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Trenton – Canadian Blood Services encouraged residents to get out and give blood during the Family Day holiday and also honoured a long time donor who died just before his 200th donation. Randy Pearson had donated blood 196 times before his death in December 2016 at the age of 61. Pearson’s family donated blood in his name on Monday, Feb. 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Trenton and received a certificate of recognition for Randy’s contribution from Canadian Blood Services. Chris Pearson, Randy’s brother, said it felt great receiving Randy’s certificate of recognition, noting his brother was really looking forward to reaching 200 donations. “I’m sure he’s just smiling really happy about it too,” said Pearson. “He just loved to give blood, he was here all the time, and any time he could give he was giving it.” Pearson, who has given blood 175 times himself, said the impact donating blood has to help save lives is very important to the Pearson family. “It will touch many other people’s lives, there’s always people that need blood at some point and each donation is able to be used three different times so for every donation it’s three people that are able to be helped,” he said. Three Pearson family members gave blood
for their first time on Family Day, in honour of Randy. Debbi Barfoot, territory manager for Canadian Blood Services, said recognizing dedicated donors like Randy is always very rewarding. “They understand the importance of giving a unit of blood,” she said. “Yes they are giving their time up but they’re saving lives because without blood, we can’t manufacture it, so all of the blood we collect at these clinics goes to hospitals to help patients.” The Family Day blood donor clinic had a great turnout, said Barfoot. “Today has done very well, we’ve had a high number of people, our target is 115 units of blood and we’ve probably had over 150 people walk in the door,” she said. “Wew advertised in advance to say we’re doing this clinic in honour of Randy today and that brought a lot of people out as well.” Attracting new and young donors in the Randy Pearson’s family donated blood in his name and received a certificate of recognition Bay of Quinte area is an important goal, for Randy’s contribution from Canadian Blood Services on Monday, Feb. 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Trenton. From left: Brad Wood, Susanne Dubeau, Chris Pearson, Caitlin said Barfoot. About eight high schools in Kingston are Pearson, James Pearson and Amanda Pearson. Erin Stewart/Metroland part of a youth leadership program where students donate blood once a month, somefrom 1-7 p.m. To make an appointment for the next blood thing Barfoot said she’d like to see in Trenton. Barfoot said half of Canadians will either donor clinic and to take the online eligibility “I’d love to get a high school involved in need blood or know someone who will need quiz to find out if you are eligible to donate, go Trenton as well, it’s so important that we get the blood at some point in their lives. to blood.ca. youth into this clinic,” she said. The next blood donor clinic at the Knights of City of Quinte West Columbus Hall in Trenton is Monday Apr. 17
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Quinte West Waterfront Trail Master-plan open house set for February 23 dressing the waterfront from the area of the cenotaph in downtown Trenton, past city hall, the Trent Port Marina and heading toward the Murray Canal. Brian Jardine, director of planning and development services for Quinte West, said the city would like to get public input right
at the beginning of the process. “We wanted to start getting people’s comments on both the concepts and the type of the design that we’re looking at really early on in the process,� said Jardine. “This is really going to be the first time anyone has seen these concepts, staff have seen a number of very early drafts, but we haven’t seen the finished thing yet, so this is right at the start.� Jardine said he’s hoping the open house will gener ! " # ate comments on the types $ of facilities being proposed, the types of standards and input on what else people
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house on Thursday Feb. 23 from 4-8 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at city hall, 7 Creswell Dr. Trenton — Quinte West residents are invited in Trenton. Concept plans will be on display for Phase to attend the waterfront trail master-plan open 1 of the city’s waterfront trail master-plan, adBY ERIN STEWART
plan includes landscaping, gardens, tree planting and a fully accessible trail system. The design for Phase 1 is also intended to set a design standard that would be replicated on future phases of the project. “The expectation and the hope is that we develop a design template that can include a trail system all the way down to the Murray Canal, it could include linking the east and west sides of the river up, Centennial Park up with where the marina is, and it could involve trail systems going north of Trenton as well up through Frankford,� said Jardine. The budget for the waterfront trail expansion still needs to be confirmed by council, said Jardine. Quinte West City Council allocated $425,000 for the waterfront trail expansion in the 2017 capital budget under the condition that the city’s application to receive matched government funding from the Canada 150 Fund was successful, for a total of $850,000. But, Jardine said the city was unsuccessful at securing the matched funding. “Those projects will come back forward to council, probably through the operating budget is what I expect in March,� said Jardine. “So they’ll have to decide whether to reallocate any of those monies or just leave them as they are, that will be up for further discussions.� The waterfront trail expansion project was one of four projects for which the city was unsuccessful at receiving matched funding from the Canada 150 Fund or Ontario 150 Fund. The other three projects included upgrades to the Batawa Community Centre kitchen and park, upgrades to the Trenton Town Hall and lighting for the Centennial Park hardball field.
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TMH Foundation aims to enhance Trenton hospital with $2.7 in equipment in 2017 BY ERIN STEWART
Trenton – The Trenton Memorial Hospital (TMH) Foundation has a big wish list for TMH in 2017 - $2.7 million in equipment updates for the hospital. “We have to make up for two years that we didn’t purchase much,” said Wendy Warner, executive director of the TMH Foundation. “Especially for the OR (Operating Room) because for the last couple of years there wasn’t really any purchases made for the OR, anticipating that it was going to be closed, so we’re making up for two years as well as what we need for this year.” The TMH Foundation has an extensive list coming forward this year with a lot of different pieces equipment, said Warner, including ultrasound equipment at a cost of $168,000, new lasers in the Ophthalmology Department at $221,000 and eight beds in the Inpatient Unit, a price of $181,000. A large portion of the $2.7 million includes $1.1 million for a new computerized tomography (CT) scan and $200,000 for renovations to install it, said Warner. Warner said she think it will take more than one year to raise the $2.7, anticipating the CT scan will take two years to fund.
“There’s so many items as well that are equally important,” said Warner. “We have stretchers that we need for the emergency department, we have beds and vital signs that we need in the Inpatient Unit.” The list also includes laparoscopic high definition equipment to help address volume issues surrounding the OR, to attract more procedures. “The general surgeons had indicated we didn’t have it (laparoscopic high definition equipment) here so some of them would choose to go to Belleville instead,” said Warner. “So we’re making sure that we have that equipment here as well for them so they can come over.” After making it through the ups and downs of 2016 and successfully winning the fight to keep day surgeries and the equipment at TMH instead of moving down the road to Belleville, Warner said the foundation is feeling confident. “It feels great, we really are feeling confident that our hospital is here to stay and that all of the services are here to stay and we look forward to new services coming in the future,” said Warner. “We hope the community will help join in our celebration because everybody fought long and hard for the hospital, now we need
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the equipment to make sure it can take care of everybody.” The government pays for the operating costs but it is up to communities to fund equipment expenses, said Warner. “In order to have the very best equipment for the surgeons and the nurses to be able to use to take care of us, that really comes 100 per cent funding from us, from the community,” she said. Warner said the foundation relies on donors, through monthly gift giving programs, direct mail campaigns, estate donations and the foundation’s signature events to raise the funds to cover the costs of equipment at the hospital. The foundation also has a grateful patient campaign, allowing donors to recognize the care that they’ve received at the hospital by making a donation in honour of someone who cared for them.
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Cheers! Website highlights local beer and cider BY STEPHEN PETRICK
Belleville – For the thirsty, this region is a hot spot for craft beer and cider. And now the Bay of Quinte region has an association and a website to highlight just that. A new website, www.quintecraft.ca showcases the newly formed Bay of Quinte Craft Region, which includes 10 established breweries and eight breweries in development. There’s also four established cider makers, and two more in development, meaning there will likely soon be a total of 24 craft beer and cider makers in the rural region. The new Bay of Quinte Craft Association is made up of brewers, cider makers, and producers in the Bay of Quinte region, which includes Brighton, Quinte West, Prince Edward County, Napanee, Tyendinaga, Campbellford, and Bath. “It is a million-dollar industry for the region, employing a Cassie Dobosh holds up a cider she was serving from the few hundred people,” said Ryan Waupoos County Cider Company table at the Beer by the Williams, chairman of Quinte- Bay event in Belleville last March. It was one of several Vation, an organization that’s Bay of Quinte cider businesses. promoting the industry. “We are Stephen Petrick/Metroland happy to support this industry the industry, hosting events and collaboration in its development as a region because it is an industry we feel has a lot of within the industry to launch the new website, growth to do in the region. It is also, now, and the new Bay of Quinte Craft Association. Vicki Samaras, owner of County Road as organized, the largest rural craft beer and Brewery in Prince Edward County, said the cider industry in Canada.” The new association is made up and led by work has paid off. “This is a great, growing area. We are one local brewers, cider makers, and producers, including Wild Card Brewery, Church Key of the newer brewers but have seen the benBrewery, County Road Brewery, Barley Days, efits already of working with the entire indusMacKinnon Brothers, Signal Brewery, and try to be the best rural example in Canada.” Craft beer accounts for 9 per cent of beer producers such as Barn Owl Malt, and Pleasant Vallley Hops. The association is open to sales in Ontario and is growing, the association says. Craft beer, specifically, has been anyone. QuinteVation acted as a facilitator with growing in share rapidly over the past year. New breweries coming online this year include Prince Eddy’s in Picton, Signal Brewery in Belleville, and Apple Falls Cider at Campbell’s Orchards on Rednersville Road. Not only is Bay of Quinte craft beer and cider made in the region, but a lot of the ingredients are as 2016 Annual well. Hops are grown in the region, Drinking Water System Reports as are barley and grains, and there have been several businesses that To all municipally-serviced residents in Quinte have cropped up to support the inWest: Please be advised the 2016 Annual dustry. Drinking Water System Reports are available at For instance, MacKinnon Broththe City of Quinte West Municipal Office, located ers brewery, located in Bath, at 7 Creswell Drive, Trenton. The Reports detail launched earlier this summer a beer information such as laboratory results from water made entirely on their farm. quality testing throughout the year, and other The brewery, opened in the spring of 2014, launched its Harvest Ale information about the water treatment facilities. made 100 per cent from ingredients The Annual Reports are also available on the City from its 230-year-old family farm. of Quinte West website at www.quintewest.ca. The association will also be bringResidents with questions regarding the contents ing back the Bay of Quinte Craft of the Reports may contact the Public Works and Beer Festival, with the date slated Environmental Services Department at for Saturday, Sept. 30 in downtown 613-392-2841. Belleville.
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The (very) slow death of Islamic State “Unfortunately, it is unrealistic to expect zero civilian casualties in armed conflict,” said US Army Col. John L. Dorrian, the spokesperson of Combined Joint Task Force – OpGwynne Dyer eration Inherent Resolve. (Where do they get these ridiculous code-names?) The CJTF/OIR is the US-led international force that was created to defeat Islamic State, but Dorrian was talking in particular about the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, captured by the forces of Islamic State more than two years ago. There are still at least 650,000 civilians in the IS-controlled part of Mosul, and when the Iraqi army retakes it a lot of them will be killed or injured. Col. Dorrian was just trying to “manage expectations”, as they say, but he needn’t have worried. As many civilians will probably be killed during the reconquest of Mosul as died in the Syrian army’s reconquest of eastern Aleppo in December, but it won’t get as much media attention – mainly because Islamic State is not as subtle as the Nusra Front, the rival Islamist organization that dominated eastern Aleppo. The Nusra Front, now rebranded as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (Conquest of Syria Front) to disguise its allegiance to al-Qaeda, was clever enough to let little girls blog about the horrors of the siege of Aleppo, and the Western media obligingly ran it all without question. It was a holocaust, they reported, committed by the evil army of that wicked Bashar al-Assad. The Western media won’t be saying that sort of thing about the inevitable deaths of innocent civilians during the retaking of Mosul, because the West supports the Iraqi army. In any case, Islamic State is probably too rigid to allow that kind of blog. The Iraqi army’s attempt to take the city of Mosul back from Islamic State has already lasted almost as long as the siege of Stalingrad. So far, it has only managed to clear the suburbs on the east bank of the Tigris river, and civilian deaths have only been in the hundreds. This week it began its assault on the main part of the city, which lies on the west bank. It may fight its way in to the core of the old city in another month or
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two, but street-fighting eats up armies, and the streets of the old city are narrow and twisting. It may not even end in a decisive victory for the goverment forces. There are around 100,000 men in the force besieging Mosul, but most of them are Kurdish militia and “Popular Mobilization Units” of the Iraqi Army that must not be allowed to enter the city proper. What’s left is the Iraqi regular army, probably no more than 30-40,000 strong around Mosul, and in particular the elite units of the Counter Terrorism Service who have borne the brunt of the fighting. Some of the CTS units have already suffered 50 percent casualties (killed and wounded), and overall Iraqi casualties are at least 5,000 before the final battle has even begun. Let us be optimistic and assume that Mosul will ultimately fall. That would put an end to the Iraqi half of what used to be called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but what happens to the Syrian part of Islamic State is still very much up in the air. It was losing territory to the Syrian Kurds, whose army was advancing steadily on the IS capital at Raqqa in eastern Syria. The Syrian Kurds have done so well because they had US air support on call at all times. Indeed, the Kurds were America’s main ally in the Syrian civil war, and the only major ground force (apart from the Syrian army) that was actively fighting Islamic State. But now all that is at risk because Turkey, which has been the main support of the Syrian rebels for years, has switched sides. It sees a semi-independent Kurdish state in northern Syria as a bigger threat to its territorial integrity than either IS or the Assad regime in Damascus. And it appears to have made a deal with Russia that will give it a free hand to destroy the Syrian Kurds. It is not clear whether the Turkish army can actually do that without taking very large casualties, but it’s probably going to try. This means that the United States will have to choose between its ally of the past four years, the Syrian Kurdish army, and its faithless NATO ally, Turkey. It will probably choose Turkey, because it is more important, and abandon the Kurds to their fate. The Kurds are used to being betrayed, so they won’t even be surprised. But it does mean that destroying Islamic State in Syria will have to wait for a while.
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The trouble with closing small schools Editorial by Stephen Petrick Like it or not – and a lot of people don’t – the landscape of public school neighbourhoods in the Quinte region is about to change. The Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board is currently undergoing what’s called an Accommodation Review for Belleville, Central Hastings and Prince Edward County. That’s school board talk for studying which schools to close, which schools to expand and whether it makes sense to build new schools to accommodate changing populations. Numerous options are on the table, but it appears several Belleville elementary schools and at least one Belleville high school will close. In Centre Hastings, Madoc Township Public School is on the chopping block and in PEC five elementary schools are at risk of closing. After numerous committee and public meetings, school board trustees are expected to make a decision in June. When that decision comes, some groups are going to be outraged. On a topic as emotional as closing schools, there will never be consensus and odds are at least one parent group will feel their community got the shaft. The issue is particularly sensitive in rural communities, where the loss of a school can mean the loss of a community’s identity. This is why there was a spirited turnout at a recent meeting at Centre Hastings Secondary School to discuss the fate of Madoc Township School and why the issue dominated discussion at a recent Hastings County council meeting. The school board can’t be blamed for considering closing schools. The board – like many in the province – is facing declining enrolment almost everywhere and dozens of schools within the board are operating well under student capacity. The Ministry of Education funds school boards on a per pupil basis. So if the school board can host the same number of students in fewer schools, it will have more money for student programming and fewer costs associated with maintaining old buildings. Unfortunately, this means that some of the
schools that are most endearing to their communities – small, rural schools; the kind where every adult inside knows every child’s name – are most at risk of closing. At the January Hastings County council meeting, Centre Hastings Mayor Tom Deline said the Ministry’s funding formula has to change. “You really can’t blame the school board,” he said. “The province has to change how they fund these things. It’s not good for rural Ontario.” It’s a fair comment. But while people generally like the concept of rural schools people don’t like increased taxes so a move that asks school boards to not be as financially responsible as possible will never fly. And don’t expect the current provincial government to put together a policy that will allow more rural schools to remain open and appease rural voters. With hydro prices the way they are, this government has diminishing chances of winning seats in rural Ontario next election, so it’s probably not going to try. The accommodation review will almost certainly end with a decision that forces the closure of several small schools and create large schools in central locations. That trend is already happening in Belleville. The new Harmony Public School, in northern Belleville, opened in 2014 and now serves more than 500 students from Jr. Kindergarten to Grade 8. Harry J. Clarke, in east Belleville, recently expanded to house about 800 students from JK to 8. Prince Charles Belleville, in the west, recently expanded to house 350. Students at these schools still get a great education, but parents of Madoc Township School – where there are about 130 students – probably have an easier time getting in and out of the parking lot each day. They also probably have a lot more fun at school Christmas concerts too, where every one in attendance is a friend and neighbour. Small schools do a great service for communities and kids, so let’s enjoy them while we can. Unfortunately, they’re coming to an end soon and there’s not much anyone can do about it.
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Quinte West shut out on four funding bids BY ERIN STEWART
Trenton – All four of the city’s funding applications to the Canada 150 Fund or Ontario 150 Fund have formally been denied, resulting in $730,000 budgeted for the projects to be addressed. The 2017 capital budget, approved in November, included $730,000 of city reserve money allocated for half of the funding for the four projects, approved in principle under the premise that the city would only go ahead if the matched government funding was approved. The three projects denied for matched funding through the Canada 150 Fund, ranked from first choice to third, include upgrades to the Trenton Town Hall – circa 1861, Centennial Park hardball field lighting and a waterfront trail expansion through marina property. Upgrades to the Batawa Community Centre kitchen and parking lot were also denied through the Ontario 150 Fund. Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison said it’s unfortunate all four projects were denied funding. “We’re not pleased, we did apply and our projects are very worth while and we do need support,” said Harrison. “For some reason ours aren’t as important as others, or our need isn’t seen as great as other places, I don’t know how they determined who gets what.” David Clazie, director of corporate and financial services,
said he will be bringing a report back to council during the merit because if they didn’t we wouldn’t have applied for 2017 operating budget deliberations in March, outlining the funding,” said Armstrong. “But I’d like to see a project that’s amount of funds available. been started finished and right now the baseball lights are Council will then make a decision on what project or proj- a necessity in order for the QWABA (Quinte West Amateur ects they want to support funding in 2017. Baseball Association) to promote what they’ve been doing.” Harrison said the waterfront trail expansion project, startThe project costs $225,000 for the lighting and $15,000 for ing at Albert Street, going past city hall, the Trent Port Ma- a paved trail. rina and heading out towards Carrying Place, is a priority Armstrong said the QWABA has the opportunity to house for him. four rep teams that encompass the region, host major tourCouncil had applied for 50 per cent matched funding naments and contribute to sports tourism but “without the through the Canada 150 Fund at $425,00, towards a total lights they’re very limited, it’s like half capacity.” cost of $850,000 for the project. The city spent about $527,000 to build the new baseball “We want to do some work on our trail system, down diamond in 2016, a diamond that has been described as the along the Bay of Quinte, that’s one project we’ve been work- nicest between Toronto and Kingston. ing on,” said Harrison. “We would like to get it started very “The diamond itself is well known in the baseball world much, that’s one of the most important, I think, for us right throughout the region,” said Armstrong. “We’re talking now. The ones we don’t get done this year we will do next about hundreds of kids being serviced so let’s finish the job year, that’s all we can do.” and move on to other projects.” Councillor Duncan Armstrong, representative on the City of Quinte West Centennial Park design committee, said the lighting projNOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT ect for the new Centennial Trenton Water Plant - Class Environmental Assessment Park ball diamond is top priority for him. “All of the projects have The City of Quinte West has initiated a planning process to develop a solution for improving the management of process residual waste at the Trenton Water Treatment Plant on Chester Road. The goal is to reduce the amount of process waste that is currently directed to the wastewater treatment plant. This project is being planned in accordance with the requirements for a Schedule “B” Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA). The Class EA process includes consultation with the public and review agencies, an evaluation of viable alternative solutions, an assessment of the impacts of the alternative solutions, identification of measures to mitigate any adverse impacts, and the selection of a preferred solution. Public input and comments are invited, for incorporation into the planning and design of this project, and will be received until March 24, 2017. All comments received will become part of the project file that will be made available for public review. If you have any comments or questions regarding this project, or would like to receive further information, please send an email to one of the following project contacts: Matt Tracey Manager Water & Wastewater Services Public Works & Environmental Services City of Quinte West 7 Creswell Drive, PO Box 490 Trenton, ON K8V 5R6 T: (613) 392-2841 ext. 4482 F: (613) 392-7151 Email: mattt@quintewest.ca
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Quinte West Councillor Duncan Armstrong during a city council meeting. File photo. Erin Stewart/Metroland
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It was Pink in the Rink night, but G-Hawks take a tie in double OT thriller against Georgetown BY ERIN STEWART
Trenton – It was a big night at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens on Friday Feb. 17. Not only was it the fourth annual Pink in the Rink, a fundraising night in support of women’s cancer research, the Hawks also faced the Georgetown Raiders for the first time since beating the team for the OJHL league title and Buckland Cup in 2016. More than 1,000 fans packed the arena, clad in pink to show support, to watch the big game. Trenton’s Mac Lewis scored the first goal of the night on a breakaway at 12:58, assisted by Chris Sekelyk and Chays Ruddy. The Hawks seemed to lose some focus in the second period and were outshot by the Raiders 20-7. As a result, Georgetown manTrenton Golden Hawks’ Chays Ruddy hands over his game-worn Pink in the Rink aged to gain a lead. jersey to Tascha McMahon, 15, the highest bidder at $300 in the silent auction Andrew Court scored on a powfor Ruddy’s jersey on Friday Feb. 17. er play at 14:40 and 35 seconds later Arran MacDonald scored the Raiders’ second goal, moving into the third period up 2-1. The Hawks picked up the pace in the third and Anthony Sorrentino tied the game nine minutes into the period, assisted by Lewis. Trenton outshot Georgetown 9-6 in the third but didn’t manage another goal in the tight period. The Hawks and Raiders battled it out in two intense overtime periods, keeping fans at the edge of their seats, but neither team managed a win-
ning goal, resulting in a 2-2 double overtime tie. Trenton’s Chris Janzen was a pillar in net, saving 42 our of 44 shots, and Georgetown’s Josh Astorino made 32 saves out of the 34 shots he faced. Georgetown incurred 18 minutes in the box on five infractions while Trenton incurred 24 minutes in penalties on eight infractions. Lewis, first star of the game, said the Hawks had been waiting for the night all year. “Not just the Pink in the Rink but Georgetown too, we really wanted to show the whole league and the whole province that we’re the best team and we didn’t really get the result we wanted but there’s always playoffs,” he said. “I thought we played well as a team, some of the bounces just didn’t go our way, so it happens.” Coach Jerome Dupont said there was some anticipation leading up to the game. “I thought it was a hell of a hockey game,” said Dupont. “I thought we got a little distracted in the second and I didn’t think we tested their goalie enough but overall it was a decent effort.” While a lot of action was happening out on the ice, there was a different kind of action happening in the lobby. The lobby was filled with Pink in the Rink’s fundraising efforts for women’s cancer research, including a very popular silent auction for the Hawks’ pink, gameworn jerseys. “I spent most of my time in the lobby bidding on jerseys and I actually got Elliot Gerth’s one, he’s the new goalie, so I was really excited that,” said G-Hawks fan
Devon Deroche, 13. “I ended up winning Starbucks mugs for the ticket draw too.” A Hawks fan for more than six years now, Deroche said events like Pink in the Rink are always fun. “All the stuff is going to a good cause so it’s always nice, I’ve got a jersey almost every year,” he said. A portion of ticket sales was also donated to the Canadian Cancer Society and the Quinte West relay committee was setup in the lobby and registering teams for Relay for Life on May 27 at Trenton High School. Luisa Sorrentino, community fundraising specialist with the Canadian Cancer Society, said they were very excited with the turnout and to be partnering with the Hawks for the fourth year. “We see the event only growing, every year we get more people, more excitement, and this year it’s an amazing game,” said Sorrentino. “We cannot be any more excited and any more grateful about our partnership with the Trenton Golden Hawks. Sorrentino said everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer. “One in nine women will be diagnosed with cancer in Canada in their lifetime,” she said. “By donating to this cause you’re helping your neighbours, your friends and who knows, maybe someone in your family as well.” The Hawks went on to play two away games, coming out on top 8-6 over Newmarket on Sunday Feb. 19 but falling to Oakville 2-1 on Monday Feb. 20. Coming up, the Hawks host Markham on Friday Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
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Volunteer to be a Citizen Scientist Birds and Frogs tell us a lot about the health of the wetlands around the Bay of Quinte. Monday, March 6, 2017 - 7:00 p.m. Quinte Conservation, 2061 Highway #2 Learn how you can be a citizen scientist for the Bay of Quinte by volunteering as a Marsh Monitor. Marsh Monitors help us learn about the health of our wetlands by observing for birds and frogs. Quinte area naturalist,Terry Sprague will explain: FrogWatch Ontario, which is great for the kids due to its simplicity and the more extensive Marsh Monitoring Program that includes both birds and frogs. You can monitor for one program or do both. Pied-bill Grebe - (Podilymbus podiceps) In partnership locally with Lower Trent Conservation and Quinte Conservation 10 Quinte West News - Thursday, February 23, 2017
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Playoffs next for most Red Devils hockey teams Topper’s Pizza- Novice On Saturday February 11th 2017 the Red Devils hosted the Central Ontario Wolves to close out the regular season. The Devils lost a hard fought game 2-1. Ryland Cunningham scored the lone goal for the Devils. Quinn Donovan picked up the loss in net. With the loss the Devils needed the Wolves to beat the Clarington Toros the next day in order to make the playoffs; The Wolves won 5-2; which secured the Devils the 4th seed and a match up versus the Peterborough Petes. In game 1 the Devils got down early and could not recover, losing 7-1 in the end. Quinn Donovan and Nowl Wallace split the loss in net. Owen Rivers scored the lone goal for the Devils, assisted by Kolby Craig. In game 2 the Devils put together one of their best games of the season and skated to a hard fought 2-1 win. Quinn Donovan was fantastic in net for the Devils. Owen Rivers and Jack Foley scored for the Devils, while Kolby Craig (2), Jack Foley and Owen Rivers picked up assists. Up Next: The Devils visit the Petes for game 3 on February 18th and games 4 and 5 are scheduled for the 25th and 26th. Madison Excavating - Major Atom The Madison Excavating Major Atoms got a strong start to the playoffs this weekend taking a 2-0 lead in the series verses Oshawa. Saturday had the Devils playing at home in Napanee. The Devils wasted no time and scored early in the first set. Beckett Ewart found the back of the Generals net on the set up from Jared Langdon and Ben Vreugdenhil. Quinte continued to keep the pressure in Oshawa’s end and were rewarded with two more goals before the end of the first. Landon Wright scored the second of the game, assisted by Ben Danford and Deacon Ellis. It was Thomas Kuipers who made it 3-0 on the pass from Liam Philip and Brody Partridge. While the Generals managed to sneak one passed the Devils netminder in the second, Philip would go in unassisted a minute later to make it a 4-1 game. The Devils continued their offence, adding two more in the third. Scoring in the third were Langdon and Ty Therrien, helpers went to Ewart, Langdon and Braedyn Rogers. Dean Spry stood tall in the net for the Devils for the 6-1 victory. Quinte went on the road Sunday to face the Generals in their barn at the Legends Centre. Once again it would be Quinte that hit the scoreboard first when Carson Campbell scored in the first on the pass from Partridge. The second period saw the Devils add a two goal cushion to their lead with a goal each from Gage Butcher and Ewart, assisted by Kirk Stevenson and Rogers. Ewart would go on to add one more in the third to make it 4-0 on the set up from Deacon Ellis. Glen McInnes recorded the shut out for the Devils with their win. Foley Bus Lines - Peewee With a large crowd on hand at the Madoc Community Centre for Sponsor Day, the Foley Bus Lines Peewees closed their regular season on Sunday Feb 19, with a 6 to 0 blanking of the Central Ontario Wolves. The Peewees got down to business by scoring five unanswered goals in the opening frame. Striking first was Dalyn Wakely on a feed from Donovan McCoy. Next was Cooper Matthews, assisted by Parker Stewart and Sami Douglas-Najem. Rheydan McCoy found the back of the Central Ontario net next as Trevor Hoskin and Sami Douglas-Najem provided the helpers. Dalyn Wakely lit the lamp with his second of the game, assisted by Aaron Brown
and Cooper Matthews. Corbin Roach ended the first period scoring as he sent home a one-timer on a pass from Donovan McCoy. Each team skated to a scoreless second period as the Devils has many opportunities but could finish. In the third period, Dalyn Wakely completed his hat trick by scoring unassisted on a break away deke. Corbin Votary closed his regular season with the shut out in the Devils cage. The Foley Bus Liners now prepare for their playoff run as they open the first round against the Clarington Toros on Thursday Feb 23 at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:45pm at the FDC pad. KKP - Minor Atom The KKP minor atoms find themselves in a big hole after dropping the first two games of their first round playoff series against Whitby. On Saturday, the host Wildcats scored with a little more than a minute left to edge the Devils 3-2. Deke Osterhout and Alek Asimis scored in the loss. On Sunday in Deseronto, Whitby erased a 2-1 second period deficit in a 4-2 victory. Evan Erwin and Osterhout scored for the Devils in the losing cause. Lennox Stewart was in goal for both contests. The KKP crew will look to stave off elimination on Wednesday in Whitby. Game 4, if necessary, will be in Belleville next Saturday. Come out and support your Quinte Red Devil Peewees on their bid to return to the OMHA Championships! Bonn Law - Minor Peewee The Bonn Law Quinte Red Devils Minor Peewee Team have a 2-1 lead in the first round of the playoffs vs The Peterborough Pete’s. The Bonn Law Quinte Red Devils Minor Peewee Team started their playoff run this week against the Peterborough Pete’s. The Devils opened up the series at home on Thursday night with a 6-4 win over the Pete’s. Cal Uens, Ethan Quick and Ethan Miedema each scored a pair of goals for the Devils. Adding assists on the goals was Uens (2), Jack Dever and Vincent Bellavance. Aidan Crowley was in net for the win. The Red Devils travelled to Peterborough for game #2 on Saturday, fell to the Pete’s be a score of 6-4. Christopher Brydges, Cal Uens, Josh Cunningham and Vincent Bellavance provided the scoring for the Devils. Chipping in with helpers on the goals was Uens (2), Brydges (2), Ethan Miedema and Jack Lowry. STORE HOURS: Logan Vale handled the goal Monday thru Sunday tending duties for the Devils. 8:00am - 10:00pm Game #3 was back at home on Sunday, and the Devils hit the ice ready to take the series back. Aidan Crowley was sharp in net from the get go, and the boys all skated hard on their way to a 5-1 win. Jack Dever, Christopher Brydges, Cal Uens, Ethan Miedema and Ethan Quick all found the back of the net for the home team. Assisting on the goals was Miedema, Uens and Duncan Schneider. The Red Devils are in Peterborough next Saturday for game #4 of the
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Fire toasted wieners and marshmallows – Everyone loves a fire. The smell of toasting marshmallows and wieners quickly drew crowds of all ages to a campfire set up just to one side of the main reception area at the Frink Centre for Monday’s Family Day event. Jack Evans/Metroland.
BY JACK EVANS
Thurlow - Talk about spring fever! Crowds in their hundreds children, parents, grandparents, neighbours and outdoor lovers flooded Quinte Conservation’s Frink Centre area Monday for what was billed as a “Family Day” event. On a brilliant, sunny February day with the feel of spring
in the air and temperatures in the thawing zone, the response was almost overwhelming. Cars lined both sides of the narrow road for more than a kilometre even before the three-hour event was half over and people were still coming. Mud, wet and ice were the predominant ground cover with most of the snow trampled down but slippery conditions made
trail hiking difficult if not dangerous. But in the main part of the complex, a large bonfire provided the means to heat wieners and marshmallows on sticks and generate some warmth for cold tootsies, while conservation authority staff greeted visitors with programs and directions of where to go. Nearby, strumming his guitar
and belting out songs was Belleville musician Joe Callaghan, assisted by Mary Tiessen, singing, dancing and banging coconut shells for percussion. Beyond that again, in an evergreen thicket, people gathered pre-cut small trees, branches, sticks and twigs and demonstrated their skills at building emergency forest shelters.
And in the new pavilion, children worked at tables on making wildlife-based art works. One building was also serving soup and bannock, at least until it ran out. When one spectator humorously suggested the agency had “created a monster,” staff just laughed and blamed it on the excellent weather and a holiday.
Health workers get together in effort to solve opioid crisis BY STEPHEN PETRICK
Belleville – Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s resident medical officer of health is optimistic a workshop hosted here recently will prove to be a first step in a collective effort to solve the region’s opioid crisis. Health care workers representing a range of disciplines and emergency workers, including police and paramedics, attended
a recent health unit meeting to discuss the issue, which is causing alarm in the industry and starting to make headlines. Opioid drugs are pain-killers such as such as morphine and methadone. Many types are legal and prescribed by doctors. Other types, such as heroin, are illegal. But legal opioids can easily be abused, Oglaza said, explaining that they’re intended for patients
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dealing with short-term pain, such as a patient recovering from a surgery. They’re not intended to treat those with chronic pain and in fact those who use them repeatedly can become dependent on them and show withdrawal symptoms. A recent Ontario Drug Policy Research Network paper said there were 10,513 opioid drug users in Hastings County in 2015.
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It also said that opioid drug use was cited in 45 visits to hospital emergency rooms in 2014. The county also experienced 10 deaths related to opioid drug use in 2013, the most recent year for which such data is available. While the opioid crisis is a nation-wide issue, these statistics make Hastings County one of the Ontario regions most impacted, officials say. Oglaza knows the opioid crises cannot be solved overnight, but said the session provided an important step towards addressing the problem. Physicians shared information on how to practically reduce a patient’s opioid drug use. They also discussed new medical guidelines on proper dosages to prescribe for opioid drugs – and those guidelines have shifted dramatically as more has become known about the crisis. Some drugs called for dosages of no more than 200 milligrams to treat problems, Oglaza explained. Now, the threshold for the same drugs is in the 50 to 90 mg range. “That’s a significant shift,” Oglaza said. “Before we didn’t know about the harm.” Another concern for health care workers is the belief that
Correction A story in last week’s Belleville News about the Quinte Symphony’s coming “Avec Plaisir” concert on Sunday, Feb. 26, included incorrect ticket prices. The correct prices are $25 for adults, $20
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many people who develop opioid addictions could be accessing them from a family member who has a prescription for legitimate reasons. That problem’s trickier to solve, but needs to be addressed, Oglaza said. “It’s hard to fully know the magnitude of that, but that’s also a concern,” he said, explaining that doctors have to talk to patients about the risks associated with such drugs, especially if the get into the hands of a child or grandchild. “It’s very difficult to qualify. There’s no easy way to get data on the magnitude of the problem, but it’s something we should be aware of.” Oglaza said health workers will continue to discuss the problem and think of new ways to address it. That could include partnering with the Southeast Local Health Integration Network on projects, such as the distribution of Naloxone, an antidote to opioids. The health unit is currently distributing Naloxone kits to anyone who needs them through a program called The Lifesaver Program. But, as Oglaza said “there’s a lot more work to be done.”
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mr. Trudeau, honour your promise Dear Editor, During the 2015 Canadian federal election campaign Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, promised in no uncertain terms that that election would be Canada’s last under its firstpast-the-post (FPTP) electoral system. Recently however, we’ve been informed that Trudeau has decided not to honour that promise, citing a perceived lack of consensus as his reason. But, since the Liberals, NDP and Greens all campaigned on a platform of electoral reform and all told received over 60% of Canadians’ votes - how is that not a consensus to proceed with electoral reform? Then how can one not conclude that Trudeau never intended to keep his promise but used it merely as a deceptive ploy intended to lure NDP and Green votes to his Liberals in order to assure his election victory? Still, Canada’s pseudo democracy, that is, its antiquated and democratically deficient electoral system, remains in dire need of a substantial upgrade. To illustrate, in the 2008 federal election the Green Party
received 937,613 votes or 6.78% of the vote and “won” 0% of the seats - leaving all Green voters without representation. On the other hand, the Bloc Quebecois received 1,379,991 votes or 9.98% of the vote and “won” 49 seats or 15.9% of the seats - leaving Bloc voters overrepresented. If that election had been conducted under Proportional Representation, the Green Party with 6.78% of the vote would have proportionally earned 6.78% of the seats, i.e., 21 seats, rather than the 0% of seats that First-Past-The-Post yielded, and all Green voters would’ve received due representation. When it comes to the Bloc Quebecois, under PR, instead of acquiring a disproportionate 15.9% of the seats it would have received 9.98% of the seats in direct proportion to the 9.98% of the vote it received from actual voters. Instead of winning 49 seats, it would have actually earned 31 seats. If 39% of the people vote for the Liberals, should they get 54% of the seats and 100% of the power? If 7% of the people vote Green, should they get 0% of the seats, and thus be denied
their democratic right to representation? Should we continue to allow an electoral system to unconscionably distort the paramount will of the people, as our First-Past-The-Post system has done for 150 years? It’s time to update our antiquated electoral system to Proportional Representation wherein the democratic will of the people remains paramount and is thus accurately mirrored in the makeup of representative government. Most of the world’s great democracies use proportional voting systems for a good reason - because they are obviously much more democratic than disproportional ones such as FPTP. Mr. Trudeau, honour your promise, a promise that was significantly instrumental in bringing you to power in the first place. Update our electoral system with a truly democratic one: Proportional Representation. Richard Fairman Wooler
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A rose is, indeed, a rose. Except for our Shield Rose
Gentle Reader, I suppose I should rephrase that just a titch. Rose purchasers comprise the most peculiar group of plant people that a nursery worker will ever see. These folk are passionate, knowledgeable and have an amazing memory concerning rosarians they have met over the decades. I’d like clear up some of the terms I have heard over the years in reference to rosarians. A rosier is not some one who grows or tends roses. Sources tell me that a rosier is a “fallen angel” working as some form of an administrator in Hell. (I can now imagine name signs popping up on desks in offices all across this paper’s cachement: Jack (or Jill) Secretary, Rosier.) Neither is a Rotarian some one who is horticulturally engaged; nor is a Rosicrucian although I’ve heard the latter two mixed up for each other. I’ve met several proper rosarians over the years. Unfortunately, I no longer remember the name Roses comprise one of the most of the gentleman who cared for peculiar groups of woody plants Belleville’s Corby Park. But I do that a nursery offers up for sale. recall several long conversations
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with him when I worked in that city. I do remember Mary Smith (not the Mary of Vic- although I know both of them very well) who walked me around her collection of antique roses that she had planted before the Second World War Winn Steele cared for some of the most exquisiely handsome shrubs i have ever seen; I think she hand-polished them daily. Tim Bucknell, down at Rambling Rose in The County, ranks right up there with the best of them. Roses are such easy plants to grow and enjoy. Read their bio, see what they need and decide whether or not you can meet those needs. If you can, buy the rose and enjoy it. There are so many different cultivars available that it is almost impossible to keep track of them, which also points to their reliability. Over the years, various government organisations (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) have set up rose breeding and trialling programmes to develop varieties hardy to our Canadian climate. Without a doubt, that has been a
tremendous success story. Parkland roses Cuthbert Grant and Morden Blush, from the Morden Research Station in Manitoba, plus Explorer roses Martin Frobisher and J.P. Connell, from the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, comprise a collection that will stop passers-by in their tracks. These roses, and others in both series, are still available and merit your time to check them out. Consider their provenance (buy Canadian, eh!), their winter-hardiness (-35degC), and they are own-root. The latter means they are not grafted so that if something happens to the tops during a really harsh winter, the shoots arising in the spring will be true to the cultivar. Times change, GR, and those programs are no longer up and running. Sigh. However, the folks down at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, located in the frigid environs of the Niagara Escarpment, have taken up the challenge. Okay, that was a bit of a snide comment and modern tech-
nology (modern being anything invented since I finished school) easily takes location out of the equation. The other bit that is worthy of noting is that many of the folks from the various rose centres have found a new home there. It has to be said that these scientists campaigned fiercely to keep all of the research notes, the paperwork proving provenance and all the other miscellaneous administrative and scientific records from the dustbin when some bureaucratic mandarin closed the books. Here is the exciting bit: they have released their first rose in the 49th Parallel Series just in time for our nation’s 150th. The Canadian Shield Rose is a compact floribunda producing scarlet blooms (very double- 41+ petals), exceptionally hardy, and will be available at many locations this spring; I have seen it in the catalog of a local nursery. As an aside, the above mentioned folk are also responsible for the Canadian Artist series with offerings like the Emily Carr.
Friends of Zion created to breathe life back into rural church Marmora - The Friends of Zion has been formed to discuss the fate of the little Zion United Church, located 12 km northeast of Marmora on Centre Line Road. This is a church that has been described as "the social and spiritual centre of the farming community," and like so many small rural churches it was a place to pray and a place to socialize and gather. A letter with a pledge sheet has been distributed in the hopes of raising money to save this rural church for generations to come and can be found around town at the local drugstore, library, post office, bank and in some shops and businesses too. Barb McCaw, chair of the Friends of Zion, said, "I went to strawberry socials with my dad out there and went to a wedding of a friend. This committee we have, we're trying to make it so it is feasible to do that kind of thing again. If we had even two services a year and people donated it would probably be enough money to keep it going." "There is not much wrong with the church, apparently the brick needs to be redone a little but it's not a big rush and the roof is good ... inside it's immaculate," McCaw noted. A group of seven along with the advisory team of Ann and Andrew Philpot; Zion Trustee George Robertson; and St. Andrew's (United Church) Trustee Pat Marrett, make up the Friends of Zion. Trustee Robertson is currently responB4 Section B - Thursday, February 23, 2017
Zion Church history
The Friends of Zion held their first meeting in January at the Marmora Historical Foundation office: from left, Cathie Jones; Chair Barb McCaw; Lois and Grant Moffatt; Anne and Andrew Philpot; Frank Reid, George Robertson; Pat Marrett. Photo taken by another member Marg Kitchen. Marg Kitchen photo sible for the caretaking, upkeep and has other duties as well. Their goal to preserve the structure and explore what the building might be used for in the future. "It's very rural and sitting in the middle of the graveyard. I know that people who have family in the graveyard are concerned saying yes we will help," commented McCaw. For McCaw and many others in the
community the connection to this small rural church is strong. "My dad, (Cecil Bell) and his family and brother Leslie lived right across the road. In fact he lit the fires at the church for two years." She thinks the fires were lit on the night before a Sunday church service and people paid to light it. And although McCaw never went to the church, she said, "Half of my family is buried in the cemetery." The cemetery is very much used, and
the church and cemetery are now associated with the main charge in Marmora, the St. Andrew's United Church. The board of trustees is waiting for the presbytery to officially amalgamate the two, at which point they can start to do some tax deductible fundraising for the preservation of Zion. Anyone wanting to donate can contact: Barb McCaw at 613-472-1927 or email: barbmccaw@hotmail.com
According to the Marmora Historical Foundation, The Zion Church was established in 1884 as Zion Methodist Church in what is known as Malone in Marmora and Lake Township. It is a 30′ x 40′ church with brick walls and stone foundation that seats 125. An attached wooden drive shed, 24′ x 64′ was built about the same time and was eventually finished to act as a hall in the 1950s. Due to aging population Zion ceased to have regular services years ago, but has a yearly anniversary service in September that is well attended by the charge. Sources: http://www. m a r m o r a h i s t o r y. c a / zion-united-church/ and http://marmorachurches. com/wordpress/
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Clockwise, counter-clockwise on the Equator in Ecuador The Equator, an imaginary line on the globe that is equidistant from the North and South Poles, divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It runs through a lot of different countries, but Ecuador seems to take a particular pride in its geographical location. After all, “Ecuador” is the Spanish for “Equator”. Therefore, the Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World) complex was built near Quito, Ecuador’s capital city, to celebrate this. I visited this complex on my visit to Ecuador, and I stood on the very line that’s said to mark the imaginary Equator. However, I learned that more recent and accurate studies have determined that this mammoth statue was actually ‘off the mark’ and not located precisely on that imaginary line at all. Still, a lot of tourists visit this particular monument and get a photo taken of them straddling that line, supposedly standing in both hemispheres at once! The Mitad del Mundo complex includes a series of pavilions, too, with both Spanish and Ecuadorian ones, and a French one that displays the history of the Geodesic Mission of 1736 - 1744, in which Charles-Marie la Condamine and his team determined (they thought) the precise position of the latitude of 0 degrees. There’s also a series of hummingbird statues lining the pathway to the monument, and there’s a Planetarium on this property as well. Inside the monument itself is the Ethnographic Museum, which focuses on the different regions of the country, including its various tribes and ethnic groups; this includes an overview of its variety of housing, boats, and musical instruments. It’s also possible to ascend to the top of this monument and enjoy the view. However, the main part of the complex seems to be a series of handicraft and souvenir shops, with lots of Ecuadorian handicrafts and equator-related trinkets for sale. I also discovered that some of these shops would even stamp my passport with the Equator Monument logo, to indicate that, indeed, I’d made it to the Equator! After this visit to the Mitad del Mundo, I also checked out the nearby Inti-Nan Solar Museum, which is said to be more precisely located on the actual imaginary line of the Equator. Be that as it may, it’s a very interesting place to visit, for not only does it also have the supposed line of the Equator to stand on, but it also demonstrates a series of tests to
‘prove’ that you’re actually visiting the Equator. For example, our guide had us stand on either side of the Equator, with a globe on the line itself. If we were standing north of the Equator, we said that the globe was spinning counterclockwise, and if we were standing south of the Equator, we said it was spinning clockwise. We couldn’t believe what the other group was saying, so we switched sides and did this experiment again, only to find that we agreed with the original conclusions. That was a rather fascinating discovery! Another test had us watch water exiting a sink, and it swirled clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on the side of the Equator it was placed on; however, when located precisely on the Equator, the water shot straight down! Then our guide had us line up on the Equator, close our eyes, and try to walk along the line. We discovered that there was ‘a pull’ from one side of the Equator or the other, so it was almost impossible to walk along the line itself. However, when we opened our eyes and concentrated, it was easier to walk a straight path. Yet another test was to try balancing an egg on the head of a nail at the Equator. Some of us were actually able to do this, and a certificate was given out to the successful ones. I managed to get a photo of this phenomenon. These various ‘proofs’ were, indeed, fascinating experiences. This trip to the Equator was not a part of the specific itinerary on the Indus Travels tour (www. indus.travels/ecuador) that I was on, so I decided that I just had to see this for myself. After all, how often would I be so close to the Middle of the World? During our
At the Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World) complex near Quito, Ecuador. John M. Smith/Metroland
tour group’s included trip around Quito on our first morning, I overheard a couple of people talking about visiting the Mitad del Mundo that very afternoon, during our free time, and I asked if I could join them. We could simply share the extra expense. Our hotel arranged for the three of us to have a taxi, with an English-
speaking driver (Jose), and this turned out to be a real bargain. Jose drove us to both these aforementioned points of interest, and he also took us to the fascinating Pululahua Crater, where we stood at the summit and peered down into the lush farmland, where about 100 people lived within the crater itself. This guided tour was more than 2 hours in length,
with Jose with us the entire time, and the entire cost was $60.00 ($20.00 each), plus our entrance fees to the two museums/monuments. Try getting a taxi driver to do that here! The actual Equator may be somewhat illusive, but this visit in Ecuador was worthwhile, informative, and entertaining. (Travel to Ecuador subsidized by Indus Travels.)
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Albert Winds take a tour through Europe March 3 Belleville - The Albert College Community Winds will be performing their ‘European Grand Tour’ concert on Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m. The evening will feature famous music from across Europe. The band will take the audience to ancient Rome, on a Norwegian trek, on a Russian winter sleigh ride, to a British Coronation and through the 19th Century with the romantic era music of Beethoven, Dvorak and Von Suppé to name a few. The concert will also feature European-themed refreshments in a café atmosphere in the College’s Ackerman Hall. The audience can look forward to hearing additional performances by the Albert College Jazz Band and Sax Quartet. The Albert College Community Winds is an award-winning 55-piece concert band that has been bringing together students and adults for the past five years in a collaborative environment to produce highly entertaining music. The band rehearses weekly and performs several shows throughout the year. “The band provides a tremendous opportunity to work with a diverse group of musicians who create great music together,” says
Band director and instrumental music teacher Scott Mills. “The students in the group benefit from the experience to play alongside seasoned musicians and the adults enjoy the energy the students bring to the band.” The evening will be hosted by Grade 12 student Rosemary, who is also the Arts/ Head Prefect at Albert College. She recently starred as Maria in the College’s production of ‘The Sound of Music’ and will be a featured soloist in “I Dreamed a Dream” from ‘Les Miserable.’ Another featured soloist will be Grade 12 student Kaitlin, who is also the Active Citizenship Prefect at Albert College. She has been playing with the Community Winds for the past eight years and will perform the famous trumpet solo “Carnival of Venice”. “The Albert College Community Winds has shaped me into the musician I am today,” explains Kaitlin. “Having the opportunity to play alongside professionals is an incredibly valuable experience. We have had so much fun preparing for this year’s winter concert and are excited to take the audience on a memorable tour across Europe.” The free concert is suitable for all ages.
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For our new energy critic, MPP Smith Dear Editor, The Conservative MPP’s (Todd Smith) assessment of Ontario’s Electricity debacle is at least half true, but he does leave a lot out. When the Conservatives under Mike Harris sold off the profitable parts of Ontario Hydro they left the rest of us to pay down the “Stranded (nuclear) Debt� the only recourse was raising rates. The stranded debt portion may have disappeared from the hydro bill but is simply extracted from another of the taxpayers pockets. Secondly the cost for nuclear power has risen by 60% since 2002 and those same operators want another 180% over the next few years to cover the boondoggle at Pickering and Darlington.
Sitting available and offered to Ontario at the absolute lowest price for electricity are 300,000 MW in Quebec, which will likely go to the USA who know a deal when they see it. Germany is currently decommissioning 16 of its nuclear reactors and replacing them with renewable’s. After Fukushima Germany decided to end the use of nuclear power for commercial generation of electricity, the phrase “it can’t happen hear� is still heard this side of the pond, the idea of extending the license for Pickering once again while millions of people and trillions of dollars worth of property lye in the fall out zone continues to be pushed aside. There is another problem we will have to deal with; Pickering has 14,000
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EVENTS BELLEVILLE QUINTE FIELD Naturalist meeting, Feb. 27, 7pm, Sills Auditorium, Bridge Street United Church. All welcome, by donation. BELLEVILLE CLUB 39 The Land-OLakes Cruisers Band Feb 24 RCL Br. 99 132 Pinnacle St. Belleville Ont (upstairs) from 8pm to Midnight Singles & Couples are welcome. Members $10 non Members $12 Lunch will be served 613-396-0162 or 613-966-6596 INN FROM the Cold Winter Food Ministry Program Hot Meals for 42 nights ends Feb. 28 - Bridge St. United Church, 60 Bridge St. E. side door. Free hot meals Doors 4 p.m., coffee/soup 4:30 p.m., meals 5-6:30 p.m. No registration required. 613962-9178. LIONS CLUB, every 2nd and 4th Tues. dinner and meeting. 2nd Tues. catered dinner, 4th Tues. pot luck. both at 7p.m. Meeting 7:45 p.m. 119 Station Street. Please call 613 962-6559 to leave a message. HAPPY HARMONY Women¹s Choir sings hits from across the decades with emphasis of 50s/60s Thursdays 7-9 pm at Brittany Brant Music Centre, off Hwy #2 ten minutes east of Belleville Hospital. Phone 613-438-7664. Join us for a free trial MEALS ON Wheels Belleville: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday a hot meal delivered to your door around noon. Frozen meals available for delivery. Info Joanne at 613-969-0130 PHIL NORTON last in his series of talks, Parrott Gallery, in conjunction with his exhibition “Photography Adventures”. The talk on Feb 23, 5:30 -8 p.m. will be a demonstration of the complexity of the natural world interacting with human activity. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. 613-968-6731 x2240 or email gallery@bellevillelibrary.ca QUINTE REGION Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. http://www. qrcc.ca . Info: Dave Brown at 613-9677720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690. BELLEVILLE GENERAL Hospital Auxiliary seeks adults and students at least 16 years of age to volunteer daytime Monday to Friday. Some weekend shifts available. 613-969-7400 ext 2297 www.qhc.on.ca MONTHLY DOODLING sessions, 3rd Thursday of month. Bring your creations, tools of the trade, and share your creativity. Free 10am-12 pm., John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Rachel comeau_rachel@hotmail. com or www.facebook.com/groups/thedoodlegroup/
Edward Community Centre All Welcome WATERCOLOUR PAINTING Workshop Mar 1, 2-5pm $10 6-9pm $10 46 Prince Edward Street, Unit #14, Must pre-register, (613)475 4190 FEB 26, Brighton Legion L.A. Gourmet breakfast, 9-11:30am, $7.00. BRIGHTON ALL Star Concert band rehearses every wed evening in the ENSS music room in Brighton from 7-9. Everyone welcome TRINITY-ST. ANDREW’S United Church CLOTHING DEPOT, 58 Prince Edward Street, Open Wed, 10-2, Thurs, 10-2, Fri 10-6pm, Sat, 10-1. All donations welcome Delight in our Winter line-up of clothes and accessories! 613-242-5387 TAKE TIME Out Group for Ladies and Gentlemen! Meets 3rd Monday, every month, 10am-12pm programs, speakers presentations, Light Refreshments No cost, wheelchair accessible. Trinity-St.Andrew’s United Church, 613-242-5387 PROBUS CLUB of Presqu’ile invites retired or semi-retired people (singles or couples) to monthly meetings. Guest speakers, presentations, refreshments. third Wednesday every month King Edward Park Community Centre. 9:30 - noon 613-242-5387 http:// www.probusnorthumberland.com
Church Pancake Supper Feb 28 4:30-6:30 p.m. Adults - $8, children under 12 - $5 and preschoolers - free. FRANKFORD LEGION: Mondays Cribbage 1pm. Tuesdays, Euchre 1pm; Line dancing 7pm. Wednesdays, Seniors¹ Euchre 1 pm; Open Snooker 7pm. Thursdays Ladies Pool and Mens Darts 7pm. Fridays Mixed Fun Darts 7pm. GENTLE YOGA, Suitable for everyone. Classes every Tuesday 1pm, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Frankford. 613-398-6407 MOONSHOT EUCHRE every Wednesday, 1pm. Tournaments Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, 1pm. Frankford Lions Club
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are welcome.613 398-0952 TREE & Shrub Seedlings - order for spring 2017. Native species available. Sold in bundles of 10 seedlings. Deciduous trees & shrubs $12.50/bundle; evergreens $10/ bundle. $10 S&H fee per order. 613-3943915 ext 252, ewa.bednarczuk@ltc.on.ca or order on-line at www.ltc.on.ca ROYAL CANADIAN Legion Br. 110 Trenton Presents A concert and dance Dean James Feb 25 SEWING SOCIAL, Tuesdays, 1-4pm, Trenton Library Bring your sewing machine (with power cord and foot control), your selected project, and an extension cord. Beginners are welcome. kristar@ quintewest.ca OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meeting every Tuesday and Friday, 9:15 a.m. Seniors Centre, Bay St., Trenton. www.oa.org
FEB 28 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch at St. George’s Church, Hastings, 11 am2pm. $8. WATERCOLOUR PAINTING Art WorkTWEED shop Mar 2, 9am-12pm $10 Hastings Civic BLOOD PRESSURE Clinic: March 1: Centre Hall, 6 Albert St. East, Must pre23 McCamon Ave, 8am-12pm. 1-800-554register, (705)653-1411 1564 to pre-register if you are not already ST. GEORGE’S Church, Hastings, weekly a member of the Blood Pressure Program used book sale every Wednesday, 10am TWEED LIONS Charity Jamboree Feb.26 -2pm.bargain prices. Enter at rear of church. MARMORA 1-4 p.m. at St. Edmunds Hall, Stoco BandTOPS (TAKE Off Pounds Sensibly) meetFUNSPIEL: MARMORA & Area Curling Maurice O’Donnell and Friends Open ings Wednesdays at the Trinity United Church. Weigh-in 5-5:45pm and meet- Club,2 Crawford Drive, Saturday February Mic, Dancing,Canteen $8 ing 6-7pm. Join anytime. (705) 696-3359 25 at 7 PM. $10/adult $5/child. Everyone TWEED TUESDAY bid euchre at 7 p.m.,, welcome. CAMPBELLFORD and Thursday regular euchre at 1 p.m. SALVATION ARMY Lunch, 11:30AM ‘TOBACCO TALKS’ Quit-Smoking Sup- 1:00PM on the 2nd and the 4th Friday Actinolite hall. 613 403-1720. port Program, Mar 2, 1 pm, Campbellford from September to June, Civic Centre, STIRLING FEB 26 STIRLING LEGION Sunday TWEED LEGION in-house Sports continCommunity Resource Centre (65 Bridge Hastings. Everyone welcome Brunch from 8am-1pm. Adults: $9 Chil- ues with the Pool League on Wednesday St. E.). Drop-in or make appointment. For dren: $5 Children under 5 are free. Ev- at 6:30, Shuffleboard Thursday at 7 and more information, call the Health Unit at HAVELOCK Darts Friday at 7:30. Euchre is offered eryone welcome. 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1518. bi-weekly on Saturdays in-house events GOSPEL SINGS at Stone Jug Hall Hwy INDOOR WALKING and Exercise Pro- 7, 1.5 km east of Havelock. 7pm Dona- STIRLING CLUB 55 and Over regular are open to everyone, 613-478-1865 gram St. John’s United Church Auditorium tions only. last sat of each month. Robert euchre every Wednesday in Stirling Le- FREE CRAVING Change workshop at gion 1pm. $2 to play, prizes and treats. every Tuesday and Friday from 10-11am. & Sharon 613-473-2755 Also monthly birthday celebrations. 613- Gateway CHC to change your thinking Please bring clean, comfortable shoes. 50 to change your eating habits. 613-478FEB 25 Havelock Legion 8 Ottawa St.That 395-3559 Bridge St. W.705-653-2283 1211 ext. 228. Hypnotist Guy-Richard Cole Doors 7pm CAMPBELLFORD LEGION Br 103, 34 Show 8pm Dance to follow Advanced TRENTON TWEED TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Bridge St Campbellford, 705 653 2450. tickets $17 At Door $20 Mondays, 10-11:30 am, 23 McCamon SLEEP WELL Group Program: Learn Thurs 730 pm open 8-ball, Sunday 3-7 Avenue, Tweed (Hillside Apartments) ComTRADITIONAL COUNTRY Music Jam effective ways to get a good night’s sleep. pm open Jam Session No cover Sessionsm Ol¹Town Hall, Matheson and Fridays - Feb. 10-Mar. 3, 1:30–3:30pm, 70 mon Room. $2 per week. 613-478-9957. Oak Streets, every Wednesday. Doors 12, Murphy St., Trenton. Advance registration SENIOR MEN’S ‘Huff and Puff’ Exercise CODRINGTON tunes 1pm. Bring instruments, voice, song required. 613-962-0000, ext. 233. Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 AM, NORTH BRIGHTON Seniors Club book Musicians and visitors welcomed QUINTE SYMPHONY performing Ca- Land O’ Lakes Curling Club. Instructed looking for new members. Meeting 3rd mille Saint-Saens’ Symphony #3 Feb 26, muscle toning, balance and stretching. bring Wednesday of month. Potluck lunch at MADOC 2:30p.m. http://thequintesymphony.com/ your own mat. 7/class or $40 monthly. noon followed by short business meetFEB 23 Climate Change: New Ways for new-events/ for details, ticket information, 613-478-5994 ing, guest speakers, cards. 613-475-4631. Wildlife. Hastings Stewardship Council Winter Speaker Series. focus on deer and MESSY CHURCH St. George’s Church, TYENDINAGA COLBORNE wild turkeys. 7-9pm Huntington Veterans Parish House 25 John St. crafts, games, FREE EXERCISE Class, Tuesdays and Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62, in learning about God and enjoying a meal FREE LUNCH Time Fitness with Active Thursdays 9:15–9:45 am, Keeler Centre. Ivanhoe. $5. Kids are free. 613-391-9034 together.5- 7pm. Feb 24 theme Love Con- membership at the Tyendinaga Fitness Designed for seniors or those with physical or info@hastingsstewardship.ca quers All, The Story of Joseph - Trust God Resource Centre. $20.00 for seniors (55 +) $30.00 for adults no taxes or contracts limitations. (905) 355-2989. in all things. 613-394-4244. Open to the Public. Stop in classes 12:15pm MADOC PANCAKE Supper. Feb. 28 EVERY SATURDAY is Meat Draw, 5-7pm.St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, RETIRED WOMEN Teachers, Trenton & Monday to Thursday. (613) 962-2822 BRIGHTON Colborne Legion. Draws at 3pm, 4pm 115 Durham St. N. Adults $8, Children District, Mar 2, 11:30am at Trenton United TOBACCO TALKS Quit-Smoking Sup- and 5pm. $8.00 for nine chances to win. under 12 yrs. $4, Preschoolers - free Family Church. Shari Bryden will speak on Crop port Program, Mar 1, 1 pm, Brighton Health Everyone is welcome. Out Kids Cancer. Soup & Sandwiches $12 rate children under 12 yrs. $20 Service Centre (1st Floor, 170 Main St.). (Guests $15). All retired women teachers Drop-in or make appointment. For more FRANKFORD information, call the Health Unit at 1-866- BEEF ‘N Pork Buffet Quinte Masonic 888-4577, ext. 1518. Centre 33 King Dr. Feb. 24 Social Hour MEN’S BREAKFAST Feb 25 9am. Evan- 5:15 Dinner 6:15 $15. All welcome! Follow us on Facebook: gel Church 30 Butler St E.Free to first TOPS (TAKE off Pounds Sensibly), timers Join us for breakfast, music, speaker Wednesday, Anglican Church Hall, 60 www.facebook.com/InsideBelleville and fellowship 613 745 2444 N Trent weigh-in 3-3:30pm. meeting On Twitter @InBelleville BRIGHTON GARDEN Club Feb 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m. And online at www.InsideBelleville.com 7pm.“Black Gold” with Lisa Smith King PANCAKE SUPPER - Frankford United
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