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WATERSHED W I N T E R

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Volume 17, Issue 67

L I F E I N N O R T H U M B E R L A N D, P R I N C E E D W A R D C O U N T Y A N D Q U I N T E

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contents D E PA RT M E N T S

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FIRST WORDS |

WHEN I PHONED LESLEY BONISTEEL to ask if we could run a story written by her late father, I could sense a wash of memories come over her. “You know my Dad would read that story to a full house on Christmas Eve at the Old Church Theatre…And Bert in the story? That was our Uncle Bert. To this day, we still use the line in the story…Bert was no stranger to hard cider…We still use it amongst ourselves.” Roy Bonisteel’s Christmas story is set in a time and place when rural homes were isolated in the winter and neighbours depended on one another for more than a cup of sugar. Born in the Depression, Roy was one of ten children in a family that farmed north of Trenton. In his biography, There Was a Time, Roy describes one winter when “…we couldn’t leave the farm for nearly a month. The old horse-drawn wooden snowplow made several attempts to get down our road without success.” And yet as distant as those times and winters seem, the story’s message is as important today as it was then. It reminds us that at some point, loneliness and loss touches all our lives and that kindness and understanding are the greatest gifts. As a person “who is no stranger to hard cider” herself, I raise my glass in a toast to the season, to simple kindness and understanding and to the music of memories that play in our heads at this time of year.

contributors Watershed Magazine is proud to partner with community-based organizations that enrich the cultural, social, environmental and economic fabric of our region. Visit our website www.watershedmagazine.com to learn more about our partners.

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kelly s thompson Kelly is a writer, editor and former military officer whose work has appeared in Chatelaine, Maisonneuve, Your Workplace and many more. Her creative writing won the 2014 and 2017 Barbara Novak Award for Personal Essay and the House of Anansi Press Golden Anniversary Award, and has been published in several Canadian anthologies.

conrad beaubien With an extended career in film and television, Conrad is currently writing for print and stage. Living on the banks of Slab Creek in Prince Edward County, he shares an ancient worker’s cottage with the squirrels in the attic. A columnist for the Wellington Times, he has recently launched The Undoing of Billy Slim, the fourth in a series of works for theatre.

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CONTRIBUTORS Shelagh Armstrong Lorne Aronson Conrad Beaubien Roy Bonisteel Matthew Botha Meg Botha Jeff Bray Stephen Corey Tom Cruickshank Orland French Tom Groot John Jeronimus Jane Kessler Johnny C.Y. Lam Paul LeBarr Denny Manchee Brad Manning Ingrid Nachtrieb Dan Needles Lee Rapp Cecily Ross Meghan Sheffield Ashley Slessor George Smith Roger Thomas Kelly S Thompson Sheila Trenholm Norm Wagenaar

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Mailbag

Letters to the Editor

WHAT’S CAMPBELLFORD’S SECRET SAUCE?

respond to their needs in perpetuity.

In our last issue, Meghan Sheffield wrote about

Martha Murphy, Executive Director

the vibrancy of Campbellford, attributing much of

Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation

it to the tireless efforts of Mayor Hector Macmillan, who served for four consecutive terms, beginning

“I underestimated how stressful it was to live in Toronto until we moved out here. You can feel your stress disappear as soon as you get on the train at night.” CARL SWANSTON

SO YOU WANT TO COMMUTE TO TORONTO

in 2003. We were fortunate to celebrate the con-

We moved to Port Hope five years ago, and I read

tribution of this maverick of local politics before his

your article with great interest and have a few

death from pancreatic cancer on October 10.

thoughts in response. Unlike driving or being on

Mayor Hec was a straight shooter who could get

the Go Train, commuting with Via Rail offers a

things done. We salute the man and his vast

stress-free experience, free parking, free wifi, bev-

legacy. – The Editors

erage service and an environment conducive to

I loved your story “What’s Campbellford’s Secret

– it’s built into my work day.

telecommuting. I don’t waste any time on Via Rail Sauce?” Fall 2017. I was glad that you mentioned

The one shortcoming of commuting is the fre-

the Campbellford/Seymour Community Founda-

quency, or lack thereof, of trains – especially in Port

tion as an ingredient in our town’s vibrant culture.

Hope. I could afford to leave a bit later in the morn-

“Growing our Community” is our motto and we

ing and return a little earlier in the evening, but the

find many creative ways to contribute. You men-

current train schedule makes for a long day.

tioned the Community Foundation as a grantor to

I also travel to Montreal extensively for work,

Westben Arts Festival Theatre and Campbellford

and just take Via Rail going the other direction.

District High School, and we also distribute grants

Very handy versus flying out of Pearson or the

to all corners of the community in arts and culture,

Island.

education, environment, health, recreation, social

I underestimated how stressful it was to live in

services and youth to enhance the quality of life

Toronto until we moved out here. You can feel

for all of our residents.

your stress disappear as soon as you get on the

As mentioned in the article, “The public utility

train at night. We have since moved to Canton just

sold, and the money went to the community” and

north of the 401. At first I thought it was important

“Campbellford seems to be extraordinary because

for me to be able to walk to the Via Rail station in

the people of Campbellford have decided that it

Port Hope, but I never did, I drove. Driving five

should be”. Part of the powerful lesson is that al-

minutes longer is allowing us to live in the country.

though our community foundation started with a

Very peaceful indeed.

unique contribution, we have reached out to our

One final point: The cost of the Via commute

neighbouring towns of Hastings and Warkworth

should be eligible for a tax credit.

and created Smart and Caring Community Funds.

Carl Swanston, Canton

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WHAT PRICE PEACE

provide access to their own granting program to

Note to George Smith: You might have consid-

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ered shopping at the local ReStore. I bought a

Protection Act under review,

fridge last year for 50 bucks and repaired it for

Blue Dot Northumberland

another $40. It works better than any we’ve had

had 300 constituents send

before. It also feels good to support Habitat for

post cards, emails and phone

Humanity.

calls to Minister Catherine

John Kosichek

McKenna in support of the recommendations of the

THE BLUE DOT

standing committee to in-

MOVEMENT

clude our right to a healthy

Thank you for your timely and important focus on

environment in the revisions

water issues in our communities. Thanks to Norm

to the Act.

Wagenaar’s “Blue Dot Movement” article in the fall

THE ARCHITECTURE OF INNOVATION

Please continue to provide such significant con-

Really nice piece by Denny Manchee in the fall

Watershed, our quest for the right to a healthy en-

tent in your beautiful publication.

issue of Watershed magazine on our Venture13

vironment for all Canadians is gaining momentum.

Tom Shea, Faye McFarlane

initiative with the Town of Cobourg, Ontario.

On October 3rd, Cobourg Council became the 160th municipality in Canada to enact a declara-

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ronment. In addition, Alderville First Nation signed

Thank you so much to Denny Manchee for writing

Thanks Jeff Bray and Watershed magazine for the

a Band Council Resolution also recognizing this

such an excellent article on Joe Hayes and his

article in the Food & Drink Scene!

right for its community. On October 4th, we pre-

new venture at Popham Lane Farm, to Johnny

Table and Loft, Port Hope

sented to Port Hope Council and they will be re-

Lam for photos and to Jane Kelly Publisher/Editor

viewing a draft declaration. The Blue Dot move-

of Watershed magazine (Summer edition). A spe-

ment will address the remaining townships in

cial friend we would also like to thank is Jeanette

Northumberland County in the months ahead.

Carter, Director of Advertising Sales at Watershed,

Over 110,400 people in Canada have joined the

Watershed looks forward to reading all your letters!

without whom this article would never have hap-

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THE CASE FOR CIVILITY True Confessions from the Ninth Concession BY DAN NEEDLES ILLUSTRATION BY SHELAGH ARMSTRONG

I WAS BORN ON A TREE-LINED STREET IN NORTH TORONTO, the middle child of two artists

who were free-thinking, Socialist, pacifist, Volkswagen-driving tree-huggers. If we had stayed put in the city, chances are I might have followed in their footsteps. But when I was still in public school my mother bought a windswept pasture farm 60 miles to the north and planted me in a neighbourhood of heavily armed Presbyterian cattle farmers who thought trees were noxious weeds. For some reason, probably the usual adolescent male fascination with explosives and dangerous machinery, I drifted away from the beliefs of my parents and let those farmers shape the way I looked at the world. At the age of 26, I shocked my mother by putting on a blue suit and going to work as a speechwriter in the Conservative government of Bill Davis at Queen’s Park. I came to my conservatism through the back door. Late one night, when I was sweeping up at the small town weekly newspaper office where I worked as the editor, George McCague, the candidate for the Tory nomination, tapped at the mailroom door and asked if I would be interested in writing material for his campaign. I said, “How do you know I’m a Conservative?” “I don’t,” he answered. “Right now I need a writer more than I need a Conservative.” It was hard to resist someone who talked like that. George got the nomination and won the election by the narrowest of margins, and I followed him for the next five years, all the way back to the

city and into the carpeted corridors of power. Ever since those days, I have remained a small ‘c’ conservative, largely because of George’s influence. It’s been getting harder. The experts tell us Donald Trump got elected last year because older, middle-class, white males from the flyover states were angry about government’s failure to address the problems in their lives. That made me think – grumpy old middle-class white guys who live in the country? That sounded a lot like me. Had I become a Trump supporter? I didn’t think so, because I believe a society must remain civil if it’s going to continue to be a civil society. But is that all a Conservative can be these days? Are we just grumpy old white guys from the country? The original definition of a conservative used to be a grumpy Englishman who was opposed to the idea of removing James II from the succession to the British throne. “Tory” was an Irish word that meant “outlaw” and it was used to lambaste those supporters of James II. I learned at university that a Conservative could also be someone who is cautious about change and anxious to hold onto those things which are good. That idea made sense to me, just as it made sense to the farmers of my township who had been sending Conservatives to Queen’s Park in an unbroken streak since Confederation. The closest they ever came to electing a Liberal was the year I started writing speeches for George. It was a sobering moment and I learned very quickly that farmers are skeptical people who are not swayed by an elegant

phrase or a flashy new idea. I also knew them to be tolerant people because they had been tolerating me for a number of years by that point. Today the grumpy old white guys I know are mostly very successful people from other professions who should be on top of the world. The last 50 years have been extremely generous to them, and yet they walk around talking as if the socialists have burned their villages and carried off their women. They haven’t earned their grumpiness any more than my children have earned their cynicism about politics. George never forgot that nail-biter election of 1975 and he always said to me, “You can’t win this riding without a few Liberal votes.” And he made it a rule of his life to be civil and not to antagonize a Liberal or anyone else if he could help it. He stayed in office for four terms and served another 12 years as the mayor of his hometown. Even my mother voted for him. At his funeral, the church leaflet carried a passage from Scripture that summed up his view of public service: “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.” Nothing at all grumpy about that. Editor’s note: Author and playwright Dan Needles is the recipient of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. His new book, True Confessions from the Ninth Concession (Douglas & McIntyre), a collection from 20 years of his columns for Watershed and other publications, was published in August.

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MUST MAKE ART January is the perfect time to bust out some colour and banish the winter blahs. The Painted Tree in Cobourg has a variety of classes and workshops: landscapes with a palette knife, watercolour minis, chalk pastels, acrylics, oils, perspective without pain. The Baxter Arts Centre in Bloomfield also offers courses, as does the Continuing Education Department of Loyalist College. Poke around their websites for more info and inspiration. The Painted Tree , Cobourg thepaintedtree.ca/classes/ Baxter Arts Centre, Bloomfield baxterartscentre.org/ Loyalist College, Belleville https://www.loyalistbanner.com/ PROD/cewkcrss.P_IndexPage

MUST GET OUTSIDE Some people need no inducement to spend time outdoors in the winter, but for those who could use a nudge there are a bunch of fun events across the region. The Ganaraska Forest Centre is holding x-country skiing and snowshoeing lessons on January 27 for 25 bucks

MUST APPLAUD

The Quiet Heroes of the Great War Live performance at Huff Estates Winery, Bloomfield, December 6, 2 pm, admission by donation; radio broadcast on 99.3 County FM Dec. 11, 7 pm.

Then there’s Frostfest in Batawa on Feb. 10, which sounds like a mini Quebec Carnaval: skat-

Three cheers for community radio! Last issue,

ing on an outdoor rink, marshmallow roasting,

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For naturalists who want to expand their

and a fabulous initiative to create four original

knowledge, the Quinte Field Naturalists has a

radio plays by seniors. Grants from the federal

great line-up of winter talks: The Fall and Rise of

New Horizons program and the Parrott Foun-

the Bald Eagle (Jan. 22), Of Roads and Wildlife

dation have helped make this happen.

(Feb. 26) and Small Wetlands with Big Impacts

Janet Kellough and Suzanne Pasternak wrote the first two plays – the comedy Fluid Enterprise (broadcast in October) and The Quiet Heroes of the Great War, which will be performed and broadcast in December. “We hold our dress rehearsals in nursing homes,” says project producer Pasternak. “This is one of the most diverse and challenging performing arts projects I have ever produced!” Two more writers will be commissioned to write two more plays that will première early in 2018.

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(preregistration required).

(March 26). Ganaraska Forest Centre Intro to skiing and snowshoeing, Jan. 27: grca.on.ca Frostfest: Batawa Community Centre, 81 Plant St., 10-2pm, Feb. 10 Quinte Field Naturalists: facebook.com/quintefieldnaturalists

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MUST WATCH You can just hear the skate blades scraping the ice! Forty teams will be competing in the CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic the weekend of Feb. 3rd and 4th in Batawa next to the old shoe factory. There are five outdoor rinks and teams are guaranteed three half-hour games. It’s fouron-four action, with eight players per team (four spares), and teams must follow Canadian Pond Hockey Rules.

MUST VOLUNTEER Giving your time, energy and skill to something you believe in benefits everyone, including you. Whether joining a build crew at Habitat for Humanity, packing food boxes for the local food bank, coaching a team, raising a guide dog, organizing a festival or sitting on a municipal committee, you’ll meet new people, expand your knowledge and awareness and help build community. There are a million ways to plug in as a volunteer. John Draper’s website Cobourg Internet (in itself an incredible community service) is packed with info, including a list of organizations where you can get involved: cobourginternet.com/. Follow your passion and give back. There’s no time like now. Habitat for Humanity Northumberland habitatnorthumberland.ca/ Fare Share Food Bank fareshare.ca/ United Way Hastings and Prince Edward unitedwayhpe.ca/

Hosted by members of CFB Trenton, the proceeds go to Wounded Warriors Canada and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, and it’s all in support of ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces military members, veterans and their families. CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic, Feb. 3 and 4, Batawa; hockeyfortroops.com

MUST PICKLEBALL It’s the latest thing and fantastic exercise! CTV said, “It looks like tennis, sounds like ping pong and favours the same light-on-your-toes action of badminton.” It’s social, mental and physical, but it has nothing to do with pickles. Apparently the name came about because the founder’s dog was called Pickles and he kept chasing the ball, hence Pickleball. There are courts sprouting up all over the place, and you can play singles, doubles, all ages. The best thing to do is check out your local recreation centre and see what they offer. Thwok on! Pickleball Canada: pickleballcanada.org/

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Hard work, boundless creativity and total commitment make this sustainable farm bloom

BOUQUETS OF JOY BY MEGHAN SHEFFIELD PHOTOGRAPHS BY ASHLEY SLESSOR

IN THE DRIVEWAY AT DAHLIA MAY FLOWER FARM, even the calligraphy of the sign reading “closed” is artful. This early in the week, the farm’s market stand is indeed closed, but a slim, blond woman pauses from her work in the tiny red building to wave through the open doors. Melanie Harrington, flower farmer and lifelong resident of this homestead just north of Trenton, is arranging well-worn crates and tin pails filled with greenery in the little shop that stands just a stone’s throw from the nearby farmhouse that she shares with her husband Alex. The holiday season brings high demand for Dahlia May’s produce, and winter brings its own charms on the farm, when radiant colours dim their lights, giving way to rich palettes and textures. The cold weather finds Melanie out on a four-wheeler in the woods near her home, gathering evergreen, dogwood and birch. The farm offers fresh-cut Christmas trees, custom arrangements for indoors and out, and tin buckets filled with bulk pine boughs and red osier dogwood for the DIY crowd. Melanie also convenes workshops where she shares her

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The holiday season offers an equally rich palette of florals for designer and farmer Melanie Harrington. Apples, berries, pine cones and dogwoods of different colours are beautifully presented in boxes and pails. You can also make your own wreaths and bouquets from her selection of fragrant greens and winter-hardy plants.

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knowledge and experience for those looking to try their hand at her floral style. All are held outdoors on the farm, and when it’s really cold, a long harvest table is stretched out in the warmth of the greenhouse, where participants are guided through the process of gathering the offerings of nature into a holiday wreath. (Heads-up, there’s a wreath workshop on December 2.) Melanie finds inspiration in European traditions, where she says the emphasis is not so much on buying a wreath, for instance, but rather the process of purchasing freshly harvested greens by the armful and creating one. “We want people to come out, have an experience, see the farm, pick out a freshly harvested tree, pick out a wreath handmade by a person you know and celebrate the season in a way that’s a little slower and more full of intention,” she says. Now in its third year of operation, Dahlia May sells floral arrangements nearly year-round: from the first Valentine’s Day offerings brought from greenhouses in Niagara (the farm sells only Ontario-grown plants), to the final cut greens and winter urns sold on Christmas Eve. Days off are few and far between for Harrington who, like many small-business owners, wears multiple hats. The 31-year-old is a farmer, floral designer, seller and social media mogul all in one. That last role has been a big part of the farm’s success. Melanie joined Instagram when she started her business, and began to curate a feed of beautiful images balanced with captions that tell true tales of life as an entrepreneur whose livelihood depends on Mother Nature. The account now has a whopping 45,000 followers. This energetic woman has a quiet dynamism that seems to come from the depth of her creativity and total commitment to her work. She recounts long days and challenging seasons matter-of-factly. The job is “about 90 percent really hard work and 10 percent beautiful flowers.” A summer visit to the farm would suggest the opposite. Dinner-plate dahlias seem to glow from

within, while zinnias and cosmos are literally abuzz with pollinators on the breeze. The farm goes beyond headline florals, growing thoughtful accompaniments like special geraniums and a variety of mints for scented greenery, and fall-bearing raspberries and heirloom tomatoes to add an element of surprise to an arrangement. Again, she credits travels in Europe – where she saw flowers play a different role than they often do in North America – as her inspiration as a flowerseller and florist. “In Europe, they just have all sorts of sweet little market stalls on every corner, and it’s just simple blooms in tin buckets, reasonably priced, and folks stop there everyday. They have flowers on their tables all the time, all the restaurants have single blooms on the tables. It just seems to be a more accessible way to have flower shops, and to have flowers in your life,” she says. “As we were building the business, I thought this is how I would want to buy flowers.” Melanie comes at farming from a different approach, too – something more akin to organic, locally-grown vegetables than grocery-store carnations. The traditional industry offers blooms that have spent a week in transit, coming from places like Ecuador, Holland and South Africa. Dahlia May isn’t certified organic, but unlike most commercial farms, uses all organic practices, with no chemicals of any kind. “What we’ll find is not all of our blooms are perfect – like in our greenhouse crop of dahlias in the fall, there were earwigs chewing holes in them, but that’s the price we pay to grow beautiful, organic, chemical-free dahlias,” Melanie admits. “So the blooms are not 100 percent perfect, but they are 95 percent perfect and chemical-free.” Imagining gorgeous dahlias is comforting during this season of shorter days and colder temperatures. It’s as if the flower fields at this Stockdale Road farm aren’t really sleeping, but merely slowed down, gathering intentions for the seasons to come. Visit dahliamayflowerfarm.com/

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THE PRICE OF HOCKEY

OH! The good ol’ Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol’ Hockey game. STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS

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BY ORLAND FRENCH

PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATTHEW BOTHA

While the refrains of Stompin’ Tom’s hockey anthem echo again in the rafters of the Yardmen Arena, even the most dedicated fans may be taken to the boards with the breath-taking cost of bringing a major AHL team to Belleville. Or does price matter in a hockey-hungry town?

T WAS THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015, and the new mayor of Belleville was just nicely settling in to his well-deserved holiday in Florida. The phone rang. Jack Miller, senior Belleville councillor, Quinte Broadcasting sports director and voice of the Belleville Bulls hockey games on CJBQ radio, was on the line.

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Bad news, he said to Mayor Taso Christopher. The Bulls are leaving town. No warning, no advance notice, no farewells. Owner Gord Simmonds simply announced that the Belleville Bulls had been sold and were moving to Hamilton at the end of the season. That was only a couple of weeks away. Christopher felt like he had been slammed into the boards. “Jack wanted to go on air right away. I said, give me a few minutes. I hung up the phone, and I was trying to get my thoughts and emotions together,” Christopher recalls. “Then the phone rang again and it was Simmonds. He said, ‘I guess you got your wish. I’m gone.’” And that was it. After 34 years of entertaining Belleville hockey fans, the Ontario Hockey League team had been yanked off the ice and shipped to Hamilton. They would be resurrected as the Hamilton Bulldogs and Belleville was left with an empty corral. Christopher cancelled the rest of his holiday plans and flew back to Belleville. He was about to find out how much small-town Canada cares about hockey. Little did he know it could cost Belleville more than $30 million to buy its way back into the world of hockey. Little did he dream that Belleville would wind up with the Belleville Senators, an American Hockey League franchise, second in professional status only to the National Hockey League. HOCKEY HAS BEEN A PRE-EMINENT pastime in

Belleville for more than half a century. Ever since the Belleville McFarlands put the city on the international hockey map in the 1950s, the city had revelled in its hockey stature. Representing Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague in 1959, against all odds the boys from Belleville won a gold medal over the Soviet Union. Belleville had become a big-time hockey town. Other teams came and went before the Belleville Bulls established themselves as the local favourite, first as a Junior Tier II team and later as an Ontario Hockey League franchise in 1981. In the National Hockey League, Belleville has also had its heroes. The Hull brothers, Bobby “The Golden Jet” and his younger brother Dennis, were popular players from nearby Point Anne. Much more recently, P.K. Subban emerged from the Bulls stables to become one of the most dominant defencemen in the NHL. Marc Crawford became a well-respected coach in the OHL and NHL. But with the departure of the Bulls, the prospect of Belleville regaining its hockey glory anytime soon seemed remote. CHRISTOPHER CAME HOME TO Belleville to face the public’s wrath. “Oh, it was my fault,” he says sarcastically. “I knew it would be. I was the one that let them go.” 28 | WINTER 2017/2018

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That there was acrimony between Gord Simmonds and the mayor, or the entire city administration for that matter, was no secret. Simmonds had not been a happy camper in Belleville for years. He thought the Yardmen Arena needed a lot of upgrading (which was true, but neither the city nor the franchise owner was willing to pony up the cash). Simmonds had already threatened to pull out of town, although he had owned the franchise for 11 years. He insisted on short-term leases to give him flexibility, while councillors such as Taso Christopher had argued that they should be longer for stability. The griping and sniping went on for years and finally erupted into full-blown public dispute during the election campaign in the fall of 2014. Simmonds lived in Uxbridge and Christopher was not happy with absentee ownership. He told Q-Net news, “This out-of-town ownership – with the fan base, I firmly believe there is a disconnect. I think we should look at a community-driven hockey club.” He also questioned the club’s ability to market itself and sell tickets. Attendance had dropped to an average of 2,500 seats – lowest in the OHL. Spending money on the arena wouldn’t fill seats, Christopher said, “because it’s the same ownership, with the same disconnect with the fans.” He felt hockey fans would embrace a community-based club. He longed for the days when locals like Bob Dolan and Dr. Robert Vaughan owned the club. It was a stand-off. With Christopher’s election as mayor, Simmonds pulled the plug. A chilly political crisis followed. For the winter seasons of 2015-16 and 2016-17, the hockey shrine sat cold and silent while fans sat on their frozen mitts and snarled. Behind the scenes, the city set up a transition committee of councillors to move the city from having no hockey team to having yet another hockey team. Christopher pulled on his hockey sweater along with Councillors Garnet Thompson and Mike Graham and they began to poke around the corners of the wide world of hockey. Mark Fluhrer, senior staff adviser, acted as coach and general manager. The prospects? Once a hockey vacuum opened up in Belleville, offers and queries poured in from across the continent. The transition committee looked at Junior B, women’s hockey and queries from unknown southern hockey leagues and western hockey leagues. One shinny huckster wanted to found a league based on an imaginary rivalry between Belleville and Norwood, a village on Highway 7. The heat was intense. “There was tremendous pressure on us to be on the hunt as quickly as we could,” says Councillor Thompson. “People wanted hockey back the next year.” The search team was prepared to compromise on quality. “We thought we might have to drop down a notch initially,” says Christopher, “but the goal was to get another OHL

clockwise: Mark Fluhrer, Taso Christopher, Eugene Melnyk, Randy Lee; McFarlands team members; Belleville Senators

team in Belleville eventually.” During the search came an unexpected phone call. A fellow named John Graham introduced himself to Fluhrer, the city’s director of recreation, culture and community services, and asked whether Belleville would be interested in an American Hockey League team. Fluhrer was flabbergasted. “We didn’t think that was even a concept.” But it was. Graham had a prominent and awardwinning financier in Saskatoon, Grant Kook, who was interested in buying the Binghamton Senators and moving the team to Belleville, where it would be closer to its National Hockey League parent, the Ottawa Senators. Needless to say, there was joy in Bullville that night. The deal was this: Kook as Genstar Investment Group Inc. and the City of Belleville would jointly purchase the Binghamton Senators. The price tag was $4.75 million. Belleville would purchase a minority share of 45 percent for $2.4 million; Genstar would pick up the balance of the purchase price and associated costs of moving for 55 percent ownership. It should have been a fairly straightforward transaction. Negotiations began. The Ottawa Senators were approached. The big pitch to the Senators was that their farm team would be in Canada, only two hours away from their home ice, the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. From management’s perspective, having a team in Belleville meant the Senators could

Ever since the Belleville McFarlands put the city on the international hockey map in the 1950s, the city had revelled in its hockey stature

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expand their field of loyalty in a part of Ontario still sprinkled with thousands of Habs and Leafs fans. But the talks dragged on and on. There were so many pieces to fit: There were still two years left on the Binghamton arena lease, so a replacement team had to be found. The AHL had to be assured that the franchise was finding a secure home. (Christopher and Fluhrer made a 10-minute Belleville pitch to the AHL governors at a conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina.) The American owners had to be persuaded to sell the team. The Ottawa Senators had to agree to a binding affiliation agreement with the new owners. (Every AHL club has an affiliation with an NHL team. While the American group owned the franchise, the Ottawa Senators owned the players’ contracts and would have to agree to moving its players to Belleville under a new franchise ownership.) According to Fluhrer, the affiliation agreement was the undoing. The deal foundered because the Ottawa Senators could not reach a satisfactory agreement with Kook that the AHL franchise would stay in Belleville for eight years. They suspected that Kook had a two-stage move in mind where the AHL Senators would eventually wind up in Saskatchewan. There were also requests for guarantees of

No one on the transition team was an experienced negotiator in the hockey business

financial success that neither the city nor the Senators were willing to provide. By this time a lot of money and energy had gone into negotiations and the city didn’t want to give it all up. Fluhrer says in an e-mail, “There had been months and months of negotiations which appear to have turned out to be fruitless due to the issues between the Ottawa Senators and the Grant Kook Group, and Belleville was looking for a way to ensure there would be a hockey team in Belleville.” The mayor and council approached the Ottawa Senators to see whether they would be interested in buying the Binghamton team and moving it to Belleville. Yes, they would be. And they would use Belleville’s money to achieve the goal. No one on the transition team was an experienced negotiator in the hockey business. The mayor has an interest in a sports store, Thompson is a clothier and Graham is a retired policeman, a rather typical representation on a small-city council. To Fluhrer fell the duty of researching the benefits and pitfalls of a municipality being involved with a professional hockey team. In the final round, they were pitting themselves against an NHL professional team and its owner Eugene Melnyk, a billionaire businessman who made his fortune in pharmaceu-

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Renovations to the Yardmen Arena; artist’s rendition of the revamped arena

ticals. Melnyk is a sportsman who knows hockey and horses and has a reputation as a tough negotiator. Like Gord Simmonds, he also lives out of town – in Barbados. No doubt Melnyk could smell sweat at city hall. Belleville was being teased with the prospect of a professional hockey team. The fans were excited. The city was pumped. Behind the scenes, politicians were whispering, get it done. So a deal was struck which, all told, will tally more than $30 million. And it has been done with a minimum of public protest. Belleville has debated for years over the cost of essentials such as libraries, and police stations and fire halls, but $30 million for a new hockey team was embraced with hardly a whimper. This doesn’t surprise Roy MacGregor, one of Canada’s most pas-

sionate defenders of our national interest in hockey. “We’re not talking police stations and fire halls here,” says MacGregor. “We’re talking church. Hockey is Canada’s religion. You can always sell a new church for hockey.” The new church, in this case the Yardmen Arena, came with a price tag about twice what the city expected. To renovate the Yardmen to meet current OHL standards, the city had expected to spend $8 million to $10 million. But the AHL does not roost in OHL coops. Renovations have surpassed $20 million. Yet the city negotiators say that is cheap compared to building a new hockey shrine. Starting from scratch, hockey arenas can run $50 million to $70 million. There were detractors. The most prominent was Gary Davidson, a real estate agent who thinks the

cost to Belleville will ultimately be much higher than city officials are revealing. Davidson makes it clear that he likes hockey, after baseball. He hopes the Senators do well. He just thinks the city paid far too much for the opportunity. In short, he thinks they sold the farm out of desperation. What really ticked him off was the city’s refusal to reveal the deal until Davidson forced it out through Freedom of Information laws. “Why not? It’s our money. What are they trying to hide?” Through similar means, Bill Sandison, another disgruntled Belleville taxpayer, received a copy of the Genstar offer. City hall did not give up the information easily. (See sidebar: The Hockey Deal.) Sportswriter Paul Svoboda wrote in The Belleville Intelligencer that the Senators got “a sweet deal” from the city. “It had to be a good deal,” he said, “or

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“We’re not talking police stations and fire halls here. We are talking church. You can always sell a new church for hockey.” ROY MACGREGOR

the Senators wouldn’t have left Binghamton.” He claims that the city could have spent a fraction of the amount and kept the Bulls in place, had they cooperated with Simmonds. “I miss the OHL,” he says, “but it was a big leap of faith financially to bring in the AHL.” Only one of the nine members of council voted against the move. Councillor Kelly McCaw says the city is using money which should have been transferred into the reserve fund and that it has very little security by not having a part interest in the team. She says the deal was presented to councillors as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. “It felt like a strongarm approach that either we committed to this deal right there and then or the city would not have hockey.” Although its proponents called it “a great partnership”, McCaw says, “I have never been witness to a great partnership whereby one party reaps all the revenue while another party pays all the expenses.” With signatures in place on the parchment, everything moved quickly. Council didn’t want another season with an empty arena. The project rolled ahead, following the dictate of Section 37.9 of the agreement: “Time is of the essence for this Agreement and for every part hereof.” The Senators agreed to play their first nine games on the road to allow completion of the Yardmen conversion by November 1. General Manager Randy Lee says the eight-year

lease, with an option to extend it by five years, shows that the club is committed to staying in Belleville. “This could be a very successful AHL hockey story,” he adds enthusiastically. He says the city showed “great resolve” in pushing for an agreement, a resolve that Councillor Thompson insists carried with it a ton of public goodwill. ““It only took us two years to bring an AHL team to a community hungry for hockey. People wanted hockey and we got an arena and a hockey team we can be proud of.” For Mayor Christopher, it must seem a most unlikely conclusion to a political nightmare that began with that phone call to Florida. “We went down to the United States and brought an American company to Canada,” he crows. THE TROUBLE WITH TRYING TO evaluate the

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ity of the renovated arena is 4,400 plus First deal (Genstar of Saskatchewan), negated: Belleville would put up $2.4 million to purchase a 45 percent minority share of the Binghamton

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Senators. (The City contends that this was not a

• Naming rights for the Yardmen Arena, plus

real equity share, in that there were no voting

revenue for all advertising within the Yard-

rights, no dividends, no potential increase in eq-

men. The value of naming rights depends on

uity value and there was a restriction that the in-

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vestment could only be recovered if the team

American bank paid $720,000 (US) for the

moved out of Belleville.)

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Genstar Investment Group Inc. would pick

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Second deal (Ottawa Senators), approved: Belleville gained: • An American Hockey League team and a presence in the world of professional hockey. Belleville spent: • $20.5 million on upgrades to the Yardmen Arena including first-class dressing rooms,

ship for the Yardmen Arena and the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, including Wi-fi landing page, Yardmen website, Twitter account, Facebook page, Instagram account and any associated marketing, sponsorship and advertising revenues. • The right to name eight “sponsor categories”

training facilities, NHL-sized ice surface (re-

which prohibit the city from selling and post-

placing the Olympic-sized surface) and other

ing advertising to any competitive sponsor in

amenities to bring the arena to AHL profes-

the entire “lands and premises” of the Quinte

sional standards.

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• $6.25 million (US) in low-interest long-term

• The right to establish VIP parking areas dur-

loans, plus further inducements such as rent-

ing game days and special events. All parking

free facilities for three years.*

revenue from these areas will go to the Senators.

The Ottawa Senators gained: • A home in an updated hockey arena located in a modern sports and fitness centre. • A loan of $3.25 million (US) interest-free, repayment deferred as long as the Senators stay in Belleville.* • A further loan of $3.25 million (US) at 1.5 per

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The Ottawa Senators spent: • $6 million-plus. However, most of the costs of purchasing and moving the team were

These loans were used for: purchase of the Bing-

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ventory and working capital during the start-up

dian. However, when carrying charges on de-

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ferred loans, deferred rental fees and other

other words, all the costs of purchasing and mov-

items are included, the total package likely ex-

ing the team were covered by low-cost loans

ceeds $30 million by a substantial margin.

from the City of Belleville.

On the other hand, the cost of building a

• A rental rate of $150,000 a year for 50 game

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three years of the agreement. *

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Exploring the inner landscape of Tony Urquhart BY CONRAD BEAUBIEN

WHAT’S IN

THE BOX?

HIS EYEWEAR DANGLED BY A STRING AROUND HIS NECK, specs at the ready for a close-up examination of what-

ever came his way. It was this detail and Tony Urquhart’s stylish goatee that I’d seen in many photos of his 60-year career that pegged his identity for me as he walked up the driveway of the recently opened Hatch Gallery in Bloomfield, Ontario. It was the last day of an exhibit of his work and I wanted the opportunity to view the show, artist in hand, to help me trace his influences. Touring the work of this Governor General’s Award winner and member of the Order of Canada, online and in books, had been an enlightening road trip, with stops at abstract expressionism, conceptual art, realism, illustration, teaching and drawing. (His work is in every major public gallery in Canada.) A glance in the rear-view mirror showed his signature box sculptures in crisp focus, yet I was curious how the now 83-year-old would reflect on his output. Along with watercolours and oils, the show included a body of Urquhart’s large abstract work from 1965 – the tondos – hanging on the main floor of the brightly lit carriage housecum gallery space. He had uncovered them in 2010 in the barn on the property he shares with his second wife, novelist Jane Urquhart. “We had moved into the big house [her parents’ home in Colborne] and around October or November we were looking for storm windows. I noticed some pieces of Masonite and realized it was a series of paintings I had stored there in the ’70s. That was the period when I became interested in three-dimensional expression.” Urquhart appears within the frame of the tondos now and then. Not as in self-portraiture, but more like a re-appearing minor character looking out to his audience from his perch, a tree gnome in an over-scaled world of mystic nature. In fact, the images are photos incorporated in the work. They imply a child exploring a welcoming yet daunting old-growth forest, the playful Where’s Waldo of a painter’s world. “It’s my garden series

Treebox Transporting trees home from the local garden centre has always been a messy process that often results in lost limbs, severed leaves and a car trunk full of earth. This drawing was an attempt at a design for a method of flat-packing trees. To be made of cardboard, the flat pack ultimately failed because the number of folds required by the design were beyond the comprehension of most structural engineers, never mind part-time assistants at suburban garden centres. Excerpt from Off the Wall: Drawings by Tony Urquhart with Captions Courageous by Michael B. Phillips

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scene, Urquhart was in a seedbed of new ideas. His talents were spotted early by Toronto-based dealer Av Isaacs, who led the way in promoting the works of modern Canadian painters throughout the late 1950s and early ’60s. Michael Snow, Joyce Wieland and Graham Coughty were in Isaacs’ stable, and 22-year-old Urquhart, then a third-year student, began to show there and had his first solo exhibit in January of 1957. “In 1958, I was just married when I took the money from everything I sold to finance travelling to Europe. We stayed in Paris for a year and lived on five dollars a day.” Two years later, now graduated and still living in Niagara Falls, Urquhart would help the local library mount exhibits. Then, as he tells it, “The perfect job found me. ‘Mr. Art,’ Clare Bice, Curator of the gallery at the London, Ontario Regional Library, knew me and, when Western University in London was starting an artist-in-residence program, my name came up. They offered me the job. It came with a room in the basement to paint. It was too good to be true.” TONY HAS NOW CROSSED the Hatch Gallery to a wall of works on paper. He raises his specs to take a look: “These pieces are more recent but this was the technique I developed back then. I had a salary, not much in today’s money, but $5,000 a year meant that I could support my family at that time. Over two to three years I was doing gesture paintings like these – little watercolours mixing oil and water-based paint. It was a weird dream, not about selling things. Sure we needed to eat, but if it sold that was great and if it didn’t I still had the job at Western. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.” Urquhart would stay with the university, eventually as a teacher, until 1972. In his time there, he mounted weekly exhibits at the university’s McIntosh Art Gallery, and would help further the Canadian art scene. During the years at Western, Urquhart took part in the ‘Heart of London’ exhibit at the National Art Gallery along with Jack Cham-

A Box of Marbles Construction of this box was stopped when a group of outraged mothers marched on the home of the artist and demanded their children’s marbles be returned. Initially the artist claimed that he had found the marbles during an archaeological dig in Mexico but his story collapsed after positive identification by three nuns who did daily yard duty at the local school. Excerpt from Off the Wall

opposite page photograph of Tony Urquhart by Ramesh Pooran

and I’m in it and looking after it,” he explains. “I’m a strange person artistically,” Urquhart continues. “Born and bred in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where my family roots go back to the early 1800s, I was a homebody and so I commuted the short distance daily, across the bridge with a friend to the U.S. for a University of Buffalo Albright Art School education.” Ironically, while wanting to stay close to home, crossing the bridge to Buffalo would mean traversing a cultural frontier where a leading movement in the art world was unfolding. The Second World War had prompted many of Europe’s creative best – writers, painters, philosophers, scientists – to immigrate to America. They brought with them influences that would shake up the art world in a convergence of creative thought primarily centred in New York. The moment in time when Urquhart signed up for an art education was also the moment the Albright Gallery received the support of a benefactor, Buffalo-born Seymour Knox. Knox was 50 percent owner of Time magazine, and his New York City experience of the art scene, along with his awe for the avant-garde, would lead to the creation of a significant collection of works of the post-war Abstract Expressionists. “Every week we would walk across the lawn to the Albright to see what Seymour had bought for the gallery. He would go to New York and come back with three or four brand-new concepts. There were the works of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, powerful works yet to be seen in Montreal and Toronto.” The renamed Albright-Knox Gallery became a leading venue in the U.S. for Modern and Contemporary art and, in the 1950s, played a significant role in defining Abstract Expressionism. “Their style was about how paint was applied, making an interesting painting and not necessarily about a subject,” says Urquhart, who still thinks of himself as a landscape artist. Training under painters Seymour Drumlevitch and Larry Calcagno, both respected in their fields and also tied to the New York gallery

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bers, Greg Curnoe and Murray Favro – all of whom were gaining notoriety. In 1968, working with Chambers and Kim Ondaatje, Tony helped form CAR/FAC, the artists’ union that laid the foundation for an artist’s fee guide for public gallery exhibitions. Always on the chase for fresh ideas for his own practice, he also began annual art-focused pilgrimages to Europe, exploring the “otherness” of landscape, architecture and design. “I got a fellowship to study old master drawings. I looked at Goya drawings and paintings in Spain and also spent time at various French and British museums. I studied the art of the Renaissance period and became interested in the tondos (circular work of art) of that era.” The ventures abroad shifted his approach. He was sparked by the images of the scarecrows of Spain and the painted truck-scales in France. Working in three dimensions was where he wanted to be. “By the ’60s I was painting on wood, on three-dimensional surfaces so that a viewer could fully perceive it.” Urquhart’s travels had transformed him into what he calls a “thing maker.” Decadent Cube, a small box, 4” by 5”, was the first of a series that would engage him. The pieces began to increase in size, some to seven feet. Further exploration of an inner dimension began to fascinate him. The boxes began to have doors where the viewer could peek in, prompting one’s own curiosity and urge to explore. Inside were found objects and invented things. “I stopped painting and for 17 years focused on these imaginary constructs. I designed these pieces to be touched and turned on their bases by the viewer; tactile art, free to investigate, is how I wanted to engage the public.” Port Hope artist Melanie Browne remembers seeing the boxes in Toronto in the 1980s. “They were beautifully made things – playful and intriguing, inviting you to actually get your hands on them and open doors or move them around. They offered up their secrets, but never quite gave everything away. I loved them.” Turns out that having people handle the art was a big no-no, hugely contradictory to public art gallery policies. “I tried politely to have them allow it,” says Urquhart, “but eventually relinquished to gallery policy, appreciating the potential impact on a piece of art over decades. Yet the idea of what’s inside the box is still meant to encourage views outside the box.” It’s this period of his work that can be found in the collections of major art institutions around the world, including the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A MARRIAGE OF MINDS

In the ’70s, he moved east along the 401 to the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo, where he stayed for 30 years until his retirement in 1999. It was also in the ’70s that Tony would remarry, this time to novelist and poet Jane Urquhart. His connection to the publishing world deepened through Jane, and he went on to illustrate books by

Michael Ondaatje, Matt Cohen, Rohinton Mistry and Luis Dudek, among others. He also created his own book on the boxes: Off the Wall: Drawings by Tony Urquhart with Captions Courageous by Michael B. Phillips. Today, the Urquharts share an 1880s house in Colborne, Ontario. “We love it here,” says Tony. “The house is big enough to do small paintings. In the front are matching rooms. Jane has her room to write and I also have mine to work in. I always have little sketchbooks, idea books that I do postagestamp drawings in every day. There are maybe a hundred drawings so far of the landscapes of Colborne. Down the highway there’s this weird little abandoned garage that I like. I often go out in the car and align my view through the windshield. I put on good music and draw. If it starts to rain, well I put the wipers on intermittent.” Drawing has been a constant through all the art making of Urquhart’s life. He even joined the local life-drawing group in Cobourg a few years ago. “I was very much looking forward to having a famous artist join our group,” says Melanie Browne. “But straight away, Tony was Tony, there to draw from the nude like the rest of us, happy to have the opportunity and happy to share ideas. His friendliness and focus stood out, and the way he was always interested and encouraging to other artists.” WE WALK THE GALLERY as Urquhart describes his life path and curiosities, the chase of his thought process. We stop at a work in the My Garden series. “When you put the first mark on a blank canvas you are actually putting four marks on,” he comments. “The first mark has to define itself within each of the three other sides of the frame. It’s different, obviously, for a tondo like this.” He puts the specs on again as he guides me through October Box, a 30” work standing on a pedestal next to us. He points here and there, turns it from side to side and around and through the many-sided exterior and interior views a brightly painted wooden structure can offer. The idea is to invite the viewer to, well…follow him into the landscape, the oldgrowth forest of the imagination, and discover one side. Then turn it and discover another. And depending on the way the light hits, the work is ever changing. “Hands-on tactical art,” he says. “It’s not on the wall out of touch.” The last comment brings me back to the Waldo idea and giving over to one’s freedom to wander childlike, without restraint, uncovering all the secret hiding places within the imagination that await. When I was reading up on Urquhart’s early life before meeting him, I noted his grandmother’s influence. “She was an artist in a sense,” he described to an interviewer. “She liked landscaping the grounds of our house, which had two acres in the centre of the town of Niagara Falls. She created a pond, a wood and there was also a barn. It was an oasis of quiet.” It also sounds like the prophetic, fertile ground of an artist-in-waiting. No box necessary.

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A Christmas Story Despite the driving snow, there was a certain calm that blanketed the countryside on Christmas Eve, 1944

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C H R I S T M A S F I C T I O N

STORY BY ROY BONISTEEL

SUALLY WHEN YOU LIVE ON A MIXED FARM

you can count on a few dollars from at least one source, even if other crops or pursuits fail. But the fall of 1944 found our family approaching Christmas with no cash. We had enough to eat and we could certainly count on a plump turkey or chicken for the festive dinner, and of course we had our own Christmas tree. It was just that there was no money for the extras. Despite this, my father told my mother to go ahead and buy what she needed, since the friendly merchants in Trenton would give us credit until after the holidays. Our ace-in-the-hole was the woodlot. As soon as we got a few inches of snow we would go into the woods and cut enough firewood to pay off our debts. A week before Christmas the snow started. Big fat flakes that just kept piling up until the fence tops disappeared. Two days before Christmas the snow plow came down our dead-end road and turned around in the barn yard. It was a large wooden V loaded with boulders and pulled by a fourhorse team. The driver gave the horses a rest while he stomped the snow off his boots and came into the kitchen for a cup of hot coffee. “They’ve got it a lot worse back around Stirling,” he said. “Some drifts over eight feet high. By the way, are you selling any wood this year? Sam Barton told me to ask if I saw you. He’s right out and it looks like he might have a pretty cold Christmas.” Sam Barton lived on the ninth concession with his wife and four children. He worked the old Homer place on shares and often bought a few cords of wood from us, usually later on in the New Year. On the afternoon before Christmas, my older brother Bert and I piled two stacks of dry, split wood, each eight feet by four feet by four feet, on to the stake body of the old Fargo truck and started out through the still-falling snow on the ten mile trip to the Barton place. The truck’s heater never worked well, but we were bundled up warmly and the cab was small enough that body heat was sufficient. Bert played a mean harmonica, and while my singing voice left a lot to be desired, I knew all the words to most songs. As we made our way slowly through the thickening snow we tortured every tune on the current hit parade and assaulted

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every Christmas carol that came to mind. It was almost five and we had turned on the Fargo’s one good headlight by the time we spotted the Barton mailbox and drove up the snow-filled ruts of the lane. Sam and his wife and the four noisy youngsters made us feel like the relief of Dunkirk as they greeted us warmly and began to unload our precious cargo. When we had finished, Sam asked Bert how much he owed. “Same as last year. Dad said not to charge any more just because it’s dry. That’s twelve dollars a cord and a dollar for gas.” I was thinking that twenty-five dollars would certainly help Mom pay off what she owed for Christmas presents when I heard Sam say, “To tell the truth, I’m a little short this year. All I can spare is twenty dollars.” Bert hesitated. Mrs. Barton looked embarrassed and hopeful at the same time. She said, “Let me give you a nice capon. It’s already dressed and ready for the oven. My chickens were the only thing we had any luck with this year!” “That’ll be just fine ma’am,” said Bert. I waited until we were out of the driveway and turned towards home before I said, “Dad’s going to be some mad that you’re short five dollars. And the last thing in the world we need is a chicken.” “What was I supposed to do?” asked Bert. “Put the wood back on the truck?” The snow was still falling in earnest and a cold east wind had started piling drifts diagonally across the road. The truck, now without its weighty ballast, was skidding dangerously as the wheels carved new tracks behind the pale glow of our single headlight. The windshield and windows were becoming thick with frost and we took turns scraping clear a small peep-hole on the driver’s side. It was at the corner of the fifth concession, still about five miles from home, that we went off the road. The back wheels swerved over the edge of a hidden culvert and we slid silently and deeply into the snow-filled ditch. “The Creighton place is a little over a mile west,” said Bert. “He’ll have a tractor to pull us out.” We had trudged only about a hundred yards through the storm, and I was thinking what a cold, miserable Christmas Eve it had turned into, when we saw a light coming from the window of a small house off to the side of the road. “Who lives there?” I shouted over the wind. “I don’t know.” Bert stopped and peered through the trees that lined the front yard. “I think it used to be an old tenant house, but somebody has fixed it up. Let’s give it a try.” We were just about to knock on the door when Bert said, “Look!” Through the curtainless window I saw the strangest sight I had seen in my 14 years. An old man, bald except for a grey fringe over his ears and wearing faded red long johns, was dancing spryly around the room – with a dog. A handsome, well-groomed collie had both front paws planted firmly on the man’s shoulders and was awkwardly 42 | WINTER 2017/2018

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but purposefully striding back and forth. We could hear the music and could see a wind-up phonograph in the corner of the room. Bert and I looked at each other, then back down the road, where the truck was fast becoming invisible, and finally knocked on the door. We heard the music stop and slippered feet shuffle to the door. It was opened wide and we felt the warmth of a roaring wood fire hit us as the man beckoned us quickly inside. Bert said, “Our truck has slid into the ditch at the corner. I was wondering if you had a tractor I could borrow to pull it out.”

empty stomach and brought tears to my eyes. I felt little tingles in my brain and realized that it certainly wasn’t this year’s crop. I glanced sideways at Bert and saw him smiling appreciatively. He was not the stranger I was to hard cider. The old man finished his drink in one long, thirsty gulp and absently poured himself another. He poked the fire needlessly. “She died. Died two years ago. Just like that.” He snapped his fingers but no sound came. “Not a day goes by but I miss her. Like an ache it is. Sure miss her at Christmas. It was a special time for us. Didn’t pay much attention to the religion part of it, but the love

still in the navy, then after the war we came to Canada. Got off the boat in Halifax and decided to stay there. Lots of good years. Never had kids. Didn’t seem to matter. Had each other." The music stopped and the needle made a scraping sound in the last groove. He started to sing in a low, halting voice: Alas, my love! Ye do me wrong To cast me off discourteously: And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company. I went over to the machine, lifted the arm and

“That piece is called Greensleeves. It’s an English tune. We danced to it that first night. It’s a waltz, you know. Rose taught me how to make a box pattern with my feet. “Sure have, young feller. Got a small Allis-Chalmers in the shed behind the house should do the trick. Take off those coats and sit for a minute first. You must be frozen. Don’t worry about your boots.” As he motioned us to a slip-covered hobo couch to one side of the fireplace, I took off my coat and glanced around the room. It was small but neat. In the centre was a kitchen table and two curved-back chairs. A rocking chair was pulled up near the fire. A large kitchen cupboard dominated the far wall, and the other three were hung with framed calendar prints of mountain ranges, seascapes and floral arrangements. “How about a hot drink?” he asked. Without waiting for an answer, he took an earthen jug and some glass tumblers from the cupboard and put them on the table. Grabbing the poker from the hook over the fireplace, he pushed it deep into the red coals below the burning logs. He turned and smiled at us. “Wasn’t expecting company. Not many people stop in here. My own fault, I guess. Rose and I never made many friends out here. Oh well, it’s too late now.” He stood with one hand on the poker and stared at a small photograph over the mantel. It showed a laughing woman with thick long hair, head thrown back, eyes bright and full of humour. “We moved here over three years ago from the Maritimes when I retired from the shipyard. Always wanted to get a small farm. Rose had a real green thumb. Grew vegetables. Didn’t make much, but we were sure happy!” The end of the poker was glowing red now. He removed it slowly and plunged it into the jug on the table. A hiss of steam erupted and filled the room with the smell of apple cider. He poured us each a glass full and took his to the rocking chair. The first swallow of the warm liquid seemed to bounce off my

part was sure there. Maybe it’s the same, I don’t know. We’d make presents for each other, decorate the place ˆ paper and always had a roast goose with some crepe or chicken. I can make a real good stuffing.” “I got good memories. Some minister came by after and said not to worry because Rose wasn’t dead, she was living on in heaven. I guess he meant well. I know Rose is dead and the only place she lives on is in my memories. Maybe that’s what heaven is – memories.” A log fell in the fire and sent a shower of sparks up the chimney. This seemed to rouse him from his reveries and he noticed that both his glass and Bert’s were empty. I was still taking small sips from mine and thinking the warm room was making me woozy. “There’s plenty more,” he said. “Thanks, but I’d better get the truck out,” answered Bert. Then, with a glance at the old man, he said to me, “You stay here and keep warm. I can yank it out by myself.” “Be careful of the crank, it kicks sometimes,” he said as Bert buttoned his coat and went out the door. With his glass refilled, he sat down by the fire and in a minute continued talking. His dog yawned and stretched closer to the fire. “She was an English girl. Met her on Christmas Eve at a dance in Liverpool during the last war. I couldn’t dance worth a hoot but she showed me how. Would you mind putting that music back on?” I went over to the phonograph and gave the handle a couple of turns then dropped the arm over the edge of the record. The music started as I returned to the couch. “That piece is called Greensleeves. It’s an English tune. We danced to it that first night. It’s a waltz, you know. Rose taught me how to make a box pattern with my feet. One-two-three…one-two-three. We laughed so much. We got married while I was

turned off the turntable. “I heard they made a Christmas carol out of that piece,” he said. “Makes sense. It’s always been a Christmas song to me.” He was humming now and staring into the fire. I heard the tractor come up beside the house and sputter to a stop in the shed. Bert came through the door in a blast of cold air. The old man didn’t even look up. I put on my coat. “Thank you very much,” my brother said. “We really appreciate your help.” There was no reply from the figure by the fire that rocked and hummed. Bert took from under his mackinaw the fat capon and set it on the table beside the cider crock. “Goodbye,” we both said as we backed out the door. The dog thumped his tail twice on the floor in acknowledgement. The snow was tapering off and by the time we got to the second concession it had stopped completely. Neither of us spoke on this final leg of our journey. As we started down our own dead-end road, the moon broke through and shot blue shadows over the snow drifts. I could see the lights ablaze from every window of our farm house as we drew near and I thought of Christmas Day, just a couple of hours away. With the snowfall ended, my other brothers and sister and my aunts and uncles would be able to come. There would be laughter and games and shouts of joy as we opened our almostpaid-for presents. Loved ones, together. As we turned up the lane towards the yellow lamplight spilling over the snow, Bert had his harmonica out again. He was softly playing What Child Is This? The late Roy Bonisteel would read this Christmas story to a full house in the Old Church Theatre in Johnstown, his rich baritone and his simple message resonating in the hearts of all who listened.

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HE WAS THE KID IN THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE who could draw anything – at age seven. A dog, a horse, a pig…you name it. The third youngest of eight kids, Robert Huffman was raised on a farm north of Belleville. By the time he chose art school, his parents realized they probably had one of every other career, so why not an artist. “They were super supportive,” says the 65year-old, whose home and studio are on a severed piece of the farm where he grew up. Huffman had already been painting oil landscapes for eight or so years by the time he arrived at OCA in the early ’70s, and though he studied with abstract painter Tom Hodgson and loved Willem de Kooning and the other “ab-ex boys,” he always knew landscape had his name on it. “I see my art as a testimonial of respect for nature,” says the artist, whose treatment of snow, its dancing colours and reflective qualities, is exceptional. Driven by the act of painting rather than recognition – he’s at the easel for about five hours a day – his success is largely by word of mouth, for good reason. You see one and want one. roberthuffman.ca/

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BY TOM CRUICKSHANK

HE LOST DIARIES OF SUSANNA MOODIE sat on my bedside table at the same time the mini-series Alias Grace aired on CBC-TV this past fall. One is decidedly more sombre than the other, but these two works have much in common. Both are set in pre-Confederation Ontario, a time and place we don’t often see in popular storytelling. Likewise, their protagonists are women and the feminine perspective is front and centre in both. But most of all, these two stories are based on real people and real events: Diaries on the life of beloved pioneer writer Susanna Moodie; Alias Grace from a novel by Margaret Atwood, which tells the real-life predicament of a teenaged girl sentenced to jail for murder. Both works tell their tales with great authenticity, especially in the use of language. Diaries’ author Cecily Ross read all of Moodie’s works and her biographies, and even lived across the road from the farm Moodie writes about. For her part, Atwood consulted court transcripts and newspaper accounts. However, both authors admit that no adaptation of historic events can be truly accurate…which leaves the reader wondering just how much of these true stories are actually true. Where does fact end and fiction begin? This question invariably arises whenever a dramatic work is “based on a true story” and you don’t have to look far to find examples that stretch the “truth” past the point of incredulity. Remember Argo, the movie that won Ben Affleck an Oscar in 2012? It was nominally based on the famous 1979 “Canadian Caper” in which American hostages were smuggled out of the Iranian revolution by the Canadian consulate. Any Canuck worth his toque knows that Affleck’s version of the story greatly aggrandizes the American role in this event, presumably because it would play better for the home audience. Seems Ben subscribed to that old adage of yellow journalism that says, “Never let the

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facts get in the way of a good story.” And so the question pops to mind once again with the The Secret Diaries of Susanna Moodie. Susanna, of course, is a familiar presence in Canadian history and her story has become the stuff of legend. A daughter of privilege who chucked it all for a doomed adventure in homesteading with her husband, her sister and brother-in-law in the Ontario wilderness, Susanna might have been forgotten had she not written it all down and published her observations in a series of books, most notably Roughing It in the Bush, released in 1852. As a kind of how-to guide for prospective immigrants with plenty of acerbic commentary, her writing makes a compelling read for any Canadian. But it hits especially close to home here in Watershed country, for the Moodies’ first stop in Canada was a subsistence farm on the fourth concession of Hamilton Township, halfway between Port Hope and Cobourg. Hopelessly unprepared for the rigours of the settler’s life, the couple faced the cold, hunger and other privations, only to endure it all again when they moved to a farm near Lakefield. Ultimately, they threw in the towel on homesteading and moved to Belleville, where Moodie’s husband secured a comfortable desk job. When the setting is this familiar, anything about Susanna is a must-read. In all her writing, Susanna Moodie is remarkably candid. In Roughing It in the Bush, she advises, “If these sketches should prove the means of deterring one family from sinking their property and shipwrecking all their hopes by going to reside in the backwoods of Canada, then I have not toiled and suffered in the wilderness in vain.” Indeed, you don’t have to read between the lines to get a sense of her drive, her conviction and even her prejudices. Even so, Susanna’s published works only reveal so much. Diaries, which covers the years from 1815 growing up in England, up to the move to Belleville in 1839, goes beyond what Susanna wanted us to know and gives us an unfiltered view of her innermost thoughts. We learn first-hand about her rivalries with her older sisters, how she fell head over heels for her husband and how she struggled to become a published author. To read the novel gives us great personal insights that an academic history can’t, but as the pages turn, the reader can’t help but be dogged by that old question: how do we know those insights are true? Seems it’s a question that bothered the author, too. At the end of the book, Cecily Ross devotes a couple of pages to explaining her personal interest in Susanna’s story and confesses to a few liberties. Most of these are innocent enough plot devices that help keep the narrative humming: combining several peripheral characters into one composite, for example. Through it all, her love of the character shines through, and it is her earnest desire to do the job right that wins the reader over. We trust her. We can probably trust Atwood, too. Argo, not so much.

The excerpt below catches Susanna at a pivotal moment. While Susanna bides her time alone with a baby in a squalid settler’s cabin near Port Hope, her husband, John, has headed north to visit Susanna’s sister (Catharine Parr Traill) and brother (Samuel Strickland). There, the seeds for a future move are planted, and Susanna can’t resist telling her husband what she really thinks. ... January 18, 1833 My dearest Moodie has returned from the wilds of Douro Township, brimming with good spirits and welcome news of my cherished sister and the little brother I have not laid eyes upon for nearly eight years. Kate and Mr. Traill are “thriving” he declared with his usual enthusiasm, providing, like most men I have ever known, scant detail as to their actual state. I questioned him more closely and learned that my sister is to bear her first child this summer. To think we will be facing the travails of birth at close to the same time and yet will be kept apart by a few miles of impassable wilderness. Forty miles! That is all that lies between me and the consoling companionship of my childhood soulmate. To Moodie’s dismay, my tears flowed unchecked as memories of those distant halcyon days flooded my imagination. I could not stop. “Susie, Susie, please. I cannot bear this.” He placed his strong arms around me and I laid my head on his shoulder. Perhaps it was the strain of the long days and nights he has been away, perhaps the quickening of life inside me, but I made no effort to calm myself and turned on my husband, raging through my anguish. “I feel about this dreadful country as a condemned prisoner must feel about his cell. My only hope of escape lies in the oblivion of death. And then to be separated so cruelly from the one person who could support me in all of this.” He lifted my chin with his thumb and forefinger, and I saw the concern in his blue eyes. “You have me, Susanna. I am here. Always. I would give my life for you. You have everything to live for. Stop it, please.” Now, as he lies sleeping, I am calmer but still filled with fear for the future. How can he be so buoyant? By what quirk or trick of nature does John Moodie see only light and possibilities where I am cast down by every twist in the road? He, like sweet Catharine, meets every hardship, every trial with bottomless reserves of optimism and cheer. If only I were blessed with such sanguinity. Still, there are times when I fear their positive dispositions blind them to a host of negative realities. At least my dark side allows me to gird myself against the inevitable hardship that lies ahead. It sounds as if my sister is passing her first winter in the New World in relative comfort. She and Mr. Traill have moved again and are now living in a “sturdy and generous” log cabin closer to Sam and his family, while their own is under construction. The letter Katie sent back with Moodie describes in rapturous detail her blossoming friendships with two new neighbours, the Shairps and the Caddys, particularly Emilia

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Author, artist and pioneer, Susanna Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush is a Canadian classic

Shairp, a young Englishwoman “of gentle manner and adventurous spirit.” “I am learning,” Kate wrote, “that with a little practical diligence, it is possible to make a home in the lonely woods an abode of peace and comfort.” Sometimes I think my sister has landed on another continent from the one I currently inhabit. How is it she finds herself surrounded by genteel, educated women, also skilled in the arts of jam and bread making, while I am reduced to begging for candle stubs from sullen, backward harpies? Why should Kate be favoured again? My childish heart protests the unfairness of it. She doesn’t mention her husband, whom Moodie, who never utters a discouraging word, described as “a little subdued.” When I pressed once again for details, he ventured: “The harsh weather has not improved Traill’s disposition. I believe he would be much better if he engaged in physical activity. But he prefers to sit by the fire with a well-worn volume of Voltaire on his lap as he stares into the flames.” Come spring, Mr. Traill will have as much physical activity as he can tolerate when he and Kate move to their new home, sixty-five uncleared acres on Lake Katchewanooka, near the mouth of the Otonabee. Moodie saw nothing in his travels north but beauty and possibilities. For days, he has been enthusing about his brief sojourn in the backwoods. “They possess,” he said, describing monumental forests punctuated by archipelagos of shining lakes, “a

grandeur that aroused in me an indescribable awe for the powers of nature.” “Yes,” I ventured, “powerful enough to break the backs and hearts of strong men.” But he pretended not to hear me. “In the presence of such grandeur,” he continued, addressing himself exclusively to his little daughter now, “all human endeavour seems small and irrelevant.” He then informed me that with Sam’s help, he has set about securing title to his own property on the shores of Lake Katchewanooka. “Who knows. Perhaps one day we will move there,” he said, adding that Sam has reminded him that his military land grant will expire if it isn’t claimed within two years. “Anyway,” he said, bouncing Katie on his knee, “I’m sure we have nothing to lose.” And now I cannot stop thinking about Kate and Sam and the gentle society they have cultivated (it is not just the soil that needs tending – what of the soul?), while I languish, freezing to death, in a cowshed. Still no sign of my errant pupil. I have already devised a few simple exercises for her, and I am surprised at how much I relish the prospect of bringing a little light and refinement to the poor ignorant girl. Perhaps if I can be of some use to our rough neighbours, I will find their society more palatable.

“How is it she finds herself surrounded by genteel, educated women, also skilled in the arts of jam and bread making, while I am reduced to begging for candle stubs from sullen, backward harpies? Why should Kate be favoured again? My childish heart protests the unfairness of it.”

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quite like a really good bagel – plain or loaded with sesame seeds and slathered with butter or cream cheese. Ambrosia! But always looking to get a leg up on the competition, bagel entrepreneurs are constantly coming up with a seemingly endless variety of add-ins – Blueberries, cinnamon, raisins, garlic and asiago cheese are common extras. To the masses, they provide variety. To purists, they are abominations. I prefer simplicity, but wouldn’t turn my nose up at a good asiago-sun-dried tomato bagel from Timmy’s. On a slightly different tangent: along with bagels and silver white winters that melt into spring, another of my favourite things is a good practical joke. Where are you going with this, George? Patience is a virtue, folks. You’ll soon see. A while back, our eldest lad spent a decade toiling (if that’s the right word) as a cruise ship musician. He was one of those guys supplying music for the nightly Vegas-style extravaganzas cruise lines put on. We joined Sean on several of those voyages and each time he conspired with the show’s emcee to centre me out of the crowd to be coerced onto the stage and made an ass of for the amusement of the 1,500 or so audience members. I didn’t mind, but vowed revenge. Cruise ship gigs provide their mostly young crew members with a wonderful opportunity to see the world. His travels also took him up both coasts of North America and to much of Europe. Montreal and, more often, New York City were two closer-to-home ports-of-call. And having inherited his father’s fondness for them, Sean sampled copious quantities of the world-famous bagels of both cities. It’s an ongoing debate: Montreal bagels vs New York bagels. Both have their devotées. I am not a bagel savant. Much like art and wine, I just know what I like. I’m a simple man. But the bagel cognoscenti attribute their subtle differences to water and baking methods. Which are better? It’s simply a matter of taste. And Sean is happy to weigh in with his opinion. He takes things to another level. He’s a music scholar, a craft beer aficionado and a bagel snob. And he’s declared the home of the Rocket and Le Gros Bill the hands-down winner. Anyway, a few years ago, when we were planning to accompany him on a cruise out of New York and had decided to train it to the Big Apple with an overnight stop in Montreal, Sean put in an order for

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as many Montreal bagels as we could manage. Predictably, I forgot about the bagel order until our train pulled into Penn Station. No need to panic. Sean’s ship wasn’t due into New York until the next day. Plenty of time to execute Plan B. Our hotel was located in Korea Town – not exactly a bagel hotbed, but there, surrounded by all that deep-fried mandu and kimchi stew, we discovered a tiny bakery with wallto-wall bagels. So, I scooped a mixed dozen and presented them (as the real deal) to Sean on his arrival. He happily accepted our gift, promising to share his windfall with his Canadian cabinmate, who also eschewed the inferior product of Manhattan’s ovens. Not another word about those bagels until a couple of days later when, well out to sea, I asked, “Sean, how were those Montreal bagels anyway?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention. Thanks. They were great. Didn’t last long.” “Still think they’re better than New York bagels?” “No question. No comparison.” I was starting to enjoy this. “But how are they better? I don’t understand because, in the last week, I’ve had both and couldn’t tell the difference.” He regarded me with disdain. A look that said, “How can I be having this conversation with such an uninformed rube?” I can’t remember exactly what he said, but a lecture about proper boiling techniques, microblistered crusts, chewy tenderness and all the other subtleties that make a great bagel ensued. All that was missing was the PowerPoint presentation. This was getting really choice. Stifling my laughter, I let him finish. Then I said, “Sean I have something to tell you.” “Yes?” “I forgot to buy your bagels in Montreal.” Momentarily stunned, with mouth agape, he said nothing. “I got them at a little bagel shop on West 32nd.” Struggling to maintain his composure, Sean started to babble. I couldn’t tell you what he said because my laughter drowned out all but his final word which sounded an awful lot like “jerk.” But an involuntary little semi-smile revealed that, bluster aside, he got the joke and understood that this was just a little payback. Revenge was sweet, but we still weren’t quite even. After all, every one of my many humiliations was onstage in front of hundreds. Very public. Sean’s one and only humiliation was a low-key family affair – mother, father and son. Just the three of us. Very private. UNTIL NOW.

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HABITAT |

A genetic blend of the Western coyote and wolves from our side of the continent, this creature represents the call of the new wild BY NORM WAGENAAR

MANY OF US IN RURAL ONTARIO HAVE HEARD THE MIDNIGHT yips and high howls of the East-

ern coyote. It’s a sound to raise the hair on the back of your neck, spectral and wild, a sound as old as the hills. But not our hills. If you’ve lived with the reality of Eastern coyote all your life, and have considered that they’ve seen a lot more of you than you’ll ever see of them, it can come as a surprise to learn they’re a relative newcomer on the landscape, that some folks who study them even believe they’re a separate and new species. Just over a century ago, there were no coyotes in Eastern North America. However, there were, and in some areas still are, timber, eastern and a small number of red wolves. The arrival of European colonists drove the wolves away from settled areas. We hunted them and cut down their forest habitat to farm the land and build houses and towns. The coyote is an adaptable predator in its native Western North American ranges, but one that

doesn’t generally coexist with wolf populations. Coyotes moved into the ecological opening left by the wolves when we wiped out the competition. Their arrival mixed coyote genes with those of remnant wolves to create an eastern variation that exhibits all the cunning and intelligence of its western cousins but in a larger package, weighing an average of 14 to 18 kilograms (30 to 40 pounds). Coyotes were first recorded in Ontario in the early 1900s and have been yipping, reproducing and hunting in Watershed country for the last halfcentury or so. Many native North American mythologies cast the coyote as a trickster, so it’s no surprise they defy easy generalization. We can say that coyote pairs are monogamous and, if not hunted, form stable family units raising a litter of about six pups, of which two will likely survive. Litter sizes vary with coyote population density and food availability. These canids employ multiple dens, typically dug into wooded areas, with water close by.

A three-year study of coyotes in Prince Edward County, conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Trent University, identified about 60 home ranges, each averaging 14 square kilometres in size. But coyotes can be nomads. The study found about one-third of its subjects ranged beyond the borders of the County, as far as Port Hope and Bobcaygeon. Eastern coyotes mainly feed on smaller prey – rabbits, rodents, even insects and berries. But they can also exhibit pack tactics more often associated with wolves, taking down larger animals such as deer and even moose. But like their larger cousins, the wolves, coyotes kill only for food. As for those harrowing vocalizations they make, there are two main types, according to researchers: a group yip-howl believed to promote bonding while reinforcing territorial boundaries, and individual howls and yips which are thought to indicate disturbance or agitation. If you think their numbers are on the rise, you’re

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right. The Prince Edward County study put the population at 600 to 650 during the peak spring period. Despite the numbers, which multiply into the thousands across Watershed country, attacks on humans are rare, limited to just two recorded in Ontario – one in 2012 and one in 2013, both on eight-year old children in the western Lake Ontario area. The same can’t be said for livestock, specifically sheep. Cramahe Township livestock evaluator Ed Van Egmond says coyote predation in his municipality has put many farmers out of the sheep business. “We cannot keep sheep,” he says. “Sheep are very vulnerable.” Although farmers can get compensation for sheep they lose, they need proof of an attack. “The farmer has to show the lambs have been killed.” But lambs are so small, says Van Egmond, the coyotes “just carry them off.” Albert Botha, a Grafton-area farmer, expresses frustration with his attempts to keep his flock of 500 ewes safe from predation. Every year he loses about two percent of his flock to coyotes, which he says are growing ever bolder. He now sees the normally night-hunting animal in the middle of the day. “They’re not scared of anything any more.” Like many sheep farmers, Botha uses electric fencing to keep most coyotes out, as well as six Great Pyrenees – large white livestock guard dogs – to deal with any that make it in. “The dogs do a great job,” he says. Without them he figures he would lose 10 percent of his ewes every year. Botha is critical of the Province’s response to the coyote situation, saying changes in the compensation process don’t reflect the real value of losses and that a ban on wolf hunting in the Algonquin area could result in coyote-wolf crosses being protected as well. He suggests a better approach would be a coyote bounty to reduce predator numbers and losses to sheep farmers. “All the bleeding-heart groups don’t want us to shoot coyotes, but one day a coyote is going to kill a little kid in town.” Then, he says, attitudes towards culling coyotes will change. Lesley Sampson, Executive Director of Niagara Falls-based Coyote Watch Canada, advocates an entirely different approach. Sampson spoke to Watershed after giving a presentation about coyote interaction to a group of Ontario Provincial Police officers. She believes we can coexist with coyotes by understanding their behaviour, avoiding practices that can attract them and provoke encounters, and learning effective ‘hazing’ techniques to drive them off. In urban settings this means eliminating food sources which may draw coyotes, keeping dogs on leashes in known coyote areas and using simple items that make noises that frighten coyotes – 54 | WINTER 2017/2018

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cans filled with rocks to make a rattle, umbrellas that can be popped open, garbage bags that can be snapped loudly. Sampson argues that coexistence is the best response for sheep farmers, as well. Culling coyotes, she says, has simply not worked – coyotes reproduce quickly and readily migrate. And if hunters shoot one of a mated pair of coyotes, the result is reduced social stability, leading to more predation. “We need to keep the families intact, so coyotes will be coyotes.” The Coyote Watch Canada website provides the first-hand account of Laurie Maus, who farms sheep in Dunvegan, east of Ottawa. She employs fencing and guard dogs to protect her flock but has opted to leave an existing pack of coyotes alone. Instead, she intentionally leaves areas of wild habitat on her farm to encourage the smaller prey animals that coyotes normally hunt. “Coyotes are not stupid,” writes Maus. “They will not risk their life to get something to eat if there is something available that does not pose a risk.” If hunting hasn’t solved the coyote predation problem, it’s not for lack of trying. In Prince Edward County, only half the collared animals survived the three-year study; the bulk of the deaths were attributed to hunters. Albert Botha, who had

recently shot four coyotes when interviewed by Watershed, referred to a local hunter who had killed 900 coyotes since the mid-1970s. South of the border, an estimated 400,000 coyotes are shot, poisoned, trapped or otherwise killed per year – nearly 80,000 of them by the United States Department of Agriculture. The Humane Society of the United States, echoing Coyote Watch Canada, regards such efforts as futile. Coyotes are able to increase their reproductive rates in response to stresses on their population: one study cited by the Humane Society found that killing 75 percent of a coyote population for 50 years would still not exterminate them. American conservationist Aldo Leopold famously looked into the eyes of a wolf he was about to shoot as part of an effort to preserve elk populations. He saw the embodied consciousness of an entire ecosystem that needed wolves and put his gun down. If we could look into the eyes of an eastern coyote, what would we see? For some, a threat to livelihood and personal safety that must be controlled, even if it can’t be eliminated. For others, perhaps the soul of a new wildness we have created ourselves, born of human activity on a continental scale. Either way, the Eastern coyote is here to stay.

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INNOVATION |

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IMAGINE YOU’RE IN THE COCKPIT OF A COMMERCIAL JET, landing on a slippery runway during a

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been in the airport-equipment business for decades. He was searching outside bustling Toronto for a location for his company and discovered Campbellford’s charms, its rolling hills and relaxed lifestyle. McKeown’s right hand is Chief Operating Officer Paul Cudmore, who took on that job in 2004 after working in agriculture. Originally from Fergus, Ontario, and holding a BSc and MBA, he joined Team Eagle looking for a career change, and also because he and his wife, who has family in the area, fell in love with Northumberland County. Airport management is a complicated beast with a lot of moving parts, and accidents can be fatal and costly. “We had bold ambitions,” says Cudmore of Team Eagle’s philosophy. “We put our efforts towards

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“We have a very inclusive, open culture,” says Cudmore. The 44 employees are highly valued and encouraged to develop their own ideas. trying to go out and ask a lot of questions about what airports were finding challenging on the airfield.” The result is a company that provides products that help with common runway and airport issues, such as excursions (when a plane or vehicle incorrectly exits the runway), incursions (when something is on the airfield that shouldn’t be), foreignobject debris, birds, wildlife, snow and ice. It markets itself as offering equipment and software that “solve aviation’s largest problems”. “They’ll think outside the box to get you a solution,” says Robin Hollett, Manager Airside Operations for the Ottawa Airport Authority. “It’s not an off-the-shelf service that they provide, it’s tailor made.” In fact, the company keeps a growing list of tech ideas (more than 100 now) generated by its team, and is constantly innovating. Cudmore recalls a customer who had safety issues with a particular runway section, and asked Team Eagle to create a simple GPS-based warning for anyone who was about to drive across that area of the airfield. “So we did. It was the start of our ability to provide safety logic to the vehicle operator.” Riding that success, Team Eagle was asked to work with the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. for a 16-month research project in Atlantic City on Runway Incursion Warning Systems. Most innovative of all of Team Eagle’s creations is its new Braking Availability Tester (BAT), a machine that sits on a regular vehicle chassis and replicates runway braking to test safety measures and precautions in live time. “BAT is the most ambitious product to date,” says Cudmore. “It takes all of our combined capability and experience.” Initially conceived in 2007, the machine records data based on weather and other conditions, and feeds valuable information to the airport and pilot about braking times and other safety details. The data also inform other elements of runway management – including snow and ice removal – saving airports time, money and lives! In 2016, the Canadian Government awarded Team Eagle a $501,481 contract to provide the BAT system to Transport Canada. The contract stemmed from the Build in Canada Innovation Program designed to help Canadian innovators land their first major sale. The BAT has been in testing at the Ottawa International Airport since February 2017, and Team Eagle continues to redevelop and hone the machine’s abilities, with industry testing at other airports and partners planned for this winter. After successful testing, the BAT will be on the market for airports around the world.

COLLABORATIVE WORK CULTURE

The team in Team Eagle is central to the company’s success. “We have a very inclusive, open culture,” says Cudmore, who’s responsible for promoting that culture. The 44 employees are highly valued and encouraged to develop their own ideas. For this reason, while Cudmore admits there are educational requirements for many roles, like engineers and technicians, the company prizes people who embody its ethics, creativity and respectfulness. Partnerships with manufacturers and suppliers are also vital. Since the company doesn’t manufacture all of the equipment it sells, it relies on strong partnerships with other businesses that promote similar values. “The selection of the partners is very important and they have to have both the products we’re interested in and also a culture that supports how we want to look after our customers,” said Cudmore. Equally important to Team Eagle’s success is an advisory board of business people who don’t necessarily work in the aerospace industry but who contribute ideas and support to this entrepreneurial venture. Community and government support are also cornerstones. The largest air force base in Canada in Trenton, as well as several nearby airports, have welcomed Team Eagle and provided testing space and insight. Cudmore also acknowledges the wealth of support – financial and advisory – offered by the government at all levels. Beyond the Innovation Grant, Team Eagle is working with Business Development Canada and is enrolled in the Growth Driver Program. “That basically puts a discipline towards picking your areas of growth and the strategic planning needed to achieve that growth,” says Cudmore. “So we have access to some pretty savvy business people.” It’s in these established workplace relationships that Team Eagle sets itself apart from other competitive airfield companies. Robin Hollett notes that while the company initially won tendered contracts with the Ottawa Airport Authority, it’s the customized approach that continues to build trust and a thriving relationship in a highly competitive marketplace. Excellent service, superior products, a collaborative work culture and commitment to partnerships have put this Campbellford company on the world map. Next time you’re coming in for a landing at Pearson Airport in a snowstorm, think about our local heroes at Team Eagle, the people who make touch-down safe.

Contemporary Modern Art & Sculpture 305 Main St (on West) Wellington info@sybilfrankgallery.com sybilfrankgallery.com 613 902 5402 416 688 2234

Artist: R. Neil Young 48” X 48” Mixed Media on Panel with Resin GARDEN AT MIDNIGHT”

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FOOD & DRINK SCENE Welcome to the local food and drink scene, where Watershed shares its secrets and discoveries. Our region is blessed with creative chefs, restaurateurs, vintners, craft brewers and purveyors of fine food. Food & Drink Scene trumpets their accomplishments and celebrates their innovation. BY JEFF BRAY

The Sprucewood Handmade Cookie Co. has new digs in Cobourg. As soon as you set foot in the new store, you’ll be tempted by the sweet smell of freshly baked sweet or savoury shortbreads – light, buttery morsels that melt in your mouth. Made with all natural ingredients and handmade in small batches, the shortbreads are perfect for holiday gifts or entertaining. Sprucewood Handmade Cookie Co. 628 Ontario St. Cobourg sprucewoodcookies.com

Port Hope’s newest restaurant is a collaboration between Giorgos from Olympus Burger and long-time friend, Dana Hubbard. Sitting in the wedge where Ontario and Mill Streets split, Local No. 90 mixes some great seasonal cocktails. I tried the tasty thin crust pizza but there’s more on the menu… With its casual atmosphere and dim lights, you’ll find yourself

h e t p e ke

there longer than you expected! LOCAL No. 90 Bar & Kitchen 90 Mill Street N, Port Hope facebook.com/localno90/

comfort coming

Centre & Main is a small artisan chocolate company that takes chocolate to a whole new level. Angela Roest blends delicious natural foods and flavours sourced from around the world into small batches of couverture chocolate. What’s couverture chocolate? It’s the finest grade of chocolate that contains a higher percentage of cocoa butter than regular baking or eating chocolate. Centre and Main Chocolate Co. 50 Centre Street, Warkworth centreandmainchocolate.com

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The County Yum Club, purveyor of fabulous ferments and cool condiments, has opened up a counter-serve restaurant with hearty, soulful fare and Grab & Go menu selections. If you’re for fresh and local, try the County Yum sandwich – scratch-built meatloaf, two slices of smokey bacon, house aioli, green tomato chutney and sprouts on a brioche bun. Whoa! County Yum Club 13633 Loyalist Parkway, Prince Edward County countyyumclub.com

Kitchen Party Meets Cooking Lesson is how Matt DeMille (former head chef at Enoteca Sociale and Parts and Labour in Toronto, Pomodoro and The Drake Devonshire in PEC), describes his culinary

Jess and Jay believe that food cooked with love will always taste better. When they opened The Bakery in Warkworth, it didn’t take the locals long to feel that love! The Bakery’s ovens produce artisan

service. When you book “Eat with Matt

breads, fresh pies and pastries, cookies

DeMille”, he brings everything to your

and tarts – try one of their maple butter

place – ingredients, dishes, everything

tarts NOW – and its shelves are stocked

for a three-course meal. As he cooks, he

with unique condiments, jams, jellies and

shares his tips, techniques and inspirations.

preserves.

He even cleans up afterwards! Eat with Matt DeMille mattdemille.com

Owners Dave and Tracy serve up Brighton’s best cappuccino but that’s not all. Chef Dave is a comfort food master. His soups – often made of vegetables from Tracy’s farm, North Gate Organics – are perfectly seasoned and delicious. Try a bowl of his signature soup followed by a grilled cheese. Every bit as good as your mom’s! Lola’s Coffee House 1 Main St., Brighton lolascoffeehouse.com

photographs: 2. by Anglea Roest; 4. by Jessica Crandlemire; 5. by Lauren Gulyas

The Bakery Warkworth 2 Mill St., Warkworth facebook.com/warkworthbakery

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A N A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E

A SHOWCASE OF FINE HOMES

WATERFRONT

SOLD

WATERFRONT 114 LAKEHURST ST., BRIGHTON

GORES LANDING

163 ONTARIO ST., COBOURG

202 CHURCH ST., COBOURG

$2,800,000 MLS 511150522

$1,799,000 MLS 510910266

$1,199,000 MLS 511000030 $1,050,000 MLS 511570083

WATERFRONT

SOLD

106 STEWART RD., BRIGHTON

1007 DEYELL LINE, MILLBROOK

201 DINGMAN RD., CRAMAHE TWP.

10 DURHAM ST., COLBORNE

$959,000 MLS 511700125

$949,900 MLS 280170057

$899,000 MLS 512380056

$899,000 MLS 511490417

SOLD 1015 COUNTY RD. 25, CASTLETON

9 GORDON ST., BALTIMORE

334 PINEWOOD SCHOOL RD., CRAMAHE TWP

27 GREENAWAY CIRCLE, PORT HOPE

$899,000 MLS 512380166

$849,000 MLS 511040286

$749,000 MLS 512350215

$739,900 MLS 510641174

Tony Pulla...Realtor Since 1970

RCLE OF

NOUREE

CI LE

GENDS

and the recipient of the coveted

Circle of Legends Award

Trust your housing needs to the realtor homeowners trust...discover the power of maximum marketing and maximum results and how in the past 22 years (1995-2016) Pulla has successfully marketed 3233 properties throughout Northumberland County* .....no other Realtor in our area comes close!

FOR LEGENDARY RESULTS HIRE PULLA tony@pulla.ca . 905.373.1980 . www.pulla.ca *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of RealtorsÂ® (1995-2016)

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A N A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E

A SHOWCASE OF FINE HOMES

385 DURHAM ST., COLBORNE

177 PIPELINE RD., SHELTER VALLEY

529 DUDLEY RD CRAMAHE TWP.

26 PARK ST., COLBORNE

$699,900 MLS 511410114

$699,000 MLS 511320458

$699,000 MLS 511400185

$699,000 MLS 511410172

461 4TH LINE, ROSENEATH

589 MCDONALD RD., ALNWICK/HALDIMAND

5223 CASTLE HILL, COBOURG

855 CARLISLE ST., COBOURG

$659,000 MLS 511210153

$559,900 MLS 512280185

$549,000 MLS 511050178

$549,000 MLS 510851107

SOLD

672 PRINCE OF WALES DR., COBOURG

695 GUMMOW CRT., COBOURG

150 ONTARIO ST., PORT HOPE

421 RAYNER RD., COBOURG

$489,000 MLS 510851241

$469,000 MLS 510850125

$379,900 MLS 510760229

$368,000 MLS 510840146

SOLD

Lakeshore Realty Inc. BROKERAGE – EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED

THE PULLA TEAM Northumbelrand County’s Leading Real Estate Sales Team for the past 22 years*

Tony Pulla

Jan Rosamond

Jill Williams

Nikki Pulla

Broker

Sales Representative

Administrative Assistant

tony @ pulla.ca

rosamond@ pulla.ca

jill@ pulla.ca

tony@ pulla.ca

1011 Elgin Street W., Cobourg . Direct Line 905.373.1980 . Office 905.373.7653 *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors® (1995-2016)

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LEE CASWELL & DIANNE GRAHAM

YOUR KEY TO QUALITY AND SERVICE IN NORTHUMBERLAND

We Know Northumberland

FRI

Dale Bryant Broker FRI Northumberland Mall Cobourg

mobile: 289.251.2947 email: dale@dalebryant.ca As a member of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute of Canada, Dale Bryant is in the company of Canada’s most distinguished Realtors. “I work closely with all my clients to ensure that each and every home is marketed with leading edge technology and is showcased to sell.”

It's my priority to achieve the best possible results for all my listings.

Lee Caswell Dianne Graham BRAMBLES COTTAGE CA.1859. Beautifully renovated and appointed classic Ontario cottage with fantastic curb appeal on quiet, Historic street. Huge one bedroom, (easily converted into two bedrooms), oversized bathroom, living room with gas fireplace, dining room & main floor laundry. Custom Hickory Lane kitchen with built in appliances & granite countertops overlooking sitting room with skylight. Landscaped, private stone courtyard with koi pond & vine covered pergola with patio. One of Port Hope’s finest cottages.

Sales Representatives

office 905.885.0101 14 Mill Street South, Port Hope, Ontario L1A 2S5

$699,000 MLS® 510710066

LeeCaswellSells@gmail.com

www.dalebryant.ca

www.LeeCaswellClassicHomes.com

SMALL TOWN LIVING AT ITS BEST! NEW AMHERST HOMES

2018 OCCUPANCY CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CURRENT INVENTORY HOMES 2 bedroom, open concept bungalow plus office. CALDWELL COTTAGE – 1690 sq. ft.

2 bedroom, plus study, open concept bungalow with charming front porch option. HOPE COTTAGE – 1433 sq. ft.

Detached Bungalows and Two-Storey Homes Bungalow Townes, SemiDetached and Park Facing Lots Available Built to Suit

Starting in the $400,000’s Visit our sales office at 950 New Amherst Blvd. Cobourg, Ontario sales@newamherst.com

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, main floor laundry, 10’ ceilings BUNGALOW TOWNES – 2019 - 2142 sq. ft.

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Our Flagship, 3 or 5 bedroom plan featuring a unique conservatory and sprawling great room AMHERST ESTATE – 2810 - 3998 sq. ft.

For more information visit us at

www.newamhersthomes.com or call 1.866.528.9618

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LIVE WHERE YOU LOVE TO VISIT

COME HOME TO THE COUNTY

1893 CENTREVILLE ROAD, STONE MILLS This wonderful farm has everything you could ever dream of! An incredible 187-acre property with triple brick circa. 1802 original farmhouse with upgrades and additions. This house boasts a large kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room with fireplace, screened in porch and large deck. The property includes 15 acres of certified organic soil worked by local farmers, 3 ponds, an orchard, 5

acres of pasture, a large mixed decidual forest with trails, 2 paddocks, a drive shed with a heated workshop, a bunkie, a sugar shack, a potting shed, a large events barn and a second working barn. All wells on the property providing an abundance of water. This outstanding property will not only provide you with an incredible place to call home, but the possibilities will only be limited by your imagination.

25 KINGS ROAD, CHERRY VALLEY, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – 50 Acre Estate, East Lake Water Views near Sandbanks beaches. Custom Built, fine carpentry finishing. 5 BR, 3 BA, Suite over garage, LL walk out Suite, landscaped perennial gardens. 30 acres farmed cash crop seeds, 15 acres wooded. South facing slope vineyard potential.

Sandra Foreman Sales Representative

104 Main St., Picton Direct 613.403.1466 CountyHomes.ca

$1,500,000 MLS#550770058 Member of Quinte & Toronto Real Estate Boards

$899,000 MLS®450640128

104 Main Street Picton T: 613.476.2700 | TF: 877.476.0096 pictonhomes.com Live Where You Love To Visit

Elizabeth Crombie Suzanne White*

*Sales Representative and Licensed Assistant to Elizabeth Crombie, Sales Representative

Trademarks owned or controlled by the Canadian Real Estate Association. Used under licence.

$699,000 MLS#550720181

www.pictonhomes.com

TRUST

11556 LOYALIST PARKWAY, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – 170 ft Bay of Quinte Waterfront, one acre wooded property on the Glenora Road. One cottage is winterized & fully serviced & the other unserviced and needing repair. Potential to sever into 2 lots. Gorgeous water views, sunrise and sunset skies. Stone Seawall.

INTEGRITY

KNOWLEDGE

DISCRETION

So many choices... The choice of a home, whether it is the home you are buying or the home someone is buying from you, is a meticulous process of falling in love with a wonderful fusion of space and light, warmth and comfort; a blending of beauty

and pragmatism, of art and architecture. Home is where the heart is and it is a different choice for every homebuyer. Finding and making the right choice begins with the trust and confidence you have in our team.

Dee & Patrick McGee and Tina Hubicki

Experience with a fresh Approach

Sales Representatives

Port Hope 905.800.1103 Toronto 416.925.9191 mail@mcgees.ca tinahubicki@chestnutpark.com www.mcgees.ca www.chestnutpark.com

Real Estate Limited, Brokerage

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WATERSHEDDINGS YOUR REGIONAL EVENT GUIDE To submit your event listing visit Area Events on our website www.watershedmagazine.com

Art Galleries ANDREW CSAFORDI STUDIO GALLERY – 54 Wilson Rd. Bloomfield. For details call 613-393-1572 or visit andrewcsafordi.com. ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COBOURG – Victoria Hall, 3rd floor, 55 King St. W. Cobourg. Visit artgalleryofnorthumberland.com or call 905-372-0333. ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND PORT HOPE – 8 Queen St. Port Hope. Call 905-885-2115 or visit artgalleryofnorthumberland.com. ARTS ON MAIN GALLERY – 223 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-5665 or visit artsonmaingallery.ca. ARTS QUINTE WEST GALLERY – 84 Dundas St. W. Trenton. Call 613-392-7635 or visit artsquintewest.ca. BELLEVILLE ART ASSOCIATION – 392 Front St. Belleville. Call 613-968-8632 or visit bellevilleart.ca. CRANSTON GALLERY ON MAIN – 185 Main St. Bloomfield. Visit galleryonmain.ca or call 613-3933900. FRANTIC FARMS CLAY & GLASS GALLERY – 2 Mill St. Warkworth. Visit franticfarms.com or call 705-9249173. GALLERY ONE-TWENTY-ONE – 48 Bridge St. E.

Belleville. Visit gallery121artists.com or call 613-9624609. UNTIL JAN. 6 – CHRISTMAS MAGIC – Featuring reasonably priced items suitable for Christmas giving. Opening reception Dec. 9. 2-4pm. JAN. 16 – FEB. 25 – ABORIGINAL SHOW – Sculpture by David Maracle and artwork by members of the aboriginal community. Opening reception Jan. 20. 2-4pm. JOHN M. PARROTT ART GALLERY – 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit bellevillelibrary.com or call 613-9686731 ext. 2240. DEC. 7 – 28 – MY VISION, MY FOCUS – Photographs by artist Mark Hopper. DEC. 7 – 28 – VIEW FROM A WINDOW – Bob Pennycook presents new works in oil and cold wax. JAN. 4 – FEB. 15 – LAURINE SAGE: A RETROSPECTIVE. JAN. 4 – FEB. 15 – PASSING THROUGH – Photographic exhibition by Lola Reid Allin and Bert Jenkins chronicling their many journeys around the globe. FEB. 22 – MAR. 21 – GROUP PHOTO SHOW. FEB. 22 – MAR. 21 – OUTSIDER ART – By Charles Keeling Lassiter. KAWARTHA ARTISTS’ GALLERY – 420 O’Connell Rd. Peterborough. Visit kawarthaartists.org or call 705-741-2817. JAN. 3 – 14 – THE WINTER SHOW – Winter-themed art show of works as diverse as our members. 1-4pm. JAN. 24 – FEB. 25 – THE BEAUTY OF STILLNESS. LOVE NEST STUDIO GALLERY – 54 Wilson Rd. Bloomfield. Visit loveneststudios.com or call 613-393-1572.

MAD DOG GALLERY – 525 Cty. Rd. 11 Picton. Call 613-476-7744 or visit maddoggallery.ca. META4 GALLERY – 200 Queen St. Port Perry. Visit meta4gallery.ca or call 905-985-1534. OENO GALLERY – 2274 Cty. Rd. 1 Bloomfield. Call 613-393-2216 or visit oenogallery.com. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY – 72 Queen St. Oshawa. Call 905-576-3000 or visit rmg.on.ca. UNTIL JAN. 14 – LEGACIES – Explores the art of Alexandra Luke and Isabel McLaughlin through the lens of Teri Donovan and Gwen MacGregor. SCUGOG COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS – Gallery exhibits, cultural events, local artists. 181 Perry St. Port Perry. Visit scugogarts.ca or call 905-982-2121 for more information. SIDESTREET GALLERY – 264 Main St. Wellington. Call 613-399-5550 or visit sidestreetgallery.com.

TWEED HERITAGE CENTRE GALLERY – 40 Victoria St. N. Tweed. For more information call 613-478-3989 or visit facebook.com/tweed.heritagecentre. ZIMART’S RICE LAKE GALLERY – 855 Second Line, Bailieboro. By appointment. For details call 705-9396144 or visit zimart.ca.

SMALL POND ARTS – 337 Clarke Rd. Picton. Call 613-471-1322 or visit smallpondarts.ca.

Community

SPIRIT OF THE HILLS – Northumberland Hills Arts Association. For more information visit spiritofthehills.org or email felicity936@gmail.com.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM – Trinity United Church, Village of Hastings. One Wed. each month. 3-5pm. Contact Marg at 705-202-1273.

SYBIL FRANK GALLERY – 305 Main St. (at West St.) Wellington. Visit sybilfrankgallery.com or call 613-9025402.

BELLEVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET – Tues.,Thu. & Sat. 7am-6pm. Year round. Pinnacle St. Adjacent to City Hall. Call 613-476-1255.

Bewdley

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THE COLBORNE ART GALLERY – 51 King St. E. Colborne. Visit thecolborneartgallery.ca or call 905-3551798. UNTIL DEC. 17 – CHRISTMAS MARKET – One of a kind gifts large and small, handmade by gallery members.

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BELLEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY – Afternoon Book Club. Meets the 4th Tue. of each month. 2pm. 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Call 613-968-6731 or visit bellevillelibrary.ca for more information. BRIGHTON COMPUTER CLUB – Meets the 2nd and 4th Tues. of each month. King Edward Community Centre, Elizabeth Street, Brighton. 9:30am. Refreshments provided. Bring your own cup. For details visit brightoncomputerclub.org. CFUW BELLEVILLE – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month. St. Thomas Church Hall, 201 Church St. Belleville. 7pm. Visit cfuwbelleville.com. DEC. 7 – CHRISTMAS DINNER – Capers Restaurant, 272 Front St. Belleville. Tickets $40. 5:30pm. CFUW NORTHUMBERLAND – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. Port Hope High School library, 130 Highland Dr. Port Hope. 7:30pm. For more information visit cfuw-northumberland.org. COBOURG FARMERS’ MARKET – Sat. 8am-1pm. Until Dec. 23. Market Square behind Victoria Hall. For more information visit cobourgfarmersmarket.com or facebook.com/CobourgFarmersMarket. HASTINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Maranatha Auditorium, 100 College St. W. Belleville. 7:30pm. Visit hastingshistory.ca. JAN. 16 – EASTERN CANADA IN THE EARLY 1300s. FEB. 20 – AFTERMATH OF THE 1837-38 REBELLION. MAR. 20 – A BRIEF HISTORY OF WATER – and the Drinking Water System in Belleville. JOYFULL NOISE CHOIR – We sing music of the 50s, 60s & 70s. Women’s choirs meet weekly in Belleville, Cobourg and Oshawa and mixed choir in Bowmanville. No auditions and no need to read music. Call 1-877-433-4386 or visit joyfull-noise.com. KNITTERATI – Social knitting circle drop-in. Meets every other Tues. Belleville Public Library, 254 Pinnacle

MARMORA

MADOC

St. Belleville. 5:30-7pm in the Reading Nook. Call 613968-6731 ext. 2237 for more information. NORTHUMBERLAND CHORUS – A community where women sing together and a place where friendship and team spirit go hand in hand. Columbus Community Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. Visit northumberland-chorus.com or call 905-372-6675.

PROBUS CLUB OF COLBORNE – Retired and semiretired singles and couples meet the 1st & 3rd Wed. of each month. 10am. Keeler Centre, 80 Division St. Colborne. Visit probusnorthumberland.com or call 905-355-2665.

ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – Quinte Branch. 7 Creswell Dr. Trenton. 1-3pm. Visit rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/. JAN. 20 – MAKING ENGLISH CONNECTIONS – Using Free and Pay Websites to Find Your English Ancestors. 1pm. PETERBOROUGH FARMERS’ MARKET – Sat. 7am1pm. Year round. Morrow Park. Nov.-Apr. inside Morrow Bldg. Visit peterboroughfarmersmarket.com or facebook.com/PeterboroughDowntownFarmersMarket. PINE RIDGE HIKING CLUB – Enjoy exercise and recreation on Northumberland County’s trails. For membership details and schedules visit pineridgehikingclub.ca. DEC. 13 – MYSTERY HIKE – Call Jim at 905-4362499.

SHELTER VALLEY SHAPE-NOTE SINGERS – Meets the 2nd Sun. of each month. 7-9pm. Grafton Community Centre. All voices welcome. Call 905-3492042 or visit sheltervalleyshapenote.weebly.com. TABLE TENNIS – Every Mon. 1-3pm and Thu. 9:3011:30am. All skill levels welcome. Cobourg Community Centre, 750 D’Arcy St. Call Gary at 289-252-1928.

NORTHUMBERLAND ORCHESTRA & CHOIR – Call 905-376-3021 for tickets and information. FEB. 24 – FUNDRAISER – Traditional roast beef dinner, lots of home-baked pies and silent auction. 6pm. Baltimore Community Centre, 23 Community Centre Rd. Baltimore. Tickets $20. NORTHUMBERLAND PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7pm. Doors open 6:30pm. Annual fee $50 covers meetings and a variety of programs. Scheduled outings from Toronto to Kingston. Salvation Army Church Gym, 59 Ballantine St. Cobourg. Visit northumberlandphoto.ca or email info_mail@northumberlandphoto.ca. DEC. 11 – CHRISTMAS DINNER – Reception 5:30pm. Dinner 6:30pm. Woodlawn Inn, 420 Division St. Cobourg.

MAR. 25 – BOMB GIRLS – With Barbara Dickson. 1pm.

THE 55+ CLUB OF THE COLBORNE LEGION – Every Tues. 1pm for cards and social time. Call 905-3555479 or visit colbornelegion.org. QUINTE FIELD NATURALISTS – Meets the 4th Mon. of each month. 7pm. Sills Auditorium, Bridge Street United Church, Belleville. All welcome, by donation. Visit facebook.com/QuinteFieldNaturalists or call 613962-9337. JAN. 22 – THE FALL AND RISE OF THE BALD EAGLE. FEB. 26 – OF ROADS AND WILDLIFE. MAR. 26 – SMALL WETLANDS WITH BIG IMPACTS. QUINTE REGION CRAFT GUILD – Talented local crafters & artisans who enjoy making and selling their high quality handmade products. JAN. 15 – FEB. 28 – MEMBERSHIP DRIVE – Calling all crafters of unique handmade items. To be juried or to join the guild, contact heather_bob@cogeco.ca. QUINTE WOOD CARVERS – Meets every Mon. 1pm and Thu. 7pm. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 516 Victoria Ave. Belleville. Call Brian 613-478-5442 or visit quintewoodcarvers.ca. APR. 14 – QUINTE WOOD CARVING SHOW – Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton Rd. Belleville. SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM – 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 or visit scugog.ca. FEB. 25 – THE IMMIGRANT LETTERS OF FRANCES STEWART – With Jodi Aoki. 1pm.

THE COUNTY MUSEUMS – Museums of Prince Edward County. Visit thecounty.ca/museums or call 613476-2148 ext. 2521. FEB. 19 – 25 – HERITAGE WEEK – Join us for a series of events, tailor-made for the history buff: films, lectures, hands-on workshops and culinary experiences. WILLOW BEACH FIELD NATURALISTS – Meets the last Fri. of each month at a Cobourg or Port Hope location. 7:30pm. Visit willowbeachfieldnaturalists.org. DEC. 16 – CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT – Port HopeCobourg. Contact Roger at ekrf@eagle.ca or 905885-9615. DEC. 17 – CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT – Presqu’ileBrighton. Contact Doug at rdmcrae@sympatico.ca or 613-475-5014. JAN. 1 – CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT – Rice Lake Plains. Contact Roger at ekrf@eagle.ca or 905-8859615.

Concerts ALBERT COLLEGE – 160 Dundas St. W. Belleville. Call 613-968-5726 or visit albertcollege.ca. DEC. 15 & 16 – CANDLELIGHT CAROL SERVICE – Memorial Chapel. Everyone welcome. Fri. 7pm. Sat. 5pm. MAR. 2 – WINTER CONCERT – Albert College Community Winds perform a tribute to the music of John Williams. Ackerman Hall. Free admission. 7pm.

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ARON THEATRE – 54 Bridge St. E. Campbellford. Call 705-653-5446 or visit arontheatre.com. DEC. 7 – CHRISTMAS JAZZ – Christmas classics performed by top Canadian jazz pianist Steve Holt, backed by a stellar band, and featuring special guest vocalist Micah Barnes. 7:30pm. For tickets visit eventbrite.ca and search Steve Holt/Campbellford. BRIDGE STREET UNITED CHURCH – 60 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Visit bridgestreetchurch.com. DEC. 15 – CHRISTMAS CONCERT – Choir and congregational singing, hand bells, instrumentals. Freewill offering. 7pm. CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-885-1071. DEC. 31 – ELTON ROHN – 8pm. JAN. 28 – ELVIS – Starring Garry Wesley & The Port Hope Pops Orchestra. 2pm. FEB. 3 – SÉAN MCCANN – 8pm. MAR. 9 – NIGHT FEVER – A tribute to The Bee Gees. 8pm.

COMMAND PERFORMANCE CHOIR – Call 613476-4148 or visit commandperformancechoir.com. DEC. 21 & 22 – CHRISTMAS IN BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE – Bloomfield United Church, 272 Bloomfield Main St. 7:30pm. Tickets $20. FRIENDS OF MUSIC – Call 905-797-2295 or visit friendsofmusicontario.ca. MAR. 18 – A MARI USQUE AD MARE – The Alcan String Quartet from Quebec and the Lafayette String Quartet from British Columbia. Port Hope United Church. 3pm. KAWARTHA YOUTH ORCHESTRA – Call 705-9317539 or visit thekyo.org. DEC. 9 – HOLLYWOOD FOR THE HOLIDAYS – With the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough. 7:30pm. FEB. 25 – CHAMBER MUSIC – St. John’s Anglican Church, Peterborough. 3pm. LA JEUNESSE CHOIRS – Trinity United Church, 284 Division St. Cobourg. For more information call 905375-9414 or visit lajeunessechoirs.ca. DEC. 16 – DECEMBER CONCERT – 7pm.

NORTHUMBERLAND ORCHESTRA & CHOIR – Trinity United Church, 284 Division St. Cobourg. Call 905376-3021 or visit northumberlandmusic.ca. DEC. 9 – CHRISTMAS IN NORTHUMBERLAND – 7:30pm. FEB. 10 – A VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION – 7:30pm. OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. DEC. 8 – ROB LUTES – 7:30pm. DEC. 16 – MICHAEL SCHATTE – 7:30pm. DEC. 17 – SOULFUL JAZZY FAMILY – Christmas Concert. 2pm. JAN. 20 – DURHAM COUNTY POETS – 2pm. JAN. 27 – THE URBAN HIGHLANDERS – 7:30pm. FEB. 17 – DYLAN IRELAND – With Kayla Howran. 7:30pm. FEB. 25 – SHANE COOK & JOSEPH PHILLIPS – 2pm. ORIANA SINGERS – Call 905-377-9675 or visit orianasingers.com. MAR. 10 – MAESTRO’S CHOICE – St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Cobourg. Adults $25. Students $10. 7:30pm. PETERBOROUGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Call 705-742-1992 or visit thepso.org. FEB. 3 – PARIS BUSTLE & BLUES – Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. N. Peterborough. 7:30pm. MAR. 24 – REQUIEM – Emmanuel United Church East, 534 George St. N. Peterborough. 7:30pm. PINNACLE PLAYHOUSE – 256 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Call 613-967-1442 or visit bellevilletheatreguild.ca. JAN. 20, FEB. 24 & MAR. 24 – NIGHT KITCHEN TOO – An acoustic musical variety show with musicians and spoken word artists. $10 at the door. Doors open 7pm. Call Joe at 613-295-9115 if interested in performing. PORT HOPE UNITED CHURCH – 34 South St. Port Hope. Email phunited@bellnet.ca or call 905-8852421. DEC. 8 – CELEBRATE THE SEASON – Advance tickets $20 at the church office or ticketscene.ca. $25 at the door. Students $15. Free for children 12 & under. 7pm. QUINTE SYMPHONY – For tickets and information visit thequintesymphony.com or facebook.com/quintesymphony. DEC. 10 – CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS: OLD & NEW

– Centennial Secondary School, Belleville. 2:30pm. MAR. 25 – CELEBRATING OUR OWN – Bridge Street United Church, Belleville. 2:30pm. ST. THOMAS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH – 201 Church St. Belleville. All concerts 4:30pm. Admission by donation. Visit stthomasbelleville.ca or call 613-962-3636. DEC. 17 – CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT – St. Thomas' Choral Academy presents a Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols in the style of King's College, Cambridge. JAN. 21 – CLARINET & BASSOON DUO – Clarinetist François Laurin-Burgess and bassoonist Antoine SaintOnge perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Poulenc and Koechlin. FEB. 18 – ORGAN RECITAL – Artist-in-residence at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City and international concert organist David Briggs. MAR. 18 – CELLO DUO – VC² (Bryan Holt & Amahl Arulanandam) is an eclectic cello duo based in Toronto who will perform pieces written by cellists, for cellists. SONG – Sounds of the Next Generation. For more information visit songprogram.org. DEC. 16 – ANGEL MAGIC – SONG performs with Safe Harbour Chamber Choir. 3pm. Port Hope United Church. Tickets $5 at the door and at Ten Thousand Villages, Cobourg. Port Hope ticket location TBA. THE CONCERT HALL AT VICTORIA HALL – 55 King St. W. Cobourg. Call 905-372-2210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com. DEC. 8 & 9 – SONGS OF THE SEASON – Bob Trennum and friends. 8pm. DEC. 12 – JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON – 2pm. DEC. 18 – JOHN MCDERMOTT CHRISTMAS – 7:30pm. THE EMPIRE THEATRE – 321 Front St. Belleville. Call 613-969-0099 or visit theempiretheatre.com. DEC. 9 – A MERRY MOTOWN CHRISTMAS – 7:30pm. DEC. 11 – CANADIAN BRASS – 7:30pm. DEC. 16 – JOHN MCDERMOTT CHRISTMAS – 7pm. DEC. 18 – SERENA RYDER – 7:30pm. FEB. 2 – JAKE WORTHINGTON – With Ty Baynton. 8pm. FEB. 7 – GORD BAMFORD – 7:30pm. FEB. 15 – BRETT KISSEL – 7:30pm. THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit theregenttheatre.org. DEC. 14 – SULTANS OF STRING – 8pm. TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. DEC. 9 – LIONA BOYD – In concert with Andrew Dolson. 2pm. DEC. 10 – TEEN POP STARZ IN CONCERT – 2pm. DEC. 14 – KENNY AND DOLLY – Tribute concert. 7:30pm. DEC. 16 – GOOD LOVELIES – 7:30pm. JAN. 12 – MUDMEN – Canada’s Celtic Rock Warriors. 8pm. TRINITY UNITED CHURCH – 284 Division St. Cobourg. Visit trinitycobourg.ca.

DEC. 17 – GOOD LOVELIES – 7:30pm. For tickets visit goodlovelies.com. WESTBEN – Visit westben.ca or call 877-883-5777. FEB. 2, MAR. 2 & APR. 6 – LUNCHTIME TICK TALKS – Join special guest artists for 60-minute chatconcerts designed to enlighten upcoming performances at The Barn. Bring your lunch and your curiosity. Pay-what-you-can. Clock Tower Cultural Centre, Campbellford. 12pm. FEB. 25 – KITCHEN CEILIDH PARTY – A rollicking Westben fundraiser celebrating celtic music, poetry, food and drink. Tickets $50+tax. Clock Tower Cultural Centre, Campbellford. 2pm.

Fairs & Festivals JAN. 19 – 21 – WINTER FILM FESTIVAL – Five films will be screened at Rainbow Cinemas, Northumberland Mall in Cobourg. Evening reception at Victoria Hall Jan. 20. For tickets and more information visit northumberlandfilm.ca.

JAN. 27 – POLAR BEAR FESTIVAL – Test the icy waters of the Trent River and head over to St. John’s United Church for a hearty lunch. Plunge at 12pm. Lion’s Park Beach, Cty. Rd. 50, Campbellford. Contact the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary to plunge, pledge or participate. Call 1-888-653-1556. FEB. 10 – FROSTFEST – Enjoy a day of family fun at Batawa Community Centre. Free entertainment all day, lunch, skating on the outdoor ice, marshmallow roasting, arts & crafts, balloon twisting, outdoor petting zoo and many more fun things to do. Enjoy a horse and carriage ride sponsored by the Batawa Development Corporation. Batawa Community Centre, 81 Plant St. 10am-2pm. Visit quintewest.ca for details. FEB. 19 – WINTER CHILL – Celebrate Family Day with the Town of Greater Napanee. A day of indoor and outdoor fun, including face painting, skating, marshmallow roasting, horse-drawn wagon rides, cotton candy and more. 11am-3pm. Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Dr. Napanee. Visit greaternapanee.com. FEB. 24 & 25 – ROGERS HOMETOWN HOCKEY TOUR – Outdoors in downtown Belleville. Interactive sporting displays, exhibits, musical entertainment, meet & greets and the NHL game viewing. Free fun for the whole family. Visit bellevillechamber.ca. MAR. 1 – 4 – KINGSTON CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL

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LES AMIS CONCERTS – St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Cobourg. Visit lesamisconcerts.org. JAN. 14 – AYR TRIO – 2pm. FEB. 4 – CELLO AND PIANO – 3pm. MAR. 4 – MIR TRIO – 3pm.

MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. DEC. 8 & 9 – THE COLD CHRISTMAS CONCERT – Celtic and contemporary carols and seasonal songs. All proceeds to the YES Shelter for Youth and Families. 8pm. DEC. 15 – PEARLS – A Tribute to Carole King. 8pm. JAN. 13 – MUDMEN – Canada’s Celtic Rock Warriors. 8pm. FEB. 10 – SPOTLIGHT – Songs of Stage and Screen. Presented by Peterborough Pop Ensemble. 2pm.

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– View the best Canadian feature films of the year in downtown Kingston. In addition, KCFF presents four short film programs, free workshops and networking, industry guest appearances and talks, receptions, special events, music, comedy and awards. For more information visit kingcanfilmfest.com. MAR. 2 – 4 – DOCFEST – Three days of outstanding international documentary films in downtown Belleville. For information visit downtowndocfest.ca or email info@downtowndocfest.ca. MAR. 10 & 11 – MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL – A funfilled family weekend in the Village of Warkworth and at Sandy Flat Sugar Bush. Art, handcraft shows, petting zoo and street entertainment. At the Sugar Bush you'll find entertainment, sap making demonstrations, sleigh rides, nature trails, log sawing contest, 3-person plank race, snowshoe competition and pancakes, sausages & maple syrup. For more information visit warkworthmaplesyrupfestival.ca. APR. 1 – 30 – SPARK PHOTO FESTIVAL – A celebration of photography with photographic exhibits and artists at locations throughout Northumberland, Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. Call 705-741-5210 or visit sparkphotofestival.org. APR. 7 – QUINTE REGIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR – Quinte area students compete for a chance to enter the May 2018 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Ottawa. Loyalist College, 376 Wallbridge-Loyalist Rd. Belleville. For more information visit qrstf.ca. APR. 9 – 13 – NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS MUSIC FESTIVAL – Competition for music students of all ages. Port Hope United Church. Winners will perform at the final concert Apr. 21. Visit northumberlandhillsmusicfestival.com or call 905-797-1134.

CAMPBELLFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7:30pm. Christ Church Anglican (corner of Church/Kent Sts.). For more information call 705-6532897 visit gardenontario.org/site.php/Campbellford. COBOURG ECOLOGY GARDEN – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month. 7pm. Legion Village’s Golden Rail Hall, 111 Hibernia St. Cobourg. Call 905-377-9066. COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month. 7pm. Columbus Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. Visit cobourggardenclub.org or email cobourghort@gardenontario.org. CRAMAHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Tues. of each month. 7pm. Keeler Centre, 80 Division St. Colborne. Visit cramahehort.ca or email cramahehort@gmail.com. GRAFTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. Everyone welcome. Please lug a mug. St. Andrew’s United Church, 137 Old Danforth Rd. Call 905-349-3766 or email grafton.hort@gmail.com. KINGSTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month. 7:30pm. Ongwanada Resource Centre, 191 Portsmouth Ave. Annual garden tour and bus trip. Visit ikweb.com/khs or find us on facebook. LAKEFIELD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. Lakefield Marshland Centre. For more information call 705-743-0068 or visit lakefieldhort.org.

APR. 9 – 13 – QUINTE ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL – For times and locations of performances visit quinterotarymusicfestival.com. Top festival musicians perform in a Concert of Stars April 25.

JAN. 27 – ROBBIE BURNS DINNER – Enjoy haggis, a silent auction, live entertainment, dancing, pipes and drums. LiUNA Local 183 Hall, 560 Dodge St. Cobourg. Advance tickets $45. 4:30pm. For more information visit cobourghighlandgames.ca. FEB. 10 – GALA FOR HOSPICE PRINCE EDWARD – "When You Were Young and In Love" dinner prepared by Chef Michael Hoy and dance featuring Eddy and the Stingrays. Also auctions. 5:30pm. Highline Hall in Wellington, Prince Edward County. Tickets $100 (tax receipt for portion). Call 613-645-4040 or email kmoore@hospicepe.com. MAR. 10 – PUB CRAWL – Discover downtown Cobourg through its charming restaurants and pubs. Enjoy appetizers, local beers and designer cocktails. Visit downtowncobourg.ca or call 905-377-8024.

Garden Clubs/ Horticultural Societies AMELIASBURGH GARDEN CLUB – Meets the last Mon. of each month. 7pm. Ameliasburgh Town Hall, 13 Coleman St. Call 613-967-8308 or visit sites.google.com/site/ameliasburghgc/home. BELLEVILLE GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. 7pm. Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave. Belleville. For more information please visit gardenontario.org/site.php/belleville or you can email yourbellevillegardenclub@gmail.com. BRIGHTON GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. 7pm. King Edward Community Centre, 81 Elizabeth St. Brighton. Call 613-475-9563 or 613475-4009. JAN. 23 – PROPAGATION. FEB. 27 – BENEFITS OF BIRDS IN THE GARDEN. MAR. 27 – TICKS, SPIDERS ETC.

DEC. 24 – COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 20 Mill St. Warkworth. 7:30pm. Call 705-924-9494.

UNTIL JAN. 2 – CHRISTMAS MAGIC – Rotary Harbourfront Park and Cobourg waterfront become magical when they are lit up with over 100,000 lights. 610pm nightly. Call 1-888-262-6874 or visit cobourgtourism.ca for more information.

DEC. 31 – FIRST NIGHT – Enjoy a free night of activities for the whole family in Cobourg's Rotary Harbourfront Park. 7-10pm. Skating, music and fireworks along the waterfront at 10pm. Call 1-888-262-6874 or visit cobourgtourism.ca for information.

DEC. 1, 8, 15 & 22 – YULE LOVE WARKWORTH – Magic Under the Stars. Come enjoy the magic of the season in Warkworth on Friday Nights in December. Festivities include horse-drawn wagon rides, children’s activities and great shopping. 6-9pm.

DEC. 31 – NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER AND DANCE – Featuring live entertainment by The Shadows. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110 Trenton, 19 Quinte St. 6pm. Advance tickets only. Call 613-392-0331 or visit rcl110.ca.

DEC. 3 – SANTA CLAUS PET PARADE – Parade will start and end at the Castleton Town Hall and will be followed by the lighting of the Castleton Town Hall tree. Parade 3:30-4:30pm. Tree lighting 5pm. Pre-register your pets with Delia at 905-344-7819.

LENNOX & ADDINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Wed. of each month. 7pm. Fire Hall, 66 Advance Ave. Napanee. Call 613-840-5029 or email lennoxaddhs@gmail.com. PETERBOROUGH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 4th Wed. of each month. 7pm. Lion’s Centre, 347 Burnham St. Visit peterboroughhort.com. PORT HOPE & DISTRICT – Horticultural Society and Garden Club. Meets monthly. Refreshments 7pm. Meeting 7:30pm. Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill St. S. Port Hope. Call Carole 905-885-0098. DEC. 11 – TWIG DESIGN – Also Christmas flower and photography competitions. JAN. 8 – AGM – Also slide show of members’ gardens. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the last Wed. of each month. 7pm. Picton Town Hall. Visit pechorticultural.org or call 416554-2897. STIRLING & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Mon. of each month. 7pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 110 Mill St. Call 613-3959165 or email stirlingdhs@gmail.com. TRENTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY & GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month. 7pm. Trenton United Church, 85 Dundas St. E. Trenton. Visit trentonhortsociety.ca or call 613-849-5506. TWEED HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Tues. of each month. 7pm. Tweed Public Library. For more information E-mail info@tweedhort.ca or visit tweedhort.blogspot.ca.

Holiday Activities UNTIL DEC. 17 – FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND TREES – The Capitol Theatre in Port Hope is transformed into a winter wonderland with Christmas trees available to be won by raffle. For information call 905-885-1071 or visit capitoltheatre.com. UNTIL JAN. 1 – FANTASY OF LIGHTS – Fraser Park,

Outdoor FERRIS PROVINCIAL PARK – 474 Cty. Rd. 8 Campbellford. Call 705-632-0894 or visit friendsofferris.ca.

DEC. 9 – COOKIE EXTRAVAGANZA – Homemade Christmas cookies for $5/dozen. Have some lunch and purchase a raffle ticket to be drawn in time for Christmas. Free admission. St. Paul’s United Church, 60 Main St. Warkworth. 10am-2pm. Call 705-924-3108 or visit warkworthfair.com. DEC. 9, 16 & 23 – CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOUR – Enjoy beautiful lights and majestic holiday scenery on a horse-drawn carriage tour through the streets of Picton. Starting from 229 Main St. Picton. 7pm. For more information visit countycarriage.com. DEC. 10 – CHILDREN’S OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS – Tour the historic village of Scugog Shores, traditionally decorated for the holidays with evergreen boughs, bright ribbons and berries. 11am-3pm. Scugog Shores Museum, 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 or visit scugog.ca. DEC. 12 – LIGHTING OF THE MENORAH – Fraser Park, 1 Fraser Park Dr. Quinte West. 5pm. For more information visit downtowntrenton.ca.

Food & Drink DEC. 3 & 4 – WASSAIL THE COUNTY – Join Prince Edward County’s winemakers for mulled wines, comfort foods and festive good cheer. Visit princeedwardcountywine.ca for dates and locations.

Trenton and Frankford Tourist Park. Enjoy magical light displays while listening to favourite holiday carols. Call 613-392-2841 or visit quintewest.ca.

DEC. 15 & 16 – WHOVILLE AND THE FESTIVAL OF TREES – Free admission to the Family Area, Whoville Vendors, Secret Elf Shoppe, Grandparents Dance and Jingle, Meet the Grinch, Festival of Trees and Festival Dance. Knights of Columbus Hall, Trenton. Contact Connie at quintewestyouth@gmail.com or 613-392-6946. DEC. 16 – CHRISTMAS MARKET – Hosted by Port Hope Farmers’ Market. A mix of arts, crafts and farmers’ market vendors. Town Park Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul St. Port Hope. 10am. Visit porthopefarmersmarket.ca or facebook.com/PHFarmersMarket. DEC. 16 – DESSERTS WITH DICKENS – Trenton Town Hall - 1861 Heritage and Cultural Centre, 55 King St. Quinte West. “Charles” himself will read from The Christmas Carol at the Trenton Town Hall where guests can share in some Victorian desserts made with Dickens family recipes. $15. 7-8pm. Visit facebook.com/trentontownhall or downtowntrenton.ca. DEC. 16 – DOWNTOWN WITH DICKENS – Trenton Town Hall - 1861 Heritage and Cultural Centre, 55 King St. Quinte West. Come out for free samples and treats as you shop the downtown core, drop into Trenton Town Hall for a cider, hot chocolate, cookie and a visit with Father Christmas or a story read by Mrs. Cratchit while you wait for your wagon ride around town. 1-4pm. Visit downtowntrenton.ca or facebook.com/trentontownhall. DEC. 17 – CAROLING WITH THE DONKEYS – Tour of PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary and meet the animals. Live Christmas music and complimentary refreshments. No admission but donations gratefully accepted. 1-4pm. 1296 Bowmanton Rd. Roseneath. Visit primrosedonkeysanctuary.com or call 905-377-1743. DEC. 24 – CANDLELIGHT COMMUNION SERVICE – Port Hope United Church, 34 South St. Port Hope. 10pm. Email phunited@bellnet.ca or call 905-885-2421. DEC. 24 – CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE – Port Hope United Church, 34 South St. Port Hope. 7pm. Call 905-885-2421 or email phunited@bellnet.ca.

GANARASKA FOREST CENTRE – 10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd. Campbellcroft. Visit grca.on.ca or call 905-885-8173. MAR. 17 – MAPLE SYRUP DAY – Learn all about the sweet tradition of syrup production through site tours, demonstrations, stories and games. Let the kids create crafts and have their faces painted while you enjoy live music and a pancake feast. Adults $15/Children 16 & under $10. Tickets purchased at gatehouse upon arrival. 10am-1pm. Ganaraska Forest Centre,10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd. Campbellcroft. LONE PINE LAND TRUST – Join as a member or volunteer to work toward the preservation of land, water and diverse life in the Northumberland area. Visit lonepinemarsh.ca. LOWER TRENT CONSERVATION – For hike information and meeting points call 613-394-4829 or visit ltc.on.ca. NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA – Join the Conservation Volunteers to help protect Canada’s species and natural areas. Call 1-866-281-5331 or visit conservationvolunteers.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND LAND TRUST – Preserving Northumberland County – one acre at a time. Call 905-342-3851 or visit nltrust.ca. PRESQU’ILE PROVINCIAL PARK – 328 Presqu’ile Pkwy. Brighton. Park entrance fee. All events free. Call 613-475-4324 ext. 225 or visit friendsofpresquile.on.ca. MAR. 17 & 18 – WATERFOWL WEEKEND – Volunteers will help you see and identify up to 25 species of ducks, geese and swans. Children’s activities, photo and art displays, Friends’ BBQ and gift shop. $10/vehicle entrance fee. 10am-4pm. PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY – Research station that monitors migrating birds along the south shore of Prince Edward County. 6056 Long Point Rd. southeast of Picton. Visit peptbo.ca.

Shows & Sales DEC. 9 & 10 – BUSY HANDS CRAFT SHOW – Handmade local wares with a focus on natural, unprocessed, locally-sourced and crafted things. Sat. 9am-6pm. Sun. 10am-4pm. Essroc Arena, 111 Belleville St. Wellington. Email honeypiehh@gmail.com. DEC. 16 – LAST CHANCE BAZAAR – A wonderful selection of crafts, gift ideas and home-made preserves and baking. Hastings Legion, 10 Front St. W. 10am-4pm. Call 705-696-2363 for details. FEB. 3 & 4 – ANTIQUE & NOSTALGIA SHOW & SALE – Scugog Community Recreation Centre, 1655 Reach St. Port Perry. 10am-4pm. Admission $5 (good for both days). All proceeds to the projects of the Lake Scugog Historical Society. Call 905-985-9250 or visit lakescugoghistoricalsociety.com.

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FEB. 3 & 4 – GANARASKA RAILWAY MODELERS – Working model train displays, vendors and exhibits. Largest and oldest 2-day model train show in Northumberland. Sat. 10am-4:30pm. Sun. 10am3pm. Town Park Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul St. Port Hope. Call 905-800-0410 for more information. MAR. 9 – 11 – QUINTE SPORTSMAN BOAT & RV SHOW – Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton Rd. Belleville. Fri. 10am-9pm. Sat. 9am8pm. Sun. 9am-6pm. Call 613-966-6838 or visit quintesportsmanshow.com for more information. MAR. 10 & 11 – PROM DRESS SALE – A wide selection of beautiful, lightly used and affordable dresses. Town Park Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul St. Port Hope. 10am-4pm. Call 905-885-7908 ext. 3424 or email youth@porthope.ca for more information. MAR. 30 & 31 – ANTIQUES & FOLK ART SHOW – Painted furniture, stoneware, early lighting, native arts, pottery, textiles, decoys, paintings, folk art and great examples of decorative accessories. Fri. 6-9pm. Sat. 10am-4pm. Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, 2440 Hwy. 2 Bowmanville. For information visit bowmanvilleantiquesshow.com. APR. 13 – 15 – PETERBOROUGH GARDEN SHOW – Landscapers, gardeners, growers, teachers and designers, garden displays, demonstrations, speakers, an interactive children’s garden, the latest in garden tools and much more. Fri. 5-9pm. Sat. 10am-5pm. Sun. 10am-4pm. $8/day. Weekend pass $12. Children under 12 free. Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Rd. Peterborough. Visit peterboroughgardenshow.com. APR. 14 – THE GATHERING – Annual gathering of spinners, weavers, rug hookers, knitters and crocheters. 10am-3pm. Admission $5. Port Hope High School, 130 Highland Dr. Port Hope. Contact Carolyn at 905-377-3470 or cray@eagle.ca for information.

Theatre & Film ALBERT COLLEGE – 160 Dundas St. W. Belleville. Call 613-968-5726 or visit albertcollege.ca. FEB. 8 – 10 – OUR TOWN – Senior school production. Adults $15. Students/seniors $10. 7pm. BELLEVILLE THEATRE GUILD – Pinnacle Playhouse, 256 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Call 613-967-1442 or visit bellevilletheatreguild.ca.

UNTIL DEC. 16 – NOISES OFF – 2pm & 8pm. FEB. 1 – 17 – MARION BRIDGE – 2pm & 8pm. BRIGHTON BARN THEATRE – 96 Young St. Brighton. Visit brightonbarntheatre.ca or call 613-475-2144. DEC. 14 – 17 – CHRISTMAS AT THE BARN – Seasonal tunes, heartwarming comedy and love of the holiday season fill the cozy and intimate Proctor-Simpson Barn for four performances only. 2pm & 8pm. CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-885-1071. UNTIL DEC. 23 – ROBIN HOOD – The Panto. Family & adult versions. 2pm & 8pm. JAN. 27 – TOSCA – Met Opera Live. 12:55pm. FEB. 10 – L’ELISIR D’AMORE – Met Opera Live. 12pm. MAR. 7 – LA BOHEME – Met Opera Live. 7pm. MAR. 10 – SEMIRAMIDE – Met Opera Live. 12:55pm. MAR. 31 – COSI FAN TUTTE – Met Opera Live. 12:55pm. MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. FEB. 11 – IF TRUTH BE TOLD – Presented by New Stages Theatre Company. 7:30pm. NORTHUMBERLAND PLAYERS – Call 905-372-0577 or visit northumberlandplayers.ca. DEC. 1 – 17 – BOB’S YOUR ELF – Firehall Theatre, Cobourg. 2pm & 7:30pm. For tickets call 905-3722210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com. JAN. 19 – FEB. 4 – PLAY ON – Dinner Theatre at Best Western Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre, Cobourg. Call 905-372-2105 to reserve. FEB. 23 – MAR. 4 – SISTER ACT – Cameco Capitol Arts Centre. 2pm & 7:30pm. For tickets call 905-8851071 or visit capitoltheatre.com. MAR. 16 – 31 – LEAVING HOME – Firehall Theatre, Cobourg. 2pm & 7:30pm. For tickets call 905-3722210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com. PRINCE EDWARD COMMUNITY THEATRE – Mount Tabor Playhouse, 2179 Cty. Rd. 17, Milford. Visit pecommtheatre.ca or call 613-476-5925 for more information. FEB. 17 – 25 – SINNERS – 2pm & 7:30pm. STIRLING FESTIVAL THEATRE – 41 West Front St. Stirling. Visit stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613395-2100. UNTIL DEC. 31 – LITTLE RED – Musical comedy panto. Family & adult versions. 2pm & 8pm. New Year’s Eve performance 9:30pm.

THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit theregenttheatre.org. DEC. 7 – HOLIDAY INN – The New Irving Berlin Musical. Live from Broadway’s Studio 54. 7pm. JAN. 27 – TOSCA – Met Opera Live. 1pm. FEB. 10 – L’ELISIR D’AMORE – Met Opera Live. 12pm. TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. FEB. 15 – 24 – SISTERS – 2pm & 8pm. Prior to the Feb. 16 show, take part in the show’s Gala Premier Celebration, with free wine and free desserts. After the show you are invited to tour the stage and meet the cast and crew. VOS THEATRE – Visit vostheatre.com or call 905885-8144 x201 for tickets and information. FEB. 10 – A VALENTINES NIGHT OF THEATRE & DESSERT – A play reading double bill and decadent dessert buffet. Tickets $20+ s/c. Doors open 6:45pm. Dalewood Golf Club, 7465 Dale Rd. Cobourg.

Tours & Open Houses DEC. 3 – PEC HOUSE TOUR – Self-guided tour of special heritage and contemporary homes in Prince Edward County all decked out in their holiday finery. Proceeds to help preserve historical County buildings. 11am-5pm. Contact Peta at sheltonpeta@gmail.com for more information. DEC. 6, 13 & 20 – GLANMORE BY GASLIGHT – Enjoy a guided tour of Glanmore National Historic Site by gaslight as the historic house is decorated for the holidays. 7-8:30pm. 257 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Advance tickets required. Please visit glanmore.ca or call 613-962-2329. DEC. 9 – HERMA’S OPEN HOUSE – Herma’s Fine Foods & Gifts, 5316 Hwy 28 Port Hope. 9am-5pm. Visit hermas.ca or call 905-885-9250. MAR. 24 & 25 – MAPLE IN THE COUNTY – Tour one of the participating sugarbushes, enjoy a pancake breakfast with fresh maple syrup, taffy on snow, S'mores, petting zoos, BBQ sausages, lumberjack show, artisan vendors, wineries and more. Visit mapleinthecounty.ca.

Winter Sports DEC. – MAR. – FREE PUBLIC SKATE – Every Sat. 121:30pm. Tweed-Hungerford Community Centre, 297

St. Joseph St. Tweed. DEC. – MAR. – ICE SKATING – Duncan McDonald Community Gardens, 8 Couch Cr. Trenton and Dr. McMullen Community Centre, 35 March St. Frankford. Bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank. Visit quintewest.ca for free skating schedule. DEC. – MAR. – OUTDOOR SKATING – Rotary Harbourfront Park, Cobourg. 8am-9pm daily (maintenance, weather and programming permitting). JAN. 27 – CROSS-COUNTRY SKI & SNOWSHOE DAY – Join the GRCA for an intro to cross-county skiing in the Ganaraska Forest. Make a day of it and give free snowshoeing a try. 9:30am & 1pm. Alternate date Feb. 3. Pre-registration and advance payment required. $25 includes equipment rental. Refundable deposit required. Ganaraska Forest Centre, 10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd. Campbellcroft. Call 905-8858173 or visit grca.on.ca. JAN. 27 – DION BRIGHTON SNOWSHOE RACE – 6km race in the Dion Eastern Ontario Snowshoe Running Series. Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area, Brighton. 10am. Registration 8:30-9:30am. Visit healthandadventure.com/races for more information. FEB. 2 – 4 – CFB TRENTON POND HOCKEY CLASSIC – Hosted by Canadian Armed Forces Members from CFB Trenton and supporting Wounded Warriors Canada and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation. Hockey-themed fundraising dinner Fri. An exciting 40 team outdoor pond hockey tournament Sat. & Sun. Batawa, next to the old Bata Shoe Factory. For details visit hockeyfortroops.com. FEB. 17 – 19 – FAMILY FISHING WEEKEND – License-free ice fishing. Visit ontariofamilyfishing.com for more details. MAR. 3 – BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE – Big Brothers Big Sisters' premier fun-raising event. 1pm. Northshore Lanes, 1111 Elgin St. W. Cobourg. Call 905-885-6422 or visit bigbrothersbigsisters.ca for more information. MAR. 14 – ART ON ICE – Jack Burger Sports Complex, Port Hope. Skate at one end of the ice or paint your very own creation on the arena ice surface. 12:30pm. Regular public skating fees apply. Visit porthope.ca or call 905-885-7908 ext. 3424 for more information.

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FOOD |

MARY, JOSEPH AND THE KIDS BY SHEILA TRENHOLM

“YOU GIRLS FORGET WE ARE VERY OLD PEOPLE.”

My sister Janie and I teased Mom and Dad for the rest of the trip about that line. But you know, we did forget. We hoisted them up castle keeps in Dorset, dragged them through brocantes in Normandy and pulled them through the trenches at Vimy Ridge. I guess they are old; they worry more than they used to. Dad worried that we wouldn’t get a B&B on Saturday night. Mom worried that we would run out of gas. On Saturday night we wheeled into the English seaside resort of Sidmouth – hungry, looking for accommodation and our tank registering empty. The police stopped us at the edge of town. “You can’t drive into town tonight, the carnival is on.” But, he did reassure us that we wouldn’t have a problem getting petrol in the morning. We parallel parked the car with encouragement from four staggering young lads, singing and splashing their pints onto the sidewalk. Mom stayed in the car. Janie headed in one direction, Dad and I in the other. The carnival was a strange parade, part Mardi Gras, part Coney Island circa 1940. I held Dad’s hand as we pushed through the crowd. It’s Raining Men, Hallelujah, blasted from a speaker on one of the floats. “Can’t say we don’t show you a good time, Dad,” I said squeezing his hand. By 10pm we’d found one twin bed in a four-storey Edwardian hotel overlooking the sea. It had a most unusual floor plan with split-levels and a labyrinth of staircases and rooms. “Your Mom and I can sleep in a twin,” said Dad. I looked at his 6-foot-4-inch frame and thought

to myself, “Riiiiiiight!” At that point we were willing to take anything, although I knew Janie and I deserved the doghouse. “Maybe I can give you the manager’s room,” said the boy at the reception desk. He barely looked old enough to be up that late. “We’ll take the stable at this point,” said Dad. “I’ll see what I can do, Joseph,” the kid smiled. 10:20pm – Two twin beds, things were looking up. “If you don’t mind the bell tower, I can put two cots up there.” 10:30pm – Two twin beds and two cots in the bell tower. We were in! The streets were almost quiet by the time we retrieved Mom from the car. Too late for dinner, we crammed into Dad’s room and had a three-course meal of single malt. Between each course we cleansed our palate with cheddar shorties. At midnight, Dad kicked us out and we began our search for Mom’s room. Fifteen minutes later we tucked her into a tiny alcove. “Thanks for getting me home girls,” she laughed. Our final challenge of the evening was to find the flight of stairs that led to the bell tower. Dragging her leg like Quasimodo, Janie guided me – the unsuspecting (and a tad tipsy) Belle – through a small attic door. In the morning Janie set off to find Mom while I began my search for Dad. We arrived in the breakfast room 20 minutes later, me with Mom, and she with Dad. As we were leaving, Mom stuffed £10 into an envelope with a note for the boy at the reception desk, “Thanks again for your help. Mary, Joseph and the kids.”

CHEESE SHORTIES Preheat oven to 400˚F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Blend together in medium-sized mixing bowl: 1 cup flour ½ tsp. paprika ¼ tsp. dry mustard pinch of cayenne pepper/dash of hot sauce In a separate bowl cream: ½ cup butter Gradually blend in: 2 cups shredded, aged Canadian cheddar cheese Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Shape into logs about 1” in diameter. Wrap in wax paper and ch ill 1 hour. Slice into ¼” slices and place 1” apart on baking sheet. Brush with milk and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 4 dozen. Enjoy with single malt scotch and well-aged parents.

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MEANDERINGS |

THE COBOURG HARBOUR WINTER 1898

FROM ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS at the mouth of the Midtown Creek in

Cobourg, the harbour has sheltered sailors and their ships and served the town’s economic and social needs. The first harbour, completed in 1832, was the town’s commercial hub, where three-masted schooners arrived in port with manufactured goods and left with their holds filled with local lumber, flour, corn and pork. They also brought in settlers and immigrants – in 1847 over 5,000 Irish immigrants suffering from cholera came ashore. In later years the schooners and steamers brought in coal from the States, exported iron ore from Marmora and ferried passengers across the lake to Rochester. In the ’50s and ’60s, oil tankers pumped fuel from their hulls into the huge commercial oil tanks on the harbourfront. Battered by relentless wind, weather and waves, the harbour has been rebuilt, dredged and expanded many times since 1832. Today, visitors to the harbour will see pleasure boats, sailboats and the occasional coast guard boat moored at the docks. Gone are the schooners and the immigrants who stepped off the decks in search of a new life in a new land. Image courtesy Cobourg Public Library

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