The Kawartha Promoter, April 17, 2015

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City Hall

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CoKL Review

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Trades & Services

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Horoscope

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From My Perch

Cover: Max Miller

When my son Thom was about 12, he passed me in the hall one evening as he came in from scouts. He had something on his shirt.

“What’s that?” I asked.

Beaming with pride, he turned so I could see the button there. It featured the smiling face of his scoutmaster, Skip, with the bold phrase printed round it: “TWIT OF THE WEEK.”

“Skip always calls us: ‘You twit,’ when we do something silly,” he explained. “Well, whoever gets called a twit the most at each meeting gets to wear this button for the week.” Thom was clearly delighted.

I tell this story because it illustrates some wonderful truths about Al McMaster—aka Skip. He had a lively, mischievous sense of fun, he loved his cubs and scouts (and they loved him), and in his hands an apparent insult became a compliment.

The Promoter is a local, independently owned and operated Skip died April 4, at the age of 88. news magazine. The opinions and views expressed are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of He was a warm and deeply caring man The Promoter. Liability for incorrectly displayed or placed advertisements is limited to publishing corrections or providing who seemed to take a never-ending advertising credit to be applied on subsequent advertisements delight in the wonders of the world at the advertiser’s discretion. in which he found himself. I will be forever grateful for the few short years I got to know him through my sons.

Like them, I stood in awe of Skip’s boundless energy and enthusiasm, his fine artistic skills, and his deep

knowledge of woods lore and camp craft.

Already well into his 70s, he wore me and many scouts out on long, educational and fun tramps through the Kawartha Al (Skip) McMaster countryside. and great grandson,

So much Quinn Mongrain of producing a local paper is about chronicling the endless doings of volunteers—donated time and energy that so enriches our communities. It’s fitting that I write these memories of Skip during volunteer-appreciation week. Skip and his late wife, Jackie, could together boast more than a century of volunteer service in scouting and guides—in Winnipeg, Toronto and Kawartha Lakes

Whoever wrote Skip’s obituary, said it perfectly: “Al was a true gentleman in every sense. He genuinely lived the values that he spent his entire life sharing with others, and the impact he had on so many lives will never be forgotten.”

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Village Voice The Promoter reserves the right to edit Letters to the Editor for length and clarity. Please include your email or mailing address and daytime phone number (not for publication). All opinions expressed are those of the writer.

Military aggression invites terrorism

After following recent media events involving the three main parties discussing Bill C-51 and the federal Conservative Party’s proposal to expand military aggression in Iraq and Syria, I am left repulsed. On digesting the rational, I fear more the actions of our own government than anything else.

Both these initiatives are being justified by fear and bias, the objective being to stampede the mind of the common citizen into submissive support. Any time fear is used by a governing body, we should be concerned and question the objectives.

Take the example of Bill C-51, an omnibus bill modifying not less than 15 Acts. Under pretext of preserving our security, C-51 unnecessarily opens avenues to enact suppression, oppression and aggression against both citizens at home and unknown targets abroad. It enables covert action under our flag that we may only know about when we, the citizens, suffer the consequences.

Worse, Mr. Harper and his supporters intended to grant all these new powers with little or no

provisions for adequate independent oversight.

Why would it introduce such an important bill whilst making every attempt possible to suppress open parliamentary discussion?

The government’s proposal that ramping up belligerent interference in Syria will stem the growth of ISIS, or better the lives of citizens there, is at best extremely naive. This interference will attract attention and invite acts of terrorism against all citizens.

When one considers the complex history, roots, longevity and growth of problems in the Middle East, a government that chooses to throw fuel at a conflict before making any attempt to defuse the situation has to ring alarm bells in any sane person’s mind.

The reality is, terrorism is born out of injustice, and if left unresolved, it festers into the unrest and radicalism we see today. When we condone the injustice of the criminal Iraq war, turn our backs on justice and behave more like a rogue state, it sends a clear message around the world. Let’s not forget the collective West has committed plenty of injustice in this region.

The record shows that Stephen Harper and his government really have little interest in justice when it does not fit with their agenda.

Take Harper’s effusive support for Netanyahu’s Israel, a country with a long litany of UN violations.

Israel brought terrorism to the indigenous Palestinian people of the area from day one, and has never

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ceased to suppress them. The Palestinians are the “Inconvenient Indians” of the state of Israel.

Take Harper’s handling of the burqa issue and the Citizenship Ceremony. What threat does this very small minority pose to our economy and safety? The prime minister appeals to common ignorant prejudice rather than to policies of religious tolerance. Prospective citizens have already been screened by government services under his watch.

At the end of the day I am left wondering what is the purpose of these policies? They increase our liability, increase our expenditure with no end in sight, and do everything but ensure our security.

All with no mention at all of the impact on the government’s cornerstone policy “The Economy.”

John Main Bobcaygeon

Defending editorial opinion

My wife continually “urges” me to “get rid of little newspaper clippings stuffed in all our books.

One of my well-hidden treasures has been the entire September 19, 2014, edition of The Kawartha Promoter. I squirreled it away because one letter in Village Voice rankled, and still disturbs, me. It was from David Bowland of Bobcaygeon, and it read:

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vandalism to take pot shots at a prime minister and political view he doesn’t like?

“Trying to equate sign vandalism with wanting to cut the length of census forms is underhanded and takes the focus away from a serious municipal election issue.

“I would like to see you keep your political views out of The Promoter and stay focused on our community.”

On Friday March 20, The Promoter arrived in my Fenelon Township mailbox and on page three was an effective column by the editor which wound up with, “Canadian Muslims feel threatened and vilified by knee-jerk reactions like MP Larry Miller’s recent outburst, and our government wants to give its secret agencies, additional powers with Bill C-51.

We are heading the wrong way.”

Editor John Bird was surely giving an opinion, which I feel was designed to ensure “a thinking

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Canadian, is a good Canadian.”

Citizen Bowland, “the teachers teach; the preachers preach, and the miners they dig in the mines.” It’s what “ink-stained wretches” in newsrooms do. Editor Bird in his editorial last week warned, “We have travelled across oceans to engage in these conflicts. We are headed the wrong way.”

Surely, the quote from September 2014 was an indication that there are those in our city who believe control of media editorials is valid. John Bird showed us he knows what an editorial writer must do.

I believe I shall “squirrel away” my copy of my latest Promoter.

no-good-nick Nazi perpetrators. Yet, after the war, America gave asylum to some of the same Nazis. And, now America is committing the same atrocities they accused the Nazis of—both on their own people and on the world at large.

Shortly after 9/11, Washington came up with a plan to invade and bring regime change to seven middle-eastern nations within five years: Iraq, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan and Somalia.

Two down, five to go. Presently Syria is the target.

We can also add the Ukraine to that list, since the CIA inspired and contributed to the coup that ousted the democratically elected government there.

ISIS and al Qaeda both were created by the CIA to advance their secret war agendas all across the globe. Now they have grown into monsters that even the CIA can no longer control.

Yes, we have to destroy these two groups.

However, that is going to be difficult as long as America continues to fund, arm and train them.

Washington’s agenda also includes the total destruction of Russia and China, their two main competitors for total global domination. It was leaked more than two years ago that they already had a plan in place and ready to implement, to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes against both Russia and China—and they only had a narrow window of opportunity to do so.

Of course, Russia and China have been working

R.G.F Crowley former north Fenelon Township

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world

First of all I’d like to congratulate you for finally progressing into the realm of real news. All the local news is cute and everything, but I like columns with meat (like your last one).

America rose from the ashes of WW2 to become the top dog on the global scene. But since then they have been sliding from the foremost democratic nation on earth to a totalitarian dictatorship.

I first became aware of this after watching an American-made WW2 propaganda film proclaiming all the atrocities committed by the

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furiously to develop a counter strategy—which I am sure includes a pre-emptive strike against America (and all NATO nations).

At this very moment, we have nuclear Russian and Chinese subs lurking just outside our territorial waters, with their fingers on the nuclear button, awaiting orders to launch. Thank you America.

On April 1, it was published that one Russian nuclear analyst is advising Putin to drop a nuke on Yellowstone and the San Andreas Fault. Yellowstone hosts one of the world’s greatest volcanoes and has for the last couple of years, been showing signs of an imminent eruption. On its own, such an eruption could wipe out most of Western America and Canada. Who knows how much more destructive it would be if hit by a nuke.

Of course, the San Andreas Fault has been a source of concern for many years, and scientists have warned that when it goes, most of the west coast of the US will become part of the ocean floor

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(and perhaps our west coast too). The tidal wave from such an event will be massive and will wipe out much life in numerous other nations.

This is the kind of world America has led us into.

While it is my hope that calmer, more intelligent and reasonable heads prevail, history and common sense tells me we are all FUBARed (“fouled up beyond all repair,” to put it politely—ed.).

Gary Primo Fenelon Falls

How about a market at old Fenelon arena

I was interested when in the meeting regarding the old Bond street arena in Fenelon Falls, Ward 6 Councillor Doug Elmslie mentioned that the City of Kawartha Lakes would not be putting any money into the old arena.

I think we have two issues here. The first decision is what to do with the old arena and the second decision will be based on the first decision.

If it is decided to turn it into an open-air facility then Fenelon Falls proper will need to find a way for ongoing support.

If the City of Kawartha Lakes would provide on-going maintenance to the parking lot that has been proposed, could that money not be used towards the maintenance and beautification of an open-air market?

It seems from the community meeting that our local councillor, rather than listening to many people looking for a positive community-based solution, wants to wash his hands of the whole thing as he doesn’t have a “warm and fuzzy” feeling about this. I would like to know from our councillor how putting in a parking lot provides a benefit to Fenelon Falls, instead of having an openair community space using the example of Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works. Some of the festivals they have in a year include: Wild Blueberry Festival; Urban Watershed Festival; Garlic Festival; Festival of Beer (Craft Beer); Art Fusion; Sunday Marche; and a Family Bike Festival It seems we have two ideas of what to do with the old site: 1) conversion to an open-air community hub; or 2) demolition of the building into a parking lot

An open-air community pavilion hub like the Evergreen Brick, I thinks provides more benefits to the community of Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon and even the City of Kawartha Lakes. I have heard that by removing the walls and leaving the roof it will free the space for many uses, such as: farmers market; hockey; seniors walking track; music venue; craft market; antique car show, etc.

I would like to understand from our councillor how a parking lot will improve and provide an economic benefit to Fenelon Falls and the surrounding areas.

At least with a covered open-air market, we can have different events that can provide revenue to the area whereas with a parking lot what

economic and cultural benefit will Fenelon Falls and surrounding area get out of it.

It sounds like our councillor is not ready to listen to ideas from the community to better the area. I hope the council thinks differently when next brought up for discussion and we’ll have the support of the new mayor and other councillors to help make the right move to improve Fenelon Falls with the addition of an open-air roofed pavilion.

D. Agnew Fenelon Falls

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Thank you for the contribution from The Kawartha Promoter towards the Village Baptist Church community pancake breakfast, held at the Bobcaygeon Legion on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 17.

This was our fourth such breakfast, our best yet, and we are delighted with the way this annual feature has been received by the community.

This was not a fund-raising event. The Bobcaygeon legion once again, very graciously provided their facilities for the occasion, and our VJ, Dave Cameron, provided an warm and welcome atmosphere. Your contribution has also helped make it possible for us to provide the breakfast to the community for free.

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City Hall Big news for Big Island

By Glenna Burns

Mike Wilson, the owner since 2011 of Boyd Island (also known as Big Island) in Pigeon Lake, is turning over the 1,200-acre property (about 486 hectares) to the Kawartha Land Trust.

Wilson will retain two lots (approximately 10 acres) on the island. The remaining land will remain open space.

Boyd Island has long been a landmark of the Trent-Severn Waterway, and Wilson, well known for his philanthropy, wants to see it protected

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into the future. The island has a unique history important to both First Nations and the early European settlement of the area. It’s also naturally significant to the Pigeon Lake watershed.

In the 1960s, Parks Canada identified Indian Point on Balsam Lake, Burleigh Falls and Boyd Island as the three most significant areas on the TrentSevern Waterway, says Mike Hendren, executive chair of Kawartha Land Trust. But since then, the island’s future has repeatedly been in question as various owners have bought and sold it.

EcoVue Consulting President Heather Sadler, representing Wilson, told the Trent Lakes Council at it’s April 7 meeting that she had met with Peterborough County, Township staff and the North Pigeon Lake Ratepayers Association regarding changes to the already existing lot plans for the island. Currently the land has 92 approved lots.

Deputy Mayor Ron Windover questioned what the loss of revenue would be with this new nondevelopment for the island.

Mayor Bev Matthews replied that she could not see much loss of revenue. Trent Lakes now receives about $11,000 annually in taxes from the island owner. If the current owner retains and builds on two properties, lost revenue can be recouped.

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Some municipalities have their storm water conveyed to a waste-water plant to be treated with sewage. But increased flow in a storm can cause sewage to overflow into local water bodies.

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Trent Lakes council has approved a proposal from Public Works Superintendent Ivan Coumbs to spend $500 to erect a warning sign before a dangerous hill on Adams Cummings Road, and reduce the speed limit to 40 km.

Coumbs suggestion came in response to an earlier delegation by David McKinstry, president of the Sandy Lake Cottagers Association, concerned about the danger posed by the hill.

The hill is situated on a limestone ledge, which makes it difficult to deal with, said Coumbs.

Reducing its size would cost between $50,000 and $100,000, and could possibly lead to even more speeding vehicles, he suggested.

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Highway 407 East is good to go

The Ontario government has signed a $1.2-billion, fixed-priced contract with Blackbird Infrastructure to design, build, finance and maintain the final phase of Highway 407 East, through to Highway 35/115.

“The extension is essential for creating good local jobs, growing the economy and reducing traffic congestion,” says Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal. It will also help relieve congestion, and make area roads safer by providing emergency detour routes in the area.

Construction should begin this fall from Harmony Road to Taunton Road/Highway 418 and be completed by December 2017. The remainder will open in 2020.

The project will also include building Highway 418, a new 10-km, north-south highway link from Highway 407 to Highway 401 east of Oshawa.

Like the original 407 ETR, this new highway extension will be a toll road, but the province says initial tolls on Highway 407 will be lower than on 407 ETR. The province will set and regulate tolls, and use toll revenue to fund new infrastructure and transit projects.

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CONSUMER FEATURE

New program provides emergency mortgage loans to homeowners On November 1, 2014, Expert Mortgage launched the “85-Alive” program in Ontario. The concept was simple: as long as you had a pulse, Expert Mortgage would provide you with a home equity loan, up to 85 per cent of the value of your property. No job required.

Bad credit, OK. The reason why Expert Mortgage could offer a “no questions asked” lending program, while the major banks could not, is that they represent over 400 private lenders who lend strictly on property value. These subprime lenders specialize in mortgage clients who have had some bad luck, and need a helping hand until they get back on their feet.

The program has been so successful that Expert Mortgage can barely keep up with the volume of calls. To help fund this unexpectedly large number of borrowers, it has partnered up with dozens more private lenders.

Licensed Mortgage Agent Susan Given Expert Mortgage’s “85-Alive” representative for the Bobcaygeon, Orillia and Muskoka regions. says, “We’re seeing mostly homeowners behind on mortgage and property taxes. The banks are refusing to restructure their loans.

Many of these people have lost jobs due to the bad economy... or they’re selfemployed. Unless you are a perfect applicant, the bank doesn’t want to talk to you.”

But not everyone condones Expert Mortgage’s easy lending criteria. A local real estate agent with 25 years of experience, who has asked to remain anonymous, says, “When this market turns down, it’s going to get ugly! It’s utter financial suicide for Expert Mortgage to be giving money away so easily to clients without the ability to make payments.

I’d be surprised if they’re still in business five years from now.”

Nonetheless, homeowners like

Anita P. don’t see a problem with the program. When questioned on how she plans on making payments on her mortgage when she has no income, Anita responds, “We were four months behind on our mortgage and they saved our house. My husband has been unemployed for nine months. He won’t be unemployed forever. We used the 85-Alive loan to pay off all our debits. We also had $25,000

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‘The envelope please,’ at Caygeon chamber’s awards

By Bob Hughes

Once again, for the 36th consecutive year, area residents have recognized the value of volunteer community service and involvement by nominating their friends and neighbours for the prestigious Bobcaygeon and Area Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence.

The ceremonies will be held Saturday, April 25, at the Lakefield Arts Barn, County Road 17 (Pigeon Lake Road), starting at 5:30 pm.

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The awards are the centerpiece of the chamber’s spring dinner and social evening, which will also feature silent and loonie auctions.

This year’s nominees are: Citizen of the Year: Andrew Harris, Sarah Quick, Ted Johnston.

Outstanding Business Leader: Lakeview Arts Barn, Retirement Suites of Kawartha Lakes, EggSmart.

Outstanding Service Volunteer Organization: Janet Martin (Mobile Computers), Lisa Humphries (Bobcaygeon Fall Fair), Emily Wilson (Chamber of Commerce committees).

Outstanding Youth: Rachel Charity.

Employee of the Year: Samantha Taylor (Confederation Log Homes), Julie Lummiss (Happy Days Houseboats) Outstanding Business Achievement: Stewart Morrison Insurance, Eganridge Inn and Spa, Northern Leisure, Gilstorf & Gray, British Empire Fuels.

All that’s left is for you—the nominees’ appreciative friends, neighbours and relations— to show up at the event ready to applaud these extraordinary people when the winners are announced.

Tickets can be purchased from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, at the Chamber of Commerce office, 21 Canal Street East.

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What is happening to Canada?

— Guest column

By Mieke Schipper

It is about 40 years since I came to Canada and Bobcaygeon with two small children. Except for an incident in the very first week, we have been welcomed with open arms by the business community, church, school and community.

For the next 35 years or so, I ran a business, was involved in the parent-teacher association, and volunteered with social justice organizations and an environmental organization. The last one, I continue to do till today. It has been great.

However, over the last couple of years I have become uncomfortable. That has increased dramatically in the last year. The Immigration and Citizenship law has been changed, the “Fair” Elections Act has made things different, and now we have the anti-terrorist Bill C-51.

Do I really have to look over my shoulder to watch out for criminals? For jihadists? I fear neither.

I do fear the changes these pieces of legislation are making to the Canada I know. What is the problem with Muslims bringing parts of their traditions, culture and religion with them here?

What is the issue with women choosing what they want to wear? A niqab or hijab? Be it for religious

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reasons, modesty or any other reason.

What has made us suddenly so intolerant?

Four hundred years ago, there were no Catholic or Protestant churches here. Our predecessors brought those with them from their homelands. For example, the Dutch brought their own church, the Christian Reformed Church, and they have their own Christian schools and retirement homes.

What happened to this tolerant, peace-loving society? So tolerant, that it embraced the intolerants as a matter of normal day-to-day relationships and simply because Canada believed in and respected other points of view and accepted them.

But now it seems, the intolerants have power, and suddenly there is exclusion and division. It is Us and Them. If you are not for us, you are against us. I am so sad that this is happening.

How can we become a society again that does not make war, or participate in wars? Once we were at the forefront of nations with 10,000 peacekeepers. Now we are number 53 on the list of countries who contribute to peacekeeping.

What happened to diplomacy? Embassies and consulates have been closed. We no longer have a voice in solving conflicts.

I would just like us again to be a society that is inclusive, that accepts other points of view, that embraces other cultures and that respects those whose land this originally was.

Please let’s work together to move forward to a balanced economy. When tourism and agriculture (the economic drivers of our area), and manufacturing, transportation and resource development again are all part of the economic package and spread out over the country.

Lately, all eggs have been put in one basket.

The focus has been completely on trying to make Canada a resource super power to the exclusion of all other economic sectors. And has that ever hurt our area. Think of the Trent-Severn Waterway.

The economy is NOT doing well, no matter what we are told. Talk to tourist operators, farmers, young people who if they are so lucky to have a job, hop from one contract to another, never knowing security, or what is to come tomorrow.

They all deserve better.

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Kawartha Lakes farmer has best acre

“The difference between a successful farmer and his polar opposite is almost always the way the farmer manages his business,” says Kurtis Peeters, an organic corn grower from Kawartha Lakes who can now boast the most profitable acre of grain in the province.

Peeters is the winner of the Most Profitable Acre Challenge,

a competition organized by the Agri-food Management Institute (AMI) and presented in partnership with Grain Farmers of Ontario.

To increase efficiency and profitability, Peeters tracks his input costs, has a written marketing plan, is a member of a business-management club, has a written business plan, and sees a farm advisor on a regular basis.

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out of the picture, which means less stress,” says Peeters. “Plans and goals are essential to profitability.”

“Rarely are luck and chance to blame for a profitable farmer,” he adds, “though you could probably say winning this competition was chance.”

The business-skills competition looks at input costs, production practices, yield, marketing tactics, and business-management practices to determine the farmer with the most profitable acre harvested in corn or soybean production in Ontario.

Partly attributing his success to high organic crop prices in 2014, Peeters says knowing his cost of production and utilizing best business management techniques has influenced his bottom line year after year.

Nineteen farmers entered the competition.

“We are pleased to see farmers recognizing that proactive approaches to business through planning and best-practice sharing create profitable, efficient operations,” said Brenda Lammens, board chair of AMI. “It encourages all farmers to start dedicating as much time and effort to the management side of their business as they spend in the field.”

Agriculture and the agrifood sector is a mainstay of the economy in Kawartha Lakes.

Farm Cash Receipts or sales of farm products in Kawartha Lakes continue to increase.

The total reached over $116.9 million in 2013, which was a ten-million dollar increase over 2012 figures. The biggest change in the last year was seen in soybeans which jumped from sales of $12 million to $19 million.

At nearly nine percent increase, Kawartha Lakes’ receipts jumped significantly more than the 2.5 percent growth seen across the province.

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Alderville ecologist/ artist shares traditional knowledge

Rick Beaver, Research and Restoration Coordinator at Alderville Black Oak Savanna, artist, and member of Alderville First Nation, will give a talk on May 14 at Peterborough’s Market Hall.

Rick will share from his rich experience as a Restoration Ecologist and Artist, and from his a deep understanding about ecosystem health based on his background in western biology and as a holder of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

The event begins at 7:15 pm. Doors open at 6:30, and there will be displays and a chance to mix and mingle over a cash bar.

This second talk in a spring series, “A Sense of Place: Perspectives on Relationship to Land and Water in the Kawarthas,” is sponsored by Kawartha Land Trust and Trent University. It will explore—through the lenses of biology, wildlife ecology, psychology, traditional ecological knowledge, history, personal interest and lived experience—how people connect to this beautiful area we inhabit together.

Indigenous quilter shares stories at Trinity United

Internationally known quilter Alice Olsen Williams, from Curve Lake, will share stories and First Nations and medicine wheel teachings at Trinity United Church’s 10:30 service on Sunday, April 19.

The visit is timely, as Trinity United Church launches an April 22 study (7 pm; all welcome) on Thomas King’s book about Indigenous-Settler relations, The Inconvenient Indian, and prepares for the wrap-up of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Ottawa May 31-June 3.

Alice was born in Trout Lake, on her Anishinaabe grandparents’ winter grounds, 225 km north of Kenora, the traditional homeland of her mother’s people. She later moved to her husband, Doug’s, home at Curve Lake First Nation, where (while raising their four children) she discovered quilting.

She mastered hand-quilting techniques and developed the basic concepts for the distinctive, unbelievably beautiful quilt-work for which she is known. She blends expressions of Anishinaabe beliefs, traditions and ideology, with reflections on

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One of Alice’s goals is to show how quilting can bring healing, companionship and comfort to women, by sharing experiences and expressing their feelings through the arts.

Her quilts and wall-hangings have been exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Michigan State University Museum, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and many other museums and galleries.

Alice is also chair of the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group that meets in Peterborough, a local expression of the TRC.

Visit Alice’s website at www.pimaatisiwinquilts.com to learn more.

Trinity continues to make Indigenous-Settler relations a focus of its ministry: • High school youth can learn about “Travelling Toward Right Relations” in a camping experience at Curve Lake First Nation, June 25-27. The camp will include a visit to the Petroglyphs.

• “All Our Relations” is a children’s summer camp that will bring Anishnaabe (local First Nations) spiritual teachings into conversation with Christian spiritual teachings. This camp will run mornings from July 6-10 at the church.

For information about any of the above, call Rev. Rodney at 705-739-5135.

Spring melt brings hazardous conditions near water

Spring is here, and with it comes melting snow, rain, and the break-up of ice along rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes. Kawartha Conservation reminds parents and caregivers to be alert to the dangers near the water.

• As temperatures rise above zero, thinning ice will become hazardous.

• Waters will be fast flowing.

• Water levels will be higher than normal.

• Waters are still extremely cold.

• River banks and other areas next to water may become slippery and unsafe.

Kawartha Conservation monitors water levels year round as part of its flood forecasting and warning program and is closely watching spring water levels. If conditions warrant, a flood message will be issued to advise watershed municipalities and the public of any developing situation.

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Something for academically inclined farmers

The Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is awarding three travel-study scholarships of $15,000 each for 2016 “to enthusiastic individuals, with a passion for agriculture and a desire to expand their knowledge, pursue new ideas and to share their findings with others.”

“The Nuffield Farming Scholarship provides innovative Canadians with the funding to travel internationally to explore agricultural issues and opportunities in a global context,” says Kelvin Meadows, trust chair and 2011 Scholar.

“Through allowing scholars to further develop their capabilities, we enable them to be better farmers, business managers and leaders and make a significant contribution to Canadian agriculture.”

The successful recipient must travel for a minimum of ten weeks, including a leg of at least six

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The trust says scholarships will be “awarded to men and women who are judged to have the greatest potential to create value for themselves, their industries and their communities, through the doors which will be opened and the opportunities provided for life-long learning and improvement.”

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Key factors in making the awards will also include the strength of the applicants’ vision, enthusiasm and determination to pursue their goals.

Scholars must complete their project within two years of winning the award and are expected to produce a written report and present their findings.

But the scholarships are not for those involved in full-time studies or to further already existing research projects.

The winners must also participate in the Contemporary Scholars Conference, where they will meet other current scholars from around the world. The 2016 Conference will be held in Ireland in early March.

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Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary wants you

In order to continue its valuable support to the community and the Legion, the Bobcaygeon Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary has launched a membership drive.

Membership is open to all ladies over the age of majority.

Joining the Auxiliary means you can offer your input and

support to make a difference.

The Bobcaygeon Legion Ladies Auxiliary has been active in the community for more than 60 years. It is a vital part of the work and support of the Legion and Canada’s Veterans by helping the branch with dinners, bazaars, bake/craft sales, to raise money.

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Applications to join the Ladies Auxiliary are available at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #239.

Are you a Diva?

This day’s for you

Calling all Divas to Fenelon Falls on Saturday, May 23 from 1-9 pm.

Participating stores are open until 9 pm for all Divas young and old to shop and enjoy the fun and laughter.

Come downtown to the headquarters at the CIBC corner to fill out ballots for our draws.

The first 200 ladies will receive free flowers, while live music will entertain all. The draws will be at 3 pm and 8 pm, and ladies have to be present to win.

The Splash into Summer Fashion show will kick off at the Chamber of Commerce building, Oak and May Streets at 6 pm.

Restaurants will serve you fabulous food and exotic drinks.

Strap on your comfortable shoes, grab the girls and come to Fenelon Falls for the Diva afternoon and evening activities.

You and your friends will have a great time. See you there.

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Kawartha Lakes Core Service Review What You Need To Know

In an effort to find savings, improve performance and find a better way of doing business, the City launched an Initiative Management program in 2013 based on the principles of Lean and Six Sigma.

We have realized savings through the implementation of the program and I am pleased to tell you that your Council and senior staff have begun a process to expand on those results with a core service review of all City operations and services.

For years Kawartha Lakes has had to deal with outdated and failing infrastructure, a limited tax base, continual provincial downloading and uncontrollable expenses.

Simply put, the City has passed budgets with two to three percent tax increases to sustain existing service levels which has only served to further the gap in where we are and where we need to be.

We know that we are on a financial path that is not sustainable for our residents, for our businesses and for our City.

Our reality is clear and undeniable. We know that in order to maintain our current services in 2016 and beyond we will require a significant financial investment.

We have limited options for achieving that.

1. We can add to the tax increases each year.

2. We can increase the City’s debt ceiling which will have to be paid back eventually.

3. We can increase user fees and rates for different services.

4. We can reduce the services offered, or the level of some services; Or 5. A combination of all four.

For the financial success of our City, and to be responsible and fair to all of our residents now and in the future we need to find ways to reduce our costs.

Then we can achieve a balance between the services we want and need and the services we can afford.

Council and senior staff have begun looking at every department and service within our City. We will begin discussions on where we need to go and how we’re going to get there.

These won’t be easy discussions or easy decisions, but they are necessary. They are needed to ensure we are meeting the needs of our residents while ensuring that we are providing only those services that our residents can afford – no more, no less.

We must not find ourselves hiding our heads in the sand. The time to be pro-active and forward thinking is now.

Andy Letham Mayor

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Where Does Our Money Come From?

Other, $8,348,968 User Fees, $18,454,856

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Grants, $51,017,900 Taxes, $91,158,465

The City relies on three main areas for revenue in order to operate the City.

1. Taxes 2. Grants 3. User Fees

In 2015 the City will collect $91,158,465 in property taxes, receive $51,017,900 in Grants & is budgeted to generate $18,454,856 in User Fees.

Uncontrollable Costs $3,500,000

Insurance

$3,110,438

$3,000,000 $2,500,000

$2,339,653

$2,507,090

2013 Actual

2014 Actual

Insurance Costs are one example of expenditures the City must pay that we have no control over.

As you can see, Insurance Costs have risen more than $1 million since 2012.

$2,078,148

$2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 2012 Actual

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2015 Budget

Uncontrollable Costs

Policing Costs for both the Kawartha Lakes Police Service (KLPS) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is one area where the City has seen significant increases.

Policing costs have increased by over $2.6 million since 2012 with an estimated increase in 2016 of an additional $1.73 million. In 2015 to reduce the impact to the tax payer $1,215,884 was used from the Police Area Rate Reserves.

This cannot be repeated as currently the remaining balance between the two reserves is $306,000 for KLPS.

Total Policing Costs (OPP & KLPS)

$16,000,000 $13,295,320

$14,000,000 $12,000,000

$12,044,679

$14,680,881

$12,623,209

$10,000,000 $8,000,000 $6,000,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 2012 Actual

2013 Actual

2014 Actual

2015 Budget

Debt & Debt Repayment Since 2012, total debt has increased by $13,782,505, with the largest increase occurring in 2015. If the City continues to maintain the existing service level, the amount of outstanding debt will continue to grow. With decreased interest rates, the annual repayment of principal and interest has not increased at the same rate, but is increasing and will continue as approved projects are completed and debt is incurred.

2012 Debt $62,161,507 Debt Repayment (Interest & Principle) $ 9,356,814

2013 $62,956,417

2014 $57,318,540

2015 $75,944,013

$ 9,114,263

$ 8,080,255

$ 9,456,360

2016 Projected Budget Pressures OPP 2016 Projected Increase OPP 2015 Increase covered by reserve no longer available KLPS 2016 Projected Increase Reserves used to balance the 2015 Budget that are no longer available Insurance 2016 Projected Requirements Utilities Projected 2016 Increase Winter Control Operations Projected 2016 Increase Salaries and Benefits Projected Increase Use of 2015 anticipated Land Sales to balance budget General Operations 2016 Projected Increase Restore Capital Tax Levy support to the 2014 level plus 1% TOTAL

$ 1,371,733 $ 937,082 $ 400,845 $ 555,417 $ 980,000 $ 200,000 $ 500,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 640,000 $ 960,000 $ 1,852,692

$10,397,769

This listing is a base requirement to date and does not take into account financial pressures that are unknown at this time.

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Spending Money On Roads & Bridges Since 2012, the City has approved $105,334,891 for roads and bridge work for both operating and capital combined. Based on the City’s 5-year Roads and Bridges forecast, $182,402,534 is required for projected capital and operating needs.

Bridge & Roads Operating & Capital Program 2012-2015 $35,000,000

$29,362,913

$30,000,000 $25,000,000

$23,968,540

$27,534,890 $24,468,548

$20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 2012

2013

2014

2015

Bridge & Roads Operating & Capital Program 2016-2020 $70,000,000 $59,385,059

$60,000,000 $50,000,000 $40,000,000 $30,000,000

$29,973,397

$32,399,247

$32,812,286

$27,832,545

$20,000,000 $10,000,000 $0 2016

2017

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2018

2019

2020

Status Of Current Reserves $40,000,000 $35,000,000

$35,174,435

$37,560,365

$33,470,488

$30,000,000 $25,000,000

$22,127,369

$20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 2012

2013

2014

2015

The City has been drawing down Reserves the last three years to balance the capital and operating budgets. By the end of December 31, 2015 it is projected that the reserves will have decreased by more than $13 million since 2012.

Did You Know Your Tax Dollars Support...

• • • • • • • • •

2,767 Km of Roads 176 km of Sewermains 243 km of Watermains 21 Water Treatment Plants 6 Sewage Treatment Plants 155 Bridges 169 Culverts 9,730 Acres of Forest 11 Ice Pads

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18 Libraries 28 Community Centres 43 Cemetaries 6 Municipal Service Centres 2 Swimming Pools 2 Fitness Centres 2 Trailer Parks 37 Beaches 2 Museums 55 Boat Launches

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3 Skateparks 2 Splashpads 200 Km of Trails 135 Parks 11 Tennis Courts 18 Athletic Fields 55 Ball Diamonds 17 Multi-purpose Courts 55 Playground Structures

What Does All Of This Mean?

We Have A Problem!

Based on existing known cost increases for 2016, the City is facing an approximate $10 million operating shortfall to maintain existing service levels in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

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Initial Areas For Review By Council & Senior Staff The following is a list of areas, services and departments Council and senior staff will begin reviewing immediately as part of the city’s Core Service Review. Other areas of City operations will be examined as the review process moves forward.

• • • •

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Mayor/Council operations, regular road City operations including parking, maintenance and street sweeping hours and use of facilities A complete Ward scope and Health & Social Services boundary review • Review existing funding of Policing models community agency programs Conservation Authority Service Delivery Fire Service • Maintenance and replacement CAO’s Office of fire trucks Review the role of Corporate • Station locations Communications within the City • Deployment for calls Provincial offences administration Corporate Service Selling, leasing and purchasing • Accounts payable processing land • Collection activities with respect Responding to litigation & to property tax, utility billing and claims accounts receivable Initiative Management Economic Development Development Services • Review all operations of the Review planning application department regarding vision process and strategy to ensure actions are in alignment with corporate Public Works direction Fleet operations including procurement, disposal, repair & Community Services maintenance • Review operations, number & Waste management including locations of buildings, libraries, collection, managing landfills, arenas, community halls, sports leaf & yard collection fields, trailer parks, municipal Roads operations including service centres, parks, beaches winter road and sidewalk and boat launches

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Moving Forward

If we do not change the way we do also looks to find reductions to the to the of budget of approximately If we dothe notCity change way awe$10 do budget approximately $3 million$3 in business, will the realize million in each of the next two fiscal business, the City will realize a $10 million operating shortfall in 2016. each of the next two fiscal periods. periods.

A two-year timeis period is million operating 2016.

This A two-year time period both reThis figure does shortfall not takein into considachievable and and figure does eration thenotin-take into consideration both responsible andsponsible will begin Kawartha Lakes on a path the infrastructure gap that will require a achievable and frastructure gap Core Service Review Kawartha Lakes plan will once the comprehensive asset of financial self-sufficiency. will begin Kawarthat require What You The City can management planNeed To Know tha Lakes on a a plan once not continue to is complete in path of financial the comprewait and hope 2016. self-sufficiency. hensive asset for Provincial or Closing the m a n a gover e m e none t The City dollars canFederal gap plan tonotcovercontinue costs. year isis comsimply to wait must and plete in 2016.

The City not feasible. Any or Federal dolClosing the thegap We over one hope for Provincial take action now plan to reduce have limited options for achieving The the Citycurrent must year is gap simply that. feasible. lars to cover costs. to meet projected would not 1.

We can add to the tax increases take action now to meet the Any plan to reduce the proand be over a two year period through and future needs of residents curyear. rent and in future needs of residents jected gap wouldtaxbeeach over a two business Kawartha Lakes. both reasonable increases and 2. We can increase the City’s debt and in Kawartha Lakes. year period through both which reason to Within the next two years 16% of changes to existing service levels. ceiling will have bebusiness paid back the City’s be eligible Fortaxexample, a eventually.

5% levy Within theworkforce next twowillyears 16% able increases and tax changIn an effort es to findtosavings, can increase andgoal to user retire.

Our will be will to address increase in improve 2016 service and3. We 2017 will of the fees City’s workforce be eliexisting levels. erformance and find a better way of rates for different services. any workforce adjustments as toa generate approximately $4.4 million Fortheexample, a 5%antax levy increase gible to retire. Our goal will be oing business City launched 4. We can reduce the services result this review, through attrition in 2016 eachprogram of the2017 twogenerate years,orwhile any workforce adjustin and apitiative Management innext 2013will offered, the leveladdress of someof services; wherever possible.

Council also looks to find reductions ased on the principles of Lean and Six Or in each of ments as a result of this review, proximately $4.4 million gma.

5. A combination of all four. the next two years, while Council through attrition wherever possible.

We have realized savings through

Final Thoughts

e implementation of the program and I For the financial success of our City, m pleased to tell you that your Council and to be responsible and fair to all of nd senior staff have begun a process our residents now and in the future we expand on those results with a core need to find ways to reduce our costs. we work through Core Service Review, our goal must be to ensure ervice reviewAs of all City operations and our That we can achieve a balance between a financially sustainable respectful and responsible ervices. the business services we model want andthat needisand the For years Kawartha Lakes has had to services canstaff, afford.today and in the future. to our City, our residents andwe our eal with outdated and failing infrastrucCouncil and senior staff have begun re, a limited tax base, continual pro- looking at every department and service ncial downloading and uncontrollable within our City. We will begin discusxpenses. sions on where we need to go and how Simply put, the City has passed we’re going to get there. udgets with two to three Kawartha percent tax Lakes These won’t easy and discussions is ourbeCity we all have an creases to sustain existing service or easy decisions, but they are necesinterest ensuring weare move forward and vels which has only served to in further sary. They needed to ensureprogressively we e gap in where responsibly we are and wherefocusing we are meeting the needs of our residents on those areas that we both need and eed to be. while ensuring that we are providing can If youonly have We know that we areafford. on a financial thoseconstructive services that our ideas residentsplease send your ath that is not sustainable for our resi- can afford – no more, no less. thoughts to: ents, for our businesses and for our We must not find ourselves hiding ity. our heads in the sand. The time to be Our reality is clear and undeniable. We pro-active and forward thinking is now. now that in order to maintain our current ervices in 2016 and beyond we will reAndy Letham uire a significant financial investment.

Mayor

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Core Service Review Town Hall Meeting Schedule

Thursday, April 30 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, 30 - 7 p.m.

ManversApril Community Centre-697 Manvers Community Centre Hwy 7A RR#1 697 Hwy 7A RR#1 Monday, May 4 - 7 p.m.

Monday, MayCommunity 4 - 7 p.m. Centre-1010 Oakwood Oakwood Community Centre Eldon Road 1010 Eldon Road

Wednesday, May 6 - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, - 7 p.m.

CoronationMay Hall6Omemee-1 King St Coronation Hall Omemee West (corner of sturgeon road and 1 King St West (corner of sturgeon road King Street) and King Street) Monday, May 11 - 7 p.m.

Monday, May 11 - 7 p.m.

Bobcaygeon/Verulam Community Bobcaygeon/Verulam Community Centre-51 Mansfield Street, BobCentre - 51 Mansfield Street, caygeon.

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Wednesday, - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, MayMay 20 -20 7 p.m.

Fenelon Township Community CenFenelon Township Community Centre tre (Cambray Hall)-2255 ElmTree (Cambray Hall)-2255 ElmTree Road, Road, Cambray.

Cambray.

Thursday, May - 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 -28 7 p.m.

Victoria Park Armoury-Main HallVictoria Park Armoury - Main Hall Kent W. Lindsay 210210 Kent St. St. W. Lindsay Saturday, June - 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 6 - 26 p.m.

Coboconk Community Centre-9 Coboconk Community Centre 9 Grandy GrandyRoad Road Sunday, June 7 - 17 p.m.

Sunday, June - 1 p.m.

Woodville Town Hall Woodville Town Hall-100A King St100A King St Woodville Woodville Saturday, June 13 -10 a.m.a.m.

Saturday, June 13 -10 Burnt River Community Centre Burnt River Community Centre-16 16 Somerville Somerville Road Road Saturday, June 13 -13 2 p.m.

Saturday, June - 2 p.m.

Fenelon Falls Community Centre Fenelon Falls Community 27 Centre-27 Veterans Way Veterans Way

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Reach Your Councillor Mayor Andy Letham aletham@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705 324 9411 ext 1320 Councillor Rob Macklem - Ward 1 rmacklem@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-878-2031 Councillor Emmett Yeo - Ward 2 eyeo@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705 454 9531

Councillor Gord Miller - Ward 3 gmiller@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-934-4152 Councillor Andrew Veale - Ward 4 aveale@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-439-2434 Councillor Stephen Strangway - Ward 5 sstrangway@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-887-6699 Councillor Doug Elmslie - Ward 6 delmslie@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-887-9281 Councillor Brian Junkin - Ward 7 bsjunkin@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-887-5529 Councillor John Pollard - Ward 8 jpollard@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-324-0020 Councillor Isaac Breadner - Ward 9 ibreadner@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-341-2426 Councillor Pat Dunn - Ward 10 pdunn@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-324-7218 Councillor Patrick O’Reilly - Ward 11 poreilly@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-324 9677 Councillor Gord James - Ward 12 gjames@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-324-3985 Councillor Kathleen Seymour-Fagan - Ward 13 kseymourfagan@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-324-9411 ext 2413 Councillor Gerard Jilesen - Ward 14 gjilesen@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-799-7788 Councillor Mary-Ann Martin - Ward 15 mamartin@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705-799-1617 Councillor Heather Stauble - Ward 16 hstauble@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca 705 324 9411 ext 2416

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Visiting the Museum of Temporary Art (MTA) is like moving into a time warp of weird and wonderful things. Inside and outside this old general store at Victoria Corners you’ll find the stimulating world of artist Michael Poulton’s imaginings.

Recently the museum, along with 2,200 other top galleries and museums around the world, was part of international Museum Week. It was sponsored by Twitter.

“I’ve looked at it (Museum Week) as an art project and have been twittering things about the MTA just like the big boys tweet about the Tate or Smithsonian,” says Michael.

The concept behind the project was not to self promote, for which Michael says he has had little

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time, but rather for the MTA to both question the nature of art, and critique the institutions that claim to preserve and promote culture and art.

Certainly Michael has dedicated his career to the promotion of the arts. His resume is long and detailed. Just this fall he became a founding director of the fledgling Kawartha Lakes Arts Council. He has also been on the Peterborough Artspace board for the last 10 years of its 40-year history and has long supported the Lindsay Gallery.

Last summer Michael’s museum was immortalized in a short film by Italian British

filmmaker Franceso Bori. It is available to view on Vimeo at vimeo.com/98354194.

Coming this May, the Cultural Studies Department of Trent University will be curating a multi-media event about the MTA at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

The show is called The Togetherness of Things: Michael Poulton and the Museum of Temporary Art. It’s a three-day event with an artist’s evening on May 8.

There will also be a limited edition book to go with the show which Michael is designing like a 17th-century treatise.

Bobcaygeon’s Biggest Summer

THE LINDSAY GALLERY’S MARJORIE PORTER LECTURE SERIES presents The Search for the Lost Ships of The Franklin Expedition Thursday April 30, 2015 at 7:00pm At the Glenn Crombie Theatre, Frost Campus Fleming College, Lindsay Guest speaker is Joe Frey a member of the Franklin Expedition last September, which found the lost ship ‘Erebus’

At the Bobcaygeon Curling Club Friday, May 29th 2 pm until 7 pm Saturday, May 30th 7 am until 2 pm

If you have been looking for quality, well-priced sporting goods, garden tools, house wares, furniture, electrical appliances and equipment, toys, games, books or collectibles, look no further! It can all be found at the Club’s Yard Sale on the dates shown above. As if this is not enough excitement for you, we will also be holding a Bake Sale on site with all kinds of home-baked “incredible edibles.”

This year’s event will have the largest selection of items at the best prices seen since our last Yard Sale two years ago. So… be sure to come to the Club at the Fairgrounds to find those treasures you were looking for as well as those you might not have realized you wanted!

Also, should you have some gently used items, other than clothing or tires, that you would like to donate for this event, we would certainly appreciate them. The Club will be open to receive donations at the following times:

For further information and to reserve tickets please contact The Lindsay Gallery at 705-324-1780 or at art@thelindsaygallery.com Tickets are $35.00 each

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Melodie McCullough

Aquarius (Jan. 21 to Feb. 19) You may not be aware of your chakras, Aquarius, but many people in both Eastern and Indigenous nations throughout the world believe in these seven centres of spiritual power in the human body. Negative feelings hamper the balance, causing sickness. In a perfect world, the chakras would always be in balance. Try to do at least one thing to bring equilibrium to one these.

Pisces (Feb. 20 to March 20) It’s tempting to compare our lives to others’.

Don’t. It may seem as if their lives are perfect on the outside, and your life is missing something. But you have no idea what their journeys—their real lives—are all about. So … be happy.

Aries (March 21 to April 20) “One kind word can warm three winter months”—Japanese Proverb. Well, we’ve certainly had three cold winter months, haven’t we, Aries? A kind word or a bright smile is just what the world needs—and it will give you just the lift you need, too.

Taurus (April 21 to May 21) “They” keep telling us to “live in the moment,” don’t they? But it’s so darn hard sometimes. Our minds naturally want to wander. Yet life happens one minute at a time, and, yes, we miss many wonderful things by jumping into the future or moping over the past. What if, for one minute, Taurus, you focus on that particular moment in time, and all the events and people in it?

Gemini (May 22 to June 22) You may be experiencing a somewhat bumpy road in the romance department, Gemini. Please remember what drew you to your partner in the first place. Build on this, and don’t let a good thing get away.

Cancer (June 23 to July 23) All work and no play is not good, Cancer.

Lighten your load a teeny bit and enjoy your days a teeny bit more. Do something special right this minute. We dare you.

Leo (July 24 to Aug. 23) There are many forks in the road and many bumps along the way, dear Leo. Think of all you have accomplished so far in life. Your family and friends all adore you. Adore yourself.

Virgo (Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) You are in need of sanctuary, dear Virgo. Find it—whether it’s an imaginary image in your mind, or an actual physical place where you can go. Rest awhile and reawaken stronger.

Libra (Sept. 24 to Oct. 23) A red dress may play a significant role for you, Libra, during this phase. The new moon, April 18, is also worthy of note. Is there a new you also waiting to appear?

Scorpio (Oct. 24 to Nov. 22) During this zodiac phase, the stars are telling you, Scorpio, to assess your career goals. Yes, these are hard economic times.

If you’re unhappy in your job, do not jump out of it. Gradually upgrade your skills and confidence until the right job comes along – then make your move.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 to Dec. 21) Sag, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and brighter. Each day takes you closer to your goal—and every step is worth it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 20) Don’t give up on that dream, Capricorn. Yes, it will take some hard work. Yes, it opens you up to criticism, possibly even ridicule. Then again, it could open up a whole new wonderful world for you.

You will never know which outcome it will be, unless you give it a whirl.

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End of an era as Crystal Pier comes down

By John Bird

It was 1960 and I was seven when I first laid eyes on Crystal Lake and Crystal Pier. My parents had spent weekends that summer cruising cottage country—with my brother and I in excited tow— seeking an affordable waterfront lot.

We arrived on Labor Day. The lake and sky

were a sparkling blue and dotted with those wonderful, puffy clouds of summer, the trees deep green, turning gold. The whole scene shone, as it often does in God’s country.

As we arrived, the boys and girls who had been working at The Pier were in the process of throwing each other off the dock into the lake—apparently an end-of-summer ritual— accompanied by much giggling and shrieking laughter.

I was entranced by it all—and my future was set.

We did buy a lot on the lake (it was $1,200, if memory serves), and began the family project of building a small cottage. We roamed the hills and bush, paddled, sailed and water-skied the lake (my handy, hard-working father had already built a boat)—and always, especially as I grew older, there was The Pier.

Now it’s gone. The decaying remains of the building were demolished last month, as members of the Toms family—who ran the resort for 26 years—looked on. They had bought the original Pleasant Valley Lodge, renamed it, added cottages (moved from Toronto’s Kingston Road) and expanded the original boathouse into a restaurant and dance hall.

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Dawn Charity (née Toms) remembers helping her mother operate the restaurant and dance hall.

That’s where she met another young cottager, Gord Charity, to whom she is still happily married. Her sister, Norma Jean (now Nelson) ran the grocery store, while brothers Dwight and Dennis looked after the gas and bait. The two younger sisters, Joann and Karen, gradually took over from the older siblings.

Although the family still spent winters in Toronto, they ran The Pier from May to Thanksgiving, and eventually most of them migrated here permanently, unable to resist the lure of the land and water. Gord and Dawn’s sons, Stuart and Scott, both live on the lake to this day.

Stuart actually took charge of the demolition and is building a home for the property’s new owners.

Crystal Pier was a magnet for all us kids on the lake. It was the place for burgers and milkshakes, for dances and regattas, where we went for gas and groceries.

I remember the cool darkness of the ice house on hot summer days, and the sharp tang of the pine sawdust packed around the ice to keep it from melting.

Have I mentioned that I kissed my first girl there?

Sorry to see you go, Crystal Pier. Your magic remains in our hearts.

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Local books MAY go viral with Prince

It’s not everyone who can say her books have been endorsed by royalty. But Fenelon Falls-area writer, Linda Oliver, can now make that claim. It’s been verified by Michael Whitehead—the “Assistant Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

Knowing of Prince Charles’s concern for the environment, Linda sent copies of her children’s books, Scamp and Champ in Tree Trouble, and Slurp and Blurp: Finding a New Home to Buckingham Palace for Charles’s grandson HRH Prince George.

She never really expected a reply, but last month one came from Whitehead, assuring her that the “Prince of Wales was most touched that you should have taken the trouble.”

Linda wrote her two books to express her two great passions. She wanted to get young children excited about reading, and to encourage them to care about the natural world.

Her books seem poised to go viral. They’ve been approved for use by the Trillium Lakelands school board, are being distributed by local stores, and have even been picked up as e-books by Apple’s I-tunes (go to http://itunes.apple.com/us/ book/id956557349 and http://itunes.apple.com/us/ book/id956557349).

Linda will be signing her books at GiGi’s in Bobcaygeon from 2 to 4 pm on Saturday, April 18.

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This Kawartha Life: An Occasional Series The Best Place on Earth is Grandpa Mark’s Dock

We launch this occasional series on living in the Kawarthas with the summertime reveries of eight-year-old Rachel Gurevich. We also invite our readers to contribute their own memories and experiences to this series. Email or call the editor. We’d like to help you tell your stories.

By Rachel Gurevich

Out the cottage fence, across the empty street, down the forest-surrounded hill, past the playground and the bridge.

That’s the route you have to take to my most favourite place.

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I can be there for hours just staring at the seaweed below my feet.

Back and forth it sways.

You can bring fishing supplies, and catch (at least) five fish in an hour.

Out in the distance, you can see a beautiful blue heron sitting on its island.

The aroma of fish drifts through the air.

The reason I truly love this spot is because I grew up on Grandpa Mark’s dock.

From the time I caught a fish when I was three, to the time I rowed a canoe myself, it has always remained my favorite.

If you sit silently and listen to the sound of the swishing waves, you’ll fall in love.

Even though it feels as hot as the sun if you lay in a bikini, it is still my favourite.

Another reason this is the best destination is because it is next to the field where the annual pig roast is held. You can get some of Bobcaygeon’s best pork, and eat it to the sound of a dragonfly buzzing in your ear.

Even though Grandpa Mark’s dock is not the only dock on the lake, it’s the best one for me.

Author Rachel Gurevich was eight years old when she wrote this last year. She lives in New Jersey, but has visited her grandparents, Mark and Natasha Gurevich, here every summer since she was a baby.

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Choristers Corner Our 15th anniversary

The Choristers turned 15 years old on April 15th. That was the day the choir held its first practice at the Bobcaygeon Legion in the year 2000.

By tradition, a small celebration of some kind will be held on or around that date sometimes involving a glass of wine, birthday cake and always an opportunity to browse through the scrapbooks from the past which are kept up regularly. It’s a time for reflection on days gone by.

The last time we met, we talked about Barb and Vic Dunleavey, one of the Chorister couples.

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Debbi Risebrough and Thelma McConnell

Hedge were an original couple along with the Dunleaveys. George of course was the first director and Miriam a staunch member of the alto section.

We have several family members in the chorus right now. Bob and Laura Plummer are the first to come to mind. Bob, of course, is our director who keeps us on our toes and makes sure that we sound just as he wants. He also looks after putting the music together for any event.

His lovely wife, Laura, sings in the chorus and looks after any bookings where we might be asked to perform. I might add that she is an excellent MC when we want one.

Another husband and wife team, hailing from Victoria Place, is Pat and Ron Cooke. They have sung in the choir for a number of years. If they are

not basking in the sun in Florida, we can count them to be at practice in the Bass and Soprano sections.

Thelma McConnell and Debbi Risebrough make up a mother and daughter team, both keeping the alto section on the right track. Thelma’s husband, Ken, sang in the Bass section of the Choristers until he became sick and passed away. The choristers felt his loss and were delighted when his daughter arrived on the scene. Debbi at one time directed a Bell Choir at the Anglican Church.

There are many spouses that help out the choristers as photographers, Masters of Ceremonies, ushers, ticket collectors, and other miscellaneous positions. This all adds up to a big family affair,

which makes the group what it is.

We are all proud of being a part of The Bobcaygeon Choristers, Bobcaygeon’s Musical Ambassadors.

I would be very remiss if I didn’t mention how grateful the choir is to Kawartha Lakes Retirement Suites, which allows us to use their facility for practice every Tuesday night. It is gratifying to see some of the residents attending at least the first part of practice, where we have a sing-a-long with them.

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Roots and Ramblings Patience, dear gardeners, during April’s cruel month

By John Bick

The poet said: “April is the cruelest month.”

We all know that applies to the Kawarthas as spring come and goes.

Wise gardeners realize that despite pent upurges to get out there in the yard, it is best to take it easy at first. This also applies to one’s body, since bending, digging and lifting may have been under-used activities for the last several weeks.

Do not rush to remove winter mulch, and only till soil when it has the consistency of chocolate cake.

Of course there are some tasks that should be done at this time of year.

•C leaning up winter debris and raking dead grass and leaves is usually the first, and least popular, of spring jobs.

• F or those who prize lush lawns, it is time to give them the first and most important fertilizer application of the season.

•P runing fruit trees is best done by now.

• L ast year’s stems of clematis varieties that bloom on new growth can be cut down to the ground.

• S upports for delphinium, foxglove and peonies should in place before these tall perennials start

to grow.

•P eas, both sweet and garden types, may be planted in late April.

• This also applies to onions, lettuce, radish and other cool weather crops, although it is possible to plant them every fortnight until midsummer for a continuous harvest.

Seasoned gardeners spend this time of year checking out new plants, of which they are no limits. Lovers of roses, shade plants, daylilies, annuals and tomatoes are always on the prowl for the newest versions. But do not ignore the old standbys.

Martin Galloway—professor and former television host of Harrowsmith Life and The Secret World of Gardens, and the owner of Chalk Lake Nurseries, which specializes in perennials and native plants—is our April 16 celebrity speaker.

We’ll be at Knox Church at 7 pm.

Martin has interesting ideas on what is new.

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Celebrate Youth Week in CKL

Bookface, a youth event organized by the “Stay Bright UNLIT” youth group, is set to kick off National Youth Week on May 1, from 4 to 9 pm at Lindsay’s Victoria Park Armoury. Youth week runs from May 1 to 7.

The Bookface event will include an art show, a local talent spotlight for music and the spoken word, a free movie showing how tobacco imagery influences youth, a chance to try some physicalactivity classes, an LGBTQ event, a healthy-eating workshop, and interactive displays from local agencies serving youth.

The Stay Bright UNLIT Group is a dozen or so young people from across Kawartha Lakes who encourage area youth to stay tobacco-free and engage in their community. It is asking local groups and organizations to plan other free events or activities for Youth Week, or anytime during May.

“These opportunities or events can be anything from a free cooking class to a free dance class,” says Fyffe Hunting, a Public Health Worker with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. “Our goal is to provide youth with fun activities that help them feel valued, connected and celebrated in their own community.”

To learn more or share planned activities, call the Health Unit at (705) 324-3569, ext. 2228, or email info@hkpr.on.ca.

Roundtable meets on violence against women

Ontario’s new permanent Roundtable on Violence Against Women has held its inaugural meeting at the Ontario Legislature.

The intention is to “move the conversation on gender-based violence forward and out of the shadows,” says Farrah Khan, one of the co-chairs.

Of the 21 organizations with expertise regarding sexual violence and harassment that will be represented on the roundtable, however, only one is an Indigenous organization—the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres.

Indigenous women are three-and-a-half times more likely to experience violence than the average.

Nor are any specifically male-focused organizations at the table, even though men are

overwhelmingly the perpetrators of violence against women.

The roundtable’s media release notes that: • One in three women will experience some form of sexual assault in her lifetime.

• Three-quarters of women know their attacker.

• Sexual assault rates are five times higher for women under 35.

• Women represent 83 per cent of victims of domestic violence.

• Less than a third of domestic-violence incidents are reported to the police.

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support to many individuals whom it called to check in every day.

It helped people talk about and deal with loneliness, abuse, job loss, anger, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, suicide, addictions, relationships and illness, and promised to: “comfort and support you, listen when others won’t, understand when others can’t, pray with you when asked, provide information and referral, and respect your choices and needs.”

This final AGM was a business meeting to tie up the loose ends and disburse remaining funds.

As part of the agreement, Telecare board member Eileen Saunders will serve on United Way’s annual Citizen Review Panel. UW will establish details of the application process and parameters over the next few months, to make sure projects have measurable and sustainable impacts.

Over many years since 1975, United Way has provided foundational funding to Telecare Lindsay that has given volunteer staff the means to provide training so they can be the best resource persons in the community said Bill Huskinson, board president of Telecare Lindsay.

One of Lifeline Telecare Lindsay’s last acts this month at its final annual general meeting was to designate $30,000 of its remaining funds to the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes.

The decision seemed appropriate, as United Way had supported the agency since the mid-1970s, and in the past decade and a half has provided approximately $100,000.

“We are very pleased that Telecare designated to help our community through this legacy fund,” said United Way Executive-Director Penny Barton Dyke. “It is exciting to fulfill our partner’s wish.”

The money will be used in six parcels of $5,000 annually for distinct projects (some of which will be seed projects) and to address identified needs.

Telecare Lindsay sadly closed its doors for good at the end of 2014, after 42 years of phone service to those in need. Originally launched by Lindsay area churches under the leadership of Queen Street United, the non-profit organization was, until its demise, serving as a distress centre and telephone

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Kawartha Settlers’ Village is pleased to be participating in Earth Day activities being held at Gamiing Nature Centre this Saturday, April 18. Be sure to stop by and visit the KSV booth.

The Village has been a busy place during April.

Our fantastic volunteers have returned after a long, cold winter to help with our annual clean up as we prepare to open May 1 for our 25th season. KSV will be open every day from 10 am to 4 pm until September.

On Sunday, May 3, at 2 pm, KSV’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Henderson House boardroom. Participants will be reviewing our 2014 audited financial statements, honouring retiring directors, and swearing in new board members. This is a great opportunity to hear about the 2014 year and plans for 2015.

Lastly, tickets are still available for the Murder Mystery Theatre on Friday, May 22 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 each with a maximum 100 tickets being sold.

This is an 18+ event and tickets must be purchased in advance. Light refreshments will be served and there is a prize for whoever solves the mystery.

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Over the years, creative Canadians have come up with some surprising arguments to justify tax deductions. Even more surprising is that some of these unusual deductions were accepted. Here are some claims that did work, and some that didn’t, as provided by H&R Block: ACCEPTED Additional food needed by couriers: the additional food required by a foot and transit courier because of the extra energy he expended walking could be claimed as a business expense.

Spousal amount for widows: If a widow remarries immediately after her husband dies, both the deceased husband and her new husband can claim a spousal amount for her.

Cat and dog food: While you can’t usually claim pet food, a farmer was allowed to claim cat and dog food because the pets were working to keep wildlife away from the blueberries.

Golf is not an employment benefit if you hate it: A Canadian executive successfully argued that the golf membership paid by his company was not a taxable benefit because he hated playing golf.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend: A striptease artist was allowed to keep nearly $2 million in gifts from a happy customer after the tax court agreed that they were indeed gifts.

Gambling with no plan: A judge ruled that two brothers in Quebec were not operating a business by playing Pro-line Sports Lottery regularly, since they had no discernable plan or system for placing their bets and had won the money by luck.

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Seized marijuana: Pot seized by law-enforcement authorities cannot be treated as a “loss of inventory” deductible against the taxpayer’s income from illegal drug trafficking.

Gambling again: A lawyer turned professional gambler had more than $100,000 in losses disallowed as a business expense because he could not show an actual business plan.

Ballet lessons: While the cost of your child’s ballet lessons does qualify for The Children’t Arts Credit, it cannot be claimed as a child care expense.

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Neil 416 518 1619 HARTIN: Barbara Mary (nee Bluck) Passed away peacefully at her residence on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in her 67th year.

Barb was a devoted partner and best friend to Ed White. Loving mother to Barbie (Steve) Dubeau, Heather (Scott) Kimble and Matthew Hartin (Tabitha Bowman) and stepmother to Melissa White. Adoring grandmother to Dakota and Kendra Dubeau, Jake and Delaney Kimble, Dilon Hartin and Quinn. Dear sister of Estelle (Ed) Hawkins, Ken (Nicole) Bluck and Sheila (Jim) Desjardins. She will be fondly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends in Canada and in England. Barb was predeceased by her parents Frank and Una Bluck.

Relatives and friends are invited to call at THE HENDREN FUNERAL HOMES, MONK CHAPEL, 6 Helen Street, Bobcaygeon for funeral service at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 18, 2015. As expressions of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the PRHC Foundation, Cancer Care. Friends may send condolences to Barb’s family by visiting www. hendrenfuneralhome.com or by calling 705-738-3222.

McMASTER: Alfred Martin “Al” (Skip) Passed away after a brief illness at Pinecrest Nursing Home, Bobcaygeon on Saturday April 4, 2015. Al McMaster of Bobcaygeon (formerly Scarborough) in his 89th year, predeceased by his loving wife Jackie. Al was a longtime Assistant Manager for A & P Stores and enjoyed over 50 years of volunteer service with Scouts Canada. An avid naturalist, gardener and artist, Al was a true gentleman in every sense. He genuinely lived the values that he spent his entire life sharing with others and the impact he had on so many lives will never be forgotten. Loved and missed by his sons Greig (Libby) and Mark (Jan). “Grampa” will be remembered by Conor (Heidi), Aaron, Marijke (Bryan), Sarah, Alexander, Alexandra, Kelsey and by his great grandchildren Quinn, Rémy, Matilda and Riley. Also missed by his close companion Carol Hughes, his sister Betty and son-in-law Chris. Predeceased by daughter Lynne, great granddaughter Sinead and by his brothers Sam and Bill. A funeral service will be held at Trinity United Church, Bobcaygeon on Saturday April 11, 2015 at 1:00 PM. Visitation two hours prior to the service.

A reception will follow in the fellowship hall of the church. Memorial donations may be made to the Trinity United Church or the Alzheimer Society as expressions of sympathy. Friends may send condolences, arrange flowers or make donations by contacting THE HENDREN FUNERAL HOMES, MONK CHAPEL, 6 Helen St., Bobcayegon at www.hendrenfuneralhome.com or by calling 705-738-3222. The McMaster Family would like to express their deep gratitude to all the staff at Pinecrest Nursing Home for the exceptional care Al received.

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BECKETT, William (Bill) Larry, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the age of 76 . He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann, who, along with their children, David Beckett, Douglas Beckett, Paula Roberts, and Sherri Birch (Kevin), loved and comforted him throughout his illness. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Daniel and Christopher, Sarah, Savanna, Holly and Taylor and great-grandson, Mason. He was predeceased by his parents Bill and Audrey Beckett.

Bill served for many years on the Executive Board of the Canadian Public Health Inspectors, coached the Kirkland Lake Lions Juvenile Hockey Team from 1963-1967, and scouted Northern Ontario and North Western Quebec for the New York Rangers. He retired as an Occupational Health and Safety Inspector with the Ontario Government. His annual ‘moose hunt’ on Gourley Lake in White River, was the highlight of his year where his Moose Hunt Chili was always a big hit.

Bill would especially like to thank our wonderful friends and neighbours in Victoria Place for their incredible kindness and assistance during his illness. He has requested that, if desired, donations in his memory, be made to the Bobcaygeon Food Bank which can be made along with condolences by visiting www. bensonfuneralhomes.com “This hunter is home from the hills.”

HENRICKS: Martin Frank Passed away peacefully on April 6, 2015 at the Belleville General Hospital in Belleville, Ontario in his 89th year.

Devoted husband of the late Marion Blakeley (2009).

Loving father to Jo-Ann (Phil) Thomas, of Wooler, ON and Christine (Scott) Brandreth of Ancaster, ON and their mother Phyllis Henricks. Proud and endearing grandpa to Tim Thomas (Chanteal Bordman) of Comox, BC, Cameron and Laura Brandreth of Ancaster, ON. Dear brother to Edward (Denise) of Courtenay, BC and Betty (Gerald) Smith of Barrie, ON. Fondly remembered

by Leo and Jane Slocombe and family, Andrea and Cory Magoffin and children Madisson and Rhys, and Allan and Kathy Slocombe. Remembered by numerous nieces and nephews and their families.

Martin was predeceased by sisters Jean and Marie Halcrow (Chuck).

Born in Regina, SK and settled in Hamilton, ON at an early age. Was employed at Stelco for many years until retirement in Bobcaygeon, ON. He was an active member of the community and was involved in the construction of the Senior Centre with good friend Bill Dicks. As an avid fisherman, he spent many hours luring the “big one” on Catchacoma Lake. He will be remembered by many relatives, friends and neighbours who enjoyed his sense of humour and helping hands.

Relatives and friends are invited to call at the HENDREN FUNERAL HOMES, MONK CHAPEL, 6 Helen Street, Bobcaygeon for funeral service at 1:00 PM on Monday, April 13, 2015. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Interment will take place in East Lawn Cemetery, Hamilton. As expressions of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

Friends may send condolences to Martin’s family by visiting www.hendrenfuneralhome.com or by calling 705-738-3222.

Health & Wellness Last chance to get vaccinated

Public Health Nurses will visit all schools in Peterborough city and county—including Trent Lakes—in the next weeks to offer their last vaccination clinics of the school year.

Immunization will be available for all Grade 7 students against hepatitis B and meningococcal disease, and grade 8 girls against HPV. The vaccines are free and provide protection against these very serious diseases.

“We want to make it easy for parents to protect their kids by offering these vaccination clinics in the schools,” says Anne Elliott, Registered Nurse at the Health Unit. “Parents often have questions about vaccines so we encourage them to give us a call to discuss, and to seek out credible online sources as well, based on good science.”

All grade 7 students will be eligible to receive vaccines against hepatitis B, a disease that can cause permanent liver damage and cancer, and meningococcal disease, a serious infection of the blood and fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Grade 8 girls are entitled to receive the vaccine for protection against HPV, a virus that can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer.

While all the vaccines are recommended, the meningococcal vaccine is now required for students under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. This vaccine provides coverage against more strains of meningococcal disease than the meningococcal vaccine most children received when they were younger.

For further information, call the Health Unit at (705) 743-1000, or visit www.pcchu.ca.

their support. In a tough economic year, it was heartwarming to see people respond across the city.”

At the touchdown event at St. Thomas Aquinas school, Lindsay’s LCBO manager Reese Cowan, also announced an all-time high of $48,000 raised through the LCBO’s fundraising-at-the-till campaign.

“The LCBO partnership has developed and we want to say a big thank you to the employees and customers. This is outstanding,” said Ms. Nisbet.

United Way’s community-garden project quadrupled in size last growing season as well. It included five schools, and this year several schools have already approached United Way regarding kits.

Kawartha Home Hardware Group of Stores donated $2,500 for the project.

“Our Lindsay stores are delighted to be donating to this wonderful community gardens initiative with the United Way CKL,” said Frank Geerlinks, GM of the hardware group. “The United Way does amazing work. The need for educating people about sustainable food sources throughout the city— including schools and economically challenged neighbourhoods—is paramount.”

“Today, we want to say thank you to each and every person who contributed to this campaign,” said UW Executive Director Penny Barton Dyke.

“Campaigns have unpredictable highs and lows but there is always one constant factor in campaigning: people who care.”

Hey kids, poster your family doctor

As the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) celebrates over a decade of successfully recruiting doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes,

Vols help United Way to historic high

The United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes announced a record campaign total at its March 31 touchdown event. It raised $473,778.

“We had great teams working on the campaign and donors generously responded to mail, on-line appeals and workplace campaigns,” said Co-Chairs Sarah Quick and Robin Nesbit. “Corporations stepped up with significant gifts.”

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it’s also asking Grade K-6 students with a family doctor in the city to draw a poster or write a letter to him or her. It’s for the sixth annual Family Doctor Appreciation Week, June 1-5.

The KLHCI wants to know who your family doctor is. “What makes your family doctor special to you? What would you like to thank him or her for?” Show your appreciation.

“Family doctors are essential to the health and vitality of our community,” says the KLHCI. “We hope all citizens will take the time to extend their gratitude for the day-to-day and lifelong commitments these doctors make.”

All entries will be judged in two categories: K-2 and 3-6. First place winners in the poster contest from each category will have their artwork published in local newspapers and receive a $20 gift certificate, courtesy of Gigi’s Toys in Bobcaygeon.

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First place winners in the letter-writing contest from each category will have their letters prerecorded and aired on 91.9 BOB FM throughout the week of June 1-5 and receive a $20 gift certificate, courtesy of Gigi’s Toys.

Rules are available by contacting the KLHCI office at 705-328-6098, or at any City of Kawartha Lakes Library Branch. All entries must be received

by Friday, May 8.

KLHCI is a non-profit, charitable organization that began working in 2004 to recruit and retain family doctors for the City of Kawartha Lakes. Since 2004, KLHCI has recruited 27 family doctors to the city, who have provided primary health care for 1520,000 people, significantly reducing a once-critical shortage of family doctors.

KLHCI’s initiatives, which have been recognized provincially as best practices, include hosting site visits and Family Medicine Resident Weekends for prospective doctors, attending recruitment job fairs, and increasing the number of medical students and residents training in CKL.

The organization has had tremendous support from CKL family doctors and specialists, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Ross Memorial Hospital. KLHCI is also grateful for the support of numerous local health care partners and many dedicated KLHCI volunteers.

For more information or to offer support, contact Cindy Snider at 705-328-6098 or csnider@rmh.org, or visit www.kawarthalakesdoctors.org.

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Big Brother launches his own ‘20 for 20’ campaign

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A 20-year volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton is launching his own “20 for 20” campaign to raise money 31/03/2015 9:44:20 AM for the agency whose work is closest to his heart.

“I am asking all willing participants to recognize my years of volunteering by donating $20—or $1 for each of my 20 years of service,” says Bobcaygeon resident Ted Garrels.

“I can personally vouch for the work accomplished by this small group of paid professionals, and a large group of volunteers,” he says.

“Kids who come from families that struggle with family dynamics need an emotional supplement to achieve a feeling of importance and self worth,” Ted explains. “BBBS staff and volunteers supply that important factor in large quantities.”

Ted says he has seen the result of BBBS efforts in the children who have benefitted from having a Big Brother or Big Sister, as they grow up and become confident and contributing members of society.

To sweeten the pot for donors who respond to his challenge, Ted will purchase a 50-inch Samsung flat-screen television with his own funds (provided at cost by Zach Kennedy and the Flat Panel Shop).

One of the donors will win that in a draw.

Ted says that “in order to provide a safety net around our ‘littles,’ we need trained professionals who thoroughly screen all volunteers, and keep the ship going in the right direction with a variety of existing and new programs.”

BBBS receives no government grants, he says, and beyond funding the agency receives from the United Way, staff and volunteers raise all the money

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to run the organization themselves.

Ted hopes to collect as much as he can by the Feb. 27, 2016 Bowl for Kids Sake campaign.

And he’s also challenging all other “bigs” to think of their own unique ways to augment the annual campaign.

“The reward of helping youngsters in their daily lives is a great way to stay young in mind and spirit,” he says, “and to discover all that is good in being childlike.”

To make a donation, or otherwise support Ted’s campaign, call him at 738-9351.

Ear Care Tips

Earwax is naturally produced by a gland in the skin lining the ear canal; it’s purpose is to help protect, clean and lubricate the ear. With the assistance of regular movements of the jaw, small amounts of earwax are continuously transported from the ear canal to the opening of the ear. It then dries and is either washed away or falls out as new wax is secreted.

While earwax is usually extremely beneficial, the buildup of an excessive amount can lead to blockage or impaction. Some of the symptoms of earwax blockage include pain, reduced hearing, a ringing in the ear, a feeling of the ears being plugged and in some cases discharge. A main cause of earwax blockage is attempting to clean the ear with a cotton-tipped swab or other object. This ill-advised cleaning method simply pushes the wax deeper into the ear, obstructing the ear canal. Never put other objects such as pen caps or hairpins in your ears to clean them.

The only thing you need to do to keep your ears healthy is to wash your ears regularly when showering or bathing, making sure to only clean the external part of the ear. If you feel that you need further care or would like to have your ears cleaned or flushed by an Audiologist, please contact us. We are here to help.

P.S. This article as well as all of our past articles can be found on our website for future reference.

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Cold water and warm hearts support Ross hospital

The cold truth is that the Polar Plungers from the Central East Correction Centre in Lindsay have warm hearts. After hearing Correctional Officer Mike Bodnar’s plan to participate in the BEL Rotary Polar Plunge on February 1, another 14 colleagues stepped up to make a splash in support of the hospital.

“We were happy to help,” said Liz Johnston, one of the CECC’s Polar Plungers. “Mike is a cancer survivor, so this means a lot to us. We want to do something that will help other people who are fighting cancer.”

Liz and Mike presented a cheque for $1,174.50 to Erin Coons, Executive Director of the RMH Foundation. The donation will enhance services in the Diagnostic Imaging department, and help the RMH team detect and treat cancer.

“The CECC team’s gift is really special,” said Coons. “You have to be 100 percent committed to a cause to jump into icy water to support it. The BEL Rotary Polar Plunge is a fun event, and it goes a long way to support serious efforts. We’re very appreciative that patients at the Ross Memorial are benefitting from it.”

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