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Relay for Life is inspirationalBy Steve JesselEMC News - Belleville - Another year, and an-other Relay for Life is in the books, and once again the Belleville and area community answered the Canadian Cancer Societys call en route to raising over $200,000 at the annual fund-raising event.

It was a great success; we were very happy with the turnout, said Relay for Life co-ordinator Matthew Del Grosso.

A total of 63 teams, 649 participants, 174 survivors and countless community members gathered at the Loyalist College grounds on Saturday, June 22, walking the oval track in support of cancer victims and cancer research. While donations are still coming in daily, a total of $207,123 was announced as the fund-raising total for the event, and while the number is shy of the event goal, Del Grosso said hes very happy with the result.

We didnt make our goal, but were really happy with the way the event went and the changes that were incorporated this year, he said. Our total will continue to climb.

Those attending the Relay can be excused for thinking they had mistakenly arrived at a carnival of some kind, as the Under the Big Top theme brought out plenty of colourful costumes and activities for people of all ages. As is custom, the event officially kicked off with a cancer survivors lap of the track, before the hundreds of participants joined them on the loop.

Its very gratifying, Del Grosso said. Weve been working on the event [since August of last year], and you really like to see that in the end that a significant amount of money was raised for something that so many people poured so many hours and passion into.

While for many the carnival atmosphere was a reason to smile and celebrate, Relay for Life is also a chance to remember and celebrate lost loved ones. Among the bright and colourful costumes of the teams on the track walked Evelyn Wilson, carrying in her hands a photograph of a teenage girl. When asked, Wilson identified the photo as being of her daughter Katie, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, at 15 years of age in June of 2010. Katie passed away on February 10, 2011.

This is phenomenal, it really is, Evelyn said, when asked what it was like to see so many people come out to support the event. Relay for Life is really an inspirational night for everybody to remember, fight back, and honour those [we have lost].

Looking back on a successful event, Del Grosso said he wanted to thank everyone who made it possible, from volunteers to participants. Money raised from the event helps support local cancer programs as well as national cancer research.

The annual Relay for Life event kicked off with a survivors walk around the track at Loyalist College. The event raised over $200,000 this year.

By Kate EversonEMC News - Quinte West - There will be no further action taken on a pro-posed revised sign bylaw.

Weve been through this before, said Mayor John Williams at the Planning Advisory Committee. Its just a fun time.

The changes proposed include banning portable signs in the downtown areas.

We are looking for serious input from the DBIA before we start to look at it, Williams said.

Jim Harrison asked why the sign bylaw was being revised.

Williams said, There are still signs all over the place. It looks junky. We need to try and clean it up a bit.

The citys sign bylaw was originally approved in 2005 and updated in 2009. The citys marketing and signage sub-committee of the Economic and

Revitalization Committee requested several changes.

Some of these changes include: portable signs are not permitted in the Community Improvement Project areas in Trenton and Frankford; permits are required for sandwich board signs; the maximum size is one metre by .8 metres (three feet by two feet); the location of signs is restricted to within .8 metres of the curb; banner, flashing, pennant, electronic message display, portable signs, roof signs and billboard signs are prohibited in the downtown core.

A public meeting will be scheduled at a later date. Staff will consult with the local sign companies on the proposed change prior to making a final recommendation to committee. The Trenton Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) and Quinte West Chamber of Commerce will be consulted.

Some of the changes will have

significant impacts on businesses and sign companies, commented city clerk DonnaLee Craig.

Mayor John Williams added, I suggest we not go near it unless they suggest it. There are some signs all over the place in the downtown.

The planning committee also heard a report from the Accessibility Advisory Committee. Anne-Marie Cunningham, co-ordinator, reported that all five of the funding requests have been turned down by the federal government for accessibility funding. However, Charlie Murphy, director of planning and development, said there may be enough in the budget for one project. The committee recommended the following be prioritized as follows: accessible counters at city hall be approved for $40,800, automatic door openers and washroom upgrades for city hall at

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By Richard TurtleEMC News - Belleville - The hearing into the conduct of Stirling-Rawdon Police Services Board (PSB) Chair Greg Oliver continued this week with lengthy testimony from Mayor Rod-ney Cooney creating growing doubts among regular spectators the process will soon be over.

So far the panel has heard from several regular attendees of PSB meetings, including both officials as well as members of the Belleville Po-lice Service. Early this week Cooney was asked several times by OCPC lawyer Brian Whitehead exactly what he meant by different comments, re-lating to previous board members and their activities, made in a prepared statement delivered at the August, 2011 PSB meeting and subsequently published in the EMC, admitting the statements were his alone and not sanctioned by Oliver or the board.

Asked why he chose that par-ticular time to voice his concerns, Cooney responded, Because I was frustrated, noting he was, and con-tinues to be, unable to find answers to questions relating to an amended contract with Police Chief Brian Fo-ley that was extended beyond the cur-rent term of council.

Whitehead then suggested Cooney was frustrated before you came on the board, to which Cooney con-curred.

However, throughout the question-ing Cooney, when asked, would not speculate on what Olivers thoughts might have been, adding he was sim-ply pursuing his election platform for more accountability and answers.

After being asked directly if he plans to continue to pursue his line of inquiry into changes made to the chiefs contract Cooney responded, Im just asking questions as a mu-nicipally elected official.

Whitehead noted that Cooney had continued raising issues that have been resolved for months, to which Cooney responded, its still an issue with me.

In closing, Whitehead noted, you have an incredibly suspicious mind.

I would agree, Cooney said.To clarify, panel member Roy Con-

acher asked Cooney of his intentions regarding the presentation of his contro-versial published statement. Conacher suggested it didnt matter what the code of conduct was, you were going to make it (during a PSB meeting) anyway, to which Cooney responded that was a fair comment. When asked if he thought the controversy had an impact on the boards ability to function, Cooney replied the feedback he has heard has been 60-40 negative.

It was unknown at press time if a decision had been reached.

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By Kate EversonEMC News - Quinte West - The Great Lakes Sustainabil-ity Fund will help fund two new environmental projects in Quinte West.

MP Rick Norlock announced $360,000 to Lower Trent Con-servation toward the moni-toring of habitat for fish and wildlife. Quinte Conservation will receive $53,463 toward the Bay of Quinte long-term monitoring program: taste and odour survey.

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term plans for the bay, said Terry Murphy, general man-ager of Quinte Conservation.

He said the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan needs to be supported to ensure the high quality of water.

Anne Anderson from Lower Trent Conservation said there have been 80 recommenda-tions for the bay including ten environmental challenges.

Through the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund, the gov-ernment of Canada supports projects to remediate each of

Canadas 14 remaining areas of concern within the Great Lakes basin. Since 1989 the fund has contributed over $110 million to more than 900 part-nered projects to improve wa-ter quality in these areas.

The Bay of Quinte remains on the list of Canadian Areas of Concern, along with Thun-der Bay, Nipigon Bay, Penin-sula Harbour, Hamilton Har-bour, Toronto and Region, and Port Hope Harbour.

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By Steve JesselEMC News - Belleville - While the elementary school year wraps up this week, its never too early to start thinking about school supplies for next year. A new set of pencils, pens, markers, notebooks and everything else school-related can add up each September, which is why the United Way of Quintes Good Backpack Program has found a strong need in the Prince-Edward Hastings community year after year.

Its certainly grown exponen-tially over the years, and so has the community support for the program as well, and thats really great to see, said United Way director of community resources Amy Watkins.

First established in 2000, the Good Backpack Program aims to help families who need a lit-tle extra assistance purchasing school supplies for their children each year. While the program aided roughly 200 students the first time out, Watkins said over 1,200 students were given back-packs in 2012, an amount she at

least expects to match in 2013.We can all remember our

educational career and the differ-ence a new backpack can make to the way children feel about themselves, Watkins said. If we can level that playing field for children and have them start the school year off on par with their peers, and generate that excite-ment about learning and being engaged in a school environ-ment, then the potential for them is endless.

Backpacks cost families just $10, and are packed to the brim full of all the school essentials such as paper and pens. Back-packs are also personalized for gender and age, and older stu-dents backpacks can also include scientific calculators and math sets if needed, two of the more costly items for parents to pur-chase. The program is available for Hastings and Prince Edward County children entering junior kindergarten up through Grade 8 in September 2013, and Watkins added that great pains are taken to ensure the backpacks and sup-plies arent identifiable as part of

the program. The total value of each backpack is between $50 and $75.

We dont want children as-sociated with the program to feel that theyre labelled as needing it, Watkins said.

As part of the program a num-ber of community registration dates have been taking place across the region this past week, with a Belleville date scheduled for today, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the United Way of-fice at 48 Dundas Street West, Belleville. For those unable to make the registration, parents can stop by the United Way of-fices, the Community Develop-ment Council of Quinte Offices at 249 William Street, Belleville, or the City of Quinte West up un-til July 26.

We want [students] to be ex-cited to go back to school, and excited to learn and be engaged, Watkins said. Thats why the United Way feels its so impor-tant to be part of this program.

For more information, visit the United Way web site at .

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Great Lakes get a boost with Sustainability fundinginclude fish and wildlife habitat res-toration, said Norlock, contaminat-ed sediment remediation, landowner stewardship, and control of pollution from municipal wastewaters and ru-ral runoff.

He noted that the Great Lakes pro-vide a wealth of economic and social benefits for 40 million people who live on both sides of the border. The ecosystem supports more than 3,500 species of plants and animals.

Norlock added that the funding proposals are put through a rigorous technical review process that takes into account the priorities that have been established in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and United States and the Canada-Ontario agreement Respect-ing the Great Lakes Ecosystem.

To date, three of the 17 original Canadian Areas of Concern have been fully restored: Severn Sound, Collingwood Harbour and Wheatley Harbour. Canadian areas in recovery include Spanish Harbour and Jack-fish Bay.

Binational areas of concern are the St. Lawrence River, Niagara River, St. Marys River, St. Clair River, and Detroit River.

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Terry Murphy (Quinte Conservation), Glenda Rogers (Lower Trent Conserva-tion), MP Rick Norlock, and Mayor John Williams are on the berm overlook-ing the Bay of Quinte at Trenton. Photo: Kate Everson

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EMC News - An electric cart has been donated to the DBIA to be used downtown for gardening and weeding planters. Mike Eden of Custom Carts and Paul Whitley donated the vehicle. From the left are Mike Eden, Paul Whitley, Kevin Towers, Chris Angelo, Meghan Morin, Kristen DeVries, Amy Mountenay, Bob Rowbotham, Mayor John Williams and Dan Bewsky. Photo: Kate Everson

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Draft Plan revised for Rosewood Acres subdivisionBy Kate EversonEMC News - Quinte West - The Plan-ning Advisory Committee has approved a revised draft plan for Rosewood Acres Phase 3 subdivision in Frankford, part of Dor-Ann Homes, property owned by Frank and Doris Vreugdenhil.

This approval applies to the draft plan revised on February 14 by Van Meer Limited, reported area planner Scott Pordham.

The property includes 110 single de-tached residential lots on Part of Lot 2, Concession 6, in the ward of Frankford.

The applicant is now seeking a Red Line amendment and nal approval for Phase 3 consisting of 18 residential lots (lots 54-

sent application, the applicant has been working to remove the barn from the property.

The consent application was approved by the Com-mittee of Adjustment on May 9, following con rma-tion from the Health Unit

that a sewage system could be located on the developed severed parcel.

The proposal is consistent with the Provincial Policy and meets the intent of the Of cial Plan and Sidney Zoning Bylaw.

72) that will be accessed from North Trent Street.

The Red Line amendment will serve to shift lots 66 to 71 to the west to accommodate elements of the storm water management plan, Pordham noted.

The storm water facility has already been constructed as part of Phase 1 of the sub-division. The repositioned lots will be further away from existing development along North Trent Street.

Staff consider the Red Line amendment to be a mi-

nor alteration to the original plan, Pordham added.

The Planning Advisory Committee also approved an application from Tony and Brenda Sine for Part of Lots 14 and 15 on Concession 9 in Sidney Ward to be rezoned from Special Agriculture to Special Residential Rural. Concerns raised by the Health Unit have been addressed and the application recirculated to the public. The land has a to-tal of 54 hectares (133 acres) with 584 metres (1,916 feet) of frontage on Carmel Road.

The purpose of the amendment is to rezone the proposed severed lot to the new Special Residential Rural Zone to facilitate the severance of a surplus farm dwelling. The special zone provi-sion will recognize the front yard depth of the existing dwelling. The zoning of the vacant farm land will be amended to include a special provision that prohibits construction of a residential dwelling in accordance with the Provincial Policy.

The land subject to the application is a large farm parcel, Pordham added. It is generally a at parcel with some gently rolling hills. There is an exist-ing home and barn located near Carmel Road. As a condition of the related con-

EMC News - Trenton - The Trent Port Historical Society would like to thank everyone who has contributed family, business and historical photos to be in-cluded in the Photo Mosaic Mural. We have wonderful family shots, proud owners of businesses in Quinte West and unexpected glimpses into the past!

With the help of our scanning sta-tions, Teds Computers, 50 Quinte Street, TCS, 45 Front Street and The National Air Force Museum of Canada on RCAF Road, we have amassed this collection. The artist, Chuck Street, of Prescott, now has the unenviable job of sorting the photographs and inserting them into the design.

The mural, when nished, will be placed on the Community Policing building in downtown Trenton, near the end of the Veterans Skyway Bridge. It will be 64 feet long by 8 feet high.

If you still want to add your fam-ily photographs you can email them to or visit the scanning stations. The donation for submissions is one photo $10; three photos $25; 15 photos, $100. If you would like to sponsor one of the spaces on the lm strip, that can be arranged by calling 613-920-8637.

The deadline for contributing pho-tographs for the mural is approaching, July 5, 2013. This will enable having the mural completed and installed in Octo-ber.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thoughts, people, time: everything has to be rightDear Editor,

In his book Thinking for a Change, Dr. John Maxwell says, The right thought, plus the right people, in the right environment, at the right time, for the right reason, always produces the right result.* Had the city council taken this advice, maybe buildings like BCI would still be standing. The former library met with a better fate, in that it now functions as a vibrant community space. The vision of the new owners rescued and restored a building aban-doned for a newer model. Heritage was set aside because of prohibited costs. I remember the debate to relocate to oth-er existing sites, but the cost of a new building was favoured as an asset to the modern Belleville.

My temporary relocation to Kingston,

owing to health, has exposed me to a site we need to replicate in Belleville, start-ing with the Memorial Arena. Promote our history, discover the past events and develop tourist interest.

The Farmers Market idea, although a good one if we want produce coming from the GTA flooding our city more so than already is happening, doesnt sit well with vendors polled who already support the Downtown Market. They miss the added draw weekend tourna-ments brought to their stands. The cost to outfit the arena with additional elec-tricity, insulation, security, etc., would almost pay for synthetic ice.

Yes synthetic ice is easy, inexpensive, lasts for years and needs no ice plant to maintain it. My grandkids learned to skate on synthetic ice in Pickering,

and during my grandsons first year of ice hockey, he was on a level with others who learned on ice two years before. The product testimonies range from hockey players, figure skaters and even the Canadian sledge hockey team. Seniors need not worry about cold ice again. Learn to skate programs would flourish, and the people would return, not as many mind you.

Ron Way stated, Its our history only that makes Canadians different from Americans who share the environ-ment of this continent. Mr. Way was Canadas top restorer of historic sites, and brought Fort Henry from disrepair in the 1930s to a place to go during stay-cations.

The home of Canadas first prime minister and his law office are featured

on the historic walks of Kingston, at-tracting people from all parts of the world. Do we know who Canadas fifth prime minister was and where he is bur-ied? He was rated 19th out of the top 20 prime ministers.

I suggest we look at synthetic ice as an option that wont affect the rental options of the new Wellness Centre but will add an attraction to downtown. Add to it a Belleville walk of fame, out front on the sidewalk, featuring people who have made Belleville home, and brought fame to our city: golfers, hockey greats, politicians, and writers to name a few. People would roam the area to look for names like Farley Mowat, Bobby Hull, MacKenzie Bowell or our Belleville Macs. Include the inside of the arena, upper level with pictures and stories

about the famous Bellevillians and give us a pat on the back. A Belleville Hall of Fame would attract visitors and interest in relocating to historic Belleville.

Or do we need another modern eight-storey condo building with 50 per cent retail space sitting empty. Sell off and or promote the empty lots we already have. Quinte Hotel comes to mind or the space across from City Hall. Build where it is needed, use what we have to its utmost potential. When able, stop by the CORE at 223 Pinnacle and see what vision and with the right thought, plus the right people, at the right time, for the right reason, produced the right result.

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Dear Editor,This is an open letter to Iain Hender-

son in Brighton and to address some of the issues raised in his letter, published on Thursday, June 20, 2013.

This letter is an exhaustive and crit-ical one of the points stated by Iain, but a very friendly reminder to the readership. As we all know, there is always the other side of the proverbial coin. I will try and address some para-graphs as they appeared in the paper on June 20.

1. Canada Post and the Human Re-sources individuals working in Rick Norlocks office are very sorry that the brochure was received by Iain on a rainy day. It was Environment Can-adas fault.

2. 33 per cent of the national vote and even less public support? Why do we have a majority government? Is our system so flawed? Can the author suggest an alternative? If so, Canadi-ans will be very happy.

Can we talk about Europe and the Pacific Rim as an entity? We have to! I am somehow confident that Iain sup-ports Europe, the Pacific Rim, Asia and the rest of the world for that mat-ter. If he wants it or not, the world is a global village.

3. Should Rick Norlock talk about what he is and will be doing for his constituents? Or should he concen-trate on the grand scheme of things? Should he, like Iain says, address the repressive regimes in China and even Russia? I do not think so. We need his input in Northumberland.

4. If our PM, our GG and our Armed Forces will have to use the same plane and all this will only cost $20,000 for a paint job, lets do it and save the tax-payers some funds so we can help Cal-gary with the floods.

5. Our roads and infrastructures are not in dire straits as Iain says. Region-

al roads are the provinces responsibil-ity, municipal roads are the municipal-itys.

Lets not compare apples and or-anges. We know they are all fruit, but lets be smart.

We can see how the 401 has been expanded to three lanes all the way to Cobourg. With a country that is wel-coming over 250,000 people every year and caring for them, no other country in the world is emulating this endeavour. Canada is what it is today because we welcome new Canadi-ans and without them, we will not be where we are now.

6. Iain should not be amused at this stage of his life about Mr. Norlocks use of statistics as we as readers can understand how things are done. Iain knows and must have used statistics during his working life, and he knows how stats can be manipulated etc. We all took Stats 101 at university as far as I know. I am sure he knows that in todays economy, his expression Buy Canadian is somewhat like an oxymoron. I would like him to tell the readers how many items in his house-hold or in any segment of society are made in Canada. How many items can one buy at Canadian Tire that are made in Canada?

I remember in the 1970s when to the question: Where is the North Pole, where Santas elves were mak-ing all the toys? The answer was: In Taiwan, Saying: Buy Canadian, while using a cell phone, an electronic device or using most of the cars on our roads is just inappropriate. It seems that the only thing made in Canada I can buy is a bottle of maple syrup or a bottle of ice wine. Should I fly to Cal-gary and buy a bottle of crude oil? It is as if we are pressing Saudi Arabia to produce NHL hockey players.

7. I will not dwell on the rest of

Iains concerns. I am certain, that he has an axe to grind with Rick Norlock. I would only like to remind him that many of our citizens welcome a bro-chure in the mail because they have paid for it. It can be a blue one, a red one or of any colour.

If people do not want to receive these brochures, they can notify their MPs office and help reduce the work-

load for the office workers and for Canada Post.

We can also reduce our carbon foot-print by refraining to write to editors just to mention issues we all know and cant change for the time being.

8. I am very well aware that we Ca-nadians complain about the weather, we complain about our politicians, we love life and we are a happy bunch!

The writer of this letter is not a Tory, not a Liberal nor does the writer belong to any Canadian party. The writer is a Canadian citizen, living in Brighton, Ontario, who strives to be as objective as possible.

So lets be real Canadians, hey!Cheers,

Moktar El-Ayari, Brighton

Im happy to get Rick Norlocks brochures

Dear Editor,Bob Johnsons criticizing letter,

Another economics lesson for Wy-ley comes across as fervent admira-tion for nuclear and McGuinty. Wyley Canucks sin is he believes Ontario Power Generations operators earning $375,000 a year is too high.

Monthly power bills always include a significant charge for unfunded debt. This represents losses in tens of billions mostly from nuclear construc-tion, refurbishing, down time and ex-orbitant wages. Without shifting these enormous costs to taxpayers, the com-plex would have been unpalatable to investors.

Mr. Johnson mathematically com-pliments OPG for paying $375,000 annually for operators to handle 243, 36-hour down times in a year called intervals which means this palatial installation is inoperative for half a year. All this loss finds its way into our energy bills. Compare this Pick-ering colossus with Lennox, a small gas-fired plant in Napanee under con-tract until 2022. They are paid $7.1 million a month whether they produce one kilowatt of electricity or none. In a full year, Lennox only operates 1.5 per cent of the time.

Mr. Johnson further claims, If

OPG does not have any reserve gen-eration available when a nuclear unit goes down, they will be forced to buy from adjacent utilities. These utilities will charge the rate for the most ex-pensive generation.

There are a number of things very wrong in these statements.

Under his Green Act, McGuinty closed our most inexpensive gener-ating sources, coal power, and failed to replace them adequately with gas power. To ensure a majority govern-ment, he cancelled the already under construction gas-fired Mississauga plant. Its cost us $574 million so far.

His estimate for cancelling the Eto-bicoke plant which is 3.5 times larger, is $40 million. McGuintys actions do force us to buy from more expensive utilities. Under this same act, wind turbine generators and solar, often produce power when it is not needed. This excess power is sold at a loss or given away. Besides other green initiatives, this additional burden is added to our bills.

A nuclear facility is a highly dan-gerous place and only ineluctable standards of performance and safety must apply. Millions of lives are at risk. In November 2011, OPG in co-ordination with police at the Picker-

ing nuclear station, fired 11 workers. OPG said they were in violation of their code of conduct. Allegations included misuse of computers, email and drugs. Accompanied by Power Workers Unions lawyers, eight went to arbitration. They were rehired. With OPGs generosity, they were probably receiving full wages while their dismissal was appealed. Their names are secret. How many were in the $375,000 income category, we will never know.

Nuclear production leaves fatal waste. Tom Mitchell, head of OPG long term solution is to spend $24 billion on a two-track system to bury it. Over a 20-year term and excluding costs absorbed by industry and com-mercial activities, it is estimated to cost each family $30,000 or $1,500 a year. This added expense will not add a single volt of power.

McGuinty, Wynne and Tom Mitch-ell will love Mr. Johnsons letter. If he plans to send them a copy, I suggest he use large print so they can read it by candlelight. With these unconsciona-ble power rate increases, it may be the only form of illumination available.

Ronald Dabor Sr.Warkworth

Does Mr. Johnson work for OPG?

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By Terry BushEMC Editorial - The news on the pop-ulation front sounds bad: birth rates are not dropping as fast as expected, and we are likely to end up with an even bigger world population by the end of the cen-tury. The last revision of the United Na-tions World Population Prospects, two

years ago, predicted just over ten billion people by 2100. The latest revision, just out, predicts almost 11 billion.

Thats a truly alarming number, because its hard to see how the world can sustain another 4 billion people. (The cur-rent global population is 7 billion.) But the headline number is deceptive, and conceals another, grimmer reality. Three-quarters of that growth will come in just one continent: Af-rica.

The African continent currently has 1.1 billion people. By the year 2100, it will have 4.1 billionmore than a third of the worlds total population. Or rather, that is what it will have if there has not already been a huge population dieback in the region. At some point, however, systems will break down under the strain of trying to feed such rapidly growing populations, and people will start to die in large numbers.

It has happened beforeto Ireland in the 1840s, for ex-ampleand it can happen again. In fact, it probably will. When you look more carefully at the numbers, you can even identify which regions will be hardest hit, because even in Africa there are large areas where population growth is low and dropping.

None of the Arabic-speaking countries of northern Africa will increase its population by more than one-third by 2100, and some will even be declining. South Africa, at the other end of the continent, will only add another ten million people by the centurys end. Its in the middle belt of Africa that things will get very ugly.

Between now and 2100, six countries are expected to ac-count for half of the worlds projected population increase: India, Nigeria, the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Uganda. Four of the six are in central Africa.

In this area, where fertility is still high, the numbers are quite astonishing. Most countries will at least triple in popu-lation; some, like Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, are predict-ed to grow fivefold. That is on top of populations that have already tripled, quadrupled or quintupled in the past half-cen-tury. Uganda had 5 million people at independence in 1962; it is projected to have 205 million in 2100.

The numbers are simply preposterous. Niger, a desert

country whose limited agricultural land might feed ten mil-lion people with good management, a lot of investment, and good luck with the weather, already has twice as many as that. By the end of the century it will have twenty times as many: 204 million people.

All these numbers are based on assumptions about declin-ing birth rates: if we all just carried on with the birth rates of today, there would be 25 billion people on this planet by the end of the century.

The key question is: how FAST is fertility decliningand all the numbers in this article so far are from the UNs medi-um estimates, i.e. the moderately optimistic ones. The high estimate for Niger gives it 270 million people by 2100: an extra 70 million.

It makes no practical difference. Even the low estimate of 150 million people in Niger by 2100 is never actually going to happen. That is 15 times too many people for the available land, and Niger certainly cannot afford to import large amounts of food. Even without reckoning in the huge negative impact of climate change, large numbers of people in Niger (and quite a few other African countries) will begin starving long before that.

So the real picture that emerges from the UNs data is rather different. It is a world where two-thirds of the worlds countries will have declining populations by 2100. China and Russia will each be down by a third, and only the United States among the major developed countries will still have a growing population: up from 320 million now to 460 million. (By the way, that means there will only be twice as many Chinese as Americans by then.)

In terms of climate change, the huge but ultimately self-limiting population growth in Africa will have little impact, for these are not industrialised countries with high rates of consumption and show no signs of becoming so. The high economic growth rates of African countries in recent years are driven mostly by high commodity prices, and will prob-ably not be sustained.

It is the developed and rapidly developing countries whose activities put huge pressure on the global environment, not only by their greenhouse gas emissions but also by their de-structive styles of farming and fishing. Their populations are relatively stable but their actual numbers are already very large, and each individual consumes five or ten times as much as the average African.

So the frightening numbers in the UNs latest population predictions are mostly of concern to Africabut the rest of the world is still in deep, deep trouble on many other fronts.

World PopulationThe African Exception

Dear Editor,In response to Steve Brawleys letter of June 20, I would

ask him if hes considered the one option he hasnt men-tioned. If there are no candidates, why mark anything on the ballot at all, and instead, put it in the ballot box completely

unmarked? Imagine if all the people who are disgruntled by the current system and didnt show up to vote were to do this would this mean Elections Canada would have to declare the election invalid?

T. Murray, Quinte West

Why bother marking your ballot?

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EMC Editorial - True to my word, I didnt watch a single game of the regular hockey season as part of my NHL boycott. Didnt watch the first round of the play-offs either until game six of the Toronto series when I tuned into the third period while flipping through the channels. This momentary lapse of judgment on my part forced me to watch the monumental game seven collapse of the Maple Leafs at Bostons hands. When the dust settled and the Bruins moved on against Pittsburgh, watching that series became unavoidable.

Anyone but the Penguins some of us say down Stirling way. Not that we hold a grudge against the team or anything but maybe the bad vibes emanating from the Hub of Hastings had something to do with the fact that they were on the wrong end of a four-game sweep. At least thats what I like to believe. Pittsburgh, the supposed sure thing was way too stacked for the average Joe or Josephine to support and the grinding, workmanlike Bruins have a certain appeal to members of a rural community used to hard work.

When the Bruins advanced, the hockey was just so entertaining, Id almost forgotten the latest labour dispute and commissioner Gary (the weasel) Bettmans mismanagement of the 2012-2013 season. No offense to weasels, of course.

Great hockey and better yet, no afternoon games in the final to take away from the activities around the yard that always need to be finished up before settling in for the summer.

Even with Pittsburgh out of the mix early, the odds were still pretty good that the Stanley Cup would be returning to Belleville again this summer. It was too bad when the LA Kings and Brad Richardson bit the dust in a hard-fought battle with Chicago. Richardson did his part to support Stirlings Hockeyville bid, donating items for auction and when it was his turn to enjoy the Stanley Cup last summer, he took it for a ride across Oak Lake from his cottage so the residents of the lake and people swimming at the beach could enjoy it. We remember things like that.

With Richardson out of the running, this area still had its hopes riding on the shoulders of Bellevilles Andrew Shaw.

Many of us arent as familiar with the teams from the west, especially in this shortened, stay-at-home season. We remember the Hawks recent cup victory and truth be told, members of the older generation still remember fondly the days of the Golden Jet, another Belleville area native. I, for one, remember the time spent collecting the hockey cards of all the members of the Black Hawks squad and how hard it was, if memory serves correctly, to get my hands on that elusive Billy Reay coach card. Quite a bit of horse-trading involved in that one and a good way to be welcomed to the world of negotiation.

Liking both teams in the final for two different reasons was tough, but the calibre of hockey certainly made up for any indecision. When the Bruins were on, they were like watching a wrecking ball swinging from the time clock, dropping Black Hawks all over the place. When they werent, it was pure joy to see the speed and finesse of the Hawks younger players catching the Bruins flat-footed. Bostons Chara and the Hawks Bickell were evenly matched, knocking each other around every other shift. Bellevilles Andrew Shaw was a perfect match for his counterpart, the Bruins pain in the butt, Brad Marchand.

One rarely knew how a game would end. Did anyone expect the ending to game six? Don Cherry certainly didnt. Its not too often that two goals are scored 17 seconds apart in the final minute of play for a come-from-behind Stanley Cup victory. I dont know if he acknowledged his error after the game as I turned off the set before Bettman arrived to his usual boos before presenting the cup.

Probably the best part of this dramatic end to the NHL play-offs is that Leafs fans will finally stop taking to the message boards with their collective, If we hadnt screwed up in game seven, it would have been us in the final. Fat chance.

It was nice of the Leafs to put a scare into Boston, so the real Bruins would stand up for the rest of the play-offs. But, there is no way on earth that Dion Phaneuf will ever hold a candle to Zdeno Chara and chances were very slim that the Leafs would have dominated the Pens the way the Bruins did.

And now that all is said and done, Andrew Shaw will be bringing the cup home to Belleville after his magnificent play-off performance.

The cup will make an appearance in the Friendly City for the third time in the past five years.

And thats an achievement few North American cities will ever witness.

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EMC Entertainment - The Albert College Grade 5-8 Jazz Band walked away with first-place honours in the Elemen-tary Jazz Ensemble category at the Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial finals June 10 to 15. The Grade 5-8 Jazz Band did a terrific job this year, says Scott Mills, director of the instrumental music pro-gram at Albert College. It was a brand new experience for all of the students and to finish top in the province shows how hard they worked.

In addition, the Albert Col-lege Grade 7-9 Concert Band finished in the top four, after competing against all Grade 9

and 10 bands from across On-tario.

This is an outstanding finish to the year, says Mills, who is one of two Endowed Chairs of the Meta Moon Briegel Schol-arship. The scholarship, for both instrumental music (Scott Mills) as well as vocal music (Erin Paul), was established in 2012 in memory of Florence Meta Moon, an Albert College student from 1898-1899. Each year, scholarships are awarded to exceptional music students in Grades 9-12.

Earlier this year, the Grade 5-7 Jazz Band and the Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 7-9 Concert Bands all won top

honours at the Quinte Rotary Music Festival as well as the Stirling Music Festival. In particular, the Grade 5-8 Jazz Band received excellent re-views and (then) Grade 8 stu-dent Kaitlin Kawam, the most recent recipient of the Breigel scholarship, was singled out for her excellent solo work on trumpet.

With the success of the Grade 5-7 Jazz Band, we are planning to expand the jazz program and create both Junior and Senior Jazz Ensembles, says Mills. This will nicely compliment our three concert bands as well as our many cho-ral ensembles.

By Steve JesselEMC News - Belleville - Af-fordable housing is something many of us take for granted, but for thousands of Canadians, the reality of paying up to 70 per cent of their wages in rent is a very real issue. In an effort to raise awareness about this problem, the Community Development Council of Quinte (CDCQ), in partnership with the Affordable Housing Action Network and the Ontario Non-Profit Housing As-sociation took to the Quinte Mall on Thursday, June 20, with a dis-play of life-sized doors to help

demonstrate how non-affordable housing limits opportunities for Canadians across the country.

I think that affordable hous-ing is an issue thats been out there for a while, but it probably hasnt been one that weve raised a lot of awareness on in the past, said CDCQ executive director Ruth Ingersoll.

On each of the doors at Quinte Mall was a doorbell, connected digitally to the Hous-ing Opens Doors web site at . Each time a doorbell was rung the online counter would keep

track, with a goal of reaching 156,358 rings of support, one for every Ontario household waiting for affordable housing. On June 20 a total of 2,000 rings were recorded, which for Inger-soll says that the message is get-ting out there.

I think it was received really well, Ingersoll said. It was my instinct that it was something that a lot of people hadnt really thought of, the fact that if youre spending 50, 60, 70 per cent of your income on housing, what other impacts does that have on someones life, and what doors

Business Achievement Awards nominations close on June 30

EMC Events - The deadline to submit nominations for the 16th annual Quinte Business Achievement Awards is quick-ly approaching. Nominations opened on June 1 and close June 30. Businesses, organi-zations and individuals from the Quinte Region are being nominated and recognized for business excellence.

We ask that you take just a few moments and acknowl-edge that business that makes a difference or takes the ex-tra step to help their custom-ers, says Stephanie Wilson,

event co-ordinator. Think of that business or person who is making their best effort to make a difference in our com-munity.

The Quinte Business Achievement Awards are open to businesses and organiza-tions in Brighton, Belleville, Prince Edward County, and Quinte West.

There are many award cat-egories where a business can be recognized. These catego-ries include; New Business, Environmental Leadership, Service/Professional, Agri-

business, Manufacturing/Industrial, Re-tail, Tourism/Hospitality, Innovation/Technology, Not for Profit, Young En-trepreneur, Transportation and Logistics and Business Person.

The Quinte Business Achievement Awards celebrates excellence in business development, marketing success, cus-tomer service, company practices, com-munity involvement, growth and expan-sion, innovation, and employee training and development.

Quinte residents, customers, employ-ees, and volunteers in the region are en-couraged to nominate a business, organi-zation or business person by visiting their local Chamber of Commerce or one of many participating banks. Nominations can be accepted by phone at 1-800-930-3255 or online at .

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The success of the Albert College Grade 5-8 Jazz Band will lead to more jazz ensembles at Canadas oldest international board-ing and day school.

Opening doors for affordable housingdont open for those people?

In Hastings County, some 1,310 households are currently waiting for rent-geared-to-in-come affordable housing, com-prised of roughly 470 families, 440 seniors, and almost 400 single adults. However, Ingersoll said that number doesnt truly show the real issue in the area.

Thats just what Hastings County knows of, she said. Those numbers are really ac-tually a lot higher, its just that theyre hard to track.

Locally, the Affordable Hous-ing Action Network, formed in 2005, has been raising aware-ness of the need for more af-fordable housing by connect-ing local service providers and ensuring information about local initiatives and programs is widely known. The CDCQ works to increase the communi-tys capacity to address all pov-erty issues, including affordable housing and food security.

Shelter, food, clothing; those are basic needs, those are basic

human rights, Ingersoll said. Everybody should have shelter, and I think especially in a coun-try like Canada, and a province like Ontario, which is the richest province in Canada, we should not be having people homeless, we shouldnt be having people couch surfing, we shouldnt be having people having to spend 60 to 70 per cent of their income on housing.

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By Kate EversonEMC News - Trenton - Green thumbs are growing at the Community Gardens and Greenhouse.

We took over in April and hit the ground running, said Connie McLean, manager of the site next to the OPP sta-tion in Trenton.

We have 42 raised beds plus six fruit trees and a ower garden.

Community Living Quinte West is the new caretaker of the community garden which grows food for local organizations. It had been managed by other volunteers for years, but the organizers decided to give it up.

We had no seed started, said Connie. We got seedlings and planted them, and got some bedding plants. We managed to plant a few from seed.

They have already harvested radishes twice, and the rows of beans, peas, beets and broccoli are almost ready.

We have one summer student, Hanna Murray, Connie said. The rest are vol-unteers.

She noted that Dana Mandeville is a stalwart vol-unteer coming in every day to help out.

Right now we are doing mostly weeding and thinning out the plants, she said.

I do so much weeding my ngertips hurt, said Hanna with a smile.

The beds have more than one crop, and there is succes-sive planting. After one is done, another is planted in the same space.

I garden at home too, said Dana. I have summers off with my job so I can come here. I love plants.

Connie said the city has helped out by providing mulch. There is a sprinkler system and there has been a lot of rain so

Community Gardens and Greenhouse growing with new caregivers

The Community Gardens are growing well with the help of a new team from Community Living. From the left are volunteer Dana Mandeville, summer student Hanna Murray and manager Connie McLean. Photo: Kate Everson

far so they dont need to water. They cut the grass themselves.

The weather has been perfect, Con-nie says.

Hanna is a student from University of British Columbia but Belleville is her home and her father lives in Trenton.

Im a vegetarian, so I really like working with vegetables, she said. When you pick them the same day, they taste so fresh!

Dana added there are no arti cial fer-tilizers or pesticides used on any of the plants, just a bit of soapy water to keep off insects. They are also releasing lady-bugs.

I have two bags of them in my fridge, Dana said. They eat aphids and other pest bugs. They love eating.

Connie has recently been hired at Community Living management team and has been assigned the gardens for her job this summer. She encourages com-munity involvement.

Im here every day, ve days a week

and I also check on weekends, Connie said.

The gardens will be growing to Au-gust or September and the organization may extend the season by growing some produce hydroponically inside the green-

house.We are thinking of growing salad

greens inside, Connie said.The food grown here goes to the food

bank, Salvation Army soup kitchen, Meals on Wheels, New Life Girls Home

in Consecon, Community Living, and Pathways to Independence.

We are also thinking of expanding that to include nursing homes and church groups who hold dinners, she said. Ev-erybody who needs food will get food.

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By Richard TurtleEMC News - Stirling - Human remains inadvertently unearthed by municipal workers and then hastily reburied have since been re-examined and reburied again before archeologists arrive to dig them up to perform further tests.

Stirling-Rawdon Police Chief Brian Foley says an anthropolo-

gist attended the scene at the Edward Street Park in the village last Thursday where the skull was originally found by children playing in and around a shallow excavation, dug in preparation for new playground equipment.

The skull in question, that had been reburied, was dug up once again and then the actual

skeletal body was uncovered, Foley says. A determination was made that the skull actually be-longed with the uncovered body and both were reburied together where the skeletal body was lo-cated.

The Belleville forensic unit and Belleville total station opera-tor were present throughout, to

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Human remains re-excavated, reburied in closed parkpin point exact locations and to photograph each step of the op-eration, Foley adds, and it was determined that this is not a fo-rensic situation but that of a very old burial.

This will conclude the in-vestigation of the police and it will now be left in the hands of the CAO for the Township of Stirling-Rawdon.

CAO Charles Croll says,

since the original reburial, of-ficials have ensured regulations are followed completely. Trent University specialists had also been contacted with the hopes of reaching a speedy resolution, he says, but owing to other im-mediate commitments closer to home, gave the Stirling dig a lower priority and an uncer-tain timeline. In the meantime, he says, other options are being

investigated but the park will remain closed until the next examination is complete. The archeological study is expected to determine if the remains are those of an aboriginal, a tran-sient or an early settler.

The area where the skull and skeletal remains were found had served as an Anglican cem-etery before being moved in the 1880s.

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QHC ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

2012-2013

The Board of Directors remains committed to QHCs strategic plan and mission to be an integrated system of four hospitals working with our partners to provide exceptional care to the people of our communities. What this means to the Board is that:t 0VS GPVS IPTQJUBMT XJMM IBWF B IPVSemergency room and the appropriate number of inpatient beds. t0VS GPVS IPTQJUBMT XJMM XPSL UPHFUIFS JO BOintegrated manner to improve the delivery and access to care in our communities. t 2)$ XJMM XPSL XJUI PVS MPDBM IFBMUI DBSFpartners to meet the needs of the patients in an integrated manner, for services not delivered within the hospital. The Board remains committed to the unique roles of each of the four QHC hospitals:

inspired by you.Exceptional care,

The health care system is undergoing a transformational change in how care is delivered, led by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Cares Action Plan for Health Care. Hospitals will focus on the complex cases, surgeries and most critically ill patients that truly require hospital-based care. Other health care providers will perform services that people are accustomed to receiving in a hospital.

We know that reducing the reliance on hospitals is ultimately better for patients and will help ensure the long-term sustainability of our health care system. However, we also know that in the short-term change can be extremely difcult.

We are fortunate to have many excellent initiatives underway for patients in our region:t$POOFDUJOH&3QBUJFOUTXJUISFTPVSDFTUPBMMPXthem to be cared for at home.

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EMC Business - Quinte West - One of the newest companies to open up in Quinte West is Interactive Design and Marketing, a young, energetic marketing company looking to con-nect businesses with the latest tech-nology. They specialize in social media, web-design, e-commerce, logo design, brand identity and other promotional materials to create and design customized marketing plans for their clients.

I am young and living the tech-nology society, not learning it, says owner Nadine Wolters. Many busi-ness owners are frustrated with how quickly technology moves and nd it hard to keep up, but they recognize they need it as part of their overall marketing plan. Interactive Design and Marketing monitors the latest trends and can help businesses with the design of a new web site which can include on-line purchases. This allows businesses to conduct e-com-merce instead of running a traditional retail store or as many businesses are nding out having both options al-lows them to nd even more custom-ers.

Interactive Design and Market-ing is a very mobile company, says Suzanne Andrews, manager at the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce. They go to where their clients are and they dont need to maintain commercial of ce space. They are part of the creative economy and it is important that we attract and retain creative professionals in the Quinte Region to work on design and inno-vation.

By Steve JesselEMC News - Belleville - The Belleville General Hospital Foundation (BGHF) has received a sizable donation from the estate of a former patient, and BGHF executive director Drew Brown said it is highly appreciated at the organization.

Its a tremendous boost, Brown said. It will make care much better for many people.

Elmer Embury, a former Ma-doc resident, passed away in 2010, but in his will left a total

of $545,000 to the BGHF. Em-bury was a former patient at the Belleville General Hospital, and Brown said his sisters, now the executors of his estate, said he had always received very good care at the hospital.

This is rare, Brown said of the size of the donation.

The money will be used to pur-chase new medical equipment for BGH, although Brown said the exact use has yet to be decided. Emburys sisters have also asked to be part of the process of choos-

ing how the money is used. The BGHF allocates roughly $1.5 million each year for equipment, and Brown said it was yet to be decided if the $545,000 will be used toward that goal or added to the overall total for 2013. In ei-ther case, Brown said the funds will be used within the next year.

Were very proud and pleased that he chose to make the dona-tion to us, Brown said.

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To see samples of the work currently completed go to or contact Nadine at Interactive Design and Marketing at 613-403-2270.

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By Kate EversonEMC News - Quinte West - Lower Trent Conservation has been contacted by James Rogers, Forest Conservation Officer for Haliburton County, to work in eradicating the emerald ash borer.

He is interested in our offer to assist with an emerald ash borer trapping program for our watershed in 2014, reported CAO

Glenda Rodgers to the board of directors.The trapping program is intended to

confirm the presence or absence of this in-vasive insect, she said. It helps establish management zones to slow the spread of the insect.

The emerald ash borer trapping program requires three site visits throughout the sea-son, setting the trap in early June, checking

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