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Volume 186, Week 16

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APRIL 21, 2016

Councillors deny heritage permit for store signage STAFF WRITER

Committee of the whole backed the guidelines of the Picton heritage conservation district with its decision on the signage of a local business last week.

Councillors voted to deny a heritage permit and a facade coverage increase request from Cynthia Nicholls, owner of Beach Bum in Picton. It was a tight decision for the committee, ending in a 7–6 vote. The final decision will come before council at their regular meeting on April 26.

“I was a little bit disappointed, but it wasn't a landslide,” Nicholls said.

She said she's still hoping to sway some councillors with a deputation at the next council meeting.

Nicholls said her biggest concern at this point is bearing the full cost of adhering to the heritage guidelines.

“I just want to keep my sign as is without having to incur any additional expenses,” she said. “That's the bottom line.”

See SIGN, page 9

MIRRORED IN MILFORD

Kings recognize season’s top rep hockey contributors

Municipal rate isn’t competitive with those charged in Quinte West, Belleville

Bulk water provider says increasing costs put business at risk CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER

Paul Bartlett said the cost of water is rising so drastically, he felt he needed to say something.

Bartlett and wife Faith of Bartlett's Bulk Water Services addressed committee of the whole last week to seek some answers with regard to the rising cost of water in Prince Edward County.

Bartlett said his bulk water costs have increased 34 per cent just this year and customers are starting to question the prices he's forced to set.

“The water costs for a small business in Prince Edward County have just gotten out of hand,” Bartlett said.

“We're paying twice as much for bulk water as Belleville and Trenton and it just puts more strain on us, as a business, to hold any customers.”

The bulk water purchase rate in Prince Edward County jumped from $3.07 per cubic metre in 2015 to $4.13 per cubic metre in 2016. The cost for the same service in Belleville is $2.13 per cubic Mt. Tabor Playhouse and a nearby home are reflected on the waters of the nearly-still Milford mill metre. Bartlett said it will get pond at dusk on Saturday evening. After several rounds of poor weather in late March and early April, increasingly more difficult to deal with that price gap. county residents enjoyed a very pleasant weekend.(Jason Parks/Gazette staff) “You expect (water costs)

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to go up — everything goes up — but when it's jumping in 30 per cent increments and all around us is not jumping more than three per cent or six per cent [it's hard to compete],” Bartlett said.

There's a general feeling that competitors could swoop in, Bartlett said, as many of the county's vineyards rely on bulk water.

“I'm just concerned they're going to start looking elsewhere,” he said.

Bartlett said if that happens, the municipality could lose businesses as well as the dollars those businesses are using to purchase County water.

See WATER, page 12

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Community foundation handing $50,000 to celebrate Canada’s 150th National program designed to leverage philanthropic gifts ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

The County Community Foundation (CCF) has $50,000 available to help projects that will make a lasting impression on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Confederation next year.

On Monday, the CCF announced it was among the first 17 community foundations in Canada who had agreed to participate in a special grant matching program offered across the country.

"We're very excited for this announcement," said CCF chair Joan Pennefather.

"This fund is a unique opportunity to bolster support for organizations that bring so much to this community with their support.

It's about how we live, how we work, and how we play.

Also, most importantly, how we invest in the future vitality of our community."

At a launch event at Huff Estates in front of a number of groups that have benefitted from the CCF's philanthropy in the past, Pennefather welcomed Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) vice-president Andrea Dicks and director of leadership initiative and governance Laurel Carlton to

MAKING AN IMPACT County Community Foundation chair Joan Pennefather discusses how the

Community Fund for Canada’s 150th will offer up to $5,000 for projects that will help withe community building, including priorities identified through the Vital Signs process. (Adam Bramburger/Gazette staff)

explain a bit about the national community foundations movement and this fund in particular.

Carlton explained that dating back to 2013, the CFC and some other organizations took up a challenge by Governor General David Johnston to imagine what they'd do for their country

in 2017.

She said that challenge brought about reflection on where the country is now, where it could be in the future, and what that upcoming anniversary stands for.

"For some, it is an opportunity to look back and celebrate milestones and impor-

tant moments for our country and its communities," she said. "For others, it's a complex kind of reflection considering where our communities have been and what kind of bridges, perhaps, can be built within our communities and between them, and also to look ahead at what the next 150 years

could be."

Carlton said while in 1967 there was a real movement for commemoration of Canada's centennial, that reflection made CFC members think that maybe there was a moment where community members could talk about an impact they could make through their actions.

Through the CFC's leadership, the Department of Canadian Heritage agreed to provide $10 million in seed money for a national fund to mark the anniversaries. That money has been allocated according to the populations each of Canada's 191 community foundations served and the CFC has challenged its member organizations to leverage their own resources to match for granting.

Under the program, the grants will be limited to $5,000 or less, with half the money coming locally and half from the national fund.

An additional caveat states that eligible donees (those identified by Revenue Canada as able to receive grants, or those partnering with such agencies) must contribute the same amount in cash or in-kind contributions to the project. The community donations can include volunteer hours, and they will stay with the project.

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"It's really an opportunity for these small grants to give lift to important community projects that encourage participation related to Canada's 150th that inspire understanding between community members and between communities and initiatives that build community — not in the case of building buildings, but building relationships and a sense of belonging within a community," said Carlton.

She said the fund could inspire artistic projects, environmental stewardship, sports and entertainment, celebrations, documentaries, and exhibitions. Essentially, Carlton said it's promoting a groundswell of activity from Clayoquot Sound, B.C. to St. John's, Nfld. and from Yellowknife, NWT to Windsor, Ont. Pennefather said there will be a focus on building healthy communities, reflecting cultural diversity and Indigenous groups, and supporting youth and minority languages.

Locally, she indicated the CCF would be looking to support projects which match well with the goals of the Vital Signs process, which has identified transportation, food insecurity, and education as priorities.

Also, the CCF is interested in supporting projects related to youth.

See FUND, page 16

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Speirs captures County Reads audience with ‘charming, whimsical’ title Champions impress with their articulate, passionate delivery JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER

Dorothy Speirs made sure there was nothing lost in the translation Thursday evening.

The Milford resident swayed the majority of a near capacity crowd at the 2016 County Reads event and, in the end, Jacques Poulin's Translation is a Love Affair was voted the top book at the local remake of the Canada Reads program.

The marquis event of the week long Prince Edward County Authors Festival didn't disappoint as all five readers offered well-spoken, articulate, passionate and poignant presentations that even CBC host and former Canada Reads moderator Bill Richardson was impressed by.

With some rather heavy material in the lineup of candidate books, voters chose to go with Poulin's somewhat lighter offering.

After Speirs and her literary selection had been announced as the 2016 champion, she told the Gazette that the novel is one that “makes you happy” and that a “large part of Canadian culture is translation” and Poulin's effort deals with the issue of translation which is so “fundamental” As for the panel which included Ken Murray, Charles Morris, Hilary Fennell and Melanie Dugan, Speirs said she was very happy to be a part of a top grade group offering their takes on pieces of Canadian literature.

“County Reads is a wonderful part of the Authors Festival and it speaks so well for the interest in literature and culture in Prince Edward

Canadian translator, meet in an abandoned cemetery and begin a platonic relationship.

Their common love of language brings them together and Waterman invites Marine to stay at his cottage while she translates his latest novel.

The pair find a cat with a note attached to its collar explaining the owner could no longer take care of the animal “Worried and intrigued, they begin a search to find the cat's owner and are drawn into a haunting and tragic mystery,” Speirs explained.

With such a solid panel of stellar volumes by Canadian wordsmiths, why should Poulin's stick out on Thursday evening?

“Character, theme and language, all of them are compelling,” Speirs said. “In spite of their differences, sex, age, ethnic background, they form a strong bond and the evolution of their relationship is a joy to experience. The mystery of human relationships, how we express our authentic selves, how we reconcile ourselves with others, with the world around us, is at the TOPS IN 2016 Milford’s Dorothy Speirs and her selection Translation is a Love Affair by Quebecois heart of Poulin's dilemma.”

Dugan first came to know author Jacques Poulin was voted the winner at the 2016 County Reads event on Thursday evening of Wab Kinew when he hosted at Books & Company. Well over 200 people attended. (Jason Parks/Gazette staff) the CBC program Q and found County. For a small place and a us to think about this incredi- started writing in 1967 sees the musician, activist and small town, this event is quite ble process in the midst of a Jack Waterman, a Quebecois broadcaster as someone who is novel about a man, a woman novelist and Marine and Irish “smart, incisive, informed, extraordinary,” Speirs said.

Speirs successful pitch to and a cat.”

The cat which, in itself, select Poulin's “charming, deeply touching , gracefully according to Speirs, is a written and whimsical novel” metaphor for translation as as the 2016 champion was the protagonists take it in and prefaced with her ideology search for its owner.

“To change it from a stray that every book is a translation of ideas and concepts and cat to a cat with a home and a emotions designed into a purpose just in the same way structure of words and Shelia Fischman has taken the french version of the novel images.

“I suspect most of the time and found just the right words we don't event think of this, and turns of phrase that correwe just read and hopefully spond to with the prose of its enjoy what we are reading,” french owner.”

Speirs said. “But Poulin wants Poulin's 11th effort since he

clearly had a sense of humour, nuanced and wasn't afraid to ask pointed questions.”

“I was disappointed when he left the show so when his book was published, I had to read it.”

Dugan presented The Reason You Walk as a compelling first hand account of the lives contemporary first nations people in Canada. It tells of the challenges they are up against, the options open to them and the wealth of intelligence, experience and initiative they have to offer this nation.

The book traces Kinew's at first troubled and then deepening relationship with his father Tobasonakwut Kinew, a survivor of Canada's Residential School program who rose above the scars left by that experience to advance his people's causes.

“The book is, in large part, a memorial to his father for his resilience and tenaciousness in making sure the trauma experienced by the mothers and fathers wouldn’t be passed on to the children,” Dugan explained. “But it's also Wab's journey through addiction to activism.”

Dugan said the work offered an exhilarating ride as this dynamic young man finds his voice which turns out to be the voice of his people.

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Anglers hook dead python off Marsh Road Officials attempt to discover how nineand-a-half-foot snake arrived in inlet JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER

More questions than answers are developing after a couple of friends reeled in a potentially deadly invasive species on Sunday afternoon.

Keegan Murray and Aaron Wells were among a handful of anglers trying their luck for some early season mudcat off of Marsh Road in Ameliasburgh ward this past weekend when Wells snagged what he thought were weeds.

“He didn't have a sinker on so we were wondering what he might have snagged,” Keegan Murray told the Gazette Monday.

What Wells had on the end of his line was a nine- and-ahalf foot long reticulated python.

As anyone could imagine, the bank near the boat launch in the Huff's Island marsh became a flurry of activity and a few choice words as the world's longest species of snake normally found in the wild in southeast Asia was pulled ashore in Prince Edward County.

Very quickly, it became evident that the big snake was dead but how and why the non-venomous constrictor came to be in an inlet that leads to Big Bay and the larger Bay of Quinte is a question that many in the area are now asking.

Authorities were notified Sunday and members of the Prince Edward OPP detachment disposed of the carcass

RARE CATCH An reticulated python nearly 10 feet long was

pulled from the waters off of Marsh Road on Sunday afternoon by a pair of local anglers. It’s believed the snake, native to Southeast Asia, was dumped by its owner. (Submitted photo)

while the Ministry of Natural Resources are looking into what is likely a case of a pet owner dumping their animal in a swampy area at the north end of the county.

That's probable scenario that's supported by Stephanie Murray, Keegan's mother.

Stephanie Murray said in her interaction with the MNR staff early Monday morning, it's further assumed that the snake was dropped off sometime during the weekend and wasn't in the near freezing water long before its body shut down and the snake expired.

“The water temperature was measured and it was 34 degrees Fahrenheit so everyone thinks it died of hypothermia rather quickly,” Stephanie Murray said. “But clearly there's a concern that someone would try and dump an invasive species here.”

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ly played a part in the scenario remaining shocking-yetharmless.

Assuming it was dumped by an unknown person in the mid summer months, the python could have stayed alive for a number of weeks and while attacks against humans are unlikely, they have been reported in areas where the animal exists in the wild.

“This was family pet and when it was dumped, it became a family threat.” Keegan Murray added.

Also observed in the area Sunday was at least one white domesticated rat that was very friendly as well as some skins from what is assumed to be a poached white tail deer.

While it's unlikely the deer was connected to the potential dumping incident, some witnesses wonder if the rats were possible live food for the

snake and were tossed along with the python.

Stephanie Murray added that if someone couldn't or didn't want to take care of a snake of that size, there were other avenues available instead of disposing them in a nearby swamp.

“There's the Indian River Reptile Zoo or Little Ray's Reptile Zoo or they could have advertised it on Kijiji. Anything other than dumping something that can be inherently dangerous to users of the water system,” she added.

Keegan Murray and Wells were offered accolades by the authorities for remaining calm and making sure all those along the shore were safe.

A seven year old girl and her parents were fishing nearby and were notified quickly of the highly unusual catch.

Anyone sighting a possible invasive species in Prince Edward County are asked to contact the invading species hotline at 1-800-563-7711.

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COMMENTARY Impact of Trudeaus’ quantum computing lecture overblown

ONE of the most-read stories making the rounds across the planet Friday featured how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed a sarcastic journalist by answering a question about quantum computing. Headlines accompanying that story also called our leader “handsome” (Slate Magazine), and “man of your dreams” (Vanity Fair) and others suggested he stunned a room full of scientists and press. For many reasons, however, it should have been a non-story that Trudeau was able to offer that lesson in quantum computing.

Canadians shouldn’t really be surprised that any politician could deliver a speech about a concept they are handing money to. That morning, Trudeau announced a $50-million investment in the Perimetre Institute following a tour and a visit with scientists working on the concept. Such political announcements happen every day of the year across the country and while they might not feature the same prominent individuals or staggering dollar amounts, it isn’t very likely the person making the announcement doesn’t have a rudimentary knowledge of the subject matter. A few years back, Daryl Kramp presented money for the Eastern Ontario Regional Network broadband upgrades, he was able to speak at length about that technology. It is hard to believe the Prime Minister, with an even larger staff that is more meticulous about his press details wouldn’t have been thoroughly briefed.

The intent of that observation isn’t to suggest that Trudeau isn’t capable or highly intelligent — it’s obvious that anyone who can be elected to the House of Commons, let alone a party leader or head of state, has a firm grasp on the issues of the day — but that there appears to be a willingness to frame Trudeau

in a light that overtly praises him for aspects of his job that should be routine and to make his approach seem somehow different because he happens to young, attractive, and possibly, because he is not Stephen Harper (who, like almost all of his predecessors, would have been similarly briefed to answer had the question on quantum computing been asked).

While one understands the notion that many want to dispel the notion that the affable person they elected to lead a majority government can rise above the negative stereotypes painted by past Conservative attack ads, we’d like to see those measurements come in the way the man leads this country. Will his deficit budgets in favour of spending produce economic recovery? How will he handle the pipeline issue that has Canadians divided. Will his government make it better for First Nations people like those youth struggling in Attawapiskat last week as it said it would? Where does Canada go in terms of its place in the world around it? That will be the true measure of his leadership and the question of how different he is than those before him.

The unfortunate part of the whole media swarm about this incident is the notion that Trudeau either was exceptional in giving a concise lecture on quantum computing or if the answer was taken out of context by a fervent audience is that it has overshadowed the intent of Friday’s announcement — good news for Canadian innovators. Again, if that investment leads to discovery and economic benefit, it means much more to this country and to the governing Liberals’ reputation than any 35-second sound bite ever could. It’s too bad so many of us focused on the spin and not the substance.

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CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF SERVICE On Sunday, April 10 at the Zone F3 Convention, Provincial Command Representative Comrade (not pictured) Lorraine Johnson presented Branch 78 Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary with a plaque to commemorate 75 years of volunteer service. Pictured at a recent meeting with the plaque are (from left) Ladies Auxiliary members Rose Claus, Ruth Bush, Diane Denyes-Wenn, President Rose Cole, Donna Van Haarlem, Linda Lyons, Lucy Weir and Margaret Stoddard. (Jason Parks/Gazette staff)

Stories From Our Past 1926

n Robbers broke into the Bristol & Son clothing store overnight, taking $200 in cash from a vault and $1,000 worth of merchandise. Fur coats, dresses, and suits were among the items taken. Police received tips about getaway cars speeding to Belleville. Given the items stolen, the concluded the thieves were familiar with the store’s layout. n Tax changes announced by the federal government would bring Canadians more in line with Americans, however the heads of Canadian households would still pay about $500 more. n Eggs sold for 25 cents at the Picton market, butter for 40-45 cents, and chicken scarce at 30 cents a pound.

1946

n A bylaw to raise $50,000 for an extension on the Wellington Consolidated School was defeated in a referendum by a 172-147 vote. About 60 per cent of the eligible voters in the school district cast ballots. n Ideal weather brought record amounts of visitors to Picton over the Easter weekend. Stores reported a Christmas-like rush with candy being a popular seller. Many of the visitors also commented on finding items like blankets, sheets, and linens they couldn’t find in Toronto stores. n Councillor Clealan Bailey presented a silk top hat to Capt. E. Corcoran to mark the opening of shipping season.

1976

n The Wellington Gazette Maple Leafs won the OMHA DD midget hockey championship after trouncing Belmont 10-2. It was the first Ontario championship won in the Wellington Arena and the third title won by members of the team. n Two Toronto men were presumed drowned after going missing while fishing near Black Creek Bay. Their 13-foot aluminum fishing boat was located capsized about 50 feet off the shore of Waupoos Island. n The Anti-Inflation Board ordered Lake Ontario Cement to cut wages by six per cent after it agreed to a 23-percent increase for unionized workers.

1996

n The 40-foot main chimney at PECI was struck by lightning while students were in the school. Windows were blow out by flying brick,, cars in the parking lot were damaged and five students suffered minor injuries from flying glass particles. nA $234,000 project to restore the clock tower on Picton United Church was expected to start that June. The tower had stood for nearly a century and it had developed structural cracks increasing the possibility of collapsing. n PECI Grade 12 student Jeff Purdy, 17, was among a field of more than 40,000 runners who competed in the 100th edition of the Boston Marathon.

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I'm not surprised, but I'm not sure to what extent this will assist us or how much the province or the minister recognizes that event every year by CAA, but anything that can assist us securing some funding and improving that infrastructure would definitely be helpful.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Council must forget semantics and focus on building community

During the most recent County municipal elections, a candidate’s wife stood on my front step and assured me that her husband was well aware of the rising costs of water, and that part of his campaign was to try and do something about the burden it was placing on in-town residents. Now water prices are increasing again?

My husband and I have spent thousands of dollars on water-conserving appliances and fixtures in an effort to conserve water, and for a family of five we still pay well over $300 every two months. I can’t begin to imagine what we could be

paying. Why are we being penalized by a council that refuses to find another way to fund that water plant?

In light of this, I was disgusted when I found an online article highlighting the discussions in council regarding the colour and size of Beach Bum’s new sign. This is the news-worthy sound bite that has consumed our council’s attentions?

As a county resident, I am uninterested in the size and colour of a county business sign. At least the store owner is making it work in a town that seems only interested in catering to a select demographic. The people who live

and work here are struggling to pay their bills each month due to rising cost of living, especially water.

I live and work in town.

But I shop primarily in Belleville because the savings I receive there far outweigh the cost incurred to drive the extra 40 kilometres. That’s a shame, because I would rather keep my money in the county, and I’m not alone.

The lack of job opportunities for local residents, and the lack of cost-saving shopping experiences force people out of the county to shop.

When are the decisions of council are going to start making sense to me, the

hard-working, tax-paying, home-owning county resident?

When is council is going to start looking out for the needs of the working-class residents; the ones who serve you in your restaurants, the ones who stock shelves in your grocery stores, the ones who work in your nursing homes and the ones who plow your fields and roads?

When is the council going to start helping our economic conditions by creating a diverse selection of jobopportunities? I am appealing to our council, that we stop arguing over semantics and begin to make a real,

common-sense approach to building this community.

If that yellow and blue sign helps Beach Bum attract business to her establishment and help her pay her bills, then I personally don’t care about the size or colour.

When council starts caring about how we are going to pay our water bills every twomonths, then I might start caring. At least now I have a larger LCBO to shop in, and that might help me to forget that council is charging me more for water, than the LCBO is charging me for wine.

Jennifer Litke

LCBO sends wrong message with warehouse-like store and excessive signage

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LETTERS POLICY

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I'm very disappointed in how the LCBO was allowed to erect such a building, something resembling a large warehouse but displaying it's products, and close-up .

I don't think this display is needed —the nine LCBO logos would do well enough. And do we need to be reminded every time we pass by what the product is?

We now have three

recently constructed liquor stores, one beer store, and how many wine outlets.

This compared to two Tim Hortons and one MacDonalds for other recreational, readily available beverages.

I would like to commend Roger Bryant for his article "Completion of Picton LCBO building no occasion to celebrate" in the April 7 Gazette. He said it well when referring to this building "it's not respectful of its

neighbouring streetscape", I might add; not respectful of the people who must look at it every day either.

As stated, and I may be repeating what others have said but is this, In the Picton heritage plan, something to denote the "gateway" to the district?. This structure, is so out of character, for a small community, it might fit in downtown Detroit, but would they want it? Residents I talk to, say there isn't

any indication of our heritage in this, nothing at all.

Residents have been trying to preserve the architecture of this community, but this is a definite setback.

And lastly, what does this say to our youth when large LCBO logos indicate these products as if they are something everyone must have. It's like they are saying to make this your first stop when doing

your grocery shopping. As I see it, and in my contact with young abusers of alcohol, we don't need to encourage more consumption of alcoholic beverages.

How misplaced are our values when building enormous liquor stores is more important than safe roads and sidewalks in our communities?

Frank Sargeant Picton

Despite signage, Picton’s new LCBO store is a model of good urban design

The design of the new LCBO seems to be a hot topic and I’d like to add my two cents. I agree with a previous writer's condemnation of the nine LCBO signs and the ‘plastering of advertising’. Shades of a big plaza.

However, I welcome the

concept for two important reasons. It conforms to good down town design – two-storeys in height, and built to the curb. These are the corner stones of city design worldwide, and which give the streets of all the major cities in the old world a sense of grace and

elegance.

It's called streetscape.

In free-wheeling North America developers ignore this rule, often choosing setbacks to 'feature' parking – resulting in streetscapes that resemble used cars lots, which need ugly pole signs to tell us what’s “in there,”

take Metro and Sobeys for example. Or, they build single-storey boxes that resemble school portables, such as the TD bank.Totally disrespectful of streetscape.

For sure the LCBO could be less commercial in appearance but it has good bones. It respects its corner

location, and has the savvy to put parking behind. For me it’s a model of good urban design. And thankfully they stayed downtown as opposed to what happened in Wellington.

Billy Munnelly Cherry Valley

It’s time for council to take steps to curb municipality’s atrocious litter problem

Now that it's spring, Prince Edward County is beginning to look like a third world country. The litter that fills our roadsides is disgusting and embarrassing.

It has been several years since the demise of Trash Bash so the garbage has dra-

matically accumulated. Not only should council and residents have more self respect, they should care because of our supposed commitment to tourism.

The organization of Trash Bash should have been taken up by our municipal govern-

ment. At the very least options and alternatives should have been discussed, and education implemented for the 'tossers'.

One suggestion is that rural residents and property owners with extensive road frontages be issued special

Trash Bash garbage bags to clean up along their own section of road. These bags could be accepted free of charge at transfer stations.

Granted there may be some 'cheaters' but I'm sure the majority of county residents would be happy to co-oper-

ate to clean up their municipality.

Mayor Quaiff and council, it's time to step up and take responsibility about our atrocious litter problem.

H. Legate RR 1 Picton

Library members can access collections across Ontario and beyond

If you have a County library card, you’re likely aware that you can borrow books, DVDs, audio books and much more from any of our six branches.

So what happens if something you’re looking for isn’t part of our current collection? Well, the great news is that all library cardholders can borrow from libraries across the province!

Using INFO (the Information Network for Ontario) you can access books, DVDs, microfilm, magazines and graphic novels from Ontario public libraries. And if an item isn’t available in Ontario, we also have access to search outside Ontario. .

Book clubs often use the interlibrary loan service to ensure that every member has a copy to read at the same time. Every month, we have approximately 40 different books coming in for

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library and private book clubs.

We already have a small collection of accessible books in each of our branches. And, thanks to assistance from CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access) people with print disabilities can access many more titles across Ontario. Avid readers can

search the more than 300,000 items in accessible formats including audio, braille and electronic text.

If you’ve used our online County Library catalogue and don’t see what you’re looking for, you can submit your own interlibrary loan requests from home, school, a coffee shop or the office – anywhere you have Internet access.

Library cardholders can also place an interlibrary loan request in person – a staff member at your local branch will be happy to help. If you’re interested in personally requesting your own items, drop by or call any branch of the library. All you need is your library card and PIN. We’ll give you a quick orientation and get you set up.

Once you’re set up, all you have to do is visit peclibrary.org, click on the “find stuff” tab, choose “Interlibrary Loan” and start search-

ing. If the item you are looking for is available at another library, they’ll pull it from their shelves, pack it up and send it to our Wellington branch. We’ll process your item and get it ready for you to pick up at the library branch of your choice.

The turn-around time for an interlibrary loan is generally surprisingly quick and, best of all, it’s free to use. A courier arrives at our Wellington branch four times a week and our local PEC courier visits all of our branches twice a week.

Sharing materials is a two-way street. We also loan books to library users from Alberta to PEI. According to 2015 statistics, in our population range, our library is the second highest user of interlibrary loans in the province.

In fact, we borrowed 5,013 books from other libraries and loaned 5,420 of ours to

library users all over the province. Every time we do a survey, patrons comment on how much they value and use this service.

As interlibrary loan (ILLO) co-ordinator, I can help find what you’re looking for, answer any questions about this service and provide expert guidance. I work out of the Wellington branch and can be reached at 613399-2023 or via email at illodept@PEClibrary.org.

Also, if you or someone you know has a print disability and would benefit from the CELA service, please contact me and I’ll get you set up to access these items.

Don’t forget that our three-question survey continues until Saturday, April 30. Visit one of our branches or the peclibrary.org homepage to participate. We thank you in advance for sharing your feedback.

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Eight nominations, two awards for PECT’s Time Stands Still in Peterborough Performance receives positive Eastern Ontario Drama League adjudication ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

The Eastern Ontario Drama League’s annual spring festival was again a positive experience for Prince Edward Community Theatre (PECT).

The company took its production of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still to Peterborough Friday, April 8 to perform before adjudicator Annette Procunier.

After Procunier reviewed the five festival entries, it was announced Time Stands Still was nominated for eight awards. Ultimately, it took home two — Kerry Cole earned an award for female acting excellence in a supporting role, while Pat Knox was honoured for sound design.

Director Bill McMahon said he was pleased with the adjudication.

“For God of Carnage we had six nominations, last year (for The Drawer Boy) we had seven, and this year, we had eight. We seem to improve every year,” he said.

The other nominations came for McMahon as best director, Pat Larkin for best actor in a major role, Lynn Fennell for best actor in a supporting role. The production also garnered nominations for visual effects, costuming, and best production — among three out of five productions to merit consideration.

“All in all, I’m proud of what we did,” said McMahon.

“A number of people told me we were the only production to receive a standing ovation.

That is a really good feeling.”

Ultimately, Cobourg won for the farce Boeng-Boeng.

McMahon said he didn’t really know Cole as well as the other three actors — Larkin, Fennell, and Cheryl Singer — in the show — she was actually the third person cast as Mandy Bloom — but he felt she approached the role with a high level of professionalism.

“She listened to everything I said, took notes, and came back and tried it. She did everything I asked and more.

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McMahon said Cole was the right age to convincingly play a 25-year-old character, which isn’t always possible in community theatre and said she and Fennell developed a very realistic, believable relationship on stage that was “evident for all to see.”

McMahon said that Procunier really stressed the value of using sound and music to move a play along, particularly during scene changes. He said she was impressed with the way Knox was able to help transition scenes with her use of music.

Overall, McMahon said he was pleased with Procunier’s adjudication and said many of the issues she addressed were ones he had made notes about and considered himself.

He added he attended another public adjudication in the festival and found he was impressed with Procunier’s efforts to educate the audience about theatrical conventions like actors upstaging one another, or hot and cold spots in the lighting that would help enhance their appreciation of good theatre.

This year’s festival was the first in several years to be staged outside of each troupe’s

STRONG PERFORMANCE From left, Cheryl Singer, Pat Larkin, Lynn Fennell, and Kerry Cole starred in Prince Edward Community Theatre’s production of Time Stands Still, which received eight nominations and two awards at the Eastern Ontario Drama League festival. (Facebook photo)

home theatre as it was part of the Peterborough Theatre Guild’s 50th anniversary celebration.

McMahon called it “a pain” from a logistical point of view to have to pack up a set and plunk it in another performing space with little time before the show opens.

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Fred Lester proved invaluable to the production as he volunteered to transport the set following the Milford run of Time Stands Still in February.

He and McMahon loaded set elements into the truck that Thursday and they were joined in Peterborough by Georgia Papanicolaou and Phil Dowling, who helped put it together the day of the show.

They had the set assembled in time for a 3 p.m. rehearsal that was split in two parts to allow the actors to eat.

Following the show, Lester again stepped forward while the cast and crew were in their adjudication to start packing equipment in order to make a 12:30 a.m. deadline to clear the theatre before Kingston’s pro-

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Despite the extra effort, McMahon said the people in Peterborough were very accommodating toward the show and “treated us like kings.” That camaraderie remains a much welcomed aspect of the festival each year.

The company is now preparing for the final show of its eighth season, What The Butler Saw, a bizarre, farcical British comedy by Joe Orton.

Fennell will handle the directing duties for that show, which runs at Mt. Tabor April 30 and May 6,7 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Rosehaven Yarn Store and Imperial Submarine in Picton, the SideStreet Gallery in Wellington, or by calling Bonnie at 613-476-5925.

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PICTON UNITED CHURCH COUNTY FOOD BANK: Food items that are needed are peanut butter, canned salmon, canned stew/chili, canned fruit, rice. All donations are gratefully accepted. Please drop off donations at the County Food Bank (12 Chapel St., Picton 476-8516), Fri. mornings 911:30. Or at the Picton United Church office (Tues. to Fri. mornings 9-11:45). Contact Leda 476-2109.

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SIGNAGE DEBATE Committee of the whole voted last week to decline a heritage permit and

facade coverage increase request for this sign at Beach Bum in Picton. The issue will come forward to the next council meeting on April 26 for a final decision. (Chad Ibbotson/Gazette staff)

Mayor warns of OMB challenges SIGN, from page 1

The store, which has operated in the county for the last 25 years, recently made the move to a new retail space a couple of doors down the street. Nicholls said when the store moved, she had a new sign made and erected on the new store. The new sign featured the store's familiar branding and bright blue and yellow colours.

Nicholls said that was in December 2015.

“We figured all was safe and sound,” she told councillors at the meeting.

However, the sign was erected prior to securing the proper permits from the municipality as Nicholls said she wasn't aware of the requirements. Ultimately, she received an email from the municipality indicating the sign was disapproved “on basically all levels.”

County staff suggested the sign be made smaller and use less vibrant shades of yellow and blue in order to fit in with the surrounding heritage structures.

While the store itself is in a building that isn't considered a contributing structure to the heritage district, it is nestled in between two contributing buildings.

“There were some suggestions of what we can do and that's fine,” Nicholls said. “I'm more than willing to make some changes that are mutually agreed upon if the County is willing to pay for it.”

Nicholls said many communities with heritage districts also have improvement programs and funding for business owners, but that's not available in Prince

Edward County.

“If they want our signs to all be of the same nature and look the same, then they have to put up some of the cost of that,” Nicholls said.

“It's against my wishes.”

Nicholls said she's learned from the experience.

“I won't be doing anything without a phone call to somebody for sure,” she said. “But I want to guaranteed that everybody else on the street who's moved in the last two years has had the proper permits and paid the proper fees as well.”

With the vote so close, there were many councillors who supported Nicholls' position. Among them was councillor David Harrison.

“I see absolutely nothing wrong with the sign,” he said. “It's similar to what's was in place.”

Harrison said he feels the municipality is going too far with heritage regulations.

Councillor Jamie Forrester also said he had no problems with the sign.

“We have to have a little leeway,” he said.

Councillor Gord Fox voted to deny the heritage permit and coverage increase request. He said to do otherwise would be “very hypocritical” as council has typically supported heritage strongly.

Mayor Robert Quaiff said if councillors failed to support the guidelines of the heritage district, it could send the municipality down a “dangerous precedent-setting path.”

Quaiff said in the last election he, and many others, ran on a plank of supporting heritage. He said the Heritage Conservation Dis-

trict was already appealed at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and the County was successful in defending it.

“If we were to totally ignore the sign bylaw and the way you have to do things to obtain a permit and if we were to allow this sign to stay then I'm of the opinion we'd be back being appealed at the OMB very, very quickly,” he said.

Quaiff said Nicholls' case isn't the first time the municipality has enforced the rules. He said when Welch LLP moved across Picton Main Street, they wanted to take their existing sign with them. Quaiff said that request was denied.

“We flatly said no, that does not conform,” he said.

“If we start bending the rules for one, we have to start bending them for all.

Then what's the point in having a heritage designated district?”

Quaiff said there were a lot of factors in the decision and the heritage advisory committee put a lot of thought into recommendations made to the business owner prior to the issue coming before the committee.

Quaiff said in the future he thinks council should consider putting more money into the County budget to support heritage and help businesses shoulder the cost of conforming to the guidelines.

“We need to put money aside so when issues like the signage come up, or the facade, then we can help offset that cost to the business owners,” he said. “So that we can be a partner in that so they don't have to bear the brunt of the guidelines.”

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YOUTH SWIMMING LESSONS JUNIOR DOLPHINS: And pool workout with certified instructor ages 6-9yrs. Junior Dolphin Spring Session runs 11wks until week of May 30th, once a week on Mondays from 6-7pm at the PE Fitness & Aquatic Centre in Picton. Txt Mike 827-3882 or Facebook QuinteDolphinsSwimClub or www.quintedolphins.ca.

RAIN BARRELS: Order your $60 rain barrels online at www.rainbarrel.ca/csgpicton before May 25th to support the County Sustainability Group’s Environmental Bursary Fund.

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AA: Meets every Wednesday 8pm Picton Hospital Boardroom.

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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA) MEETING: Every Friday 10am, Prince Edward Learning Centre, basement of The Armoury Main St Picton. Info 476-1811.

TOPS #4918: Take off Pounds Sensibly meets every Wednesday at the Anglican Church Hall in Picton. Weigh in 6:00-6:45pm & meeting starts at 6:45pm. Info Sheila 4762786.

APRIL 21: DISH & DONATION SUPPER – Glenora United Church 6:30pm. Everyone welcome.

APRIL 22: PICTON UNITED CHURCH – Spaghetti Dinner. Gluten free, Sugar free & Vegetarian options available too. Pasta, meat, bread, salad, beverage & dessert $12/person (Children under 12 free! with Adult). Serving 5-7pm in Centennial Hall. Join us for a delicious home-made spaghetti dinner.

APRIL 22: QUINTE DOLPHINS SWIM CLUB YOUTH DANCE – Super Hero & Villain Theme 6:30-9pm Picton Arena, 375 main St. Picton. Live DJ “Johnny Pepper” for Grades 4-8. $10 at the door. Canteen sells snacks & drinks. A fun, safe & fully supervised community event. Prizes for best costume! Info Mike Pothier 827-3882 www.quintedolphins.ca APRIL 23: COMMUNITY INDOOR YARD SALE – Wellington Elks Lodge, 11 Dutch Road 8am-12 noon. Tables available $10. Contact Randy @ 969-0746 for info.

APRIL 23: THE FRIENDS OF ROSE HOSE BAKE SALE – At the North Marysburgh Hall in conjunction with the Rec Committee’s indoor yard sale. Open form 8am-1pm. Call 4765439 for info.

APRIL 23: PECI EVIRONMENTAL CLUB – Annual Spring Free E-Waste Collection Event 8:30am-2pm. Accepting computers, monitors, peripherals, tv’s, printers, photocopiers, phones, cell phones, cameras & audio/video and tires (any size) with or without rims & scrap metal. All proceeds to the Loyalist Humane Society, a no-kill shelter run by dedicated volunteers.

APRIL 23: 7th TOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Public Presentation “The History of the Town of Deseronto” with guest speaker Amanda Hill. Annual meeting at 1:30pm, followed by Amanda’s presentation. Ameliasburgh Community Hall, 13 Coleman St. Ameliasburgh. Everyone welcome.

APRIL 23: BLOOMFIELD UNITED CHURCH SPRING SMORGASBORD & SILENT AUCTION – Serving 4:307pm, 272 Main St. Bloomfield. Adults $15 Children $7.

Everyone welcome! Info 393-3172.

APRIL 23: TAPAS & WINE TASTING – 5:30pm, PEC Curling Club. A PEC Field Naturalists fundraiser to help Save The South Shore! Experience an exciting evening sampling famous Spanish wines as you enjoy exquisite Spanish Tapas prepared by Chef Michael Hoy. For info & to reserve go to

www.tapasandwinetasting.eventbrite.ca.

APRIL 23: SPRING FLING & HYMN SING WITH THE COUNTRY CHURCH PLAYERS – Special guests Louise Ford & Dave Lloyd. In support of The StoreHouse Foodbank in Wellington. At the Rednersville-Albury Community church, 2681 Rednersville Rd 7:30pm. The show is a lively mix of music & comedy. Free will offering.

APRIL 24: PANCAKES MAPLES SYRUP & SAUSAGES FUNDRAISER FOR ABBY HEFFERNAN – At Fosterholm Farms Sugar Shack 2234 Cty Rd 18 from 7am-4pm. Abby is fighting leukemia. Donations only. Info 393-5655 or 849-4862.

APRIL 24: CREATIVE COLLECTIVE WORKSHOP – Offers a relaxed & fun “tasting menu” of body-mind experiences this spring at Bloomfield Town Hall 1-2:30pm.

Do one or two workshops or do them all! Cost is $5 at the door (or by donation). Apr 24 workshop is Shiatsu // Dia Norrington.

Info http://creativecollectivewiaprojects.blogspot.ca/.

APRIL 24: CONSECON & AREA RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION INC – AGM 2pm at the Consecon Masonic Hall. Agenda includes updating the CARA constitution & election of officers. Harold Newton of the Consecon Masonic Lodge #50 will introduce the Masonic Child Identification Program. Find out about this program which aids in the identification of missing children. Info Bill 394-9914.

APRIL 24: ST. ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH ROAST BEEF SUPPER – Ameliasburgh Town Hall. Serving 4-6pm. At the door Adults $14, Children 6-11yrs $5. Info 9683320.

APRIL 25: SNUGGLES STITCH A THON – Picton Library downstairs 1-3:30pm. Last Monday of every month. Knitting or crocheting 6”x6” squares to be made into blankets for children in South Africa. Light refreshments. Yarn donations gratefully accepted, just not 100% wool yarn or baby yarn.

APRIL 25: PE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (PICTON FAIR) – Will hold their regular “General Meeting” at 7:30pm at the Picton Town Hall above the Picton Fire Hall.

APRIL 26: WEEKLY TUESDAY DROP IN KNIT & CHAT – Milford Br Library 10am-12noon.

APRIL 26: WEEKLY TUESDAY DROP IN CHESS - All levels. 1-4pm Picton Br Library.

APRIL 26: AL-ANON - Meets 8 pm at Gilead Fellowship Church, for persons affected by someone’s drinking. (1-866951-3711).

APRIL 27: LOAVES & FISHES LUNCHEON – Noon at the Salvation Army. Come join us for good food & fellowship.

No charge for this meal. All are welcome.

APRIL 27: FRIENDSHIP TEA – St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, Church Hall, 335 Main St. Picton. Please join us at 2pm & bring all your friends with you. Free will offering for The ROC. APRIL 28: WEEKLY THURSDAY THE HUB PLAYGROUP – Drop in 9:30-11am Picton Br Library.

APRIL 28: AL-ANON - Meets 10:30am Gilead Fellowship Church. If someone’s drinking is bothering you Al-Anon is for you. (1-866-951-3711).

APRIL 28: KINETTE CLUB OF PICTON BRIDGE LUNCHEON – At Picton United Church. Lunch served from 12-1pm. Bridge from 1-3pm. Reservations call 476-0203.

Admission $10/person. Proceeds will be used to support community projects.

APRIL 30: MOM 2 MOM SALE – At The HUB, 10 McFarland Court, Picton from 10am-2pm. Lots of vendors with a variety of merchandise & Mom’s with used clothing, toys, strollers, etc. for sale. If interested in a table for yourself ($10) contact The Hub at 476-8142.

APRIL 30: PICTON KINETTE’S PRESENTS FANTASY KINGDOM TEA – Invites all Princess’s & Superhero’s to attend Court from 1-4pm with Tea served 2pm at Picton United Church, 12 Chapel St. All children under 12 yrs $3. Adults $5.

Come dressed as your favorite person. Tickets at Flowers N’ Such 476-0203 or at the door or 476-3495.

APRIL 30/MAY 1: PE COMMUNITY THEATRE PRESENTS – “What the Butler Saw” a farce by Joe Orton, Sat Apr 30 @ 8pm & Sun May 1 @ 2pm. Advance tickets $15 at Imperial Submarine & Rosehaven Yarn Shop, Picton & at SideStreet Gallery, Wellington. All performances at Mt. Tabor Playhouse, Milford. www.pecommtheatre.ca.

MAY 1: WESLEY UNITED CHURCH, UNION ROAD – The “SoundSations” musical quartet will be performing oldies, pop, Elvis, country & gospel at 2pm. Tickets $10 at the door or call 969-8951 to reserve. Delicious pie social to follow.

MAY 1: CREATIVE COLLECTIVE WORKSHOP – Offers a relaxed & fun “tasting menu” of body-mind experiences this spring at Bloomfield Town Hall 1-2:30pm.

Do one or two workshops or do them all! Cost is $5 at the door (or by donation). May 1 workshop NIA Moving to Heal//Gina Peers. Info http://creativecollectivewiaprojects.blogspot.ca/.

MAY 6: CONSECON UNITED CHURCH – Spaghetti Dinner serving from 5-7pm in the Church Hall. $8/adult, 510yrs $5 and under 5yrs free. Dessert & drinks included.

Everyone welcome.

MAY 6: PICTON UNITED CHURCH – Invites the community to join them for a presentation with Mr. Roy Oliphant MP on Assisted Dying at 6pm Bridge Street United Church, 60 Bridge St E., Belleville. The Supreme Court of Canada gave the Federal Government an extension to June 6/16 to develop a new law that recognizes the right of clearly consenting adults who are enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical help in ending their lives.

MAY 7: REDNERSVILLE ALBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH YARD SALE – 2681 Rednersville Rd 8am-3pm.

Home baking, jams, pickles, plants, books, dishes, household items, toys, linens & much more.

MAY 7: CREATIONS CRAFTS & COLLECTIBLES – Bloomfield United Church 9am-4pm. We have one-of-a-kind crafts & collectibles.

MAY 7: ST. PHILIP’S ACW YARD & RUMMAGE SALE – St. Philip’s Church Hall, Milford 10am-1pm. No early birds & also please bring bags. Info Shirley 476-2593.

MAY 7: NEWFIE DINNER – At the Salvation Army 5:30pm.

Join us for a Jiggs Dinner. Tickets are $20 & should be reserved or purchased in advance. Please call 476-3159.

10 APRIL 21, 2016

The Picton Gazette

Additional expenditures will allow structure to meet design requirements for 80 km/h speed limit, total price is within amount budgeted

Contracts approved for replacement bridge in Allisonville, work on approaches CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER

The replacement of the Allisonville bridge took a step forward last Tuesday as council approved a contract with the company that will undertake the work.

Council voted to award the contract for the project to Fidelity Engineering and Construction Inc. in the amount of $784,009.6 plus applicable HST. Council also approved of increasing the scope of the project to extend the bridge

increased scope of work.

The municipality received eight tenders for the contract with Fidelity coming in with the lowest overall bid. The tender was about $184,280 less than the next lowest tender.

In 2015 the municipality applied for funding for the project under the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), but received word the application was not approved earlier this year.

“Without OCIF funding it was anticipated that the allo-

approaches to meet the design requirements for the posted speed of 80 kilometres per hour at an additional cost of approximately $130,000 plus applicable HST. The 2014 capital budget included funds for the engineering associated with the project and the capital funding was allocated in the 2015 and 2016 budgets. A report from the engineering, development, and works department says the County has a total of $1,151,000 for the project which provided sufficient funding to cover the

cated capital budget was insufficient to permit the project to be completed according to the recommended design option,” the report says.

The report says before going to tender, an alternative option was selected to reduce the cost of the project and stay within the capital budget for the work. The alternative included the construction of the bridge as originally planned with shorter, steeper approaches from both sides.

The steeper approaches would necessitate a speed

reduction from the posted 80 km/h limit to 50 km/h.

“The intent using this alternative was to include the lengthening of the approaches in a future capital budget submission for consideration,” the report says.

Engineering, development, and works commissioner Robert McAuley said the design requirements of the bridge along with flood requirements from the conservation authority necessitated the raising of the bridge deck from the road-

way. The result was much steeper approaches that required slower speeds.

However, with the low bid leaving room in the budget to lengthen the approaches, a slower speed wouldn't be necessary.

“With the extra $130,000 we can extend the approaches and maintain a higher travel speed over the bridge,” McAuley said.

“Essentially it's the design we asked for in the grant for the price that we had originally budgeted for ourselves — it was quite a surprise.”

Church Services this week

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA

Sunday Services 10:30am with Jeff Boeger

Parish of Marysburgh Rev. Canon David Smith 613-929-2757

dsmith@ontario.anglican.ca

St. John’s

3207 County Road 8

Sunday Worship 9:00am St. Philip’s

44 St. Philips St. Milford

www.parishofmarysburgh.ca

Sunday

Breaking of Bread 9:30am Sunday School/ Adult Bible Class 11:15am Gospel 7:00pm

2 Downes Ave. Picton 613-476-2622

3 McFarland Drive

Gilead Fellowship

Sunday Worsip 11:00am Children’s Church at St. Philip’s

PICTON GOSPEL HALL

Confirming our Friendship with the LGBT community Music by Wellington Lambert, Tom Leighton & Tom Dietzel

Minister: Lynne Donovan 31 King St., Picton 613.476.6024 www.standrewspicton.com Sunday Worship 10:30 Radio 88.3 FM

ST. GREGORY

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7 Church St., Picton, Ont. K0K 2T0

613-476-6276 Fax: 613-476-7293 stgregory@sympatico.ca www.stgregoryparish.ca Saturday Mass 5pm Sunday Mass 10am

Ven. Charles Morris

Take some time for yourself and come celebrate with us.

We’re looking forward to seeing you here.

Sunday 9:00am, 10:30am Tuesday 8:00am Silent Prayer Wednesday 10:00am Right around the corner in your neighbourhood.

335 Main St., Picton

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Thursday

Prayer and Bible Study 7:30pm

All are Welcome - No Collection

613-476-3026

COUNTY UNITED CHURCHES

BLOOMFIELD UNITED CHURCH “Where Faith is Fun” 272 Main St., Bloomfield Minister: Maureen Ellison

Sunday, April 24th 5th Sunday of Easter Service at 10:30am Sat. April 23 Spring Smorgasbord & Silent Auction 4:30pm

bloomfielduc@gmail.com

613-393-2160

PICTON UNITED CHURCH

12 Chapel St. 613-476-6050 pictonunitedchurch@bellnet.ca Minister: Rev. Richard Hamilton

5th Sunday After Easter

The Celebration of Holy Communion Worship Service 10:30am

Sermon: “A New Commandment to Love”

April 22 - Spaghetti Dinner 5-7pm. Adults $12, Children under 12 free Serving the Community for 222 years

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

Minister: Janelle Shaw

Worship Services 9:30am - South Bay 11:00am - Cherry Valley

PRINCE EDWARD NORTH UNITED CHURCH Sunday, April 24th

Wesley-Mountainview @ 9:30am Friendship-Demorestville @ 11:00am

All Children welcome at Sunday School Luke 9:23 - “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me”

Message: “Steps in Discipleship” Potluck Dinner - Friendship Tues. Apr. 26th @ 6pm; bring a friend Women’s Faith Celebration Sat. May 14th @ 5pm. Tickets available; call Leslie 613-476-2020 Rev. Kirby Breithaupt C-613-403-4742 or H-613-476-2020 princeedward.north@kos.net friendshipunitedchurch.org EVERYONE WELCOME COME VISIT WITH US!

APRIL 21, 2016 11

The Picton Gazette

You might be eligible to claim certain medical expenses on your 2015 tax return

You may be able to claim medical expenses on your income tax and benefit return. The following information is taken from the Canada Revenue Agency.

If you paid for hospital services, paid to live in a nursing home, or bought medical supplies such as pacemakers, vaccines, or walking aids, you may be able to claim a nonrefundable tax credit based on these and other eligible expenses when filing your income tax and benefit return.

Non-refundable tax credits reduce your federal tax.

However, if the total of these credits is more than your federal tax, you will not get a refund for the difference. You may be able to claim medical expenses paid for yourself, your spouse or common-law partner, your dependent children (if they were born in 1998 or later), and other dependants. For a full list of what is considered an eligible medical expense, go to www.cra.gc.ca/ medical.

To claim medical expenses, there are several conditions that have to be met, including: the expenses must be eligible; the expenses must have been paid by you or your spouse or common-law partner; and the expenses must have been paid within a 12-month period ending in 2015 and not claimed for 2014.

Maybe you had to travel at least 40 kilometres (one way) from your home to get medical services. If so, you may be able to claim the public transportation (for example, taxi, bus, and train) expenses you paid. Where public transportation is not readily available, you may be able to claim vehicle expenses instead. Or maybe you had to travel at

CRA says that you should double-check to make sure you are claiming eligible medical expenses before filing your return. If you claim ineligible medical expenses, the Canada Revenue Agency may reassess your income tax and benefit return. Find out more at www.cra.gc.ca/medical.

WELLINGTON SENIORS LUNCHEON SOCIAL

INFO FOR SENIORS Debbie MacDonald Moynes

least 80 kilometres (one way) from your home to get medical services. If so, you may be able to claim accommodation, meal, and parking expenses in addition to your transportation expenses.

Did someone accompany you? If so, you may be able to claim that person’s transportation and travel expenses.

To make that claim, a medical practitioner must certify in writing that you were incapable of travelling alone to get medical services.

If you are a working person with a low income and high medical expenses, you may be able to claim a refundable credit of up to $1,172.

The following are some of the expenses most often claimed as medical expenses in error: athletic or fitness club fees; the cost of blood pressure monitors; the cost of organic food; and the cost of over-thecounter medications and supplements, even those prescribed by a medical practitioner.

Come on out to the Seniors Luncheon Social in Wellington on Wednesday, April 27.

Bill Grieve, the chef with Wheel House and Occasions Catering, is preparing homemade soup, roast loin of pork with apple sauce, mashed potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw, bread and butter, chocolate cake, and coffee and tea for $10 per person. Reserve your place by the Tuesday prior at noon by calling 613-476-7493.

If you can’t get to the hall then

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Do you have a high hydro bill?  The Ontario Energy Support Program (OESP) is a new program that can provide help for low-income seniors 60 and over, who are eligible. An eligible household ($28,000 or less for one or two people) can receive between $30-$50 monthly credit on their hydro bill. Staff at Prince Edward Community Care can answer and help submit the OESP application. Please call 613476-7493 or visit OntarioElectricitySupport.ca.

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order take out, or we’ll deliver A 55-Alive safe driving to your door. course for seniors will be held on Thursday, May 5 at the Community Care office INCOME TAX in Picton. This course is DEADLINE IS from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Canada Safety CounAPRIL 30 cil developed this mature Community Care is once driver retraining program again completing income tax and it is designed specificalreturns for seniors who live ly to help older drivers in Prince Edward County. If improve their driving skills. you are a senior 60-plus The cost is $30 per person, whose single income is which includes workbook, $30,000 or lower or whose refreshments and a light household income is $40,000 lunch. Call 613-476-7493 to or lower, you may be eligible register or for more informafor the program. tion. Space is limited.

Volunteers have been trained by Canada Revenue Agency to complete Income Tax Returns for eligible clients. There is no charge, donations are accepted. Home visits can be arranged for seniors who are shut-in. For information call 613-476-7493.

969-0287

Prior to the start of high school in 2015, Abby was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and later tested positive for the Philadelphia Chromosome, a specific genetic abnormality. She has endured seven intense months of treatment and doctors have said she has at least another two years until treatment is complete.

FOSTERHOLM FARMS SUGAR SHACK 2234 COUNTY ROAD 18 SUNDAY APRIL 24TH 7 AM – 4 PM DONATION ONLY 613-5655OR 849-4862 For more info

12 APRIL 21, 2016

The Picton Gazette

Councillors suggest new ad hoc committee could examine Bartlett’s concerns WATER, from page 1

“They don't come in from Belleville or Trenton to buy our water — they won't because it's too expensive,” Bartlett said. “They won't get me buying it because I'll be out of business and they won't be buying it because it's too

expensive, so it's just a loselose situation for the County.”

While Bartlett said he doesn't believe his comments will change the situation, he said he felt he needed to speak out.

The water and wastewater prices were set using a study from Watson and Associates

and approved during 2016 budget discussions. The underlying reasoning for the rates as outlined in the Watson study is approximately $100 million in infrastructure upgrades, plus repairs and debt repayment on the County's eight separate water systems that has to be paid over

the next 20 years by 5,220 water users.

Councillor Kevin Gale said if the municipality charged what it had to to pay the system off, the cost would be double or triple what it is today. He said he expects things to get worse before they get better.

“Our water system is almost broke,” said Gale.

Councillor Jamie Forrester said council should be looking for a report outlining the “break-even point” for the water system so the municipality doesn't risk losing businesses.

He said the municipality is

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Committee of the whole didn't make any motions with regard to Bartlett's comments, but it was suggested the issue could be best dealt with by the County's new water and wastewater rates and connection charges ad-hoc committee.

Engineering, development and works commissioner Robert McAuley said the adhoc committee hasn't met yet.

Mayor Robert Quaiff said that's the best place to discuss the issue.

“The committee has been formed and we're getting ready to have our first meeting and we'll start addressing all of these issues,” he said.

Quaiff said it's a complicated issue. He said the users are in debt and that's ultimately who will have to pay. He said it may take some creative thinking to take on the issue.

“We have to start changing our mindset somewhat and say 'okay, you know something, maybe we need to structure some kind of retirement debt [charge] like Hydro did,'” he said. “We have to start having that conversation, we have to start thinking outside of the box.”

He said council and the County know the water rates are high and that's why the ad hoc committee was formed.

Festival Players seeks members for Young Company

The Festival Players of Prince Edward County are looking for youth aged 15-25 to participate in its hands-on Young Company program this summer.

“It’s a great opportunity to really get involved in all aspects of professional production, to get out there in front of an audience, to hone your skills,” said artistic director Sarah Phillips. “The participants get to work with such outstanding artists. It’s a unique opportunity, like a paid internship with perks.”

The troupe will participate in workshops through the support of Theatre Ontario’s Youth Theatre Training Program. Its members will be also be performing with Fixt Point on a new stage production, Tale of a Town: Prince Edward County, which is slated to be one of the main stage shows in this year’s Festival Players season. Stories collected by Fixt Point last summer will form a jumping-off point for the piece, Phillips said.

Young Company members are paid an honorarium. The participants must be available to work for the entirety of the program, which runs from June 21 to Aug. 30. They are to be responsible for their own transportation to their work commitments.

Potential applicants are encouraged to visit festivalplayers.ca/young-company to learn about the application process. Applications are due by April 29 at 5 p.m.

-Staff

APRIL 21, 2016 13

The Picton Gazette

Auxiliary decorates MacKellar for surpassing 10,000 volunteer hours Recognition tea offers chance to celebrate members’ dedication JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER

A banner year of volunteerism and fundraising was celebrated in Wellington Sunday as the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosted its annual appreciation tea at St. Andrew’s parish hall.

The group which serves a multitude of health related functions in the community is the main fundraising organization for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation and celebrated hitting the $1million mark for funding to purchase capital priority equipment for their hospital.

Yes, it could be referred to as their hospital because, at the end off the day, the Auxiliary is the necessary life blood that makes PECMH a shining gem of healthcare in the Quinte region.

Auxiliary president Liz Jones said the appreciation tea was a way to offer thanks to the nearly 300 members who gave 25,000 hours to the group in 2015 which is equivalent to about 12 years of full time work. “Many hands make light work,� Jones said with a laugh Monday.

A number of members were honoured with hours of service and/or years of service pins on Sunday but the largest round of applause was offered to longtime volunteer Rebecca MacKellar who earned her 9,000 hour and 10,000 hour

Dance, Mame Franklin, Nancy Hicks, Nancy Jackson and Helen Kempers. n 20-year pin: Norma Currah, Beth McConnell, Bill Fairbairn, Enid Squire, June Fisher, Barbara Gates and Helen Kemsley. n 25-year pin:Evelyn Beaumont and Brenda Minaker. n 30-year pin: Cathy Dunlop. n 35-year pin: Mary Frederick and Joan Mercer. n 45-year pin: Evelyn Drew.

Volunteer hour pin winners are as follows: n 1,000-hour pin: Jonathan Harcourt, Peggy Payne, Enid Squire, Raylene Starling and Jean Waterfall. n 2,000-hour pin: Charlotte Harrott, Lori Markland, Bev Thompson and Dorothy Vincent Speirs.

HOURLY HONOUREE Long serving Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxillary volunteer Rebecca MacKellar, centre, was n 3,000-hour pin: Ann honoured at the group’s annual appreciation tea on Sunday afternoon at St. Andrews Parish Hall in Wellington. Mackellar received her White. n 4,000-hour pin: Fran Don9,000 and 10,000 hour pin from Liz Jones, left, and Pam Strachan. (Submitted photo) aldson, Joyce Minaker, Irene nity each year that are enter- Pierce, Wanda Robson Sue garet Wright. pins in 2015.

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Saturday evening at the Picton Legion Hall. Proceeds from the event will be presented to the Picton Splash Pad Committee at a future date.(Jason Parks/Gazette staff)

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De Keyzer will come to Picton with his band, three members of which were nominated for Maple Blues at this year's awards. The band has nine CDs and will be playing original and classic blues and R&B songs from his catalogue. de Keyzer's latest live CD Voodoo Boogie, the follow

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A new event planned for this summer seeks to put history in the spotlight.

The Prince Edward Historical Society will present Two Days About Yesterday — an event billed as a celebration of history and heritage — on June 18 and 19 this year.

The not-for-profit two-day public exhibition will promote the history and heritage of Prince Edward County and the Quinte region.

The event will feature guided tours of local heritage sites and audio/video presentations by history and heritage experts. A trade show will be held at the Wellington and District Community Centre's Highline Hall where visitors will be able to visit booths of companies and organizations involved in the promotion and preservation of history and heritage.

Visitors can expect to be greeted volunteers dressed in period costumes who will be able to answer questions.

Prince Edward Historical Society president Steve Ferguson said the society hopes to present an event that brings together heritage organizations and companies under one roof to get people

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“At Wellington we'll have a trade show component — a place where the consumer or history enthusiast can go and check out organizations, can check out companies that are engaged and involved in history and heritage.”

During the weekend a number of history experts are expected to give presentations.

These will include Ian Robertson, Krista Richardson, Ernie Margetson, and Marc Seguin.

“Ernie Margetson is going to talk about his barn project,” said Ferguson. “It's very good, very engaging and interesting.”

He said Robertson is expected to discuss either Camp Picton or the Regent Theatre while Seguin will host a talk on the lighthouses of Prince Edward County.

“What we're trying to do is really shine a spotlight on history and heritage,” Ferguson said.

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Ferguson said one of the benefits of getting all the history and heritage organizations under the same roof and on the same page is it can generate greater public interest in history. He said in turn that will help boost the sector's standing as an economic driver in the community.

“The more we heighten the recognition in people's minds that there is great depth to the history and heritage of Prince Edward County, we're likely to see tourists come here to experience it,” he said. “That will help the restaurants, B&Bs and that sort of thing.”

On Sunday visitors will have a chance to participate in organized tours to nearby heritage or historically significant attractions. Tours are scheduled so far at Glenwood Cemetery — where actors will tell some of the stories of the cemetery's residents. Tours are also scheduled for Camp Picton.

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Dicks praised the CCF for being one of the first community foundations to commit to matching funds for the Community Fund for Canada's 150th and said she's been excited to see the leadership the organization has taken in the county with its Vital Signs reports and working groups.

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Carlton expanded on that, stating that if a group in the county is doing a project on a theme — like food security or accessibility — other groups across the country working to tackle that issue can learn about what they did and the groups can share commonalities between the projects together.

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Charming Picton home on quiet street, would be a great investment opportunity. $174,900 MLS 550660085

Bring me back to life! 4 bedroom, 100yr plus home with good bones & mechanicals, sitting atop the ridge at Mountain View, on 25 peaceful acres. Take in miles of scenery from your back deck while enjoying a glass of wine and watch the wildlife. But first bring your own taste to the already great character of this one! $229,000 MLS 550080156

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Great lot on Prinyer’s Cove Crescent! This 100’ x 207’ lot offers great potential as a building site. Bring your ideas! (Also available is 345 Prinyers Cove Crescent - upgraded 3/4 bedroom home with extra sleeping bunkie, and 93` of waterfront! See MLS 550960074 for more information.) $20,000 MLS 550960128 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

This residential building lot is just over an acre on a pastoral road in the northern part of Prince Edward County. Only 8 minutes to Hwy 401, and easy access to Belleville and Napanee, what a wonderful place to build a new home. Foster is a well-maintained gravel road and there are a few lovely homes already in the area.

The lot itself is nicely treed and level, and sports a wire fence across the front already.

Overlooking a row of trees, you can have lots of privacy yet still only be 10 minutes to groceries, fuel, restaurants, live entertainment and both Prince Edward Collegiate Institute and Sophiasburgh schools. $26,900 MLS 550420384 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

This 5.2 acre lot is located on beautiful County Road 8 which connects Picton to Cressy. With rolling terrain and mature trees, this is a spectacular opportunity to create your own home, with beautiful vistas all around. Situated among some of Prince Edward County's most significant properties, there is a scope here to create a substantial retirement home or full-time residence & to enjoy the many charms of The County!

This lot has an established well, too! $85,000 MLS 550860394 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Build your dream home on this 2.86 acre lot on Smokes Point Road - minutes to the 401, County wineries and events, and the conveniences of Trenton. Enjoy the waterviews and sunsets over Weller`s Bay. Recently tested dug well with excellent flow rate - and don`t forget the public boat launch down the road, too! $99,000 MLS 550170165 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Prinyers Cove building lot upon which to build your new waterfront home. Steps to the water allow for swimming, fishing, boating, kayaking and canoeing. Level, nicely treed lot in a fantastic location. Set in a rural community with lovely homes on either side and mature trees for privacy. A mooring for your boat is in place. $141,900 MLS 550960332 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

Starter home in quiet country setting ideally situated within 10 minutes of Sandbanks Provincial Park. Has two outbuildings suitable for hobbyist or storage. A large yard, wrapped with trees, allows for private enjoyment of the above ground pool with a good lining. This home has wheelchair access and a circular drive too! $144,900 MLS QR21507214 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

In-town living. 2 bedrooms + 4pc bath. Upgraded wiring, drywall and plumbing. High Efficiency Gas Furnace. Charming mouldings and baseboards. Newer windows.

Large country kitchen with side entry and back room for storage or potential space for a second bath/laundry. Private yard with perennial gardens, pond, new board and batten shed and bonus side drive off Church Street. Two minute walk to the Picton Harbour, Main Street shops, restaurants and schools. Great starter home! $192,000 MLS 550680087 Shannon Warr-Hunter**, Ken Arseneault*

Great opportunity to own an investment property in the heart of Bloomfield, tucked away on a quiet street away from all the hustle and bustle. This property features hardwood floors, original tin ceilings, modern kitchen, great open-concept living room with fireplace and a cozy den. Close to Picton and ten minutes to Sandbanks Provincial Park, this house is a must see! $199,000 MLS 550550077 Rob Plomer* & Kate Vader*

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WHOPPERTUNITY! 11 acres of beautiful sloping land with 303 feet on County Road 7 and 124 feet of sandy beach on the Adolphus Reach! Charming access by right-of-way leads to this hidden, private site, ideal for your beachfront cottages. Dug-well already in place. Start your County dreams here! $215,000 MLS 550860401 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Family home, weekend retreat or perfect rental property - with all the furniture included! This is a charming, secluded County dwelling with deeded access to the Adolphus Real. Bring your canoe! Large family kitchen, pretty gardens and separate garage. Total of four bedrooms and two baths, on two spacious levels. Your home in the County, just past Lake on the Mountain. $225,000 MLS 550860400 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

A bungalow offering one level living in an area that has so much to offer close by.

Open concept living area with propane fireplace, country sized kitchen and 3 spacious bedrooms. Set back from the road for privacy and 4 acres of assorted fruit trees with lots of room for a big garden. Double detached garage and lovely front deck. Enjoy the quiet country setting only 15 minutes to Picton - close to Waupoos, Lake on the Mountain, and many wineries, cider companies, cheese factories etc $225,000 MLS 550870069 Gail Forcht**

This charming and totally refurbished 4 season creek side cottage has a definite “wow” factor and is conveniently located in the Village of Consecon and just steps to everything. Skylights and vaulted ceilings give it a bright open feel and a spectacular deck overlooks Consecon Creek which takes you into Wellers Bay. A kayak/canoe enthusiast`s delight. Ideally suited as a weekend retreat or summer rental and is minutes to beaches, wineries and in close proximity to the 401. $269,000 MLS 550210153 Gail Forcht**

Fabulous cottage with spectacular panoramic views. Quiet private lane and large lot. level waterfront, great for swimming or boating! Great room with wood stove for 4-season use. 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths providing room for the whole family. Currently rented seasonally as a vacation retreat. Patio, dock, and a welcoming hammock at the shore. Come enjoy a private piece of Prince Edward County waterfront! $288,000 MLS 550960162 Gail Forcht**

Last chance to be a part of “Prince Edward Landing”, an enclave of luxury homes on Picton Bay! 1.5 acre waterfront lot features an elevated building site and a gentle slope to the appealing shoreline. Wonderful views of the Yacht Club, the bay, and the sailboats drifting by. Municipal water, sewers and natural gas. Build here and be part of this vibrant town! $289,000 MLS QR21505269 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Great location, minutes to Picton with over 100 acres and a spacious 2 storey home. The home has updated electrical and windows. Detached 6 car garage.

Bathroom up and down, original staircase, newer kitchen and metal roof. Some land had small trees removed and was ploughed up a few years ago in preparation to grow. Lots of space to play! $324,800 MLS 550850143 Gail Forcht**

S-T-R-E-T-C-H out in this country bungalow! Located on a quiet road in Prince Edward County this opportunity is ideal for the first time home buyer or changing needs of the family on a property featuring over 3 acres of land. Windows throughout the home offer ambient natural light with scenic country vistas. The home features 2 bedrooms with a master, 5pc bath, 4pc bath, 2pc bath, and large open concept living room complete skylight and a wood burning fireplace. The kitchen is well equipped and sized for daily living / entertaining while the main floor laundry room serves dual purpose as a back door entrance / mudroom area. The attached triple garage features ample room for vehicles, recreational equipment and toys! Well maintained with handsome curb appeal - Take advantage of this fine offer now! $327,500 MLS 550420576 Rob Plomer* & Kate Vader*

South facing waterfront home with level waterfront. Maintenance free and has been upgraded in almost every way. Lovely spacious lot on a quiet lane with apple and pear trees. Vaulted ceiling in living room, newer kitchen and enclosed sunroom.

Enjoy this summer on your deck, swimming and boating from the dock. Easy access to Trenton, Belleville and the 401. $357,000 MLS 550110089 Gail Forcht**

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In the heart of Picton, walk to a myriad of cultural events, gourmet restaurants, shops, harbour and theatre. Picton`s upcoming condo development, `The Townhomes on King`, offers access to all of this while living in a lovely Art Deco style building. This 710 square foot unit offers one bedroom which is tucked away from the open concept kitchen/dining/living room. The 3-pc bath features a corner shower and a bright window.

A utility room has space for a stacking washer and dryer too! Your purchase includes access to 1100sqft of common room and exercise room in the adjacent condominium building. $221,000 MLS QR161441 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

Live/work balance! Located enroute to Sandbanks Provincial Park, this established convenience store and gas-bar features gas bars, product display areas, a kitchen and exterior serving windows. Sale includes an adjacent mobile home on a separate lot. Store has anti-theft and fire systems. Such a desirable location - serving campers headed to the beach or park, as well as year-round locals who require gas and grocery items. Get out of the city and into a way of life that allows you to meet people and provides a valuable service to the community. $265,900 MLS 550510437 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

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In the heart of Picton, walk to a myriad of cultural events, gourmet restaurants, shops, harbour and theatre. Picton`s upcoming condo development `The Townhomes on King`, offers access to all of this while living in a magnificent Art Deco style building.

This 990 sq.ft unit offers two bedrooms which are tucked away from the open concept kitchen/dining/living rooms. The 3-pc bath features a corner shower and a bright window. A utility room has space for a stacking washer and dryer too! Your purchase includes access to a common room and exercise room in the adjacent condominium building. $308,000 MLS QR161444 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

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Upgraded waterfront home on sheltered Prinyers Cove featuring: new mechanical systems, new kitchen, updated baths, a sunroom/sitting room addition, new hardwood floors, a large deck, a new finished bunkie, and an outstanding waterfront dock with deep water mooring. 3/4 bedrooms, excellent reception rooms, lower level with walkout, and excellent storage and utility areas, too! Also available separately is a 100’ x 207’ lot, MLS 550960128, sits directly across the road from the house. Great potential as a building site, additional parking or play areas. $359,000 MLS 550960074 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Waterfront century home on 4 acres with stunning sunsets. Great spot for a market garden. Additional bunkie/studio with roughed in bathroom. Level to the shore for easy access to swim, boat or fish on Bay of Quinte. Centrally located between Picton/Belleville/Napanee. Original pine floors, attached garage, updated plumbing, electrical and heating. Family room with cathedral ceiling and exposed beams on the 2nd floor with loft. Balcony from the master bedroom overlooking the water.

Maintenance free home, while retaining natural character with an original staircase. $399,000 MLS 550420566 Gail Forcht**

Just move in! Impeccable Sheba`s Island home in exquisite condition offers two levels of living space, beautiful grounds and spectacular views over the channel and marsh. Hardwood floors, walls of glass and a huge deck over the water. Just minutes from Picton, Bloomfield and the beach! Ask us about all of the upgrades and renovations. This is an outstanding package! $399,000 MLS 550510593 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Outstanding live/work opportunity in the heart of Prince Edward County! 3-bedroom, Guildcrest home (1990) and adjacent convenience store I a busy, highly-visible location. ATM, lottery, dry cleaning transfer and groceries. On route to Sandbanks Provincial Park and across from LCBO. House offers excellent space and potential for development of lower level. Oversized garage, too! $399,000 MLS 550670007 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Brick, home in Wellington, with room for B & B, in law suite or a family that likes space for everyone to be comfortable. Deck off the master bedroom/in law suite on the main level, as well as a generous sized deck off the family room with gas fireplace. Gazebo with a 8 person hot tub. 3 bedrooms up with the main bathroom and a spacious finished rec room with an additional bedroom. The layout of this home offers potential for a home based business with wheel chair accessibility and its own entrance. Many recent upgrades to windows, 40 year shingles and a Blaze King gas stove in the lower level. Double garage is fully insulated and finished. Close to the wineries, restaurants and beaches. $400,000 MLS 550270319 Gail Forcht**

Located along the pristine shoreline of Long Point Road with over 450 feet of Waterfront and sprawling 4 acres this exceptional offering commands spectacular northerly views of Prince Edward Bay! Endless possibilities to make your dream come true in the growing region of Prince Edward County. An ideal recreational sanctuary from a fast-paced urban lifestyle this property is a hidden gem with partial footprints of infrastructure in place. Mixture of trees and bushes, open spaces and flat rock beach will have you feeling right at ease with nature. A must see and not to be overlooked! $425,000 MLS 550910161 Rob Plomer* & Kate Vader*

Overlooking Adolphus Reach and across the road from Lake on the Mountain - this is the perfect place to be close to everything, yet in your own private oasis. Stone faced home with large 1.3+ acre fenced lot. This special property offers full wheelchair accessibility - 2 bedrooms, wide doorways, main level bathrooms, laundry, kitchen, office with French doors, Great room with wood burning fireplace,cathedral ceilings, and a spacious deck. This home was very well built.

Elevator to the lower level with large workshop area, utility room and garage bays for boats, equipment, etc - or finish part of the lower level for a rec room or man cave! Great double attached garage on both levels. Walk to the bistro and restaurant at Lake on the Mountain. Provincial park access to the lake for swimming, canoeing or kayaking. Only 8 minutes to Picton. 2 minutes from the Glenora Ferry. $448,000 MLS 550850395 Gail Forcht**

Impeccably designed and executed single-storey in a much coveted location!

Sophisticated features include 9' ceilings, heated concrete floors, open plan and wonderful views from every side. Seasonal waterviews. Designed for easy maintenance and carefree County living and just minutes from Picton. $449,000 MLS 550880448 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

In the heart of Picton, walk to a myriad of cultural events, gourmet restaurants, shops, harbour and theatre. Picton`s upcoming condo development. `The Condos on King`, offers access to all of this while living in a magnificent Art Deco style building. Two bedrooms, two baths with open concept kitchen and dining are perfect for entertaining. A spacious living room with 160 sq ft terrace, plus a bright sunroom, extends your living area. Features include 9 ft.ceilings, bright windows and tasteful décor throughout. Open concept living, glamorous kitchen, large pantry, ensuite laundry-easy and efficient. Over 1600 sq ft of gracious living and your purchase includes access to 1100 sq ft of common room and exercise room. $465,000 MLS QR160890 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

This classic two-storey brick home has been grandstanding on Main Street Bloomfield since 1867. The original part of the home features a large living room and adjoining dining room. The kitchen has a walkout to a lovely deck. A family room with separate entrance boasts a lovely natural gas fireplace. The newer main floor master bedroom suite has a full bath and a deck for enjoying a private coffee in the morning. There is an unfinished attic space that would be an amazing child’s playroom! This property backs onto parkland and gives a rural feel while being in the heart of this boutique village. Currently operating as a B&B, many contents are available to enable a turnkey purchase. $465,000 MLS 550490022 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

`The Mews House` - perfect pied-a-terre in downtown Picton in a private mews behind Main Street! Walk to everything from this chic two-storey townhouse with great space and exemplary finishes! Spectacular master suite, gourmet kitchen, principal rooms with two-sided fireplace, plus a great family room and guest suite. Your own secure garage, and a large terrace with lovely views. Perfect turnkey situation for sailors or snowbirds! One-of-a-kind! $569,000 MLS QR162596 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Publow House Retirement Home. An opportunity to own a stately Century home, one block from Main St. Picton. Turn-key business with 9 rooms/suites. Easy access to shopping, medical/hospital facilities. Comfortable common spaces with living room, spacious dining room, gazebo and kitchenette. 2 rooms offer screened in porches. Easy to convert a separate apartment for staff/owner living. High ceilings and original character. Friendly and welcoming atmosphere. $648,000 MLS 550610180 Gail Forcht**

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Pride of ownership is evident in this meticulously maintained 3 bedroom side-split located on a quiet crescent. This house has kept up to date with many upgrades.

Fully finished rec room with cozy gas fireplace and additional 3 piece bath, attached garage, lovely perennial gardens, and private patio with sunscreen. Spacious yard with no homes directly behind and a lovely little parkette across the road. Within easy walking distance to Picton’s shops,restaurants, theatre and galleries, this home is move-in ready and delivers on all levels. $349,000 MLS 550560076 Gail Forcht**

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Lovely, welcoming, classy, functional....all words which describe our newest offering in Village Woods. Your purchase includes deeded access to the Bay of Quinte only a short walk away. Set on 1.75 acres, there is plenty of room for gardening and play.

This exceptionally well-maintained home boasts open concept kitchen with breakfast nook, sun-drenched dining area, gracious living room with propane fireplace, two spacious bedrooms and laundry. The fully finished lower level is perfect for guests and hobbies, with two extra bedrooms, newer 3pc. washroom, family room and reading area. A double attached garage with extra height will hold all of your toys. $469,000 MLS 550070123 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

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NE Waterfront with sandy shoreline on a calm bay and an impressive Cape Cod style custom built, Geothermal home, set back from the quiet road. This home has a metal roof, wrap around classic veranda as well as a deck across the waterside of the house with sliding doors to access it. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and eating Island, open concept dining area and family room with wood burning fireplace and hardwood floors. If you are looking for "the place" your friends and family can gather throughout the year or for supplemental income with a rental, this home is definitely worth the look! $798,500 MLS 550900090 Gail Forcht**

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A much-admired County landmark in the heart of Picton! This impeccably restored Colonial Revival classic is featured in `The Settler`s Dream` and other publications.

5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, exquisite period detail, two staircases and splendid entrance hall with fireplace, expansive verandahs and balconies and a recently-built carriage house. Unique opportunity! $896,000 550590004 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

An incredible opportunity to own four unique properties situated on one parcel of land overlooking Picton Bay. This could well serve as a fabulous investment for rental property or simply to own some of the County`s best waterfront. The 155 feet of shoreline allows for boating, fishing and swimming with access to the dock and boat-house. The main house includes an in-law suite, each offering two bedrooms.

Two other residences adorn the property - one with two bedrooms, the other with one. An additional garage/Bunkie completes this offering. These are four-season homes with year-round rental potential. An absolutely rare find! $899,000 550720071 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

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Canadiana style Century home that offers room for the family or as a B & B. 23.9 acres with over 600 feet of waterfront on Adolphus Reach. Large hip barn that had one half of the loft converted into a studio. 3 other outbuildings as well as a place to store your tractor and equipment! Gabled verandah and deck at the rear. New kitchen and pellet stove in the family room. 2 centre hall plans with one staircase dated back to circa 1835. $798,000 MLS 550870066 Gail Forcht**

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Set on prestigious Sheba`s Island, this year-round waterfront home offers the opportunity to boat, fish and swim. This home features an open concept kitchen, breakfast nook and great room with stone fireplace, soaring ceilings of BC fir. Main floor bedroom with fireplace and 3pc ensuite, laundry, den and walkouts to the deck all contribute to being a home for entertaining and large families. Two spacious bedrooms overlook the great room and enjoy their own 4pc washroom. The lower level is a fully contained 1 bedroom apartment with above grade windows, granite fireplace and walkout to the rear yard.

There is also a 4-season guest cottage on the property with it’s own washroom and fireplace! $699,000 MLS 550510700 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis*

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Nestled among mature, stately maple trees, privacy abounds in this Prince Edward County property. Set on 5 1/2 acres with 360ft of waterfront, you and your friends and family will enjoy gorgeous views, boating, fishing and swimming on this protected waterway. $899,000 MLS 550430098 Darlene Eldridge**, Jim Wait*, Mark Davis* www.countyteam.com

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PR NEW IC E A spectacular private estate property right on Lake Ontario! Three levels of fullyrenovated living space, large outdoor terraces and patios, beautiful spaces and finishes all situated in a grove of mature trees and on sprawling lawns. Lower level could be completely separate living quarters. Perfect for a multi-generational situation! $979,000 MLS 550960410 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

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Your own, all-inclusive resort minutes from Belleville! Seven remarkably quiet acres with mature trees, sprawling lawns, and exquisite landscaping! Add a pool and watch the sailboats drift by on the Bay of Quinte! Sophisticated stone executive home features three levels of wonderful family space including 4+1 bedrooms, a main floor den and family room, and expansive games areas. Triple garage, too! Early possession is possible. $999,000 MLS QR21506294 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

Spectacular "seaside shingle" home right on Lake Ontario! This much admired executive home sits on 2.8 acres and has lake views from almost every room. Four bedrooms, media room, library and two family rooms. Wraparound verandah for lazy summer afternoons. 199.59 feet of waterfront! See floor plan and feature sheet for additional rooms, measurements and information. $1,569,000 MLS 550240063 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

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Elegant and welcoming, the Merrill Inn has on several occasions been named one of the top 25 small hotels in Canada - and no wonder! Impeccably-updated and meticulously-maintained, its thirteen rooms offer private ensuite baths, and its fiftyseat restaurant and patio is one of the County`s busiest. Classic 1878 Victorian on 1.07 acres with parking for 24 cars. Substantial upgrades and renovations since 2002. Beautiful reception areas and exquisite detail throughout. Situated among other impressive historical buildings on Picton`s Main Street. Impressive financials available with signed confidentiality agreement. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! $2,600,000 MLS QR21500909 Laurie Gruer*, Sam Simone*, Monica Klingenberg*

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Factory Outlet Open 9am-3pm Weekdays This year was my first chance at Alpine Ontario racing. I would have been happy to win one medal, let alone finish all four races in the top 10..

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Dullard-Krizay top Under-12 male at Batawa Downhill racer places in top 10 in four Alpine Ontario events ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

UNDER PRESSURE Clippers forward Braeden Kelly managed to make a pass along the sideline despite the tight defence of a Kingston Impact player Sunday. Kelly had one of his best offensive games of the season, scoring 12 points in the victory. (Jason Parks/Gazette staff)

Clippers show promise at home Fourth quarter remains a challenge for Under-16 squad in win, loss ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

A doubleheader on their home court Sunday allowed the Under-16 County Clippers more experience playing high-quality basketball.

The Clippers welcomed the Kingston Impact 3 and Lindsay Wildcats to PECI for a three-team meet and split their games, beating Kingston and falling to Lindsay.

In the first game, the Clippers appeared to be well in control for the majority of the game, but faced a resurgent Impact squad that wouldn’t quit in the fourth quarter.

They brought their comeback within two points, but couldn’t manage to enough to win in a 42-40 game.

“This was definitely our best performance through three quarters,” said coach Rob Garden. “We were up 3927 and were in complete con-

trol. However, once again we showed our nerves and we let Kingston crawl right back into the game.”

The coach called it another learning example for a squad that needs to play to win instead of being afraid to lose — a battle many Clippers players struggled with even while playing junior basketball for PECI earlier this year.

Brodie Byford again dominated on the scoring sheet with 14 points. Braeden Kelly also stepped up with his best offensive game of the year, offering 12 points. Jack MacCool was also in double digits with 10.

Garden said the Clippers knew they’d have their hands full with the quick, athletic Wildcats, but he was confident with good defence the Clippers would find a way to stay competitive.

Through three quarters, the teams were knotted at 22,

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thanks in large part to the efforts of guard MacCool, who checked Lindsay’s best player well and led the Clipper attack himself.

Unfortunately for the home side, MacCool suffered a hip injury early in the fourth quarter and Garden said the Clippers weren’t the same team without him. The Wildcats took advantage of a wide-open final stanza, outscoring the Clippers 21-15 to win 43-37.

Looking back at the contest, Garden said a big difference in the game also came from the scoring percentages the two teams mustered from beyond the three-point arc.

“Another key difference was their five three-pointers to our two. We went 4-for-32 from beyond the arc over the two games, which is something we need to continue to work on.”

See HOOPS, page 27

It was full speed ahead on the hills for Wellington’s Spencer Dullard-Krizay in his first year of Under-12 Alpine Ontario competition.

Skiing up a level with a more experienced downhill competitors, Dullard-Krizay was prepared to do some learning and soak in his experiences, but he ended up with a fairly impressive hardware haul.

With top-10 finishes in each of the four Alpine Ontario races he participated in, Dullard-Krizay registered the most points of any Under12 skier at Batawa and earned a trophy as the club’s top male racer in his category.

“This year was my first chance at Alpine Ontario racing. I would have been happy to win one medal, let alone finish all four races in the top 10,” he said.

Last year, Dullard-Krizay didn’t have a chance to ski in the inter-club races, due to a serious ankle injury, but he recovered nicely for the club’s year-end race and just kept getting stronger from there.

Playing soccer in the summer and hockey outside of his competitive skiing season helped Dullard-Krizay build his leg strength and the benefit was noticeable when he took to the mountains. He was able to produce more speed and through his training he was able to stay at a higher speed more consistently every time he was on a hill.

The first test came Jan. 17 at Brimacombe, near Orono, in a combined slalom and downhill race.

Dullard-Krizay, who has dreamed of coming out of the starting gates at the Olympic Games, admitted he had some nerves going into the first run at that competition.

“Before the race in the starting gate, my legs were knocking like crazy,” he said.

“I had adrenaline going down the hill. I had a little fall, but that didn’t stop me. I got back

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great deal of success on the slopes this past season. He placed in the top 10 at four Alpine Ontario races, won two club races, and earned enough points to be named the top Under-12 male racer at the Batawa Ski Club. (Adam Bramburger/Gazette staff)

up and the adrenaline carried me down the hill.”

His total time for the combined runs was 2:08.34, good for seventh overall .

On Jan. 30, Dullard-Krizay showed well in slalom at Devil’s Elbow in Bethany. He was milliseconds off a top-five time after his first run, eventually finishing eighth with a two-run time of 1:54.86.

Racing in his favourite event, the giant slalom back at Brimacombe Feb. 13, he had his finest finish of the season with a two-run time of 1:12.70, good for sixth place.

Dullard-Krizay said he really liked the course for that race with its open turns, allowing him to build more speed going down the hill.

The competitive season ended Feb. 23 at Batawa with a panel slalom race. DullardKrizay placed seventh.

The aspiring skier credits his volunteer coaches at Batawa for helping him improve considerably from the start of the season. He said they take the time in practice to go over race courses with him in advance and provide feedback on how he can improve his times. He also thought an extra night of practice on Thursdays, on top of the regular Saturdays and Sundays from last year also worked well.

At the end of the year, all of the racers at Batawa took part in a club race with one another.

Dullard-Krizay enjoyed the environment and fared well, winning gold medals among Under12 racers in slalom and giant slalom. It was a nice way to cap off an enjoyable season.

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County Rd. 49 sits atop CAA’s worst roads list Residents’ votes quickly push route higher in online poll

SKIER, from page 26

“At the team race, you’re competing to see who is the best, but everyone is really supportive, whether they win or not,” he said.

Again this year, DullardKrizay spent his March Break on the hills of Mont Ste. Anne and Le Massif in Quebec, where he could size up some of the bigger hills he hopes to one day roar down against the clock.

CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER

The state of County Rd. 49 may have landed the County in an embarrassing position.

The major Prince Edward County highway is currently leading the pack on the Canadian Automobile Association's (CAA) list of the worst roads in Ontario.

County Rd. 49 sat in 33rd place on Tuesday morning and skyrocketed into first place by the end of the day.

As of Wednesday at noon, it was still holding first.

The poll is part of CAA's annual “Worst Roads” campaign that asks drivers, cyclists, transit riders, and pedestrians to highlight roads they believe need repair the most. The CAA Worst Roads website says the association “uses the feedback from the results to engage with politicians and decision makers in government across the country.”

The poll ends April 29 and voters aren't required to be CAA members.

Mayor Robert Quaiff said he's not shocked the highway made it to the top of the list.

“I'm not surprised, but I'm not sure to what extent this will assist us or how

Wellington native sets his sights on podium in future races

For next year, he’s already set his eyes on some goals to help him get there.

He said he’d like to work on improving his turns, focusing on the gate ahead of him, and skiing right through the finish line to bolster his times. He’s hopeful he find even more success on the slopes.

“This year I got into the top 10, next year I want to do even better at each race, and then, podium.”

Seven Clippers find the basket in losing effort against Lindsay HOOPS, from page 26

TOP OF THE LIST Mayor Robert Quaiff picked these chunks of concrete off of County Rd. 49. The highway connecting Picton to Deseronto was topping the list of the worst roads in Ontario as of Wednesday afternoon. The vote is being conducted by CAA until April 29. (Chad Ibbotson/Gazette staff)

much the province or the minister recognizes that event every year by CAA,” he said. “But anything that can assist us securing some funding and improving that infrastructure would definitely be helpful.”

Earlier this year Quaiff was on his way to a meeting in Napanee when he pulled three large chunks of concrete out of the roadway which had become dislodged from the surface.

Prior to that incident the

province had turned down the County's funding application for 49. Quaiff said the province indicated the road didn't meet the funding criteria of critical health and safety.

Regardless of whether the Worst Roads campaign leads to funding, Quaiff said the negative attention is a bit embarrassing for the municipality.

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“Perhaps as a municipality we should have properly set funds aside for the day this and other infrastructure programs have to be paid attention to.”

Visit www.caaworstroads.com to vote.

The coach was pleased to see that seven players scored.

MacCool led with 12 points, Byford had 11, Devon Wilton and Ben Wells added five points each. The coach said Wilton showed some

great flashes in the game, but was a bit unlucky around the basket.

The Clippers head to Hamilton next weekend for the Blessed Sacrament tournament. Garden said the team’s seeding in the third division should be a good test fo them.

Willis brings Impact to county

Local basketball fans will have a rare opportunity tonight to see one of the region’s best basketball teams practice at PECI. Star PECI Panther and County Clippers alumnus Vanessa Willis convinced her Kingston Impact Junior Elite team to come to the county for

one practice, from 7-8:30 p.m. tonight.

The Impact roster features the best Grade 11 and 12 basketball players from Cobourg to Brockville.

The public is welcome.

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The Picton Gazette

Local woman’s first novel Lucy’s Bench a moving read Hughes sets story in county, promises surprising twist ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

Penny Hughes says that all her life she’s had the bug to write stories, but she just never got around to clicking the keys to turn out her novel.

That all changed recently.

Hughes can remember about three years ago driving down Picton’s Main Street to run errands when it hit her — a story that she just had an overwhelming urge to tell.

In 2014 , Hughes retired and she decided she’d considered herself too busy too long. She decided to write.

The result is Lucy’s Bench, a tale about a woman who lived in Picton through a “mostly idyllic life” and some of the characters that pass in and out of that life.

“It’s just an easy read and a nice read, but it ends with a bit of a twist,” she said.

The story came to Hughes as she passed by the Picton cenotaph and saw the green metal benches that sit on three sides of the memorial.

She said the space was a favoured site for her main character who lost her son who fought with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in Italy during the Second World War. While being near the memorial may bring her comfort, there may be more than neighbours suspect drawing her to her habitual vantage point.

Since Hughes has only lived in the county for nine years, she knew that she’d

A STORY TO SHARE Picton reisdent Penny Hughes is about to

launch her first novel Lucy’ s Bench at 106 Bridge April 28. The touching story about an elderly woman and the life she lived in set in and around Picton. (Adam Bramburger/Gazette staff)

need some help telling the story of how Lucy lived. She enlisted the help of a 94-yearold lifelong county resident to learn about the popular activities in post-war Prince Edward County and find out about some of the regional dialect and landmarks from yesteryear. As one might expect, there are mentions of beaches and other local hot spots.

“She was very thorough

but she confirmed I had gotten it right,” she said.

Hughes also spent some time relying on her own observations to write her story. She recalled visiting the cenotaph on Remembrance Day and just observing the

actions of the children and dignitaries gathered. The result of that visit is a moving piece of writing that Hughes says might be one of her favourite passages in the book — one she says she’s even shed a tear over.

One of Hughes’ strengths in penning this touching tale is providing rich description, but knowing not to over describe and take attention away from her characters.

In writing the book, Hughes said she sought the advice of an editor in Toronto and enjoyed feedback from local author Andrew Banks. Others in the community have also been very supportive.

“The county really inspires people. Everyone is so positive,” she said.

Hughes self published through Printcraft, who handled typesetting and graphics work on the project. She had 300 copies printed.

Lucy’s Bench will be launched formally at Michael Hoy’s restaurant 106 Bridge April 28 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Hughes said she plans to read some passages and have books available for sale and for signing. In a short time since announcing the event on Facebook, Hughes has already had 54 people accept invitations to attend.

For that reason, she asks interested parties to reserve in advance at pennychughes@ outlook.com.

Hughes has also negotiated for Books & Company to carry copies of Lucy’s Bench.

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New Prince Edward County Volunteer Recognition Awards fill need in community Luncheon celebrates a wide range of selfless acts in the county JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER

If the initial reaction is any indication, the Wellings of Picton Prince Edward County Volunteer Recognition Awards program is an initiative with plenty of legs.

Nearly 100 people were in attendance last Wednesday at the Waring House as three very special individuals were among the 17 nominees heralded for their good works in

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the community over the past year.

The first of what is expected to be an annual event celebrating those in this community that go above and beyond for local organizations or causes is the brainchild of Rachel Henry of the Wellings of Picton.

In her remarks prior to handing out the awards, Henry said that volunteers touch and enrich the lives of County residents every single day.

“I've been welcomed into the county through my role with Wellings and I've had the wonderful opportunity to

meet members of the community and it's through those meetings that I've hearing about the wonderful volunteer organizations and groups that exists in Prince Edward County,” Henry said.

“These organizations would not exist but for the tireless hours volunteers put forth. Thus, the first annual Prince Edward County Volunteer recognition awards were born.”

Volunteer Information Quinte's Brenda Snider put volunteerism into perspective on a national scale and while she admitted that volunteers locally were unique that the

special Prince Edward County way, they shared values with thousands of volunteers all over the Quinte region.

According to the latest Stats Canada report, over 12.7 million Canadians volunteered over one billion hours in 2014 and over 44 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 volunteer an average of 154 hours a year.

“One of the biggest surprises is the high rate of volunteers, over 66 per cent of our youth are volunteering so you can see that older volunteers are getting the concept bring their youth with them.

Our youth are our future,”

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May 12 - The Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture monthly board of directors meeting will be held at the Bloomfield United Church in the Sunday school room beginning at 7:30 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend. Contact Patti Stacey at 613-919-5154 or princeedwardfarmers@gmail.com May 18 - Farm Succession Update: 3 Circle Model - In-Deth - from 8:30am to 5pm, The Delta, 50 Stone Road West, Guelph. Professional development for farm advisors focused on farm succession. Learn from some of Canada's top farm advisors about the family farm, farm management and farm ownership and how they all interact in farm succession and transition. Learn and network with other farming professionals at this one day event. Increase your skills and knowledge to be a better farm advisor. Organized by: Canadian Associationof Farm Advisors (CAFA) Inc. 1-877474-2871

Advocating for agriculture’s role under Cap and Trade

April 8, 2016 - By Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture In late 2015, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) announced plans to develop a Cap and Trade system for Ontario to address climate change by reducing atmospheric carbon emissions and putting a price on carbon.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has been working with the provincial government since the Cap and Trade system was announced. We have focused on two main areas as the new system is developed – ensure farmers are acknowledged for their role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ensure agriculture has the opportunity to participate in the new regulated system by providing carbon offsets (also referred to as carbon credits and carbon offset credits).

OFA recently hosted a workshop in Guelph to share insights from experts in carbon offsets, with more than 80 participants from government, agricultural groups, academics and interested industry organizations. The workshop “Setting off on offsets – Farming’s contribution to greenhouse gas reduction and how to capitalize on it” featured Canadian and international experts, and included topics on offset policy, emerging technology and experiences from other jurisdictions operating with Cap and Trade systems. The event demonstrates OFA’s commitment to work with government and industry to ensure the new Cap and Trade system recognizes agriculture’s role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and includes a flexible, realistic and simple path to agricultural offset credits from farmers. Visit ofa.on.ca to view workshop presentations.

Carbon offsets are an important component of a Cap and Trade system and offer potential opportunities for Ontario farmers in the form of offset credit trading. A carbon offset is generated by actions from an unregulated sector, like agriculture, that reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions that goes beyond what would have happened in the absence of those actions.

Innovations in farm practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequesters carbon through actions like no-till, fertilizer management and ruminant feeding systems. These actions need to be quantified and recognized through protocols developed for ag offsets and delivered to the market through aggregation.

Ontario’s new Cap and Trade system needs to include opportunities for farmers to participate and recognize the positive contributions agriculture makes towards greenhouse gas mitigation and climate change. In a presentation to workshop participants, Glen Murray, Minister of Environment and Climate Change gave a complimentary nod to agriculture when he indicated that no other sector has shown more innovation, productivity, resiliency and adaptation than the farm and food community in Ontario.

Minister Murray made it clear all methods of agriculture are needed, and all tools, like GMOs, are needed for the challenge of combatting climate change.

Agriculture has an important contribution to make in a Cap and Trade system.

Bill 172, currently in Queen’s Park, is setting the framework for Ontario’s cap and trade system, and recognizes agriculture’s possibilities in Schedule 1 of the bill. This is what primary agriculture needs. OFA will continue to advocate for our sector and the stewardship efforts we make every day to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be sure agriculture stays properly engaged in the regulations and process forward under Ontario’s new Cap and Trade system.

Snider said, adding that while the secondary school requirement of having 40 volunteer hours to gain an Ontario Secondary School Diploma has helped bolster those numbers, most young people are sticking around to help out further.

“A lot of them stay engaged and stay involved so they can feel apart of an organization,” Snider said.

In her position with VIQ, Snider said the typical feeling amongst those individuals who volunteer is that they don't want or need recognition or praise but she explained that spurring on others to get involved was part of that process.

“We want you to go out and sing it, tell people and encourage them to come with you. That's how the circle is built,” she added.

A total of three categories garnered 17 nominees and Henry said prior to announcing the winners that “Each and every one of you deserves our gratitude and recognized for your outstanding contributions for making Prince Edward County a remarkable and special place to live, play and work.

99.3 County FM mainstay John Mather was the Wellings Community Builder Award winner that went to the individual who, drawing upon their unique leadership skills, has shown exemplary guidance in a volunteer role, led volunteer groups and/or have taken a lead role in finding solutions to local challenges.

Mather was a 99.3 County FM board member prior to the station going on the air and single-handedly created the volunteer news team.

Hosting a regular show on Sunday mornings called Music & Miscellany, Mather also covers spot shifts during the day and has been involved with the Prince Edward County Food Bank for the past eight years as wells as the Prince Edward County Arts Council and the Prince Edward County Hospital Auxiliary.

“Wow,” Mather said in his brief remarks after being congratulated by Prince Edward County Mayor Robert Quaiff.

“This is totally unexpected.”

Mather said the community radio station that has become an integral part of everyday life for county residents was built upon the effort of the volunteer staff.

“We couldn't have done and are still doing at County FM without the wonderful efforts of our dedicated star volunteers ,” he said.

Carlyn Moulton, who was

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The award brings to light the example set by the kindheartedness and engagement that make up the fabric of the county character.

Moulton was the lightning rod that led to the creation of the successful PEC Syria initiative that has seen a pair of Syrian refugee families relocate from camps in Lebanon to Prince Edward County.

In her acceptance of the award, Moulton said it was “a very humbling experience to receive this award while sitting with this crowd.”

“I know you all do so much for this community,” she said.

It was seven months to the day Moulton hosted a meeting at the Bloomfield Town Hall in order to simply measure the level of local willingness to respond to the ongoing Syrian refugee plight.

“I thought maybe five or 10 people would show up. By now most of you know that over 110 people showed up and this community has stood up in the most extraordinary way.

Finally, Fran Renoy was awarded the Wellington Lifelong Achievement Award which was awarded to the outstanding individual who has tirelessly dedicated their life to volunteering, inspired other volunteers and made a significant impact on the community through their exceptional achievements through volunteering.

While most would know Renoy through her activism and letter writing concerning Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital, her time spent with the PECMHA has been exemplary.

In addition to serving the community as its eyes and ears for all things related to the hospital, Renoy volunteers with the Kiwanis Club, the Canadian Cancer Society and Community Care for Seniors to name but a few.

In her address, Renoy offered congratulated her fellow recipients.

“Carlyn, it's amazing what you've done and thank you so much for everything you've done. John, my friend, I love your show and listen every Sunday morning,” She said.

Renoy thanked the Wellings of Picton and the organizers and selection committee.

There was such a need for this program,” she added.

“Thank you.”

The retired X-ray technician said she wanted to get involved with the PECMHA after she retired in 1998 as a way to shay thank you for purchasing the hospital’s first ultra sound and mammography machine.

“Of course, once they have your number, you are always there to help,” Renoy said jokingly. “I have been very fortunate to have lived and worked here and now retired here to this wonderful community.”

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faiRway apaRtments, 5 Spring Street, 2 bedroom apartments, $995 all inclusive. First, last and references required. Call 613-438-1611

newly RenovateD main floor flat 2 blocks from Main Street Picton. 2 bedrooms, double walk-in shower. Open concept kitchen/dining room with quartz counters, stainless appliances and pantry. Large living-room and front deck. Laundry room/mud room with washer and dryer, and exit to deck. 2 parking spaces. High efficiency gas-fired hot-water heat for low utility bills. Includes water. Hydro and gas extra.

First and last rent required, and references. Call 613-849-4536

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eaRl - In loving memory of

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You went to the Lord Two years ago You left us many memories, Your advice, Your talents, vacations, Dancing, your smile.

There is an empty place When we have family dinners.

Missed by wife Noreen.

Tina & Jay, Cindy & Art, Wendy & Bruce and families.

Sister Greta Sprigings and step family.

HaRRison- In loving memory of our sister/aunt and parents/grandparents, Pat James - April 21, 2013; Grace Harrison - May 9, 2002; John Harrison - July 10, 1987 Loving memories never die As years roll on and days pass by In our hearts a memory is kept Of the ones we loved And will never forget.

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Heaven's sweeter with you there.

Love from your family.

272 Main Street Bloomfield Sat. April 23, 2016 4:30 to 7:00 pm Adults $15 Children under 12 $7 Everyone Welcome info 613-393-3172

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cRymes, Ola. Memories of dear Nan, her birthday peacefully remembered.

All to myself I think of you Think of things we used to do Think of things we used to say, Think of each happy yesterday.

Sometimes I sigh and sometimes I smile But I keep each olden golden while All to myself.

Fondly remembered by her family.

Jim Hennessy April 29, 2000

keRR- Hubert. April 22, 2012.

Gone dear husband, gone forever How we miss your smiling face, But you left us to remember None on earth can take your place.

A happy home we once enjoyed, How sweet the memory still But death has left us a loneliness The world can never fill.

Loved always and forever Marilyn.

32 APRIL 21, 2016 MEMORIAMS

KERR- Hubert. April 22, 2012.

No one knows how much we miss you No one knows the bitter pain We have suffered since we lost you Life has never been the same In our heart your memory lingers Sweet, tender, fond and true There is not a day, dear father That we do not think of you.

Ron & Sue, Chris & Jan, Timmy and granddaughter Addison.

KERR- Hubert. April 22, 2012.

What would I give To hold his hand, His happy face to see.

To hear his voice And see his smile, That meant so much to me.

Love always John, Eleanor and family.

MCCAW- In memory of a wonderful brother-in-law & uncle, who left us way to soon, Roger McCaw, April 22, 2015.

Why it had to end this way No one really knows But the love and care you gave to us Always took a glow We can’t believe you’re really gone, It hurt to see you go.

But we still have your memories They were often quite a show.

In good times and in bad Whether right or wrong You always knew what to do And made us laugh all day long.

We think of you night and day You’re always on our mind We think about the happy times The ones you left behind.

I know you are looking down on us From Heaven up above Still looking out for us And sending all your love.

So we will wait for our turn, For our time to part But until then, You will remain in our hearts.

Loved, sadly missed and never forgotten.

Larry, Carlene and family.

MEMORIAMS

Roger McCaw

Apr. 22, 1951 – Apr. 22, 2015 LOVING BIRTHDAY WISHES To My DAD WHO MEANT THE WORLD TO ME “Where would I be without you” I used to say in fun Not knowing that so suddenly That awful day would come.

The day that tore my heart in shreds, With pain that cut so deep.

The tears that won’t stop falling, The nights that don’t bring sleep.

You were everything in life to me, Always there to make things right.

Now all I have are memories, Which I cling to very tight.

Forever in my heart. XO Love, Chris & Darlene

The Picton Gazette

MEMORIAMS

Roger McCaw

I remember the day that I met you, And the day you made me your wife.

I remember the day you were taken, And will ‘til the end of time.

We made our vows together Until death do we part.

Sometimes I think I’m dreaming I can’t believe it’s true; That I can go on living When I no longer have you.

No matter where I go Roger No matter what I do I’ll cherish the memories of yesterday And the laughs I shared with you.

I have a special locket That rest above my heart It holds your ashes while we are apart.

If you are listening, if you hear me Know your love will never end You will live in my heart forever And I hope someday we will meet again.

I will “ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN” Happy 65th Birthday. XO Love Always, Diane

ELWOOD McCONNELL

DAD Roger McCaw April 22, 1951 - April 22, 2015

He never looked for praises, He was never one to boast.

He just went on quietly working, For the ones he loved the most.

His dreams were seldom spoken, His wants were very few.

And most of the time his worries, Went unspoken too.

He was there…

A firm foundation, Through all our storms of life.

A sturdy hand to hold onto, In times of stress and strife.

A true friend we could turn to, When times were good and bad.

One of our greatest blessings, The man that we called Dad.

You held my hand when I was small, you caught me when I fell.

The hero of my childhood, and of later years as well.

Every time I think of you, my heart just fills with pride.

And though I’ll always miss you Dad, I know you’re by my side.

In laughter and in sorrow, in sunshine and in rain.

I know you’re watching over me, until we meet again.

We love you and miss you, Melissa & Scott XO

April 28, 1935 - April 23, 2011 Although we know life has to end It is no easier to bear So on this memory of your passing We are so sad that your time came 5 years ago And you went away.

You remain in our hearts and thoughts always.

Love you & miss you.

Ann, Lisa, Todd, Helena & Natalie.

Susie May (nee Finnegan)

January 23, 1971 - April 25, 2014 Another year has gone by...

Gone are the days we used to share, But the memories remain.

In our hearts you are always there Loving you always Forgetting you never.

Your loving husband Loren and daughter Mikayla May. Mom Nancy Finnegan, sister Cathy Tredinnick, husband David and son Devon.

Brother Mike Finnegan Jr, wife Elena, son Patrick.

Roger McCaw

“PAPA” We have never asked for miracles, But today just one would do.

To see the front door open And have our papa walk through.

Today is very special, full of memories we have of you, To us they are so precious, because they are of you.

We treasure forever the bond we all shared, The things you did, the way you cared.

The lessons you taught, to not hold a grudge or a chip And here’s why, bitterness keeps you from flying, Always stay humble and kind.

As we open our eyes this morning, We will whisper happy birthday Papa, We send all our love to you.

From your grandchildren's hearts who are broken in two.

Love, Shelby, Cody, Kelsey, Courtney, Briana, Matthew and Brooke XO

In Memory of

MEMORIAM

SALLEY, Peggy. In loving memory of a wonderful Mother, Mother-inLaw & Gramma who went to be with Dad & the angels on April 24, 2014 I can’t believe it has been two years, We miss you still so much, but I know we had to shed some tears, to let you feel Dad’s touch, I so miss our morning talks, and our nightly routine at 10 o’clock I hope you & Dad are dancing in the sky It helps with the question of why.

“Someone can be taken from your lives but never from your heart” That’s where you are Mom, embedded in our hearts Missing you every day, Debbie, PETER & FAMILY

Sam Struthers

In loving memory of Sam, who passed away April 23, 2011.

Those we love don't go away They walk beside us everyday Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Always loved and forever missed

by Mom, Cathy, Steve and Tracy.

DEATHS

BULTEN, Hendrikje “Hennie”

peacefully at H.J. McFarland Home, Picton on Monday, April 18, 2016 in her 82nd year. Daughter of the late Hendrik Hammers and Hendrikje Zwiers. Beloved wife of Jacob Bulten of Picton and the late Everd Bulten. Loving mother of Evelyn (Gerald) Allison of Big Island, Rita (Lawrence) Valleau of Picton, Bill (Darlene) Bulten of Belleville, Barb (Henry) Huiskamp of Bloomfield and Jake (Astrid) Bulten also of Bloomfield. Hennie will be missed by 17 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Hendrika Wemekamp, Dina Devries, Jane (Herman) Kiezebrink, and Al (Liz) Hammers. She is predeceased by her sisters, Fenna VandenHeuvel and Johanna Brickell, and by brothers Gerrit, Bert and Hank Hammers. Hennie will be fondly remembered by nieces, nephews and extended family.

Arrangements entrusted to the Steele Funeral Home, Moira Street Chapel, 30 Moira Street West, Belleville (613-968-2273). The Memorial Service will be held at Maranatha Church on Thursday, April 21st, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. A Private Interment will take place at Mount Nebo Cemetery. If desired, Memorial Donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

TURNER, Olive Gertrude

Peacefully at H.J. McFarland Home, Picton on Monday April 18th, 2016.

Olive Turner, formerly of Bridge Street, Picton, at the age of 89.

Beloved wife of Roy. Loved mother of Catherine Champy, Edward, Gregory and Crawford Turner and grandmother of Tyler, Brittany and Brandon. Sister of the late Crawford Mahon. Dear friend of Amalie Kulker. At Olive’s request, there will be no service or visitation. Cremation has taken place. If desired, donations to Community Care for Seniors would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to the Whattam Funeral Home, 33 Main Street, Picton. www.whattamfuneralhome.com

WOOD, Mary Margaret “Pegi”

(nee Pickering) Pegi Wood, 78, surrounded by those who loved her and peacefully at home, on March 10th, 2016. A graveside service will take place on Friday April 29th at 3:30 p.m. at Cherry Valley Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to the Whattam Funeral Home, 33 Main Street, Picton.

DEATHS

DEATHS

CASSIBO, John Joseph

BOWERS, Elizabeth Mary

Peacefully at her home on Monday April 11th, 2016.

Elizabeth Bowers of Waupoos, formerly of Toronto at the age of 68. Beloved wife of Andy. Dear mother of Simon (Kathryn), Nikki (Steve), Kristen, Toby (Liz), Kate (Michael) all of Toronto. Dear sister of Jeni Skulnick (Martin) of Toronto. Sadly missed by her grandchildren Kye, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Eden, Avery, Abigail. A Memorial service was held in the chapel on Tuesday April 19th, at 2 p.m. Reverend Stevan Spicer officiated. Cremation has taken place. If desired, donations to the Prince Edward County Hospital Auxiliary would be appreciated by the family. Friends were invited to visit with the family from 1 p.m. until the time of service at 2 p.m. www.whattamfuneralhome.com

Suddenly at his home in Trenton on Sunday April 17, 2016, John Cassibo, at the age of 43. Much loved father of Tasha (Christopher Taylor) and Joseph, all of Trenton and their mother Penny McKay of Mississauga. Proud grandfather of Parker and Carter and brother of Darren of Trenton, Jerry (Amy) and Shawn (Yvonne) all of Picton.

John will be missed by his nieces, nephews and friends. Mr. Cassibo is resting at the Whattam Funeral Home, 33 Main Street, Picton.

Memorial Service in the Chapel on Friday April 22 at 10:30 am. The Reverend Father Thomas Thazhappally officiating. Memorial donations to the Lung Association would be appreciated. The family will receive friends on Friday from 10 am. until service time. www.whattamfuneralhome.com

Whattam Funeral Home

Whattam Funeral Home

HOTT, Madeline Gertrude

UNGAR, Linda Marie

Suddenly at her home on County Road 8, on Wednesday April13th, 2016. Linda Ungar, at the age of 49. Daughter of the late Leo and Helen Ungar. Sister of Frank (Deedee), Terry (Tommy), Leo (Nichole), Lisa and the late Robert and sister-in-law of Marie. Aunt of Natasha, Jessica, Adam, Sydnee and Helena. A gathering of family and friends was held at the Whattam Funeral Home, 33 Main Street, Picton on the evening of Tuesday April 19th from 6-8 p.m.

Cremation has taken place. If desired, donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. www.whattamfuneralhome.com

Whattam Funeral Home

Peacefully at Granite Ridge Retirement Place, Gravenhurst.

Madeline Hott formerly of Bloomfield at the age of 97. Beloved wife of the late Michael. Loved mother of Dennis and his wife Wendy of Bracebridge. Loved grandmother of Allison and Jeffrey.

Predeceased by her parents Fred and Lillian Cole, and her siblings.

Mass of the Resurrection was held at The Church of St. Gregory The Great on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 at 11:00am. Rite of Committal Burial in the spring at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Father Thomas Thazhappally officiated.

Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society and St. Gregory The Great Building Fund were appreciated by the family. Friends were invited to visit with Madeline’s family on Wednesday, morning from 9:30am til 10:30 at the funeral home.

Arrangements entrusted to the

Whattam Funeral Home

33 Main Street, Picton. www.whattamfuneralhome.com

DEATHS

GARAGE SALE 7 Jane Street Saturday, April 23 8am - 2pm

TABER, Joyce Eva

Joyce Taber (nee Findlay) passed away at the H J McFarland Memorial Home, Picton, ON on Saturday April 16, 2016, at the age of 80. Beloved wife of the late Keith Ernest Taber and loved mother of Karen (Larry Turner) of Consecon and Chris (Dale) of Arnprior. Loving grandmother to Michael (Leigh) Turner, Lee (Christy) Turner, Christina McKay and Merrill Taber and great grandmother to Emily and Brandon McKay and Kennedy, Larissa and Elliott Turner. Dear sister to Delbert Findlay, Lloyd (Bev) Findlay, Debra (Peter Woods) and the late Janet Gillim and Gary Findlay. Mrs. Taber rested at the Ainsworth Funeral Home, 288 Noxon Ave., Wellington from 7 to 9 pm.

Tuesday and 10 to 11 am.

Wednesday. Funeral Service was held in the Chapel on Wednesday April 20 at 11 am. The Reverend Steve Spicer officiated. Spring interment at Wellington Cemetery.

Memorial donations to the Alzheimer Society of Prince Edward or the Diabetes Association would be appreciated. www.ainsworthfuneralhome.com

WHATTAM, Marlene

Marlene Whattam passed away suddenly at home on Saturday, April 16th, 2016, at the age of 60.

Loving partner of Tim Wood.

Predeceased by loving husband Leonard Whattam. Loving mother of Tammy (Ed) Williams and step son Don Whattam (Crystal).

Loving grandmother of Jordan, Vanessa, Hayden and the late Tyrone great grandmother Tyler and Maddie. Loving daughter of Roland Welbanks (Carol Switzer) and predeceased by mother Eileen Marshall. Dear sister of Sharon (Jim) Caird; Debbie (Brian) Frost; Lenora (Al ) Duffy; David (Mary) Welbanks; Steven Welbanks; Eddie (Jennie) Welbanks; Alex Welbanks.

Predeceased by sister Roseanne Bosman. Cremation has taken place. A graveside service will be held at Cherry Valley Cemetery on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 4:30pm.

Rev. Robert Jones officiating.

Donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

Rest in Peace

BROWN, Gary John Arthur

Gary passed away at the Kingston General Hospital with his family on Saturday April 16, 2016, at the age of 67. Beloved husband of Dale ‘Dee’ (nee Mason) and loved father of Christopher of Bloomfield, Hilary (Victor Beaumont) of Whitby, Tiffany (Chad Thompson) of Cherry Valley and Tyler, Derek and Sylken (fiancee Jeremiah Adams), all of Wellington. Dear brother of Barry of Wellington. Mr. Brown is resting at the Ainsworth Funeral Home, 288 Noxon Ave., Wellington. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Thursday evening. Memorial Service in the Chapel on Friday, April 22 at 2 pm.

The Reverend Audrey Whitney officiating.

Cremation with interment at Wellington Cemetery. www.ainsworthfuneralhome.com

APRIL 21, 2016 33

The Picton Gazette

Lawn furniture, antiques, home decor, pictures, lamps, etc.

YARD SALE DONATIONS NEEDED

MOVING SALE

YARD SALE

75 Cty. Rd. 16 Sat. April 23 9am-3pm

Wellington Legion Manor 68 Maple St. APT. 107 & 206 Wellington

Oak pedestal table, ornate rocking chair, Ikea single bed with new mattress, dishes, lamp shades, pictures, clocks, Christmas decorations, mirrors, exercise equipment and lots more.

40 Downes Avenue, Picton Monday – Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM or call Judy at 613-645-4040 ext. 205, for pick up.

YARD SALE Wellington Elks Allisonville Hall Sat. April 23 8am-12pm 613-399-2681

Advertise your Yard Sale for only

LAWN SALE

TURN THAT CLUTTER INTO EXTRA CASH

Sat. April 30th 6 Centre Street Picton

( 1 col. x 2.25” ad) (approx. 50 words)

Hospice Prince Edward is having a yard sale on May 14, location TBA, and is looking for donations of household items, books, small furniture pieces, etc. If you have done your spring purging, and need to get rid of some stuff, we’d love to take it off your hands.

Donations can be dropped off at

Double bed, medical bed, small dressers, double bed bedding, pillow cases, numerous dishes, large wooden dining tabale, medical toilet on wheels, motorized chair, microwave.

Phone 613-399-2848

INDOOR COMMUNITY

Collectables, books, CDs, lots more

Rain or Shine

$12.95 plus hst

It’s easy, call The Picton Gazette office at 613-476-3201 or email us at gazetteclass@bellnet.ca Visa, Mastercard, Amex accepted

34 APRIL 21, 2016

AUCTIONS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH

AT 5:00 P.M. AUCTION SALE DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE Fridge, refractory kitchen table/ 4 chairs, chesterfield, coffee & end tables, chesterfield with matching loveseat & chair, oak table, walnut tea wagon, wooden trunk, organ stool, flatware chest, teak stool, new oval bathtub, large qty. of smalls including cups & saucers, pepsi collectibles, glass & china, qty. of brass items, onyx pieces, wooden ware, a large qty. of coins & currency including specimen sets, commemorative sets, sterling pieces, old currency, and numerous other pieces.

Note: Coins will sell at 7:00 p.m.

Watch the web site for detailed list and photos.

DOUG JARRELL AUCTIONS 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2016

AT 4:30 P.M. SHARP AUCTION SALE ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, FURNITURE, CRYSTAL, CHINA, GLASS, LARGE QUEEN VICTORIA PAINTING, SHIP LANTERNS ETC. Approx. 12 Miles West of Kingston, Odessa Fair (Exhibit Hall), From 401 (Exit 599) Cty. Rd. #6 South Through Lights on Left 3 Pce. Bamboo Set (2 Chairs/Large Glass Top Coffee Table); Single Hide-a-Bed Love Seater Couch (Like New); 2 Single Beds, Box Springs/Mattress (like new); Antique Chest on Chest of Drawers; Hand made Grandfather Clock (Battery Operated); Antique Ash Dresser; Maple 9 Drawer Chest; Electric Fire Place; Antique Washstand; Roxton Maple Telephone Seat ; Telephone Table; Pr. Maple End Tables; Centre Table; Clothes Tree; Several Centre Tables; Several Mirrors, Only a partial listing.

Primitives/Antiques - Very Early Blanket Box; Large Queen Victoria Painting Approx. 24 x 36; Tea Wagon Trolley; 2 Water Colours (signed Raffney); Boston Rocker; Bomanville Style Rocker; 2 - Upholstered Chairs Done by (Sharps Napanee); Needle Point Chair; Chicken Coop Chair; Humpback Trunk With Original Lining; 8 Gal Alberta Crock Barrel Churn; Copper Kettle; Laundry Hamper/Silk Top; 4 Ornate Walking Sticks; Fish Set; Note Pr. Of Snuff Bottles (man/women); Satin Piano Cover; Feathered Fan; Chain Change Purse Etc.; Carved Wooden Figure; Beleek, Wedgewood, Depression, Royal Doulton, Pinwheel, Royal Minton; Blue Mountain Etc.; Several China Cups/Saucers (Royal Albert Etc.); Several Tea Service Sets; Royal Doulton for 9 plus 2 platters; Wedgewood Tea Set; Sutherland Breakfast Set; Paragon Tea Set Etc.; Ginger Jars; Hummels; 2 - China Lamps; Jardiniere; Cutlery; Pictures/Frames; Wooden Butter Ladles; Wooden Mashers; Brass Figurine Statue; Brass Bed Warmer; Brass Boy Scout Pole Top; Brass Ink Well; Coffee Grinder; Steam Engine Toy; Pr. Red Globe Ships Lanterns; Ship Lantern; Sad Irons; Horse Brass; Quantity of Newsprint (Sir Winston Churchill, Coronation Etc.); Wooden Clothes Dryer; Wash Board; Buck Saw; Croquet Set; Wicker Picnic Basket; Only a Partial Listing. Many more boxes packed.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This Sale is from 2 Local Estates, Plus added Consignment. This is a very good sale for everyone. All articles well kept, in great condition. Only a partial listing.

Pictures and listing go to www.daveasniderauctionservice.ca All Verbal Announcements takes precedence over any written matter.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash/Interac/Cheques (with proper I.D.) DAVE A. SNIDER, AUCTION SERVICE (613-386-3039) AUCTIONEER - BRAD SNIDER (613-386-3773) Owners/Auctioneers will not be responsible for any accident on or about property day of sale

SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH

AT 10:30 A.M. AUCTION SALE FOR DR. GARRY AND HELEN SOLOMON 355 MASSASSUAGA ROAD, R.R.# 7 BELLEVILLE, ONT. ½ mile SOUTH of Belleville Bay Bridge on Highway 62 and turn EAST onto Prince Edward Road 28 for ½ mile and turn onto Massassauga Road for 1 mile.

ARTWORK, FURNITURE AND COLLECTIBLES including original James Keirstead 16â&#x20AC;? x 24â&#x20AC;? oil on canvas â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Millâ&#x20AC;?, original Colebrook Keirstead 12â&#x20AC;? x 18â&#x20AC;?, original Yoli 20 x 26 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Floralsâ&#x20AC;?; Donnah Cameron water colour, Tom Thomsom reproductions; Disney Serigraph, Robert Bateman â&#x20AC;&#x153;Predator Portfolioâ&#x20AC;?, Inuit art, block prints; 3 piece chesterfield suite, wing back chair, leather love seat and chair, porcelain table lamps, 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; area floor coverings in silk, wool; original German stoneware with blue, Lladro figurines, Hummel, Goebel, Beswick, Icart figurines; Wedgewood bust â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Prince Charles; Remington replica figure, Limoges china, Royal Albert china, cups and saucers, silver plate tea service, folk art bench, vintage door hardware, original jailhouse door from Simcoe Penal Institution, Kenmore sewing machine, Crosley refrigerator, queen size inflatable beds, RECREATION AND TOOLS Zodiac â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cadetâ&#x20AC;? 10 ft inflatable watercraft with hard floor, Suzuki 9.9 oil injected outboard motor, 2 Pursuit 120 DLX kayaks, Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giantâ&#x20AC;? mountain Bike, Ladies â&#x20AC;&#x153;Norcoâ&#x20AC;? bike, Aqua Scooter under water propulsion device, Yard Works 10.5 hp snow blower, Craftsman mitre saw, quantity of new rechargeable, power tools, hand tools, Karcher power washer, Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electric car, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toys -Atari, cabbage patch; garden supplies, tools and accents; Christmas decorations, storage totes, numerous other articles.

TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www. sullivanauctions.com for photos

The Picton Gazette

MONDAY, APRIL 25TH

AT 10:30 A.M. AUCTION SALE FOR CLARE AND CECILE SIMMS 12 HAZEL COURT, BELLEVILLE, ONT. Turn NORTH off College Street West (vicinity of Quinte Secondary School) onto Heartwood Drive to Hazel Court.

2 antique oak 4 level barristers bookcases, antique oak extension dining table with carved legs, antique oak dresser, antique oak cabinet model Victrola record player, antique oak sideboard with carved backsplash, press back chairs, antique walnut chest of drawers, antique walnut double bed, antique oval coffee table, antique Singer treadle sewing machine, antique long box telephone, vintage oak desk and chair, Peppler drop leaf serving table, bamboo living room furniture, maple bedroom furniture, Princess 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; slate bottom pool table ( to be removed), living room furniture, bedroom furniture, double keyboard electric organ, Fisher component stereo system, Gingerbread clock, maple rocker, antique toilet set pieces, cups and saucers, antique glasswareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and china, linens, sewing material, quilt and craft supplies, Hobart counter top mixer, kitchenwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Maytag washer, Inglis dryer, 11 cu ft freezer, photography and darkroom equipment, BBQ, deck box, Craftsman 10â&#x20AC;? radial arm saw, Rockwell 14 band saw, steel storage shelves, quantity of hand and power tools, power lawn mower, shop vac, high pressure washer, garden tools, numerous other articles.

TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www. sullivanauctions.com for photos

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH

AT 11:00 A.M. AUCTION SALE FOR J JAZMAN E-BIKES AND MOTORSPORTS SALE CONDUCTED AT BELLEVILLE AND DISTRICT FISH AND GAME CLUB 170 ELMWOOD DRIVE, BELLEVILLE, ONT. 2 miles EAST of Belleville on Old Highway 2 and turn NORTH onto Elmwood Drive for ½ mile.

Daymak â&#x20AC;&#x153;Siagonâ&#x20AC;? 150 cc gas powered scooter- running condition; 2 Auto Cycle 3 wheel 150cc gas powered scooters, Daymak â&#x20AC;&#x153;Austinâ&#x20AC;? E-Bike with new battery; Daymak â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeâ&#x20AC;? ebike, Honda electric bike, Gio Mini Quad 125 cc ATV, Pocket Bike â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not running; new bicycles including Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil 12â&#x20AC;?, 16â&#x20AC;? and 20â&#x20AC;?, new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stormâ&#x20AC;? mountain bikes, 6 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil BMX bikes, Mighty Jack manual fork truck, motorcycle jack, motorcycle hauler hitch, new bike racks, floor jacks, tow ropes, 1000 watt rotary mowers, 1100 watt snow brooms, helmets, Gio chainsaw, Razor electric scooter, new Gio gas powered hedge trimmers, electric winches, electric chainsaws, rooftop cargo carriers, pressure washers, scooter and bike parts, numerous other articles.

TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www. sullivanauctions.com for photos

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SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH

AT 10:00 A.M. CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SALE DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE MF 135 diesel 2wd tractor with Allied 350 loader, John Deere 2120 2wd tractor/ single remotes, older model Massey tractor, MF165 tractor with loader, Frey loader, bucket & manure fork, New Holland 488 9 ft. haybine (very nice shape), JD haybine guards & parts, MF 5 bar side delivery rake, MF 124 square baler, 18 ft. bale thrower wagon, New Holland 353 grinder mixer, MF 110 single axle manure spreader with top beater, NH 420 single axle single beater manure spreader, 3PTH 10 & 13 ft.

Triple K cultivators, Landpride 3 PTH 5 ft. rotary mower, 3 PTH scraper blade, 3 PTH 5 ft. snowblower, Bush Hog 3 PTH woodsplitter, PTO driven 3 PTH wood splitter, bale spear, 8 ft. snow blade & frame, Wallenstein 3600 watt PTO generator on wheels, horse drawn 2 seat democrat (all redone), hopper bottom grain bin, 2 rectangular calf hutches, custom made western reining saddle, set of leather light single horse harness, 2 riding lawnmowers, lawn roller, roll of page wire, several rolls of used snow fence, large assortment of electric fence supplies including wire, stakes, battery and electric fencers, insulators, a number of farm gates, qty. of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tâ&#x20AC;? bar stakes, slant bar feeder section, 2 collapsible sheep hay feeders, Mantis garden tiller/ attachments, (like new), Lincoln 225 welder, jointer/planer, 3 gallon air compressor, anvil, 2 seed spreaders, chop saw, Stihl 260 chain saw, rack for a 4 wheeler, numerous other tools. Sheep - A flock of 15 katahdin ewes with 18 katahdin and some dorper cross 4 month old lambs. 2 rams also sell.

Machinery & animal consignments are being accepted for this sale.

Watch the web site for additions to this sale as they are consigned.

DOUG JARRELL AUCTIONS 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

HELP WANTED

THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE EDWARD JOB OPPORTUNITIES H.J. McFARLAND MEMORIAL HOME

The H.J. McFarland Home is non-profit long term care facility located on the outskirts of Picton, Ontario in beautiful Prince Edward County. Our philosophy of care is one that recognizes the individuality of each resident and where all staff, family members and community partners are valued and respected for their contributions to resident care.

Our Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for the positions listed below located at HJ McFarland Memorial Home.

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Ideal candidates will possess the following general qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ 2 years of related work experience; experience in a long term care facility preferred â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment and within legislated standards and guidelines â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent communication and problem solving skills â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to exercise respect, tact, diplomacy, and good judgement in all matters relating to Resident care â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge and training under the Occupational Health & Safety Act â&#x20AC;˘ Proof of satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening Check If you are interested in any of the above opportunities please forward your application, clearly identifying the position of interest, prior to 4:00pm on April 29, 2016 to careers@pecounty.on.ca.

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Keelan-Bishop adds to county poster series ADAM BRAMBURGER STAFF WRITER

Artist Marc Keelan-Bishop set his eyes on Hillier for the latest installment in his popular county poster series.

The new poster, which Keelan-Bishop will debut at the Marm Art Mart at the House of Falconer this weekend, depicts the historic Christ Church off in the distance and a bird capturing a treat from among the luscious grape vines that have become prevalent in the area.

The poster is the ninth in a series that originally started as a project Keelan-Bishop wanted to pursue as an entry for the annual Art in the County exhibition. It started with depictions of Picton and Bloomfield and grew to include Sandbanks Provincial Park, Wellington, Lake on the Mountain, Mountain View, Point Petre, and Black River.

“Being a commercial and educational illustrator, I wanted something where I didn’t have to teach or focus on a client’s demands,” he recalled.

Keelan-Bishop took his inspiration from the series on a style of vintage travel posters that were common from the late 1800s up until around the time of the First World War. He has a collection of posters in that style, including a rare piece of Vietnamese Communist propaganda.

Typically, Keelan-Bishop said posters in that style were created using silk-screening, so they often featured large elements in a given colour and

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NEW ENTRY Marc KeelanBishop added another county locale to his series, debuting this new Hillier poster this week. (Submitted photo)

attracted the eye with their bright, vibrant colours.

One day, Keelan-Bishop said he might like to take a few of the designs to Chrissy Poitras, of Spark Box Studio, an expert in silk screening to try the posters on a different medium.

As for other elements to his style, Keelan-Bishop indicated he likes to do things that are a bit playful and unexpected.

The picnic-themed Sandbanks design, for example, depicts a couple about to meet for a meal on the beach, but it also has clever portrayals of a bird about to eat a frog and a ladybug about to eat an aphid.

The Black River poster shows Vicki Emlaw of Vicki’s Veg-

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gies and in her hair, if one looks closer they can see people out tending gardens.

“I like to have a bit of fun with them,” he said.

The idea that came together the easiest, Keelan-Bishop said, was the Picton poster, which shows the intersection of urban and rural in town with a tractor in front of the neon glow of the Regent Theatre.

Some of the ideas came quickly, and some took more time. Keelan-Bishop said he created the new Hillier concept in two days after scrapping a previous conception.

Typically, he said, once the idea comes it can take as much as two whole days to do the drawing — he works primarily in Adobe Illustrator, then a week or in editing.

Keelan-Bishop considered printing the work in the fineart giclee style, but chose instead to offer more affordable poster prints for $15 each or $120 for the set to allow them to be purchased by tourists as souvenirs. He said he loves the fact his art can be shared in many homes instead of just one and the notion he doesn’t have to part with his originals. The posters are sold in four county locations.

Fans of the series need not worry, Keelan-Bishop doesn’t expect Hillier to be his last.

“I don’t think I’ll be finished until I’ve done a dozen.

Waupoos keeps calling to me and I’m thinking about the Fish Lake Road area,” he said.

“I feel like I’m obligated to cover the entire county.”

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First Nations stories play prominent role in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book presentations Coming together starts with abandoning a system that presumes other Canadians know better than first nations people what's right for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This process will involve dialogue with many groups but that's what Canada is and has always been â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a polarity of voices that somehow come together to make up this great country,â&#x20AC;? Dugan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One way for Canadians to start being part of this conversation is to read this book.â&#x20AC;?

Fennell said she selected A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews for a number of personal reasons including the character Nomi being a 16year-old girl growing up in a small community and facing multiple challenges in her teen hood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some normal, some more complex than the average and some far exceeding what any of us have or will have to experience in our lives,â&#x20AC;? Fennell said.

The program director at the Recreation Outreach Centre explained that greater compassion for others including youth was a key storyline and â&#x20AC;&#x153;this book hit the mark for me.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to further explore the role we as adults play in the lives of young peo-

moments of self awareness passed down through the that are scattered in the millennia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we are wrong, it's Among the life lessons, pages, Dugan read a passage insight and delicate detailing a virtue that's been better to respond with love, courage and grace than anger, bitterness and rage. We are made whole by living up to the best part of human nature, the part willing to forgive the aggressor, the part that never loses sight of humanity of those on the other side of the relationship and the part that embraces the part of other person with whom we have every right to be angry and accepts him or her as a brother or sister,â&#x20AC;? she read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those words hold promise for not only First Nations but all Canadians,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Dugan has been fascinated with books surrounding the history of First Nations and referenced Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and 1491 as works that have struck a chord with her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe the relationship between Canadians and the first nations people of this country is going to be one of the defining conversations in Canada in the 21st Century.

First Nations are the fastest growing population. They are a young population and future generations of Canadians will judge us on how we treat the people who were here first,â&#x20AC;? said Dugan.

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ple and how they look at adults around them to provide guidance and non-judgemental support while they figure it all out,â&#x20AC;? Fennell added.

Nomi Nickel lives in the mennonite town of East Village, Man. and three years prior to the story taking place, Nomi's sister blew town with her boyfriend after unsuccessfully fighting beliefs and expectations of their traditional community.

Not long after her mother also abandons the family although her reasons are less clear until the final chapter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's raining questions around here and a person could drown in them,â&#x20AC;? Fennell said, paraphrasing the main characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coy observation.

Nomi struggles in school and it seems predestination she will ultimately wind up being employed at the local chicken slaughterhouse.

The teenager dreams of the other East Village. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would love to read the diary of a girl my age from the city, or a text book on planning or a New York City phone book. I would kill own a New York City phone book,â&#x20AC;? Fennell read.

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the constant and the girl offers true compassion to him for his lifelong struggles and the effect they have had on his being.

Unconditional love towards each other means unconditional acceptance and that is displayed in spite of a series of rash decisions Nomi makes which includes shaving her head and donning a crop top and a pair of army boots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both are suffering and one's method of coping and struggling to survive does not always look like another's,â&#x20AC;? Fennell said.

The story is told through random interactions Nomi has with the townspeople and the feelings of compassion for Nomi are heightened when, despite this teenagers struggle to escape the ridged lifestyle of this Mennonite community, she is still able to acknowledge the love that is shared with her from the members of her community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they ask how my dad is doing, what they are really wondering is am I ok without having my mom around. There is a kindness here, a complicated kindness,â&#x20AC;? Fennell read aloud.

A local author and host of a popular radio program on 99.3 County FM, Murray is known to have a very good sense of humour but said from the outset of his presentation that he would not joke about Three Day Road by Joseph Boydon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is humour in this book from laugh out loud moments to quiet wit but it's a book I will not joke about,â&#x20AC;?

Murray said.

Murray explained reading Boydon's debut novel was â&#x20AC;&#x153;an amazing experienceâ&#x20AC;? and that since the work was published over a decade ago, it has become more and more relevant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A great book, one that rises above, is one that immerses you personally in something so foreign and unknown to you that you can know a person you could never know in real life and experience things you could never possibly experience in real life,â&#x20AC;? Murray said.

In experiencing Three Day Road, the reader will become two people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one being a young Cree man named Xavier Bird and the other being his auntie Niska, one of the last Cree medicine women and the second last in a line of windigo killers.

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His Whole Life hits close to home for presenter Morris for a number of reasons BOOKS, from page 36

“She knows the stories, wrestles with the visions, is capable of healing, of living in isolation and she carries the ominous responsibility to purge by death those rare souls that drift beyond madness and cannot be brought back,” said Murray.

Niska will raise her nephew Xavier and his friend Elijah and at the outbreak of the Great War as they paddle up river to where the Canadians live, she will worry.

Trained as bush hunters, the pair enlist and travel to Europe where they will hunt German men.

As Xavier, you will see what he sees and know what he knows so well as the two become ferocious trench raiders “Elijah basks in attention of the mystified Canadian and English troops,” Murray said. “Elijah can speak like them and Xavier is worried he is becoming one of them.”

Unlike Xavier, Elijah lived in a residential school and he has taken Canadian ways and native skills and combined them without the traditions of Xavier's people which is dangerous.

The two will fight at the Battle of the Somme and Vimy Ridge, kill many and see horror that it all becomes normal and Xavier worries that he has have become windigo and have passed into the irreversible hold of madness.

When one of the two men returns home from war, Niska paddles him home and tells him stories “because the stories are the only thing that can heal him and the stories are the only thing they have.”

In a broad stroke, Three Day Road is about, in part, a man who fights with Canada but is of another nation.

“If Canada's identity was forged in this horrible war,

the heart.”

“Again and again narrative like that pulled me into the story, wooed me, even cajoled me to liking — even caring about —10 year old Jim, his mother Nan and even his very complicated father, George,” Morris said.

According to Morris, Hays' rich descriptive tapestry paints picture on each page that makes you believe you are in the car with this family or standing right outside their cabin.

“The watery sun, flicking, flicking the undersides of the A GREAT PANEL The 2016 County Reads presenters, from left: trees. The air was sweet, the Charles Morris, Ken Murray, Hilary Fennell, Melanie Dugan and woods were quiet.

Reading those words, I Dorothy Spiers all offered well thought-out and compelling argufeel like I'm there,” Morris ments Thursday evening. (Jason Parks/Gazette staff) explained.

The story is centred on then watch also as Cree iden- elling on the “back roads of tity risks melting away to nothing,” Murray said.

Murray closed with a quote from the author made to Maclean's magazine after the most recent round of suicide attempts in Attawapiskat. “'You can't attempt culture genocide for 140 years and not expect some very real fallout from that,',” Murray said reading Boydon's view. “The second part of the quote applies to the aged and our youth in the county. 'When children learn the importance of where they come from and who they are and that others Speaker: Julie White, Long Point Honey in the world care for them, they begin internalize that (one of only two organic honey producers in Ontario) vital ingredient of self esteem a sense of pride in self and in Mini-show theme: community.'.”

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Morris explained he lived his whole life in Quebec and when his marriage was unravelling, he brought his 11-year-old daughter to the unity rally in Montreal.

“If you grew up in the Trudeau years, suffered through two referendums, if you've raised children and watched them grow with wonder and terrified love, agonized over love,loyalty, faithfulness and betrayal, than this book will feel like home. This book will feel like home-a beautifully crafted

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There's challenges for the characters in marriage and politics and friendship and they are familiar but there is nothing cliche about their stories.

“In this book people make a variety of good and bad choices and Hay carefully draws them out to their painful conclusions. How will they turn out? Hay masterfully draws you in, makes you care, explores the mystery of how members of a family can hurt each other members so deeply and remember those hurts in such detail yet find themselves into moments of love and forgiveness,” he said.

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Yukon-based singer returns to Ontario roots Kate Weekes to sing at Acoustic Grill Saturday night CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER

Ice-capped mountains, thick forests of evergreen and the yap of dogs pulling sleds through crystalline snow.

These are some of the images Kate Weekes hopes to invoke with her music.

Originally from Smiths Falls, the Whitehorse, Yukon singer-songwriter will be visiting the Acoustic Grill in Picton this Saturday, April 23. She'll be playing songs from her new album Frost on Black Fur, which includes themes of dog mushing, paddling wilderness rivers and travel.

“I've played in Ontario a number of times, but this will be my first time playing in Picton,” Weekes told the Gazette.

Those in attendance SaturThe girls of Reaching for Rainbows are excited that spring is here and they would like to celebrate day can expect plenty of orignd by inviting you to drop in and visit them on Monday, May 2 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. inal material. Weekes said she The girls will be serving up tea, coffee and some special treats. has her own distinctive style, e girls of Reaching for Rainbows are excited that spring is here and they would like to celebrate but has been influence by a lot nd by inviting to drop in and on visit them Monday, May 2 Presbyterian from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. of artists such as Joni Mitchell, Theyou playroom is located the loweron level of St. Andrewǯs Church The girls beStreet serving upcorner tea, coffee some special Paul Simon, and many others. at 31will King at the of Kingand & Bowery Streets. treats.

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singer-songwriter Kate Weekes will be bringing her brand of travel and wilderness-inspired folk music to the Acoustic Grill in Picton this Saturday. The show is part of a tour of Ontario.(Submitted photo)

probably a lot of lesser-known artists in some ways,” she said. “I draw a lot of influence for my writing through landscape through travel around Canada.”

Songs often play out in story structure, capturing imagery from personal experience. Frost on Black Fur features a cover image of Weekes' dog team. She lived in a cabin and worked as a dog musher for about eight years in the Yukon.

“A lot of the songs on that album are northern themed,” she said. “There are a lot of dog songs, not just about dog mushing, but talking about that lifestyle.”

One song on the album, titled Trees Coming Down, meshes together the lifestyle with a love story. Weekes said she's also a wilderness guide in the summer and takes a lot of inspiration from her experience paddling northern rivers.

The album also includes songs relating to international travel via Weekes' experiences in China and Ireland.

“It's a lot of experiential writing,” she said.

Weekes spent two months in Ireland a couple of years back. With only her bicycle and herself, she toured the county. The weather present-

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“I lugged around this huge journal with me. I had a lot of great experiences, but they were also really challenging due to the weather and the physical challenges,” she said.

The experience led to the writing of a song called “Sing it to the Hills.”

“It's one that was inspired by a number of historic walking tours with guides,” she said. “It touches on political issues in Ireland — from the perspective of someone who wasn't directly involved in the history there — but who was touched by the potency of hundreds of years of political turmoil.”

Her latest adventure brings her to Picton, but Weekes isn't a stranger to the county. Her parents have a home here and she said she's visited a few times. She said she's excited to finally play here.

“I've heard lots about the Acoustic Grill, that it's a great venue, so I'm glad to get the opportunity to perform there,” she said.

Kate Weekes will be appearing at the Acoustic Grill on Saturday, April 23 from 7–10 p.m. There will be no cover charge for the performance.

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Wickett delivers powerful solo show JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER

Powerful, stirring, emotional and raw are adjectives that would aptly describe Sharon Wickett's I am Woman...Hear me this past weekend at the Mt. Tabor Playhouse.

May this corner also offer the term 'must see' to the above list?

An emotional grinder that combines the sweetness of Wickett's musical talents and the sourness of her personal experiences with abuse and rape, I am Woman lays Wickett's soul bare for all to absorb.

So emotional was the Wickett's outpouring in her performance Friday and Saturday night that audience members- most strangers- felt compelled to embrace her after the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I've never been involved in a show where the whole audience needs to come up and hug you at the end,â&#x20AC;?

Wickett said with a smile after the initial run of the performance had ended.

The idea of I am Woman had been ruminating with Wickett for some time however it was last summer when she finally put pen to paper and the one woman catharsis started to breathe.

An educational assistant at PECI, Wickett told the Gazette that a domestic violence symposium held at the school a couple of years ago might have been provided an initial spark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had some workshops and a few thoughts and ideas kind of stuck in the back of my

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head and last summer I sat down on the deck and started writing,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Musically trained, Wickett has provided music direction on no less than a dozen Marysburgh Mummer productions and admitted the songs that are interspersed around her emotional and introspective monologues were the easiest part of crafting the 90-minute, two-act show.

Combined with pieces of original music, it created an outlet for Wickett and window for an appreciative audience.

It really was therapeutic to put all those pieces together and say 'This is what happened.',â&#x20AC;? Wickett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I've never really talked about it with my family and members of my family and my mother

were at the show on Saturday night.â&#x20AC;?

If one young woman within the throes of domestic violence were to have seen either performance this weekend, Wickett is hopeful they could take multiple messages from the performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Courage, strength and knowing that you are not alone (are some). I know that when you are in it, you feel isolated but I think if we start talking and be more open about (domestic violence and abuse), it gets people talking and examining their situation.

I hope they say to themselves 'I'm in it, what options do I have to get out of it.',â&#x20AC;? she said.

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