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Madoc family escapes house fire, home destroyed

BY SUE DICKENS

Madoc – A family managed to escape when a fire destroyed their home on Lahey Road on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

The Municipality of Centre Hastings Fire Chief Bob Branscombe told the Central Hastings/Trent Hills News, “I believe there are four residents at the home, three who were there at the time.”

The cause of the fire was determined to be “accidental” and total estimated loss valued at $250,000.

“We had a total of eight fire vehicles there and about 20 firefighters,” noted Branscombe, who explained that under the mutual aid fire protection program the Madoc Township Fire Department was also called to assist.

Fire Chief Jason Gear, of the Madoc Township volunteer fire department, was at the scene with his firefighters.

The call came in at approximately 2 p.m. and firefighters remained there until about 7:30 p.m. Weather was an issue.

“It was very cold and windy and that makes it hard on the firefighters and hard on the equipment. We were lucky we got through it without equipment freezing up,” said Branscombe. “(December 14) was a pretty tragic day for fires in Ontario.”

The Canadian Red Cross was contacted to help the family.

The name of the family was not released by officials, however, the Red Cross has been contacted to ask the family if they are willing to talk about what they need.

Local family receives some joy at Christmas Campbellford – Once again this year Island Park Retirement Residence has decided to sponsor a local family.

With help from the Salvation Army in Campbellford the folks at Island Park were able to find a family “that our residents could easily relate to,” said Krista Hazlewood, lifestyle consultant.

It was a family in which the grandparents are raising their four grandchildren. “The grandparents just couldn’t see them get separated and put into different homes.”

The goal of Island Park this year, as well as making the family’s Christmas a little brighter, was to shop locally.

All of the gifts were purchased in Campbellford including some treats from Dooher’s Bakery and six tickets for the local Aron theatre.

“The gifts were all wrapped with love and care

by Fern Smith and Pearl Yewer and were colour coded so that grandma and grandpa will know which gift belongs Residents Joyce Sprowl, Fern Smith, Inga Manley wrapped gifts for a local family, sponsored to each of the grandchildren,” this Christmas by Island Park Retirement Residence. The grandparents are raising their four said Hazlewood. grandchildren. Photo submitted.

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Trent Hills mayor organizes rally to promote life-saving surgery

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Trent Hills – Mayor Hector Macmillan is taking his campaign to reform health care in Ontario to the steps of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

He says that’s where a NanoKnife machine sits idle. It could have been used to perform irreversible electroporation (IRE) on his pancreatic cancer and render it harmless with electrical pulses, he insists.

Instead he had to rely on donations to travel to Germany in October to have the surgery done because the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care refused to provide out-of-country funding.

Macmillan said he will be handing out brochures at the information rally planned for Dec. 22 which bear the title Pancreatic Cancer Doesn’t Have to Be a Death Sentence.

In it he says IRE “can easily double the survival rate” of pancreatic cancer patients and extend their lives on average by an additional 23 months. He has been given a prognosis of five-plus years.

But while NanoKnife is currently being used in 180 centres around the world and has helped more than 9,000 patients, the surgery is still considered experimental in this country, he stated.

“Doctors at Toronto University Health Network claim a clinical trial is needed in Canada,” Macmillan said, even though a 200-patient, multi-centre study of patients with Stage III locally advanced pancreatic cancer conducted in the United States concluded IRE works.

And three more American studies “about to be published have effectively replicated the existing data with similar outcomes.”

Citing his own experience with being denied funding by the Ontario Health Insurance Program, Macmillan writes Canadians with pancreatic cancer are dying at the rate of 5.7 per day, 2.17 of them in Ontario, “while waiting for Canadian bureaucracy and administration to catch up with treatments and procedures that are already successfully available to patients around the world.”

Those who can afford it “pay well over $40,000” to obtain those services abroad.

Macmillan has called upon his followers on Twitter, who call themselves “Hector’s Wolf Pack,” to join him for the day-long rally.

His plan is to turn up the heat on the government and the University Health Network (UHN) to change their policies.

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UHN staff say they “want a million dollars to conduct another study,” when IRE has already been proven to be effective, Macmillan said in an interview.

“We’ve got better things to spend a million dollars on,” and Ontarians are dying every day without the surgery, he said.

The head of UNH should tell his staff to “plug the machine in” and start performing surgeries.

The more people who call and make that demand, as well as to the Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins and local MPP Lou Rinaldi, “the more pressure we apply” to effect change, Macmillan said.

Local residents and businesses have supported his campaign, donating signs and money for the printing of 5,000 brochures.

If this week’s rally fails to achieve its goal, Macmillan plans to stage more, at other venues, such as the offices of OHIP and the Health Services Review Board.

The withholding of life-saving surgery and the denial of funding to have it done outside Ontario is “premeditat-

Trent Hills Hector Macmillan planned to hold an information rally at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre this week to publicize his demand that it begin offering surgery to Ontarians with pancreatic cancer.

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ed murder, just to save money so they charged. “It’s criminal.” To learn more can piss it away elsewhere,” Macmillan call him at 705-632-9562.

Young artist from Stirling featured at local gallery, library from Stirling, who said she has loved art “ever since I could finger-paint on the kitchen floor.”

The 17-year-old has come a long way since her fingerpainting days, creating

amazingly realistic drawings and paintings as well as unusual designs with a flair that is distinctly her own.

Bronwen doesn’t stick to any one medium. She has tried drawing, painting, printmaking and more.

“I like experimenting with everything,” she said, but added that she especially enjoys working in acrylics. She already has sold several of her paintings. She also does photography.

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she said. “I actually incorporate photos into all my classes.”

Stirling—Some people disShe said she prefers to cover their creativity later work from reference photos. in life. Such is not the case “As long as I have a picwith Bronwen Parr, an acture of it, I can paint it,” she complished young artist said.

Bronwen’s art is featured right now in the cabinet at the Stirling-Rawdon Public Library. She also has several pieces in the current exhibition by art students from St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School in Belleville, where she is in grade 12.

Bronwen Parr of Stirling has sevJoni Hoover, eral of her works on display at who has been the Stirling Art Gallery. She is a her art teacher 17-year-old grade 12 student at since grade 9, said St. Theresa Catholic Secondary Bronwen’s creativity shows in everySchool in Belleville.

Terry McNamee/Metroland thing she doe, not just in her art classes. She also is quick to help others.

“She’s very helpful to other students,” Hoover said, “They will come up to her and ask her for advice.”

MUNICIPALITY OF MARMORA AND LAKE RATEPAYERS Bronwen said PUBLIC NOTICE helping others release their inChristmas tree pick up in the urban areas of the Municipality of Marmora and Lake has ner creativity is been scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2017. something she really enjoys. In fact, Anyone wishing to dispose of their Christmas tree please deposit at the curb no later she hopes to have than Tuesday, January 10, 2017 for next day pick up. a career as an art teacher.

Tonia Bennett, CMO, Dipl. M.A “I love helping people out,” she Municipal Clerk said.

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Trent Hills in pictures

Crate Trent Hills deputy-mayor for third term Bob Crate was returned to office as deputy mayor of Trent Hills, defeating Councillor Rosemary Kelleher-MacLennan in a vote held at council Dec. 6. “You must be doing something right,” quipped Mayor Hector Macmillan, who noted Crate’s third consecutive two-year term is a record.

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Master Sub celebrates two decades of support for CMH

Food banks and breakfast clubs receive a fair share Trent Hills Union Local 3051 donated $250 last week to each of the three food banks in the municipality. It also donated $50 apiece to breakfast clubs at Hillcrest, Kent, Hastings, Percy Centennial and St. Mary elementary schools, as well as Campbellford District High School. Making the presentation to the food banks on behalf of the union local were treasurer Susan Noonan, on the left, and president Ian Bult, on the right. Accepting the donations were, l-r, Orien Venne (Hastings Food Bank), Lillian Adams Fare Share Food Bank (Campbellford), Darlene Venne (Hastings Food Bank), and Carolyn Lee (7 Hills Community Pantry, Warkworth) and Ian Bult, President, (CUPE Local 3051). Photo submitted

Baptist Busy Bees show support for angels

Owner of Master Sub in Campbellford, John Papanicolaou, right, presents Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation Board Vice–Chair Don Pearson with a cheque for $1,302.50 marking the 20th year in a row that he has supported the purchase of high priority medical equipment for the hospital. This year he also donated $30 from his lost and found that went unclaimed. Since 1996 he has used his bonus sub sandwich coupons to raise funds for the hospital. With this latest support the Master Sub donation to the hospital has reached an astounding $16,923.45. Photo submitted

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G Members of the Baptist Busy Bees from Campbellford Baptist Church presented Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation vice-chair Don Pearson (burgundy shirt) with a cheque for $25,000 in support of the 10th annual Angels of Care Campaign. The funds were raised during the Busy Bees’ annual yard sale that runs during the spring, summer and fall. Since 2001 the group has donated $133,000 to Campbellford Memorial Hospital for the purchase of high priority medical equipment. Photo submitted

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Madoc food bank seeking further donations in 2017

BY SUE DICKENS

Madoc – The year 2017 is looming and with it will come the ongoing struggle for donations to the Helping Hands Food Bank. After the Christmas campaign, reality hits food banks everywhere and see a rise in attendance.

“The biggest increase here is single men, and older men who can’t find work,” said Sally Gale, executive director of the Central Hastings Support Network (CHSN), which operates the Helping Hands Food Bank. She has been a volunteer in the past, and since has become the Helping Hands coordinator for the past three years.

“It is much harder for somebody in their late 40s and 50s and early 60s to find work,” she added.

The company IKO Industries is the biggest industry in the area so for many other jobs, people have to travel to nearby communities.

“The people that we see, the new clients are people that have moved to Madoc because they can find a bargain on a rental unit and they think that the rent is really cheap and when they move here all of a sudden they realize for everything they want to do they have to travel to Belleville,” Gale noted.

Helping Hands Coordinator Jane McCulloch has noticed the change too. “Lately we’ve had a lot of young men, college to age 40 who are coming in who have lost their jobs or are moving back in with mom and dad.”

Both women agree that January and February are the worst months because people have overspent over Christmas. “They’ve got their cheque a week early in December and it’s all been spent and so their January cheque doesn’t come until the last couple of days of the month . . . and they’ve run out of money,” said McCulloch.

They also talked about the rising cost of utilities. “Hydro bills have gone up . . . it’s absolutely insane. A lot of rental units are not well insulated and they are heated by hydro, the older ones,” noted McCulloch.

Recognizing this CHSN is “more than just a food bank. We’re here to help people stretch their dollar.”

The organization helps people if they need credit counselling, helps with low cost meals, and are discreet: “they don’t ask for income information or personal financial details, other than asking what their main source of income is,” said Mc- The Helping Hands Food Bank in Madoc is facing a continued need in 2017 for ongoing donations: from left, Sally Gale, executive director of the Central Hastings Support Network (CHSN), which operates the Culloch.

“We give a hand up not just a Helping Hands Food Bank; and Helping Hands Coordinator Jane McCulloch.

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Holiday Fire Safety Participate in the 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety and Follow the Important Safety Tips below to ensure a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Water fresh trees daily - It's time to trim that Christmas tree, and if you’re using a real tree, buy a fresh tree and keep the base of the trunk in water at all times. Keep your tree away from any ignition source such as the fireplace, heaters or candles.

Day 1 Check all sets of lights before decorating - Before you put those lights on the tree or around the front window check the cords closely. Discard any sets that are frayed or damaged.

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Make sure you have working smoke alarms - With family and friends spending extra time at your home over the holidays, it’s a great time to check your smoke alarms. Replace smoke alarms if they are over 10 years old. Remember that you need working smoke alarms on every storey of your home and outside all sleeping areas. Test your alarms to make sure they will alert you and your family if a fire occurs, giving you the precious seconds you need to safely escape.

Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms - Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odourless gas that can quickly kill you.

Replace any carbon monoxide alarms over seven years old. Installing carbon monoxide alarms in your home will alert you to the presence of this deadly gas.

Make sure everyone knows how to get out safely if a fire occurs - Develop and practice a home fire escape plan with all members of the household and make sure someone helps young children, older adults or anyone else that may need assistance to evacuate.

Once outside, stay outside and call 911 from a cell phone or neighbours house.

Use extension cords wisely - People often use extension cords for that extra set of lights or the dancing Santa in the corner. Extension cords should be used only as a temporary connection. Make sure cords never go under rugs as this can cause damage to the cord and cause a fire.

Give space heaters space - If you are using space heaters to help take the chill off, remember to keep them at least one metre (3 feet) away from anything that can burn such as curtains, upholstery, or holiday decorations.

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When you go out, blow out! - Candles can set the perfect mood for a holiday celebration, but remember to always blow out candles before leaving the room or going to bed. Keep lit candles safely away from children and pets and anything that can burn, such as curtains, upholstery, or holiday decorations. Be candle safe!

Keep matches and lighters out of the sight and reach of children - People often keep matches and lighters handy to light holiday candles. But matches and lighters can be deadly in the hands of children. If you smoke, have only one lighter or book of matches and keep them with you at all times.

Watch what you heat! - The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year, which means it's easy to get distracted from what we are doing. Cooking fires most commonly occur when cooking is left unattended. Always stay in the kitchen when cooking; especially if using oil or high temperatures. If a pot catches fire, carefully slide a tight-fitting lid over the pot to smother the flames and then turn off the heat.

Encourage smokers to smoke outside - Careless smoking is the leading cause of fatal fires. If you do allow smoking indoors use large, deep ashtrays that can't be knocked over and make sure cigarette butts are properly extinguished.

Day 11 There’s more to responsible drinking than taking a cab home - With all the festive cheer this time of year, keep a close eye on anyone attempting to cook or smoke while under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol is all too often a common factor in many fatal fires

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M Municipality of Trent Hills Christmas Greetings 2016 Wishing you a Joyous Holiday Season and a New W Year of Happiness.

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Aleppo and the media The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption was instructive. It was Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly the Syrian Gwynne Dyer branch of al-Qaeda) that burned the buses coming to evacuate the wounded from Foah and Kefraya.

The same organisation dominates the rebel forces in Aleppo, and its propaganda has worked very well. According to Western media, the city of Aleppo has not just been “destroyed”; it has been “annihilated”.

There has not only been a “massacre”; there has been a “genocide”.

Official sources have not been much better. Last week at the UN Security Council, US ambassador Samantha Power compared what was happening in Aleppo to other scenes of slaughter “that define modern evil, that stain our conscience decades later...Rwanda, Srebrenica and, now, Aleppo.”

Really?

In Rwanda, an estimated 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi minority, were murdered by the militia of the Hutu regime in 1994 in a period of three and a half months. About 20 percent of the country’s population, and up to 70 percent of its Tutsis, were killed.

In Srebrenica in 1995, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys, civilians who had been living under UN “protection”, were systematically shot and buried by Serbian troops in a single day. That was a genocide too, although the numbers were far smaller than in Rwanda. The victims were killed because they were Muslims.

So does Aleppo really belong on this grim list? We don’t know the exact number of civilians who died there, but a reasonable guess would be that between one thousand and several thousand civilians were killed by bombs and shellfire during the final four months of the siege.

That would be a dreadful toll even if eastern Aleppo had really held 250,000 civilians, as the rebels claimed. The real number of civilians was far lower than that, maybe as little as a quarter as many, which would mean that the civilian death rate was even worse.

But that is what happens in sieges, even when they are conducted by people much nicer than Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Does anybody really believe that the civilian death

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toll will be lower if and when the Iraqi army retakes the besieged city of Mosul?

Nothing that has happened so far in either city is a patch on what happened to civilians in Leningrad in 1941-42, or in Manila and Berlin in 1945. And by the way, Aleppo has not been “annihilated”, although there has been massive destruction in the eastern suburbs and considerable damage in the centre.

In the western half of Aleppo, where the regime never lost control, around a million people have gone about their daily lives almost as normal, losing only a dozen or so dead a month to the shells and rockets that the rebels fired into their zone.

I’m not writing this as a defence of the Assad regime, but because we need to understand why the Western media peddled such a distorted picture of what was going on.

The problem was that the ten thousand fighters who controlled eastern Aleppo (but were never mentioned or seen in any of the reports that came out of there) also controlled the people who were doing the blogs and uploading the images. The civilians were the rebels’ most valuable resource.

Indeed, they frequently killed civilians who tried to leave.

Some of the bloggers and videographers probably supported the extreme Islamist groups who dominated the rebel forces in eastern Aleppo. Others may have been less keen on their local rulers, although they all backed the revolt against Assad. But they all knew that the penalty for saying or showing things that displeased their juhadi rulers would be arrest and torture, perhaps death.

The rebels wanted the siege to be portrayed as a senseless and brutal assault on civilians (and only on civilians) because their only hope was to shock and shame foreign powers, especially the United States, into intervening militarily and stopping the siege.

It was never likely to happen, but they obviously thought it was worth a try.

And the Western media ran this propaganda because nothing else was available.

Foreign journalists did not dare to enter eastern Aleppo because they knew they would be killed. If they were allowed to report freely, it would spoil the rebels’ game.

A lot of news editors understood just what the game was, but they used the material anyway – and they did not warn the audience that it was, in effect, propaganda.

So it’s not surprising that even normally sensible grown-ups are resorting to the apocalyptic rhetoric we have been hearing recently.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’

Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

Virgina O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety-Fifth Street.

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong.

They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.

Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight.

The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but

even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.

Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?

Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart.

Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun newspaper and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

Here, we reprint it for those who still don’t believe in Santa Claus.

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Tweed refugee supporters meet Syrian family

BY BRETT MANN

Tweed – Although a large and active committee of Syrian refugee supporters in Tweed succeeded in raising over $27,000 to sponsor a refugee family, they were not able to find suitable accommodations for a small family locally, and donated the money in support of a similar project in Prince Edward County. Recently a small contingent from the Tweed group, Rasa Baltutis, Barbara Goode, Don DeGenova and Dr. Chuck Mustard met in Belleville with a Syrian family benefiting from their support. Baltutis and Goode spoke to Metroland Media about the visit.

The Nasr family was “adopted” by a Belleville refugee support group when it was learned that Mr. Nasr is related to the multi-generational Al Jasem family which came to PEC in October of 2015. Unlike the Al Jasems, the Nasr’s, including six children, were government sponsored and placed in a Toronto area hotel with little or no social support.

“It was a get together with ‘Pod Six’ and to meet the family,” said Goode. She explained that the PEC support group is so large it has been divided into “pods” with Pod Six group representing Belleville.

Goode and Baltutis agreed that the Nasrs were “grateful beyond words.” Goode added, “Two of their cousins were just killed in Aleppo and they’ve lost contact with other members of the family.” Watching one of the little boys playing with Leggo, Baltutis asked him if he had Leggo in Syria. The boy looked shocked she said, and replied, “no, nothing.”

Financial support for the government-sponsored Nasrs was restricted to funds for food, shelter and clothing only, so when students at Tweed Elementary School raised $456 for the family they were able to use it for activities like tutoring,soccer, (“which they absolutely loved”) martial arts and YMCA swimming programs. Earlier this year the Nasr children met with their Grade 7 and 8 benefactors at Tweed Elementary who through a translator asked questions “for quite a while.”

Goode noted that “one little girl, Wali, was quite a character. Her English was getting to be quite, quite good.”

She added, “Some of our money was used for kids activities, books, special school trips. They would have been left out.”

Baltutis reported that most sponsorship groups had money but no families while the PEC group had families but not enough money. “We’ve helped with adult dental work, transportation. The (Tweed) money was given with no strings attached. We said ‘use it as you see fit’,” Baltutis reported. Several refugee families have been helped by the Tweed group’s contribution including things such as prescription drugs and a chair lift for a van to allow a family with a severely disabled child to attend numerous medical appointments. Donated funds also went towards professional translators.

On their meeting with the Nasrs, said Baltutis, “ They Father Nasradine Nasr poses with his family at a recent meeting with were all wearing little Christmas hats. You really saw on members of the Tweed Refugee Committee, which has donated funds their faces – it was so evident and so genuine in terms of to PEC-supported refugee families. the gratitude they were expressing.”

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Poetry nights give “Power to the Poets” in Tweed Belleville and Toronto. Recent evenings have drawn as many as to get some featured poets.” He is grateful to Tweedsmuir Tavern Tweed – “First Tuesday Muse,” a poetry/spoken word open 45 participants and audience members. “Some performances are owner Peter Spratt for providing a venue, but beyond that, “we stage organized by Billy Piton and Peter Snell at the Tweedsmuir videotaped and posted on Youtube and our website,” says Piton. are beholden to no one. Power to the poets.”

Tavern is proving to be a success. The performances began in “I think we have over 130 members/friends on the Facebook early May of this year says Piton, “and we’re continuing to get page.”

Piton and Snell hope to attract more poets and new readers at every event.” The open stage hosts an average of 12 to 14 poets and storytellers with two or three new readers each readers from the Kingston region and would “like month, he reports.

The poetry evenings have attracted attention and partici- Wood artisan pants from beyond the local area. A full page Globe and Mail Doug Anderpiece by retired CHSS English teacher Ardith Racey (“Facts son (l) and orand Arguments”, G&M, July 5) spread the news of the liter- ganizer Billy ary event far and wide. Racey has since joined the Tuesday Piton display night readers with her own poetic contributions. “A couple of the new lecpeople have read other people’s poetry, but the large majority tern Anderson are original,” says Piton. has created for January’s First Tuesday Muse will feature a new addition to First Tuesday the stage. Local wood artisan Doug Anderson who has been running the sound system and supplying improvised stage dé- Muse, a monthcor has created a hand crafted lectern fronted by a striking ly poetry/spopiece of wooden sculpture inspired by the famous Group of ken word open Seven painting, North Shore of Lake Superior (1926) by Law- stage.

Brett Mann/ ren Harris.

Metroland “People don’t like speaking into a mic,” said Anderson, who has done four Group of Seven pieces over his career. “I figured if they had something to stand on, it might work better.” The fine furniture and cabinetmaker has lived in Tweed for 26 years, and was recruited by For professional friendly service Piton based on their previous work together with the Tweed National Theatre.

Through word of mouth and social media news of o All Our the poetry gathering has spread and ustomers, attracted particiFriends & pants from as far Families away as Bancroft,

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ATV stolen in Marmora and Lake Marmora – Central Hastings OPP report that an all-terrain vehicle was stolen sometime between Dec. 14 and Dec. 18.

A 2016 green 2000 Honda TRX450 all-terrain vehicle with Ontario Licence # 2AZ09 was taken from an unlocked residential garage on Norwood Road near James Street in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake.

The four-wheeler is equipped with a snowplow and a black plastic box on the back rack.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Central Hastings OPP at 613-473-4234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Domestic dispute leads OPP to lay charges Tudor - The Centre Hastings OPP responded to a report of a domestic dispute at a residence near Cleveland Road in Tudor and Cashel Township on Dec. 9 at 12:40 p.m.

Officers located the man involved in the dispute who was found to be contravening conditions issued by the court to abstain from having contact with his former common-law spouse.

During the investigation the man assaulted an officer by kicking him while the officer was

attempting to speak to him. The man also repeatedly kicked a window and door of a police cruiser causing minor damage.

As a result the 29-year-old man from Eldorado was arrested and charged with Fail to Comply with Recognizance, Assault Peace Officer and Mischief Under $5,000. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing that took place on Dec. 10.

Pickup truck, items from unlocked vehicles stolen Marmora - The Central Hastings OPP has received numerous complaints of thefts from unlocked vehicles that occurred overnight on Dec.15 – 16 in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake.

Items taken include: a wrist watch, camera, GPS and loose change was stolen from a pickup truck on Crowe Valley Court; cigarettes, a vaporizer machine and loose change was stolen from a car on Crawford Street; a GPS was stolen from a car on William Street; a second GPS was stolen and the

steering column was damaged on a car on Matthew Street; the ignition was damaged on a car parked at an apartment on Forsyth Street.

In addition sometime over the same night a 2003 blue GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck Ontario Licence #AM30975 was stolen from a driveway on Cameron Street.

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HBM mayor optimistic after protest for long term care facility “I finally believe the minister has taken it under his wing to try to move it forward,” he said.

“One of the things that has changed is we now have the ear of the minister. We were having a problem getting there before,” he admitted.

Gerow says Dr. Hoskins’ comments in the legislature and conversations with senior staffers as well as lobbying by nearby Conservative MPP Laurie Scott (HaliburtonKawartha Lakes-Brock) have boosted the campaign.

“I’m very encouraged. There’s going to be some work undertaken between now and Christmas,” he said. “On the next few weeks I think you’re going to see some movement on the government’s part.”

Gerow says HBM will provide a “complete updated” copy of their LTC application along with their plans for a 32 unit assisted-affordable living development for seniors they’re currently working on with the City of Peterborough.

HBM has been in a “ready to go” mode for some time even as local wait lists grow (now at over 2,700 in Peterborough City-County).

“I know there are a lot of people who have given up Havelock-Belmont-Methuen mayor Ron Gerow speaks during a pro(but) I believe something is going to happen,” said Gerow. test at Queen’s Park.

“It was certainly worth the effort to go to Toronto.”

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BY BILL FREEMAN

Havelock – The wind-chilled protest in Toronto was “worth the effort,” says Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Mayor Ron Gerow.

Around 80 placard carrying protestors “stood shoulder to shoulder” at Queen’s Park Dec. 7 in the most public demonstration yet of the township’s long campaign to bring a 128-bed long term care facility built in the municipality. It’s something supporters have been campaigning for since 2009. The Ministry of Health has had a formal application in its hands since 2011 but no decisive action has been taken.

Gerow feels the trip will finally pay dividends.

“It’s now in the hands of where it needs to be,” he said in an interview. “I felt a lot more comfortable today than I did even a few days ago.”

One of the reasons for Gerow’s confidence is that for the first time health minister Dr. Eric Hoskins has addressed the HBM situation directly and pledged his office’s support to find a solution. Dr. Hoskins is working with Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal on the file and Gerow says he and township officials have met with senior representatives from the minister’s office.

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It was the second fatal collision in two days on area roads following snowfall that made roads slippery. A 48-yearold Brockville woman was killed in a single vehicle accident on Evergroen Road near Dewey Road in Trent Hills in the early morning hours of Dec. 14.

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At the December 14th meeting of Council, Municipality of Brighton Mayor and County Councillor Mark Walas was sworn in as 2017 Warden for Northumberland County.

This is Warden Walas’ first term in this position. “As we continue pursuing the objectives outlined in our Strategic Plan,” he expressed, “I look forward to working closely with my fellow councillors, County staff and all of our stakeholders, to continue delivering value for the people of Northumberland County.”

Outgoing Warden Gil Brocanier expressed his thanks to Council and staff for a productive term, and indicated he is looking forward to supporting the

new Warden as Council advances several key initiatives.

Also in this issue online: • Draft 2017 County Budget goes before Council • Affordable housing build in Cobourg moving forward • County and Alderville First Nation to collaborate on waste management

Employment Opportunities Currently, we are looking to fill the following existing vacancies: - Part-Time Registered Nurse (Evenings) - Senior Plumbing and Septic Inspector Check out the full job postings on our website at www.northumberlandcounty.ca

Next County Council Meeting: January 25, 2017 For Minutes & More visit: www.northumberlandcounty.ca/ Portal For News and Notices go to: www.northumberlandcounty.ca/ newsroom

Please note that accommodations are available, upon request, to support applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

Please e-mail your request to accessibility@northumberlandcounty.ca or call 905-372-3329 ext. 2327.

Christmas Collection Schedule:Collection For the week of December 25th, Holiday Garbage & Recycling Notice garbage and recycling collection will bump to the following day for all residents due

to the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays. For the weekCollection of January 1st, Schedule: 2017, There will be no change to Garbage and Recycling collection for residents during the holidays. Please have garbage and recycling collection will bump to the following day for all residents due your Garbage and Recycling to the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day. Please note there will be Year’s Day no collectiontointhe theNew downtown coresholiday. of Cobourg and Port Hope on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.

DECEMBER 2015 /JANUARY 2016 2017 December 2016 / January Landfill&&Transfer Transfer Stations - Holiday Operations Notice Landfill Stations - Holiday Operations Notice Duringthe theChristmas Christmasand and New Year’s Holiday period During New Year’s Holiday period thethe following changes to following changeswill to hours hours of operation occur: of operation will occur: Bewdley Transfer Station and Brighton Landfill will be: Bewdley & Seymour Transfer Stations and Brighton Landfill will be: o Open until noon on Christmas Eve 0 Open until noon on Christmas o Closed on Christmas Day &Eve Boxing Day 0 Closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day o Openonuntil noon on New Year’s Eve o Closed New Day Eve 0 Open untilon noon onYear’s New Year’s Station 0Seymour Closed onTransfer New Year’s Day will be:

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The Grade 3 / 4 class at Madoc Township Public School held their first “Big Big School Sale” and collected toys, clothing, books and more, raising $1,087.20, which was used to give back to the community this Christmas.

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Madoc Township – “If kids ran the world” headlined a poster created by the Grade 3 / 4 class at Madoc Township Public School to let everyone know about their first “Big, Big School Sale” which was organized to collect toys, clothing, books and more.

Their teacher, Angela Burr, is no stranger to this type of project, which is meant to benefit the community. In fact last winter her Grade 4 / 5 class hosted a bake sale supporting Free the Children and it involved parents, teachers, staff and students and was a huge success.

The 21 students in this year’s Grade 3 / 4 class, ages 8 and 9, put together a letter which was sent home to parents informing them of the Dec. 6 event.

“We spent two weeks gathering stuff from families and then the kids spent a day unpacking boxes, folding clothes, putting tables together for the next day when the doors opened to the public at 8:30 a.m.,” explained Burr.

That morning, students from Kindergarten to Grades 2 / 3 had their own personal shopper during a preview, “a perfect time for the kids to buy

their siblings Christmas presents.”

Items ranged from 10 cents to $10.

“We raised $1087.20 and $500 was spent by the students who went online and purchased gifts for kids based on the Angel Tree at the TD Canada Trust bank in Madoc,” explained Burr.

The Christmas Sharing program, which is run under the umbrella of the Helping Hands programs, is a community-wide event according to Sally Gale, executive director, Central Hastings Support Network. She was contacted by the school.

The remaining $500 and change is being used to “buy a bunch of turkeys for them . . . because they need 70 turkeys,” noted Burr.

“The money raised is going to help fill hamper baskets in Madoc with toys and food,” Burr explained.

The Christmas Sharing program provides about 120 hampers and about 150 gifts for children.

“What wasn’t sold at the “Big Big School Sale,” was bundled up and put outside in front of the school for the Canadian Diabetes Association to pick up.

“It’s all about giving. It’s one of the best feelings I’ve experienced in my life,” Burr concluded.

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16 Central Hastings Trent Hills News - Thursday, December 22, 2016

Gas tax funding more than expected for Trent Hills, Cramahe

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Northumberland-Quinte West – MPP Lou Rinaldi has announced the riding is receiving $978,790 in gas tax funding this year.

The lion’s share is going to Quinte West (and Brighton), $472,342, followed by Cobourg ($188,624), Port Hope ($154,133), and Trent Hills ($108,764). Cramahe Township, including AlnwickHaldimand and Hamilton townships, will receive $54,927.

“Thanks to stable funding provided through the gas tax program, these municipalities can make improvements that benefit local commuters, families and visitors to our community,” Rinaldi said in a statement.

The amounts are more than Community Care Northumberland (CCN) had estimated it would be receiving in support of its specialized transit program, which serves Trent Hills and Cramahe and area.

It had budgeted $95,000 for Trent Hills and $25,970 for Cramahe and area, so “I am very glad to hear about the announcement,” CCN executive director Trish Baird said.

The money “can be used for capital purchases for the transit service if that is the recommendation to council,” she said. “In our case we would hope to use it for operations.”

Rinaldi said in a news release gas tax funding supports public transit upgrades and enhancements, which could include purchasing new transit vehicles, adding routes, extending hours of service, and/or improving accessibility.

Improving and expanding public transit helps the province reduce air pollution and meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. One bus takes as many as 40 vehicles off the road, and keeps 25 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere each year.

The gas tax program hands over two cents per litre of provincial gas tax revenues to municipalities.

For 2016-17, 99 municipalities will receive funding; the most since the program started in 2004, and the total amount, $334.5 million, is $1.6 million more than was provided last year.

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Retiring local physician reassures her patients amazing physician with all of the support she provided to the community and the hospital,” commented Brad Hilker, C a m p b e l l fo rd Memorial Hospital (CMH) president and CEO. “Celeste was amazing with her compassion.”

Laurie Smith, physician liaison, who looks after recruit- Dr. Celeste Collins is one of two physicians who will be retiring ment of doctors at the end of this year. for the comSue Dickens/Metroland munity which continues to work as a GP bittersweet decision which includes the hospital and the THFHT, she talked about with the anaesthetist at the hospiHastings/Trent tal here. spoke of “her caring and Central Her compassion conHills News with her usual gentle manner.”

For Dr. Collins it is a sense of humour. “Seri- tinues as Dr. Collins reously now you know why assures her patients that it is good for me to retire. a replacement is being I forgot and time flies. . . . sought.

“There is no need to be I will miss my patients terribly as they have become concerned that you will be more like friends. I wish I without a family doctor as did not need to work less, the health team is committed to look after you while but there you have it.”

She added, “If it wasn’t we find the right person to Tables & Chairs • Bedrooms & Home Accents for recruiters, Joan (Dr. fill my position,” she conBothma, her hus- cluded.

RUTTLE BROTHERS FURNITURE Joan The second doctor to band) and I would not be SINCE 1974 announce his retirement is here.

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Trent Hills – Retiring from what has been 30 years of practice as a physician, seven of which have been with the Trent Hills Family Health Team, Dr. Celeste Collins will be leaving at the end of 2016.

Informing her approximately 1,200 patients, she wrote, “It is with mixed feelings that I write this letter . . . in the last seven years the patients in my practice have become very dear to me. Your health and well being have been my main priority. It has been a great joy to be involved with your lives as you shared them with me.”

And that is the legacy Dr. Collins leaves with her patients.

“Dr. Collins is an

Macmillan looking to become MPP for Northumberland-Quinte West

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Trent Hills – Mayor Hector Macmillan will be looking for a new job in 2018. He has his eyes set on becoming the MPP for the riding, representing the Progressive Conservative Party.

And his ambitions are loftier than to serve just as a member of the provincial parliament. He’s looking to replace whom he calls the “Minister of Ineffectiveness,” Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.

“I have every intention of sitting behind his desk,” said Macmillan, who was elected mayor in 2003. “I’m doing this because this needs to be done ... (and) I’ve been encouraged by so many people to do that.”

Macmillan said his dealings with the provincial government in battling pancreatic cancer were the “trigger” for his desire to move up the political ladder.

The health ministry denied his application for funding to have the surgery he urgently needed done abroad where it’s available.

With the help of donations, however, he was able to travel to Germany in October for an operation that has extended his life but he remains bitter about how he was treated, and how others in the same situation are going through the same thing he did.

“We elect people to effect

change,” which Hoskins has resisted, so “what purpose does he serve?” Macmillan asked.

He needs to go, as do Local Health Integration Networks, the Health Services Review Board and Cancer Care Ontario, “the whole bunch of them.”

Should he win the PC nomination, he will run “an anti-Wynne campaign,” because Premier Kathleen Wynne has “lost all her credibility” and she and her “inner circle” are “totally incompetent,” he said.

“I would never run an antiLou Rinaldi campaign,” because the Northumberland-Quinte West MPP has done “some great stuff ” for the riding.

But, since the Liberals returned to office with a majority in 2014, their “arrogance ... has been unbelievable” and relations between the province and municipalities are “at an all-time low,” Macmillan continued.

“We’ve had enough of the provincial mismanagement of our money,” including “the soaring cost of electricity” and the sale of shares in Hydro One “just to fill a budget gap,” he said.

“What do you do for an encore next year?”

The current government is a “prime shining example of how not to run a government or a business.”

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Community workshops blossom across Trent Hills BILL FREEMAN

Trent Hills - The seed was first planted in Brighton in 2013 and now its roots have spread to Trent Hills where a series of wellness workshops offered by Community Care Northumberland (CCN) has drawn considerable public interest.

The program has landed in Hastings and Campbellford and will continue in Warkworth this spring. Everything from Mexican cooking and palette knife acrylic painting to holiday cards, holiday gifts and wire beaded ornaments are included in the programs.

"They were very popular in Brighton and we decided to try it in Trent Hills," said Gail Ellis, project leader for wellness programs in the Brighton CCN office.

A small grant from the Campbellford-Seymour Community Foundation helped establish the local workshops, Ellis said during an art class at the Hastings Civic Centre led by Rachel Harbour of Wooler.

"There has been a really, really great response.

All we're trying to do is get people out to try a new craft or art and socialize."

"Judging by the giggling it's been fun," said Harbour, a certified teacher who enjoys the interaction with artists of all levels.

"I really love getting out and around and seeing different communities," Harbour says. "I'm always encouraging people to work a little differently and try something new."

The Hastings session included "complete beginners" and people with plenty of experience but not necessarily with acrylics.

"I work very hard on making things very accessible and I am very accepting of whatever you bring to the table," Harbour said.

"Any work is completed when it comes to the audience and whether that is a piece I've done that becomes a teaching tool or a show, that's one kind of audience and that's another."

And to those complete novices her advice is simple: "Come on out and give it a try."

For more information on workshops call 705653-1411.

Costumes make the day They frequently partner with charitable Hastings – It was a post-Halloween party groups engaged in fundraising and recently with a Christmas twist at the Hastings Field- teamed up with the Hastings Scouts.

Value Village also recycles items that have house where at least 75 children and caregivers dropped in for fun and games hosted by the On- been on the shop floor for a period of time.

“Once the items have been on the floor for a tario Early Years Centre.

The costume part was courtesy of Value Vil- length of time we rotate them off and recycle lage, which donated scores of costumes to the them to third world countries. We try to recycle Early Years Centre that gave them away at the in our community as well,” said Snarr.

There was also a donation to Hastings Public PA day gathering.

“It was a good time; it was dress-up and School. Nestoruk also passed along costumes make believe,” said Angie Nestoruk of the to the Campbellford Fair’s Children’s Activity Centre and the Norwood Santa Claus Parade.

Hastings Ontario Early Years Centre.

“We wanted to do something to make people Nestoruk was thrilled with the partnership happy.” The gathering attracted children from with Value Village in Peterborough.

The response to the costume giveaway, she Hastings, Campbellford, Warsaw, Warkworth said, was “overwhelming surprise” and “can we and Roseneath. keep this?”

They certainly could and that was the Christmas element of the “get active” gathering.

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Norwood – Conversion to LED streetlights is already producing big savings for Asphodel-Norwood.

The 230 new LED lights were installed in the final weeks of 2015 in the Village of Norwood, Trentview Estates, and Westwood and a few township owned lights at the Asphodel-Norwood-Trent Hills boundary on the north edge of Hastings.

The new lights replaced high pressure sodium (HPS) bulbs. The HPS heads were replaced along with many new street arms.

With projected annual savings of just under $20,000, public works manager Jeff Waldon says the $121,507 project will be paid off in five years.

The municipality also picked up a $21,042 rebate in 2015 because of the retrofit, which lowered the total cost to $100,465.

The same project in 2016 would have

seen a rebate of $11,485, Waldon said.

“Because of the growing popularity of the retrofit programs and many municipalities making the switch it was presumed in 2015 that rebates for 2016 would not be as attractive,” he said.

The “turnkey” operation was done

by ERTH Holdings and included a complete rewiring from the new fixture heads back to the power source.

The company also completed all the necessary paperwork, taking the burden off the municipality.

The paperwork included the rebate application and applying to utility authorities Hydro One and Peterborough Distribution Inc. ERTH also mapped the streetlights and determined the wattages needed to replace the existing HPS heads.

The project had to be done before the end of 2015 and Asphodel-Norwood was completed in December because there were other local municipalities

doing similar conversions using the same electrical contractor.

In order to get “maximum” rebates the job had to be done by the end of 2015.

The municipality initially forecast a four-year payback but Waldon says the five year time frame is “still impressive for a project this size.”

Streetlight expenses for 2015 were $35,556; the projected expense in 2016 is $17,500 – a savings of $19,056.

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Many donations will make Christmas for local children merry

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Campbellford – Although much is expected of him, and he does deliver, Santa is just one man and there’s only so much he can do.

Fortunately, helpers are never in short supply and in Campbellford that includes members of the Trent Hills Fire Department, employees at Community Living Campbellford/ Brighton, staff at local schools, the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), and the many people who support the annual Trent Hills Toy and Food Drive.

“The generosity of the town is phenomenal,” said Peggy O’Connor, a special education teacher at St. Mary Catholic Elementary School.

It’s “very much appreciated.”

O’Connor and two other teachers from her school joined staff from other schools in town at the fire hall Dec. 12 to select toys piled atop a dozen eight-foot-long tables set out in the truck bays. More had to be placed on the floor.

The teachers worked with lists they had put together of students from families who wouldn’t be able to offer their children much this Christmas owing to their financial circumstances.

The schools were also given money, $800

Peggy O’Connor, a special education teacher at St. Mary Catholic Elementary School, said the donations of gifts collected during the annual Toy and Food Drive represents “a wonderful opportunity for all the schools in the town to be able to support” families with children who would otherwise face a stark Christmas.

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apiece, to buy gifts especially for older children whose interests and likes aren’t always considered when donations of toys are made.

It was “just another good year,” said Fire Chief Tim Blake, who singled out for special mention people such as the Lang family who delivered a handful of large tote bags filled with toys and clothing worth at least $500; Murray Kirkland and John McEvoy who organize the annual ride for toys that brings in lots of donations; and the Central Ambulance Communication Centre in Lindsay, which this year dropped off more than 200 toys.

After the teachers had left with their presents, a good deal of merchandise still remained, which Blake said would be donated to the Salvation Army, although a small portion would be held back in the event a family or two might have been missed, Blake said.

“It’s a lot of fun for us,” he said of firefighters’ longstanding support for the program.

It’s also fun for members of YAC, which received a donation of $500 from the Rotary Club of Campbellford and raised almost $400 on its own by holding special events.

“Most of the toys we bought this year were for kids in grades 7-8,” said YAC chair Katherine Forestell. “Every kid deserves a good toy at Christmas, we try to make it happen.”

CMH preparing for holiday season Campbellford – Campbellford Memorial Hospital is working hard to ensure patient access to the emergency department (ED) throughout the holiday season.

In a press release officials offered suggestions to ease the expected “surge” in the number of patients.

Flu season is also added to the mix and with increased social gatherings health care providers expect there will be an increase of people who will be seeking care.

This combined with the holiday hours of many local family physicians’ offices means that the hospital’s emergency department will be busier than usual.

By planning ahead and making use of alternative resources for non-emergency situations, people can minimize the seasonal strain on the local ED and help keep the service accessible for those who need it the most.

Below are a few steps provided in a press release that people can take to have a healthy holiday: hand hygiene; flu vaccination - available from most family physician offices, community health centres, walk-in clinics and pharmacies.

Make a note of doctor’s holiday hours.

Many local physician offices will have special

hours of operation during the holidays. Also confirm your family’s prescriptions are upto-date and check medical equipment. Make sure to have enough of medications, both prescription and non-prescription, to last throughout the holiday season. Don’t forget supplies such as needles and alcohol swabs, and check inhalers, respirators, oxygen, and glucose testing machines.

Other tips include ensuring medical information is up to date. When going to the ED take a list of all medications along with any other important information such as allergies.

Alternatives to the hospital include: family doctors or community clinics for nonemergency health concerns; if your situation is non-urgent, check the ministry of health and long-term care health care options website at: www.ontario.ca/healthcareoption; call Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 for free telephone access to a Registered Nurse 24 hours a day, seven days a week; contact the Trent Hills Family Health Team at 705-6531801.

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Campbellford - Although the number of teams was lower this time around the participants in the 3rd annual Kurl for Kids fundraiser held at the Campbellford curling club made up for it with their enthusiasm.

For the younger curlers who admitted they wanted to score well on the ice it was also about scoring with donations for the local food bank and toys for The Salvation Army.

A total of eight teams curled at the day-long event held Sat., Dec. 10, about half the number that curled last year. The youth curlers ranged in age from 11 to 15 years.

Recognizing that there were fewer teams than in the past, organizer Rooke Meiklejohn said the kids who were there put there all into the game and the cause.

Front from left, Joe Brownson, Dylan Hart, Nathan O’Connor and Gundega Daugavi- "We always have a good showing from our youth etis; back from left, Neil O’Connor, Nolan Eakins, Tyler Hart, Nathan Martin, Ethan program here at the club," he commented. His posiTombs and organizer Rooke Meiklejohn. tivity was evident. "We all consider it to be good fun and a chance to raise some goods for the charities."

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for a win.

"The youth curlers are probably the most competitive ones out there. They understand the cause but at the same time they are kids and kids are competitive," said Meiklejohn with a grin.

Dylan Hart of Stirling, who is in the club's youth curling program and holds the position of skip when on the ice, agrees. "It's just nice to see how many people brought food and toys that we can donate."

His younger brother Tyler, age 10, also in the youth curling program, commented, "I like the idea of giving the children stuff and donating to them ... and you get to see how you are against the adults when you are curling."

Nathan Marten, age 12, of Campbellford, noted, "I like curling as a sport because the best part is it's not that rough and I think today's event is a really good idea for people who don't have toys and food."

"The whole purpose of the bonspiel is to make everyone's Christmas a little happier," Meiklejohn concluded.

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Liam Ingram (No. 55) and the seniors team fell 32-24 and dropped to 0-3. Guard Rourke Fairman led the Flames with eight points while centre Kyle Macdonald collected six rebounds and “played a strong defensive game,” said coach Stu Budgell. The juniors lost 20-6.

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Nemesis coach/GM Chad Birkhof resigns

BY BILL FREEMAN

Norwood – The Norwood J.J. Stewart Motors Nemesis have lost their coach and general manager Chad Birkhof. The prolific Norwood Vipers scoring star who helped lead that team to an EOSHL championship in 2005, has confirmed that he officially resigned Dec. 7 from his position with the fledgling Nemesis.

The struggling Nemesis are part of the inaugural eight team independent Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League. Norwood, which scrambled to put together a roster

after a late start to recruiting, lost its first nine games and now sits last in the CPJHL’s east division with a 4-19-2-1 record following a four game showcase visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Birkhof joined the club a few weeks before the season started and had just four signed players; he put in a Herculean effort to build up a roster going through the opening weeks of the season with a bare minimum of 12 players, but gradually established a full lineup.

He sent more than 1,500 emails

and contacted every person he knows in hockey across North America and Europe in an effort to build a team in Norwood.

The demanding schedule was more than he expected and Birkhof says it was beginning to affect his family life.

“At the end of the day the league was not what I had thought it would be with a very demanding schedule that was starting to impact my family life,” he said in a weekend statement.

“With the situation we were in from the start and having only four

players signed two weeks before the season started and the league already having several teams not make it we feel that we were miraculous with what we accomplished by recruiting a full roster and beating some of the league’s top teams.”

Teams in Akwesasne, Coldwater and Burks Falls didn’t make it to the start of the CPJHL season.

Birkhof coached the Rehill Building Supplies Bantam AAA Petes last Chad Birkhof has resigned as coach year. He was a key member of the Norwood Vipers for four seasons, and general manager of the Norwood J.J. Stewart Motors Nemesis team. racking up 100 points in 2006.

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Stars lose, but Rebels set new low in the loss column at 21

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

Campbellford–After winning two straight to haul themselves out of the basement in the South Division of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League, the Northumberland Stars dropped two in a row to fall back into the cellar.

Pushing them there were the Tottenham Steam, who prevailed 9-5 at the Keeler Centre Dec. 14, and the North York Renegades who won 5-3 at home Dec. 17.

Steven Weber, Sergey Khormov, Marcus Soderlund, Nikita Gordeev and Matt Davies scored for the Stars in the loss to the Steam, who overcame a 5-2 deficit after one period to score six unanswered goals in the second to seize control of the game.

The shots were 61-45 for the visitors.

The Renegades took a 4-0 lead in the first period, the Stars cut it in half with a pair of goals by Soderlund and Justin Duek in the second, and the two teams added one apiece

in the third, with Davies bringing his team to within goal of tying the contest.

Northumberland netminder Karol Grosschmidt was named the game’s first star, stopping 43 shops.

The Stars’ next home game is Jan. 4 at the Keeler Centre, with the London Lakers providing the opposition. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

for the Campbellford Rebels last week when the team suffered two drubbings in a row, 14-2 to the Pirates in Picton Dec. 15 and 11-0 at home to the undefeated Port Hope Panthers Dec. 16.

Andrew White-Copegog scored at 7:00 of the third period to avert Campbellford being skunked in Picton. Jeremiah Doherty scored another with three seconds left in the When will it end?

Losing is one thing, especially 21 game. Picton outshot Campbellford in a row, but things got even worse 42-12.

The Rebels managed the same number the next game but Port Hope fired 91 in response.

The question now is, will Campbellford go an entire season without a victory. The Provincial Junior Hockey League club has 15 opportunities to prevent that from happening, 16 if a game postponed against Amherstview is rescheduled. Campbellford’s next home game is Jan. 7 against ... gulp ... the Panthers.

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game two with Garrett Ouellette notching a pair of goals for the Nemesis.

Norwood fared better against the Muskoka Wild (18-3-3-1) holding the West Division leaders to a 2-2 draw. Norwood again took a 2-0 first period lead but couldn’t hold off the Wild. Scoring for Norwood were Kyle Ross and Darren Stattesfield. Muskoka outshot Norwood 55-25.

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BY STEPHEN PETRICK

Shannonville – A seven-year-old superhero lives happily in the Shannonville area.

While she flies largely under the radar here, in a big city far away her bravery is on display. Posters of her hang in large buildings and highway billboards for all the community to see.

Marlow Ploughman is one of the faces of a new branding campaign for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.

The campaign is called “Vs.” and it shows the community that children at the hospital are all superheroes, for the courage and bravery they show while undergoing treatments for rare and challenging diseases.

Marlow has been fighting a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, since she was two and half years old. It’s a cancer that affects soft tissues in muscle and it can impact the entire body. Only about 250 kids in North America are diagnosed with it each year.

Marlow and her family have been travelling to SickKids regularly for about four years now and parents, Tanya Boehm and Mike Ploughman, are grateful for the treatment, care and compassion they’ve received there.

“If I could write a cheque to SickKids I would,” said Boehm. “But, this is our way to promote what they do.”

Marlow, a bubbly Grade 2 student who is full of life, is a big fan of Batman. On one day in Toronto, Marlow and her family left Ronald McDonald House – a place where SickKids patients can stay during treatments – and began travelling via scooter to the hospital while wearing a batgirl shirt.

A hospital employee saw her and said she looked like the perfect kid

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to participate in the new branding campaign. Marlow and her parents agreed to take part.

Now a photo of her, standing proudly in her batgirl shirt with a cape, has been used to promote the hospital across Toronto. An image of her was even on a billboard over the Gardiner Expressway, Boehm said.

Marlow also makes appearances on two videos, which can be found on You Tube; an anthem video and a Christmas-themed video called SickKids vs. Missing Home.

The proud mom likes the positive message of the campaign and agrees that SickKids patients are superheroes for the courage they show.

In her five years of battling cancer, Marlow has literally hundreds of “bravery beads” on several necklaces. Each time a SickKids patients undergoes a treatment, they’re given

a bead to add to a necklace.

As Boehm picks up her daughter’s necklaces, all meshed together, the beads are so plentiful they create a rattle, which speaks volumes to the challenges Marlow’s endured in her short life.

But, her parents are cautiously optimistic that the worst days are behind them.

Thanks to a dedicated team of health care workers, who showed innovative thinking in treating Marlow, her cancer has been in remission for more than three months – the longest period of remission since her diagnosis at age two.

The family will be home for the holidays this Christmas and will return to SickKids for an MRI in February to see if the cancer’s still in remission.

To get to this point, the family has travelled a long road – both literally

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During their first 18 months battling the disease, Marlow travelled to hospitals in Kingston and the Ottawa regularly for treatment. But over time, they realized they needed to attend a “specialized centre.”

After about three years of treatment at Sick Kids, doctors made what looks to be a breakthrough in treating Marlow’s disease.

She was given a stem cell transplant in August – not a typical method of treating Rhabdomyosarcoma, the family was told – but it seems to have worked.

At Marlow’s most recent examination in November, she learned her cancer was in remission, possibly as a result of the success of that transplant.

Previously, she had undergone chemotherapy several times. It worked in treating the cancer, but

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No one knows for certain what’s next for Marlow – but thus far she’s beating the odds.

When Marlow was first diagnosed, the prognosis was grim, Boehm said. “But contrary to what we were told, five years later we’re sitting here.”

Marlow’s life is returning to normal too. In January, she’ll return to St. Michael’s Catholic School in Belleville, where she is in Grade 2.

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BY JACK EVANS

A warm welcome is always enjoyable and Welcome Wagon, a not-for-profit agency has been providing that in the Quinte area, in fact across Canada, for several decades.

In recent months the area service has been taken over by a new operator, Sharon Kirby, who lives in the Brighton area. Along with the change, her territory has been expanded to include most of the entire Quinte area, Belleville, Quinte West, Brighton and Colborne. A separate agency operates in Prince Edward County, she noted.

Getting names of newcomers is far more difficult now than it used to be, she agreed, because of privacy regulations. But she still gets co-operation from municipal governments and relies on newcomers making themselves known to her.

That real estate agents might also encourage their new resident customers to contact her would also be helpful, she said.

She traced Welcome Wagon back to the \united States many years ago, purchased and brought to Canada in 1930 and spreading rapidly.

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from public utilities offices, she still gets to greet dozens of families every month. In some cases, she arranges a meeting of several at once in a local hall or public space. With contact, the newcomers are greeted with a large basket full of useful gifts and data – maps of the various communities, lists of key professional services like doctors and dentists, vouchers for free or discounted items and actual gift items. The gifts are the result of her dozens of sponsors in each community. Most of these are quick to follow up their welcome gift with still other perks as the newcomers visit their premises, she said. Anyone moving into the community, whether a home, apartment or even to a retirement facility, is eligible for a basket of goodies that might include some 50 items or more. Maps, for instance, are provided for the entire area, not just the target new home town. Brochures that outline points of interest and special activities, are also included.

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Rural Internet boost excites Hastings County

BY JACK EVANS

Hastings County - An announcement last week about a federal government investment of half a billion dollars for rural Internet services has generated lots of excitement among Hastings County officials.

The announcement was made

by Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development along with HastingsLennox and Addington MP Mike Bossio as chair of the Liberal government’s nine-member rural caucus. He announced a total of $500 million through to 2021 for upgrading Internet services throughout rural Canada particularly.

Such access to adequate Internet services “is essential for Canadians in rural and northern regions” the minister stated. “Internet access can unlock new jobs, products and benefits.”

He said the project is expected to boost Internet access for some 300 rural and remote communities. The funds will allow new “back bone” Internet structures and upgrade some older ones.

While the minister suggested the project will support digital needs for those areas for “years into the future,” Bossio was more cautious, saying the five megabytes per second service would need to be upgraded

to “ten times that” for modern services.

Hastings County CAO Jim Pine has been involved in the rural Internet project through the Eastern Ontario Warden’s Caucus for several years, from the get-go, with Hastings County front and centre in support and promotion. Along with heads of several North Hastings county councillors, Pine agreed, “This is truly good news for us. We will be making an application on behalf of our area as soon as possible.” (The deadline for applications under the program is March 13 next.)

He also agreed the standard of five megabytes per second is “at the low end of the scale and will have to be upgraded.” But he is hoping the project will fill in some glaring gaps in rural services, some as close as within the Belleville city limits around Corbyville.

Newly elected Warden Rodney Cooney commented: “Any investment in rural Ontario is a good thing. Hopefully it will provide economic development and innovations in out county.”

Council heads of northern communities also chipped in with staunch support of the project.

Sharon Carson, Reeve of Limerick, stressed there are ”several businesses” in her township that could

but, benefit. She added it would also government, enhance communications for roads “That is a different and emergency services like ambu- story,”’ he said.

The federal minlance and fire. That point has been brought up several times in county ister included comcouncil sessions. “I am thrilled to ments about the hear about it,” she said, adding, “We potential value for remote institutions can use all the help we can get.”

Bonnie Adams, Reeve of Carlo- such as schools and Mayo, noted her township is “the hospitals and native smallest and the poorest in Hastings communities.

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Belleville -- This year’s challenging United Way campaign got a huge boost from Procter & Gamble, as it headed for the home stretch.

The Belleville-based employer donated $522,522.22 to the United Way of Hastings Prince Edward. The number represents more than a quarter of the campaign’s $2.115 million goal, which must be met by Dec. 31.

The United Way is a fundraising agency that raises funds for dozens of non-profit organizations, with a focus on funding programs that build strong communities, provide for children and eliminate poverty.

“It’s truly incredible,” said United Way Executive Director Judi Gilbert of the donation, which was announced during a ceremony at P&G’s College Street East plant on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Gilbert said the funds put the campaign at about $1.7 million at the time. There’s still a lot of work to do to reach the goal, she said, but the donation is a positive sign.

Other people in the community, upon hearing donations were lagging behind, have stepped up with new or larger than expected contributions, Gilbert said.

For instance, the Parrott Foundation upped its yearly contribution to $190,000, a

number higher than normal.

In an interview two weeks earlier, Gilbert announced that this year’s campaign was about $150,000 off target, as many donations from companies were coming in smaller than anticipated. Money raised from several community events since the campaign launch in September was also down compared to previous years. The campaign had not reached the $1 million mark by December 1, as it normally does.

Yet, the United Way has come to expect sizable donations from Procter & Gamble every year and this year was no exception.

During the past two years, plant manager Martin DeRome was also the United Way’s honorary chair. While he’s no longer the honorary chair this year, he’s still part of a team that makes an incredible commitment to the United Way each year.

Gilbert said the funds were raised partly by payroll deduction commitments from employees, which were matched by the employer. Special employee events and raffles also contributed to the large number.

“It hardly seems like enough to say thank you,” Gilbert said.

There’s still time to donate to the United Way. For more information visit www.unitedwayofquinte.ca.

ENTERTAINMENT

Big night for barbershoppers

BY JACK EVANS

The annual Christmas sparty for A Cappella Quinte, the regional chapter of the Ontario Barber Shop Harmony Society, is tradtionally a night to honour their secret ballot “Barbershopper of the Year” winner.

But this yuletide it was that plus many other special events.

Close to 30 members of the chapter and their wives gathered in the back banquet hall at Sans Souci for the event, which included a hearty buffet of salads, hot dishes and desserts. A former member of the Quinte chapter, Bill Vermue, now a senior official of the provincial organization, made a return visit to his former home area to formally induct new officers who will take over as of Jan. 1.

Incoming president is Dr. Bob Goodall, who relieves Mike Hall of a job he has been doing for three years.

Barbershop of the year award, a handsome trophy that has been presented for decades, went to longtime tenor section mem-

ber Ted Ellis, who has been a regular member for many years, organized quartet activities and also the annual Christmas sing-out in area retirement and nursing homes, which took place the previous Saturday.

Another major change was formal induction of Patrick Headley of Bloomfield as new chorus director, succeeding Bob Young after 28 years as full time director plus two or three more as assistant director. Vermue also presented Young with his official pin to mark 50 years as a member of the barbershop society. Young officially presented Hadley with his director’s pin, after which the men serenaded their women with some seasonal songs.

Now rated as one of the most active choruses in Ontario, A Cappella Qjuinte meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the hall of Calvary Temple off Dundas Street West. Men who like to sing are invited to drop in as guests at any meeting, contact a member or visit the website.

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Havelock – Songs of hope, songs of joy and songs of good cheer filled Havelock Trent River United Church Dec. 14 during the annual community carol service.

The traditional candlelight and choral celebration hosted by Knox Presbyterian Church and the Havelock Ministerial Association is a service that brings together the community’s Christian faith groups and others moved by the joyful sounds of the season.

The Havelock Community Choir was in strong voice sharing the festive limelight with the Havelock Belmont Public School grade three to eight choir and the school’s charming primary bell ringing choir.

HBM Mayor Ron Gerow welcomed the standing room only house to the church for a service that encourages people to reflect on the season and the message it embodies. The mayor thanked the ministerial association for the work it does in Aislin Deshane and Aya McBride of the Havelock Belmont Public School bell ring- the community. ing choir perform during the annual Havelock Community Carol Service at HaveThe Havelock Lions Club purchased lock United Church on Dec. 14. music for the community choir.

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New Loyalist program helps those State of Stoco Lake, with developmental disabilities insurance, on Tweed council’s Belleville – Loyalist College has announced a new twoyear certificate program, starting September 2017, which will enable students with intellectual or developmental disabilities and other significant learning challenges to pursue post-secondary education with modified programming.

Community Integration through Co-operative Education, a Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development-approved program, will empower students with opportunities to develop skills that prepare them for the workplace and increased in-

dependence in the community.

“As a regional, accessfocused College, Loyalist is committed to supporting all students, including those with intellectual disabilities, by customizing the learning experience,” said Loyalist College president and CEO Ann Marie Vaughan. “We’re extremely proud to offer CICE as it will enhance the social and economic development of individuals who are too often underrepresented in society.”

Core competencies of the CICE program include subjects such as numeracy, com-

munications, job skills, computer skills, human relations and emergency response skills. As part of the program, students will secure field placements intended to enhance their vocational skills, involvement in the community and potential to function more autonomously as they transition to volunteer or paid employment on a part-time or full-time basis.

For more information about Loyalist’s Community Integration through Co-operative Education program, visit loyalistcollege.com.

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December agenda

BY BRETT MANN

Tweed – Deputy-Mayor Brian Treanor chaired Tweed council’s December meeting in the absence of Mayor Albert who was not able to attend. Council heard two delegations, the first a report on the health status of Stoco Lake delivered by Vicki McCulloch, Chair of Friends of Stoco Lake, assisted by Brad McNevin with Quinte Conservation.

McCulloch reported that 150 people had responded to an on-line survey about the lake and noted Community Development Manager Rachelle Hardesty has made a video of the lake study conducted this summer, which is available online.

The sampling study provides a “snap shot” of Stoco Lake and generally showed the lake to be healthy with a wide variety of types and sizes of fish, flourishing plant and animal life, and tributaries in good condition. Two invasive species, Eurasian milfoil and cormorants, raised some concerns. Blue-green algae, which can be harmful to human health, was also observed, but this growth is common to most lakes in the area, especially warm ones like Stoco. FOSL continues working on projects such as shoreline restoration and

public education.

Connie Robinson of McDougall Insurance Brokers and Deborah Murphy of Frank Cowan Insurance addressed council on the services they offer. Cowan Insurance deals in “niche” municipal insurance policies and offers “tons of complimentary services,” said Murphy, including risk management, contract assessment, as well as asset evaluations and a weather monitoring service.

In his monthly report Councillor DeGenova reported attending an all day budget meeting as well as two business retention and expansion (BRE) meetings and a Heart of Hastings Hospice AGM, among other functions. He also mentioned that the annual Christmas fundraising party hosted by himself and Dr. Chuck Mustard raised about $10,600 for the Tweed Library.

Councillor Flieler attended a Christmas dinner honouring the work of 138 local volunteers as well as an “excellent” BRE presentation in Actinolite. Councillor DeMarsh attended a CPAC round table discussion on crisis intervention and joined the rest of council in praising organizers and participants in this year’s Santa Claus pa-

rade.

No recommendations were forthcoming in the Public Works Manager’s report.

Acting CAO/Clerk Gallagher recommended a resolution to declare a property in Elzivir surplus as a first step toward selling it. She noted an energy audit has been completed on the municipal buildings and that contractor Jack Robinson has completed repairs on the Kiwanis Pavilion.

Committee reports from the Tweed Library, the Committee of Adjustment/Planning, and the Central Hastings OPP Detachment were approved. By-laws to amend wage schedules and limit gross vehicle weights on local bridges were adopted. Council agreed to meetings with provincial Progressive Conservative MPPs at the next ROMA and OGA conferences to discuss concerns. On the issue of a proposed VIA passenger rail service which might pass through Tweed, council neither accepted nor rejected a chamber of commerce request for a letter of support for the project saying more information was required.

Council extended condolences on the untimely passing of former library staff member Corinne Bertrand.

Loyalist to start Radiation Safety certification Belleville – Loyalist College has received funding approval from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development and Credential Validation Service to offer a Radiation Safety Ontario College certificate program at its Belleville campus.

The new two-semester program, which will start in fall 2017, is designed to prepare learners to effectively monitor and control radiation exposure and to implement safety measures in the nuclear sector as well as in various work, health care and natural environments.

“Ideal for Environmental, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering graduates, the Radiation Safety program builds on a science diploma or degree with specialized training in radiation physics and environmental radioactivity,” said Loyalist President & CEO Ann Marie Vaughan.

“Students will learn how to track and record radioactivity levels in various environments, ensure compliance with safety regulations, and train personnel on proper procedures.”

The opportunity for this educational initiative was

identified by the Workforce Development Board in discussion with the Port Hope and District Chamber of Commerce and Municipality of Port Hope.

“The Radiation Safety program through Loyalist College will provide for skilled radiation technicians and specialists to support the growing nuclear sector,” said Kevin Narraway, Marketing Manager, Municipality of Port Hope.

More information about the Radiation Safety certificate program and how to apply is available at loyalistcollege.com

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Celebrating Christmas around the world

BY JOHN M. SMITH

This is part of the Christmas display in Quinte West’s Fraser Park.

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of France. Dutch children eagerly await the arrival of Sinterklaas on St. Nicholas Day (December 6); he brings his white horse and a huge sack full of gifts. In Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America, the Three Kings or Wise Men bring Christmas gifts. In Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, it is Christkindl who arrives bearing gifts. In Italy, the main exchange of gifts doesn’t occur until January 6th, the day traditionally believed that the Wise Men reached the baby Jesus. Here you’ll find La Befana, who brings gifts to the good and punishment for the bad, and she appears to be somewhat

similar to Russia’s Babouschka.

Children in Belgium believe that it’s kindly St. Nicholas who brings them presents; they also believe he rides a horse, so they leave hay and carrots and water for the horse just outside the house. In Spain, children leave their shoes on the windowsills filled with straw, carrots, and barley for the horses of the Wise Men, who they believe reenact their journey to Bethlehem every year; one of the wise men is named Balthazar, and he leaves the children gifts.

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Our children have been eagerly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus, but Santa Claus is not a part of all cultures. Therefore, I thought that I’d investigate just how Christmas is celebrated in various parts of the world. In fact, this has become a kind of tradition in this travel column, for I write about Christmas celebrations in various parts of the world each year at this time.

In Bethlehem itself, locals and visitors alike crowd around the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve and watch the dramatic annual procession. An effigy of the Holy Child is placed in the Church, and winding stairs lead down to a grotto where a silver star marks the site of the birth of Jesus. A star is also set up on a pole in the village square, and most local homes display a manger scene. However, the state of Israel is, of course, Jewish, so it’s Hanukkah that’s celebrated (the Festival of Light).

Since we have some new Syrian refugees in our area, I was interested to learn that in Syria, children are brought their gifts by the youngest of the camels that carried the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem. Water and hay are left outside for the camel, too. In the morning, the water and hay are gone, replaced by presents, but this happens on New Year’s Day rather than on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, a child traditionally reads the Christmas story, and then a bonfire is lit outside. The way that the flames spread is thought to show the luck of the house in the coming year.

In Greece, St. Nicholas is best known as the patron saint of sailors. In most Greek homes, an evergreen tree is decorated with tinsel and a star placed on the top, but very few presents are given to each other at Christmas; instead, small gifts are given to hospitals and orphanages. Gifts are more likely to be exchanged in Greece on St. Basil’s Day (Jan. 1).

In England, it’s a thinner version of Santa Claus, known as Father Christmas, wearing a long red robe, with sprigs of holly in his hair, who delivers gifts to children. It’s also Pere Noel (Father Christmas) who visits the children

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The majority of the Chinese population is non-Christian, so they refer to this season as the Spring Festival, and they celebrate with many festivities that include paying respect to their ancestors – and special meals.

The Christian children of China decorate trees with colorful ornaments made from paper in the shapes of flowers, chains and lanterns, and they hang muslin stockings in the hope that Dun Che Lao Ren (Christmas Old Man) will fill them with gifts and treats.

Christmas in South Africa and Australia occurs during the summer holidays, those glorious days of warmth and sunshine, so many of the Christmas celebrations take place outside – and may even include a Christmas barbecue on the beach.

Christmas is, indeed, a special part of many cultures, so “Merry Christmas” to you or “Glædelig Jul” (Danish), “Vrolijk Kerstfeest” (Dutch), “Kurisumasu (Japanese), “Joyeux Noël” (French), “Froehliche Weihnachten” (German), “Kala Christouyenna” (Greek), . . . .

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Here’s where to find non-emergency health care over the holidays Belleville – Finding non-emergency medical care during the holidays just got easier.

The South East Community Care Access Centre has worked with its health system partners to create a listing of non-emergency service availability over the holiday season.

A page promoting non-emergency medical holiday hours will be available on the main page of southeasthealthline.ca until January 15.

The best way to prevent the flu and get maximum enjoyment out of the holiday season is to get your immunization shot.

However, many people will need medical care over the holidays and with family doctor offices and urgent care centres closing or reducing hours over the holidays,

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Donations celebrated at Learning Foundation’s AGM

BY STEPHEN PETRICK

Belleville – Glenn and Nancy Puchniak have worked in communities across Canada – from Manitoba to PEI they say – and, unfortunately, they all have one thing in common.

“There’s always students in need in every community I’ve been in,” said Glenn.

With that in mind, Glenn and Nancy, the new owners of the Trenton Canadian Tire store, made a recent $8,000 donation to the Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation’s Student Emergency Fund.

The cheque presentation took place at the foundation’s Annual General Meeting at the Education Centre in Belleville.

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“I’m looking forward to the working with the Learning Foundation,” Glenn added.

It made for a touching moment at a lunch-hour meeting, during which the foundation’s recent achievements were celebrated and public figures were released.

The Hastings Learning Foundation is the charitable arm of the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board.

It brought in $1.8 million in revenue for the year ending Aug. 31, 2016, guests in attendance heard.

And the money was put to good use.

The Foundation’s flagship program, Food for Learning, operated 173 food programs at schools in Hastings and

Prince Edward counties in 2016. That lead to more than 1 million meals and snacks served to more than 15,000 students.

Funds from the Student Emergency Fund, another important program, were accessed 337 times.

Families can apply for money through the emergency fund to pay for life necessities that may help their children go to school each day ready to learn.

This funding could be used to purchase items such as eyeglasses, EpiPens, medical supplies, food, clothing or transportation.

Executive Director Maribeth deSnoo read aloud a letter the foundation recently received from a parent, who

needed new winter coats and boots and wanted to access the fund. She couldn’t afford to pay for them because her only income was through OSAP funding she was receiving to go to college.

That letter, deSnoo said, represents the type of situation the emergency fund is set up for.

Later in the meeting the foundation presented a cheque for $536,058 to the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board – a number that represents fund raised for school board programs.

Also the foundation’s board elected Carroll Hennessy to join as a director and re-elected directors Dave Clazie, Susan Sweet and Tony Guerrera.

Glenn Puchniak, standing by his wife Nancy, speaks to the audience at the Hastings Learning Foundation’s AGM. The couple, who own the Trenton Canadian Tire, made an $8,000 donation to the foundation’s Student Emergency Fund.

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The Good Earth

Christmas book shopping or the online route Today’s online ordering and shipping often takes less than a week so that option will be available when you’re reading this.

Gardeners are hands on people and books easily fit their hands. This hobby, nay passion, attracts a diverse group of folks from many backgrounds. Just as no two gardens are the same, so it is with us gardeners.

So the challenge is to know just how many rows your giftee has hoed over the years. Long-time hortulans will have accumulated quite a collection of printed material and they’ll be a titch more difficult to excite. Fer sure, eh, they’ll be good Canadians and thank you very much for your thoughtfulness. It is likely they have all the technical books that talk about soil, botany, climate and anything else that speaks to a plant’s needs. It is likely that they have acquired an eclectic Gentle Reader, here’s a gift sug- library garnered one used book store gestion column likely with very few purchase at a time. I have a difficult surprises in regards to its suggestions. time not picking up an old gardening

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New vegetable gardeners, especially those who have graduated from schools in the post-agriculture era, might enjoy both “how-to” and “why” selections. The Guide to Canadian Vegetable Gardening by Doug Green and The Year Round Vegetable Gardener: How To Grow Your Own Food 365 Days A Year No Matter Where You Live by Niki Jabbour. Both are written by Canadians for Canadians which is always a good thing. There will be some of your friends who want to know more about how plants grow, i.e., botany. Try Botany for Gardeners

by Brian Capon; this little paperback is comprehensive in its coverage and includes excellent colour photographs.

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Not all books need be recent publications; some of my favourites came by way of the second-hand sources mentioned earlier. Topiary, Japanese

Gardens, Chinese Gardens, European Garden Design, and a host of eclectic other titles happily clutter my shelves.

I am more than happy to receive a “used” book; in fact, a well “used” book advertises that it was a go-to source for its previous owner.

Column compilation books aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, there usually needs to be a philosophical connection between writer and reader. Try thinking of these books as a conversation and then ask yourself if your giftee would want to chat with that person.

This can be a tad difficult to determine but you could always strike up your own conversation with your friend. Start with, “How was your garden this year?”, and then slip in, “Is there a gardening columnist you like to follow?” There is one book to which I am a titch particular about: Take Time, Reflections for Gentle Reader.

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Beloved wife of the late Gerald Paro.

Loving mother of Dianne (William) McWaters of Toronto, Valerie (Patrick) Westfall of Trenton and David (Evelyn) Paro of Frankford. Ever remembered grandmother of Lindsay, David, Hilary, Kristina, Alexandra, Mitchell, Nicholas; great-grandmother of Viktor and Isaak.

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Beloved husband of Deena and most loving father of Tina (Clint Gray), Melanie (Raimond Manno) and Lonnie (Darren Farrell).

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Family and friends called at the McConnell Funeral Home, 9 Bursthall St. Marmora, Ontario from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, December 16th. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, 38 Bursthall St. Marmora, on Saturday December 17th, 2016 at 12 noon. Spring Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery.

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DEC 22 @ 2 pm - 8 pm Enjoy a delicious meal at Bourbon Street Pizza Company and help support needed for Belleville/ the QAC. any customer ordering Trenton Courier dine-in or carry-out just has to say Service. Must have own vehicle. they’re ordering in support of the Call Tues. To Fri. Quinte Arts Council. Bourbon Street 8 am - 2 pm.

Pizza Company will donate 20% 613-392-5585 or 613-967-5941 of the proceeds to the QAC. 54 Market Street, Belleville. bourHELP WANTED bonstreetpizzaco.ca The Station Restaurant is QAC OFFICE and Gallery closed looking for Line Cooks (will train). Apply in person at 30 from noon Dec. 23- Jan. 9 Ottawa Street East, HaveDEC 22 - Dec 23 @ 7:30pm lock or call 705-778-1077 - 9:30pm “A Downton ChristBUSINESS SERVICES mas�- Command Performance Ken Chard Construction. Choir at Picton Town Hall. Tea Renovations, decks, sid- and scones at intermission. Guests ing, sidewalks, fences, ce- are invited to dress in period cosramic, windows, painting etc. Free estimates. Call: tume. Tickets $20 for Books and 613-398-7439.

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TUESDAYS @ 9AM Friends of Ferris FREE Weekly Guided Walking Group. We meet rain or shine at the Suspension Bridge in Ferris Provincial Park at 9:00am every Tuesday.

CHRISTMAS EVE and Christmas Morning Services at Bridge St. United Church Christmas Eve at 4:30 p.m. Christmas Morning at 10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome!

Northwest corner of Bridge and Church Streets at 60 Bridge St. E., Belleville.

BLOOD DONOR clinic, jan 2, 1-7 pm. Belleville fish and game club, 170 elmwood drive mail hall. Make your appointment online at blood. ca or download the GIVEBLOOD app, walk ins are accepted.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY RCL BELLEVILLE, Last Sunday of Month:12-4 pm, Moonshot Euchre, Open 8 Ball Tournament. hall rentals at The Royal Canadian Legion, 613-968-9053 BELLEVILLE LEGION Br. 99: Fish & Chips, first and third Fridays of month, 4-6 p.m. Open Euchre, Tuesdays, 1 pm. Open Shuffleboard Wednesdays, 12:30 PM. Canteen open every Friday 4-7 p.m. Meat Rolls and Horse Races 4:30 pm., Legion Clubroom 132 Pinnacle St, Belleville. Age of majority BAY OF Quinte Squadron will hold two Registration Nights for Safe Boating Education. Courses offered are Basic Boating for your Boater’s Card (PCOC), Introduction to Navigation, Introduction to Weather and Boat & Engine Maintenance. Registration Bay of Quinte Yacht Club Jan 3rd and Jan 10th. For more information call Lance at 613-699-1293 or Don at 613-966-9051.

MONTHLY DOODLING sessions, 3rd Thursday of month. Bring your creations, tools of the trade, and share your creativity. Free sessions, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., John M.

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Parrott Art Gallery. Info: Rachel comeau_rachel@hotmail.com or www.facebook.com/groups/thedoodlegroup/ HOME HELP & Home Maintenance support service (cleaning, meal prep, shopping, snow removal, etc). Fees arranged between the worker and client. Info: Community Care for South Hastings Belleville at 613-969-0130 or Deseronto at 613-396-6591.

MONDAY BINGO; Tuesday Cribbage; Wednesday Euchre; Thursday Carpet Bowling and Shuffleboard; Friday Darts and the 3rd Sunday of every month Cribbage. All start at 1:00 p.m. Open to all seniors 50 and over. Trillium 2000 Seniors Club, 75 St. Paul St., Belleville QUINTE NEEDLEARTS Guild Stiching for Fun! Workshops and lessons or work on your own piece.

Salvation Army, Bridge St. W., Belleville. 1st and 3rd Thursday of month. 9:30am - 3pm. 613-4734831 or 613-476-7723 ARE YOU caring for someone with memory loss? Alzheimer Society Caregiver Support Groups, Bay View Mall, Belleville, 1st & 3rd Thursdays of month, 10am-12pm.

Info: Kristel at 613-962-0892 QUINTE SENIORS Euchre Club meets at the Parkdale Community Centre every Mon. at 1 pm. Everyone 50 plus welcome. Cost $3.00 includes door prize, 50/50 draw and euchre score prizes NEW MEMBERS welcome, Quinte Living Centre Concert Band. Students to seniors, if you play any band instrument. Mondays 7-9 p.m., Quinte Living Centre, 370 Front St, Belleville. Info: Marialice, mtfielding@hotmail.com 613-962-2881, or Sally, ssedore@hotmail.com 613-243-1450 FRIENDS OF the Library book sale daily at the Bookstore. Accepting gently used books, CD and DVD donations. Foyer of Belleville Public Library 10-4, Monday-Saturday.

613-968-6731 ext 2245 THE DRAWING Room offers noninstructional studio sessions, third Thursday of each month, 2-4 p.m. in the third floor, John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Info: 613-968-6731 x2240 or e-mail gallery@bellevillelibrary.ca SCOTTISH COUNTRY Dancing: Come alone or bring a partner.

Classes Tuesday evenings, 7:309:30pm, Harry J. Clarke School, 77 Rollins Dr., Belleville. Info 613-965-4212 or 613-967-1827.

BRIGHTON THE BRIGHTON All Star Concert band rehearses every wed evening in the ENSS music room in Brighton from 7-9. Everyone is welcome.

BRIGHTON CLOTHING depot, 5 craig st. open thurs 10 – 4; fri

10 – 8; sat 10 – 1. please no furniture or tvs PARENT SUPPORT Group, Brighton, last Thursday of each month, 6:30-8pm, Autism Ontario/Autisme Ontario East & South East Region.

Info: (613) 968-5554 TRENT VALLEY Quilters Guild, third Wednesday of month, King Edward Park Arena & Community Centre, 75 Elizabeth St, Brighton, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. All welcome.

TAKE TIME Out Group, Brighton Meets 3rd Monday, every month, new time! 10:30 – noon. Different Program themes every month Light Refreshments No cost, wheelchair accessible. Bring a friend, they’ll be glad you did. Trinity-St.-Andrew’s United Church, call Jean 613-242-5387 NEW MEMBERS: The PROBUS Club of Presqu’ile invites retired or semi-retired people (singles or couples) to our monthly meetings.

Held the third Wednesday every month at the King Edward Park Community Centre, Brighton. Doors open: 9:30 - noon Contact: Jean 613-242-5387 or visit our website http://www.probusnorthumberland.com TRINITY-ST. ANDREW’S United Church CLOTHING DEPOT, 58 Prince Edward Street, Store hours: Wednesday, 10-2, Thursday, 10-2, Friday, 10-6pm and Saturday, 101. All your donations welcome.

Delight in our Fall/winter line-up of clothes and accessories! Bag Sale last week of each month. Interested in Volunteering? Please call Jean 613-242-5387

CAMPBELLFORD FREE CHRISTMAS dinner you are invited to the community christmas dinner on christmas day, Dec. 25 5p.m. campbellford baptist church 166 grand rd., campbellford for more information call: thea dunk- 705-653-1930 DEC 31 9pm to 1 am Campbellford Legion Br 103, 34 Bridge St Campbellford, 705 653 2450. Live Band the “STIR� age of majority. cold buffet $10 cover public welcome VISIT THE Cats Cradle, 8 Bridge St. W., Campbellford, A New to You shop with monies raised going to spay/neuter feral cats and kittens. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9-5.

3RD SATURDAY of month, Bid Euchre Tournament, Campbellford Seniors Club, 53 Grand Rd Lunch at noon, cards at 1pm. $5 to play, share the wealth tickets.

CAMPBELLFORD SALVATION Army Thrift store offers a free hot lunch every Friday. Also, Silent Auction the last Friday of each month.

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EVENTS Continued from pg 19 COBOURG WOMENS GROUP, every Wednesday, 2 pm, Halcyon Place, 580 Courthouse Rd, Cobourg. To register: Community Care Northumberland: 905-372-7356.

CODRINGTON EUCHRE, EVERY Friday, 7 pm. Codrington Community Centre. All welcome.

COLBORNE LADIES AUXILIARY Moonshot Euchre every 3rd Sunday of month, Colborne Legion. Lunch 12:00, Cards sat 13:00.

Info: Sandy Boland at 905-355-5148 or Barb Smith at 905-355-3896 COLBORNE PROBUS Club, 1st and 3rd. Wednesday of month, The Rotary Room, The Keeler Centre, 80 Division St, Colborne. New members welcome.

Info: Anja Guignon 613-475-9357 COLBORNE LIBRARY Storytime program, open to children 2-5 years old.

Thursdays, 11 am. To register: 905 3553722 or drop by the library (Mon. 3-8, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8, Fri. & Sat. 11-4).

FRANKFORD FRANKFORD UNITED Church Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. No service on Christmas Day. BASIC FOOT Care: 2nd & 4th Monday of the Month. Open to the Public. $25.

Advance Appointments available. Mapleview Community & Senior Centre, 1030 Mapleview Rd., Frankford. Call Jody 613-921-3246 or Sharon 613-395-3751 OPEN T.G.I.F. with games and meal, first Friday of month, 4 pm, Frankford Legion.

Church, 12pm. $9.00. Info: 705-778-7831. 613-394-3915 ext 252, ewa.bednarczuk@ ltc.on.ca or order on-line at www.ltc.on.ca MADOC THE ROYAL Canadian Legion Branch CHRISTMAS IN a country church at 110 is having their annual New Year¹s hazzard’s corners church (5 miles north Eve Dinner and Dance December 31/16 of madoc on cooper road) annual candle Advance tickets must be purchased at the light service. a traditional celebration of Legion office. Call 613-392-0331 or visit christmas in lesson and song. dec 23, rcl110.ca for more information.

2016, 7:00 pm.

JOYFULL NOISE Women’s Choir pracWOMEN’S CAREGIVER Group, women tices every Monday, 7 - 9 p.m., room 217 at caring for a person with memory loss. 3rd Trenton High School. We sing the popular Wed. of each month, 9:30-11:30am. Madoc music of the 50¹s, 60¹s and 70¹s. No audiArts Centre/Skate Park, 242 Durham St. tions and you DO NOT need to read music.

Madoc. Info: 613-962-0892 New members welcome. Info: Cathy 613 TOPS (TAKE off pounds sensibly), ev- 397 3236. www.joyfull-noise.com ery Wednesday, Trinity United Church COLD CREEK Cloggers, Monday nights. in Madoc. Weigh-ins 5.30-6.p,m. Short Beginner class 6:30pm. Trenton Baptiste meeting follows. Info: Lila 613-473-4668 Church 15 South St. First night free. For FREE SENIORS Exercise Classes VON info call Debbie 613-920-9034 SMART classes. Gentle and progressive THE TRENTON Horticultural Society and can be done standing or seated. Info: and Garden Club meets third Thursday of 1-888-279-4866 ex 5350. each month (except December, January, July and August). Refreshments. Garden MARMORA Photo Contest. Trenton United Church, MEMORY CAFÉ, 2nd Tues. of month, 85 Dundas St. E. trentonhorticulture@ 10-11:30am. Marmora Library W. Shan- gmail.com non Rm. 37 Forsyth St. Marmora. Seniors TRENTON ART Club. Calling all artists with early memory loss or who are worried and would be artists. Painting every Friday about their memory meet to discuss brain afternoon, Smylie¹s Independent Store health, practise brain boost activities and (upstairs) Info: Connie 613-398-6525. gentle movement. Info: 613-962-0892 THE TRENTON Memorial Hospital NEW FINDING Your Way clinics. Free Auxiliary is looking for new volunteers ID kit to help those with memory loss and (18 years +). Give back, make new friends their loved ones be prepared and prevent and learn important skills. Training proa missing person event. Call for your one vided. Call the volunteer office at 613 392 hour appointment: 613-395-5018 2540 ext. 5454 TRENTON LIONS Club is looking for NORWOOD new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th THE NORWOOD Beautification Com- Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: mittee Bid Euchre, the second Sunday Member Chairman Diane Gardy 613 392 of every month, 1 pm, Norwood Legion.

Lunch will be available.

TRINITY UNITED Church’ Hastings will be holding its Christmas Eve service at a new time. It will start at 5:30 p.m.

HASTINGS LEGION Dec 23rd Meat Draw followed by the Legion Christmas Party. Lunch at 6pm, entertainment to follow.

HASTINGS & District Seniors Club, 6 Albert St. E Hastings, Civic Centre downstairs. Mon-Regular Euchre, 12:30pm Tues- Bid Euchre, 1pm. Tournaments every 4th Sat. of month, alternating bid euchre then reg euchre.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE members needed for Community Care South Hastings. Info: Deb at 613-969-0130 ext.

5214 or debm@ccsh.ca

HAVELOCK ROYAL CANADIAN Legion Br. 389, 8 Ottawa St, Havelock,On 705-778-3728 News Year Eve Dinner & Dance. Dinner $15. Dance $10. or $20.00 p/p for both.

5:30 pm Dinner, 8:00 pm Dance. Tickets at Legion Club Room, & at the door on availablity RC LEGION Br. 389 Havelock, NO Meat Draw on Dec 24, NO Meat Draw on Dec 31 and, NO Bingo on Dec 26, 2016 DINERS CLUB, First And Third Wednesday Of Each Month, Havelock United

Dare Youth Group, Fridays, 7 p.m. Fun, Food, Games, Trips and more. Tweed Pentecostal Church, 16 Jamieson St. W.

TWEED THE IN-HOUSE Sports at the Tweed Legion will continue the week of Dec. 19 - 23 but will not be held the following week. All sports will return in the New Year and are open to all, not just Legion Members. Members are reminded of the final General Meeting for 2016 on Dec. 21 starting at 7:30 at the Tweed Legion.

A special “Christmas” Bingo is being held on Dec. 22 at 7 pm at the Tweed Legion. The $1,000 prize would be a great stocking stuffer! Games start at 7 pm in the Upstairs Hall.

ON DEC. 24 the Tweed Legion will close early and will re-open on Dec. 27 at 1 pm.

Merry Christmas to all from our Membership. Ring in the New Year at the Tweed Legion New Year party starting at 8 pm on Dec. 31. We will have a D.J., draws and prizes, a light lunch and Midnight toast. Admission is $15 or $25 couple.

Information 613-478-1865 ZUMBA DANCERCISE Class for everyone, every Wednesday, 9 - 10 am., Tweed Legion. Bring your water and yoga mats.

Info: 613-848-0969 BRIDGE EVERY Tuesday from 1-4 tweed library Knitting every Friday from 2-4 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Gateway Community Health Centre Pole Walking program. No experience necessary. For more information, please call the Dietitian at 613-478-1211 ext. 228.

TWEED BID Euchre thursdays, 1pm.

Actinolite Hall, 613-403-1720.

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TYENDINAGA FREE LUNCH Time Fitness with Active membership at the Tyendinaga Fitness Resource Centre. $20.00 for seniors (55 +) $30.00 for adults no taxes or contracts. Stop in classes 12:15pm Monday to Thursday. (613) 962-2822

WARKWORTH COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS Eve Service Dec 24, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm t. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 20 Mill St, Warkworth, ON CONTACT: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 705-924-9494 TUESDAYS – 9:30am-10:30am and 5:30pm-6:30pm fun & fitness 55+ st. andrew’s presbyterian church, 20 mill st, warkworth sharon Abernethy: 705-6320824 aberneth@live.com. Exercise classes for older adults, 55+. Class includes: 30 minutes Low Impact Aerobics, + Strengthening, Balance & Flexibility Exercises. $5/ class or an 8 week session for $40 THURSDAYS – 9:30am-10:45am fun & fitness 55+ st. pauls United Church, 60 Main St, Warkworth Sharon Abernethy: 705-632-0824 aberneth@live.com. Exercise classes for older adults, 55+. Less Intense Class includes: Mixture of standing/seated exercises – walking, marching, dance steps, strengthening, balance and relaxation. $3/ class or a 10- week session for $35 WARKWORTH SPINNERS and Weavers Guild meet the second Thurs. of every month, 10am, upstairs at the Campbellford Library. Info: warkworthguild@gmail.com.

New members always welcome

ROSENEATH FOOTCARE CLINIC, 2nd Fri every other Month, Alnwick Civic Centre. VON offers Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care (Fee for Service). For appointment call the VON at 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346

STIRLING SENIORS EUCHRE every Thursday, 1 pm, Stirling Legion Branch #228, StirlingMarmora Rd. Only $2.00 to play, refreshments provided. Info: (613) 395-2002.

MEMORY CAFÉ, 3rd Wed. of ea. month, 2pm-4pm. Stirling Public Library 43 Front St. Stirling. Seniors with early memory loss or who are worried about their memory meet to discuss brain health, practise brain boost activities and gentle movement.

Inquiries call 613-962-0892 STIRLING CITIZENS Band, a community volunteer concert band. Rehearsals every Tues. 7:30pm, Stirling Public School. All ages welcome. Student community service hours available. Info: Donna, 705-653-3064.

TRENTON TREE & Shrub Seedlings - order for spring 2017. Native species available. Sold in bundles of 10 seedlings. Deciduous trees & shrubs $12.50/bundle; evergreens $10/ bundle. $10 S&H fee per order. Contact Ewa Bednarczuk, Ecology & Stewardship Specialist at Lower Trent Conservation

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Animal cruelty conviction for Tweed woman Belleville - A Tweed woman has been found guilty of four counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act stemming from an investigation that led to the removal of 85 animals from her home.

On Oct. 30, 2015, the Ontario SPCA was called to a property near Tweed, on Crookston Road, after receiving a report concerning a large number of animals.

An investigation was launched, which revealed dogs and cats living in unsanitary conditions inside the home, with feces and urine covering the floors.

Following the recommendation of a veterinarian, the Ontario SPCA removed 52 dogs and 23 puppies of mixed small breeds, as well as 10 cats.

Cathy Graham was found guilty by

Justice of the Peace Ernie Parsons on Dec. 12 in a Belleville court of two counts of failing to comply with the prescribed standards of care, one count of permitting distress and one count of failing to comply with Ontario SPCA Act Orders.

She was sentenced to a five-year prohibition on owning or caring for animals.

Three of the dogs removed were euthanized due to the condition in which they were found. The remaining 82 animals have since been adopted in other homes.

“The welfare of animals is our top priority,” said Steve Toy, Ontario SPCA senior inspector. “We incorporate humane education to try to address situations like this wherever possible, but we do enforce the law when it’s necessary to ensure the well-being of animals.”

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It’s a BGH Christmas miracle!

Every gift to BGH counts And now they can count TWICE A special friend of BGH has pledged up to $10,000 to match gifts made in December by first time donors and those who haven’t made a gift in the last three years. Current donors who increase their gifts will have the difference matched too.

matters. If you care about people, just give what you can and very good things will happen at BGH.

Twenty-five, $50, or $100, whatever you can give will be doubled to make care better at BGH.

Go to bghf.ca or call 613-847-6075, we’ll even go pick your donation up.

Please make a gift today and be part of the BGH Christmas miracle.

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The BGH Foundation has committed to raise $500,000 as its share of the $1 million QHC needs for a new MRI.

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