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December 12, 2013 JOLT OF MUSIC

Youth Centre hosts first coffee house

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By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West – It was not a dark and stormy night.

Students at St. Paul Secondary School were grateful. This was the night they were “sleeping out” in the courtyard at their school, raising funds for Habitat for Humanity and feeling what it’s like to be homeless.

“They have built their own cardboard houses to see how people spend their lives on the street,” said coordinator Diane Tepylo.

The 35 students from grades nine to 12 designed their own Cardboard City, some thinking to put up tarps in case it rained.

One person even had his laptop hooked up to an electrical outlet, but that was quickly disconnected.

“There will be no heaters, electronics or cellphones in Cardboard City,” Tepylo warned. “We want this to be as realistic Hanna Schoen and Destiny Dawson, grade 11, are happy to have a roof over their heads. Photo: Kate Everson as possible.”

Fortunately, the night was relatively mild with no precipitation. Other years the students were not so lucky.

“We have had sub-zero temperatures, snow and freezing rain,” said Tepylo.

“But they stuck it out.”

She added that some of the cardboard homes had collapsed in the rain. One year, some hardworking students were clever enough to build wooden rafters on their homes. Others just snuggled closer in their sleeping bags and waited until By Kate Everson morning.

News - Wooler – A new park replacing the former Wooler “If you’re cold, come in,” Tepylo add- Hall is named in honour of Norm Mallory, a long time resied. “Wake up is 6:30 and breakfast is at dent. His family were there on December 7 to dedicate the 7:30. All the cardboard has to be put our stone and plaque. for recycling in the morning.”

“Norm contributed so much to the community,” said Mayor There were board games, ping pong, John Williams. “He was on town council, the police and Public snacks and cellphones in the adjacent Works.” room, but lights were out at 11 p.m. in the answer!

He said the 1875 plaque from the old town hall was put on er for the p a sp w e n courtyard for the long night ahead. Chap- a stone naming this Norm Mallory Park. side this age ad in lain Claire Marchand said a few prayers “It will be here for years,” he said. “It is a real tribute.”

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and a total of three culvert News - Quinte West - A replacements for $1,558,000. study of city bridges and There are 33 bridges that reculverts has revealed a lot of quire rehabilitation for a cost work to be done in the next of $22,420,000. There are 15 culverts that need rehabilitafew years.

“The city retained Greer tion for a total of $621,000.

Four bridges are listed Galloway Group to complete a visual assessment,” noted for possible closure. This Chris Angelo, director of includes two on Teal Road Public Works and Environ- (south of County Road 5), mental Services. “The city Zion Road (north of Corcurrently has 70 structures rigan Road), and Hill Road having spans greater than (south of Telephone Road). three metres. This includes All of these bridges are 48 bridges and 22 culverts.” listed with a deteriorated type positioning Bridges were definedsamples as condition with load restrica structure having less than tions and deficient width and 600 mm of cover, while cul- a low estimated remaining verts have more than 600 service life.

The replacement cost for mm of cover.

The work included a re- the two Teal Road bridges view of six structures with is $825,000 and $915,000. load limits. Under new Zion Road is estimated at regulations, municipalities $800,000 and Hill Road at are responsible for passing $539,000.

Mayhew Creek bridge has load limit bylaws. Anderson Island bridge has a 12- a deteriorated condition with tonne load limit, while three an estimated service life of bridges in Murray Ward had three to five years, load limit a load limit of 16 tonnes. restrictions and a replaceFloud’s Bridge Road has a ment cost of $698,000.

The Marsh Hill Road limit of 15 tonnes and Zion Road has only a two-tonne bridges north of Stirling/ Foxboro Road has a width limit.

There are a total of five deficiency and load limit rebridges and one culvert strictions, but is estimated to designated for further en- have a 10- to 15-year service gineering investigations to life.

Interim works to extend confirm visual repair recommendations at a total cost of its life include installing a $135,000. That work is to steel beam guiderail on the be completed within two to bridge approaches if existfour years prior to structure ing structure is maintained at a cost of $837,000. rehabilitations.

The CPR Underpass at Mayhew Creek Bridge needs a deck condition sur- Marmora Street has a width vey and analysis costing deficiency and load limit re$20,000 for an estimated strictions but is estimated to total rehabilitation cost of last 15 to 20 years and there is no cost to the city. $250,000 and $550,000.

Bridge rehabilitation The Jones Creek Bridge North on Wallbridge-Loyal- needs by priority ranking ist Road needs a deck condi- include the CNR/CPR overtion survey for $15,000 with pass on Wooler Road for an estimated rehabilitation $2 million, two bridges on cost of $116,000. The Glen South Trent Street Frankford Ross bridge needs a deck for $725,000, Glen Miller condition survey for $30,000 Bridge for $650,000, Trent for a total rehabilitation cost Canal Bridge in Frankford for $1.3 million, Crowe of $1,100,000.

The CNR/CPR Over- Road bridge at $180,000, pass on Wooler Road north Glen Ross bridge at $1.1 of Highway 2 needs a million, CNR Overpass deck condition survey for Wallbridge-Loyalist Road at $30,000 for a total rehabili- $850,000, Gunter Settlement tation cost of $2 million. The Road bridge at $125,000, South Trent Street Frankford Jones Creek Road bridge at bridge needs a deck condi- $116,000, D. James Maction survey and analysis for Donald bridge in Trenton $20,000 for a total rehabili- at $5.7 million, Trent River tation or replacement cost Bridge in Frankford at $1.3 of $250,000 and $750,000. million, Jones Creek bridge The bridge on Old Highway at $611,000 and Veterans 2 west of Whites Road needs Skyway bridge at $6.9 mila deck condition survey and lion.

Minor rehabilitation analysis for $20,000 for a total rehabilitation cost of works is also needed on most other bridges and culverts. $225,000 and $550,000.

“It is recommended that There are no structures designated for removal at the structures be reappraised this time. There are a total of by a qualified structural enseven bridge replacements gineer every two years,” Anfor a total cost of $4 million gelo noted.

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Students go homeless for Habitat

Students participating in the Cardboard City posed for a group photo with Len Kennedy and teachers before the long night. Photo: Kate Everson Camille McCrum, Naomi Dunleavy and Caitlyn Vidal, grade 9 students, are excited about their Cardboard City. Photo: Kate Everson Continued from page 1

with the students and wished them well.

“By 11 you have to be in your boxes,” she smiled.

Len Kennedy, executive director of Habitat for Humanity for Prince Edward-Hastings, thanked the students for their contributions. He noted this is the only school in North America that has sponsored two Habitat builds. The last one in Trenton was completed at the end of March.

“Everyone should have access to safe, decent, affordable housing,” he said. “This is a basic human right.”

Habitat builds 145 homes a year in Canada, with various partners and volunteers. Internationally, the number jumps to 10,000. Many students and volunteers team up to help build in other countries.

Kennedy said there have been 14 homes built in this area including Belleville, Trenton, Picton, Frankford, Flinton and Bancroft. The 15th will be completed in Picton by March, 2014. Two will be built in Belleville in 2014.

Gary Sopaz, on the board for Habitat as project site manager, said the work was very rewarding.

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Quinte West Youth Centre holds first coffee house

Entertainment - Quinte West – Java Jolt is the first coffee house for the Quinte West Youth Centre. Its opening was on December 6.

“We plan to have a coffee house every month,” says manager Connie Nye-Kaley. “It’s to showcase our youth’s talent.”

She says the support for the event has been “awesome.”

“We had some kids organize the canteen,” she added.

“They learn leadership skills.”

She noted that Tim Hortons and Ardens Music has cosponsored the coffee house.

“That’s really important,” she smiled.

Connie said the youth were really excited to be putting on this event. About ten youth from the Bancroft Youth Centre also showed up with their coordinator Denis Campeau. “We share ideas,” he said.

The coffeehouse had no shortage of musicians signing up

between the ages of 12 to 18 years. Its vision is to ensure that every youth in Quinte West has access to a Youth Centre that offers safe and innovative programming. The goal is that youth feel valued in their community through a sense of pride and ownership.

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Musicians for the first Java Jolt coffee house included: Front- Tara Canniff and Stephan McNabb. Back – Zach Avery, Hailey Borden, Taylor Weese, Tyler McCormack, William Gilchuk and Matthew Groves.

Photo: Kate Everson

The coffeehouse is for anyone from to perform. The music is geared to youth and included country, rap, top 40 with 12 to 18 plus families or board members who want to come. acoustic or electric guitar.

“It’s something different than a “It’s quite a variety of music,” Connie dance,” she said. said.

This month’s MC was musician Tyler McCormack.

Next month the Youth Centre will audtion for the performers. The dates are set for Friday, January 17 and February 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. It costs $2 for members and $4 for non-members.

“Next month we’re open to adult entertainers,” she added.

The Quinte West Youth Centre at 2 Wooler Road in Trenton promotes relevant, positive, social, recreational and skills development for youth

News - Quinte West - Residents serviced by Quinte Waste Solutions are asked to have their blue box to the curb by 7 a.m. on their collection day.

Some residents are missing their blue box collection due to late putouts. The new, blue recycling trucks have different routes than the old white trucks. Residents who previously had their blue box material collected at 2 p.m., may no longer see their boxes collected at that time. To ensure collection, all residents are urged to have their blue box to the curb by 7 a.m. on their collection day.

Residents who miss their collection due to a late putout, may wait until their next collection day or bring their recycling to the recycling plant in Trenton at 270 West St. between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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Wooler Park named in honour of Norm Mallory

Above: Cheryl Hunt from Ottawa pushes her nine-month-old daughter Danika in the Norm Mallory Park.

Above: Family gather for a photo behind the stone and plaque dedicated to Norm Mallory.

Right: Ryan Angelo, 11, tries out the playground equipment in Norm Mallory Park.

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Murray Ward councillor Jim Alyea said he knew Norm for a long time. “He was an old school buddy,” he said “This is a fitting tribute for the site.”

Laird Nelson said he met Norm in Scouts and Rovers and they were close friends. “Norm had common sense, he was level-headed and I learned a great deal from him,” he said. “This is still with me, so I guess Norm is still with me.”

He said Norm and Wooler are synonymous. “He took his family, his friends and his community seriously,” he said.

His brother Dale Mallory added, “We sure do miss him.”

Jim Harrison said Norm and his wife Shirley would sometimes see the sun come up at his place. “We cherish the memories,” he said.

He asked why they chose a rock as a tribute. “Norm was a rock in so many ways to all of us,” he said. “He was the best guy to have on your team.”

He thanked council for their support in naming the park for Norm Mallory and setting up the children’s playground on the site.

Above: Laird Nelson and Jim Harrison say a few words about their old friend Norm. Photo: Left: Nolan Donovan from Grafton enjoys the slide in the Norm Mallory Park, having fun with his brothers and mother Stacey who used to live in Wooler next to her Uncle Norm.

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - The city will be provided $70,203 to cover costs in 2014 and 2015 to develop Risk Management Plans for source water protection.

“The city may also be eligible for an additional $15,000 if the activities are collaborated with other organizations,” noted Matt Tracey, manager of Water and Wastewater Services, and Risk Management Official.

He added that the funding cannot be used for incentives or compensation to property owners for any remedial work required by the Risk Management Plans.

The city is responsible for implementing the Source Protection policies and the delivery of the Education and Outreach program. This applies to lands located within the vulnerable areas surrounding the drinking water intakes in Trenton, Frankford and Bayside.

“The city’s three drinking water systems cur-

rently have a total of 33 properties identified with significant drinking water threats,” Tracey said.

“These will require further investigation and development of Risk Management Plans. Many of these are agriculture related.”

Staff will be working out the details over the next few months.

The province has made a commitment to ensure that every watershed has a source protection plan as regulated by the Clean Water Act in 2006. This involves identifying threats to municipal water sources, assessing the significance of each threat, taking action to reduce or eliminate the threat, and monitoring progress.

“The Source Protection Plan has been submitted to the Minister of Environment for approval,” notes Tracey. “Once approved, the city would be required to implement policies to deal with significant water threats as identified in the plan.”

The plan is expected to be approved by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment in early 2014.

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Central African Republic: A Genocide Forestalled Editorial - The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the poorest and most inaccessible countries in the world. It’s the size of France, but it only has four and a half million people. It is a serious contender for the title of Worst Governed Country in Africa, and it is now teetering on the brink of a genocide.

Something has to be done, and only France was able and willing to do it. moves fast. There are already Gwynne Dyer 600France French troops in the capital, Bangui, and another thousand will be moving out into country areas by the end of the week. (There are already 2,500 African peace-keeping troops in the CAR, but they lack transport and don’t have orders to shoot.) It has all happened so fast that France hasn’t even decided yet if it supports the man who currently claims to be the president of the CAR. The vast majority of people in the CAR are herdsmen or subsistence farmers who have little or no contact with the institutions of the state: the coup leaders and “presidents” came and went almost unnoticed. Until this time, because Michel Djotodia is the first Muslim president in a mostly Christian country, and he was brought to power by Muslim fighters many of whom don’t even come from the CAR. Djotodia has been trying to seize the presidency for eight years. Coming from the Muslim northeast of the country, he recruited some fighters from that area – but up to 80 percent of the soldiers in his Seleka (alliance) militia were Muslim mercenaries whom he hired from Chad and Sudan.

Except that he didn’t actually have the money to pay them; he just tacitly offered them the chance to loot if they won. So when he ordered Seleka to disband last March, having fought his way into power in Bangui, they did nothing of the sort.

They hadn’t come all this way just to steal a few things and go home again.

Like Djotodia, the mercenaries are in the game to get rich, but while he can now do his thieving from the presidential palace, they still have to do it in the traditional way. So the

majority of Seleka’s fighters have broken up into bands of marauders who plunder, rape and burn their way around the country. Many of the country’s villages now lie abandoned, while their former inhabitants hide from the bandits in the fields or the woods.

Tens of thousands may have already died in the more remote parts of the CAR, and at least four hundred were killed right in Bangui last week. Worse may follow: there is now a serious risk of genocide.

The Christian majority and the Muslim minority in the CAR have generally lived alongside each other in peace.

However, the ex-Seleka mercenaries, being Muslims, tend to spare Muslim communities and target Christian ones. In self-defence, the Christians have begun banding together in vigilante groups – and there are a lot more Christians than Muslims.

Inevitably, they suspect the local Muslims of helping the ex-Seleka killers, so they are starting to see them as enemies as well. In the circumstances of extreme deprivation and fear that now prevail in country areas – at least a million people are living in severe hunger or actual famine – this could quickly slide into a genocidal level of killing.

That’s why France moved so fast. It got the approval of the United Nations Security Council and the African Union for the intervention last Thursday, and by Saturday it had troops on the ground in Bangui. Djotodia, who could not be found last week, has also belatedly endorsed the intervention.

The need for speed is still paramount, and French Defence Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said that the job of disarming the ex-Seleka fighters got underway on Monday: “First we’ll ask nicely and if they don’t react, we’ll do it by force.”

This is the second time this year that French troops have been sent in to stop an African state from collapsing into slaughter and anarchy. (The French intervention in Mali in January saved that country from conquest by jihadis.) It is deeply embarrassing for the African Union to admit that its own peace-keeping force cannot do the job in time, but it hasn’t let its pride get in the way of preventing a genocide in the CAR.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Inuits punished by EU hypocrisy Dear Editor, You have to wonder; if the well-organized and well-financed radical environmental lobby had their way there probably would be a more subdued Thanksgiving Day celebration without the turkey dinner.

The environmentalists, I’m sure, would have found a reason to eliminate turkey dinners because the poor, helpless birds shouldn’t be slaughtered just so we humans can have a good meal. But turkeys aren’t nearly as cute and cuddly as baby seals so the Europeans turned their attention instead to seal hunting in Canada.

The World Trade Organization appears to be attempting to ban seal products to address the EU’s public moral concerns even though it does impose an immoral and inhumane hardship on the Inuit people who depend on seal hunting as part of their everyday living and economy. As one Inuit spokesman asked in despair: “What’s next—beef, pork and chicken?”

I’m not opposed to environmental policies within reason but I’m definitely against the extremist “my way or the highway” approach we get from most of the pro-left protestors.

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income who don’t think twice about the Inuits and their basic source of food and income opportunity. The hypocrisy is unbelievable considering some European nations are guilty of the same slaughter of seals, which conveniently gets ignored by the mainstream media.

The ban merely attempts to ease the conscience of the Europeans at a huge cost to the Inuits. Last spring’s seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland netted about 91,000 harp seals, far fewer than the federal quota of 400,000. Of course the ban follows condemnation from the usual suspects such as celebrity charlatans like Paul McCartney, Pamela Anderson and Brigitte Bardot.

Seal hunting appears to insult the tender feelings of the Europeans but it happens to be a key to the economic stability of people living in the far north. What really ticks off the Inuits is that the killing of seals remains legal for European fishermen for fish stock management while those nations continue to sell seal products for profit themselves.

Rolly Ethier, Campbellford

Nelson Mandela’s fight isn’t over yet

By Stephen Petrick Editorial - The news of Nelson Mandela’s death last week turned my thoughts back to the fall of 2001, when I saw the iconic South African leader speak at Ryerson University, where I was a journalism student at the time.

The Toronto school was honouring Mandela and his wife Graca Machel with honourary degrees and, although I didn’t have a ticket for the event, I loitered outside Ryerson’s Kerr Hall theatre, hoping to get a chance to see the couple on the way in.

I lucked out when a fellow student I knew told me she had an extra ticket, meaning I got to see Mandela through a tunnel of darkness in the back row of the massive theatre’s upper deck.

But just getting a chance to see the man who beat apartheid was special to me. I took an interest in race relations as a high school student and completed a project on South Africa’s apartheid era; a ridiculous period spanning several decades in which South Africa segregated whites and blacks, similar to how the Southern United States did up to the 1960s.

White South Africans lived in relative prosperity, earning high incomes and living in affluent homes, while the much larger native population lived in slavelike poverty, banned from most professions and denied the right to vote.

While attitudes towards race began to shift in the United States in the 1950s and 60s – thanks to Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders – apartheid didn’t end in South Africa until the early 1990s.

Yes, the 90s.

And had it not been Mandela, who knows what the country would be like today?

As a leader in the African National Congress party, Mandela was South Africa’s most influential figure in the anti-apartheid movement and he paid a price for believing in equality in a country where racism was the norm. Although most protests he orchestrated were peaceful, he was convicted of political offensives and ended up spending nearly 30 years in prison, living in decrepit conditions reserved for blacks.

Yet, he studied law while in prison and continued to inspire his followers with his optimism and determination. With international pressure on South Africa to reverse its racist policies, President F. W. De Clerk ordered Mandela’s release from prison in 1990.

That set the stage for Mandela’s historical run for president in 1994, the first election in which black South Africans were allowed to vote. Mandela would win the presidency and serve until his retirement in 1999. He would spend the rest of his life as a symbol of great strength and determination.

For those wondering why Mandela’s death has dominated news headlines recently, it is this; until last week there was no living person in the world who better symbolized the fight to end racism or served as a better champion for equal rights. And while Mandela’s legacy will live on forever, I will argue that his fight is nowhere near over.

The international community now frowns on widespread segregation that was once practised in the United States and South Africa but more subtle types of racism and discrimination certainly still exist.

In the U.S. a black person can now be elected president, but the Trayvon Martin case reminds us that the justice system in one southern state will still acquit a trigger-happy white man for killing a black teenager for no reasonable cause. And in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s pretty much illegal to be gay.

Canada has its own problems too. Our federal government often won’t even negotiate on the return of native land that was illegally seized more than a century ago (the Culbertson Tract land claim involving Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte near Deseronto is an example of that). And there was a little incident at a Campbellford Legion Halloween party a couple years ago that reminded us that some people think the concept of lynching black people is actually funny.

It pains me to say it, but I observe racism and discrimination frequently; both in the form of political practises and in casual, dressing room humour.

From now on, each time I hear or see it, I’ll shed a tear for Mandela and realize his desire for a more tolerant society hasn’t been achieved yet.

Maybe the fight is only just beginning.

Stephen Petrick is a freelance journalist based in Belleville who contributes to Metroland Media as a reporter and editor.

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“Pipelines are safe” response Dear Editor, Thank you Philippe for your response; here is mine. While Trans Canada may have had the welds inspected since an average 48% required repairs, it seems unlikely that the inspectors were looking at damage to coatings or dents in the pipe, unless with a blind eye Nelson fashion, otherwise why would you bury the pipe only to dig it up again to rectify the damage? This question also raises another regarding the regulators being involved with inspection, as they only apparently issued the warnings after the farmers went to them.

If the leaks were simply “garden hose” size breaks, the North Dakota one involving 21,000 gallons must have spewed for a long time before being noticed.

The landowners have documented 125 excavations on the southern leg to repair dents, sags and damaged coatings, where you claim one? Evan Vokes is a past Trans Canada “pipeline expert.” Mr. Vokes suggests that the Trans Canada’s culture “is a mix of politics and commercial interests that has resulted in false public claims of exceptional industry practice when the reality is that the

industry struggles to comply with code and regulation.”

Public relations is about more than just holding meetings to assure the public that some one is listening, it is better served by “walking the walk”.

The farce that was the federal government’s attempt to mold public consultation in Ontario (ten page form filled with legalese, which was then vetted by a review panel, who then decided if you may attend), to chase off any troublemakers says it all. Better even than a full-page ad in the Star.

The whole industry seems to follow the same pattern. The federal government is spending $24 million (tax dollars) on behalf of the industry to assure the world, that Canada is a “world leader in responsible resource development” governed by “some of the stringent environmental regulations on the planet.” Consider then the 176 square kilometres of toxic waste ponds in the tar sands. In 2009 the Alberta government passed new requirements for cleaning them up. Perhaps this is an impossible task but since then not a single oil/tar sands company has met those

provisional requirements. The government has now backed off, saying that “it does not believe that it would be appropriate to enforce compliance measures at this time.” If not now, when? Is this simply the industry thumbing its nose at regulations?

Given the above you might think a slowdown is in order, not so. Shell Canada’s Jackpine expansion has been given the green light with the Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq stating that “it’s likely to cause significantadverseenvironmental effects” but they are “justified in the circumstances.” This decision came during the review period with Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, outraged that the government bypassed these consultations with the people most affected by the periodic spills from the toxic ponds.

Chief Adam said, “It’s just a game to them.” Shell has now purchased 730 hectares of former cattle pasture in northwestern Alberta to compensate for the loss of a further 8,500 hectares of wetlands, which will be lost forever. This helps?

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News - Belleville - Smokers might find a sharp increase in restrictions if a new bill now before the Ontario Legislature is passed before the current session ends in mid-February.

At its final meeting of the year Friday, the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit’s board heard a presentation from staffer Roberto Almeida on changes to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act and shared Almeida’s support for the changes.

His main concern was that passage of the bill might be delayed and ultimately die on the order paper before another election and a possible change of governments.

The new amendments announced Nov. 13 would prohibit smoking “within 20 metres” of all publicly owned playgrounds and sports fields, all restaurants and bar patios. Exemptions would include Legion halls and golf courses.

Also in the changes would be prohibiting the sale of flavoured tobacco products such as menthol cigarillos, seen as a potential enticement for youth, increased fines for selling tobacco products to children and curbing illegal use of water pipes or hookahs and expanded powers for inspectors to remove illegal products from store shelves.

Almeida’s presentation included a separate page on “myths and truths” about hookahs, flatly

The donkey came back Dear Editor, When I was a young fellow, while visiting my uncle’s farm, I tried to ride a donkey. When the donkey wouldn’t cooperate, I climbed down and I hit him with a piece of lumber I found in the barnyard. When my uncle saw what I did he became furious and gave me an awful blast, finishing it off with the warning that he hoped that someday that ass would come back and bully me. Well it has.

I just didn’t expect that it would be in the form of the federal government.

Federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay has put forward Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. Like most bills presented by this government they couldn’t resist the temptation to turn this much needed legislation into a bullying exercise. They made it an omnibus bill and most

probably, will limit debate to get it passed before the House rises for the Christmas break.

The bill, which was meant to fill a legislative gap to prohibit the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, is over 50 pages long and the majority of it does not reference cyber bullying. Parts of it mention terrorism, hate speech, and even an amendment to the Competition Act. As an editorial in another newspaper said, all of which was presented while the Minister was standing behind a podium with a “protecting our children” banner on it. That misrepresented what in fact is in the bill and plays with our emotions.

There is no doubt that some legislation to protect our youth from cyber bullying is badly needed. There is some doubt that this particular legislation is the correct answer. However,

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we have to do something to help prevent teenage suicides such as what has happened recently to Amanda Todd, Jamie Hubley, and Rehtaeh Parsons.

The Conservatives have a majority government and could easily pass a cyber bullying bill.

With some consultation with the opposition parties they could even get unanimous consent.

Instead, they have chosen to present a questionable bill that will give cause to the opposition parties to vote against the addons that have nothing to do with cyber bullying. The government members can then stand and say, in their self-righteous manner, that they brought in legislation but the opposition parties voted against it.

Those asses have bullying down to a science.

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denying that the smoke is any less harmful than a normal tobacco source. In fact they establish even more harmful content, higher levels of arsenic, lead and nickel, many times more tar and many times more carbon monoxide.

In terms of anti-smoking, health unit staff are bracing for another rush of activity early in the new year as many dozens of area residents jam quit smoking clinics at the office.

The board also heard a presentation on Canada’s Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines from Suzanne White, public health nurse, showing that while Hastings and Prince Edward are slightly below the Ontario average, data shows that at least 50 per cent of alcohol users exceed the guidelines.

White’s presentation included a quote from an ancient Greek philosopher in 375 B.C. indicating that concerns about excessive drinking have been around for thousands of years.

With new data and printed materials available, she said the goal now is to get the information out into the community and especially elementary through post secondary schools and facilities.

The health unit also wants to encourage reviews on alcohol policies by municipal councils.

Accessibility is a key concern, she and board members agreed.

The board will meet early in January to elect a new chair for 2014.

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Clear bag policy coming soon “We are a small municipality and any large bill that we can postpone to the distant future is helpful to our economic forecast,” says Clerk/Admin/Pub Works Manager Charles Croll.

“Clear bag use in other areas has shown a 30-40 per cent reduction in waste put out each week and that will greatly impact the longevity of landfills.”

Residents must still use bag tags for waste collection and clear bags can be purchased at most local stores. Tinted bags can be used as long as contents

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News - Stirling - The municipality is changing the rules regarding garbage pickup in the new year and residents are reminded that only clear bags will be accepted for household garbage.

Council recently passed a resolution to adopt a clear bag policy for waste disposal beginning January 1, 2014. Officials say the policy was introduced to prolong the life of the municipality’s two landfill sites, noting an estimated cost of $1.5 million to close a landfill.

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are still visible.

Any bag found to contain recyclables will not be removed during waste collection. Refused bags must be resorted or may be disposed of at the landfill with a $10 fee per bag.

A single “privacy bag” in the clear garbage bag is allowed in order to permit the disposal of personal hygiene items.

“We wish to make this policy change as smooth as possible for residents and believe information is the key to doing that,” Croll says.

Belleville firefighters respond to second structure fire News – Belleville - At 8:10 a.m. on December 7, the Belleville Fire Department received a call for a fire in the bedroom of a home on Octavia Street. Upon arrival, Firefighters from Stations #1 and 2 discovered all occupants as well as the family pets, had safely exited the home.

Under the incident command of Captain B. Begbie, the

fire was quickly contained to the main floor bedroom and extinguished, but the remainder of the home suffered extensive smoke and heat damage.

With the assistance of an inspector from the Electrical Safety Authority, it was determined that the cause of this fire was electrical in nature, due to the improper installation of an appliance.

The damage estimate for this fire has been set at approximately $125,000.

There were no injuries to the occupants or firefighters as a result of this fire, but the family has been displaced from the home and Victim Services and the Red Cross were notified for temporary lodging and any other assistance the family requires.

County Warden sets historic precedent

By Jack Evans

News - Hastings County - Being ceremonially robed as Hastings County Warden for 2014 for the third consecutive time set an historic precedent for Tyendinaga Reeve Rick Phillips.

From its formation as a municipal structure 164 years ago, county wardens were restricted, not by law but by tradition, to one-year terms until very recent years, when the increasingly onerous duties of warden inclined many council members to refrain from seeking the office.

At Thursday’s inaugural session, the scaled down council chambers were overflowing with staff members, representatives from neighbouring jurisdictions, members of Phillips’ family and friends and his associates from Tyendinaga Township.

While it was his second full-term election as warden, Phillips was elected to complete part of Owen Ketcheson’s term in 2012, when he stepped down because of health reasons.

After being duly sworn in by Judge Robert Scott, ceremonially robed and escorted to the warden’s chair, Warden Phillips reviewed what he considered

to be a particularly busy year for the county and outlined expectations for more activities and achievements in 2014.

He noted that new provincial legislation will extend the warden’s term to two years after next year’s municipal elections. He welcomed that news, commenting: “Having some continuity in the warden’s office will make it even more effective.”

He also promoted a spirit of working together among the 14 member municipalities of the county, presenting a strong front to provincial and federal levels of government on common problems. “Whenever the county can support the efforts of any one of its members, it will do all it can to help out,” he pledged.

Warden Phillips was first elected to Tyendinaga Township Council in 2006, and elected reeve in 2010. He is retired from a 33-year career with CN Rail. He is also an elder of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Roslin.

Another Hastings County tradition for some decades is an inaugural meeting “history lesson” – a review of

council sessions from 100 years ago.

The fall of 1913 through 1914 provided plenty of material on women’s issues for Tweed Reeve Joanne Albert, who read the presentation, citing reluctance of council to extend the right to vote to all women. (Only widows and spinsters were allowed at the time.) Stirrings of patriotism and hearty singing of patriotic songs along with pledges of all-out support for

“Mother England” marked the onset of the First World War. Other business last week included passing the report of the nominating committee, which named members of the various county committees and boards, with the respective chairs to be elected among themselves.

On a lighter note, Mayor John Williams of Trenton referred to his colleagues from Belleville and Prince

Edward County present and reminded that he and Mayor Neil Ellis were co-chairs of the current Red Nose program. “Our commercial is who would you rather have drive you home … Mayor Neil Ellis, Mayor John Williams or Mayor Rob Ford?”

His quip generated a roar of laughter.

Council’s first regular meeting will be at the end of January.

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Judge Robert Scott, left, looks on as Tyendinaga Reeve Rick Phillips is formally gowned for his second consecutive full term as Hastings County Warden for 2014. Photo by Jack Evans.

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Tiny houses, big plans for Habitat for Humanity

By Steve Jessel

News - Belleville - The houses may have been small at the Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Prince Edward-Hastings’ first annual gingerbread house build on Saturday, but across the region the need for volunteers is still great, says HFH executive director Len Kennedy.

While Habitat for Humanity is used to building full-size houses throughout the Quinte region, the houses at the free Gingerbread House Build at the HFH ReStore in Belleville were understandably limited in scope, but that won’t always be the case in the near future. While the local branch Eric Bell, 3, father CJ Bell and volunteer Alison Thomas put the finishing touches on a gingerbread house of HFH has put together a at the Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward-Hastings first annual gingerbread house build on Saturday. respectable pace, building Photo: Steve Jessel almost one house per year,

or 14 houses built since their first build in 1998, Kennedy said a new directive from the national organization will see the Prince-Edward Hastings branch reach for new heights in 2014.

“In 2014 we’re planning to do three houses, so we’re ramping up our activity,” Kennedy said. “We’ve got big plans.”

Kennedy said across the country the national office of HFH is pushing affiliates to at least double their production in the coming years, and it’s a challenge Kennedy said he was confident he and his staff would be willing to overcome.

It won’t just be HFH staff making the push however, and as Kennedy explained, volunteers play a huge role in

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been in the city, but with the increase of homes being built, that should all change in the near future.

“It’s been concentrated in the Belleville -Trenton corridor with Picton in there as well, but we hope over time to be able to build in all parts of both counties,” Kennedy said.

Of course, at the end of the day a HFH build is all about the family that gets to move in when construction has been completed, but having a home built is no easy task for the families involved. A stringent selection committee examines income, living conditions and other aspects of a family’s homelife before coming to a decision. Even then if a family is selected, their work doesn’t end there. As part of the HFH agreement a selected family must put in 500 hours of “sweat equity” with HFH, whether that be on the build site itself or with other HFH initiatives.

“That’s part of what the family brings to the table,” Kennedy said.

Information sessions for families interested in making an application are scheduled to take place in January of 2014 for planned upcoming builds in Belleville. For more information or to volunteer with HFH, visit their website at www.habitatpeh.org, or call the office at 613-969-1415.

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every build HFH undertakes.

“There’s a lot of different dimensions to (volunteering),” Kennedy said. “The biggest group would certainly be construction volunteers, at all stages of construction, from framing right through to the painting, siding and finishing.”

Kennedy said it can take anywhere from 50-100 volunteers to help a build come together, and while there’s always a need for hard hats and hammers, there’s also plenty of opportunity for the less mechanically skilled to take part. Fundraising, communications and food service are important parts of each project, and currently Kennedy said there exists a need for fundraising volunteers for an upcoming build in Picton.

“We’re happy to get all the help we can get, and we try to match people to appropriate tasks,” Kennedy said. “We’re able to team them up and assign tasks that everyone can feel like they’re playing an important part.”

Kennedy has only been with the local branch of the HFH for about eight months, but in that time has seen two houses finished, one in Trenton and one in Frankford.

Typically the organization has focused their efforts in the immediate Belleville region, as six of their 14 builds have

News - Brighton - The municipality could dip into reserves to lessen the impact of a 5.8 per cent increase in policing costs next year to cover higher wages for OPP staff.

That’s the recommendation presented to council by director of finance and administrative services Linda Widdifield when it met in committee of the whole Dec. 2 to pore over a first draft of the 2014 operating budget.

Residents will get a chance to comment on the budget and ask questions when Widdifield presents an overview of the proposed budget at a public meeting December 17.

She has suggested the municipality transfer $80,000 from reserve to reduce the $105,700 increase in policing costs for taxpayers to a more palatable $25,700.

Brighton will pay an estimated $1,946,100 in 2014, which works out to about $392 per household.

The OPP’s provincial constables, sergeants and detachment administrative clerks are to receive an 8.55 per cent increase in annual salary in 2014 as part of a four-year agreement the province made with the Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA).

The deal, which concludes

December 31, 2014, froze the wages of both uniform and civilian OPPA members for 2012 and 2013 but included a clause guaranteeing them a salary increase next year to match the salary of the highest paid police service in Ontario.

The projected pay increase will lift the salary of a provincial constable to $97,700, a sergeant’s to $106,485 and an administrative clerk’s to $60,180, according to a letter sent out to the province’s mayors and reeves last May

by Superintendent Rick Philbin, commander of the OPP’s municipal policing bureau.

Widdifield said the reduced increase in policing costs is “reasonable,” 1.3 per cent.

She advised against taking out more than $80,000 from reserves of about $371,000, “because there’s going to be more need for reserve transfers in future” for Brighton’s next police contract.

The OPP will be using a new funding formula that could cost the municipality “a lot more money,” she said.

“This leaves us a little bit of wiggle room.”

Next week’s public meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers.

Oddfellows and Rebekahs donate to help children

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West – The Trenton Oddfellows and Rebekahs have donated to their community again this Christmas.

A cheque was presented to Al Teal of the Care and Share Food Bank for $2,000. The Quinte West Adopt-AChild received $1,000 plus another $500 from the Rebekahs, picked up

by Matt Goodman. The Trenton Salvation Army’s Captain Steve and Captain Tiny Manuel collected $2,000.

There was also a United Way Pilgrimage cheque issued for $1,754 which will help cover expenses for two students from Brighton, Katherine (Katie) Fella and Judith MurthaAnderson (partly sponsored by the Madoc lodge.)

The Lodge also is sponsoring a Matt Goodman is in the centre of the Rebekahs including Linda Loveless, Orlene Lott, Yvonne Webb, Ivy Loveless, Debbie child through the Christian Chil- Graham, Annis Webb, Margie Simpson, Sharon Reddom, Joy Waycott. Front: Ruth McMullen, Matt Goodman, Sue McCormack. dren’s Fund of Canada for $500, Photo: Kate Everson which they have done for the past 25 to 30 years.

Noble Grand Doug Hunt and Rebekah Noble Grand Sue McCormack along with Humanitarian Services Chair Aubrey Waycott presented the cheques at the lodge at 39 Elgin Street on November 5.

“We raise the money through our Bingos and Ham Rolls,” noted Noble Grand Sue McCormack.

The Independent Order of Oddfellows and Rebekahs is a volunteer organization that raises funds to help the community. They accept used medical equipment and lend it to people in need. Equipment may include bed rails, wheelchairs, walkers and commodes. There are no fees but donations are graciously accepted.

Noble Grand Doug Hunt, Aubrey Waycott, and Noble Grand Sue McCormack present a cheque for $1,500 to Matt Goodman for Adopt-A-Child. Photo: Kate Everson

Al Teal of the Trenton Care and Share Food Bank accepts a cheque for $2,000 from the Oddfellows Grand Noble Doug Hunt and Humanitarian Services chair Aubrey Waycott and Rebekah Noble Grand Sue McCormack. Photo: Kate Everson (Left) Captain Tina and Steve Manuel of the Trenton Salvation Army accept a cheque for $2,000 from the Oddfellows Noble Grand Doug Hunt, Humanitarian Services Chair Aubrey Waycott and Rebekah Noble Grand Sue McCormack. Photo: Kate Everson

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Celebrating volunteers in our community

By Steve Jessel

News - Belleville - There was a decidedly welcoming atmosphere at the Sears Home Store in Belleville Thursday night, as more than 200 volunteers and their family and friends were joined by local organizations and dignitaries in celebrating

International Volunteer Day in the region. For Brenda Snider, executive director of Volunteer and Information Quinte (who organized the event) it was a chance to thank all the volunteers in the community, and an opportunity to reflect on the past year.

“Volunteers don’t do it for the recognition, but I do believe that you have to say thank you,” Snider said. “Sometimes in the hustle and bustle we forget, so this is our opportunity to remind them, and even though volunteers don’t want recognition... by the same token I know

they appreciate the effort.”

Celebrated in Belleville since 2001, International Volunteer Day is a United Nationsrecognized holiday devoted to thanking volunteers, and across Canada Thursday dozens of communities marked the day with celebrations of their own.

In Belleville, the local celebration seems to grow every year said city Councillor Garnett Thompson, who explained how important volunteers were to the city.

“No community can be without volunteers,” Thompson said.

“If we didn’t have volunteers in our community, very little would get done... Think of all the agencies we have here, none of them exist without volunteers.”

In 2012, Volunteer and Information Quinte referred over 1,400 volunteers to a total of 250 agencies throughout the region, a total Snider said the organization was quickly approaching with just a few weeks left in the year. Typically, she said the holidays are among the busiest time for Volunteer and Information Quinte, as with the cold weather comes a variety of holiday-themed charity drives.

“It’s great to bring everyone together and see it as part of a bigger picture,” Snider said. “It’s all these people that make our community the community that it is, and supply the programs and services that are needed.”

Anthea Dwyer has been volunteering at Community Care for South Hastings for about the past five years, although she said she’s been volunteering for much longer than that. Initially starting out as a driver for the organization, today Dwyer does a little bit of everything, from fundraising to helping prepare meals, and at the end of the day Dwyer said there was a simple reason why she kept coming back.

“I get more out of it than I give,” she said. “Everybody says, ‘well why do you do it?’ I just love it, I enjoy it.”

Volunteers play a massive role at Community Care, said executive director Shell-Lee Wert, as while the organization has 10 full-time staff, they rely on more than 700 volunteers to help run the operation, some of whom are referred through Volunteer and Information Quinte.

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holds volunteer recognition events of their own, including a recent event at Maranatha Church in Belleville. Wert said that, while she didn’t know everyone’s name, it was a “heartwarming” experience to see them all in one place.

“We couldn’t operate without our volunteers,” Wert said.

“You see all those folks together and all the work they do...

It’s amazing.”

For long-time volunteer Marlene Gray, volunteering is a chance to give back to the community. A volunteer for over the past decade, Gray regularly helps out the United Way of Quinte, and she said she personally enjoys the companionship of other volunteers and the positive spirit they bring to the table whenever they participate in an event.

“This community has been very good to me personally, so anything I can do to give back to it, I’m more than happy to do that,” Gray said. “We have to stick together... Our community is one huge team, and anything we can do to help each other out, I think that’s what we need to do.”

Brenda Snider, executive director of Volunteer and Information Quinte said her organization has referred nearly 1,400 volunteers in 2013.

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Brighton cadet corps has its first female commanding officer

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Features - Brighton - Pam Hohner has a new rank, a new role, and a special spot in the history of 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.

The newly minted captain is now the commanding officer of the corps, and the first woman to occupy the corps’ top position.

It all came to pass with a change of command ceremony held Dec. 2 during the cadets’ weekly parade at East Northumberland Secondary School.

“I’m excited, I’ve been wanting for this for years,” Hohner said in an interview, while admitting to being “a little nervous” as well, taking over from Captain Duane Bannerman, the commanding officer for the past two years.

She joined the cadet corps in Mississauga when she was 14 because it was affiliated with Peel Regional Police and she had ambitions of becoming a police officer. She never did – the 40-year-old Colborne resident works in Port Hope’s public works office – but her decision to get involved in cadets has proved to be “a great experience,” she said.

Hohner told members of the local cadet corps, their parents and personnel from CFB Trenton that “it’s such a worthwhile program, and I’m so proud to be now standing in front of you as commanding officer.”

Among those in attendance, who shared her joy in being promoted to commanding officer, were her husband Jason, whom she met at an army cadet camp, and her son Adam, 16, who “couldn’t wait to join” when he turned 12 she told the Independent.

“My son now is as passionate about cadets as I am ... (and) has his mind set on becoming an infantry solder when he has completed is cadet career.”

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cadet corps usually take place every three years.

Bannerman, a Trenton carpenter who’s been involved in cadets for about 20 years and has served as commanding officer three times, said he will remain involved with the Brighton cadets as a supply officer.

“It’s a very rewarding experience,” he said afterward, to watch young people get involved in community service and learn to appreciate it, as well as see them “grow and become more mature,” with some going on to become leaders and instructors.

Hohner said “it’s amazing to see them” acquire confidence and leadership skills over the years.

“Kids that could never stand up in front of their classroom and talk are now, as senior cadets, teaching younger cadets.”

Although the program is based on a military model and relies on military personnel to provide instruction and training, “it is a community organization,” Bannerman said.

“We’re not training soldiers, we’re training citizens (and it) works very well.”

However, it does allow them to “learn what’s out there in the way of military jobs” and whether a career in the armed forces is something they might want to pursue, Hohner said.

The “first thing we tell them when they come in” is they have to cut their hair, wear a uniform, and “do as you’re told,” she said, which is “not for some.”

Hohner said “it is one of our aims, to develop their interest in the Canadian Forces ... The interest is high already because we do have a lot of cadets that come from military families.”

With more than 65 cadets signed up, the corps is “the biggest it’s been,” Bannerman said. “We’re twice the size we were last year.

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cessful corps by the size,” he said. “If you’re doing interesting things, things that kids find fun and rewarding, they’re going to be large, it really doesn’t matter the size of the community.”

Reviewing officer Lieutenant-Commander Jennifer Vanclief was impressed by what she saw.

“I’ve seen communities much larger than yours with much smaller units so you should be very proud of what you’re doing here in Brighton,” she told the corps. “You are definitely representing the community Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Vanclief, who heads the Regional Cadet Support Unit for Eastern Ontario, was the reviewing officer for the last week’s parade by Brighton cadets. Photo: John Campbell really, really well. Good work.”

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Golden Hawks win second annual Battle of Quinte West

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Sports - Quinte West - The second Battle of Quinte West between the Trenton Golden Hawks and the RCAF Flyers ended exactly the same as the first – with the Trenton Golden Hawks pulling out a 5-3 victory on the RCAF Flyers’ home ice.

This Battle of Quinte West proved to be an entertaining match as the Golden Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead only to watch it disintegrate in the second when the RCAF flyers came back to tie the score at two.

But just seconds prior to the end of the second period, the Golden Hawks regained their lead and would not relinquish it for the remainder of the game despite a strong effort by the RCAF Flyers to get back into the game. The younger legs of the Golden Hawks prevailed, although the RCAF Flyers put strategy to good use and played stronger hockey as the game progressed, forcing the younger Golden Hawks to defend their territory vigorously.

That is not to say the Golden Hawks did not take advantage of every chance they could to force the RCAF Flyers goaltenders to

make good saves to stay in the game. In the fading minutes of the game, the RCAF Flyer goaltender absolutely robbed a Golden Hawk of a scoring opportunity with a tremendous glove hand catch of a puck earmarked for the upper corner of the net.

Pulling their goaltender in the dying seconds of the game with the score at 4-3 for the Golden Hawks eventually resulted in an empty-net goal which sealed the victory for the jubilant Golden Hawks.

As competitive as these two teams are, they were also out there playing hockey for a good cause – to raise funds for the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial at Bain Park and it proved to be an evening of entertaining competition sprinkled with the opportunity to meet Legends of the NHL like Peter Conacher, Jim Morrison, Ron Hurst, Ivan “the Terrible” Irwin, as well as coach Bill Purcell.

Fans young and old were able to mingle with these legends of the game and were also able to bid on fantastic hockey memorabilia throughout the game.

The Legends of Hockey were given a tour of 8 Wing/CFB Trenton during the day and were im-

pressed with the Canadian Armed Forces personnel they met.

“The event was amazing,” enthused event co-organizer Cpl. Jason Briand. “We left a great impression on the NHL Legends, both at CFB Trenton and within the community. I could not be happier with the success of the event this year. We are looking forward to making this event bigger and better in the years to come.”

While a final tally had not been completed by press time, Cpl. Briand indicated they had raised several thousand dollars.

He was also impressed with the 400 fans who turned out to support the friendly competition between these two stellar local teams.

“The 400 people in attendance shows the support for everyone involved and the support of all our volunteers and sponsors ensured everything went smoothly,” Cpl. Briand noted.

As for the game itself, Cpl Briand noted that “The game was fast paced and full of energy from both sides and a couple of posts missed and we could have pulled out the win,” Cpl. Briand stated, “but we can leave that debate for the ice next year.”

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Trenton Lions and Lioness help Adopt-A-Child

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West – There will be 20 more happy faces around the Christmas tree this year thanks to the Trenton Lions and Lioness contributions to the Quinte West Adopt-A-Child program.

“Thanks to our shoppers Mary Lynn Hiuser and Tracey Peppiat-Smith,” smiles president Maureen Sills.

The packages of indoor clothing were displayed at the Lions Hall on December 4 at the Lioness Club’s annual Christmas dinner. They will be distributed to the families in need before the big day. The delicious turkey dinner was prepared and served by “the Lunch Bunch” of King Street United Church.

The ladies in their festive aprons waited on the Lioness serving tea and coffee for

their meeting.

The Lioness Club has also been busy helping others at Christmas.

They prepared 20 gifts of nightwear worth $400 for the residents of one local nursing home. “Some residents don’t have anyone to visit them,” noted Maureen Sills. “We wanted them to be remembered.”

The club also donated $500 to Quinte West Minor Hockey Association. Correspondence was received from the Trent Port Historical Society for their donation to the community mural.

The Lioness Club holds its regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at the Lions Hall at 77 Campbell Front: Doreen Carter, Marg Lepp, Maureen Sills, Joan Kennedy, Jean Thompson. Back: Joan Graham, Sally Honey, Heather McKellar, Ellie Barker, Mary Street. For more information contact Cooper, Lucille Chouinard, Bonnie Newbery, Mary Lynn Hiuser, Mary MacDonald, Connie Kelso, Marcie Murphy, Shirley Stewart, John Thompson, Bonnie 613-392-2198.

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Festive Sights and Winter Lights announce winners

By Kate Everson

News - Quinte West - First place in the Trenton DBIA Festive Sights and Winter Lights contest is Career Edge with its Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen

display.

“It was an incredibly hard job trying to pick the best decorated windows in downtown Trenton,” commented Linda Lisle, manager of economic

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development for the city. “I was amazed at all the creativity and effort that went into the displays and would love to give a prize to them all as their efforts have made the downtown look so festive.”

Second place went to Studio B, owned by Barney Goldberg. Third place was Panelas Construction Ltd. Honourable Mentions went to the Salvation Army and Lottie Jones florist. The first place award was $500, second was $300 in free ads from Quinte Broadcasting and third was $200. The Trenton DBIA received funding for this initiative from the city of Quinte West and Quinte Broadcasting.

“The DBIA would like to thank all the downtown businesses who took time to participate in this event,” said Jane Collett-MacDonald, office administrator for the Trenton DBIA. She noted that 22 businesses decorated their windows and did an awesome job.

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And Evoy sees the irony in a computer career paired with his very literal cut and paste pastime. Over the years DUE TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, he has finished a total of 12 pieces, all of which are currently on display GARBAGE NORMALLY COLLECTED at the Stirling-Rawdon Public Library ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 art gallery, but Evoy says he has a vast supply of photographs and at least as AND JANUARY 1 WILL BE DONE ON much inspiration to do more.

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His primary tools include scissors, an exacto knife and a collection of books and, using a keen eye and a steady hand, Evoy creates a singular image that draws fleeting attention to each individual element.

A lover of music and movies, there are plenty of salutes to silver screen stars and rock/blues legends that all came as a result of a collection of photographs that inspired his first work more than 15 years ago.

“I had a briefcase full of pictures and I had to do something with them,” he says. While

colour is used sparingly in his work, Evoy prefers working with black and white. “It’s really hard to do something in colour,” he notes, adding the differing shades and tones of black and white images present enough of a challenge without the complexities of contrasting and complementary colours.

The collection will be on display throughout the month of December and visitors to the gallery are encouraged to sign the guest book and provide the artists and gallery staff with their impressions.

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But other cheeses you can eat as soon as it’s ready.

Before we began any of the recipes Beth made sure that to avoid unexpected challenges during a critical point in our preparations, we took a moment to look through the equipment list and method suggestions before starting the process of making our cheeses. We learned that cheese making is pretty much in exact science in that, you have to add the right ingredient with the right measurement at the right time. Then you stir, wait, and cut for a certain amount of time. When that’s all done, some cheeses you have to press or squeeze all the liquid out of the cheese.

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Frankford Figure Skating Club is 40 and Fabulous!

By Kate Everson

Sports - Frankford – The Frankford Figure Skating Club turns 40 this year and is looking just fabulous!

“We have 80 members from age three to 56,” says Heather Landry, registrar and past president.

“We skate Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday morning. New members can still sign up until Christmas for this year’s programs.”

She notes with a smile that the 56-year-old in the program is her own husband, Michel, who has decided to take lessons with her.

“We are in the adult CanSkate program,” she smiles. “We are at level six now.”

Despite being involved in the Frankford Figure Skating Club for years and having a daughter in it for 12 years, Heather has just learned to skate herself recently, taking lessons with her husband twice a week.

“It’s for fitness and fun,” she smiles.

Heather notes that there are really great coaches, Melanie Barker and Wanda Coons. “They are the life blood of the club,” she says. “They have a lot of training.”

Members can take private or group lessons from the CanSkate levels to StarSkate where they learn advanced skills and skate to dance music. The upcoming festival on the last Saturday in March will highlight the skills of their own skaters. It’s called “Forty and Fabulous.”

“We want to feature our own skaters,“ Heather adds. “We don’t want to hire some well-known skater and have all the attention on that person.”

She hopes that some of the former club members will come back for the festival and participate, as a 40th anniversary tribute.

“A lot of families have multiple skaters,” she adds. “We get members from the whole area, including Belleville, Trenton, Marmora, Carrying Place. They come here for the friendly, hometown feel. They feel supported here. We all encourage each other. We enjoy ourselves!”

She says many young skaters learn the basic skills they will use later in hockey, including girls as well as boys.

“We teach them how to get up off the ice!” she laughs.

Heather notes that the club would not be possible without the dedicated volunteers that help out in various capacities from organizing a carnival, to putting props on the ice, registration and competitions. More help is always needed and appreciated.

“Without them, there would be no club,” she says.

Fundraising is another aspect of the club that is desperately needed. The cost of ice rental, insurance, SkateCanada fees and paying for competitions and equipment is not covered by the skaters’ fees.

“We are looking for donations,” she says. “We could not survive without them.”

She says FreeFlow Peteroleum has been selling Nevada tickets for the club but they also need donations from organizations and service clubs to help out.

“We have to keep the fees low, or we wouldn’t have many members,” she notes.

Local figure skaters test their skills Sports - Stirling - In the weeks leading up to Christmas, members of the Stirling Figure Skating Club have been busy with various test and competitions with several skaters reaching notable milestones.

Club members participated in recent competitions in Keswick and Minto while others completed various dance and skill elements. Among those recently recognized are: Courtney LaPalm, who completed her Jr. Bronze Ladies (free skate), finished 7th at Minto Skate, 4th at Autumn Skate and had two 4th places in Keswick.

Mackenzie Lapierre – Baby Blue (dance) and 5th and 6th in Pre-Prelim in Keswick.

Shelby Holmes – Canasta (dance) and placed 8th in Pre-Prelim at Keswick.

Taylor Lapierre – Keats (dance) and placed 2nd and 4th in Prelim at Keswick.

Madison Myers –14 Step, Bronze Creative (dance), Jr. Bronze Skills and 4th and 7th place finishes in Prelim in Keswick.

Ainsley Coens – Jr. Bronze Skills.

Katie Steee – Keats, American (dance), Jr. Bronze Freeskate part 1 & 2.

Jaime Potts finished 8th in Prelim in Keswick.

Mackenna Dunkley – Canasta (dance) and competed at Keswick Invitational.

Madeline Henry – Willow (dance), Preliminary Free Skate, Preliminary Skills.

Victoria Cooney –Willow (dance), Preliminary Skills.

Alexis Stewart – Dutch Waltz.

Jacqueline Foley – Willow (dance).

Amber Orr – Canasta (dance).

Hannah Strecker Canasta (dance).

Members of the Stirling Figure Skating Club recently recognized for their efforts include Courtney LaPalm, Mackenzie Lapierre, Shelby Holmes, Taylor Lapierre, Madison Myers, Ainsley Coens, Katie Steele, Jaime Potts, Mackenna Dunkley, Madeline Henry, Victoria Cooney, Alexis Stewart, Jacqueline Foley, Amber Orr and Hannah Strecker.

On December 17, family members are welcomed to come and skate with the club from 5 to 9 p.m.

“Every Canadian should know how to skate and to swim,” Heather smiles.

The club is hosting the Special Olympics figure skating event on January 25.

The Trenton/Wooler Elks Club has donated $500 to help out. This is the fourth year the club has hosted the event.

“It is such a rewarding experience to be part of this great event,” Heather says. “If you can volunteer a little of your time or come out and watch these inspiring athletes, it will be an amazing day.”

For more information see www.ffsc. ca or call 613-397-1818.

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Quinte Red Devils take first in tournament

By Steve Jessel

Sports - Belleville - The Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre was a veritable beehive of activity this past weekend as teams from across the province converged on Belleville for the Quinte Red Devils AAA Peewee Hockey Tournament. When the dust settled the hometown Major Peewee team took home top honours after a thrilling 4 - 3 come-from-behind victory over the Syracuse Nationals.

“We’re building towards an all-Ontario championship, and this is a good learning experience on how to battle from behind,” said coach Randy Uens.

“We’re a solid team, we’re one of the top teams in the province arguably on any given night, but we can also be one of the worst teams in the province on any given night.”

The Red Devils put together a balanced scoring attack that saw four different players score, led by a goal and two assists from Emmet Pierce. Captain Daniel Panetta, Elijah Brahaneya and Zach Uens also contributed goals of their own, while Cameron Supryka and Logan White added assists for the Red Devils. In net, Ethan Taylor was solid when he needed to be, turning away a Nationals’ opportunity in the closing minute to preserve the 4 - 3 win.

“We were up and down... When we play hard and we play like we can, we can beat anybody, but we can lose if we put in half an effort,” Uens said.

“For us to hang on and beat them is a great accomplishment. I’m glad we

stuck it out because usually it doesn’t happen that way for us.”

After beating the Syracuse team 7 - 2 during round robin play, the Devils may have taken their opponents a bit lightly in the first two periods of Sunday’s championship game. The Nationals led the Red Devils by two goals as the second period drew to a close, but in the closing minutes the Red Devils found a spark, courtesy of Panetta. Taking the puck hard to the net, Panetta flipped it up and over the goalie’s glove to narrow the lead to 3 2 heading into the third period, which is when the Devils really began to flex their muscle.

Quinte was pushing hard on net in the third period, and with less than five minutes left in the game their prayers were answered when Brahaneya banged home a loose puck down low to tie the game at three-all. With Taylor turning away the few Syracuse shots in the period, the stage was set for the comeback win, and with less than two minutes left the Red Devils delivered. White let the shot go from the point, and Zach Uens was there Above: The 2013 Quinte Cup champions, the Quinte Red Devils, celebrate their tournament final victory over Syracuse. Photo: Steve Jessel to tip the puck past the Syracuse netminder for a 4 - 3 lead. The Nation- Right: Emmet Pierce als would pull their goalie, but it was led the major peewee too little, too late, and the Red Devils Red Devils with a goal claimed their championship win in a and two assists in nail-biting finish. their tournament fi“Give Syracuse a lot of credit, nal win over Syracuse. we’ve been playing that team for a Photo: Steve Jessel long time and there’s been a lot of development,” Uens said.

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Scoring for the Bulls on the weekend were Carson Waite (2-1-3), Devin Morrison (1-2-3), Ethan Johnston (1-1-2), Owen Dever (1-1-2), Noah Brant (1-1-2), Ben Oke (0-2-2), Cole St. Pierre (1-0-1), Mark Mulder (01-1).

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by Colin Doyle). Brad Dobson was in net and final score was 3 - 3 with Austin Labelle getting the well-earned Player of the Game.

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Our guest presenter Nicholas Tritton has represented Canada at the last two Olympics. On the World Cup Circuit, Nick has medals in at least 13 events including two Gold; three Silver and five Bronze. There were also some strong memories in his early years of being given some stiff competition by members of the Stirling Judo Club, before the club moved and was renamed Quinte Judo Club. Sensei Gil Mooney was especially grateful to have someone only one weight division up from his own category presenting for a change, as Nick fought in the -73 kilo division.

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fought 1 - 0 victory over the Oshawa Generals. Isaac Macleod was the goalscoring hero, burying a goal mouth scramble late in the third period. Tanner Smith drew the assist. The Devils outshot the Generals 19 - 15. On Saturday, the Devils came out sluggish and fought back hard, but dropped a 4 - 2 decision to the Peterborough Petes. Matthew Lombardi and Nate Burelle lit the lamp while Ross Maycock picked up an assist on the Lombardi tally. Dixon Grimes was in goal for the Devils. The Devils return to action when they travel to Whitby next Saturday.

Bantam The Duvanco Homes Bantams played solid three periods of hockey on their way to a 4 - 0 win over the Oshawa Minor Generals on Friday night at the Legends Centre in Oshawa. Dominic Della Civita, Scoley Dow, Ryan Smith, and Mac Lowry scored for the devils, and Mackenzie Warren (2), Elliott McDermott, Jakob Brahaney, Nick Hoey, Tanner Sheppard, Ryan Fraser, and Lowry added assists.

Aidan Cameron was solid in goal for Quinte, picking up the shutout.

On Sunday, the Bantams took on the Whitby Wildcats in a battle for first place in the ETA East, and came out with a convincing 5 - 1 victory. Scoring for the Devils were Scoley Dow, Colin VanDenHurk, Jakob Brahaney, Mac Lowry, and Shelby Rienstra. Assists came from Ryan Fraser (2), Aidan McFarland, Keegan Ferguson, Ryan Smith, Elliott McDermott, Mackenzie Warren, and Brahaney.

Anthony Popovich picked up the win between the pipes for Quinte.

Minor Bantam Last weekend the Minor Bantam Kwik Kopy Red Devils travelled to Hamilton to participate in the Hamilton Bulldog’s AAA Tournament. The team started off the tournament with two tie games in a row. The first was a scoreless 0 - 0 tie vs. the Rochester Elite followed by a 2 - 2 tie against the host Hamilton Jr.

Bulldogs. Goals in this game came from Zack Wheeler and Dawson Baker assisted by Joe Crothers and Justin Arnold.

The morning game was against the Hamilton Huskies finishing with a tight 2 - 1 victory. Both Nathan Dunkley and Matt Sherwin had a goal and an assist with Joe Roy adding an additional helper.

Game two was a one sided 9 - 2 victory over the West Seneca Blues. Connor Milroy backstopped the Red Devils for the first time as an A/P player and he certainly was up to the task. Goals in this game came from Dawson Baker with two, Scott Belanger with three, Matt Sherwin, Brandon Grills, Zack Wheeler and Liam Stoltz each with one apiece.

Game five was an overtime 3 - 2 victory over the Southern Tier Admirals. All three goals were unassisted and came from Matt Sherwin, Liam Stoltz with the overtime winner going to Dawson Baker. The road to tournament victory ended Sunday morning with a tough close 2 - 1 loss to the Niagara Rivermen. Quinte’s lone goal was scored

by Nathan Dunkley with an assist from Mathew Poole. Pierce Nelson was very strong in net this weekend during the other five games.

Minor Atom The Foley Bus Lines Minor Atom Quinte Red Devils got right back to where they left before their week long break by picking up a pair of ETA League wins this past weekend. With Andrew Munro away, Corbin Votary stood tall in net for both home wins over the Markham Waxers 7 - 0 and the Whitby Wildcats 4 - 3.

Saturday versus the Waxers, both Connor Hunt and Nate Bassett had one goal and three assists each with other goals going to Corbin Roach, Trevor Hoskin, Cooper Matthews, Marcus Asimis and Donovan McCoy. Helpers went to Nathan Woods, Hoskin, Blake Ellis, Matthews, Cole Campbell and Rheydan McCoy. Sunday in Napanee the Devils faced the always tough Whitby Wildcats in a battle for first place coming back from two down to grab the 4 - 3 win.

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Paul started Judo in April of 2012, and definitely presents all the qualities required to receive the vote by fellow club members. Paul is a role model to fellow Judoka, as he is always willing to help out the new recruits, and is gentle with those of lesser experience. The Bunges moved to Canada from Germany in 2007, with Paul proudly earning his Canadian citizenship recently. An excellent student at school as well, as he is enrolled in French immersion and excels in school sports such as soccer/Xcountry running and skiing.

The award is given in memory of Sensei Jim Driscoll, who was an icon for Judo not only in the Quinte area, but was recognized by the Canadian government for his efforts in promoting “the gentle way” to youth. Jim Driscoll was a recipient of the Order of Canada.

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News - Madoc - Christmas festivities at O’Hara Mill Homestead this past weekend combined local musical talent with old world charm.

Volunteers kept outdoor fires going for visitors to warm themselves and served hot cider and chocolate from the cooking fires by the log cabin.

As the sun began to set each day of the three-day event lanterns were lit to guide visitors along the pathways to the visitor’s centre and cabin where they could warm themselves while listening to a multitude of entertainment from the Madoc Public School choir to the O’Donnell Family Band.

Throughout the day Eldorado volunteer Chris Budd helped load up visitors for a ride through the woods on Bruce Gordon’s custom built Please see “Christmas” on page 3

Above: The visitor’s centre at O’Hara Mill Homestead was filled with visitors for a performance by local group Wrought Iron Roots, just one of the many musical talents to perform for the annual Christmas at The Mill event this past weekend.

Left: Darlene Walmsley, dressed in traditional costume, served homemade cookies and warm conversation Sunday afternoon at the log cabin before the house filled with evening entertainment.

Far left: Just before dusk lanterns were lit to guide visitors to the 1830s vintage log cabin where they could warm themselves and enjoy music by local talent over the weekend.

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The Happy Knitters get started early for Christmas giving to others less fortunate

By Sue Dickens

News - Campbellford - Colourful balls of yarn sit beside a group of women while the clicking of their knitting needles breaks the temporary silence.

It’s a scene that is repeated over and over again at the home of Marcella Hobbs, who is hostess to a group known as “The Happy Knitters” that started about six years ago and continues to get together every Wednesday.

But it’s not just about the knitting, it’s about socializing too, and donating what they make.

From socks, to mittens, scarves, afghans, baby booties and sweaters all are donated to those in need just in time for Christmas.

“Last year we knit 100 mittens, this year we are at 256 and counting . . . that’s pairs of mittens,” said Hobbs, while cheerily displaying the items, many of which hang on a decorated Christmas tree in the sunroom where the women meet.

“And that’s not all, we have 125

pairs of slippers, 65 toques, 45 Teddy bears, 24 scarves, nine shawls and 45 vests,” she added enthusiastically.

The preventive pneumonia vests “are sent up north.”

“This year we are giving to the Salvation Army, the fire department, battered women’s group, Shriners hospital, mitts for school kids and we also help local families,” said Hobbs.

For her it’s not just about the knitting it’s about giving back. Hobbs noted, “We have three new knitters since last year.”

One of those newcomers to The Happy Knitters is Hobbs’ neighbour Marlene Alex.

“I just love it. We have a lot of fun together. I really enjoy coming here not just for the knitting but for the people themselves,” she said.

A few years ago she knit a sweater for her dog and the knitting bug returned.

“So here I am again trying to start back into knitting.”

Ida Brown joined “The Happy Knit-

ters” two years ago. She started knitting when she was eight years old.

“I’ll be 83 next month,” she said with a grin as she recounted how, growing up in a family of 10 her mother sewed and knitted a lot of their clothes.

“I enjoy the companionship, the friendship we have here,” she said.

“I love Wednesdays. I am not sure if I was born on a Wednesday but I got married on a Wednesday, my granddaughter was born on a Wednesday and we come here on Wednesday so I love Wednesdays,” she added.

Carole Barrett is one of the newest knitters.

“I’ve knit for 70 years,” she said, noting “My mother sewed all our clothes and knit us sweaters and socks . . . in those days you didn’t wear jeans.”

For Marcella it’s all about giving back to the community and carrying on a family tradition of knitting.

“When my granddaughter comes to visit I would tell her how my mother

The Happy Knitters is still going strong as this group of women put their knitting talents to good use and make scarves, mittens, socks, afghans, and more which they give away in time for Christmas to those less fortunate. Some of the knitters are: from left, Ida Brown, Carole Barrett, Marlene Alex, and hostess of the Wednesday knitting group, Marcella Hobbs. Photo: Sue Dickens

sat in a rocking chair and knit socks with a coal oil lamp for light and I would be doing my homework. Well then my mother taught me how to knit then I taught my daughter how to knit and then my granddaughter would come here to visit and she would say grandma tell me about the good ole

days cause she thought that was really something,” said Hobbs with a big smile.

Now it’s about knitting for others.

“We all enjoy knitting and having a good time over a cup of tea, most of all we enjoy helping those less fortunate than ourselves,” she said.

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Fox Hunt results in $1,250 fine News - Two Northumberland County residents and an equestrian fox hunting club have been fined a total of $1,250 after pleading guilty to illegal hunting with hounds.

Beaver Meadow Foxhounds (Equestrian Club) pleaded guilty and was fined $250 for hunting a furbearing mammal without a licence. James Hughes and Marion Castleton were each fined $500 for permitting dogs to run at large during the closed season for white-tailed deer.

The court heard that on May 19, 2013, a Cramahe Township resident witnessed a pack of hounds pursue a doe and fawn on his property. On the same date at a different location, a Municipality of Trent Hills resident observed a group of hounds pursue a doe. A conservation officer determined that in both cases, the hounds belonged to Beaver Meadow Foxhounds (Equestrian Club) which was

running a fox hunt without a licence.

The investigation revealed that James Hughes and Marion Castleton were responsible for controlling the fox hounds during the hunt.

Justice of the Peace Allison Forestall heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Cobourg, on December 4, 2013.

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This was the sixth year for the annual Christmas at the Mill.

Included on the agenda were the ladies group Calico, Appalachian Celtic led by log hewer John Foreman, Stone soup with Robert and Peggy Bailey, church choirs, and Colleen MacAlister with Leah Madoc’s Bruce Gordon hitched his team of Percheron horses up to LeBow and Vivian Forte. his buckboard to give an old fashion trail ride for visitors at the Cliff Andrews played in O’Hara Mill Christmas gathering December 8. Photo: Diane Sherman the visitor’s centre as did Carol King This is the last public event of the and the Sugarland band and Wrought year for the historic Homestead ConserIron Roots. vation area, though it is always availWhile folks meandered about able to explore throughout the year. through the day, or sat for the evening The official opening for 2014 is as performances, volunteers shared stories usual on the May 24 weekend. of the mill’s history and how the homeTo find more information on the O’Hara stead has been rejuvenated through Mill Homestead one can call 613-473their hard work and dedication.

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O’Hara Mill Homestead volunteers Charles and Bonnie Robinson scooped hot chocolate and cider from the traditional cooking fires outside the log cabin during O’Hara Christmas festivities. Photo: Diane Sherman

HBM wants Junior Ranger program restored, cites “positive influence”

By Bill Freeman

News - Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience, township council is urging the provincial government to reinstate the once flourishing Ontario Ranger Program (ORP) which Queen’s Park axed in 2012.

When the government ended the 70-year-old program, previously known as the Ontario Junior Rangers, in September 2012, it said the Stewardship Youth Ranger Program (SYP), an existing day program, would fill the void and create more jobs.

That’s not the case argues the Township of Uxbridge, leading the charge to have the Ontario Ranger Program restored. Uxbridge council recently passed a motion supporting the Friends of the Ontario Rangers Program, a group lobbying to have the program reinstated.

“The program unifies the north and south of Ontario during a time when an ever-growing disconnect is occurring between northern and southern communities,” the Friends say.

The group maintains that the Ontario Youth Stewardship Program comes nowhere close to replicating the Junior Ranger Program. Key differences include the fact that SYP excludes youth from large urban centres, requires

participants to commute to their work sites and is a day job and not a camp experience away from home; also, SYP participants remain only in their home communities.

“Friends of the Ontario Ranger program recognizes that cuts are being felt across the board, however, we say that investing in youth programs which unite all of Ontario through positive community engagement are programs that ware worth preserving regardless of the challenging economic times we are in.”

At the time of the ORP’s demise, the Ministry of Natural Resources operated 13 camps including two that were bilingual and seven that offered co-operative education credits. When it started in 1944 it was called the Junior Forest Ranger program and employed 21 youth; it grew to provide about 804 positions with a peak of as high as 2,000 1973, when the program first accepted girls.

During its history around 78,000 youth worked in the summer camp program. Junior Rangers planted trees, cleared trails, maintained canoe routes, worked on fish and wildlife projects, collaborated with aboriginal groups, took turns working in camp kitchens and providing camp maintenance.

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was cut in 2012, 278 youth jobs were also lost.

The SYP day program “does not offer the same quality of experience youth gains under the ORP in respect to knowledge of resource management and without the distractions of daily life,” Uxbridge council said.

They point out that “more than half” of the Ontario Rangers were students from large urban centres but that the SYP is “just not accessible to students living in those urban centres.”

“When the provincial government cancelled the ORP, the regular kids lost an opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime experience…and acceptance in the program was based on a postal code lottery system,” the resolution states.

HBM Councillor Larry Ellis supports the Uxbridge campaign and notes that Junior Rangers have been used in the township.

“They have been used here and it’s always good feedback we heard as well as the experience for the kids themselves,” Ellis said.

“I think it’s a great resolution. We all know it was a very successful program.”

Mayor Ron Gerow said council’s support should also stress the “positive influence the program has had on our township.”

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News - Quinte West - Sears Canada is encouraging the community to show their support for their military friends and neighbours at the official launch of Operation Wish 2013 on Sunday, Dec. 15. An official launch event will be held at noon at the Sears store at Quinte Mall.

Similar events are being held in various other communities near military bases across the country. Military families are encouraged to come out to the event.

Operation Wish is organized by Sears Canada, in partnership with Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare

Services (CFMWS) and local Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs).

It aims to connect Canadian troops and their families with the public and provide support for military families.

This year’s program, which is now in its eighth year, places a special emphasis on supporting programs for military family youth and was encouraged locally by Trenton Military Family Resource Centre Executive Director Susan Sweetman.

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The community is invited to send their well-wishes to the military by signing a life-size cut out of Nate the bear at the Belleville Sears store. The cut out, once filled with signatures, will be sent to the local MFRC office as a symbol of the community’s support.

In addition, this year, as part of Operation Wish, the Trenton MFRC held a writing challenge. Children from military families were asked to write about their experiences – the joys and the challenges – of growing up in a military family.

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and services at her local MFRC. Now a volunteer with the Trenton MFRC, Lina decided to share some of her experiences.

Life as a young child in a military family can be hard and challenging, she explained, noting that her father is often away.

“I’m often under stress because I may not know where he is, what he’s doing or when he’ll be home,” she said. “Just being a teenager is a task, but I get more responsibility when my Dad is away. I have to help with dinner, do the dishes, and look after my 10-year-old sister.”

It’s really a series of ups and downs for military family members, according to Lina.

“It’s pretty exciting when my Dad comes home and the responsibilities then go back to him,” she indicated.

At the same time, there is always a period of adjustment when the parent who has been away returns, a period she said can be stressful. “We (she points to her mother, Donna) learn to live without my Dad, we set up a routine. When he comes home, that routine goes out the window and there is an adjustment period,” she added.

Having friends who are also part of a military family makes life easier in some ways because they too have some experience as to what might be happening in a military family life.

“We can help each other out,” Lina noted, although she adds that there is always the worry of your friends or your own family being “transferred out” during the summer. She actually prefers in some ways to have nonmilitary friends because she will be the one leaving, not the other way around.

Lina’s first experience with the MFRC was through the Peers Assisting Life Skills program, where older family members helped her through her various life experiences. Now she’s a peer helper to younger children, giving back to the program that helped her and her family.

Lina has developed that urge to help.

“I love working with kids,” she stated, noting that she also helps at kindergarten and at school where and when she can.

That urge will likely continue into her working life, she feels. “I want to work with kids, perhaps be a social worker or teacher.”

She has, however, no urge to join the military, she stated emphatically.

Lina has also taken advantage of the opportunity to go to the Heroes Camp at Wesley Acres Retreat Centre and Campground in Prince Edward County (http://www.wesleyacres.com/ hr/heroes.html). Having benefitted from this program too, she is preparing to give back to those who helped her.

Each summer 32 children experience the benefits of the program and this year she wants to get involved in the Leaders in Training program at the camp.

“They really get you out of your comfort zone and that’s something I don’t really like,” she admitted. “But I want to go back and pass on what the leaders gave to me.”

$3,500 in fines for trespassing and abandoning elk News - Two men have been fined a total of $3,500 for a number of hunting-related offences.

Kevin Camilleri of Sharbot Lake pleaded guilty and was fined $3,000 for trespassing to hunt, abandoning flesh suitable for food, and making false statements to a conservation officer. In addition to the fines, Camilleri’s hunting licence was suspended for a period of one year.

Daniel Teal of Napanee pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for trespassing to hunt and abandoning flesh suitable for food.

The court heard that on January 14, 2013, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers and a canine unit investigated a complaint of a bull elk being shot on private property and then abandoned. The investigation revealed that Camilleri and Teal were hunting elk near the village of McArthur’s Mills, in Hastings County, when Teal pulled his truck over on the side of Highway 28.

Camilleri exited the vehicle and shot an elk on private property, where neither men had permission to hunt. Camilleri and Teal then fled the area and abandoned the carcass. Over the course of the investigation, Camilleri provided several false statements to officers creating significant delay in bringing this matter before the courts.

Justice of the Peace Ernie Parsons heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Bancroft, on December 3, 2013.

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Cooking at Wisconsin’s L’Ecole de la Maison Photos by John Smith

At work in the kitchen.

By John M. Smith

Lifestyles - On my visit to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, a tiny village that’s located about half way between Green Bay and Milwaukee, in the heart of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, I attended the Osthoff Resort’s renowned cooking school. Not only did I get some great French cuisine cooking tips, but I also received some intriguing recipes – and a scrumptious meal.

I was in Elkhart Lake with a group of travel and food writers, and about a dozen of us participated in “L’Ecole de la Maison”, with Chef Scott Baker. My wife does much of our cooking (after all, the kitchen is primarily looked upon as ‘her domain’!), so I felt a little bit apprehensive about the upcoming ‘ordeal’.

However, it turned out that I didn’t need to fret the situation at all. This was not Chef Gordon Ramsay of TV’s “Hell’s Kitchen” that I was about to deal with. Rather,

our Chef Scott turned out to be very calm, patient and mellow. He was there to assist us, in a very low-key, nonthreatening kind of way, and he offered suggestions – and that was all. For example, when I was chopping parsley, he simply showed me an easier way to get the desired results – and then I did it. He simply went around the kitchen, demonstrating techniques as we worked on particular dishes, and then we followed his advice/instructions.

Our workplaces in the kitchen were all set up with the necessary ingredients, and we simply found a work station and began to do our designated tasks. I primarily peeled carrots, snipped beans, and chopped parsley, so I wasn’t really going to do any ‘major damage’ to the finished products – and some of the food writers and seasoned cooks worked on specific dishes.

We didn’t even have to clean up much of our mess

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as we worked at our particular food stations, for the chef’s assistants, who we referred to as “the clean fairies”, kept buzzing around and making certain that everything was immaculate at our workplaces. We worked away – and the mess disappeared. I thought that would be a great system to put in place in my own home, too.

When the French cuisine was all prepared and the cooking done, we all sat down to our fantastic feast. We had French Baguette, Classic French Onion Soup au Gratin, Lyonnaise Salad with Red Wine-Dijon Vinaigrette, French Gougeres, Coquilles St. Jacques au Gratin, Tenderloin of Beef au Poivre with Vichy Carrots, Potatoes Dauphinoise, and French Green Beans with Toasted Walnut Butter. The entire meal was complimented by the addition of proper wines – and completed with Crepes Suzettes with Raspberries.

The entire process took us about four hours, and although the food preparation proved to be fun, the actual eating of the finished products was the best!

Our chef/instructor prepares the meat for cooking.

The Osthoff Resort’s “L’Ecole de la Maison” (www.cookingschoolatosthoff. com) offers guests the opportunity to enhance their cooking skills and develop a passion and love of the art of cooking – and it’s a great way to get some great recipes, too.

Although the entire meal was wonderful, the scallops were especially tasty, so I’m going to share this recipe for Coquilles St. Jacques au Gratin with you – and it yields four to six portions.

These were served on oven-proof scallop shell dishes. You’ll need 12 sea scallops, 2T softened butter, 1 cup dry white wine, and enough water to bring the liquid level slightly below the top of the scallops. You’ll also need 2T lemon juice, 2T minced shallots, 1/2 cup thinly sliced white button mushrooms, 1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan Reggiano, and 1c heavy whipping cream. For the roux, you’ll need 1T clarified butter and 2T all purpose flour.

1. Butter the bottom of a sauté pan with butter and also one side of a parchment circle cut the size of the pan.

2. In a separate pan, prepare a roux with the butter and flour by heating the clarified butter and adding enough flour to make a mix that’s like wet sand – and The scallops are served. then cook about 1 minute and set aside.

3. Place the scallops in an even layer in the buttered sauté pan, add white wine and water, and cover with parchment (butter side down).

4. Place over medium-low heat and bring to a bare simmer. Poach scallops about 3 minutes (still raw looking in the centre).

5. Lift the scallops out of the broth, transfer to a platter, and again cover with the parchment.

6. Add shallot, mushroom and lemon to the wine/broth and bring to a boil.

7. Continue to boil until the liquid is reduced by half.

8. Whisk the roux into the broth to thicken.

9. Add the cream, pass the sauce through a fine mesh strainer, and reduce again to a thicker sauce consistency (should coat a spoon well), and add salt and pepper as needed.

10. Add the scallops back to the finished sauce and cook them through.

11. Place 2 or 3 scallops on each dish, and spoon the sauce over them.

12. Evenly distribute the grated cheese over the scallops and gratin under oven The main course is ready for consumption. broiler until a light golden colour.

Recognition and support key to helping mental illness social burdens on that family,” Mrs. Pyle added. “When those situations create chronic stress for families, they too often become collateral casualties of mental illness. Just as the person with mental illness may suffer from absenteeism from the workplace, the family member who is obligated to continue working will suffer from presenteeism - they will drain off their productivity by distractions, worry, sadness, and an overwhelming sense of helplessness in managing alone, and profound fear as they wait for that one big call stating things have gone terribly wrong at home. Families need their helping role acknowledged and they need support too.”

People and families combating mental illness need unconditional, nonjudgemental support, Mrs. Pyle stated, because far too many people still don’t seek help to get well because of the stigma attached to their illness.

“Stigma adds thoughtless insult to an already devastating injury,” she said. That stigma is made up of three parts: the negative and unfavourable attitudes of people encountered by the sick person, the negative behaviours of people which result from those

attitudes, and the stigma you inflict upon yourself as a result of believing those messages.

Mrs. Pyle urged those attending to think of the issues raised concerning mental illness with their military minds.

“If one of you is weakened in some way, so shall the entire unit be weakened,” she stated. “(Instead) support the member of the unit, support the entire unit, and compare that theory to families. There is strength in numbers and certainly in solidarity. Family is what you make it. Whether made up of blood relatives, friends, co-workers or a combination of all three, your family will always be your biggest ally.”

Dr. Max Walker, a psychiatrist from 24 CF HSC, also spoke on chronic pain and its link to mental health, although he admitted to a having difficulty identifying chronic pain because there is no clear-cut definition of it.

Chronic pain is a huge problem, with 4 million people in Canada suffering with chronic pain at any given time.

Chronic pain can vary from minor pain to severe pain which impacts

everything a person does and their quality of life. In chronic care facilities, 80 per cent of people have some sort of chronic pain.

Our emotional connection to the pain leads to suffering, says Dr. Walker. On top of suffering is the pain behaviour, or what other people see as the reaction to pain, he stated. “It’s how people socially isolate themselves, how they withdraw from loved ones, how they stop doing the things they want to do, it’s the behaviour they use to adapt to their pain,” he said.

Dr. Walker told the large gathering at the Astra Lounge that chronic pain can cause a mental health diagnosis to occur, adding that anxiety and depression can also cause more pain.

“There is an intimate link between mental health and chronic pain,” he stated, adding, “there is an increased risk of substance use and abuse with chronic pain, which is an adaptive response to the pain.”

“We see those people as always looking for drugs, but it’s because they

are in pain, they want it because they are suffering,” he said. He added that a stigma is often attached to people with chronic pain the way we attach a similar stigma to those with a mental illness.

While medication is important in managing chronic pain, he said it is not enough in itself. Lifestyle and function also weigh in on the problem.

“We need to optimise all other interventions, and then add medication as needed,” he said. “It gives us more tools in our toolbox to deal with these things.”

Wing Commander Colonel David Lowthian said the hour-and-a-half of presentations at the lunch and learn were valuable and opportune at this time of year. He felt leaders need to take the time to focus on individuals to ensure their physical, mental and financial fitness.

“As much as it is joyful at this time of year, we have to remember there are others at the other end of that spectrum and we need to take time to think about them,” he said.

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Lorraine Pyle, a guest speaker at a recent lunch and learn, is a strong advocate for change in how mental illness is perceived. Photo: Ross Lees

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Lifestyles - Quinte West - Family can be the key to dealing with a mental illness and can help in the recovery process.

“It will often be a family member who first notices something is amiss and facilitates recovery,” revealed Lt.Col. Dany Breton, 8 Wing’s Logistics and Engineering Officer and Champion for Persons with Disabilities. Having recently lost a sister-in-law to mental illness, he acknowledges the positive difference family and friends can make.

Lorraine Pyle, one of the guest speakers at the event, is a supervisor at an adolescent girls’ residential treatment facility as well as a mother of three and a grandmother of five. She is also a strong advocate for change in how mental illness is perceived, which is why she is also the chair of the Family Support Network (FSN) in the Quinte area. The FSN has been operating in the Quinte area for 16 years and has well over 900 graduates, she said. (For more information on this network visit http://www.mentalhealthservices.ca/ resources/family-support-network/) Locally, FSN is responsible for overseeing two critical programs: the NAMI F2F (family to family) and the NAMI Service Provider. Using trained volunteer facilitators, the FSN delivers the educational series designed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

The F2F program provides vital information, insight and understanding in the following areas: understanding mental illness and its origins, the biology of the brain, improving problem solving techniques, understanding relevant psychotropic medications, developing and improving empathy skills, developing important communication skills, learning the importance of self care, the journey into recovery, navigating the treatment system, exploring the impact of stigma and discrimination, and the need for advocacy. The Service Provider Education program, on the other hand, provides vital information, insight and understanding to working professionals who encounter mental illness in the course of their practice or employment, Mrs. Pyle indicated.

No matter what type of family dynamic or construct you may have, mental illness will affect the entire family, says Mrs. Pyle. Like Lt.-Col. Breton, she too speaks from experience.

Her daughter was diagnosed with concurrent borderline personality disorder and addictions.

“Relationships (in the family) may change,” she said. “The carer may now become the cared for, spouses may essentially feel alone, children may feel the need to assume the role of provider and protector or are overlooked altogether as parents cope with the illness or the caretaking role, work and day-to-day life. The impact on the family will be affected in varying degrees depending on the unpredictable nature of the mental illness involved, the intensity and longevity of that illness, the historical barriers to family involvement, as well as the effects of stigma felt within the family.

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Lunch and learn event addressed mental illness and chronic pain and their association

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Reality Check:

Sheila Wray Gregoire Lifestyles - Christmas isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast approaching. So is indigestion, and not just because you had to eat Aunt Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lumpy mashed potatoes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because after Christmas comes all the credit card bills, and those can cast a pallor over the whole season.

So I thought today Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d share seven quick tidbits that, if properly followed, can help us avoid financial stress.

One: only go into debt for four things: a house, a car, education, or to start a business. Even some of those are debatable: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually not worth $40,000 in debt for a Phi-

A seven-step plan for financial freedom losophy degree, and many people can save and buy a used car without debt. Nevertheless, these are the four things where debt may be necessary. Notice that Christmas isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the list!

Two: Know your financial situation. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know your income and expenses. you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t budget and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan, and that means debt is almost inevitable. So add up all of your assets (like a house, a car, savings) and all of your debts (credit cards, lines of credit), and the difference is your net worth. Then figure out your income and your expenses. If you own a business and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a regular income, check your net income on your tax returns for the last three years. The average of that is likely pretty close to your income. Divide that by twelve, and now you have your monthly income.

Three: Make a budget. Know how much youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to spend in each category on a monthly basis. Then spend cash, not credit.

Stash cash in envelopes for food, entertainment, miscellaneous, etc. Include in that budget money for debt repayment, and repay debt, starting with the highest interest debt, as fast as you can.

Four: Create an emergency savings fund. Once your debt is paid off, save the

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equivalent of three monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; income and put it in a savings account or money market account where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to access. That way, if you ever are out of work for a time, due to a layoff, an accident, or a family emergency, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to borrow money.

Five: Start saving for the long term.

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you need to save $5000 a year. So add another $417 in savings every month, for a total of $917. Set up an automatic payment into a savings account for that amount on a monthly basis. If that price tag sounds too steep, remember: If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to pay for it beforehand, you certainly canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to pay for it after the fact, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll end up doling out interest, too! Â Seven: Finally, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the clincher. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy stuff you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford. The stress isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth it. And the freedom that comes from being out of debt and having a financial plan? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something money canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy.

The Nordmann Fir and the Christmas cashier Lifestyles - Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my intent to mislead you with the title of this column; Gentle Reader, I want to introduce a new tree and make my annual appeal for Shoppersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Grace.

First, the fir. Abies nordmanniana, to my knowledge, is a new introduction to the Quinte area and I believe that Connonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is the only source. I suspect this will have changed by next season. Normally, a detailed bio of this plant would follow except the context is cut Christmas trees and it is unlikely the tree will continue growing in your living room.  I will say, that of all the firs, Nordmann is among the best for tolerating lime soils. The downside is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferred mountainous habitat receives 40â&#x20AC;? of rainfall annually; to date, the Quinte area has received 28 Âźâ&#x20AC;&#x153;.

There are several characteristics that make this a desirable tree, rivalling the highly touted Fraser Fir. It is wellknown that the Fraser has superior needle retention. The new kid on the block equals this trait so there is no difference between the two. When I look at them, side by each, there are two major differences. The first is that the Nordmann has longer needles which are also a darker green on the upper surface: both have the contrasting white colouring on the undersides. The second is that the structure is much more open or layered.

The branches in both are whorled but the Fraser tends to have multiple leaders (lots of upright stems) leading to a denser appearance.

The decision usually comes down to how you prefer to decorate your tree. If

you like to hang ornaments, the Fraser will be the choice. If you like to set up tableaux on and in the branches, scenes with some height, then Nordmann will suit you best. My research shows that folks from northwestern Europe, especially Scandinavia, fit the latter grouping. The increasing popularity in American states like Minnesota and Michigan seem to support this.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second topic is the Christmas cashier and the support staff who walk the floors and yards of retail outlets. This is my annual appeal for you, Gentle Reader, to extend courtesy and grace to all those who are serving you in this frenzied time.

We all know that life is busy enough and that the added pressures of getting everything just right for Christmas can push folks over the top. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a titch more jaded than some of my younger counterparts and I tend to hold the view that much of this stress is self-inflicted...even when it is my own self that is frantically dashing to and fro. We have no say over your shopping patterns or the times you pick for your foraging forays. Now, before semanticists take me to task for sacrificing meaning for alliteration, we see many shoppers who come into our store with a plan of attack, aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;on a mission.â&#x20AC;? We quickly step aside and just point in the direction of whatever word they blurt outdoesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fraserâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;candleâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;bathroom.â&#x20AC;?

We understand your disappointment if a particular item is sold out but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change that fact. (You can be sure that the ordering boffins will make note of the deficiency and bring in greater

Dan Clost quantities next year.) We understand that your time is limited and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll serve you, in order of arrival, as fast as we can. (Cutting in line or double-teaming is not nice but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome to offer cash incentives to the folks ahead of you.) At stores where carry-outs are in place, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pleased to help you trundle your purchases to your vehicle. It is very much appreciated that your vehicle is ready to receive those purchases when we arrive- especially if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re holding a heavy item.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just like you and we want you to have as successful and enjoyable time as possible in our stores.

GR, we store folk do have one extra burden to bear- music on the p.a. You can go back to your car and escape; we often hear the same selections looped continuously. You get it for 15 to 20 minutes; we get it for hours and hours and hours. Have a holly-jolly day!

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sage on a bun, while inside the tourism centre, Country Cuisine Cafe offered chili and a bun, also at no cost. There was face painting, cookie decorating and a scavenger hunt for the children, along with a selection of baked goods and crafts for sale. Visitors had an opportunity to purchase raffle tickets on a gingerbread house donated by Crazy for Cookies, with the proceeds going to help fund new playground equipment. Members of the local Guides were on hand, selling Girl Guide Cookies, raffle tickets and poinsettias in support of a proposed Guide and Pathfinders 2015 trip to Alberta. While there, they will visit the Calgary Stampede, go white water rafting in Banff, and spend time at a dinosaur park.

In all, a total of 12 vendors participated in the very late au-

P.J. and Bethy McInroy were among the children to test their mettle when decorating gingerbread cookies during a special market held in conjunction with the Santa Claus Parade on a very chilly and brisk December 7. Photo: Judy Backus

tumn market, with some braving the great out of doors, while others set up in the heated comfort of the tourism centre.

Santa arrived amid a flurry of excitement

Music played a big part in the parade with the RCSCC Sea Cadets keeping the seasonal tempo brisk throughout. Photo: Judy Backus Dominic and Abby French were among the many to wait in line at the Community Centre for a The jolly old gent himself, seated in splendor atop a bright red sleigh lo- chance to have a few minutes with Santa and an cated on a float which included a fully decorated tree and an assortment of opportunity to let him know of any special Christtoys, called out Christmas wishes and a jolly “HO HO HO” to all throughout mas wishes. Photo: Judy Backus the parade. Photo: Judy Backus

By Judy Backus

Entertainment - Marmora Light snow flurries added to the atmosphere of the annual Santa Claus parade, held on the afternoon of December 7, and organized as in past years by members of the Crowe Valley Lions Club.

Crowds lined the main street with children fairly dancing with excitement while waiting for the fun to begin.

The first hint that the parade was underway were the flashing

lights of a police car at the top of the street, positioned there to keep regular traffic away from the route.

The procession carried on with bands, floats, fire trucks with sirens blasting, representatives of various local businesses and groups, along with the annual presence of the Belleville Shriners. But the best, as usual, was kept for the last, when Santa, perched atop his bright red sleigh, made his way along the street calling out wishes for a Merry Christmas to all.

Once the parade had made its way around town, crowds headed to the Community Centre for a warming cup of hot chocolate or coffee, along with hot dogs for all.

Dozens of children stood in line for a chance to perch on Santa’s knee and let him know what they wanted for Christmas. Although most were more than happy for the opportunity, some of the more timid ones, even when coaxed by their parents, opted to watch from the sidelines.

Jilly Deline,, Wesley Deline, Julie Watson and Claire Shorie gathered around the Christmas tree which formed part of the Children’s Nursery Cen- Brie Cassidy Williams, Sebastien Waters, Stephen Thompson, Jacob Whyte, tre/Best Start entry in the Marmora parade. Photo: Trace Johnson, Ainsley Coens and Sydney Johnson joined Panda Pete aboard the Marmora Pentecostal Church float. Photo: Judy Backus Judy Backus

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Get your documentary film fix

By Steve Jessel

Entertainment - Belleville - It may be early yet, but those looking to get a head start on their 2014 Downtown Docfest experience will be happy to know that early bird festival passes are now on sale for the third iteration of the popular film series, taking place from February 28 to March 2, 2014 in downtown Belleville.

“A lot of people around here didn’t think we’d be able to pull it off, but here we are and we continue to grow, to the point where last year after the festival the Ontario Arts Council approached us about applying for funding,” said Docfest gala host

and public relations manager Dug Stevenson. “It isn’t just the people here that are responding, we’re starting to get people from around the province who are noticing us.”

More than 30 films are expected to be shown at this year’s Docfest, following up on a successful 2013 festival that attracted over 600 people to the opening gala and a total of over 3,000 visits to films being shown around the city. Key again this year is the inclusion of about 10 pieces of work from local documentary filmmakers and, as Stevenson explains, it’s all about offering these filmmakers an

opportunity to get their feet wet in the festival scene. Stevenson said that while hundreds of film festivals exist across the country, very few cater exclusively to documentary filmmakers.

“There aren’t opportunities for people who are early in their careers to get their films in front of audiences,” Stevenson said.

“We feel like it’s almost our responsibility to do that, so that’s why a real part of our mandate is working with local filmmakers, reaching out, seeing what they’re working on and helping bring it into Docfest.”

Docfest 2014 opens with the annual opening gala at the Em-

pire Theatre, taking place on Friday, Feb. 28, from where the festival stretches out over three days and multiple venues. New this year will be a realignment of where films are shown, as they will now be more evenly split between the Core Arts and Culture Centre (CACC) and the John M. Parrott Gallery in the Belleville Public Library. The opening gala this year will show the critically acclaimed “20 feet from Stardom” accompanied by a live musical performance set to be announced sometime in January.

“We’re no longer necessarily the ‘little festival that could’,” Stevenson said. “We’re starting to become a bigger venue, and I think you’ll see an even greater response, and I think we’ll continue to grow.”

Festival Passes and tickets for the opening gala will be available in the new year at a number of outlets in and around the Quinte area, through The Empire Theatre box office, online at theempiretheatre.com or by phone at 613-969-0099. ‘Early Bird’ Festival Passes priced at $30 are now available at the Quinte Arts Council of-

Early bird passes for Belleville’s Downtown Docfest are now on sale at the Quinte Arts Council offices. Photo: submitted

fice, 32 Bridge St. E., Belleville. After January 31 the price of a Festival Pass will be $40.

Film listings, the festival schedule and ticket outlets will be posted at downtown-

docfest.ca in early January.

Find Docfest on Facebook and follow the festival on Twitter. For more information, call 613-849-1976 or email info@downtowndocfest.ca.

Silver Foxes keep on giving

By Judy Backus

News - Marmora - Every Monday and Thursday morning, a group of women aged 55 plus who call themselves the Silver Foxes, gather at the Community Centre for a low impact exercise class.

Each session includes a freewill offering of a toonie, with the resulting collection contributed to, as member Dorothy Caverly puts it, “different charities and organizations for the betterment of our community.”

Since their beginnings in 2005, the Silver Foxes have donated a total of more than $8,500 to such things as the Marmora Historical Foundation, the local library, the fire department, the Marmora Medical Centre, Heart of Hastings Hospice, the Helping Hands Food Bank and a range of others.

On a stormy December 9, members of the group met at Country Cuisine Cafe for a luncheon in celebration of the season, at which time Caverly presented a cheque for $500 to Catherine Holt, the Donor Stewardship Officer for Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Holt told the group that the much appreciated funds would be used towards the purchase of a new anesthetic machine valued at $145,000 to replace the existing 23-year-old equipment in the surgical program. The hope is to have the machine in place in the new year.

While fellow members of the Marmora exercise group known as the Silver Foxes enjoyed lunch in the background, Dorothy Caverly presented a cheque for $500 to Catherine Holt, the Donor Stewardship Officer for Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation. The funds will be used towards the purchase of new anesthetic equipment for use at the hospital which serves many Marmora residents. Photo: Judy Backus.

Holt complimented the group on their endeavours with regards both to their exercises and the funds they

raise, adding that she was looking forward to the time when she too could be a Silver Fox.

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News - Marmora - The Earl Prentice School community welcomed all to the fourth annual Festival of Trees held this year on the evenings of December 3 and 4. Proceeds from the well-supported event will be used to help finance school trips and provide new technology for the school as well as new furniture for the library.

The scent of evergreens filled the entrance and gym where a total of 11 decorated trees, five winter arrangements, three door swags, eight wreaths and a stocking full of treats were on display.

All were won by lucky visitors through a raffle whereby tickets were purchased and dropped into the box representing the prize of choice. The raffle items were donated by individuals, groups or businesses, the grand prize being the community tree which was bedecked with certificates supplied by local businesses totalling $350 in products.

With seasonal tunes playing in the background, Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors enjoyed a selection of homemade cookies along with their choice of hot chocolate, tea or cider, while those who attended on Wednesday, had punch and Timbits provided by the staff. On the first evening, a cookie baking contest, with categories for both students and adults, resulted in judges, Bruce Cook and Brenda Warren,

As judges in the cookie baking event held in conjunction with the Festival of Trees at Earl Prentice Public School on December 3, Bruce Cook and Brenda Warren had their fill of sweets, sampling one of each before deciding on the winners in both the adult and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s categories. Photo: Judy Backus

having the enviable task of sampling each of the goodies which ranged from traditional to decadent.

On Tuesday, the children gathered in the library to watch a holiday movie, while the second evening included the very popular and longstanding crafts and carols. As well, Wednesday was a shopping day for the students who had a chance to visit Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Rene Young, Chair of the School Council, said of the event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community, as always, is extremely supportive. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a great commit- Carson Carman, a junior kindergarten student at Earl Prentice Public School, dropped his raffle ticket into the box next to one of many trees, wreaths, swags and arrangements on display during the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth annual Festival of Trees. Photo: Judy Backus tee of parent helpers.â&#x20AC;?

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They’ll bring their act, The Mantini Sisters’ Christmas, to the Stirling Festival Theatre this Sunday. The onenight performance, falling in the middle of the Christmas Panto run, begins at 8 p.m. with all tickets priced at $32.

The sisters have travelled across North America and their shows have resulted in the release of three CD recordings on their own Trio Music label. The first, Moments to Remember, was recorded at the Glen Gould Studio in Toronto and released in 1997. The Mantini Sisters – Christmas was released in 2004.

The sisters grew up in a musical household that also included four other siblings, where singing and performing

in the near future for Dundurn books.

Released on November 30, the new title is available online and in major book stores and, Revelle notes, has already attracted significant attention from readers in Canada and beyond. “At the signing in Kingston we sold out of books,” he says, adding reviews for the most part have been very easy to read.

“A lot of people have really liked it,” he says.

Revelle was in West Wings in Stirling last weekend hoping to boost sales and, at the same time, share some insights into his own culture. And he admits the time spent polishing his manuscript has

been a personal journey of discovery.

“I did a lot of reading,” he says of the writing process that culminated in his first novel after a career in sales, “and there’s not much written on the Algonquins … So I wrote it to teach some of the language and culture.”

Set in the 14th century and following the story of Mahingan and his family, the novel depicts a history and way of life the author says is in danger of being forgotten. And language, he adds, was an important part of that.

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Opera singing comes to Actinolite

Katie Hinchcliffe performed an opera-style concert at the Marble Church in Actinolite November 29. She is seen here with her piano player Tom Dietzel and her father Dave Hinchcliffe.

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Entertainment - Actinolite – The Marble Arts Centre hosted a singing event featuring Katie Hinchcliffe and there is no doubt that if there had been crystal in the room, Katie would have shattered it with her high ranging operatic voice.

Katie grew up in Madoc and this is her second year performing at the

Marble Church; she was asked to come back by popular demand according to one of the organizers Roely DeVries.

Katie attended Nicholson College and took Music Performance at Queens University.

“While I was there I was involved in a number of different recitals and performed in a few musicals,” says Katie. “After Queens I moved to Toronto to further my training and now I am taking a few years off and working at Starbucks before applying to graduate school.”

Katy said she knew a lot of the people in the crowd that attended the Marble Church concert, “I know a lot of the songs that these people want to hear so I have planned my show around that. I love singing for people in this area, my grandmother is here and I plan to do a special song for her.”

Katie said her goal is to move to the United Kingdom to study. She is 26 years old and her father Dave Hinchcliffe says that her voice is just starting to mature.

“Katie started singing at two or three years old and always knew the words.

One of her teachers at school when she was very young offered to give her

lessons because she saw some real talent and this teacher had significant training in music and was a great help.”

Katie was asked if her extremely high range came naturally to her and she said, “It is a combination of both; I have been taking lessons since I was 10 so I have had lots of practice. I think there is natural talent but there is doubt that a lot of hard work and practice is involved. If young people are thinking about getting into a singing career my advice is stick with it; there is a lot of pressure when you first start and your friends may not understand you devoting so much time to your music. Once I hit university I was with people who did the exact same thing as me and it is comfortable to know there are other people like you out there.

I competed at the Rotary competition and it was helpful to have an adjudicator say to stick with the singing, that you are doing a great job.”

Tom Dietzel played piano for Katie and has known her since she was 13, “It has been an enjoyable experience to watch Katie grow and progress through all her changes over the years. Katie has a strong understanding of musical theory.”

Author Rick Revelle, with copies of his recently released I Am Algonquin book, spent Saturday afternoon at West Wings last weekend, much of it talking about life in the Ottawa Valley in the 1300s.

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sprinkled throughout,” Revelle says, adding a glossary is included at the back, though translations are provided with the first reference in each case.

The book, he adds, provided him with a valuable history lesson as well.

“I learned a lot,” he says. And it has led to the near completion of a second book and the beginnings of a third.

All three, he says, are set in the 1300s and include the same core characters.

And there are stories of violence and terror, conflict and conquest, and the rituals that mark the passage into adulthood.

A high-stakes two-day lacrosse game is among the more dramatic scenes, Revelle says, and it helps shed some light on the relationships among and between different communities as well

as the individuals within.

With the title only recently available, Revelle says it’s difficult to forecast future sales but he hopes his first published work will reach a wide readership. One possibility already being considered, he says, is the potential for translations into both French and Algonquin.

In the meantime, though, he has more writing to do.

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Santa Claus arrives at the end of the parade route during last weekend’s parade in Spring Brook.

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Kristen Lott and Sommer White-Bard were all smiles as the Duck Dynasty-themed Grace Chapel Youth float prepared for the start of the Spring Brook Santa Claus Parade. Photo: Richard Turtle

Members of the Spring Brook Sunday School had a comfortable ride for the The Stirling Citizens’ Band performs in the Spring Brook Santa Claus parade Members of the Stirling Lions Club wave to the spectators during the Sunday parade. last Sunday before continuing its Christmas concert at the end of the route. entire duration of the 15-minute parade. Photo: Richard Turtle Photo: Richard Turtle

Spring Brook – This small community’s popular Santa Claus Parade once again drew large crowds of spectators as it made its way from the ballpark to the four corners, a distance of less than 200 metres.

But while it has undoubtedly been among the shortest of parades for a decade now, it is long on Christmas spirit. Community volunteers have been working since the outset to bring residents out for a Christmas celebration,

to share in the joy of the season with neighbours and offer some support to the local food bank.

Stirling-Rawdon Mayor Rodney Cooney, with the help of fellow councilors, was handing out candy canes along the route with several other municipal officials, including members of the police and fire departments, taking part in the parade as well.

Santa took up his usual spot at the back of the parade, stepping down from his sleigh to join the waiting visitors.

The Stirling Citizens Band’s participation continued after the parade ended, providing a musical backdrop during the festivities.

Free hot dogs and refreshments were prepared and served by a large crew of helpers as crowds gathered around the community Christmas tree responding to requests for cash and food donations.

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SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS BRIGHTON, 312 Raglan Street. Private home, furnished bedroom, cable, telephone, heat, hydro included, use of home. $475 month. No pets. Call 613-475-3841.

HOUSE FOR SALE east end Belleville, 3 bdrm back split, open concept, fenced yard, hardwood, gas fireplace, granite counters, great location. $199,900.

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We have the key to unlock locked-in pension funds. Free consultation. To relieve financial stress, call 613-779-8008.

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Available for receptions, dances and catering. $100 without the bar, $200 with bar. Call: 613-395-3408

Flooring deals, berber carpet 99 cents sq. ft.; 12 mm laminate $1.49/sq. ft.; modern cut/loop carpet 1.49/sq. ft.; Free shop at home service. Saillian Carpets 1-800-578-0497, (905)373-2260.

Juke Box, for records (45’s) roll top glass cover, lights down both sides at front. Call 613-267-4463.

Snow tires. Cooper, Arctic Claw 23560R16 with steel rims. Used 5 months (1-1/2 winters). $500.

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I would like to thank my friends, neighbours, relatives, Pastor Pye and Baptist Church congregation, 2 ambulance teams, Victim Services, OPP officials, Weaver Funeral Home and staff and Pall Bearers for your prayers, cards, food, home visits, phone calls and financial gifts. Your support and encouragement was very much appreciated. God bless you all for being so kind and thoughtful before and after my mother Lucy Ibey passed away. ~ Joy Ibey

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Gift, Craft and Bake Sale at Campbellford District High School Saturday, December 14 from 9 AM till 2:00 PM in the gymnasium Proceeds go towards the Award Winning Campbellford District High School Junior and Senior Jazz Band!

FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT @ BRIDGE ST. UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY, DEC. 15, 7 P.M. Featuring

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& special guest, Melinda Raymond (violin) Freewill Offering – Refreshments Following ~ WE INVITE & WELCOME ALL ~ Northwest Corner – Bridge & Church St. @ 60 Bridge St. E., Belleville www.bridgestreetchurch.com

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GUMBLEY: WAYNE THOMAS GILBERT

There is in the Simpson home in Salem near Colborne. Sarah Simpson graduated from Queen's Medicine on May 23, 2013 in Kingston, Ontario with her medical degree. Sarah is the eldest daughter of Tom and Janet Simpson of Salem and sister to Angela and Karen. Proud grandmother is Grace Simpson of Salem. (Predeceased grandparents are Ross Simpson, and Gerard Beaudry and Nellie Beaudry.)

Passed away at the St.Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton on Monday December 2, 2013 at the age of 65 years. Loving father of Netasha and Paul, Stephanie (deceased), and Brieann and Ronan. Dear grandfather of Laila, Owen, Veron, Ethan, Sarah, and Nicholas. Son of James (deceased) and Phyllis (Powell) Gumbley. Brother of Brian and Sherry, Reg and Jessie, Kathryn and Cliff Pennington, and Diane (deceased) and Glen Hurst. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place. A service of celebration to honour Wayne’s life will be held in the spring in Madoc and will be announced. As an expression of sympathy donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. www. rhbanderson.com

Following graduation from East Northumberland Secondary School, Sarah attended Queen's University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in psychology after which she was accepted into Queen's Medicine. Dr. Simpson now completes her postgraduate medical education at Queen's in the surgical subspecialty of ophthalmology. This is the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.

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There is a saying, "It takes a village to raise a child." This community should be proud that the fundamentals of Sarah's education, nurturing and social activities were met in Cramahe. As a child every experience in your life means so much and Sarah is proud of her roots and holds dear many memories of school and the country life her family exposed her to. Sarah's parents are life-long residents of Cramahe Township who, along with Sarah's siblings, aunt and uncles and cousins, attended South Cramahe Public School and East Northumberland Secondary School. You may remember Sarah when she worked at Rutherford's Roadside Market during summers of 2002 to 2007 and coached an under 9 soccer team, representing Vito's Restaurant, Colborne, to victory in 2007.

We wish Dr. Simpson congratulations and all the best for her future endeavours.

BROWN, MARY EVELYN Peacefully at the Maplewood Nursing Home, Brighton on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013, age 92 years. Evelyn Brown of Brighton, daughter of the late Fred Henderson and the late Olive (Walton).

Beloved wife of the late Ernest Clifford Brown. Loving mother of Judith and her husband Robert McLaren of Maberly, Holly Linder of Brighton, and Melody and her husband Kim Lamont of Kindersley, Saskatchewan. Predeceased by her brother Kenneth Henderson and her grandson Andrew. Sadly missed by her grandchildren, Stephanie, Nadia, and her great grandchildren, Blade and Sawyer.

The family will receive friends at Trinity St. Andrew’s United Church, Brighton on Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 from 12 o’clock noon. Service to follow in the Church at 1 o’clock. Cremation with interment Mount Hope Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Trinity St. Andrew’s United Church Building Fund, or the Diabetes Association, would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements in care of the Brighton Funeral Home. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com

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Moore William H. ‘Bill’— At Peterborough Regional Health Centre, December 9, 2013 in his 83rd year. Beloved husband of Leona Margaret (nee Gordon) for 55 years. Dear father of William Robert Moore (Vicki), Margaret Anne Moore, and Carol Jean Collins (Scott). Loving grandfather of Craig, Robyn; Michael, Kristen; Benjamin & Liam. Brother of James (predeceased), John (predeceased), Evelyn Porter, Helen Pickens, Doris Donald & David Moore. Bill will be sadly missed by his dear family, relatives, and tractor friends. Family and friends may gather at BRETT FUNERAL CHAPEL, HASTINGS from 2- 4 & 7-9 pm on Friday. A funeral service will be held at ST. ANDREWS BURNBRAE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2583 Burnbrae Rd, Campbellford, on Saturday, December 14th, 2013 at 11:00 am, Rev. Blaine Dunnett officiating. Interment to be held at Trent Valley Cemetery, Hastings in the spring. In memory of Bill donations may be made to St. Andrews Burnbrae Presbyterian Church or the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Online condolences may be made at www. brettfuneralchapels.com.

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Predeceased by her son Gary Ringrose, her daughter Rhonda Ritchie, and her brother Arthur Wood. Sadly missed by her granddaughters, Mary Robinson (Ron), Mandy McFadden (Pascal), and her great grandson Max McFadden. The family will receive friends at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Brighton on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 from 10 o’clock.

Service to follow in the Church at 11:00 o’clock. Cremation with interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton. As an expression of sympathy, donations to St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Brighton, would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements in care of the Brighton Funeral Home. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com

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PLUMTON, HELEN RUTH At the Trenton Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013, age 85 years. Helen Plumton of Brighton, daughter of the late Harry Reddom and the late Florence (McComb). Beloved wife of the late Ross Herman Plumton.

Loving mother of Allan and his wife Teeny of RR 7, Brighton, Ruth and her husband Michael Godkin of Kingston, Heather and her husband Bruce Harren, Janice and her husband Richard LeClair, and Joan and her husband Ray LeClair, all of Trenton. Sadly missed by her twelve grandchildren and her fourteen great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton, on Thursday, December 5th, 7 to 9 p.m. Service in the funeral home on Friday, December 6th, 2013 at 1 o’clock. Interment McPhails Cemetery, Brighton. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Carman United Church, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation, would be appreciated by the family. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com

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MORRISON, Dorothy After a long bout with cancer, and in her 73rd year, Dorothy passed away in her sleep at home on Monday, December 2, 2013.

Survived by Bob, her loving husband of 35 years and daughters Tracy in Norwood and Brenda in Montreal.

At Dorothy's request, there will be no service. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.

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WITHERS, JANICE LYNN Suddenly at the Trenton Memorial Hospital on Friday, November 29th, 2013, age 56 years. Janice Withers of Brighton, daughter of Esther Calver of Brighton, and the late Ben Remouche. Sister of Rick Remouche of Brighton, and stepbrother of Ron Remouche of St. Albert, Alberta. Predeceased by her brother Jeff Remouche. A private family service will be held. Cremation with interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, would be appreciated by the family, Arrangements in care of the Brighton Funeral Home.

WEESE, Paul Vernon – passed away with family by his side on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. Paul Weese of Stockdale in his 77th year.

Beloved husband of Brenda (Thompson) Weese.

Loved father of Kelly Demorest (Paul) of Carrying Place, Kimberly Colton (Jim) of Frankford and Mark Weese (Christine) of Stockdale. Ever remembered brother of Heather Chatten (Neil) and David Weese (Susan); both of Trenton. Loved grandfather of Danielle, Mackenzie, Michael, Kevin, Paula, Colin, Sean; great-grandfather of Keira, Amelia, Madeleine and William. Loved by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Arnold and Etheline (Simpson) Weese; siblings Lois Appleton, Lawrence Weese, Brian Weese, Stephan Weese and Elizabeth Rodlin. A Private Family Service will be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to the FRANKFORD FUNERAL CHAPEL, 40 North Trent Street, Frankford (613-398-6400). If desired, Memorial Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. On-line condolences at www.rushnellfamilyservices.com CL439686 TOKAREWICZ: Anne Aniela (nee: Babich) At McGarrell Place, London on December 3, 2013.

Anne Tokarewicz of Marmora in her 89th year.

Daughter of the late Sidor and Penïa Babich. She was born in Kipchinsty Ukraine, Survived the Holodomyr, trained as a Feldshar, was swept up into the forced labor camp of Germany in WWII. After the war she emigrated from Belgium to Marmora Ontario and lived there until the present. Wife of John Tokarewicz. Loving Mother of Dr. Alexander Tokarewicz, London; Anita (Dr. Carlo) Pavan, London; Dr. John (Lynn) Tokarewicz, London; Thomas RCMP (Amy) Tokarewicz, Harbor Grace, NL; Jim Tokarewicz (Maureen March), Marmora. Beloved Grandmother of Alexandra, Lara (Jerome), Mira, Anya, Alena, Jaclyn, Alexander, and Bryce.

Friends will be received at the McConnell Funeral Home, Marmora, on December 8, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Marmora on Monday December 9 at 11:00 a.m. Interment: Sacred Heart of Jesus. Donations: Arthritis Society, the Lung Association or the Heart and Stroke Foundation. www.mcconnellfuneralhome.ca

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Stove Pellets, 40 lbs bags, $4.75 per bag plus HST. Low Ash/moisture, high BTU. shavings@live.com or 613-847-5457

Airless spray painting, roofs & sides, steel roofs repairs. 5 & 6” seamless eavestrough, soffit, facia, gutterguard installed or delivered. Free estimates.

1(877)490-9914.

Barn Repairs, Steel roof repairs, barn boards, beam repairs, sliding doors, eavestroughs, screw nailing, roof painting, barn painting.

Call John 613-392-2569.

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HORSE BOARDING 5 min from Belleville. Rubber matted box stalls, heated feed/tack room, nylon electro braid fence, daily turn out in hay/grass paddocks. Hay, grain and shavings included. Outdoor boards $205/mth. Indoor board is $280/mth.

Call Jessie at 613-848-9145 or Brian at 613-848-4850

Contractor pays top cash for property in need of renovation or repair, any area. Gerry Hudson, Kingston (613)449-1668 Sales Representative Rideau Town and Country Realty Ltd, Brokerage (613)273-5000.

IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

Remembering

Bedding & Feed: Shavings for $4.75/each, bedding pellets for $4.00/each, Tiz Whiz grain for $15/each and Triple Crown grain for $25/each. plus HST. shavings@live.com or 613-847-5457.

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In loving memory of our beloved Husband, Dad & Grandad who left us three years ago on December 17, 2010.

Your life was full of loving deeds, Forever thoughtful of our needs.

To-day, tomorrow, our whole life through We will always love and cherish you.

Forgetting you never, Shelby, Tammy, Kim, Todd, Tyler, Taylor & Daniel.

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In loving memory of a dear husband, father, Grandfather and Great grandfather who passed away December 14, 2011.

Lovingly remembered by wife Marie children Debbie (Keith), Greg (Lori) and Steven, 6 grandchildren and 3 Great grand-children.

Miss you.

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I remember the day I met you, And the day God made you mine.

I remember the day God took you, And will till the end of time.

We made our vows together, Until death do we part.

But the day God took you from me, My whole world fell apart.

Sometimes I think I’m dreaming, I can’t believe it’s true, That I can go on living when I no longer have you, And the memories of the happy years, When we were together; The joys, the tears, the love, the fears, Will stay with me forever, And when I’m sad and lonely, And everything goes wrong, I seem to hear you whisper, “Cheer up and carry on”.

Each time I see your picture, You seem to smile and say, “Don’t cry I’m only sleeping, We’ll meet again someday”.

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In loving memory of a dear Mom, Grandmother, Great Grandmother who passed away December 18th, 2012 Love always and forever Daughters Marie and June, Sons Ken and Rick.

Miss You.

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(613)243-8245.

Standing timber, hard maple, soft maple, red and white oak, etc. Quality workmanship guaranteed.

705-957-7087.

Scrap vehicles.

Will pay $150-$300 Ray Brown’s Auto and Light Duty Towing 613-394-3335

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It is with great sadness that the family of Wayne Gerow announce his passing.

Wayne was born on December 6, 1938 to Edith and Henry Gerow of Havelock, Ontario and peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Saturday November 23, 2013 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, BC. Lovingly remembered by his wife of 54 years, Theresa (Fleury), and their 4 children, Christopher (Helen Pelkey), Karen (Brian Radnor), Katherine (Robert Hamilton) and Connie. Greatly missed by 9 grandchildren, Dallas, Ali, Chris, Angela, Karena, Brianna, Clinton, Kayla and Kelton.

Also survived by siblings and their families; Laurence, Barbara, Elva, Doug, David and Mary.

Wayne was a historical society enthusiast and contributing member to the regional district and local community of Silverton, BC. He was a dedicated chairman and member of the Zion United Church family.

In 2012 he celebrated his 50th year of membership in the Havelock Masonic Lodge. He loved fishing, hunting, socializing and especially rediscovering many old mine sites in the mountains of the Silvery Slocan. Music was a passion which allowed him to share his life and experiences with many. He was an amazing Husband, Father, Pappa and friend. His laughter and generosity of spirit will be carried on through his legacy.

A Service was held in Silverton, BC and there will be a Celebration of Life Dec. 28th at 1 p.m.at the Havelock United Church.

The family requests donations in lieu of flowers. They can be made to a charity of your choice or the BC Kidney Foundation, the Renal Unit of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, or the Zion United Church of Silverton, BC. Thank you all for surrounding us with your loving support and prayers.

Sincere appreciation to all the nurturing staff in the renal unit at Kootenay Boundary Hospital, you became family members over the past years, Wayne loved you.

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Unique one bedroom with 2 balconies, private entrance,sunken living room, fridge, stove, dishwasher.

Heat & water included. $700/mth + hydro

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Attractive 2 bdrm with new fridge & stove, water and balcony. New window coverings & flooring, freshly painted.

Building has security entrance & laundry facilities. $750/mth plus heat & hydro.

1 & 2 Bedrooms with fridge & stove $525-$675 plus utilities

Kenmau Ltd. since 1985

Property Management 613-392-2601

2 level, 2 bedroom apartment with private entrance, fridge, stove & water included. $750/mth plus heat & hydro.

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Colonial Inn Motel Madoc for rent daily, weekly, monthly.

Kitchenette Available (613)473-2221.

Kaladar; Three bedroom apt., fridge and stove, utilities extra, $550 per month, first and last required. Call 613-336-9429.

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Need a home? Call the Hastings Housing Resource Centre. Services offered in Belleville, Quinte West, North and Centre Hastings. (613)969-1748.

Havelock- Newly Decorated, quiet building. clean and bright apts $700-$735.

Appliances, storage unit, parking and laundry facilities included Townhouse for rent, $850 Utilities extra.

Call plus hydro. 3 bedrooms. 705-778-2429.

BRIGHTON - 1 Bedroom, Newly painted. Northbrook Clean, Bright new basearea. 613-336-8378. ment apartment, Suitable for single mature person.

Quiet, secure building, CAREER CAREER $575.00/Month + Hydro.

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Beautiful loft apartment in Norwood. 3 bedrooms or 2 with an office. Large deck, backyard, parking, storage. Available November. Call 705-639-5757 or 705-877-1973.

BELLEVILLE - Large 2 bdrm duplex. Enclosed sun room overlooking the Bay of Quinte. Washer, dryer, fridge and stove are all supplied. Indoor storage, 1 car garage and 2 outdoor parking spaces. $1000/mth plus water and hydro (heat is included) OR rent it for $1350/mth, utilities included. First/last and references required.

NO Smoking. Call Brian at Jesan Property Management Ltd. to set up a viewing 613-848-4850

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(William Street) Attractive 2 bedroom apt with fridge, stove, heat & water included. $775 / mth + Hydro.

(Lingham Street) Bachelor Apartment with fridge, stove and utilities included. $625/mth.

(Cannifton Road) 2nd level, 1 bedroom with private entrance, fridge & stove. $625 /mth + utilities.

(Albert Street) Main level, 2 bedroom with wood floors, fridge, stove, heat & hydro included. $910/mth.

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1 bedroom with fridge, stove and heat included, $650/mth + hydro. 613-967-8654

Call Kenmau Ltd.

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Available January 1st, 2014, Seniors residence, 65 years or older.

1 bedroom, downstairs, unfurnished apt.

Heat and Hydro included. Non-smoking building. $630.00 a month Please contact Bill or Carol Gibson

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FOR RENT Marmora- Furnished room and large common area. $475/mth.

MarmoraLarge 1 bdrm apt for rent.

Everything included. $875/mth. Available immediately. 613-472-1697.

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KALADAR - One bdrm apt.

Fridge/stove $375/mth.

Utilities extra, first and last required. Available immediately. Call 613-336-9429

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BELLEVILLE- 1 bdrm apt. $650/mth heat and hydro included.

NO PETS Available January 1.

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292 Front st., Belleville www.artandtechnique.com • Oshawa • COrnwall • BramptOn • BEllEVIllE Registered as a private career college under Private Career Colleges Act, 2005

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JOB FAIR! Career Edge Trenton in partnership with HGS HGS is currently recruiting Customer Care and Technical Support agents to provide support to leading companies within the Communications, Technology and Financial Services Industries. Must have excellent customer service skills; ability to work as a team member; computer skills an asset and able to work flexible hours

For more information on any of these routes please call Belleville/Central Hastings: Kathy LaBelle-613-966-2034 ext 512 QW/Brighton/Trent Hills: Kathy Morgan-613-475-0255 ext 210

Monday December 16, 2013 from 2pm-4pm at Career Edge Trenton CALL US AT 613-392-9157 to reserve a seat Career Edge is located at 81 Dundas St. West, Trenton ON K8V 3P4

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HELP WANTED PS1 NOW HIRING INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANS ($35.00/hr), (Temporary position), Vaughan, ON, Start Jan 6, 2014: ON Industrial Electrician Cert, minimum 2 years experience working in a high speed manufacturing environment, PLC programming and troubleshooting, excellent verbal and written communication skills, willing/able to work at heights and/or in confined areas. 12 hour shifts, days/nights/weekends/holidays. Send resume to jobs@patriotsource1.com PS1 NOW HIRING MACHINE OPERATORS ($25.00/HR), (Temporary position),Vaughan, ON, Start Jan 6, 2014: Required: High school diploma or GED, previous manufacturing experience in a high speed manufacturing environment required, 2+ years experience operating machines, intermediate level mechanical & technical skills – must be able to work with computer controlled machines, comfortable with lifting up to 50lbs and handling physical work, excellent communication skills, must possess a high mechanical aptitude. 12 hour shifts.

Send resume to jobs@patriotsource1.com RETIREMENT APARTMENTS, ALL inclusive.

Meals, transportation, activities daily. Short leases.

Monthly specials! Call 877-210-4130

TENDERS REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS Holy Trinity Cemetery Frankford.

For: Grounds Maintenance Burial Services Contact Chris Rose 613-398-6618

BUSINESS SERVICES County Water TreatmentSofteners, U.V. Lights, R.O. systems, chemical free iron and sulphur filters. Sales, installation, service and repair. Steven Menna. (613)967-7143.

Hardwood Floor Installation and resurfacing. Ceramics. Light renovations and upgrades. Over 30 years experience. Please call for free estimate 613-394-1908.

Ken Chard Construction.

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

BUSINESS SERVICES

SUNSTRUM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS

General Home Repair & Remodeling Electrical. Plumbing.

Carpentry. Painting.

Flooring. Cleanup

905-355-1357 Brighton, ON

Dennis 905-269-6295 Sharon 905-925-4081

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

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BUSINESS SERVICES SERVICE & REPAIR of all makes of gas snowblower’s, chainsaws, pumps, generators, woodsplitters & more...

Hosking Motorsports 14 North Front St. Belleville 613-961-1777

Events

BELLEVILLE

Quinte Humane Society’s Charity Calendar. $10 with 100% going to QHS. Sales from now until Steve Collins, InsulationBlown cellulose, attics, sold out – don’t wait! Limited edition! Visit www. walls, floors. Save money facebook.com/quintehumanesociety2013 -live comfortably. Warm in winter, cool in summer. “Christmas Around the World”, Sun., Quality work since 1974. Dec. 15, 7 p.m. An evening of superb ChristFree estimates.

Call mas music. Vocal & Handbell Choirs, Handbell (613)847-6791.

Steve Switzer construc- Quartet, violin. Bridge St. United Church, 60 tion; new seemless eaves- Bridge St. E. Freewill offering. Refreshments troughing available, after concert. repairs and cleaning. Winter is coming, call Quinte NeedleArts Guild Stiching for 613-478-1936 Fun! Workshops and lessons or work on your Winter Pruning: own piece. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 67 No leaves, No insects, No worries! Call Treescape Victoria. Ave, Belleville. 1st and 3rd Thursday 613-397-1457 of month. 9:30am - 3pm. Call 613-473-4831 or 613-476-7723 Symbols of Christmas Open House, Sovereign Grace Family Church, Sunday, December 15, 2-4pm. Musical and artistic performances, Christmas crafts, hot drinks, sweet treats, FREE resources and more. Door prizes. Homemade gifts available. Prince Charles Public School, 75 Ritchie Ave, Belleville 1 ad 5 newspapers Dance to country music of Shylo, Friday Dec. 1 small price 13, Belleville Club 39, Belleville Fish & Game Club Hall, Elmwood Dr. Doors open at 7:45.

Wedding Dance 8 pm-Midnight. Lunch served. Members Announcements starting from $10, non members $12. Singles and Couples welcome. 613-395-0162 or 613-395-4901 1 column, without photo The monthly meeting of the Hastings Manor Auxiliary, Wednesday, December 18, 12:45. p.m.

Call 613-966-2034 x 560 in the Volunteer Education Centre on the main or 613-475-0255 floor of Hastings Manor,

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GPRC, Fairview Campus, Alberta needs Power Engineering Instructors.

No teaching experience, no problem.

Please contact Brian Carreau at 780835-6631 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca.

WANTED FIREARMS WANTED FOR FEBRUARY 22nd, 2014 AUCTION: Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns. As Estate Specialists WE manage sale of registered / unregistered firearms. Contact Paul, Switzer’s Auction: Toll-Free 1-800694-2609, info@switzersauction.com or www.switzersauction.com.

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SERVICES

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Drug & Alcohol Helpline 1-800-565-8603 www.DrugAndAlcoholHelpline.ca Also find us at: Drug and Alcohol Helpline on Facebook or @ConnexOntario on Twitter

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For more information contact your local newspaper.

TA K E C O N T R O L O F Y O U R FUTURE! Matco Tools has Franchises in your area. Attend FREE seminar Wednesday, December 18th from 7-8:30 p.m. @ The Holiday Inn Express Ottawa, 2881 Gibford Drive, Ottawa. Please reply to EMAIL: eduardo.ovies@matcotools.com or Call 778-387-4666 to reserve your spot.

PERSONALS

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BRIGHTON Community Care Northumberland’s Annual Memory Tree to remember those who are struggling with illness or deceased. Tree locations: December 14, Brighton Public Library, 10:00 am-noon. December 16-20, CCN Office (Brighton) 8:30 am—4:00 pm

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practices Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. We do not audition and learn our music by ear. All levels of singers welcome. Eastminster United Church, 432 Bridge St. E, Belleville.

Open Door Café - Every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:00pm at Eastminster United Church, 432 Bridge St. E, Belleville. There is no cost for this hot meal however donations are gratefully accepted. For more info: 613 969-5212.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., St. Columba Presbyterian Church, 520 Bridge St E, Belleville for those suffering from overeating, food obsession, undereating, or bulimia. No dues or fees for members.

Info: Susan at 613-471-0228 or Hilly at 613-3546036 or visit foodaddicts.org.

Trillium 2000 Seniors Club at 75 St. Paul St., Belleville. Tuesday: cribbage; Wednesday: euchre; Thursday: carpet bowling and shuffleboard; Friday: darts. Cribbage 3rd Sunday of month. All start at 1 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over.

Overeaters Anonymous meeting every Friday, 10 a.m. Calvary Temple, corner of Wallbridge Loyalist and Hwy 2 West. Contact Dianne 613-392-0081.

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HEALTH

Quinte Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting, Wed. Dec. 18, 7:30pm, at Loyalist College, Pioneer Building, Room P24. For more info: www.qarc.on.ca Belleville Legion: Dec. 13, 6:30 - 10:30.

Dance to traditional, some old country and old rock and roll. Age of Majority Event. Open to all.

The Carpe Diem String Ensemble annual Christmas concert, John M. Parrott Art Gallery on Saturday, December 14, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

This is a free concert. Info: 613-968-6731 x2240 or email gallery@bellevilllibrary.ca Belleville Art Association Gallery, 392 Front Street, Belleville, presents “Small Works Annual Show & Sale”.

Proceeds from the show support the Christmas Sharing Program which provides food baskets for needy families during the holiday season. Now until January 6.

Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm Quinte Seniors Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1:30 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome. Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes The Ontario Early Years Centre at Family Space supports families learning through play. Drop-in playrooms, 301 MacDonald Ave., Belleville. Open 6 days a week. Info: www.familyspace.ca or 613-966-9427.

The ANAF Unit 201 Pipes and Drums is recruiting members. Free lessons and Band practices are at the ANAF Unit 201 (upper Floor) 187 Front St, Belleville, Tuesday nights from 630-830pm. All are welcome. For info: www.anaf201.ca Belleville Chapter Shout Sister Choir

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), every Wednesday, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 17 Ranney St. S. (side door).

Weigh-ins 5:30-6:00 p.m. Meetings 6:006:30 p.m. Join any time. All welcome.

FootCare Clinic- 1st Fri, 2nd and 3rd Thurs Each Month Royal Canadian Legion. VON offers Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care (Fee for Service). For appointment call the VON at 1-888-2794866 ex 5346 Gift, Craft and Bake Sale, Campbellford District High School, Saturday, December 14, 9 AM-2 PM. Proceeds to the Campbellford District High School Junior and Senior Jazz Band St. John’s United Church, Campbellford presents “A Celtic Christmas” featuring Kelli Trottier and Andy Thompson, The Choir and Friends. Friday, December 13 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $20 adults or $15 students.

Available at Church Office, Eclectic Mix, Warkworth or at the Door.

Learn the Art of Taoist Tai Chi classes available throughout the week, Community Resource Centre 65 Bridge St, Campbellford, Join at anytime. Info: 705 696 1841 or 705 243 5216.

Walking and Exercise Program, Tuesdays and Fridays 10 am. St. John’s United Church, 50 Bridge St. W., Campbellford.

Every Monday, 7 p.m. Campbellford Citizen’s Choir meets at Senior Citizen’s Building. All welcome Nordic Walking Group, Thursday evenings. For times and location: Chris 705696-2442 or Tammy 705-696-3723.

CLOYNE The Cloyne and Disrict Historical Society is celebrating an “Old Fashioned Christmas”, Cloyne Hall, Sat Dec.14, 1 pm.

Toonie Christmas party with hot chocolate, cider, goodies, carol singing, entertainment, and Santa. Please join us.

Mic and Christmas Jamboree. Sunday, December 15, 1-5. Bar and lunch. Grafton Legion, Old Hwy 2.

Saturday, December 14: A Christmas Carol Sing headed by R&R vocalists, and Aengus Finnan performing. Local writers reading stories. Grafton Village Inn’s Meeting, 118 Aird Street. 2-4 p.m.

Free admission.

Weekly Meetings, Wednesday Evenings, 7-8 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 60 North Trent St. Frankford. For more information call Fern 613-3952345 BIGQ. Boomers Interest Group of Quinte “Memories of Christmas Past “ Pot Luck Wednesday, December 18, 6-8pm, Stockdale United Church. $5/person.

RSVP at boomersinterestgroupquinte@ gmail.com FRANKFORD Sunday Worship Service and Sunday Frankford Lions Moonshot Bingo, School at Frankford United Church 10:30 Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Club Bingo, Every am. All are Welcome!

Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Bid Euchre Wednesdays, 1pm. Everyone Welcome HASTINGS CORDOVA MINES Alcoholics Anonymous Keep TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) December 18, 7pm, Cordova Mines It Simple Group, 8 pm every Thursday at meetings Wednesdays at the Trinity United United Church Candle Light Service. Music Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 60 Church, Hastings. Weigh-in 5:15-6:15pm

By Bob Caverly Trent St. N. (rear), Frankford. Info: www. and meeting 6:30-7:30 pm. Join anytime.

For info Kathy (705) 696-3359 quintewestaa.org or 1-866-951-3711 GRAFTON Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Continued on page B22 Stoney and the Sundance Band Open

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AUCTIONS

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Get the word out to more than 70,000 homes. Call the Belleville News to find out how.

613-966-2034

AUCTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 6:00PM

Warner’s Auction Hall, 12927 Hwy 2, Just West of Colborne.

Good selection of hand and power tools, mostly woodworking tools with a qty dry lumber, also qty pine wainscot, large selection goo double hung windows all encased these windows only 2 years old all pulled from large home prior to demolition various sizes, gas water pump, gas chipper shredder, metal cut off saw, tool boxes plus large quantity nearly new house hold articles from a New Castle home including exceptional reversed bent glass curio cabinet, never used electric fireplace in modern stand, several nearly new upright vacuums, some exceptionally nice decorative pcs, large selection modern artwork, soap stone pcs, nice T.V., selection of Skiis with boots & bindings, household articles, selection glass, china, dishes, including large set Royal Albert china pettipoint pattern with several extra serving pcs. An interesting sale with something for everyone.

Terms: Cash, Cheque with ID, Visa, M/C, Interac.

Gary Warner Auctioneer • 905-355-2106 www.warnersauction.com CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

UNSCHEDULED PRE-YEAR END PERSIAN RUG AUCTION SALE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 12:00PM

AT WARNER’S AUCTION HALL 12927 HWY.#2, JUST WEST OF COLBORNE NOTICE: Due to Embargos placed on Persian Gulf importers, they can no longer import quality hand knotted Persian rugs. Our importer who we have been selling quality rugs for 20 years will be changing his business. He has offered us an auction of these rugs from his warehouse to our customers before things change. We will offer a selection of these quality hand made rugs in this sale which includes a variety of sizes, colours from 2’ x 4’ to 10’ x 14’, Including Tabriz, Mashad, Hamadan, Kerman, Shiraz, Ardebil, plus tribal pieces.

All for sale to highest bidder.

Terms: Cash, Cheque with ID, Visa, M/C, Interac

Gary E. Warner , Auctioneer 905-355-2106

AUCTION SALE WED, DECEMBER 18, 2013 AT 5:00 P.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE Kenmore range, Deilcraft dining table/leaf, 6 chairs & matching hutch, Kitchen table & 4 chrome chairs, wrought iron round glass top table & 4 chairs, loveseat & matching wing back chair, coffee & end tables, Vilas maple single pedestal desk, swivel rocker, magazine rack, Electrohome cabinet record player, “D” end table, Double bed/ BS & mattress, Malcolm high boy, dresser/ mirror & 2 night tables, wicker 3 drawer chest, Area rug, large qty. of good quality smalls, glass & china, collector plates, crystal, 8 place setting of Royal Albert “Old English Rose” dishes including tea pot, cream & sugar & mint tray, cranberry pieces, old cook books, copper pieces, collector plates & numerous other smalls.

This is a very good sale of quality, furniture & smalls all very clean and in excellent condition.

See my web site for detailed list & photos.

AUCTIONEERS: DOUG JARRELL & BEN TREVERTON 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

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COLBORNE 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.

Discuss your child’s development, speech and behaviour on Wednesdays at Colborne Public School, 8 Alfred St, Colborne, 10:00 – 11:00 am. Info: Cheryl McMurray, Northumberland Child Development Centre, or toll free at 1-866-2181427. cheryl@ncdcent.com Food Addicts Anonymous Meetings,

Wednesdays, 11-noon, Prospect House, 1 Elgin Street (at King), Colborne, www. foodaddictsanonymous.org Men’s Social Group, Tuesdays at Community Care Northumberland, 11 King St. E. Colborne, 10-11 a.m. Info: 905-355-2989.

Colborne Library Storytime program for children 2-5 years. Thursdays at 11:00am This free program introduces the world of books to your children. To register call 905 357-3722 or drop by (library hours: Mon. 3-8, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4).

Waddingtons.ca/Cobourg 9 Elgin Street East, Cobourg

FINE FURNITURE, ART & ANTIQUES AUCTION Saturday December 14th & Sunday December 15th

Preview @ 9:30 p.m. Auction starting at 11:00 a.m.

SATURDAY: Large Collector’s Auction with Great Items for Christmas Gifts. Costume Jewellery, Mikasa Dinner Service, Royal Doulton Figures, Nippon, Silver-plate, Porcelain, Crystal, Art Glass, Oils, Watercolours, Prints, Folk Art, Pine Armoire, Walnut Dining Set, Upholstered Furniture, Cabinets, Small Tables & Chairs, Mirrors & Lighting.

SUNDAY: SPECIALTY INUIT COLLECTOR’S AUCTION. A Large Selection of Inuit Stone Carvings from Areas of Cape Dorset, POV, Baker Lake, & Northern Quebec.

Further Including a Large Selection of Over 100 Prints, Stonecuts, Etchings & Artwork from Selected Artists.

Giant Indoor Yard Sale: To Include 100’s of Fresh Items Plus Books & CD’s Watch the Website for Updates & Photos. www.waddingtons.ca/cobourg BROWSE OUR HOME FURNISHINGS CONSIGNMENT STORE QUALITY ITEMS AT A FRACTION OF RETAIL.

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Correction: The Clothing Depot at 58 Prince Edward St, Brighton will be closed December 22-January 14 for renovations. Please hold off dropping off goods during those dates.

TOPS Brighton Take off pounds sensibly weight loss support group. Meets every Wednesday at the Brighton Legion, 25 Park St. at 4:30 p.m.

Festive evening of readings and music to celebrate this Christmas season, Sunday December 15, 7pm at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Brighton.

Every Wednesday: “Supper’s Ready” at Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church. Warm food, warm welcome, free to all. From 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

Brighton Curling Club Open House/Second Half Sign Up, Friday, Dec. 13, 7 – 9 pm. All ages and skill levels welcome. Free instruction provided. www. brightoncurlingclub.ca Alzheimer Society, Brighton caregiver support group meets the third Monday of every month, Applefest Lodge 2-4 P.M. For family and friends of someone with a dementia. Info: Sharon 613-394-5410 Gerry and Fay and friends, Open Mic and Dance, first and third Wednesday of every month, 7pm - close, Masonic Lodge, 157 Main St., Brighton. For info: 613-475-8847.

Callanetics Class: Stretch of Yoga, strength of ballet. Fridays, 10 a.m. at Trinity-St. Andrews United Church, 56 Prince Edward St. Brighton. Call Gail to register 613-967-4447.

CODRINGTON Codrington Drop In Centre Monday thru Thursdays from 9:30 till 11:30 am.

Codrington Community Centre, 3rd Wednesday of month, Codrington Seniors’ Group, noon Luck lunch.

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Tel: 905.373.0501 Toll Free: 1.855.503.2963 Fax: 905.373.1467 Email: pn@waddingtons.ca 9 Elgin St. E., Unit 6, Cobourg ON K9A 0A1

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HASTINGS Last Chance Bazaar. Selection of crafts, gift ideas and home-made preserves and baking. Sat. Dec. 14, 10 am-3 pm, The Hastings Legion, 10 Front St. W., Hastings.

Tables available $15. 705-696-2363.

Hastings Legion, Saturday December 14, Last Chance Christmas Bazaar.Over 20 vendors. Doors open at 10am Don’t be disappointed come on down for a day of shopping .... lunch available for a minimal cost .... For information contact Victoria Seeney @ 705 - 696 2363 8:00 am to 4:00 pm... Please come out and support your local Legion YMCA Northumberland Ontario Early Years Centre, 6 Albert St E, Hastings.

Open 5 days a week. Info: www.ymcanorthumberland.com or 705-696-1353 YMCA Northumberland Ontario Early Years Centre, 6 Albert St E, Hastings.

Open 5 days a week. Info: www.ymcanorthumberland.com or 705-696-1353

Call 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register if not a member of Marmora Social program.

December 15, 11am, Marmora St. Andrew’s United Church Sunday School Christmas Presentation. At 7pm, Marmora St. Andrew’s Senior Choir & Friends Present Cantata “Merry Christmas” EUCHRE Fridays, 7 p.m., Deloro Hall. Please bring light lunch. (Organized

by Marmora Crowe Valley Lions)

NORWOOD Norwood Legion: Wing Night Thursdays, from 4:30pm. Meat Draws Fridays from 5 p.m.

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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.

Every Thursday night, Mixed Fun Darts Consecon Legion, 7 pm. Everyone welcome Picton afternoon Shout Sister Choir welcomes new members. PracHAVELOCK tices are Wednesdays, 2-4 p.m., St Mary Havelock’s Wellness Program at Magdalene Church, 335 Main St, Picton. the Town Hall, 8 Mathison St. in Havelock, www.shoutsisterchoir.ca from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm every Tuesday and Thursday. 10-11 exercise and 11-12 ROSENEATH various activities. Call (705)778-7831 FootCare Clinic, 2nd Fri every other Havelock Seniors Club weekly Month, Alnwick Civic Centre. VON offers events: Cribbage Mondays 1 pm. Euchre Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care Wednesdays 7 pm and Fridays 1 pm. Bid (Fee for Service). For appointment call the VON at 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 Euchre Thursdays 1 pm.

Free Public Skating, Havelock ROSLIN Arena. Every Sunday 2:00 - 3:45 pm FootCare Clinic, Roslin Trinity and Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00 pm Church, December 16, VON offers Basic, Havelock Legion: Mondays, LA Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care (Fee).

Bingo. Doors open 5:30 pm, Early Bird 7 For appt 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 pm. Fun Darts start 1 pm. Saturdays, Meat Roll start 3 pm. All Welcome STIRLING

MADOC Madoc AM Indoor Walk: Mon, Wed, and Fri, 9:45-10:45 AM. PM Indoor Walk: Mon, Tues, Fri, 6:45-7:45 PM. Centre Hastings S.S., 129 Elgin St. Open to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

The Royal Canadian Legion, Madoc Br 363, Ham & Turkey Roll with music

by Country Roads, Sat. Dec.14 1-6 pm.

Everyone welcome.

Madoc Blood Pressure Clinic: Wednesday, Dec 18. 47 Wellington St, Seniors Building Common Room from 9-11:30 AM. Program opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities.

“What a Child Is This” Performed By Carpe Diem, December 16, 7pm, Madoc Trinity United Church. 76 St. Lawrence E. All Welcome Caregiver of Family member with Memory Loss Group meets every 3rd Wed. of month at Madoc Arts Centre at 9:30am. Contact 613-395-5018 for more information.

Christmas Cantata, Dec 15, 7.00 pm. Madoc Wesleyan and Free Methodist Church, Elgin St. Madoc. All are welcome.

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Weekly Monday Night Bingo, Upstairs of Stirling Arena. Cards on sale at 6:15pm. Starts at 6:50pm. Proceeds to support community projects. Sponsored

by Stirling & District Lions Club.

Dec. 14. Club 55 bid euchre, Springbrook hall, 1:00. Refreshments available, Everyone welcome.

Sunday, December 15, 7 pm, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 110 Mill St, Stirling, Christmas Carol singalong.

All your favourite carols, followed by refreshments. Free will offerings to help those in need are most welcome.

Sunday Dec. 15, 10:30, St. Paul’s United Church, Stirling presents St. Paul’s Junior Church goes Carolling, and White Gift Service. Following the service, please join us for a finger food pot luck lunch.

RCL Br. 228 Stirling. Annual Craft, Bake and Silent Auction Sale. Dec. 14.

Come out for your last minute shopping.

Lots of home baking as well.

The Stirling Festival Theatre presents The Mantini Sisters’ Christmas, December 15, 8pm. All seats $32.50. 1-877-312-1162 or www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com, Stirling and District Horticultural Society is looking for new Members! Informative monthly meetings, guest speakers, social connections and shared interests.

Meetings 3rd Monday of the month, 7pm, Presbyterian Church, Mill St, Stirling. Annual membership $12.00. Barbara 613-395 9165, Sue 613-398-0220.

Early Stage Memory Loss support group meets every 3rd Wed. of month at Stirling Rotary Train Station at 2pm. Contact 613-395-5018 for more information.

Drop-in Memory Loss Information sessions meets every 3rd Thurs. of month at Marmora Caressant Care Retirement Home at 1pm. Contact 613-395-5018 for more information.

Marmora Legion: December 14, “Turkey Roll” starting at 1pm. Everyone is welcome. December 15, Jam Session from 1-4pm. $5 for non-entertainers.

Marmora Social: Thursday, Dec 19. TRENTON 43 Mathew Place. Seating from 11:30AM. Karoke every third Friday in the Lunch is served at 12:00 noon. Open to Lounge from 8-12 midnight, Legion Branch seniors and adults with physical disabilities. 110, Quinte St. Trenton.

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413 Wing Pipes and Drums Christmas Bake Sale Fundraiser, Saturday December 14, 12 pm. Meat Draws at 2 pm. Come support our upcoming Scotland Tour 2014!

413 (A/C Leonard Birchall) Wing, 230 N. Murray St, Trenton. 413wingpipesanddrums.com or 613-475-6139 Attention quilt lovers and quiltmakers, Trenton Valley Quilters’ Guild Meeting every 3rd Tuesday of the month, 1 pm, King Street United Church, Trenton.

All are welcome.

Trenton Christian School presents “The Sounds of Christmas”, Wednesday, December 18, 7 pm. Familiar carols of Christmas will be presented with the Concert Band, choirs and dramatic readings.

340 2nd Dug Hill Rd, Trenton. www. trentonchristianschool.com Quinte Bay Cloggers, every Friday, 6:30-9:00 pm, hall at the Salvation Army, Dundas St, Trenton. All ages welcome, no experience necessary. First two nights are free. Info: Eve or Ozz at 613-966-7026 Trenton Lions Club 77 Campbell Street hosts a weekly Thursday Night Bingo.

Cards on sale at 6pm regular program starts at 7pm. Everyone welcome.

Friends of the Quinte West Library Book Sale, every Tues and Thurs and the last Sat of month, 10 am-1 pm. Accepting book donations as well. 25 cents to $1.50.

Quinte West Public Library.

TYENDINAGA JOIN Quinte West’s Kente Kiwanis. Community Care Closet Thrift shop, Meetings held every Thursday morning. 393 Main St. Deseronto, open Tuesday Everyone welcome. Call Secretary John through Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00 Eden at 613-394-0316 for more info.

Meals on Wheels Deseronto: Tuesday through Friday a hot meal delivered to your TWEED door around noon, for more information Bid Euchre Tournament 3rd Sunday call 613-396-6591 of the month at Actinolite Recreation Hall 1 p.m. Lunch available.

WARKWORTH Tweed Legion Annual Wine and Warkworth Legion hosts bid Cheese, December 14, 3 - 6. There will be euchre at 2 p.m. every Wednesday and a draws and prizes, entertainment and great dart league at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. fun. Tweed Legion 613-478-1865.

Everyone welcome Tweed Charity Jamboree, December Warkworth Lantern Walk, 13, 7-10 pm, Tweed Agricultural Build- Saturday December 14. Caroling begins ing featuring Bill White & White Pine at 6pm/Town Hall concert chock full of with special guests. Canteen open. Ad- local talent begins at 7pm. Sweet Treats mission $8. provided by our Girl Guides.

Tweed Legion Membership Meeting, Sunday December 15, 2:00 p.m, St. Dec 18 at 7:30, downstairs room. There Paul’s United Church, Main St, Warkworth will be no Pool due to the meeting. 2nd is presenting a play with music and dance drawing for the Early Bird Membership called “A Warkworth Christmas Carol”. will take place.

A free will offering will be collected.

Tweed Public Library weekly events: Have a non-profit event?

Tuesdays: Play Bridge or Euchre, 12 - 3 pm.

Email djohnston@theemc.ca Beginners welcome. Pixel Hobby, 12-3 pm, Deadline is Mondays at 3 p.m. Please note: Wednesdays: Play chess, 5:30-6:45. Begin- ads may be edited or omitted as space permits ner, intermediate and advanced. Fridays: Christmas Deadlines: For Dec. 26th edition, Learn how to make knitted teddy bears, submissions due Dec. 19th, 3pm. For Jan. 2nd 2:45-4:45 pm. Info: 613-478-1066 edition, submissions due Dec. 23rd, 3 pm

Happy s y a d i l Ho Please note the following Classified Ad Deadlines for the upcoming holidays: Dec. 19 edition Dec. 16 @ 3 p.m.

Dec. 26 edition Dec. 19 @ 3 p.m.

Jan. 2 edition Dec. 23 @ 3 p.m.

Also note that our office will be closed on Dec. 25th, 26th and Jan. 1st To book your classified ad, please call: 613-966-2034 or 613-475-0255

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