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Looking back at 2016 Editor’s Note: In this week’s paper, we review some of the stories that made headlines in The Napanee Beaver over the last 12 months. ■ Strict new testing requirements were added to future monitoring of the now-closed Richmond Landfill site west of Selby. In a ruling issued in the final days of 2015, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal ordered that the lowest possible reporting threshold for the contaminant 1,4 dioxane be applied to test wells near the landfill property. The new testing parameter was one major part of the ERT’s latest and most significant ruling in relation to the appeal of the closure plan of the landfill, owned by Waste Management. The Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs and other parties had been seeking that strict standard in their appeal of the closure plan, which had initially been approved by the MOE.

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European club stops in Napanee during Ontario tour BY ADAM PRUDHOMME

Napanee played host to some international hockey on Monday, as Switzerland’s ECH Dübendorf met the Napanee Raiders for an exhibition game at the Strathcona Paper Centre. The game was the fifth stop on a six-game tour for the European junior team, which plays in the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation’s Tier III, a level comparable to Ontario’s Junior C.

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The Swiss team was no match for the Raiders, losing 8-1 before 900 fans at the SPC. “We had a lot of fun, but it’s very hard for the players, they’re very tired,” said Dübendorf coach Nico Ellinger, noting the team’s busy schedule of six games in seven days. Though Dübendorf went 0-6 on their Ontario Junior C tour, also falling to Kincardine, Mount Forest, Mitchell, Port Perry and Alliston, the coaching staff considered it a huge success. Along with getting to visit the ‘Motherland of Hockey’

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Greater Napanee Mayor Gord Schermerhorn gets set to deliver the ceremonial puck drop to Chris Rogalsky (left) of the Napanee Raiders and Luca Danuser (right) of ECH Dübendorf ahead of Monday’s exhibition game at the Strathcona Paper Centre. The Switzerland Tier III team stopped in Napanee as part of their six-game tour across Ontario.

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as Ellinger called Canada, the team also had a chance to tour the Hockey Hall of Fame and CN Tower. “We have two sports in Switzerland, football and ice hockey,” said Dübendorf coach Christoph Ziegler. “It is growing but it’s hard to get new kids (to play hockey).” Currently, there are 13 Swissborn players on NHL rosters with the country checking in at number seven on the International Ice Hockey Federation’s world rankings.

Juno-award-winning Styx frontman Lawrence Gowan will headline the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital’s fundraising gala Feb. 17 at the Westdale Complex. The Canadian singer/songwriter is best known for penning hits such as ‘A Criminal Mind’, ‘(You’re A) Strange Animal’ and ‘Moonlight Desires’. He had commercial success with the band Rhinegold before going solo in 1981. After finding success as a solo act he was brought onboard the American rock band Styx in 1999, serving as keyboardist and lead vocalist. While with them, he has headlined some of the highest grossing tours in the US while twice performing at the Super Bowl. “He’ll be doing a variety of songs,” LACGH Foundation director Michelle Dickerson said of Gowan’s gala performance. “We have many age groups at the gala so we try to accommodate everyone. He’ll be doing some Styx, some of his own work and probably some popular songs as well.” Tickets, which will be capped at 200, are already about 80 per cent sold. Dickerson says they’re limiting ticket sales in an effort to keep it as an intimate performance.

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■ Municipal services used by, and offered to, urban and The new testing stan- rural residents were to be dard, along with adjust- closely examined by the ments to environmental Greater Napanee Taxation monitoring plan and public Policy Review Committee in notification provisions, early 2016. would have to be incorporatThe committee discussed ed into a new environmental 13 different municipalities’ compliance approval for the tax rates during a meeting site; that new ECA would in January, which ranged in also have to be developed by size, services and tax rates. all parties and approved by Committee members agreed the ERT. services should be reviewed Later in January Greater in order to determine fair Napanee council was given tax rates for all residents. the details of the recent Environmental Review Tri- ■ First editions of a historibunal ruling related to the cal book celebrating the Richmond Landfill site clo- Lennox and Addington sure plan; council, however, County General Hospital’s opted to turn to a third party 50th anniversary were to help determine its own released in January. next steps.

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A book launch and volunteer services event was held at the hospital. Local Volunteer Services provincial life members were also be acknowledged at the event. Ernie Doughty, LACGH Foundation board member and author of the 50th anniversary book, said it was a three-year process that consisted of compiling archival documents and interviewing past and present employees and volunteers. Though the hospital was built in 1966, Doughty’s research went even further back in time. The book included plans and meeting minutes dating back to when

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Curtis Hummel, 31, of discussions on building the Napanee, pleaded guilty to hospital began. the charges at his first ■ Greater Napanee resi- opportunity shortly after the dents would see a two per attack took place. He was cent increase in utility fees, given 30 days of jail time to which meant an increase of be followed by 15 months $3.56 on average on munici- probation. He was also pal utility customers’ bi- ordered to pay $216 of restitution to his victim. Hummel monthly bills. Council passed a bylaw had already spent 21 days in to accept the two per cent custody while awaiting senincrease for water and tencing. The assault took place wastewater fees in a vote of around 7 a.m. on Centre 6-1 in early January. “I am not in favour of Street just north of Dundas this motion,” said Ward 4 Street. During his appearance, Councillor Carol Harvey. “Based on the resolution Hummel told the court he passed on Sept. 22, 2015, was under the influence of which directed staff to strive drugs at the time of the incito limit the spending dent and expressed remorse increase for the 2016 budget for his crime. to zero per cent, I cannot support this motion for a two ■ Property on the Napanee River east of the Centre per cent increase.” Council had not formally Street bridge was a large discussed the capital or oper- topic of concern at a January ating budgets with staff yet Greater Napanee council so those rates had not yet meeting. Issues relating to the been set. Deputy Mayor Marg Isbester explained preservation of a house that the utilities budget is located at 18 Water St., and not a tax rate so the Septem- whether a boat launch ber resolution should not should replace the Lions Club Park, were both disapply. cussed at length. Council ■ A man who made head- had previously discussed lines for an unprovoked demolition of the 18 Water attack on a local couple St. house, but granted the while they were walking Municipal Heritage Comdowntown in the morning of mittee 60 days to research Jan. 6 expressed remorse for the house and argue his actions during his sen- whether it should be pretencing hearing later the served, either entirely or partially. same month.

“It’s important to note that the property, in terms of the research, is we believe it to be at least early 1840s. By 1855 the house was present and appears on early records of the town,” Dennis Mills, of the Municipal Heritage Committee told council. Mills presented a report to council, detailing the property and different ways it could be used.

dream come true. “Most of these players will probably never have the chance to come back to Canada to play hockey,” added Ellinger. The coaches are hoping their trip will help to inspire more young people to take up the sport back home as they hope to grow their junior program at the grassroots level. Prior to the exhibition game, the teams were led onto the ice by Napanee

Crunch players Zoe Rogers, Jaidyn Manion, Katie Duttle and Mackenzie Duttle, carrying the Swiss and Canadian flags. As for the Raiders, they were joined by the Novice BB Napanee Stars on the blueline as they unveiled their 2016 Silver Stick regional championship banner. Between periods members of the Napanee District Minor Hockey Association’s initiation program held scrimmages to entertain the crowd.

SWISS FROM PAGE 1 While the coaches agree the sport is growing, it’s facing many of the same problems the sport faces in Canada at the junior level. “In Switzerland, hockey is very expensive,” added Ellinger. “They pay a lot of money to play for a team and they have to buy all the gear for themselves.” For young hockey fans growing up in Switzerland, a trip to Canada is like a

■ With the federal Liberal government in the process of preparing its first budget since the 2015 election, local MP Mike Bossio said he wanted to make sure this region’s voice was heard. As such, the HastingsLennox and Addington Liberal MP held a pair of consultation meetings in January — one in Bancroft and one in Napanee — to hear from municipal, community and business groups about their ongoing needs and challenges. “It’s been a really good exercise, talking to everybody, feeding my thoughts and receiving their ideas back, having that dialogue and discussion,” Bossio said following the Napanee session at the L&A Museum and Archives. “It’s great to be able to have these budget consultations and have a chance to get people’s feedback and input into what they feel the priorities should be in the budget.”

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Property tax issues, bank closure dominate committee’s work. Town staff also indicated that such information rests with the OPP, and that some of the information the committee could be looking for might not be available due to privacy concerns or due to the fact that the police simply weren’t collecting the needed data.

■ A breakdown of municipal services was discussed at length at a Greater Napanee Taxation Policy Review committee meeting, with the group primarily focussing on wait times for police and fire services in rural areas of the municipality. Services for discussion were broken down into nine categories: police, fire, parks and recreation, waste management, streetlights, sidewalks, roads, winter control, and crossing guards. Committee members were in agreement that streetlights, sidewalks and crossing guards were too small a cost to tackle and focussed their discussion on the remaining six categories. Policing and fire services made up for the bulk of the discussion, just as those services make up the majority of the cost when it comes to taxation.

■ An accessibility review for Greater Napanee showed the municipality was on track to becoming entirely accessible by 2025. 2016 marked the 10th anniversary since the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act was introduced. The act aims to make all of Ontario accessible by 2025. Greater Napanee council accepted a report outlining improvements the municipality had made in accessibility in 2015. The 2025 goal is province-wide, but Greater Napanee put a five-year plan in place in 2012. Vicki Hallam, Manager of Safety Compliance and Accessibility for Greater Napanee, said 2015 was a successful year in terms of improving accessibility, and there were plans to improve accessibility even further in 2016. Hallam said she would be visiting all municipal buildings with Jessica Boomhower, the Greater Napanee volunteer firefighter who suffered a brain injury in 2014. Boomhower was sitting on the Lennox and Addington County committee for accessibility to advise how the municipality could

■ By month’s end, the taxation policy review committee decided to go directly to the OPP to get the policing information it needed for its deliberations. At its meeting in late February, the committee directed chair Gary Scandlan to ask the OPP to provide a breakdown of calls for service based on geographic location and by different kinds of calls for service. The committee’s push for information came a week after Greater Napanee council elected not to request policing information on the committee’s behalf on the basis that the council should not interfere with the

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become more accessible. ■ The wait was over for a family of six Syrian refugees looking to start a new life in Napanee. The father, mother and their children — two boys and two girls, all between the ages of five and 12 — arrived in Napanee in February. The Lennox and Addington Refugee Group Enthusiasts, a group of local volunteers sponsoring the family, picked them up at Toronto Pearson Airport. Marcus Robertson, a core member of LARGE, said although the group had spent months preparing to host a family of refugees, it still had to scramble to make sure all pieces were in place to welcome them with barely three days notice. Luckily, the group had just moved much of the furniture into the house where the family would be staying, and it was close to tracking down any missing pieces. ■ Tensions were high at a public meeting at the Deseronto Legion as residents voiced their opinions to a panel of CIBC representatives about the bank’s decision close its Deseronto branch in August. A panel of seven Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reps faced the music from about 80 residents. The purpose was to answer questions and provide some clarification on what customers could expect from the bank going forward as they merged their operation with

the branch in Napanee, which was to take place Aug. 12. At the time, the CIBC was the only bank in Deseronto. “Unfortunately, the Deseronto branch has experienced low and increasingly lower business volumes for many years now,” Jon Kastikainen, CIBC Senior Manager, Stakeholder Communications and Public Affairs told the audience. “Because we do understand the importance of a business banking centre in town, we have put off the decision to close for quite a period of time. But unfortunately things are just at a point now where we’re not able to operate the Deseronto banking centre at its current location.” ■ After preliminary discussions, Greater Napanee council was moving toward a 2.47 per cent property tax increase in 2016. Council held a special session of council for the purpose of discussing the 2016 budget. The meeting included a comparison of the 2015 actual and 2016 proposed budget, an overview of proposed tax levy changes, and details on grants and funding. The meeting focussed on the operating budget, which came in at a tax levy increase of 1.89 per cent, or $195,470. Combined with the projected capital budget, that number rose to $270,470, resulting in a 2.47 per cent proposed increase. “The operating budget

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currently sits at 1.9 per cent. Staff has taken very seriously council’s direction to strive for zero per cent and we’ve done that in many areas. There has been some reduction in costs but there’s also been some reduction in revenues coming into the budget,” said Chief Administrative Officer Ray Callery at the start ■ A second public meeting of the budget meeting. was held in March to discuss the future of Greater ■ Odessa was rocked by Napanee’s Water Street news that one of its resi- boat launch. dents was killed in an Before residents even apparent homicide. arrived, however, it Twenty-eight-year-old appeared as though any Nicole Guimond was found thought of installing a new dead at a residence on boat launch at what is now Creighton Drive in Odessa Lions Park had already in February. Ongoing inves- been nixed by municipal tigation by police deter- staff. mined that Guimond had The first public meeting been murdered. regarding a boat launch was Travis Sayyeau, 24, was held in December and was also found at the scene and met with public opposition transported to hospital for regarding the concept of a treatment of his injuries. He new boat launch at the later died. Police deterLions Park, east of the curmined that his death was rent boat launch. not the result of foul play. After the municipality Police got the call to received a number of letters respond shortly before noon on Valentine’s Day. The and phone calls opposing investigation was carried the idea of a boat launch at out by the Napanee OPP’s the Lions Park, Greater Crime Unit under the direc- Napanee council decided to tion of OPP Detective hold a second public meetInspector Peter Donnelly of ing to clarify issues regardthe OPP Criminal Investi- ing the boat launch. Greater Napanee staff at the meetgation Branch. According to various ing said a boat launch at the media reports, Guimond Lions Park was only a “conhad been in a relationship cept” and that the municiwith Sayyeau, but it had pality did not plan to remove recently ended. Despite the the Lions Park to clear the breakup, the two continued way for a boat launch. to share the house in SEE MARCH | PAGE 4 > Odessa.

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■ Greater Napanee council heard from the chair of its Taxation Policy Review Committee in March regarding the committee’s findings to date. Gary Scandlan, chair of the TPRC, presented an 88page report to council outlining what the committee had done to that point and how it planned to move forward. He included a new piece of information: a letter from the Napanee OPP in response to a letter the TPRC sent to the OPP after its last committee meeting held on Feb. 16. Napanee OPP Inspector Pat Finnegan responded to the letter two days later, stating, “I am happy as always to assist in any way that I can, unfortunately, most of what has been requested does not exist.” The letter explained that OPP responses to locations could not be provided due to changes in the OPP incident reporting system. Later the same month, another public meeting regarding taxation in Greater

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■ In the same week in March that law enforcement kicked off Fraud Prevention Month, some Napanee residents were finding themselves victims of online fraudsters. The most highly-publicized case, reported by CBC ■ A committee was formed in Ottawa, involved a Napanee Deseronto in March to look woman who, through the for ways to attract a new classified website Kijiji, had financial institution to arranged to rent a new propreplace the town’s longtime erty in Ottawa. She had even bank, CIBC, which was slated put up the first month’s rent through a money transfer. to close in the summer. The ad hoc committee The woman had her personal was formed after a public belongings delivered to the meeting was held in Deseron- address of the home she to a month earlier, hosted by thought she had rented CIBC, to officially announce online. Instead, her belongthe closure of the bank. Rep- ings were delivered to the resentatives stated accounts driveway of a home that was would be moved to the Napa- already occupied. However, she wasn’t the nee CIBC once the bank only local person victimized closed its doors in August. Deseronto Mayor Nor- by online scammers in a sim-

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■ Ratepayers in Lennox and Addington County would be asked to pay a bit more for county services in 2016. At its regular meeting in late March, L&A County council approved its budget estimates and set its tax rate for the year, complete with a 2.2 per cent increase over the 2015 levy. According to L&A County, most of additional revenue generated by the tax increase was earmarked for funding capital improvements to the county’s arterial road and bridge network. Council passed the budget in its first meeting since the death of Warden Clarence Kennedy. Kennedy. Although county council had yet to officially fill the vacancy left by Kennedy’s passing, past warden Gord Schermerhorn chaired the meeting.

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■ Napanee’s Midget BB Stars team ended its 30-year provincial title drought in dramatic fashion in late March, scoring three times in the third period to best the Niagara-on-the-Lake Wolves 4-1 in Game 4 of the OMHA Finals. In front of a packed Strathcona Paper Centre, the boys in green and white didn’t disappoint the hometown fans, turning in a thrilling game from the first puck drop. From start to finish the Stars played like a team on a mission, intent on locking up the provincial title in their own backyard.

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Stone Mills fills vacancy left by death of reeve ■ At its regular meeting in April, Stone Mills council picked one of its own members to fill the vacancy left by the death of Reeve Clarence Kennedy a month earlier. By a 4-1 vote, DeputyReeve Eric Smith was appointed as the township’s new reeve. Councillors Doug Davison (who put forward the motion), Wenda Lalande (who seconded the motion), Deb Thompson and John Wise voted in favour of the appointment, while councillor Martha Embury voted against. Smith declared a conflict of interest when the motion was put on the floor, and did not participate in the vote. Although council was legally required to declare the reeve’s seat vacant at the meeting, it had up to 60 days from that point to either appoint a new reeve or call for a by-election, Chief Administrative Office Bryan Brooks advised council. Discussion on how council would fill the vacancy, however, began immediately after council declared the reeve’s position to be vacant — a step that council, by law, had to take at that night’s meeting. Once the vacancy was declared, Smith — who chaired the meeting from the outset — stepped down from the chairing the meeting in order to allow him to participate in the initial discussion on council’s options. That initial discussion centred around whether council would appoint someone to the position of reeve or whether it would call a by-election to fill the position.

The committee was seeking to hold up to three additional meetings in order to deal with outstanding issues before its chair, independent consultant Gary Scandlan, presented his final report and recommendations to Greater Napanee council. The committee resolved to ask for the extension at what had been scheduled to be its final meeting. Just one day earlier, the committee held a well-attended public information meeting at the Strathcona Paper Centre. Later in April, that extension was granted: three additional meetings were set for the committee and a new deadline set for the end of June. His ‘final’ report became an interim report. “We’re presenting this as an interim report because the committee is actually seeking the opportunity to have up to three more meetings in order to continue dialogue on the police matter,” Scandlan explained to council.

■ A Greater Napanee man was facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his stepmother. John Masson White, 38, made his second court appearance on one count of first-degree murder for a bail hearing in April. Appearing before Justice Donna Doelman, White said very little, only responding that he had no questions when prompted by the judge. He was to remain in custody at least until his next appearance in May. On the day of the incident, Napanee OPP officers were dispatched to a resi■ Greater Napanee’s tax dence on Shannonville Road policy review committee was in Roslin, Tyendinaga Townlooking for an extension as ship. When officers arrived, they found the body of Gail April began.

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Doreen White, a 56-year-old woman from Greater Napanee. The suspect was arrested without incident at the scene. A post-mortem was completed a few days after, though police did not release the cause of death.

Council met in April to discuss the fate of the building, which had been a backand-forth issue for a number of months. The town had purchased the property in 2015 with the hope of using

the property to build a walkway from the Springside Park waterfalls along the river to the Centre Street Bridge. In late 2015, council had contractors assess the house

and it was determined that it was not worth restoring due to mold, damage and age. It was recommended the house be demolished.

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■ Boat launch and parking improvements were to start immediately at the existing boat launch off Centre Street to alleviate parking and boating issues downtown. Greater Napanee council debated the boat launch at a regular council meeting in April. Previously, council looked at whether a new boat launch should be installed at the Napanee Lions Club Park on the other side of the bridge from the current launch, but after the Napanee Lions Club and local residents voiced concerns regarding this plan, the town decided to improve the existing launch instead. Paving the lower parking lot, implementing curb blocks, line painting, installing parking ropes and signs and other improvements was estimated to cost $3,500. Recycling asphalt (from previous construction projects) would provide a semi-permanent surface at virtually no cost. ■ Greater Napanee council opted to keep the 18 Water St. house until a strategic plan could identify what the best use would be for the property.

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Looking ahead to 2017 With 2016 now officially in the rearview mirror, what can we expect in 2017? In this space last week, we discussed the election of Donald Trump to the office of President of the United States (which will become official when he’s sworn in a matter of days from now), and we discussed what that might mean for us living in Canada. (Short answer: we have no idea). But while ‘the Trump factor’ will affect us, for good or ill, in ways we can’t yet anticipate, we do know some of the issues that will challenge us and our leaders in the next 12 months. Perhaps the people with the toughest row to hoe will be the Ontario Liberal government (next to, of course, those who’ll have to find new and inventive ways to pay their ever-increasing electricity bills in 2017). Although we’re still more than a year away from the next provincial election, the ‘path to victory’ for the governing Liberals seems to be impossibly bleak, in no small measure due to their mishandling of the energy file. The Liberals have just more than a year to right that ship, as well as make some headway on the numerous other crises they’re juggling as the year begins — not the least of which is the fact that the government is continuing to spend more money than it’s taking in. If the Liberals somehow find a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, it wouldn’t be the first time. It’s a tall order, however — especially in rural Ontario, where the provincial Liberal brand has been a very hard sell for the better part of the last decade. And what of their federal cousins? The Trudeau Liberal government, on balance, had a pretty good 2016, though the trend line wasn’t heading in a favourable direction as the year drew to a close. That was to be expected if for no other reason than the proverbial political honeymoon can’t last forever. It will be tougher, too, once the opposition parties complete their respective leadership selection processes and are (presumably) better able to hold Justin Trudeau and his government to account. It will have to manage, hopefully to our benefit, developments south of the border that may have an impact here. That’s always a daunting task, but it’s really going to be challenging with Trump at the helm in the US. The other big job will be proceeding with the legalization of marijuana — an issue on which the government has made headway in the past year, but on which several questions and hurdles remain. And all these issues, of course, will affect us here in this area. At the same time, we’ve got issues of our own. Rural areas have their own unique challenges — that’s nothing new, and that’s not going to change. Right now, perhaps the biggest question mark on the horizon is the fate of our rural public schools, many of which have been identified for possible closure and consolidation. That’s an issue that is unlikely to be resolved in 2017, but it will undoubtedly be a newsmaker over the next 12 months. It won’t be the only one, however — and we’re excited to see what 2017 has in store.

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Michele Gibson (second from left) of Winter Warmth receives a $10,100 cheque from 100 Women Who Care L&A’s (from left) Jen Fitzpatrick, MarieAnn Carey, Lori Morris, Candice Roberts and Amy Mack. Winter Warmth helps to provide winter clothes for local youth. The local branch of 100 Women Who Care, which donates to local charities every three months, will have their next meeting on March 1 in Bath. New members are welcome.

Self-improvement suggestions New year, new you? Probably not… but if you are included in the approximately 30 per cent of Canadians who has made a new year’s resolution this month, you likely aspire to self-improve in at least some small way. Lucky for you, this is the time of year when publishers put all of their resources behind pushing books about closet makeovers, clean eating and creating “mindfulness”. The following are a few of the latest and greatest selfimprovement books of the past year — and a couple to look out for in 2017. Oh She Glows by Angela Liddon took the Canadian cookbook industry (yes, that’s a thing) by storm in 2014. It focuses on delicious plantbased recipes to improve one’s health and appearance from the inside out. I’m not a vegan, but it has quickly become my favourite cookbooks. This past fall, Liddon released her follow-up book titled Oh She Glows Every Day, which follows the same principles but focuses on the quick and convenient recipes in her arsenal.

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Designing your Life by William Burnett and Dave Evans currently has well over four stars on Goodreads — impressive for a self-help book. The authors, Silicon Valley design innovators, use the tools of their trade (reframing, prototyping, and mind-mapping) to help the reader work out what they want from their career and their life. I haven’t read this book and would approach it with a healthy skepticism, but it has certainly created a lot of buzz (and diehard devotees) since its release in September. Arianna Huffington, of Huffington Post fame, at one time, let “workaholism” get in the way of a good night’s sleep – but no more! The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time discusses the consequences of sleep deprivation and how readers can improve their sleep quality. The evidence and

tips put forth in this book are nothing especially groundbreaking, but Huffington is persuasive enough to actually get you to follow through with developing positive sleep habits, which is valuable in itself. L’art de la Simplicite by Dominique Loreau has been a bestseller in France for many years and translated into several languages. With the publishing world’s decluttering frenzy in full force, it is no surprise that St. Martin’s Press decided to give this book its North American release early in 2017. There’s no doubt that it will be compared to Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Having read both, I’d say that while I think that Loreau’s book would be a good followup for Kondo fans looking to take their quest for simplicity a step further, it is ultimately too prescriptive for the average reader looking to self-improve. That said, Loreau’s explanations are well-thought out and motivating.

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VIA Rail needs to change its approach VIA Rail: get on track, and get with it. Air lines have. Bus lines have. Be competitive. VIA Chief Executive Officer Yves Jardins-Sicilano has been making public appearances at various VIA stations across the province, touting plans for increased, faster service, better coach décor, improved meal menues, etc. No mention of ticket costs. Decades ago, airlines were flying with minimum passenger loads and high fare prices. Competition arose with smaller airlines such as Laker Airways.

Air fares were reduced, customers responded, air travel increased and flights were often fully-booked. Profits improved. Bus lines such as Mega Bus offer early booking low fares. Greyhound also has fare incentives, increasing passenger travel. Mr. Jardins-Sicilano has an outstanding business background — which would provide him travel without concern for cost. The same does not apply to Canadians in general. Marketing expertise is desperately needed for VIA Rail. Family incentives — such as having second party half

fare, children one-quarter fare, seniors half-fare, etc. — would be of benefit. I am certain usage and profits would increase. I drive to Toronto often in one of six or seven lanes of bumper-tobumper traffic, among thousands of cars (many with one occupant); in the Pickering area, I’m often driving parallel to a VIA train with only eight to 10 passenger cars. Moments later, a freight train with 100-plus cargo cars rolls by? Gale Rogers, Greater Napanee

Fox gets new lease on life The following is a monthly column designed to teach local residents about the wild animals that live among us. Marilyn Kendall is writing the column for the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre, a Napanee-based facility that cares for injured wildlife. Most admissions at Sandy Pines are routine and their needs are simple: warmth, enrichment and proper diet. These animals don’t necessarily leave a strong impression. It is the forlorn, injured, and abused-by-people patients that have a deeper impact. One of those is the little red fox that was found left for days with a snare trap deeply imbedded in her abdomen. When she arrived at Sandy Pines, we were shocked that any animal could survive the trauma she

COLES FROM PAGE 6 She makes the reader yearn for a minimalistic lifestyle and tells quite specifically how to go about achieving it. However, some might see it as more aspirational than realistic. For one, it seems to assume the reader is a woman who is unencumbered by family and live-in relationships. Unlike Kondo, there also JANUARY 7 SHUFFLEBOARD At the Bath Legion in Millhaven. Registration starts at 11 a.m. Cost is $5. Also, meat spin starts at 1 p.m., cost $2. JANUARY 8 ‘SECOND SUNDAY’ BREAKFAST CLUB Come one, come all to a community breakfast at Emmanuel United Church Hall at 63 Factory St. in Odessa. Feed the body, feed the soul. From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Donation, only to cover cost. Come and bring your kids and neighbours along with you — something different to do on a Sunday morning. For information, call 613-777-5190. OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP The Belleville and area

had endured. The deep opted for one of the best wound in her abdomen intensive care units we have caused by the snare was — the staff bathroom. It gave infected and infested with her plenty of space and the maggots. Once we cleaned the shower bed made for a persoiled fur away, we could see fect den with lots of comhow deep the snare had dug; forters and blanket nestled it was resting on her abdomi- into the corner. We managed and so did nal wall and, in another day, she likely would have gone she. Every day she improved and every septic and week she hit died. While another milethe snare stone until hadn’t cut finally she into her spine, the On The Wild Side was bandagefree and pressure of it had impacted her nerve and ready for the largest fox pen blood supply and she was we have. Once her wound was stuck in a squat position. She seemed to be a long shot with healed, it was time to work on her co-ordination and a poor prognosis. Daily wound cleaning strength. We worried that and bandage changes, IV she could have permanent antibiotics and pain medica- damage in her ability to tion were required. With maneuver, as she still walked such heavy care needs, we and ran in a squatted posihad to keep her close and so tion. She once again amazed

us and, in a couple of weeks, was moving around like a typical fox kit. I was in awe of her stoic demeanour. Regardless of how helpless she may have been and how much physical pain she had endured, she faced each moment with a strength unmatched by many. She was released in the early fall to a safe location not far from where she was found. We hope she lives on for many years without persecution from any more humans. One thing for certain is that she has left an indelible impression on our hearts. (This story was written by Leah Birmingham, Assistant Director of the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre, for the Winter 2016 Sandy Pines newsletter and was abridged to fit this space.)

author’s bestselling Intuitive Eating, first published in 1995. The Intuitive Eating Workbook reinforces the principles behind Intuitive Eating, namely how to pay attention to the body’s natural cravings and hunger cues. Are you an emotional eater? Do you eat when you are bored or distracted? This book will attempt to help you reset your relationship with food and achieve

(hopefully once and for all) that sought after balance between overconsumption and deprivation. Reserve any of the books mentioned here from your branch of the County of Lennox and Addington Libraries or online at CountyLibrary.ca.

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ington Veterans Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62, in Ivanhoe. Cost: $5 each, children free. Contact: 613-3919034 or info@hastingsstewardship.ca. JANUARY 13 BMF BANQUET The Napanee Chapter of the Business Men’s Fellowship in Canada will host a banquet at Selby Community Hall at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $16 per person. Reservations must be in by Jan. 10. Men, ladies, and youth are welcome. Guest speakers are Jim and Irene Tennier. Special Music also by the Tenniers. Catered by Spuds. For tickets call Rev. Ron Jost 613-539-8855 or Rev. Garfield Wilson 613-5839235.

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seems to be less emphasis on individual tastes and preferences and more on a set way of doing things – not that she doesn’t have some great tips to incorporate! If you are seeking true minimalism, not just a decluttering project, this is a book you will likely appreciate. In April, you can expect the release of The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole. It is based on the

group will be holding its first meeting of 2017 at 2 p.m. at a new room P21 at the Quinte Business Centre at Loyalist College. Remember, you might not need us now, but others in the group can learn from your experiences. Please come and share your expert advice with other ostomates. We need you. JANUARY 11 CANADIAN CLUB OF KINGSTON Non-members welcome. Speaker: Senator Bob Runciman, former Member of the Ontario Legislature Leeds Grenville. Topic: ‘Government is broken. Can it be

fixed?’ At Minos Village Restaurant 2762 Princess St. in Kingston. Lunch reservations at 613-3842021. Members $27; nonmembers $35. Club information: 613-530-2704 or visit www.canadianclubkingston.org. JANUARY 12 CONSERVATION PRESENTATION ‘Our Watershed Health and BioGeography’ with Tim Trustham, Quinte Conservation and Janet Noyes, Lower Trent Conservation. First event in Hastings Stewardship Council’s 2017 Winter Speaker Series. From 7 to 9 p.m. at Hunt-

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A trip through the pages of The Napanee Beaver 65 Years Ago January 2, 1952 ■ Just before Christmas, a fire tore through a store and home in Adophustown. The building, owned by Fred Gallagher, was completely destroyed, along with most of its contents. It was one of the oldest buildings in the village. Several residents attempted to combat the flames, but to no avail. Mr. Gallagher’s son and his wife had recently moved into the home; when the fire broke out, it destroyed most of their belongings as well. ■ Students at the Croydon public school showed they knew a thing or two about forestry. The school placed second in a provincewide School Forestry Competition. It also won the first prize for the district competition. Both successes earned the school a total of $50 in prize money. The competition was sponsored each year by the Ontario Horticultural Association with the purpose of encouraging public schools to study forestry and reforestation, and actually carry out their own reforestation projects.

35 Years Ago January 6, 1982 ■ A South Fredericksburg family was left homeless following a fire that destroyed their home on New Year’s Eve. The cause of the fire that ripped through the two-storey, 100-year-old frame house in Sandhurst was unknown. The homeowner said he smelled smoke which he thought was coming from the attic. He, his wife and two children evacuated the house and contacted the fire department. About 15 firefighters from the Bath fire station responded to the call, and fought the blaze for four hours. The community rallied for the family, providing them with food and clothing following the blaze. ■ Napanee’s longtime postmaster was calling it quits. Howard O’Connor — who had also served as a Royal Air Force bomber pilot during the Second World War — announced that he was retiring from the Napanee post office after 35 years on the job. In his role, O’Connor also managed regional post offices in Newburgh, Yarker, Camden East and other villages in the area. Staff at the Napanee post office threw O’Connor a retirement party on his last day on the job, Dec. 30.

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JANUARY 7 HOMETOWN COUNTRY JAMBOREE At the Napanee Lions Hall, doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. This month our entertainers who will grace the stage will be Kierstyn Cross, Gloria Digby

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winter wonderland inside a snow globe to take home. We hope to have a variety of snow globes, from private collections, available for viewing to pique your creativity and inspiration. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information about this event, please visit www.CountyMuseum.ca or call 613-354-3027. ‘MEET THE ARTISTS’ Members of the Bath Artisans will be at L&A County General Hospital for their upcoming month-long exhibit there. From 2-4 p.m. Fine art, photography, fibre and glass artists. Exhibit runs from now until Jan. 25. A portion of each sale will be donated to the hospital.

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Greater Napanee regular council meeting. Though the taxation committee still had a few more meeting to discuss policing and firm down on numbers, initial estimates were presented to council to meet staff ’s municipal tax bill deadline. The phase-in change meant urban ratepayers would pay two per cent less on their tax bill for 2016, and rural ratepayers would be charged two per cent more on their tax bill.

■ Although the Greater Napanee tax policy review committee still had work to do, council adopted its first recommendation, which would be to start the process of phasing in a higher tax rate for rural properties and a lower tax rate for urban properties. The taxation committee met in late April to discuss, among other matters, the tax policy phase-in before

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51 Palace Road Pastors: Rev. Ivan and Anne Langdon Sunday Worship 10:30am and 7pm Children’s Program 10:30am Wednesday: Ladies Bible study/prayer 10:30am Men’s Bible study/prayer 10:30am Bible study/prayer 7pm “In essentials: unity, In non-essentials: liberty, In all things: charity (love).” Phone: 354-1924, 354-5637 Everyone welcome

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Minister: Stephanie Klaassen 613-378-2511 613-377-6406 www.mosriv.com The United Church of Canada ‘Like us on Facebook’ The Rev. Barbara Mahood The United Church of Canada Worship Service and Sunday School: RIVERSIDE UNITED CHURCH 9:30am at Centreville 2 Mill St, Yarker, ON 11am at Newburgh 9:30am - Worship Service (Contemporary Praise Service at & Sunday School Newburgh on 3rd Sunday of each month) MOSCOW UNITED CHURCH Everyone is invited and always welcome! 25 Huffman Rd, Moscow, ON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 7pm - Worship Service, Social to follow OF THE REDEEMER Everyone is always welcome 155 St. George St., Deseronto Minister: Rev. James Gordon EVANGEL TEMPLE 396-3119 or 396-2347 (Affiliated with PAOC) 9:00am - Church Service 320 Bridge St. W., Napanee and Sunday School Pastor: Rev. Jim Somerville Sunday - 10:00am and 6:00pm ROBLIN-ENTERPRISE Sunday School (ages 3-10) UNITED CHURCH Wed. 6:00pm BG Club - Ages 3-11 Rev. Nancy Clarke 613-384-4698 Thurs. 7:00pm 3271 County Road 41, Roblin Jr. High (Grades 6 and 7) 11am - No Service Sr. High (Ages 13-18) 2pm - Covenanting Service with Small Groups 50+ Roblin Enterprise United Church and Four Men’s & Women’s Ministry Winds Presbytery for Rev. Nancy Clarke. For more information, Social Time following service. call the Church at 613-354-4281 Everyone Welcome www.evangelnapanee.com

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Pastors: Bert McCutcheon, CATHOLIC CHURCH ANGLICAN CHURCH Dustin Crozier, 179 West Street, Napanee 137 Robinson St., Paul DeMerchant Rev. Mark Chochrek, Pastor Napanee K7R 2S3 SUNDAY SERVICES Phone: 613-354-5354 613-354-3141 8:45am & 11am - Sunday Services Website: www.stpatricksnapanee.ca Priest: Rev. Richard Hetke 10:15am - Sunday School Saturday 5:15pm - Mass Rev. Brother D.B. Smith Ministries for all ages Sunday 9:00am - Mass; 10:30am - Mass SUNDAY SERVICES Thursday 7:00pm - Youth 8:00am Holy Communion ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 1st & 3rd Friday 7:00pm - Young Adults 10:30am Holy Communion All are welcome! ANGLICAN CHURCH Children’s Ministry Programs www.roblinwesleyan.com 212 Church Street, WEDNESDAY 10am roblinwc@gmail.com Bath K0H 1G0 Holy Communion Find us on Facebook! 613-352-7464 Visit us at www.stmarymagdalenenapanee.ca www.stjohnsbath.ca THE SALVATION ARMY TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Priest: Rev. Bramwell Pearce 82 Richard St., Napanee 1840-2015 Sunday Service Office 354-4735 25 Bridge St. E. 10am - Holy Communion Major Craig and Patsy Rowe 613-354-3858 Sunday School SUNDAY - 9:30am Morning Worship Join The Reverend Mark Fellowship and refreshments after Service as he invites you to worship and WEDNESDAY - 12 noon Bible study Everyone welcome celebrate the New Year with the 1st Wed. - 12 noon Ministry to Women TEMPLE OF Trinity Choir and the Wii Band this Wed. - 4:30pm Friends Club Ages 5-11 PRAYER AND PRAISE Sunday at 10:30am. 3rd Thurs. - 12:00 noon Sr. Group 55+ “By grace through faith...” Sunday school programs Everyone welcome. 261 West St., are available for all ages. 613-354-5910 SELBY - EMPEY HILL Renewing ......from the centre out Pastor Rev. Albert Trask PASTORAL CHARGE WESTDALE PARK Sunday Morning 10am The United Church of Canada FREE METHODIST CHURCH "Celebration of Jesus" Minister: Michael Putnam (across from the hospital) SonShine Corner Ages 4-8 Charge Office: 613-388-2375 7 Richmond Park Drive, Napanee Young Disciples Grades 4-6 Worship for all ages: 613-354-2669 Wednesdays at 6:55pm SELBY info@westdaleparkfmc.ca Agents of the Apocalypse 9:45am - Worship Service and www.facebook.com/westdalepark A video series by Dr. David Jeremiah Sunday School SUNDAY Coffee Fellowship 9:00am Last Sunday of the month at 6:30pm Wednesday evenings 6:30pm WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00am "Touching Jesus Healing Service" - Cornerstone Kids Group PRAYER TIME Sunday 6:30pm, Everyone welcome! Bring a friend! EMPEY HILL Tuesday and Thursday 9-9:30pm www.templeofprayerandpraise.org 11:15am - Worship Service

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Numbers attached to tax policy changes ■ Tree removal — and replacement — for the Bridge Street construction project was discussed among Greater Napanee council members at their regular meeting in early May. Multiple trees along Bridge Street, between Alma Avenue to Belleville Road, were removed in preparation for Greater Napanee’s Bridge Street reconstruction project. Tim Allen’s Tree Service was hired to remove the trees. Lennox and Addington County was overseeing the Bridge Street construction project, which was a joint venture with Greater Napanee. The town was “removing and replacing water mains, sanitary sewers and related underground services,” Steve Roberts, L&A manager of roads and bridges explained. ■ A Napanee-based company was on the verge of revolutionizing the way fires are fought. FireRein Eco-Gel is an environmentally-friendly, non-toxic substance that, when added to water, can extinguish a fire faster, using less water and creating less runoff in the process. It can also be used to coat flammable material to prevent it

from catching fire. FireRein officials showed off the gel in a series of demonstrations at the Loyalist Township fire training area near Odessa in May. After extinguishing a fire with water, they knocked down an identical fire using the Eco-Gel additive. Later, they used the gel to extinguish an ‘industrial’ fire involving a flammable substance, then demonstrated its fire-prevention properties by applying a blowtorch to a piece of wood that had been sprayed with the gel.

■ A 3.6 per cent tax increase, combined with the Taxation Review Policy Committee’s estimated differentials, would mean an increase for rural residents and a decrease for urban in Greater Napanee in 2016. Combined with the Lennox and Addington County and the education rates, urban residents would see an increase of about $6.90, while rural residents would see an increase of $102.18. That was based on a $234,725 average assessment, Greater Napanee

treasurer Mark Day explained to council at a May council meeting. “Factoring in those rate increases and the amount of the additional levy we had to increase in our capital budget, the urban area is going down by $20.58 and the rural area up by $74.70. This is just (the Greater Napanee) portion of the tax bill,” Day said. The total 2016 budget was $23,315,735, which combined the $18,298,078 operating budget and the $5,017,657 capital budget.

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Council held five monthly budget meetings to establish these rates between the months of November 2015 and March 2016. ■ In May Greater Napanee council received a letter from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario challenging all municipalities to financially support Fort McMurray. More than 80,000 people

were suddenly evacuated in Fort McMurray last spring when a wildfire came unexpectedly tearing through the northern Alberta oil town. Many people lost their homes and belongings. The disaster prompted an outpouring of support from across Canada to assist the displaced residents.

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Town of Greater Napanee P.O. Box 97, 124 John Street, Napanee, Ontario K7R 3L4 Phone: (613) 354-3351 Fax: (613) 354-6545 Documents are available in accessible formats upon request. Check out the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web Site: www.greaternapanee.com

Council & Committee Meeting Schedule for Jan. 2017

Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017 6:45 p.m. Committee of Adjustment (if required) 7:00 p.m. Regular Council Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017 6:45 p.m. Committee of Adjustment (if required) 7:00 p.m. Regular Council Town of Greater Napanee Notice To Permanently Close and Convey a Municipal Road Allowance The Council of the Town of Greater Napanee intends to pass a by-law to permanently FORVH GHFODUH VXUSOXV WR WKH 7RZQÂśV QHHGV DQG convey parts of the municipal road allowance to adjacent property owners, subject to easements in favour of the Town for drainage purposes, described as follows:

Â&#x192; Part of the Road Allowance between L ots 10 and 11, Concession 4, being Part 2 on Reference Plan 29R-5290 and Parts 1 and 2 on Reference Plan 29R-10409, Geographic Township of F redericksburgh Additional, Town of Greater Napanee, south side of County Road 9 to the water, and lying between adjacent properties at 5013 County Road 9 and 4999 County Road 9.

The proposed by-law will be considered by Council at the meeting held on: Â&#x192; Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers (upstairs in the Town Hall, accessible by a lift), 124 John Street, Napanee, ON, or soon thereafter, at which time Council will hear any person who claims that his/ her land will be prejudicially affected by the closing and conveyance of this municipal road allowance, and who applies to the Clerk to be heard.

Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Clerk during regular business hours - Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Your 2017 Dog tags are now available at the following locations;

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Saturday S aturday March March 25, 25 2017 10:00am - 3:00p :00pm 3:00pm S trathcona P aper C entre - Lafar ge Ban quet H all Strathcona Paper Centre Lafarge Banquet Hall 16 M cPherson Drive, Drive, N apanee McPherson Napanee Register your Tuesday Re g is t e r y our table table beginning beginning Tu esday January January 3rd Lyndsay Tee By contacting contacting L yndsay T ee Ext. P: 613-354-3351 613-3543 3351 Ex t. 2017 2 01 7 E: lltee@greaternapanee.com tee@greate!rnapanee.com

Effective December 1st until March 31st there is NO PARKING on any municipal streets or parking lots between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. in order to allow for winter snow removal. This includes all paved boulevards up to the line of the sidewalk. The new fine for contravention is $50.00 (with an early payment option of $35.00). GREATER NAPANEE AND AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION G P PAINT INS AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE FOR JAN 2017

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ner, are $125 with a charitable tax receipt issued for $70. “Because it’s such a small, The event will feature a 6:30 quiet venue we’re hoping peo- p.m. reception with dinner at ple will be able to interact 7:30 p.m. Tickets are availwith him as well,” said Dick- able at the LACGH Foundation office, located inside the erson. Tickets for the event, hospital at 8 Richmond Park which include a catered din- Dr. in Napanee or by calling

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613-354-3301 ext 400. The show will be held at 12 Richmond Park Dr. Along with the chance to meet a Canadian rock legend, guests of the gala will also be supporting the local hospital with funds for future equipment purchases.

Town of Greater Napanee 2017 Budget Meeting Schedule Budget Topics

Thursday, January 26, 2017

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Property Assessment Update Operating Budget Fleet Rationalization

Thursday, February 16, 2017

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Location of Meetings:

Council Chambers (upstairs in the Town Hall) at 124 John Street, Napanee

Time of Meetings:

7:00 p.m.

INCREASE PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF OF PROPOSED PROPOSED INCREASE OR 2017 2017 TO WATER FOR WATER AND AND WASTEWATER WASTEWATER RATES RATES F TAKE TAKE NOTICE NOTICE that the the Council Council of of the the Town Town of of Greater Greater Napanee intends intends to to consider consider a by-law by law to byto approve approve the the 2017 Utilities Utilities Operating Operating and and Capital apital Budget at a meeting meeting tto o be be held held on on January January 10, 10, 2017 2017 at at 7:00 7:00 p.m. p.m. This budget budget includes includes a proposed proposed increase increase of 1.9% to municipal municipal water water and and wastewater wastewater rates rates for for 2017. 2017. This This proposed proposed increase increase will will result result in in a bi-monthly bi-monthly financial financial impact impact to to the the average average customer customer (26.1m!) (2 (26.1m!) of $3.56. If you have you h ave any any questions questions regarding regarding the the proposed proposed 2017 Utilities Utilities Budget Budget or or water water and and wastewater wastewater rates, rates, please please contact contact Peter Peter Dafoe, Dafoe, General General Manager-Infrastructure Manager Manager-Infrastructure pdafoe@greaternapanee.com. Services Services at at 613-354-5931, 613-354-5931, Ext. Ext. 2105 2105 or or pdafoe@greaternapanee.com.

Contact Telephone Email Website

Peter Dafoe 613-354-5931 x 2105 pdafoe@greaternapanee.com www.greaternapanee.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2016

AQUATICS FEASIBILITY STUDY Progress Update The Pool Task Force Committee would like to formally apologize for any confusion or misinterpretation with respect to the recent Aquatics Feasibility Study. The research methodology was simply intended to acquire data in the most economical fashion possible. With a phased approach, the results of this research do not ultimately determine if the Town is proceeding with an Aquatic facility. With past opinion polls, it has been demonstrated that there is strong support in the community for aquatics and a desire to determine overall feasibility. If you have been randomly selected to participate in the Phone Survey, you will note it is not an opinion poll but rather a study to determine current and future usage of a potential facility. The Town has commissioned “LeisurePlan International” to conduct the market research study. The telephone research will focus on statistics gathered from the “target population”, of those up to 64 years old. The targeted population represents 80% of Greater Napanee and has the greatest potential impact on operational revenue. Please be assured that all age groups will be actively engaged based on the findings of the market research and will also be a key part of any future decisions. Residents of Greater Napanee who wish to express their interest in participation in aquatic activities and programs can forward comments to John Stevenson, LeisurePlan International, 416-703-8670, johns@leisureplan.ca On behalf of the Town of Greater Napanee Pool Task Force Committee we appreciate your time, and participation with the Survey. If you would like more information, please visit www.greaternapanee.com, or pick up detailed handout available at all Municipal offices.

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Potential school closures loom following board report ■ A long-term accommodation plan for the Limestone District School Board was circulating in June which, if

adopted as written, could A month earlier, LDSB affect several local schools trustees received for inforwith closures and consolida- mation a report, developed tions. by consulting firm Ameresco,

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dents would be redirected to NDSS. According to the proposal, elementary students would be redirected to The Prince Charles School, Southview Public School, and the newly-built school; Selby PS, Newburgh PS, Centreville PS, Enterprise PS and Tamworth ES would be closed.

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to the city, contrary to a staff recommendation. At council’s regular meeting in May, staff brought forward a recommendation to council that did not include sending municipal funds for the Fort McMurray Relief Fund. “If there are no financial implications then obviously we’re not supporting it financially,” Ward 4 Councillor Carol Harvey said, questioning why the municipality isn’t supporting the cause. Deputy Mayor Marg Isbester said she was “disappointed” that the municipality would not be supporting Fort McMurray in some way. She moved that $500 be sent anyway and that the province be urged to match the donation.

“The thing that bothers me most is it’s 80,000; that’s five times the size of Napanee. We would be wiped out if that were here; we would cease to exist,” said Ward 5 Councillor Shaune Lucas, suggesting Greater Napanee should do what it can to support Fort McMurray. AMO challenged 100 delegates at an Ontario Small Urban Conference, which took place in Goderich, to reach inside their pockets to support the cause. In five minutes, the Greater Napanee council members individually raised $1,233 amongst themselves As the fire near Fort McMurray continued to grow in May, Greater Napanee council moved to send additional financial support

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detailing the proposed plan. In the Greater Napanee area, the report proposed to amalgamate five elementary schools and to redirect Grade 7 and 8 students to Napanee District Secondary School. According to the longterm accommodation plan, the suggestion was to “consolidate Selby PS, Newburgh PS, Centreville PS, Enterprise PS, Tamworth ES and construct a new 374 pupil place replacement school north of Hwy 401, possibly on the Centreville PS site, subject to funding approval.” That plan included having the new school accommodate students from Kindergarten through to Grade 6, while Grades 7 and 8 stu-

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Community Foundation is accepting applications for funding from Monday, November 28, 2016 through to Friday, January 27, 2017.

The Napanee District Community Foundation funds projects in arts, culture, health, education, recreation, environment, youth and children, seniors and social services across Lennox and Addington. Applications can be downloaded on the NDCF website at www.ndcf.ca or a hard copy can be picked up at the Community Foundation office at 47 Dundas Street East, Napanee. Y

Charitable organizations and non-profit groups from across Lennox and Addington are invited to apply.

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■ Stone Mills council was nearly whole once more in June. Council voted unanimously to appoint Newburgh’s Kevin Richmond to fill the last remaining council vacancy. Richmond finished with the highest number of votes among unsuccessful councillor candidates

■ In May, local MP Mike Bossio told the Beaver he’d be voting in favour of legislation put forward by the Liberal government surrounding doctor-assisted dying. The Liberal representative for Hastings-Lennox and Addington said that while he had received plenty of feedback from constituents on both sides of the debate, he believed that the legislation, Bill C-14, was a workable compromise, at least for the time being. “I think that we achieved a sensitive balance, because given the amount of time that we had to bring about legislation, I

in the 2014 municipal election. “We’re basically halfway through our mandate here, and an election for one position is not responsible fiscally, nor do I think it’s necessary,” said Deputy-Reeve John Wise in introducing the motion to ask Richmond to fill the vacancy for councillor. “We have the results of the previous election, and if he’s will to accept the position, I would recommend we bring in the candidate with the highest total of votes among unsuccessful ones, and that would be Kevin Richmond,” Wise told council.

SEE JUNE | PAGE 13 > think we had to be cautious in our approach,” he said. “Do we have to go further? Absolutely. I think in the long run, there are going to be further amendments that are going to be made, and the legislation will be further updated, but given the timeframe that we had, I think for now we got it right.” The government was compelled to draft legislation after a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court struck down a ban on doctor-assisted dying on the grounds that it infringed on the Charter rights of people affected by “a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable.” The government had until June 6 to pass a new assisted-dying law. ■ In a rare mid-term inaugural meeting in May, Lennox and Addington County council chose a new warden for the remainder of 2016. Henry Hogg, the reeve of Addington Highlands and a previous three-time warden of the county, was acclaimed as the new warden. He filled the vacancy left by previous warden Clarence Kennedy, the former reeve of Stone Mills Township, who passed away in March after a brief battle with cancer. Kennedy had only been in office for about four months at the time of his death.

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JUNE FROM PAGE 12 ■ A new charitable group came together in June to give back to local organizations and non-profits in a big way. Seven women established a volunteer organization called 100 Women Who Care Lennox and Addington. It would be a local chapter of the 100 Who Care Alliance, which can be found throughout Canada and the US. Each chapter is made up of 100 people who meet four times a year, each time donating $100 per member to a local organization. That means $10,000 is given to a local charity every three months. “It is an amazing program to give back to charities and non-profits. I gathered up seven women in the area to get it going and we’re starting the 100 Women Who Care in Lennox and Addington County. When a woman joins and becomes a member, they’re committing to four hours a year and $400,” said Amy Mack, founder and leading lady from 100 Women Who Care L&A. ■ In June, with several well-wishers — young and old — on hand, Lennox and Addington Resources for Children officially opened its new digs at the former L&A Family and Children’s Services building on Advance Avenue. The agency’s main offices had been housed at the former North Fredericksburgh Township Community Hall on County Road 8 south of Napanee. Just less than four years earlier, however, the agency outlined the need for a new building in its strategic plan and began looking for a new home, said LARC President Randy Davidson. “The opportunity for this building came available to us a year-and-a-half ago,” he said. “We started investigating as to whether or not it was feasible. We made an offer and took possession on the end of January in 2015, and then started looking at renovations.” ■ While a massive thunderstorm in June gave many local residents a spectacular light show, it gave a few others a big mess to clean up. Sandhurst was hit hard by the storm, which uprooted large trees, dismantled barns and knocked out electrical service. Both Hydro One crews and Sandhurst residents were busy for the next few days dealing with the damage the storm had caused. ■ Lennox and Addington Seniors Outreach Services’ 40th anniversary party at Conservation Park in June wasn’t just a celebration, it was a ‘thank you’. “I think we just want to celebrate with the community, because it was the community — a group of seniors — who got Seniors Outreach Services going. So, we wanted to acknowledge their commitment and where their commitment has taken the organization,” said L&A SOS’s Wendy McDonald. The event featured several demonstrations of activities offered by the agency, along with a barbecue and cake. McDonald acknowledged that the organization had come a long way in the last four decades. “I think the biggest changes are, because of the new programming, we are now doing so much more for seniors,” she said. “Our tag phrase now is ‘open doors to wellness and independence.’ We start by keeping seniors well; we keep them as well (as we can) through the exercises, through volunteering. Mentally, they can stay well, or physically. When there are times when they need a little more service, we’re there. I think with this being such a ‘senior’ community, it’s really demonstrated that just a little bit of support can keep a senior going a lot longer in their home. It could just be a meal or coming out for a little exercise.” The organization had grown substantially over that time, too. “We are now at a point where there are 25-30 staff, there are 300 volunteers, we have memberships, we have corporate sponsorships,” she said. ■ It was announced that Canada’s best women’s university hockey teams would be in Napanee in March for the 2017 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship. A partnership between the town and Kingston’s Queen’s University was unveiled in June. The four-day tournament will be held at the Strathcona Paper Centre, March 17-19. Members of Queen’s athletics and a handful of Golden Gaels players met with councillors and town staff at the arena to make the formal announcement. “This event is especially important to us at Queen’s University because it is happening within the university’s 175th anniversary year,” said Ann Tierney, Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs with Queen’s. “The CIS Women’s Hockey Championship will see the eight best women’s university teams in Canada take to the ice right here in Napanee.” The event will mark the first time in 20 years that Queen’s has hosted the national event and first time it will be held in Napanee.

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Rugby star punches ticket to Rio ■ The Taxation Policy Review Committee held its final meeting in July and directed its chairman to bring forward a report and recommendation to council later in the month. Each committee member voiced his concerns and opinions on the matter before a motion was made for chairman Gary Scandlan, of Watson and Associates Economists Ltd., to bring forward a recommendation to council based on the debates, discussions and data brought forward during the committee’s term. Committee member Leslie Howell, a rural representative, said the matter “has been discussed, (and) positions of all committee members have been clearly stated,” adding that all the relevant information had been presented to the committee. With that, Howell put forward a motion to direct Scandlan to prepare his final report and recommendations to council. Scandlan suggested an addition to Howell’s motion, which was adopted, stating that “there are four individuals that perceive that there is no difference in level of service and there are two individuals that feel there is a difference in the level of service,” in regards to urban and rural policing. Hans Bichsel, an urban committee member, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously by the committee.

mind as his government got set to tackle the issue of electoral reform. Following through on a promise from the 2015 federal election campaign, the Liberal government was forging ahead with its plan to reform Canada’s electoral system, having struck a multi-party committee to consult with the public and experts and develop a plan for that reform. As such, Bossio said he planned on having a series of three ‘town hall’ meetings in the riding relating to electoral reform in August and September — in Bath, Tweed and Bancroft. He also said the issue would be touched on in the MP’s next ‘householder’ delivered across the riding. Bossio said it’s an issue that he had received some feedback on — even long before he was elected — though he said wanted to see more input. “The individuals that are most engaged on it, that are most concerned about it, are the ones who have been reaching out and engaging for some time. Now we need to get to try to expand that to hear from as many different individuals as possible,” he said.

had made the team in July. “My eyes started to water, happy tears, (thinking about) all of the hard work and the sacrifices and the support that I’ve received.” Benn was quick to thank her parents for their unwavering support — “even when they didn’t understand why I played the damn sport,” she added jokingly — as well as to thank all those who helped her along the way, including family, friends, coaches and her hometown Napanee, where she first learned the sport while competing for the NDSS Golden Hawks.

■ A prolonged lack of precipitation was becoming a serious concern across the region — from farmers watching crops dry up to conservation authorities issuing drought warnings to municipalities banning open-air burning. For Herb Hart, the owner of Hartacres Grains in Napanee, the dry conditions were something farmers were more accustomed to seeing much later in the season. “It was a dry May, so we’ve had nothing, from the time we planted right through,” he said. “In other years, it’s been dry, but it’s awful early for it to be this dry.” The dry conditions were ■ Britt Benn said that, when she was asked to be a causing crops to effectively part of the Canadian shut down. “We’re talking Olympic rugby sevens team about starting to combine headed to compete in Rio de wheat where we normally Janeiro, it was a moment to don’t harvest wheat until the last week of July,” he remember. “Instantly, I was over- said. “We’ve got some we ■ Local MP Mike Bossio whelmed with emotion,” she think that could go now. It’s said he was keeping an open said of learning that she done. It’s dried down, it’s

died down. It has just advanced it that much more with the dry weather.” ■ Patrick Pidgeon of Loyalist Township Emergency Services died from injuries he sustained while fighting a fire in an apartment on Amherst Drive in July. The 45-year-old left a wife and teenage son. Pidgeon recieved a ‘full fire department honours funeral’ a week later at the W.J. Henderson Recreation Centre on Amherst Drive in Amherstview, with thousands of firefighters from around the province and beyond in attendance. Loyalist Township Fire Chief Fred Stephenson said that Pidgeon “was a decorated and honoured Canadian Forces veteran who served in many overseas conflicts, including two tours in Afghanistan. Patrick’s service to the residents of Loyalist Township was his passion, calling and a true testament to his character.” ■ Lennox and Addington County’s new Crown attorney Monica M.C. Heine was officially appointed to the role of the county’s top prosecutor with a ceremony held at the L&A County courthouse in July. With members of the judiciary, the legal community and friends and family in the gallery looking on, Heine was sworn in by Justice James McNamara, the regional senior justice for eastern Ontario for the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario.

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anada’s hockey dominance was on display at the Strathcona Paper Centre on Monday as the Napanee Raiders steamrolled Switzerland’s ECH Dübendorf 8-1. Over 900 fans packed the Napanee arena for the exhibition match that left the home team with plenty to cheer about. The Swiss club, playing their fifth game in six nights, simply ran out of gas towards the second half of the game, allowing seven goals over the final 33 minutes. Both teams spent the first period just trying to feel each other out as the Canadian style clashed with the European handbook. Napanee’s Devon King was the only player to score in the opening frame, tipping in a screened shot passed Dübendorf goalie Manuel Rufer. The Swiss goalie turned away 15 shots in the first period alone. Jan Schmid scored the only goal of the game for the visitors at the 6:10 mark of the first to knot the game at 1-1. The celebration was short-lived, however, as Riley Steeves responded just a few seconds later, skating in alone and tucking the puck behind the goalie to give the Raiders a lead they’d never relinquish. That was the first of three goals on the night for Steeves, who was named the Raiders’ player of the game. Zach Knapp-Hermer pushed Napanee’s lead to 31 just a few minutes later, potting a juicy rebound. Steeves scored in the final seconds of the middle period as the Raiders began to pull away. In the third the Raiders continued to pour it on as Chris Rogalsky, Tristan Nugent and Cullen Hinds each scored in the opening 10 minutes before Steeves completed his hat trick at the 13:39 mark. “They were a little different in the defensive zone,” Raiders head coach Mike Hartwick said of Dübendorf. “Their forwards

were a little more spread out than the traditional collapse we’ve seen a lot this year. That was a little different. We applied a lot of pressure to them. They’ve played a lot of hockey so I’m thinking they’re pretty tired. They had some opportunities in the first and (Matt) Loveys made some big saves. After that I thought we got rolling pretty good.” Napanee went on to outshoot their guests 49-20 on the night. Loveys got the start and was replaced midway through the game by Jeremy Wasson, simply to get both goaltenders some work. The ice rink at the SPC was the biggest surface the Swiss team saw in their six game road swing, and was the closest to the dimensions they play back home. While it allowed them to showcase their speed a bit more, nothing could prepare them for the physical hockey played on this side of the Atlantic. “The skill and physicality we can take back with us but we have to be careful,” said Dübendorf coach Christoph Ziegler. “When we get hit like this in our league we can get penalties.

That’s the biggest difference between our game in Europe and the game here.” The hard-hitting play they’ve seen over the last couple of nights forced the Swiss team to have to ‘borrow’ a handful of players from the Campbellford Rebels as well as goalie Tyler Freeman from the Trenton Golden Hawks just to fill out their roster. Meanwhile the Raiders had Campbellford’s Jeremiah Doherty on loan for the night. Prior to the exhibition match, the Raiders hosted the Gananoque Islanders last Friday for a league game, winning 6-1. KnappHermer and Hinds each scored a pair of goals while Josh Murphy and Griffen Conger each had one. Loveys earned the win, stopping 19 of 20. The win gave the Raiders a 17-9 record to close out the 2016 portion of their schedule, with 14 Adam Prudhomme-Staff games left to play. They sit in second place, one game (Top) Dubendorf’s Kristian Gorz attempts a wrap around on Raiders’ goalie ahead of the 16-12-1 Picton Jeremy Wasson while Chris Rogalsky attempts to poke away the puck.(BotPirates, but with three tom) Napanee’s Austin Boulard attempts to clear the puck passed Dubengames in hand. The dorf’s Robby Ellis. Islanders dropped to 12-151, nine points back of the winless at 0-25. The Port point lead over the Raiders. when they host the Jets for Raiders. Amherstview is 8- Hope Panthers continue to Napanee will return to a 7:30 p.m. tilt. On Sunday 19 while the Rebels are still roll, now at 27-0 with a 20 league play tomorrow night they travel to Gananoque.

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Tax policy debate Investments in local infrastructure comes to close ■ Britt Benn’s years of hard work, sacrifice and more than a few broken bones paid off in a big way in August as she and her Canadian women’s sevens rugby teammates captured Olympic bronze in Rio de Janeiro. The Napanee native was on the field as Canada defeated Great Britain 3310 in the bronze medal game. Just a few hours later, she experienced the ultimate moment for any Olympian as she joined her teammates on the podium with a medal draped around her neck. “That moment there, a lot of emotions were going through my mind, (and) I’m sure the rest of the girls on my team can say the same,” said Benn over the phone from Rio. “A lot of the girls and myself included made a lot of sacrifices along the way. In those moments when you’re developing as a team, you’re wondering if all these sacrifices are worth it. The moment we stepped on the podium I said to myself it all paid off and it’s all been worth it. Every broken bone, every stitch in my body, every bloody nose, broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder, all that pain was worth it.” ■ In response to the driest summer on record, Greater Napanee town council was encouraging all residents to reduce their water usage by 50 per cent. That was part of the recommendation they voted to receive during an August council meeting in response to local conservation authorities declaring the region to be in a severe drought condition. Both Quinte Conservation and the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority made those drought declarations earlier in the month. Also part of the recommendation was a full ban on lawn watering. Greater Napanee Emergency Services Fire Chief Kevin Donaldson, meanwhile, advised the public that the municipality was taking a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to enforcing its open-air burning ban. In one week alone, Donaldson said that the fire department responded to seven brush fires as tinderdry fields easily caught spark and flamed up. Sometimes, firefighters were forced to respond to multiple fires at once.

between urban and rural tax rates in Greater Napanee was reached in late August. In a special meeting held at the Strathcona Paper Centre to allow for more public access, council first voted to reject the recommendation that was submitted by a six-person volunteer Tax Policy Committee in conjunction with hired consultant Gary Scandlan of Watson and Associates Economics Ltd. They would ultimately vote 6-1 in favour of a slightly altered motion put forward by councillor Max Kaiser. According to the motion that was finally agreed to by council, that difference between urban and rural taxation levels would be about 3.5 per cent by the end of the phase-in. Kaiser also suggested council “not leave the OPP issue alone” and continue to seek out additional information as it related to policing costs and its area-rating to specific geographic areas. He also successfully argued to extend the phase-in period for the tax policy change to a total of five years. ■ Former financial advisor and Stone Mills councillor Kevin Wagar was sentenced to five-and-a-half years behind bars for defrauding two families for a combined amount of just less than $800,000. The judge also put in place a restitution order for Wagar to repay the money to the victims, and ordered that Wagar have no communication with his victims other than through his lawyer. The court heard that Wagar took $568,000 from one victim and $231,000 from another victim — money that was given to him to be invested — only to put it in a personal account. Between 2010 and 2015, he used money from the account to the point where the account was completely drained.

■ Firefighters from across the country put their strength, endurance and firefighting skills to the test at the FireFit Eastern Ontario Regional competition, which took place at the Strathcona Paper Centre in August. According to one of the event’s organizers, Greater Napanee firefighter Chad Taylor, 132 individual competitors took part on the Saturday of the weekendlong event, while 20 relay ■ A resolution — of sorts — teams and 20 ‘X-3’ relay to the ongoing debate teams took part on the Sunregarding the difference day.

■ Infrastructure investments made back in 2004 was paying dividends for Odessa, as Loyalist Township unveiled major housing developments coming to the village in 2017. Announced in September, the first of the developments would be a project known as Millcreek, which would see 140 new homes built over the next seven years on a plot of land off Bridge Street. The project was made possible as a result of municipal, provincial and federal funding of more than $12 million dollars to run water and sewer pipes from Odessa to Amherstview. The pipes were installed between 2004-09.

■ A long-standing barrier to development in both Deseronto and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was knocked over in September. Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Mike Bossio announced that just less than $2.5 million was being earmarked for upgrades to the Deseronto water treatment plant through the Small Communities Fund. The grant included contributions from both the federal and provincial governments. Deseronto Mayor Norm Clark didn’t mince words when it came to describing what the grant meant for the community. “This has saved the town,” he said. “If we hadn’t got the grant, I didn’t know what we were going to do. We were running out of water… for development and so on. This will provide development for the town and help with our neighbours, the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. This solves a lot of problems. This gives us relief. A lot of relief.” The water plant currently services not only Deseronto but more than 300 homes on the MBQ territory. For several years, however, the water plant has been overcapacity, not only stretching its ability to meet its current requirements but preventing development. ■ While lawns across the region were showing signs of renewed life thanks to recent rainfall, it was not been nearly enough for Quinte Conservation to lift its Level 3 water condition within its jurisdiction. In September, Quinte Conservation advised local residents that in spite of heavy some rains, river flows remained far weaker than normal; further, based on seasonal precipitation trends, those low flows were expected to continue. The conservation authority said it was still receiving reports of rural

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■ Provincial Communities in Bloom judges once again bestowed their top provincial score to Greater Napanee in September, awarding them five blooms. Scores for all communities were announced in Stratford, with Shannon Baker attending on behalf of Greater Napanee Communities in Bloom. This marked the second year in a row Greater Napanee had garnered the maximum amount of blooms. “We’re really happy to maintain it despite it being a drought year,” said Napanee CIB chair Pam McCracken. “Some things were particularly difficult to keep in the best shape this year.” Each community is judged based on municipal, private, corporate and institutional sectors in categories such as tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, landscape and floral displays.

Napanee Raiders. The Deseronto native was in a helpful mood on Monday, chipping in with four assists during his team’s 8-1 victory over the visiting ECH Dubendorf team. In the regular season he has 14 goals and 17 assists over 25 games played. If you know someone who should be our Athlete of the Week, call the Beaver’s newsroom at 354-6641. Or send us a picture and a brief write-up to 72 Dundas St. E., Napanee, K7R 1H9.

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■ After six months in operation, a new multi-agency approach to assisting at-risk individuals and families in the region appeared to be off to a promising start. Members of the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Community Risk Watch assembled at a lunch meeting at Morningstar Mission in Napanee to go over some of the early data emerging from the program. Under KFL&A Community Risk Watch, member agencies meet weekly to discuss potentially at-risk individuals and families; if certain benchmarks are met, representatives from those agencies will attempt to meet directly with those atrisk in an effort to put them in touch with those services that can best address their difficulties. Among those member agencies include the Ontario Provincial Police, Family and Children’s Service of Frontenac

and Lennox and Addington, L&A Interval House, Pathways and local school boards. Based on comments made at the lunch, the situation tables appeared to be working as intended, and getting necessary assistance for those at-risk. ■ There are big plans to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in Bath next summer — although, perhaps, it might be more accurate to say there are ‘tall’ plans. Representatives from the Fairfield Gutzeit Society were at Lennox and Addington County council in October to advise them of the upcoming event, the Rondezvous 2017 International tall ships regatta on Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and the Maritime provinces. The weekend following Canada Day, seven tall ships will moor at Bath for a three-day stopover.

“It’s been in the works for probably 12 months,” said David Smith, a member of the FGS and chief liaison officer for Rondezvous 2017. ■ Big changes could be in store for Lennox and Addington County’s library system. In October, L&A County council received a report and approved, in principle, a series of recommendations relating to the future of library services in the county. The report recommends the closure and consolidation of some of the county’s branches and the creation of new library facilities. Further, it’s recommended that the county take over all elements of the provision of library services; currently, lower-tier municipalities provide the physical space for library branches, while the county staffs the libraries and maintains the collections.

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New health centre opens ■ The Napanee Area Community Health Centre officially christened its new building in November. A ribbon cutting along with tours took place at its new digs at 26 Dundas St. W. Primary care health care, counselling, youth programming, diabetes education, advanced foot care, sexual health, harm reduction supplies and an indigenous health program would be offered from their new location. It would also house community outreach services from Providence Care, all on an appointment-only basis.

Kramp was one step closer to making a political comeback. In late November, Kramp won the Progressive Conservative Party nomination for Hastings-Lennox and Addington leading up to the next provincial election. Kramp beat out two competitors — Bancroft councillor Tracy McGibbon and former Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services chief John O’Donnell — to win the PC nod.

■ One way or another, concerned parents and residents were going to have their voic■ A phone survey of Greater es heard at a public meeting Napanee residents was to be relating to the potential cloconducted in late 2016 as the sure of Yarker Family School town gauged the market in late November. demand for an indoor pool. Dissatisfied with the proAfter establishing that posed meeting format and the majority of residents armed with their own microwould like a pool, the next phone and amplifier, the survey was to focus on how group of about 200 imposed and when residents would its own ‘town hall’ format and use an indoor pool to deter- presented their concerns and mine whether or not it would questions to Limestone Disbe feasible. Residents saying trict School Board officials at they want a pool and whether the Pupil Accommodation or not they would actually use Review Committee meeting that pool could be two entire- at the Odessa Public School ly different stories. gym. ■ Former local MP Daryl Chief among the group’s

concerns was that the closure of the Yarker school was already a foregone conclusion — as were the eventual closures of Tamworth Elementary School, Newburgh Public School, Centreville Public School and Selby Public School, all of which were recommended in the Long-Term Accommodation Plan developed by Ameresco for the Limestone board earlier in the year ■ There’s no place like home for the holidays — just ask Krista Abbink and Chris McTaggart. In December, the couple and their four-year-old son, Gabriel, were handed the keys to their brand-new house, the first Habitat for Humanity ‘build’ in Napanee. The home had been built over the past few months with the assistance of a legion of volunteers and sponsors on a King Street lot donated by the Town of Greater Napanee. “It has exceeded all my expectations,” Abbink said of her new home following the ribbon cutting. TransCanada and Matrix Inc. were major sponsors for the project.

with Leisure Plan International Inc to develop a market study on the feasibility of an During a September council meeting, it was aquatics centre. “Basically where we are with unanimously agreed that council would the committee is the next step and probably accept a proposal put forward by Greater the most critical one is to get a market Napanee Infrastructure Services General demand for our future market and for our Manager and pool task force committee mem- municipality,” said DaFoe. “We were just hopber Peter DaFoe. In it he requested that the ing to complete this work for a little less town accept a request for proposal for work money.”

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$350/CORD SEASONED mixed hardwood, will customize size for your stove. Call/text Frank Penner, 613-561-1611. ALL HARDWOOD firewood, $325/ bush cord, cut split and delivered. Call or text Darren, 613-561-7956. CONTAINERS, 20 FT, 40 ft, HC, new, used, modifications, rent or sale. Ingenious Storage, 613354-8744. DRY SEASONED hardwood, $150 per truck load, free delivery within 20 miles. 613-379-9955. DRY SEASONED mixed firewood, cut/split, stored inside, $300 cord, delivery extra. Greg Davis, Marlbank, 613-478-2103. FIREWOOD, LOG lengths. Call for pricing, 613-358-2370 or cell 613484-2252. HARDWOOD FIREWOOD. Cut, split and delivered, $300 per bush cord. Call or text Jeff, 613243-3080. INSULATED SHIPPING Containers, foam insulation, winterize your storage. Call 613-354-8744. LUMBER: PINE board and baton, 5/4 cedar decking, cedar 4x4 or 6x6, cedar posts and rails, raised garden material. Call Carl Lyons at mill, 613-329-7110, Monday-Friday 8am-4pm. MIXED HARDWOOD, Maple, Ash, Cedar, cut 21” long and split, $85 truck load or $250 bush cord. 613354-2369 or 613-331-3386. SEASONED FIREWOOD: premium quality mixed hardwood, free delivery within 30 kms, $325 per bush cord, will stack for additional fee. Call Hay Bay Wood Products and Services, 613-985-6227. SNOW FLITE Snowblower 21” cut, 8hp, electric start with chains. NEW TIRES: 2 165R-15” Snow’s $100; 2 195/75R-15” A.S. $120; 2 P205/60R-15” Snow’s $150; 2 P205/70R-15” Snow’s $150. USED TIRES: 2 P185/65R-15” Snow’s $80; 4 185/65R-15” A.S. $80; 2 195R-60-15” Snow’s $90; 2 P20565R-15” Snow’s $90; 2 P205/75R14” Snow’s $90; 2 P185/75R-14” A.S. $75. Other sizes in stock. Phone 613-476-7212 WINTER TIRES 2057015 on rims Goodyear Nordic Winter, less than 14,000 kms, $475. Call 613476-5509.

FARM

FORD 8N and 9N tractors for parts or whole; Case 430. 613-331-1303. HOARD’S LIVESTOCK auction, Tuesdays. Marketing and trucking information, call Murray Jackson, 613-354-6713. WOODLOT OWNERS. We buy standing timber logs, hardwood and soft, firewood and pulp. Free evaluation and dollar estimate, over 40 years of proven service in the area. Call collect, 613-358-2370.

APPLIANCES FOR SALE

NEW and USED

APPLIANCES USED REFRIGERATORS

Stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, dishwashers, 3 mos. old & up. Sold with written guarantees. Fridge's $100. & up.

NEW APPLIANCES

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

PAYS CASH$$$

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 & then come see for yourself quality at low prices. Open evenings 7 days a week. We Deliver.

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CENTRAL BOILER OUTDOOR FURNACES

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EDGE

WINTER REBATE SAVINGS UP TO $800

WOOD HEAT SOLUTIONS

Call for more information Your local DEALER

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MOORE BROS. Water softeners, water purifiers and filtering systems. Free water test, free installation. Salt available. 613-354-5516. WE HAVE a variety of office supplies including table paper. If what you require is not in stock, we will be glad to order the item for you. The Napanee Beaver, 613-3546641, ext. 101.

GUNS

WANTED TO buy, rifles, pistols, reloading equipment and militaria, fully licensed. Call or text, 613539-0070.

PETS

K9 WILL at Pet Panache, Napanee’s premier pet training centre, puppy to advance training, custommade classes to meet your pet’s needs, flexible schedules 7 days a week, 21 Dundas Street East. 613354-9171.

BOATS & MOTORS

INSTEAD OF trying to sell your boat CONSIDER a charitable donation to Wellington Rescue a volunteer Marine Search and Rescue Unit. Check out www.wara.ca

SEASONAL RENTALS

24” SNOWBLOWER, electric start, with wheel chains, runs good, $325. 613-396-1962.

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

ACCESSIBLE OFFICE space in professional building, 116 John Street, $200 to $500, will renovate to suit. 532-3672.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL SPACES

72 Dundas Street East, Napanee 1,200 sq. ft. office which includes 3 rooms, 2 washrooms and partial kitchen. $650 monthly Also 665 sq ft $550 monthly BOTH UNITS: Includes heat, utilities and air conditioning. Located on second floor with private entrance from centre hall foyer. Good location on the main street across from Tim Hortons. To view, call the Business Manager,

613-354-6641, Ext. 105

The Napanee Beaver NAPANEE RENTALS COMMERCIAL UNITS

• Downtown professional office space, two floors, 4,600 s/f, prime Dundas Street location, handicap accessible, bank vault, suitable for financial, legal, government services. • Napanee, John Street, commercial office/retail, 1,300 sq ft plus basement, plus parking, $10 s/f. For viewing / further information call/text 613-539-4847

OFFICE SPACE for lease, 1,085 sq ft, Dundas Street East, $900 plus monthly. 613-388-2953.

FOR RENT

BACHELOR APARTMENT downtown Napanee, $570 inclusive, parking off site, references, credit check, first/last required, no smoking, no pets. 613-876-1677. NICE NEWLY renovated 2 bedroom apartment, close to hospital, no smoking, no pets, $870 plus hydro. 613-354-9966.

PETERSFIELD

145 Church St. West Napanee Quiet adult security building. Two Spacious Bedrooms, Eat-in Kitchen. Living/ Dining Room. Private Laundry/Storage room. Five appliances. Sliding Patio Doors to covered terraces.

354-9444 354-9188

WANTED

MINT AND used postage stamps, covers, post cards, coins and paper money. Call Bob, 613-967-2118.

EMPLOYMENT WANTED

SNOWPLOWING. 613-561-1611.

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EMPLOYMENT WANTED

HOUSECLEANING / HOMECARE I am a caring, responsible woman with 8 years experience in housecleaning. Also available for homecare service, with 10 years experience. $20-25 per hour. Please call 613-583-6227. RESIDENTIAL SNOW clearing, 40 hp tractor with 6’ snowblower, plow and loader for large drives. County Road 9, North Shore from County Road 8 to Abrams Road only. Sgt. Major Ent. Brad Graham, cell 613328-0698.

SPECIAL NOTICES

DO YOU feel that your personal life is or has been deeply affected by close contact with a problem drinker? If so Al-Anon can help you. For more information call 613-3842134, 613-354-9835. HALL RENTAL, Napanee Lions Hall - wedding parties and trade shows. Check us out! www.lionsclubnapanee.com, 613-354-5939.

napaneekarate.org BRIAN LOWRY kicks@kos.net

COMING EVENTS FIREARMS COURSE January 27th, 28th; Hunter Education Course February 3rd, 4th, Harrowsmith. Call Bill, 613-335-2786.

MEMORIAMS

RUTH E. PASCOE

In loving memory of my dear wife of 54 1/2 years who passed away January 8, 2006. Ruth, I have always loved you from the day I met you and will love you until we meet again. You are my sunshine. You will always be my beautiful wife. “Oh Buck”

STIMPSON - In loving memory of our parents, Betty, who passed away January 28, 2003 and Tom on January 8, 1989. Time takes away the edge of grief, But memory turns back every leaf, We who loved them sadly miss them, But trust in God to meet again. Forever in our hearts.

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CARDS OF THANKS

Thank you to all who cared for Nora over her last 4 1/2 months at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital. Her journey which began in early 2013 ended peacefully surrounded by all the family on December 13, 2016. Thankfully I was able to have Nora at home from September 13 to March 10, 2016 with support from CCAC and PSWs from St. Elizabeth, especially Wendy, Teresa and Peggy! Thank you to Doctors Martin, Robinson, Hota and Sloan and staff of Lennox and Addington County General Hospital; nurses Holly, Jenna and Shandi and many others who made Nora as comfortable and pain free as possible; her roommate for ringing for a nurses because Nora could not, thanks Michelle; Fr. Chochrek and Fr. Murphy for visits and prayers; Fr. Richard Whalen, Nora’s first cousin for his visit and Homily at the funeral Mass; Dr. L. Touzel who offered comfort and support; Fr. Stephane Pouliot who arrived to say prayers, meet the family and made preparations for the funeral at Erinsville and for our children and their families for being there to support me in the loss of someone so dear. God Bless! John Pierce.

MEMORIAMS

FRENCH - In loving memory of our mother Sylvia French, January 4, 2007. To a good life came a peaceful end. She died as she lived, everyone’s friend, Upright and just in all her ways Loving and kind to the end of her days. We saw her suffer, heard her sigh, We could do nothing but sit close by, We have lost, but Heaven has gained, One of the best the world contained. The French families.

DEATHS

BEDARD, Clifford Joseph A.

Passed away at the Kingston General Hospital on Monday, January 2, 2017, in his 94th year. Predeceased by his beloved wife Lillian (nee Peters). Caring father of Joe (Donna) of Kingston, Diane of Vancouver, Bob (Cherrie) of Kingston and Donna Rousso of Thunder Bay. Lovingly remembered by his 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Survived by his sister Lucille Dunn of Cobourg. Predeceased by his siblings Marie, Alice, Ferdenand, Kay, Laura and Yvonne. Fondly remembered by his many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Wartman Funeral Home "Napanee Chapel" on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 6pm-8pm. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday at 11am. Cremation to follow. Interment Riverside Cemetery. Friends desiring may contribute by cheque or credit card to Heart and Stroke Foundation. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

COUVREUR, Fred

Suddenly, at the Kingston General Hospital, with family by his side on Sunday, January 1, 2017. Frederikus Johannes Couvreur of Napanee, at age 74. Son of Hermptje Sztonik and the late Petrus Couvreur. Beloved husband of Marian Couvreur and dear father of Sonny Couvreur (Terry-Anne) of Tamworth, Tammy-Lee Haran (Michael) of Mississauga, Annie Hughes and Shonah Couvreur of California. Grandfather of Brittany, Madison, Blake, Malachy, Tyson, Kylie and Kianna. Great-grandfather to Liam and Tavin. Brother of Rudy, Hugo (Carol), Harry (Kathy) and Krini. The family will receive friends at the Hannah Funeral Home in Napanee at 123 Dundas Street West (613354-3341) on Sunday afternoon, January 8th from 1pm-4pm. Memorial Service on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 11am. Memorial donations (by cheque please) made to the Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

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980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

GORDON, John

Passed away peacefully, at the Kingston General Hospital on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Loving husband of 51 years to Dianna (nee Pritchard) of Napanee. Dear father of Michael Gordon of Kingston and Vickie Lemmon (Mike Dene) of Newburgh. Proud grandpa of Natasha Lemmon, Devon Harker and great-grandpa of McKail and Korry Holcomb. Cherished brother of Joan (George) Pauls of Napanee, Charles Gordon of Madoc, Lynn Gordon (the late Mary) of Napanee, MaryEllen (David) Wales of Napanee and David (Dawn) Gordon of Napanee. John will be sadly missed by his brother-in-law Darrell (Connie) Pritchard of Napanee and his sister-in-law Lanna Baldwin (the late Gary Barker) of Napanee. He will be fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews and many friends. Cremation has taken place with Milestone Cremation Services, Napanee. A Celebration of John's Life will take place at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sandhurst at a later date. Friends desiring may contribute in his memory to St. Paul's Anglican Church. Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.milestonecremation.ca

Milestone Cremation Services Napanee, Ontario 613-354-0694

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FERGUSON, Mary June (nee Pheeney)

Passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital. She leaves behind her cherished husband Jack, sons John of Napanee, Peter (Naomi) of Cambridge, Roy of Hamilton and daughter Janelle (Brad) Bruce of Kingston. She is sadly missed by her granddaughters Janette and Hilary Ferguson of Cambridge, grandson Alex Bruce of Kingston, her brother Harold (Late Mary Jane) Pheeney of Middleton, Nova Scotia, her niece Kathleen (Brad) McMorran of Calgary, Alberta and nephew Greg (Lynn) Pheeney of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also being mourned by cousins and their families in Halifax, Dartmouth and Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. Mary June was born in Halifax, the daughter of Harold H. and Nellie G. (Conrad) Pheeney. She grew up and received her early schooling in Halifax. She graduated from Mount St. Vincent where she made life long friends. After graduating, she joined the staff of naval communicators at H.M.C. Dockyard, in Halifax where she met her future husband, Jack "Poacher" Ferguson. They were married and their three sons were born in the Nova Scotian capital. Jack joined Dupont of Canada and the family moved to Kingston, Ontario. Four years later they moved to Napanee to the house the family lived in until the ravages of Parkinson's disease forced Mary June into a nursing home, where she spent the last year of her life. Three years after moving to Napanee their daughter Janelle was born. While living in Napanee, Mary June was an active volunteer and canvassed for many charitable organizations. She also helped out frequently at blood clinics. She was a long time member of the Catholic Woman's League and enjoyed their meetings and activities. She enjoyed swimming at the indoor pool, long walks with her beloved dogs, gatherings with friends, and especially yearly trips to her native Nova Scotia. When the family was young they enjoyed spending time at Sandbanks Provincial Park. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Napanee. Date and time to be announced later. In Memory of Mary June donations to the Parkinson Society or the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

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HENDERSON, Nicholas John "Nick"

Passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 in his home, at the age of 79. Beloved Husband of Kathryn "Kathy" (nee Arbuckle). Lovingly remembered by his two daughters Lori (Scott) Burke of Stirling and Tracie (Darryl) Ross of Brantford. Dear Poppy of Brittany, Alexandra, Emily and Kaitlyn. Caring brother of Marion (Glen) Blair of Smiths Falls. Fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews and extended family. The family will receive friends at the Wartman Funeral Home "Napanee Chapel" on Saturday, January 7, 2017 from 10am-11am. Funeral Service will follow at 11am in the Chapel. Reception to follow. In memory of Nick, donations may be made to the St. Mary Magdalene Organ Fund. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

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MacGREGOR, Gordon

Peacefully in his sleep, at Lennox and Addington County General Hospital, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Hugh Gordon MacGregor of Napanee, formerly of the King’s Road, Martintown, in his 95th year. He is lovingly remembered by sons Hugh (Diana) of Sherwood Park, Alberta and Allan (Kim) of Napanee, grandchildren Meaghan (Jason), Caryn, Callum and Iain, great-grandson Alexander. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 59 years, June (nee Brown), his parents, John and Jessie MacGregor, and his sister, Marion. Gordon was born April 12, 1922 in Glengarry County on the family farm, where he remained for most of his life. He was famous for having a herd of Ayrshire cattle that were made more beautiful by the fact that they all had their horns fully intact. He was a kind and gentle man, who was optimistic by nature and who never had a disparaging remark to say about anyone. Gordon had a strong faith, with family and neighbours being more cherished in his life than material possessions. He was a 67 year member of the Martintown Masonic Lodge and lived his life by the principles of virtue and brotherly love. He will be deeply missed. In keeping with Gordon’s wishes, a committal service and celebration of life are to take place at a later date. Those who wish may make memorial donations to the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital Foundation or Martintown United Church. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

MICHAUD, Velva Marie “Val”

Suddenly on Sunday December 25, 2016 at PRHC. Cherished partner of Randy Merry for 41 years. Beloved mother of Flo (Geordie Marshall). Val will be sadly missed by the Merry family as well as many extended family and friends. A Memorial reception will be held at the Ashburnham Funeral Home in the Legacy Room on Sunday January 8, 2017 from 2pm-4pm. Online condolences to the family or directions to the reception may be found at www.AshburnhamFuneral.ca Donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society in memory of Val.

MICHAUD, Vel

Vel Michaud, a fixture on the Selby to Roblin 41 corridor, died Christmas night after chocking on her dinner. Her husband Randy Merry and daughter Flo were by her side. She was known as the Roblin bottle lady as she walked the roads in the area picking up the beer bottles and cans. For the past 15 years Vel was a regular at the Roblin dump on Saturdays when people would bring her their beer and liquor bottles for recycling. She was a familiar figure as she walked the roads with her red hat and black shopping bags. She was 74.

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980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

MARCYNUK, Jerry

Peacefully passed away, at the Lennox and Addington County Hospital in Napanee on Monday, January 2, 2017. Nykola Gerald "Jerry" Marcynuk of Napanee, at age 84. Beloved husband of 24 years to Maria Simo. Dear father of Debbie Marcynuk-Janes and Ed Marcynuk (Janet) and fondly remembered by their mother Geraldine. Loving grandfather of Neal (Amy), Jolene (Braden), Kimmie, Ryan, Holly (Graham) and devoted great-grandfather of Samson, Naomi, Addison and Stella. Brother of Pete, Stan, Merv, Sylvia, Vickie and the late Dorothy, Marion and Bill. Sadly missed by his 4 wheel buddy "Joey" his dog. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date, to be announced. In the care of Hannah Funeral Home in Napanee (613354-3341). Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

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MYERS, Diane

Peacefully at the Lennox and Addington Hospital in Napanee on December 16, 2016. Diane is survived by her cats which she called “her boys” Ink (Inkster), Andy and Lynx. Cherished sister of Dane Nutt (Lynn), Denita (Dee) Fischer (Denis), Delani Kotarba (James Kraft), Daunell Anderson (David) and Nanci Nutt. Cherished aunt of Carissa Becket (Jason and their son Liam), Jessica Seimens (Todd), Corey Fischer (Katie), Tyler Fischer (Paula), Mallory Swegles (Kyle and their daughter Madelyn), Lyndsay Kotarba, Olivia Kotarba, Devlyn Andersen, Suzanne Walz (Aaron) and Jamie Lynn Kraft (Eric Rosdobutko). In keeping with Diane's wishes cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will take place in the Spring 2017. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Hospice Lennox and Addington or the Napanee Community Kitten Rescue. Online condolences may be made at www.mcgladefuneralhome.com In the care of McGlade Funeral Home, 78 Centre Street, Deseronto, ON 613-396-2310

RICHMOND, Thomas A.

Peacefully, at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital on Monday, December 5, 2016, at the age of 89. Loving husband of 54 years to Faye (nee Cameron) of Roblin. Dear father of James (Kim) Richmond, Mark (Bonnie) Richmond, Paul (Donna) Richmond, all of Roblin and Heather Shenton of Calgary. Poppa will always be cherished in the hearts of his grandchildren. Sadly missed by his sisters Kay Woodcox (the late Eldon), Anna Babcock (the late Roy) and Carrie (Ken) Keyes. Predeceased by his parents Thomas E. & Sara Richmond, his sisters Elizabeth Wendholt, Noreen Dee and his brother Bill Richmond. Survived by his brotherin-law Stanley Dee. He will be fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews and many friends. Cremation has taken place with Milestone Cremation Services, Napanee. The family will receive friends at the Roblin Wesleyan Church on Saturday, January 7, 2017 from 11am12:30pm. A Celebration of Life Service will follow in the church at 12:30pm. Interment at Roblin Cemetery. Friends desiring may contribute in memory of Tom to the Palliative Care Unit of the Lennox and Addington Hospital or the Roblin Wesleyan Church with appreciation. Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.milestonecremation.ca

Milestone Cremation Services Napanee, Ontario 613-354-0694

STEVENS, Jim

Peacefully passed away, at home on Thursday, December 29, 2016. James Roy Stevens of Tamworth, at age 76. Beloved husband of Mary Stevens (Rainbow) and dear father of Christine Woodcock (Rob) of Erinsville and Jo Gilsdorf (Gary) of Roswell, Georgia. Grandfather of Tanner Woodcock and Courtney Gilsdorf (Shawn Kane) and Emily Gilsdorf. Brother of Florence Brown of Collingwood, Ray Stevens of Ottawa and George Stevens of Toronto and the late Tootsie FordKing. Cremation has taken place, with no services. Memorial donations made to Stone Mills Township (Tamworth Station Fire Department) or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. In the care of Hannah Funeral Home in Tamworth (613-379-2997). Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

SANDERS, George "William"

Peacefully, at home following a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday, December 22, 2016, in his 81st year. Loving husband of 60 years to Lorraine (nee Bayford). Dear father of Kelly (Tim) Snider of Napanee, Marc (Leona) Sanders of Kingston and Debra (Margaret) Sanders of Napanee. Cherished "Poppa" of Kyle (Rebecca) Snider, Cory Snider, Eric Sanders and great-grandfather of Electra Grawberger. Predeceased by his parents George Alfred and Jessie Love (nee Crawford). Bill will be sadly missed by his sister Jean (Paul) Hargreaves of Egbert. Uncle of Anne Marie (David) Wright, James (Savannah) Hargreaves, Lynn (Paul) McIntyre and great-uncle of Colton Hargreaves and Sally McIntyre. Cremation has taken place with Milestone Cremation Services, Napanee. A Celebration of Life Service for Bill will take place at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, 137 Robinson St. Napanee on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11am. Friends desiring may contribute in his memory to the Lennox and Addington SOS (Seniors Outreach Services), St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church or the Cystic Fibrosis Society with appreciation. Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.milestonecremation.ca

DEATHS

TRUSCOTT, Leo James Elroy

Following a brief illness, passed away peacefully at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at age 71. Beloved husband of Fran (nee Adams). Loving father of William, Angela (Michael), Jo-Anne, Leona (Donald) and Tammy (Mike) and step-father of Tina-Marie (Chris), William (Jennifer) and John. Sadly missed by his 22 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of John and predeceased by his siblings Melvin, Victor, Leona, Doris, Neil and Samuel. Fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews. The family will received friends at the Paul G. Payne Funeral Home, 178 Main St., Odessa, Ontario K0H 2H0 (613386-7373) on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 from 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm. Spring Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Napanee. Memorial donations by cheque please to the Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.paynefuneralhome.com

Milestone Cremation Services Napanee, Ontario 613-354-0694

UENS, Marion Ethel (nee Matson)

THOMLISON, Helen

Peacefully at her home on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at the age of 66. Sadly missed by her mother Lois Thomlison (nee Wright) and predeceased by her father Douglas (2016). Loving sister of Anne (Walter Downs) of Maberly and Jennifer (Paul Beaudette) of Bowmanville. Predeceased by brothers Eric and Alan. Dear aunt of Alex, Christi, Erin, Adam, Zachary, Joshua and Madeleine. Caring great-aunt of Simon, Alastair, Deidre, Katie and Patrick. The family received friends at the Wartman Funeral Home "Napanee Chapel" on Monday from 2pm-5pm. Funeral Service from Selby United Church on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11am. Interment McDowall Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations by cheque to the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital Foundation or the Napanee SPCA would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

Passed away peacefully at the Kingston General Hospital surrounded by the love of her family on Friday, December 30, 2016, in her 78th year. Born November 8, 1938. Loving mother of Robert (Joanne) and daughter Kristine. Loved grandmother of Joseph, Emily and Mary. Only daughter of the late Harold and Florence Matson. Dear sister of Ivan (Darlene) Matson of Gananoque, ON and Glen (Betty) Matson of Arden, ON. Sadly missed by many nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends at the Wartman Funeral Home, 448 Camden Road, Napanee, ON Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 7pm - 9pm. Private interment to follow in the Spring. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

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OFFICIAL NOTICES

Form 6 Municipal Act, 2001

VIENNEAU, Radolph

Peacefully, at the Trenton Memorial Hospital, on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Radolph Laurence Vienneau formerly of Oshawa, at age 92. Beloved husband of the late Alice Vienneau and dear father of Laurie Rodgers (Raymond) of Trenton, Mark VanDusen of Marlbank, Jeff Vienneau (Lee) of Shannonville and Rhonda Wright (Dave Whitmore) of Trenton. Grandfather of Casandra Mitchell (Clyde) of Trenton, Gina Edwards (Paul) of Trenton, Jody Rupert (Shawn) of Shannonville, Jason Wright of Belleville and Alicia Wright of Trenton. Beloved great-grandfather of 8. Brother of Madeline and predeceased by 10 siblings. A Graveside interment service will be held at the Tamworth Cemetery in the spring. Memorial donations (by cheque please) may be made to a charity of your choice. In the care of Hannah Funeral Home in Tamworth (613379-2997). Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER WALKER, Debra Colleen

Peacefully at the John M Parrot Centre on Monday, January 2, 2017, in her 61st year. Beloved mother of Jacob (Lindsay) of Welland Ont. Dear daughter of the late Hector MacDonald and Eula Kimmett. Much loved sister of Bonnie Reid (Stan), Donna Thompson (Larry) and Dan MacDonald (Kim). Fondly remembered by her nieces and nephews Corey, Chris, Joseph and James Reid, Amey, Dustin Thompson and Jessica McGarvey and their families. The families will receive friends at the Wartman Funeral Home "Napanee Chapel" on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 1:30pm-3pm. Funeral Service to follow in the chapel at 3pm. In memory of Debbie, donations to the Ontario SPCA would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.wartmanfuneralhomes.com

Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on January 25, 2017, at the Stone Mills Municipal Office, 4504 County Rd. 4, Centreville Ontario. The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Stone Mills Municipal Office, 4504 County Rd. 4, Centreville. Description of Land:

Roll No. 11 24 050 050 20300 0000; County Rd. 6; PIN 450610101(LT); Part Lot 42 Concession 6 Camden East as in LA124609 N of LA284820; T/W LA162590; Township of Stone Mills; File No. 15-02 Minimum Tender Amount: $6,351.66

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

Two locations to serve you.

448 Camden Rd. at Newburgh Rd., Napanee, K7R 1G1 - 613-354-3722

Rest in Peace

The Corporation of the Township of Stone Mills

980 Collins Bay Rd. at Taylor-Kidd Blvd., Kingston, K7M 5H2 - 613-634-3722

Call 613-354-6641 x101 or email beaverclass@bellnet.ca to place your ad. locally owned and operated newspaper

OVER 15,752 CIRCULATION

HELP WANTED EXPERIENCED TRUCK DRIVER WANTED WITH LABOR WORK INVOLVED Must be 25 or older With a valid AZ Licence Permit Experience with Stone Slinger, Boom Truck, Farm Equipment, Hydraulic Considered an asset Interesting starting salary Email resume to ccformingresume@gmail.com OR fax to 613 389 7830

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST if applicable and the relevant land transfer tax. The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, visit: www.OntarioTaxSales.ca or if no internet access available, contact: Beverly J. Reid Tax Clerk The Corporation of the Township of Stone Mills 4504 County Rd. 4 Centreville ON K0K 1N0 613-378-2475 www.stonemills.com

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Excellent condo in the heart of Downtown Napanee with a gorgeous view of the Napanee River. This condo is in a secured building features a bright and spacious living/ dining area, updated kitchen and includes stainless steel appliances, large master bedroom with ensuite and walk in closet, and a second bedroom with walk in closet too! Also features an in unit laundry room.

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1037 Long Lake Rd., Parham – $139,900 This is a perfect opportunity for home ownership! Newer Windows, Shingles, Ikea Kitchen, Updated Bath and flooring upstairs. New flooring in the basement in 2014. This home features 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, deck with screened area, a full partly finished basement with a walkout to a patio, on a good sized lot & paved driveway. Only 35 minutes to Kingston.

112 BROWN RD, STONE MILLS SOON IMMACULATE BUNGALOW 1037COMING Long Lake Rd., Parham – $139,900 This is a perfect opportunity for home ownership! Newer TO MLS!

Windows, Shingles, Ikea Kitchen, Updated Bath and flooring upstairs. New flooring in the basement in 2014. This home features 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, deck with screened area, a full partly finished basement with a walkout to a patio, on a good sized lot & paved driveway. Only 35 minutes to Kingston.

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315 Regent Street # 201, Kingston - $198,000 Great location! South of Princess Street, within walking distance to grocery, convenience stores, restaurants, shopping, Queen`s University, parks & downtown. Carpet free 2 bedroom condo with exposed brick hallway, large living room and dining room with newer hardwood floors. Large updated windows & new laminate floors in bedrooms. Fridge, Stove, Washer, Dryer & Dishwasher included.

8682 Highway 33, Greater Napanee, ON. - $199,900 General store plus two apartments in a trendy location on busy Loyalist Parkway. The building has been beautifully renovated; new windows, board & batten exterior, insulation, flooring, walls, ceilings and so much more. Many permanent residents in the area. Local attractions include wineries and apple orchard.

6149 Revell Rd., Verona, ON. - $279,900

6149 Revell Rd., Verona, - $279,900 132 COUNTY RD 8,ON.NAPANEE Immaculately kept 3+1 bedroom bungalow on a landscaped acre of land. Brand new custom Charming 2 fireplaces maple kitchen, cabinetscharacter, to ceiling, new countertop with w/ ceramic backsplash & under cabinet lighting. Living room with hardwood floor, bay window & fireplace. Large rec room & games potential. room for the family, and 4th bedroomin-law & additional hobby room & large 3 piece bath. Huge insulated double car garage with heating & workshop, large deck, updated windows, newer A/C unit, $310,900. MLS 451130145 woodstove and fireplace, with in-law suite potential and more! Only 20 minutes to Kingston.

*Based on 2013 & 2014 Individual Gross Commission Sales Each office is independently owned & operated

315 Regent Street # 201, Kingston - $198,000 8682 Highway 33, Greater Napanee, ON. -5.9 $199,900 ACRES Great location! South of Princess Street, within walking distance General store plus two apartments in a trendy location on busy 974 COUNTY STONE to grocery, convenience stores, restaurants, shopping, Queen`sRD 15, Loyalist Parkway. MILLS The building has been beautifully renovated; University, parks & downtown. Carpet free 2 bedroom condo with new windows, board & batten exterior, insulation, flooring, walls, Custom kitchen, beautiful granite countertops and Master w/ensuite. exposed brick hallway, large living room and dining room with newer ceilings and so much more. Many permanent residents in the hardwood floors. Large updated windows & new laminate floors MLS in $499,900. 450470221 area. Local attractions include wineries and apple orchard. bedrooms. Fridge, Stove, Washer, Dryer & Dishwasher included.

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Immaculately kept 3+1 bedroom bungalow on a landscaped acre of land. Brand new custom maple kitchen, cabinets to ceiling, new countertop w/ ceramic backsplash & under cabinet lighting. Living room with hardwood floor, bay window & fireplace. Large rec room & games room for the family, 4th bedroom & additional hobby room & large 3 piece bath. Huge insulated double car garage with heating & workshop, large deck, updated windows, newer A/C unit, woodstove and fireplace, with in-law suite potential and more! Only 20 minutes to Kingston.

DEBORAH DAVE BILL MALCOLM PINNELL RORABECK Broker of Record Sales Rep Sales Rep 613-373-0008 613-328-7213 613-392-2511

323 CAMDEN ROAD

ROBERT STORRING Broker 613-379-2903

MOUNTAIN GROVE

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MOVE IN READY PARTIAL COMMERCIAL ZONING 3 plus 1 bdrms, on large lot, large 24’x35’ garage/workshop plus addition to garage. $219,000. MLS 405890137

28 QUEEN STREET 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths Historical red brick with inlaw apt. $199,999. MLS 402720034

2 bedroom home, single floor living, in quiet neighbourhood close to golf course and school. Asking $169,900. MLS 451150078

WELL KEPT 3 plus 1 bedroom raised bungalow. 1 full 2 half baths. Fully finished basement. $259,900. MLS 450880100

IT’S A DEAL! 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, Workshop, main floor lndry. $179,900. MLS 362190061

COUNTRY HOME

KINGSTON SEMI

VACANT LAND

NEAR 231 WELLINGTON ST, SANDHURST SHORES

NEAR BEAVER LAKE 4 bdrms, eat-in kit, Exposed beams, all upgrades. Worth viewing. $249,900, MLS 450460280

DAVIS DRIVE 3+1, bdrms, Open kit/dining, garage Immediately. $229,900. MLS 362660094

NEAR 1635 COUNTY RD 1 40 acre property with a mix of open and wooded areas. $159,900. MLS 16610334

NEAR COUNTY RD 1 158 acre property with a mix of open and wooded areas. $229,900. MLS 16610337

Spacious building lot. Dead end road with lots of space for your new home with over 11 ares. This area is close to Lake Ontario and an easy drive to Napanee, Kingston or Picton. $49,900. MLS 451060144

21 KANVERS WAY

LISTINGS NEEDED!

291 DAYS ROAD SOUTH

1635 COUNTY RD 1E

650 FLEET ST, KINGSTON

High efficiency gas heat, central air, upgraded hydro, full unspoiled basement, double garage, fenced yard, double paved driveway. $199,900. MLS 361140341

Brick and limestone farm house on 11.5 acres of prime Napanee River waterfrontage. Great for a large family or a bed & breakfast. $449,900. MLS 16610307

BAY RIDGE BEAUTY 4 bed, 2 bath, potential in-law suite! $285,000. MLS 361220263

Looking to Sell your property? Are you looking to upsize or down size?

Everything on one level! Nestled in a quiet neighborhood, beautiful 3 Bedroom home with a landscaped, fenced yard. $359,900. MLS 450840634

Contact one of our Agents today and have your listing advertised in this space! Not intended to solicit clients already under contract

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Where we continue to Beat BIG City Prices! Tom Dundon

Sales & Leasing Consultant - Ext. 940 tomd@boyergm.com

2015 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT •3.6L, V6, 6 Speed Auto, FWD •Power Windows/Locks, Remote Start, Keyless Remote Entry, 2015 Driver Info Centre •WiFi Hotspot Capability, Sirus XM •Dual Climate Control • 33,500Km Former Daily Rental

2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT •2.5L, V6, 6 Speed Auto •A/C, Cruise, Keyless Entry •Power Sunroof •Back-up Camera •Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth •22,600Km

25,998*

P1407

23,898

2013 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE •Crew Cab •Z71 Package •5.3L, V-8, 6 Speed Auto •Integrated Brake Controller •Tow Package •117,000Km ONE OWNER - LOCAL TRADE

39,976

16-203A

P1410

P1408

2016 BUICK REGAL

25,998*

•2.0L Turbo, FWD, 6 Speed Auto •Heated Leather Bucket Seats •Dual Climate Control •29,700Kms

16-146A

2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 LT

27,866

•Crew Cab, 5.3L, V-8, 4 Speed Auto •Integrated Trailer Brake Controller •Tow Package •112,000Kms

16-183A

2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE LT •1.4L INLINE 4, 6 Speed Auto •A/C •Remote Keyless Entry •Balance of Powertrain Warranty •Local Trade •64,000Kms

9,898*

27,997

16-170A

16-276A

•Ext. Cab •Z71 Offroad Package •5.3L, V-8, 6 Speed Auto •Heated & Cooled Leather •Fully Maintained by Boyer •44,851Km ONE OWNER - LOCAL TRADE

2013 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE

29,997*

•Crew Cab •Z71 Offroad Package •Front Bench Seat •Tow Package •72,000Kms

16-255A

2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE

•2.4L, 1.4 cyl, 6 Speed Auto, FWD •Power Windows, Power Locks •Keyless Remote Entry •Back-up Camera ONE OWNER - LOCAL TRADE •88,500Kms

15,898

2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 LT

•Crew Cab, Z71 Package •5.3L, V-8, 4 Speed Auto •Integrated Trailer Brake Controller •Tow Package •160,000Kms

19,997

P1405

2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE

•Crew Cab •5.3L, V-8 •Integrated Trailer Brake •Tow Package • GMC Interlink with 8” Colour Touch Display

37,987* Former Daily Rental

P1396

2015 CHEVROLET TRAX LT

18,585

•AWD, 1.4L •Turbo •Air/Cruise *30,000Kms

Former Daily Rental

613-354-2166 1-800-267-8467

Hwy. 41 & 401, Napanee

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Chris Beauchesne Sales & Leasing Consultant - Ext. 921 613-329-1789 chrisb@boyergm.com

16-205AA

LIFETIME LUBE, OIL & FILTER CHANGES $29.95

2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT

2016

*sales tax extra

Tracey Andrews

Sales & Leasing Consultant - Ext. 939 613-929-8502 tracey@boyergm.com

John Brant

Sales Manager - Ext. 952 johnb@boyergm.com

Mike Williams, General Manager

Rick Butcher, Business Manager Gary Hawley, Fleet Manager

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