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Provincial OPSEU President Warren “Smokey” Thomas (centre with his thumbs down) joined the Local 316 strikers and others from outside the area in front of Community Living Campbellford/Brighton offices at 65 Bridge St. to show solidarity for their cause.

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BY SUE DICKENS

Campbellford – The day before the sit down between Ontario Public Services Union Local 316 and Community Living Campbellford/Brighton, OPSEU President Warren “Smokey” Thomas arrived in town to show solidarity with the striking workers.

Thomas has been an OPSEU activist for more than 30 years.

“We’re with you 110 per cent, 150 per cent,” he told the strikers picket-

ing outside the CLBC offices at 65 Bridget St. on Monday morning, March 27.

Lyrics such as, “you can take this job and shove it,’ and “I can’t get no satisfaction” blared from speakers set up on the back of a pickup truck providing the backdrop for the 50 or more workers who marched in the rain.

Drivers going by honked their horns to show their support.

“One of the biggest issues is the employer trying to make use of their vehicles mandatory,” said Thomas.

“And here’s the dilemma: if using a private vehicle and something happens, most insurance companies will say you don’t have coverage.”

He added, “here we have a group of workers who really care, went above and beyond by using their own vehicles (it has always been voluntary not a requirement) and I would be say-

ing to them you should not be doing that.”

“Every insurance company of every employer will be saying to them if you take clients in your car here is what it will cost ... and you can pay thousands.”

Thomas takes exception to any perceptions that negotiations thus far have failed.

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316 President Shawn Devries said there are 91 full-time and part-time “The agency (CLCB) doesn’t workers involved in the labour disreally know what they are doing. pute.

They aren’t that big . . . so they hire Thomas made a point of addressa lawyer. Any fool can take some- ing Nancy Brown, the executive dibody on strike . . . the real genius rector of CLCB, who was not at the and real hard work is averting a rally. “So Mrs. Brown get a deal ... strike and coming to an amicable or we’ll be back and the next time solution.” we’ll be back it will be with busWhen that didn’t happen the loads.” workers, who have been without a He also suggested in no uncertain contract since last March, decided terms she “dust off her resume.” to strike.

“So you’ve picked a fight and we The solution, said Thomas, “Get don’t pick fights. When somebody rid of the lawyer. Come back to the picks on one of us we’ll finish it and table. We’re not out to hornswoggle we’ll finish it for you,” he shouted. them . . . We’re problem solvers. We “If they gave a s--t about those bargain. We have 750 contracts we clients these workers would not be bargain.” on strike. They would have found According to the workers there a way to not be on strike. The real are 21 managers and OPSEU Local sinners are up there,” he said pointing his finger at the CLCB upper level offices.

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Ottawa — Hastings-Lennox and Addington Member of Parliament Mike Bossio is commenting on the newly-released federal budget and the areas focused on for 2017.

“With its strong focus on innovation, skills, partnerships and fairness, budget 2017 takes the next steps in securing a more prosperous future for all Canadians,” he stated in a press release.

Budget 2017 is the next step in the government’s long-term plan to create jobs and strengthen the middle class. Canada is home to a well-educated and highly-skilled workforce, but as the demands of the workplace change, so too must the education and skills that workers bring to their jobs.

The changes in the economy, both here at home and around the world, present incredible opportunities for the middle class and those working hard to join it.

Commenting on the money for infrastructure, Bossio stated: “We’re building on the $2 billion promised in the fall update for infrastructure specifically for small rural communities. I’ve pushed for it to be used on what rural communities really need — roads, bridges, and high-speed Internet — and that’s what our governHastings-Lennox and Addington MP Mike Bossio has commented ment has done. We know that municion several areas of the 2017 federal budget including agriculture, palities, particularly small rural ones, shoulder a heavy burden, and they health care, child care and infrastructure.

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“We have higher-than-average levels of child poverty in our region, so of North & Central Hastings and South Algonquin improving this needs to be a top priority. Last year, we put the Canada Child Benefit into action, which has had a huge impact. This year, we have promised $7 billion over 10 years starting in 2018-19 to support and • Professional Knowledgeable Staff create more high-quality, affordable child care spaces across the country.

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Mother of three opposes proposal to close Madoc Township school

BY SUE DICKENS

Holly Korman was excited to think her three children would be attending Madoc Township Public School, surrounded by acres of land where the playground is located. Now all of that is in doubt: children, front from left, Mya, age 3; Hawk, age 2; beside her is five-year-old Meda.

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Madoc Township — When Holly Korman moved to the community of Cooper in Madoc Township, she was looking forward to her three children attending the local elementary school.

Now, faced with the possible closure of that school by the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board, she is worried about her children’s future.

“It’s so sad. I was so excited for my kids to go to this school, it’s the highestrated in Ontario,” she told the Central Hastings News.

“Everybody knows everybody, everybody smiles,” she added, reiterating points she made during this interview that the sense of community in the township is evident at the school.

“I know what it means when people refer to factory farm schools. The population at my high school was 1600 students. Nobody knew who you were and you were just another number in the classroom.”

For Korman, the comparisons to Madoc Township Public School are

stark. “The teachers know who I am, they know all the students and they acknowledge them. I love that. I am rarely ever at the school yet the secretary knows exactly who I am, she knows who my daughter is,” she added.

Korman’s five-year-old daughter Meda is in senior kindergarten this year. Her three-year-old daughter Mya is in junior kindergarten, and her two-year-old son Hawk is to be enrolled in junior kindergarten in the coming years.

Korman is worried about changes if they have to go to a different school and how that will affect her children.

One of her daughters “doesn’t handle change very well ... she is a very good learner but I think I would be worried about larger class sizes and not as much one-on-one time,” she said.

Korman is also concerned about her children having to spend more time on the school bus to get to Madoc and the lack of playground space there compared to the township school, which has several acres surrounding it.

“I would like to see other alternatives and the focus be put on the high school, not closing our school ... I just feel that the board looked at some numbers and said 'the high school is lacking so what can we do? Let’s close this school, shove some kids around, done',” she said.

Korman also believes the accommodation review committee group has not been given enough time to research options.

“I’m thinking about all the work that needs to be done by them and it makes my head hurt. These people have jobs and children and other commitments and have taken on a huge responsibility and the weight

rests on them ... the time frame is absolutely absurd.”

Admitting she is “probably biased,” she asks the question: “Why don’t they close down Madoc Public School and make the township school the actual primary school?”

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Community improvement plan gets OK in Havelock

2017 DOG TAGS NOTICE

BY BILL FREEMAN

BYLAW 2013-50 Every person who owns or shelters a dog within the Municipality of Trent Hills shall register the dog(s) with the Municipality and purchase a dog tag annually.

If you have not purchased a tag for 2017 a $10.00 late fee has been added to the cost. Municipal By-law and Animal Control will be attending properties who have not purchased a dog tag. Notices will be left at the door or a tag may be purchased at that time. A fine of 105.00 plus Victims Surcharge may be issued to those persons not in compliance with Municipal By-law 2013-50.

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SALE OF LAND FOR TAX ARREARS

BY PUBLIC TENDER MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT HILLS TAKE NOTICE that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at the Municipal Office, 66 Front Street South, Campbellford, Ontario.

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at the Municipal Office, Campbellford.

Description of Lands: 1. Roll 1435-134-060-12751 Part Lot 21 Concession 11 Seymour as in NC365592; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PIN 51208-0312 LT • Minimum Tender Amount: $4,668.66 2. Roll 1435-229-040-03608 Part Lot 9 Concession 10 Percy as in NC292589; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PIN 51219-0655 LT • Minimum Tender Amount: $7,414.06 3. Roll 1435-229-040-13321 Part Lot 3 Concession 8 Percy Part 119, RDCO104, S/T Right in CL58897; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PIN 51219-0435 LT • Minimum Tender Amount: $2,459.37 4. Roll 1435-229-040-13402 Part Lot 4 Concession 8 Percy Part 198, RDCO104, T/W CL103962; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PIN 51219-0509 LT • Minimum Tender Amount: $2,498.07 5. Roll 1435-100-080-09300 Lot 17, Block 22, Plan 112 formerly Town of Campbellford; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PART OF PIN 51199-0257 (R) • Minimum Tender Amount: $5,665.17 6. Roll 1435-100-080-09310 Lot 18, Block 22, Plan 112 formerly Town of Campbellford; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PART OF PIN 51199-0257 (R) • Minimum Tender Amount: $5,698.33 7. Roll 1435-100-080-09320 Lot 19, Block 22, Plan 112 formerly Town of Campbellford; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PART OF PIN 51199-0424 (R) • Minimum Tender Amount: $5,691.17 8. Roll 1435-100-080-09330 Lot 20, Block 22, Plan 112 formerly Town of Campbellford; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PART OF PIN 51199-0424 (R) • Minimum Tender Amount: $5,724.33 9. Roll 1435-229-040-13301 Part Lot 3, Concession 8 formerly Percy Township designated as Part 99 on RDCO104; Trent Hills, County of Northumberland PIN 51219-0552 (R) • Minimum Tender Amount: $4,158.36

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes and the relevant land transfer tax.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

Havelock — Havelock-Belmont-Methuen council wants local business and building owners to take advantage of the revitalization incentives in the municipality’s Community Improvement Plan (CIP).

The 57-page document includes municipallydirected incentives like grants and loans eligible which applicants can use for a wide range of rehabilitative or improvement initiatives within the Village of Havelock.

The plan by Kingston’s FOTENN Consultants includes nine different incentive programs, everything from commercial space conversion and accessibility grants to façade improvement.

“It’s all about being able to provide some kind of incentives to promote revitalization of Havelock,” says consultant Mike Keene.

FOTENN has been working on the CIP since last summer talking with municipal staff and business owners, doing tours of the village and hosting open houses “to think of things that might work really well for the village.”

They also acknowledges the groundbreaking 2008 Stempski Kelly streetscaping study undertaken by the township revitalization improvement plan (TRIP) committee.

Keene was “very impressed” with the 2008 study.

“This brings it back to the front again,” he said. Keene says “going broad” with nine dif-

Asphodel-Norwood rail crossing plan ready

BY BILL FREEMAN

Valerie Nesbitt - Treasurer The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills PO Box 1030 Campbellford ON K0L 1L0 (705) 653-1900 Ext 232

Jim Peters – Director of Planning The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills PO Box 1030 Campbellford ON K0L 1L0 (705) 653-1900 Ext 234

Or Visit our Website at: www.trenthills.ca to obtain a copy of the Tax Sale Package.

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jurisdictions are compliant with regulations governing things like sightlines, design of the crossing surface, signage and road approaches.

“We’re at a place where we know what we’re going to do,” Asphodel-Norwood public works manager Jeff Waldon said. The regulations are being phased in over seven years and Waldon says all crossing improvements need to be done by Nov. 27, 2021. The plan is to move east to west through Asphodel-Norwood starting with crossings at the 12th Line and the 11th Line.

The “biggest challenge,” Waldon admits is the crossing at the 4th Line which is at the base of a steep hill.

The plan calls for that crossing to be addressed in 2020 and will include the installation of a warning light at the top of the hill which will “communicate” and flash when the light at the crossing flashes.

“We’re going to work consecutively along the $ 00 township. Right ADULTS ....... 13 now there are no with the 6-12 ............... $600 issues crossings.”

Waldon says UNDER 6 FREE public works could start Tickets at the door on the 11thwork and * Line crossTake out available 12th ings by summer.

Norwood — The Township of AsphodelNorwood has laid out a rail crossing plan to make sure its nine rail crossings are in compliance with the federal government’s new standards and regulations. They also hope the federal government ponies up some money to help with costs which could run as high as $72,000.

They haven’t found any funding programs yet.

Transport Canada issued new crossing regulations for more than 14,000 public and 9,000 private grade crossings and road authorities, like municipalities, have until November, 2021 to make sure rail crossings within their

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ferent programs was the “best way to capture as many projects as possible in the village. Going narrow might have less results.”

Council “sets the cap on the amount of money” that flows to the CIP. The plan runs through 2027 with a review slated for 2023; it can be amended and extended as council wishes. The CIP, Keene adds, also reflects business owners concerns about signage on Highway 7.

“That’s one of the critical ones we heard from the business community. There is signage there but when you drive through at speed it’s not readable. If the municipality did one thing I think that would be something I’m sure the business community would appreciate.”

Economic development advisory committee chair Hart Webb likes what he sees in the report.

“I’m proud. I think we did our part. If you own a business in this community the opportunity is there to make improvements and we’re here to help you. I hope that message gets to people,” Webb said.

“Council is committed to this plan,” added Mayor Ron Gerow. “There are some great opportunities here.”

“It was a great thing to go through. I’m very excited about it,” said Coun. David Gerow who was part of the CIP committee. Deputy-Mayor Jim Martin was a member of the original TRIP committee and hopes the CIP “kickstarts” some of the ideas that were part of the streetscape report.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT/ COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following applications under Section 45 and Section 53 of the Planning Act will be heard by the Committee of Adjustment / Council on April 4th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hastings Civic Centre, 6 Albert Street East, Hastings / Municipality of Trent Hills: 1. Severance Consent Application B06/2017 and B07/2017 Concession 9, Part Lot 9, 1827 10th Line West, Seymour Ward The applications propose to create two (2) new parcels, each being approximately 2 acres (vacant land), from approximately 121.81 acres, for residential building purposes. The retained portion contains the existing residential dwelling and outbuildings.

Zoning Amendment Application C04/2017 has been submitted in conjunction with this application.

2. Severance Consent Application B08/2017 Concession 14, Part Lot 20, 2350 14th Line East, Seymour Ward The application proposes to create one (1) new parcel, being approximately 2.8 acres (with the existing residential dwelling), from approximately 100 acres. The retained portion is vacant land.

Zoning Amendment Application C06/2017 has been submitted in conjunction with this application.

3. Severance Consent Application B10/2017 Concession 6, Part Lot 5, 498 6th Line West / Bannon Road, Seymour Ward The application proposes to create one (1) new parcel, being approximately 5.5 acres (with the existing residential dwelling and outbuilding), from approximately 44.29 acres. The retained portion is vacant land. Zoning Amendment Application C09/2017 has been submitted in conjunction with this application.

The following applications will be heard by Council, following and upon the completion of the Committee of Adjustment meeting noted above.

1. Rezoning Application C04/2017 Concession 9, Part Lot 9, 1827 10th Line West, Seymour Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to recognize the creation of two new parcels, being the severed portions of Severance Consent Applications B06/2017 and B07/2017, in an approximate size of 2.0 acres each (vacant land).

The current zoning of the subject lands is Agricultural, Rural, Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive. The proposed zoning for the severed portions will be Rural Residential.

The zoning for the retained portion will remain Agricultural, Rural, Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive. All Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive Zoning will remain in place.

2. Rezoning Application C06/2017 Concession 14, Part Lot 20, 2350 14th Line East, Seymour Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to recognize the creation of one new parcel, being the severed portion of Severance Consent B08/2017, in an approximate size

of 2.8 acres (with the existing residential dwelling). The current zoning of the subject lands is Rural, Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive. The proposed zoning for the severed portion will be Rural Residential. The zoning for the retained portion will remain Rural, Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive. All Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive Zoning will remain in place.

3. Rezoning Application C09/2017 Concession 6, Part Lot 5, 498 6th Line West / Bannon Road, Seymour Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to recognize the creation of one new parcel, being the severed portion of Severance Consent B10/2017, in an approximate size of 5.5 acres (with the existing residential dwelling and outbuilding). The current zoning of the subject lands is Rural. The proposed zoning for the severed portion will be Rural Residential. The zoning for the retained portion will remain Rural.

4. Rezoning Application C10/2017 Concession 10, Part Lots 21 and 22, Smith Road / County Road 35, Percy Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to recognize the area of one existing parcel, being 0.54 acres, for residential building purposes. The current zoning of the subject land is Rural (RU). The proposed zoning will be Rural Residential Exception. The Exception will acknowledge the reduced lot size within the Rural Residential Zone.

5. Rezoning Application C11/2017 Concession 8, Part Lot 7, being Parts 44 to 49 on RD Plan 74, Concession Road 8 West, Percy Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to recognize the area of one existing parcel, being 12.63 acres, for residential building purposes. The current zoning of the subject land is Rural (RU), Environmental Protection (EP) and Environmentally Sensitive (ES). The proposed zoning will be Rural Residential (RR), Environmental Protection (EP) and Environmentally Sensitive (ES).

All Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive Zoning will remain in place.

6. Rezoning Application C12/2017 Concession 9, Part of Lot 3, 10th Line West, Seymour Ward The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-Law amendment is to rezone a portion of the land being 350’ x 400’ in size, to permit the construction of a residential dwelling. The remaining portion of the lands would remain with an Agricultural Exception (*) Zoning to prohibit residential building permit(s). All Environmental Protection and Environmentally Sensitive Zoning will remain in place.

ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation, either in support of, or in opposition to, the application.

Written submissions can be made to the Clerk of the Municipality.

Additional information regarding these applications is available by contacting the Planning Department at 705-653-1900, ext 224 or ext 234, between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, or by email: liz.mitchell@trenthills.ca.

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Cost of policing is driving Stirling toward O.P.P. solution

BY TERRY MCNAMEE

Stirling — With the cost of maintaining a municipal police service escalating by leaps and bounds and with provincial funding decreasing every year, changing to the Ontario Provincial Police may be the only real option for the Township of Stirling-Rawdon.

At a public meeting on police costing held Wednesday, March 22, Mayor Rodney Cooney made it clear the Township is facing a "very real financial crisis" in which maintaining the Stirling-Rawdon Police Service could cost as much as $3-million per year by 2020. He said that, since 2000, the police budget has gone up 22 per cent, from $564,700 in 2000 to more than $1.8-million in 2016.

The estimate for 2018 is more than $2.4-million. That, he said, is not sustainable, which is why council approached the OPP for a costing to cover policing in the municipality.

“I know it's huge,” Cooney said.

“We're trying to make the best decision that we can, but we can't stay where we are.”

Between 125 and 150 people attended the meeting, which was held at the Stirling Festival Theatre. They learned that the township has lost more than $2-million in provincial funding.

“Every year, we lose a couple of hundred thousand,” Cooney said.

For example, between 2015 and 2016, every other municipality in Hastings County either received an increase in funding or stayed the same, except for Stirling-Rawdon, which was cut by more than $100,000. Stirling is the only municipality in the county to have had its funding decrease every year since 2013.

As well, the province is no longer providing grants for municipal policing, resulting in a loss of police funding of $280,000 since 2013, he said.

Cooney said the loss of revenue from the province would mean a 20 per cent increase in taxes, even with all budgets except the police having been slashed an average of 21 per cent since 2014.

Already, without this increase, Stirling-Rawdon is the third highest taxed municipality in Ontario, the mayor said, noting that Stirling is too far from Hwy. 401 and lacks the water to bring in big industry that could help with the tax burden.

Finding a way to reduce the skyrocketing policing costs could help prevent raising taxes a large amount or cutting services.

So what will switching to the OPP do for the township?

There will be initial transition costs, such as severances for current officers, and overall this will be just over $1.5-million per year for the first three years. In the fourth year, the annual cost will be similar to that of neighbouring municipalities with OPP service, roughly between $758,000 and $1.1-million. The actual cost is based on the number of properties being serviced in the township, and averages $355 per property, much less than the current cost.

“We're sitting at around $850,” Cooney said.

People in the audience wanted to know if the OPP would still offer 24/7 coverage, visit the public school regularly, do bylaw enforcement and whether there would be a reduction in response times. Staff Sgt. Scott Semple, Detachment Commander of Central Hastings OPP, said the coverage would remain the same and that the detachment, which is based in Madoc, has a community services officer that visits schools.

He said the current police office in Stirling will not be needed, as officers can access information via the computers in their cruisers. As for bylaws, only traffic-related bylaws would be enforced by the OPP. Regarding response times, it is an issue that is not tracked, he said, since the cruisers are dispatched from their current locations, not the detachment, and it depends on which officers are closest to the scene and the urgency of the call.

“Since I've been here, I don't think I've heard anybody complain about response time,” Semple said.

No one at the meeting raised ob-

jections to the possibility of switching police forces, and at least one was in favour.

“I think we cannot afford the police force that we now have,” said Edith Ray. Staff Sgt. Liane Spong-Hooyenga encouraged residents to go online and look up information about what the OPP offers and how the transition would work at http://opp.ca/ index.php?lng=en&id=115& amp;entryid=56b7d1088f94ac0d5c 28d1a.9. She said people who have additional questions can send them to Township chief administrative officer Roxanne Hearns, who will then forward them to the OPP. Council has until July 23 to decide whether to accept the OPP's offer. If it is accepted, officers who want to stay on as OPP members will receive transitional training at the OPP Academy.

The last time Stirling-Rawdon considered switching to the OPP was back in 2009, with the council of the day voting to stick with the municipal force.

Federal budget will create “good middle-class jobs”: Rudd ... in the new economy” that employers are looking for and this budget provides those monies for people to acquire those skills.”

The government also intends to spend $3.4 billion over five years on indigenous infrastructure, health and education and inject an additional $2.7 billion over six years to help more unemployed and underemployed Canadians access training and employment opportunities.

The budget projects the deficit will climb to $28.5 billion by 2017-18 – not an arc the Liberals had touted when campaigning before the last election.

That’s not a concern for Rudd because of what the government has been able to accomplish by continuing to spend more than it takes in.

The Canada Child Benefit “has lifted about 300,000 children out of poverty,” the unemployment has fallen from a rate of 7.1 per cent to 6.6 per cent, and almost a quarter of a million new jobs have been created, “most of them fulltime,” she said.

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Operating with a deficit is no different from carrying a mortgage on a home and having to replace a furnace, Rudd said.

“You may have to increase that mortgage slightly in order to do that because it protects your investment,” she said. “We’re investing in Canadians because the only way the economy will grow is if we’re competitive.”

There are areas “where we punch above our weight,” putting “significant money” into innovation and clean technologies, Rudd added. “We’re seeing the innovation in our own riding.”

“We’re investing responsibly,” she added, and “in places where we have the opportunity to lead in those sectors where we have definite advantages.”

Now it’s up to the federal government to work with the provinces and territories as well as municipalities and the private sector “to move forward on these,” she said.

“We’ll be anxious to see what the roll out is with regard to the affordable housing they brought forward, as well as the continued support of indigenous people,” said Northumberland County Warden Mark Walas, mayor of Brighton.

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OPINION

Northern Ireland: Violence, perhaps?

Martin McGuinness, who began as a terrorist and ended up as Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland’s powersharing government, died peacefully in hospital on aged 66.

Gwynne Dyer Monday His career spanned almost five decades in the history of that small but troubled place – and by resigning from the powersharing government in January, he began a new and possibly final act in that longrunning drama.

If it really is the last act in the Northern Irish tragedy, leading eventually to some form of “joint sovereignty” over Northern Ireland by the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic, then there may be some more blood spilled before the end. That would not have bothered McGuinness, for all his latter-day reputation as a man of peace.

As a Catholic born in Derry, Northern Ireland’s second city, McGuinness grew up believing that Britain must be driven out of Ireland and that the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland must be forced to accept unification with the Irish Republic.

But the burning issue when he was a young man was the oppression of Northern Irish Catholics by the Protestant majority.

The initial Catholic protests against that in the mid-1960s were non-violent, but McGuinness (aged 21) was already the second-in-command of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday in 1972, when 14 civil rights protesters were killed in the city by British soldiers.

The Provisional IRA exploited atrocities like that to convert the Catholics’ non-violent struggle for civil rights into a guerilla war employing terrorist tactics and aiming for unification with Ireland. McGuinness was one of the foremost advocates of violence, and quickly rose to become the IRA’s chief of staff.

In 1990, for example, Patsy Gillespie, a Catholic civilian who worked as a cook at a British army base, was abducted by the IRA and strapped into a van packed with 450 kg of explosives. While his family was held hostage, he was ordered to drive the van to a British army check-point – whereupon the bomb was detonated, killing Gillespie and five British soldiers.

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In all, the IRA killed 1,781 people during the period when McGuinness was a senior commander, including 644 civilians, and McGuinness was probably involved in the decision-making on half of those attacks. Fintan O’Toole, a columnist in the Irish Times, recently called him a “mass killer”.

But if so, he was a pragmatic mass killer.

When it became clear in the 1990s that the campaign of violence was not delivering the results McGuinness had hoped for, he was open to peaceful compromise, at least until circumstances improved. He played a key role in persuading most of the more dedicated IRA killers to accept the powersharing government embodied in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

As the leader of Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political wing, in Northern Ireland, McGuinness became the Deputy First Minister of the province, sharing power with the biggest Protestant party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He was seen as a calm, constructive politician during his ten years in office – but he never lost sight of his ultimate goal.

When he resigned in January, he had two excellent pretexts for doing so. First, he knew that he was dying (from a rare heart condition). Second, First Minister Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP and his partner in office, was entangled in a profoundly embarrassing energy scandal but was stubbornly refusing to step aside.

However, McGuinness was also well aware that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in last June’s referendum created new possibilities in Northern Ireland (which voted heavily to stay in the EU).

The open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic depends on both countries being part of the EU. When Britain leaves it will almost inevitably become a “hard” border that controls the movement of both goods and people.

That would greatly anger the Catholic of Northern Ireland, and if Sinn Fein goes on refusing to appoint a deputy prime minister then no new power-sharing government is possible either.

There was an unscheduled election early this month that produced no movement from Sinn Fein, and another may be called at the end of next week. But there is no sign that either Sinn Sein or the DUP will budge, and in the end Britain may be obliged to re-impose “direct rule” from London on Northern Ireland, which would anger Catholics even more.

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No problem with zeal, but Smith ought to apologize Editorial by Chris Malette Last week, Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith got turfed form the provincial legislature for conduct that broached proper decorum in the chambers.

That’s putting it mildly.

Smith, whose new job for the opposition Progressive Conservatives is to be lead attack dog on the energy file in his role as official critic on energy, has been using his booming radio guy baritone to great effect in the legislature when calling Liberals out on soaring hydro bills and the government’s attempts to explain their plans to reduce those costs.

Speaker David Levac “named” Smith – meaning he was red-carded for the day’s session – when Smith bellowed from his back bench at Liberals across the aisle and refused to tone down the highvolume rhetoric. He really came a cropper with the speaker when he stepped into the centre aisle, on his way out the door, and continued to scream across the way, jabbing his finger as he went.

Asked the day afterward if he had any regrets, Smith said he had none – “sticking up for the constituents… channelling the anger of Ontarians” and that sort of thing.

Kudos to Smith, then, for putting his back into it in opposition.

But, in what is supposed to be a civilized chamber of sober thought and discourse, Smith ought to have offered a public apology to Levac and the rest of the legislature the next morning.

He did neither and that’s where he was wrong – at least in that he was well within his rights and certainly won kudos from the intended audience, the oft-offended proverbial “little guy” in rural route Ontario, but should have shown the dignity of a second-term member in knowing when to offer an apology where one is owed.

There are precedents for members who’ve been there, done that and done the right thing afterward.

Eddie Sargent was a Liberal MPP from 1963 to 1987 who represented the central Ontario riding of Grey North and Grey-Bruce.

Sargent, a former mayor of Owen Sound and a legend in municipal and provincial politics in the Grey Bruce area, was a pugnacious legislator who frequently found himself in the speaker’s doghouse in the legislature.

Among the various times the fiery Eddie got tossed from the ‘Leg’ was in 1981 when he and fellow Grits vocally opposed the then-Conservative government’s decision to buy a large stake in the oil giant Suncor. The opposition Liberals argued the purchase of 25 percent of Suncor Inc. shares would cost as much as $2.4 billion over 10 years – not the

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According to a news report of the day, “Sargent was ejected from the legislature for the remainder of question period after he refused to take his seat after shouting questions about the Suncor purchase to (finance minister Frank) Miller.

Sargent called the purchase ‘a stinking deal’ and said that the government had bought ‘the biggest dog in the oil business.’

Eddie Sargent was no saint, but as editor of the nearby Hanover Post in the 1970s, I recall interviewing the feisty MPP and he truly expressed remorse for having been ejected on the various times his rambunctious nature ran afoul of the speaker.

“I never want to embarrass my constituents,” he once told me.

The next year, Sargent was again turfed for a day for accusing the Tories of influence peddling.

The next day, Sargent held a makeshift press conference in the press gallery bar, of course, to “thoroughly apologize for my behaviour…”

On his CJBQ phone-in show last week, host Lorne Brooker half-jokingly called Smith a “loudmouth and a blowhard” for his actions. He spoke by phone with Smith.

Brooker: “This is show biz… are you ashamed?

You would have been expelled until the summer,” had Levac ruled to expel Smith for the legislative session – something which the speaker warned Smith had come “very, very close” to having happen.

Smith – “Things do get hot…” “I’m not exactly sure people understand quite what we’re talking about here.” He continued on with his attacks of the government and the electricity rate debacle.

When Brooker pressed that Smith’s actions “were not acceptable,” his former broadcasting partner admitted there is “a fine line and I was unaware of that line, but I am now” in relation to how far you can go with one’s histrionics in the legislature.

Smith - “Just a 10-minute misconduct…”

Asked by Brooker if he was going to apologize…

“No apology needed… I spoke to the speaker…

We’re good.”

No, Mr. Smith, you’re not good.

In these parts, whether the Conservative faction likes it or not, the yardstick by which elected officials in senior government are measured is one Hugh P. O’Neil. The late MPP and cabinet minister was, by all accounts and across all party lines, remembered and revered as the standard-bearer of class and decorum.

Mr. Smith, Hugh O’Neil would have apologized.

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ServiceOntario site approval process underway for Marmora

BY SUE DICKENS

Marmora — The green light has been given by the Municipality of Marmora and Lake to pave the way for a ServiceOntario outlet at the local tourism centre, 9 Matthew St., after council approved a recommendation to sign a five-year contract with the government.

The decision was made at their council meeting on March 21.

The contract is with the Ministry of Government Services.

Megan Abraham, manager of economic development and tourism — whose office is in the municipal tourism building at that location — told the Central Hastings News that, “We haven’t signed anything yet, but we had a site visit from ServiceOntario, and the visit was very positive.”

Abraham adds that the next step is for the government to provide the contract.

“We fill in the key details and wait for their final approval.”

It’s been a long process which began following the closure of the former Servi-

ceOntario site on Forsyth Street, where it was operated by an independent business.

“ServiceOntario did provide an opportunity for local business to put in an application to house a centre, and we received some applications, but the government didn’t feel the businesses that applied met the criteria they are looking for,” explained Abraham.

The list of requirements includes such items as accessible washrooms and an accessible front door, “which they really stress, and we have plenty of parking and can meet the hours they require.”

Mayor Terry Clemens talked about the ongoing plans to bring ServiceOntario back to Marmora.

“From a personal point of view, I don’t mind saying I would sooner see it in private enterprise; but if that’s not to be, the fact of life is the people of the community need a ServiceOntario office here.”

Mayor Clemens commented on the ServiceOntario site in Campbellford, which opened in April 2015. “I happened to use it myself. It is a well-run operation,

Mamora and Lake council has given the green light to pave the way for a ServiceOntario outlet at the local tourism centre at 9 Matthew St. Sue Dickens/Metroland

a good operation.” It, too, is located in a municipal building — one owned by the Municipality of Trent Hills which houses the centre and the Trent Hills Chamber of Commerce.

“It will bring traffic to town and be a place for the public to get served,” said Mayor Clements.

The centre will provide all the services any other sites provide including driver’s licences, health cards, licence plates and

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so on.

Abraham offered her perspective on the need for the ServiceCentre in town.

“I think Marmora has taken a bit of a blow in the last couple of years. We lost our bank and lost our ServiceOntario site. I think it is incredibly important to keep that service in our community.”

She added, “We’re hoping it will open this summer. We want it to be operating as soon as possible.”

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Curling in Stirling - International Truckload (ITS) Skins Their Last One was the Best One!!!

March 17 - 19, began the end of an era, for the last 5 years InternationalTruckload Service has been the title sponsor of the Skins Men’s Bonspiel in Stirling and has decided to step down.The organizing committee of the Skin’s in Stirling would like to thank the Haggerty family and the rest of the ITS staff for their dedication to our event. With their help the bonspiel has turned into one of a very short list of men’s events fromToronto to Ottawa Along with ITS., title sponsor of the event, 60 plus other sponsors helped to make the Skins in Stirling once again the premier men’s bonspiel of the year.

24 teams from across Ontario and NewYork State flocked to Stirling in search of the big prize being offered at this year’s ITS Skins Bonspiel. Because of huge generosity from the community and surrounding area, Stirling Curling Club was able to offer the largest cash purse in the area this season.The ITS Skins was able to provide its largest cash purse of $12,500.00 for the weekend.The lucky team that made it to the A Event final would be playing for $250.00 per end or skin.

The 24 team field began Friday evening using the skins format. Each team is on the offence at all times, defence is very rarely used. It is great to watch that many rocks in play and it always comes down to a team’s last rock of each end before the skin can be decided.There is very rarely no shot to score.The team without last rock only needs to score a point, while the team with last rock must score two or more points to get the skin. If this does not happen then the end is carried over at which time the nerves can get quite stretched because each shot could decide the game. A three game qualifying round was held on Friday night and Saturday. After the dust settled the standings were as follows; Black Dog Restaurant (Matt Dupius - Cornwall) - $202.00 (3 game winner) James Oddie Farms (Trevor Calvert - Scarbourgh) - $172.00 (3 game winner) Marshman Jewlery (Jeff Purtelle - Quinte) - $143.00 (3 game winner) Shoppers Drug Mart Quinte Mall - (JonTuer - Quinte) - $182.00 GiantTiger - (David Windsor - Ottawa) - $160.00 Joslin Excavating (Jim Brownson - Campbellford) - $152.00 Buc’s Construction (Ryan Rowe - Nappanee Curling Club) - $151.00 Traveller’s Insurance (Jeff Clark-West Northumberland) - $142.00 EcoWater (Barry Brown - Campbellford) - $142.00 Foley Bus Lines (Scott Shaw - Stirling Curling Club) - $141.00 State Farm Insurance;Trenton (Neil Harder -Trenton) - $131.00 Sullivan Auctioneers (Rick Barnard - Stirling) - $123.00 Tipper Financial (Dennis Murray - Quinte) - $122.00 Jimmy`s Special Pizza (John Rock - Stirling) - $121.00 Aecon Construction (Jason Brien - Utica; N.Y) - $112.00 Jenny’s Country Lane (Andre Chapman - Ottawa) - $111.00 Dow’s Climate Care (Jerry Whyte -Trenton) - $102.00 Laurier Optical (Bryce Rowe - Quinte) - $101.00

BMO;Trenton (Paul (Curley) Jenkins -Trenton) - $101.00 Rollin’s Building Center (Mark Reid - Whitby) - $92.00 Bellevue Fabricating (PeterYlipelkola - Marmora) - $80.00 Laver Farms (Ian Laver - Campbellford) - $72.00 Border Control Dogs (Ken Richards - Stirling) - $41.00 Leighton Electric (John Parker - Stirling) - $20.00 Because standings are determined by dollars won teams quite often end up tied with the same dollar amounts.To make it fair and to give the team some control of their own destiny in this bonspiel we use a shoot-out system to break ties. Each team member will throw one rock each, measuring its distance from the button in the center of the rings.The total distance accumulated is then used to break ties in dollar amounts between teams.To make it a little bit more competitive the field was broken up into groups of four teams. Each group would then be competing for $100.00 and the overall winner would get an additional $100.00.This activity was generously sponsored by Meta Vocational Service of Belleville and Belleville Dairy Queen.The results were: James Oddie Farms (Trevor Calvert - Scarborough) - 229.5 cm State Farm Insurance;Trenton (Neil Harder -Trenton) - 101.5 cm (Overall Winner) Dow’s Climate Care (Jerry Whyte -Trenton) - 155.5 cm BMO;Trenton (Paul (Curley) Jenkins -Trenton) - 319 cm Black Dog Restaurant (Matt Dupius - Cornwall) - 186.5 cm Tipper Financial (Dennis Murray - Quinte) - 313.5 cm

ACCUTECH MACHINE &TOOL “C” EVENT Semi Final EcoWater (Brown) defeated Sullivan Auctioneers (Barnard) $200.00 to $124.00 Foley Bus Lines (Shaw) defeated State Farm Insurance;Trenton (Harder) $244.00 to $80.00 Final Foley Bus Lines (Shaw) defeated EcoWater (Brown) $704.00 to $420.00 Foley Bus Lines (Shaw) took home $1,155.00 for the weekend STIRLING FOODLAND “D” EVENT Tipper Financial (Murray) defeated - Jenny’s Country Lane (Chapman) $184.00 to $60.00 Aecon Construction (Brien) defeated Jimmy`s Special Pizza (Rock) $154.00 to $90.00 Final Tipper Financial (Murray) defeated Aecon Construction (Brien) $1,020.00 to $0.00 Tipper Financial (Murray) took home $1,426.00 for the weekend Thanks go out to our sponsors TITLE SPONSORS: InternationalTruckload Service (ITS); Stewart Graphics, AccuTech Machine &Tool, Stirling Foodland, Meta Vocational Services and Belleville Dairy Queen

Semi Final GiantTiger - (Windsor) defeatedTraveller’s Insurance (Clark) $144.00 to $140.00 Buc’s Construction (Rowe) defeated Joslin Excavating (Brownson) $304.00 to $100.00

PLATINUM SPONSORS; McKillop & Associates, Laurier Optical of Belleville,Thompson Plumbing, Woodbeck Auto Parts, BMO Stirling, BMO Belleville DaleTriol, GH Manufacturing, Bellevue Fabricating, Doxtator Sand & Gravel, Shawn McKeown & Sons, Wells Ford, Saputo, Ontario Water Buffalo, Goldfarb Signs & Graphics, Stirling Carpets & Flooring, James James Oddie Farms, Royal LePage - Shawn Lumley, All-Can Pro Logistics, Joe Foley Bus Lines, Sullivan Auctioneers, MarlinTravel Belleville, Northstar Refrigeration, Landstar Canada, P.A. Miller Surveying, A.J. Camp Law Office, Jimmy’s Special Pizza, Sharon Leitch Family Law, L&L Barbeques, Dolphin Pools, Tim Hortons Campbellford,Tweed Chiropractic, Rollin’s Building Center, Dow`s Climate Care, Grills Crane, State Farm Ins.Trenton,Tipper Financial, Peak Industrial, Royal LePage Darren Guerard, Don McCurdy GM., Black Dog Restaurant, Wieger DeJong Construction, ECO Water Belleville, SDM. Quinte Mall, GiantTiger Belleville, Pro One Stop, Farquhar Cabinets, Brad Comeau Law Office, Forestall Hay Farms Buc’s Construction, GiantTiger -Trenton, Joslin Excavating, BMOTrenton - Kelly Triol, Marshman Jewellers, North Street Chiropractic -Troy Flemming, Split Second Printing, Aecon Construction, Apple Financial, Border Control Dogs, Leighton Electric, Jenny’s Country Lane,Travellers Insurance, Stirling Pharmacy, Fledderus Financial, Campbellford Lawn Bowling, Ian Laver Farms and Noleview Farms.

Final GiantTiger defeated Buc’s Construction $1020.00 to $600.00 GiantTiger (Windsor) took home $1,434.00 for the weekend

Bonspiel coordinators John Parker & Rick Barnard would like to thank the entire list of sponsors. Without the help from this entire list if sponsors we would be unable to put on the event that we did that would draw the teams from across the province.

INTERNATIONALTRUCKLOAD SERVICE (ITS) “A” EVENT Semi Final Shoppers Drug Mart Quinte Mall (Tuer) defeated Black Dog Restaurant (Dupius) $420.00 to $64.00 - this game was a nail bitter as there was a 7 skin carryover James Oddie Farms (Calvert) defeated Marshman Jewlery (Purtelle) $364.00 to $120.00 Final Shoppers Drug Mart Quinte Mall defeated James Oddie Farms $1,520 to $500.00 Shoppers Drug Mart Quinte Mall - (Tuer) took home $2,122.00 for the weekend STEWART GRAPHICS “B” EVENT

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Community Living Ontario speaks out against picketing at homes

People First Northumberland speaks out against Community Living strikers

BY SUE DICKENS

BY SUE DICKENS

Toronto – Picketing in front of people’s homes is morally wrong. That is the position of Community Living Ontario which calls on Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) to stop strike action outside of homes.

In a press release issued by Ron Laroche, director, communications, marketing and fund development Community Living Ontario, he stated, “Every Ontarian deserves respect, dignity and equality and Community Living Ontario is calling on the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) to stop picketing the homes of people supported by Community Living Campbellford/Brighton.

As of Wed, March 22, representatives of OPSEU Local 316 have been picketing outside the administrative office of Community Living Campbellford/Brighton and four homes where people live who have an intellectual disability.

“Community Living Ontario and its member organizations respect the right of organized labour to express its grievances through strike actions that include legitimate, responsible picketing, however, yelling, demonstrating and setting up portable restrooms outside people’s homes are hurtful and disrespectful,” said Hélène Morin-

Campbellford/Brighton — “Picketing in front of people’s homes is so wrong, these are people’s homes. This is a safety, privacy issue, and much more.”

That is one of many statements made in a press release issued by People First of Ontario, People First of Canada with statements as well from People First of Northumberland in response to the action of strikers from Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 316.

The union called a strike at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22 and picketers have attracted a lot of attention on the streets of the towns the strikers have walked with placards to voice their concerns. They have gathered in front of homes of people supported by Community Living Campbellford/Brighton. People First of Northumberland, which covers Campbellford/Brighton, has denounced the strike as has its umbrella organizations stating: “Picketing is morally wrong ... people are people, this strike has affected so many persons’ homes.”

President of People First Northumberland Jennifer Grol said: “We would like to see them get back to work. Picketing should not be happening in front of people’s homes, this is disrespectful;

Employees walked the picket line in front of one of the group homes in Campbellford. Sue Dickens/Metroland Chain, president of Community Living Ontario.

“It is extremely disappointing to see members of OPSEU, employees that were assisting people to pursue meaningful lives in the community, resorting to strike tactics that are creating fear and anxiety for the people they were supporting only hours earlier.”

James Taylor, Cchair of the council of Community Living Ontario, be-

lieves picketing where people live is a violation of their rights.

“I know I wouldn’t feel comfortable with support workers outside of my home all the time.”

The release went on to state: Community Living Ontario and its membership ask that OPSEU and its representatives be more dignified and respectful and immediately cease all strike actions in front of people’s homes.

the union should picket the main offices.”

In fact, the strikers have been doing that as well, marching with placards in front of the offices at 65 Bridget St. East. Campbellford. President of People First of Canada Kory Earle stated: “Just because a person has a disability does not mean they should be treated differently than anyone else in the community. I get that there may be issues between staff and management, but it’s completely unfair that people receiving supports are in the middle of this.

Please show respect for the people you work for and take your disagreement away from their homes.”

President of People First of Ontario Richard Ruston, said: “I believe that the picketing is morally wrong, people are people, this strike has affected so many persons’ in the homes. This is an emotional time for the person’s who rely on support from their workers.

This is plain wrong and the picketing must stop. People First will continue to be on the side of the persons.

“For someone labelled with an intellectual disability, these kinds of actions can have a lasting effect. Labour issues that result in a strike are between an employer and an employee. Eventually, an agreement will be made, and everyone will go back to business as usual.”

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BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Trent Hills – Nice, but it needs work.

So said a few members of the public and council when shown what the Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre could look like when built at a cost of $33 million.

That's still a ways off and contingent on federal and provincial grants but Trent Hills now has a shovelready schematic design it can use to support its applications for funding.

What the current version shows and was presented at an open house and special council meeting March 20 is a 8,760-square metre facility that includes an NHL-size rink and three pools – leisure, therapy, and one for competitions, 25 metres long with eight lanes.

There's also a multi-purpose room that can accommodate up to 200 people.

Winding through the three levels is a 200-metre Loop, or ramp, that eliminates the need for stairs and an elevator.

It can also be used as a walking track, which “provides additional recreational amenity that isn't in a typical facility,” architect Michael Gallant said in his presentation on behalf of Lett Architects Inc. in Peterborough.

There would be enough seating for 500 or so people at the rink, and with standing room on two levels, “you could conceivably fit” as many as a thousand, Gallant said.

Local businessman Steve McKeown said he was “a little challenged by the layout, especially when it comes to the hockey rink.

“I don't think it really adds to the enjoyment of the building,” he said, citing the the seating areas and dressing rooms as issues.

The proposed $33 million recreational and wellness centre contains a rink, three pools, a multi-purpose room, walking track, roof gardens, 18 private family change rooms, a sauna and a steam room.

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The design isn't “friendly” to coaches or players, and it doesn't accommodate fans very well, he said.

The $33 million price tag is for the cost of construction alone and does not include consultant, legal, and management fees, and a host of other expenses. (Gallant noted that construction costs can escalate two to five per cent a year before building actually begins.)

Harold Douglas complained “it's going to cost a million dollars” to replace the ball diamond at the fairgrounds to make way for the recreation and wellness centre.

“I'd like to see the council put the pressure on these people (to) redesign this whole thing,” he said. The ball diamond is the best one in Northum-

he said, but if they come in less than expected, “we're going to have some frank discussions about how we're going to make up that difference,” as part of the public consultation process.

“If you don't dream big you're not going to get anything big,” Councillor Rosemary Kelleher-MacLennan said.

The municipality sets aside $500,000 a year for recreation redevelopment – currently being used to pay off the field house in Hastings – and it has a commitment of $2 million over 10 years from the Campbellford-Seymour Community Foundation.

Councillor Bill Thompson was the lone council member to vote against the motion to approve the schematic design and cost estimate.

He explained afterwards that Trent Hills could probably come up with the money to cover its share of construction costs, but operating the facility will be expensive, “that's what's going to bother everybody down the road."

Chief administrative officer Lynn Phillips said the municipality has “a rough idea” what it will cost to operate “but certainly more work needs to be done” to pin those numbers down.

She pointed out the Campbellford arena and outdoor pool will be decommissioned, so their costs of operation will be absorbed into the new facility's.

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“It's a pretty creative design” for a Council members welcomed the multi-use facility, he said. “I applaud public's input and encouraged resi- all the work that's gone into that.” dents to send in their suggestions.

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Trent Hills — The growing number of road tolls — the kind held to raise money for worthy causes — “is becoming a safety issue” and putting the municipality at risk of being held liable for anything that happens, says the Trent Hills manager of roads and urban services.

Neil Allanson raised concerns about such events in response to a request made to council by Community Care Northumberland to stage its annual road toll at the corner of Front and Bridge streets in Hastings June 16-17.

People are stepping out in front of oncoming vehicles to collect money, “expecting them to stop,” Allanson told council March 21.

“Some volunteers are almost getting hit. There is a risk for liability when we approve these (requests), because Hastings is a busy spot ... and everybody really doesn't want to stop.”

Allanson said the road toll conducted by firefighters on the bridge in Campbellford every year “is a little different ... because the traffic isn't going as fast” and they hold a car wash at the fire hall which makes for a

safer venue to raise money.

Allanson said the Cold Hands Warm Hearts initiative held every fall by high school students at Campbellford's main intersection also poses a risk when the collection in support of the homeless continues into the early evening and it's dark.

“There are issues about training volunteers,” who then “get really eager” to do well in their work, Coun. Cathy Redden observed.

Referring to the fundraising efforts by high school students, Coun. Rosemary Kelleher-Ma-

cLennan cautioned: “Youth are really stepping up, and we don't want to dampen their spirits.”

She recommended working with the community groups who are fundraising on the street to figure out how they can do so “in a safe environment.”

“We need to have these people understand our situation,” Deputy Mayor Bob Crate said in support of a policy being developed.

Allanson said he wanted to make council aware of the risk because “we do get quite a few claims with slips and falls and

everything else.”

He suggested council, when approving applications for road tolls, set out “traffic controls” for the safety of volunteers, as well as ensure the organizations have insurance to cover them.

Council approved Community Care's request, but with a proviso.

“We'll set up a spot they can work from,” Crate said.

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March for meals in Trent Hills

Trent Hills Deputy-Mayor Bob Crate (left) and Community Care Hastings volunteer Mary Lou Slater deliver a meal to Hastings resident Bert Small during the Hastings Community Care office’s regular Wednesday Meals on Wheels day. photo submitted

BY BILL FREEMAN

Hastings — Northumberland Community Care’s (NCC) meals on wheels program is an ongoing concern and local deliveries in Hastings and the rest of Trent Hills indicates that demand remains strong.

To highlight the importance and value of the program Community Care celebrated its 15th March for Meals with Deputy Mayor Bob Crate helping volunteers in Hastings deliver meals on the village’s designated Wednesday delivery day.

Between April 1, 2015 and March

31, 2016 there were 5,899 hot and frozen meals delivered throughout Trent Hills with 651 of those deliveries to residents in Hastings. Across the county NCC helped deliver over 21,000 meals.

“Our multi-service agency depends on volunteers,” says Trish Baird, NCC executive director. “Without their weekly support the Meals on Wheels program would not be able to service our growing number of clients.”

The program promotes health and independence by providing quality and affordable meals with volunteers delivering meals directly to the client’s home

over the noon hour.

There are hot and frozen meals available and special diets may be accommodated, says Baird.

The meal the deputy mayor delivered was a roast beef sandwich, carrots and potatoes prepared by Banjo’s Grill in Hastings which has been a longtime partner of the Hastings NCC office.

The program operates Wednesdays in Hastings at a cost of $6 per meal.

The frozen meal options are $5 each.

Clients in Trent Hills include seniors living alone, adults with disabilities who are unable to shop for groceries or cook for themselves and people discharged from hospital with limited or no help during their recovery period.

During March, agencies across North America promote the value of meals on wheels programs whose clients represent the fastest growing segment of the population.

The benefits of meals on wheels are “emotional and psychological as well as physical,” says Community Care.

The volunteer may be the only person a client interacts with on delivery day and is also performing a “valuable security check for isolated clients.” If there is an issue they can notify authorities.

The meals are delivered every Wednesday in Hastings and Warkworth and Monday to Friday in Campbellford. For more information call 705-696-3891 (Hastings).

Volunteers from left: Brent Seaton, Rita McGrath, Noreen Riley, Bill Kelly, Sheila Zajak, Liane Holmes Cook and Marie Bright.

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Meals on Wheels booming in Central Hastings

BY LYNN MARRIOTT

Ivanhoe – “This is one of our biggest days – some 120 meals,” said Noreen Reilly, Meals on Wheels co-ordinator for Central Hastings. “The number of meals ordered has doubled since December (2016),” said Marmora volunteer, Lyle Bright.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, volunteers for Community Care for Central Hastings (CCCH) prepare and deliver hot and frozen meals to seniors and those with special needs. Volunteer bag runners drive to rendezvous points in Tweed, Madoc and Marmora. From there volunteer delivery people deliver meals around town and to outlying areas. On Mar 23, Rodney Cooney, Stirling-Rawdon Mayor and Warden

of Hastings County; Linda Bracken, Deputy Mayor Marmora and Lake; and Randy Rowe, Madoc Township councillor, assisted the volunteers prepare and pack eight meals into each bag. This is part of the national campaign, held each March, led by Meals on Wheels Canada, to spotlight senior hunger and isolation across the county.

The meals prepared at the Volunteer Memorial Hall in Ivanhoe are home cooked and nutritionally balanced. A registered Dietitian reviews each seasonal menu. Special diet choices include no added sugar, gluten free, low calorie, fat or sodium and vegetarian.

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Staffing, board numbers discussed by Stirling Library Board

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Stirling – With the Stirling Public Library board down one member, the search is on again to fill the empty spot.

Chair Coun. Dean Graff said the policy manual needs to be followed, and that people need to start suggesting names of potential members.

“Maybe now is time to start with the succession plan,” Graff said. “I think we’ve run out of everybody’s names that we’ve got so far for selecting a new board member.”

“This board is supposed to be putting together a list of names now,” said Coun. Bob Mullin.

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Madoc – Seventeen Madoc residents paraded to the podium in the must be followed. It requires that latest meeting of the community ena new member be appointed when gagement phase of the public school there is more than six months re- board’s plan to close or amalgamate schools in the district. maining on the term.

All disagreed with the original proMullin suggested putting a volunteer list up at the library asking posal to close Madoc Township Pubfor interested people, and Graff lic School (MTPS) and move senior said the library staff also can make elementary students into the highsuggestions, since they know who school.

The Centre Hastings Secondary is passionate about the library.

The board voted to follow the School (CHSS) gym was packed while policy in searching for a potential Hastings Prince Edward School Board replacement member. The opening (HPEDSB) trustees Lucille Kyle, Dave was created when one new board Patterson, Mary Hall, Bonnie Danes, member appointed a few months Justin Bray, Mike Brant and Jim Wilago had to resign shortly after his liams, listened to residents’ frustrations and their compliments for the appointment.

Meanwhile, with Library CAO dedication and hard work of members still off on medical leave, the of the Accommodation Review Comboard debated about how to solve mittee (ARC).

While Randy Gray praised the the short-staffing issue. With children’s librarian Jaye Bannon serv- trustees, saying they “are invested and ing as acting CAO, the children’s reviewing,” the process, he wondered department needs help, and Ban- aloud why inaccurate data, dated from non said there are not enough staff 2012, “(was) given to parents and to have two on duty at one time as elected officials … that they read as required. That may mean reducing gospel?” asked Gray.

“Many renovations are already hours, she said. She suggested hiring someone part-time to fill in if complete,” said Denise Gray.

“Schoolyards are being overlooked the medical leave is extended.

The board agreed and gave Ban- at a time when (obesity) is alarming,” non permission to add part-time said Kerry Smith.

Green space activity “fights obestaff if required The Easter Monday municipal sity, type 2 diabetes, offers area sports holiday is on April 17, but because and creates community,” said Leethe library is always closed on Mon- Anne Kerr. “Can you list the benefits days, the library staff are off on of having less green space?” Brittany Tuesday, April 18, which normally Gray asked the HPEDSB officials. would be a board meeting night. Randy Gray showed a green board The board has rescheduled the next representing the five-acre MTPS green meeting to Tuesday, April 25, and space, with a dime in the centre, repalso voted to change the start time resenting the 40 x 99 foot play area at of all future library board meetings Madoc Public School (MPS). There to 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. begin- was a round of applause.

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“Eight days (after trustees vote) to prepare students and teachers is not enough … it should be postponed until Sept. 2018,” said Amy Beaton.

Special education transitions “will be a disaster,” said Emma Stock.

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CHSS and return rural Grade 7 and 8s to MTPS — filling it to capacity.

“Take two to three years to build a K-12 school,” said Kari Kramp, describing the second option. A new build will cost $21 million and will save $27 million. Wendy Spence said the Kiwanis and Lions are ready to fundraise for a new build. Tom Deline, Mayor of Centre Hastings, has properties on connecting roads available for a new school. The committee has, “a compelling case against the board’s proposal that is flawed and is only a band-aid solution,” said Daryl Kramp, the former Prince EdwardHastings MP. “My great grandfather granted the land to the school in 1851,” said Leslie Chapman. “We are losing (our history and culture) thread by thread … (hopefully the school) will remain for centuries to come … it is not just about money.”

Lees Lightfoot said impressionable Grade 7 girls should not be mixing with high school boys.

Public meetings on the issue are also planned for April 10, April 26, and May 23 before trustees vote on June 19.

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Mackenzie Marshall of Hastings enjoyed last year’s Hastings Revitalization Association Easter egg hunt at the ball park. This year’s event takes place April 15.

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BY BILL FREEMAN

Havelock — Easter egg hunts in Havelock and Hastings will roll once again, with plenty of fun in both communities on April 15.

The “eggceptional” events have achieved local fame thanks to donors who have generously con-

tributed goodies, prizes and cash to help organizers create chocolate-filled fun for area children.

The Hastings egg hunt at the ballpark will celebrate its sixth year — the second under the guidance of the Hastings Revitalization Association — while the Havelock Lions Club are preparing their ninth extravaganza at the Lions Community Hall at the recreation centre.

Last year, at least 150 children took part in Havelock, and another 100 were undeterred by the soggy, muddy-ish field in Hastings.

The Havelock event runs from 11 a.m. until noon and features an egg hunt, jelly bean guessing contest, Easter basket raffle and a raffle prize table. Chocolate and plenty of special prizes are also up for grabs in Hastings, which holds their hunt from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m.

“It’s fun to watch. I just stand and get my head spinning, because you don’t know where to look next,” Havelock Lions past president Don Radnor said. “The kids have a blast and we have a blast doing it. It’s a great way to give back.”

“The sponsors definitely make it what it is and we rely heavily on them,” says Havelock organizer Vicki Blakely.

Last year, at least 70 local businesses stepped forward with donations.

Support was similarly strong in Hastings.

Both committees welcome donations of eggs, prizes, spring-related toys or cash for materials.

To make a donation to the Hastings egg hunt, contact 705-957-3214 or ahennings@trentu.ca.

To contribute to the Havelock Lions Easter event, contact 705-778-2261 by April 7.

EarlyAct, a rotary club for students Campbellford — A schoolwide service club sponsored by Rotary for elementary students, ages five to 13, called EarlyAct was the focus of a presentation to the Rotary Club of Campbellford

by Jinni Demine of the Trenton Rotary Club.

“EarlyAct teaches respect, empathy, tolerance, caring, citizenship, compassion, responsibility, leadership, perseverance, friendship and teamwork,” said Demine, showcasing the school club and what it can do for youngsters.

Two representatives from local elementary schools attended, Rhonda Rutherford, who teaches kindergarten at Kent Public School and Connie Hudson, principal at Hillcrest Public School.

Kimberly Hulsman, Campbellford Rotary club president said: “We as a Rotary club are excited about the possibility of partnering with

you both in hopefully starting up the EarlyAct program within your schools.”

The program is self supporting and the youngsters conduct three service projects annually, one for their school, one for the local community and one that furthers international understanding.

The mission and operation of EarlyAct are closely linked to the ideals of Rotary and provide the foundation and natural succession into Interact, Rotary International's service club for young people ages 12 to 18.

There are no dues for the EarlyAct program and monies for projects and activities are the result of fundraising by club members. There is an annual commitment of $1,000 per EarlyAct club per year by the sponsoring Rotary club.

The Rotary Club of Campbellford holds dinner meetings weekly at 5:30 p.m. and features a guest speaker on a variety of topics.

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Norah Foster, Bryn Cruikshank, Autumn Scott, Sophie Scott, Sadie Turcott and Harrison Mees rehearse for the Hastings Public School production of Dorothy in Wonderland The Musical.

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Hastings — It will be Dorothy and her friends from Oz teaming up with Alice in a frantic battle with the clever Queen of Hearts in this year’s big Hastings Public School musical extravaganza.

The little-school-that-could will mount a bravura production of Dorothy in Wonderland the Musical next month and has been hard at work on rehearsals as they enter the countdown phase to curtain time.

The musical by Brian D. Taylor, Bill Francouer and Scott DeTurk is freely adapted from The Wonderful World of Oz and Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and has been popularly produced by schools as well as community and professional theatre companies.

Now, it’s Hastings Public School’s turn with shows running from May 2 through May 5.

It will be the school’s fifth production in the last five years. Last year the school staged anoth-

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The show starts in the Emerald City of Oz then quickly shifts to Wonderland where Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman, Glinda and the Wizard meet Alice and the magically mischievous denizens of Wonderland including the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse.

There’s even a chorus made up of Ozians, tornado dancers, chess pieces, playing cards, flowers, Winkies and Munchkins.

The HPS show has 48 characters and a large production crew.

The show will be a colourful celebration of two of the greatest children’s fantasies ever written. And it will be a celebration of the ingenious craftwork of the small but mighty Hastings Public School.

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Madoc — Want to do a test workout at the grand opening of a new business? Well not many businesses can say they will provide active participation at their official opening celebration but that is just what Ellen Broek, owner of the Garage Fitness Body Shop, will be doing on Monday, April 3 at 162 Russell St. (corner of Prince Albert and Russell streets.)

“That night we will start at 6:30 p.m. with an open workout,” said Broek with a huge grin. Fitness is her passion so what better way to celebrate the successful launch of her new business which opened in mid-January.

“It will also be an information night with guest speakers, naturopathic Dr. Tracy-Linn Reside from Trenton and her partner athletic therapist Chris Farrugia.

He is also a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) and is studying osteopathy.

There will be refreshments, discounts on services and door prizes.

For Broek, mother of one-year-old Georgia, the chance to open up her own fitness business is something she always knew she wanted to do.

At the age of 22, she has reached that goal and is using her expertise to provide fitness programs for teens, moms and their babies and others.

She and her fiancé Dan Vinnicombe

moved from Tweed about three years ago and bought a house in Madoc, making it their new home.

“When I decided that fitness was going to be my career, and I’ve had a passion for fitness since high school, I knew that one day I would have my own business. I have a lot of entrepreneurial spirit and I like to be creative,” she said.

Setting up shop in what was at one time a mechanic’s garage, among other things, lends itself to an atmosphere that suits her plans. “I have three bays and big garage doors,” she commented. “It’s a very industrial feeling with high ceilings. I’m super excited to have the doors open in the summertime.”

Jumping in with both feet she is living her dream. “It’s risky but at the same time I am a bit of a risk taker, although I was confident everything would work out here.

If I don’t make it I will be happy I have given it a shot.”

Broek’s business model offers levels of membership that are reflected in the prices.

More about Garage Fitness Body Shop can be found on Facebook where updates are posted all the time: www.facebook. com/garagefitbodyshop/ For more details or if you would like to register for the open workout please contact Ellen at the Garage, 613-438-9955 or by email ellbroek@gmail.com/

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Havelock walk-in clinic draws 'steady flow' of people

BY BILL FREEMAN

Havelock — The new Havelock walk-in clinic has seen “steady” traffic since its opening at the Guardian Pharmacy on Highway 7.

“I’m really impressed with how it’s been going. The response has been really great,” said registered practical nurse Katrina Kessenich, who works full-time at the clinic. It is currently open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but it could see those hours expand to include weekends.

The Good Doctors clinic is one of 12 across Ontario — predominantly in rural areas — with a network of physicians connected to individual sites through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), allowing nurses and patients to communicate directly with doctors from places like Havelock. Images and sounds can be transmitted to doctors via stethoscopes and otoscopes.

The clinic is for people who don’t have family doctors or who aren’t able to get to theirs, says Kessenich. It includes a private consulting room.

“We want to open it up and take the load off emergency rooms,” she explained. “It’s nice that they are able to speak to a doctor rather than driving into Peterborough or Campbellford.”

The doctors can “do anything your family doctor can do,” says Kessenich, including referrals to specialists, X-ray orders and prescriptions.

Kessenich talks to patients and provides pertinent information to a doctor via a Skype-like video link. If the doctor thinks a prescription is necessary, it can be transmitted, printed off and taken to the pharmacy.

The only thing they can’t do, Kessenich stresses, is prescribe controlled substances.

“If the clinic continues to grow, we’re looking to perhaps open Saturdays and maybe Sundays,” she says. There is also a part-time nurse who helps out.

“It’s been quite steady and busy this week.”

Kessenich has seen everyone from mothers with babies to seniors. Most have been area residents, but there have been dropins from Madoc and people travelling through HBM. She expects clinic traffic to increase during cottage season.

Most are comfortable with the telemedicine concept, she added.

“It’s been busy and the flow has obviously increased,” says pharmacy shop manager Kristina McIntyre. “It’s been good

for the community, but it’s also been good for us.”

“Telemedicine will become much more popular,” added acting pharmacy manager Richard Hughes.

“It’s reaching all ages,” he said. “There are a lot of people in Peterborough who don’t have family doctors, and I’m sure that’s the case out here.”

You can contact the clinic at 705-304-0018 or havelock@ gooddoctors.ca.

Registered Practical Nurse Katrina Kessenich at the Good Doctors walk-in clinic in Havelock. Bill Freeman/Metroland

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A moving end to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Hastings

BY BILL FREEMAN

Hastings — There was one last celebration at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Hastings.

Under the dramatic triptych of Jesus blessing young children, the small St. Andrew’s congregation, swelled by guests, dignitaries and friends, brought to a close the 164-year-old history of Presbyterian worship on Albert Street. The parishioners will carry that legacy to their sister church, St. Andrew’s, Warkworth, creating a “new congregation that’s stronger, more vibrant and has more to offer.”

The moving service acknowledged the death of the building and the grief, anger and understandable sense of loss that entailed; it also underscored the “huge shift in congregational history” that will happen in the wake of amalgamation.

Still, it was a celebration of thankfulness for all that St. Andrew’s, Hastings stands for and has represented since the first church was built in 1858. (Fire destroyed the building in 1897 but it reopened the following year.)

“You can’t begin to cover the fullness of the life of this congregation,” Rev. Sabrina Ingram of St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church in Peterborough said in her powerful sermon.

But Rev. Ingram felt it important to try and “capture” the “sense of purpose, drive and creativity” over generations of history St. Andrew’s brought to the village — “relationships bounded together” over years.

“Along with thankfulness, there are many other emotions in the hearts of the people of St. Andrew’s. Grief is a painful thing ... It is hard to let go what we have lost.

“There is a little bit of shock and sadness; there is anger (and) a tendency to blame,” she said.

There is also a feeling of guilt that this is happening “under your watch,” she noted.

“Don’t be too hard on yourself. It’s not easy being a church in the 21st century.”

“What has brought us here today is the love that makes us stronger. Your congregation will continue, but I want to make clear: something has died, but it is not the congregation of St. Andrew’s. Your building has died.”

That is a “difficult loss” given the significant events and memories it represents. It is also a loss to the Village of Hastings.

“Something has died, but the congregation of St. Andrew’s isn’t one of them.”

“Churches are made of people, not buildings,” Rev. Ingram stressed.

Amalgamation, she said, is “new life; it is transformation.”

Amalgamation will change St. Andrew’s, Warkworth, too, she said.

“Worship can be livelier; issues can be broader and easier.”

Rev. Ingram understood some people parishioners are “fearful” that Warkworth might “overwhelm the Hastings church” and their “voice” would be lost.

She urged them to set that fear aside and become part of something new and vibrant.

They can honour the Scottish and Irish settlers who began to worship in James Fowlds’ home in 1852 by emulating their adaptability and determination and most of all, they shouldn’t allow the memory of those hardy pioneers stand in their way.

Reverend Neil Ellis of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Cobourg and the Convenor of the Ministry and Personnel Committee of the Lindsay-Peterborough Presbytery, speaks at the final service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Hastings.

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Havelock — Mitch Walker, a core member of Havelock’s Mid Weak Jammers, 10% Seniors will be honoured during a tribute afterDiscount noon April 8, and a special showcase cabi(PARTS ONLY) net will be installed at the town hall displaying the “unique” multi-autographed starting at • Snow Tires guitar he made from a cedar tree on his • Rims • Alignments property.

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“Mitch never wanted glory or accoDR., CAMPBELLFORD (705) 653-4107 3 INDUSTRIAL lades. He was a gentle man who wanted (At the south end) nothing more than to make a difference and give back to his community,” Shirley Patterson told HBM councillors while seeking permission to have the glass display cabinet installed in the hall. A plaque will accompany it.

“There’s a hole in the Mid Weak Jammers that can never be filled,” Patterson admitted.

The Jammers, who started in 2003, draw as many as 29 people to their weekly sessions and sometimes form a second “circle” when they play. Spectators fill out the hall. People travel from as far away as

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It was Patterson who helped find larger accommodations when jamming sessions outgrew their original meeting places. The group has raised over $20,000 for a variety of projects at the 116-year-old hall, most recently donating $8,900 for new commercial plank flooring.

They continue to raise funds for town hall projects, says Patterson.

“We want to extend its life.”

“We all know the part (Mitch) played in the community. He was a great guy; he did a lot,” councillor David Gerow said.

“He was a very recognized individual in our community and very talented,” added Mayor Ron Gerow. “We enjoy our relationship with the Jammers and appreciate everything they do in the community.”

Mayor Gerow wanted to “make clear” that council has made no decisions “in terms of the longevity of the town hall".

“There are no new commitments beyond where we have ever been,” he said.

“There will be a point in time, probably not too far down the road, where council will have to decide the future of that building.”

Mitch Walker, a stalwart member of Havelock’s Mid Weak Jammers, will be honoured April 8.

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The April 8 “celebration” will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Havelock Seniors building.

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More info needed on ballpark scoreboard: council

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Havelock — Havelock-Belmont-Methuen council wants more information and guarantees before it gives the final goahead to an electronic scoreboard at the ballpark.

The Havelock adult mixed softball organization would like to see a scoreboard installed and has pledged to pay half the total estimated $13,175 cost.

“Do we know if they’ve raised any money? We need some assurance,” said Coun. Hart Webb. “We’re being asked to put $14,000 of taxpayer’s money.”

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The organization has said it would raise money by selling sign advertisements and once their balance was satisfied future revenues would go to the municipality for things like maintenance. The group approached council last year with the idea and said at the time they’d already raised $1,000 for the scoreboard.

The scoreboard is $4,669; ancillary costs bring the total to $13,175.

“We’ve done without a scoreboard for how many years and now all of a sudden we need one?” added Coun. Barry Pomeroy.

Pomeroy supports the initiative, but doesn’t like the idea of going ahead without the organization’s half-share contribution.

“I don’t think it’s right for taxpayers,” he said.

“We did it with the ($30,000) soccer field; they (minor soccer) didn’t have any money but they paid us back,” DeputyMayor Jim Martin reminded council.

Martin wasn’t sure the organization could raise their 50 per cent share in one year with advertisements alone.

“Perhaps if they pay with some money up front with the understanding they’re going to pay 50 per cent,” he said.

Martin tabled a motion asking staff to meet with the organization and come back with a finalized agreement with the understanding “they’re on the hook for 50 per cent.”

Martin wants to know what the group can contribute now.

A meeting would be “advantageous,” Mayor Ron Gerow said.

“Make it clear to them what our expectations are,” Gerow said.

The size, location and what is included on the advertisements will be controlled by the municipality, he said.

“We need to make this abundantly clear. It’s important they know they’re on the hook here.”

Economic development officer Brian Grattan said the group is willing to sign an agreement to have their contribution paid within two years.

The scoreboard would also be used by Havelock youth softball, Grattan noted.

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NOTICE OF PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen passed By-law No. 2017-028 on the 20th day of March 2017 under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990.

Crowe Valley Conservation Authority’s (CVCA) operations budget and capital budget for 2017 have been approved with an overall increase of 12.58 per cent.

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BY SUE DICKENS

Marmora — Crowe Valley Conservation Authority’s (CVCA) operations budget and capital budget for 2017 have been approved with an overall increase in the levy to municipalities of 12.58 per cent.

The operations budget was passed with a recorded vote of seven in favour and three against. Vice-chair Ron Gerow representing the Township of HavelockBelmont-Methuen, who requested a recorded vote when the operations budget was put before the board, voted against the operations budget.

Two other board members, Irene Martin representing the Township of Tudor and Cashel and Terry Clemens representing the Municipality of Marmora and Lake, also voted no.

The operations budget shows total revenues and expenditures for 2017 to be $816,189, down from $930,922 last year. This budget as approved represents a six per cent increase to the CVCA’s municipal levy of $483,202 which is a $27,351 more than last year ($455,851) to be shared among the 10 participating municipalities based on a predetermined percentage.

There is a different allocation for each municipality.

The balanced capital budget, which was passed unanimously, also in a recorded vote, represents a 6.8 per cent increase to the CVCA’s municipal levy.

The capital budget totalling $138,000 includes an additional capital levy of $30,000 to assist with paying for the CVCA’s capital projects for 2017.

This levy is also shared among the municipalities based on the same proportionment as the operations budget.

The passing of the budgets follow discussions at a previous meeting of the needs of the authority in terms of fulfilling its mandate in the context of its 10-year long-term strategic plan, which is half way through the cycle.

AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the By-law by filing with the Clerk of the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen not later than the 10th day of April 2017 a notice of appeal setting out the reasons for the objection to the By-law and reasons in support of the objection to the By-law. The notice of appeal must be accompanied by a cheque for $300.00 made payable to the Minister of Finance. The requisite appeal form may be located at http://elto.gov.on.ca/omb/.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that prior to the passing of By-law No. 2017-028 Council received no oral and/or written submissions which resulted in revisions to the by-law.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT The purpose and effect of Zoning By-law No. 2017-028 is to amend the zone category for certain lands located in Part Lot 6, Concession 9, in the Geographic Township of Belmont (now in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen - Havelock Ward). The subject lands are currently zoned “Institutional-Holding (I-H) Zone”, “Residential Type 1-Exception-Holding (R1-E-H) Zone”, and “Residential Type 3-Exception-Holding (R3-E-H) Zone”.

The proposed zoning by-law amendment will change the zone category of certain lands to “Residential Type 3-Exception Two (R3-E2) Zone” in order to permit the subject lands to be developed in the form of an assisted living/affordable housing facility and related uses. The proposed zoning by-law amendment will also recognize the zone category of certain lands to “Residential Type 1 (R1) Zone”, “Residential Type 1–Holding (R1-H) Zone” and “Institutional-Exception One-Holding (I-E1-H) Zone”.

KEY MAP A key map showing the location of the lands to which By-law No. 2017-028 applies is provided below.

Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a Zoning By-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the Council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Dated at the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen this 21st day of March 2017.

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Flames lose to eventual winner of OFSAA boys' hockey tournament

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Campbellford — The Campbellford District High School Flames returned home Friday afternoon from the 2017 OFSAA Boys' A/AA championship without a medal to show for their efforts at Fort Frances.

But they showed lots of mettle in making it to the quarter-finals and then putting up a tough fight in a 4-2 loss to the tournament's eventual champions, the Belle River District High School Nobles.

“We had an opportunity to beat them,” coach Brad Mountain said, but penalties played a key factor, as the home team scored twice on the power play, including the winner at 5:11 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie.

An empty-netter sealed the victory.

Elijah Brahaney scored just 55 seconds into the game to give Campbellford the quick lead. Belle River tied it before the period ended and went ahead just 39 seconds into the middle frame.

Blaine Thompson evened the score at 9:02.

Dawson Turcotte earned his second assist of the game on the goal.

The fifth-seeded Flames finished 1-1-1 in their pool, losing 7-6 to the Widdifield Wildcats to begin play, tying the Dryden Eagles 1-1, and then edging Hamilton's St. Mary's Crusaders, the third-ranked team in the competition, 2-1.

Matt Sherwin, with a goal and an assist, and Zack Nicholson, with a goal, led the offence in the win over St. Mary's.

Noah Robertson scored Campbellford's lone goal in the tie with Dryden.

Goaltender Philip Boivin was the team's player of the game in both matches, while defenceman Carden Guerin earned the honour in Campbellford's round-robin opener.

“We really should have won all those games,” Mountain said. “It was just the way the puck bounced.”

Assistant coach Jason Masters was of the same view.

“It was an incredible trip, and although our team lost, I feel our team was definitely good enough to win the tournament,” he said.

However, “it just seemed like we never got a bounce consistently, where we got those bounces through COSSA (the Central Ontario Secondary Schools Association),” he said.

“It wasn't meant to be for us,” even though “the boys played extremely hard.”

The team wasn't disheartened by the way things turned out.

“Everybody was very positive,” Mountain said. "They're a really good close-knit group of boys unlike any ... I've coached before. It was nice to be part of that.”

“We've had more talented teams in the past, but this team here is the one that came together the most,” Masters said. “They were unbelievably together and it showed on the ice.”

“The kids had a great experience,” Mountain added, which included stopping at the Terry Fox Monument at Thunder Bay on the 24-hour bus trip back home.

“They played well (and) represented the town well,” he said. “We're looking forward to next year.”

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BY SUE DICKENS

Campbellford – Returning home, each with a banner from the Little Rock provincial curling bonspiel in Ottawa, Campbellford’s team faced some tough competition, coming in fourth place out of a field of eight teams.

There were curlers from Morrisburg, Pembroke, Ottawa, Russell and Manotick.

The winning team was from

Manotick, a rink that Campbellford played in their very first game.

“Manotick never lost a game,” said Campbellford coach Ron Hart.

“In our first game we played the Manotick club which took four or five points but it didn’t phase our boys,” he added.

“I am very proud of how they handled themselves and the effort they put forth. They never gave up, they just kept plugging away.”

He was talking about Skip Joe Brownson of Marmora, Vice Tyler Hart of Stirling, Second Liam Mahoney of Campbellford, and Lead Nolan Eakins, also of Campbellford.

“They played in the Rideau Curling Club, the same club that Rachel Homan and Emma Miskew, who won gold yesterday (March 26) at the world women’s curling championship (in Beijing, China) started as young curlers,” said Hart.

“That was the only time Homan and Miskew curled against each other and it was in a Little Rock championship.”

The provincial competition on Saturday, March 25, was a long day for the young curlers who played two four-end games and then a third sixend game.

“By the time they got to the last end of the last game, they were pretty tired but that didn’t stop them,” said Hart.

They lost 5 to 4 in that last game against a team from Quinte. “They were tied in the fifth end and then Quinte scored one in the sixth. It was a really good game.”

All the kids received a provincial banner with their name on it.

“It’s something they will have their whole life,” said Hart.

At the end of the day he asked them how they were feeling about it all.

“They said they really liked the experience. They learned a lot by going up there. It’s a lot different than curling against other kids in spiels,” he added.

“They did a really good job. Congratulations to them all for representing the Campbellford Curling Club so well.”

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Curling club takes big gamble to raise funds Marmora — In exchange for a $15 admission fee, the Marmora Curling Club will pay $20,000 to everyone who attends its fifth annual Casino Night on Friday, March 31.

This may seem like a questionable strategy by the club to raise money for much needed equipment. The catch is that the cash given at the door to wannabe gamblers is play money. With a wad of fake bills in their hands they can then take their chances at card tables, a crown-and-anchor wheel, and a miniature horse race course.

Some hard-core players prefer the black jack and poker tables,

but the horse races usually draw the largest crowd. To make things interesting, a pig occasionally sneaks in and joins the race. The club’s cash bar is open and free snacks are provided.

In addition to paying $15 each at the door, couples attending the event are asked to bring a wrapped, unmarked gift valued at less than $10.

Club President Paul Speight explained, “Regifting is totally acceptable. This might be the perfect way to get rid of that present your mother-in-law gave you last Christmas.”

At the end of the evening, a light lunch is provided and all of

the wrapped gifts are auctioned off for whatever play money people have left. Everyone goes home with a gift.

Tim Black, lead organizer of casino night, said: “Last year I spent $15,000 for a pair of homemade candle holders and I unloaded a plastic garden gnome. It was a great deal!”

The fun starts on Friday at 7 p.m. in the curling club lounge at 2 Crawford St., next to the municipal skating arena, and is open to all.

For more information call president Paul at 613-472-2146.

Horse race enthusiasts crowd around the course set up in the Marmora Curling Club at last year’s casino night. Photo by Celia Murray

Campbellford Peewees 'top dogs overall'

BY SUE DICKENS

Campbellford — Coming off their win as Peewee Leo League champions this year with a shutout score of 8-0 over Apsley, the Campbellford Colts took their talents to the Quinte West Minor Hockey Association’s

Snowball Express tournament on March break, and won that as well.

“It was a wrap up of our season,” said coach Glen Patfield.

There were teams from Picton, Stirling, North Frontenac and Campbellford. “We played four games with a round robin

of three undefeated then went on to the final and won that as well with a score of 4-0, beating the Quinte West State Farm team,” he said, praising his team for their skills on the ice. During their regular season the Peewee rep team racked up 16 wins, two losses and tied three games.

“The thing about that is we had our two losses in the second and third game of the season.

We never lost a game after that.

They learned, they applied and they all improved,” said Patfield.

“We had 146 goals for and 46 goals against. This doesn’t include the playoffs.” Goalies Nathan Tanner and Victoria Brun-

ton shared the time in the net.

The finals meant a two-game series. In the first game, the team had home ice and the game went into overtime. They won 3-2.

“Apsley gave us the most grief all year long,” said Patfield, adding, “But they never beat us ... we tied them a couple of times and beat them a couple

of times.”

‘We had all kinds of ranges of skill set but over the course of the year every single one of the kids improved in one shape or form ... better forechecking, better passing, thinking, better skating, harder ... there’s no one thing you can narrow it down to,” Patfield concluded.

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Belleville—A pot luck dinner held on Saturday, March 25, at Bridge Street United Church in Belleville was more than just an ordinary event.

The dinner celebrated the recent arrival of three grandparents of the Al Mansour family and the reunification of an extended family separated by the war in Syria.

Aruna Alexander of the Social Integration Unit of Belleville's United Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Group said the dinner was a celebration for both the family members and the sponsors.

“It's a very joyful evening,” she said. “How All of the Syrian refugee women received pink carnations for the special dinner held on Saturday, March 25, at Bridge Street blessed we are to welcome people into our commuUnited Church in Belleville. Bayan Al Mansour received hers from volunteer Carolyn Ketcheson of Belleville.

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The 23 members of the family in Belleville now include three grandparents, four sets of parents and 12 children between the ages of 3 and 17.

Dr. Ian Sutherland welcomed the guests to the dinner, saying that the refugees have demonstrated resourcefulness, gentleness and humility while adjusting to their new lives in Canada with grace and dignity.

“Canada and our community are made richer by your presence,” he said. “It is we who should be thanking you.”

Several area churches and other groups and individuals are working together to ensure that these new Belleville residents have what they need to begin their new lives in Canada.

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Unionized employees of Community Living Campbellford/Brighton on strike

Taking time from their picket line workers with Community Living Campbellford/Brighton posed for a photo op with Shawn Devries, front on the ground, president of Ontario Public Services Union (OPSEU) Local 316.

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BY SUE DICKENS

Campbellford—Horns honked by drivers in support of the strikers from Community Living Campbellford/Brighton (CLCB), carrying placards and walking the picket line in front of one of the group homes on Centre Street in town, blended into the sounds of a radio playing music during the daylong job action.

This was their second of three days walking the picket line. On the first day, they were in front of the CLCB offices downtown, at 65 Bridge St. The employees have been working without a contract since March 31, 2016.

The union was formed in 2007 and there has never been any strike action in that history, until now.

“We’ve had three agreements in that 10 years, and one was very close to a strike — within four hours of the deadline. That one was four years ago,” said Shawn Devries, president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 316. The union represents 91 full-time and part-time employees who work in Campbellford, Brighton, Warkworth and Cobourg, which is Region 3.

The main sticking point in negotiations, according Devries, is the language being put into the new contract which makes it a “requirement” that staff have a vehicle to do their job.

“It was always voluntary before,” said Devries. The change in the language, he explained, will affect the insurance premiums of workers.

“Making it a job requirement in the language in the collective agreement means we have to talk to our insurance company, so they know it’s a job requirement ... and that means a rate increase,” he said.

Terms during negotiations,

which have ended for now, according to Devries, included an original offer of a $175 lump sum and then a second lump sum of $175 the next year.

“Now they’ve come back with a final deal of a $750 lump sum as of April 1, 2017.

It’s not something that carries on. It’s carrot dangling to take this deal, a one-time shot.

With the cost of living and this language with the vehicles, it’s going to increase premiums of our employees as much as $600,” he added.

“They’ve also come back with a final deal of 20 cents an hour in a wage increase for everyone. That translates into about a 0.75 per cent increase ... and 20 cents an hour only equates to about $390 for a year.”

Devries told the Trent Hills News that OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas, who lives in Kingston, is expected to be in Campbellford on Monday, March 27 at 10 a.m. — along with busloads of workers at the CLCB office on Bridge Street to continue their picket.

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Management offer 'fair', says Community Living’s executive director

BY SUE DICKENS

Campbellford — In a press release provided by Nancy Brown, executive director of Community Living Campbellford/Brighton (CLCB), she addressed the strike action by Ontario Public Services Union Local 316 and stated, “There has been intense negotiations and mediation by both parties in advance of the strike notification.”

Brown added, “Community Living Campbellford/ Brighton presented what we believe is a fair, financially responsible and sustainable offer that addresses the key issues of our employees.”

A phone message for callers to CLCB advised that as of March 22, the organization has been “impacted” by strike action.

“As always, our priority remains to ensure the safety and wellness of the people we

support,” states the message.

Callers are also told that as a result of the action, the administrative office is operating at reduced hours during the “disruption,” and regular updates will be posted to their website.

Brown indicated that “the people we support are at the heart of who we are as an organization,” and reiterates that “all essential services will be maintained during the labour disruption.”

President of the board of directors John Mood said the organization “remains open to meaningful dialogue to reach a sustainable and financially responsible collective agreement.”

The release also states that CLCB has communicated the labour disruption to people supported and their families, community partner organizations, funders and elected officials.

MPP Todd Smith nearly expelled from legislature

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BY STEPHEN PETRICK

Queen’s Park – Prince Edward-Hastings Member of Provincial Parliament Todd Smith was ejected from the Ontario legislature and nearly expelled altogether after storming out of his seat during a heated debate on Tuesday, March 21.

MPPs were once again discussing hydro issues and Opposition charges that the governing Liberals are using taxpayers’ money to fund advertising campaigns.

The campaign speaks to a new program that will allow Ontarians rebates on energy costs; Progressive Conservatives suggest it’s really a Liberal advertising campaign for the next election.

Smith, energy critic for the Opposition Progressive Conservative Party, grew so embroiled in the shouting he was ejected from the Legislature by the speaker.

It was then that Smith crossed the line to nearly being expelled from the entire current session of the Legislature, a ban that would oust him from the chamber until June. A visibly animated Smith left his seat and charged into the centre aisle of the legislative chamber.

A news clip aired by CTV Toronto showed him repeatedly jabbing his finger at Liberal MPPs – but there was no audio of what Smith was bellowing.

The Legislature’s sergeant at arms quickly stepped up to Smith and escorted him from the chambers. The Speaker, David Levac, sternly admonished Smith and warned other MPPs that such actions were beyond acceptable behavior in the legislative chamber.

Upon Smith’s ejection, Levac said, angrily, “the member might not have known it, but he was very close to being expelled.”

As the Legislature fell into hushed silence, Levac continued, “That kind of action shall not be tolerated in this house. That goes for anybody. It’s disrespectful.”

In a phone interview with the Belleville News from his Queen’s Park office the next day, Smith said he sent a note to Levac to apologize for his behavior.

However, he said he doesn’t feel he owes Ontarians, or his constituents in particular, any apology for his actions.

“No, certainly not,” he said. “I promised to be their voice at Queen’s Park. From what I’m hearing from residents in my riding, they’re angry. I hear anger.”

He said the high emotions experienced Tuesday are a reflection of the tension in Ontario, where high energy rates are hurting residents and businesses.

When asked to describe how the heated exchange started, he said, “the minister of energy (Glenn Thibeault) was not backing down on claims that this is not a good idea to spend that money (on advertising). To me it was the same old, same old. It’s very frustrating.”

When asked if he broke protocol by leaving his seat and walking into the middle aisle, Smith said, deadpan, “no, that’s the way out.”

He downplayed the seriousness of the ejection, saying that the sergeant of arms didn’t have to physically remove him.

“I wasn’t handcuffed,” Smith said.

He was also asked whether him being expelled until June would have been a disservice to constituents, to which he responded with “Oh, yes, certainly, but that didn’t happen.”

As the newly named energy critic, Smith is in a high-profile role for his party now, as electricity rates are expected to be a major issue in the 2018 provincial election. Earlier this week Smith’s office worked on a Progresive Conservative motion to suggest that the Liberals were in contempt in parliament for running the advertising campaign.

It hinges on the argument that the hydro rebate program is being advertised, even though it hasn’t been officially approved in Parliament yet.

(However, because the Liberals have a majority government, there’s no doubt it will eventually be approved.)

“Tensions are high at Queen’s Park these days,” Smith said. “It appears we’re in election mode.”

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Hastings County – Seeking a grant of $150,000 for the Bancroft hospital was an easy sell for its proponents at Hastings County finance committee of the whole Tuesday morning.

The presenters were Drew Brown, executive director of the Belleville General Hospital Foundation, who left most of the appeal to Kim Bishop, North Hastings Hospital Fund Development Committee chair.

Bishop began by reviewing the small hospital’s facilities and services in a tourist community where summer swells the population by four times over.

Her committee has worked hard to fundraise in a community that lacks industry and job opportunities. In spite of this, medical staff who have worked elsewhere in hospitals across the province describe it as the “best equipped rural hospital in Ontario,” with its own diagnostics and even a small dialysis clinic, with physiotherapy soon to be added.

The money, she said, is urgently needed to refurbish the room used for instrument sterilization to meet new provincial standards. The one room must be converted to two with special air systems and other sterilization equipment.

Marmora and Lake Reeve Terry Clemens said he supported the request and noted it might come from the county’s surplus from the previous year of some $160,00. The request was for $50,000 a year for three years. County Finance Director Sue Horwood assured council that was doable and the motion was passed, with little discussion, to be included in this year’s budget, which already contained $50,000 for hospital assistance.

Horwood also reviewed the 2017 budget for council, showing a total increase of $2,244,000 in

expenditures, up 1.69 per cent and a total levy of $13,772,764 , up 2.63 per cent.

The levy increase, she noted, is partially offset by a particularly successful year of growth and new assessment, bringing its impact down well below two per cent and in line with inflation.

A key factor in the current year’s budget, she stressed, is upgrading the county’s two senior homes because of aging infrastructure. She also noted that the new provincial thrust for lower electricity rates has not been factored in, based on those that were current at the time figures were compiled.

Actual rates also are pending because of a new assessment category the province is expected to announce within a few days. While it passed the committee unanimously at the end of the meeting, the budget was challenged by several northern representatives for including a $20,000 a year grant for two years to the National Air Force Museum.

“Why should we give such a generous grant to a facility that is on federal property?” asked Faraday Reeve Carl Tinney.

His motion to ”cut it in half” barely failed by a majority vote in favour.

Hastings Highlands Mayor Vivian Bloom, in an interview, spelled out the concerns of northern communities like hers. “Our lumbering industry is closing down; we have no jobs. Our council even had to borrow money last year at extra interest costs to pay our county levy.

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Grand Canyon National Park is one of those incredible travel destinations that I think should be on everyone’s ‘bucket list’. After all, it’s mammoth – and it’s Arizona’s most distinguishable landmark.

This awesome gorge is usually considered to be one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”. It stretches for well over 200 miles from end to end, and it’s over 200 miles by road from the South Rim to the North Rim. It is, indeed, grand!

There are places where its steep, rocky walls descend for over a mile to the canyon floor – and it offers a plethora of awesome lookouts and variety of optional activities, including hiking, horseback riding, mule trips, rafting, and aerial tours.

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The great majority of tourists visit the park’s South Rim, where you can park and take a free shuttle around Grand Canyon Village (for it’s the most congested area); however, I’d recommend driving the entire southern rim route, too, from the Grand Canyon Visitor Centre to the Desert View Visitor Centre – and then I’d recommend continuing west and driving all the way to Cameron (where you’ll find the famous Cameron Trading Post). You can, therefore, make

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On my most recent visit to the Grand Canyon, I also checked out its east side, for the renowned Horseshoe Bend (near Page) is located just a few miles from the actual beginning of Grand Canyon National Park. I hiked to this

famous lookout, and I’d certainly recommend it. The view of the Little Colorado River from here is, indeed, eye-popping! However, if you’re doing this adventure trek on foot in the summer heat, be sure to carry water, for there are signs posted about the extreme temperatures. Also, there are no fences, so you’ll find that you’re on the very edge of the canyon when you get to the lookout, so be very careful with children. It’s a long way down!

I’ve also visited both the north and south rims of this awesome park, and I’ve found that they’re quite different. The North Rim is quieter and more secluded (for far less tourists venture here), and it’s only open seasonally (from to May 15 to Oct. 15). Its higher elevation supports a diverse forest of fir, spruce, and aspens.

It’s a more challenging drive to reach this North Rim, and it offers some incredible viewpoints, including the not-to-be-missed Bright Angel Point, Cape Royal, and Point Imperial. On the other hand, the southern rim’s outstanding viewpoints include Grandview Point, Hopi Point, Moran Point, the Tusayan Ruins, and Desert View.

The South Rim offers a dwarf forest of pinyon pine and juniper - and a desert landscape on

its east side. There are, of course, spectacular views of the Colorado River from both sides – and it cuts through the deep floor of the canyon, from end to end.

The Grand Canyon’s geology is, of course, remarkable, and its sequence of rock layers serves as a kind of window into time. It’s said that the Rocky Mountains began to form about 70 million years ago, and the Colorado Plateau was eventually formed. The Colorado River flowed across the Colorado Plateau, and as the river cut down into it, the canyon deepened.

Over time, erosion wore away the ridges, carving out the Grand Canyon, and leaving spectacular buttes and pinnacles.

What a sight!

The Grand Canyon is neither the deepest nor the longest canyon in the world. However, former President Theodore Roosevelt once stated that the Grand Canyon is “a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world”.

I’d agree that it’s particularly “special”, simply due to its magnitude – and I’d definitely suggest placing it on your “bucket list”.

For more information: www. nps.gov/grca/index.htm (Travel and accommodations provided by Sedona Tourism)

METROLAND MEDIA AUCTIONS

Auction Sale

of quality farm equipment including 8 tractors & trucks!

Saturday, April 8th - 10:00 a.m.

Morrison Farms Limited o/o Scott & John Morrison, Cookstown, ON Sales to be conducted at the Essa Agriplex, 7505 10th Line, Thornton, ON From Hwy 400 going S of Barrie take exit Essa Rd to Side Road 20 to 10th Line, or heading N to Barrie take Innisfil Beach Rd (Cty Rd 21) to Cty Rd 27 to Side Road 20 to 10th Line. See Signs!

Sale includes a JD 4555 MFWD a/c cab tractor w/powershift, 9300 hrs, 160 hp, JD 7230 Premium a/c cab tractor 2x4 w/16 speed shuttle shift, only 1130 hrs, 130 hp, JD 7400 MFWD a/c cab tractor w/740 self leveling loader, w/8’ bucket, 100 hp, transmission replaced, JD 4440 a/c/ cab 2x4 tractor, 12000 hrs, motor reconditioned @ 9500 hrs, JD 1830 o/s 2x4 diesel tractor w/145 front end loader, has 7’ material bucket & manure forks, 2001 JD 6410 4x4 a/c cab tractor, 104 hp, 640 self leveling loader, left hand reverse, 16 SP, JD 9500 4WD a/c cab combine w/straw chopper & chaff spreader, 3939 engine hrs., 2930 separator hrs, heads selling separate incl a JD 693 corn head w/plastic snoots, JD 922F flex grain head, JD 212 swather head & a Horst header wagon, Int 574 tractor with loader, new 16.930 tires. Trucks: 2010 GMC Sierra 1500 white, crew cab 4x4 truck, automatic, gas w/short box, 180,000 kms, 2004 GMC SLE Sierra 2500 white gas crew cab 4x4 truck, automatic, 181,000 kms, 1986 GMC Brigadier diesel truck w/Loadrunner 10 ton 2 compartment fertilizer box w/unloading auger, Cat 3208 engine, 1990 Volvo GMC diesel truck w/22’ grain box w/hoist (new hydraulic pump on hoist, Sfty & Etested in 2016), 1989 GMC Brigadier tandem diesel truck, Cat 3208 engine, 311,412 kms, w/21’ wooden grain box w/hoist (Etested in 2016), & a 1976 Int’l Loadstar 1600 4 wheel drive truck, gas engine, w/Blumhardt 500 gal field sprayer w/60’ boom (has Honda 8 hp water pump).

Note: All above trucks are in good repair, sold running ‘as is’! Planting, Tillage & Harvest Equipment: JD 1780 Max Emerge 6 row x 30� corn planter w/dry & liquid fertilizer system, cross auger, + air down pressure, E-Set, radar & monitor, JD 455 Folding 40 run grain drill w/grain box, field monitor & press wheels, JD 435 round baler w/Syllabic liquid applicator & monitor, Kinze 400 bu grain buggy, 1335 Batco 35’ belt conveyor w/unloading hopper (hydraulic driven on wheels), 60’ 8� grain auger, Krause 24’ disc w/wings, JD 960 cultivator w/ wings 30’, + finger harrow att., 12’ chain harrows, 24’ Dunham Lehr sprocket land packer, Kongskilde 5000 trail plow 7/16� w/hydraulic reset, JD 400 3 pth 14’ rolling cultivator, JD 925 3 pth 6 row corn scuffler, George White 100 gal field sprayer, Gehl 1000 harvester w/5’ haylage head, Outback portable GPS unit Model STS, 8030 Knight ProTwin slinger tandem manure spreader (good tires), & a Herd ATV seed broadcaster, Pequea 710 tedder (like new), NH 648 round baler S/N 6088, Gehl mix mill. Miscellaneous & Shop Equipment: Econor 93� snow blower w/hydraulic controls (new), JD 1445 Series II diesel fastrack 72� cut Commercial hydrostatic zero turn lawn mower, 800 hrs, JD 318 riding lawn mower, Danuser 12� 3 pth post hole auger, set of 23.1R34 combine rice tires, 100 gal ‘L’ shape fuel transfer tank & pump, Injectomatic chemical dispenser for field sprayer, JD 4400 front mount fuel tank, Honda 4 hp gas water pump, DeVilbiss 60 gal upright air compressor, Beach 2 tier tool chest, JD 1 hp air compressor, acetylene torch set w/cart & acc, Amrox DF12 floor mdl drill press, Lincoln 180 AC welder, Carolina HV12 metal band saw, steel work table & vise, Carolina 500 engine hoist, Unitool EQUT920 parts washer, Carolina 80,000 lb press, Miller portable welder big 40 diesel on a trailer, assort of misc hand & power tools, + high tensile fencing wire & fencing supplies, plus much more!

For more details, pictures, viewing & pick up times visit: www.kevinbarkerauctions.com Auctioneers Note: All machinery is field ready & well maintained. The Morrisons are inviting anyone with clean equipment to consign to this sale at their discretion. Feel free to call them or Kevin for approval.

2 AUCTIONEERS SELLING TODAY! Terms: Cash, Cheque w/ID, Visa, MasterCard & Interac!

LUNCH AVAILABLE - NO BUYER’S PREMIUM! – NO RESERVE Sale Managed & Sold by: Kevin Barker Auctions Ltd. T: 705-374-4478 C: 705-878-2947 Vendors: Scott Morrison 705-435-3553 & John Morrison 705-435-7598

AUCTION SALE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5/17 AT 5:00 P.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE Oak kitchen table, 4 chairs, fold down secretary, handmade maple coffee table, coffee & end tables, dresser, vanity & bench, night tables, small book shelves, qty. of smalls including oil lamps, old books, qty. of costume jewelry, prints, glass & china, cups & saucers, collector plates, paper weights, collectibles, 2 trolling motors, rods & reels, cast iron pieces, barbeque, garden & shop tools, extension & step ladders and many more pieces.

See the web site for detailed list & photos.

AUCTIONEER: DOUG JARRELL 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017 AT 9:00 A.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE SELLING TOOLS, LAWN & GARDEN, LIVESTOCK FEEDERS, PENNING, ASSORTED GATES & FARM EQUIPMENT Early consignments include: Allis Chalmers 6060 2wd tractor ( very nice), Ford 8n tractor, Massey 30 tractor, John Deere 8300 18 run double disc seed drill with grass box, Turnco 11 ft. culti-packer with hydraulic transport. 25 litre (12V) ATV sprayer & tank. Large water tank, set of chain harrows, Beatty stable cleaner drive unit & 20 ft. chute. 41 ft. x 6 inch pto driven grain auger on undercarriage, NH 155 single axle manure spreader/endgate, NH 680 tandem axle manure spreader with double beater,(rebuilt), Massey Ferguson 300 self propelled combine/8 ft grain head, 3pth set of 8 ft. discs, utility trailer, 3 section set of drags, Champion grain roller, grain aerator, Surge Master 3 pth hydraulic wood splitter, KRPHPDGH IW WDQGHP D[OH à DWEHG WUDLOHU &DVH ,+ IW KD\ELQH 1HZ ,GHD IW GLVFELQH 0) SWK ¡ PRZHU NH side delivery rake, Ford 3pth hay rake, NH rotary UDNH 1HZ ,GHD URXQG EDOHU 1+ VTXDUH EDOHU ¡ KD\ JUDLQ HOHYDWRU SWK FXOWLYDWRU ÀHOG VSUD\HU URXQG bale feeder, Case 10 ft trail type set of discs with hydraulic F\OLQGHU à DW ERWWRP KD\ ZDJRQV ZRRGHQ ODPELQJ SHQV lamb accessories, several grain troughs, sheep feeders, small animal scales, rabbit cages, water troughs. Qty. of farm gates, Truck back rack, Bomag tamper, Target tile VDZ 9DQ*XDUG JUDYHO WDPSHU +XVTYDUQD . FHPHQW saw, curb sweep attachment, EDCD cement block saw. 28 lb anvil, baler twine. +RUVH GUDZQ HTXLSPHQW EXJJ\ WRS FXWWHU VXON\ WUDLQLQJ cart, 2 seat driving wagon (excellent). Show wagon with 2 sets of leather heavy horse show harness. Southland gooseneck 16 ft. steel trailer with tack room(sells as is).

Columbia “Heritage�25 H.P. 50 inch cut hydrostatic drive riding lawnmower, Craftsman LT 2000 16 H.P. 42 inch cut riding mower, Bolens ST140 14 H.P. 42 inch cut K\GURVWDWLF GULYH ULGLQJ PRZHU .REDOW LQFK FXW EDWWHU\ powered push mower, Craftsman 4.5 H.P. 20 inch push PRZHU % ' LQ HOHFWULF LQFK + 3 SXVK PRZHU Yardworks 12 inch battery powered weedeater, Lawn Boy “hobby garden� tiller, lawn roller, Toro 15 inch electric weed eater.

Lincoln 225 welder, welding table on casters, steel shelving units, new Simoniz S1500 pressure washer, plasma cutter, cement mixer with hit & miss engine, 14 ft. aluminum boat with trailer and 6 H.P. Evinrude motor, Trolling motors.

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AUCTION SALE ORCHARD COASTS FARMS FORMERLY HUGHES ORCHARDS 2983 CO RD 8, WAUPOOS, ONT. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY SATURDAY APRIL 8TH AT 10:30 AM 8 miles SOUTH EAST of Picton (turn at Picton Harbour) on County Road 8 to Community of Waupoos TRACTORS AND EXCAVATOR John Deere 6100 D 4WD diesel tractor with JD 673 front end loader, cab 1500 hrs- excellent condition; John Deere 5510N 4WD diesel orchard tractor with cab, 10000 hrs – good running condition; John Deere 4230 2 WD diesel tractor with cab- good running condition; John Deere 1830 Low arch 2 WD diesel tractor- running condition; John Deere 1830 Hi arch 2 WD diesel tractor- running condition Case International 1896 4WD tractor with 59 Cummings diesel, front end loader, cab , 7000 hours- good running condition; Massey Ferguson 275 2WD diesel tractor with MF 236 front end loader 7900 hrs- good running condition;Zetor 4 wd diesel tractor with Allied 549 front end loader with canopy- good running condition; Neufield 265 T Line diesel tractor – running condition; Hein Werner C12 4 cyl diesel 12 ton steel track excavator – running condition;Gehl 4635 SXT 4 wd skid steer- good running condition; 2 Bombardier diesel rubber track self propelled side walk plows with blades, Allis Chalmers outdoor fork truck- needs repair; TILLAGE EQUIPMENT McKee 20 ft S tine cultivator with rolling baskets, 24 ft cultivator with hydraulic lift – like new;Kverneland 4 furrow semi mount vari width plow, Wilrich 6 furrow onland plow, John Deere 145 4 furrow semi mount plow, White 508 4 furrow semi mount plow,2 and 3 furrow 3 point hitch plows, Rock-O-Matic 57 7ft tandem axle PTO stone picker with hi dump capabilities, Pyramid 7’ and 8’ landscapers box scraper, several rolling leveling baskets, 12 ft all steel dump trailer with dual wheels & PTO hydraulic lift pump; 6 ft 3 point hitch rototiller, PLANTING EQUIPMENT 2 International 5100 21 run seed drills with grass seed boxes, press wheels- excellent condition; International 510 21 run seed drill with grass seed box,John Deere Model B 16 run seed drill with grass seed box, seed drill, Big Jim 12 ft cultipacker with hydraulic lift transport wheels, 20 ft cultipacker with transport wheels, 3 point hitch fertilizer distributor with directional discharge,New Holland 519 double beater manure spreader with hydraulic tailgate, ORCHARD EQUIPMENT 2 -300 gallon trail type PTO sprayers, 3 point hitch 100 gallon sprayers, Kodiak 6 ft rotary mower, Walco 5 ft rotary mower, 24 ft self loading/unloading apple bin trailer with hydraulic lift, approx. 100 plastic apple boxes, approx 250 wooden apple boxes, approx. 700 plastic apple crates, quantity of wooden apple crates, plastic tomato hampers, bushel baskets, unused cardboard tomato boxes, wooden apple tree stakes, 1400 litre poly water tank, various size poly water tanks, Ford 3 point hitch 6 ft flail mower, 40 ft Little Giant PTO hay/grain elevator, WAGONS 200 bu gravity grain box on 10 ton wagon with Market unloading auger, 12 ft flat deck single axle trailer, 18 ft steel box tomato wagon on 10 ton gear, tandem axle 16 ft flat trailer,3 forage wagons on Horst 12 ton double reach gear, John Deere 3 point hitch pallet truck, manual pallet truck, IRRIGATION approx. 75 30 ft lengths of 4�Wade Rain pipe with 20 sprinklers, irrigation gun and PTO powered pump; VEHICLES 2002 Ford F150 Supercrew King Ranch pick up truck – 312,000 kms – running condition – sells as is; 2007 Pontiac G 5 SE sedan 216,000 kms – running condition – sells as is; 2000 custom built 18ft tandem axle all steel gooseneck livestock trailer with 16� tires, electric brakes – excellent condition, MISC Ingersoll 448 18 hp twin garden tractor with tiller, snow blower,48� mower attachment, sickle bar attachment- good running condition;Kubota T 1460 riding lawn mower, Craftsman YT 4000 riding lawn mower, approx.

400 sap buckets with spiles, Miller Bobcat Plus 8000w portable cc cv ac/dc welder generator, Lucknow 6 ft single auger snow blower, , 2- 500 gal fuel tanks with electric pumps, Haban Racine corn sheller, Martin hay /grain feeder, outdoor play ground equipment, stainless steel restaurant grills, ovens, dough mixer, double sinks; TERMS- CASH OR CHEQUE OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE www.sullivanauctions.com for photos SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS 3ODLQĂ€HOG

AUCTIONS CONTINUED ON PAGE B6 Section B - Thursday, March 30, 2017 B5

METROLAND AUCTIONS AUCTIONS CONTINUED FROM B5 Have an auction you would like to see included in our newspaper?

Call Norah at 613.966.2034 ext 501

BRIGHTON ESTATE AUCTIONS Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 Preview 9:30 a.m.

Auction 11:00 a.m.

2522 County Road #64, Carrying Place Antique & Collector’s Auction Watch Web Site for Updates. www.brightonestateauctions.com Phone 905-376-1056

ON LOCATION AUCTION Saturday April 1st 10:00am Store Closing

48 Walton Street, Port Hope Glam Interiors Vintage and Modern Home Fashion and Design including Store Fixtures and Display Units, Rugs, Rug Display Racks, Paintings, Large Display Cupboards, Customer Service Counter, Selection of Lamps, Selection Chandeliers, Large Selection Paintings, Selection Mirrors, Selection Tables, Selection Chairs, Selection Decorator Pcs, Various Chairs, Vases. Vintage Mahogany Cabinet - meticulously overlaid with fret work detailing creates a light appearance even though the piece is large (45w x 18d x 96h). All original carving and glass, velvet lined shelves, interior lighting. Large Scale Vintage Lacquered Asian Screen - double sided screen... 5 panels each (19w x 104h). Wall panels used as store backdrop... 7 panels (19w x 104h). Carved Hand Painted Vintage Demi-lune Table Vintage lacquered console table (39w x 20d x 32h). Rustic 9LQWDJH (WDJHUH 5XVW ÂżQLVKHG FXVWRP PHWDO HWDJHUH ZLWK unique dome top, tempered glass shelves (36w x 16d x 90h). Burled Walnut Veneered Demi Lune Table with gilded accents (42w x 2d x 33h). Set of 6 Vintage Chrome and Rattan Dining Chairs. - Two arm chairs, 4 side chairs (18-20w x 20d x 39w). Hardwood Bar Stools with linen and suede upholstery (46h x 20d x 29w). Vintage Round Dinette Table - laminate cladding accented with Greek key banding and unique pedestal base (47 Diam x 30h). Teak Dining Chairs with Grid Back - pigskin upholstery. Large 6FDOHG ,QGXVWULDO 3HQGDQW XQLTXH JUH\ SHZWHU ÂżQLVK Diam x 50h). Original Acrylic Impressionist Streetscape - guided framing custom matt (36w x 24h). Mid-century Style Side Tables - chrome frame, white marble top (20w x 20d x 20H). Deco Styled Coffee Table - gilded metal frame tempered glass (46w x 29d x 18h). Deco Styled Side Tables – gilded metal frame, tempered glass (26w x 18d x 24h). Contemporary Pendant... 7 globes with opal VKDGHV DQWLTXH EUDVV ÂżQLVKHG IUDPH 3RVHDEOH Z [ 48h). Custom Sliding Wall Unit - Sliding wings cover or display television. Laminate wood veneer smoked mirror, glass shelves, rollout drawers, (86w x 20d x 92h). Original Acrylic Portrait Platinum Frame... (32w x 43h). Original Large Scale Acrylic “Eyesâ€? Canvas (98w x 49h). $Q H[FHSWLRQDOO\ ÂżQH RIIHULQJ RI TXDOLW\ SLHFHV 7RR PXFK to list. All quality pieces, some very unique pieces both in small furnishings and decorator pieces. All must be sold.

Subject to 10% buyer’s premium.

Terms: Cash, Cheque with I.D., Visa , M/C, Interac Gary Warner Auctioneer 905 355-2106 B6 Belleville News - Thursday, March 30, 2017

AUCTION SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 7/17 AT 5:00 P.M. DOUG JARRELL SALES ARENA, BELLEVILLE Oval kitchen table, 6 chairs, set of 6 press back chairs, corner cabinet, curio cabinet, fern stand, pine dresser, 2 bar stools, coffee & end tables, small tables, large qty. of glass & china including a 12 place setting of Royal Albert “Old Country Roses� dishes with tea pot, coffee pot, salt & pepper, cream & sugar/tray, 2 cake plates, open vegetable & butter dish, pinwheel rose bowl, cranberry, cook books, book ends, several crocks, Beatrix potter books, hardware scales, hunting knives, collectible pieces.

Berron food dehydrator, Berron bread mixer, Green Power juice extractor, Vitamix 3600, Lee grain mill, sausage maker.

Small shop & garden tools.

Note: This sale is being held on Friday evening April 7 at 5:00 p.m.

See the web site for detailed list & photos.

AUCTIONEER: DOUG JARRELL 613-969-1033 www.dougjarrellauctions.com

AUCTION SALE MR PETER BEARE 439 OAK LAKE ROAD R.R.# 3 STIRLING, ONT. FRIDAY APRIL 7TH AT 10:30 AM 2 miles SOUTH of Stirling on Highway 14 ( Stirling – Foxboro Road) and turn WEST onto Oak Lake Road for 2 miles.

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS Massey Ferguson 3670 WD diesel tractor with cab- 8028 hrs- excellent condition; 20.8 38 duals, White 1370 4 WD diesel tractor with front end loader -4230 hrs- good running condition; Massey Ferguson 35 Diesel Deluxe tractor – running condition; Kubota GF 1800 diesel zero turn lawn mowerexcellent; Bush Hog 5 ft rotary mower, Howard 3 point hitch PTO 6 ft rotovator, Oliver Superior 17 run seed drill with grass seed box, 12 ft single axle trailer with sides, front end loader manure bucket, big bale spear, pallet style bucket, 6 ton flatbed wagon, diamond steel 12 ft farm gates, builders scaffolding, Yard Man riding lawn mower, Pro Air portable compressor, General table saw, Mastercraft pedestal grinder, Mastercraft mitre saw and stand, aluminum step and extension ladders, quantity of lumber, used brick, cement blocks; cedar mulch, custom built vintage wood burning stove; VINTAGE RECREATIONAL 1966 Bolens Diablo Rouge snow machineoriginal and running condition; 1966 Hus Ski 444 snow machine – original and running condition; 1973 Sno Blazer single ski snow machine- needs restoration; 1965 Hus Ski 444 snow machine needs restoration; COLLECTIBLES SELL AT 10:30 AM antique oak and glass counter top display case, , antique glass and oak case counter top display cabinet, set of 6 tiger maple cane bottom dining chairs, antique arrow back chairs, antique pine dough box, Windsor back arm chair, antique china jardinière, patio furniture, area carpets, artwork, prints,household articles, numerous other articles OWNER & AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT OR INJURY DAY OF SALE SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS 3ODLQÀHOG www.sullivanauctions.com

EVENTS BELLEVILLE VENDOR & CRAFT SALE: Harry J. Clarke school April 1, 10am-4pm All proceeds go to school’s breakfast club.

Admission is free. 50+ vendors showcasing their talents ROBLIN LAKE Country and Classic Rock Jamboree and Open Mic, changed (due to Easter) to April 29 f1-4pm Town Hall, 13 Coleman Street. Free! perform or just enjoy the music. 613-962-0001 LIVING WELL with Chronic Pain: 6-week self-managementworkshop Thursdays, April 6 – May 11, 1:30-4pm.

613-962-0000, ext. 233.

HAM AND Scalloped Potato Supper at St. Mark’s United Church, 237 Cannifton Rd N April 1. 5:30 pm. Adult $14; Child $7; Family $35. Limited seating reserve early 613-968-8268. Homemade pies!

BLOOD DONOR clinic Belleville Fish and Game Club 170 Elmwood Drive K8N 4Z4 April 3, 1pm–7pm APRIL 1ST, Belleville Legion – Destroyer Tribute to Kiss. Show starts 8pm. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Everyone welcome (age of majority event).

TRILLIUM SENIORS Club has Monday Bingo; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling & Shuffleboard; Friday Darts. Cribbage on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Come by 12:45p.m Open to all Seniors 50 and over. 613-968-2526 UNLEASH YOUR inner Rock Star Happy Harmony Women’s Choir. Sing 50s/60s songs Thursdays 7-9 p.m at Brittany Brant Music Centre, off Hwy 2 613-438-7664. No auditions required.

OTTAWA TULIP Festival Bus Tour, May 10th, (Wednesday). Cost $75 per person includes transportation by Deluxe Highway Coach, Guided Tour and a stop at Byward Market. Call Bonnie at 613-967-9594 GRIEFSHARE: A supportive ministry for those grieving the death of a loved one. Maranatha Church, 100 College St. W, Belleville. Daytime group: Wednesdays Apr. 5, 10am–noon. Evening group: Thursdays April 6, 7–9pm. Cost: $20.

Info/Registration phone: 613 962 8220 HALL RENTALS at The Royal Canadian Legion, 132 Pinnacle Street, Belleville 613-968-9053. Fish & Chips, first and third Fridays of month, 4-6 pm. Open Euchre, Tuesdays, 1pm. Open Shuffleboard Wednesdays, 12:30pm. Canteen open every Friday 4-7pm. Meat Rolls and Horse Races 4:30pm., Legion Clubroom Age of majority HOME HELP & Home Maintenance support service (cleaning, meal prep, shopping, snow removal, etc). 613-969-0130 or Deseronto at 613-396-6591.

GENEALOGY 101 Workshop:April 1st 1-4:30pm Belleville Public Library workshop with hands-on training using both Ancestry and Belleville History Alive database. limited number of spaces pre-registration required. 613-968-6731 ext. 2237.

DINERS CLUBS Belleville once/week, Deseronto and Melrose once/month. Res-

ervations required. call Community Care for South Hastings Belleville 613-9690130 Deseronto 613-396-6591 APRIL 6 : Burr’s Cemetery annual plotholder’s meeting April 6 at 8 pm at the home of Bill and Sharon Hopkins, 386 Burr Road.

BRIGHTON TOBACCO TALKS Quit-Smoking Support Program, April 5, 1pm, Brighton Health Service Centre (1st Floor, 170 Main St.). Drop-in or make appointment.

1-866-888-4577, ext. 1518.

JOYFULL NOISE Women’s Choir practices every Monday evening 7-9 pm The Smoke House, 6 Oliphant Road. popular music 50/60/70’s. There are NO auditions DO NOT need to read music. New members welcome!1-877-4386 BRIGHTON CLOTHING Depot 5 Craig St Open Thurs 10 – 4; Fri 10 – 8; Sat 10 – 1 Please No Furniture Or Tvs SUPPERS READY Wednesdays, 5-6 pm at Trinity-St.Andrrws United Church, 56 Prince Edward St., Brighton. no charge but donations are gratefully accepted

CAMPBELLFORD CAMPBELLFORD & District Horticultural Society monthly meeting, presentation Wild Flowers Apr. 3, 7:30 pm. Members & guests welcomed at Christ Church Anglican, Church & Kent Streets. visit us at http://www.gardenontario.org/site. php/campbellford & Facebook!

PREPARATION FOR Breastfeeding Class, April 5, 6-8pm. This free class provides information, tips and support on breastfeeding for parents. To register, 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1214.

SEXUAL HEALTH Clinic, April 4, 10am to Noon. The clinic provides clients with confidential access to sexual health treatment. 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1205.

TOBACCO TALKS Quit-Smoking Support Program, April 6, 1pm, Campbellford Community Resource Centre (65 Bridge St. E.). 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1518.

CODRINGTON APRIL 2 from 2-4pm Variety Show Codrington Community Centre Tickets $10 in advance/reservation; $15 at doorKids under 12 free. Refreshments Proceeds to support Codrington Farmers’ Market Tickets: Liana at 613-475-4005

COLBORNE CASTLETON UNITED Church Roast Beef Dinner April 1,1815 Percy St. Castleton 5-7:30pm Musical Entertainment by Local Musician Cheryl Casselman & Friends Adults $15 Children ages 6 to 12 years $6 5 & under Free Tickets at Castleton General Store , 905-375-8155, 905-344-5081 or the Church office 905349-2736 COLBORNE PROBUS Club, 1st and 3rd. Wednesday of month, The Rotary Room, The Keeler Centre, 80 Division St. New members welcome. Anja Guignon 613-475-9357 CONTINUED ON PAGE 14B

Maple in the County celebrates Sweet 16 with another successful year in the sugarbush

Mikhaila LaRue’s face says it all while she enjoys a pancake and sausage breakfast during 16th annual Maple in the County.

Erin Stewart/Metroland

BY ERIN STEWART

Prince Edward County – Maple in the County celebrated its sweet 16 over the weekend, drawing people in to enjoy maple syrup, sugarbushes, production equipment, pancake breakfasts, wagon rides, farm animals and more.

Daniella Fry, along with her husband, has gone to Maple in the County for 11 years now and brought her five children out to enjoy the event.

“I’m from Brazil and that’s why I love this so much, it’s a completely different environment from back home and it’s awesome for me,” she said.

It’s very Canadian, said Fry. “The kids love it, the wagon ride, the best pancakes you can have, you’re in the outdoors, it’s just great,” she said. “I’m just like them because I didn’t have this when I was a child so I enjoy it as much as they do now.”

Rob Peck of Sugarbush Vineyards said the weekend was great, although he was worried

about the weather forecast.

“It turned out really nice and we were really busy both days and sometimes, if you get bad weather, one of the days isn’t as busy as the other but we were really nice and steady both days,” said Peck.

The response is always great, said Peck, and the walking trail throughout the sugarbush is really popular, especially if people come from the city or bring dogs.

“People always really enjoy that and we’ve got maple trivia so there’s always some rivalries going around with some of the groups, competing to see who’s doing best, that’s always a lot of fun for people for sure,” he said.

Maple in the County continues to get bigger and bigger, said Peck, a trend he said he’d like to see continue.

“This is an off-season weekend,” said Peck. “So to be really busy on a weekend in March is just awesome for the county.”

Chris Armstrong, along with his wife Jessie, of Loha Farms in Picton participated in Maple in the County for the first time this year.

Armstrong said it was amazing and they saw about 1,500 come through over the weekend, more people than they expected for their first year.

“We saw roughly 650 on Saturday for breakfast and 450 on Sunday and then we probably had another four or 500 plus that had already had breakfast at other places that were coming to check things out and chat,” said Armstrong. “So that was nice too.”

Loha Farms and the Picton Fire Department worked together to host the fire department’s first pancake breakfast.

“They had the new aerial fire truck out and fire prevention booth set up, it went really well,” said Armstrong.

“The pancake breakfast, bacon, sausage, beans, as much as you can eat, there was really no complaints.”

It wouldn’t have been a success without the many volunteers said Armstrong, who he said worked very hard to make sure the event was a success.

It was a special year for Hubbs Sugarbush and Sweetwater Cabin.

Ron and Janice Hubbs celebrated a milestone year as the Lake Lodge No. 215 Masons held the 40th Annual Pancake Breakfast at Hubbs Sugarbush, a classic breakfast from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with proceeds donated to community projects.

“They served just about 800 breakfasts on Saturday so the Masons were pleased and it’s just been a great weekend, really,” said Ron Hubbs.

Another success was the

Siblings Sam, Julia, Olivia, Stella and Madeline Fry were excited to take a wagon ride between Hubb’s Sugarbush and Sweetwater Cabin during Maple in the County on Sunday Mar. 26. support from CFB Trenton, said Hubbs.

“Trenton air base brought one of the helicopters over yesterday and did a demonstration on extracting somebody

up into the helicopter,” he said.

“We’re really pleased.”

With three additional maple syrup producers on the list this year, Maple in the County gave an inside look at 12 dif-

Erin Stewart/Metroland

ferent maple syrup producers throughout the county.

For all of the details on each sugarbush and more information on Maple in the County, go to mapleinthecounty.ca.

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613-966-6475 • 1-800-463-9200 Section B - Thursday, March 30, 2017 B7

Excellent growth offsets Hastings County budget levy cil’s next regular meeting on Thursday, March 30.

The budget also recognized a change assignment for Quinte Health Care support specifically to the Bancroft hospital for a new equipment sterilization facility to meet provincial standards, a charge of $50,000 a year for three years.

There was an attempt by Faraday Reeve Carl Tinney to whittle down a budgeted commitment of $20,000 for two years to the National

BY JACK EVANS

Hastings County’s budget for 2017 will show an increase of 2.45 per cent in total expenditures. But, noted Director of Finance Sue Horwood, a good chunk of that will not show in the levy to member municipalities because of “excellent growth” in new assessment last year.

The budget passed unanimously at the Finance Committee of the Whole Tuesday morning but will still need to be ratified at coun-

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“Why should hardpressed northern residents help pay for a facility on federal government property?” Tinney asked. Some other speakers confirmed the desperate straits some northern communities are finding themselves in. But, they also applauded council’s unanimous support for the $150,000 donation to the Bancroft hospital.

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“I left the city” campaign to entice city slickers to Hastings County

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Toronto is never mentioned, but it was dead in the sights of Hastings County Economic Development Department as it launched its new “ilfetthecity.ca” campaign Wednesday morning.

Instead of the usual press conference, it was Warden Rodney Cooney and Economic Development Director Andrew Redden in his small office in front of a computer monitor holding an open line chat via the Internet, a deliberate effort by the county to make more use of social media, seeking help from county residents to circulate the message.

The announcement also highlighted the campaign’s special website <ileftthecity.ca> which also includes videotaped interviews with 12 entrepreneurs who have successfully established themselves in various parts of Hastings County after leaving Toronto.

County officials refer to such people as “lone eagles,” people who have skills or business operations that are portable and can operate just as successfully

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The short interviews are full of effusive praise for the beauty and lifestyle of Hastings’ sprawling geography and its ready access to Toronto, Ottawa and a huge swath of Ontario’s population.

Their talents span many trades and vocations: Sandor Johnson is a potter at Settlement Vineyard and Wines; Jackie Jarrell runs Gold Per-

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Cooney and Redden said they were satisfied with the audience response to their pre-announced showing and now that their message is “out there,” they are awaiting results.

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More new provincial regulations concerning child welfare are coming down the pipe, Mark Kartusch, executive director of Highland Shores Childrens Aid Society, reported to the board’s March meeting last week.

He said he is awaiting more detailed and complete information, but his immediate idea is that it could involve some serious effort and change.

When the board’s Foster Parents Committee reported on a meeting to recruit new foster parents, the board was asked

to guess how many responded.

Many members guessed very low numbers. They were wrong.

Some 140 people crowded the hall from across the board’s three-county area, looking for information on what foster parenting is all about and whether they could get involved. It was a pleasant surprise for board members.

The board was also reminded that its reputation as an area with safe and proper foster homes remains intact with no problems reported following routine inspections.

Once again, the agency’s

annual Guardian Angel gala recently was a huge success, drawing a record crowd of more than 130 supporters and raising more than $186,000 dollars for the regional Children’s Foundation.

Other major events for the agency in coming weeks include a McHappy Day at McDonalds on May 3, golf tournament at Belleville’s Black Bear Ridge on May 25 and another Cruise for Kids on July 6. The board’s next meeting will be at Cobourg and its May meeting will be its annual budget presentation to be held at Bancroft.

Growing Cities will give insight into how we grow to live On Thursday, March 30, the Loyalist-Belleville Rotaract Club, in partnership with the Community Gardens Network of Hastings and Prince Edward, will be hosting a documentary screening of Growing Cities at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church in Belleville from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Growing Cities is a documentary that examines the role of urban farming in revitalizing our cities and changing the way we eat. The film follows two friends on their journey across America to meet individuals who are changing the way we grow and distribute food, “one vacant city lot, rooftop garden, and backyard chicken coop at a time.”

Following the d o c u m e n t a r y, Kevin Bazkur – master gardener and community leader – will lead an engaging discussion about the importance of sustainable food systems within our local community.

“Gardens have the power to bring individuals together in a meaningful way while fostering food literacy and a deeper appreciation for what we eat,” said Kevin.

“I am looking forward to what I am sure will be a great discussion with the panellists about urban agriculture and the possibility of healthier, more sustainable food systems locally.”

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discussion, locally sourced hors d’oeuvres and wine samples will be available, which are included in the ticket price of $25.00. To reserve tickets, visit www.eventbrite.ca.

All funds raised from the event will go towards the development of community gardens in our region. Community gardens improve access to affordable, healthy food and empower individuals to become more selfsustaining. To learn more about community gardens, visit www. cgnhpe.ca.

The Loyalist-Belleville Rotaract Club is a is a Rotary spon-

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One of the fun things about gardening, especially vegetable gardening, is that it is fun. Gardeners don’t have to grow plants; we simply need to do so. As long time readers know, I firmly believe that we all need to walk softly on this good earth which sustains and nurtures us. Sometimes, you’ll detect a titch of cynicism slipping into the dialogue when the suggestion is made that “saving the plant” is a self-serving canard.

For new Gentle Readers: the planet really doesn’t need us to save it; in fact, it would probably get along just fine if we weren’t here. (Geez, are we really ascribing a life force and personality to a chunk of fuzzy rock hanging in space? You betcha, buckaroos!)

However, we tend to be an intelligent group of people ...and by no means am I suggesting that means we always conduct ourselves as an intelligent group of people...who can figure out that a happy, ecologically stable planet is a very good thing for both the planet and us.

So, how do gardeners improve our lot?

(A pun for Ellyn)?

Firstly, to borrow from the Hippocratic Oath), we “do no harm.” What does that mean? It means that we preserve the balance between what the soil has to give us, what we take out and what we put back.

It wonders me, sometimes, that folks plant a seed, happily harvest the resulting bounty, but don’t think about where the “substance” of the produce came from. This is a whole lot more complicated than rocket science, bordering on magic, but there are a lot of common sense deductions that can be made. Here is an example of what I mean, using tomatoes as the basis for our conversation. We all know that tomato seeds are wee things; in fact, there can be somewhere in the range of 7,000 to 11,500 thousand seeds per ounce. In commercial production it takes somewhere between 3,600 to 5,800 thousand seeds per acre for a crop of staked tomatoes which can produce up to 76 tons of harvested fruit- in a good year. (I used Romas for this example and, definitely, it won’t be anywhere near 100% accurate but more than close enough for this illustration.) GR, we’re not commercial producers but the relative input vs. outtake is exactly the same for our little bit of this good earth.

By the way, this holds true for any plant, whether it be fruit, vegetable, tree, or flower. So, how do we put back? For us home gardeners, composting is the first, best thing we can do.

Secondly, we can stop trying to force the soil to produce something that it isn’t in-

clined to do.

For example, if our soil is naturally alkaline such as it is on limestone plateaus down in The County or in Kingston, we might think twice before trying to grow acid-loving plants.

I’m not saying don’t do it, just think a bit first. Are there are plants more suitable to your area that can satisfy your need for form and function? Should you modify an entire bed or, perhaps, just a container?

Thirdly, we can seek out heirloom varieties. (There are as many definitions of “heirloom” as there are producers. A working definition is an open-pollinated plant that produces seeds and those seeds have been used for generations- at least 50+years- to continue that variety.)

Where do we get such seeds? Many nurseries and garden centres do have a limited selection; certainly seed companies like Vessey’s and OSECO have a selection available by mail order. However, the best sources can be found locally- such as Terra Edibles in Foxboro. Seeds of Diversity, www.seeds.ca, is a national organization that I believe all gardeners should be aware of. Seedy Saturdays is just one of the events they organize.

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Mother of Jackie Igleheart (Glenn Brubacher). Grandmother of Cameron & Great Grandmother of Candise.

Predeceased by her brothers Benjamin & Harold Reeve and sister Gladys Shuter.

Fondly remembered by her nieces Pamela, Linda, Diana & Carol and her nephew Peter. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date. Arrangements: McConnell Funeral Home, Marmora.

Donations to the Campbellford Memorial Hospital would be appreciated. www. mcconnellfuneralhome.ca

van der Loon, Pieter Johannes Entered into rest at Trent Valley Lodge, Trenton on Thursday, March 23rd, 2017.

Pieter van der Loon of Trenton in his 84th year. Beloved husband of Jantje (de Vries) Vanderloon. Loved father of Wilma (Paul) Radway, Jeanette (late Charles) Elliott; both of Frankford, John (Anita) Vanderloon of Roslin, Clarence Vanderloon of Trenton, Rick (Shelley) Vanderloon of Frankford and Teresa (Tom) Spychalski of Nashville, TN. Survived by sister Gre (Aad) of Holland.

Ever remembered grandfather of Sara, Adam, Tasha, Amy, Alicia, Kyle, McKenzie, Taylor, Jake, Rachael, Hannah; greatgrandfather of Chloe, William, Matthew, Justin and Addison. Predeceased by his parents Johannes and Wilhelmina (VanMunster) Vanderloon; sisters Ann (Len) and Else (Cor) and Tineke. Rested at the RUSHNELL FUNERAL CENTRE, 60 Division Street, Trenton (613-392-2111) on Monday. Funeral Service was held in the Chapel on Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Reverend Norman Long officiated. Interment Mount Evergreen Cemetery at a later date. If desired, Memorial Donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Alzheimer Society.

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FRANKFORD BEEF ‘N Pork Buffet at the Quinte Masonic Centre, 33 King Dr. March 31 Social Hour 5:15 Dinner 6:15 Only $15. All welcome!

MAPLEVIEW COMMUNITY and Seniors Club 1030 Mapleview Road, Frankford Euchre every Tuesday at 1 p.m. everyone welcome BASIC FOOT Care the 2nd and 4th Monday of each Month $25 please call Jody 613-921-3245 or Sharon 613-395-3751 to set up an appointment or for information FRANKFORD UNITED Church: Sunday service with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.

All are welcome.

HASTINGS HASTINGS LEGION March 31st Karaoke Doors open at 8:30 dance begins at 9pm. Cover $2. Security on site. Age of majority Zero tolerance HASTINGS & District Seniors Club, 6 Albert St. E Hastings, Civic Centre downstairs. Mon-Regular Euchre, 12:30pm

Tues- Bid Euchre, 1pm. Tournaments THURSDAY, APRIL 6/17: 47 Wellington every 4th Sat. of month, alternating bid St, begins at 8:00 AM. Call 1-800-554euchre then reg euchre.

1564 to pre-register if you are not already a registered client of the clinic.

HAVELOCK WOMENS CAREGIVER Group, women RC LEGION Br 389 Havelock Monday caring for a person with memory loss. 3rd Senior Darts, 12:30Pm, Bingo 6:30Pm Wed. of each month, 9:30-11:30am. Madoc Tuesday Shuffleboard, 12:30Pm Thursday Arts Centre/Skate Park, 242 Durham St. Ladies Darts 1Pm Friday Open Darts 7:00 613-962-0892 Pm Saturday Meat Draws 3:00 Pm FEB 5, TO MAY 21, Havelock Legion MARMORA 8 Ottawa St Youth Sunday Fun Darts ST. ANDREW’S United Church Marmora League 2:30-5pm 6 yrs and up Cal Val New to You Shoppe is having a sale on 705-778-7294 or email danddonbowler@ April 1 from 8:30 until noon. The Deloro gmail.com Instruction given UCW Coffee Party is on at the same time.

HAVELOCK LIONS Bid Euchre Every BINGO MARMORA Legion every MonFirst Sunday of the Month 12 reg 1 start $5 day Early Birds start at 7PM Jam Session entry $3 Moon Shots Havelock Comunity every Monday Marmora Legion Club Centre Upstairs Room 6PM to 9PM Darts every Friday Marmora Legion 1PM and 7PM Marmora MADOC Legion now open Sundays 1PM to 5PM MADOC AM Indoor Walk: Mon, Wed, and Fri from 8:30 to 9:30 AM. Centre NORWOOD Hastings Secondary School, 129 Elgin St. DANCE TO Donegal Fiddlers Orchestra, Please contact Community Care for Central April 1, 7-10pm Norwood Town Hall, 2357 Hastings 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register County Road 45. Admission $5. Lunch is finger food pot luck. All welcome.

WEIGHT LOSS Support Group MONARC Weight Loss Surgery Support Group for MEMORY CAFÉ, 3rd Wed. of ea. month, bypass, band or sleeve recipients April 2pm-3:30pm. Stirling Rawdon Public Li- 3rd, 7 pm Trenton Memorial Hospital brary, 43 Front St. Stirling. 613-962-0892 2nd floor board room.

SENIORS EUCHRE every Thursday, 1 pm, Stirling Legion Branch #228, Stirling- TWEED Marmora Rd. Only $2 to play, refreshments BLOOD PRESSURE Clinic: April 5: 23 provided. (613) 395-2002.

McCamon Ave, 8am-12pm. Please contact Community Care for Central Hastings TRENTON 1-800-554-1564 to pre-register RAIN BARREL Sale Fundraiser: rain TWEED & District Horticulture: April 4, barrels are $55 each. Order online at https:// 7pm Tweed Public Library, Doug Gabelrainbarrel.ca/lowertrentconservation or call man.growing vegetables & flowers. EvLower Trent Conservation at 613-394- eryone welcome. Non-members $3.

4829. Pick up: April 28 from 10am- 6pm Lower Trent Conservation Administration TYENDINAGA Office 714 Murray Street, Trenton (north ORANGE LODGE Apr.1 at Orange of Trenton, off Wooler Road - County Hall in Tyendinga Territory. Band Jeff Road 40).

Code & Silver Wings. Dancing from 8pm RETIRED WOMEN Teachers, Trenton to Midnight. Cost $12 each. Contact 613& District, will meet April 6 at 11:30am. 396-6792 Westminster United Church, Quinte West. followed by a “Loonie Frenzy Auction”. WOOLER Chili lunch $14 (Guests $15). All retired SOUP AND Sandwich Monday April 3 women teachers are welcome. Diane 613 at 11:30 am – 1 pm $7 per person Wooler 398-0952.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-4pm (Tues/Thurs) 5 Stonecrest Blvd. Quinte West (Bayside) 1-4pm (Thursdays) 41 Mountain Ash Drive, Belleville, Ontario

SOLD $284,900

Friday Mar 31, 2017 10:00 - 11:00 AM 12:00 - 1:00 PM 2:00 - 3:00 PM 4:30 - 6:00 PM

$439,900 $299,900 $169,900 $439,000

190 MacDonald Avenue, Belleville 355 Dundas Street West #22, Belleville 5 Frankford Road, Belleville 8 Sandpiper Court, Belleville

Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 9 Elm Street, Belleville 1:00 - 3:00 PM 364 Fish and Game Club Road, Quinte West 12-4pm 5 Stonecrest Blvd. Quinte West (Bayside) 1-4pm 41 Mountain Ash Dr. Belleville, Ontario Sunday, April 2, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 168 George Street, Belleville

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Number of deaths linked to inattentive drivers triples Orillia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As the annual OPP distracted driving campaign concludes, numbers indicate that the year-to-date deaths linked to inattentive drivers is nearly triple what it was last year.

Inattentive driving has claimed 11 lives so far this year, compared to four this time last year.

It was a busy March break for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as officers laid more than 2,400 distraction-related charges during their annual distracted driving campaign.

Deaths linked to this dangerous driving behaviour continue to outpace speed-

related (nine), alcohol/drug-related (six), and seat belt-related fatalities (three) in 2017.

The OPP reminds road users that while the campaign is over, officers are committed to distracted driving law enforcement and education year-round.

They are again calling on passengers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of their most influential road safety partners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to help save lives by showing zero tolerance toward drivers who text, talk on their cellphones, or engage in other distractions that endanger their lives and those with whom they share the road.

Speak up and be a survivor.

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