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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Incinerator costs continue to climb

Newcastle hosts sister Newcastles

K amani Sasaki, a 17 -year-old high school student f rom Shinshiro ( N ewcastle) C ity, J apan, was a youth delegate at last week’ s N ewcastles of the World summit. Sasaki was demonstrating origami at Tuesday ev ening’ s community B B Q downtown N ewcastle.

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They cam e, they networke d, they played and then they lef t. Seventy-seven delegates rep-resenting 13 towns and cit-ies called “ Newcastle” f rom around the world, converged on Newcastle, Ontario last week, Septem ber 19 to 23, f or their bi-annual sum m it. Countries represented at this year’ s sum -m it were: Germ any, D enm ark, Australia, Switzerland, United Kingdom , J apan, South Af rica, Czech Republic, Slovak ia, Lat-via, United States and Canada.

The group m et at the New-castle Com m unity Hall every m orning to discuss the them e of this year’ s conf erence -- the aging population and how it af f ects the com m unity. Each af ternoon delegates went on an exc ursion which included a tour of OPG D arlington, Ni-agara Falls and D ocville.

The com m unity at large was invited to a BBQ on Tuesday evening held downtown New-castle. Many com m unity m em -bers attended the BBQ and m et with delegates. The ex -pressions of interest shown to the visitors was not lost on the

delegates. Peter Mollerup of Newcastle, D enm ark, told the Orono Tim es reporter he was im pressed with the hospitality shown by the local com m unity. “ The whole town cam e out to greet us, like they were expe ct-ing us,” he stated.

Organizers too were pleased with the com m unity response. “ The com m ittee was super pleased that the com m unity cam e out and the interest they showed, f rom all ages,” Carl Goode m em ber of the orga-nizing com m ittee told the Orono Tim es reporter. “ W e were pleased and som ewhat surprised,” he stated. Steering com m ittee chair, J eany Barrett told the Orono Tim es reporter the BBQ was her f avourite m em ory of the week.

W hile organizers had been worki ng f or two years putting the sum m it together, it wasn’ t until two weeks bef ore del-egates arrived that the com m u-nity got on board, Barrett said. Once com m unity m em bers re-alized this international sum m it was actually going to take place

Costs related to construction of the region’ s incinerator have increased $22.39 m illion over the 2009 project budget.

Regional council approved the additional financial com-m itm ents to the project at their Septem ber 14 council m eeting.

Construction of the Cour-tice incinerator is essentially com plete, according to a joint finance and works committee report on the Septem ber 7 com -

m ittee of the whole agenda. There are still five outstand-

ing item s that do not conf orm to contract specifications that Covanta has yet to fix. Covanta is the U.S. based firm hired by the region to design, build and operate their waste incinerator.

An additional $890,000 will be paid to HD R Corporation, engineering consultants hired by the region to be their eyes and ears in the plant. The HD R

contract has been ex tended to the end of this year. The ad-ditional consulting costs will cover oversight of the nex t stack test and developm ent and im plem entation of the abate-m ent plan. The abatem ent plan was a requirem ent of the Min-istry of Environm ent and Cli-m ate Change (MOECC) af ter lab results of the May stack test showed diox in and f uran levels in boiler 1 were at 818

pico gram s per Ref erence cu-bic m eter (pgRm 3). Regulatory lim it f or diox in and f urans is 6 0 pgRm 3.

The contract with the third party engineer hired to review the electricity system require-m ent was increased by $14,100 due to delays in incinerator start up. Com m ercial operation of the incinerator began in J an-uary 2016 , a f ull year behind schedule.

An additional $210,000 was approved f or m ore environ-m ental m onitoring including oversight of stack tests and in-creased am bient air m onitoring and soil sam pling around the incinerator site.

The report identified the possibility that Covanta will dispute their responsibility f or waste disposal costs f or the two m onths boiler 1 was shut down

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Adm it it, we were all a bit sk eptical about the Newcastles of the W orld sum m it being held locally. And to be brutally honest, m ost of us did not think the volunteer com m ittee would actually pull of f hosting an international conf erence in the village of Newcastle.

The conf erence did happen, the 77 delegates have lef t and the buzz is, this m ight well have been the best Newcastles of the W orld sum m it yet. Good on the com m ittee and everyone who helped pull it of f .

The local steering com m ittee are not af raid to say the concept of Newcastles f rom around the world, getting together to m eet and discuss topics of shared interest was easy to sell. Only one m em ber of the com m ittee had ever attended a Newcastles of the W orld sum -m it, J en Stychuk was the Newcastle Ontario representative at the 2014 conf erence in the Czech Republic. They are also not af raid to say that serving on this com m ittee has been hard but greatly reward-ing work . Com m ittee m em bers have established great f riendships am ong them selves and visiting delegates.

To have so m any international representatives converge in a com -m unity of 10,000 f or a week long conf erence, is a once in a lif etim e happening. These delegates are leaders in their com m unities, som e representing business organizations in their Newcastles. There were council m em bers including m ayors as well as representatives of learning institutions, hospitals and social agencies.

The com m ent was m ade m ore than once during the week that people are the sam e all over the world. W e all share the sam e chal-lenges and opportunities lik e aging populations, the them e of this year’ s sum m it. W hile som e countries are grappling with a lack of af f ordable housing f or seniors, other counties seem to have a better handle on this issue. W hile not all solutions are transf erable between countries, m uch can be learned f rom shared ex periences.

Another tak e-away f rom the week was that the hom egrown enter-tainm ent was the best of all the events and places delegates attended during the week .

The com m unity BBQ last Tuesday evening in downtown Newcas-tle was the highlight of the week f or m any delegates and com m ittee m em bers. The com m unity cam e out, m any probably out of curiosity to see what this Newcastles of the W orld was all about. They ended up sharing a m eal with live m usic and engaging with delegates in a way that lef t a big im pression on the overseas visitors.

One local resident took the opportunity of this international gath-ering to protest Clarington’ s sidewalk snow clearing policy. Until the decision to clear snow from the new Mill Street walkway is ratified in two week s, Clarington’ s policy has been to require residents to k eep the sidewalk s in f ront of their hom es clear.

The protester walk ed just outside of the gathering wearing a sandwich board registering her com plaint with the m unicipality. The protest was peacef ul and an ex ercise in f reedom of ex pression, a value we hold dear in Canada. It was also a rem inder to delegates that despite the unseasonably warm tem peratures ex perienced last week f or the sum m it, Newcastle, Ontario is in a cold weather coun-try, one that does deal with snow in the winter. D elegates were not prepared f or the warm tem peratures last week , m any being pleas-antly surprised.

The benefits to Newcastle, Clarington, for playing host to delega-tions f rom around the world f or a week , besides rejoicing in a job a well done, remain to be seen. The financial contribution from the municipality was not large -- 20,000 the fine for building one pool house without a perm it) and staf f tim e.

Had the event been organized by a com m ittee other than com -munity volunteers, it probably would have had a different flavour. The delegates really sensed that they were welcom ed into a tight k nit com m unity when they cam e to Newcastle Ontario. The f act that the event was organized by a group of volunteers f rom the village no doubt helped f oster that f eeling. Many of the Newcastles represented at the sum m it are com m unities m uch larger than Newcastle, Ontario, m any of them being cities.

The event was a success because the volunteer com m ittee invest-ed their tim e and ef f ort to m ak ing sure the Newcastles of the W orld would have a positive ex perience in their com m unity. In the end, the sum m it they pulled of f , probably ex ceeded even their own ex pecta-tions. This sum m it proves once again, great things can com e f rom a group of dedicated volunteers.

Volunteers are the best

2 5 Y ea r s A g o . . .Construction of a new can-

opy, ex tending over the m ain entrance to Mem orial Hospital began Monday. A joint venture with the Ministry of Health, the $100,000 canopy is de-signed to protect patients and visitors f rom inclem ent weath-er. The construction should be com pleted by the end of No-vem ber, 1991.

Clark e Museum & Archives is pleased to announce this m onth’ s f eature display in the com m unity display gallery. From now until October15 the Bowm anville Museum will be using the space to highlight a num ber of dolls of the past f rom their world class collec-tion. The gallery is available f ree of charge to any group, organization or individual who wishes to prom ote their group. Book ings m ay be m ade through the curator’s office. Each display lasts a m onth.

50 Y ea r s A g o . . . Bruce Myles opened his

new D o-nut plant this week -end with f ull operation at the new location ex pected this com ing week . The new plant has over 1,000 square f eet of floor space and is located on Millson Hill D r. in the north sector of the village.

ue to final preparation be-f ore dial conversion and test-ing, the Central Com m unity Telephone Co. Ltd. will be m ak ing only em ergency tele-phone installations f rom Oc-tober 1 until af ter the conver-sion.

A hand grenade believed to be of the First W orld W ar era was f ound by sm all chil-dren playing in a field in the west end of Bowm anville last week . The grenade was turned over to the police by their par-ents. Chief of Police, Bernard Kitney said that while the gre-nade was in a very rusted con-dition, the firing pin was still

in position and m ight have been dislodged. He ask ed par-ents to warn children about touching unk nown objects.

7 5 Y ea r s A g o . . .It was announced over the

radio on Sunday last that the Bowm anville Training School will be tak en over by the D o-m inion Governm ent and used f or an internm ent cam p f or

erman officers who are pris-oners of war in Canada, in-stead of leaving them in the northern cam ps of the country. It is said that the boys, who are presently at the school, will be either sent back hom e or placed throughout the prov-ince. At one tim e, it was be-lieved this school would be used f or the training of airm en f or the R.C.A.F. which would have been a big boost f or busi-ness in this section but if it is to be used f or prisoners, then nothing will be derived f rom them .

Looking BackGleaned from past editions of the Orono Weekly Times, by Doris Falls

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Basic Blackby A rthu r B lac k

Ground control to America: wake upHere’ s a quote f rom Carlos

Beruf f , a Florida business-m an:

“ For seven and one half years, this anim al we call president – because he is an anim al, ok ay? -- has destroyed the country and dism antled the m ilitary...”

Think about that. A m ature Am erican citizen is talki ng about the elected leader of his country. Beruf f also happens to be a career Republican and a candidate f or the United States Senate.

Roll that around in your m outh bef ore you spit it out.

There was a tim e when even the sleaziest politicians at least tugged their f orelocks in the direction of civil speech and respectf ul pronouncem ents. That of course, was BT – be-f ore Trum p. The Manhattan m egalom aniac never actu-ally called Obam a an anim al, but he did spend the past five years slyly insinuating that Obam a was born in Af rica be-f ore grudgingly adm itting it wasn’ t true. He also called the 44th president of the United States a traitor, a f ool, a f riend of terrorists and, in f act, the head of ISIS.

And we are just weeks away from finding out whether I can’ t believe I’ m typing this – whether this lying, cheating, m isogynistic, ranting, racist, bullying, possibly psychotic balloon of noxi ous gas will becom e the 45th president of the United States.

Yet f or all his transf orm a-tive appallingness, it isn’ t D onald Trum p that should cause us to shudder. It’ s the f act that m illions – m illions – of Am ericans regard him as a saviour. T’ was ever thus. As

another hucks ter, P.T. Barnum said, nobody ever went broke underestim ating the intelli-gence of the Am erican people.

Or any other ‘ people’ , com e to that. Consider J oseph Sta-lin in Russia. In just one year, 1937-38, loveable old Uncle J oe ordered a m illion coun-trym en to be m urdered by his henchm en. He also sent at least 18 m illion Russians to Gulags – brutal prison cam ps in Siberia. And he let som e-where between five million and ten m illion peasants starve to death f or f ailing to m eet his agricultural quotas.

An unqualified monster, right? Reviled f rom Moscow to Minsk?

W rong. In 2015 a poll f ound 45 percent of Russians believed the ‘ great’ achieve-m ents of the Stalin era ‘ justi-fied’ the toll of victims.

Then there’ s China. In the late 1950’ s, 45 m illion Chi-nese died in the Great Fam ine that was caused by Mao’ s so-called Great Leap Forward. His Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution snuf f ed out anoth-er two m illion citizens. Most

historians would rank him am ong the top crim inals of the 20th century. Yet earlier this year 2.5 m illion adm irers took part in an “online flower-laying cam paign” to honour The Great Helm sm an.

Mussolini, Hitler, Pol Pot. Putin in Russia, D uterte in the Philippines. Som ething there is in hum anity that loves a brute.

W hich brings us back to Trum p, a cartoon villain straight out of a Batm an m ov-ie. Exc ept he’ s real and elec-tion day is alm ost here. Solu-tion? Obam a said it. “ There has never been a m an or wom -an more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as the next US president.”

No, she isn’ t warm and f uzzy. Neither was LBJ . He was possibly the nastiest SOB the W hite House ever housed. But he got m ore civil rights legislation passed than any president bef ore or since.

Trump is an unqualified nightm are, but nightm ares can be dealt with. All Am erica needs to do is wake up.

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f ollowing the f ailed stack test. This additional cost is viewed as a potential financial risk to the region.

Funding for even more consultants was identified as another potential financial risk in the report. This would be required should the MO CC order a design review of the incinerator as a result of a non-compliance issue, such as f ailed stack tests.

Another financial risk is York Region’s dispute of certain costs related to over-si ing the incinerator.

urham and York Regions began the incinerator pro ect as 0 0 partners however, York has since reduced its partnership share to 21 per cent. While York had agreed to share half of the over-si ing costs they are disputing certain elements of those costs, according to the report. While the incinerator was built to burn 140,000 tonnes of household waste a year, certain elements were included in the building’s

design for future expansion to accommodate 2 0,000 tonnes of waste annually.

In the January 201 update staff reported that the cost to bring natural gas to the incinerator site was 4.8 million, 4. million over the estimate provided by nbridge in 2014. The contract provided for a partial reimbursement of the gas line installation cost if new users moved into the nergy ark, industrial area where the incinerator is located within the next five years. Regional Councillor Joe Neal successfully moved a motion last February at regional council moving that time line out to 20 years. There is potential that the region could recoup some of the additional 4. million cost to bring gas to the site in the next 20 years.

Staff were seeking 8. 1 million in additional funding in January 201 . In this most recent update a top up of

00,000 was approved.

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The D urham Y ork waste incinerator in C ourtice continues to req uire inf usions of capital. R e-gional report outlines potential financial risks.

Clarington’ s Engineering department finally have council support for the Mill Street south walkway. At Monday’s committee m eeting, all councillors present Councillor Wendy

artner was on vacation voted to support staff’s recom m endation f or constructing a 1. meter wide walkway down the west side of Mill Street at Bond Head.

The first of four public inf orm ation m eetings on proposals f or Bond Head development was held In November 2014. At that meeting staff presented three options f or a m ulti-use trail from Hunter’s Bridge south to the waterfront. They also presented scenarios f or Bond Head arkette redevelopment. There was a lot of push back f rom Mill Street residents at the meetings about the proposed walkway as many did not want a public pathway constructed in front of their homes. The ma or ob ection voiced by residents was the potential damage to the tree canopy which they claim is part of the charm of their area.

Staff maintain the walkway is necessary for pedestrian safety in the area. Mill Street

South is a narrow two lane rural road with no shoulder and steep ditches in some areas. The walkway takes pedestrians off the road. The walkway will meander around ex isting inf rastructure and trees, and according to staf f will cause minimal damage to the existing canopy.

Along with approving it’s location, council have also agreed to take responsibility for snow removal on the new walkway.

According to the staff report on Monday’s agenda,

per cent of the proposed walkway is in municipal ownership. There are six municipal right-of-ways that cross the proposed walkway for which the municipality is responsible for keeping clear of snow. Clarington also owns 14 meters of frontage at the north end of the proposed walkway and another 0 meters at the south end where it turns onto Boulton Street. The walkway is part of the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail system and the municipality clears snow from the waterfront trail in the ort of Newcastle. The estimated annual snow clearing cost for the walkway is ,2 0.

The pedestrian walkway

was initially included in a plan to improve Bond Head

arkette. When parkette design scenarios were presented at the November 2014 public meeting, area residents supported the plan that involved the least amount of development.

The parkette will have increased parking, a shade structure along with some shoreline restoration.

Councillors voted to award the tender for park development at Monday’s meeting in the amount of

484, 1 .Estim ated construction

cost of the walkway is 0,000.arkette development will

be undertaken this fall. The walkway will be constructed in 201 .

ecisions made by councillors on Monday will need final approval at the October 11 council meeting.

At the fourth public information session held at Bond Head arkette in August, staff along with their hired consultants presented residents with a detailed design of the proposed walkway.

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Tree canopy on Mill Street South heading towards the lake. The proposed walkway will be built on the road allowance on the west side.

Green light for Mill St. walkway

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in their Newcastle, they wanted to get involved, she said. This included flying nearly 400 flags from par-ticipating countries in the community.

Vladimir Holn, mayor of the Newcastle in the Czech Republic told the Times that it was nice to see all the flags. “It was a nice thing for us, the idea of Newcastles accepted by everyone,” he stated, adding, “You know how to do it.” Holn says that warm welcome will be a big souvenir for him.

For Holn, his first time in North America, to be at Ni-agara Falls with his family of Newcastles was some-thing special. Holn took the opportunity to detour through Toronto on his way back from Niagara Falls on Thursday to watch his national hockey team beat team U.S.A. in the World Cup hockey tournament.

According to Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster, the summit exceeded all ex-pectations. “The feedback I am getting from staff, volunteers and delegates, are all over the top, he told the Orono Times reporter Monday. He has heard from participants that this might have been the best summit ever held.

The conference included a mayor’s summit, which Foster attended. The may-ors shared concerns with housing for seniors in their jurisdictions. Foster said the U.K. delegates shared their experience with se-nior’s housing which we could learn from. Foster said it was also interesting to hear from the Japanese delegates how they had to adapt quickly to the loss of nuclear power. The New-castles of the World alli-ance is something the mu-nicipality would like to stay involved with, according to Foster.

Among the representa-tives from each Newcastle were 30 youth delegates. They met at the Newcastle Library each morning to discuss the theme of aging and technology. On Fri-day morning two teams of youth delegates presented ideas on how to bridge the gap between the ages. One group’s idea was to estab-lish a “Choir in the Castle.” A multi generational choir that would have fun togeth-er and be a social activity everyone could participate

in. The other group pre-sented an idea for a House of Living where young peo-ple and older people should spend time together. Older people could baby-sit so young people could work all day and be in a safe place for kids to go after school. The idea was to have every age group represented in the house where they could all be happy together.

Once all the final numbers have been crunched, Barrett said the steering committee will make a presentation to council. When the group requested a $20,000 grant from the municipality in February of this year, they promised they would de-liver the conference with-in their $120,000 budget. With many fundraising ef-forts, in-kind donations and sponsorships, the commit-tee have delivered on that promise, according to Bar-rett.

The 2018 summit will be held in Newcastle, Japan and the local committee are planning on sending a delegation to Japan, where the first Newcastles of the World summit was held 20 years ago.

N E WC A STL E S f rom F R ON T

-sented an idea for a House

-ple and older people should spend time together. Older people could baby-sit so young people could work all day and be in a safe place

D elegates posed f or a group photo in the N ewcastle C ommunity C entre late F riday morning.

Steering C ommittee C hair, J eany B arrett with N ewcastle J apan delegates; lef t to right: Taka-hisa H onda, city planner; Mayor R yoj i H oz umi, elementary school principal H iroshi A gata, at the C ommunity B B Q Tuesday ev ening downtown N ewcastle

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A single vehicle crash on Highway 401 at Newtonville Road on Thursday has lef t two people dead.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Sm ith reports a wom an passenger was f ound without vital signs at the scene. The m ale driver was airlif ted in critical condition and later died of his injuries. A m ale passenger was transported by am bulance to hospital with serious, non-lif e-threatening injuries.

According to police, the driver lost control of the vehicle which went down a steep ditch. W itnesses at the scene told police the car was swerving across the highway, hit the m edian and the guardrail

bef ore going of f the road. They believe the driver was ex periencing a m edical issue. Two of the five bystanders who stopped to help the crash victim s were nurses.

The three people in the car were Cobourg seniors. The driver was 79-year-old J ohn Olden, the f em ale passenger was Annie Gordon, aged 82. The surviving passenger was an 86 -year-old m an.

The accident occurred on the westbound lanes just af ter 8 a.m . Thursday, Septem ber 22. Eastbound lanes were closed until air am bulance lef t the scene. W estbound lanes reopened shortly af ter noon.

2 die in 401 crash

The U 14 N ewcastle C olts Soccer Team won their div isional championship on Thursday, September 22. The N ewcastle team beat the C F C Orange Q ueen’ s F loor-ing team from Courtice on their home field at the South Courtice Arena with a score of 2 to 1 to win the championship. Pictured, back row - left to right: Coach Stephanie Harrison, Brett Harrison, Shaydon Kennelly, Alexander Ackroyd, Alexandre Lebel, Rayne Merrill, Austin Herrington (very back), Ethan Cavers (sorta hiding!), David McKinney, Ruben Firing, Silas Kooger, Taylor Gavin, Ciaran Langford, Coach Donna Herrington. Front row: Jacob Cavers, Kevin Pidgen, Corson Haddad. Absent: Keith Warne, Austin Yates, Jeremy Woolner. Team Sponsors are Stephanie Harrison & Natasha Murdoch Royal Service Real Estate.

S arah P ower P h ot o

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Book Reviewby Dorothy R obinson

D orothy R obinson belongs to the B owman-v ille Older A dult B ook C lub and prov ides a regular rev iew of the books the club has read.

Philomena: A Mother, Her Son & a Fifty Year Search b y M a r ti n Si x sm i th

This biography was a com -pelling read f or m e . . . so m uch so that I f ound it hard to put down. Most biographies are straightf orward presenta-tions of the f acts. In this book Six sm ith tak es the liberty of reconstructing conversations that m ight have tak en place between the characters or im agining their f eelings in certain circum stances. This brings the cold f acts to lif e.

This is the story of Michael Hess, born Anthony Lee in 1952 out of wedlock to an Irish girl, Philom ena Lee. The author ex plores the three m ain phases of Michael’ s lif e.

The book begins with this first three years of Michael’s lif e in a convent in Ireland. At that tim e unwed m others were treated as sinf ul outcasts. Be-cause her f am ily gave her no support, Philom ena was f orced to spend three years work ing at the convent. D ur-ing her slave-lik e tim e there, she naturally bonded with her child . . . a cruel circum stance because at the end of that tim e he was adopted by a f am ily in the U.S. Later, this scandal-ous policy of condoning the

ex port of Irish children was later condem ned and ended.

The nex t eye-opening phase of Mik e’ s lif e is his venture into the world of politics in W ashington, D .C. As a lawyer, he rose to chief counsel of the Republican National Com m ittee. The m achinations and political ploys of the power seek ers in governm ent is unsettling to the readers.

The third phase of his lif e is Mik e’ s realization that he is gay . . . and a lif e-style that leads to his death f rom AID S.

It seem s that all of Mik e’ s life was influenced by politi-cal issues the fight between the church and the Irish state over babes born out of wed-lock ; the power politics of W ashington’ s governm ent and the governm ent’ s delay in conf ronting the AID S epi-dem ic.

All of these issues speak to the reader on an em otional level. As you read you m ight ex perience a gam ut of f eel-ings ranging f rom anger and disgust to disbelief and sad-ness.

This book was m ade into a m ovie called Philomena re-leased in 2013 starring J udi D ench and Steve Coogan.

N ewcastle L ions C lub in partnership with the N ewcastle N o F rills held a B B Q at the grocery store parking lot on Saturday to raise money f or the N ewcastle Santa C laus P arade. P ictured lef t to right: H elen Simpson, Stev e C oupland, Tom Wallace and B ill L ocke.

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W ell, it’ s a wrap. The Newcastles of the W orld (OTW ) 2016 Conf erence concluded Friday.

W ith ex ception, besides our own V illage of Newcastle, and Newcastle, N.B., which is now part of the City of Miram ichi, I thought there m ay be a handf ul of Newcastles around the globe. It was a request in 2012 by D avid Faulk ner f rom Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. and coordinator of the Newcastles of the W orld Alliance, that we were m ade aware the alliance is m ade up of over 100 dif f erent “ Newcastles” or “ New Castles” f rom around the globe. A conf erence of Newcastles is held every two years in dif f erent countries. The delegates attending the conf erence prom ote tourism between the com m unities, including creating a “ Newcastles’ passport” f or Newcastles around the world. It is also an opportunity f or m unicipal representatives to network with their counterparts and build mutually beneficial relationships. It was decided to join the Alliance and a volunteer group of Newcastle residents led by Ann Harley put into m otion that a delegation

represented by Newcastle residents Chris Brown and Sylvia V anhaverbek e attend the Newcastles of the W orld 2012 Sum m it in Newcastle upon Tyne.

In Feb. 2014, Councillor W endy Partner and m yself presented a m otion which was passed “ THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV ED Mayor Adrian Foster and Mem bers of Council f or the Municipality of Clarington send a Proclam ation recognizing the “ Newcastles of the W orld” Sum m it in Nové Hrady, Czech Republic, AND THAT the Council of the Municipality of Clarington support the “ Newcastles of the W orld” Sum m it to be held in the V illage of Newcastle, Ontario in the Municipality of Clarington f or the sum m it year 2016 .” In April 2014, Newcastle resident, J ennif er Stycuk attended in Nové Hrady, Czech Republic.

The stage was set f or the Newcastles of the W orld 2016 conf erence to be held in the V illage of Newcastle. Planning f or an event does not just happen overnight. An enthusiastic volunteer group of Newcastle residents, chaired

by J eany Barrett, f orm ed a steering com m ittee to prepare for the five day conference to be held Sept. 19-23. Clarington Council also showed its support and com m itm ent to the NOTW Conf erence by including the NOTW Steering Com m ittee as a Com m ittee of Council. The steering com m ittee received support f rom council and adm inistrative assistance f rom the Municipality and a start up grant. The them e of the conf erence was “ An Aging Population and how it af f ects the Com m unity, Fam ily and Youth”.

Putting in countless hours of m eetings and planning, this group work ed tirelessly to m ak e the NOTW 2016 conf erence one that would be productive and m eaningf ul f or the delegates. From 13 countries including our Newcastle, 77 delegates of which there were 30 youth delegates attending. The youth (18-30 years old) f ocused on building leadership sk ills, develop international relationships, and address challenges in their com m unity.

The support by the local com m unity was evident throughout the V illage with

participating countries flags at every storef ront. The warm welcom e which greeted our guests not only f rom Newcastle but throughout Clarington was m atched by the warm th of the sunshine we had all week . The engagem ent with the public during Tuesday’ s street party & BBQ could not have been scripted any better.

For the delegates and those on the steering com m ittee & volunteers who had invested them selves into this conf erence, it was difficult to see it end and to say goodbye. The conf erence ended on a high and already this conf erence is being reported on in the respective Newcastles around the W orld. W hile we m ay have dif f erences, we also have m uch in com m on. It is through sitting at the table together, we can overcom e those dif f erences and m ak e this a better world. Thank you is not enough to ack nowledge all those involved with m ak ing the NOTW 2016 conf erence a resounding success and allowing us to sit at the table!

Lots going on in the Municipality, hope to see you at the Newcastle Harvest Festival on Saturday!

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The Bowm anville Pigeon Club flew 2 races on Sun-day, September 24. The first race was from North Bay, a distance of 2 . 4 kms. for the winning loft. Six lofts shipped a total of 8 birds. The birds were released at

0 with the winning bird ar-riving at 10 0 . Actually, the winning loft had birds

arrive together taking the top positions. . . Woolner

took th, th and 10th. Sam Ferrara was 8th and th.

The second race was from Bissett Creek, a distance of 2 .1 kms. for the winning loft. The birds were released at 4 with the winning bird arriving at 12 4 0. Six lofts had shipped a total of 1 birds. Sam Ferrara had a good race taking the top posi-

tions. Bob Waterfall was 4th, th, th and 8th. Terry Wool-

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Nature lover, Artist, and Newfie at heart, official-ly Screeched in Herring Neck NFL . Born in ort Loring, ON on Septem ber 8, 1936 . D aughter of Mim i Marie Leopoldine uebek

& Angelo Culin, little sister to Irwin. Kellie grew up in a lum -

ber cam p in Arnstein Ontario. They later m oved to Toronto where

she m et the love of her lif e, Kent Mc-D onell when she was 22, and he was 23.

Kellie was m other to Greg McD onell, Lauren Lowe, Jenny Mc onell, and uy La yr her dog mother in law to Cheryl ushulak ramma ma to Ryan Lowe Lia ome - uran Brittany Mc onell- agn Russel agn , Sean Lowe Marissa Bird Logan Mc onell

Leslie Mittelstaedt reat ramma ma to Mack agn and Isla Lowe. Kellie lived an awesom e and f ull 80 years, m ostly

in Southern Ontario. She had m any, m any f riends, in every town f rom Toronto and Ajax to Port Hope and Cobourg and up to Peterborough.

She loved early m ornings on the back deck with cof -f ee and a book . She loved the view of the pond f rom her art studio, her wild gardens and her hom e in New-f oundland. Kellie loved her f am ily, her pets and all of her f riends with com m itm ent and passion.

Her m any f riendships developed f rom her vast array of interests, lik e horses, dogs, art, nature based spiri-tuality and local history. Kellie took a genuine inter-est in people’ s stories, and of ten spent hours a day on Facebook , connecting with all of us, posting delightf ul anecdotes about current events, and photos we som e-tim es regretted letting her tak e. She was f unny and car-ing and thoughtf ul with everyone. If she loved you a lot, and you k new her long enough, you eventually saw her crabby side, and realized she was a com plicated person with depth and deep sensitivity.

For a living, Kellie work ed f or Air Canada, was a lif e guard, swim m ing teacher, owned her own hobby shop with our dad and very successf ully sold real estate f or decades. Af ter 52 years of m arriage, Kellie survived 4 years 36 4 days without Kent, af ter his sudden passing on Septem ber 20, 2011.

W ith Kellie’ s three children by her side cheering her on, her portal to reconnect with our dad Kent opened f or her in Gander, NFLD , on Septem ber 19, 2016 at 5:30 AM.

Although hers was also a sudden passing, it couldn’ t have been m ore m eaningf ul to her, to us and to anyone who k new her. Living angels were m iraculously there to ease her journey f rom our lives; her best f riend of 49 years, Phyllis Bandola; dear f riend and f ellow artist Ev Scott, a handf ul of incredible W estJ et and Gander Hos-pital em ployees, and Art & Mary J ones of Salt Harbour, her Sham an Bernard Morin, all of whom treated us lik e f am ily, of f ering support in m any ways.

Kellie was so m any things to so m any people… m ostly joyf ul and supportive. She loved wild birds at her f eeders, the m aple tree beside the barn and the way Lak e Ontario changed colour in the light. She had a weak ness f or chocolate, red wine, m y dad’ s jok es and stray cats. She loved the change of season, m ovies that m ade her cry, cloudy sk ies with strong winds and the sudden storm s. She k ept journals and wrote poetry. She was an incredible painter, who encouraged everyone to be artistic. She believed in m agic, the power of a new m oon, reincarnation and f orgiveness. Kellie wasn’ t af raid to live, and she wasn’ t af raid to die. She lived her lif e to the f ullest, and m entioned her gratitude f or her lif e, of ten.

Her beautif ul energy is everywhere we look around our f am ily hom e and these country roads she of ten drove.

Kellie McD onell will be m issed prof oundly, and f or-ever celebrated. W e love you Mam a. W ell done, saf e journey, see you on the other side…

A c eleb r at ion of K ellie’ s lif e w ill b e held at her f amily

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