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Impaired driving charges hit new high in Quinte West BY ERIN STEWART
Trenton – Quinte West OPP expect 2016 to set a dubious record this holiday season. Police said this week they expect to record the highest rate of impaired driving charges in Quinte West, ever, with 68 impaired charges laid as of Thursday Dec. 22. “We will have the highest number of charges this year, we’re about equal right now with the highest before (in 2015) so we’ll be higher given another couple of weeks,” said Christina Reive, detachment commander for the Quinte West OPP. In 2013, there were a total of 47 impaired driving charges laid in Quinte West, four during the Festive “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” (RIDE) program season. In 2015, impaired driving charges increased to 69 with 15 charges laid during the Festive RIDE program. Since the 2016 Festive RIDE program launched on November 17, Reive said there have so far been 30 RIDE programs throughout the community, resulting in seven impaired driving charges laid and nine temporary roadside license suspensions because people were over a safe limit but not chargeable. “The increase is always concerning,” said Reive. “We want to see people choosing alternative rides and during the Christmas season the education is out there, it’s being put out there in the media, so it’s not because people aren’t aware that they’re taking a risk when they’re driving, they’re
just doing it anyways.” New this year, the detachment has analyzed data from over the past four years to determine which areas are likely to have impaired drivers, both from drugs and alcohol. “I’m confident that through the robust RIDE program that we have running that the people who are driving impaired we are catching a good number of them and hopefully as they go though the court process the deterrents will get us lower numbers next year,” she said. Reive said the detachment, along with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, have had great co-operation from licensed establishments in town to help deter customers from driving impaired. “We’ve had recent meetings with some of the bar owners and bar staff and we speak to them about over serving and about watching customers and offering them alternatives when they’re leaving, if it looks like they’re planning on driving,” said Reive. “A number of the impaired drivers that we’ve laid charges on are not actually leaving licensed establishments, they’re leaving private residences, so we’ll have to tackle that next year.” The festive RIDE program will continue in a robust manor until the middle of January. As a reminder, Operation Red Nose is still available throughout the holiday sea- Quinte West OPP Constable Blake Burnette works during the first RIDE of the year on son and there are extra taxis on the road to Wednesday Nov. 23, file photo. help residents make the right choice. Erin Stewart/Metroland
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Trenton – Trenton’s new Trent River Public School is gearing up for an early 2017 opening. The new school is in the final stages of construction with the electrical and grounds work still to be complete, said Kerry Donnell, communications officer for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board, in a press release on December 20. “We expect to receive an occupancy permit in the coming days which will allow us to plan for moving in and for staff to prepare the building to welcome students,” she said. Trent River Public School will consolidate students from Breadner Elementary School and College Street Public School, which will both be closed. Students will continue to attend either Breadner or College Street for the month of January 2017 while the new school is being prepared and open houses and school closing ceremonies will also be done in January, stated Donnell. The opening date for the new public school will be announced after the holiday break. Trent River Public school is 55,500 square feet, suitable for 560 students. The space is a modern learning facility and features large windows, bright classrooms and the centre corridor will have a learning commons area/library, a two-sided stage and a large gymnasium. Memorabilia will be on display during open houses and closing ceremonies to celebrate the school histories throughout the decades. The public is welcome to share any school or student related items for the displays. To share items, contact Bill Launderville for Breadner Elementary School at 613394-9903, breadner@hpedsb.on.ca, or JoAnne Nitschke for College Street Public School at 613-392-4524, colleg- The main entrance to the new Trent River Public School. Photo by Hastings Prince Edward District School Board est@hpedsb.on.ca.
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Big changes coming to Children’s Mental Health Services Belleville – All referrals for children’s mental health services in Hastings and Prince Edward counties can now be made to one agency. The Children’s Mental Health Services was identified as the lead agency for all children’s mental health services in the area by the Ministry of Children and Youth Service in December 2015. The Parent, Child and Youth Clinic located at Quinte Health Care Belleville General Hospital is transferring services to the CMHS as part of a collaborative integration. Having services streamlined in one agency, the groups say, will help make it easier for families – and all those who work with families – to know where to go to get help for children and youth in need of mental health support. QHC and CMHS are working together to ensure a smooth transition for those families directly affected by this transfer of services. Clients currently receiving care at the Parent, Child and Youth Clinic will be introduced to the CMHS staff in the coming weeks to minimize any impact due to this transition. Families will be contacted directly by mid‐January and informed of how the transition will work. QHC is asking referring agencies, schools and physicians to discard their PCYC referral forms and ensure they
are referring directly to the CMHS – either through their website at http:// cmhs‐hpe.on.ca/ or by calling 1‐844‐ GO2‐CMHS (462‐2647). Transition options for the six PCYC staff involved were to move with the services to the new agency or to exercise their rights outlined under their respective collective
“The ministry is pleased to support the transfer of services from the Parent, Child & Youth Clinic to Children’s Mental Health Service in the Belleville area,” said David Remington, Director, East Region, Ministry of Children and Youth Services. “This transfer supports the key goals of the Moving on Mental
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Glare ice causes Boxing Day havoc on 401 Brighton – Northumberland OPP reported several motor vehicle collisions have been reported on Hwy 401 in the Brighton area at exit 509. Eastbound lanes were open but moving slowly during the shutdown. All westbound lanes of Highway 401 at exit 509 were closed to traffic due to two tractor trailers that earlier slid off the roadway. Motorists were stranded for up to four and five hours in the Trenton area OnRoute after traffic had backed up to that point from the Highway 509 closure. Reports from the OnRoute heard that some restaurants had run out of or were running low on many items due to the number of
people stranded throughout the afternoon there. At the height of the ice storm one truck remained in the ditch upside down and the other was blocking all lanes westbound. There were reports one of the trucks, a diesel tanker, had spilled its load on the roadway. Sanders were having difficulty getting to the affected areas on the highway and in one case, motorists pitched in with shovels to spread sand in front of one sander to get it up a hill on the highway. Northumberland OPP issued an advisory to the public at 6:46 p.m. Monday that all westbound lanes of Highway 401 at Exit 509 Multiple crashes were reported Boxing Day morning including this transport Brighton through to Colborne that ran into a guard rail near the Burnham Road exit in Cobourg. were reopened. Metroland photo
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Thomasburg woman makes pilgrimage to Castro’s funeral She began as a group leader for a project in Cuernavaca, organizing visits to “barrios and squatter’s settlements” Thomasburg – For the past 15 for North Americans and Europeans. years Thomasburg resident Janice The aim was to “learn about, reflect Brown has vowed to travel to Cuba on and analyze” poverty issues from for Fidel Castro’s eventual funeral. the micro to the macro levels, with atWhen the Cuban leader died retention to the role of the International cently she kept her pledge and imMonetary Fund and international mediately caught a flight to Cuba. trade, as well as local needs. Over 20 Brown and her husband Dave have years, more than 300 people from the Quinte region travelled to Cuernavaca with the program. Since the late ‘90s the Browns have been involved with a specific indigenous village, Tlamacapaza, which was “in extreme poverty. Over a period of about 12 years we raised over a quarter of a million dollars that went into that community for various programs. That’s a lot of pesos.” Clean water, dry toilets and water catchment systems were the main focus, says Brown. Other programs included midwifery, dental health and literacy promotion, “but no matter what you’re trying to do, you’ve got to start with clean water.” Financial support for the project was “amazingly broad” coming from schools, churches and individuals, says Brown. “We still go each year.” Brown began visiting Cuba in Thomasburg resident Janice Brown found a warm reception among 2000 and found it to be “starkly difCuban locals in Santiago de Cuba where she recently fulfilled a long- ferent” from the situation in Mexico or Jamaica, “which is another place standing vow to attend the funeral of Fidel Castro. Photo submitted I’ve led these learning groups.” She observes, “Cuba stands alone in its social and political (developBY BRETT MANN
been long-time social activists in Mexico and the contrast between the social and economic conditions there and in Cuba, particularly for the poor, inspired her admiration for the Cuban model of social development. “Human rights and social and economic justice would be the focus,” says Brown of her Mexican commitments.
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ment.) Economically it’s not doing splendidly but there are different reasons for that than what’s going on in Mexico and Jamaica.” She cites especially the 40 year long American economic embargo. “They’ve got a world class education system and they can’t get pencils. They’ve got a world class medical system and they’re starved for band-aids.” Brown says she is under no illusions about the lack of freedoms in Castro’s Cuba. “I’m not calling him a saint, but I know who he was historically and that’s quite different from the way he is portrayed in North American media, very different from the
reality.” Her most recent visit left her convinced of the genuine affection of Cubans for Fidel Castro. “If the Cuban people really hated Fidel as we have been led to believe, then Cuba is a country of awardwinning actors. They revered him.” The funeral cortege proceeded from Havana to Santiago de Cuba in the east and was televised. Thousands of people came out along the way and “streets were lined” says Brown. “People were sobbing and the chant was ‘Yo soy Fidel!’ (I am Fidel). This is a pivotal moment in the history of Cuba and the world. I wanted to be there to bear witness.”
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The Berlin provocation in focus Twelve people were killed in a Christmas market in Berlin last Monday, mown down by a terrorist in a big truck. Elsewhere in Germany, if it was an average day, another 10 people were killed in or by motor vehicles. They Gwynne Dyer are all equally dead; the only difference is the motivation of the man in the truck. Oh, sorry, there’s another difference too. On Tuesday, if it was an average day, another 10 people were killed on German roads, and another 10 on Wednesday, and another 10 on Thursday, and so on ad infinitum – 3,500 in the average year. So is traffic a bigger threat than terrorism? Does this comparison offend you? Why? Would you be offended if I said that driving is more dangerous than flying, because 3,500 Germans die on the roads each year and only fifty a year die in plane crashes? Of course not. Yet if I say that traffic accidents are a much bigger threat to human life than terrorism, it sounds almost transgressive. Three other people have been killed in terrorist attacks in Germany this year, so the total this year will be probably end up at 15. That’s the highest number since 1972, but there are 80 million people in Germany, so the average German’s risk of being killed in a terrorist attack is considerably less than the risk of drowning in the bathtub. The sensible response to such pinprick attacks is prevention: good intelligence-gathering and smarter security measures, not mass arrests and foreign wars. That will reduce the number of attacks and hopefully keep them small (no more 9/11s). Terrorism is a very small threat that is designed to look very big. It achieves that goal by attracting massive media coverage that inflates it into an apparently huge threat. The media provide that coverage because they know that people are fascinated by violent death: a single murder is more newsworthy than ten thousand peaceful deaths. I’m contributing to that massive media coverage right now. It’s not the content that matters, it’s the volume of coverage. Terrorists want that wall-to-wall media coverage because it may provoke a huge over-reaction that ultimately serves their own purposes. In the case of the current wave of Islamist terrorism, they hope it will build support in the Muslim world for their revolutionary project and ultimately bring them to power. In the early phase, they wanted to provoke
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Western invasions of Muslim countries that would drive more Muslims into their arms (as in the case of the 9/11 attacks). Now they are trying to panic Western governments into abusing and oppressing their own Muslim citizens. The basic strategy remains the same, and it has proved very successful. Without the Western over-reaction to the 9/11 attacks (especially invading Iraq), there would be no Islamic State today. And they aren’t doing too badly with the present attacks either. Chancellor Angela Merkel knows that, and her response to the Berlin attack was deliberately low-key: “I know that it would be particularly difficult for us all to bear if it turned out that the person who committed this act was someone who sought protection and asylum in Germany.” But Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Christian Social Union, the permanent political partner of Merkel’s own Christian Democratic Union, urged the chancellor “to rethink our immigration and security policy and to change it.” He was implicitly saying that she was wrong last year to give shelter to almost a million refugees, a majority of them Muslims. Frauke Petry, the co-leader of Germany’s far-right ‘Alternative for Germany’ party (AfD), said it more plainly: “The milieu in which such acts can flourish has been negligently and systematically imported over the past year and a half.” Angela Merkel is now under great political pressure to “crack down” on Germany’s Muslims, including millions who have been born there. As for Donald Trump, he was tweeting within hours: “Today there were terror attacks in Turkey, Switzerland and Germany – and it is only getting worse. The civilized world must change thinking!” (He says he has a “big brain”, but even so he should attend the intelligence briefings. The Swiss attack actually involved a Ghanaian-born Swiss citizen shooting Muslims in a mosque.) The US Precedent-elect later expanded on his thoughts: “Isis and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad. These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the Earth, a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners.” So how will he do that? Invade some more Muslim countries? Round up Muslim Americans and put them in camps, like they did to Japanese-Americans in World War II? If he did anything like that, he would only be serving the purposes of the Islamist terrorists. He would be, in Lenin’s famous phrase, a “useful idiot”.
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Here’s to 2016 – a year of departures Editorial by Chris Malette This past year has been one of departures. Many among us have departed, clearly, in death, but many still have left or are leaving among the ranks of those of us who toil in ink. In Postmedia land, a place where I wrote and edited under the SunMedia banner for the last few years of my career in the daily newspaper world before taking a much-welcomed buyout package, the farewell columns are falling like snowflakes on Christmas Eve. Christina Blizzard, the grim-visaged face of staunch conservatism on Sun pages that Postmedia is hanging up her whips and chains she kept at ready for the small and large L liberals out there. As with most all of us who pen columns or opinion pieces, she shared a farewell in print. “This is the most difficult of columns to write. Because it’s my last. I’ve taken a Postmedia buyout and for the first time in 50 years, I’m no longer employed by a newspaper.” Another columnist, this time a sports writer for the Sun, which always had a terrific sports department, Bill Lankhof, is packing it in. His self-penned epitaph to his career read, in part: “In life’s game of tag, time sneaks up quickly on a man. So, after nearly 45 years in newspapers, this is it. My last word…. A veteran newspaperman is a bit like an aging pitcher, or a hockey player who has lost a step. It is possible still to play the game. It’s just that every game is no longer your best game. So, it makes sense to walk away.” There have been and continue to be too many of these departures and our communities are the poorer for it. The news business is being gutted, much to the glee of an unfortunate by-product generation of the electronic age that needs news in info-tainment short hits and who glean their ‘facts’ from the likes of Wikileaks and Twitter. The result is a storm of websites sprouting up like weeds to “inform” online readers of what’s really happening. You know, the stuff we corporate-shills in the ‘mainstream media’ won’t tell you. So it’s left to the likes of one recently profiled local woman, described as a face of the new adherents in the so-called ‘alt-media,’ in the Toronto Star. She shall remain nameless here lest it further inflate online hits on her
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inane website. This erstwhile, self-annointed journalist was described as having pumped the tires of her U.S. based tinhorn ‘alt-media’ website with questions about the loony tunes Pizzagate debacle in the Excited States. It was a big thing, then… it wasn’t. Pfffft, as with so much of the dreck that is regurgitated and dissected in the odd little basement sites that dot the Web. Yes, you’d be well excused to be scratching your head about all this, as it’s the kind of thing no one really ought to know or care about, but that’s what passes for news any more; online conspiracy drama wrapped in far right or left opinion and delivered in a package that is supposed to make you think it’s news. Yessiree Bob, she and her fellow ‘journalists’ are the future of your news. When trying to engage this ‘journalist’ in a forum format with journalism students from Loyalist College – an idea I thought might be interesting to see what aspiring journalists thought of the idea of the alt-media crazedu-jour - I was brusquely dismissed for not wanting to discuss the supposed crimes of Hillary Clinton and for me being dismissive of her time-wasting in the cyber world over everything political and conspiratorial in the United States. I reminded her she is Canadian. “I will not be talking to you or any of the poor saps who think they’ll get a job in the dying field of journalism. I will truly savour watching alt media crush the mainstream media. Bye,” was the response. You can find her endless prattle on sites like Twitter, Gab or live on Periscope (where she plunks a cell phone in her face and jabbers away on all manner of topics at a pace that would make a Redbull-fuelled gerbil explode - with much the same depth and insight, it should be noted.) There you have it. The future of journalism, or so they would like you to believe. It’s not a joke, however, for those of us who take the craft seriously, do it properly and who are earning a living from bringing you your news. There are fewer and fewer career journalists each passing year and the hands waiting to take the torch are often the delusional web-crawling alt-media twinkies who create their own ‘news’ sites and fashion their ‘news’ to fit whatever political or lifestyle agenda they follow. Happy new year, indeed.
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Blood donors sought to fill requirements during holiday season when demand is high Several Trenton Golden Hawks players sign up to give blood at the recent Trenton Blood Donor Clinic at the Kiwanis Club while Canadian Blood Service territory manager Debbie Barfoot assists them. She feels it is important for young donors to begin donating blood early to help replace the elderly donors that face tougher restrictions at today’s blood donor clinics.
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that also mean regular donors may not be able to donate as often, Barfoot said. “Starting in December, the donation interval for women will increase to 12 weeks, and beginning in March, men will need a higher hemoglobin level to be eligible to donate,” she said. Canadian Blood Services anticipates a loss of approximately 35,000 donations each year as a result of the changes and more donors are needed to fill the gap. “I like to get new, younger donors 17 years of age and up starting in high school out to donate so it becomes a lifelong commitment,” Barfoot stated.
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Trenton - At a time when blood is often in high demand, it is doubly important for blood donor clinics to be well attended. A prime example is that of the recent Trenton Blood Donor Clinic at the Kiwanis Centre. Although it was pre-booked very well, the clinic ultimately only collected 85 per cent of its collection goal, according to Debbie Barfoot, Territory Manager for Ontario with Canadian Blood Services. Snowy conditions later in the day during the clinic contributed to the poor result, Barfoot felt following the clinic. She is hoping a subsequent clinic at CFB Trenton on Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the REcPlex will help pick up the slack for the holiday period. “Currently, there are appointments left to fill for this clinic,” she said recently. Appointments can be made online @blood. ca or by downloading the smartphone app. Because of the holiday season and the fact so many people travel, attendance is often down a blood donor clinics just when accidents and hospital demand for blood can be at its highest. Canadian patients’ need for blood is constant and they need a gift that can’t be bought, Barfoot indicated. She also noted there is a continuing need for new donors to replace the elderly donors that have been the suppliers of blood donations for many years. “As a result of new iron eligibility guidelines introduced recently to promote the health and wellness of blood donors, some donors won’t be able to donate as frequently,” she noted. There are other restrictions coming into play
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CFB Trenton - Twenty-seven-year-old Samantha Behm is a committed young lady, in her 10th year of service to her country as a student pilot and also giving her 25th pint of blood at the Blood Donor Clinic at the Kiwanis Club of Trenton Monday. Originially from Winchester, ON, Second Lieutenant (2Lt.) Behm took time out of her busy schedule to donate blood in Trenton for the Christmas season, a time when Debbie Barfoot, Territory Manager for Ontario with Canadian Blood Services said collections are down but the need is up. At a time like this, Barfoot said they traditionally approach businesses and organizations to try to get groups out to donate. Their efforts in Trenton paid off when 12 young hockey players from the Trenton Golden Hawks adopted the clinic and came out to donate. They brought an autographed jersey with them which would be given to one lucky donor from a draw to be held at the end of the clinic. Having star young donors like Behm (who also played in nets for the Canadian National military soccer team) and the Golden Hawks fits right into the strategy Barfoot likes to implement. “I like to get new, younger donors 17 years of age and up starting in high school out to donate so it becomes a lifelong commitment,” she stated. It is the very format Behm has followed, having begun donating when she was first of donor age and even volunteered at Canadian Blood Service as a high school and university student. She has been a blood and platelet donor
since she was able to donate for a very simple reason. “I do it because I’m young and healthy and able to donate and at some point in my life, I think I will either know someone who needs blood or I myself might need it,” she said. Once 2Lt. Behm finishes her Phase 3 wings course in Portage La Prairie, she hopes to come back to Trenton to fly with 436 (Transport) Squadron or with 429 (Transport) Squadron. She just returned from a replenishment flight to Alert and Greenland. In the Canadian Armed Forces for 10 years, she spent the first few years in the Navy until the pilot course opened up. “I’m really interested in the air mobility aspect in Trenton, especially with the Hercs where you fly a lot of tactical missions as well as long-haul cargo runs,” she said, noting she wants to do a lot of flying around the world. “I always wanted to be a pilot, but when I joined the trade was full,” she explained. “I had gone through all the air crew selection process, but the space wasn’t available, so I had to wait it out. Now I’m finally finishing my training and moving on with my career.” As busy as she has been with her training, she has not forgotten to donate blood when she can, something she realizes she may not be able to do when she becomes a fulltime pilot. “They can’t always give when they want to because there is a 72-hour period after giving blood where you’re not allowed to fly, so pilots who may be called out on short notice can’t give blood,” she said, no matter how much they might like to.
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Physicians needed in Trent Hills Asphodel-Norwood will digitize records
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Norwood – Asphodel-Norwood will digitalize current and historical documents including minutes and bylaws from before and after the 1998 amalgamation. The municipality has earmarked $12,868 in its draft administration budget for the project. CAO-Clerk-Treasurer Candice White says staff spend an “immense amount of time” searching through documents and travelling to the public works building to pull up records. The digitalization project will streamline records management in the municipal office and reduce “time burden” on staff, says White. It would also mitigate the “wear and tear” on paper documents, many of which are very old and fragile. Documents to be scanned will include bylaws from the former Township of Asphodel which date back to 1851 and Norwood Board Campbellford Memorial Hospital President and CEO Brad Hilker sat down with Laurie of Health records from 1903. The project would Smith, physician liaison who looks after recruitment, to talk about the challenges and encompass council minutes, committee minutes solutions that lie ahead in 2017. and bylaws. Sue Dickens/Metroland Creating a “searchable” database of municipal documents is a “common” practice, says BY SUE DICKENS tive patients, taking care of patients in nursing homes or retirement homes and are on call for Trent Hills – The retirement of two physicians them, so different responsibilities depending on is putting added pressure on the need to recruit the relationship plus they have their community more doctors and the increase in the number of practice.” Hilker added, “We’re also seeing in the hospi- BY BILL FREEMAN patients seeking care in the area. “From a patient perspective when we look at tal a continual increase in the acuity of patients, our in-patient volumes this year and compare more complex, more chronic, so it takes longer Hastings – With passports in hand and hearty to last year it’s almost 10 per cent more and 20 to diagnose and treat and need more specializa- appetites, grade five and six students at Hastings per cent higher than the year before for the same tion in treatment.” Public School travelled around the world Dec. Dr. Celeste Collins’ patients will be looked 16 in a celebration of culture, heritage and food. time period . . . and more complex patients,” said Brad Hilker, president and CEO of Camp- after by the THFHT until a new physician is re“It’s to recognize that our community is made cruited. Dr. Richard Schabas, internal medicine up of so many different cultures and heritages bellford Memorial Hospital (CMH). He and Laurie Smith, physician liaison for physician who provides consultation to local and we all have special recipes we love,” said the community, which includes the hospital and physicians, is also retiring at year’s end. teacher Patt McDowell. “This is an opportunity “So we’ve reached out to some of our close for students to bring a special recipe and share it the Trent Hills Family Health Team, sat down for an interview with the Central Hastings/Trent hospitals like Cobourg who are also looking for as a way of celebrating what we have as a comsomeone to recruit in internal medicine to cover munity.” Hills News to discuss what will happen next. “So it is difficult, creating lots of pressures on their ICU . . . there is a potential for us to share,” Fifteen different countries (from Finland our organization,” noted Hilker, who then add- said Hilker. to Trinidad) were represented in a class of 18, As Smith pointed out, recruiting for a small which McDowell says is a remarkable testament ed, “When we looked at our long range master plan it appears we are getting to our projections rural hospital has its own challenges, but also its to Canadian diversity and not something exclusooner so that is also one of the reasons why we own rewards for physicians. “I think rural physi- sive to large urban centres. are looking at a new hospital,” which he admits cians have to be and tend to be more confident Hastings and Trent Hills, rural though they because often they are working on their own es- might be, will thrive into the future because it “is a very long process.” There are currently 10 physicians with the pecially in emergency.” welcomes diversity, she says. The THFHT has five sites, including CampTHFHT. “It’s neat to know their history and how food “They’re stretched. They provide in-patient bellford, Hastings, Colborne, Warkworth and relates to their culture,” said grade six student care when they are admitted, some are working Havelock, a satellite office. Autumn Scott, who served Cock-a-leekie soup, at The Bridge Hospice taking care of palliaa traditional Scottish dish made with leeks and peppered chicken that her grandmother served at family gatherings. “I think it’s amazing (so many cultures) are represented in the class,” Autumn said. “I’ve tried a whole bunch of things that I’d never thought I’d try,” she said. “It’s really nice to try different foods from
White. Digitalization is also a way of protecting irreplaceable documents. White notes that right now there is no fire protection for documents stored in an archive at the public works building on Highway 7 and there is no “back-up” of those documents. “We are concerned about loss,” she says. “All of the documents will be secure (through digitalization).” With the digitalization of records it will also be easier for staff to upload programs to the website so residents can do their own online research of documents. Image Advantages Solutions Inc., the company that will do the project, will scan documents into a PDF format, then index them so they’re easily accessible on the municipality’s computer system. They will also create backups of all those documents. Image Advantages has worked with scores of municipalities and other public bodies like universities, health boards, the Department of National Defense, the Canadian Science and Technology Museum, and Parks Canada as well as private sector clients.
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Hills Community Pantry campaign still seeking donations BY SUE DICKENS
Warkworth – The 7 Hills Community Pantry campaign will be helping families this Christmas with donations that will be handed out Dec. 23, however the need for donations will continue into 2017. The new chair of the organization, Carolyn Lee, who has been a volunteer there for almost two years, talked about how she hopes to carry the Warkworth food bank forward with help from her board and outgoing chair Gail Covert. “Our heads are above water but donations need to keep coming,” Covert said. In an open letter to the community on the website, the food bank board thanks everyone for their donations to date and notes their goal is to help 25 families. “You see, even though we helped more than 25 families last year, there are still those in our community who are hungry and will be forced to make the hard decision to heat or eat, some for the first time in their lives. It would be a shame if we couldn’t help because we didn’t have the resources,” the letter states. The goal is to raise $5,000 by Dec. 31st as there is a need to be able to provide food for more people this year than last year.
On Dec. 23 the food bank will be giving out approximately 35 Christmas hampers. The number of people who come to the food bank numbers about 84. “The church, St. Paul’s United, supplies everything for us but the turkey. That is always the biggest expense for us,” said Covert. Christmas is an especially difficult time for everyone. “We’re finding more seniors are coming to the food bank now, because of winter months and heating costs,” noted Lee, who looks to her board and past chair for support. “I’ve got a great board that will support me and I’m quite comfortable in this new role in the fact that I know Gail is only a phone call away. I’ve worked in the community for 24 years with access care, I grew up in Warkworth and so I’ve retired and I thought it’s time to give back,” she said. The food bank is affiliated with the Northumberland’s Giving Tree, which is a community-based volunteer-run program that helps provide gifts for less fortunate children throughout the County. To donate go to: https://7hillscommunitypantry.org/2016campaign-for-funds/
The 2016 campaign for the 7 Hills Community Pantry is hoping to raise $5,000 by Dec. 31 so they can continue to provide support: from left, Carolyn Lee, new board chair; Gail Covert, outgoing chair; Barb Taylor, director; and Jan Findlay, director. Sue Dickens/Metroland
Big-hearted community pitches in for festive school dinner BY BILL FREEMAN
Norwood – Big hearts and big appetites filled the Norwood District High School gymnasium Dec. 20 for the annual Norwood District Public School festive feast. The massive community enterprise served up Christmas dinner for nearly 450 children and adults who turned the gymnasium into a cafeteria fit for the season. This is the second year the high school and NDPS school council have teamed up to serve a festive dinner, having outgrown the elementary school’s cramped gym, tiny one-stove kitchen, and the Norwood Town Hall. “We had a lot of donations from local businesses which really helped,” said Mandy Carter of the NDPS school council who
helped coordinate the huge event. All NDPS had to purchase were the ham and gingerbread cookies with potatoes, buns, corn, juice and stuffing on the menu thanks to contributions from local supporters. Much like last year’s enterprise when they served up 150 lbs of potatoes and 80 lbs of corn, the dinner received plenty of assistance from the high school’s hospitality and Learning, Life Skills students as well as parent volunteers from NPDS with some retired teachers also dishing out food. Carter says at least 15 volunteers helped out over two days to prepare the meal. The dinner itself took at least a month to plan. “It’s really a great feeling to look out and you know there are some kids out there who aren’t going to have
Isabellah Smokum, a grade one student from Norwood District Public School, holds up a gingerbread cookie from Dooher’s in Campbellford during the annual NDPS festive feast held at Norwood District High School on Dec. 20. Bill Freeman/Metroland
a Christmas dinner and this way you know they’re actually going to have something festive for Christmas,” Carter said. “It’s such a natural partnership because they’re just a stone’s throw away,” added NDHS principal Mary Lou Steinmann. The school’s facilities are ideal for the dinner and student volunteers are eager to participate, Steinmann said. “It means everybody can come together and have a great time.” The youngest elementary students also get a “glimpse” of the “big school” as they walk through the hallways, she added. “We love to build the partnership between our (two) schools and this is the perfect opportunity to do it.”
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Startup Bay of Quinte hopes to bring entrepreneurs together BY STEPHEN PETRICK
Belleville – The Bay of Quinte business community is about to start something big. That was the feeling local entrepreneurs left with after attending the official launch party for Startup Bay of Quinte. The event took place in the auditorium of Centennial Secondary School on Wednesday, Dec. 21 and it was intended to get business leaders excited about the potential this region has for business growth. Startup Canada is a national social enterprise that supports and gives a voice to entrepreneurs through online programs, national awards, flagship events and partnerships with the private sector and government to foster a community for startup and small business success. The Bay of Quinte’s application to become a Startup community was recently accepted, making in the 26th Startup Community in Canada. Ryan Williams, the chair of QuinteVation, a new economic development organization that was behind the application to Startup, gave a welcome address to the roughly 100 people in attendance, of which about half were entrepreneurs themselves. He said by becoming a Startup community, business leaders in the Bay of Quinte region can now achieve three main objectives. First, they can continue to market the Bay of Quinte as its own unique brand. Second, they can work on developing “clusters of skilled business” that can jointly work together to build the economy. The third, and most important point, Williams said, is they can market the Bay of Quinte as an “entrepreneurial hub.” It’s all about bringing businesses together to achieve common goals and support each other. “We’re here to show the love,” Williams said, adding that the Startup designation will “unite the community.” Williams added that due to hard work of QuinteVation’s executive director, Mary Doyle, there’s already a network
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Bus drivers defend parking their vehicles at home in Colborne BY JOHN CAMPBELL
Colborne – Two bus drivers have responded to a complaint about parking their vehicles at home. Susan LaGrandeur and Bernice Ward appeared as a delegation to Cramahe Township Dec. 20 to defend their practice, which a Division Street resident says violates a municipal bylaw. The pair were notified earlier this month by bylaw enforcement officer Holly Grant they were to park their buses elsewhere as a result of the complaint. LaGrandeur said the bylaw prohibits “more than one of any commercial vehicle in excess of one tonne capacity” being parked in a residential zone by the owner or occupant of the dwelling. “It does indicate that we are allowed one but not more than one,” she said. Parking the bus at her home “is very convenient” for her and her employer as it spares her having to drive to Port Hope each day to get her bus when her run takes her right through Colborne.
Otherwise she “would have to travel an extra hour” in the morning and again in the afternoon. “It’s very cost effective for the company to allow me to have it at my home,” LaGrandeur said. She acknowledged a bus that is yellow “is not the nicest colour out there but it is for safety reasons,” providing “better visibility” on the highway for the protection of its young passengers. Ward said she has been parking her bus at home for the past four years without a complaint. Why now “all of a sudden it’s an eyesore?” she asked “To say buses in our driveway would deter people from buying in Colborne really, really upset me,” Ward said. “There are a lot of places that are eyesores in Colborne.” She said the two of them are “doing a service” for the community and she asked council to look at the bylaw again “so that we are all on the same page.” Mayor Marc Coombs said enforcement of the township’s bylaws are “complaint-driven” which is why the municipality followed up when it received one recently.
He said “there is some ambiguity” in the regulations, which he believes were “written around an issue to do with tractor trailers.” However, “it doesn’t make sense” that “everybody in the village could have a school bus” parked in their driveway, Coombs added. Council agreed with his suggestion that staff prepare a report on “what the bylaw actually means.” Councillor Ed Van Egmond said “when a community becomes so small we can’t accept ... school buses on our friggin’ driveways, I don’t even want to be part of that community.” “We’ve really gone a little bit too much into looking for problems, and this school bus issue is one of those,” he said. “I really have to question our acceptance of each other in this community if that’s going to become an issue.” “Thanks for driving the school buses, taking care of the children,” Councillor Tim Gilligan told the two women. “I don’t think it’s an eyesore,” Councillor Don Clark said. “If it’s an operating school bus I can’t see it being a problem.”
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Belleville to keep a first past the post election system in 2018 BY STEPHEN PETRICK
Employees of RBC visited Belleville General Hospital recently for the unveiling of the RBC Foundation Children’s Treatment Centre Gym, located in the Sills wing. RBC has been supporting BGH for 23 years and to date has invested more than $280,000 in patient care. The RBC Foundation has also been recognized at the Grand Benefactor level on the Belleville General Hospital Foundation’s Partners in Health Care Donor Appreciation Wall. Submitted photo
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Belleville -- Belleville will still have a traditional “first past the post” system for the 2018 municipal election, meaning the mayoral candidate with the most votes will win. And the top total vote-getting council candidates (the top six in Belleville and top two in Thurow) will also win. Council voted at a recent meeting to keep the election system simple, even thought it had the option of bringing in a “ranked balloting” system, as a result of Ontario’s recently passed Municipal Elections Modernization Act. But council supported a resolution by city clerk Matt MacDonald to “maintain the existing First Past the Post electoral model for the 2018 municipal election.” The motion also asked council to “direct the City Clerk to monitor the use
of ranked ballot elections where used throughout Ontario for the 2018 municipal election and report back to council in 2019 with a report that outlines the experiences of those municipalities; and that the City Clerk be directed to continue to explore opportunities, other than ranked balloting, which may be implemented to provide broader access and participation in the 2018 Municipal Election and report back to Council on the 2018 Municipal Election Plan.” Several councillors spoke in favour of keeping a traditional system at work, because any changes create the potential for voter confusion. Coun. Jack Miller pointed out that if a municipality chooses a ranked ballot system, voters will likely need to mark two different ballots in the election, because their vote for school board trustees would still be in a first-past-the-post system.
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Stirling—A wide variety of art by students in grades 9 through 12 from St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School in Belleville is currently on display at the Stirling art Gallery. The show, which was installed on Wednesday, Dec. 14, includes work by about 20 students, said art teacher Joni Hoover. She said it is the first time the students from this school have shown their work in Stirling. Hoover said the show features drawings, paintings and mixed media, and even includes an installation featuring coloured origami
cranes. She is very proud of her students, some of whom have never studied art before. “They put themselves outside the box, trying new things all the time,” she said. “They work so hard! They come in at lunch. They come in after school.” She said the school offers instruction in many different media and art styles, and even has a kiln for the students to learn pottery and sculpting in clay. The Stirling Art Gallery is located in the public library building at 43 West Front. St. in downtown Stirling.
Madoc – Two ground mount solar projects being proposed by Solar Provider Group on private land have been supported by Centre Hastings Council. In a letter to the municipality the company explained that under the FIT (Feed-In Tariff) rules, applications are prioritized based on a point system, and points are awarded if municipal council support is obtained. The FIT program was created by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. Solar Provider Group (rebranded from Ontario Solar Provider) has been in the industry for eight years. Andrew Ross, project developer, made the presentation. “Getting a municipality’s support resolution for a project gives applications an advantage,” he told the Central Hastings/ Trent Hills News. One of the projects is on the southwest corner of Highway #62 at Reid Settlement Road. The owners of the property are listed as James and Helen Thompson, Rodney Thompson and Rachel Grace Thompson. The second project is further down Reid Settlement Road and the owners are listed as Jennifer and Michael Ellis. “We set up a lease agreement with the land-
owners,” noted Ross. “The biggest concern that residents have is visibility of these projects. . . . for the scale of the projects we are building we don’t have to get approval from neighbours,” he added, but noted that there are rules that protect surrounding landowners. “We put visual screening (buffer) up to block the view of the project.” The company pays for everything including the environmental impact assessment and material costs. They are in the business of generating power for the grid. As these are smaller projects as such have got to be rooftop or in a rural area on lands that are not deemed to be good for farming. Last fall the company leased the rooftop of Diamond Health Mall in Cobourg and entered a Feed-In-Tariff contract for 20 years with Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). Every year the company has to look at the prices paid to solar providers. It has been reported that IESO did at one time pay 70 cents per kilowatt hour but in the last few years, the price has come down to 22 cents for some projects. “There’s a lot of uncertainty we have every year until they release their prices and we always have to reassess.”
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Northumberland United Way pushing to improve lives Brighton - The Northumberland United Way is continuing with efforts to improve local lives. This was the message Joan Macklin was sharing, as she appeared before Brighton council recently with an update on United Way’s work. “Many people need our services,” said Macklin. “And our hope is to continue to spread out further, to help more people.” Macklin is part of a team called the United Way All Stars. The team’s dedicated to achieving the United Way’s campaign goal, which means improving the lives of more than 24,000 Northumberland residents, by raising more than $1 million. “We’re looking to raise some awareness,” said Macklin, at the Brighton council meeting. “We’re also seeking some assistance,” she told councillors. Next to the government, United Way is the largest private investor in health and social services countywide. In 2015 alone, the Northumberland United Way invested nearly $1.2 million within the
county. One hundred per cent of funds raised through the United Way stay local, Macklin reiterated at the meeting. The organization helps residents in a number of ways. The organization is a “funder” of local agency programs and assists with grants that help make community resources more accessible. The United Way also serves as an educator for services available to residents. Residents are also assisted through the United Way, with research and investigation into the root causes of social problems in the region. The United Way also acts as a partner for organizations, with the hopes of creating better and healthier lives. So the funds raised do truly impact and help people, from poverty reduction, to support for kids, said Macklin. United Way representatives at the meeting, asked council to consider assisting the organization in whatever way the municipality may be able to. Macklin said other municipalities have chose to show their support in different ways.
She presented council with a few options for consideration at the meeting. Some of those options included, voluntary payroll deductions from staff and councillors, a donation, or in other instances, towns have chose to donate funds from special events, like a Christmas party for example. “In helping us, you’re helping those in your community,” Macklin told council. Council chose to refer the option and idea of voluntary payroll deductions for staff and council, to staff. Macklin reminded the community during her visit, the United Way’s new 211 service can provide local help for people, when maybe people don’t really no where else to turn. The 211 service, which people can access by dialling 211, connects residents with local community and social services 24/7. As examples for how the service has assisted residents, Macklin explained in some instances the 211 service has helped people after a house fire and others, the service has been helpful for when navigating health services.
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54-40, Colin James will play Haverock Revival BY BILL FREEMAN
Havelock - Guitar wizard Colin James and two of Canada’s chart topping bands will be part of the second annual Haverock Revival set for July 7-8. James, a six time Juno Award winner, is one of the most respected guitar slingers in the business and he’ll bring his rock ‘n blues style to the fa-
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will also be in attendance. The first six bands of this year’s festival were announced this week with more to be revealed. In all over 12 acts will hit the stage over the two-day music and camping festival. To go with his six Juno Awards (and 15 nominations), James has also garnered 17 Maple Blues Awards and earned a well-deserved reputation as one
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Warkworth hospice request for funding denied by council BY JOHN CAMPBELL
Trent Hills – Council has decided its mandate doesn’t include making a donation to The Bridge Hospice to help pay its bills. Members reached that conclusion following a short discussion of a request for assistance from hospice chair Jill Hutcheon. Although the province earlier this year committed to providing $315,000 a year in permanent funding to the registered charity, that money “covers only the services of personal support workers and nursing staff who provide direct care to our residents,” Hutcheon said. “We must continue to raise dollars for everything the funding does not cover, such as utilities, insurance, building and property maintenance, administration, communications, and other essentials. We are as frugal as possible, but these costs must be incurred — and many are rising with escalating occupancy rates.” Admissions have doubled since September 2015, she wrote, and the three-bed facility in Warkworth currently has a waiting list. The hospice also provides quality end-of-life care at no charge, relying on donations to keep its doors open, she said. Hutcheon didn’t specify an amount
the municipality might provide, but noted a donation stays in the region, “is spent with great care, and does make a profound difference in people’s lives.” But her appeal failed to loosen the municipality’s purse strings. “I was afraid this was going to happen,” Mayor Hector Macmillan said, even though “council of the day said when it was built don’t come knocking
on our door.” Trent Hills helped at the time in various ways, such as with building permit and service connection fees. “We did our part, we were very clear we (had),” he said. “It’s not that I don’t support what they do but (they) took this on, (they) knew the challenges and certainly ... must have known what that could entail in the future. Government can’t continue to pick up
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Pallets on the Town contest hypes recycling and upcycling BY SUE DICKENS
Kicking off Pallets on the Town, a contest that is all about promoting community spirit, are: from left, Doug Runions, Jason Duguay, Lori Runions, Don Beavis, Janice Bell and Joan Sheppard. Sue Dickens/Metroland
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pening now so there will be plenty of time for people to think about how they can get involved and at the same time show off their artistic talents and imaginations. Business owners Doug and Lori Runions and their new partners; Jason Duguay, their sales manager, and Don Beavis, their plant manager, are enthusiastic about the project. “I thought it was a great idea. We have so many used pallets, some we sell to customers, others we grind . . . and others we just give away,” said Lori. “Anything we can do for the community,” commented Duguay. “Pallets can either be restructured or decorated,” noted Sheppard. There are five categories: home décor, garden décor, furniture, Ca-
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Brighton - The new owner of Dougall’s on the Bay, Kelli Dingle, has big plans for the restaurant, she says. Dingle, who’s owned businesses in the area previously, as well as has a background in the hospitality industry and teaching, took over the restaurant as of Oct. 31. And she’s excited about the future for Dougall’s. “Our focus will be on good customer service, great food and timely service,” said Dingle. “That’s what we want, to get food out on time, it’s consistently good and to have customer service that is stellar. We want people to walk in here and have the best experience possible.” While owning a restaurant like Dougall’s was never part of Dingle’s life plan, she’s watched the restaurant over the years. And when it came up for sale, Dingle thought, “it’s a great location, great restaurant and a great opportunity.” Dingle’s a single mom with two teenage kids. Both are heavily invested into sports and other extra-curricular activities, so she’s busy, she said. Dingle’s kids were born-and-raised in town. Dingle’s been in Brighton for more than 20 years. But while she’s busy, Dingle’s looking forward to catering to the demographics of Brighton, she said. “This is a gorgeous area,” she added. Dingle believes it’s important residents have local opportunities for nice dining and they can also enjoy that sports-pub type experience, without having to drive too far. Since the end of October, Dingle’s extended hours of operations for the restaurant until 11 p.m. This is for those who want to enjoy that pub-type experience and for others who may just want to watch the game, she said. The new owner’s also looking to complete a few renovations and has added some more televisions. More so, it’s the pub side of the restaurant that will be getting a bit of a makeover, with new high tables, added televisions, that sort of thing, said Dingle. As for the dining side of the restaurant, Dingle doesn’t plan to make too many changes, except maybe concerning some decor. The menu will be tweaked a little bit, said Dingle. Currently, Dingle’s also hosting a contest and considering renaming the restaurant. “There’s support on both sides,” she said, noting some have made it clear, they’d like to see the Dougall’s name stay. Others are putting forth suggestions for a new name through the contest. Those who are interested in weighing in can visit dougalls.ca. It’s something we’re considering, said Dingle. The restaurant will also be staying
open throughout the winter. There are more people staying in Brighton now throughout the winter months, noted Dingle. The new owner wants to make sure local residents and others continue to have the opportunity for a nice dining experience in the winter too, she said. Patrons of the restaurant can also look forward to some theme-type nights in the future and live entertainment. Dingle said she’s looking at lots of possibilities, from paint nights and having local craft brewers in for an evening, and also looking forward to working with community groups for some events. Being involved with the community and supporting local vendors is important for Dingle, she said. Dingle is already working on plans to support the Relay for Life and cancer research next June. The new owner happily reported there have been no reductions in staff or deletion of jobs, rather she’s focused on expansion and has hired a few new staff members. Dougall’s is located at 75 Harbour St. Reservations are now available yearround. People can eat in or order takeout. The Dougall’s team and Dingle can be reached at 613-475-4142. The restaurant is hosting two sittings for New Year’s Eve, one at 5 p.m. and Kelli Dingle is the new owner of the Dougall’s on the Bay restaurant in Brighton. Sarah Hyatt/Metroland. the other at 7 p.m.
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Province’s main transfer payment to municipalities increasing BY SUE DICKENS
Marmora/Madoc – It’s good news on the financial front for both Marmora and Lake and Centre Hastings each of whom will see an increase in the province’s main transfer payment to municipalities, the Ontario Municipal Payment Fund (OMPF). Deputy Mayor Linda Bracken of Marmora and Lake announced at a recent council meeting that the OMPF will be providing $505 million to 388 municipalities in 2017. Marmora and Lake will be receiving from this portion $1,491,200, an increase of $156,000 more than the 2016 budget figure. The CAO for Centre Hastings, Christine Martin, noted in her report to council recently that the municipality will be receiving $75,200 more in 2017 than the previous year which was for $1,430,800. Martin noted that the bulk of the change in funding is from the Northern and Rural Fiscal Circumstances grant portion. This grant is based on six indicators that determine the municipality’s fiscal circumstances. The primary indicators are weighted assessment per household and median household income. Secondary indicators include average annual change in assessment, employment rate, ratio of
working age to dependent population, and percentage of the population above the low-income threshold. Martin informed council in her report that the OMPF was redesigned in 2014 following consultations with municipalities from across the province. Consultations with municipalities and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) have continued this past year and have focused on refining the program to ensure it meets the long-term priorities of municipalities. The 2017 OMPF is said to reflect the core objectives of the redesigned program by providing target support to municipalities with more challenging fiscal circumstance. According to the Ontario Ministry of Finance the province will continue to provide unconditional funding in 2017 and beyond. The OMPF, combined with the municipal benefit resulting from the provincial uploads, will total over $2.4 billion in 2017. This is nearly four times the level of funding provided in 2004. According to the province, as a result of uploads, municipalities will benefit from more than $1.9 billion in reduced costs in 2017. For more information go to: http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/budget/ ompf/2017/.
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Belleville – Surely no teens would turn up to a meeting with a politician on a cold, snowy Christmas-season night, right? Guess again. More than 30 youth turned up for the founding meeting of the Bay of Quinte Youth Council at the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The project is being led by Bay of Quinte Member of Parliament Neil Ellis. The council is comprised of young people from a variety of backgrounds, representing all communities in the Bay of Quinte riding. It’s expected to meet a number of times throughout the year to learn about government process and structure, identify and participate in opportunities to make a positive and lasting impact in the community, and share perspective on a number of important federal issues. Commentary and recommendations pertaining to Federal issues will be formatted and formally reported directly to the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “I had a wonderful time this evening meeting with members of our Youth Council,” said Ellis, in a statement. “It was a great experience engaging directly with such a passionate group of young people that have so much to offer. Their level of insight in the political system and passion for the challenges and opportunities impacting our community and
our nation was to say the least, impressive. What a testament to the quality of our local youth and their potential as leaders and stewards of Canadian democratic values.” During this evening’s meeting many members of the Youth Council expressed an interest in leading a community project and in participating on a local governance board for a local not-for-profit agency, Ellis said. “Based on this level of interest in helping the community my office will soon be reaching out to our friends and partners in the community to partner on projects and to agencies in the not-for-profit sector to see if we can help place participants on boards that are of interest to them.” The meeting was a positive experience for the youth involved, too. “I am so ecstatic to have this opportunity come to the area,” said Samantha Reynolds, through a statement released by Ellis’s office. “ I think involving youth and constantly growing our community is a great way to showcase what we have and can offer in our community. Another council member, Elizabeth Edwards, added, “this is such an exciting opportunity in which youth members of the community can be more involved and share their ideas and perspectives on topics that they are passionate about. I am glad to be a member of the first ever Bay of Quinte Youth Council and hopefully help pave the way for more youth engagement in the future.”
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I found an incredible animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. It’s located very close to such popular tourist attractions as the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion National Park, but now that I’ve visited this incredible haven for animals, I’d certainly recommend adding it to your list of destinations on any trip to this area. It’s the U.S.A.’s largest no-kill sanctuary for animals, and it’s absolutely amazing what this place is accomplishing. Best Friends Animal Society is actually a national animal welfare organization that was founded back in1984, and its mandate is to try to prevent the senseless killing of animals in shelters. I was told that when this Animal Society first began, there were about 17 million animals killed per year in shelters across the country, but that number has now been reduced by more than 75% - and the ultimate goal is to save them all! This particular sanctuary was opened here in 1991, and it’s not a typical shelter. This facility is located on thousands of acres of land in Utah’s Angel Canyon, and a visitor is likely to find close to 2,000 rescue animals here on any given day. Many of these animals have serious illnesses or have been rejected, abandoned, or mistreated, and they’re very ‘high needs’ cases. The majority of the animals here, as you’d probably expect, are cats and dogs, but I also saw goats, sheep, horses, birds, rabbits, and potbellied pigs. This sanctuary socializes, trains, and heals them so that they become ready for adoption into a loving home. If the animals are not adopted, then they have a home right here for the remainder of their lives. I toured this awesome facility with Barbara Williamson, the Media Relations Manager, and I was surprised by the size of the place, the number of buildings on the property, the incredible staff, and the amazing success stories that I heard about. Guided tours of the facility are available to visitors every day of the year, and they’re free. However, many of the visitors are so impressed by what’s going on here that they decide to stay and spend some time as a volunteer. It’s also possible to eat on the property (at their restaurant’s all-vegan buffet) and find overnight accommodations, too (in the cottages, cabins, and RV sites). A tour typically begins with a brief video that gives an overview of the sanctuary and its work, but be prepared for this to pull at your heartstrings, for you
may find it very emotional. After all, this sanctuary is dedicated to saving lives – and it has had many success stories! After the film, you’ll explore a part of the sprawling grounds and see some of the animals. You’ll visit such areas as Dogtown, Cat World, Horse Haven, and Marshall’s Piggy Paradise. Dogtown is a gated community, with several predator-proof buildings housing various groups of dogs. There’s an admissions building, and they’re all checked out here by vets and placed in a specific area. Some of these residents are shy and under-socialized, others are very ill, and some are traumatized from abuse or neglect. I watched as some pit bulls were being trained, and I was reminded that many of these had formerly been in dog fighting rings. Now they were being socialized and prepared for adoption. In fact, I learned that this is the very place where NFL football player Michael Vick’s dogs ended up – and most of these were successfully trained and were adopted! Barbara told me
that “this was a watershed moment” for the Sanctuary, for these dogs were allowed to be retrained and socialized rather than simply euthanized! They’re now referred to as their “Vicktory Dogs”. I also visited Cat World. It’s like a cat village, with several attractive houses along a dirt road, and each facility provides a free-roaming environment with both indoor accommodations and screened-in porches. Some of these cats have very special needs, indeed, and I visited one house where all the residents suffered from feline leukemia. At one time, this condition would have resulted in their being quickly euthanized; however, here they received proper medical care, food, and love – and, miraculously, many of these ended up being adopted! Another intriguing stop on my tour was at Horse Haven, and I couldn’t help but wonder why these animals would end up here. I was told that some of these were no longer able to eat hay and needed expensive, special diets – or had bad teeth – or were” just no longer of use” to the former
Prince at play in the Sanctuary. John M. Smith/Metroland
owner, so they ended up here. I saw a group of rather chubby horses in a separate corral, and I was told that these were known as “the Jenny Craig group”, for they were overweight and on special diets. I also enjoyed watching a young colt that was playing with a beach ball in another corral, and I learned that its name was “Prince”, for it was born on the day that the singer, Prince, died. I also visited Marshall’s Piggy Paradise,
One of the Sanctuary’s potbellied pigs. John M. Smith/Metroland
where several large potbellied pigs were on display. I watched as some of them would lie down to enjoy a belly rub from a staff member! I learned that over 90% of these animals don’t end up staying in their original home, for they often look so cute when they’re babies but soon outgrow their welcome when they become 300 pound behemoths! In this animal sanctuary, however, they have lots of room to play – and they’re even provided with air conditioned accommodations on those hot summer days! Not a bad life. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is located 5 mi./8 km. north of Kanab, Utah, and a variety of workshops and internships are available on site. For More Information: www. bestfriends.org; www.visitsouthernutah.com
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Our Belleville manufacturing site is seeking highly motivated, reliable and flexible individuals with a commitment to safety and total quality to be part of our diverse operating teams. Technicians are required to learn how to operate, adjust, changeover and maintain high-speed equipment on a rotating shift schedule. These entry-level positions require strong trouble-shooting skills, the ability to solve complex problems and analyze data using information technology systems. Technicians must be able to work well individually and as part of a self-directed work team handling multiple priorities in an ever-changing environment. Strong interpersonal skills and effective written and verbal communication skills are essential. Candidates must also be willing to be trained on fork trucks, as operating a fork truck (once trained) is required for this position. Technicians are paid a competitive starting rate with applicable shift premiums. Shift schedules are: 7 day/12 hour, days and nights; rapid rotation; receiving an average of 42 hours/week. Requirements: t Candidates must have a minimum Grade 12 education or equivalent. t Post-secondary education and/or related mechanical/electrical experience are definite assets. t Ensure you are including your detailed education and work experience in your resume. t Employment opportunities will be conditional upon the results of a background check. There will be rolling start dates throughout the year, so please apply today via www.pgcareers. com to job # MFG00005375. If you require a medical or disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email careers.im@pg.com to provide your contact information. P&G Talent Supply staff will contact you within 1 week.
We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and is used to determine eligibility for potential employment. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the City of Quinte West is pleased to accommodate individual needs of applicants with disabilities within the recruitment process. Please call 613-392-2841 (4489) or email the above if you require an accommodation to ensure your participation in the recruitment and selection process.
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE EDWARD JOB OPPORTUNITIES The County of Prince Edward is an island community on the shores of Lake Ontario with a proud United Empire Loyalist heritage. Boasting beautiful beaches and a unique rural landscape, the County offers serene country living. Our strong agricultural roots, thriving tourism attractions, renowned regional cuisine, and growing wine industry combine to offer a unique and unmatched quality of life. Our Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for the following vacancies; Planner Part – time Custodian Part-time Vacancies – HJ McFarland Memorial Home Personal Support Worker For further details on these positions, please visit our website at www.pecounty.on.ca/careers. If you are interested in any of the above opportunities, please forward your application to careers@pecounty.on.ca, clearly identifying the position of interest, prior to the deadline indicated on our website. We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We are an equal opportunity employer and support applicants with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process. The personal information being collected will be used in accordance with The Municipal Act and The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and shall only be used in the selection of a suitable candidate.
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EVENTS BELLEVILLE EVE CONCERT Featuring ‘The Proverbs’ and Paul Mackay at Hastings Park Bible Church 36 Harder Drive, Belleville Dec 31, 6:30 pm. Call Paul Mackay at 613-9698600 for more info. A free will offering will be taken. DECEMBER 31ST, Belleville Legion – New Year’s Dance. Cowboys Don’t Cry - 9:00 pm to 1 am. Dance to Country Music, Buffet, Party Favours, Tickets $35/person. Plenty of room for dancing! Everyone welcome (age of majority event). SUNDAY, JANUARY 1st, Belleville Legion - New Year’s Levee Cowboys Don’t Cry 2 to 6 pm. Dance to Country Music. Plenty of room for dancing! Everyone welcome (age of majority event). LIONS CLUB, every 2nd and 4th Tues. dinner and meeting. 2nd Tues. catered dinner, 4th Tues. pot luck. both at 7p.m. Meeting 7:45 p.m. 119 Station Street. Please call 613 962-6559 to leave a message. QUINTE SQUADRON will hold two Registration Nights for Safe Boating Education. Courses offered are Basic Boating for your Boater’s Card (PCOC), Introduction to Navigation, Introduction to Weather and Boat & Engine Maintenance. Registration will be held at the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club Jan 3 and Jan 10. For more information call Lance at 613-699-1293 or Don at 613-966-9051. HAPPY HARMONY Women’s Choir sings hits from across the decades with
emphasis of 50s/60s Thursdays 7-9 pm at Brittany Brant Music Centre, off Hwy #2 ten minutes east of Belleville Hospital. Phone 613-438-7664. Join us for a free trial MEALS ON Wheels Belleville: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday a hot meal delivered to your door around noon. Frozen meals available for delivery. Info Joanne at 613-969-0130 BLOOD DONOR clinic, Jan 2, 1-7 pm. Belleville fish and game club, 170 elmwood drive mail hall. Make your appointment online at blood.ca or download the GIVEBLOOD app, walk ins are accepted. MEN’S COFFEE Break, for men caring for their spouse or other loved one who has memory loss. Westminster United Church, 1199 Wallbridge Loyalist Rd, Belleville. 3rd Friday of the month, 9:30am. Free ST. MARK’S United Church 237 Cannifton Rd. N., offers Foot Care Clinic - 4th Thursday of month. VON basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot care. For appointment call VON at 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 PROBUS CLUB Of Belleville meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month, 10 am at the Pentecostals of Quinte, 490 Dundas St. W. For retired and/or semi-retired business and professional people. Social time and a guest speaker. Guests are welcome. BELLEVILLE GARDEN Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month, 7-9 pm, Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave, Belleville. Info 613-966-7455. 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, under-eating, or bulimia. No dues or fees for members. Info: Susan at 613-471-0228 or Hilly at 613-354-6036 or visit foodaddicts.org. JOIN QUINTE West’s Kente Kiwanis. Meetings held every Thursday morning. Everyone welcome. Call Secretary John Eden at 613-394-0316 for more info. 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. QUINTE REGION Crokinole Club, every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Quinte Wellness Centre, Cannifton Rd., Belleville. http://www. qrcc.ca . Info: Dave Brown at 613-9677720 or Louis Gauthier at 613-849-0690.
Edward St, 9 a.m. Supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation African Grannies. Info: 613-475-5260. 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 JOYFULL NOISE Women’s Choir practices every Monday evening 7 - 9 p.m, Brighton Legion. We sing the popular music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. No auditions and you DO NOT need to read music. New members welcome. Info: Cathy 613 397 3236. www.joyfull-noise.com QUINTE QUILTER¹S Guild, 7 PM, first Wednesday of the month. St Columba Church, Bridge St. E. Everyone is welcome. QUINTE LANDLORDS Association members meet, network, share knowledge, hear a guest speaker, third Wednesday of month at 630pm. Advance registration required BRIGHTON Fee: $10. To register, use the contact form - WEDNESDAYS, 5-6 pm at Trinity-St. on our website quintelandlordsassociation. Andrew’s United Church,56 Prince Edward ca or call (613) 707-3879 St., Brighton. There is no charge for this meal but donations are gratefully accepted. CAMPBELLFORD BRIGHTON LIONS Club is looking for CLUB JAN 3, 6:30 pm Repeats 1st Tuesnew members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th day of every month.Trent Hills Library, Mondays of each month at the Commu- 98 Bridge St E, Campbellford, ON Free. nity Centre in Brighton. Info Membership Katherine Curle, 705-653-2853. CampChairperson Fran Fulford 613- 475-0475 bellford Book Club meets upstairs in the APPLE ROUTE Grannies meet the sec- Campbellford Library on the 1st Tuesday ond Saturday of each month, Trinity-St. of every month. Andrew¹s United Church Hall, Prince DEC 31 9pm to 1 am Campbellford Le-
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TRENT HILLS Community Kitchen Repeats 1st Thursday of every month Jan 5, @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. Hastings Civic Centre, 6 Albert St E, Hastings, ON. Free. YMCA Ontario Early Years Centre, 705-696-1353 COME HAVE fun cooking delicious food together, one Thursday per month from September – June. Everyone is welcome to join. The session is free, including groceries/ Registration is required, please contact Brenda Kock 705-696-1105, YMCA Early Years 705-696-1353 or the HKPR Health Unit 1-866- 4577 ext.1325. JAM SESSION, second Sunday of month, 2-6 pm. Bring your instrument or voice. Everyone welcome. Hastings Legion. FREE SENIORS Exercise Classes VON COLBORNE SMART classes. Gentle and progressive MEN’S SOCIAL Group, Tuesdays at and can be done standing or seated. Info: Community Care Northumberland, 11 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350. King St. E. Colborne, 10-11 a.m. Info: HAVELOCK 905-355-2989. ROYAL CANADIAN Legion Br. 389 8 PLAY GROUP, hosted by NorthumberOttawa St, Havelock,On 705-778-3728 land Cares for Children, Colborne Public School, 8 Alfred St. Colborne, Fridays, News Year Eve Dinner & Dance Dinner 10 a.m. to noon. Info: Cheryl McMurray $15. Dance $10. or $20.00 p/p for both. 5:30 pm Dinner, 8:00 pm Dance. Tickets 905-885-8137 ext.209. at Legion Club Room, & at the door on EVERY SATURDAY is Meat Draw, availablity. Colborne Legion. Draws at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm. $8.00 for nine chances to win. RC LEGION BR 389 Havelock, NO Meat Draw on Dec 24 NO Meat Draw on Dec Everyone is welcome. 31 and 3 NO Bingo on Dec 26, 2016 FREE EXERCISE Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:15 am – 9:45 am. Keeler TRADITIONAL COUNTRY Music Jam Centre, Colborne. Designed for seniors Sessionsm Ol Town Hall, Matheson and or those with physical limitations. For Oak Streets, Havelock, every Wednesday. more information, please contact Brenda Doors open at 12:00, tunes begin at 1 pm. Bring your instruments (excluding drums), at (905) 355-2989. your voice, your song book and your smiles to join in the circle. Musicians, vocalists FRANKFORD and visitors welcomed and encouraged TOPS (TAKE off Pounds Sensibly), Wednesday, Anglican Church Hall, 60 BINGO EVERY Wednesday at the HaveN Trent Frankford, weigh-in 3-3:30pm. lock Community Centre sponsored by the Havelock Lions. Doors open at 5:30pm. meeting 3:30-4:30 p.m. Early Birds at 7:00 pm. Regular start 7:30 FRANKFORD LEGION: Mondays Crib- pm. Info: Lion Joe at 705 778 3588 bage 1pm. Tuesdays, Euchre 1pm; Line dancing 7pm. Wednesdays, Seniors Euchre HAVELOCK SENIORS Club weekly 1 pm; Open Snooker 7pm. Thursdays La- events: Monday: Cribbage and Bid Eudies Pool and Mens Darts 7pm. Fridays chre, 1pm. Tuesday: Shuffleboard, 1pm. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling, 1pm and Mixed Fun Darts 7pm. Euchre 7pm. Thursday: Bid Euchre, 1pm. GENTLE YOGA, Suitable for everyone. Friday: Euchre, 1pm Classes every Tuesday 1pm, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Frankford. Info: Sarah MADOC 613-398-6407 FOOT CARE Clinic: Jan 5: 47 WelFREE SENIOR’S fitness classes, Mondays lington St, Seniors Building Common and Thursdays, 1 pm, Frankford Legion. Room begins at 8:00 AM. Program opened To register: 1-888-279-4866 Ext 5350 to seniors and adults with physical disRIVER VALLEY Community bid euchre abilities. Please contact Community Care party, River Valley Centre, every Friday for Central Hastings at 1-800-554-1564 7:30 pm. Cost $ 2.00. Ladies bring some- to pre-register thing for a light lunch. Info: Grace Bush ACTIVE LIVING Exercise: Every Wednes613-395-5190 day at 10:30AM at Trinity United Church, MOONSHOT EUCHRE every Wednes- 76 St Lawrence St East. Program opened day, 1pm. Tournaments Every 3rd Sunday to seniors and adults with physical disof the Month, 1pm. Frankford Lions Club abilities. Please contact Community Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register GLEN MILLER TOPS (TAKE off Pounds Sensibly) meet- AM INDOOR Walk: Mon, Wed, and Fri ings Tuesday mornings at Christ Church from 9:45 to 10:45 AM. PM Indoor Walk: Glen Miller. Weigh ins 8:30-9:30 a.m. with Mon, Tues, Fri from 6:45 to 7:45 PM. a meeting following. Join anytime. Info: Centre Hastings Secondary School, 129 Brenda Kellett 613 392-8227GRAFTON Elgin St. Program opened to seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Please contact Community Care for Central HastSEXUAL HEALTH Clinic, Jan 3, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. The clinic provides clients with confidential access to sexual health treatment. For more information, locations or to make an appointment, call the Health Unit at 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1205. MEN’S GROUP, every Thursday, 1pm, Cobourg Retirement Residence, 310 Division St, Cobourg. To register: Community Care Northumberland: 905-372-7356. THE ETERNAL Hope Spiritualist Centre is now located at 284 Division St. Cobourg. Sunday service 7pm. Pot luck supper first Sunday of month at 5:30 p.m. Info: www.theeternalhopespiritualistcentre.webs.com.
ings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register for the exercise program if you are not already a member of the Indoor Walk Program. SUNDAY NIGHT Sing hosted by Ivanhoe Wesleyan Standard Church, 6:30 PM. Bring your instruments. Open mic. Refreshments to follow. First Sunday of each month. ROYAL CANADIAN Legion Br 363 Madoc: Mixed Darts every Thursday 7 pm. Random draw for teams.
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DEC 31 Stirling Legion New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance starting at 7 pm. Come and join us at our Annual Dinner and Dance with DJ Terry Randall doing all your song requests. 50/50 Draw, Noise Makers, Snacks, Champagne at midnight. $30.00 per person. Tickets on sale at the bar. Book early. Call 613-395-2975. STIRLING CLUB 55 and Over regular euchre every Wednesday in Stirling Legion MARMORA 1pm. $2.00 to play, prizes and treats. Also CHASE THE Ace Marmora Legion Dec monthly birthday celebrations. Info Ruth 30, noon-8PM Draw at 8:30PM. New Years 613-395-3559 Eve 1pm-? Come and join us. Music in the club room. Presidents Levee Jan 1, TRENTON 1PM-5PM. Bingo Jan 2, Early Birds 7PM. SEWING SOCIAL, Tuesdays, 1-4pm, Jam Session Club Room Jan 2. Trenton Library Bring your sewing machine GOOD FOOD Box depot, Marmora (with power cord and foot control), your Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc St. Fresh selected project, and an extension cord. fruit and vegetables in $10 or $15 size Beginners are welcome. Info email to: boxes or bag of fruit for $5. Order/Pay kristar@quintewest.ca by the first Wednesday of the month. TREE & Shrub Seedlings - order for spring Pick up on the third Wednesday. Order 2017. Native species available. Sold in any Wed. between 10am-2pm. Elaine bundles of 10 seedlings. Deciduous trees 613-472-3219 & shrubs $12.50/bundle; evergreens $10/ GOOD BABY Box, every Wednesday, bundle. $10 S&H fee per order. Contact Marmora Pentecostal Church, 53 Madoc Ewa Bednarczuk, Ecology & Stewardship St. 10 am to 2 pm. Baby formula, diapers, Specialist at Lower Trent Conservation baby food, and more at low prices. Also, 613-394-3915 ext 252, ewa.bednarczuk@ Itty Bitty Kiddie Kloset offering donated ltc.on.ca or order on-line at www.ltc.on.ca baby clothing up to size 2t at no cost for FREE SENIORS exercise classes VON those who need them. Elaine 613-472-3219 Falls Prevention classes. Starts Jan 9 info: EUCHRE - Seniors Citizens, William 1888-279-4866 ex 5350 Shannon Room, each Friday 1:30 p.m. $2. TRENTON TOASTMASTERS Club EUCHRE IN Deloro Hall each Friday 7 meets 6:30-8:30 pm, every 2nd and 4th p.m. sponsored by Marmora Crowe Valley Wednesday of the month, Quinte West/ Lions Club. Bring light lunch to share. Trenton Library Meeting Room Main Floor. We are looking for new members. Guests are welcome NORWOOD PRESCHOOL DROP-IN, Westwood QUINTE WEST MS Society Support Public Library. Every Thursday, 10 am- Group, every second Monday of the noon. Enjoy play and creative areas. 705- month, Quiet Room, Quinte West Public Library, Trenton. 6:30pm. For those 696-2744 or www.anpl.org affected by MS, caregivers and friends. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME, Norwood Info: trentonmsgroup@live.ca Public Library. Every Friday, 10-11 am. Story, craft and snack. 705-639-2228 or TRENTON LIONS Club 77 Campbell Street hosts a weekly Thursday Night www.anpl.org Bingo. Cards on sale at 6pm regular proTAKE OFF Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Tues- gram starts at 7pm. Everyone welcome. days, St. Andrew¹s Presbyterian Church, Norwood. Weigh in from 5:30, meeting PROBUS CLUB of Quinte West meets 1st Thursday of the month, 9:30 a.m., upstairs at 7 pm. Elaine 705-639-5710 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, Trenton. All seniors welcome. Info: P.E. COUNTY MEALS ON Wheels Deseronto: Mon- call Janet 613-475-5111 day, Wednesday, and Friday, a hot meal OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meeting is delivered to your door around noon. every Tuesday and Friday, 9:15 a.m. Senior¹s Frozen meals available. Info 613-396-6591 Centre, Bay St., Trenton. www.oa.org FREE SENIORS Exercise Classes VON SMART classes. Gentle and progressive TWEED and can be done standing or seated. Info: ON DEC. 24 the Tweed Legion will close early and will re-open on Dec. 27 at 1 pm. 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350. Merry Christmas to all from our MemWELLINGTON DISTRICT Lions Club - bership.Tweed Legion New Year party New members welcome. Club meets 2nd starting at 8 pm on Dec. 31. We will have & 4th Wednesday of month, Wellington a DJ, draws and prizes, a light lunch and Town Hall. Info: Membership Chairs Midnight toast. Admission is $15 or $25 Marilyn or Stan at 613-399-1164. couple. Information 613-478-1865. MEALS ON Wheels, Picton: Daily noon BLOOD PRESSURE Clinic: Jan 4: 23 time meal delivered to your door. Info: McCamon Ave, Seniors Building ComPrince Edward Community Care 613- mon room from 8 AM to 12PM. Program 476-7493. opened to seniors and adults with physical DINER’S CLUB, 1st Wednesday, 12-2 disabilities. Please contact Community pm. Deseronto Community Centre, $6/ Care for Central Hastings 1-800-554-1564 member. $7/non-member. Reservations to pre-register required. Call 613-396-6591
DO YOU struggle to lose weight? Have a history of yo-yo dieting? Eat out of emotions? Free Craving Change workshop at Gateway CHC to change your thinking to change your eating habits. Info: the Dietitian at 613-478-1211 ext. 228. FIT & Fun Ladies Exercise Classes: Mondays 9am Aerobics. Tuesdays 9am. Stretch & Strength. Thursdays 9am Balls & Bands. Fridays 9am Interval Training. Land O¹Lakes Curling Club, Tweed. $25/ mth or $7/class. Info: Judy 613-478-5994 or Jan 613-478-3680. FREE COMMUNITY kitchens, Gateway CHC in Tweed, third Tuesday of each month, 1:30-3:30pm. Taste new foods, learn to cook in healthy ways, and meet new people. Info or to register, call the Dietitian at 613-478-1211 ext 228. TWEED TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Mondays, 10-11:30 am, 23 McCamon Avenue, Tweed (Hillside Apartments) Common Room. Weight loss, Support - Food and Exercise plans. $2 per week. Info: Marilyn at 613-478-9957. SENIOR MEN’S ‘Huff and Puff’ Exercise Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 AM, Land O’ Lakes Curling Club. Instructed muscle toning, balance and stretching. Light weights available, bring your own mat. 7/class or $40 monthly. Show up or contact Larry: 613-478-5994
TYENDINAGA FREE LUNCH Time Fitness with Active membership at the Tyendinaga Fitness Resource Centre. $20.00 for seniors (55 +) $30.00 for adults no taxes or contracts Open to the Public. Stop in classes 12:15pm Monday to Thursday. (613) 962-2822
WARKWORTH WARKWORTH LEGION hosts Moonshot Euchre, 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Dart League, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone welcome CANADIAN CANCER Society, Warkworth Branch: Euchre, 4th Tuesday every month, 7:30 pm. $3 includes coffee and sandwiches.Everyone welcome. Warkworth Legion. Info: Kathy Ellis (705) 924-9116 TUESDAYS – 9:30am-10:30am and 5:30pm-6:30 pm st. andrew’s presbyterian church, 20 mill st, warkworth sharon abernethy: 705-632-0824 aberneth@live. com exercise classes for older adults, 55+. 30 minutes low impact aerobics, + strengthening, balance & flexibility exercises. $5/ class or an 8 week session for $40 THURSDAYS – 9:30am-10:45am st. pauls united church, 60 main st, warkworth sharon abernethy: 705-632-0824 aberneth@ live.com exercise classes for older adults, 55+. less intense class includes: mixture of standing/seated exercises – walking, marching, dance steps, strengthening, balance and relaxation. $3/class or a 10- week session for $35
WOOLER SOUP AND Sandwich Jan 2 at 11:30 am – 1 pm $7 per person Wooler United Church WOOLER UNITED Church welcomes all to join us on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and Nursery is available.
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Several Belleville schools could close as part of accommodation review Belleville – The fate of several Belleville schools will likely be decided sometime in 2017, as the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board is about to embark on what’s sure to be an emotional and complex accommodation review process. An accommodation review is a process, heavily dictated by Ministry of Education guidelines, in which a school board examines whether to close certain schools, expand certain schools or build new ones. The review is expected to take about seven months and one of the first important dates is Wednesday, Feb. 7. That’s the date of the first public meeting on the review process, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Quinte Secondary School gymnasium. There, the public can learn about the options already being discussed among school board administrators and be provided with School Information Profiles. The SIPs help provide an understanding of the context surrounding the decision to include a specific school or schools in an accommodation review. School board officials realized the review process will be tough, given that many people are emotionally connected to the schools in their neighbourhoods. But they also realize that they have to be done, so that the board ensures it’s being fiscally responsible.
“The Ministry of Education Pupil Accommodation Review Guideline released in March 2015 states that school boards are responsible for managing their school capital assets in an effective manner,” said new Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board Chair Lucille Kyle, in an email to the Belleville News. “We have to respond to program needs and changing demographics to ensure student achievement and well-being, and the financial viability/sustainability of the school board. “Over the last decade, elementary enrolment in HPEDSB has declined by 21 per cent and secondary enrolment has decreased by 26 per cent. Projections indicate that enrolment will continue to decrease over the next 10 years. “Ontario school boards are mainly funded on a per-student basis through grants from the Ministry of Education. School boards, and therefore schools, lose funding as their enrolment declines. When funding decreases, all students in a board are affected because the cost of maintaining empty space is spread across all of the schools.” Closing schools – if it has to be done – is a way for the school board to handle the financial pressure that comes with declining enrolment. “HPEDSB has significant renewal needs of $250 million over the next 10 years,” Kyle continued. “Elementary schools are, on average, 5 4
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years of age. Secondary schools are, on average, 60 years of age. As well, recent funding formula changes for school operations indicate that it will not be possible to operate and maintain existing facilities at their current level of utilization.” That said, Kyle stressed that the school board does not intend to compromise the education students receive. “While there are savings through consolidating and/ or closing schools, our focus in on providing the best possible programming for our students,” she said. At a school board meeting in November, trustees voted to begin the accommodation review process. A report that was publicized that day listed the options that are on the table for Belleville schools. They’re divided into two options. They are as follows: Option 1 (the preferred
option) • Close Hillcrest School and consolidate students at Prince of Wales Public School and Park Dale School for September 2017. • Revise the boundary for Park Dale School to balance enrolment between Park Dale School and Prince of Wales Public School for September 2017. • Close Quinte Secondary School and modify boundaries so that some students move to Centennial Secondary School for September 2018. • Close Moira Secondary School and seek Ministry of Education funding/approval to build a new Grade 9-12 secondary school which consolidates Moira Secondary School and Quinte Secondary School in the east end of Belleville for September 2020. • Close Queen Elizabeth Public School and Queen Victoria School and seek Ministry of Educa-
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Eight-year-old Addie Reid and her mom, Stephanie, on the left, dropped in to the Christmas book sale with a volunteer Ailsa Wood. Sue Dickens/Metroland
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Marmora – Books filled tables at the Marmora and Lake Public Library for the semi-annual book sale, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Library. “We have two sales a year, a Christmas book sale and a book sale on the 1st of July,” said Friends of the Library volunteer Ailsa Wood. “These are books that have been donated to the Friends,” she added, noting, “In addition to these two book sales we have an ongoing sale of books on shelves downstairs all of the time. So people can go down when the li-
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Hospital presents service awards Campbellford – Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH) celebrated and recognized the achievements of staff and physicians at its annual holiday celebration Dec. 3. “We’ve introduced new and expanded programs this year that we should be proud of. This is only possible because of the commitment, energy and pride of our staff, physicians, volunteers, community leaders and fundraising team,” noted Brad Hilker, president and CEO. Angela McEwen is the recipient of this year’s Marie Reid Bursary also known as the Sunshine Award. Each year the hospital presents this special award to a staff member who has contributed to the well-being and culture of the hospital in the spirit of enthusiasm and interest. “This award recognizes the legacy of Marie Reid, a dedicated registered nurse, department head, co-worker, loving wife, mother and special friend to many people,” said Hilker. Blair Fleming was this year’s winner of the Hospital’s CEO Education Bursary. The bursary is awarded annually to a staff member who has advanced their skills through continuing education. As a strong advocate of continuing education, CEO Brad Hilker is personally funding this annual award through the hospital Foundation. The bursary, with a value up to $250, is open to all
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CMH employees. Blair recently completed the Food Service Worker course at Fleming College. “The hospital is very fortunate to have staff members like Blair who continue to pursue educational opportunities ensuring excellence in patient care,” said Hilker at the event. The hospital also presented its long-service awards. The longest serving included Barb Scott was recognized for 35 years of service and Lynda Tinney for 30 years of experience. Twenty-five year service awards went to: Lori Nickle, Marilyn Petherick and Mary Thompson. Hilker also spoke about some of the accomplishments which include the expansion of ultrasound services including echocardiography; introducing outpatient orthopaedic services and expanding vascular day surgery services; starting a VON-run adult day program operating out of the multicare lodge; and partnering with Community Living so that individuals that are aging can remain in the homes with community supports. He also highlighted some changes to the hospital’s inpatient physician model including the successful recruitment of new locums and a partnership with Northumberland Hills Hospital.
Norwood – Voting by internet or telephone could be available to AsphodelNorwood electors in the 2018 municipal election. Township council has endorsed the initiative which has received unanimous support from the Peterborough County Clerks and Treasurers Association which advocates the use of technology to streamline election efficiency and improve voter turnout. A number of Ontario municipalities are opting for internet-telephone voting in 2018. The Township of Cavan-Monaghan used internet-telephone voting successfully in 2014 eliciting the largest voter turnout (47.2 per cent) in four elections. Results from that election were also available 24 minutes after voting closed; in AsphodelNorwood it took three-and-a-half hours to tally votes. Asphodel-Norwood CAO-Clerk-Treasurer Candice White says clerks from all eight of the county’s municipalities are taking the proposal back to their councils. Councils in Douro-Dummer and Otonabee South-Monaghan have already approved the proposal. With all eight on board, they’ll submit a “unified” group request for quotation from companies specializing in electronic voting
technology. A group request would be “more efficient,” she said. Whoever is selected will be invited to speak to council about the process. White says electors would be issued a pin number, which would be unusable once an individual had voted. There would be a voter kiosk with iPad and dedicated phone line at the town hall that can be used by people without internet or those who want the flavour of a traditional voting experience. Election officials can take the iPads to the local retirement home so residents can cast ballots. There are “convenient options” for voters, White says. White’s confident that Asphodel-Norwood would “see a big voter increase” as they did in Cavan-Monaghan which also saw a jump in voting by 18-25-year-olds, a demographic notoriously indifferent to voting in municipal elections. In 2014, Asphodel-Norwood had nine volunteers tallying votes, a process that dragged on until nearly midnight. Voter turnout was 57.65 per cent The cost won’t be known until the RFP is tendered. White says “preliminary research” indicates the cost at around $3.30 per voter plus the cost of the kiosks, training and staff time; electronic voter kits are 19 cents each.
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Liam Connelly was presented with the 2016 Havelock Ministerial Christian Youth Service Award by Reverend David Estabrooks at the annual community carol service Dec. 14 at Havelock Trent River United Church. Bill Freeman/Metroland
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Havelock – Liam Connelly will not forget the 2016 Havelock Community Carol Service. The grade 11 Holy Cross honour student was the “surprised” recipient of the Havelock Ministerial Association’s Christian Youth Service Award, accepting the honour from Reverend David Estabrooks before a full house at Havelock Trent River United Church. The presentation is always a highlight of the annual community service and Liam was following in the footsteps of his older brother Nicholas who received the award in 2011. “I was very surprised and just thankful,” the Havelock-BelmontMethuen resident said afterwards. “I was told we were coming to the service and just before I got here they announced it. I was nervous being in front of everyone but happy too,” he said. Liam is a graduate of St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in Norwood where he was a regular member of the honour roll and the school’s top science student and athlete in grade eight. He served as an altar boy at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Havelock until graduating from grade eight. Liam was very active in school life at St. Paul and has continued to
be very involved in life at Holy Cross where he is a member of the Rambler’s Club, an outdoor education group, plays soccer, participates in the Terry Fox Run and fundraises for “Wells and Hope.” He also volunteers at Sacred Heart Elementary School and mentors younger students. St. Paul teacher Lisa Cossar says Liam, “always treated others in a positive way and made others feel welcome and included.” “It’s just a recognition to encourage our youth and we’re very happy to do that,” says Ministerial chair Reverend David Estabrooks. “It recognizes the impact youth have on within their faith communities and surrounding communities.” These youth are future leaders, Rev. Estabrooks
Trent Hills handed out its annual long-term service awards to employees Dec. 20. Manager of roads and urban services Neil Allanson and utility billing supervisor/ deputy tax collector Bonnie Hie were the longest serving of the nine staff employees and crossing guards recognized, having been with the municipality 30 years. Allanson started his career with Seymour Township and Hie with the Village of Hastings before the two were amalgamated with Percy Township and the Town of Campbellford in 2001.
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