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Trenton natural history museum in the works for 2020 Trenton – What’s better than dinosaurs to help put Trenton on the map as a destination city? It’s an exciting time at Trenton’s Research Castings International (RCI), said founder Peter May, as plans are well underway to create a world-class natural history museum in the RCI facility. “We want to make it into a destination, so if people are coming to go to the cottage and want to go somewhere for the day they can spend the day here,” said May. “The exhibits will be world class, that’s what we do, we build exhibits for museums throughout the world so it shouldn’t be too hard to build our own exhibits here to that level.” Tucked into a 50,000 square foot facility at the end of Dufferin Avenue on the Bay of Quinte, RCI quietly goes about specialized business as one of the world’s largest providers of museum technical services, which include specimen restoration, casting, mounting, exhibit fabrication and transportation. Recently, RCI was behind the retrieval, restoration and assembly of the newly revealed blue whale skeleton on display at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. A new entrance and parking lot will have to be built and 20,000 square feat of RCI will be transformed into the natural history museum, said May. It will include a theatre, café overlooking the water and exhibits starting with early life on earth, about 550 million years ago. “We’d go through one period of time into an extinction, another period of time into an extinction and then life changes,” said May. “There’s a big dinosaur hall.” The dinosaur hall will definitely have

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to include a tyrannosaurus, said May, and will also include many more dinosaurs like the stegosaurus, ankylosaurus, triceratops and dimetrodon. There will also be birds, fish, a woolly mammoth, dire wolf, sabre tooth tiger, giant beaver and more. Planning since 2014, May said one of the many advantages of housing a museum in RCI means that people can also see the work in progress. “We will have windows viewing into the rooms of the mounting area,” he said. “We’ll have a preparation area and a collections area so there will be live exhibits.” May estimated the project would cost about $12-$14 million. The project also has support from the ROM. “Right now we have support from the Royal Ontario Museum, they’re giving us some support so we’re going to have this relationship,” he said. “We could go out into the field, collect dinosaurs, bring them here to be prepared and then the collections could go to the ROM collections or it could be cross catalogued and go to the collections here,” said May, a collaboration like the work both RCI and the ROM did for the blue whale exhibit at the ROM. An initial feasibility study has been done. “It’s feasible, we have the initial feasibility study done and we should get an attendance of probably 60,000 to 70,000 people a year, which is really good for the community,” said May. The next step is the fundraising feasibility study underway, to see how the money can be raised for the project and where fundraising efforts should be focused. “Fundraising and all of that is all go-

ing to start happening very soon, I’d like to see this built and open in 2020,” said May. “ I t ’s fantastic, this would probably be the top natural history museum dealing with On- Peter May, founder of Research Castings International (RCI) tario, and in Trenton, stands next to the cast of a styracosaurus being nobody else really prepared at RCI for a natural history museum across the has one.” world. Erin Stewart/Metroland M a y said takwaterfront trail expansion plan started ing part in Quinte West’s Doors Open from Quinte West city hall to RCI. event once a year to showcase the work “Research Castings’ museum would being done in RCI inspired him to pur- be an international attraction, which sue the museum. would bring people from all over the “When we open the doors people are world to Quinte West,” said Harrison. just fascinated by what we do,” he said. “Research Castings already has in“We were shocked at the amount of ternational exposure so people are gopeople that came and I think last time ing to be attracted to come here to the around we had almost 1,000 people in a museum and we’ll have a nice trail sysday, just coming in and having a look at tem connected to it so they can be a part what we’re up to and it’s great to share of Quinte West and walk and see all the that because we’re doing a lot of stuff great amenities we have as well as visit for places around the world and an aw- the museum.” ful lot of people are surprised we’re here Council dedicated $810,000 towards in Trenton, but I don’t think I’d be any- the waterfront trail expansion plan durwhere else, it’s a great place to be.” ing their council meeting on Monday Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison Mar. 20, along with allocating funds to said the natural history museum would light centennial Park’s Bayshore baseball be a great asset for Quinte West and it’s diamond and renovations to the Trenton one of the reasons he’s eager to get the Town Hall.

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David Clazie, director of corporate and financial services, said city staff were able to reduce the tax increase with new information and confirmation that the new hanger at CFB Trenton will start being paid in 2017, the city will receive $8.6 million in PILT from the base instead of the $7.9 million staff had initially budgeted. With an additional $700,000 in PILT revenue, Clazie said they were able to use 10 per cent of the PILT at $70,000 for the operating budget and cut back $40,000 from the budget by mainly adjusting the amount allocated for sand and salt purchases. “With the additional revenue and the cuts that we made we were able to save, overall, about $110,000,” said Clazie. “So right now we have to bill $110,000 less to all the tax payers than we did the last meeting and that’s going from 2.2 per cent down to 1.98 per cent.” Council approved the 2017 total tax levee in the amount of $42,920,000, the gross water operating expenditures in the amount of $7,581,000 and gross sewer operating expenditures in the amount of $7,399,000.

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Council funds lights, waterfront trail and old town hall renos in budget come up with another $200,000 Trenton – Quinte West city council gave the green light for by looking back at projects over three capital projects during the city council meeting on Monday the years that have come in under budget. Mar. 20. About $600,000 of the PILT The Canada 150 fund may have denied matched funding for the projects but Quinte West is going ahead with three of them. money, along with the originalThe baseball community can get ready for a season under the ly allocated $593,000 from capital reserves and the $200,000 lights. Lighting for the new Bayshore baseball diamond at Centen- from projects under budget alnial Park was approved for $240,000 and Mayor Jim Harrison lowed for the funding. “So we had a pot of money said Electro Cables in Quinte West has offered to step up to the of about $1.4 million all complate and supply wire to support the project and community. “That’s fantastic, that’s the kind of community we’ve got,” bined and that allowed council to approve the lights for the said Harrison. “People are willing to help other people.” Thanks to Electro Cables’ support, Harrison the money saved hardball field, renovations to the old town hall and put just on the project will be added to the facility. Chris Lisle, president of the Quinte West Amateur Baseball over $800,00 towards the trail,” Association (QWABA), attended the council meeting and said said Clazie. Council will look at renovahe’s thrilled. tions to the Batawa Commu“Opening night is going to be something special,” he said. Lisle said lights on the diamond will give them versatility with nity Centre in the 2018 capital weather delays, the chance to play two games in one night and budget. Baseball isn’t the only sports the opportunity to host tournaments including the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association Championship, provincial champion- group to see the light this year. The soccer community will also ship and sanctioned tournaments throughout the season. Lisle said he can’t thank Electro Cables enough for the gener- see lighting on the new soccer Councillor Rob MacIntosh, Mayor Jim Harrison and Deputy Mayor Jim Alyea during the field at Centennial Park. ous support. Surplus funds from the re- city council meeting on Monday Mar. 20. “To have an actual community business that’s been around for Erin Stewart/Metroland a long time just to step up right out of nowhere, I didn’t solicit surfacing of Telephone and closures at Wooler Road in 2017, a total surplus of $735,000. Hamilton Road have allowed that, they stepped up and said ‘this is what we can do for you,” “I’m recommending that we take advantage of those good council to approve additional roadwork and fund the lighting of he said. prices and we extend the paving on Hamilton Road by another 2 Council also approved the renovations to the Trenton Town the new soccer field. In the 2017 capital budget, council allocated $2.2 million for kilometres to get us all the way to Whites Road,” said Chris AnHall at $350,000, a cost breakdown of $175,000 for an exterior elevator, $125,000 for windows and brick pointing and $50,000 the resurfacing of Telephone Road and approximately 2.6 ki- gelo, director of public works and environmental services. Council agreed and approved Angelo’s recommendation to lometres of Hamilton Road but the tender recently closed and for interior renovations. Harrison said he doesn’t want an exterior elevator to stick out council will accept the lowest bidder Norway Asphalt, coming in use $200,000 of the surplus funds for the lighting of the soccer field and the remaining $535,000 towards additional resurfacing like a sore thumb and asked staff to take another look to see if under budget by $565,000. In addition, the Ministry of Transportation is prepared to of Hamilton Road. they can come up with another option. Council also allocated $810,000 for the waterfront trail expan- fund 50 per cent of the Telephone Road project, $170,000, sion plan through marina property. These projects were initially discussed in the fall during capital to allow it to be used as a heavy budget deliberations when the city approved $593,000 of capital truck detour during 401 ramp reserve money to fund 50 per cent of the three projects and a fourth – renoHOME DELIVERY vations to the Batawa Community Centre – in the hopes that the Canada • Beer & Liquour 150 Fund or Ontario 150 fund would • Grocery Orders approve matched funding. • Fast Food Matched funding was denied for all • Restaurant Deliveries projects but the city came up with the • Pharmacy Deliveries money. David Clazie, director of corporate • Corner Store Pick-Up & Deliveries and financial services, said the city was DEBIT AT able to come up with the funding beTHE DOOR cause they underestimated CFB Trenton’s payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) by $700,000 and staff was also able to BY ERIN STEWART

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No business on stat holidays, says QW council BY ERIN STEWART

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Note: All taxes have been mailed. If your tax bill has not been received, please contact the City Hall at (613) 392-2841. Payments may be mailed to: City of Quinte West, P.O. Box 490, Trenton, ON. K8V 5R6, or payable at any Financial Institution, online, telepay, City Hall or the Frankford Municipal Office. Attention All Dog Owners: The 2017 dog licences for the City of Quinte West are due March 31st and are available at City Hall and the Frankford Municipal Office. Alison Trumbley Manager Revenue Collection

Trenton – Quinte West city council unanimously decided to turn down the proposed statutory holiday exemption by-law to allow retail businesses owners the choice to open on Victoria Day, Canada Day and Labour Day in Quinte West. Council heard residents speak against the proposed by-law during the public meeting at city council on Monday Mar. 20. Clarence Blakely, owner of Freshco in Trenton, said he has a number of concerns about opening his store on statutory holidays, including high labour costs. “Those three days, Labour Day, Victoria Day and Canada Day, those are the three days we should be closed to celebrate,” he said. “Labour Day was created to get the labour force a day off… So I think it’s important we hold our values and have those days off.” John Smylie, owner of Smylie’s Your Independent Grocer, agreed with Blakely. “We both understand that our sales are not going to go up because we’re open these three additional days, my sales are going to stay where they are,” he said. Smylie said he would have to reduce hours throughout the year to balance out the 200 hours of staff time he would need to have to open on statutory holidays at a cost of time and a half. “I think it’s important to understand that this seems to be retail driven, and I don’t understand why it’s always the retail sector that is being pushed,” he said. “We’re not looking at pushing banks to open, or lawyers to open, or doctors to open or anything like that.” Quinte West is a great place to live and work, said Smylie, and a community he said he loves and plans to retire in. “I don’t think we need to be pushed into the big town changes

that we think tourism is going to bring,” he said. Leon’s Superstore’s Mike Eden echoed what Smylie and Blakely had to say, adding it’s not all about business. “Local business people don’t want their employees working on these holidays, we want our associates at home with their families to enjoy their families on the holidays,” he said. It’s a slippery slope, said Eden, who remembered when stores were open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. “We’ve lost evenings, we’re open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and we’ve lost Sundays and all the time now you can buy online, we’ve never had more access to shopping,” he said. “I think we should have a better lifestyle in our community that we can all be proud of, nothing will be lost, only gained.” Councillor Duncan Armstrong said he spoke to 12 businesses in Trenton, all of which were against opening on the holidays. “I’m on the Canada Day committee and the biggest thing with that is it is a family day, there are thousands of families or kids down there and it would be sad if a kid couldn’t go to Canada Day because mom or dad had to work,” he said. The topic of addressing the by-law, which has been addressed numerous times in the past, came about after Quinte West’s business and retention survey indicated that some commercial and retail businesses requested to be open on statutory holidays. The task team then created a survey that went out through the city, the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce and Trenton DBIA where more than 60 per cent of the response was in favour of giving owners a choice on whether or not to be open on the three holidays. However, no people in favour of the survey attended the public meeting.

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Brighton’s 100 Women Who Care decide to help kids with first donation At the meeting, 39 women attended and contributed funds to go towards a local charity. The Beacon Youth Centre was one of three possible recipients nominated. The goal of the 100 Women project is to leverage small, individual donations into larger grants to invest into local charities. To date, the founding members, including Courtenay, Rachel Young, Beverly Young and Keitha Corry, have brought together 40 women who are committed to helping their neighbours, non-profits and local residents. One hundred per cent of monies obtained through the 100

women go directly to the charity of choice at the time. The Beacon Youth Centre at the latest meeting earned the most votes and therefore, is now the first organization to benefit from the new initiative for Brighton. The immediate positive impact in the lives of neighbours is just one part that makes the initiative so unique, the founding women believe. The goal is for the group to rally 100 women or more, and they’re still calling on women to join in by or for the next meeting in June. The way it works, the 100 women meet four times a year. At those meetings, women nominate and vote on charities to receive grants. Each person donates $50 at meetings, so a collective grant of $5,000 can be donated. Everyone nominates charities and then three are drawn randomly, before members cast their votes. Highway 401 Aikins Road Underpass (Bridge) Rehabilitation (WP 4260-13-01) And while the first meeting didn’t rally 100 women – Detail Design and Environmental Assessment Study the group is just getting started. It was a very exciting first meeting and the gatherTHE STUDY ing “exceeded expectations,” said Courtenay. There was also great interest from members, with enthusiastic reThe Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained MMM Group, a WSP company, to undertake the Detail Design and Environmental Assessment Study for the rehabilitation of Aikins Road Underpass (bridge) on Highway 401, in the City of sponses to presenters from the three chosen charities in Quinte West, Hastings County. The bridge was originally constructed in 1966 and was rehabilitated in 1980 and 1992. attendance, she added. Three charities have already been chosen and will be The existing structure has experienced deterioration presented at the second meeting, on June 6. They are: and requires major rehabilitation to ensure longthe Prospect Missionary Community Church in Colterm safe access of Aikins Road. Two options are borne, Community Care Northumberland and the Onbeing considered as possible strategies to manage tario Early Years Centre, which is located at the Brightraffic during construction. The options include: ton YMCA. • Two-stage construction that directs two-way “These are all very worthwhile charities, so we look traffic on a single lane across the bridge with forward to another exciting evening, especially when it temporary traffic signals; and comes time to vote,” said Courtenay. • Temporary full bridge closure with a detour To clarify, membership isn’t capped at 100. With the route. numbers, the group has agreed the 100 women could look at supporting more charities. MTO will be engaging with the local municipality “We are glad to be the very first beneficiaries of this to identify suitable detour routes and adjacent very generous movement for community change,” said businesses/property owners about the proposed Rene Schmidt, director of the youth centre on Monday. full closure. Visit 100womenbrighton.com for more information The rehabilitation works are currently scheduled for and details. 2018 and are anticipated to last one construction

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Brighton – The women of Brighton are making a difference for their community. The 100 Women Who Care initiative is already exceeding expectations, says Priscilla Courtenay, one of four founding members for the newly formed group. The 100 Women Who Care initiative just started, with the group’s first meeting held in early March. On Monday, March 20, the first donation from the group was made to the Beacon Youth Centre, totaling $2,000. The first meeting went very well, said Courtenay.

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Trump and the Sunni-Shia War The Sunni-Shia civil wars in Iraq and Syria are both nearing their end, and in both cases the Shias have won – thanks largely to American military help in Iraq’s case, and to a Russian Gwynne Dyer military intervention in Syria. Yet Russia and the United States are not allies in the Middle East. At least not yet. President Donald Trump may get in bed with the Russians and the Shias eventually, but he doesn’t seem to have given the matter much thought yet. So for the moment US policy follows the line laid down by Barack Obama. Ex-president Obama was determined not to send American troops into another Middle Eastern war. Even as the Sunni extremists of Islamic State and the Nusra Front (al-Qaeda under another name) expanded their control in Syria and then seized much of Iraq, Obama restricted the US intervention to training local troops and deploying American air power. In Iraq the local government’s troops were mostly Shia (as is most of the population), and US support was sufficient without committing American troops to ground combat. The Iraqi army is now in the final stages of reconquering Mosul, Islamic State’s capital in Iraq and an almost entirely Sunni city. Yet there have been no massacres of Sunnis, and only a handful of American casualties. In Syria, the United States strongly opposed the Shia-dominated regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but it did not fight him. Obama found local allies to wage a ground war against Islamic State in the form of the Syrian Kurds, who are Sunni, but more interested in a separate Kurdish state than a Sunni-ruled Syria. That collaboration worked well too. With US training and air support, the Syrian Kurds drove Islamic State steadily back, and are now closing in on Raqqa, its capital in Syria. And in all that time, Obama avoided taking sides between Shias and Sunnis in what most Arabs now see as a Shia-Sunni war. Obama even managed to maintain America’s traditional alliances with Saudi Arabia and Turkey despite the fact that those two countries, both ruled by devout Sunni regimes, were sending money and arms to the

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extremists of Islamic State and the Nusra Front. He successfully walked a fine line in the Middle East for six whole years. It’s doubtful that Trump has the skill, knowledge and patience to go on walking that line. His instinct is to treat Iran as America’s most dangerous enemy in the Middle East, which would certainly please Saudi Arabia. But Iran is Russia’s close ally in the Syrian war, and Trump’s instinct is also to get very close to Vladimir Putin. There’s a similar problem with Turkey. On one hand, Turkey is an important NATO ally and it has now sent its army into Syria, ostensibly to help destroy Islamic State. On the other hand, Turkey is ruled by the authoritarian and impulsive President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, a mini-Trump who sprays abuse at anybody who crosses him (he recently called the Germans “Nazis” and the Dutch “Nazi remnants and fascists”). In 2015 Erdogan deliberately re-started a war against Turkey’s own Kurdish minority in order to attract right-wing votes and win a close election. Now he has sent the Turkish army into Syria, allegedly to help destroy Islamic State but in fact mainly to smash the embryonic state that the Syrian Kurds have been building across northern Syria. Those Syrian Kurds have been America’s closest allies against Islamic State for years. There are even Turkish troops in northern Iraq (without permission), and Erdogan has threatened to use them if the Iraqi army abuses Sunni Muslims during the reconquest of Mosul. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi replied (in November): “We do not want war with Turkey...but if a confrontation happens we are ready for it.” Into the midst of all this vicious complexity wanders the boy-man Donald Trump, with his full-spectrum ignorance, short attention-span and shorter temper. His appointee as National Security Adviser, General Michael Flynn, doubtless advised him to support Turkey’s ambitions, but then it was revealed that Flynn was in the pay of the Turkish government and he had to resign. If Trump cozies up to the Russians instead, he will have to accept a close relationship with Assad’s brutal regime in Syria (no problem there) and also with Russia’s main ally in the Syrian war, Iran (potentially big problem there). But various latent conflicts are likely to burst into flame as the big civil wars in Iraq and Syria stagger to an end. Trump will have to jump one way or another quite soon.

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World Wide Web is 28 years old, but you knew that Editorial by Chris Malette The Internet is barely out of its teens, but it has affected the world in a way not seen since the invention of steam engines. This past weekend was the twenty-eighth birthday of the World Wide Web. Its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, has written an open letter detailing the biggest risks facing it today. It was chronicled in Business Insider magazine and can be found, naturally, online at Businessinsider.com On March 12, 1989, the computer scientist submitted a proposal for what would become the world wide web to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research that is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. To mark its birthday, Berners-Lee — now founding director of the World Wide Web Foundation — wrote about three issues he is “increasingly worried about,” and believes “we must tackle in order for the web to fulfill its true potential as a tool which serves of all humanity.” The full letter is worth a read, but in short, the trends are: • Fake news. Large numbers of people are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of misinformation online — from fake news being cynically peddled to make a quick buck off advertising to sophisticated political propaganda campaigns. Social networks “show us content they think we’ll click on — meaning that misinformation, or ‘fake news’, which is surprising, shocking, or designed to appeal to our biases can spread like wildfire,” Berners-Lee wrote. “And through the use of data science and armies of bots, those with bad intentions can game the system to spread misinformation for financial or political gain.” • Losing control of personal data. People are surrendering their personal data when they sign up to sites, and this has got Berners-Lee worried. “As our data is then held in proprietary silos, out of sight to us, we lose out on the benefits we could realise if we had direct control over this data, and chose when and with whom to share it. What’s more, we often do not have any way of feeding back to companies what data we’d rather not share — especially with third parties — the T&Cs are all or nothing.” The risks are multiplied in countries with authoritarian regimes, where collaboration between companies and governments can put citizens’ lives at risk. • Political advertising. The father of the web argues that sophisticated modern advertising is putting democracy at risk. There are suggestions that

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some political adverts — in the US and around the world — are being used in unethical ways — to point voters to fake news sites, for instance, or to keep others away from the polls. Targeted advertising allows a campaign to say completely different, possibly conflicting things to different groups. Is that democratic?” There’s a common thread running through all three of these trends: The power of huge tech companies like Facebook and Google, and how, unchecked, they can have corrosive effects on our civil society. There’s no simple solution to all the problems — Tim Berners-Lee suggests everything from encouraging companies to explore subscriptions and micropayments rather than advertising, to ensuring we have “more algorithmic transparency to understand how important decisions that affect our lives are being made, and perhaps a set of common principles to be followed.” “It has taken all of us to build the web we have,” he concludes, “and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone.” Think, for those of us of a certain age, how quickly this has all rushed up on us. Many of us who are still working can recall a time when there were no computers in which to keep track of inventory, orders, news stories, images, on and on and on. Likewise, we can now share instantaneous photos of our newborn family members, our pets (damn cat pictures!), our vacation memories (damn snowbirds lounging on beaches!) and even what we’re having for dinner or lunch. But, as we’ve found, there is a dark and sinister side to what the Internet has wrought and those of us who blithely trip around the web without heed to personal online security can be hacked, robbed and wiped out of our personal savings if we’re not careful. Twenty eight years is not a long time since the start of the web that has literally swept us all along for the ride. It’s up to all of us to decide how much – or how little – we will let it impact our lives going forward and how we can safely do so. Like when we learned to drive, we did so cautiously and learned safely how to do so. No different with the Internet. But, try to tell that to a six-year-old with his or her face planted in front of a screen or a phone, chatting away, playing games and sending pictures to their playmates. A strange new world, indeed.

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Trenton Air Combat Systems officer makes list of 32 for Canadian astronaut selection ence, technology, engineering and mathematics segCFB Trenton – Capt. Andréane Vidal, an Air Combat Systems ment of society. “I don’t understand why there are not more womOfficer at CANSOFCOM, at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenen in the sciences and engineering because there is ton, is now in the group of 32. Vidal has made the next cut and is now one of 11 women still nothing in this world we are not able to do,” she said. Having thought of being an astronaut at age eight, on the list of 32 candidates for the Canada Space Agency (CSA) Vidal forgot about it as she progressed through school astronaut selection list. The mantra “Living the dream” is absolutely on target for Vidal, and her career until last July. “When I was eight, I wanted to be an astronaut, who originally aspired to be an astronaut at the age of eight while but then I totally forgot about it. 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G-Hawks dominate opening games vs Stouffville BY ERIN STEWART

Trenton – The Trenton Golden Hawks are off to a roaring start in the second round of the OJHL Northeast Conference semi-finals. The G-Hawks shutout the Souffville Spirit 4-0 in the first game of their playoff series on home ice, Friday Mar. 17. Trenton then travelled to Stouffville on Sunday Mar. 19 and came out on top 5-1 in their first away game. (Note – Our press deadline being Tuesday, Mar. 21, we do not have results in our print edition for Game 3. See all the up to date results at InsideBelleville.com) Game 1 recap Co-captain Lucas Brown and assistant captain Liam Morgan shared the team’s four goals, scoring two goals each and each contributing two assists. There was no scoring in the first period, although Trenton put up 15 shots to Stouffville’s seven. Morgan scored his first goal eight seconds into the second period, assisted by Brown and Michael Silveri. Less than a minute later Brown scored his first of the night, assisted by Morgan and Rex Moe. With two minutes remaining in the second, Morgan scored his second of the game, assisted again by Brown and Silveri. Brown scored his final goal of the game on a power play at 11:49 in the third, assisted by co-captain Josh Allan and Morgan. Goaltender Chris Janzen played a stellar performance in net, saving all 29 shots

he faced. Stouffville’s Aaron Taylor saved 37 out of the Hawks’ 41 shots. “It’s nice to win the first game of the series,” said G-Hawks coach Jerome Dupont. “I didn’t think we were good for 60 minutes but we were good enough to win.” Dupont said Janzen was fantastic in net. “He was probably our best player today, especially in the third,” he said. “We need to play a full 60 minutes so that will be a focus next game.” Janzen said it felt great winning the first game in the series. “Coming off a hard series against Newmarket, it feels good to finally get the first win since last series didn’t go as planned, definitely a confidence booster” he said. He attributed the shutout to a good defence. “It just shows how good our defense is coming along in the playoffs, it feels good as a team,” he said. “We’re just going to take it Co-Captain Josh Allan celebrates after co-captain Lucas Brown scores during the Hawks’ game one game at a time and just take it against Stouffville in game 1 of the playoff series on Friday Mar. 17. shift by shift, we’re not really lookErin Stewart/Metroland ing too far ahead because it’s going Pullara scored his first goal 1:32 into the utes in net and made 11 saves on 15 shots and to be a tough battle.” second period, assisted by Louis DiMatteo Hunter Jones took over for about 29 minutes Game 2 recap and saved 12 out of 13 shots. Anthony Sorrentino scored the first goal of and co-captain Josh Allan. Again, Pullara contributed his second goal “I thought we played really well, maybe the game, 11 minutes into the first period and five minutes later, this time assisted by Jordan our first full 60 minute game of the playoffs assisted by Jeremy Pullara and Mac Lewis. Chard and Rex Moe. so far,” said assistant coach Kevin Forrest. “It Sorrentino rounded off the second period feels good to finally see it.” with his second goal at 11:14, assisted by PulForrest said the team expects to see lara and Nick Boddy, bringing the Hawks to Stouffville come out strong moving forward. 4-0 going into the third. “They’re down two nothing so we expect Co-captain Lucas Brown scored Trenton’s nothing but their best, they’re going to come fifth goal four minutes into the third, assisted out hard and we’re going to have to be ready by Michael Silveri and DiMatteo. for that and match it, if not be better.” Stouffville scored their lone goal on a Game three – Tuesday Mar. 21 at 7:30 p.m. power play at 14:11, scored by Thomas Tin- in Trenton. (After our press deadline) mouth and assisted by Joseph Visconti and Game four – Thursday Mar. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Jack Varga. in Stouffville. The Hawks went 0-3 on their power plays Game five – Friday Mar. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in and went 5-6 on the penalty kill. Trenton. The Hawks’ Chris Janzen spent 54 minutes Game six – Sunday Mar. 26 at 2:30 p.m. in in net and made 19 saves on 20 shots and El- Stouffville. liot Gerth spent six minutes in net and saved Game seven – Monday Mar. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Trenton. the one shot sent his way. Stouffville’s Aaron Taylor spent 31 min-

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Belleville – Heroes, in blue uniforms, walk among us in through the region. Eight local police officers have been nominated for the Police Association of Ontario’s Hero of the Year award. Of those eight, six are from the Belleville Police Service, one is from the Stirling-Rawdon Police Service and one is from the Central Hastings OPP To be nominated, a citizen must put the officer’s name forward. At a recent Belleville police board meeting Chief Ron Gignac thanked citizens for nominating the Belleville officers and said the great work that earned the officers the nomination is a reflection of the force’s efforts to go above and beyond to help the community. “I’m humbled, but it’s not a surprise to me,” he said. “I know how hard they work 365 and a quarter days a year.” Here are details on the officers and why they were nominated. Det. Sgt. Pat Keller Kellar was nominated by a childhood abuse survivor whose plight Kellar took on as a police officer and mentor. The nominator wrote that Kellar came into his or her life at a suicidal time yet “he gained my trust and assured me he would work doggedly to pursue justice for me.” He also helped the person gain contact with victim witness protection staff. “He made me feel safe and protected against my perpetrator without saying a word. He was genuine and compassionate and I think the first person who took the time to listen to me and not cast doubt upon my claims.”

Det. Sgt. Ian Jarvis Ian Jarvis was nominated for the award by a person he helped through a troubling domestic situation. The nominator said she was leaving an abusive relationship, was feeling unsafe and was worried that her partner was calling police to report false accusations. However, she came to learn that Jarvis understood the situation clearly and was working hard to ensure she was safe. “He took the time to talk to me about ways to make me feel safe … I wanted to let him know he touched my life more than he could know,” the nominator wrote. Const. Scott Burke, Det. Const. Ann Dempsey and Const. Alana Duebel

Anne Earle-Dempsey, chair of the Adopt-A-Child campaign, stands with PEC OPP Const. Connor Durkin (left) and Stirling-Rawdon Police Const. Scott Burke outside the Belleville Police station in this file photo from 2016. Burke and Dempsey are among the local officers nominated for the Hero of the Year award. Stephen Petrick/Metroland

son who was exposing himself to young students. “I had been exposed to twice within a year. He made sure that during my time speaking with him at the station or at school was very relaxed and calm. “His determination to find the suspect was still incredibly strong. A lot of students in high school are usually threatened by police presence; but this feeling was totally different.”

Const. Todd Bennett Bennett was nominated by two writers. One of them wrote Det. Const. Mark Abrams Abrams was nominated by a about a heart-wrenching story high school student he worked about how he helped their famwith to crack the case of a per- ily, during a crisis that was lead-

ing to Children’s Aid Society intervention. The issue was going to force a woman and her son to be separated on Christmas day. However, Bennett, worked to ensure they could see each other on Christmas. “To our surprise Todd, going way above and beyond - volunteered to come on his own time and stay for an hour Christmas day so my daughter could spend that time with my grandson and give him his gifts,” the nominator wrote. Another nominator praised Bennett for stopping when her daughter waved at his police vehicle. He gave her a teddy bear and told her that police appreci-

ate it when kids wave at them. Const. Terri Smith Terri Smith was nominated for her work responding to shooting at Quinte Secondary School in March of 2016. Although no one was hurt in the incident, it was a scary situation and it forced the school to go into lockdown for several hours. “I would like to nominate Terri Smith and all other officers involved in attending the shooting,” the nominator wrote. “The officers and the school staff helped to protect the lives of hundreds of students. Everyone went home to their loved ones that night be-

The final three officers nominated were nominated at once, by a citizen who recognized their efforts with the Adopta-Chile and Keep Kids Warm campaign. Scott Burke, of Stirling-Rawdon Police, Alana Deubel, of Centre Hastings OPP, and Ann Dempsey, of Belleville Police Service, all work on the project which provides snow suits and boots for families in need. “These three officers not only help with the shopping, packing and distribution of the snow suits, they are there year round to help with fundraising, running of a non-for-profit committee, and being part of a team of volunteers,” the nominator wrote. The PAO Police Services Hero of the Year Award will be announced at an Annual General Meeting in London during the week of the May 15. The online version of this story, at www.insidebelleville.com, has links to the full nomination reports on all officers. Section B - Thursday, March 23, 2017 B1

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Belleville – You don’t have to be a fly fishing aficionado to enjoy the cinematic mastery of an upcoming downtown Belleville film festival. Belleville-based Vantage Point Media House is gearing up to host the local touchdown of the touring International Fly Film Festival (IF4), a series of professionally produced short films from around the globe showcasing “the passion, lifestyle and culture of fly fishing.” It plays in Belleville Friday, March 31, at Caper’s in downtown Belleville. Vantage Point’s Nick Pujic has two films in the festival and has been one of its key promoters in the multi-city tour of the film festival, featuring more than half a dozen short films on spectacular fly fishing adventures, destinations and personalities world.

But, as Pujic said in an interview with Belleville News, you don’t have to be a fly fisher or even an enthusiast of the pastime. “Let’s face it, fly fishing is not really huge in this area, despite the fact angling for walleye, bass and the like is,” said Pujic. “It’s not part of the culture in these parts as it is, say, in some areas of the coasts and in places like Alberta and many of the mountain states in the U.S. where it’s got a phenomenal following.” But, what that popularity has meant in the areas where fly fishing is almost a zen experience for its practitioners, is it has provided filmmakers such as Pujic and Vantage Point a canvas upon which to showcase some “tremendous footage of some really breathtaking locales and sceneries.” Belleville’s screening has room for about 100 people, but Pujic is realistic about the numbers to be expected here. “In Ogden (Utah) we had over 900 people in the theatre and in Toronto last weekend, while we almost sold out, the numbers were closer to 300,” he said. “We expect 50 to 60, but we want to be here because this is home.” Pujic said to expect “everything from the highly professional to the grassroots production” at the March 31 event. “Vantage Point has three (films) in the festival,” he said. IF4 will be held at Capers Restaurant in downtown Belleville on Friday, March 31 with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 when purchased online at www.showclix.com/event/ IF4BELLEVILLEON2017 available at the door for $20.

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QuinteVation to start Accelerator program after learning regional benefits at B.C. summit

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Vancouver – In Canada, we are really good at starting companies, but bad at scaling them. That was the message brought forth during the Canadian Accelerator Summit in Vancouver last week – an event that brought together business leaders from across the country, including those from QuinteVation. Accelerators are programs that pair mentorship with growth stage companies to grow, or scale, those companies. Accelerators are run by many non-for-profit and government organizations across North America, and in

Canada include Toronto’s MARs, KitchenerWaterloo’s Communitech, and many other economic groups including a new accelerator that will be run by QuinteVation based in Belleville called RevUP. “We have in Eastern Ontario some very good companies that can become great,” said QuinteVation chair, Ryan Williams who attended the summit. “Accelerators make those companies great by helping them to grow with the help of experts who have done this with similar companies, and by mentorship that gives these companies tools to scale.”

In the Bay of Quinte Region, this program will be run similar to programs run in Kelowna. It will be the first of its kind in Eastern Ontario. “We are partnering with Accelerate Okanagan and LaunchLab and rolling out their program in the Bay of Quinte Region called RevUP,” Williams said. “This allows us to use a best practice that has worked very well in Kelowna, while also getting some valuable consulting and consultation as the program runs from that organization and region.” Accelerate Okanagan and its RevUP program have both combined to build 650 jobs in the Okanagan region since 2011. It’s programming and the Canadian Acceleration Summit are led by former Bay of Quinte resident Andrew Greer. In Bay of Quinte, the program is aimed to start by the summer, with three companies to be targeted for its pilot run. Each company will pay $1,500 a month for six months, and in return will receive up to 15 hours of embedded mentorship per month on specific projects to grow those companies. The program includes subject matter expert hours, and can include a wide range of activities and projects from marketing and sales support, supply chain management, access to markets, or logistics. The program will be administered by QuinteVation with a strong partnership with LaunchLab. Companies that are interested are asked to contact QuinteVation Executive Director, Mary Doyle at

Conservative riding annual meeting April 1 BY JACK EVANS

The third annual general meeting of the Hastings-Lennox and Addington Conservative Association (federal) will be held Saturday, April 1 at 9:30 a.m. at the Land O’ Lakes Curling Club in Tweed. The imminent election of a new

party leader from a field of more than a dozen candidates is expected to generate extra interest in this meeting, which will include election of officers and a presentation on the voting methodology for the new leader. The association is also looking at selecting a candidate for the riding

for the next federal election. That is not on the agenda for this meeting. Bob Hadley, president and chief financial officer, said “2017 and 2018 promise to be exciting years for the party.” The meeting site is next to the fair grounds and hockey rink in Tweed.

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Stirling-Rawdon to discuss more funding for Rural Transit Program BY TERRY MCNAMEE

Stirling — A request by the Central Hastings Support Network (CHSN) for more funding for its transit system will be considered during budget deliberations this month. At the first council meeting in March, Sally Gale, executive director of the CHSN, said funding must be received from all of the municipalities served by the support network's Rural Transit System in order to qualify for an annual grant from the province's gas tax program. The transit system serves the townships of Stirling-Rawdon, Centre Hastings, Tweed, Marmora and Madoc. “This year, we are expecting about $61,000 (from the gas tax) for 2016,” Gale said. She said they hope to get an increase in funding from the municipalities. Councillor Bob Mullin asked

what percentage of the cost of operating the system is pad for by riders, and she said about 30 per cent. She said most of the riders are students. Gale also said the bus route is to be revamped to include three different stops at Belleville General Hospital, as well as extra return trips in both the morning and afternoon. The new route and schedules are being revamped now and should start in April, she said. “Stirling-Rawdon accounts for about 30 per cent of our ridership,” Gale said. She noted that ridership overall has increased by 12 per cent in 2015 and by another eight per cent in 2016. “Already in 2017, we have seen a 15 per cent rise in ridership compared with the same time last year,” she said. “You've asked for increased funding,” Mayor Rodney

Cooney said. “That will have to go to budget.” However, he said, “it's not looking good.” Gale replied that the most important thing is for the township to provide at least some money. “We need you to be financially supporting us to hold the partnership (of the five municipalities),” she said. Cooney said the addition of stops at the hospital is “a huge thing” because it means that non-urgent cases can use the bus, freeing up an ambulance and its EMT crew for urgent medical cases.

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HASTINGS MARCH 26 3pm - Final worship service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Hastings. Celebrating 164 years of worship in the community. Special music and refreshments. ST. GEORGE’S Church, Hastings, weekly used book sale every Wednesday, 10 am - 2pm. Books priced at bargain prices. Enter at rear of church. TODDLER AND Preschooler Dental Screening, March 24, 9-11 am, Hastings Field House (97 Elgin St.). 1-866-8884577 TOPS (TAKE Off Pounds Sensibly)

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Dan Clost Gentle Reader, during a recent apprenticeship program, the following excerpt was presented to the students. I’m reproducing it here for two reasons. The first is because the soil food web is undisputedly the most important communal activity on the planet: the second is, peripherally, to offer a little insight on some of the disciplines covered in the program.

As you have come to know, I feel it is important that we look at the big picture. It is necessary to be familiar, perhaps not so comfortable, with the components which comprise that big picture. This is why we wrapped our minds around cell structures, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and biochemical processes. For example, we examined transpiration, but we did not call it the Cohesion Theory of Sap Ascent in Plants because that transforms it from a really cool process to learn about into something with an excruciatingly scientific title that has to be memorised for a test. Geez, we even looked at valence electrons and s, p, d, orbitals around an atom. In fact, every process and every action which we discussed has some sort of “name” attached to it. You’d be amazed at how many names- and textbooks- that electron thingy can be found under. So far, we have looked at soil as a medium solely for the purpose of providing nutrients to

a plant; its structure, quantity of organic matter, drainage and pore space; and, pH and CEC. What we haven’t examined is the equally important Soil Food Web. This is the “community” of all living organisms which spend all or some of their life in or on the soil. If we start with the really small stuff- electron microscopic size- we find fungi, bacteria, molds, protozoa and there’s probably a few other things mixed in there that the scientists have yet to find. Moving up the scale there are springtails, earthworms and so on. All of these organisms feed on the bits of pieces of the organic matter, which actually will eventually include their bodies, digest those bits and pieces and excrete the surplus. That surplus either becomes food for other “animals” or it is now in a form available to plants. Some bacteria, for example, are very good at converting atmospheric nitrogen into a useable form while others help create the nodules on root systems that

can perform a similar function. Fungi are receiving a lot of press these days because of their symbiotic relationship with plants. They can grow close to the roots or they can even grow inside the root depending upon whichever type they are. They have “roots” of their own called hyphae which extend far beyond the root hairs of the plant they are associated with. These hyphae bring in water and nutrients to the plant; they feed off of the excess sugars, etc. that the plant exudes through its roots. Each type of plant creates a relationship with a specific fungus: mycorrhizae are a fungus that grows in association with the roots of a plant in a symbiotic...relationship. These and other organisms will break down organic resi-

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horrific war a few years later. A number of photographs add interest to an already gripping and readable text. Also of interest is a poignant visit to the grave in a small cemetery near the famous ridge, and a

note that even Hitler instructed his forces to leave the Canadian memorial untouched. A past president of the Hastings County Historical Society, French held that post for several consecutive and eventful

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Community, friends rally around family after barn fire vived. “I’ve had a huge outpouring from family, friends and neighbours to offer help and show support. I love where I live and I love my community. A huge thank you to everyone doesn’t even seem to be enough,” she said. “Everybody has jumped in to help. Neighbours on Cooper Road offered to come up in the morning and feed my cows for me ... It comes down to this even with the whole school battle ... see this is what small communities are about.” Korman is one of many voices in the community speaking out against the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board’s plans to close down Madoc Township Public School.

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Madoc Township — The devastation that Holly Korman feels after a fire destroyed the barn on her farm continues every day as she tries to move forward, making plans to rebuild. “I'm absolutely heartbroken. It's been a rough few days. Anybody who knows me knows this was my dream,” she told the Central Hastings News. Thankful neither she nor her three young children, nor anyone else was injured, the shock of the tragedy remains with her still. The Madoc Township Fire Department assisted by the Central Hastings firefighters at about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4 arrived to find the barn fully engulfed. The Korman family lives at 188 Graham Rd., in the community of Cooper, near Eldorado. There were reports of the fire trucks "icing up," which made fighting the fire difficult. “It was so cold that night, -22 Celsius,” said Korman, who was with her boyfriend Shawn Trotter, who lives “down the road,” at the time they learned of the blaze. “We had been out for dinner celebrating Shawn’s birthday which was the next day. His cousin Dylan and fiancée Megan live down the road and they called us. It was Dylan who moved the tractor away from the barn in time, before it was destroyed. There

Holly Korman, who lives in Madoc Township, remains “heartbroken” after a fire on Sat. March 4, destroyed the barn on her farm. She is planning to rebuild. submitted photo

was some heat damage to it.” Twenty-two firefighters were at the scene for several hours. Madoc Township fire Chief Jason Gear was the last to leave about 3:30 a.m.

“There were at least three if not four tanker trucks, an assembly line of water,” she said. “I was told people could see the fire as far away as Madoc, a good 15 minutes away ... as

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The cathedral choir of Christ Church , Ottawa, had an overflow audience when they performed a recital in Belleville. Jack Evans/Metroland

BY JACK EVANS

Belleville - Last month, I wrote about amazement at the capacity crowd for classical music at St. Thomas Anglican Church. This month’s recital by the men and boys choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa was even more impressive. A dozen or so spectators climbed to the choir loft at the back of the church and an extra row of chairs was place in the main aisle. As well as being well-filled by people, the sanctuary was filled to the brim with sound by the 30plus voice choir in a program of very cathedral-

sounding, mostly a-cappella music . Typical of an all-male choir, the young boys, officially called trebles, not sopranos, although well-outnumbered by the grown men, soared overtop of their competition gracefully and accurately, including some very challenging top-of-range notes. In keeping with the immediately past St. Patrick’s Day, at least two of the composers performed were Irish, noted choir director Matthew Larkin, who also recalled singing in St. Thomas when he was involved with St. George’s Cathedral choir at Kingston. He described the size of his audience as “amazing.” He also praised the work of the young husband-and-wife music team of Matthieu and Francine Latreille at St.Thomas for their young singers academy and promotion of good music in the community, saying their work is being talked about over a wide area. One composition by Larkin himself was included in the program, as well as one of his arrangements. In remarks to the audience, Larkin also recalled the widely-known men and boys choir at Christ Church, Belleville, under George Maybee, who took over the cathedral choir at Kingston in the early 1940s and made it a world class choir. An Anglican choir can hardly give a concert without including at least one work by Irish-Anglican composer Charles Villiers Stanford, whose beautiful “Beati quorum” was a centrepiece of inspired singing. Works by classical French composers were also included, such as Francis Poulenc and Olivier Messien, closing with a somnambulant poem called “Sleep,” set to sweet music by contemporary American composer Eric Whitacre. The next recital at St. Thomas will be Easter Day, April 16 at 4:30, featuring the Latreilles on organ works.

PE music fest launches fund drive BY JACK EVANS

An annual music festival, which draws hundreds of supporters from across the Quinte area, the Prince Edward County Classical Festival is planning an ambitious 2017 season with a focus on Canada’s 150th anniversary. Four of the concerts set for the two weekends, Sept. 15-17 and Sept. 22-24, will feature music relating to 1867, 1917, 1967 and 2017 respectively. The first will be music that might have been performed in Picton in Canada’s Confederaton year; the next day, a brass quintet will perform a family-oriented outdoors program. “Music for Peace –Remembering 1917.” The final weekend, harpsichordist Luc Beausejour, who recently performed in Belleville, will play Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” with a string

quartet plus a soprano soloist taking over the evening concert for “Canada ay 100. Celebrating Founding Nations.” The closing concert, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 24 is titled: “Bridges to the Future,” featuring a dynamic young string quartet and a recent Canadian work. Also on the program are two school concerts which have drawn up to 500 young people in past years. All main concerts will be held in St. Mary Magdalene Church. To ensure the success of this year’s festival, organizers are appealing for donations to help offset performance costs. Donations can be made on line or by cheques mailed to the treasurer: John Lightbody, 4788 County Road 1, Consecon ON, K0K 1T0. Donations are eligible for income tax receipts.

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ARENDS, Ronald Peter A CELEBRATION OF LIFE will be held for LARRY SAUNDERS Saturday April 1st, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00 p.m. at the Brighton Community Centre (arena) 75 Elizabeth Street, Brighton

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AUCTION SALE ROWDON ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES AUCTION WITH INCLUSIONS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS SALE CONDUCTED AT THURLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE 516 HARMONY ROAD, CORBYVILLE, ONT. WEDNESDAY MARCH 29TH AT 10.00 AM 5 miles NORTH of Belleville on Highway 37 and turn WEST onto Harmony Road for 1/2 mile. ANTIQUE FURNITURE including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brantfordâ&#x20AC;? mothers helper cupboard, oak and glass barristers bookcase, 4 draw oak file cabinet, oak cased Paquegnat mantle clock, oak ice box, Dy-O-La storage cupboard, pine blanket box, pine storage boxes, washstands, pine chest of drawers, walnut drop front secretary desk, flat to the wall kitchen cupboard, pine dry sink, side tables, rocking chairs, pedestal clothes dryer, kitchen stools, dresser mirrors, remnants box, cutlery boxes, hanging racks, barometer, clock mantles, Liquor tantalus, boudoir mirrors, COLLECTIBLES including Vintage Rolex â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tudorâ&#x20AC;? watch, vintage kitchen wares, Wrigley jars, collection of Jadite, Depression glass kitchen keepers, vintage tins, stoneware ink wells, treenware including oblong butter bowl, bread boards, butter prints, cutlery boxes; jelly molds, Ironstone toilet set, granite ware, enamel ware, stenciled boxes, coffee grinders, framed sayings, Aladdin lamps, students lamps, lamp shades, Commemorative and numbered Aladdin brass students lamp, GTR oil lamp, Gone With The Wind lamp, decorative prints, figural napkin rings, Royal Doulton figurines, Micky Mouse alarm clock radio, Wade figurines, brass pieces including teachers bells, horse bells, trays, steelyards, bar tools; copper pieces including pots, kettles, coal scuttles, trays, pails; iron pieces including pots, trivets, ice tongs; hand woven baskets, Denby tableware, COINS 1990 Canadian $ 100 gold coin, Canadian mint sets, Canadian silver dollars, Olympic silver coins; numerous other articles from a lifetime of collecting. NO BUYERS PREMIUM VIEWING 8 AM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SALE TIME DAY OF SALE. SAME DAY REMOVAL OF ITEMS IS REQUIRED. OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS 3ODLQĂ&#x20AC;HOG www.sullivanauctions.com

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AUCTION SALE JOHN AND GERDIE SCHEEPSTRA 12886 COUNTY ROAD # 2, R.R.# 3 COLBORNE, ONT. SATURDAY APRIL 1ST AT 11:00 AM 1 mile WEST of Colborne on County Road # 2 EQUIPMENT John Deere 2550 2WD diesel tractor with canopy3400 hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; excellent condition; Case 40 XT 4 wd diesel skid steer loader 1580 hrs- excellent, Massey Ferguson 165 2WD diesel tractor with front end loader â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7400 hrs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good running condition; New Holland 492 9 ft haybine, New Holland 256 side delivery rake â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like new; Case 540 double beater manure spreader with new floor, Whistler 5 ft rotary mower, Speed King 24 ft hay/ grain elevator, Danuser 3 point hitch post hole auger, 2- 5 ton flatbed hay wagons, Ferguson 2 furrow trip beam plow, livestock head gate with chute, big bale spear, John Deere 180 hydrostatic drive riding lawn mower, Husqvarna 353 chainsaw- like new; Echo straight shaft brush trimmer, Honda EM 2500 portable generator- needs repair, Campbell Hausfield portable air compressor, Ryobi bench top drill press, table saw, power tools, hand tools, garden trailer, quantity of farm gates, bale feeders, steel fence posts, Vink calf puller, hardware, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and ladies bicycles, few small articles. LIVESTOCK- sell at approx 12:30 11 head Limo herd consisting of 4 Limo cows with January calves at side, 6 bred Limo cows due for summer, 1 Limo bull 4 yrs old. OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS 3ODLQĂ&#x20AC;HOG www.sullivanauctions.com

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of quality farm equipment including 8 tractors & trucks! Saturday, April 8th - 10:00 a.m. Morrison Farms Limited o/o Scott & John Morrison, Cookstown, ON Sales to be conducted at the Essa Agriplex, 7505 10th Line, Thornton, ON From Hwy 400 going S of Barrie take exit Essa Rd to Side Road 20 to 10th Line, or heading N to Barrie take Innisfil Beach Rd (Cty Rd 21) to Cty Rd 27 to Side Road 20 to 10th Line. See Signs! Sale includes a JD 4555 MFWD a/c cab tractor w/powershift, 9300 hrs, 160 hp, JD 7230 Premium a/c cab tractor 2x4 w/16 speed shuttle shift, only 1130 hrs, 130 hp, JD 7400 MFWD a/c cab tractor w/740 self leveling loader, w/8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bucket, 100 hp, transmission replaced, JD 4440 a/c/ cab 2x4 tractor, 12000 hrs, motor reconditioned @ 9500 hrs, JD 1830 o/s 2x4 diesel tractor w/145 front end loader, has 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122; material bucket & manure forks, 2001 JD 6410 4x4 a/c cab tractor, 104 hp, 640 self leveling loader, left hand reverse, 16 SP, JD 9500 4WD a/c cab combine w/straw chopper & chaff spreader, 3939 engine hrs., 2930 separator hrs, heads selling separate incl a JD 693 corn head w/plastic snoots, JD 922F flex grain head, JD 212 swather head & a Horst header wagon, Int 574 tractor with loader, new 16.930 tires. Trucks: 2010 GMC Sierra 1500 white, crew cab 4x4 truck, automatic, gas w/short box, 180,000 kms, 2004 GMC SLE Sierra 2500 white gas crew cab 4x4 truck, automatic, 181,000 kms, 1986 GMC Brigadier diesel truck w/Loadrunner 10 ton 2 compartment fertilizer box w/unloading auger, Cat 3208 engine, 1990 Volvo GMC diesel truck w/22â&#x20AC;&#x2122; grain box w/hoist (new hydraulic pump on hoist, Sfty & Etested in 2016), 1989 GMC Brigadier tandem diesel truck, Cat 3208 engine, 311,412 kms, w/21â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wooden grain box w/hoist (Etested in 2016), & a 1976 Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Loadstar 1600 4 wheel drive truck, gas engine, w/Blumhardt 500 gal field sprayer w/60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; boom (has Honda 8 hp water pump). Note: All above trucks are in good repair, sold running â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;! Planting, Tillage & Harvest Equipment: JD 1780 Max Emerge 6 row x 30â&#x20AC;? corn planter w/dry & liquid fertilizer system, cross auger, + air down pressure, E-Set, radar & monitor, JD 455 Folding 40 run grain drill w/grain box, field monitor & press wheels, JD 435 round baler w/Syllabic liquid applicator & monitor, Kinze 400 bu grain buggy, 1335 Batco 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; belt conveyor w/unloading hopper (hydraulic driven on wheels), 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 8â&#x20AC;? grain auger, Krause 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc w/wings, JD 960 cultivator w/ wings 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, + finger harrow att., 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; chain harrows, 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dunham Lehr sprocket land packer, Kongskilde 5000 trail plow 7/16â&#x20AC;? w/hydraulic reset, JD 400 3 pth 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; rolling cultivator, JD 925 3 pth 6 row corn scuffler, George White 100 gal field sprayer, Gehl 1000 harvester w/5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; haylage head, Outback portable GPS unit Model STS, 8030 Knight ProTwin slinger tandem manure spreader (good tires), & a Herd ATV seed broadcaster, Pequea 710 tedder (like new), NH 648 round baler S/N 6088, Gehl mix mill. Miscellaneous & Shop Equipment: Econor 93â&#x20AC;? snow blower w/hydraulic controls (new), JD 1445 Series II diesel fastrack 72â&#x20AC;? cut Commercial hydrostatic zero turn lawn mower, 800 hrs, JD 318 riding lawn mower, Danuser 12â&#x20AC;? 3 pth post hole auger, set of 23.1R34 combine rice tires, 100 gal â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shape fuel transfer tank & pump, Injectomatic chemical dispenser for field sprayer, JD 4400 front mount fuel tank, Honda 4 hp gas water pump, DeVilbiss 60 gal upright air compressor, Beach 2 tier tool chest, JD 1 hp air compressor, acetylene torch set w/cart & acc, Amrox DF12 floor mdl drill press, Lincoln 180 AC welder, Carolina HV12 metal band saw, steel work table & vise, Carolina 500 engine hoist, Unitool EQUT920 parts washer, Carolina 80,000 lb press, Miller portable welder big 40 diesel on a trailer, assort of misc hand & power tools, + high tensile fencing wire & fencing supplies, plus much more! For more details, pictures, viewing & pick up times visit: www.kevinbarkerauctions.com Auctioneers Note: All machinery is field ready & well maintained. The Morrisons are inviting anyone with clean equipment to consign to this sale at their discretion. Feel free to call them or Kevin for approval.

2 AUCTIONEERS SELLING TODAY! Terms: Cash, Cheque w/ID, Visa, MasterCard & Interac! LUNCH AVAILABLE - NO BUYERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PREMIUM! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NO RESERVE Sale Managed & Sold by: Kevin Barker Auctions Ltd. T: 705-374-4478 C: 705-878-2947 Vendors: Scott Morrison 705-435-3553 & John Morrison 705-435-7598

Stirling Rotary concert packed Firearms, electronics stolen the train station on March 18 in break-in at Stirling home

Ken Deck of Stirling (left), Cindy Jordan of Foxboro and Bill Stubbs of Stirling were dressed for the occasion during a concert held on Saturday, March 18, by the Rotary Club of Stirling. Terry McNamee/Metroland

BY TERRY MCNAMEE

Stirling - Held the day after St. Patrick’s Day and two days before the spring solstice, the Rotary Club of Stirling’s concert on Saturday, March 18, drew a

large crowd of people celebrating both events. The event, held in the Rotary Hall at the historic train station in Stirling, was a fundraiser for the community, and featured music by The Fade Kings as well as food and drink, including Irish stew in honour of St. Patrick. Many people came dressed in green and wearing shamrocks and Irish-themed shirts, hats and more. The place was packed to the point where no additional people were allowed in. “This has been a great night for Rotary and for the causes we support,” said Rotary joint president Andrew Marre. “The popularity of The Fade Kings, one of the best bands in southeastern Ontario, meant that we were almost sold out before the night started, so the Rotary Hall was filled with people having a great, late St Patrick’s Day party, eating home-made Irish stew and chilli and having a drink or two.” Marre said all of the money raised goes to charity. “As always, every penny we raise, goes into a range of great causes, most of them local,” he said. “We look forward to more Music Nights at the Rotary Hall and to continuing working together with other local service clubs, like the Lions and the Legion, to make life better for the community we all live in.”

BY TERRY MCNAMEE

Stirling— Seven rifles, a shotgun, ammunition and a crossbow are among the valuable items stolen in a break, enter and theft from a home on Squire Road sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. on Tuesday March 14. The Stirling-Rawdon Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in finding the person or persons who committed the theft and recovering the stolen items. The long guns include a Browning Silver 12 gauge shotgun with a camouflage pattern, a Marlin 30/30 rifle, a Marlin 30/30 Big Loop rifle, a Marlin 30/30 Big Loop rifle, a Savage .30/06 Edge rifle, a Savage 7mm Magnum Model 111 (serial no. H719724), a Savage 22 calibre rifle and a Benelli R1 .30/06 rifle Other items taken from the house include a Canon EOS camera with numerous lenses, a Toshiba laptop computer, a Samsung Galaxy 4

tablet and an Apple iPhone. A white ceramic Bulova watch with a diamond face, a bag of Mastercraft screwdrivers and several “Also missing of note was the victim’s 'Watch Dog' leather motorcycle jacket with inscriptions Watch Dog M.C. and Vice President," said Stirling-Rawdon Police Chief Dario Cecchin. Police have a possible description of the person involved in the break-in. “A black Dodge Ram pickup truck was observed parked near the property at 0930 a.m. of the day of the break and enter," Cecchin said. “The driver of the vehicle is described as older, heavy set, grey beard, long grey hair.” Anyone having information about this crime is asked to contact the Stirling-Rawdon Police Service at 613-395-0844 or Crime Stoppers at 613-969-TIPS.

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