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Trenton- The local advocacy group for Trenton Memorial Hospital isn’t about to take the pillaging of medical equipment lying down.

Our TMH committee members are now starting to plan and strategize how they can fight back against Quinte Health Care’s decision to move 2,400 day surgeries per year to Belleville, moving $3 million of equipment from Trenton to Belleville in the process.

“The fact that we’ve got $3 million worth of equipment that will be moved down to BGH from TMH, we haven’t even received a thank you for that,” said Our TMH cochair Mike Cowan. “I look at it and I’m quite concerned.”

Our TMH members met for a meeting on Thursday Feb. 12, and Cowan said fighting the cuts is now their main priority.

“If we can get the services to stay in Trenton then the requirement to move the $3 million worth of equipment won’t be there,” Cowan said. “It’s a case of where if you’re going to move the services then you have to move the equipment for that.”

Cuts to services in Trenton, to be relocated to Belleville, have further repercussions - transportation for patients in different communities. Cowan said he wants to make it very clear, Our TMH will not be a part of helping QHC with transportation issues.

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“The more we move from Trenton Memorial, the more people have to drive to other locations, and that of course does not sit well with climate change or your carbon footprint and so on,� he said.

Harrison also said he would like to a lot more support on these issues from neighbouring communities like Belleville, who will also be affected by Quinte Health Care’s decision. “Our neighbouring communities can have a positive impact and I think that their support is essential because in that way we all gain, we all benefit, we have an improved system,� he said.

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It’s really quite simple,â€? Cowan said. “It’s not our responsibility‌ how can you say that we have to come out and provide answers for QHC? QHC is the one who changed and is looking at the moving of the services.â€?

Our TMH members are concerned about patients being able to make it to appointments in other cities and also the additional carbon imprint the extra transportation will cause.

Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison attended the Our TMH meeting and said he is going to bring these concerns to Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins when the two have a meeting at the end of the month during the Ontario Good Roads Association conference. “I want to discuss with him many of the issues that have ben put forth

by Our TMH,� Harrison said. “How the loss or removal of the services at Trenton Memorial impacts all of the rest of the Quinte healthcare system. I believe that everything they take away from Trenton, and it goes to Belleville, it makes that certainly busier but busier beyond what I think is realistic.�

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Trenton Elementary School construction coming along on time Breadner Elementary School, College Street Trenton – With the help Public School and the forof a mild winter, construc- mer Queen Elizabeth Pubtion for the Trenton El- lic School. ementary School, off of Donnell said the new Dixon Drive, is right on Trenton Elementary track.

School will be similar “Construction is pro- to other new schools the gressing very well, some school board has conof the interior support- structed over the past few ing walls are going up years. The new school and right now we are on will be two levels and will schedule for an opening, have a large learning comjust about a year from mons area; an area that now, for January 2017,” Donnell said is more than said Kerry Donnell, com- just a library. munications officer for “It’s more than just a the Hastings and Prince room with books, there’s Edward District School also some comfortable Board (HPEDSB). spaces for students to go The new school is be- and collaborate and learn ing built on the site of the together,” she said.

Construction for the Trenton Elementary School off of Dixon Drive is underway and coming along on schedule for a January 2017 open. Photo by Erin Stewart former Queen Elizabeth The new school will also Public School and will have a large gym, big rooms and will be 55,000 square 560 students. learning facility in Tren- is complete and the consolidate three schools, windows for bright class- feet, built to accommodate around The decision for a new consoli- ton. new Trenton Elemendated school came about back in “We are looking forward tary School is in use, the 2011, when the school board con- to a vibrant new learn- school board will deterducted an accommodation review ing environment for all mine if they have use for to look at the use of their buildings students where they will the closed Breadner ElTo the Editor serve TMH and not to serve they want Quinte West to pay and the programing that is offered have classrooms that are ementary School and Colto students. bright and collaborative lege Street Public School No wonder there is a back- Belleville ) for a bus route to Belleville Due to declining enrolment over a and where they will have buildings. If the school lash from Trenton against Bel- Does anyone notice that Another example is when the leville because since the days there is always money to build medical clinic needed more number of years, the study showed learning spaces that will board no longer has a of amalgamation Trenton has new extensions but never any room, they built a new build- there was excess space in Trenton help their education to be use for them they will be been robbed of property,land money to pay for Doctors and ing rather than using the empty schools, as with many other schools enjoyable and fulfilling,” deemed as surplus and across the province, and the deci- she said. will likely be sold. and equipment.by Belleville Nurses. space in TMH construction To start with the first new Examples : In the 90s, money They promised to build a new sion to consolidate was made. Con- Once mayor after amalgamation was spent to add an addition to Hospital in Picton but they will struction began in September 2015 sold all the land east of Loyal- TMH, but it was never used, not have any doctors or nurses after the school board received funding from the Ministry of Eduist Parkway to Belleville for a after that, money was spent to look after it .

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Egypt: Triumph and tragedy First 100 days down, now

Exactly five years after Egypt’s democratic revolution triumphed, the country is once more ruled by a military office. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power in July 2013, and he is even nastier than his predecessors.

More than six hundred Egyptians were to death last Gwynne Dyer sentenced year, mostly in mass trials, and three-quarters of the cases involved people who had gone to pro-democracy protests. An estimated 41,000 people are in jail for supporting pro-democracy movements, and many of them will be there for years to come.

When Hosni Mubarak, 30 years in power, was forced to resign the presidency on February 9, 2011 by nationwide non-violent demonstrations, there was an explosion of joy. It ended an unbroken 59 years when thinly disguised military dictators – Gamal Nasser, Anwar Sadat and finally Mubarak – ruled the country and their cronies looted the economy.

When we speak about non-violent revolutions, what we are really saying is that the people who are demanding a revolution are not using violence.

The regime’s forces will generally use as much violence as they think they can get away with, but so long as the protesters remain peaceful there is a limit to how much violence the state can use.

It’s mostly a question of whether the killers will be caught on camera or not. The Mubarak regime’s police and hired thugs killed over 800 people during the weeks of constant demonstrations, but the victims were almost all murdered in one and twos on their way to or from the squares where the protesters gathered.

When the protestors were actually in the crowd on the square, video cameras were everywhere and the regime’s henchmen generally did not dare to use violence. So in the end Mubarak resigned and the revolution won.

Egypt’s democratic revolution followed closely in the footsteps of the Tunisian revolution that triggered the “Arab Spring”, but it mattered far more because the country’s 90 million people account for almost a third of the world’s Arabs. Despite the disaster in Syria, we would still count the Arab Spring as a success if the Egyptian revolution had survived, but it was never going to be easy.

The protesters who drove the revolution in the cities were mostly young, well-educated and secular in outlook, but most Egyptians are rural, poorly educated and devout. Moreover, the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Islamist party, had for

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decades been providing free social services to poor Egyptians who were neglected by the state. They were grateful and they were pious, so of course they voted for the Islamists.

The young revolutionaries should have understood that the Muslim Brotherhood was bound to win Egypt’s first free election, but they didn’t really know their own country. Most of them were horrified when “their” revolution actually ended up making the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president.

Morsi had his own problems, trying to balance his own party’s expectation of rapid Islamisation with the reality that the army and much of the urban population were committed to a secular Egypt.

He had little experience in politics and he was not good at tightrope walking, so what he probably saw as reasonable compromises were viewed by his opponents as forcing political Islam down people’s throats.

If his opponents had more political experience themselves, they would have calculated that nothing Morsi was doing was irreversible, and that the Muslim Brotherhood was bound to lose the next election. The Egyptian economy was a disaster and the Brotherhood had no idea how to fix it, so in four years’ time they would be deeply unpopular.

Wait them out, and then vote them out.

Instead, the secular revolutionaries panicked. In June 2013, just one year after Morsi became president, they launched mass demonstrations demanding a new election – and called on the army to support their cause. The army, of course, was only too happy to oblige. General Sisi, whom President Morsi had trustingly appointed as defence minster, led a military coup that deposed the Muslim Brotherhood leader.

Pro-Morsi protesters were massacred in the streets in Cairo, Morsi was sentenced to death, and the Muslim Brotherhood was banned as a “terrorist” organisation. Sisi took off his uniform and had himself elected president. The army is back in power, and the number of secular political activists in jail is now probably greater than the number of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.

“The level of repression now is significantly higher than it was under the Mubarak regime,” Egyptian investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat told The Guardian last month. “People from older generations say it is worse than even the worst periods of the 1950s and 60s.”

It is too soon to conclude that a modern democracy cannot thrive in the Arab world. Tunisia, after all, is still managing to hang on to its revolution, and the sheer number of people that Sisi has jailed suggests that his regime is far from secure. But nobody in Egypt is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the country’s democratic revolution.

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comes the hard part Editorial - Chris Malette

For most leaders in a democratic government, there is a tradition in marking the first 100 days in power.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached that milestone last week and to mark the occasion, Trudeau increased subsidies for students seeking summer employment.

It might not seem to be a major gesture on the part of a government, but, aside from seniors living close to the poverty line or below, there is no more hard-pressed segment of the workforce than students seeking to make a decent wage to help continue in school.

Under the program, the government subsidizes summer wages paid to young people between the ages of 15 and 30, who were full-time students during the past academic year and intend to return to school full-time in the coming academic year.

The subsidy, based on minimum provincial wage rates, ranges from 100 per cent for notfor-profit sector employers to 50 per cent for public sector employers and for private sector employers who employ no more than 50 employees.

During last year’s election campaign, Trudeau promised to pump an additional $300 million into the strategy over three years, creating 40,000 youth jobs. After that initial boost, he vowed to boost the youth employment strategy’s budget to $385 million annually, a $50 million hike over the current outlay.

The Liberal platform said that young Canadians were finding it harder to find goodquality job opportunities after 10 years of Conservative rule, leaving young people discouraged and their parents often struggling to support their grown children.

“It is time to invest in young Canadians,” the platform asserted. “To help them get the work experience they will need to start their careers and contribute fully to our economy.”

But, the Trudeau government is in tough to meet commitments it made in the stunning election that saw Liberals storm to power with a majority over the flagging New Democrats and the dog-tired and much-disliked Conservative government under Stephen Harper.

In a January cabinet retreat in New Bruns-

wick, Trudeau underscored his commitment to spend money on infrastructure as a means to help municipalities and rev up the economy.

The original Liberal plan was to divide $60 billion between public transit, green projects, and social infrastructure like affordable housing over 10 years, with just $17.4 billion earmarked to flow during the party’s first mandate.

However, Trudeau signalled that he is willing to bend the boundaries of that plan.

“We’ve always said we’re always open to a certain degree of flexibility in order to make these things happen,” Trudeau said at last month’s retreat in Saint Andrews by-the-Sea, N.B., after several hours of meeting with his cabinet.

A new report released by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities said investment is needed now to prevent “a rapid decline” in the condition of much of the country’s infrastructure, which is overseen by local governments.

The annual report on the state of Canada’s municipal infrastructure showed cities weren’t spending enough on upkeep, and that were that trend to continue, maintenance costs alone would continue to increase.

We can all look to instances in our communities where there are crying needs for infrastructure money to help fix roads, bridges, sewers and the like. In rural parts of Hastings County, we need, desperately a decent form of high-speed broadband Internet service.

In the first 100 days, we’ve seen Liberal MPs Mike Bossio, Neil Ellis and Kim Rudd consulting with various segments of our municipal government on how and when those fixes need to happen. Ellis, for one, understands the infrastructure needs as former mayor of Belleville and Bossio has been cross-crossing the backroads of Hastings to meet with all segments of his riding.

Let’s hope, now that the government has been in power for 100 days that the next 100 days brings some concrete promises for infrastructure money from Ottawa.

Students got a generous hand up from the government, let’s see if the same can be said for municipalities.

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By Erin Stewart Trenton- PhysioHouse Trenton is now open to bring physiotherapy, massage therapy and sports medicine to the community during convenient times for patients at the clinic located at 24 Dundas St. E. Owned a operated by local physiotherapist Kyle Meringer and staff, the practice is open as early as 8 a.m. and as late as 9 p.m. and is open on Saturdays, to help accommodate patients busy schedules.

“I know for some people it’s hard for them to get off work and sometimes it’s hard to make it to your physiotherapy appointment so you put your health on hold,” said Meringer. “We’re trying to accommodate the community.”

Some of the treatments PhysioHouse offers includes exercise based manual

therapy, acupuncture, orthotics, bracing and compression stockings.

Meringer isn’t new to the Quinte West area. After completing his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph, Meringer began his health care career in Trenton as a clinical Kinesiologist and personal trainer. Meringer continued his education and obtained his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from D’Youville College in Buffalo and said he is happy to return to Quinte West to start his own practice.

“I’ve seen growth here and I’ve met a lot of people in the community over the years,” Meringer said. “I thought it was a great place to settle and start a family, one day potentially, and I enjoy the outdoors and what it offers up here.”

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“I think it’s fantastic,” Harrison said.

“He’s a young gentleman, has a good education, willing to work hard, look what he’s accomplished with this facility. He’s taken an old building and he’s rejuvenated it. I’m sure he’ll do well.”

For the grand opening, PhysioHouse Trenton is offering Quinte West residents a discounted rate for the entire month of February. There will be $40 Physiotherapy assessments and treatments for all private and extended health insurance plans.

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Oak Hills’ new owner hoping for a long drive

By Erin Stewart

Stirling – Fore! There will be golf, after all, for the 2016 duffers’ season at Oak Hills.

Andrew Gunning, owner of Farnsworth Construction Ltd. in Stirling, is now the new owner of the 36-hole Oak Hills Golf Course and he has big improvements planned for the future.

“The first things I think of with the course are getting things right,” said Gunning. “If you build something that’s really nice people will come … talk is cheap, as people see results and improvements happening we will see the players come back.”

“(I’m) very happy about the purchase and very happy about the support we’ve received from the community.”

The 200-acre course in the north end of Quinte West has been in operation for 50 years, but its condition has started to deteriorate in recent years.

The course went up for auction in December, 2015, but the reserve price was not met. After the auction potential buyers were allowed to put in offers.

research and is confident he can make the improvements needed so the course can survive and prosper.

“It needs to be well managed, there needs to be investment made to bring the course back up, to bring the buildings back up and it needs good people that are well managed.”

He said he plans to manage a much tighter ship than the previous owners and plans to invest a “substantial” amount of money into improving the many little things that need to be done for the entire course and buildings.

Gunning said a main priority for him is listening to the members.

“I think that the biggest difference is that the memberships is going to find they can have confidence in their new ownership and their new ownership is going to listen,” Gunning said.

“They’re going to have a say, which is important.”

The course will now be owned under the new company Gunning is forming, Oak Hills Golf Club Ltd. Gunning said his long-term plan is to have three to four houses built around the property, but no concrete plans have been made.

Moving forward, Gunning said owners are going to have a membership Oak Hills Golf Course has officially been sold to new owner Andrew Gunning who has big plans to improve the 36-hole course. Photo by Erin Stewart drive in the upcoming months for the Gunning, 35, has now purchased the made. munity,” Gunning said. “That just 2016 season. He said they are starting course from the previous owners at “(I’m) very happy about the pur- motivates you more to get it right.” to plan improvements right now and an undisclosed price. He said it was chase and very happy about the sup- He is not a golfer, but he is an en- will start working on making changes a business decision that he’s glad he port we’ve received from the com- trepreneur. He said he has done his as soon as they are able to.

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Quinte West for Refugees ready to choose family

By Erin Stewart Quinte West -- Thanks to a very successful community fundraiser and generous donations from local churches, the Quinte West for Refugees sponsorship group is now ready to take a look at family profiles.

“It’s nice to be at this point, because it felt like it was taking a fair bit of time,” said Pastor Luke Vanderkamp of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Trenton, member of the Quinte West for Refugees sponsorship committee.

“It’s nice to know that it’s on the horizon.”

Around 300 people attended a recent refugee sponsorship committee fundraiser breakfast/ brunch, hosted by the Knights of Columbus in Trenton.

The sale of meal tickets raised $1,200 and people generously donated an addition $1,800 for the cause. Vanderkamp said the event was a great success, raising a total of $3,000, and everyone ate well.

Quinte West for Refugees has now raised around $31,000 and can start looking at family pro-

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files. The committee is looking to sponsor a family of six who have faced persecution for being Christian, a problem that is currently very prevalent in the Middle East, Vanderkamp said.

Vanderkamp is expecting the process of selecting the family to take anywhere from three to six weeks and then the committee has to raise $1,000 more in order to reach their $32,000 goal and officially have enough money to bring the family to Trenton.

“I suspect by the time that we’ve gotten the profiles and processed that and give them the okay then we’ll be at the $32,000, I imagine,” he said.

Vanderkamp said everyone is getting excited and the organizing committees are as prepared as they can be without knowing the family makeup at this time.

He said he would like to thank the Knights of Columbus for hosting the fundraising breakfast/ brunch and Freshco, Metro, Almost Perfect, Reid’s Dairy and the Farmer’s Market for donating and giving discounts for the food Marc LeClair (L), of the Knights of Columbus, presents a cheque to Quinte West for Refugee committee members, Pastor Luke Vanderkamp (C) and Ed Lombardi (R), needed to put on the event.

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Council has had two budget meetings, the first for operating costs and the second for their first look at capital expenditures.

Costs for policing have smaller municipalities facing significant increases.

Deline said, “All of Ontario is feeling the pressure over policing costs.

We aren’t alone. It rates about four per cent of our budget right now but how it flows out will tell.”

He said after adjustment the municipality may end up with only 2.8 to 3

per cent of the budget going to policing.

The operations budget will not vary much this year. He said that is “pretty tight and doesn’t change much.”

Capital expenditures were shifted around a bit, maintaining five projects all ready approved while adding three recommendations for road work.

The asset management plan continues to be reviewed by staff with Councillors Hadley and Sandford leading the review, a process which may take the whole year.

“It is a job that needs to be done, and with it being done internally we’re saving money we’d pay consultants.”

Deline says when staff and council have a full grasp of what is needed, they will choose priority projects for

next year.

The goal this year is to search for a new water source. Approval of funding from the province for 90 per cent of the well exploration is in so staff can go ahead with their search.

A long-term goal is to make Centre Hastings Park fully accessible. The Lions Club has promised to donate a swing for disabled visitors, and staff will be improving pathways for mobility devices. Currently, paths are covered with gravel which hinders access by wheelchairs and walkers.

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New diamond, soccer pitch for Centennial Park Quinte West has approved construction of two new sports fields in Trenton’s Centennial Park.

City staff selected local company Wentworth Landscapes to do the design and tender documents for a new hardball diamond and soccer pitch.

Wentworth’s bid was the lowest bid of five at $26,350.

Construction is slated to begin in the spring.

Quinte West council has a total budget of $650,000 for the fields, $500,000 for the hardball diamond and $150,000 for the soccer pitch.

Stirling woman charged with sex offences Stirling - Provincial police have charged a 36-year-old Stirling with various sex related charges involving alleged incidents with young people that occurred from 2013 to this year.

Central Hastings OPP officers opened the investigation this past Sunday, according to a statement.

The woman, whose name had not been re-

leased, has been arrested and is in custody and was to appear for a bail hearing Tuesday.

The alleged incidents involved young people between the ages of 12 and 15, and occurred in Tweed.

She has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child, and making sexual material available to a child.

Cocaine case nets man year in jail Belleville - A Trenton man has been sentenced to a year in jail at conclusion of a case that began with his arrest in 2013.

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By John Campbell Colborne -- MP Kim Rudd began making the rounds of her Northumberland-Peterborough South riding Feb. 10 to find out what her constituents want to see in the Liberal government’s first budget.

Only four people, including members of two local councils, turned out for the pre-budget consultation held at the Keeler Centre, the first of three sessions scheduled for the day, the others taking place in Port Hope and Newcastle. More will follow.

Rudd said her party, in getting elected, “made a commitment to grow the economy and create jobs,” which it plans to do by investing $60 billion over 10 years in “on-the-ground, in-theground” infrastructure (such as roads, sewers and water mains), public transit, and social infrastructure (including housing).

Her advice to municipal governments is “to be as ready as you can after the budget in March” to apply for funding assistance because Ottawa will be “pushing it out the door” to help the “struggling” economy.

The focus will be to generate “long-term sustainable growth,” through infrastructure projects that provide “economic spin-offs.”

Rudd said the provinces are “hurting” as a result of the

“global economic downturn” and the drop in commodity prices but “manufacturing in Ontario is picking up,” in part because of the low Canadian dollar, “so that’s progress.”

Alnwick-Haldimand Township Mayor John Logel said his municipality wants to see a change in the funding criteria used by the Small Communities Fund which prevents his municipality from applying for help with road improvements, because they don’t bear enough traffic, a minimum of 3,000 vehicles a day.

“It is a huge issue, we know it,” Rudd acknowledged.

“There are roads that will never get repaired based on that.”

However, a proposal has been put forward to change the fund’s eligibility requirements to address the concerns of small rural municipalities, she said.

Cramahe Township Councillor Don Clark said the township has “a very small base” and can’t afford to undertake massive infrastructure projects that are needed to make repairs and to provide for the expansion of services.

“That’s our biggest challenge,” he said. “We’re very under-developed.”

Rudd said her job as MP for a largely rural riding is to lobby urban MPs, who are far more numerous, “to get their support for our projects.”

Rudd said after the 70-minute meeting that once the budget is delivered, her role will be “to go advocate so we get our fair share” but she has cautioned everyone in advance not to make their “expectations too high. There’s a lot of asks, we have a $650 billion infrastructure deficit in this country.”

If municipalities are unsuccessful the first time, more rounds will follow for the acceptance of applications, she added.

The government is projected to finish the current fiscal year with a $3 billion deficit it “inherited” from the Conservative government which “already puts us in the hole,” and “the economy has gotten worse” since the election last fall, Rudd said.

“The flip side is there has been positive change in the collaboration and the discussions” that have have taken place among the provinces, territories and federal government.

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Grapes of Wrath open to high school students this year

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stomp event at Hillier Creek Estates Winery to this Canadian Cancer Society, Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF) and Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation (TMHF) fundraising event.

Taking place on Sept. 10 this year at the winery in Prince Edward County (PEC), the event is already almost halfway sold out.

Opening up the age limit to high school students is an effort on the part of the organizers to boost participation to the 500 maximum in the third year of the event.

“We’ve had a lot of feedback the last two years that people 14 to 18 wanted to participate,� noted Brad Warner, Community Fundraising Specialist for the Canadian Cancer Society. “Sometimes their parents were participating and they wanted to participate with their parents, but in general high school students have asked to do it. Now we’re delivering on that and making sure they can get involved.�

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The hay bales will be gone and we’re not saying what we’re going to be replacing them with. The running is five kilometres, and it’s running, but the obstacles are really what attract everybody,� she stated.

Noted for throwing all kinds of weather at its participants, the Grapes of Wrath event creates its own mud to increase the challenge, but the first two annual events were vastly different. Year one included rain all day in early September, so the muddy course caused a slow-down in times and upped the challenge considerably.

Last year, a beautiful day resulted in faster times but Warner indicated the average finishing time remained just over one hour. “Last year, we switched the date and put it at the end of August as opposed to the first or second week of September,� said Hogan. “In hindsight, September works well. You’re done vacation, if people are going to college or university, you’re likely settled in already. We think that will be key to increasing our numbers again this year.�

It was a point Warner also addressed. “We had a couple of teams of teachers ask for it to go back to September so they could come again this year,� he said.

They had some team members away on holidays last year.

Design and engineering of the obstacles takes about a year, according to Hogan, adding they have been researching and preparing obstacles since they got feedback from contestants last year. There will be some re-engineering of the 14 foot wall this year, as well, as a result of that feedback last year.

Organizers are encouraging participants to take advantage of the early bird registration fee of $75. To register, visit www. cancer.ca/GrapesofWrathPEC This year’s event sponsor is Scotiabank.

The course features 20 obstacles designed and built by Canadian military volunteers, local fire fighters, local engineers and carpenters.

Wealthy Barber David Chilton reveals Dragon’s Den’s secrets

By Ross Lees

The Dragon’s Den was full of secrets, according to former Dragon David Chilton, the Wealthy Barber who spoke at the National Air Force Museum of Canada (NAFMC) Tuesday night.

In perhaps the biggest reveal of the night, Chilton noted that “…most of the Dragons sucked at math.”

Gregarious and hilarious, Chilton spent 40 minutes of his presentation spilling the beans on the Dragon’s Den rather than teaching military personnel how to be conscientious bean counters, but his audience loved it.

They learned that the Dragons all stay at different hotels because they see enough of each other while they are shooting the program. Also, the Dragons wear the same clothes for every program so the programs can be aired when the editors want.

Amazingly, fans noticed that the woman on the Dragon’s Den wore the same clothes, but not the men.

Chilton found it interesting, too, how many university students were taking business courses because of the Dragon’s Den, spurred on by the personal stories of the stars themselves. He defeated the Women’s World Champion Arm Wrestler on one of the shows and noted how the Canadian program has produced an astounding number of business

successes once it got into high gear - as compared to similar programs in other countries like the United States and Great Britain.

Much of the successes on the Dragon’s Den involved some luck, but he had one success that may hit $30 million this year and 21other deals closed during his tenure.

Those 22 deals closed were the reason he got out of the Dragon’s Den, though. He found it too busy and distracted him from his other businesses.

As much as there is luck involved in something like the Dragon’s Den, he acknowledged detail is important.

“It’s all about detail and paying attention,” he conceded.

One of the funnier deals he got involved in had a couple of guys doing what they described as “weird” businesses. Their first business was selling ugly Christmas sweaters, a business that did very well because the men acquired the sweaters at very low prices and sold them with good profit margins. They also established another business involving Zombie races, and it is doing very well and has become outrageously popular.

When he got down to the business of financial advice, he prefaced it with a warning that he was worried about the world economy.

“There is way too much debt rela-

tive to income and there are a lot of deflationary headwinds throughout the world,” he stated.

That deflation is often caused by technology, he added.

His first piece of advice was to save money and live within your means. He also advised against listening to and taking the advice of most bank economists, adding they often don’t give wise advice because they are in a conflict of interest.

He said people in today’s world appear to have forgotten how to save or are just incapable of saving.

“People are spending more than they make and I’m worried,” he added.

Chilton never wanders far from his sense of humour, however, and even as he gives advice, he cushions it with a funny line or two.

“How many here have kids?” he asks. When a large number of hands go up, he responds, “Big mistake, stop doing that,” and draws a laugh from his audience. But he responds by noting that nobody, especially your kids, wants you to save money, including the government.

“The government wants you to spend to keep the economy going,” he said.

Banks are not credit counsellors but “credit pushers” and most of us don’t have the willpower to say no, he noted.

He advised people to get away from credit card debt, noting it costs 19 to 20 per cent in interest.

“I couldn’t teach you to earn 1920 per cent a year!” he confessed.

He also advised against using lines of credits except for very brief periods, adding we continue to use more and more of it and that line of credit keeps growing.

“We have to show some restraint and make it difficult for ourselves to spend,” he said. He said millennials are starting to go back to the use of cash and he said that’s an even wiser choice than they know.

They are allowing themselves only so much cash to spend a week and that allows them to physically see that money is a finite resource.

Chilton said he is a happy guy because he does not care about possessions, noting he owns just a 1,300 square foot home, which he loves.

Perhaps his most telling advice was to save and control borrowing.

“You need to do both,” he stated.

One good way of apprising yourself of your spending habits is to do a spending summary for three months.

In conclusion, he said to save. You have to spend less than you make a situation that will help make you happier.

“If you pay yourself first, you won’t miss the money,” he added.

The Wealthy Barber Returns author and former Dragon David Chilton sprinkled sage financial advice with humorous stories and anecdotes throughout his presentation for military personnel at the National Air Force Museum of Canada Tuesday night. Photos by Ross Lees

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Get your game on for YMCA’s Strong Kids 3 on 3

By Erin Stewart

Trenton - The YMCA’s second annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament in support of the Strong Kids program is coming up on March 5, and teams interested in playing in the tournament have until Feb. 29, to register.

Tournament co-chairs Carl Bonitto, Garnett Reynolds and YMCA General Manager Ron Riddell said last years tournament raised around $650 and this year they are hoping to have more teams and raise around $2,500 to $3,000.

“Last year we had about nine teams so this year we are looking to have about 16, to make it a really good tournament, and a great time for everybody to have fun and enjoy and raise money for the Strong Kids,” said Bonitto.

Registration for the tournament is $60 per team and is open to anyone 14 years and older. Get your game faces on, the returning champions have already registered and are ready to take on the tournament for the second year.

The tournament is a double elimination style bracket and has a DJ on site for the day. This year will also feature a new 3-point contest with prizes for the winning team and

3-point contest winner.

“It’s a great atmosphere for some 3-on-3 ball,” Reynolds said. “We have music, prizes and we had a great response from the teams last year.”

Reynolds said the idea came about when they were waiting to play pickup ball on Wednesday nights and he said there was a huge interest in 3-on-3.

“We know there’s a huge basketball culture here so we thought it would be great to get a basketball tournament going and also to contribute back to the Strong Kids because it’s a really good charity.”

The Strong Kids campaign helps to increase opportunities for children and youth in the Quinte area, regardless of their background or financial situation.

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To register for the tournament, you can go online at www.ymcaofceo.ca/ special_events-3_on_3_ basketball.php or call the Quinte West YMCa at 613-394-9622.

YMCA Strong Kids 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament co-chairs Garnett Reynolds (L), Ron Riddell (C) and Carl Bonittto (R) said they are looking forward to another fun tournament and hope this year’s will be even bigger. Photo by Erin Stewart

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Hawks top Kingston in OT thriller

Trenton - More than 750 fans packed the rink last Friday to watch the Trenton Golden Hawks take on the Kingston Voyageurs in a thrilling game that came down to a tense third period and the Hawks’ taking the win 2-1 in overtime.

“That was a big win for us,” said co-captain Danny Hanlon. “They’re a good team, obviously it was hard to get the puck past their defence and obviously past their goalie so we kind of struggled trying to get those opportunities and capitalize on them but the third period was huge for us and it carried over to OT.” The two teams battled it out through a tight game. The Hawks had to work their way up from a 1-0 deficit in the second period, thanks to a goal by Kingston’s Connor Cobbold.

The Hawks were able to tie the score up with Jordan Chard’s goal in the third period and Hunter Fargey brought the bench and the fans to their feet with the winning goal at 2:22 into overtime.

Trenton’s penalty kill was airtight, allowing no goals on four Kingston power plays. The Hawks’ rang up 33 shots on Voyageurs goalie David Richer.

“It was an outstanding game,” said John McDonald, Hawks director of hockey operations. “Both teams played hard, both teams battled, you’ve got two of the top teams in the country playing and it was just a great game.”

McDonald credits goalie Daniel Urbani with an outstanding game, allowing only one goal while making 27 saves. He said the boys were able to keep their composure when they were down 1-0 and stayed relentless.

“We had some great scoring chances and their goalie played brilliant but we didn’t give up… and then we finally tied it up and you know if we get to overtime we’re going to win it,” McDonald laughs. “There’s no two ways about it.”

McDonald credited defensive players Josh Allan, Chays Ruddy and Nick Boddy with a great game and Fargey, the Belleville native, for coming through with the overtime goal.

“As we’ve done all year, these kids found a way to pull it out which was fantastic,” he said.

Saturday, in Newmarket, the Hawks kept it rolling.

Mitch Emerson’s power-play marker at 3:42 of period 3 broke a 1-1 tie.

Fargey had the earlier Trenton tally.

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What is floorball? Canada’s coach provides the basics

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – So just what is floorball anyway?

More than a few are likely asking themselves this question, noticing the promotions taking place ahead of the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships in Belleville May 4 to 8.

While the game is similar to ice hockey, it would not be accurate to say it’s simply a gym floor version our national past time.

Floorball is a sport that has elements of soccer and even basketball, says Todd Crawford, the head coach of the Canadian team and one of a number of people locally who are trying to build up the sport in Canada.

Although Crawford hails from one of Belleville’s most famous hockey families, he’s developed a deep love for floorball since discovering the sport while on a hockey trip to Sweden in 2007.

The overall concept of floorball may be essentially the same – it involves two teams of six athletes trying to put a ball into the opposing team’s net using sticks. But the strat-

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egy, movement and, to an extent, the physical nature of the sport is very different.

“If you like a slash and hack this game, this probably isn’t for you,” Crawford said. “It’s a possession game, it’s very high skilled and it’s very fast.”

Similarities to hockey Those accustomed to watching ice hockey, will have no problem grasping some aspects of floorball. The game is played in three 20-minute periods. If a player gets a penalty, she’s going off the floor for two minutes.

Players can also “change on the fly” meaning, teams don’t need a stoppage in play to make substitutions. The net is smaller, but not noticeably different, from an ice hockey net. And floorball is also a physical game, as shoulder to shoulder contact is permitted.

“You can do (almost) everything you can do in hockey,” said Crawford, noting that a team can also pull its goalie for an extra attacker, like ice hockey teams do when they’re down a goal late in a game.

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tween floorball and hockey is the way the goalies play. The goalies do not use sticks and appear like a soccer goalie. Also, while players get two-minute penalties like in ice hockey, they can also get coloured cards for infractions, like in soccer.

Similarities to basketball While hockey is played on large ice surface – pro-sized rinks are 200 by 85 feet – a floorball game takes place on a 20-by-40-metre court.

Also, in floorball there’s no offside or icing, so there’s no blue lines or red lines. Therefore, there’s a different movement to the game and players tend to cover different zones. As a result, the ball moves around the entire floor quickly, and it quite strategic ways, kind of like a basketball game. Floorball is also a high scoring game.

What makes it great Crawford discovered floorball somewhat accidently, he says, when he noticed a game taking place in a court next door to a rink where his team was preparing to play, while on that Sweden trip.

He says one of his first impressions was how well coached the players were, as the flow of the game required teams to think about strategy. “If you’re not paying attention, you’ll have a goal scored against you,” he said.

Since that time, he’s learned many more of the game’s quirky rules and has tried to teach it to students he teaches at Moira Secondary School, not to mention the athletes that have been recruited for the national floorball team.

He expect the sport will grow in Canada, because it’s much cheaper to play than hockey, as it doesn’t require a lot of equipment, nor an expensive ice rink to maintain.

He believes the fast-paced and exciting nature of floorball will capture Canadians, as more get to know about it.

“Our goal for this tournament is for people in our area to see this game and start taking the initiative to organize leagues,” Crawford said.

Once that happens, Canada will have more players familiar with the sport, and a better chance of competing with big floorball countries such as Sweden and Finland, where floorball reigns.

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Duo are tracking down history of Trent Valley Hockey League

By Bill Freeman Hastings – Two members of the Hastings Historical Society (HHS) are looking for some help as they track down the history of the once-flourishing Trent Valley Hockey League which filled arenas around the region from 1899 to the mid-1950s.

“It wasn’t continuous, there’d be years of faltering and then it would be resurrected again,” says Peterborough resident and Hastings native Dave Barry, whose great aunt Catherine was raised in Asphodel and was Hollywood star Gene Kelly’s grandmother.

Barry and fellow HHS member Stewart Richardson will spend the next six to 12 months researching the TVL, talking to as many people and organizations as they can to learn more about the Intermediate B level league. Future NHL stars like Hastings’s Dit Clapper and Point Anne’s Bobby Hull played in the TVL. Clapper, who went on to star with the Boston Bruins and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame, played in the TVL in 1925-26 on a line with his father and brother and Hull, another Hall of Famer with the Chicago Black Hawks, played a few games for Point Anne as a young teen in 1953, also on a line with his father.

Point Anne won the TVL title in 1954.

Richardson is no stranger to hockey and has written a well-received book about Clapper.

“As I understand it it was the best darned hockey played around here for a long, long time,” says Richardson. “Every community had their house leagues but to play in the TVL was quite an honour and was the main entertainment in the winter long before they had

TVs. We think it’s worthwhile trying to capture that.”

“It was a colourful league,” Barry adds.

“I remember as a boy in the late forties the results being telegraphed into the Hastings train station and then couriers sent to the pool rooms. It turned out some good players.”

“We think we can do quite a history and quite a story.”

Barry and Richardson will talk to area historical societies and sports halls of fame as well as local residents who remember the league and its games. During parts of its history the TVL stretched from Bobcaygeon to Picton and featured several championship cups, the last being the Thomas Bata Memorial Cup. “We’re going to be asking for help, the loan of photos, newspaper write-ups etc.,” Barry said.

“We’re also looking for people with good memories because we want to add some colour to it. We want to sit down with people.”

Barry says the league was founded in 1899 by small communities that felt they “couldn’t meet the stringent requirements of the OHA (Ontario Hockey Association).”

“It was an answer to provide hockey with Dave Barry (centre) and fellow Hastings Historical Society member Stewart Richardson are researching the Trent Valley Hockey a set of rules and regulations outside of the League and would welcome information from people who remember the league. Photo by Bill Freeman OHA.” There’s a rich, lively history to be unearthed, says Barry.

One person, he noted, said the TVL was “known as much for its fights in the stands and parking lots as it was on the ice.”

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Rack Stacker stacks up cash, noteriety

By Melyssa Gloude

ROSLIN – In a splurge of media exposure, the secret is out. Centre Hastings has a bona fide couple of entrepreneurs.

After nearly a year of anticipation, Tweed area business power couple Steve and Selina Elmy are now able to speak openly about the results of their pitch on the popular reality TV hit, The Dragon’s Den – and the money they hope will follow.

The episode featuring the couple and their product, Rack Stacker, aired Wednesday Feb. 10 on CBC; and it appears as though the team have a dragon in their corner.

Steve Elmy says that though the experience was intense, all of their hard work paid off with a large capital investment needed to expand into the US market.

“We filmed for 50 minutes which was cut down to twelve for the actual show, so there was a lot of parts that viewers didn’t see,” says Elmy.

“What they did show was some negativity, some positivity, and a takehome present of $500,000.”

With the initial investment from Canadian venture capitalist and Boston Pizza founder Jim Treliving, the Rack Stacker crew was able to secure the deal that they aimed for: $500,000 for a 50 per cent share in the company.

“When I saw Jim lean back in his chair, that’s when it really hit home.

When he makes you an offer, he always leans forward in his chair,” says Elmy, who added that as per the agreement, when the initial investment is returned, Treliving will be bumped down to 15 per cent with no authority over the business.

“I was confident that when Steve Selina and Steve Elmy are the entrepreneurial duo behind Rack Stacker. The business model was brought up in front of the investors on Dragons’ Den in in 2015 and gained local attention after their episode aired on Febrary 10th. The Rack Stacker crew was rewarded with $500,000 in capital investment to expand into the US market. Photo by Melyssa Gloude

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Centre Hastings Mayor Tom Deline, a member of the long-term care committee, expressed concern about the shortfall, saying the provincial government needs to spend more on health care and not download any more costs for municipal taxpayers.

“I’m concerned when I look at this, coupled with what I’m hearing from doctor associations, about cuts and stuff,” he said.

He said the province may thinks it has a good business care for funding homes the way it does “but it’s not reality.”

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Deline suggested the committee write to the province to express concerns with the funding discrepency.

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New Stirling resident hopes to bring Belleville some up-standing comedy

By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – Is Belleville ready for a regular comedy show?

Timmy Boyle sure hopes so.

Boyle, a new resident of Stirling, is getting ready for his first show in downtown Belleville, as part of his travelling tour known as The Circuit, which he runs through his business UpStanding Comedy.

The show takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26 at the CORE Centre at 223 Pinnacle St. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

The show marks an exciting opportunity for Boyle, as The Circuit makes regular stops in several other similar sized Ontario communities. The Belleville show will allow Boyle to test the market and see if Belleville can become a regular stop.

“Anytime I can get home after a show is a bonus,” Boyle said. “If we can establish Belleville as a Circuit stop, that would be great.”

He started The Circuit in 2011, just four years after he decided to become a professional comedian himself, putting his previous career as a road manager for World Vision shows behind him.

Since that time The Circuit has grown and in some communities the shows regularly attract more than 200 people.

Boyle proudly explained that his shows are

family friendly.

“It’s comedy without the rude and crude,” he said, adding that the show doesn’t involved racist jokes or sexually explicit language.

“In general the show is stand up; it’s the mic, the stool and myself.”

Yet, even with such little overhead, Boyle puts on shows that usually last one to two hours.

That allows plenty of opportunity for crowd interaction and improvisation.

“There’s always the unscripted moments, but I know exactly what I’m doing,” Boyle said.

Boyle said his work has been inspired by classic comedians of the 1950s and 60s, such as Bob Newhart, Jack Benny and Dean Martin. He often wears a suit and tie on stage, like these men did. He’s also a fan of witty British humour, made popular through the Monty Python group.

But ultimately, he says, his shows are about providing audiences with a fun experience. He provides humour that people of almost any age can appreciate.

“It’s a one-man comedy experience,” he said, later adding. “I try to bring people on a ride; I try to interact with them throughout the process.”

Boyle, a father of three, moved to the Stirling area from Toronto about three years ago, partly to work a morning radio show at UCB Canada, based out of Belleville.

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In addition to touring as a comedian, he has also written a comedy book, titled Inside Timmy’s Mind; Enter at Your Own Risk, and he plans to launch a You Tube channel soon.

He’s also found that performing comedy is noble work.

“I’m passionate about the impact (comedy) can have,” he said. “There’s been nothing in my life which has satisfied me as much as the thrill of making people laugh.

When someone comes up to me and says ‘I needed that,’ I love that.”

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The Good Earth: Bonsai is Art

Many years ago, while on a visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens, I came across their extraordinary display of bonsai. I have been entranced ever since. More recently at the nursery, we have had quite the run on bonsai. While the larger, more mature specimens are priced reasonably; given their size, sticker shock is a reality that merchants must recognise. That’s not to say the “grown up” versions are without value; they’re excellent examples of what the “little” ones can become.

Due to this interest, I felt I should gen up on the topic in order to present customers with appropriate advice. After searching through my horticultural library I was very disappointed at what I was able to glean. (Perhaps, I need to buy some more books.) Condensed, this is how the books define bonsai: Take a plant, any plant. Pot it up in a very small container. Prune it so it always fits in that container. Keep it alive for a long time. That is bonsai.

Well, Gentle Reader, that is not bonsai. That is merely keeping a plant really, really small employing

minimal skills which any technician can learn. Perhaps one of the better outlines for beginning a bonsai is found in the Reader’s Digest Encyclopedia of Canadian Gardening.

Bonsai (bon=small container, sai= plant) combines those simple skills with the art of interpreting the fullness of time using a miniature, living canvas. More than anything, bonsai is the art of balance in both physical and temporal form. Essential bonsai evokes the wearing and tearing of the ages; systematic entropy eroding a beautifully desperate resilience. Bonsai haiku: harsh tempest blows, elements compress, bonsai endures.

Perhaps the most important aspect of this exercise is balance. In immediate practical terms, this means the combination of plant and container is sufficiently stable so as not to fall over without being anchored mechanically. (Technician’s definition.) For example, if you’re creating a cascading form, where the plant flows well beyond one edge of its container, it will need to be offset within the con-

tainer itself.

Aesthetically, balance is how the space occupied by the plant and its container complements the open or empty space enveloped by them. Once you have removed all elements unessential to the bonsai, you are left with space. It occupies a physical volume which is measured on the subconscious scale of the mind’s eye. It’s one of those things that you know when you see it. And once you understand how to achieve it, you can begin to move past the mathematical definition into artistic interpretation.

However, not all of us are granted the artist’s understanding. There are rules, perhaps guidelines is a better word, which help us get started. Balance can be seen as a function of proportion and there are some very specific ratios governing bonsai. Pot size and shape, height of plant compared to the height of the container, diameters of trunk to branches, and so on are important. For a very good description of these and some excellent “rules” type in The Rules of

Bonsai by Brent Walston of Evergreen Gardenworks. (For those of you who read quickly, take a look at Brent’s last name again, it is not Watson.)

Bonsai is a four dimension art form and, as with all art, deserves to be displayed properly. Bonsai can be presented as an individual piece or as part of a tableau, the latter having traditional components. In Japan, the tokonama is a small alcove with a raised floor or counter especially reserved for display: the piece within is not being “shown off ”, it is being given due respect. There are cultural aspects of a tokonama that may not translate to our Western culture but the idea of respecting the art should be easily understood. Keep it simple and pure. A collection of bonsai mounted on a wall of shelves becomes nothing more than a collection, ostensibly forced upon the visitor, demanding compliments to the owner. If you do have more than one bonsai, and that is often the case with those practicing this horticultural art, consider having

Dan Clost several display areas, where each one can be given viewed unto itself.

Here is a display idea using suiseki, the “art of viewing rocks.”

Combining bonsai with suiseki, juxtaposing nature’s organic and inorganic elements, adds tremendous intrigue.

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Beware of ‘Timeshare’ Pitches While Holidaying

By John M. Smith

When we booked our recent trip to Los Cabos, on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, our travel agent warned us about being approached about ‘timeshare’ opportunities. She advised us to simply “walk through the airport, without stopping, and board the shuttle bus” that would take us to our all-inclusive resort.

That was good advice, indeed, but we didn’t follow it. When we were walking through the airport at Los Cabos, we were asked (by a man at a counter) whether or not this was our first visit and what we hoped to see or what activities we hoped to participate in while here. He then said that he could give Lots of rocks and cacti are found in the Los Cabos area. us those tours and activities for free if we’d simply visit a particular nearby property. Well, that was enticing, so I asked him if this was a timeshare pitch for that property. He assured me that it was not, that the promotion was simply to check out that resort, near Land’s End, and as a result of the visit, “you might simply decide to stay at that resort on your next visit”. It would only take a couple of hours of our time, A view of celebrity hillside homes from the visand we’d be picked up at our resort the ited timeshare site. next morning and then returned to it.

He wasn’t being honest, of course, travellers, but some timeshare owners for it was a timeshare pitch, but I have complained about the high annual thought that, at the very least, I’d get maintenance fee and the difficulty ena different angle for a travel article. countered in trying to re-sell their timeTherefore, we decided to accept this share. Also, timeshare pitches tend to offer and, sure enough, we were met be high pressure, rushed affairs, and the very next morning and taken to the the prospective buyer is asked to sign beautiful resort near Land’s End. We up that very day. Some buyers soon then had a tour of this property, which think that they’ve made a mistake and was very nice, and I took some pho- want out of the deal. Well, in Mexico, tos for this travel piece. This resort the prospective buyer has five days to NEW was in a beautiful setting, surrounded get out of the deal, but it must be done A view of the pool, beach, Pacific Ocean, and rocky landscape at the visited ! by majestic rocks and cacti, and fac- in writing or in person (not by phone). timeshare site. ing the Pacific Ocean. However, af- I have some friends who have purter the informative tour, we began to chased timeshares and have enjoyed be passed from salesman to salesman, them immensely. Therefore, timelooking for us to purchase a timeshare shares work for some. However, some COACH & TOURS of a week or more. The first suggested travellers are, indeed, bothered when amount was very large, indeed, but as they’re trapped into wasting valuable we declined and were passed on, this vacation time at one of these presentaamount got smaller and smaller – and tions when they have no intention of the final offer was a week here next purchasing a timeshare. And I guess EXPERIENCE THE ROAD TO year at a guaranteed low price. This you could say that it works both ways, final offer was even lower than what for you’re wasting the time of the timeEXCELLENCE I was paying for the present week at share presenter, too (as I had pointed Johnny Reid - “What Love is All About” Tour - Thursday, March 24/16 an all-inclusive, but their deal didn’t out to me, rather rudely).

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I was chatting, briefly, with a veteran local politician the other day. (You don’t need to know his name, he can find trouble enough on his own and doesn’t need to be associated with this smutty corner of the gossip pages.)

We said it was nice to hear each other’s voices, acknowledged we’re both happy as hell to be upright and he noted your correspondent has been “pretty tame these days…”

I explained it’s a little different gig, penning a piece that runs not just in the BelleVegas daily, with hot topics aplenty and mutts who need a whack everywhere a scrivener turned, but on a broader canvas here with the varied weeklies that stretch distribution from Consecon to Gilmour.

I mean, if I were to simply use Belleville city hall as my sandbox, as I once did, I’d have no shortage of topics or oxen to gore. But, as I said to the longtime pol, “It’s not like a real hell-dammer piece on Belleville council is going to play at all in Madoc or Colborne.”

He agreed.

But, the conversation got me thinking about the general state of relative young upstarts in the political game, locally, compared to the class of older pols such as the wily veteran with whom I’d shared a couple of bon mots last Friday.

When one is as long of tooth and grey of beard as myself and some of the other silverbacks of the local news and media game here – hello Jack Miller! – one can reflect on the fact that some among the newer breed of political strivers and climbers are of the whizz-bang variety as opposed to the kind who quietly go about the business of public service – admittedly and assuredly mixed with a healthy dose of backroom arm-twisting and bargaining - to get things done in a democratic fashion that is not all the time about garnering headlines and grabby stunts.

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The nuts and bolts of running a city, township or town gets mired in the mud-slinging and finger-pointing so the above-mentioned tool can go about his or her business of raising her or his profile - all with the aim of clamouring, like a crab, up the side and to the top of the bucket.

It’s unseemly and, as we’ve seen time and again, it doesn’t play well at the ballot box. Good luck, then, to the striving, clamouring tools of the political world in these parts. They’ll learn the hard way that their brand of politics doesn’t play in the sticks.

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There has also been the occasional mayor who is blown into office by a backlash against a sitting mayor, only to have the electorate come to discover the emperor in this case has no clothes - we saw that with Shirley Langer, some years back.

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Continued from B1 said he wanted to work with Jim, it would happen,” said Selina Elmy, co-owner of Rack Stacker.

“He usually gets what he wants. He works hard to get what he wants.”

The company has since signed with Walmart USA and is currently waiting for the go-ahead from other US markets like KMart, Meijer, Blain’s Farm & Fleet, and other major US feed stores.

Rack Stacker, a wild game attractant, is branded as products that are nutritionally beneficial for wildlife: mineral attractants that improve doe lactation and fawn development, antler growth for bucks and different attractants for various methods of wildlife management -- key factors in the growing international hunting industry.

Elmy says that the hardest part of managing the growing business is over, and the new focus will be primarily on the expansion and international distribution of the product.

“I don’t find this next step to be hard work; we’ve already developed all the products,” says Elmy.

“The hard stuff is already done, now it’s just about getting it to the market.”

So far, the market has been responsive: Rack Stacker boasted earnings of $450,000 so far, but according to Elmy, in two years from now they expect to sit at the $8 million mark.

From humble beginnings to success story, Elmy and his wife still praise their first investor: Steve’s mother.

“She helped us in tight spots; every business hits a point where you can’t afford to buy something you need, or you can’t afford a babysitter when you need to go pack product,” says Elmy.

“My mom, Sandy Black, she’s still there. If I had to drive to Chicago, she’d be the one locking up the shop at night.”

“She’s ready to take over at the drop of a hat,” adds Selina, who says that the next step for the Rack Stacker name is to stay grounded and grow from their local roots.

“We just hope that one day, we can be business philanthropists in the position to help other entrepreneurs grow their businesses,” says Selina.

“We’re going to stay grounded and humble and keep doing what we’re doing.”

The pair say that after the excitement of the past few months, they are ready to take a break, put their feet up -- and hit the hay by 6 p.m.

Drones helping paramedics the latest trend

By Stephen Petrick

Could drones one day be used to help emergency workers respond to calls in Hastings County?

The answer is yes, says John O’Donnell, the county’s emergency services director.

The issue was discussed at a Feb. 10 Hastings County emergency services committee meeting.

O’Donnell told the story of how a drone was used in a successful rescue mission by paramedics in the Renfrew area. They had to get to a man who was trapped under machinery in a rural area and there was no clear roadway to the incident.

However, the team there had access to a drone, which was able to fly over the

area and collect images, which gave paramedics an idea of the best way to get on scene quickly.

O’Donnell said a group of his employees on the DART (Difficult Access Response Team) are currently receiving training on how to handle similar incidents.

Phase 1 of the training involves them using all-terrain vehicles. But Phase 2 is expected to focus on the use of drones.

He said he wouldn’t rule out seeking budget approval for the purchase of a drone, given that some models are inexpensive, but highly effective for aerial surveillance.

“We’re working towards that,” Drones that fly and collect images, like this one, are proving to be handy for emergency workers and could soon be used by Hastings O’Donnell said.

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Another $38,100 was recommended for the Canadian Mental Health Association to provide full-time staffing supports in its transitional and supportive housing units located in Belleville.

These recommendations need approval from Hastings County council before they go out. The council normally meets on the last Thursday of the month.

But, it’s a safe bet that the funding will be approved, as it does not involve municipal tax dollars.

The funding comes as part of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. In Social Services Director Steve Gatward, sitting next 2014, Hastings County was granted to Social Services committee chair Garnet Thompson, $592,700 from the federal governspeaks about the Homlessness Partnering Strategy at ment to work on strategies to prevent a Feb. 10 meeting. Photo by Stephen Petrick homelessness. The money was in Belleville – More funding should soon be on its way to three community agencies that are trying to fight homelessness in Belleville.

The Hastings/Quinte Joint Social Services Committee approved rolling out a total of $117,400 in federal funds at its monthly meeting Feb. 10.

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Savour the Chill soup competition, downtown Belleville. Picnic tables for your sampling convenience, horse drawn carriage rides. Saturday, February 20, 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Feb. 23, Bibles For Mission Belleville volunteer work bees session, 1:00-4:00 pm. Anyone interested to help for a few hours is welcome. Refreshments served.

Info. 613-962-5665. 315 Pinnacle St. The monthly meeting of the Hastings Manor Auxiliary, Monday, February 22 at 12:45 p.m., Volunteer Education Centre on the Main floor of the Hastings Manor.

FEB 21, 4:30 PM: David Ratelle classical guitar recital, St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, 201 Church Street, Belleville.

Free-will offering.

Dance on Friday Feb 19, Music by Hallman & Hoffman, Belleville Club 39, Belleville Fish & Game Hall, Elmwood Dr. 8pm to midnight. Lunch served. Members $10 nonmembers $12.

Singles & Couples. Info 613-392-1460 or 613-966-6596.

The CN Pensioners’ Association, Belleville and District, Dinner meeting on Thursday February 25, Travelodge Hotel, Belleville, Noon. All CN pensioners, their spouses, widows and new members are welcome. If not contacted, call 613395­-3250 by Sunday, Feb. 21.

Attention High School Students age 16 years or older. Volunteer hour opportunites at Belleville General Hospital after-school and weekends in the auxiliary Gift Shop and Tuck Shop.

Training provided covers safe food handling, financial transactions and customer service skills. Info: Pat at 613 969 7400 ext. 3012 Happy Harmony Women’s Choir sings popular hits from across the decades, Thursdays 7-9 pm, Brittany Brant Music Centre (10 minutes east of Belleville Hospital along). Join us for a free trial. Phone 613-438-7664.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, Belleville General Hospital Auxiliary seeks adults in a variety of hospital settings, daytime Monday to Friday. Info: Wednesday, February 24, 1:30 pm. R.S.P.V. with the BGHA Volunteer Office 613-969-7400 ext 2297. Unable to attend? Call for info Quinte Seniors Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome.

Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes Feb. 22 Go West, and North, Young Man, Kyle Blaney, avid traveller, birdwatcher and nature photographer. Quinte Field Naturalist meeting, 7:00 pm, Sills Auditorium, Bridge Street United Church, Belleville. All welcome, by donation.

Sportsman Show, February 21, Belleville Fish and Game Club, 10 am-2 pm. Admission $5/person 18 years old Under 18 and women are free. All current firearms laws must be complied with.

Belleville Garden Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month, 7-9 pm,

Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave, Belleville. Info 613-966-7455 Quinte Region Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. Cost is $4.00. http://www.qrcc.ca . For info: Dave Brown at 613-967-7720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690.

Family Space supports families learning through play. Drop-in playrooms, 100 Station Street., Belleville. Open 6 days a week. Info: www.familyspace. ca or 613-966-9427.

Dance to Social and Ballroom music, Friday February 19, Quinte Ballroom Dance Club, Masonic Hall, Foster and Dundas, Belleville from 8 pm to midnight.

Light lunch served. $10.00/member couple and $20.00/guest couple. Couples only. Info: Don at 613 392-7450.

Men’s Coffee Break, for men caring for their spouse or other loved one who has memory loss. Westminster United Church, 1199 Wallbridge Loyalist Rd, Belleville. 3rd Friday of the month, 9:30am. Free.

Every Monday, 7 p.m. Campbellford Citizen’s Choir meets at Senior Citizen’s Building. All welcome Fundraising Committee members needed for Community Care South Hastings. Info: Deb at 613-969-0130 ext. 5214 or debm@ccsh.ca St. Mark’s United Church 237 Cannifton Rd. N., offers Foot Care Clinic - 4th Thursday of month. VON basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot care. For appointment call VON at 1-888-2794866 ex 5346 Seniors 5-pin Bowling, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Come and meet new friends for fun and fellowship. Belleville Pro Bowl, Bayview Mall. Call Ken 613-962-3429 The Canadian Hearing Society offers Walk In Wednesdays from 10 am-noon and 2-4pm. Speak to a Hearing Care Counsellor. No appointment necessary. Bayview Mall, 470 Dundas St. E Belleville Probus Club Of Belleville meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month, 10 am at the Pentecostals of Quinte, 490 Dundas St. W. For retired and/or semi-retired business and professional people. Social time and a guest speaker.

Guests are welcome.

New members welcome, Quinte Living Centre Concert Band. Students to seniors, if you play any band instrument. Mondays 7-9 p.m., Quinte Living Centre, 370 Front St, Belleville. Info: Marialice, mtfielding@hotmail.com 613962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail. com 613-243-1450 Monday Bingo; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling and Shuffleboard; Friday Darts and the 3rd Sunday of every month Cribbage. All start at 1:00 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over. Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, 75 St. Paul St., Belleville Belleville Legion: Every Friday: Canteen open 4-7 p.m. Meat Rolls and Horse Races 4:30 pm., Legion

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Clubroom. Everyone welcome. Age of majority event.

Inn from the Cold, Winter Food Ministry Program, Mon., Jan. 18-Sun., Feb. 28, Bridge St. United Church, 60 Bridge St. E. (side door), Belleville.

Free hot meals and a warm place to be.

Doors open 4 p.m., coffee/soup at 4:30 p.m. Hot meals served 5-6:30 p.m. No registration required.

Friends of the Library book sale daily at the Bookstore. Accepting gently used books, CD and DVD donations.

Foyer of Belleville Public Library 104, Monday-Saturday. 613-968-6731 ext 2245 “Pay and Play” Curling every Monday and Tuesday, Belleville Curling Club, 8:30 am. $8/game. Teams are made up daily. No experience necessary. Info: Wayne 613-966-7184 or Harold 613967-3859.

BRIGHTON

Brighton Lions Club is looking for new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at the Community Centre in Brighton. Info Membership Chairperson Fran Fulford 613- 475-0475 Feb 20 Made to Thrive, Musical presented by Spirit Borne Performing Arts.

Students from 10 high schools in the Quinte area.Appropriate for all ages.

Free admission, Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, 204 Main St., Brighton. More at qyfc.com Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Clothing Depot, 58 Prince Edward St, Brighton. Wednesday-Thursday, 10-2, Friday, 10-6 and Saturday, 10-1.

Winter stock has arrived. Donations of clothing, accessories and housewares welcome. Interested in Volunteering?

Call Jean 613-439-8869 Parent Support Group, Brighton, last Thursday of each month, 6:30-8pm, Autism Ontario/Autisme Ontario East & South East Region. Info: (613) 968-5554

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Campbellford Kinette Bingo every Thursday at 7pm. Campbellford/ Seymour Arena, 313 Front St. N. $1000 Jackpot in 54 numbers, consolation prize of $200. Wheelchair accessible.

Blood Pressure Clinic, February 19, Campbellford Memorial Hospital, 1-4pm, Room 249 2nd Floor. All Welcome.

Friday Feb 19, 6PM, IOOF Roast Beef Dinner, 240 Victoria St, Campbellford. Cost $13 adults, $6 children.

For tickets: 705-653-0072 Saturday, February 20, 10:00 am, Westben presents: Saturday Morning Tunes with Andrew Queen & Campfire Crew. $5 per child (parents and caregivers are free). Clock Tower Cultural Centre, Campbellford.

Each Saturday 1-4 PM, Kitchen Party Music Jams, Campbellford Legion.

Free admission. All musicians & fans welcome. 1st Saturday: Country Music.

2nd & 5th Saturday: Bluegrass Music.

3rd Saturday: Folk/Roots Music. 4th Saturday: Mixed Acoustic Music Sunday, February 21, 1:30 pm, Westben Ceildh Kitchen Party Fundraiser at the Clock. Doors open at 1:30 pm. Live Music at 2:30 pm. Scotch Tasting 1:302:30 pm $25 plus tax. $50 plus tax. Clock Tower Cultural Centre, Campbellford Indoor Walking and Exercise Program, St. John’s United Church Auditorium, Tuesdays and Fridays 10-11am.

Please bring clean, comfortable shoes.

50 Bridge St. W. Campbellford. Info: St. John’s United Church at 705-653-2283.

Visit the Cat’s Cradle, 8 Bridge St. W., Campbellford, A New to You shop with monies raised going to spay/neuter feral cats and kittens. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9-5.

3rd Saturday of month, Bid Euchre Tournament, Campbellford Seniors Club, 53 Grand Rd Lunch at noon, cards at 1pm. $5 to play, share the wealth tickets.

Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Fun Darts. All Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch 103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450 Learn the Art of Taoist Tai Chi classes available throughout the week, Community Resource Centre 65 Bridge St, Campbellford, Join at anytime. Info: 705 696 1841 or 705 243 5216.

COBOURG

Women’s Group, every Wednesday, 2 pm, Halcyon Place, 580 Courthouse Rd, Cobourg. To register: Community Care Northumberland: 905-372-7356.

COLBORNE

Colborne Library Storytime program, open to children 2-5 years old. Thursdays, 11 am. To register: 905 355-3722 or drop by the library (Mon. 3-8, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4).

Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings, Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. foodaddictsanonymous.org Play Group, hosted by Northumberland Cares for Children, Colborne Public School, 8 Alfred St. Colborne, Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon. Info: Cheryl McMurray 905-885-8137 ext.209.

Men’s Social Group, Tuesdays at Community Care Northumberland, 11 King St. E. Colborne, 10-11 a.m. Info: 905-355-2989.

FOXBORO

Gospel Sing, Chapel of the Good Shepherd, 513 Ashley St., Saturday, February 20, 6:30 pm. Lunch after.

FRANKFORD

Alcoholics Anonymous Keep It Simple Group, 8 pm every Thursday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 60 Trent St. N. (rear), Frankford. Info: www. quintewestaa.org or 1-866-951-3711 Free Senior’s fitness classes, Mondays and Thursdays, 1 pm, Frankford Legion. To register: 1-888-279-4866 Ext 5350

Frankford Minor Softball Registrations: Trenton Arena: Sat. Feb. 20, and Sat. March 12 8am-3pm. Frankford Arena in March. Info: frankfordsoftball@ gmail.com

HASTINGS

Hastings & District Seniors Club, 6 Albert St. E Hastings, Civic Centre downstairs. Mon-Regular Euchre, 12:30pm Tues- Bid Euchre, 1pm. Tournaments every 4th Sat. of month, alternating bid euchre then reg euchre.

HAVELOCK

RCL Havelock, Branch 389, 8 Ottawa St. weekly events. Monday Senior Darts, 12:30 pm. Bingo 6:30 pm. Tuesday Shuffleboard, 12:30 pm.

Thursday Ladies’ Darts, 1 pm. Saturday Meat Roll 3-4pm

IVANHOE

Digging up the Past: An Introduction to Ontario Archaeology with Tom Mohr, Ontario Archaeological Society.

Hosted by Hastings Stewardship Council. 7-9 pm, Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62, Ivanhoe. $5.00 or donation, kids free. 613-391-9034 or info@ hastingsstewardship.ca.

MADOC

Madoc Legion welcomes back Dennis Young and the “Family Tradition”, Saturday, February 20, 2- 5 pm.

Madoc Legion euchre, Sunday February 21. Registration 12-12:30 pm. Play at 12:30. Entry fee is $5:00.

Refreshments available.

Good Food Box depot, Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. Fresh fruit and vegetables in $10 or $15 size boxes or bag of fruit for $5. Order/Pay by the first Wednesday of the month. Pick up on the third Wednesday. Order any Wed. between 10am-2pm. Elaine 613-472-3219 Support The Troops Open Mic, Sunday, 21 February, Art Centre Hastings, Madoc. Doors open 1 p.m., music at 1:30 p.m. All types welcome. Bring your own instrument. Canteen. Free, Family Friendly Event TOPS (take off pounds sensibly), every Wednesday, Trinity United Church in Madoc. Weigh-ins 5.30-6.p,m. Short meeting follows. Info: Lila 613-473-4668 BADMINTON every Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m., Centre Hastings Secondary School. Info: Terry at 613473-5662 or http://www.centrehastingsbadminton.com/ Madoc AM Indoor Walk: Mon, Wed, and Fri, 9:45-10:45 am. PM Indoor Walk: Mon, Tues, Fri, 6:45-7:45 pm.

Centre Hastings Secondary School, 129 Elgin St. Open to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-5541564 to pre-register if not a member of this program.

Royal Canadian Legion Br 363 Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday in the Club Room 6 - 9 pm.

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MARMORA

New Finding Your Way clinics.

Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event.

Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018 Sunday February 21, Marmora Legion Jam Session 1PM-4PM. $5.00 cover charge. No charge for participants.

Lunch available.

Marmora Social: Thursday, Feb 25, 43 Mathew Place. Seating at 11:30AM. Lunch at noon. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call 1-800-554-1564 to preregister if not already a member of the Marmora Social program EUCHRE in Deloro Hall each Friday 7 p.m. sponsored by Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club. Bring light lunch to share.

NORWOOD

Norwood Legion: Wing Night Thursdays, from 4:30pm. Meat Draws Fridays from 5 p.m.

Preschool Drop-in, Westwood Public Library. Every Thursday, 10 amnoon. Enjoy play and creative areas.

705-696-2744 or www.anpl.org

P.E. COUNTY

Wellington District Lions Club - New members welcome. Club meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday of month, Wellington Town Hall. Info: Membership Chairs Marilyn or Stan at 613-399-1164.

Albury Friendship Group - Quilts for sale each Wed 10 am - 12 noon. Albury Church Rednersville Rd. Proceeds to local charities for women.

Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

Meals on Wheels, Picton: Daily noon time meal delivered to your door.

Info: Prince Edward Community Care 613-476-7493.

Loyalist Decorative Painters’ Guild meeting every second Wed. of the month. New members welcome. Carrying Place United Church, 7pm. Coffee & snacks at 6:30. Bring your regular painting supplies. Info: Noreen 613475-2005 or www.freewebs.com/ldpg/ Picton Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

STIRLING

Stirling Al-Anon Family Group, every Friday, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling. 866.951-3711 Stirling Diners: Monday, Feb 22, St Paul’s United Church, 104 Church St. Lunch at noon. Bring your own plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call

1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Diner’s Program Stirling Citizens’ Band, a community volunteer concert band. Rehearsals every Tues. 7:30pm, Stirling Public School. All ages welcome. Student community service hours available. Info: Donna, 705-653-3064.

Weekly Monday Night Bingo, Upstairs of Stirling Arena. Cards on sale at 6:15pm. Starts at 6:50pm. Proceeds to support community projects. Sponsored

by Stirling & District Lions Club.

TRENTON

Trenton Toastmasters Club meets 6:30-8:30 pm, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, Quinte West/ Trenton Library Meeting Room Main Floor. We are looking for new members.

Guests are welcome Trenton Horticultural Society Thurs., Feb. 18 - Pie Social and Chinese Auction at Trenton United Church, 85 Dundas St.East at. 7 pm.

New members welcome. www.trentonhortsociety.ca Feb 20, Quinte Branch of Ontario Genealogical Society presents “Scotland from Abroad” by Bob Dawes, how to use websites to trace Scottish ancestry, Quinte West Public Library, 7 Creswell Dr, Trenton, 1-3 pm. www.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~canqbogs/ Friends of the Quinte West Library Book Sale, every Tues and Thurs and the last Sat of month, 10 am-1 pm. Accepting book donations as well. 25 cents to $1.50. Quinte West Public Library.

Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

Trenton Lions Club is looking for new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: Member Chairman Diane 613 392 2939 The Trenton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is looking for new volunteers (18 years +). Give back, make new friends and learn important skills. Training provided. Call the volunteer office at 613 392 2540 ext. 5454 Cold Creek Cloggers, Monday nights. Beginner class 6:30pm. Trenton Baptiste Church 15 South St. First night free. For info call Debbie 613-920-9034 PROBUS Club of Quinte West meets 1st Thursday of the month, 9:30 a.m., upstairs, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, Trenton. All seniors welcome. Info: Janet 613-475-5111 R&J’s Singles Mingle, Sat Feb 20 Icebreaker. Find your matches to win.

Top Floor,Trenton Legion, 9pm-1am, back door. www.romeoandjuliet.ca.

613-392-9850 Trenton Legion Branch 110--check out our website for our Entertainment Schedule: www.rcl110.ca Overeaters Anonymous meeting every Tuesday and Friday, 9:15 a.m.

Senior’s Centre, Bay St., Trenton. Contact

613-827-7421.

Trenton Art Club. Calling all artists and would be artists. Painting every Friday afternoon, Smylie’s Independent Store (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525.

TWEED

New Finding Your Way clinics.

Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event.

Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018 Bid Euchre every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Actinolite Recreation Hall The Tweed Legion “Meat Draws”, February 20, 3:30 pm following the Euchre. Tickets $2 or 3/$5 in each round.

Split draws. Info 613-478-1865.

Tweed Diners: Wednesday, Feb 24, St Edmund’s Hall- Stoco, Hungerford Rd. Lunch at noon. Bring your own plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Diner’s Program Dance Exercise Class for everyone, every Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am., Tweed Legion. Bring your water and yoga mats. Info: 613-478-1824 Fit & Fun Ladies Exercise Classes: Mondays 9am Aerobics. Tuesdays 9am.

Stretch & Strength. Thursdays 9am Balls & Bands. Fridays 9am Interval Training.

Land O¹Lakes Curling Club, Tweed. $25/mth or $7/class. Info: Judy 613478-5994 or Jan 613-478-3680.

Tweed LegioN: Bi-weekly Open Bingo in the Upstairs Hall, 7 pm. Euchre

every other Saturday in the Clubroom, 1 pm. Info 613-478-1865 Attention Teens: Are you bored?

Looking for a challenge? Join the Truth & Dare Youth Group, Fridays, 7 p.m.

Fun, Food, Games, Trips and more.

Tweed Pentecostal Church, 16 Jamieson St. W.

WARKWORTH

Canadian Cancer Society, Warkworth Branch: Euchre, 4th Tuesday every month, 7:30 pm. $3 includes coffee and sandwiches.Everyone welcome.

Warkworth Legion. Info: Kathy Ellis (705) 924-9116 Warkworth Legion hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday.

Everyone welcome

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Maple syrup festival to be featured on web series for foodies

By John Campbell Warkworth – This year’s Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival promises to be special for more than its 30th anniversary.

A film production company in Chicago plans to make a video of the two-day event for broadcast online. It will be shown as part of a web series called Eat the Globe.

“I was ecstatic when they got in touch,” said Dennis Gebhardt, who chairs the festival’s organizing committee. “They say they reach over 25 million people.”

The film crew will spend one day at the Sandy Flat Sugar Bush and the next day in the village

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where much of the festival is also held.

Gebhardt said he was told by Jacquelyn Jamjoon, director of operations and executive producer with Digital Hydra, that she was searching on the Internet for festivals to film when she came across Warkworth’s and he was quick to tell her she and her crew would be welcome to attend.

“They want to experience the full festival,” he said, and sugar bush owners Derek and Angela Van Stam will have them tap some trees while they’re here March 12-13.

As usual, there will be sap-making demonstrations, free tastings of taffy on snow, horse-drawn sleigh rides, log-sawing contests, plank races, snowshoe competitions and live entertainment at

the sugar bush.

In the village, there will be multiple shows and sales, for art, photography, antiques, and crafts, as well as indoor mini-golf and a petting farm.

Shuttle buses will carry festival-goers between the sugar bush and Warkworth, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Peterborough’s Glen Caradus, The Paddling Puppeteer, will return for the third year in a row.

He will perform on Main Street, dressed up as a tree, singing, playing a banjo and harmonica, and handing out candies from sap buckets he carries.

He’s written a song for the festival’s 30th anniversary at Gebhardt’s request.

The Warkworth Community Service Club will once again serve sausages and pancakes both days at Sandy Flat, with all profits to go toward

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Revenues earned elsewhere by the committee will be used to cover the non-profit organization’s costs of staging the festival.

“It’s just one big happy family event,” Gebhardt said.

And while the exposure it will get online will be a “big push for Warkworth” and make more people aware of the village’s existence, “I don’t want the festival to get any bigger,” Gebhardt said.

It already draws between 5,000 and 7,000 people over the two days, “and we can’t handle any more.”

The festival is meant to boost tourism, that’s “what it’s about,” he said.

For more information about the event, visit <www.warkworthmaplesyrupfestival.ca>.

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