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Beloved children’s librarian Rosemary Kirby retires By Erin Stewart Trenton - Dogs, babies, children and adults all gathered in the Quinte West library for one reason Friday afternoon, to celebrate the retirement of beloved Quinte West children’s librarian of 29 years, Rosemary Kirby. With a huge turnout of more than 80 people and a surprise visit by the dogs and handlers from the Dogs for Learning program, the afternoon was filled with hugs, smiles and an abundance of gratitude for Kirby’s contribution in the community. She even passed on a few signatures at the children’s request. Kirby said she was overwhelmed and very touched by the reception and people who traveled from out of town to celebrate her milestone. “That part is very emotional,” Kirby said. “Knowing that people care enough to make that kind of trip and the number of people here, the dogs, all the kids here, it’s making me happy sad at the same time.” Kirby said working as the children’s librarian has been the best and most rewarding job. “I can’t tell you how special it’s been to do this job,” she said. “I’ve never for a moment been bored, I feel as though the things I’m doing are important. Children are incredibly important and how we help them

along their path into adulthood.” Martha Palm-Leis, 25, attended Kirby’s retirement reception and said she was introduced to literature when she joined Kirby’s afterschool book club when she was in Grade 6. “She would sit all of the kids down and read to us, I don’t know how she could somehow take an entire room of 30 kids and make them all completely silent and just mesmerized by her reading,” Palm-Leis said. Palm-Leis said Kirby inspired herself and other kids in the book club to read and take part in other fun programs Kirby would put on including Harry Potter day and Medieval Times day. She said she’s kept in touch with Kirby ever since. “She’s phenomenal, she wasn’t just a children’s librarian but she was a mentor to us, she was like a mother to many of us and I think she’s just made this library a key piece in our community,” Palm-Leis said. Rita Turtle, chief librarian and chief executive officer, said Kirby has been instrumental in developing and implementing literacy programs that assist children from birth through to their teen years. Turtle said she can’t stress enough how amazing Kirby is and the strong relationships she has formed with children and their parents. Retiring children’s librarian Rosemary Kirby gets a big hug from her 4-year-old grandson Van Barron during her retirement reception party at the Quinte Continue on page 3 West Public Library on Friday Feb. 26. Photo by Erin Stewart

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Our TMH seeks help to save services, equipment By Erin Stewart Trenton - Our TMH has been relentless and and members say they are not going to stop fighting to save services and the equipment at Trenton Memorial Hospital. But they need help. Our TMH, the TMH advocacy committee, started an online petition through change.org via their facebook page, “Our TMH,” on Sat. Feb. 20. In one week the petition had almost 1,000 supporters. After Quinte Health Care’s (QHC) decision to move 2,400 day surgeries a year to Belleville and, subsequently, TMH’s equipment with it, the petition states that Our TMH is demanding the Ministry of Health to: 1. Stop QHC from removing day surgeries from TMH. 2. Stop QHC from removing approximately $3 million of TMH surgical equipment to Belleville General Hospital that was paid for by the Quinte West residents. 3. Stop QHC from removing any other programs and services already in existence at TMH. “The $3 million worth of equipment, it’s a real slap in the face because this was money that was raised by the hospital foundation from people in Quinte West and Brighton with the understand-

ing they were going to stay in Trenton Memorial Hospital,” said Mike Cowan, co-chair of Our TMH. “We feel like we’ve had a thief in the middle of the night come into our house,” he said. One of the main reasons Cowan said it’s very important to keep day surgeries in Trenton is so the community will still be able to recruit doctors, a process that has been challenging in the community with more doctors retiring and not enough coming in. “By keeping the services there the ability to recruit doctors will still be available,” Cowan said. “Doctors will not want to go and practice in a community that does not have services.” Our TMH has heated up their email campaign, sending their petition letter to Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins, Premiere of Ontario Kathleen Wynne, President and CEO at QHC Mary Clare Egberts along with other higher authorities and employees at QHC. “We are not stopping, this is non-negotiable, this is stopping,” Cowan said. The online petition can be found through Our TMH’s facebook page or by going to www.change.org and searching the petition’s title “Quinte Health Care: Save our Hospital,” or by visiting: https:// www.change.org/p/quinte-health-care-

save-our-hospital. Another way Our TMH would like to urge community members to support Trenton’s hospital is by requesting to have their procedures done in Trenton instead of Belleville, a request Cowan said doctors must oblige if the procedure is available at TMH. “Your surgeries are counted and if more surgeries are in Belleville and the numbers in Trenton drop then what happens is QHC then says everything is moving to Belleville,” Cowan said. “It’s the slow breaking down of a hospital piece by piece and this is where QHC has been doing it for the last 10 years.” Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison said he brought forward Our TMH’s concerns to Minister of Health Dr. Hoskins when they met at the Ontario Good Roads Conference on Monday Feb. 22. “He did say that he’s looking at the committee and their suggestions and he wants to invest in our hospital and he wants to invest to make it something to be proud of and I agree, we are proud of it now and we want to be proud of it in the future,” he said. Harrison said he thinks QHC is high on Dr. Hoskins’ priorities list. Chat “He did indicate that he’s sure he

Beloved children’s librarian Rosemary Kirby retires Continued from page 1 “For summer reading programs, if the kids read a certain number of books she’s kissed a pig,” Turtle said. “She’s dyed her hair to look like a parrot, she’s done all those sorts of things that kids find to be really fun and she just runs with it. It’s all for the kids, that’s what she’s all about.” Kirby also implemented the Dogs for Reading program three years ago, a program helping children improve their reading skills by reading to dogs. Kirby was the first to implement the program and now other libraries across the region have followed suit.

Hermon and Frances Luymes protested cuts to Trenton Memorial Hospital (TMH) during Our TMH’s rally on Sept. 14, 2015 and Our TMH would like the community’s support again petitioning against more cuts to TMH through their online petition. Photo submitted.

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Kirby said she has little plans for retirement but said she’s definitely going to be spending a lot of time with her four-year-old grandson. She also intends to travel, crafting and, yes, she still plans on coming into the library to say hello and volunteer. “I will always be available to help out in children’s programing if they need me,” she said. “This is a public place, they know I’ll be coming in to get books and say hi and visit and that’s comforting.” Turtle said a search is underway to find the next children’s librarian, someone who will have some big shoes to fill.

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By Erin Stewart Trenton – 8 Wing/CFB Trenton held a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait at the Nation Air Force Museum of Canada on Monday Feb. 29. Base Commander Col. Colin Keiver, Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis, Belleville Mayor Taso Christopher and Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison joined members of Canadian Forces Base Trenton to remember Canada’s role in the liberation. “25 years ago, the Canadian Armed Forces pledged its contribution to remove Iraqi armed forced from Kuwait and from it Operation Friction was born,’ Keiver said. From August, 1990, to Feb. 26, 1991,

Keiver said 4,500 Canadian personnel were deployed with a peak of 2,700 participating in the Gulf region at one time. He said the men and women of CFB Trenton were invaluable, directly contributing to the liberation. “Canada and Kuwait share a strong friendship, the co-operation between our two countries increases on a daily basis,” he said. “Today, Canada is proud to have over 600 members of the Canadian armed forces currently deployed as part of the Operation Impact, an o p e r a t i o n supportive of Kuwait.”

Major Bruno Paulhus, currently employed at the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre, was a navigator on C-130s with the 436 Squadron during the liberation of Kuwait. He said he and the crews helped to haul the 4,112,882 lbs in cargo that was transported during the mission. “The C-130 was the only one that could really move large bulk,”

Paulhus said. He explained that he and the crew would rotate shifts on flights between Trenton, Lahr, Cyprus and Qatar. “You were gone from home usually for about a week and a bit and then you’d just turn around and go right back.” Paulhus said Canada’s newer C-17s would have been of great use for the Kuwait mission. “We have 437 Squadron crew

members and aircraft right now flying airfield missions over Iraq and Syria as we sit here, and it strikes me that it’s full circle in the sense that we are still there,” Keiver remarked in his closing statement. “We are still doing our mission, we are still fighting for peace and freedom around the world and we are doing so right now in the Middle East, just as we did 25 years ago.”

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two veterans care facilities in Canada and Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi is now putting a proposal together for one centre to be located in Trenton, which he will bring to Minister of Veterans Affairs Kent Hehr in Ottawa. “We met with Minister Hehr in Ottawa about a month ago… and we got a real positive response,” Rinaldi said. “With the help of my federal counterparts, he’s asked us to come back and put a plan together.” Rinaldi said he

is currently putting the plan together, gathering statistics and requesting a letter of support from Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison. He said he plans on making a powerful case as to why Quinte West is the right location for a veterans care centre. “This wouldn’t just be for Trenton, it’s for all of Canada,” Rinaldi said. “We are centrally located, we have ties with our military of course - the largest military installation in Canada -and a lot of those folks retire and stay here.” Rinaldi said he is planning to bring the proposal to Minister Hehr in a couple of weeks and said he is very hopeful that Quinte West will be chosen. Our TMH, the TMH advocacy committee, has been supportive of a veterans care centre at TMH since the beginning. Jim Leonard,

Our TMH committee member, said he thinks Trenton has a real shot at receiving services for veterans care and the Our TMH committee is very hopeful. “We have the right demographics, the largest air base in the country and it’s only getting larger, it makes absolute sense to have it here,” Leonard said. “As many veterans services as possible should be located here.” Through Our TMH’s research into TMH, the committee has determined that there is at least 33,000 square feet of unused space in the hospital. “It’s huge,” Leonard said. “When you look at putting something like this together, where else would you do it? You would have to build a new facility somewhere that has to be central enough and where those people live, so from a lot of angles it makes perfect sense to have it here.”

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Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi is in the process of putting a proposal together to make a powerful case as to why a veterans care centre should be located in Trenton. Photo by Erin Stewart

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Dear Editor Re: “Regardless of how you cut it, Sir John A is a bad cat” Johnnie Bing Feb. 11 So by now we’ve all seen the CBC produced Historical Moment depicting the role of the Chinese in the building of our national railway. Without Sir John A. and labourers (of any nationality) would there have even been a railway and hence a country? With close to 150 years of hindsight it’s pretty easy to pass judgement on a man’s accomplishments. However, Mr. Bing believes he is especially qualified to criticize and disparage because he is a 25 year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and peacekeeper as well. When he enlisted in the military did he think he’d joined the “Peace Corps”? Before I’m dismissed out of hand, let me state

that I served for 23 years and wore the baby blue beret as well. During that time I was always amazed and disheartened at the regional feelings vented with indifference to the idea of “One Nation from sea to sea.” Can’t imagine how Sir John, in his time, was able to establish a new nation. Anyone who enjoys the rights and privileges of living in this country owes him and the other Fathers of Confederation a debt of gratitude. Might I suggest you concern yourself with present day issues, and be less concerned with perceived past injustices. Scratch the surface of any country’s history and you’ll find a blemish. Utopia has yet to be realized.

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So far the Russian plan for a ceasefire in Syria is working remarkably well. The truce that came into effect on Saturday had been observed with only minor violations on all the relevant fronts, and the UN’s humanitarian co-ordinator in Syria, Yacoub el-Hillo, called opportunity Gwynne Dyer itthat“thethebest Syrian people have had over the last five years for lasting peace and stability.” Notice the choice of words there: not Syria’s best chance for democracy or reunification, just for “peace and stability”. In fact, the truce is a big step towards the partition of the country. But the old Syria cannot be revived, and at least this way the killing will stop for most people – if the truce can be converted into a permanent ceasefire, which is far from certain. When the Russian military intervention in Syria began only five months ago (September 30), even this unsatisfactory outcome seemed to be out of reach. Indeed, the likeliest futures for Syria were a collapse of the Assad regime and the rapid conquest of the whole country by extreme Islamist forces, or years more of a civil war that had already killed 300,000 Syrians and driven half the country’s citizens from their homes. The immediate effect of the Russian intervention was to foreclose the “collapse” option. Whatever else happened, Russian air power would be able to prevent the Islamist forces from winning a decisive victory over the government army that would bring them to the borders of Lebanon and Jordan (and possibly right across them). But the Russian planners had no wish to be comitted to an endless and expensive military campaign in a stalemated war. They needed an “exit strategy”, and they had one. The Russian political strategy was to secure the Assad regime’s hold on the more populous parts of Syria, cut the flow of arms and volunteers across the Turkish border to the rebel forces, and then split the alliance between the Islamist and nonIslamist rebels. This was a direct challenge to the strategy

of the American-led “coalition” that has been bombing the Islamists who rule the so-called Islamic State (but not the other Islamists in Syria) for the past two years. The US strategy envisaged destroying both the Assad regime and Islamic State, and accomplishing both these objectives without the help of any ground troops except the Syrian Kurds. It was more a fantasy than a strategy, and many people in the US State Department and the Pentagon were aware that its practical result would probably be to hand Syria over to the Islamists. Those people were secretly grateful when Russia intervened to save the Syrian government, and they managed to limit the American reaction to general statements of “concern” that the Russians were bombing the wrong targets. Only the last part of the Russian strategy remains to be accomplished: split the alliance between the Islamist rebels and the non-Islamists. And that is best done by politics: negotiate a ceasefire between the regime and the non-Islamist rebels that excludes the Islamists. That game is now afoot, and the people whom the US government calls “moderate” rebels are clearly willing to play. If this temporary truce can be converted into a permanent ceasefire, then the only remaining fighting in Syria will be around the borders of Islamic State in the north and east, and around the territory controlled by the Nusra Front and its ally Ahrar al-Sham in the northwest. (There will also be continued “coalition” bombing within the borders of Islamic State, and Russian bombing in both sectors.) The main risk to this truce is the fact that the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham have wrapped small non-Islamist groups around them in a broad “coalition” called the Army of Islam. They have no real influence on the fighting, but in the past their presence has allowed the United States to claim that the Russians are bombing the wrong people, the “moderates”. If the US can swallow the bitter reality that this truce leaves the Assad regime in charge of the territory it now controls (and around twothirds of the Syrian population), then the Syrian civil war could eventually be shrunk to a war of everybody else against the Islamists. And along the way it would give the US and Russia a chance to rebuild a more co-operative relationship.

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How much coverage does sex abuse case deserve? Editorial - Chris Malette

Passions ran high on many fronts this past week when we reported on the charges against a Stirling teacher charged with 36 counts of a sexual nature on complaints laid by up to four young boys between the ages of 13 and 15 in Centre Hastings. Online, some accused us of salacious and disproportionate coverage of the criminal charges – suggestions that local media ‘Have ruined this woman’s life with the details and the photographs,” the latter, we should add, were taken from social media sites posted freely on the Internet by the accused for all to see. Here’s a sample of the outrage expressed online. “Accused is not convicted. She is Innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately the media coverage has already ruined her life,” said one woman on our Facebook page. Another reader went further after it was pointed out, online, that we will indeed report the outcome of court proceedings against the teacher in question: “I seriously allege InsideBelleville is making terrible assumptions. I’ll look forward to that allegation being ‘accorded the coverage it deserves.’ “The point is this, to reiterate clearly, “if” this person is found innocent in a court of law, how will the damage to their life be undone? “What if Mary accuses me of abuse, you report it, then months later I’m found innocent and Mary was found to make outlandish and unfounded claims. In the meantime friends will abandon me, clients will leave my business, and my family may question my every motive. “How would I get that back for the price of “serious allegations”? “I think all we’re asking for is balanced headlines & content that doesn’t damage a person’s life before they are found guilty.” But, where are we as journalists expected to draw the line? The Poynter Institute (www.poynter.org) is inarguably one of journalism’s most respected organizations for the ethics, nuts and bolts and arenas of debate for the craft itself. There have been many ethical discussions on Poynter’s website on the lengths to which news outlets should or should not go to to publish information about accused individuals. In a 2003 piece, Geneva Overholser exam-

ined the need to report, fully, as much information as is available for individuals charged with sexual assault. Overholser, an endowed chair in the Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington bureau, a former editor of the Des Moines Register, ombudsman of the Washington Post and editorial board member of the New York Times, said to withhold information in such cases does a disservice to the public we serve. In part, in speaking of the crime of rape, she asked “In what other instance are victims so painfully scrutinized? Where else do we see such loathsome insinuations about a victim’s character? So many false assumptions? So much ignorance? Cruelty feeds on ignorance. And I have yet to see ignorance effectively addressed by secrecy,” she wrote. “On all the tough problems, from AIDS to teen suicide to drug addiction to priests who abuse children,” continued Overholser, “society has made progress when the truth is told. When real people talk about real experiences. When names are named. “What fundamental elements of good journalism these are: Getting at issues that most people prefer not be dealt with. And naming names is an essential part of the commitment to accuracy, credibility, and fairness… But the larger point is this: Openness serves society as a whole. It serves enlightenment and understanding and progress. And it serves the criminal justice system.” To carry forward the arguments made by our online commenters, should we have withheld photographs and information when one Russell Williams was charged with murder and dozens of counts of sex crimes? After all, he was one of the most promising officers in the Canadian Air Force and those who heard the allegations were stunned to the core that he could have been charged. Surely, many said, there has been some horrible mistake. No, in the case of this charged individual, as with any and all others charged with crimes involving young people or other vulnerable segments of society, we have a duty to report in the most straightforward terms the charges against them. Just as we will when they have their day in court.

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Quinte West News - Thursday, March 3, 2016

Frankford Youth Centre fundraiser

The fifth annual fundraiser dinner for the Frankford Youth Centre is just around the corner and tickets are on sale now. Hosted at the Frankford Lion’s Centre on Saturday April 23 at 5:30 p.m., the evening will feature a meal and a silent and live auction with all proceeds going to Frankford’s youth centre. Tickets are on sale for $45. Frank Meiboom, Frankford Youth Centre board chair, said the annual dinner is their main fundraiser that keeps the youth centre going throughout the year. “Last year we raised $20,000 at it and we had lots of participation from city hall,” Meiboom said. “The mayor and councillors came and we actually have 15 tickets sold to city hall already this year, that’s how strongly they believe in what we’re doing.” Meiboom said the mayor brought a donation from city hall last year, bringing the total raised up to around $30,000. He said the not-for-profit youth

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centre runs on a budget of about $65,000 a year and has a significant role in the community. “It’s a safe place where there is zero tolerance for bullying,” Meiboom said. “We look for support just strictly from the community and we find that the community participation really makes us successful.” Meiboom said the centre can’t run without donations but it also can’t run without volunteers. Right now, Meiboom said the centre has around a dozen of volunteers but it would be nice to have more so the centre can be open longer hours and possibly be open more than four days a week. Tickets for the fundraising event are being sold ny the centres board members. If you would like to get your hand on a ticket, you can call Meiboom at 613-921-5139 or Lois at 613-398-7653. “We have 125 tickets to sell, last year we had them all sold out and we hope to do the same shortly too,” Meiboom said.

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Let’s get this show in the air! It’s been a while, but the Quinte International Air Show will once again take wing over Quinte this summer. 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Wing Commander Col. Colin Keiver promises the 2016 Quinte International Air Show (QIAS) will be the best air show this region has ever seen. To be held on June 25 and 26, the show will feature some famous and popular participants – the Snowbirds, the CF-18 Demonstration Team, the SkyHawks as well as civilian acts like Jelly Belly with Kent Pietsch, and Rick Volker in his RCAF Harvard. Vintage war birds and the latest military aircraft will also be on display on the ground and in the air during this welcome returning event. So popular is this event that barely had the news conference broken up when the telephones at the QIAS offices began to wring. Keiver made the announcement in front of a number of local area veterans who fought in The Second World War and some of whom trained at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) locations like Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Trenton. The BCATP and those very veterans will be honoured through the QIAS, according to Keiver. “In their honour, and in cooperation with the community and industry, I am proud to an-

nounce that once again the skies of the Quinte Region will be filled with the sights and sounds of the QIAS. Mark June 25 and 26 on your calendars, because it will an event you do not want to miss.” He went on to add: “I cannot think of a more fitting tribute to the BCATP, the men and women it trained and the cause they so nobly fought for than to once again come together to deliver a world-class event. The QIAS 2016 will be such an event.” Mayor Jim Harrison said from his venue in Trenton, every day is an air show, but he was enthusiastic to have the QIAS finally return. “Quinte West is always proud to stand beside our partners at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton and we are honoured to be a part of this announcement,” he stated, “which will honour 75th anniversary of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and the role Trenton played in it is definitely something to celebrate. I salute the veterans here today.” He went on to indicate Quinte West would host a local celebration on the evening of June 25 featuring some renowned entertainers, but future announcements would nail those names down. “It is with an enormous sense of pride that we look forward to opening our doors to all celebrants for this premiere tourism event on June 25 and 26,” he concluded.

One of the unique results of the forming of the BCATP was the foundation of the modern Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 400 series squadrons, many of whom are still around today and will celebrate their 75th anniversaries this year.

Those seeking more information on the QIAS can email airshow@cfbtrenton.com or go to www.QIAS2016.com or call the QIAS office at 613-392-2811 extension 7427. Tickets will go on sale April 1.

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Quinte West News - Thursday, March 3, 2016

Parents planning legal action, protest over lice decision

By Stephen Petrick

Like an itch you just can’t scratch, the controversy over the public school board’s head lice procedure isn’t going away. A group of parents opposed to a new rule which allows students with head lice to remain in school are vowing to take legal action, hoping it will make the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board reverse its decision. Kristy Sinclair, one of the leading parents, announced the parents’ latest plans in a Facebook post for the group called ‘Stop The New Head Lice Protocol.’ The announcement came after she received an email from the school board, saying the procedure would not be changed, despite her request in a delegation she and Samantha Dunkley made to the board of trustees on

Monday, Feb. 22. “They have decided to turn down our request to reverse the policy,” Sinclair wrote. “We will be moving forward. We would like to do two things. We would like to do a student walk out for a day or two. Also we need to take the board to court, but can’t do it without all of you. So my plan is to put up a Go Fund Me page and ask everyone to donate. If everyone donates even $10 that’s over $15,000 dollars and would be put to use for a lawyer, whom I have already found.” The message received numerous comments of support. On Friday, Feb. 26, the school board posted a statement on its website, which addressed the head lice issue. The statement essentially said the board is confident with the research it has seen that suggests there’s no

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advantage in sending students with head lice home until nits disappear. This is because head lice is considered more of a social nuisance than a medical problem. “The current research and evidence, as well as the recommendation of experts in the medical and mental health professions, are clear that a ‘no nit’ procedure is neither necessary nor supported,” the statement read. “Excluding students from attending school based on this evidence does not reflect a commitment to equity or to the mandate of public education to be accessible to all students.” The statement also said, “the revisions to this procedure are based on the scientific and medical evidence and recommendations. While administrative procedures do not require consultation with parents, we value and respect our families.”

Dear Editor With the daily dose of political circus on American TV and the other media, being on a par with a self induced frontal lobotomy, there are a few shining lights to expose the hypocrisy. One such is the John Oliver show. After showing interviews with US politicians who had passed laws to make it harder for poor people to vote, they defended their actions with the usual trite “defending democracy”, just as the US did in Haiti when its military frog marched democratically elected President Aristide onto a plane and sent him into exile. His crime was increasing the minimum wage by a few cents. This would have reduced Disney profits on Micky’s T shirts etc. The Voting to reduce a non existent wave of voter fraud, was then followed by video clips of the same politicians, voting in their legislatures for absent members by reaching across desks and pressing others voter buttons. Some of the “honorable members” had sticks for the purpose of saving them from getting up out of their seat to commit this fraud, while others scrambled among the rows to do it. There did seem to be a lot of empty seats, one esteemed politician died in the morning but came back to life long enough to vote 3 times in the afternoon.

Some of the following is taken from the Zero Hedge site. Far away from the pomp and leathers chairs at home, the CIA supports a covert policy of weapons and funds for the rebels fighting for regime change in Syria, while the Pentagon does the same for the Kurdish groups fighting Islamic state. These two are now fighting among them selves, a proxy war now exists between the CIA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile the Saudi’s, Turk’s and the USA all fly bombing missions from the same Turkish base “Incerlik” in Turkey. The US bombs in support of the Kurd’s who appear to be the best bet against ISIS, and Turkey bombs the Kurd’s whom they have fought for years. Saudi’s are bombing any Shia in the area who may support the Assad government while at the same time carrying out extensive bombing in Yemen. Russia is bombing any “terrorists” trying to overthrow Assad, which are supported by all of the above. The EU has just passed a motion calling for a ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The bomb makers back home must be throwing parties every night. Hey we are bringing democracy to the heathens (and profits for the .001%). Paul Whittaker, RR#1 Gilmour.

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Local mom honoured for supporting our military By Ross Lees Jessica Lomonte believes members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) deserve to know how Canadians feel about them, so she puts some special effort into doing that. For several years now, the young mother from Hay Bay, Prince Edward County, has sent Christmas cards to serving military personnel deployed abroad over Christmas, with the help of Barry Dougherty of the Family Separation and Reunion Services at the Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC). This past Christmas, the caring mother of four children sent 300 Christmas cards to military personnel in Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert and in Kuwait through Dougherty. Those 300 Christmas cards drew some heartfelt responses from the personnel at Alert and Kuwait. Each of the cards has a Christmas wish from Jessica and contains a picture of her with a heart, signifying that she is

thinking of them. “I send them because I don’t think our military troops get enough appreciation and I just felt it was the least I could do,” she stated. Because she got off to a late start this year, she was only able to get 300 cards put together and sent out. The year before, she sent 640 cards and she hopes to send around 800 this year by starting at Halloween. “I know they appreciate this and I just wanted to be sure they had something from someone at home while they were deployed,” she said. “It would be nice some year if each deployed person got 20 cards and they weren’t all from me.” Some troops received several cards from Jessica this past year because there were so many of them and they only went to two destinations because of the time factor involved. They began to compare notes and noticed the cards were all from one person. That triggered a number of gestures

of appreciation and responses from personnel and their commanders. In a brief ceremony Tuesday morning at the Trenton MFRC, Jessica was presented with several tokens of appreciation from the deployed military personnel who received cards from her along with greetings from the commanders of the two bases. The following letter was sent to her from Col. Shane Elder, Commander Air Task Force – Iraq, Operation IMPACT: Dear Jessica, The airmen and air women in Kuwait were incredibly touched by your Christmas cheer! Everyone I talk to here in the Air Task Force has remarked how impressed and, frankly, astounded they were by your many Christmas cards! Soldiers, sailors and aviators on missions around the world sincerely appreciate that Canadians back home are thinking of them over the holiday season. Sometimes the days are very long and people feel the strain of being

away from their families, but the efforts of Canadians like you bring a little joy, even out here in the desert! To show their appreciation, the members of our Air Task Force have decided to give you something in return for all the hearts you’ve lifted and smiles you’ve spread. Thanks for creating some Canadian Christmas cheer so far from home! Jessica received a giant Canadian flag flown in her honour in Kuwait along with a document explaining the honour, and she also received a Commander’s coin and a deployment patch from the troops in appreciation of her efforts, plus a large poster saying thank you from Operation IMPACT in Kuwait. She also received a number of personal

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Asian Carp found in Bay of Quinte last summer concerns researchers By Stephen Petrick

Â Belleville â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Bay of Quinte had a new visitor to its waters last summer and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a welcome newcomer. The visitor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an invasive species of fish - got the attention of government researchers worried about what his kind could do to the health of the waterway. The visitor was a grass carp, a version of the invasive species known as Asian carp. The presence of one Asian carp isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t particularly concerning on its own, said David Hintz, a Ministry of Natural Resources employees based in Peterborough who studies invasive species. But, it raises questions about how many more of this fish are in local waterways and whether a significant and costly invasive species problem plaguing the United States is now about

to spread into the Great Lakes. The grass carp found in the Bay was one of eight found throughout the Great Lakes region last summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting,â&#x20AC;? said Hintz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something seems to have changed.â&#x20AC;? Grass carp, like any Asian carp species, are known for eating lots of vegetation in the water, which means if they populate, they pose a risk to sensitive wetlands along coastlines. These places are often nursery grounds for important native fish species. This could result in one more stressor on the population of popular sport fishes, such as walleye, that fuel the lucrative sports fishing economy along Bay of Quinte communities. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that grass carp eat a lot of vegetation because they tend to be very large fish. Two caught in the Toronto area last July measured about a metre in length and weighed nearly 40

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didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t connect with other water sources, where the fish could migrate. However, when floods occur, those fish are suddenly able to move to other bodies of water. In time, Asian carp became prominent in the Mississippi River system, and other rivers in the system, such as the Illinois. One species of Asian carp thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become quite prominent is silver carp. These fish are easily startled by noise and jump high out of the water when alarmed. More than a few shocking YouTube videos have been posted by boaters showing the fish flying several feet out of the water in a silver-carp infested waterway. While the silver carp phenomenon in the States has made for a few laughs online, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a serious problem for environmental agencies there, Hintz said, explaining that the United States government has spent billions of dollars trying to find ways to stop the spread of the invasive species. Electrical currents have even been installed in some rivers near the Chicago area to stop the fish from spreading from the Illinois River into Lake Michigan and

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By John Campbell Campbellford – Finishing last in the Empire B Junior C Hockey League was bad enough for the Campbellford Rebels. What’s worse are worries over how much longer the team will last if the lifting of restrictions on where players can sign proves as devastating as feared. “You’re never happy, you are disappointed when you don’t make the playoffs,” team president Jim Peeling said, but the real concern is the club’s future. “Junior hockey in Campbellford is in jeopardy what with the new rules and regulations [governing imports] ... Basically a kid can go anywhere he wants now.” Peeling said changes “have been in the works” for the last few years and if they go ahead as planned, “then we’ll probably have to go by the wayside.” Players will choose to sign with teams along the lakeshore, such as Napanee or Port Hope, rather than Campbellford or Picton, which will “have a real problem getting kids to come play ... [who] are good enough to keep you competitive.” The team is also “fighting to keep our head afloat financially,” Peeling added. “You don’t put that many people in the barn when you’re in the basement.” If you have a playoff team “people will come and watch you play,” he said. “The handwriting is on the wall. If things don’t change ... with the rich getting richer the way the rules are, I don’t see how we can survive and it’s not because this community doesn’t back us. This community backs us big time” - especially the team’s sponsors. Peeling said the 2015-16 season started badly

when the Rebels’ new coach quit just before the season opener and it began to unravel with a rash of injuries that included three players suffering broken fingers, one breaking his ankle and another breaking his jaw. “Maybe when you’re not good enough, you’re more susceptible to injury,” he speculated. “Overall maybe we weren’t as good as we thought we were.” By the end of the season the team was down to 14 skaters who “played hard” but when you’re competing against teams with 18 skaters “you don’t win,” he said. Despite concerns about the future, the Rebels are still making plans for next season, and the first order of business is to find a new manager. “We have six good candidates for the position,” Peeling said, “so we’re going to be in good shape ... We’ve got a tough choice to make.” The Rebels will present the players’ awards April 2 at the team’s annual banquet.

Lancers women’s basketball team loses playoff to Fanshawe

By Stephen Petrick

London – The Loyalist College athletics season came to an end on Saturday, when the Lancers women’s basketball team lost is playoff game to the Fanshawe College Falcons 67-50. The women entered the game with a 7-7 record in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association play. That put them in fifth-place in the eightteam East division and allowed them to travel to London to play the Falcons, who finished third in the West with a 14-4 record, in an OCAA crossover game. Fanshawe came out strong to start the game, using defensive pressure to spark an 11-2 run. But the home team then went cold, and Loyalist came back to tie the game at 11. The first frame would end in a 13-13 tie. Fanshawe opened up the scoring in the second quarter with a jumper by Natalie Warren. Loyalist responded with a made shot by Jenni Thompson. Falcons’ veteran Victoria Racine made two layups to put the home team back on top, however the Lancers did not let up. At the half, Fanshawe led 26-24. The Falcons stepped it up in the third quarter, as rookie Mikhaila Wright hit a three pointer followed by a steal and a layup. Fanshawe’s Kiesha Cato continued the scoring, making a three pointer off a beautiful pass by Laura Vere. The

Falcons outscored the Lancers 23-10 in the third quarter to make the score 49-34 going into the final frame. The Lancers tried to come back, scoring 16 points in the final quarter, however the Fanshawe was able to maintain the lead. The Falcons put up a great team effort with all 12 players scoring as well as assisting on 22 of their 26 field goals. Thompson finished as Loyalist’s leading scorer with 20 point and nine rebounds. She also had a team-high 27 points in the Lancers final regular season game, the previous Wednesday, a 62-60 loss to Durham. The performances capped a great season from the fourth-year player, who returned to Loyalist this season after playing for Algoma in Ontario University Athletics play. She ended the season as the fourth leading scorer in the league with a 15.2 points-per-game average. Porscha Hewitt also had a good year for the Lancers, with a 10.3 points-per-game average. Leticia Lopez averaged 9.4 per game. With the win, Fanshawe moves on to the OCAA final-eight tournament. The Lancers women’s basketball team was the last Loyalist team standing, as teams for men’s basketball and men’s and women’s volleyball had already been eliminated. – With files from Fanshawe Athletics

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Chiefs return to Colborne, but Batawa girls make podium with new name and uniform By John Campbell Colborne – The Colborne Chiefs will return to the Keeler Centre next fall for their second season in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League but with different uniforms and a new name: the Northumberland Stars. “Instead of being known as Colborne we want to expand it to the whole county,” team owner, president and general manager David Der said. “We’re trying to ... broaden its appeal” because Colborne “has a lot of negatives when it comes to junior hockey,” as a result of a bad experience the community had before the Chiefs came along. “I know this year was going to be challenging because of what happened from years before,” Der said. “So, hopefully, for us coming back, it might change people’s perspective of the ownership and of the team.” The inaugural season “was a rough go,” Der said, with a shakeup taking place at the top and the

team collecting just 30 points, but the Chiefs finished “really well,” especially after making a number of trades at deadline. The lineup changes “gave us the extra boost to be competitive at the end of the season.” If those players had been acquired sooner, Colborne would have finished higher in the standings, Der said. The Chiefs placed ninth in the 10team Central Division but beat the team above them, the Orangeville Ice Crushers, 5-3 to become the eighth seed to open the playoffs. However, Colborne then faced the league’s top squad, the Tottenham Steam, which won 41 games and lost only once during the regular season. The outcome was expected: Tottenham swept the best-of-five series, by scores of 5-1, 10-2 and 6-2. Colborne has begun recruiting and hopes to re-sign the core group of players it ended the season with last month “We had a great finish and we just want to build on that for next

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The Batawa Ski Racing Club’s Under 18 team took part in an Alpine Ontario dual slalom event at Glen Eden, near Milton, last weekend. Eric Cholasta was tops among

Batawa boys with a fifth place finish among the 50 racers. Caroline Burchat was eighth among girls. The Batawa Under 14 Tigers finished second overall at an

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TD Canada Trust Marmora Branch staff all signed a poster saying “It has been a pleasure serving you and our community” at the time of the bank’s closure in June of 2015. Many of those Marmora’s banking history began in 1908, with the establishment of a bank by A. W. Carscallen at 52 Forsythe Street, now the location of the Marmora Historical Society. This was followed who worked at the branch live in Marmora themselves. Photo by the Sovereign Bank, and then in 1951, the Toronto Dominion Bank was opened in the “new” building at the corner of Forsythe Street and Highway #7. This photo shows the bank at the by Margriet Kitchen time of closing in 2015. Photo by Margriet Kitchen

By Margriet Kitchen Marmora – Since the closing of the TD Canada Trust bank in Marmora in 2015, the 100 years of banking service that residents and local businesses had come to depend on has moved to the Havelock branch, approximately 20 minutes to the west. For those who work in that direction, this may not have as great an impact as on at least two other large segments

of the community of Marmora. The first group includes those with limited mobility and in many cases, little Internet knowledge or skills who have had their banking lifeline drastically reduced. Like many rural communities, the seniors, the unemployed and disabled depend largely on doing their shopping and business transactions locally with short walks or assistance from neighbours. One senior, Theresa Davidson, ob-

served that any cheques that are received either from government or private sources have to wait sometimes for more than a week, until she can get a ride from someone who can take her to the Havelock or Madoc bank. Store owners such as Mike and Amanda Bailey, of Bailey’s Café, find that even the most basic chore becomes a real nuisance as they have to travel up to an hour just to do their necessary banking and deposits, add-

ing the expense of both time and travel to an already precarious business climate. There are three banking machines in town, one at the former bank site, one at the grocery store, and one at Mac’s Convenience. Two of those have extra charges built in. The municipality of Marmora & Lake has moved its banking to the Bank of Montreal in Stirling. Many others have moved their accounts to other banking institu-

tions as well. An exhaustive search by the municipal council up to and after the closing of the TD bank proved fruitless as neither banks nor credit unions show any interest in moving to the small town. At a recent Marmora Business Association meeting, members expressed that with the lack of a banking facility in the community, businesses that might otherwise consider locating to Marmora may well look elsewhere.

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was summarily closed with the same outcry by residents and village officials, to no avail. Council readily agreed with Centre Hastings Mayor Tom Deline that it is time to be “proactive” and campaign against such closings. Most of the small communities in Hastings are in similar situations, he noted, with only one chartered bank branch, as are many small communities across Ontario. He urged action through the council’s municipal associations and a detailed report on potential actions, such as alternatives and formal protests, which CAO Jim Pine promised to provide as soon as possible. Deseronto Mayor Norm Clark provided some further background. He said the branch had been operating for only three days a week for some years. Then it switched to week-long service and the town considered this an indication

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Can you tell a Bullfrog’s croak from a Spring Peeper’s peep, or a Least Bittern from a Virginia Rail? In not, don’t worry. Naturalist Terry Sprague will tell you all you need to know at a special event hosted by the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan. The event takes place on Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at the Quinte Conservation building, 2061 Old Highway 2. Every year, the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan needs volunteer citizen scientists to

monitor for frogs and birds in local wetlands. Sprague’s presentation will provide information on the Community Wildlife Monitoring Program (CWMP) a core program of BQRAP. It teaches volunteers how to identify various local bird and frog species. The BQRAP is in partnership locally with Lower Trent Conservation and Quinte Conservation based on cleaning up the Bay of Quinte. “These monitoring programs are all user friendly and even inexperienced volunteers

Warkworth baby is a Leap Year wonder By Jamie Steel Peterborough This Week Warkworth – A Warkworth baby made history Monday. Frances Clara Glover’s birthday will only come once every four years. Her parents, Lindsay and James, of Warkworth, have yet to decide what day they’ll celebrate on the years in between. What they have decided is the newest addition to their family, younger sister to two-

will feel comfortable taking part,” Sprague said. “The majority of wetland species of frogs and birds have calls that are different enough from each other that they can be identified with little trouble.” Over the course of this evening, participants will learn how to monitor a local wetland for frogs and/or birds whether it’s in your backyard, at the cottage, or a selected monitoring site. There are two programs to choose from, the FrogWatch program is a family-friendly activity while the Marsh Monitoring Program is more structured. The Marsh Monitoring Program records wetland birds and frogs twice for 15 minutes each between May and July, and FrogWatch vol-

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Provincial budget will make living in Ontario more expensive: MPP Smith

By Stephen Petrick

While the provincial budget released by the Liberal government has been applauded in some sectors, Prince Edward-Hastings’s Member of Provincial Parliament is encouraging people not to get caught up in the hype. “It’s going to be more expensive to live in Ontario,” said MPP Todd Smith, speaking from his Belleville constituency office last Friday, a day after the budget was announced from the legislature at Queen’s Park. The budget has been praised in the education community for its efforts to make post-secondary education more accessible. And a cap and trade system that will force large producers of greenhouses gases to pay more taxes, thus creating more funds to produce cleaner energy, was also applauded by some in the business community. But Smith, a member of the Opposition Progressive Conservative Party, is trying to make Ontarians aware that many of the government’s moves are coming at taxpayers’ expense, as Ontario continues to build a deficit. He pointed out that this year marks the ninth straight year that Ontario passed a budget while running a defi-

cit. “The size of the provincial debt is increasing again,” he said, adding that it’s now at $308 billion. “The big concern for me when it comes to the size of the debt is that it’s crowding out our ability to pay for things such as health care; it’s going to lead to future cuts in health care. “We’re paying $12 billion a year in interest – $12 billion is the cost of having a debt that big.” Smith said the budget will lead to increased taxes on gasoline, natural gas, wines, ciders and prescription drugs that seniors need. He also said the Liberal government did not acknowledge the three main requests Progressive Conservatives asked for in the budget. “We asked for the sale of Hydro one shares to be stopped – that didn’t happen,” Smith said. “We asked for a creditable plan to lower hydro rates. We didn’t see anything there. We asked for a creditable plan to manage our health care system so that it’s sustainable – we really didn’t see anything there either.” Smith also said he was particularly disappointed to see that cigarettes will have higher taxes. This, he said, is a

detriment to a project he’s been working on to stop the selling of contraband tobacco. Smith introduced the Smoke-Free Schools Act to the Ontario legislature late last year. The bill would increases fines for those selling or transporting illegally-made cigarettes in Ontario. It’s specifically designed to stop people from bringing such cigarettes to high schools. Smith believes that higher taxes on legal cigarettes will push more people towards purchasing cheaper contraband cigarettes, which are made and distributed through organized crime. While he was disappointed that funds to enforce the new bill were not included in this year’s budget, he feels the issue is not dead and he expects the bill to be discussed later this year at the committee level. Smith was asked whether communities in his riding are seeing fewer opportunities for funding, given that an Opposition member in a majority government is representing them. Smith didn’t throw out any conspiracy theories, but he said he feels the Liberal government is acting painfully slow at making funding programs available for municipalities with criti-

Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith speaks from the Ontario legislature recently. The Progressive Conservative MPP is critical of last week’s provincial budget announcement. Photo by Stephen Petrick

cal infrastructure needs. “I’m seeing a lot of promises and not much action on the ground,” he said. He said the government has announced in would grant more than $160 million for infrastructure to municipalities over the next 12 years, “but that money hasn’t started to

flow.” “Everyone I talk to is saying the same things; there’s a few projects here and there that are being approved to make it look like they’re doing something … It appears to be more of an election promise and the Liberals aren’t on the ground yet.”

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Budget reaction supportive in smaller municipalities

Good Roads/ROMA conference productive and useful

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Tweed – Tweed Mayor Jo-Anne Albert, along with Deputy-Mayor Brian Treanor, Councillor Jim Flieler and Public Works Manager Al Broek recently attended the OGR/ROMA conference in Toronto and Albert found the event productive and worthwhile. The OGR/ROMA acronym stands for Ontario Good Roads Association and the Rural Ontario Municipal Association. “It used to be two conferences but they combined it years ago,” said Mayor Albert in an interview at her home with the Central Hastings Trent Hill News. She felt the conference was a success despite failing to arrange a desired meeting with Minister Jeff Leal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. “We had requested one delegation … we didn’t get it. It’s understandable, they’re very busy. It was concerning the infrastructure funding [request] that just went in, the Small Communities Fund. We just wanted to express our need for that funding if we’re going to go ahead with expansion of the lagoon, which is for safety and economic development.” Limited sewage processing capability, which the lagoon would address is hindering further growth in the village. During the conference, Ontario released a new budget and the mayor was pleased with several announcements contained in it. “Premier Wynne announced on the Monday when she spoke that they have increased the Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) up to $300 million a year by 2018/19. What’s good about that is that they’ve increased the funding formula, which is sustainable funding … $16 million per year is going to Toronto and the rest goes out to the municipalities … it was good news for us. Plus they’ve increased the Connecting Link funding which is great. It will increase from $5 million now to $20 million next year.” These

funds aid municipalities in the maintenance of provincial highways which pass through them, in Tweed’s case, Highway 37 which forms Victoria Street as it goes through the village. Tweed has put in an application under the program for reconstruction of this section of road. “It’s big,” said Albert. Increased funding for social services also pleased the mayor. She notes increases for social housing and reports that the OMPF – Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund is “staying the same as last year, which is good news.” This is the fund through which the province provides money to municipalities “to help them run” she explains. “It includes policing, and it’s formula-based … ours went up a bit last year.” Albert found the “bear pit” questions sessions particularly useful. The sessions were wide ranging, considering “joint and several liability” which is “costing us a fortune.” This legal provision holds municipalities liable for large damage claims when they may be found only slightly responsible in civil cases. “Interest arbitration” deals with containing rising police and fire service costs. “We would like the police to get the same increase in salaries that everyone gets,” she remarks, adding that AMO estimates $485 million could be saved if OPP and fire service increases were held to the same levels as those of unionized employees. “We’re still working on modernizing that,” she notes. The province continues “as they promised” to upload social services costs, removing these from property tax burdens. “The upload is huge … it’s a benefit for every municipality in Ontario.” Other topics raised include broadband internet access, new partnerships with First Nations and succession planning. Mayor Albert found the speakers’ sessions and networking with peers, vendors and suppliers especially helpful. “That’s the main thing. A new councillor said he learned the most from talking to other councillors.”

By John Campbell Brighton – Despite criticism from some quarters – primarily the official opposition in the legislature – the provincial budget is welcome news in many areas of the region. Chief among them are small municipalities. Brighton Mayor Marc Walas has commended the provincial government for its 2016 budget, saying its support for job creation, infrastructure projects and wider access to post-secondary education is “very exciting” as well as “very encouraging.” In an interview following a post-budget presentation by Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi, Walas said funding for such initiatives “is always a concern,” but he was confident “those answers will be provided” as specifics about spending programs emerge in the months to come. He was also encouraged by what he had heard at the Ontario Good Roads Association and Rural Ontario Municipal Association Combined Convention held days earlier in Toronto. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced her government was tripling the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) from $100 million to $300 million per year by 2018-19, which Walas said will create “a greater opportunity” for communities under 100,000, such as Brighton, to secure funding for critical infrastructure projects. The municipality’s plan to twin the water line from the water treatment plan to the urban area would is “a project I believe would qualify under this,” he said. Walas said he joined Rinaldi and members of Quinte West council including Mayor Jim Harrison in a meeting with Minister of Health and

Long-Term Care Eric Hoskins to lobby on behalf of Trenton Memorial Hospital, which stands to lose day surgery to Belleville General Hospital. The delegation was well-received and “we left very encouraged by the meeting,” he said. In his presentation to the Brighton-Cramahe Chamber of Commerce, Rinaldi said the provincial government is “about $2 billion ahead” of its forecast to balance the budget by 2017-18. “Once we get there, hopefully, we can start tackling the huge debt in the province” that built up over more than 20 years by both provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal governments while Ontario went through some “very challenging” economic conditions. The deficit projected for 2015-16 is $5.7 billion, a $4.6 billion improvement compared to the 2014-15 deficit. The cap-and-trade program the province is introducing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by making “polluters pay,” will generate an estimated $1.9 billion in 2017, which will be re-invested in green energy initiatives, Rinaldi said, and not go into general revenues. There will be a phase-in for some very large companies, including those involved in mining, cement, petrochemicals, and steel, after the cap and trade comes into effect next January, so “they’re not hit with a huge cost to buy credits” at the outset, Rinaldi said, but “they still have to comply down the road.” How long a transition period each will be granted is still to be determined. “Those discussions have begun but [there’s] no definite schedule,” he said. The Green Investment Fund’s commitment of $325 million in 2015-16 is intended to create jobs, spur innovation and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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racks. They have lists to fill and the names which populate those lists are often not generic. Tomato is not a standalone item; it will be further defined by “Brandywine”, “Beefsteak” or “Sweet Millions.” These varieties have often been mainstays in their gardens for as long as they have been growing vegetables; and if you take a look at many of the folks who attend horticultural society meetings, that can be a very long time. The muttering begins when they can’t find what they’re looking for. Unfortunately, there is a cold hard reality to explain the shrinking availability of heirloom seeds. In spite of all the feel-good association with gardening, the bottom line is that gardening is supplied by business. In business, inventory is turned over: the lowest seller is dropped in favour of the new. Additionally, the evolution of consumerism is such that we, as a culture, are always looking for the new thing, the new bulb, the new hydrangea, the new seed. Garden magazines, columns and blogs will soon be chock-a-block with stories about the new “stuff” for 2016. Top Ten lists are easy sells at this time of the year. A columnist can fill several months’ worth of weekly discourses: The Top Ten New Vegetables, The Top Ten New Annuals ... perennials, trees, water plants, patio tropicals, succulents for green roofs and living

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walls, xeriscaping, etc, etc. So, the seed inventory offered to the general public responds to our consumerism. As inventory is reshuffled, new seeds are given priority, old seeds are ... actually I don’t know what happens to old seeds. But really, Gentle Reader, should we be raising such a fuss? After all, how many different green beans do we need? Don’t get me going about beets, either. Long-time readers of this column will recognize that I don’t really agree with those sentiments; I like to push buttons. (Except the beet thing, of course.) We could spend a bit of time looking at giant corporations, GMO/GE plants and gene patents but in the context of this column, little would be gained. So, what can we do about it? Actually, we can do lots. On a global basis there are seed vaults in which as many seeds as possible are stored, primarily for future replanting in a post-apocalyptic world. These vaults are as disaster proof as possible, designed to withstand any bomb and almost any natural disaster. However, you can’t just show up at the entrance to the Millennium Seed Bank in Sussex, England and request a packet of Phaseoulus lunatus (lima bean), early Mesoamerican origin. In terms of seeds, we can learn about a very special event called Seedy Saturdays (or Sundays depending upon which day the event occurs.) It is a Canadian thing which is spreading around the world, thank you Sharon Rempel, and there is such an event in our area. In fact, the third annual Seedy Saturday

Quinte West will be held at the Prince Charles Public School in Trenton, March 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free admission. Here is the press release: The heart of the Seedy Saturday Quinte West is the Seed Exchange Table. We encourage everyone to share locally grown and collected, open-pollinated seeds. We are supported by Seeds of Diversity whose mission includes searching out, preserving, perpetuating, studying, and encouraging the cultivation of heirloom and endangered varieties of food crops. We will be offering several free workshops again this year. Robbie Preston of EcoStewards will be speaking on water conservation at 11 a.m., Peter Fuller of Fuller Native and Rare Plants will be offering a workshop on Pollinator Gardens at 12 p.m. and Gerrie Baker of the Worm Factory will be speaking about vermiculture at 1p.m. We have many returning and new vendors this year including: Edible Antiques - open-pollinated and heirloom seeds Fuller Native and Rare Plants - native plant seeds and native plant prints. Railway Creek Farms - seed garlic. Natural Themes Farms - native plants and seed mix, fresh produce from their unheated greenhouses. Trenton Horticultural Society - club tip books and small houseplants. Greenhill Greens - seeds, preserves and herbs. EcoStewards - wild flower seeds, coconut coir and natural fertilizers. Hawthorn Herbals - herbs and seeds. Mountain Grove Seed Company - pure, untreated heirloom seeds. Thyme Again Gardens - seeds, jams, salsas, meats, beets, sweet potatoes, garlic, turnips. Brighton Horticultural Society - celebrating 90 years! Bear Rock Gardens - seeds and knitted vegetables. Heritage Seed and Produce - heritage seeds. Harmony in Health - aeroponic tower gardens. Worm Factory - worms and worm systems. Lunch and snacks will be available for sale from the Women’s Institute throughout the day. Contact Colleen O’Reilly 613-475-6139 or <clo_reilly@ yahoo.ca>.

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checked out these sled dogs for myself by visiting “Husky Homestead”, near Denali National Park. It’s home to Jeff King’s sled dogs, and he has won the Iditarod four times! He’s a great motivational speaker, and he gives visitors an opportunity for ‘an up close and personal’ look at what he refers to as his “athletes in training”, while detailing the enormity of the event itself. Jeff described the Iditarod race as being “a cross between New Orleans’ Mardi Gras and Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls”. After all, dog mushing has been designated as Alaska’s state sport, and this is its premier event! What struck me the most was the simple desire to run that was so obvious in these dogs. When Jeff prepared for a training run, the dogs certainly knew what was about to happen, and they started to yelp and jump in earnest, for they wanted to be chosen. It was as if each husky was saying “Pick me! Pick me!” However, as soon as the dogs were selected to be used A visit to former Iditarfor this particular demonstration, the remainder immediately od champion Jeff King’s quieted down. They knew it wasn’t their turn, so they simply “Husky Homestead”. went back to doing what they had been doing before, whether it was wandering about their stake, sitting in or on their doghouse, or going back to sleep. The other thing that struck me about these animals was their sociability. Jeff and his staff did a lot of hands-on interaction with these individually named The young puppies huskies. There was a lot of patting and caring. It was obvious were very popular with that there was a real attachment and respect here between the us. trainer and the dog. The entire presentation was, indeed, fascinating, whether it was watching the huskies burst forth from the kennel on a training run, or seeing the actual racing sleds and survival gear, or even listening to Jeff’s compelling stories about adventures that had occurred during past races. However, the real ‘show stopper’, the ‘highlight of highlights’, was our opportunity to cuddle with the puppies themselves. Everyone was immediately drawn to these future racers, and there were lots of photos and ‘selfies’ taken. No one seemed able to resist! If a trip to Alaska’s Denali National Park is in your future, then you might like to check out “Husky Homestead” for yourself, for 3 tours are available daily, between mid May and mid September. Of course, another option is to go in March and experience the actual Iditarod itself! For More Information: www.iditarod.com; www.huskyhomestead.com

The Iditarod is probably the most famous long-distance sled dog race of them all, and each March mushers and teams of sled dogs compete in a gruelling race in Alaska, along part of the historic Iditarod Trail. The original trail stretched all the way from Seward to Nome and was used by dog teams carrying mail and supplies, but now the annual race runs between Anchorage and Nome. The ceremonial start to this endurance test will take place this year on Mar. 5 in Anchorage, and the official restart will be in Willow, 80 mi./130 km. north of Anchorage, on Mar. 6. The tough route takes the dogs and mushers up the Rainy Pass of the Alaska Range and then into Alaska’s sparsely populated interior, along the shore of the Bering Sea, and finally to the destination: Nome. It’s very likely, of course, that they’ll encounter some severe and dangerous weather conditions on this adventure trek through the very rugged, treacherous terrain, and some injuries and illnesses may occur. After all, as I was told, “it’s a bit like racing in the world’s biggest freezer!” However, a minimum of 6 of the starting 16 dogs must complete the course, and no replacements are allowed, so vets are along the route, checking these dogs, to ensure their safety. If a dog sprains an ankle badly, for example, then that animal is treated and sent home. These well trained and conditioned animals are all tested prior to the race and are very well fed during the event, for they’ll consume as much as 10,000 calories a day while racing. Therefore, there’s a lot of organization and preparation that takes place even before the race begins, for the dog food rations must be shipped ahead and placed along the route. During the race itself, the musher COACH & TOURS must feed and care for the dogs – and get some food and sleep, too. Also, there are several strict rules that must be followed, including required rest stops and dog checks. The present record for the EXPERIENCE THE ROAD TO fastest completion of this more than 1,000 mi./ 1,600 km. course was set in EXCELLENCE 2014: 8 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes, and Blue Jays vs.Love Boston Red Sox -Tour Saturday, April 9/16 Johnny Reid - “What is All About” - Thursday, March 24/16 19 seconds. NEWBlue - Monthly starting Thursday, April Jays vs.Mystery BostonTours Red Sox - Saturday, April 9/1628/16 This race is sometimes referred to as Tulips in the Tours Springstarting - Wednesday, MayApril 11/16 NEWOttawa - Monthly Mystery Thursday, 28/16 “The Last Great Race on Earth”, and it Pennsylvania Amish Country - May 11 May - 14/16 Ottawa Tulips in the Spring - Wednesday, 11/16 Joie de Vivre - Quebec City and Country the Beaupre May 16 - 19/16 attracts many spectators. Several comPennsylvania Amish - MayCoast 11 - -14/16 St. Jacobs - Saturday, May Coast 28/16 - May 16 - 19/16 Joie de Vivre - Quebec City and the Beaupre panies now offer Iditarod tours and Best of Maine’s Mountains & Harbours - June 4 - 11/16 St. Jacobs - Saturday, May 28/16 packages. Throngs of fans traditionally African Lion Safari Tuesday, July 5/164 - 11/16 Best of Maine’s Mountains & Harbours June line the streets for the ceremonial start MuskokaAfrican Lunch Cruise & Theatre - Wednesday, Lion Safari - Tuesday, July 5/16July 6/16 in downtown Anchorage, and some of Newfoundland Spectacular - July 21 - AugustJuly 8/16 Muskoka Lunch Cruise & Theatre - Wednesday, 6/16 the more avid fans even book fly-out Matilda - Wednesday, July Newfoundland Spectacular - July 2127/16 - August 8/16 options to remote Iditarod checkpoints Cape Cod - August 28 - September 1/16 along the route. Northern Indiana Amish Country - September 6 - 10/16 Ontario North, Agawa Canyon & Frankenmuth - September 21-26/16 What I find particularly fascinating Christmas in Nashville - November 21-26/16 about this event is the dogs themselves. Call us for your group transportation needs. We offer the most After all, these are not Siberian huskies, modern and diversified fleet in the area and along the 401 corridor. but Alaskan huskies. They’re thinner, Our goal is to offer SUPERIOR SERVICE at an OPTIMAL PRICE! smaller, sleeker, and bred for speed. 613-966-7000 or Toll Free 1-800-267-2183 613-548-1790 They love to run! www.franklintours.com When I was in Alaska last summer, I TICO Reg1156996 Reg1156996 TICO

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into rest on Sunday, February 21st, 2016, at the age of 66 after a prolonged battle with cancer. He spent his final days at his home surrounded by his family and his library of books. He is predeceased by his wife Frances(Faulkner), parents, Petrus and Grietje Zandbergen, and the late Griet Zandbergen, (Faber - Step-Mother). Dearly loved husband of Denise Zandbergen (nee Boucher). Fondly remembered by his loving children Jennifer Ryan, Peter Zandbergen (Ashley Porlier), Sarah Zandbergen (Mekki MacAulay) and stepdaughter Crystal Schmidt. Devoted and proud grandfather of Keaton, Nathaniel, Jordan, Victoria, Serena and Elijah. Cherished brother of sister Betty Couch (Rick), brothers, John Zandbergen (Natalie), Paul Zandbergen and his step-sister Judy Faber. Also remembered fondly by his many nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews, in-laws, cousins, and friends. The family will receive friends and relatives at St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling on Friday, March 4th, 2016 from 10a.m. – 1p.m. A Celebration of Lewis’s Life will follow the visitation at 1p.m.; Rev. Larry Hurley officiating. Inurnment at Stirling Cemetery will occur in the spring. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Stirling Rawdon Public Library would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to the Stirling Funeral Chapel, 87 James St., Stirling (613-395-2424). For condolences, please visit www.rushnellfamilyservices.com COMING EVENTS

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Elsie Alice Wheeler (Nee Pocknell) June 20, 1916 February 20, 2016 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother and friend, Elsie Wheeler. She passed away peacefully at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Alliston, Ontario in her 100th year. Elsie was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, the 3rd of four children of George and Ellen Pocknell (nee Chatfield). At age 19, she moved to Toronto, training as a Children’s Nurse at Women’s College Hospital before continuing her career at Sick Children’s Hospital in Thistletown. It was here that she met Frederick Wheeler (d. June 6, 2011). Elsie and Fred were married in 1940. They resided in Toronto with their 2 boys before moving to their beloved Cookstown in 1956, where Elsie added “farmer” to her resume. Elsie is loved and will be missed by her 2 sons; Alan (Karen) of Midland and Ken (Jo-Anne) of Belleville, her 4 grandchildren; Laura (John), Suzanne (Michael), Christine (Daniel) and Scott (Lisa.) She will also be missed by her 8 great grandchildren; Donovan, Steven, Gregory, Emily, Justin, Noah, Vivien and Lucius. In addition to being matriarch of the Wheeler clan, she was a volunteer Red Cross Nurse, a member of the Daughters of Rebekah Lodge, a member for 60 years of St. Johns Anglican Church, member and past president of the Cookstown Curling Club, a member of the Ross’s Quilting Group and a perennial blue ribbon winner for her baking at the Cookstown Fall Fair. Elsie’s life was indeed well lived: She was the leader and inspiration for an entire family. The family is most grateful to Dr. Brian Swarbreck and the staff of the Good Samaritan Nursing Home who took such exceptional care of Elise during her final years. A celebration of Elsie’s life will be announced at a later date. If desired, memorial donations can be made to the Innisfil Public Library at Cookstown, 20 Church Street, Cookstown, Ontario, L0L 1L0. Arrangements entrusted to the Paul F. Kent Funeral Home, Cookstown 705-458-4402

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Peacefully at the Belleville General Hospital on Monday, February 22, 2016, age 66 years. Tawni Lange of Brighton, daughter of the late Edward “Ted” Meades and the late Verona “Ronnie” (Hoare). Beloved wife of the late Dr. John “Jack” Lange. Loving mother of Steven Lange and his wife Kirsten of Toronto, and Matthew Lange and his wife Julie of Trenton. Predeceased by her son Damon Lange. Sadly missed by her grandchildren, Emily, Anders, and Vagn. A private family service will be held. Spring interment will be held at Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Trenton. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Diabetes Association or the Cancer Society, would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements in care of the Brighton Funeral Home (613-475-2121). www.rushnellfamilyservices.com.

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TENDERS

Quinte Conservation is currently seeking to purchase either a new 2015/ 2016, or low mileage used, ½ ton, four-wheel drive, four-door pick-up truck, preferred colour white. Tenders will be received by the General Manager/Secretary Treasurer in sealed envelopes clearly marked “Supply of one ½ ton truck” up until 11am Friday, March 4, 2016. Please submit your tender to the Quinte Conservation office, 2061 Old Highway # 2, Belleville, Ontario. Quinte Conservation reserves the right to refuse any or all tenders. If you should have any questions, please contact Darcy Clow at (613) 374-2940.

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EVENTS

BELLEVILLE

World Day of Prayer (Cuba 2016), Friday, March 4, 1:30 p.m, Bridge Street United Church, Belleville. “Receive children. Receive me.” Reception following. Sue 613-968-4655. Bay of Quinte Squadron at the Boat and RV Show, Sports and Wellness Center March 4, 5 and 6. Come and see the Boating Simulator and see what we have to offer. March 7- Ecosystem Approach to Farming with Rob Johnson, National Farmers Union event. 1-3 pm, The Core, 223 Pinnacle St. Belleville. All welcome. Non-members $5/person. 613/478-5070. Happy Harmony Women’s Choir, Thursdays 7-9 pm, Brittany Brant Music Centre (10 minutes east of Belleville

Hospital). Phone 613-438-7664. Speaker Event: Samra Zafar for International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, 6-7pm, John M. Parrott Art Gallery MARCH 4 - 6, Belleville Downtown DocFest 5th Annual International Documentary Film Festival. Passes available from Quinte Arts Council, Gourmet Diem Cafe and Lisa and Peter artists and artisans gallery, Bridge Street. Info: FB page and www.downtowndocfest.ca. Wednesday, March 9, luncheon 12 - 2 pm, 290 Bridge St W Belleville $12. Featuring local artist and potter Susan McDonald, music by Jane Graciano and Special guest speaker Stan Fergusson, “ Making a Difference “. Free Nursery, To reserve: Darlene, 613-961-0956 .

METROLAND AUCTIONS

BRIGHTON ESTATE AUCTIONS 2522 County Road #64, Carrying Place

Selling The eSTaTe of MaRy andeRSon Sunday, March 6, 2016

Preview 9:30 a.m. auction 11:00 a.m. Auction to include: Oils, Watercolours, Royal Doulton Stoneware, Meissen Plates & Collector’s Items, No Furniture. Only Partial Listing See Our Web Site For Full Listing. Come and Browse Our Consignment Shop and Indoor Yard Sale Watch Web Site for Updates. www.brightonestateauctions.com David Simmons: Auctioneer & Appraiser 2522 County Road #64 Carrying Place 905-376-1056

AUCTION SALE COWLEY ARTWORK AND COLLECTIBLES WITH INCLUSIONS FROM ESTATE OF GORD HUCK AND WEATHERALL ESTATE

SALE CONDUCTED AT BELLEVILLE AND DISTRICT FISH AND GAME CLUB 170 ELMWOOD DRIVE, BELLEVILLE, ONT. WEDNESDAY MARCH 9TH AT 10:00 AM 2 miles EAST of Belleville on “Old Highway 2” and turn NORTH onto Elmwood drive for ½ mile. ARTWORK- approx. 100 pieces of original art including 3 Manly MacDonald oil on canvas paintings, JB McDonald, Henry Harold Vickers, H Tygesen, RT Wilding, FH McGillvary, V Colombo, Burton Sinclair, Borden Squire,Arthur Cox, John Stuart Pryce, European and Canadian impressionist art, Group of Seven prints, Asian pieces; COLLECTIBLES AND FURNITIURE 9 x 13 Persian“Mashad”area carpet, 144 piece Waring and Gillow flatware in chest table, Sterling silver pieces, signed Canadian stoneware pieces, Dr Cronk primitive bottle, 1812 sampler, cranberry hanging oil lamps, salesman sample of cast iron stove, Paquegnat mantle clock, Hudson Bay coat, vintage toys and games, vintage radio, soapstone pieces, Moorcroft pieces, Art Deco pieces, flo blue, hand painted china, depression glass, perfumes, Pure Spring display rack, tin signage, Railway crossing light, hand stitched quilts, duck decoys, 1863 Snider Enfield rifle, Remington side x side shot gun ( PAL required) , Native collectibles, 2 antique walnut curio cabinets, antique parlour chairs, Duncan Phyfe side tables, walnut gate leg table, porcelain table lamps, Asian dressing screen, walnut tea wagon, Child’s antique Morris chair, Child’s antique wicker chair. Numerous other collectibles. NO BUYERS PREMIUM VIEWING 8 AM – SALE TIME – DAY OF SALE SAME DAY REMOVAL OF ALL ITEMS TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

Belleville Brain Tumour Support Group meets monthly on the second Wed., 6:30 p.m., Eastminster United Church. If you or someone you know has been affected by a brain tumour come join us. Dance to The Land-O-Lakes Cruisers, Friday Mar. 4, Belleville Club 39, Belleville Fish & Game Club Hall, Elmwood Dr. Belleville. 8pm-midnight. Lunch served. Members $10 Nonmembers $12. Singles & Couples, 613-392-1460 or 613-966-6596. Monthly Nutrition Education Group, Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, 1-2:30 p.m, Community Health Centre, 161 Bridge St. W., Belleville. Registration required, 613-962-0000 x 233. Sat. March 5, 12:30 pm Core Centre, Screen 2, 223 Pinnacle St, Belleville

Ontario. LEST WE FORGET - will be screened as part of Docville Film Festival. Tickets $10 at the door or online Spaghetti Supper, Wednesday, Mar. 9, 6 pm, Quinte Bible Chapel, 188 Victoria St., Belleville. Adults $10, Families $20. Funds to Camp for Kids. Belleville Legion: Every Friday: Canteen open 4-7 p.m. Meat Rolls and Horse Races 4:30 pm., Legion Clubroom. Everyone welcome. Age of majority event. Are you caring for someone with memory loss? Alzheimer Society Caregiver Support Groups, Bay View Mall, Belleville, 1st & 3rd Thursdays of month, 10am-12pm. Info: Kristel at 613-962-0892 Probus Club Of Belleville meets

AUCTION SALE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 AT 5:00 P.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE

Mennonite made 6 ft. harvest table/4 chairs, 6 slat back oak dining chairs, king size bed/ box spring & mattress, tables, dome top trunk, large qty. of glass, cranberry, art glass, milk glass, hens on the nest, chest of flatware, old prints & frames, antique garden cultivator, shop vac, hardware, small shop tools, several bicycles & numerous other pieces. See my web site for detailed list & photos. DOUG JARRELL AUCTIONS 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2016 AT 9:00 A.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE Early consignments to this annual spring consignment sale include Massey Ferguson 255 diesel 2wd tractor, Massey Harris 50 tractor/loader, Dion 3 beater left hand unload forage wagon on 12 ton running gear, Dion forage blower, Owatonna grinder mixer, New Idea 3 pth mower (belt driven), Cockshutt trail mower, Ferguson 5 bar side delivery hay rake, NI 3 pth rake, Frontier 3 pth 48” box blade, Bush Hog 3 pth wood splitter, Ferguson 3 pth 2 furrow plough, Massey Ferguson 3 pth 8 ft. cultivator, International cultivator 13.5 ft./sweeps, pony harrows, Bush Hog model RZ60 3 pth (5 ft.) rotary mower, 3 pth post hole auger, McKee Snolander model 620 ( 82”) 3 pth snow blower, Ford 3 pth 6 ft. scraper blade, utility trailer, 3 pth snowblower, 3 pth dump scoop. Troy Bilt rear tine tiller, McCulloch model MC2042YT Automatic riding lawnmower with bagger and cover (excellent), Columbia 12 H.P. 38” cut riding lawnmower. Morpower tiller (as is), Lawn roller, wheel barrows, garden wagon, Homelite “Super Mini” chain saw, Chain link fence, corn crib wire roll. Assorted farm gates, shop tools. Watch the web site for additional consignments as they are booked in. Call now to book your consignments to take advantage of the advertising opportunity. DOUG JARRELL AUCTIONS 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month, 10 am at the Pentecostals of Quinte, 490 Dundas St. W. For retired and/or semiretired business and professional people. Social time and a guest speaker. Guests are welcome. FISH & Chips, first and third Fridays of month in the Canteen, 4-6 p.m. Open Euchre, Tuesday, 1 pm. Open Shuffleboard Wednesday, 12:30 PM. The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 99, 132 Pinnacle St, Belleville. Age of majority 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 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 Continued on page B12

AUCTION SALE ALAN AND JACQUIE HAMILTON 628 ZION ROAD, R.R.# 2 STIRLING, ONT. SATURDAY , MARCH 5TH AT 10:30 AM 13 miles NORTH of Belleville on Highway 37 and turn WEST onto Zion Road for 3 miles. John Deere 5065 4 wd diesel tractor with John Deere 563 front end loader, cab- 750 hours – like new condition; John Deere 3130 2 wd diesel tractor with cab- 8000 hrs – good running condition; tillage equipment, hay equipment, harvest equipment, John Deere 320 riding lawn mower with 48”mower deck, Honda 125 M 3 wheel ATV, INCLUSIONS 1980 Mack farm truck with 289 engine, 10 speed trans, 20 ft commodities dump box with rear barn doorsrunning condition- sells as is; 1977 Mack farm truck with 289 engine, 10 speed trans, 20 ft commodities dump box with rear barn doorsrunning condition-sells as is. see website for full listing. TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

TWO DAY AUCTION THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD @ 6:00 P.M. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5th @ 10:00 A.M.

Warner’s Auction Hall 12927 Hwy 2, Just West of Colborne. From the estate of the late Doctor Sowa of Toronto. As we continue to open boxes we are suprised and find new and wonderful things including a selection of art work large and small brass decorative articles, different glass & china articles, composite articles and figurines, jardineers, garden decorations pcs, cast pcs, various clocks, glass, good microscope, globes, various tups and sizes, small metal and brass stands. Brand new house hold things still in boxes never opened, 40-50 different walking telescopic sticks, crystal pcs, ant. and modern home furnishings, from various other estates. Sat. sale will have a gorgeous regency style dining room suite, all original, in immaculate condition, a couple nice leather bar stools, leather arm chair, small tables and stands, some box lots in each sale, books, and artwork. Note we predicted this sale would last a week. We now know after 4 weeks we will be another 4 weeks of selling. Watch website for pictures updated Tuesday and Friday each week. Terms: cash, cheque with I.D., Visa, M/C, Interac Gary Warner Auctioneer • 905-355-2106 www.warnersauction.com CELEBRATING 27 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

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BELLEVILLE

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

BRIGHTON

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 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 WOMEN’S GROUPS meet every Thurs-

day, 9:30-11:00 am at Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, 204 Main St, Brighton. Coffee Break and Mom to Mom groups study “Restless-Because you were made for more”. Sharon 613-475-1908

CAMPBELLFORD

Campbellford & District Horticultural Society monthly meeting, followed by Carole Ditomaso’s presentation on Starting Over & Seed Sharing, Mon. Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m. Members & guests welcomed Christ

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EVENTS MARCH 8, Grafton Horticultural Meeting, St. Andrew’s United Church, 137 CAMPBELLFORD Old Danforth Rd, Grafton. Social/ReTuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Fun Darts. All freshmentsat 7 p.m. General meeting at Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch 7:30 p.m. Robin Tench: “Wiggle Your 103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450 Way into Composting”. Please lug a mug. Learn the Art of Taoist Tai Chi classes available throughout the week, HASTINGS Community Resource Centre 65 Bridge Line dancing, Wednesdays 10am, St, Campbellford, Join at anytime. Info: $4. Yoga, Wednesdays 1pm, $3. Shake, 705 696 1841 or 705 243 5216. Laugh and Meditate, Thursdays, 9am, $4. Visit the Cat’s Cradle, 8 Bridge St. Civic Centre, 6 Albert St. E., Hastings. W., Campbellford, A New to You shop Info: Community Care 705-696-3891 with monies raised going to spay/neuter Hastings Legion: Fridays, 5:15 feral cats and kittens. Open Thursday, pm, Meat Draws; 7:30 pm, Blind Draw Friday, Saturday 9-5. Double Darts. Tuesdays, 1 pm, Darts. Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Fun Darts. All Friday March 4, Kids dance 6yrs to Welcome. Campbellford Legion Branch 15 yrs, 7:30 - 10:30 $5.00 ea. Refresh103, 34 Bridge St W 705-653-2450 ments and snacks available. Chaperones on premise. Sunday March 6, Zone mixed CODRINGTON dart playoff (branch),12:00 sharp. 2nd Wednesday of the month, Co- Hastings & District Seniors Club, 6 drington Women’s Institute 7:15 pm, Albert St. E Hastings, Civic Centre downCodrington Community Centre stairs. Mon-Regular Euchre, 12:30pm Codrington Women’s Institute is Tues- Bid Euchre, 1pm. Tournaments holding a R.O.S.E. Program (Rural On- every 4th Sat. of month, alternating bid tario Sharing Education), Wed March 9, euchre then reg euchre. Codrington Community Hall, 7:15 pm. Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON Presenter: Lillian Dewitt from the “Great SMART classes. Gentle and progressive Canadian Alpaca Ranch”. Refreshments and can be done standing or seated. Info: served. All are welcome. 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350. Continued from page B12

COLBORNE

Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings, Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. foodaddictsanonymous.org Soup Lunch, Friday March 4, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM. Heritage United Church, 13875 County Rd 2, Colborne (Salem). Soup, Roll. Dessert, Coffee and Tea. feature exhibit of potters called “Three Degrees of Separation”, Colborne Art Gallery, March 5-April 10. Opening reception: March 12, 2-4 pm. Info: www.thecolborneartgallery.ca or phone 905-355-1798. 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.

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 Frankford Legion: Mondays, Cribbage noon, free pool 4 pm. Tuesdays, 1pm, open Moonshot Euchre. Wednesdays, 6pm, open Snooker. Open T.G.I.F. with games and meal, first Friday of month, 4 pm, Frankford Legion. Free Senior’s fitness classes, Mondays and Thursdays, 1 pm, Frankford Legion. To register: 1-888-279-4866 Ext 5350

GRAFTON

Stoney & the Sundance Band Open Mic Jamboree, Grafton Legion, Hwy 2, Saturday, March 6, 1-5 pm. Bar and luncha available. Special guests Abe and Wendy from Cedarail Band.

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 Havelock Wolves Youth Dart Leage for all boy and girls 6-18, Wednesdays 5-7pm. Adult Blind Draw Mixed Double Darts, Fridays 7:30pm, $5.00. Info Ellen 705-838-2077 or website wolfy5.wix.com/ youth-dart-group Gun & Military Show, HBM Community Centre, 39 George St., Havelock, Sat., March 12, 8am-2pm. Breakfast & Lunch available. Adults $5. Women Free. Children free with adult. To rent tables: Don 705-778-3232. Havelock OddFellows Brunch, first Sunday of month, 8am-noon. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, home fries, coffee, tea, juice. Adults $6, Under 12 $3 Havelock Seniors Club Bid Euchre, first Saturday of the month, 1 pm. The first Sunday of the month, Bid Euchre at the Havelock Lions Club. Games start at 1 p.m. $5.00/person. For information, contact Glen Shearer 705-778-3169 or Glen Ellis 705-778-3039.

IVANHOE

Sunday Night Sing hosted by Ivanhoe Wesleyan Standard Church, 6:30 PM. Bring your instruments. Open mic. Refreshments to follow. First Sunday of each month. White Lake Bethesda Boutique, (Springbrook Road & Hwy. 62), Saturday, March 5, 9am - Noon. Clothing items $2.00 each. Baked items available Eating us Out of House and Home - Aquatic Invasive Species in Southern Ontario, with Tim Johnson, Great Lakes

Research Scientist. 7-9 pm, Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62, Ivanhoe. Entry: $5.00 (or donation). Kids are free. Info, 613391-9034, info@hastingsstewardship.ca

MADOC

Good Baby Box, every Wednesday, Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. 10 am to 2 pm. Baby formula, diapers, baby food, and more at low prices. Also, Itty Bitty Kiddie Kloset offering donated baby clothing up to size 2t at no cost for those who need them. Elaine 613-472-3219 Madoc Legion BR.363 Euchre, Sunday, March 6. Registration 12:00-12:30 pm, play at 12:30pm SHARP. Entry fee is $5:00; refreshments available. Madoc Foot Care Clinic: Thursday, Mar 3, 47 Wellington St, Seniors Building Common Room, 8 AM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings at 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a registered client of the clinic. Royal Canadian Legion Br 363 Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday 7 pm. Random draw for teams. 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 Seniors Club Bid Euchre, every Tuesday, 1 pm, downstairs at the Library (elevator accessible). 2nd Tuesday Pot Luck at noon prior to Bid Euchre. Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

MARMORA

Every Monday: Marmora Legion Bingo, with early bird games start at 7 pm. Jam Sessions in Club Room, 6-9 pm. Friday night darts, Club Room. 7:30PM Saturday March 5, 8:30-noon the New to You Shopppe, St. Andrew’s United Church bag sale, $7.00 large bag $3.00 small bag. Also the Deloro UCW is having a coffee party at the same time. March 4, Open Mic 7 PM, Marmora and Area Curling Club, 2 Crawford Dr. Join the great line-up of musicians or just enjoy the entertainment. No cover charge. Marmora Blood Pressure Clinic: Tuesday, Mar 8, Caressant Care Common Room, 58 Bursthall St, 9:30-11AM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Blood Pressure Program EUCHRE, Deloro Hall each Friday 7 p.m. sponsored by Marmora Crowe Valley Lions Club. Bring light lunch to share. Marmora Diners: Wednesday, Mar 9, Marmora and District community Centre (Arena). Lunch at 12:00 noon. Bring your own plate, cup, and cutlery. Opened to

seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Diner’s Program.

munity volunteer concert band. Rehearsals every Tues. 7:30pm, Stirling Public School. All ages welcome. Student community service hours available. Info: Donna, 705-653-3064. NORWOOD River Valley Community bid euchre Norwood Legion: Wing Night party, River Valley Centre, every Friday Thursdays, from 4:30pm. Meat Draws 7:30 pm. Cost $ 2.00. Ladies bring someFridays from 5 p.m. thing for a light lunch. Info: Grace Bush Donegal Fiddlers Orchestra, 613-395-5190 Saturday March 5, 7-10 pm, Norwood Town Hall, 2357 County Road 45 Nor- THOMASBURG wood. Admission $5.00. Lunch is finger Gateway Horse Riders, Spaghetti food pot luck. Jigs, reels, 2 steps, square Supper, Saturday, March 19, Thomasburg Hall, Claire St, Thomasburg. 5-7PM (last dance tunes. sitting at 7PM). $10 per adult, $5 per P.E. COUNTY child aged 6 to 12, children 5 and under Albury Friendship Group - Quilts FREE, at the door. for sale each Wed 10 am - 12 noon. Albury Church Rednersville Rd. Proceeds to local TRENTON Friends of the Quinte West Library charities for women. Wellington District Lions Club Book Sale, every Tues and Thurs and the - New members welcome. Club meets 2nd last Sat of month, 10 am-1 pm. Accepting & 4th Wednesday of month, Wellington book donations as well. 25 cents to $1.50. Town Hall. Info: Membership Chairs Quinte West Public Library. Trenton Knights of Columbus, Marilyn or Stan at 613-399-1164. Loyalist Decorative Painters’ 57 Stella Cres.: Sunday & Wednesday Guild meeting every second Wed. of the Night Bingos 7pm. Cards on sale 5.30pm. month. New members welcome. Carry- Everyone welcome ing Place United Church, 7pm. Coffee & Trenton Toastmasters Club snacks at 6:30. Bring your regular painting meets 6:30-8:30 pm, every 2nd and 4th supplies. Info: Noreen 613-475-2005 or Wednesday of the month, Quinte West/ Trenton Library Meeting Room Main www.freewebs.com/ldpg/ Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON Floor. We are looking for new members. SMART classes. Gentle and progressive Guests are welcome and can be done standing or seated. Info: Overeaters Anonymous meeting every Tuesday and Friday, 9:15 a.m. 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350. Picton Shout Sister Choir welcomes Senior’s Centre, Bay St., Trenton. Contact new members. Practices are Thursdays, 613-827-7421. 7-9 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 8 Wing CFB Trenton Officers’ Mess Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca Ladies Club are having a “New to You” Accessories Evening. Wednesday, March STIRLING 9, 6:30 p.m. in the Officers’ Mess. MemWeekly Monday Night Bingo, Up- bers and invited guests of members, an stairs of Stirling Arena. Cards on sale at accessories item or $5 at the door. For 6:15pm. Starts at 6:50pm. Proceeds to more info: chambersj@live.ca support community projects. Sponsored R&J’s Ladies Night Singles Dance, by Stirling & District Lions Club. Sat March 5, Top Floor, Trenton Legion Stirling Blood Pressure Clinic: 9pm-1am. 613-392-9850 Thursday, Mar 10, 204 Church St, 9 AM Trenton Lions Club is looking for to 12PM. Opened to seniors and adults new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th with physical disabilities. Call Community Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 Member Chairman Diane 613 392 2939 to pre-register if not already a member of Trenton Legion Branch 110--check the Blood Pressure Program out our website for our Entertainment Sat March 5 Stirling Legion, “Mr. Schedule: www.rcl110.ca Karaoke” is hosting Karaoke Night, 7-11 pm. Munchies,50/50 draw. Donation at Quinte West MS Society Support Group, every second Monday of the month, the door. Info: 613-395-2975. Quiet Room, Quinte West Public Library, Stirling Festival Theatre presents Trenton. 6:30pm. For those affected by The Outside Track, Wednesday March MS, caregivers and friends. Info: trenton9,2pm and 8pm. Roast beef pre show din- msgroup@live.ca ner available at 6pm. Call 613-395-2100 or 1-877-312-1162 or www.stirlingfes- TWEED tivaltheatre.com for ticket information. The Tweed & Area Heritage Centre is Stirling Al-Anon Family Group, selling donated art for its fundraiser during every Friday, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United the month of March. Great art for your home / cottage! Great bargains! Come Church, Stirling. 866.951-3711 New Finding Your Way clinics. Free early for the best deals. Mon. through ID kit to help those with memory loss and Sat., 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m their loved ones be prepared and prevent Actinolite Country Jamboree, a missing person event. Call for your one Open Mic with L.A. Country, 20 Bridgewater Rd. 1st Sunday of the month. Canteen hour appointment: 613-395-5018 Stirling Citizens’ Band, a com- available. Continued on page B14 Section B - Thursday, March 3, 2016

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Belleville DocFest film Al Purdy Was Here details life of Wooler-born poet By Stephen Petrick

Belleville – Belleville’s Downtown DocFest is a fitting place for the film Al Purdy Was Here to show because, well, Al Purdy was here. The legacy of the legendary Canadian poet, who died in 2000, can be felt throughout the Quinte area. The Wooler-born man did some of his best writing from a cabin known now as the Purdy A-Frame on Roblin Lake in Prince Edward County. And arguably his most famous piece, the Quinte Hotel, appears to be set in Belleville. The life of Purdy and efforts to restore the A-Frame cabin is documented in Al Purdy Was Here, a featurelength film, directed by Brian D. Johnson. The film plays at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at the Empire Theatre and is one of dozens of films that will play throughout the three-day festival Mar. 4 – 6. For Johnson, a long-time film critic for Maclean’s magazine who was making his first attempt at directing a feature, making the film was a lesson in how unpredictable a creative process can be; especially when focusing on an extraordinary character who’s personality, and writing, was known to be brash.

“Like all interesting characters, he was contradictory,” Johnson said. “There was more than one Al Purdy.” Johnson said he knew very little about Purdy before Johnson’s wife Marni Jackson, an accomplished Canadian journalist herself, attempted to take Purdy’s life story and turn it into a play. She asked Brian to work on a video montage to accompany the play, but as Johnson completed that work he became more and more interested in Purdy and eventually he turned the project into a 92-minute feature. The story celebrates Purdy’s acclaimed work and the influence he had on other incredible writers who knew him well, including Dennis Lee, Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood. Johnson is also working on the Al Purdy Songbook benefit album to accompany the film, as Purdy’s work has also influenced some A-list Canadian songwriters. Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, Sarah Harmer and Gord Downie are among the artists expected to appear. All of these artists may have appreciated Purdy’s direct, confident prose, his journalistic eye for detail and his resistance to traditional 19th century poetry based on rhyme. “Michael Ondaatje said ‘he showed

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TWEED

Tweed Blood Pressure Clinic: Wednesday, Mar 2, 23 McCamon Ave, Seniors Building, 8 AM to 12PM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not already a member of the Program 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 Bid Euchre every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Actinolite Recreation Hall 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. Dance Exercise Class for everyone, every Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am., Tweed Legion. Bring your water and yoga mats. Info: 613-478-1824 B14

TYENDINAGA

Fundraising Committee members needed for Community Care South Hastings. Info: Deb at 613-969-0130 ext. 5214 or debm@ccsh.ca Orange Lodge dance, Mar. 5, Orange Hall, York Rd, Tyendinga Territory. Band is Jeff Code & Silver wings. Dancing from 8pm to Midnight. Cost 12.00 per person. Dance,Lunch,Prizes Contact 613-396-6792.

WARKWORTH

Warkworth Legion hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone welcome The Warkworth Maple Syrup Supper, Friday March 11, St. Paul’s United Church, 60 Main St, Warkworth. 5-7 pm. Tickets $15.00 adults, $6.00 children ages 6 to 12. Under age 5 free. Tickets or info: Janice Laver 705-924-2623, Ruth Widdowson 705-924-3843, Don Young 705-924-3121 Barb Trotter 705-924-2066. or Eclectic Mix,Warkworth.

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the rest of the way,’” Johnson said. “He was a very influential figure.” Yet, like any good piece of journalism, the film isn’t intended to be a glowing biography. The film explores some dark elements of Purdy’s life. Purdy spent about 20 years making “bad poetry, by his own admission,” Johnson said. And although he had two sons with two different women, he was not particularly a family man. Johnson said the film is ultimately “about what gets sacrificed in the ambition to be a great artist and poet. One of those things is family.” The film may leave viewers to wonder if an artist can succeed in life, while still having a normal family life. Nonetheless, an important character in Purdy’s story is his widow Eurithe. “It’s the classic case of the woman behind the man,” Johnson said. “She helped make him who we was. I think she’s an extraordinary woman.” Johnson will also be delivering a “master class” on filmmaking as part of DocFest. The class takes place at 2:30 p.m. on March 5 at the Ritchie Room at Capers Restaurant, at 272 Front St. Johnson said at first he laughed at the idea of him teaching others about

Warkworth Minor Baseball Registration, Wed. March 9, 6:30-8 pm, Warkworth Arena & Community Centre, 24 East St. or warkworthminorbaseball.wix.com Music by Pat Kellher, 8:30pm-12:30am, March 12, Warkworth Legion. Age of majority event. 705-924-2004. Free. Warkworth Spinners and Weavers Guild meet the second Thurs. of every month, 10am, upstairs at the Campbellford Library. Info: warkworthguild@gmail.com. New members always welcome The Knitting Guild, second Tuesday of each month, Millcreek Manor, 140 Church St. Warkworth, 1:30. Anyone interested in knitting is invited. Info: Cheryl 705-924-2598.

WOOLER

Wooler United Church welcomes all to join us on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and Nursery is available. Soup and Sandwich Monday March 7 at 11:30 am – 1 pm $7 per person Wooler United Church

The poet Al Purdy is pictured here by Roblin Lake in 1968. His life is documented in the film Al Purdy Was Here. Submitted photo

filmmaking, as this marked his first full-length feature. But, upon reflection, he discovered that the Al Purdy project gave him some interesting lessons worth sharing with others. He never thought his film would turn out the way it did; as originally he thought the story would focus mostly on the A-Frame restoration and not be a biography. But the more he learned about Purdy, the more he felt he had a

responsibility as a journalist to tell his full story. “I guess the story I’ll be telling is how a film finds itself or how it finds you,” he said. “I tripped over the subject. This is a film I thought should be made and if I don’t make it, no one else will.” For more details on DocFest, including the full lineup, schedules, ticket information and workshop information, visit http://downtowndocfest.ca.

Stirling Legion’s $7,000 donation purchases medical gear for fire department By Terry McNamee Stirling - A donation of $7,000 from Stirling Branch 228, Royal Canadian Legion, will help local firefighters save lives. The money has paid for the purchase of two rescue bags, two stethoscopes and two vital signs monitors. Each bag contains first aid supplies, medical-grade blood pressure cuffs, neck supports, braces and more. “This will be a great help for both of our stations, due to the increasing amount of medical calls we have each year,” said Fire Chief Derrick Little. “With this equipment, we’ll be able to service our community better. A special thanks go to the Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary.” The cheque was presented at the Legion’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The presentation was to have been made Feb. 16, but a winter storm pushed the meeting back one week. Legion Branch President Judy Heasman said the request from the Fire Department was sent to Legion Ontario Command Branches and the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charitable Foundation. All requests for funding must be reviewed before money is distributed. “This year, there were 53 applications in Zone F for funding, with Zone F3 requesting nine donations requesting $50,978,”

A cheque for $7,000 from the Royal Canadian Legion and Ladies’ Auxiliary was presented to the Stirling-Rawdon Fire Department on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The money pays for the two rescue bags and additional medical equipment shown. Taking part in the presentation were, from left, Zone F3 Commander Lynn Deering from Marmora Branch 237, Ladies Auxiliary Zone F3 Commander Carol Haagsma from Consecon Branch 509, Stirling Branch 228 President Judy Heasman, Deputy Chief Stephen Finch, Station 2 Captain Al McKeown, Fire Chief Derrick Little and Stirling Branch 228 Past President George Jones. Photo by Terry McNamee

Heasman said. “This month, the request for funds was realized with the Stirling-Rawdon Fire Station 1 receiving a $7,000 grant for emergency medical equipment. The funds for this assistance to the fire department comes, in part, from public donations made to the Poppy Fund.” Heasman said the Branch’s immediate Past President, George Jones, was involved in the effort

to obtain this funding for the fire department. Those in attendance for the presentation included Zone F3 Commander Lynn Deering and Ladies Auxiliary Zone F3 Commander Carol Haagsma, President Heasman, Past President Jones and, representing the fire department, Chief Little, Deputy Chief Stephen Finch and Station 2 Captain Al McKeown.

Loyalist Training and Knowledge Centre recognizes Elevate Training graduates Belleville – On Thursday, Feb. 18, Loyalist College and community partners celebrated 10 graduating students from the most recent cohort of the “Elevate” program. The program is a workforce development program created by Loyalist’s Training and Knowledge Centre (LTKC), delivered with support from community partners, including Hastings County, the Municipality of Quinte West, Ontario Provincial Police Quinte West Detachment, and the Quinte Economic Development Commission. The fifth cohort of the six-week program, first delivered in the Fall of 2014, began in January at the Quinte West Ontario Provincial Police’s Cox Building. The 10-day placements with local manufacturing partners Vantage Foods in Belleville and Canadian Blast Freezers in Quinte West have resulted in employment. “Today we are celebrating the success of 10 students who are joining the previous 46 Elevate graduates,” said Loyalist College President and CEO Maureen Piercy. “To date, close to 100 per cent of graduates from this program have gained employment as a result of completing this training. ‘We put you to work’ is Loyalist’s brand, and no program at the college is a better example than this one.” President Piercy and June Hagerman, Chair of the Loyalist College Board of Governors, congratulated graduating students, who re-

ceived their certificates in the presence of special guests, including City of Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison, and Matt Richardson from the office of MP Neil Ellis. Elevate was originally funded by Essential Skills Ontario as a research project, and was developed by the LTKC team led by LTKC Consultant Chuck O’Malley. It has earned very positive evaluations, and subsequent sessions have had funding partners including Ontario RED (Rural Economic Development) program, the Quinte Economic Development Commission, Hastings County Social Services and Trenval (Eastern Ontario Development Program). It receives supports from Hastings County Ontario Works, City of Quinte West, Quinte West Ontario Provincial Police and the region’s employment agencies. Designed to support individuals who are unemployed and want to find employment within the local manufacturing sector, the program combines literacy and essential skills with job-specific training for the food processing industry. It has been facilitated by Neil Dick, who has extensive experience in the field. As a result of partner support, the College is able to offer the program at no cost to students. “The Elevate training program is perfectly aligned with Loyalist’s mission and strategic focus on providing access to excellent training and applied education,” said Piercy. “It is

(From left) Neil Dick, Corporate Trainer, Loyalist Training and Knowledge Centre; Chuck O’Malley, Corporate Training Consultant, Loyalist Training and Knowledge Centre; Loyalist College President & CEO Maureen Piercy; and June Hagerman, Chair, Loyalist Board of Governors are pictured at a graduate ceremony for Elevate students. Submitted photo

a gem of an example of the power of community collaboration in creating opportunities for economic and social development. Thank you to our community, and to industry partners Van-

tage Foods and Canadian Blast Freezers, for their support. Loyalist will continue to advocate for ongoing, sustainable funding for this excellent model.”

What is Floorball? A chat with the Secretary General of the International Floorball Federation John Liljelund.

The ball can move very fast (150 mph is the fastest shot on record).

While on a visit to Colorado for the Men’s World Qualification Tournament, Liljelund spoke with CJBQ’s Tim Durkin for the Lorne Brooker Show.

3. How many people are playing Floorball worldwide? There are about 300,000 organized players and 2.4 million recreational players. Keep in mind the sport is only about 30 years old and growing rapidly.

They discussed the upcoming Women’s Under 19 Championships coming to Belleville May 4th-8th. 1. Canadians know hockey John, but they don’t know floorball. This is a huge sport in Scandinavia and Europe isn’t it? It is one of the largest sports in Europe, when you talk about the number of players, in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway), along with the Czech Republic and Switzerland. 2. Tell us a little about the game. It was invented in the late 1950s in the Lake Michigan area as an indoor version for hockey. It was then taken to Sweden, where it was moved into a rink with boards. A wiffle ball weighing about 23 grams is used, which has 24 holes. The sticks are shorter than hockey sticks and are made of plastic. The blade has holes in it as well. It is similar to basketball as far as the type of surface and is smaller than a hockey rink (200 ft x 85 for hockey, 135 ft x 65 for floorball.) It is more like basketball when it comes to checking, you cannot tackle or push or check, but you can use your shoulder for positioning.

There are a lot of players in the NHL who also play floorball. For example Teuvo Teräväinen of the Chicago Blackhawks, when he won the Stanley Cup in 2015, he took the cup back to his floorball club in Finland. Peter Forsberg, also a Stanley Cup champion, is a fan of floorball. 4. How did Belleville, Ontario, Canada get selected to host the Women’s under 19 World Floorball Championships? The credit really goes to Todd Crawford, Brett Davis and their team. The Canadian crew has been to a few world championships. The Canadian crew has been to Europe and they have seen it first hand. Then they wanted to bring it to Canada and North America and we were excited about that. We believe this is going to be a boost for Canada and a chance to showcase the sport on a new stage. 5. Why do hockey and floorball cross over and complement each other so well?

It is the similarities and the differences. The basic logic of five versus five, playing with a goalie. You can use the same tactical elements. There are no bluelines however, there are no offsides, which makes the game much faster. There is no body checking, which means if you are skillful with the stick, you can outsmart your opponent. Some hockey players use floorball for offseason training. Marion Gaborik for example uses floorball to enhance his puck handling skills. 6. Who are the powerhouse countries in floorball? Sweden is the top country and Finland is close behind, then you have the Czech Republic and Switzerland, Slovakia. Indonesia, China & Thailand are moving up the sport.

lot of cost involved in floorball.

7. Where does the sport need to grow? The strategic focus of the IFF is to get floorball into the Olympic Games. It is now in the World Games, in 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. North America is very important for the growth of the game. Growing the sport and the understanding of the rules of the game are very important.

8. This tournament is typically hosted in smaller communities like Belleville. Why is that? The support is strong in small towns. The visibility in a smaller community is usually larger for this tournament than it would be in a big city. The atmosphere is better for this tournament in a place like Belleville than perhaps it would be in a larger city. Having said that, the men’s world championship is held in larger cities like Helsinki or Prague.

We believe the Belleville world championships can work as a tool to offer visibility in North America. There are few injuries, there is not a lot of cost for equipment and not a

We hope those in the area will get excited and curious about what exactly is going on at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre.

In the Nordic countries, for every one hockey player, there are up to four floorball players.

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