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New support centre to accommodate ill or injured personnel opens at 8 Wing

By Ross Lees CFB Trenton – Infrastructure continues to be upgraded at 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton and this week it was the Integrated Personnel Support Centre (IPSC), which became the most recent new facility at Canada’s largest air force base.

Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan officially cut the ribbon for the new $2.4 million IPSC facility, part of a Canada-wide system of support to ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members. Important resources such as return to duty coordination, outreach and advocacy services are available at these centres.

Minister Sajjan said this infrastructure enhancement was the least the government could do those serving or who have served in the CAF. “We ask a lot of our men and women in uniform,” he noted. “We ask them to defend our country, to serve long periods away from home and, if necessary, we ask them to put their lives on the line for us. We owe it to them to provide the necessary care and support that they need during and after their time of service.”

He said it was the hope of government that CAF members serve as long as they can and as long as they want

to, and leave the military healthy, happy and fulfilled by their careers.

“For some of our members, the transition back to civilian life is complicated by injury or illness. We owe it to our service members to do everything we can to ease this burden. We must insure we have the resources in place to support them. We want to make sure we optimize support given to members capable of returning to duty in uniform, and we cannot forget about the family members who offer their support day in and day out,” he said.

He noted that the IPSCs across the country are part of the Joint Personal Support Unit Program established in 2008 to care for ill and injured personnel returning from operations in Afghanistan. The units serve as onestop-shop for care and transition to provide support to serving members, veterans and their families.

“This new building is one of several IPSCs that are being upgraded or renovated as part of a broader government effort to increase support to our CAF members. This building includes facilities that will allow professionals to serve the needs of those seeking assistance,” he concluded.

“We hope that by housing service partners under one roof, this new

Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan cuts the ribbon to officially open the Integrated Personnel Support Centre at 8 Wing Trenton while MP Neil Ellis, Lieutenant-General (Lt.-Gen.) Michael Hood, and Royal Canadian Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Gerard Poitras assist. Photos by Ross Lees

building will serve clients more efficiently and effectively.”

Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte Neil Ellis was happy to see the new IPSC opened at 8 Wing as he said

he was fully aware of the impact of “With an annual payroll of over the base on his riding. The base, with $110 million, it creates a significant more than 4,000 military and civilian economic impact to our local econmembers employed, is the largest em- omy,” he stated. ployed in the region.

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“Adult toys” stolen from store Belleville – Belleville’s mannequin bandit may be at it again – and if it’s even possible, the suspect’s crimes have taken a creepier turn.

Belleville Police issued a media release late on Friday afternoon, saying a break, enter and theft they’re investigating has some similarities to a rash of break and enters earlier this year, where mannequins were being stolen from downtown shops.

An investigation into a break and enter that occurred at a North Front Street business on Aug. 19 revealed two “adult toys” had been stolen, police say.

The business was not named in the media release.

“On August 19, at approximately 3:10 a.m., members of the Belleville Police Service responded to an alarm at a business on North Front Street,” the release said. “On arrival, police observed that the window of the front door had been smashed. Police set up containment and later searched the business with negative results.

Members of the Forensic Identification Unit were called and attended the scene. At the time, no determination could be made if entry had been gained and/or if any merchandise had been taken.”

However, the release noted, “further investigation revealed that two adult toys had been stolen. Police are continuing their investigation into this most recent break and enter as well as the other similar break and enters over the past four months.”

Earlier this summer, police called

for the public’s help in solving the rash of mannequin thefts.

In a media release, police noted there have been five break and enters – and one attempted break and enter – at Belleville-based businesses between May 8 and July 24 that all had a common thread.

The suspect seemed less interested in stealing money or merchandise and more interested in stealing mannequins.

“On May 8 and June 23, a business on Front Street was broken into and on both occasions, two female mannequins were taken,” said the police media release from earlier this summer. (It was re-released with last Friday’s report). “On May 13, police took a report of a break and enter overnight to another business on Front Street where a mannequin was taken. The latest two break and enters occurred on July 14 and July 24.

On July 14, at 2:30 a.m., unknown suspect(s) smashed the front door glass of a North Front Street business, entered the store and stole two female display mannequins.

On July 24, at approximately 4:30 a.m., unknown suspect(s) entered the same business on North Front Street by smashing the front door window again and then stealing four female torsos.”

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the person(s) responsible for these break and enters.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Belleville Police Service at 613-966-0882 and/or Quinte Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Brighton – Pokemon GO is leading people to go places where they shouldn’t be.

For two local youths it was Brighton Public School late one night.

One of the “matters of interest” contained in the agenda for Brighton Public Services Board Aug. 26 was a report of an investigation that Northumberland OPP carried out after a custodian at the school told police there had been a break-in.

There were pictures drawn on a blackboard along with the names of two individuals.

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Province reverses day surgery decision for TMH, commits $6 million for ‘health hub’

By Terry McNamee

Quinte West – The announcement by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hoskins, that day surgeries will continue to be performed at Trenton Memorial Hospital brought loud applause from hospital supporters during his visit to the hospital on Thursday, Aug. 25. The minister also announced funding for developing a new community health hub in Trenton.

Hoskins credited the local Southeast LLIN task force’s report for the idea of creating a local health hub.

“Trenton Memorial has and will continue to be a important cornerstone to this community, and to this government, and to Quinte Health Care,” he said. “ I am so pleased to be here to announce that we are moving forward and building a health hub here in Trenton, and providing the necessary funding to move this project forward.

That includes $6-million in capital funding and an additional approximately $200,000 to help plan the hub. And this new hub will become the home of the Belleville/Quinte West Community Health Centre, as well as several other health care providers.

“There will be a one-stop shop for your community health care needs and will make it easier for patients to get access to the services that they need right here in Trenton.”

And, he added, “Our government is committed to ensuring that day surgeries will continue to be delivered here.”

He said that maintaining health care locally in Trenton — and, specifically, the kind of care required here, which may not be the same as in other areas — is important to the community and to the province.

“We want to be sure that we’re planning our health care resources around those specific needs,” he said.

“Today’s announcement will help to ensure that the people of Trenton can have have their health care needs met without having to leave the community to get those services.”

Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi, who has worked hard to convince the province to save this hospital, said people were afraid of losing emergency services and even their hospital, but that is no longer the case.

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“We were in the midst of maybe losing a hospital,” Rinaldi said. “We were in the midst of maybe losing Emergency. (Now) we’ve got our hospital, we’ve continued services, and we’ve got a health hub.” He credited people in the community for making their needs known and demanding that health care continue to be provided in Trenton.

Hospital Chief of Staff Dr. Dick Zoutman said he hopes the new health hub will become a model for the delivery of health care in the province.

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Get bagpipes ready; Scottish-Irish Festival returns to Trenton Sept. 9-10

By Stephen Petrick Quinte West – There will be bagpipes, and haggis and quilts and accents that ring with the sound of the British Isles.

The Trenton Scottish-Irish Festival is returning to town for a 26th year, Sept. 9 and 10 at Centennial Park.

The annual fall celebration honours Celtic culture and heritage and always brings great crowds out to the waterfront park.

This year will be no exception, said Laurie Caouette, Quinte West’s special events co-ordinator, as a jam packed schedule is in place. “It is our signature event,� she said, explaining that hotels in the city are expected to be booked solid through the weekend.

Events start on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Amphitheatre at Centennial Park.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. visitors can see a military-style tattoo featuring the Air Force pipe bands, brass and read bans and dancers.

Featured performer Alan Doyle – best known for his days as frontman of Great Big Sea – will also take the stage that night. Tickets for the show are $35 and can be purchased online, via the festival’s website, www.trentonscottishirish.com The show is being put on with help from Empire Productions, the Belleville-based company that runs the Empire Rockfest.

Doyle was a performer at the 2015 Rockfest and his high-energy performance endeared him to music fans

here. “We’re happy he’s on board, we think he’ll do well here,� Caouette said.

Events continue on Saturday, Sept.

10, starting with the parade through downtown Trenton at 10 a.m. The parade leads into the park for opening ceremonies at 11 a.m.

After that visitors can see more Highland Dancing performances, more pip band performances and taste Celtic food or visit the vendor village or Heritage Centre.

There will also be a new Kiwanis “Children’s Glen� where kids can try Highland Games.

And late in the day, towards the closing ceremonies, Highland Games expert Heather Boundy will attempt to enter the Guinness World Records book.

She hopes to be the first woman ever to flip more than six cabers in three minutes.

The cabers are 4 meters and weigh about 44 pounds.

Boundy has been competing in Scottish heavy events for more than five years and was ranked third in Canada as recently as 2015.

Caouette said when the weather is nice, the festival brings in about 8,000 people every year.

It’s a great way to honour the heritage of the many people in the Quinte West region who have Irish or Scottish roots, she said, but it also allows others who don’t know a lot about these cultures to hear the music or taste the food.

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A similar event in Fergus, Ontario – The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games – draws tens of thousands of people each year.

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Good news, sure, but Our TMH’s work isn’t done yet

By Stephen Petrick

members to celebrate.

“This puts everything in perspective,” said Cowan, breaking a bit from his job as a real estate agent, to comment on the issue when reached Monday. “We get to keep the day surgeries, we get to keep the equipment, we have the health hub. This all goes back to what our basic desire was for.”

He said he’s particularly happy about the news because a better environment at Trenton Memorial Hospital may entice more doctors to move to the region and serve patients.

Cowan also praise the work of Northumberland-Quinte West Member of Provincial Parliament Lou Rinaldi for working behind the scenes to make the deal happen.

As a member of the Liberal government, Ridaldi became an easy target for criticism on what was happening to THM, but Cowan is urging people to thank him for his work.

“Lou Rinaldi took a lot of flak through this whole process,” Cowan said. “People were saying ‘where is Lou?’ Well, Lou was doing his job and he was doing a fabulous job.”

Cowan said the Our TMH group plans to meet in early September and continue with it plans on recruiting new members.

He said, even after Thursday’s announcement, the group’s mission statement is the same and that is to “preserve, protect and enhance” the hospital.

And the group wants to remain active, given that the health care sector is always changing.

Cowan doesn’t rule out having to wage another battle with QHC and the province down the road.

“Things always happen,” he said. “Things happen every five, 10 years.

“This was the third time in 18 years we’ve had to go out and (lobby for) the hospital,” he said.

“This was the hardest one of all.”

Belleville – Construction is ramping up for another Build Belleville project.

Phase 1 of the North East Industrial Park Roadway upgrades project began on Monday, Aug. 29. Construction is anticipated to last until the end of November.

The roads that will undergo work are Adam Street, University Avenue (from Adam Street to Jamieson Bone Road); Jamieson Bone Road, Lahr Drive and College Street East (from University Avenue to about 200 metres east of Jamieson Bone Road).

The work being completed in Phase 1 will consist of rehabilitation and repaving of the roadway

surfaces with localized ditching improvements.

Traffic delays can be expected as the work progresses and the city asks for the public’s patience.

The project is expected to cost $5 million. It’s one of 22 infrastructure projects either recently completed, on the go, or about to start, as part of Belleville’s ambitious Build Belleville portfolio. This work is taking place in an area that serves an important purpose for the city, as the North East Industrial Park is home to several large businesses and the city is always encouraging new businesses to move into its industrial areas.

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Quinte West – Our TMH members are delighted with the Ontario government’s new commitment to their once-embattled hospital, but the work of the advocacy group is anything but over.

Health Minister Eric Hoskins visited Trenton Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 25 to announce $6 million in capital funding to build a “health hub” at the hospital and another $200,000 to help with the plan.

The minister also announced day surgery services will not be removed from the hospital and sent to Belleville General Hospital, as previously planned.

Those announcement were things that members of the grassroots advocacy group, Our TMH, had been longing to hear, since forming a few years ago out of fears that Quinte Health Care

would one day close or drastically reduce services at the hospital However, that doesn’t mean the group’s work is over, said chairman Mike Cowan.

He said he and the roughly 20 other Our THM board members will continue to recruit new roster members, so to ensure TMH remains a well-supported hospital.

In fact, Cowan said, the group’s new goal is to have 20,000 members on its roster by the end of 2017.

There’s no cost for a person to become a roster member of Our THM. Cowan said the 20,000 goal is important, as it represents about half of the city’s population and it would give the organization clout if it were in another future battle to save the hospital.

“This will solidify our position,” Cowan said.

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OPINION

Why are wars so hard to end?

After 52 years of war, the guns finally fell silent in Colombia at midnight on Sunday, when permanent ceasefires were proclaimed both by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government.

Gwynne Dyer But this only happened after 220,000 people had been killed and 7 million were displaced by the fighting – and it took four years just to negotiate the final peace deal. Yet the original causes of the Columban civil war have been largely irrelevant for decades. Why is it so hard to end a war?

We’re not talking about big conventional wars between major powers here. Those last only a few years (the two world wars), or a couple of months (India vs. Pakistan) or just a week or two (the Arab-Israeli wars).

The Syrian civil war is much more intense: as many Syrians have already been killed or fled from their homes in five years of war as the total number of victims of the Colombian civil war in half a century. But everybody in Syria is well aware that the civil war in nextdoor Lebanon, which has much the same mix of ethnic and religious identities, lasted for fifteen years.

When the fighting began in Colombia in 1964 the population was mainly rural, 40 percent were landless peasants, and barely half the country’s people were literate. It seemed an ideal environment for a Marxist guerilla movement promising land reform, and FARC fitted the bill perfectly.

FARC grabbed a lot of territory, but Colombian governments, though usually corrupt and incompetent, were never quite wicked and stupid enough to lose the war, and over the decades Colombia changed. The economy grew despite the fighting, there was a mass migration of peasants to the cities (partly driven by the fighting), and education worked its usual magic (98 percent of younger Colombians are now literate).

Land reform is still a big issue for the quarter of the population that remains on the land, and the current peace deal promises to deliver it, but even 20 years ago it was obvious that FARC could never win. The Colombia it had set out to change had changed without it, even despite it.

On the other hand, government troops could

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never root FARC out from its jungle strongholds entirely, so it was time to make peace.

And the peace talks duly began in 1998 – and continued on and off until the final push for a settlement began four years ago under President Juan Manuel Santos. Why did it take so long?

Because the “losers” had not actually lost, though they could never win. FARC’s leaders and its 7,000 fighters had to be amnestied, given guarantees for their safety after they disarmed, and even allowed to become a legitimate political party.

It took 17 years to reach this point, and even now the deal could collapse if Colombians do not vote in favour of it in a plebiscite on October 2. They probably will approve it, but the vote could be close because so many people hate to see the rebels being “rewarded”, not punished.

Now consider Syria, where the destruction and the atrocities have been much worse. In Syria there are profound religious and ethnic cleavages, and it’s not just two sides fighting but five: the government, two mutually hostile organisations of Islamist jihadis (so-called Islamic State and the Nusra Front, now calling itself the “Army of Victory”), the remaining Arab insurgents of the “Free Syrian Army”, and the Syrian Kurds.

Each of the five sides has fought every one of the others at some point in the past five years.

Not one of them has a reasonable prospect of establishing control over the whole country, but none of them has been driven out of the game by a decisive military defeat either.

Every one of the local sides depends heavily on foreign support, but the foreigners all have their own agendas. Russia, the United States, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have all sent money and arms to various local players and even dropped bombs on the country, but the beneficiaries and the targets vary from time to time according to the foreigners’ political priorities of the moment.

There are those who see the increasing engagement of the United States and Russia in the Syrian war as a hopeful development, since if these two superpowers can agree (and they sometimes do) then maybe they could impose some kind of peace on the country. It wouldn’t be pretty, but it would be better than endless war.

Perhaps that is true, but it may just be wishful thinking. If a relatively simple, small-scale civil war like Colombia’s took so long to end, why would we expect Syria’s war to end any time soon?

Remember Lebanon. Fifteen years.

Macmillan’s plight shows constraints of health system Editorial by Stephen Petrick The news we reported last week, that Trent Hills’s respected mayor Hector Macmillan is dying of cancer, is heartbreaking.

And the issue about his fight for health care that might save him is disturbing.

Macmillan, 58, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in January. His only chance of survival, he insists, is to undergo surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky, which has had success in extending the survival rates of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

But it’s expensive – $250,000 US – and recently Macmillan learned his application to have the cost of the surgery and subsequent care paid for by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) had been denied by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

It cited the “experimental” nature of the treatment he seeks, which makes it ineligible for funding for OHIP-insured out-of-country hospital and medical services.

Macmillan is obviously upset about this and he used a recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference to voice his displeasure with the Ontario government.

Given an opportunity to speak with Health Minister Eric Hoskins, he said he had “joined the ranks of many Ontarians who are being murdered” by the ministry and Cancer Care Ontario.

Macmillan has also heard that the “NanoKnife machine” that’s used in Kentucky to destroy cancerous tumours using electrical pulses, “collects dust” at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto while the protocols for its use are still being developed.

Suffice to say, everyone in the Trent Hills community should keep Macmillan in their thoughts and prayers, as he endures the battle of his life. And it’s great to see the community is rallying behind him already. The Trent Hills Fire Service has set up a GoFundMe campaign, hoping it will raise enough money that Macmillan can pay for the U.S. treatment himself.

Yet, there has to be limits on what the provincial health ministry can and will pay for. Do we allow a Nanoknife treatment in Kentucky, for instance, but deny someone a Mexican cure clinic’s treatment for stroke, the kind that reportedly bought hockey legend Gordie Howe another year or more of extended independent life, but which is seen as hokum by many in the

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There are many, many facets to this story, outside the obvious emotional pleas of a man nearing the end of his chances, But, there is also a troubling aspect about this story in that Macmillan is not the only person impacted by cancer who has accused our health care system of moving too slow.

Last spring, we spoke to Charlene McIntee and Robert Martin, shortly after the death of their son, Thomas Martin.

Thomas died on February 29, 2016, of Gilomatosis cerebi cancer (a cancer of the brain) at just age 11.

Although the cancer was terminal, his parents – like any parents would – wanted to explore every possible option to keep him alive.

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Thomas died with them wondering whether more political will to approve emerging new cancer treatments for children could have kept their son alive.

So is Ontario’s health care system moving so slow that people are literally dying while awaiting cancer treatments?

The emotional answer is “yes,” but the truthful answer to that question is much more complex.

No one can conclusively know how Thomas’s battle might have gone had other treatments been available. Likewise, it’s impossible to know how Macmillan’s fight might go, should he be able to access the treatment in Kentucky that he hopes for.

But who can blame Macmillan – or anyone battling cancer for that matter – from wanting to seek every treatment option available? And who can blame him for being angry, and speaking about the situation with words of desperation?

His story is a chilling reminder that our health care system is imperfect and it needs vocal people to speak up regularly and get politicians and institutions to examine its flaws.

Let’s hope Hector Macmillan’s story encourages our health care system to act quicker so that he – and other people battling cancer – can have their lives saved. We know it’s too late for so many others.

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Original Air Cadet banner trooped for the first time at Trenton Cadet Training Centre

By Ross Lees CFB Trenton – The Trenton Cadet Training Centre (TCTC) brought genuine history to their Trooping of the Banner Friday night at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton.

Presented by Prince Philip to the cadets of the Senior Leaders Course in Cold Lake, Alberta in 1991, the Trooping of the Banner by the TCTC marked the first time any cadet unit or training centre had ever trooped the original Air Cadet Banner, according to Captain (Capt.) Josh Bambrough, TCTC Unit Public Affairs Representative.

The tradition of Trooping a unit’s banner or colours dates back to the 17th century and earlier in British and Commonwealth militaries. On the battlefield, the unit’s colours were used as a rallying point and it was important to have the colours paraded through the ranks to ensure the troops

could recognize them in battle.

Friday night’s ceremony had all the pomp, precision and ceremony these cadets could muster and it impressed all who watched.

Guest speaker Air Cadet Governor Steve Moody had never witnessed a Trooping of the Banner before and he was impressed with the exhibition of the cadets.

“I can’t remember the last time I saw cadets marching in line, your drill was excellent and the parade itself was quite moving,” he said, adding it was highlighted by excellent music from the band.

Mr. Moody added another highlight to the evening, presenting a bronze plaque to TCTC Commander Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt.-Col.) Darryl Rolfe in memory of cadets – in the military, police, firefighters or paramedics - who had lost their lives in service to country or community and also in honour of the 75th anniversary of the

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Lt.-Col. Rolfe proudly accepted the plaque and said it would be placed near the “famous bell” and close to the plaque honouring the 25th anniversary of the Air Cadet League of Canada.

Upon accepting the plaque, Lt.-Col. Rolfe noted the cadets had put a lot of hard work into training for the evening ceremony and described their performance as “stellar” after training in hot, humid weather in preparation for it. He said he had not seen such a fabulous march past in line – both in slow and quick time – in such excellent dressing and overall dedication before.

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She says she loves going to the Belleville-based program to work on reading and numeracy and loves participating in community engagement opportunities, where she and staff visit different businesses.

So do you have fun at COED, she’s asked?

“Oh yeah,” she says, enthusiastically, sporting a cheek-to-cheek smile.

Amy was serving as a spokesperson for COED on an important day. The program, which promotes independence and inclusion to adults with developmental disabilities, held a 30th anniversary celebration at Zwick’s Island Park on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Amy was one of dozens of COED clients at the park, who were wearing bright yellow shirts. The shirts were made for the Walk for Inclusion event, which took place prior to the 30th anniversary celebration.

The group circled the track at Zwick’s, not so much to raise funds, but to raise awareness of the program, said Chris Houlden, an instructor and administrator.

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Amy Clark (left), a client of COED, is pictured with instructor Chris Houlden.

They were both wearing yellow shirts for the Walk for Inclusion at Zwick’s Island Park on Saturday. Photo by Stephen Petrick

Houldon in a long-time employee of COED, which has administrative offices and a day program based out of its 249 William St. building.

She said working for the program is rewarding, given that clients such as Amy are so enthusiastic about learning and so grateful for the friendships they have with staff.

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New Trent River Public School taking shape

By Stephen Petrick (Above) A construction worker appears in silhouette, as he works in the hallway of the new Trent River Public School. Quinte West – Students and staff at the new Trent River Public School will have it good.

(Right) The front of the new Trent River Public School, under construction on Aug. 24, 2016. Photos by Stephen Petrick

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The school, on schedule to open in January, will have an open concept in its front foyer area, allowing visitors in the front entrance to see into a commons area and into the gym.

And Kindergarten classes will have their own private entrances from the school yard to the classroom, with a room in between to hang their coats and change shoes.

Members of local media were invited by the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board to tour the new building on Wednesday Aug. 24, at a time when the construction process was heading into the homestretch.

Construction at the Dixon Drive site, started about a year ago after the former Queen Elizabeth Trenton school was torn down.

Now the skeleton of the 55,000 square-foot school is, for the most part, complete and infrastructure is being brought inside the building.

“We’re getting to the part now where every visit we do is a lot more exciting,” said Ed Rushlow, the board’s co-ordinator of construction and renovation.

He has watched the building rise up slowly and now that the shape of the building can be seen, he can get a better sense of what it will look like upon completion.

“It’s exciting,” he said, adding that there’s been no major hiccups in the construction process. “Overall it’s been an even keel build. Ev-

erything has gone as predicted.”

When complete the school will serve about 560 students from Kindergarten to Grade 8.

The tear down of Queen Elizabeth Trenton meant students from its neighbourhood were redirected to VP Carswell Public School.

Trent River Public School is a replacement for Queen Elizabeth and the nearby Breadner Elementary and College Street Public schools.

Some former Queen Elizabeth students may choose to stay at VP Carswell for the full 201617 school year, noted HPEDSB spokeswoman Kerry Donnell, but Breadner and College Street students are expected to come to Trent River as soon as it’s ready.

“We want the students to be here as soon as possible and in a positive learning environment,” she said.

The school is on schedule and on budget, the board says, and more details on the transition plan will be announced as the move-in date gets closer.

The new school is designed similar to others that have been built in the HPEDSB in the past few years. It is a rectangle-shaped, one-and-ahalf-storey building. About 110,000 blocks are being used for its construction.

The name Samuel Clements Learning Centre was selected for the centre corridor, which contains the learning commons, stage, gymnasium and loft. Clements was the school board trustee for Trenton/CFB Trenton for 37 years, retiring in the fall of 2014. Naming the centre after him, honours his contribution to education.

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Revving and roaring for Quinte Ride for Paws

By Sarah Hyatt Quinte West – The rumbling and roaring of engines echoed throughout Quinte West on the weekend, as hundreds of motorcyclists descended upon the city to lend a hand to some furry friends.

A few animals in need of either care or a new home are now much closer to that reality, thanks to the fifth annual Quinte Ride for Paws.

This year’s event united volunteers from all walks of life and riders from all over – and they flooded Quinte West City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 28, to show their support for the cause.

“We were expecting a big crowd this year,” said co-organizer for the event, Tamalin Vajda. “Everyone’s really stepped up to help us this year.”

From volunteers who helped set up the event, to others who constructed trophies for this year’s “Show N Shine” out of old motorcycle parts, to local businesses that donated prizes – in its fifth year, the community’s truly came together to celebrate the milestone and to ultimately help local charities, says Vajda.

And it means a lot for Vajda and her partner, Derek Andrew who started the event back in 2012.

The Quinte Ride for Paws event began after the pair learned of 47 hound dogs found at a hunting puppy mill that were brought to the Quinte Humane Society that year.

The duo was inspired to try and make the difference and to support local organizations that fight to provide safe homes, shelters and care to animals like those puppies found that year in 2012.

From humble beginnings, with only 60 or so riders in its first year, to raising more than $5,500 in just a few hours last year – the event continues to grow, says Vajda.

This weekend’s event had more riders, vendors, prizes and more community participation than ever before.

And it’s comforting to know, the co-organizer admits, because this means awareness is increasing. All the while, participants of the event, whether hitting the open road or setting up a booth, and attendees even are a part of something – this truly has become a community event, said Vajda.

The fundraiser also includes a barbecue lunch after the ride, a “Show N Shine” and meet-and-greet, which offers people the chance to mingle – and for those who love bikes, well stories of unique builds and purchases are in abundance.

Families and supporters get to cheer on mom or dad, or their partner as

“Almost every business in town donated something this year – it feels that way and it’s amazing.” they hit the road.

And of course, a few furry friends always make an appearance.

“I honestly think almost every business in town donated something this year – it feels that way and it’s amazing,” said Vajda.

The goal was to raise more than $6,000 with this year’s Quinte Ride for Paws.

The fundraiser helps non-profits, advocacy groups and Co-organizer Tamalin Vajda celebrates the organizations such as Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre, Fixed Quinte Ride for Paws event’s fifth anniversary, on Fur Life, the S.H.E.B.A. Foundation and Flying Hope, to Sunday, Aug. 28. Photo by Sarah Hyatt. name a few.

Vajda says what these organizations accomplish with next-to-no-funding is pretty remarkable.

15 dogs right now in their home too,” The wildlife centre – “they’ll take in anything, birds, added Vajda. probably a bear even.”

Similarly, the foundation can use The wildlife centre helps all injured and orphaned wild- the help to decrease such costs, the life, including mammals, birds and some reptiles or am- co-organizer noted. phibians and then helps release the animals back into the Fixed Fur Life is a key resource for wild. the community, Vajda said, helping The centre also helps property owners experiencing is- with adoptions, and helping people sues “with their wild animal neighbours,” offering hu- and families who cannot afford to mane alternatives to solve conflicts. have animals spayed or neutered.

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Mayor’s Lighthouse Bike Ride wheeling ahead for Sept. 24 It’s an early start, but well worth it, says Kirkwood.

Brighton – Come September, sum- Riders will join Walas and Kirkwood mer may be over but Brightonians can and make their way through town, still get active and enjoy the outdoors, down to Presqu’ile and the Lighthouse and loop back into town. says Tom Kirkwood.

The organizer of this year’s Mayor’s On average, the event each year atLighthouse Bike Ride is encourag- tracts about 20-30 cycling enthusiasts ing local residents to get active at this and a few recreational riders, said year’s Applefest and participate in the Kirkwood.

This year, however, the organizer is ride. eager to promote more youth and famHe’s inviting Brightonians to join him and Mayor Mark Walas on the ily involvement. scenic 25-kilometre trip through the The event stands to promote physical fitness and healthy living, but also town.

“This really is about raising some community inclusion, explained Kirkawareness surrounding healthy liv- wood. ing,” said Walas. “We’re inviting cy- In other words, Kirkwood is eager to clists of any group to come out and get the message out there – this isn’t I’m personally looking forward to it.” just for the avid cyclists, athletes or Walas and Kirkwood are both anx- those who are seriously fit. ious and hopeful this year’s event will With that said, the organizer is reach a new high with more than 35 “cranking it up a notch” by designing a second, shorter route, which is about riders.

The ride begins at 8:30 a.m. at the five-and-a-half kilometres.

Municipal town office, at 35 Alice St., Kirkwood is hopeful this will be more appealing to some younger ridon Sept. 24, during Applefest. ers and families.

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There’s no entry fee to participate – the ride is free, thanks to more than 10 local businesses that have provided financial support for the ride.

East Northumberland Secondary School (ENSS) students and Brighton By the Bay residents will be helping with marshalling chores and aid and direct riders along the way as needed.

Kirkwood says the community sure has come together to make the event happen and he’s very thankful.

In the event of rain, the ride will be postponed to the following day, on Sunday, Sept. 25.

“But I hear it never rains on Applefest,” joked Kirkwood.

Anyone looking for more information can contact Kirkwood at 613475-1953 or visit brightonapplefest. ca.

Here, residents can also download the registration form, which at this point due to website difficulties can then be either mailed to or dropped off at the municipal office.

People can also just show up on the day of the event and if people don’t pre-register, well, Kirkwood says he’ll just hand out T-shirts to the first 30 in attendance.

The event is one Kirkwood is hopeful will grow in coming years and he plans to work at growing.

Mayor Walas extends his thanks to Kirkwood, who’s “stepped up to spearhead the event.”

Organizer of the Mayor’s Lighthouse Bike Ride, Tom Kirkwood, invites Brightonians to join in the action on Sept. 24. Photo by Sarah Hyatt.

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Local mayors are breathing a sigh of relief after hearing the news that a contract to design a new two-lane bridge has officially been awarded.

The County Rd. 64 swing bridge that crosses the Murray Canal is a vital arterial link between Brighton, Quinte West and Prince Edward County.

“This has been a long time coming,” said Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison. “This is good news – it’s fantastic.”

The replacement will not impact navigation, Parks Canada spokesperson Natalie Austin has confirmed in correspondence with the Quinte West mayor.

More information surrounding the replacement will be made available once the design has been completed and a construction contractor has been hired and submitted a work plan.

For the Municipality of Brighton, Mayor Mark Walas says he’s “very pleased” to hear of the recent news.

While technically in Quinte West, the bridge is a key link for Brighton in terms of both commerce and tourism, he said.

The bridge replacement is tentatively scheduled for the non-navigation season of the Trent-Severn Waterway, between November 2017 and May 2018.

For years, several citizens groups and residents towards the lower part of Quinte West and into Barcovan have worked tirelessly to have this bridge replaced, says Harrison.

Parks Canada announced its plan to construct a new bridge in 2015.

The Brighton Road Swing Bridge was identified for replacement through the Parks Canada ongoing asset-monitoring program.

But, the bridge became a political football before the nod was eventually given to have it built. Initial reports from the previous Conservative government – through then MP Rick Norlock – said there was no money for the bridge replacement. Once an

Parks Canada has announced the Murray Canal Brighton Road Swing Bridge on County Rd. 64, will tentatively be replaced during the non-navigation season of the Trent-Severn Waterway, between November 2017-May 2018. Photo by Sarah Hyatt.

election call was imminent, however, the funds were found and Norlock made the announcement that it would indeed be built.

Because of the bridge’s age and condition, load limits have been established for the bridge and the electrical and mechanical systems require renewal, reports Parks Canada.

“This commitment was made by our last Conservative government that it would be rebuilt and now, the new Liberal government has committed and gone to tender – which means this will be done,” said Harrison. “This means our people are being listened to. Politicians are listening – we’re very thankful and appreciative.”

Mayor Walas is similarly pleased to hear the new Liberal government is continuing on with the plan to have the bridge replaced as a two-lane structure, with a pedestrian walkway.

The original proposal was for a one-lane bridge with traffic lights, he noted.

A lot of work was done, the mayor continued, to convince the federal government of the importance of this link and that two open lanes were absolutely necessary.

“Traffic flow has increased on this bridge and for about 70 years, this has been a two-lane bridge,” said Walas.

It’s anticipated traffic volumes will only increase in years to come and therefore, the proposal for a one-lane bridge was simply “nonsensical,” said Walas.

While vehicular traffic and residents can expect some temporary closure next year, the timing and duration of this is unknown at this point in time.

Parks Canada will be exploring the feasibility of providing a temporary bridge during construction.

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known as MMM Group Limited has scooped up the design contract awarded on Aug. 22, with the best overall proposal for the project and with a bid of more than $2 million.

“We’re [the municipalities] all benefiting from this

– we couldn’t afford to lose this bridge or see it closed or see it reduced to a single lane – that would be disastrous,” said Harrison.

Austin reports Parks Canada will replace the existing steel truss swing bridge, with one that has

full highway load rating and no restrictions for emergency and service vehicles.

“Additional investments have enabled Parks Canada to upgrade the current bridge to a two-lane structure with a pedestrian walkway,” it was outlined in correspondence sent from Austin to Harrison. “The new bridge will allow for the simultaneous flow of traffic in both directions and will meet current highway load standards, meaning the existing load restrictions will be removed once the project is complete.”

And construction of the bridge can actually start anytime, noted Harrison, which is a bonus, he said.

The bridge is being fabricated offsite and will be transported to the site in sections for assembly.

The goal of this is to decrease the time needed for vehicular closures.

The concrete road abutment and centre pier will be rehabilitated to accommodate and support the new bridge, which will be heavier.

Some mechanical and electrical features will also be upgraded.

For Quinte West, the mayor says residents and the city will benefit from the bridge replacement in terms of safety, traffic flow and tourism.

“For us, one of the largest benefits is we’ll be able to better service our people on the south side of the canal,” said Harrison.

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Uens Pole Line to play Golden Hawks visit Dukes Friday for SHBL championship in OJHL exhibition play Melrose – The championships series for the 83rd season of the South Hastings Baseball League is about to begin.

Uens Pole Line punched its way to the final by defeating the Melrose Shamrocks four games to one in a best-of-seven semifinal series.

On Sunday, Uens outslugged Melrore 14-11 to end the series.

Earlier in the series Uens won by scores of 14-3, 1-0 and 13-7. Melrose won Game 4 by a score of 9-5 on Aug. 25 to avoid a four-game sweep.

The other semifinal featured the Shannonville Hawks and Read Young Guns.

Shannonville had a 3-2 series lead, heading into the final games of the

series, scheduled for Monday and Wednesday of this week.

The first five games of the series were tight, as no game was decided by more than four runs.

Nine teams played in the regular season and Uens Pole Line topped the standings with 26 points.

Shannonville was close behind with 25 points and Read Young Guns and Melrose followed with 23 points and 21 points, respectively.

SHBL games are played at the ball parks by the Tyendinaga Township Hall, at McFarlane and Melrose roads, northeast of Belleville.

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Quinte West – The short off-season for the Trenton Golden Hawks is over and the team will continue a home-and-home series with the Wellington Dukes on Friday night, as part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League exhibition season.

The Hawks and Dukes play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Wellington’s Essroc Arena. The same two teams played Wednesday in Trenton (in a game played after press time).

The games are tuneups for the OJHL regular season, which begins Friday, Sept. 9. The Hawks will host the Newmarket Hurricanes that night at the Duncan Memorial Arena, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.

The Hawks are entering the 2016-

17 season with high expectations, after winning the Dudley Hewitt Cup, as OJHL champions last spring. They would also go on to win the Buckland Cup, to be named the top Junior A team in all of Ontario.

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The two teams were tied 1-1 after regulation in the semifinal for the Joe Iazena Memorial Trophy Cup and they remained even after two 10-minute overtime periods, forcing them to decide the outcome on penalty kicks.

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“The other team came up big [but] we didn’t fall apart.”

Ryan Christian scored Brighton’s lone goal. Kyle Joy was “wonderful” in net, stopping a penalty shot during the game before it went into overtime.

The lights on the playing field where the contest took place in Belleville automatically turn off at 11 p.m. and the game came close to being called because of darkness.

“Most games are over at 10:15,” Heffernan said. “While we were shaking hands the lights went out.”

Brighton finished second in the league, seven points ahead of the fourth-place Fury which went on to beat Azzurri 2-1 in the final to win the Cup. Azzurri had upset Hellenics, the league champions, in their semi-final match.

“So the two top seeds ... [were] both knocked out, but that’s what Cup play is all about,” Heffernan said.

“We’ve played Fury so many times in Cup semis and finals, and they have the edge over us in Cup play,” he said, but the reverse is true for league play.

Despite the disappointing end to the season, “we had a good year.”

Now the team “can hardly wait for the indoor [league] to start up the end of October,” he said.

Brighton is the reigning champion, having won the league championship and the playoffs last year.

“We’ve had a really good run ... for the past seven years since the start of the indoor,” Heffernan said. “We won the league six times and we won the playoffs five times.”

Mowat, Ferguson, Freeman and Toms score wins on fan appreciation night at Brighton Speedway

By Adam Ross

Brighton – Brighton Speedway welcomed a large crowd for the final Fan Appreciation event of the season on Kids Race for the Canadian National Autism Foundation night presented by Greig Truck & Trailer, Towne & Country Liquidation and Behan Construction.

Three new members were added to the Brighton Speedway Wall of Fame prior to the ontrack action. Former drivers Jim Woof and Bill Munro were added to the wall while George Reid was added in the builder category.

The ‘Fan Appreciation’ portion of the event allowed fans to get up close and personal with the drivers on the front stretch during intermission. Drivers brought their racecars onto the front straightaway, and hundreds of fans took advantage of the opportunity to get autographs, pictures, and various treats the drivers offered.

Brandon Mowat Claims First Brighton Win Of Season

Brandon Mowat (No.46 Target Fabrication) took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the Vanderlaan Building Products Pro Late Model main event. He used the bottom groove to protect his advantage as the first half of the race ran mostly without incident. The pace slowed dramatically with multiple caution periods and restarts through the middle portion of the 30-lap affair.

Through the restarts, championship contenders Phil Potts (No.29 Indewey Excavating) and Charlie Sandercock (No.57 Bellevue Fabricating) closed in to run in the top-three. Potts powered past Mowat to take the lead, but he was unable to drive away. Mowat kept him within sight, and when he was relegated to the outside groove for a late restart he found the momentum he needed to retake the top spot.

Mowat held on to secure the victory, and Sandercock worked past Potts to finish second.

Caley Weese (No.77 Cool 100) and Steve Baldwin (No.5 Pro Advantage Sports) completed the top-five. Entering Saturday’s event Potts and Sandercock were tied in the championship point

standings. With two races remaining the battle remains nearly dead even.

Dan Ferguson Claims 70th Career Win

Dan Ferguson (No.11 Kilmarnock Enterprise) earned his fourth win of the season in the Bainer’s OilGARD Canadian Modifieds. Ferguson started third in the feature event, and outdueled Andrew Hennessey (No.87 RJ Equipment Rentals) to secure the victory.

Ferguson was overcome with emotion in victory lane telling the fans he doubts he will race every Saturday moving forward as he and his wife, Aimus, are expecting their first child. The fans saluted Ferguson with a rousing ovation.

Mike Freeman Claims Pro Stock Checkers

In the Brighton Automotive Pro Stock feature event, Mike Freeman (No.51 Boyer Chevrolet) held off all challengers to score his first win of 2016. He endured numerous restarts in a race that was riddled with carnage and bent racecars.

Freeman started on the outside of the front row, and wasted no time securing the top spot and showing his dominance in the bottom groove of the racetrack. Brandon Murrell (No.19 Hannah Motors) quickly advanced from his seventh-place starting spot to apply pressure, but he couldn’t make a move on Freeman.

Jonah Mutton (No.39 Apex Graphics) showed the ability to make his car work on the high side as he battled with Murrell. Frequent cautions and restarts slowed his progress, and he never got close enough to challenge Freeman.

In the end Freeman took the win over Murrell and Mutton. Austin Reid (No.85 Kids R Kool) and Rob Dier (No.7 Quinn Quest Renovations) rounded out the top-five.

Luke Toms Scores Third Comp 4 Win

Luke Toms (No.19 Gardenhill Towing) won the Bill’s Johns Comp 4 division feature event.

He made a bold move at the drop of the green

Dan Ferguson (No.11) battles Doug O’Blenis (No.32) in Canadian Modified action. Ferguson scored the win, the 70th of his career. Rod Henderson photo

flag to go three-wide between the front row starters to take the lead. Peter Moore (No.17 Sherry’s Pet Grooming) and Tyler French (No.0 Empey Tire) came close to Toms, but he never relinquished the lead and hung on for the win. Matthew Moore (No.14 Farl’s Auto Body) and Nick Hamer rounded out the top-five.

Mechanics Races Conclude Night

Crewmembers in all four divisions had the opportunity to get behind the wheel at the end of the night in the annual Mechanics Races. Races were won by Steve Blight in Pro Late Models, Bob Beatty in the Canadian Modifieds, Grant Fitzpatrick in Pro Stocks, and Brandon Wilkie in the Comp 4 class.

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In a World Wakeboarding competition Saturday at the CNE, in Toronto, Kerr, 28, bested Australian Nathan Smith in the Sitboarding final at the WWA world competitions.

Paralyzed since spinal cancer struck him in his early teens, Kerr has gone on to develop clothing line Twisted Mounty and took up wakeboard a few years back after meeting a man who’s now his mentor and idol in the sport.

“I got into adaptive wakeboarding about 10 years ago after a trip to Wakestock in Toronto,” said Kerr. “During that trip I met a guy named Danny Hampson … a professional who wakeskates from Florida Keys. I met him in our hotel lobby where he began to tell me about another professional wakeboarder from Florida who was in a car accident and his friends built him a setup to get him back on the water. Danny hooked me up with a board and invited me down to Florida to try adaptive riding.

From there I started riding in Florida and bundling friendships with the top wakeboarders in the world.

Since then, Kerr has ridden in Wakestock in Toronto and Peterborough and soon discovered more adaptive riders, elsewhere, across the sport.

Today, Kerr and other adaptive riders have been added to the professional wakeboard tours with their own adaptive division.

“My first contest, I finished second at Wake Games, in Orlando Florida,” he said. But, while training for the first ever worlds adaptive championships in 2014 “I was in Orlando two days before (the competition) and broke nine bones in both my feet and was unable to ride.

In 2015 I rode in Miami at the USA nationals for cable and boat, getting first place finishes.”

Kerr soon began designing his own boards and seats and has “a buddy who welds them up for me... I have since sold one to a guy in Chicago who is now riding (competitively) and plans to compete with us in the near future.”

(Above) Phil Kerr shown in a pre-competition moment on the dock at CNE course for last weekend’s World Wakeboarding Association championships. (Left) Phil Kerr puts himself and his board through the paces at Trenchtown Wake Park, in Centennial Park harbour in Trenton training for adaptive sitboard competition. Submitted photo

This past summer Kerr has most his days riding at Trenchtown Wake Park in Trenton and behind friends’ boats training for the 2016 world championship.

“I can’t thank Danny Hampson enough for getting me outta my chair and onto a board again,” said Kerr, thanking the man who got him involved in the sport. “He introduced me to many people in the industry who have helped push this and build the sport. Also Liquid Force wakeboards for hooking me up with free boards all these years, Trench Town Wake Park and Westlake Wakeboard School for helping me train. I’d also like to thank my buddy Billy and Whites Mechanical for building me the best seats for my wakeboard and all my friends and

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Kerr said he has plans to carry on and compete in national and world events in both cable and boat riding but is also passionate about “promoting this sport, getting more riders involved and building more seats to get more people on the water.”

At the weekend competitions, a record crowd filled the shorelines to watch the athletes fight for more than $60,000 in prize money for the professional ranks and showcase the sport at its highest level behind the Super Air Nautique G23 tow boat. In addition to the World Championships, the event served as the final stop of the Nautique Wake Series and ultimately determined the overall series champions with an additional $30,000 up for grabs.

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But Macmillan said Hoskins has “ministerial authority to order OHIP to pay anything that he tells them to” and health ministers have been using that authority since 1991.

It should be exercised again to help all those who are facing the same problems he is, he said.

“That wouldn’t be me to ask for something that they wouldn’t give everyone,” he said.

The surgery and attendant care Macmillan hopes to have done in Kentucky involves a procedure known as NanoKnife which uses electrical pulses to remove tumours. The cost adds up to more than $300,000 Canadian.

A group of people calling themselves Friends of Hector, made up largely of Trent Hills firefighters and their spouses, has set up an online account for donations at www. gofundme.com/2km49uk.

As of Tuesday morning more than $32,500 had been raised towards its goal of $100,000.

Another means of raising money was added last Friday when an account was set up at the TD Bank, which will make it possible for people to donate at branches across the country.

“If it turns out too late for me, I’m going to

Trent Hills – With time running out for treatment of his pancreatic cancer, Mayor Hector Macmillan vowed this week to file a formal complaint with Ontario’s ombudsman about the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

And “if I can’t get satisfaction there, I’m moving on to the OPP, and I’m going to ask them to start a criminal investigation,” he said in an interview Aug. 29. “They’ve rigged the system for people to fail which ultimately causes death.”

The ministry has denied his request for out-of-country funding to have a cancerous tumour in his pancreas surgically removed at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky.

Without the operation, he won’t live past Christmas, he has said.

When he tried filing an appeal with the Health Services Review and Appeal Board, using the fax number found on its website, he kept getting a message saying the number is out of service.

He complained to Service Ontario but didn’t get the help he was looking for.

“This is the most frustrating experience I’ve ever been through,” said Macmillan who planned to deliver the request for appeal in person as a result.

“It just reeks of incompetence.”

Macmillan has been highly critical of the ministry and the Liberals in power, expressing his anger in radio, TV and newspaper interviews that have garnered provincial and national attention.

Macmillan said because he’s a mayor and has “a big mouth” he gets “opportunities to speak to the media more than the average guy in the street does.

I can only imagine what the general public’s going through. I know lots of them [in the same situation as he is] are just giving up. It’s unbelievable.”

He said, “The system is rigged for the applicant to fail” and “then when you go to appeal they make it impossible. They’ve got blood on their hands.”

Macmillan said he’s “getting a lot of positive feedback” from Ontarians since he went public with his complaints at a recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference where he confronted Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins.

Hoskins told him the decision not to grant him funding wasn’t “political” but one made by Trent Hills Mayor Hector Macmillan will ask Ontario ombudsman to investigate experts based on scientific “rigged“ health-care system. Photo by John Campbell

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ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLES antique flat to the wall kitchen cupboard with upper glass doors with 8 lites each, 2 solid lower doors; antique ornate oak hall seat and mirror, antique walnut parlour table, antique washstands, antique pine chest on 2 drawers, antique drop leaf table, antique cane bottom chairs, antique rockers, antique wicker sofa, antique iron and brass bed, antique trunks, antique walnut dresser top mirrors, antique glass front bookcase, antique walnut tilt top centre pedestal table, pail bench, antique gingerbread clock antique steeple clock, collection of vintage signage and tins including Public Telephone, Ocean Blend, Rileys, Telegram, Orange Crush, Massey Harris, Niagara Punch, Sportsman cigarette, Beer Trays,: Corbys collectibles, antique lamps including cranberry hanging and hall lamps, wall bracket lamp, rail lamps, figural novelty lamp, parlour lamps, barn lanterns, oil lamps; stoneware pcs including Jas Tierney – Kingston jug, RC McHenry, Belleville pottery, jugs and crocks; glassware’s and china including Royal Doulton figurines, Majolica, Carnival glass, Cranberry, Royal Nippon, stereoscope, iron pieces, Planters peanut jar, graniteware, ruby glass, toilet set pieces, flo blue, hobnail glass, vintage telephone, cups and saucers, Belleville souvenirs, carpet balls, coverlet, wildlife prints, Shell oil bottle, hockey and sports cards, TRACTOR AND TOOLS Ferguson TEA gas tractor with front end loader- running condition, 3 point hitch scraper blade, Craftsman 19 hp riding lawn mower, Delta 14” band saw, Craftsman 8” table saw, Craftsman walk behind grass trimmer, hand tools, hardware, numerous other articles TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS Plainfield 613-477-2082 www.sullivanauctions.com

Auction SAle of farm equipment & tools The property of Kathy Roddy & the Estate of the late Glenn Roddy 411 Chambers Rd., City of Kawartha Lakes, ON

Saturday, September 17th, 10:00 a.m.

From Cambray Rd. go east on Cty Rd. 9 to Killarney Bay Rd., go north (left) to Chambers Rd., proceed west (left) See Signs!

Sale includes a NH TS 100 4x4 diesel cab tractor w/Q960 loader plus Alo 7’ material bucket & 2 prong bale spear (4 sets of rear remotes, 16 speed w/power reverser, 5683 hrs 100 hp), MF 275 diesel tractor w/Sims cab 5650 hrs, 65 hp, David Brown 990 o/s diesel tractor has front end loader w/6’ material bucket, 60 hp, David Brown 1212 o/s diesel tractor 5233 hrs, old Cockshutt tractor ‘running, as is’, JD 468 round baler w/mega wide pickup, silage kit, kicker, trac monitor, string tie (done less than 1000 bales), Kvernland 7581 3 pth bale wrapper w/loading arm plus 8 boxes of 750 mm x 1500 wrap selling separate, NH 479 haybine, NH 67 square baler, NH 1012 self loading square bale wagon, Kvernland 881 3 pth 4/16” plow, Cockshutt 251 10’ disc, 3 pth 10’ cultivator w/finger harrows, 3 sections flex harrows, 3 drum land roller, MF 33 15 run seed drill w/3 boxes, Int 315 cab gas combine w/10’ grain head, AC belt driven grain blower (as is), Calsa 5825 field sprayer (3 pth, 100 gal w/28’ boom), McKee 520 snow blower, round bale feeders, antique R.A. Lister 5 hp pump, old corn silage belt driven cutter, assortment of hand, power & farm related tools & items, plus much more!

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EVENTS

BELLEVILLE

4th Annual Alice Leavitt Cribbage Tournament, The Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, Foster Ward Community Center 75 St. Paul St., Belleville, Saturday September 10, 12 noon. Registration at 11:00 a.m.

Cost $20.00/ team. 50/50 draw and door prizes. Canteen and refreshments available.

The tournament is open to all.

SEPT 7 at 4:30 PM; Sept. 9 at 6 PM; Sept 11 at 12:15 PM: Children 8 to 15 years old are invited to try out St. Thomas’ Junior Choir. Pizza will be served. Registration mandatory for this event: MusicAtStThomas@gmail.com or (613) 962-3636.

Belleville Club 39 Presents The Hallman Swing Band, Friday Sept. 2, Belleville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, 132 Pinnacle St, Belleville (upstairs), 8pm-midnight. Lunch served. Members $10 non members $12. Singles & Couples.

613-392-1460 or 613-966-6596 Volunteer Information Session with CNIB, Friday, September 3, 10am12pm. Volunteer just a couple hours a week as a Vision Mate. We currently have 3 clients waiting for a friend like you. To register, please contact Tracy Holland at 1-866-842-9071 ext. 5094 SEPT 8, St. Thomas’ Senior Choir open rehearsal, Thursday, September 8, 5 PM followed by a pot-luck dinner. Everyone is invited to join us. Registration: MusicAtStThomas@gmail.com or (613) 962-3636.

Drop in Program: Knitterati at Belleville Public Library, every other Tuesday,

September 6 to December 13, 5:30-7:30 pm, 2nd floor. Free drop in program. No registration required. Call 613-968-6731 ext. 2237 for more information.

The Canadian Hearing Society offers Walk In Wednesdays from 10 am-noon and 2-4pm. Speak to a Hearing Care Counsellor. No appointment necessary. Bayview Mall, 470 Dundas St. E Belleville Volunteers Needed. Bibles for Missions Thrift Store, 315 Pinnacle St. Belleville, is seeking volunteers of all ages to fulfill positions in all area of operations (cashiers, sorters, receiving area). Contact Esthel at 613-962-5665 or drop by the store to fill out an application.

Scottish Country Dancing: Come alone or bring a partner. Classes Tuesday evenings, 7:30-9:30pm, Harry J. Clarke School, 77 Rollins Dr., Belleville. Info 613-965-4212 or 613-967-1827.

New members welcome, Quinte Living Centre Concert Band. Students to seniors, if you play any band instrument. Mondays 7-9 p.m., Quinte Living Centre, 370 Front St, Belleville. Info: Marialice, mtfielding@hotmail.com 613962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail.com 613-243-1450 Quinte Seniors Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome.

Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes Home Help & Home Maintenance support service (cleaning, meal prep,

shopping, snow removal, etc). Fees arranged between the worker and client.

Info: Community Care for South Hastings Belleville at 613-969-0130 or Deseronto at 613-396-6591.

Luncheon Wednesday September 14, 290 Bridge St W., 12 -2 pm featuring creative ideas for fall house plants by Audrey Potts, soloist Kathy Keenan and special guest speaker Katherine Robinson from Bracebridge. Free nursery, reservations please call Darlene @ 613-961-0956.

HALL RENTALS at The Royal Canadian Legion, 132 Pinnacle Street, Belleville 613-968-9053 Quinte Landlords Association members meet, network, share knowledge, hear a guest speaker, third Wednesday of month at 630pm. Advance registration required Fee: $10. To register, use the contact form on our website quintelandlordsassociation.ca or call (613) 707-3879 Quinte Region Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. http://www.qrcc. ca . Info: Dave Brown at 613-967-7720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690.

Monday Bingo; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling and Shuffleboard; Friday Darts and the 3rd Sunday of every month Cribbage.

All start at 1:00 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over. Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, 75 St. Paul St., Belleville Quinte Quilter’s Guild, 7 PM, first Wednesday of the month. St Columba

Church, Bridge St. E. Everyone is welcome.

Family Space supports families learning through play. Drop-in playrooms, 100 Station Street., Belleville. Open 6 days a week. Info: www.familyspace.ca or 613966-9427.

Friends of the Library book sale daily at the Bookstore. Accepting gently used books, CD and DVD donations. Foyer of Belleville Public Library 10-4, MondaySaturday. 613-968-6731 ext 2245 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

RETIRED TEACHERS and spouses and friends Sharing Time, Setpember 6, 10 a.m., Smithfield United Church, 872 Smith Street. Questions/RSVP Gladys Bonin 613-475-3226 (Cell 613-921-7016) Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church Clothing Depot, 58 Prince Edward St, Brighton. Wednesday-Thursday, 10-2, Friday, 10-6pm and Saturday, 10-1. All donations welcome. Interested in Volunteering? Call Jean 613-242-5387 Monarchs and Migrants Weekend September 5 & 6, Presqu’ile Park. Bird Banding and Monarch Tagging demos, guided walks and children’s programs on bird and butterfly migration. Events are free, regular park admission fees apply.

David 613 475-4324 ext 225 or david. bree@ontario.ca.

CAMPBELLFORD

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 Sexual Health Clinic, Tuesday, September 6, 10 am to Noon.Confidential access to cervical screening, low-cost birth control, pregnancy testing and sexual health teaching, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Info, locations or to make an appointment, call the Health Unit at 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1205.

Campbellford & District Horticultural Society monthly meeting, followed by “It Came from Our Seed Sharing” program, Mon. Sep. 5, 7:30 pm. Members & guests welcomed at Christ Church Anglican, Church & Kent Streets, Campbellford.

Also, visit us at http://www.gardenontario. org/site.php/campbellford & Facebook!

‘Meet the Nurse’, Thursday, September 8, 10 am-Noon, Ontario Early Years Centre (Rotary Hall, 179 Saskatoon Ave.) in Campbellford. Parents with children up to age six years can meet with a Public Health Nurse, who can provide breastfeeding support, screen for speech concerns and discuss infant care, growth and development and other parental concerns. Call 1-866-888-4577 for more information.

The Campbellford Baptist Busy Bee Yard Sale, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. until Thanksgiving weekend.

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Energy rates and “red tape” a concern for small businesses: Tories

By Stephen Petrick Belleville – Todd Smith and one of his Progressive Conservative colleagues hope to bring Quintearea business leaders’ concerns about energy rates and “red tape” back to Queen’s Park.

Smith, the MPP for Prince EdwardHastings held a “roundtable on small business” at the Belleville Public Library Monday, with Vic Fedeli, the MPP for Nipissing.

About a dozen business leaders were in attendance at the largely partisan event, including Belleville Chamber CEO Bill Saunders and former Hastings-Prince Edward MP Daryl Kramp, rumoured to be making a run for the nomination for the provincial candidacy in the riding north of Highway 401.

Both Smith and Fedeli said the meeting was part of the PC Party’s efforts to gather opinions from Ontarians, as they begin to propose

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CAMPBELLFORD

Soup & sandwich lunch, 1st Wednesday of each month, 11:15 a.m., Campbellford Senior Citizens Club. $7. Soup, sandwich, dessert and tea or coffee. Forest Denis Centre, 55 Grand Road, Campbellford.

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

COBOURG

Sexual Health Clinic, Tuesday, September 6, 4:30-6:30 pm. Confidential access to cervical screening, low-cost birth control, pregnancy testing and sexual health teaching, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Info, locations or to make an appointment, call the Health Unit at 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1205.

policies for their 2018 election campaign, which Fedeli promptly reminded is “one year, nine months and 10 days away.”

When asked what the number one issue is for small Ontario businesses, Fedeli quickly answered “energy rates, energy rates, energy rates.”

Smith noted he’s heard from one Quinte-area business owner, who said he’s paying $500,000 in energy costs a month, when his monthly costs were once only about $35,000.

The business was not named, nor was the claim verified.

Both MPPs say Ontario’s high energy rates are putting small Ontario businesses at a competitive disadvantage.

They blame the high rates on Ontario’s Green Energy Act, which they say is providing lucrative contracts for dozens of renewable energy projects that are unneeded.

They also say “red tape” is an issue for many Ontario businesses that

needs to be addressed.

Smith said there are 385,000-some regulations on the province’s books that businesses need to adhere to.

While many of these are necessary, he said there’s too much duplication and they distract business owners from the work they need to do to make their businesses succeed.

“Most people in Ontario work in small businesses. They don’t have somebody hired to watch out for the next round of regulations coming in and how it can affect their business,” said Smith. “There are some probably not complying to all the regulations, because they can’t keep up,” Smith continued, adding the changes to labour laws, the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan and Ontario’s new cap and trade system can all confuse businesses.

At the end of the meeting, Smith and Fedeli told the group that, although they represent the Opposition in a majority Liberal government, they

Colborne Probus Club, 1st and 3rd. Wednesday of month, The Rotary Room, The Keeler Centre, 80 Division St, Colborne. New members welcome.

Info: Anja Guignon 613-475-9357 Colborne Library Storytime program, open to children 2-5 years old.

Thursdays, 11 am. To register: 905 3553722 or drop by the library (Mon. 3-8, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4).

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.

Coffee, muffins, fruit will be served for $6.00. All retired women teachers are welcome. Diane 613 398-0952 Open T.G.I.F. with games and meal, first Friday of month, 4 pm, Frankford Legion Frankford United Church: Sunday Service with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.

All are welcome.

Free Senior’s fitness classes, Mondays and Thursdays, 1 pm, Frankford Legion.

To register: 1-888-279-4866 Ext 5350 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..

FOXBORO

Ham Supper, Wednesday September 7, Emmanuel United Church, 458 Ashley St., Foxboro. Two sittings at 4:30 and 5:30 with takeout available. Quantities limited.

Reserve your tickets with Barb 966-1515 or Bev 969-1312. Adults for $13, Children ages 5-12 for $4, pre-schoolers free.

HASTINGS

Fundraising Committee members needed for Community Care South Hastings. Info: Deb at 613-969-0130 ext.

5214 or debm@ccsh.ca Hastings Legion - Youth dances COLBORNE cancelled until further notice. Horseshoes Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings, FRANKFORD has ended for the year.

Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Retired Women Teachers, Trenton Pickleball at the Hastings Field Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. & District meeting, Thurs. Sept. 8, 9:30 House each Monday from 6:30 pm to 8:00 foodaddictsanonymous.org A.M., Trinity Anglican Church, Frankford. pm and Thursdays from 9:30 am to 11:00

still have an opportunity to make if you’re loud enough … hopefully change. the government will change its mind “Even though there’s only 28 of us, over time,” Smith said.

Progressive Conservative MPPs Vic Fedeli and Todd Smith speak to business leaders at a roundtable event on small business at the Belleville Public Library on Monday. Photo by Stephen Petrick

am. 705-559-4555.

Line Dancing Wednesdays, 10am, $4. Yoga Wednesdays, 1pm, $4. Knitting Group Thursdays, 1pm. Civic Centre, 6 Albert St. East, Hastings Hastings & District Seniors Club, 6 Albert St. E Hastings, Civic Centre downstairs. Mon-Regular Euchre, 12:30pm Tues- Bid Euchre, 1pm. Tournaments every 4th Sat. of month, alternating bid euchre then reg euchre.

Shuffleboard, 12:30 pm. Thursday Ladies’ Darts, 1 pm. Saturday Meat Roll 3-4pm Havelock Seniors Club Bid Euchre, first Saturday of the month, 1 pm.

Havelock OddFellows Brunch, first Sunday of month, 8am-noon. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, home fries, coffee, tea, juice. Adults $6, Under 12 $3.

IVANHOE

Sunday Night Sing hosted by Ivanhoe Wesleyan Standard Church, 6:30 PM. Bring HAVELOCK your instruments. Open mic. Refreshments CKOL 93.7 FM presents Yard and Bake to follow. First Sunday of each month.

Sale, Saturday, Sept. 17, 8am-4pm, West School, County Rd. 30 N. (north of West- MADOC ben). Books, clothing, collectibles etc. TOPS (take off pounds sensibly), evThe first Sunday of the month, Bid ery Wednesday, Trinity United Church Euchre at the Havelock Lions Club. Games in Madoc. Weigh-ins 5.30-6.p,m. Short start at 1 p.m. $5.00/person. For informa- meeting follows. Info: Lila 613-473-4668 tion, contact Glen Shearer 705-778-3169 Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON or Glen Ellis 705-778-3039.

SMART classes. Gentle and progressive Diner’s Club, first and third Wednesday and can be done standing or seated. Info: of each month, Havelock United Church, 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350.

12pm. $9.00. Info: 705-778-7831.

Royal Canadian Legion Br 363 RCL Havelock, Branch 389, 8 Ot- Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday 7 tawa St. weekly events. Monday Senior pm. Random draw for teams.

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An Exhilarating ATV Excursion of Utah’s Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

Utah is home to what’s known as “The Big Five” national parks (Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion), all of which are worth a visit, but this intriguing state is also home to a wonderful array of exceptional state parks, too. One of these, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, turned out to be one of my most pleasant surprises – and I certainly enjoyed my exhilarating tour of this unique destination via my 2-hour ATV tour.

My tour was arranged through Coral Pink ATV Tours (www.coralpinkatvtours.com), and I was led through the awesome pink-coloured dunes by my guide (Colby) and convoy (which included two members of the Kanab tourism department: Danielle and Jamie). I donned my helmet, revved up my machine, and cavorted through many of the park’s 1,000 acres, following designated trails and out onto the dunes themselves, too. At one point, the group parked our vehicles for a short walk into a nearby slot canyon, and at another time, we stopped at the top of Rattlesnake Hill for a panoramic view of the park. Our guide even led Jamie and Danielle to the very summit of one of the higher sand dunes, and then they proceeded sand sledding down the hill so that I could get some photos. It’s similar to our tobogganing down a snowcovered hill. If you’re really brave (or crazy), you can even try this standing up, as on a surfboard, and speeding down (sand surfing). You may rent the equipment there – or bring your own.

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is an absolutely wonderful destination for off-highway vehicle enthusiasts. What a playground! And it gets its name from the coral-coloured sand that has eroded from the exposed Navajo sandstone. This pinkish sand has formed into a series of constantly changing dunes. I was told that the winds can shift the sandy hills as much as 50 feet in a single year! The dunes have been formed by an unusual and unique phenomenon that’s known as “the Venturi Effect”. The wind funnels through a notch between the Moquith and Moccasin Mountains and then deposits the sand grains in this particular area. It’s estimated that these dunes are somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 years old – and this particular park has been open here since 1963. Since then, it has served as a very popular access point to these sand dunes – for a variety of recreational uses.

It seemed out of character to find

such a sight right here in southern Utah, for this sea of sand is located so close to Utah’s Zion National Park and Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park. It’s quite a contrast! It’s almost as if a bit Egypt has come to the area! In fact, I was told that several years ago, when a lot of movies were being made in this area, the Biblical film “The Greatest Story Ever Told” was actually done here rather than in Egypt – and the only imported actors were the camels!

Another rather strange thing about this desert area is that it actually gets quite a bit of rain – and this allows for quite a variety of plants to survive here, too, including a plethora of colourful wildflowers, stands of ponderosa pine, and dune grasses that can grow to more than 6 feet in height.

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park has a 21-unit campground, and the park is open every day of the year for day use (during the daylight hours).

The park entrance fee is $8.00 per day, and the camping fee is $20.00 per night. There’s a walkway within the park itself that extends onto the dunes – and there’s a .5 mi./1 km. nature trail, too. About 4 mi./7 km. northeast of this park is a trailhead that leads to the South Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs (which is another interesting destination).

To reach the park from nearby Kanab, take highway #6 northwest for 6 mi./10 km., and then turn left on Hancock Road and follow the signs On a trail ride in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. to the park (it’s about 22 mi./37 km. from Kanab). While there, be sure to go inside the Visitor Centre to check out the jars of sand that are on display from all over the world. It’s quite a collection!

For More Information: www.stateparks.utah.gov/parks/coral-pink; www.visitsouthernutah.com TICO#50007364

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By Diane Sherman Madoc Township - Hastings County Plowing Match and Farm Show officials rounded off attendance numbers Aug. 24-25 to 14,000, with 300 exhibitors, 63 plowers, four food booths, a slew of antique tractors and a field of state-of-the-art farm machinery.

President Edgar Storms says there are usually fewer visitors the second day, but 5,000 was not a tawdry number.

The centre field at Cornervue Farms on historic Queensborough Road, became a tent city, with a mass of vehicles dotting hay fields on both sides along with livestock trailers, RVs and overnight campers.

Rolling green fields adjacent to those lots were a close walk for visitors to view horse teams pulling sulky and walking plows, turning loam soil in straight lines.

Harry Scanlan hauled in his Kubota tractor for the VIPs, media, senior and Queen of the Furrow plowing events, offering patient instruction for first-timers.

Along side that plot, 4-H members fulfilled club requirements in plowing, with much more precision and dedication than those “greenhorns” under Scanlan’s care.

Woodlot machinery and information was sectioned off on one of the streets in the exhibition area, as were the cattle.

Regular exhibitors said they felt this event was laid out much better with short distances to any point, and

“I am really pleased with how it all went, and we Jim and Janet Sandercock of James Hill Farm on well organized with plowing fields close by.

Johnstown Road, east of Trenton.

Visitors were pleased to see antique equipment thank all those who supported the show.” displayed at the top of the field, close to the road. They Organizers say the 2017 show will be hosted by For information see www.hastingsfarmshow.ca. said they are usually in the back, this set up was more appealing.

It was evident Jack Rushnell knew his tractor history, announcing specifics of each antique in the daily tractor parade with panache and wisdom.

Free milkshakes and ice cream from the 4-H club was a hit, and the Ontario Milk Producers offer of cold milk gave parents an alternative to pop. Their booth sat nicely next to the children’s tent, where little ones kept busy with activities.

Hastings County Beef Farmers offered an educational work book for youth, cow-topped pencils, and recipes.

The Lower Trent Conservation authority and Ontario ministry of agriculture offered valuable information, as did Hastings Stewardship Council with their display of tree types, woodlot information and local issues.

A primary concern of the Council is the recent increase of ticks carrying Lyme Disease. They offered a “tick key” for removing the pests, and had a petition supporting action on the increasing infestation.

The McKinnon family, hosts of the show, agree everything went well, from set up to clean up.

Patriarch Don McKinnon, rather frail now at 91, was shuttled by family to take in activities. He said he especially enjoyed meeting up with folks he hadn’t This 1880 Julien threshing mill, refurbished by Ron and Mary Hough of Ameliasburg, met the Guiness World Record for seen in a while. continuous operation at the 2015 challenge in St. Albert with 110 competitors finishing. Photo by Diane Sherman

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Dracup encouraged all contestants to continue in their pursuit for the position, noting if she had not tried again after her loss three years ago, she would never had overcome the devastating feeling of that day.

“We are all winners, and we should never give up our dreams. I am so happy to have had this position, and I hope others will share the wonderful experiences I have had.”

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Ingram credits her time with 4-H for having given her “on the farm” experience and the ability to speak publicly, experiences she shared in her speech to the audience and judges Thursday afternoon.

Ally, with her contenders Denise Downey and Janessa Reid, plowed their furrows the first day of the farm show and underwent an interview with the judges, Stan Ferguson, Carol Murphy and Daryl Kramp.

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(Top Left) Doug Montgomery uses what is called a “sulky” plow during the Plowing Match. Any horse-drawn single-bottom riding plow is called a sulky plow. (Top Right) Gordon Meiklejohn, 3, plays in the corn box inside the Children’s Tent at the Hastings County Plowing Match and Farm Show. (Above) Robert Tinney uses a tractor during the Plowing Match to plow the furrow.

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Dan Clost Gentle Reader, I have found the continuous heat to be relentlessly beating me down ever so surely into the dusty barrens of what used to be our greensward. I’d say, “Raise your hands if you feel that way, too” but it would take too much of your energy. It is a bit of a challenge to think about one topic for any length of time which makes the idea of penning a lucid, 650+ word column a bit of a challenge. Hence, another O&S offering which, by the way, I like to think of as the seminal blog and the rest of the world has copied my methodology without showering me with the credit so richly deserved.

O&S#1 Mulch Without a doubt the best thing you can do for your trees and flower beds is to lay down a good layer of mulch. Over the last few weeks, I very slowly - I’m sure the neighbours thought I was Tim Conway’s Old Man - covered up the bare patches in the beds with shredded pine bark mulch. I’m supposed to be a seasoned gardener yet I was very surprised to see how much of a

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Havelock-Belmont-Methuen fire and rescue crews responded to the fire call at 6:45 p.m. in a building located in the East End Plaza at the junction of Ottawa and Mary Streets and discovered the plants Charged with producing a schedule II substance, marijuana, is Joseph Tassone, 55, of HavelockBelmont-Methuen. He is to appear in court Sept. 22.

difference it made. Amongst the residents of the gardens we have quite a few impatiens and some very young macrophylla hydrangeas - two plants that dramatically show the lack of moisture.

After the mulch went on I watered everything slowly but well. Almost two weeks later, without additional water, those bellwether plants are responding marvelously. Moisture is important but cool soil is equally so.

O&S #2 Challenging Cucurbits I tried an experiment this year in the hopes of enjoying a bit of success with these chappies. A bit of background: I have a squash tower; it is a circular bit of metal held 6’ off the ground by three legs. The idea is that you plant your squash, and other climbing cucurbits, at the base and the plants will happily twine themselves up to the tippy top and, in the course of the season, fruits will hang down just waiting for you to pluck them. That’s what the books say. I am constantly reminded that plants don’t read books. This year I did plant some cucumbers at the base of the tower. They withered away to nothingness.

However, pole beans, planted almost 6’ away, eschewed their poles, scootched along a bit of twine used to corral some cherry tomatoes and have happily covered the squash tower.

Knowing something odd might happen, I experimented with a row of large containers for the squashes. Cucurbits love the heat so a “raised” bed seemed like a good idea. All started well: pumpkin, zucchini, watermelon, Long Tom cucumbers and pickling dills grew wonderfully until the heat wave. The bits of vine curling over the

rim of the containers were exposed to the sun’s merciless rays and, well, they withered up. The hills that were sown into the ground are fine- the big leaves are By Terry McNamee shading the vines. So far, two watermelons the size Stirling—Have you seen this offof softballs, two large zuc- road vehicle? chinis, and one wizened Stirling-Rawdon Police Chief Dario pickling cucumber to Cecchin said police are looking for show for our efforts. help from the public to find a stolen O&S#3 Perplexing Po- Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) taken tatoes. from a residence in Stirling-Rawdon.

We had about a dozen The silver 2008 Arctic Cat Prowler hills of various potatoes 700 cc was taken from a garage at a (Yukon Gold, Kennebec, rural residence sometime overnight and some fingerlings). No between Friday, Aug. 26, and bugs, no mildew, and after Saturday, Aug. 27. It is a two-seater the heat, no tops. So I dug them up last week; average size was about 2” in diameter. In another garden, in the complete shade, I planted several tater tubers in a...container. Why? I had some leftover potatoes, an empty container and one spot left to put them. The foliage is lush to the point of almost being ornamental. These I’ll keep going until frost.

I have to admit that I haven’t spent a lot of effort with the vegetables this year and the lack of attention shows.

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January 24, 1952 - August 26, 2016 Peacefully at home in the arms of her husband Dan, after living well with breast cancer since 2003.

Christened Laura Avis Rose Hart, Laurie was the third of six children born to Ross and Jean Hart (nee Quick).

Raised in Belleville, Ontario, Laurie spent summers with her family in the part of Brighton known as Gosport, where her mother grew up. Laurie was very close to her Grandma Quick.

One evening in the summer of 1968, at the age of sixteen, Laurie met her future husband Dan. She accepted the offer of a ride home from the Presqu’ile Pavilion on his Honda motorbike and so began a fortyeight year romance for the ages. Laurie graduated from Moira Secondary School in 1970 and went on to Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough. She obtained her diploma in Early Childhood Education and was accredited by the Association for Early Childhood Education in Ontario in 1973. Laurie taught in the pre-school at Sir Sanford and also became a course instructor and field placement supervisor in the E.C.E. department.

At the same time she was married to Dan and had her first child Trevor.

Settling in Brighton after supporting her husband Dan through law school, Laurie established “Great Beginnings” Nursery School at the Brighton Public School. By now she was the mother of two boys. Laurie later founded and served as the Coordinator of the Brighton Family Resource Centre, a parent/child drop in centre for infant to pre-school age children. The Resource Centre evolved into the Brighton Early Years Program which continues to operate in the Brighton YMCA/Heath Services Centre.

Laurie was also instrumental in the start-up of what is now the Brighton Children’s Centre Day Care at the Brighton Public School. In recognition of her contribution to the child care and early childhood education in the Brighton area, Laurie was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Brighton in 1999.

In her spare time Laurie managed a busy household of a husband and three boys.

She was a faithful hockey mom for seventeen consecutive seasons. As a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Brighton, Laurie ran the nursery, taught Sunday School and served on the altar guild with her mother-in-law, the late Pat Thompson. She also found time to sit on the Board of Directors of Northumberland Big Sisters.

Artistic and creative, Laurie became a skilled potter. Her unique mugs, bowls, plates, candle holders, tea sets, hand-sculpted figurines and boats grace the homes of her family and friends. She never sold her creations, but often donated pieces for sale at charity fundraisers.

Laurie had a unique fashion sense and always looked amazing while priding herself on being extremely frugal. She loved a bargain. Her home in town and Presqu’ile cottage were beautifully decorated and she hosted many parties and dinners for friends and family. Laurie enjoyed boating in the summer, cross country and downhill skiing in the winter, vacations in the Caribbean, and travelling the length and breadth of Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland to the Yukon.

She is survived by her husband Dan, sons Trevor of Vancouver, B.C., Shane of Kingston, Ontario, and Myles and his wife Jessica of Halifax, Nova Scotia, grandchildren, Euan, age 7 and Ruby, age 3, her siblings, Cathy Brunger, Donalda MacLeod, Peter Hart, Paul Hart, and Phil Hart.

Wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, Laurie was much loved by all who knew her. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton (613-4752121) on Friday, September 2, 2016 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Brighton on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11 o’clock. Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Brighton Children’s Centre, would be appreciated by the family. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com.

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Visit us online www.InsideBelleville.com ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT

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COMMERCIAL RENT

High-bush Blueberriespick your own or purchase picked from the gift store at Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch in P e m b r o k e . www.blueberryranch.ca Great picking conditions.

Tel: 613-638-1288.

NICE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE 700 sq feet, excellent location, new paint/carpet. Lots of free parking, close to QHC and downtown. $750 plus HST, utilities included.

Call 613-966-3883 or email jenniferpinnacle@hotmail.com FOR RENT

LAWN & GARDEN Sale Sept 3 and 4/16 New Garden Furniture. All types of benches and chairs made with western cedar.

208 County Rd 41 Cordington East of Hwy 30

WANTED

DUMP RUNS

Kenmau Ltd. BELLEVILLE

Ann Street – Bachelor apartment 675.00+Hydro (available September)

234 Dundas St West – 1 bedroom 735.00+Hydro 285 King Street –1 bedroom $615.00 + utilities 386 Front Street – 1 bedroom $615.00 + utilities (available September)

613-475-9591 FOR RENT

brighton 1-2 bedroom unit on the second floor-sliding doors leading to balcony, laundry facilities on site and walking distance to downtown. Now available August. $800/mth plus Hydro. 1-2 bedroom lower level available in September $765/mth plus Hydro.

Canadian Made

Kenmau Ltd. (Since 1985)

FARM

FARM

FARM

HONEY FOR SALE

FOR RENT

TrEnTon

Junk removal & willing to move articles for individuals.

Portage and Main

COMMERCIAL RENT

Call

Kenmau Ltd.

613-392-2601 or visit www.kenmau.ca

Property Management (Since 1985)

CL442555

GRADUATION

Property Management

613-392-2601

FARM

FARM

Campbell’s Honey Honey For Sale $3.50 per pound at the Honey House

Twin Sisters Hive & Honey Products

220 Campbell Road, Warkworth

NEW CROP HONEY AVAILABLE - RAW & REGULAR

August and September Friday and Saturday 9am - 4pm (705) 924-2577

(GPS - Trent Hills)

231 Frankford-Stirling Road, Stirling We sell bulk honey in your containers, prepackaged liquid and creamed honey, wedding favours, buckwheat honey, beeswax skin creams & lip balms, candles, pollen, maple syrup, honey butter, gifts and more.

Open Saturdays only, 10 am-4pm.

Call 613-827-7277

Roof Painting • Barn Painting FARMS • FACTORIES • HOMES

• mobile sandblasting • power washing STEEL ROOFS painted, repaired & replaced All Work Guaranteed

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FIREWOOD

FIREWOOD

FIREWOOD

CUBEX WOOD PELLETS 100% hardwood Booking price $299.50/ton Delivery available

DRUMMOND BMR

MARMORA, HWY #7 EAST 613-472-2628 drummond@bellnet.ca HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Experienced Tire Installation Technician

No on road service, 40 hours per week, starting immediately Workman’s Honestly driven.

& Auto

Quinte West

Quality Products and Service For All Your Auto, Truck & R.V. Repair Needs

WANTED Old wooden decoys wanted to buy. Free appraisals, cash paid. Collector also interested in photographing decoys and old wooden carvings.

613-888-9540, 613-376-6723, Standing timber, hard maple, soft maple, red and white oak, etc. Quality workmanship guaranteed.

519-777-8632 .

FULL TIME & PART TIME Contract Drivers

needed for Belleville/ Trenton Courier Service. Must have own vehicle.

Call Tues. To Fri. 8 am - 2 pm.

613-392-5585 or 613-967-5941

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Residential items only

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

$ MONEY $ CONSOLIDATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income Bad credit OK!

Better Option Mortgage #10969

1-800-282-1169

www.mortgageontario.com

Wanted: Standing timber, FOR RENT mature hard/softwood.

Also wanted, natural stone, cubicle or flat, any 2 bedroom apartment, Westpark Village area, size. 613-968-5182. newly renovated, fridge, stove, lots of parking, laundry facilities & storHELP WANTED age, $850/mnth. Heat, hydro, cable & garbage tag extra. Available Sept. 1.

No pets preferred.

613-962-7461

494 Bigford Rd., Brighton, ON

613-475-3579

MORTGAGES

Buy 1 wetek ge 1 free!

1-888-967-3237

2 Bedroom spacious apartment, downtown Trenton (across from Metro). All inclusive, $950/mth. Quiet, senior’s residential buildings, Senior discount, nonsmoking, no pets. Call 613-922-5528.

3 Bedroom Country Home 15 minutes from Belleville & Trenton. $1400.00 plus utilities . First, last and references required. Available Oct 1 call 613-398-7324

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

HELP WANTED

FOR RENT HALL RENTALS

Belleville Shrine Club 51 Highland Ave Belleville Rooms available for large or small parties or meetings. Now taking bookings for Christmas. Licensed by LLBO. Catering available.

Wi-Fi available. Air conditioned. Handicap access w w w. b e l l e v i l l e s h r i n e club.com.

For more information call 613-962-2633 or 613-921-9924

CROSSING GUARD Job Scope: Reporting to the Public Works Operations Supervisor, the Crossing Guard escorts pedestrians at designated road crossing locations during the school year.

Duties: • Obeys established traffic safety regulations • Wears Personal Protective Equipment i.e. safety vest at all times while on duty • Directs and guides pedestrians safely across roadways, stopping traffic as required using signs and hand signals to assist with safe crossing • Communicates crossing rules to pedestrians • Documents and reports unsafe pedestrian behavior, incidents, accidents, injuries, hazards or suspicious persons/vehicles to the Supervisor and appropriate school authority • Documents and reports the license number of vehicles that disregard traffic signals to the Supervisor and appropriate school authority • Performs duties at designated crossing site during the school year during the hours of: 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; 12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.; and, 2:40 p.m. -3:15 p.m.

Qualifications: • Excellent customer service skills • Good communications skills, both verbal and written • Knowledge of the Highway Traffic Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act as it relates to this position • Valid class G License • Clean Criminal Records Check Pay Rate: CUPE Band 6c Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume clearly marked, “Position of Crossing Guard” before 12:00 noon September 1, 2016 to the attention of: Human Resources Municipality of Brighton Bx 189, 35 Alice Street Brighton, ON K0K 1H0 hr@brighton.ca Personal information and any supporting material obtained will be used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom and Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Alternative formats of job postings and accommodation during recruitment are available upon request by contacting Human Resources at 613-475-0670.

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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Ken Chard Construction.

Renovations, decks, siding, sidewalks, fences, ceramic, windows, painting etc. Free estimates. Call: 613-398-7439.

HELP WANTED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Criminal Record? Canadian Record Suspension EDUCATION & (Criminal pardon) seals TRAINING record.

American waiver allows legal entry. Why risk employment, business, Start Your New Career travel, licensing, deportation, Now! peace of mind? Free The Reflexology Training c o n s u l t a t i o n : Academy of Canada is 1-800-347-2540 offering the next certification course in Trenton. The course runs two consecutive weekends CAREER September 10, 11, 17, 18.

OPPORTUNITY Train for an exciting new career. Call for more information 613-391-7198 or visit www.reflexologytrainingacademy.ca

Emergency and ICU positions (part-time) Email: careers@nhh.ca Website: www.nhh.ca

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

required Immediately Knight’s Appleden Fruit Ltd. Please apply within or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

Certified CanSkate Coach For The 2016-2017 Season Mondays and Wednesday evenings from 5:20 to 7:20pm Anyone interested please contact Diane McKnight at 905-797-2507 or email resume to

bewdleyskatingclub@hotmail.ca

Farm Labourer

Tree Pruning / Apple Picking $11.25/hr required immediately at: Scarlett Acres Ltd. Please apply within or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

705-653-1414 92 Bridge Street East, Campbellford CAREER OPPORTUNITY

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Health Care Careers

with a difference

Wanted Drop resumes off to Knight’s Appleden Fruit Ltd. or email amycook@knights-appleden.ca

APPLE PACKERS

613-966-2034

Full time positions Please bring resume into Jerry at

FORKLIFT DRIVERS

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• Servers • Pizza Cook • Short Order Cook

Excellent Patient Care. Every time!

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Registered Nurse Opportunities

JOB OPPORTUNITY

TRAVEL/VACAT/COTTG

Moira Place, a 128-bed, state-of-the-art Long Term Care Home located in the village of Tweed, is known for its caring and skilled staff and high standards of care. We currently have an opening for the position of:

Cook – Part Time Reporting to the Dining Supervisor, the Cook prepares high quality, nutritionally balanced meals for residents, following approved recipes and ensuring that portion control, temperature, and food presentation guidelines are adhered to. Ensure that public health regulations pertaining to sanitation and food preparation, storage, and disposal are followed and that Company and RHA standards are adhered to. You will help to set menus, prepare meals, and direct Dietary Aides in basic food preparation and meal service.

Qualifications:

• Two years experience & a valid Safe Food Handler’s Certificate, diploma in Culinary Management or a Red Seal Chef designation required • Must have Smart Serve certification or be willing to obtain • Experience in volume food cooking and preparation preferred • Familiarity with therapeutic diets & nutritional standards for seniors an asset • Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team • Available to work weekends, varied shifts, call-ins, and holidays as assigned Email: hrpa@aoninc.com Website: www.aoninc.com AON Inc. is committed to meet the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner and to comply with AODA and all of its standards.

Aon Inc. offers competitive compensation packages, professional development opportunities and a high standard of care in customer-service.

With operations in both Canada and the U.S. and a 45-year tradition of quality and customer service, AON is the region’s largest privately owned employer.

BUSINESS SERVICES

GARAGE SALE

GARAGE SALE

Roger’s Mobile Wash and Detailing: For all your washing needs. Auto, Boats, RVs, Homes, Decks, Patios, Driveways, Heavy Equipment, and Monument cleaning. Also, Store Front, and Graffiti cleaning. Bug Spraying available. Free Estimates Home 613-962-8277 or Cell 613-885-1908.

Large Yard Sale 61 MacDonald Gardens, Belleville. Sept 2, 3 & 4 8am - 4pm.

Vintage items, linens, china, books, kitchenware, dishes, utensils, seasonal decorations, garden items, furniture, art, prints, tools, plants & pots. ALL TO GO. Come find your treasure. Pictures will be posted on Belleville Buy Sell and Swap, also on Kijiji.

Come find your treasure NEW STUFF PUT OUT EACH DAY. No early birds please.

Sept 3/16 8am Household items and antiques. New garden furniture, all types of benches and chairs made with western cedar 208 County Rd 41 Codrington. East of Hwy 30

GARAGE SALE Downsizing Yard Saturday & Sunday & 4, Starting 8am, son Cres. Trenton. thing must go.

Sale, Sept 3 14 JaEvery-

Downsizing Yard Sale Sept. 2, 3, 4, & 5.

Huge variety, household and workshop items.

42 Frank St. off Moira West Belleville Large Garage Sale Lots of treasuries for everyone.

1023 Moira St West. First house west of Wallbridge Loyalist Rd. Sept 2-5 8am-5pm

BUSINESS SERVICES

Yard Sale Sept 3 8-2 38 Harbour St. Brighton Multi family, 306 Raglan St., Brighton, Saturday, September 3, 8-2pm, Household and outdoor items. Rain or shine.

Book your ad

613-966-2034

Sept 3, 4, 5 Lots of fishing, hunting equipment and tools.

Something for everyone 1547 Old Marmora Rd Madoc 4856

BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

MIKE RICHARDS CPA, CMA

Small business bookkeeping, accounting, financial statements, tax returns and consulting.

613-403-0881

mrmwrichards12@gmail.com

FLOORS & MORE Hardwood Floor Installation & Resurfacing, All Ceramics, Your Light Renovations & Upgrades.

Over 30 years experience.

Please call for free estimate.

GARAGE SALE

GARAGE SALE

613-243-5605

BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

Give Your Old Stuff a New Life

EVENTS Continued from page B6

MARMORA

St. Andrew’s United Church New to You Shoppe sale, Saturday September 3, 8:30-noon. Deloro UCW is having their coffee party at the same time.

Open Mic, Friday September 9, 7 PM, Marmora & Area Curling Club, 2 Crawford Dr. Join the lineup of musicians or just enjoy the entertainment. No cover charge.

Memory Café, 2nd Tues. of month, 10-11:30am. Marmora Library W. Shannon Rm. 37 Forsyth St. Marmora. Seniors with early memory loss or who are worried about their memory meet to discuss brain health, practise brain boost activities and gentle movement.

Info: 613-962-0892 Good Food Box depot, Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. Fresh fruit and vegetables in $10 or $15 size boxes or bag of fruit for $5.

Order/Pay by the first Wednesday of the month. Pick up on the third Wednesday. Order any Wed. between 10am-2pm. Elaine 613-472-3219

NORWOOD

Norwood Legion: Wing Night Thursdays, from 4:30pm.

Meat Draws Fridays from 5 p.m.

Preschool Drop-in, Westwood Public Library. Every Thursday, 10 am-noon. Enjoy play and creative areas. 705-696-2744 or www.anpl.org

Seamless Eavestroughing Soffit and Facia

Steven Switzer OWNER

stevenswitzerconstruction@gmail.com www.stevenswitzerconstruction.com HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

613-478-1936 613-920-3985

P.E. COUNTY

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

Meals on Wheels, Picton: Daily noon time meal delivered to your door. Info: Prince Edward Community Care 613-476-7493.

Free Seniors Exercise Classes – VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive and can be done standing or seated. Info: 1-888279-4866 ex 5350.

Picton Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. Practices are Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., St Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

ROSENEATH

RCMP Musical Ride, Roseneath Fairgrounds, September 8. Gates open at 5 pm. Food concession.

Pre show 6:30 pm, Little Turning Bear drumming demonstrations and the Ride starts at 7 pm. Advanced tickets Adult $8.00, Children 6-13 -$3.00 and under 6 free. At the gate prices $10.00 and $5.00 Info at www.roseneathfair.com.

STIRLING

Stirling Blood Pressure

Clinic: Thursday, Sept 8, 204 Church St, Seniors Building, 9 AM to 12PM. Opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to preregister if not already a member of the Program Seniors’ Euchre every Thursday, 1 pm, Stirling Legion Branch #228, Stirling-Marmora Rd. Only $2.00 to play, refreshments provided. Info: (613) 395-2002.

TRENTON

Quinte West MS Society Support Group, every second Monday of the month, Quiet Room, Quinte West Public Library, Trenton.

6:30pm. For those affected by MS, caregivers and friends. Info: trentonmsgroup@live.ca Joyfull Noise Women’s Choir will resume their practices every Monday evening 7 - 9 p.m beginning September 12. Their practice location has been changed to the Brighton Legion.

Cold Creek Cloggers, Monday nights. Beginner class 6:30pm.

Trenton Baptiste Church 15 South St. First night free. For info call Debbie 613-920-9034 Trenton Art Club. Calling all artists and would be artists. Painting every Friday afternoon, Smylie’s Independent Store (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525.

TWEED

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. Tweed and District Horticulture Club: Tuesday, September 6, 7 p.m., Tweed Library. Brad Smith and Michele Cole of Herb Haven in Napanee will share information about the daily use and benefits of culinary and aromatic herbs.

Tweed Blood Pressure Clinic: Wednesday, Sept 7, 23 McCamon Ave, Seniors Building, 8 AM to 12PM. Program opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

Call Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to preregister if not already a member of the Program New Finding Your Way clinics. Free ID kit to help those with memory loss and their loved ones be prepared and prevent a missing person event. Call for your one hour appointment: 613-395-5018 Zumba Dancercise Class for everyone, every Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am., Tweed Legion.

Bring your water and yoga mats.

Info: 613-478-1824 Tweed LegioN: Bi-weekly Open Bingo in the Upstairs Hall,

7 pm. Euchre every other Saturday in the Clubroom, 1 pm. Info 613478-1865 Bid Euchre every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Actinolite Recreation Hall VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Gateway Community Health Centre Pole Walking program. No experience necessary. For more information, please call the Dietitian at 613-478-1211 ext. 228.

Senior Men’s ‘Huff and Puff’ Exercise Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 AM, Land O’ Lakes Curling Club. Instructed muscle toning, balance and stretching. Light weights available, bring your own mat. 7/class or $40 monthly. Show up or contact Larry: 613-478-5994

TYENDINAGA

Orange Lodge dance, Sept.

3, Orange Hall, York Rd, Tyendinga Territory. Band is Jeff Code & Silver Wings. Dancing from 8pm to midnight. Cost $12.00. Dance, Lunch, Prizes. 613-396-6792 Meals on Wheels Delivery Drivers Required, Community Care for South Hastings, 4 hours a year, (1 hour a day for 1 day a week for 1 month). Info: Lee at 613-969-0130 ext. 5207 Seniors “Fun Movement for Life” Mon. & Thur. starting Sept.6, 10-11am. Low impact, strengthen, Endurance & Balance & Social Time. Free Program funded by VON Canada. Certified Instructor.

Info: 613-962-2822, tyfitnessres@ mbq-tmt.org Diner’s Club, 1st Wednesday, 12-2 pm. Deseronto Community Centre, $6/member. $7/non-member. Reservations required. Call 613-396-6591

WARKWORTH

Warkworth Legion hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone welcome Warkworth Fair, Sept 9-11. Featuring Battle of the Bands, horse shows, car show, talent show, Hot Diggity Dogs, baby show, magic show, firemen’s challenge, car draws, 4H & Beef show, truck & tractor pull, RONA little hammers, junior farmer challenge, Jungle Cat World show, midway, home craft displays, petting zoo, beer gardens, NEW for 2016 Randy Bird, Agri-Magic, Soper Creek Wildlife, Rev. Kevin Fast Pull, Highland games, Touch-a-truck, Junkestra, Best Pie Contest & Auction. www.warkworthfair.com

WOOLER

Soup and Sandwich Monday September 5 11:30 am – 1 pm $7 per person Wooler United Church

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Rural-urban divide more pronounced, Public housing major county issue very troubling: Warden

By Jack Evans

By Jack Evans Long-standing concerns and complaints from rural Ontario continue to get short shrift from provincial government officials, Warden Rick Phillips commented at Hastings County Council on Aug. 25.

“It looks like official government policy now that there are two Ontarios – rural and urban,” he complained.

He said he got the impression at the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference at Windsor that if rural dwellers choose to space themselves out then they must also pay premium costs for infrastructure and energy services and supplies.

This stance came in spite of a united front presentation by both the Eastern

Ontario and Western Ontario Wardens Caucuses which states in part: “that the Government of Ontario make necessary infrastructure investments for expansion of transmission systems in areas of Eastern and Western Ontario that are currently lacking” and that the “government find solutions to bring a reliable flow of natural gas to rural and remote areas as a catalyst for growth and development,” and finally “that the government advocate publicly for more affordable energy solutions for rural Ontario.”

Key reasons behind the joint submission included several instances of rural businesses that lack sufficient electrical power to maintain or expand their operations and face investments

into the millions of dollars to create their own infrastructure, plus the hit rural electrical users are taking for transportation charges to the point some are using grocery money to pay their hydro bills.

Hastings Council was quick to endorse the resolution unanimously. Similar issues have been raised in recent years by both rural municipalities and other agencies, like the area health unit in adopting provincial funding formulas to cover the same basic hard costs of services to aging, spread-out, low income populations.

As far as Warden Phlllips is concerned, the future for rural Ontario looks bleak.

It was a good-news-bad-news scenario for public housing in Hastings County at county council meeting last week.

The good news included a commitment from senior government for more than $1.9 million for new public housing projects and a $150,000 cheque as an energy efficiency rebate for existing units.

Meanwhile, the North Hastings Non Profit Housing Corporation situation continues following the en –masse resignation of its board members some months ago. County staff have pitched in to serve as an ad hock executive to maintain operations as existing staff, but council acted to take that off their hands by forming a “volunteer” board of four members of council.

Staff will continue to serve as support for treasurer and secretary. The long-range plan is to replace a full board with North Hastings residents. Those who volunteered were told that

this is a separate and all-volunteer board with no remuneration.

In other business, Maddison Ellis, one of two administration student interns during the summer, made two presentations to council before heading off to Queen’s University to study municipal administration in more detail.

One was regarding the energy situation in Hastings County and Eastern Ontario in general and the second centred on the Ontario Youth summit in Stratford which she recently attended.

Several councillors also chided area news coverage of a situation where several families were evacuated from an apartment complex deemed unfit for habitation.

Fire and emergency official never make such last minute decisions without adequate warning and preparation time for the owner and tenants, members agreed. Also, the county’s Social Services Department had established adequate shelter accommodation ahead of time for the displaced tenants.

Replace smoke alarms every 10 years, firefighters say

Belleville – The Fire Prevention Week banner containing this year’s theme: “Don’t Wait – Check the Date – Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years” was recently installed at the entrance to Belleville Fire Department Station 3 to remind passersby of the shelf life of smoke alarms.

Battery-operated and hard-wired (electrical) smoke alarms need to be

changed out after 10 years. Smoke detectors tied into fire alarm systems are annually inspected as part of Ontario Fire Code requirements and are subjected to “sensitivity testing” to assess their performance and are changed out when levels of sensitivity are lower than the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Carbon monoxide alarms have a shelf

life of seven years and should also be changed out at that time.

Battery operated or back up battery smoke and carbon monoxide alarms should have their batteries changed out every six months.

A good way to remember to do this is when you change your clocks in the spring and fall for daylight savings, change your batteries, too.

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Smoke alarms are now the law and must be installed and operational on all levels of a residence and outside all sleeping areas. Carbon monoxide alarms are now also law and must be installed/operational outside all sleeping areas when there are fuel-fired appliances (gas, propane, oil ) used in the residence.

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

are life saving devices and must be operational at all times and installed in the proper locations so they can alert you to fire/smoke and carbon monoxide situations. But they can only save your life if they’re in working condition.

Information on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms can be obtained by calling Belleville Fire & Rescue Fire Prevention at 613-966-6929.

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