would then be secured to the body of the Council has also recently approved $4,000 to cairn that would showcase Brighton in 2017 and be placed in the 2017 budget, as the municipalcelebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. ity’s 20 per cent contribution to the project. Community contests would be held to fill the Mayor Mark Walas sees the time capsule initime capsule. And the project would be one, tiative as a “unique opportunity” for community which would feature an array of “arts and culmembers, being it will offer people the chance ture” too, with poster and essay writing contribto sort of leave their mark in local history and uted from local students. to take part in the story of Canada’s evolution. The goal would be to also promote active livLocal residents would have the opportunity to ing, history and heritage, as well as civic engageprovide information for future Brightonians and ment – with all ages expected to get involved. offer people of the day a window into the past. “We would want this in a prominent place in “I think it will be a great community project the town,” explained Millar. With this in mind, committee members have suggested King Edward Park, in the area around the inside circumference of the existing flagpoles and garden area, which were fundraised for and placed to honour the millennium in 2000. Millar is hopeful for about $16,000 in funding, to help bring the project to life. About $10,000 is needed, it’s estimated for the granite cairn and bolder, with all the engraving and concrete pads. Another $8,000 would be allocated for all components encompassing the garden display, including brickwork, irrigation, and gardens and landscaping of the area to give it “a fresh new look, encapsulating the significance of this area.” And finally, about $2,000 it’s anticipated would be needed for administrative costs for the actual 150th celebration, time capsule events, advertising, and ribbon cutting ceremony. The municipality is hopeful with federal assistance, to construct a time capsule at King Edward Park in the area shown With the community events committee not holding a civic awards gala next spring, efforts here, for Canada’s 150th celebrations in 2017. Photo by Sarah Hyatt. will be largely focused on the 150th celebration and events leading up to the celebration.

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Family thankful to be Brightonians after house fire By Sarah Hyatt Brighton – Brightonians take care of their own – Michelle Astley and her family knows this. During the evening on Monday, Aug. 22, Astley’s home caught on fire. “I’m so glad I live in such an awesome little community,” she said. Astley and her family have been overwhelmed by kindness and support from the community in the last week. When the family returns home, the kids and Astley plan to make thank you cards for “every single person” who has helped the family recently. The kindness of community members has blown Astley away, she says. “I think I’ve cried more over that, then I have over the house,” she said. Everyone, including the eight people who live at the home, five dogs, three cats, and a litter of kittens made it out safe on the Monday evening. Though a trip to the vet is expected in coming days. Astley and her fiancé own the home and reside there with their three children. They rent an in-law suite to her mom and a roommate downstairs and Astley’s father has also been staying with the family recently, helping with the kids and house. It’s been a hectic week for the family, having been displaced from their

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that sparked at the south end of the building outside, had climbed up the side of the building and was quickly spreading. “We got there and we were able to knock it down right away,” he said. “We were then able to get inside and pull the ceiling down to make sure it didn’t spread to the main part of the house.” Hutchinson is crediting the quick response of firefighters to the call for help and “neighbours helping neigh-

bours” as making the difference. “The neighbours saw it and alerted the homeowners and called the department, they should be thanked for their quick and smart response, as the fire started on the outside and inside people were unaware,” he said. The quick response from people calling in and firefighters’ speedy response to the hall within minutes ensured the department could get out to the house and at the flames fairly fast.

A fire sparked at a home located at 142 Stewart Road, on Monday, Aug. 22. Photo by Sarah Hyatt.

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Poking into places where you shouldn’t be can get you into trouble By John Campbell Brighton – Pokemon GO is leading people to go places where they shouldn’t be. For two local youths it was Brighton Public School late one night. One of the “matters of interest” contained in the agenda for Brighton Public Services Board Aug. 26 was a report of an investigation that Northumberland OPP carried out after a custodian at the school told police there had been a breakin. There were pictures drawn on a blackboard along with the names of two individuals. Officers visited their homes and learned in talking to the parents that the pair could account for their whereabouts the night before. However police were given the name of a person who was subsequently interviewed by the officers and she admitted “she had broken into the school the previous evening while playing Pokemon”-the GPS-based reality game that challenges smartphone users to catch virtual creatures at specific locations. The report said both the girl and a male youth were arrested and charged with break and enter. Councillor Roger McMurray said he was concerned that those responsible for Pokemon GO “don’t have any contact with the people” at sites where they put the creatures. “They conceivably could put the kids in a place there was a danger” which the game’s designers wouldn’t know anything about, he said. “Is there any sort of interaction between the authorities ... and the game’s designers [or] do they just merrily go on their way designing a game, letting the kids do their thing?” Acting Staff Sergeant Kevin Benn said the game’s designers “just arbitrarily find locations to place these Pokemon monsters,” and the sites they choose can be dangerous, he said. “Some of the Pokemons have been located in Hell’s Angels clubhouses.” The supply rooms of stores have also targeted in people’s searches, which leads to people trespassing, Benn added.

However, there’s not much police forc- live outside the country. They’re “beyond Benn said he wasn’t aware of any other volving Pokemon GO that ended up bees can do, he said, because the designers our reach.” incident in Northumberland County in- coming a police matter.

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Northumberland County will submit to the Ontario Ministry of Housing its proposed 2016 program plan for the Social Infrastructure Fund (SIF). The County’s proposal recommends using funding for maintenance and repairs to existing social housing stock, as well as advancing a number of initiatives under the Housing and Homelessness Plan. This will include targeted housing allowances and rent supplements, activities under the Ontario Renovates programs, and support for the Home Ownership program, to be delivered in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

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Brighton builder gets approval to build waste transfer facility in Colborne By John Campbell Colborne – The way is clear for a waste transfer facility to be built in Colborne that will help extend the life of Northumberland County’s landfill in Brighton. Most of the material handled at the

Roger Cheer, a home builder in Brighton, says Northumberland Waste Transfer Station in Colborne’s industrial park will divert as much as 20 per cent of the garbage currently being buried in Northumberland County’s landfill in Brighton. Photo by John Campbell

facility, everything from household garbage and electronics to construction and demolition waste, will be shipped to the United States for disposal there. “It will be a cheaper alternative to the Brighton landfill,” says Roger Cheer, the Brighton builder behind the proposal whose site plan agreement with Cramahe Township was approved by council Aug. 23. It’s taken him and a silent partner in his venture, Northumberland Waste Transfer Station, four years to obtain all the necessary approvals from the township and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. “It’s been a long, long process,” he told council. Between 40 and 50 trucks will travel to the depot each day, and another three to four will take material away after it’s been compacted. “We did our market research and Northumberland definitely needs some assis-

tance,” he said in an interview. More waste is being produced each year and “anything we can save going to the landfill [in Brighton] is a bonus.” The facility on a two-hectare property in Colborne’s industrial park will include a recycling component. “We’re going to cut down what’s taken to the landfill by approximately 20 per cent,” Cheer said. “We can handle anything as long as it’s non-hazardous.” Adam McCue, manager of environmental and technical services for the county, said any tonnage that can be diverted away from the Brighton landfill “will obviously prolong [its] life ... which is a good thing.” The landfill is currently expected to reach its capacity by 2024. “It’s definitely nice to have other options available,” McCue said. “The more that doesn’t come to our landfill, the longer [it will] last.” Waste transfer facility users will dump

their trash on a concrete floor inside a 959-square metre building and we will “take care of it from there,” Cheer said. What can’t be recycled will be taken to landfills in Michigan or New York state. “We haven’t set the rate yet but we’re probably going to be between $100 and $110 a tonne,” Cheer said. Northumberland charges $115. The facility will employ six to seven people when it opens for business next spring. With the property as large as it is, “we have provisions there to make the building bigger if need be,” to handle more waste, or “to speed up operations” by installing a second weigh

scale, Cheer said. He’s optimistic the transfer station will do well serving Northumberland into Trenton but at $3 million the project does represent “a lot of risk,” he admitted. Construction will include a “dispersion stack” to handle emissions collected inside the building.

Brighton builder in line to win more awards for custom and production homes By John Campbell

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Support shown for one police board, one OPP contract for across the county By John Campbell Brighton – A subcommittee made up of members from police service boards (PSB) in Northumberland County will come up with recommendations to the province as it prepares to update the Police Services Act. The group was established at a threehour joint meeting of PSBs held Aug. 26 at the Brighton detachment of the OPP. “It was bit of a brainstorming session,” to determine how to make the most of “a golden opportunity” police boards have been given by the province “to have direct input” into what changes will get made, Brighton PSB vice chair Derek

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Slow down A Morganston resident has complained about motorists driving too fast through the hamlet on County Road 25. “This is a dangerous intersection, as the hill to the north is a blind one,” Marsha Turney wrote in a letter. She said she has “real concerns” about how fast people drive through the community, pointing out seven children live there, with four being preschoolers. Her son and another boy cross the road twice a day to catch the bus. She asked that a flashing speed limit sign be installed, as has been done elsewhere in Cramahe, before the start of the school year. “It is a bad intersection [and] there have been accidents there,” Councillor Ed Van Egmond said. Please see “Firehall/EMS” on page 19

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release in expressing oneself, and I like the comradery of the band.” Guitarist Eric Fry, of Roslin, says, “This is what I do now. My aspiration is that we continue to play together because we are still growing as people and musicians.” Bassist John (“Jake”) de Vries, of Hillier, when asked who the band’s leader was, Jake said laughing, “Dave is the father.”

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The Fade Kings’ repertoire is a masterfully delivered fusion of soul, Latin, rock and roll, and rhythm and blues, with smatterings of cool jazz. The group was selected in 2008 and 2009 to represent the Loyal Blues Fellowship at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Incidentally, they got their name from the seamless way in which they fade at the end of a song. Having fallen in together in their early 40s,

each of them had, by then, matured beyond their years of playing in young bands that had been splintered by the common problem of incompatibility and character polarization. Theirs is very much like any other personal relationship: In your formative years, you go out with people you may not fit in with, test the waters so to speak, and eventually through life experiences finally find the right fit. And in chatting with Impey - genuinely laid back and soft-spoken - one gets the feeling that he has cruised to a good place and time in his life, and in a sense very introspective: “What I get out of music,” says Impey, “is the glow of satisfaction after an evening of performing well. We do it for the music. We have all played for a long time at a solid level, and we feel good about it. It has given us something that that we all need.” And there is one more thing that this calm county minstrel has to say about the band/family: “It is making us all younger still.” Visit their website at http://www. fadekings.com/bandprofile.shtml Brighton resident Vic Schukov is a long-time journalist and writer of biography books for everyday people. Please visit his website at www.foreverwithyoumemoirs.com; victorschukov@gmail.com

Continued from page 18 Council to pass on Turney’s request to Northumberland County. The township will also ask that a Local Traffic Only sign be placed at the intersection of Percy and Church streets to eliminate heavy traffic on Church Street. Doug Harrison wrote council that he and other residents on Church have seen an increase in “heavy, noisy and dangerous truck traffic late at night” whenever vehicles are forced to detour through the village because of construction or an accident on Highway 401. The vehicles end up on Church “probably due to [drivers’] reliance on GPS directions,” he said. Harrison said a transport recently “sheared off the hydro pole on the tight corner of Church and Elgin” while passing through Colborne shortly after midnight. “I’m told this pole has been struck several times,” in what is a residential area, he said. Having a detour route go through the village is “terrible,” Councillor Don Clark said, and transports hauling 53-foot trailers “can hardly make the turn.” He “almost witnessed three accidents” in one night recently. Something needs to be done, he said, because “it was just brutal.”

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Empire Rockfest. Doyle was a performer at the 2015 Rockfest and his high-energy perforQuinte West – There will be bagpipes, mance endeared him to music fans and haggis and quilts and accents that here. ring with the sound of the British Isles. “We’re happy he’s on board, we The Trenton Scottish-Irish Festival is think he’ll do well here,” Caouette returning to town for a 26th year, Sept. said. 9 and 10 at Centennial Park. Events continue on Saturday, Sept. The annual fall celebration honours 10, starting with the parade through Celtic culture and heritage and always downtown Trenton at 10 a.m. The pabrings great crowds out to the waterrade leads into the park for opening front park. ceremonies at 11 a.m. This year will be no exception, said After that visitors can see more Laurie Caouette, Quinte West’s special Highland Dancing performances, events co-ordinator, as a jam packed more pipe band performances and taste schedule is in place. Celtic food or visit the vendor village “It is our signature event,” she said, or Heritage Centre. explaining that hotels in the city are exThere will also be a new Kiwanis “Children’s Glen” where kids can try Highland Games. And late in the day, towards the closing ceremonies, Highland Games expert Heather Boundy will attempt to enter the Guinness World Records book. She hopes to be the first woman ever to flip more than six cabers in three minutes. The cabers are four meters and weigh about 44 pounds. Boundy has been competing in Scottish heavy events for more than five years and was ranked third in Canada as recently Healther Boundy, an expert in Highland Games heavy events, hopes to enter the Guinness World as 2015. said Records book for a caber flipping feat, which she’ll perform at the Trenton Scottish-Irish Festival. Caouette when the weather Submitted photo

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World record holding strongman coming to Warkworth Fair By Sue Dickens Warkworth – World record holder Rev. Kevin Fast will be demonstrating his skill at the Warkworth Fair, as he continues to break strongman records with his brawn. Last month he pulled two ladder trucks from the Cobourg and Port Hope fire departments for a distance of 100 feet. The trucks weighed a total of 150,120 pounds or 74 tons, beating the previous record of 63 tons. And this wasn’t his first record-breaking feat. This was his 26th world record. On that day in August, he set two different Guinness World Records, one featuring his sons Jakob and Matthew. His sons actually broke their father’s world record for pulling the heaviest vehicle, three fire trucks, more than 100 feet, by a pair of men. Rev. Fast did it with Discovery Channel host Andrew Younghusband. The trucks weighed more than

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By John Campbell Brighton – Brighton Keystone Orange did not go gently into night, staving off defeat as long as it could, but in the end its season expired at the hands of the Fury. The two teams were tied 1-1 after regulation in the semi-final for the Joe Iazena Memorial Trophy Cup and they remained even after two 10-minute overtime periods, forcing them to decide the outcome on penalty kicks. “My first two players scored, their first two didn’t score, it was looking great,” coach Merv Heffernan said. “Then my next three didn’t score and their next three did, so we ended up losing ... That’s the way it goes but it was a great game.” “The other team came up big [but] we didn’t fall apart.” Ryan Christian scored Brighton’s lone goal. Kyle Joy was “wonderful” in net, stopping a penalty shot during the game before it went into overtime. The lights on the playing field where the contest took place in Belleville automatically turn off at 11 p.m. and the game came close to being called because of darkness.

“Most games are over at 10:15,” Heffernan said. “While we were shaking hands the lights went out.” Brighton finished second in the Bay of Quinte Men’s Outdoor Soccer League, seven points ahead of the fourth-place Fury which went on to beat Azzurri 2-1 in the final to win the Cup. Azzurri had upset Hellenics, the league champions, in their semi-final match. “So the two top seeds ... [were] both knocked out, but that’s what Cup play is all about,” Heffernan said. “We’ve played Fury so many times in Cup semis and finals, and they have the edge over us in Cup play,” he said, but the reverse is true for league play. Despite the disappointing end to the season, “we had a good year.” Now the team “can hardly wait for the indoor [league] to start up the end of October,” he said. Brighton is the reigning champion, having won the league championship and the playoffs last year. “We’ve had a really good run ... for the past seven years since the start of the indoor,” Heffernan said. “We won the league six times and we won the playoffs five times.”

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Quinte West – The short off-season for the Trenton Golden Hawks is over and the team will continue a home-and-home series with the Wellington Dukes on Friday night, as part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League exhibition season. The Hawks and Dukes play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Wellington’s Essroc Arena. The same two teams played Wednesday in Trenton (in a game played after press time). The games are tuneups for the OJHL regular season, which begins Friday, Sept. 9. The Hawks will host the Newmarket Hurricanes that night at the Duncan Memorial Arena, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.

The Hawks are entering the 2016-17 season with high expectations, after winning the Dudley Hewitt Cup, as OJHL champions last spring. They would also go on to win the Buckland Cup, to be named the top Junior A team in all of Ontario. The team’s season didn’t end until May 24, when they lost a semifinal game in the RBC Cup, the Canadian championship for Junior A hockey. The Hawks got off to a good start of their exhibition season on Saturday, when they pummelled the visiting Cornwall Colts 6-1. The Hawks will host the 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup at the end of this season.

Mowat, Ferguson, Freeman and Toms score wins on fan appreciation night at Brighton Speedway Brighton – Brighton Speedway welcomed a large crowd for the final Fan Appreciation event of the season on Kids Race for the Canadian National Autism Foundation night presented by Greig Truck & Trailer, Towne & Country Liquidation and Behan Construction. Three new members were added to the Brighton Speedway Wall of Fame prior to the on-track action. Former drivers Jim Woof and Bill Munro were added to the wall while George Reid was added in the builder category. The ‘Fan Appreciation’ portion of the event allowed fans to get up close and personal with the drivers on the front stretch during intermission. Drivers brought their racecars onto the front straightaway, and hundreds of fans took advantage of the opportunity to get autographs, pictures, and various treats the drivers offered. Brandon Mowat Claims First Brighton Win Of Season Brandon Mowat (No.46 Target Fabrication) took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the Vanderlaan Building Products Pro Late Model main event. He used the bottom groove to protect his advantage as the first half

of the race ran mostly without incident. The pace slowed dramatically with multiple caution periods and restarts through the middle portion of the 30-lap affair. Through the restarts, championship contenders Phil Potts (No.29 Indewey Excavating) and Charlie Sandercock (No.57 Bellevue Fabricating) closed in to run in the top-three. Potts powered past Mowat to take the lead, but he was unable to drive away. Mowat kept him within sight, and when he was relegated to the outside groove for a late restart he found the momentum he needed to retake the top spot. Mowat held on to secure the victory, and Sandercock worked past Potts to finish second. Caley Weese (No.77 Cool 100) and Steve Baldwin (No.5 Pro Advantage Sports) completed the top-five. Entering Saturday’s event Potts and Sandercock were tied in the championship point standings. With two races remaining the battle remains nearly dead even. Dan Ferguson Claims 70th Career Win Dan Ferguson (No.11 Kilmarnock Enterprise) earned his fourth win of the season in the Bainer’s OilGARD Canadian Modifieds. Ferguson started third in the feature event, and outdu-

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Since then, Kerr has ridden in Wakestock in Toronto and Peterborough and soon discovered more adaptive riders, elsewhere, across the sport. Today, Kerr and other adaptive riders have been added to the professional wakeboard tours with their own adaptive division. “My first contest, I finished second at Wake Games, in Orlando Florida,” he said. But, while training for the first ever worlds adaptive championships in 2014 “I was in Orlando two days before (the competition) and broke nine bones in both my feet and was unable to ride. In 2015 I rode in Miami at the USA nationals for cable and boat, getting first place finishes.” Kerr soon began designing his own boards and seats and has “a buddy who welds them up for me... I have since sold one to a guy in Chicago who is now riding (competitively) and plans to compete with us in the near future.”

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This past summer Kerr has most his days riding at Trenchtown Wake Park in Trenton and behind friends’ boats training for the 2016 world championship. “I can’t thank Danny Hampson enough for getting me outta my chair and onto a board again,” said Kerr, thanking the man who got him involved in the sport. “He introduced me to many people in the industry who have helped push this and build the sport. Also Liquid Force wakeboards for hooking me up with free boards all these years, Trench Town Wake Park and Westlake Wakeboard School for helping me train. I’d also like to thank my buddy Billy and Whites Mechanical for building me the best seats for my wakeboard and all my friends and

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evidence. But Macmillan said Hoskins has “ministerial authority to order OHIP to pay anything that he tells them to” and health ministers have been using that authority since 1991. It should be exercised again to help all those who are facing the same problems he is, he said. “That wouldn’t be me to ask for something that they wouldn’t give everyone,” he said. The surgery and attendant care Macmillan hopes to have done in Kentucky involves a procedure known as NanoKnife which uses electrical pulses to remove tumours. The cost adds up to more than $300,000 Canadian. A group of people calling themselves Friends of Hector, made up largely of Trent Hills firefighters and their spouses, has set up an online account for donations at www. gofundme.com/2km49uk. As of Tuesday morning more than $32,500 had been raised towards its goal of $100,000. Another means of raising money was added last Friday when an account was set up at the TD Bank, which will make it possible for people to donate at branches across the country. “If it turns out too late for me, I’m going to

Trent Hills – With time running out for treatment of his pancreatic cancer, Mayor Hector Macmillan vowed this week to file a formal complaint with Ontario’s ombudsman about the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. And “if I can’t get satisfaction there, I’m moving on to the OPP, and I’m going to ask them to start a criminal investigation,” he said in an interview Aug. 29. “They’ve rigged the system for people to fail which ultimately causes death.” The ministry has denied his request for out-of-country funding to have a cancerous tumour in his pancreas surgically removed at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. Without the operation, he won’t live past Christmas, he has said. When he tried filing an appeal with the Health Services Review and Appeal Board, using the fax number found on its website, he kept getting a message saying the number is out of service. He complained to Service Ontario but didn’t get the help he was looking for. “This is the most frustrating experience I’ve ever been through,” said Macmillan who planned to deliver the request for appeal in person as a result. “It just reeks of incompetence.” Macmillan has been highly critical of the ministry and the Liberals in power, expressing his anger in radio, TV and newspaper interviews that have garnered provincial and national attention. Macmillan said because he’s a mayor and has “a big mouth” he gets “opportunities to speak to the media more than the average guy in the street does. I can only imagine what the general public’s going through. I know lots of them [in the same situation as he is] are just giving up. It’s unbelievable.” He said, “The system is rigged for the applicant to fail” and “then when you go to appeal they make it impossible. They’ve got blood on their hands.” Macmillan said he’s “getting a lot of positive feedback” from Ontarians since he went public with his complaints at a recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference where he confronted Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins. Hoskins told him the decision not to grant him funding wasn’t “political” but one made by Trent Hills Mayor Hector Macmillan will ask Ontario ombudsman to investigate experts based on scientific “rigged“ health-care system. Photo by John Campbell

bring this government to heel for those who follow me, because this is just an outrage,” Macmillan said. “I believe it’s premeditated murder, all for the sake of money. They’ve got us so far in debt they’re looking for every way to cut pennies, but at the same time they’re still on stupid spending sprees.” Liberal MPP Lou Rinaldi has told him “he would do everything he could” for the mayor, as he would with any constituent.

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92 CRESTVIEW LANE, TRENTON, ONT. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 11:00 AM Exit SOUTH off 401 Highway at Wooler Road Exit (Interchange 522) for ½ mile and turn EAST onto Telephone Road to Crestview Lane. Gibbard “Canadian Legacy” bedroom furniture including dresser, 4 poster bed, 2 night stands- excellent; antique oak sideboard, antique steeple clock, Mahogany glass top display coffee table and end tables, wing back chairs, leather chesterfield, curio cabinets, walnut nest of tables, oak dining table, oak dining chairs, maple breakfront china cabinet, rattan love seat, floral living room furniture, cedar chest, white bedroom furniture, limited edition prints, original artwork, Royal Doulton figurines, Moorcroft pieces, Swarovski crystals, Wedgewood pieces, Cuckoo clock, Beleek pieces, Delft pieces, ruby glass, glassware’s and china, Northern art, cups and saucers, Hummel figure, everyday dishes, cookware, child’s sleigh, 20” flat screen TV, stereo components, books, office desk, book shelves, steel shelves, upright freezer, dehumidifier, Craftsman snow blower, aluminum ladders, garden tools, wheel barrow, hardwood work bench, BBQ, numerous other articles TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

455 POINT ANNE ROAD, POINT ANNE, ONT. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 11:00 AM 3 miles EAST of Belleville on Old Highway 2 and turn SOUTH onto Point Anne Lane for 2 miles to Point Anne Road. Craftsman 277cc snow blower with electric start- like new; Craftsman portable air compressor, Yard Machine flower bed tiller, 10”Bench Tp table saw, Craftsman 8”drill press, Trademaster 9”band saw, Homelite gas powered grass trimmer, quantity of power and hand tools, Mobility wheel chair and walker, garden tools, power washer, pool “Keepy Krawler”, Grill Master BBQ, aquos flat screen TV, La-Z-boy chair, dinette table and chairs, 2 pc chesterfield suite, consul sewing machine, 2 single beds, bedroom furniture, Bissel carpet cleaner, Danby dehumidifier, everyday dishes, numerous other articles. TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

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108 HARRINGTON ROAD, R.R. 4 FRANKFORD, ONT. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 10:30 AM 2 miles NORTH of Highway 401 on Wallbridge Loyalist Road (interchange 538) and turn WEST at Tuckers Corners onto Wallbridge Road for 1/2 mile and turn onto Harrington Road. ANTIQUE FURNITURE and CLOCKS; mahogany curved glass china cabinet, antique washstands, antique dressers, antique side boards, antique China cabinets, antique parlour tables, sofa table, antique oak combination China cabinet/ secretary with curved glass front, walnut class front bookcase, antique oak hall seat with detached mirror, antique tub stand with attached wringer, antique trunks, antique sewing box, antique oak drop front desk, antique blanket boxes, antique press back chairs, antique rockers, tea wagon, drop front secretary, antique mantle clocks, antique gingerbread clocks; COLLECTIBLES 2 gallon stoneware jug GI LAZIER Picton CW with blue bird, several pieces of sterling silver jewelry, antique glassware’s and china including brides baskets, Mary Gregory glass, pickle cruets, opalescent glass, hand painted china, press glass, biscuit jars; silver plate pieces, Aladdin lamp, parlour lamps, oil lamps, rail lamps, enamel ware, Black Americana cast iron bank, mechanical bank, wooden duck decoys, glass oil bottles, children’s vintage games and toys, tins, musical instruments including acoustic guitar, electric guitar, several pocket watches, Bellini accordion; quilts, snowshoes, numerous other articles. TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

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322 BOUNDARY ROAD, ROSLIN, ONT. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH AT 10:30 AM 13 miles NORTH of Belleville on Highway 37 and turn WEST at Roslin onto Boundary Road for 1 mile. ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLES antique flat to the wall kitchen cupboard with upper glass doors with 8 lites each, 2 solid lower doors; antique ornate oak hall seat and mirror, antique walnut parlour table, antique washstands, antique pine chest on 2 drawers, antique drop leaf table, antique cane bottom chairs, antique rockers, antique wicker sofa, antique iron and brass bed, antique trunks, antique walnut dresser top mirrors, antique glass front bookcase, antique walnut tilt top centre pedestal table, pail bench, antique gingerbread clock antique steeple clock, collection of vintage signage and tins including Public Telephone, Ocean Blend, Rileys, Telegram, Orange Crush, Massey Harris, Niagara Punch, Sportsman cigarette, Beer Trays,: Corbys collectibles, antique lamps including cranberry hanging and hall lamps, wall bracket lamp, rail lamps, figural novelty lamp, parlour lamps, barn lanterns, oil lamps; stoneware pcs including Jas Tierney – Kingston jug, RC McHenry, Belleville pottery, jugs and crocks; glassware’s and china including Royal Doulton figurines, Majolica, Carnival glass, Cranberry, Royal Nippon, stereoscope, iron pieces, Planters peanut jar, graniteware, ruby glass, toilet set pieces, flo blue, hobnail glass, vintage telephone, cups and saucers, Belleville souvenirs, carpet balls, coverlet, wildlife prints, Shell oil bottle, hockey and sports cards, TRACTOR AND TOOLS Ferguson TEA gas tractor with front end loader- running condition, 3 point hitch scraper blade, Craftsman 19 hp riding lawn mower, Delta 14” band saw, Craftsman 8” table saw, Craftsman walk behind grass trimmer, hand tools, hardware, numerous other articles TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

Auction SAle of farm equipment & tools The property of Kathy Roddy & the Estate of the late Glenn Roddy 411 Chambers Rd., City of Kawartha Lakes, ON

Saturday, September 17th, 10:00 a.m. From Cambray Rd. go east on Cty Rd. 9 to Killarney Bay Rd., go north (left) to Chambers Rd., proceed west (left) See Signs! Sale includes a NH TS 100 4x4 diesel cab tractor w/Q960 loader plus Alo 7’ material bucket & 2 prong bale spear (4 sets of rear remotes, 16 speed w/power reverser, 5683 hrs 100 hp), MF 275 diesel tractor w/Sims cab 5650 hrs, 65 hp, David Brown 990 o/s diesel tractor has front end loader w/6’ material bucket, 60 hp, David Brown 1212 o/s diesel tractor 5233 hrs, old Cockshutt tractor ‘running, as is’, JD 468 round baler w/mega wide pickup, silage kit, kicker, trac monitor, string tie (done less than 1000 bales), Kvernland 7581 3 pth bale wrapper w/loading arm plus 8 boxes of 750 mm x 1500 wrap selling separate, NH 479 haybine, NH 67 square baler, NH 1012 self loading square bale wagon, Kvernland 881 3 pth 4/16” plow, Cockshutt 251 10’ disc, 3 pth 10’ cultivator w/finger harrows, 3 sections flex harrows, 3 drum land roller, MF 33 15 run seed drill w/3 boxes, Int 315 cab gas combine w/10’ grain head, AC belt driven grain blower (as is), Calsa 5825 field sprayer (3 pth, 100 gal w/28’ boom), McKee 520 snow blower, round bale feeders, antique R.A. Lister 5 hp pump, old corn silage belt driven cutter, assortment of hand, power & farm related tools & items, plus much more! PLAN TO ATTEND! - NO PETS ALLOWED! Terms: Cash, Cheque with I.D., Visa, MasterCard & Interac! LUNCH AVAILABLE - NO BUYER’S PREMIUM! - NO RESERVE

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4th Annual Alice Leavitt Cribbage Tournament, The Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, Foster Ward Community Center 75 St. Paul St., Belleville, Saturday September 10, 12 noon. Registration at 11:00 a.m. Cost $20.00/ team. 50/50 draw and door prizes. Canteen and refreshments available. The tournament is open to all. SEPT 7 at 4:30 PM; Sept. 9 at 6 PM; Sept 11 at 12:15 PM: Children 8 to 15 years old are invited to try out St. Thomas’ Junior Choir. Pizza will be served. Registration mandatory for this event: MusicAtStThomas@gmail.com or (613) 962-3636. Belleville Club 39 Presents The Hallman Swing Band, Friday Sept. 2, Belleville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, 132 Pinnacle St, Belleville (upstairs), 8pm-midnight. Lunch served. Members $10 non members $12. Singles & Couples. 613-392-1460 or 613-966-6596 Volunteer Information Session with CNIB, Friday, September 3, 10am12pm. Volunteer just a couple hours a week as a Vision Mate. We currently have 3 clients waiting for a friend like you. To register, please contact Tracy Holland at 1-866-842-9071 ext. 5094 SEPT 8, St. Thomas’ Senior Choir open rehearsal, Thursday, September 8, 5 PM followed by a pot-luck dinner. Everyone is invited to join us. Registration: MusicAtStThomas@gmail.com or (613) 962-3636. Drop in Program: Knitterati at Belleville Public Library, every other Tuesday,

September 6 to December 13, 5:30-7:30 pm, 2nd floor. Free drop in program. No registration required. Call 613-968-6731 ext. 2237 for more information. The Canadian Hearing Society offers Walk In Wednesdays from 10 am-noon and 2-4pm. Speak to a Hearing Care Counsellor. No appointment necessary. Bayview Mall, 470 Dundas St. E Belleville Volunteers Needed. Bibles for Missions Thrift Store, 315 Pinnacle St. Belleville, is seeking volunteers of all ages to fulfill positions in all area of operations (cashiers, sorters, receiving area). Contact Esthel at 613-962-5665 or drop by the store to fill out an application. Scottish Country Dancing: Come alone or bring a partner. Classes Tuesday evenings, 7:30-9:30pm, Harry J. Clarke School, 77 Rollins Dr., Belleville. Info 613-965-4212 or 613-967-1827. New members welcome, 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, mtfielding@hotmail.com 613962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail.com 613-243-1450 Quinte Seniors Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome. Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes Home Help & Home Maintenance support service (cleaning, meal prep,

shopping, snow removal, etc). Fees arranged between the worker and client. Info: Community Care for South Hastings Belleville at 613-969-0130 or Deseronto at 613-396-6591. Luncheon Wednesday September 14, 290 Bridge St W., 12 -2 pm featuring creative ideas for fall house plants by Audrey Potts, soloist Kathy Keenan and special guest speaker Katherine Robinson from Bracebridge. Free nursery, reservations please call Darlene @ 613-961-0956. HALL RENTALS at The Royal Canadian Legion, 132 Pinnacle Street, Belleville 613-968-9053 Quinte Landlords Association members meet, network, share knowledge, hear a guest speaker, third Wednesday of month at 630pm. Advance registration required Fee: $10. To register, use the contact form on our website quintelandlordsassociation.ca or call (613) 707-3879 Quinte Region Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. http://www.qrcc. ca . Info: Dave Brown at 613-967-7720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690. Monday Bingo; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling and Shuffleboard; Friday Darts and the 3rd Sunday of every month Cribbage. All start at 1:00 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over. Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, 75 St. Paul St., Belleville Quinte Quilter’s Guild, 7 PM, first Wednesday of the month. St Columba

Church, Bridge St. E. Everyone is welcome. Family Space supports families learning through play. Drop-in playrooms, 100 Station Street., Belleville. Open 6 days a week. Info: www.familyspace.ca or 613966-9427. Friends of the Library book sale daily at the Bookstore. Accepting gently used books, CD and DVD donations. Foyer of Belleville Public Library 10-4, MondaySaturday. 613-968-6731 ext 2245 Seniors 5-pin Bowling, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Come and meet new friends for fun and fellowship. Belleville Pro Bowl, Bayview Mall. Call Ken 613-962-3429

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RETIRED TEACHERS and spouses and friends Sharing Time, Setpember 6, 10 a.m., Smithfield United Church, 872 Smith Street. Questions/RSVP Gladys Bonin 613-475-3226 (Cell 613-921-7016) Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Clothing Depot, 58 Prince Edward St, Brighton. Wednesday-Thursday, 10-2, Friday, 10-6pm and Saturday, 10-1. All donations welcome. Interested in Volunteering? Call Jean 613-242-5387 Monarchs and Migrants Weekend September 5 & 6, Presqu’ile Park. Bird Banding and Monarch Tagging demos, guided walks and children’s programs on bird and butterfly migration. Events are free, regular park admission fees apply. David 613 475-4324 ext 225 or david. bree@ontario.ca.

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Energy rates and “red tape” a concern for small businesses: Tories By Stephen Petrick Belleville – Todd Smith and one of his Progressive Conservative colleagues hope to bring Quintearea business leaders’ concerns about energy rates and “red tape” back to Queen’s Park. Smith, the MPP for Prince EdwardHastings held a “roundtable on small business” at the Belleville Public Library Monday, with Vic Fedeli, the MPP for Nipissing. About a dozen business leaders were in attendance at the largely partisan event, including Belleville Chamber CEO Bill Saunders and former Hastings-Prince Edward MP Daryl Kramp, rumoured to be making a run for the nomination for the provincial candidacy in the riding north of Highway 401. Both Smith and Fedeli said the meeting was part of the PC Party’s efforts to gather opinions from Ontarians, as they begin to propose

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One of the best, say Hastings Plowing Match visitors By Diane Sherman Madoc Township - Hastings County Plowing Match and Farm Show officials rounded off attendance numbers Aug. 24-25 to 14,000, with 300 exhibitors, 63 plowers, four food booths, a slew of antique tractors and a field of state-of-the-art farm machinery. President Edgar Storms says there are usually fewer visitors the second day, but 5,000 was not a tawdry number. The centre field at Cornervue Farms on historic Queensborough Road, became a tent city, with a mass of vehicles dotting hay fields on both sides along with livestock trailers, RVs and overnight campers. Rolling green fields adjacent to those lots were a close walk for visitors to view horse teams pulling sulky and walking plows, turning loam soil in straight lines. Harry Scanlan hauled in his Kubota tractor for the VIPs, media, senior and Queen of the Furrow plowing events, offering patient instruction for first-timers. Along side that plot, 4-H members fulfilled club requirements in plowing, with much more precision and dedication than those “greenhorns” under Scanlan’s care. Woodlot machinery and information was sectioned off on one of the streets in the exhibition area, as were the cattle. Regular exhibitors said they felt this event was laid out much better with short distances to any point, and

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(Top Left) Doug Montgomery uses what is called a “sulky” plow during the Plowing Match. Any horse-drawn single-bottom riding plow is called a sulky plow. (Top Right) Gordon Meiklejohn, 3, plays in the corn box inside the Children’s Tent at the Hastings County Plowing Match and Farm Show. (Above) Robert Tinney uses a tractor during the Plowing Match to plow the furrow. Many of the plows used were antiques, and in great working condition. Photos by Melyssa Gloude

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Dan Clost Gentle Reader, I have found the continuous heat to be relentlessly beating me down ever so surely into the dusty barrens of what used to be our greensward. I’d say, “Raise your hands if you feel that way, too” but it would take too much of your energy. It is a bit of a challenge to think about one topic for any length of time which makes the idea of penning a lucid, 650+ word column a bit of a challenge. Hence, another O&S offering which, by the way, I like to think of as the seminal blog and the rest of the world has copied my methodology without showering me with the credit so richly deserved. O&S#1 Mulch Without a doubt the best thing you can do for your trees and flower beds is to lay down a good layer of mulch. Over the last few weeks, I very slowly - I’m sure the neighbours thought I was Tim Conway’s Old Man - covered up the bare patches in the beds with shredded pine bark mulch. I’m supposed to be a seasoned gardener yet I was very surprised to see how much of a

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difference it made. Amongst the residents of the gardens we have quite a few impatiens and some very young macrophylla hydrangeas - two plants that dramatically show the lack of moisture. After the mulch went on I watered everything slowly but well. Almost two weeks later, without additional water, those bellwether plants are responding marvelously. Moisture is important but cool soil is equally so. O&S #2 Challenging Cucurbits I tried an experiment this year in the hopes of enjoying a bit of success with these chappies. A bit of background: I have a squash tower; it is a circular bit of metal held 6’ off the ground by three legs. The idea is that you plant your squash, and other climbing cucurbits, at the base and the plants will happily twine themselves up to the tippy top and, in the course of the season, fruits will hang down just waiting for you to pluck them. That’s what the books say. I am constantly reminded that plants don’t read books. This year I did plant some cucumbers at the base of the tower. They withered away to nothingness. However, pole beans, planted almost 6’ away, eschewed their poles, scootched along a bit of twine used to corral some cherry tomatoes and have happily covered the squash tower. Knowing something odd might happen, I experimented with a row of large containers for the squashes. Cucurbits love the heat so a “raised” bed seemed like a good idea. All started well: pumpkin, zucchini, watermelon, Long Tom cucumbers and pickling dills grew wonderfully until the heat wave. The bits of vine curling over the

rim of the containers were exposed to the sun’s merciless rays and, well, they withered up. The hills that were sown into the ground are fine- the big leaves are By Terry McNamee shading the vines. So far, two watermelons the size Stirling—Have you seen this offof softballs, two large zuc- road vehicle? chinis, and one wizened Stirling-Rawdon Police Chief Dario pickling cucumber to Cecchin said police are looking for show for our efforts. help from the public to find a stolen O&S#3 Perplexing Po- Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) taken tatoes. from a residence in Stirling-Rawdon. We had about a dozen The silver 2008 Arctic Cat Prowler hills of various potatoes 700 cc was taken from a garage at a (Yukon Gold, Kennebec, rural residence sometime overnight and some fingerlings). No between Friday, Aug. 26, and bugs, no mildew, and after Saturday, Aug. 27. It is a two-seater the heat, no tops. So I dug them up last week; average size was about 2” in diameter. In another garden, in the complete shade, I planted several tater tubers in a...container. Why? I had some leftover potatoes, an empty container and one spot left to put them. The foliage is lush to the point of almost being ornamental. These I’ll keep going until frost. I have to admit that I haven’t spent a lot of effort with the vegetables this year and the lack of attention shows. Next year will be sunny and cooler with just the right amount of rain: gardening, GR, is all about optimism.

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THOMPSON, Laurie

January 24, 1952 - August 26, 2016 Peacefully at home in the arms of her husband Dan, after living well with breast cancer since 2003. Christened Laura Avis Rose Hart, Laurie was the third of six children born to Ross and Jean Hart (nee Quick). Raised in Belleville, Ontario, Laurie spent summers with her family in the part of Brighton known as Gosport, where her mother grew up. Laurie was very close to her Grandma Quick. One evening in the summer of 1968, at the age of sixteen, Laurie met her future husband Dan. She accepted the offer of a ride home from the Presqu’ile Pavilion on his Honda motorbike and so began a fortyeight year romance for the ages. Laurie graduated from Moira Secondary School in 1970 and went on to Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough. She obtained her diploma in Early Childhood Education and was accredited by the Association for Early Childhood Education in Ontario in 1973. Laurie taught in the pre-school at Sir Sanford and also became a course instructor and field placement supervisor in the E.C.E. department. At the same time she was married to Dan and had her first child Trevor. Settling in Brighton after supporting her husband Dan through law school, Laurie established “Great Beginnings” Nursery School at the Brighton Public School. By now she was the mother of two boys. Laurie later founded and served as the Coordinator of the Brighton Family Resource Centre, a parent/child drop in centre for infant to pre-school age children. The Resource Centre evolved into the Brighton Early Years Program which continues to operate in the Brighton YMCA/Heath Services Centre. Laurie was also instrumental in the start-up of what is now the Brighton Children’s Centre Day Care at the Brighton Public School. In recognition of her contribution to the child care and early childhood education in the Brighton area, Laurie was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Brighton in 1999. In her spare time Laurie managed a busy household of a husband and three boys. She was a faithful hockey mom for seventeen consecutive seasons. As a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Brighton, Laurie ran the nursery, taught Sunday School and served on the altar guild with her mother-in-law, the late Pat Thompson. She also found time to sit on the Board of Directors of Northumberland Big Sisters. Artistic and creative, Laurie became a skilled potter. Her unique mugs, bowls, plates, candle holders, tea sets, hand-sculpted figurines and boats grace the homes of her family and friends. She never sold her creations, but often donated pieces for sale at charity fundraisers. Laurie had a unique fashion sense and always looked amazing while priding herself on being extremely frugal. She loved a bargain. Her home in town and Presqu’ile cottage were beautifully decorated and she hosted many parties and dinners for friends and family. Laurie enjoyed boating in the summer, cross country and downhill skiing in the winter, vacations in the Caribbean, and travelling the length and breadth of Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland to the Yukon. She is survived by her husband Dan, sons Trevor of Vancouver, B.C., Shane of Kingston, Ontario, and Myles and his wife Jessica of Halifax, Nova Scotia, grandchildren, Euan, age 7 and Ruby, age 3, her siblings, Cathy Brunger, Donalda MacLeod, Peter Hart, Paul Hart, and Phil Hart. Wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, Laurie was much loved by all who knew her. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton (613-4752121) on Friday, September 2, 2016 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Brighton on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11 o’clock. Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Brighton Children’s Centre, would be appreciated by the family. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com.

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The Best God saw you getting tried And a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you And “whispered come to me”. With tearful eyes we watched you, And saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, We could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.

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BIRTHDAY

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OBITUARY

Robert “Bob” Lillie It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bob on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, surrounded by his family. He will be dearly missed and forever loved by his wife Pat (nee Baker); daughters Meghan (Chris, son Luke) and Erin (Aaron, children Noah and Lillie); sisters Sue Symonds and Mary Lillie; numerous nieces and nephews; and dear friends The Sargeants. He was predeceased by his parents Robert and Gertrude and inlaws Dr. Ward and Dorathey Baker. Bob was born in New Liskeard, ON on July 24, 1948 and raised in Campbellford, ON where he met and married Pat on August 15, 1970. They moved around Eastern Ontario before settling in Saskatoon with their girls in 1989. Dad retired in June 2012 as Director of Investor Relations at Cameco, but valued lifelong learning. In addition to his CMA, he obtained degrees from Ryerson, York University, University of Toronto, and the University of Saskatchewan (MBA). Bob loved being “by water”... from his childhood home on Crowe Bay to cabin time at Emma Lake to his backyard pool. Gardening, travel, music, good food and fine wine were great pleasures but his family was his greatest pleasure. Dad was a kind, honest, hardworking “gentleman” who showed incredible strength to the end. Special thanks to the ICU team for their care of Dad (and our family).

COMING EVENTS

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8 weeks to an official Grade 12 Diploma in 2016! GED Preparation Course starts Monday nights at Quinte S.S. Library, Belleville. Registration Tuesday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. w w w. g e d q u i n t e . c o m 613-922-2687 or 613-474-2427. Cold Creek Cloggers meet Mondays, starting September 12 through May. Beginner class 6:30 p.m. Trenton Baptist Church, 15 South St., Trenton. Debbie 613-920-9034 for info.

In loving memory of our dear sister Louis Barry August 31, 2015 Love and miss you every day Wanda and Pauline

For receptions, weddings, etc. Catering & bar facilities available. Wheelchair accessible.

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OBITUARY

James Lamey

May 5, 1947 - August 23, 2016 With tremendous sadness we bid farewell. James (Jim) Lamey passed peacefully at home in the company of his loved ones. A wonderful husband to Sharon (Peterson), a fantastic father to Jackie (Bhavin Dalal), James Jr. (Shelly Murdoch), Lynn (Steve Buckett) and the most adoring grandfather to Ethan and Seth. He was treasured by his siblings Margie, Jack (Brenda Lamey), Anne (Ken Heffernan) and his many wonderful nieces and nephews. Jim made friends everywhere he went – his 30 years at Duplate | PPG, his Tim Hortons breakfast club, countless hockey arenas …… We will celebrate him Sunday Sept 4th at the Chute à Blondeau Community Centre between 1-5pm. 2005 rue Principale Chute a Blondeau ON K0B 1B0 We ask that all donations be forwarded to www.braintumour.ca in his honour. ~ With thanks from our family to yours. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal

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CREDIT PROBLEMS? I HAVE SOLUTIONS! Andrea Johnston A.M.P 200 Dundas Street E, Suite 305 Belleville, ON K8N 1E3 Office: 613-968-5151 Toll Free: 1-855-968-5151 ext 306 Email: andrea005@sympatico.ca Web: www.mortgagesbyandrea.com FSCO Lic# M08002475 Broker# 12236 DLC Smart Debt Independently Owned and Operated

LIVESTOCK

“GENETIC DESIGNS XII” SALE River Valley Polled Herefords 398 Embury Rd., Newburgh, ON

Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 - 5:30 P.M. Offering 60 lots of outstanding Polled Hereford seed stock; including proven females, top end bred heifers, choice show heifers for juniors and 4-H members, and herd sire prospects. This offering is a cross section of the world’s leading genetics. For information contact: Pauline Embury 613-378-6632 Donald Embury 613-328-9065 Cattle Office 613-378-2701

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COMING EVENTS

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NEW & USED APPLIANCES

Havelock Family

**R&J’s Dance Party** Country Night! Everyone Welcome Sept 10th. All Country requests untill 11pm. All music types later. Top floor, back entrance Trenton Legion 9 pm-1 am.

Bomag plate tamper (16x20) ex. working condition. $600. Transit level with tri-pod and stick. Comes with 3 heads. $200. Oak hutch and dining table plus 6 chairs. $4700 new asking $500. 705-653-6519.

Converting to grass, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, eg, forsythia, pine, hosta, yucca, you dig them up. $5-$15 each, bar fridge $65, 613-394-2472.

USED REFRIGERATORS

Stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, 3 months old & up. Sold with written guarantee. Fridges $100. and up.

NEW APPLIANCES

At the lowest prices in the area. Trade-ins accepted on new appliances. Big selection to choose from.

Drive In Sept 2-4

$12.00 per person, $3.00 child 6-12, $Free 5 and under. • War Dogs • Sausage Party • Bonus show on Sunday Suicide Squad

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FOR SALE Antique window screens, 6 wood, 34.5” wide, 64” long, for an old house. $10 each o.b.o. Roy 12-1pm 613-395-0353

FOR SALE

Carpet, laminate, hardwood flooring deals. 12 mm laminate installed with free pad $2.29/sq. ft.; engineered hardwood $2.49/sq ft.; Free shop at home service. saillianflooring.com 1-800-578-0497, 905-373-2260.

FOR SALE

PAYS CASH $$$

Dave and the late Jenny Bateman are pleased that their daughter Lacy has obtained her Bachelor of Arts (with Honours), Bachelor of Education, and Masters of Arts degree from Nippising University of North Bay, 2016. Love Dad and Dianna, Jake, Jacquie and Josh and families (Your late mother, Jenny, would be so, so proud XOXO)

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For good used appliances in working order or not, but no junk, please. VISA & MASTERCARD accepted. We have our own financing also. Shop at our competitors and then come see for yourself, quality at low prices. Open evenings 7 days a week. WE DELIVER.

We Sell Gas Refrigerators!

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COMMERCIAL RENT

High-bush Blueberriespick your own or purchase picked from the gift store at Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch in P e m b r o k e . www.blueberryranch.ca Great picking conditions. Tel: 613-638-1288.

NICE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE 700 sq feet, excellent location, new paint/carpet. Lots of free parking, close to QHC and downtown. $750 plus HST, utilities included. Call 613-966-3883 or email jenniferpinnacle@hotmail.com FOR RENT

LAWN & GARDEN Sale Sept 3 and 4/16 New Garden Furniture. All types of benches and chairs made with western cedar. 208 County Rd 41 Cordington East of Hwy 30

WANTED

DUMP RUNS

Kenmau Ltd. BELLEVILLE

Ann Street – Bachelor apartment 675.00+Hydro (available September)

234 Dundas St West – 1 bedroom 735.00+Hydro 285 King Street –1 bedroom $615.00 + utilities 386 Front Street – 1 bedroom $615.00 + utilities (available September)

613-475-9591 FOR RENT

brighton 1-2 bedroom unit on the second floor-sliding doors leading to balcony, laundry facilities on site and walking distance to downtown. Now available August. $800/mth plus Hydro. 1-2 bedroom lower level available in September $765/mth plus Hydro.

Canadian Made

Kenmau Ltd. (Since 1985)

FARM

HONEY FOR SALE

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Junk removal & willing to move articles for individuals.

Portage and Main

COMMERCIAL RENT

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Property Management (Since 1985)

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Property Management

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FARM

Campbell’s Honey Honey For Sale $3.50 per pound at the Honey House

Twin Sisters Hive & Honey Products

220 Campbell Road, Warkworth

NEW CROP HONEY AVAILABLE - RAW & REGULAR

August and September Friday and Saturday 9am - 4pm (705) 924-2577

(GPS - Trent Hills)

231 Frankford-Stirling Road, Stirling We sell bulk honey in your containers, prepackaged liquid and creamed honey, wedding favours, buckwheat honey, beeswax skin creams & lip balms, candles, pollen, maple syrup, honey butter, gifts and more.

Open Saturdays only, 10 am-4pm. Call 613-827-7277

Roof Painting • Barn Painting FARMS • FACTORIES • HOMES

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FIREWOOD

CUBEX WOOD PELLETS 100% hardwood Booking price $299.50/ton Delivery available

DRUMMOND BMR

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HELP WANTED

Experienced Tire Installation Technician

No on road service, 40 hours per week, starting immediately Workman’s Honestly driven.

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Quinte West

Quality Products and Service For All Your Auto, Truck & R.V. Repair Needs

WANTED Old wooden decoys wanted to buy. Free appraisals, cash paid. Collector also interested in photographing decoys and old wooden carvings. 613-888-9540, 613-376-6723, Standing timber, hard maple, soft maple, red and white oak, etc. Quality workmanship guaranteed. 519-777-8632 .

FULL TIME & PART TIME Contract Drivers

needed for Belleville/ Trenton Courier Service. Must have own vehicle. Call Tues. To Fri. 8 am - 2 pm. 613-392-5585 or 613-967-5941

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$ MONEY $ CONSOLIDATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income Bad credit OK!

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Wanted: Standing timber, FOR RENT mature hard/softwood. Also wanted, natural stone, cubicle or flat, any 2 bedroom apartment, Westpark Village area, size. 613-968-5182. newly renovated, fridge, stove, lots of parking, laundry facilities & storHELP WANTED age, $850/mnth. Heat, hydro, cable & garbage tag extra. Available Sept. 1. No pets preferred. 613-962-7461

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2 Bedroom spacious apartment, downtown Trenton (across from Metro). All inclusive, $950/mth. Quiet, senior’s residential buildings, Senior discount, nonsmoking, no pets. Call 613-922-5528. 3 Bedroom Country Home 15 minutes from Belleville & Trenton. $1400.00 plus utilities . First, last and references required. Available Oct 1 call 613-398-7324

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

HELP WANTED

FOR RENT HALL RENTALS

Belleville Shrine Club 51 Highland Ave Belleville Rooms available for large or small parties or meetings. Now taking bookings for Christmas. Licensed by LLBO. Catering available. Wi-Fi available. Air conditioned. Handicap access w w w. b e l l e v i l l e s h r i n e club.com. For more information call 613-962-2633 or 613-921-9924

CROSSING GUARD Job Scope: Reporting to the Public Works Operations Supervisor, the Crossing Guard escorts pedestrians at designated road crossing locations during the school year. Duties: • Obeys established traffic safety regulations • Wears Personal Protective Equipment i.e. safety vest at all times while on duty • Directs and guides pedestrians safely across roadways, stopping traffic as required using signs and hand signals to assist with safe crossing • Communicates crossing rules to pedestrians • Documents and reports unsafe pedestrian behavior, incidents, accidents, injuries, hazards or suspicious persons/vehicles to the Supervisor and appropriate school authority • Documents and reports the license number of vehicles that disregard traffic signals to the Supervisor and appropriate school authority • Performs duties at designated crossing site during the school year during the hours of: 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; 12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.; and, 2:40 p.m. -3:15 p.m. Qualifications: • Excellent customer service skills • Good communications skills, both verbal and written • Knowledge of the Highway Traffic Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act as it relates to this position • Valid class G License • Clean Criminal Records Check Pay Rate: CUPE Band 6c Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume clearly marked, “Position of Crossing Guard” before 12:00 noon September 1, 2016 to the attention of: Human Resources Municipality of Brighton Bx 189, 35 Alice Street Brighton, ON K0K 1H0 hr@brighton.ca Personal information and any supporting material obtained will be used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom and Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Alternative formats of job postings and accommodation during recruitment are available upon request by contacting Human Resources at 613-475-0670. B16

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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Ken Chard Construction. Renovations, decks, siding, sidewalks, fences, ceramic, windows, painting etc. Free estimates. Call: 613-398-7439.

HELP WANTED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Criminal Record? Canadian Record Suspension EDUCATION & (Criminal pardon) seals TRAINING record. American waiver allows legal entry. Why risk employment, business, Start Your New Career travel, licensing, deportation, Now! peace of mind? Free The Reflexology Training c o n s u l t a t i o n : Academy of Canada is 1-800-347-2540 offering the next certification course in Trenton. The course runs two consecutive weekends CAREER September 10, 11, 17, 18. OPPORTUNITY Train for an exciting new career. Call for more information 613-391-7198 or visit www.reflexologytrainingacademy.ca

Emergency and ICU positions (part-time) Email: careers@nhh.ca Website: www.nhh.ca

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

required Immediately Knight’s Appleden Fruit Ltd. Please apply within or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

Certified CanSkate Coach For The 2016-2017 Season Mondays and Wednesday evenings from 5:20 to 7:20pm Anyone interested please contact Diane McKnight at 905-797-2507 or email resume to

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Farm Labourer

Tree Pruning / Apple Picking $11.25/hr required immediately at: Scarlett Acres Ltd. Please apply within or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

HELP WANTED

705-653-1414 92 Bridge Street East, Campbellford CAREER OPPORTUNITY

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Health Care Careers

with a difference

Wanted Drop resumes off to Knight’s Appleden Fruit Ltd. or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

APPLE PACKERS

613-966-2034

Full time positions Please bring resume into Jerry at

FORKLIFT DRIVERS

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• Servers • Pizza Cook • Short Order Cook

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Home Based Business Do you have 10hrs/wk you would like to make more productive? Work from Merrickville, house, 2 home, online Free training bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, www.gofree4life.com completely renovated throughout, 6 appliances, yard, shed, parking, no smokers, pets negotiable, Looking for a way to get $1,300. 613-269-2788. ahead? Learn to operate a i n f o : Mini-Office Outlet from home. Free online training, www.378heritage.com flexible hours. Great income backed by 60yrs of proven s u c c e s s . www.123missionsuccess.co LEGAL m

Registered Nurse Opportunities

JOB OPPORTUNITY

TRAVEL/VACAT/COTTG

Moira Place, a 128-bed, state-of-the-art Long Term Care Home located in the village of Tweed, is known for its caring and skilled staff and high standards of care. We currently have an opening for the position of:

Cook – Part Time Reporting to the Dining Supervisor, the Cook prepares high quality, nutritionally balanced meals for residents, following approved recipes and ensuring that portion control, temperature, and food presentation guidelines are adhered to. Ensure that public health regulations pertaining to sanitation and food preparation, storage, and disposal are followed and that Company and RHA standards are adhered to. You will help to set menus, prepare meals, and direct Dietary Aides in basic food preparation and meal service.

Qualifications:

• Two years experience & a valid Safe Food Handler’s Certificate, diploma in Culinary Management or a Red Seal Chef designation required • Must have Smart Serve certification or be willing to obtain • Experience in volume food cooking and preparation preferred • Familiarity with therapeutic diets & nutritional standards for seniors an asset • Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team • Available to work weekends, varied shifts, call-ins, and holidays as assigned Email: hrpa@aoninc.com Website: www.aoninc.com AON Inc. is committed to meet the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner and to comply with AODA and all of its standards. Aon Inc. offers competitive compensation packages, professional development opportunities and a high standard of care in customer-service. With operations in both Canada and the U.S. and a 45-year tradition of quality and customer service, AON is the region’s largest privately owned employer.

BUSINESS SERVICES

GARAGE SALE

Roger’s Mobile Wash and Detailing: For all your washing needs. Auto, Boats, RVs, Homes, Decks, Patios, Driveways, Heavy Equipment, and Monument cleaning. Also, Store Front, and Graffiti cleaning. Bug Spraying available. Free Estimates Home 613-962-8277 or Cell 613-885-1908.

Large Yard Sale 61 MacDonald Gardens, Belleville. Sept 2, 3 & 4 8am - 4pm. Vintage items, linens, china, books, kitchenware, dishes, utensils, seasonal decorations, garden items, furniture, art, prints, tools, plants & pots. ALL TO GO. Come find your treasure. Pictures will be posted on Belleville Buy Sell and Swap, also on Kijiji. Come find your treasure NEW STUFF PUT OUT EACH DAY. No early birds please.

Sept 3/16 8am Household items and antiques. New garden furniture, all types of benches and chairs made with western cedar 208 County Rd 41 Codrington. East of Hwy 30

GARAGE SALE Downsizing Yard Saturday & Sunday & 4, Starting 8am, son Cres. Trenton. thing must go.

Sale, Sept 3 14 JaEvery-

Downsizing Yard Sale Sept. 2, 3, 4, & 5. Huge variety, household and workshop items. 42 Frank St. off Moira West Belleville Large Garage Sale Lots of treasuries for everyone. 1023 Moira St West. First house west of Wallbridge Loyalist Rd. Sept 2-5 8am-5pm

BUSINESS SERVICES

Yard Sale Sept 3 8-2 38 Harbour St. Brighton Multi family, 306 Raglan St., Brighton, Saturday, September 3, 8-2pm, Household and outdoor items. Rain or shine.

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Sept 3, 4, 5 Lots of fishing, hunting equipment and tools. Something for everyone 1547 Old Marmora Rd Madoc 4856

BUSINESS SERVICES

MIKE RICHARDS CPA, CMA

Small business bookkeeping, accounting, financial statements, tax returns and consulting.

613-403-0881

mrmwrichards12@gmail.com

FLOORS & MORE Hardwood Floor Installation & Resurfacing, All Ceramics, Your Light Renovations & Upgrades. Over 30 years experience. Please call for free estimate.

GARAGE SALE

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BUSINESS SERVICES

Give Your Old Stuff a New Life

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MARMORA

St. Andrew’s United Church New to You Shoppe sale, Saturday September 3, 8:30-noon. Deloro UCW is having their coffee party at the same time. Open Mic, Friday September 9, 7 PM, Marmora & Area Curling Club, 2 Crawford Dr. Join the lineup of musicians or just enjoy the entertainment. No cover charge. Memory Café, 2nd Tues. of month, 10-11:30am. Marmora Library W. Shannon Rm. 37 Forsyth St. Marmora. Seniors with early memory loss or who are worried about their memory meet to discuss brain health, practise brain boost activities and gentle movement. Info: 613-962-0892 Good Food Box depot, Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. Fresh fruit and vegetables in $10 or $15 size boxes or bag of fruit for $5. Order/Pay by the first Wednesday of the month. Pick up on the third Wednesday. Order any Wed. between 10am-2pm. Elaine 613-472-3219

NORWOOD

Norwood Legion: Wing Night Thursdays, from 4:30pm. Meat Draws Fridays from 5 p.m. Preschool Drop-in, Westwood Public Library. Every Thursday, 10 am-noon. Enjoy play and creative areas. 705-696-2744 or www.anpl.org

Seamless Eavestroughing Soffit and Facia

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Albury Friendship Group Quilts for sale each Wed 10 am - 12 noon. Albury Church Rednersville Rd. Proceeds to local charities for women. Meals on Wheels, Picton: Daily noon time meal delivered to your door. Info: Prince Edward Community Care 613-476-7493. Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888279-4866 ex 5350. Picton Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

ROSENEATH

RCMP Musical Ride, Roseneath Fairgrounds, September 8. Gates open at 5 pm. Food concession. Pre show 6:30 pm, Little Turning Bear drumming demonstrations and the Ride starts at 7 pm. Advanced tickets Adult $8.00, Children 6-13 -$3.00 and under 6 free. At the gate prices $10.00 and $5.00 Info at www.roseneathfair.com.

STIRLING

Stirling Blood Pressure

Clinic: Thursday, Sept 8, 204 Church St, Seniors Building, 9 AM to 12PM. 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 of the Program Seniors’ Euchre every Thursday, 1 pm, Stirling Legion Branch #228, Stirling-Marmora Rd. Only $2.00 to play, refreshments provided. Info: (613) 395-2002.

TRENTON

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 Joyfull Noise Women’s Choir will resume their practices every Monday evening 7 - 9 p.m beginning September 12. Their practice location has been changed to the Brighton Legion. Cold Creek Cloggers, Monday nights. Beginner class 6:30pm. Trenton Baptiste Church 15 South St. First night free. For info call Debbie 613-920-9034 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

Attention Teens: Are you bored? Looking for a challenge? Join the Truth & Dare Youth Group, Fridays, 7 p.m. Fun, Food, Games, Trips and more. Tweed Pentecostal Church, 16 Jamieson St. W. Tweed and District Horticulture Club: Tuesday, September 6, 7 p.m., Tweed Library. Brad Smith and Michele Cole of Herb Haven in Napanee will share information about the daily use and benefits of culinary and aromatic herbs. Tweed Blood Pressure Clinic: Wednesday, Sept 7, 23 McCamon Ave, Seniors Building, 8 AM to 12PM. Program 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 of the Program 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 Zumba Dancercise Class for everyone, every Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am., Tweed Legion. Bring your water and yoga mats. Info: 613-478-1824 Tweed LegioN: Bi-weekly Open Bingo in the Upstairs Hall,

7 pm. Euchre every other Saturday in the Clubroom, 1 pm. Info 613478-1865 Bid Euchre every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Actinolite Recreation Hall VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Gateway Community Health Centre Pole Walking program. No experience necessary. For more information, please call the Dietitian at 613-478-1211 ext. 228. Senior Men’s ‘Huff and Puff’ Exercise Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 AM, Land O’ Lakes Curling Club. Instructed muscle toning, balance and stretching. Light weights available, bring your own mat. 7/class or $40 monthly. Show up or contact Larry: 613-478-5994

TYENDINAGA

Orange Lodge dance, Sept. 3, Orange Hall, York Rd, Tyendinga Territory. Band is Jeff Code & Silver Wings. Dancing from 8pm to midnight. Cost $12.00. Dance, Lunch, Prizes. 613-396-6792 Meals on Wheels Delivery Drivers Required, Community Care for South Hastings, 4 hours a year, (1 hour a day for 1 day a week for 1 month). Info: Lee at 613-969-0130 ext. 5207 Seniors “Fun Movement for Life” Mon. & Thur. starting Sept.6, 10-11am. Low impact, strengthen, Endurance & Balance & Social Time. Free Program funded by VON Canada. Certified Instructor. Info: 613-962-2822, tyfitnessres@ mbq-tmt.org Diner’s Club, 1st Wednesday, 12-2 pm. Deseronto Community Centre, $6/member. $7/non-member. Reservations required. Call 613-396-6591

WARKWORTH

Warkworth Legion hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone welcome Warkworth Fair, Sept 9-11. Featuring Battle of the Bands, horse shows, car show, talent show, Hot Diggity Dogs, baby show, magic show, firemen’s challenge, car draws, 4H & Beef show, truck & tractor pull, RONA little hammers, junior farmer challenge, Jungle Cat World show, midway, home craft displays, petting zoo, beer gardens, NEW for 2016 Randy Bird, Agri-Magic, Soper Creek Wildlife, Rev. Kevin Fast Pull, Highland games, Touch-a-truck, Junkestra, Best Pie Contest & Auction. www.warkworthfair.com

WOOLER

Soup and Sandwich Monday September 5 11:30 am – 1 pm $7 per person Wooler United Church

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Rural-urban divide more pronounced, Public housing major county issue very troubling: Warden By Jack Evans

By Jack Evans Long-standing concerns and complaints from rural Ontario continue to get short shrift from provincial government officials, Warden Rick Phillips commented at Hastings County Council on Aug. 25. “It looks like official government policy now that there are two Ontarios – rural and urban,” he complained. He said he got the impression at the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference at Windsor that if rural dwellers choose to space themselves out then they must also pay premium costs for infrastructure and energy services and supplies. This stance came in spite of a united front presentation by both the Eastern

Ontario and Western Ontario Wardens Caucuses which states in part: “that the Government of Ontario make necessary infrastructure investments for expansion of transmission systems in areas of Eastern and Western Ontario that are currently lacking” and that the “government find solutions to bring a reliable flow of natural gas to rural and remote areas as a catalyst for growth and development,” and finally “that the government advocate publicly for more affordable energy solutions for rural Ontario.” Key reasons behind the joint submission included several instances of rural businesses that lack sufficient electrical power to maintain or expand their operations and face investments

into the millions of dollars to create their own infrastructure, plus the hit rural electrical users are taking for transportation charges to the point some are using grocery money to pay their hydro bills. Hastings Council was quick to endorse the resolution unanimously. Similar issues have been raised in recent years by both rural municipalities and other agencies, like the area health unit in adopting provincial funding formulas to cover the same basic hard costs of services to aging, spread-out, low income populations. As far as Warden Phlllips is concerned, the future for rural Ontario looks bleak.

It was a good-news-bad-news scenario for public housing in Hastings County at county council meeting last week. The good news included a commitment from senior government for more than $1.9 million for new public housing projects and a $150,000 cheque as an energy efficiency rebate for existing units. Meanwhile, the North Hastings Non Profit Housing Corporation situation continues following the en –masse resignation of its board members some months ago. County staff have pitched in to serve as an ad hock executive to maintain operations as existing staff, but council acted to take that off their hands by forming a “volunteer” board of four members of council. Staff will continue to serve as support for treasurer and secretary. The long-range plan is to replace a full board with North Hastings residents. Those who volunteered were told that

this is a separate and all-volunteer board with no remuneration. In other business, Maddison Ellis, one of two administration student interns during the summer, made two presentations to council before heading off to Queen’s University to study municipal administration in more detail. One was regarding the energy situation in Hastings County and Eastern Ontario in general and the second centred on the Ontario Youth summit in Stratford which she recently attended. Several councillors also chided area news coverage of a situation where several families were evacuated from an apartment complex deemed unfit for habitation. Fire and emergency official never make such last minute decisions without adequate warning and preparation time for the owner and tenants, members agreed. Also, the county’s Social Services Department had established adequate shelter accommodation ahead of time for the displaced tenants.

Replace smoke alarms every 10 years, firefighters say

Belleville – The Fire Prevention Week banner containing this year’s theme: “Don’t Wait – Check the Date – Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years” was recently installed at the entrance to Belleville Fire Department Station 3 to remind passersby of the shelf life of smoke alarms. Battery-operated and hard-wired (electrical) smoke alarms need to be

changed out after 10 years. Smoke detectors tied into fire alarm systems are annually inspected as part of Ontario Fire Code requirements and are subjected to “sensitivity testing” to assess their performance and are changed out when levels of sensitivity are lower than the manufacturer’s recommendations. Carbon monoxide alarms have a shelf

life of seven years and should also be changed out at that time. Battery operated or back up battery smoke and carbon monoxide alarms should have their batteries changed out every six months. A good way to remember to do this is when you change your clocks in the spring and fall for daylight savings, change your batteries, too.

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Smoke alarms are now the law and must be installed and operational on all levels of a residence and outside all sleeping areas. Carbon monoxide alarms are now also law and must be installed/operational outside all sleeping areas when there are fuel-fired appliances (gas, propane, oil ) used in the residence. Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

are life saving devices and must be operational at all times and installed in the proper locations so they can alert you to fire/smoke and carbon monoxide situations. But they can only save your life if they’re in working condition. Information on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms can be obtained by calling Belleville Fire & Rescue Fire Prevention at 613-966-6929.

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