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Quinte West honours Doug Whitney
the team,” he said. At the beginning of McDonalds time with the G-Hawks six years ago, the Jr. “A” team Trenton – Doug ‘Smoke’ Whitney’s corner at was struggling with attendance, getting around the Duncan McDonald Community Gardens, 250 to 300 fans a game. known as “Smoke’s Corner,” will always be his “He told me ‘You’ve got to get the boys out special place. in the community, they’ve got to become part Dedicated in his honour, Smoke’s Corner of the town’ and he had a lot of great ideas for will now feature a painting by local artist Steme like involving the players and we took it, we phen Snider of Whitney and the hockey teams took all of the advice he could give us and went that were close to his heart, unveiled at the Jr. forward,” he said. “A” Trenton Golden Hawks game on Friday Now, after taking Whitney’s advice, the GOct. 28. Hawks average around 700 fans a game and of“Doug was a sport fanatic and he supported ten surpass 1,000 fans like the G-Hawks recent all of the children in the former city of Trenton game against Wellington on Friday Oct. 28. and city of Quinte West as best he could in so Whitney was a special guy and the city lost a many different ways,” said Quinte West Mayor great man, said McDonald. Jim Harrison. Not only was Whitney dedicated to the Jr. Harrison was one of the many members of “A” Trenton Golden Hawks, he was also dedithe community who sat on a committee to dedcated to the minor hockey association and icate their time and money towards buying the sports in general in the community. painting to recognize and honour Whitney’s “His memory lives on, it lives on on the side many years of dedication. of our helmets, we honour him by wearing a “We always knew he was there in some way sticker on our helmets, and we’ve got Smoke’s and he’s still there,” he said. “It’s an excellent Corner and now we’re going to put a picture up painting, I thought it was great including mithere,” he said. nor hockey and your Hawks, it’s a good depic“So he’s still with us, he was with us all last tion.” Whitney served multiple terms as council- Quinte West Councillor Fred Kuypers holds up the newly unveiled painting honouring Doug year on our run and I figure he’s going to be lor in Quinte West but died unexpectedly from Whitney to applause from the crowd at the Jr. “A” Trenton Golden Hawks game on Friday with us this year because we didn’t finish what we set out to do last year.” complications from pneumonia on May 26, Oct. 28. McDonald said he thinks Whitney will be 2015, at 64. Erin Stewart/Metroland smiling down on them and happy the organizaHe was a founding member of the Quinte tion accomplished his goal of hosting a major West Sports Wall of Fame, proud supporter to come to Trenton in 2009. needed to look after. hockey tournament like the Dudley Hewitt Cup, of Trenton’s minor hockey and Jr. “A” Golden John McDonald, director of business opera“He just loved this town and we just became Hawks and all around sports enthusiast in the tions for the Trenton Golden Hawks, said he friends and I’d look forward to every week on hosted in Trenton this season. The G-Hawks have also introduced the Doug community. met Whitney when he took up his position with Monday when he’d come and bang on the door Whitney played an instrumental role in re- the Hawks and Whitney told him he was a part and we’d sit and talk about the games and what Whitney Memorial Trophy, presented to the cruiting the Trenton Golden Hawks from Port of something special, something McDonald was coming up and what we needed to improve team’s player of the month. Hope, then known as the Port Hope Predators, BY ERIN STEWART
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