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By Sue Dickens

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Entertainment – Warkworth – Art has been popping up in the storefronts of this village for a few months now, a project so popular there is now a waiting list of artists and artisans. “I am really pleased with the Pop-up Art Project on the Main Street. It is great to see empty storefronts being utilized in such a creative way, showcasing local artists,� said Neil Graham, chair of the Warkworth Business Association (WBA) which is responsible for the concept. “While I of course hope that the storefronts will soon be home to new retail and commercial tenants I was thrilled to see people taking the time to look at and appreciate the artistic talent that is alive and thriving in the community,� he added.

David Pollack of the WBA is the project organizer. “I very much liked the range of artists that David has been able to pull together as well, from established artists (such as Lenni Workman) to young artists (like Eric Dalby) who are just beginning to explore their creative talents,� said Graham.

Warkworth artist Sylver Stephens, who has been drawing “since I was knee high,� has several paintings in the window of the historic Potter Block.

The scenes painted with acrylics on easels add a bright spot of colour to the downtown. “I think this is marvelous. It not only beautiďŹ es our town, it makes it look good, it promotes us and the town and I just think that’s absolutely fantastic,â€? she said.

A graduate of the Visual Arts from Sheridan College School of Design, a former art teacher and a crafts woman, she paints both scenery and abstracts, in oils and acrylics, though her ďŹ rst love is sketching in ink on paper.

Next door at the new Warkworth Mews on Main Street in one of the windows is the art work of Nafshiya Haylestrom, a 16-year-old who has shown her paintings, prints, pencil/charcoal sketches, and sculptures at a number of art shows and exhibits, the ďŹ rst of which she created herself as a charity project, selling over 100 pieces and raising more than $1,000 for Sketch.ca “I have been painting ever since I can remember,â€? she said shyly.

Nafshiya Haylestrom, a 16-year-old artist who has shown her paintings, prints, pencil/charcoal sketches, and sculptures at a number of art shows and exhibits, is among the half dozen or so artists whose works are on display in downtown Warkworth as part of the Pop-up Art Project. Her art can be seen in window of the new Warkworth Mews. Photo: Sue Dickens

Contract awarded for design of Hastings field house

By John Campbell

News - Trent Hills – The municipality will spend $247,000 on the design of an indoor ďŹ eld house and a second full-size natural turf soccer pitch in Hastings.

AECOM’s bid was the lowest of the ďŹ ve submitted by engineering ďŹ rms and the cost includes architectural and construction administration services to the completion of the project. “I almost think there should be a band striking up, this is exciting,â€? Mayor Hector Macmillan said after council voted to award the contract December 17. “We’re ďŹ nally moving forward with a new recreational facility in Hastings.â€?

The ďŹ eld house will serve as a multi-functional recreationPlease see “Warkworthâ€? on page 2 al facility that supports ďŹ eld hockey, rugby, soccer and other

ďŹ eld sports, as well as an indoor running/walking track.

The mayor said “there were non-believers, like there always is with anything, certainly with major projects,� such as the Hastings Village Marina. “Look at what that’s done for the community and the municipality as a whole,� Macmillan said, but “that’s going to be small potatoes compared to what’s coming (with) this facility.

It’s going to stand Trent Hills, and speciďŹ cally Hastings, right on its ear (and) drag people here.â€?

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CDHS guidance facilitator Trish Wood said.

Three two-men teams raced to carry baubles on a platter to decorate a Christmas tree.

“It was great fun,” Wood said.

Members of the Justice League dressed up the competitors, whose garb included tiaras, tutus and skirts, she said.

Her husband, Brian, was the top individual fundraiser, collecting $417. The other top five, in order, were Saijo Seito, Reg Stacey, Brent Laver, Dave Noble, and Phil Vardy.

The team of Seito-Noble won the relay, “but they’re all winners in our hearts because every male staff member participated, it was great,”

Wood said. “We were so pleased. In four days we raised over $1,000 for Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre.”

The Cobourg agency helps women and their children who have been victims of family violence; its services include providing counselling, shelter and transitional support.

Cornerstone works with a Grade 9 girls group “on building selfesteem and making good choices, especially around healthy relationships,” she said. “They also provide us with individual counselling for girls that are in unhealthy relationships and needing some support.

They’ve been wonderful coming out to our school.”

unforeseens ... The expectation is that ($247,000) will be the upset limit.”

Several site options will be considered in the preliminary design process.

The field house is to be constructed at Hastings Fowlds Millennium Park, where there are soccer pitches, a skateboard park and a park area.

In his report to council, White said the structural shell of the design has a projected life expectancy of 15 to 20 years, the artificial turf about 20 years, depending on use.

“These items need to be strongly considered in the annual operating budgets and a reserve fund established,” he stated.

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“It’s wonderful to be part of the popup project. It’s a great opportunity and it’s also really nice to be able to see the other art and hear all the stories of the other artists.”

When Stephens was asked if she has any advice for new younger artists she noted, “I would suggest that beginning artists just try and try again. With enough practice something magical happens . . . With enough practice one reaches a point where the painting evolves almost by itself into something more than its parts. Nothing is difficult and time flies

by without one being aware. Some call this “bliss” or “flow” while others feel the Creator creating through them.”

With a waiting list of about 16 artists and four or five who have already displayed their work, who want to come back, the project has been deemed a huge success.

Other artists being showcased until January 18th when different artists will take their place, are A.J. Van Drie, Christopher Thorpe and Clive Russell.

To learn more about the popup project go to: https://www.facebook.com/ warkworthpopupart

Local artist Sylver Stephens who paints both scenery and abstracts, in oils and acrylics, has her works of art on display window of the historic Potter Block, Main Street, Warkworth. Photo: Sue Dickens

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Events - Campbellford – Campbellford District High School’s male teachers got into the Yuletide spirit and donned gal apparel December 17 as part of a fundraiser for Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre.

The “CDHS Walk A While in Her Heels” event was organized by the high school’s newly formed Social Justice League.

The school’s 15 male teachers were asked to collect money for four days throughout the school day, and the six who collected the most qualified to compete in “a high-heeled relay” held during the school’s Christmas assembly,

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and experience and qualifications of staff assigned to the project.

AECOM’s submission was ranked number one; the bids ranged as high as $497,000.

Councillor Kim McNeil asked if staff was confident the project will come in at the stated price, noting companies “have projects that run way over budget sometimes.”

Scott White, general manager of infrastructure renewal and public works administration, said it should, “as long as the scope of work doesn’t change (although) there’s always going to be

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Council adopts accessibility policy and action plan

By Bill Freeman

News – Havelock-Belmont-Methuen – Township council has adopted the municipality’s accessibility policy along with a multi-year action plan outlining Havelock-Belmont-Methuen’s strategy to “prevent and remove barriers� as required under provincial law.

Under the province’s 2005 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act all public and private sector organizations must meet the requirements of the Act as detailed in the regulation that governs it. The regulation’s intent is to “streamline, align and phase-in accessibility requirements and allow for progress on accessibility and reduce the regulatory burden for obligated organizations.� “The standards we are expected to meet over the next eight years fall into

ďŹ ve categories,â€? says township planning assistant and by-law enforcement ofďŹ cer Andrea Loyst.

Those categories are customer service, employment, information and communications, transportation and design of public spaces. “The standards will assist in removing barriers to access within the township for the public and employees,� Loyst said They can be everything from improvements to the entrance of a building and making it barrier-free to providing written materials in a larger font.

Since 2009, the township has had a set of policies to help it meet provincial customer service requirements. That work included things like installing a ramp at the Kasshabog Lake Library,

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Loyst offered a caveat regarding future costs for staff work as the accessibility mandate rolls out more extensively. “There may be some costs for staff time and resources in the future for the implementation of some of these plans,â€? she said. “We do know that at some point in time there will be some ďŹ nancial consideration for the implementation of this process,â€? Mayor Ron Gerow agreed. “In the next step as we move forward we’ll start to see some planning for that.â€?

Loyst says they’ve been placing funds into a reserve each year for that eventuality including accessibility improvements for play equipment, parks and trails.

Part of the multi-year plan for 2015 includes a public consultation when redesigning existing trails or designing new trails that would focus on things like a trail’s slope, the need for ramps on trails and where they would be sited as well as rest areas, passing areas and viewing areas. “There is potential for major costs associated with each of these (categories) and we don’t know what they are going to be,� said Loyst. “We have a small group of staff who get together to discuss the requirements as we have to meet them.�

She says they have talked to parks staff about the provisions. “These are things you have to make a budget for in years ahead. Be aware that some things are changing.�

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Loyst said staff made use of material and policies created by Greater Napanee as well as documents from the City of Peterborough in doing their work. “They were a great source of information and guidance. The township appreciates the efforts by these

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of product here from vendors and maybe next year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have more,â&#x20AC;? Johnstone said of a show she and local businessman and artist Amron Kahn helped organize.

Vendors donated a portion of their sales to the Cancer Society and visitors could also make individual donations at the door and become eligible for a prize.

A chilly blast of winter kept some people away but Johnstone is still pleased with the support.

Her son was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and doctors said â&#x20AC;&#x153;he probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it after two years.â&#x20AC;?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now ďŹ ve years into his battle and is â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing great,â&#x20AC;? Johnstone says.

That progress, she says, is largely due to the support organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society receives from ordinary folk who make donations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Research dollars are very important, medications are very important. Some medications people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford and the Society will sometimes step in to help as well,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a worthy cause and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping during this Christmas season people can think about more than just shopping.â&#x20AC;?

Johnstone lives kitty-corner to the fabulous town hall and says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a jewel residents should cherish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right here in the heart of Havelock so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to get to. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see it used more often. It would be nice if it was used more and the building preserved. This is a beautiful building on the outside and inside. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a lot of Shadow Johnstone stands by one of the original â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting for a Cureâ&#x20AC;? t-shirts she designed and made as a way of raising funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. She and other local artists participated in a Christmas craft show fundraiser at the Havelock character. I love this place.â&#x20AC;?

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Winning turkeys were Joe Corrigan, Nola Doucette, Karen Irvine, Chris Irvine, Dave Cardwell, Chester Stockie, Mark Price, Paula and Mike Bradshaw, Adam Turner, Kaylee McIlmoyle, the PďŹ efers, Paul Radford, Tyler Humphries, Rita Convey and Dave Harrison.

Jim Mackenzie won a ham.

Donating turkeys were Rural Maintenance, Hastings Remax, Dennis Savery; Campbellford FireďŹ ghterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, Warkworth FireďŹ ghterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, The Hasty Market, Daisy Mart, Doug Irvine Automotive, Fergyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pest Control, CanSwim, Reg Ward Insurance,

Dr. Maraghiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce, Hasting Fireworks Committee, Doddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bowling Lanes, Mike Lynch Auto Body, Hastings Food Mart and Gas, management staff of Trent Hills, Emâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Unique Dollar Plus.

Donating the ham was McIlmoyle Auto.

Winning gift certiďŹ cates were Miche Tremblay, The Water Lily; Marie Potts, Bridgewater Coffee and Pizza; Jammie Humphries, La Gondola; Brian Hook, John Li; Diane Graham, Salon Iris; Jack Baxter, Sheilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant; Art Raposo, Jewelry from Fifth Avenue, Darlene Forde; Anne Coleman, Hastings Legion Branch 106.

Do you have an opinion youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to share? Write the editor tbush@metroland.com

Anger mounts over provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handling of energy production

By John Campbell

He blasted Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli for telling reporters the $1.1 billion the government cost taxpayers for cancelling two gas-ďŹ red power plants in Mississauga and Oakville is $2.01 annually on their bills over the next two decades â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;less than a Tim Hortons cup of coffee a year.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He might just better shut up,â&#x20AC;?

Brahaney said.

Deputy-mayor Bob Crate said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;incensedâ&#x20AC;? when he heard what Chiarelli said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe ... they think they can just brush things off and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going pay,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;even think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d win another election.â&#x20AC;?

Brahaney also alluded to the scandal

at Ontario Power Generation (OPG) where it was recently revealed by the auditor-general that â&#x20AC;&#x153;very generousâ&#x20AC;? salaries, pensions and other perks paid out to a workforce â&#x20AC;&#x153;top-heavyâ&#x20AC;? with executives have helped drive up energy costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There deďŹ nitely isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any rhyme or reasonâ&#x20AC;? to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been allowed to take place at OPG by this and previous governments, he said. He called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;bizarreâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;frustrating.â&#x20AC;?

Macmillan said the provincial government â&#x20AC;&#x153;has become totally disconnected from those who they serve.â&#x20AC;?

The Liberals â&#x20AC;&#x153;have forgotten who they are there representing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

understand what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. These councillors â&#x20AC;&#x153;need more timeâ&#x20AC;? to come services are there for them to manage up with something the municipality and that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been happening.â&#x20AC;? could put together to present to the Steady increases in hydro costs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that requires projected to rise 42 per cent over the next some research, particularly the impact ďŹ ve years, according to the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on industrial (energy consumers),â&#x20AC;? she updated long-term energy plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;have said. just got to stop, because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keep working away at it,â&#x20AC;? to be driving people right out of their Macmillan urged council members. homes,â&#x20AC;? namely, the working poor and â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the things that keep me up seniors, Macmillan said. in the middle of the night.â&#x20AC;?

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News - Trent Hills â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When council met early in December, members were given a homework assignment by Mayor Hector Macmillan: devise ways to draw attention to the hardships Ontarians face with soaring hydro rates.

When they gathered again December 17, not one could say to having completed the assignment but two of them talked about the hardships the Liberal provincial government will have getting re-elected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how they think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ever going to win another election, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to do anything right,â&#x20AC;?

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MP seeks input from community at pre-budget consultations News â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Northumberland-Quinte West â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MP Rick Norlock is asking residents of Northumberland-Quinte West to share their ideas and suggestions for the 2014 federal budget.

Sessions are being held in the riding including one in Campbellford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Canadian government knows that the number one priority for Canadians remains the economy.

The Economic Action Plan is keeping Canada on the right track, with over one million net new jobs since the end of the global recession â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the best growth record among all G-7 countries,â&#x20AC;? said Norlock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we all know that Canada is faced with continued economic uncertainty from beyond our borders. That is why we want to hear from Canadians on how to better position Canada for further job creation and economic growth,â&#x20AC;? he added.

The federal government will be consulting with Canadians from across the country to ďŹ nd the best ways to strengthen Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy.

That includes NorthumberlandQuinte West where Norlock will meet with local business, academic and community leaders to discuss priorities in a pre-budget roundtable.

These are the times and locations for January 2014 Pre Budget Consultations in the riding: Tuesday, January 7, 10 a.m. to noon at the multi-purpose room at

Quinte West City Hall, 7 Creswell Drive, Trenton; Wednesday, January 8: 10 a.m. to noon at 600 William Street Board Room, Cobourg; Thursday, January 9: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 98 Bridge Street East, Campbellford â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consulting directly with Canadians is an integral part of the budget process,â&#x20AC;? Norlock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the ideas brought forward in local pre-budget meetings have been included in the actual federal budget. We encourage everyone to participate.â&#x20AC;?

Budget 2014 will focus on job creation,

promoting economic growth, and securing Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-term prosperity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all while returning to balanced budgets in 2015. To this end, the federal government also welcomes suggestions on how it can further improve government efďŹ ciency and reduce unnecessary spending.

Canadians are reminded that they can provide their input online at any time, as the federal government has launched a pre-budget consultation through the federal Finance Department website.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for wasting more of our tax dollars Mr. Norlock Dear Editor, A letter to Rick Norlock.

Many thanks for your latest propaganda communication, on the taxpayers’ dollar as usual. Talk about entitlement! At least this is on a single sheet and not like the huge blue and white (aren’t Canada’s colours red and white?) bloated broadsheet we received earlier. That will save us some money.

Interesting that you focus on families, but ignore any comments or information on what Harper’s government (your government) has done to eviscerate services or off load them to the provinces.

Of course obfuscation, diversion, secrecy and spin are characteristics of your leader and the Conservatives, even though they were elected on a platform of transparency and honesty.

Even without the Senate scandal, which is more about the hapless attempts of the PMO to smother the issue and divert accusations of complicity from Mr. Harper’s door, than the brazen

misappropriations of his appointees; the honesty of this government is questionable.

I could raise many issues, about omnibus bills, restricting the rights of individual MPs at committees (Elizabeth May), health issues of troops and veterans, Canada Post and the shameful episode in our prison system of Ashley Smith. How much money did your government spend on legal fees to try and block those videos coming to light? The minister should resign and charges should be laid at the highest level! However, I will concentrate on our CPP. One thing apparently missing, or conveniently not included, from your elitist ‘Harper Government’s’calculation of available CPP funding is that you didn’t include those contributors who died before they had a chance to collect a penny! I suppose you use that to help balance your skewed budget!

Not only did we contribute to CPP but

our employers did also, to a total of 15% of our income before taxes. If annual income averaged only $30K over one`s working life, that’s close to $202,500!

Read that again. Did you see where the government paid in one single penny?

We are talking about the money we and our employers put in a government bank to insure we that we would have a retirement cheque from the money we put in, not the government. Now Conservative ministers are calling the money we put in “an entitlement” when we reach the age to take it back. And to rub salt in the wound your government is raising the age limit to 67! If you calculate the future invested value of $4,500 per year (employees and employer’s contribution) at a simple 5% interest (less than what the government pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working you’d have $892,919.98.

If you took out only 3 per cent per year, you’d receive $26,787.60 per year

welfare, yet some government members have the nerve to call our CPP retirement payments entitlements?

I can sort of understand where the Finance Minister is coming from, since we have lost so many manufacturers during Mr. Harper’s governments and we no longer have lots of well-paid jobs to tax, because so many people are now on minimum wage. That’s food for another debate. However, your government has to be prepared to raise more money from corporations and to take care of our health and other programs or people will elect one that better looks after their interests.

A more politically pragmatic response from Mr. Flaherty would have been to at least start the ball rolling on CPP increases, then after the next election if re-elected, he could delay or derail (Oops! Lac Megantic) the program!

Happy New Year.

Iain Henderson Brighton

Health unit talks about stress and depression during holiday season

Where are the girls’ teams in Trent Hills?

Dear Editor, This sixty-four-year-old body dares to skate in Campbellford.

Free skating brings out ten to 15 people.

Where is the rest of the community?

I meet a young woman who plays hockey in Belleville.

Why, I ask, is there no girls’ team here?

“Why? I don’t know,” she says.

How many girls do you need on a team?

“Ten,” says this astute young person.

and it would last better than 30 years (until you’re 95 if you retire at age 65) and that’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit! If you bought an annuity and it paid 4 per cent per year, you’d have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month. The foregoing information was taken from the Internet, but I’m sure it is as accurate as some of this government`s Defence Procurement Estimates.

This on appearances is a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever pulled off! Entitlement my foot, we all contributed cash for our CPP! Just because big government borrowed the money for other government spending, doesn’t make our benefits some kind of charity or handout!!

What about Senator’s and MP’s benefits? --- free healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays (more when your leader prorogues Parliament), three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days. Now that’s

So I ponder, if nobody skates, then all arenas are doomed like the Hastings arena. And what are the barriers against girls’ hockey in Trent Hills.

Is it money, skill, self-confidence or interest?

And what is the responsibility of baby boomers to support this generation of potential Hayley Wickenheisers. I am willing to help out if there are others interested.

Marcia Perryman, Hastings

in the holiday season, seek balance and try not to overdo it, most important learn to say no.

If possible set aside difference with family and friends, if necessary limit the time spent socializing with loved ones if these situations make you feel anxious.

Acknowledge your feelings, it is normal to feel sadness and grief if you have recently lost a loved one or cannot be near family or friends this year and if you are feeling lonely or sad seek out community or social events that can offer you support and companionship.

Make time for the most important people in your life, rather than just rushing around, take a break by planning outdoor winter activities with your children, plan a night with your partner by going out to the movies.

Don’t abandon healthy habits over the holidays, enjoy a holiday treat but remember to eat healthy, continue to get enough sleep and physical activity.

Take time for yourself by recharging from all the holiday hustle and bustle, take a walk, listen to music or read a book.

Seek professional help if you need it, if you are feeling down, overly stressed or unable to cope, consider speaking to your health care provider or a mental health professional.

For more holiday coping tips contact the Health Unit or go to: www.hkpr.on.ca

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Lifestyle – Campbellford – Happy holidays? For some local residents, this is no way to describe the true feelings they are contending with at this time of year.

Stress and depression are what many individuals in the area are grappling with given the hectic pace and all the expectations that come with the holidays, warns the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit. “People are under tremendous pressure planning holiday parties, fitting in family gatherings, choosing the right presents, dealing with excited children, or trying to cope with financial pressures of giftgiving,” states Emmy Anastasiou, a Family Health Nurse with the HKPR District Health Unit.

“Far from being happy holidays, it can be a notso festive season that leads to frayed nerves, short fuses, nasty arguments and even depression.”

Before the holidays get out of hand, she encourages individuals to consider ways to cope with stress to better manage emotions and avoid depression.

“Minimize stress so that it does not destroy you, your relationships and seriously affect the health of your loved ones,” states Anastasiou.

The Health Unit suggests the following tips to keep stress and depression in check during the holidays: Set realistic expectations about what you can do

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Gays and the law

Editorial - After a decade when the struggle for equal rights for gay people made great progress, it looks like the counter-revolution is underway. In the past six months, there have been major defeats for gay rights in Africa, in Asia, and even in Europe.

In June, the Russian parliament passed a law banning “propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations” that effectively makes it illegal to speak publicly in deGwynne Dyer fence of gay rights, let alone hold gay pride events.

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, warned the following month that same-sex marriage (barely discussed in Russia) is “a very dangerous sign of the Apocalypse.” In a 2013 poll, 16 percent of Russians said that gay people should be isolated from society, 22 percent said they should be forced to undergo treatment, and 5 percent said they should just be “liquidated”.

In Australia, on December 11, only a week after a law making same-sex marriage legal in the Australian Capital Territory came into effect, the federal High Court overturned it and 27 gay marriages were automatically dissolved. “Whether same sex marriage should be provided for by law is a matter for the federal parliament,” said the judges, and should not be decided by the courts.

On the same day, in India, the Supreme Court reversed a 2009 ruling by the Delhi High Court that had struck down the infamous Section 377, which said that a same-sex relationship is an “unnatural offence” punishable by a 10-year jail term.

The ruling only applied to the National Capital Territory, but it was widely assumed that other Indian courts would follow suit. However, the Indian Supreme Court has now jumped the other way.

The judgment actually said only that the law has to be changed by parliament, not by the courts. But meanwhile all the gays who were encouraged by the Delhi High Court ruling to come out of the closet are going to find it harder than ever to live like normal citizens.

Finally, on December 19, Uganda’s parliament passed a law imposing life imprisonment for some homosexual “offences”.

The private member’s bill also makes it a crime punishable by a three-year prison sentence not to report gay people to the police.

“I am glad the parliament has voted against evil,” said David Bahati, the MP who sponsored the bill. “Because we are a God-fearing nation, we value life in a holistic way. It is because of those values that members of parliament passed this bill regardless of what the outside world thinks.”

When you set it out like this, it looks as if a global counteroffensive against gay rights is underway, but it’s not as bad as it looks.

Uganda’s prime minister, Amama Mbabazi, opposes the new law and claims that there was not a quorum in parliament to pass it. It may be cancelled on that argument, or President Yoweri Museveni, who is conscious of the international damage to Uganda’s reputation, may simply veto it. This is not yet a done deal.

Africa is the most anti-gay continent – 37 out of 52 African countries have laws that criminalise homosexual acts – but many of these laws are a legacy of the European colonial occupations and are not vigorously enforced. Some of the biggest African countries, including South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Egypt, have no anti-gay laws. The glass is considerably less than half-full in Africa, but it is not empty.

In Asia, anti-homosexual laws are rare except in Muslimmajority countries. India was the great exception to that rule.

Section 377 was an embarrassment to the Congress government, which was quietly grateful to the Delhi High Court for striking it down.

The government has already filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on the grounds that it “violated the principle of equality.” On the other hand, if a new law is actually required to kill Section 377, it is unlikely to risk outraging conservative opinion by passing such a law before next year’s election.

In Russia, the battle for gay rights is already almost a century old. Homosexuality was decriminalised in 1917 after the revolution, recriminalised under Stalin in 1933, decriminalised again in 1993 – and homosexual relationships are still legal, although President Vladimir Putin is playing populist politics with his “anti-gay propaganda” law.

As for Australia, the issue is about the “last gay right”: samesex marriage. The new prime minister, Tony Abbott, has already said he opposes it, so there will be no new legislation there soon. But most Australian states already permit civil unions or other legal devices that effectively give same-sex partners the same legal rights as other couples.

So do most other jurisdictions in the developed world, and in the past decade 16 countries, including almost all of Western Europe, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and sixteen US states, have gone further and legalised same-sex marriage. (So has New Zealand, just as Australia was re-banning it.)

The tipping point was passed some time ago, and the clock will not be turned back. Homosexuality is still illegal in 83 countries, but even including India they account for only onethird of the world’s people. Without India, they would have a mere sixth of the planet’s population. The global glass is more than half-full.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Which Canadians are benefitting from Harper’s policies?

Dear Editor, In the jargon commonly used by big business, extracting ore is often referred to as development. Take the “New Prosperity” mine in BC (nice name); we start with nine per cent negative tax rate, yes NEGATIVE TAX; next BC will build the roads for this northern mine for approx $26 million. BC Hydro’s customers will pay $35 million each year in subsidized electricity along with a new switching station and line estimated at $50 million. Add in healthcare, education and other services. The federal government helps by donating a healthy lake as a toxic dumpsite through its schedule 2. The

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lake happens to be one in a series of connected fish-filled lakes and unfortunately it is on native lands. The life expectancy for this low-grade porphyry mine of .041 grams of gold per tonne, is 11 years, after which the heavy metals, arsenic, mercury etc., will remain, with any attempt to remedy the pollution at the public expense.

The mine owner Taseko, has stated that “the project must go ahead and will be of enormous benefit to BC and Canada.

It will provide thousands of person years of employment and billions of dollars in new tax revenue. Actually Taseko does Please see “Which Canadians” on page 8

Locked doors at schools a surprise

By Scott Pettigrew

Editorial - Writing for the Central Hastings News means that there are regular visits to both Tweed schools to report on school activities and it came as a little bit of a shock and was quite unsettling just before Christmas to find the doors locked at St. Carthagh School.

The normal procedure is to go into the school office and sign in and as a regular visitor it is not usually a problem. Now there is an intercom and visitors will have to state their name and reason for their visit before they are buzzed into the school.

Upon entering the school the secretary of St Carthagh was asked why the school door was locked and she replied that to the best of her knowledge all the schools had to be locked by January 1, 2014 during school hours.

After a visit to Tweed Elementary School, office staff there said that to the best of their knowledge that school would also be locked after the New Year.

Digging a little deeper as to where this new policy came from a visit to the Hastings Prince Edward School Board website revealed little. A visit to the Ontario Board of Education website was a little more productive.

In a memorandum sent out to Directors of Education, Supervisory Officers and Secretary-Treasurers of School Authorities and Director, Provincial Schools Branch from Barry Pervin, who is Assistant Deputy Minister [of Education], Instruction and Leadership Development Division dated January 29, 2013 titled “Safe Welcome Program for Elementary Schools” Pervin said: “I am writing to provide you with the details of the expanded Safe Welcome Program and to invite you to apply for funds by February 15, 2013. As you are aware, on December 20, 2012, the government announced funding to re-open and expand the Safe Welcome Program for all elementary schools across the province to access funds to lock their front doors (and perimeter doors where appropriate) and put necessary security access devices in place. The program was initiated in 2005-06 when the ministry provided funding to 849 elementary schools to put in place access device systems such as new locking outside doors, security cameras and buzzers. Schools eligible to receive this funding were those where the front door could not be seen from the office of the school and those schools were required to have locked doors as a condition of the funding.

“The Ministry is re-opening the Safe Welcome Program and expanding the criteria to allow any elementary school that currently does not have the necessary devices to lock their front door during the school day to access funds to put the security devices in place. The Ministry will provide $3100 per elementary school to allow boards to purchase security access devices and pay for their installation.

“To be eligible for funding, schools must not have received funding through this program in 2005-06, and must not already have a locked front door with a security access device in place. Any elementary school accepting funding through this program will be expected to lock their front doors, in addition to perimeter doors as appropriate.

“In addition, I ask that all schools review their safety and emergency procedures, including lockdown drills and safe entry procedures to ensure only authorized visitors enter schools. I also encourage all elementary schools to complete safety assessments involving local police, parents, and the school’s Safe and Accepting Schools Team.”

What Pirvin is referring to December 20, 2012 was when former Premier Dalton McGuinty announced at a news conference held at St. Fidelis Catholic Elementary School in Toronto, that the Ontario government will commit $10 million to implement a “locked-door policy” for elementary schools while students are in class At that time McGuinty was reacting to the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed the lives of 20 young children and six adults.

During that press conference McGuinty said he wanted elementary schools, by September, to lock their doors when classes are in session. He also said that the government is expanding and reopening the Safe Welcome Program, which provides schools with funding to install security systems like locking doors, buzzers and security cameras.

A few questions come to mind. First, the responsibilities of school administrators and those charged with the safety of children, having been offered funding to protect the children by locking doors, clearly must take the opportunity to act.

To have an incident occur that was preventable by not locking doors would have the responsibility after the fact fall squarely on the shoulders of those in charge of school safety.

On the other hand, what message are we sending to children living in a small community when we lock the children in and others out? Are we saying that danger lurks just outside the door? How do we instill confidence in the safety of the community as a whole? What happens when children are late for school, do they now have to be buzzed in? These are questions we should all ask.

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Trent Hills â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Council has given its approval to closing the Hope Street boat launch in Hastings.

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The major benefits of the changes include improved safety for motorists, boaters and pedestrians, a reduction in the potential for exposure to liability.

They will also aid â&#x20AC;&#x153;the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identityâ&#x20AC;? of Hastings as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimate Fishing Town,â&#x20AC;? and could lead to an increase in recreation and economic development for the surrounding area.

The removal of boat launching fees at the marina will mean the loss of roughly $4,000 a year in revenue, most of which is collected during fishing tournaments.

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The Trent Source Protection Plan contains policies developed in consultation with local communities to protect drinking water sources from existing and future threats; it was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment in August, 1012 and is expected to be approved and in effect in 2014.

Loyst says funding totals were established using a formula that considered each municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weighted assessment per household, the number of drinking water threats, the types of significant drinking water threat policies a municipality is required to implement and the number of municipalities with which a municipality collaborates with.

HBM will receive $25,057 in 2013, $24,864 in 2014 and $12,436 in 2015.

The township could be eligible for incentive funding of between $5,000 and $15,000 for collaborating with other municipalities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could be a group of municipalities getting together to create educational and outreach material,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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in small rural municipalities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since then, few details had been released by the province about the funding, however recently the province sent out notification to eligible municipalities about the funding,â&#x20AC;?

HBM planning assistant and by-law enforcement officer Andrea Loyst told council during a recent meeting.

The City of Kawartha Lakes will receive the largest grant of $81,722.

Sixty-seven percent of people living in the Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area depend on safe, reliable drinking water from wells. There are 11 municipal drinking water systems in the O-P SA; three obtain water from surface water sources and eight from groundwater.

The Clean Water Act of 2006 â&#x20AC;&#x153;enables communities to protect their drinking water sources through the preparation of collaborative, locally developed, science-based assessment reports and source protection plans.â&#x20AC;?

Municipalities have a â&#x20AC;&#x153;key role to playâ&#x20AC;? in implementing the plans and the funding will help offset a portion of the costs to do so.

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The funding will be allocated over three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are pleased that this funding has been made available to assist local municipalities to build capacity to implement source protection plans,â&#x20AC;? said Terry Low of AsphodelNorwood, chair of the O-P SA and of the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This funding will ensure that local municipalities will be able to provide services effectively and efficiently to protect our municipal sources of drinking water through the implementation of the Trent Source Protection Plan.â&#x20AC;?

The one-time grants will be used for a variety of activities related to the implementation of source protection plans like risk management, land use planning related to activities identified as significant drinking water threats, education and outreach and establishing protocol, reporting and administration procedures.

The provincial government announced in May that $13.5 million had been earmarked for source protection implementation, specifically

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Terry Low, chair of the Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area spoke during a public meeting recently at the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority headquarters.

News - Peterborough County - Local municipalities will receive funding to help implement complex and comprehensive source water protection plans. Municipalities have known about the money for a few weeks but allocations from the Source Protection Municipal Implementation Fund (SPMIF) were officially announced last week at the Otonabee Conservation Authority headquarters in Peterborough.

The 12 municipalities within the Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area (O-P SA) will receive $734,774 allocated to the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection region. Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Asphodel-Norwood, Trent Hills and Douro-Dummer Townships are all part of the O-P SA. HBM will receive $62,357, Asphodel-Norwood $75,000, Trent Hills $75,000 and Douro-Dummer $45,000. The county of Peterborough gets $43,788, the lowest amount. The city of Peterborough will receive $62,827.

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As Wendell Berry wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it.â&#x20AC;?

Related to the above environmental destruction, the Harper government, having trashed the department of fisheries and oceans, has now demolished all but a few of the records pertaining to the last 100 years of scientific research on environment, water and fisheries, which were housed in nine libraries across Canada.

We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do book burning anymore as it attracts attention so most hastily went in the dumpster. The two libraries left for now, are supposed to have the information available on request in digital form.

Since much of it is now in landfill or turned into cardboard boxes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to imagine how anyone will carry this out. Scientists contacted by the TYEE disputed the idea that more than a small percent would have been saved, but refused to comment on the record, knowing they would be fired on the spot.

Under Harper it seems, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ignorance is strengthâ&#x20AC;?. Paul Whittaker, Gilmour

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Lifestyles - When I visited Zambia, Africa, I stayed in the Zambezi Sun Hotel, which is located on the grounds of Mosi-oa-Tunya National Wildlife Park, and when I awoke in the morning and opened my drapes, there was a zebra looking in at me.

It’s certainly a little unusual for me to see a wild animal just outside my lodging, but it wasn’t really unexpected here; after all, I’d read a warning sign on the property when I looked around after checking in the previous afternoon: “PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE WITHIN THE MOSIOA-TUNYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE PARK WHERE THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS.” However, that zebra’s stare quickly had me on the move, for I grabbed my camera and went outside to see what else might be about so early in the morning. As I walked around the grounds and forested area, I came upon several more zebras and some were acting rather frisky. I watched a few young ones at play and they’d look rather threateningly at one another,

only is this hotel located a mere 100 metres from the park gate, but the hotel’s backyard offers wonderful opportunities for viewing wildlife within the park itself. For example, I simply looked through the wire fence, from the hotel’s observation decks, and watched elephants in the park and as

jump up, and do some nipping. I also saw several bird species enjoying a morning flight.

I decided to walk along the footpaths within the park as they led me from my lodging to the Royal Livingstone, another, more luxurious property. I passed a “Beware of Crocodiles” sign along the route and found yet more zebras checking out this property. I also saw the freshly set tables in the outdoor patio area, with the new white linen tablecloths, awaiting the breakfast crowd; surprisingly, I also saw a monkey clambering about on a tablecloth and place setting!

Other animals that might be seen within the boundaries of this rather small park in Zambia include impala, warthog, giraffe, rhino, buffalo, elephant, and hippos.

“Mosi-oa-Tunya” translates as “The smoke which thunders”, and this wildlife park is not only a place to look for wild animals, for it’s also home to magnificent Victoria Falls and that’s why the park has this particular name. In my South African hotel’s backyard, I gaze at an elephant in Kruger NaThis awesome waterfall, located on tional Park. what’s now the border of Zambia and

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This monkey decides to do some fine dining at the Royal Livingstone.

everyone follows the rules. I watched as a monkey opened a ground-level window that had not been totally closed. The monkey then went right inside the hotel room through that now completely open window and emerged a few moments later with some paper!

I imagine that if this paper had been a tourist’s money or passport, it might be rather difficult to explain.

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Zimbabwe, was discovered by explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone back in 1855, and he named it after his monarch. Victoria Falls now draws a plethora of tourists to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Wildlife Park year-round, but if you really want to get the full effect of that “smoke which thunders”, you’ll find that it’s at its mistiest and loudest in May and June, when the spring rains have increased the amount of water flow. You’ll be able to hear the roar of the falls and see the columns of spray from quite a distance away!

After my stroll over to the Royal Livingstone Hotel, I, of course, continued my walk in the park past a statue of David Livingstone, through the mist and wet walkways, and eventually arrived at Victoria Falls. I found sheer cliffs, a deep gorge, and, arguably, the greatest curtain of falling water in the world! This waterfall is, indeed, wide and immense, and I got a great view of it from Knife Edge Bridge (but be prepared to get soaked by the spray).

While in Africa, I also stayed at Protea Hotel Kruger Gate, which is located right next to South Africa’s incredible Kruger National Park (an absolutely great place to partake in a photo safari by jeep, as I did). Not

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Christmas gathering fun for all ages

Six-year-old Olivia Traynor seized the opportunity to sit on Santa’s knee.

It was a great way to bring in the festive season, while an ice storm raged outside. Photo: Sue Dickens Opening a gift from Santa, little Reese McMurray joined the Christmas gathering for staff, their children and residents which was held at Island Park Retirement Community recently. Reese is the granddaughter of Cindy McMurray, retirement counsellor at Island Park. Photo: Submitted

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Norwood music scene includes guitar maker’s touch Business – Norwood – The story is still being written about Norwood’s rich and productive music legacy which has sent bands like Three Days Grace and My Darkest Days to the top of the rock charts as well as some pretty formidable solo artists performing regularly on regional and international stages.

Well, you can add a new chapter to story with the growing success of GL Acoustic Guitars and the craftsmen (properly, Luthiers) who are grooving out a name for themselves one acoustic axe at a time.

“It’s a hobby that we picked up six years ago and its blossomed into this small business,” said retired teacher Wayne Gontier while the Norwood District High guitar class milled about soaking in the atmosphere in the Flora Street shop Gontier and partner Tim Lee and inlay artist Alex Gontier call homebase.

“We’re not making a ton of money but we’re making a little bit and it’s fun and we’re learning all the time new techniques, new ways to do things,” says Gontier, whose son Josh still plays the first guitar they made during

his popular gigs in Peterborough.

They’ve sold guitars from coast to coast and even have one in the United States.

“So we’re moving along,” says Gontier.

“If possible we have the musician come into the shop and we’ll figure out exactly what he wants, what his preferences are and we’ll accommodate them,” says Lee. Wayne’s nephew, Adam, a Norwood native and former lead singer and guitarist for Three Days Grace, is a client and came into the shop and talked to Lee about the guitar he envisaged. So did Tavis Stanley of Art of Dying who actually picked up a router and worked on his guitar.

“He just loved it,” said Gontier. “If you see the inside of the guitar itʼs no longer this magical thing, they can see how it’s put together and how it was built. They would have some technical knowledge of what they’re playing.”

Lee says Gontier’s nephew Adam “really appreciated the guitar we built for him.”

“We’ve had a very good response to our guitars,” Gontier adds.

The company works with all sorts of exotic woods and can order whatever a musician wants; the process from

concept to completion can be a lengthy one; it’s certainly a labour of love, says Lee. “As you see the thing coming together, as the guitar is evolving in front of you from just flat pieces of wood, it Wayne Gontier and Tim Lee of GL Acoustic Guitars in Norwood along with inlay artist Alex Gontier are carving out a name for drives the passion for the hobby that themselves in the music business with their six-year-old Norwood-based company. Photo: Bill Freeman much more,” he says. “Every one is unique. You get to the point where you almost don’t want to let it go. You really become attached to it.

“One of the most rewarding things for me is just hearing it being played.

It’s pretty cool to hear something you’ve made being played. We really like seeing them being played or on the Internet or seeing them come back after a couple of years.”

The team repairs guitars as well and SATURDAY Jan 4th WEDNESDAY Jan 8th it’s not unknown for jam sessions to break out in the shop.

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“They sound better after being played for a while,” Lee adds. “They really setGame’s on. tle in after time (and) develop their own Get your game face on! sounds and range of tones.”

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By Sue Dickens

Lifestyles - Campbellford - The Age Well Network (AWN) has just the medicine for keeping the organization and the seniors of Trent Hills healthy.

Members held a regular meeting recently at Island Park Retirement Community to discuss their plans for an Age Well Fair in 2014 and to get updates on health related programs.

The tentative date for the fair is Thursday,

April 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. with April 17 as the alternate choice.

Local physiotherapist Doreen Sharpe who cochairs the AWN committee began the meeting leading a discussion about the fair, noting there will be room for 20 different services and it will be done on a first-come first-served basis.

Booths will be for Age Well Network members only.

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Trent Hills completes initial version of asset management plan

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News - Trent Hills – The municipality now has an asset management plan that will help it set budgets and make plans for the future replacement of infrastructure and equipment.

It will also be used by the province to assess applications for funding from municipalities, Trent Hills treasurer/director of finance Shelley Eliopoulos told council December 17.

The report, a long-term capital and financial planning tool, had to be submitted to the province by the end of December.

The data it contained was far from being complete, because of the project’s comprehensive nature, and three engineering firms were hired to assist in the effort.

The “living document” Eliopoulos put together is “definitely a work in progress,” and will need to be updated continually.

It showed Trent Hills “currently manages in excess of $337 million of public capital assets.” They include bridges, roads, sewers, water mains, facilities, sidewalks, pumping stations, vehicles and other equipment.

Roads in total have the highest replacement costs – $146 million – followed by facilities ($88

million) and water mains ($33 million).

With the plan, the municipality “can look at operational costs and how to finance (them), in a manner that is affordable, but which provides a sound infrastructure and meets other municipally financed needs of the citizens, visitors and rate payers of the municipality,” she wrote.

“It’s definitely going to be a benefit to all of us,” Mayor Hector Macmillan said.

“Municipalities, since their birth in Canada, have never been run like a business, and they’ve had no asset management plan, which is why we’re seeing such a huge infrastructure deficit across the country and the States,” he said.

When improvements, repairs or replacements became necessary, “you had to the taxpayer hard in one shot, which creates a spike (in taxes),” Macmillan said.

With an asset management plan, “you start stuffing money away the day you build it,” or acquire it.

“Theoretically, the day it comes to replace that asset, you’ve got the money.”

The plan will be posted on the municipality’s website by May 2014.

has attracted as many as 100 interested seniors in the past.

“We plan on getting together in January to get the posters finished,” noted Sharpe.

Others AWN members attending the meeting included Sharon Abernethy (physiotherapist), Maureen Dikun (Heart and Stroke Foundation), Krista Hazlewood (Island Park Retirement Community), Pauline Loney (Health coach services), Bev Meyers (Indoor Walking/Fitness), Krista Skutovich (secretary, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit) and Kathy Thompson (Closing the Gap Health Care).

Each of those in attendance offered updates on what is happening in their field such as the continuation of monthly blood pressure clinics at the Campbellford hospital carried out by Dikun for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. They take place on the hospital’s second floor from 1-3 p.m. on the third Friday each month.

“We regularly see 30 to 35 people,” she noted.

Meyers talked about an indoor walking program at St. John’s United Church in Campbellford, Tuesday and Friday mornings, 10 – 11 a.m.

Qi Gong classes are held in Warkworth, Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. (also in Cobourg and Brighton) Closing the Gap Health Care is starting to offer exercise and fall prevention classes (Local Health Integration Network funded), said Thompson.

Exercise classes and falls prevention programs are being offered in Port Hope, Campbellford, Colborne, Hastings, Lindsay, Omemee, Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon. Some are in retire-

ment residences and these classes are open to members of the general public if there is space available. Others are being run in community based locations.

Exercise classes are “drop in” by nature and run ongoing, she explained.

Falls prevention programs require registration and run in 12-week blocks.

Abernethy told the group she recently completed a Seniors’ Fitness Instructor course through the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA) and may possibly be starting a new program in Warkworth in January.

Sharpe of Sharpe Physiotherapy noted her aqua therapy classes “are going strong . . . great for arthritis, total hips and knees fractures.” That is just some of

what she provides.

As well information about diabetes and cardiac education programs and an exercise program for patients with neurological disorders including stroke were discussed.

Skutovich said the walkability report results will soon be presented to Trent Hills council.

As well the HeartWise program “is growing in Northumberland,” she said.

“Being HeartWise designated can reassure health professionals that they are referring clients to safe community programs,” she said.

The date of the next AWN meeting is set for Thursday, January 23, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Island Park Retirement Community.

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DEATH NOTICE

CHAMBERLAIN, Myrtle Emma... passed away at Caressant Care Nursing Home, Marmora on Thursday December 19th, 2013 in her 94th year. Loving wife of the late Albert Chamberlain.

Cherished mother of Art Chamberlain (Kathy), Catherine Frost (Allan), Sandra Carss (the late Lawrence) and David Chamberlain (Lori). Grammy will be sadly missed by Julie, Tyler, Carly, Amanda, Emily, Hilary, Rebecca, Dylan, Stephanie and Martin. Predeceased by her parents and all of her siblings.

She was a kind, gentle soul who always put the interests of others first and was a calming presence in all situations.

She will be fondly remembered by friends and family for her interest in the weather, which she always noted in her daily journals, for the knitted socks and mittens she created for decades and last, but not least, for her doughnuts.

Her grandchildren are vowing to carry on the doughnut tradition. The family would like to thank the hard-working staff at Caressant Care in Marmora for the excellent care Myrtle received, particularly in recent weeks. Private Family Arrangements have been entrusted to the Weaver Family Funeral Home - Campbellford.

Donations in her memory to your local food bank would be appreciated. Online Guest Book & Condolences at www. weaverfuneralhomes.com

613-374-2566

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FOR SALE

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NEW APPLIANCES

At the lowest prices in the area.

Trade-ins accepted on new appliances.

Big selection to choose from.

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

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

Kenmau Ltd. (Since 1985)

Property Management

For good used appliances in working order or not, but no junk, please. VISA & MASTERCARD accepted. We have our own financing also. Shop at our competitors and then come see for yourself, quality at low prices. Open evenings 7 days a week.

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BELLEVILLE (Pringle Drive)

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

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since 1985

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BRIGHTON

APARTMENT FOR RENT NOW AVAILABLE IN FRANKFORD Seniors residence, 65 years or older.

1 bedroom, downstairs, unfurnished apt.

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

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

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Stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, 3 months old & up.

Sold with written guarantee. Fridges $100. and up.

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3 bedroom brick bungalow with 2 car garage. 3 pc + 2 pc baths, includes central air and 6 appliances. Partially finished basement with laundry room and rec room with pool table. $1,100/mth + utilities.

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Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near.

Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Have you ever lost a father, who meant the world to you, and loved so very much, and missed him like we do?

Have you ever had a headache, or felt the awful pain, or shed those bitter tears, that drop like failing rain?

Have you ever had that feeling, I pray you never do, For when you lose a precious father, you've lost part of you.

This month comes with sad regret, Brings back a day we will never forget.

The blow was great, the shock was severe, We thought the end was not so near.

Only those who have lost can tell, The pain of parting without farewell.

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Always in our thoughts, Harold, Edna and Linda

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

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

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IN MEMORIAM

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality.

WANTED All Shapes & Colors Available.

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

MUTTON METAL SALVAGE Free removal of scrap metal.

Call Jeff at 905-344-7733.

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Catering & bar facilities available.

Wheelchair accessible.

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613-779-8008

PETS Dog Grooming by Bernadette. Professional services with TLC. New clients welcome. 550 TrentonFrankford Rd, 1 minute north of 401.

(613)243-8245.

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613-966-2034

LETH, John In loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, who passed away December 27, 2012.

Sadly missed by wife Margit and daughters Marianne, Gerda and Peggy and Families

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705-653-0596

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TRENTON

(Front St.) 1 bedroom apt with den. Includes fridge, stove, blinds and new hardwood floors throughout. $695/mth + utilities

STIRLING

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Call Kenmau Ltd.

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613-392-2601

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FOR RENT

Frankford- 2 bedroom quiet adult building. Laundry, parking, heat and hydro included. First and last required. $795/month.

613-473-2885.

Warkworth Main St., 546 sq. ft. store with parking and water included, rent is $550/month plus utilities and HST. Call 705-927-8409.

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Great location. Mail delivery. Balcony and parking. $ 7 0 0 + / m t h (613)472-2667.

Trenton room for rent, $120/week. Cable and utilities included. Suitable for working person only.

First and last weeks. Sidney St. (613)965-5731.

NOTICES

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

IN THE ESTATE OF EUNICE MARION MAEERS, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the Estate of Eunice Marion Maeers, late of the Village of Madoc, County of Hastings, who died on or about the 2nd day of February, 2013, are hereby notified to send particulars, in writing, of the same to the undersigned on or before January 15th, 2014 after which date the Estate will be distributed with regard only to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have notice.

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DATED at Oshawa, Ontario this 18th day of December, 2013.

In the Estate of WILLIAM DONALD CAVERLY, late of the Municipality of Centre Hastings, in the County of Hastings, deceased.

All persons having claims against the Estate of the above-named deceased, who died at Madoc, Ontario, on or about the 9th day of November, 2013, are hereby notified to file particulars and proof of the same with the undersigned Estate Trustees on or before the 14th day of February, 2014; after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice, and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have notice.

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Belleville

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Belleville

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Bettes St

Belleville

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74

Liddle Lane

Belleville

FC012

63

West St

Belleville

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54

University Ave

Belleville

FC017

71

Clifford Drive

Belleville

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70

Charles St

Belleville

FC021

65

Foster Ave

Belleville

FD002

90

Chatham St

Belleville

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Crestview Ave

Belleville

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90

Stanley Park Drive

Belleville

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Joyce Crescent

Belleville

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Edgehill Rd

Belleville

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Alfred Drive

Belleville

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Belleville

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Spruce Gardens

Belleville

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Herchimer Ave

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BELLEVILLE The Canadian Hearing Society offers Walk In Wednesdays from 10 am-noon and 2-4pm. Speak to a Hearing Care Counsellor. No appointment necessary. Bayview Mall, 470 Dundas St. E Belleville Family Space playrooms

will be closed until January 6 or until HPEDSB has finished environmental testing. Info: 613966-5500.

Wednesday, January 8, Luncheon 12 - 2 pm, 290 Bridge St W (Salvation Army ) $12. Pottery demonstration, piano music and guest speaker.

Sponsored by Belleville Christian Women’s Club. Reserva-

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Small sailboat, home furnishings, appliances, housewares, tools, equipment, and much more. Full list at our website.

Terms are cash, Interac or cheque with ID. Job lots sell at 5:00 pm. Foodbooth.

tions: Darlene 613-961-0956, Free nursery Belleville Garden Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month, 7-9 pm, Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave, Belleville. Info 613-966-7455.

Thursday, January 9, 6-7:30 p.m. opening reception of “shot”, an exhibition by area photographers, John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Show runs until February 13 For more information call 613968-6731 x2240 or e-mail gallery@ bellevillelibrary.ca The Schizophrenia Support Services support meetings. Every second Wednesday of the month, 7- 8:30pm. Canadian Mental Health Association Offices, 199 Front St., Belleville. For info call, Sara MacDonald (613)888-5322.

Ostomy Group Belleville meets at Loyalist Collage Business and Development Centre, second Thursday of each month except July-Aug. Belleville Brain Tumour Support Group meets monthly on the second Wed.,7:30 p.m., Eastminster United Church. If you or someone you know has been affected by a brain tumour come join us.

Quinte Friendship Club, 4th.

Wednesday of each month, 7 PM, downstairs, Richmond Retirement Center. Activities include out to lunch bunch, pot luck dinners, euchre nights etc. Info: drop in, or 969-4475.

New members welcome TGIF Frozen Meals. Nutritious, church-prepared and frozen meals available every Friday, 2 to 4 p.m., Bridge St. United Church (60 Bridge East entrance). No cost/no pre-ordering. Register at first visit with ID for each meal to be picked up.

Joyfull Noise Belleville Women’s Choir invites women of all ages to join. Songs from the 50’s to the 80’s. Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., Core Centre, 223 Pinnacle St., Belleville.

No auditions required. Novice to experienced singers. www.joyfullnoise.com.

Seniors 5-pin Bowling, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Come and meet new friends for fun and fellowship. Belleville Pro Bowl, Bayview Mall. Call Ken 613-962-3429

BRIGHTON R.C.L. 100 Brighton Meat Roll, every Saturday, 3 – 5 pm Zumba Fitness Class, starting Monday, January 14, 5:30-6:30, Masonic Hall, 153 Main St., Brighton.

Call 613-847-1183 for info.

Indoor Walking Club, Mondays to Thursdays 6-9 pm until May 1, ENSS Brighton. No Charge but must pre-register. Gail at Community Care Northumberland (613)475-4190.

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Men’s Group, Friday Jan. 10 & 24, Community Care Northumberland, 174 Oliver Rd. Unit 15 Campbellford 2pm. Info: Sarah 705-696-3891 or Linda 705-653-1411 FLK Taoist Tai Chi Open House, Monday Jan 6, 5:30pm and Tuesday, Jan 7, 10am, Community Resorce Centre, Acorn Room, 65 Bridge St. Campbellford.

Lighthouse Diner (soup kitchen). Serving warm, nutritious meals at 12:00 p.m. every Friday. Come at 10 a.m. for fellowship and games.

Free Methodist Church, 73 Ranney Street N. For info call (705)6534789 or (705)653-4185 or email: cfordfmc@gmail.com

Matheson and Oak St, Havelock, every Wednesday. Doors open at 12 pm. Music at 1 pm. Musicians (excluding drums), vocalists and visitors welcomed COBOURG Havelock Legion: Meat draws, FootCare Clinic, Mon and every Sat. 3 pm. Everyone Welcome.

Wed Mornings, St. Andrews Pres- 8 Ottawa St. 705-778-3728. byterian Church. VON offers Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care MADOC (Fee for Service). For appointment Royal Canadian Legion Br call the VON at 1-888-279-4866 363 Madoc has mixed darts every ex 5346 Thursday night 7.30. Everyone invited CODRINGTON 2nd Wednesday of the month, BADMINTON every Tuesday and Codrington Women’s Institute 7:15 pm, Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m., Centre Hastings Secondary School, with coaching Codrington Community Centre for Junior players Thursdays, 6-7:00 p.m. Terry, 613-473-5662 for info.

COLBORNE Ladies’ Social Group, Tuesdays Madoc Agricultural Sociat Community Care Northumberland, ety Annual Meeting, Tues, January 11 King St. E. Colborne, 1:30-3 p.m. 7, 2014, downstairs Madoc Public Library, 7 p.m.

Info: 905-355-2989.

Free Exercise classes begin- Line Dancing, Every Thurs. ning Tuesday, January 7 and Thursday 10:30-11:30 am., St. John’s AnJanuary 9, 10–11am, Keeler Centre, glican Church Hall, 115 Durham 80 Division St, Colborne. To register: St. N. Madoc. Info: Carol Cooper Community Care Northumberland 613-473-1446 (905)355-2989.

Madoc Active Living Exercise: Wednesdays, 10:30 am. Trinity FRANKFORD United Church, 76 St Lawrence St E. Euchre every Tuesday, 7 pm, Program opened to seniors and adults 1030 Mapleview Rd. From Stockdale with physical disabilities. take Will Johnston Rd to first turn MARMORA on the right.

Marmora Legion: Bingo evFrankford Legion: Men’s ery Monday 7pm.

Ultimate Euchre, pool each Tuesday, 7 p.m. second Sunday of the month 1pm.

Jam Sessions every third Sunday of GLEN MILLER the month, 1-4pm.

TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meetings Tuesday mornings at Christ First Friday Open Mike January Church Glen Miller. Weigh ins 8:30- 3, 7pm. Marmora and Area Curling 9:30 a.m. with a meeting following. Club, 2 Crawford Dr. Come and perform Join anytime. Info: Brenda Kellett or enjoy the music. No Charge.

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HASTINGS Knitting Club, Thursdays, 1-3pm. Yoga, Wednesdays, 2:00pm.

Cost $3. Zumba Class, Tuesdays, 9:30am. Cost $3. Line Dancing Class, Wednesdays, 10am. Cost $3. Belly Dancing Class, Thursdays, 10am.

Cost $3. Hula Hooping Class, Fridays 2 p.m. Cost $3. 6 Albert St. East, Hastings. Info: Sarah at 705696-3891 Free Falls Prevention Classes, Wednesday Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Hastings, 9-10 am, 94 Victoria St. Pre-registeration required. Call 705653-1411 Community Diners, Jan. 9, 3 Albert St. W.,Trinity United Church, Hastings at 12p.m. Cost is $ 9. Info: Sarah at 705-696-3891 Free Exercise classes beginning Wednesday, January 8 and Friday January 10, 10-11am, Victoria Place, 94 Victoria St, Hastings. To register Community Care Northumberland (705)653-1411.

Free Exercise Classes, Thursday Jan 10,12,17, 24, 31, Hastings, 9-10 am. Victoria Centre, Hastings.

Pre-registration required. Call 705653-1411

HAVELOCK Bingo every Wednesday at Havelock Community Centre sponsored by the Havelock Lions. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Early birds 7:00 p.m., regular start 7:30 p.m. Info: Lion John at tapa1944@yahoo.ca 705 778 7362.

Traditional Country Music Jam Sessions, Ol’ Town Hall,

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Line-dancing. Quarter Frenzy. Soup & sandwich lunch $10 (Guests $12).

All retired women teachers welcome.

Diane 613 398-0952 8 Wing Officer Mess Ladies club are holding a Bunco/Games Night, Wednesday, January 8, 6 p.m. in the mess. Admission: Members free and invited guests of member $10.

Light refreshments and prizes. Info chambersj@live.ca Quinte West MS Society Support Group, every second Monday of the month, Quiet Room, Quinte West Public Library, Trenton. 6:30pm. For those affected, caregivers and friends.

Info: trentonmsgroup@live.ca Trenton VON Monday Mornings. VON Foot Care Clinic: Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care (Fee for Service). For appointment call 1-888-279-4866 ex 5346 Toastmasters International, Trenton Library. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 6:30-8 pm. New members and guests welcome.

AL-ANON. Does someone’s drinking bother you? Join them each Wednesday at 8 p.m. 100 King St. Trenton.

Trenton Lions Club is looking for new members. Meetings are 2nd and 4th Wed of each month, Sept to July. Info: Membership Chairman Darlene Hiltz 613-969-9502 or darlene_hiltz@yahoo.ca

TWEED Tweed Legion: Mixed darts every Friday night, 7:30 p.m. Mixed pool Wednesday nights (except 3rd Wed. of the month), 7:00 sharp. Everyone welcome.

Bid Euchre every Tuesday night 7 p.m., Actinolite Recreation Hall Line Dancing, Every Tues., 10:30-11:30 am, Hungerford Hall, Tweed. Info: Carol Cooper 613473-1446 Country Music, Actinolite Hall. First Sunday of each month, October to May. Jan 5, 1-4pm. Open mic and dancing with L&A Country with Bill White.

Tweed curling Club offers daytime exercise classes Mondays, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

Zumba, Aerobics & Weights and Core Training. $5/class or $35/month.

Info: Nancy 613-478-3464.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Tuesdays, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Norwood. Weigh in from 5:30, meeting at 7 pm. Elaine 705639-5710 Asphodel Norwood Public Library, Norwood Branch: Story time every Friday, 10 a.m. Event info: www.anpl.org.

FLK Taoist Tai Chi Open House, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 10am and Wednesday, Jan 8, 6:30pm. Aspodel-Norwood Community Centre, Norwood Donegal Fiddlers Orchestra.

Saturday January 4, 7-10 pm at the Norwood Town Hall, 2357 County Road 45 Norwood. Admission is $5.00. Lunch is pot luck. Jigs, reels, WARKWORTH 2 steps, square dance tunes. Learn The Knitting Guild meets at new steps by following lead dancers. 1:30 on the second Tuesday of the Lots of fun. All Welcome. month at the Community Memorial Hall, Church St., Warkworth.

P.E. COUNTY Warkworth Library Story Wednesdays, Knitting Hour/Playtime. Every Tuesday,10:30.

2-4 pm. $5.00/wk. Zumba 7:30- Every other week Andrea from the 8:30 pm. $8.00/wk Ameliasburgh YMCA Early Years will join us.

Community Hall Crafts, stories, songs, fun, snacks.

For 3-6 year olds.

TRENTON Warkworth Spinners and Trenton Memorial Hospital. Weavers, 10am, 2nd Thursday of New fashion wear and accessories at month, Percy Heritage Building. our gift shop arrives weekly. Spend 35 Church St. Warkworth. Karen more than $50 and your $4 parking Richens 705-696-1460. ticket will be refunded. Gift Shop hours: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Contact: WOOLER 613 392 2540 ext.5449 Soup and Sandwich Monday Quinte West PROBUS meet- January 6, 11:30 am – 1pm $7 per ing is Jan.9, 9:30 am, upstairs at the person Wooler United Church Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, Trenton. All seniors welcome.

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“I thoroughly love my job,” J. Murray Jones says upon being acclaimed as County warden

By Bill Freeman

News - Peterborough County – The mayor of Douro-Dummer will once again wear the chains of Peterborough County’s top political office. J. Murray Jones was acclaimed to the warden’s post once again during a special ceremony at county council recently.

“I thoroughly love my job,” Jones said after being sworn in. “We have achieved some major accomplishments this year at the county and 2014 promises to be another challenging year but we as a council are prepared to move into 2014 with a positive outlook.”

A key to that is continuing to “work co-operatively to achieve our goals for the betterment of our community,” Jones added.

Joe Taylor, Deputy-reeve of Otonabee-South Monaghan was acclaimed as deputy warden and will assist Jones in representing the county at official events.

“I look forward to continuing to work with Warden Jones (and) all of county council and staff in achieving our goals and continuing to provide the highest level of public services,” said Taylor.

J. Murray Jones, mayor of the Township of Douro-Dummer, seen at the first ever Peterborough County Warden Jones echoed the words of Day at Lang Pioneer Village, was acclaimed as Peterborough County warden recently during a special his quarterly message which is a regular ceremony. Photo: Bill Freeman feature on the county’s website.

He praised his colleagues on county council stressing that they were all there “for the right reasons.”

“This group of 16 politicians represent our eight municipalities with the same passion and caring for the people they represent,” he stated in his message. “Without exception, these mem-

bers of council are there for all the right reasons. It is this group of people that have to make tough decisions from time to time but they truly care about the communities they live in.”

Warden Jones said it was an “honour to represent all the people who make up Peterborough county.”

OPP issue warning that “No ice is safe ice” News – Orillia – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning the public to exercise extreme caution near any surfaces that may appear to be frozen.

Although temperatures have been very cold, the significant snowfalls in the traditional snowbelt areas over the past week have created a situation in which it may appear that there is a thick layer of ice beneath you, when in some instances, this is not the case.

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Although there have been no related ice rescues to speak of as of yet in the OPP Central Region, any need for rescues this early in the season has the potential to put the lives of many first responders at great risk. The advice of the OPP is very simple as at this time, “No ice, is safe ice.”

The snow that has fallen has not allowed for proper snowmobile trail grooming as there is very little base.

The light fluffy snow associated with the snow squalls of last week cannot be properly packed and many of the trails, especially those in wooded areas, should be avoided until the trails are examined and prepared for use.

A fallen tree or tree limb on a yet to be maintained trail could result in very serious injuries or death.

As conditions continue to improve and the snow continues to fall, outdoor enthusiasts will soon be able to fully enjoy their recreational winter pastime of choice. Until then, please avoid going onto any surface of water that appears to be frozen until you know for certain that it is safe and stay off the many official sanctioned snowmobile trails until they are officially declared “open for the season.”

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