Author Archive for Sue Capon
Picton rocker wins guitar in Rocksmith battle with Megadeath
Chris Bonham-Carter got more than a t-shirt at Sunday night’s thrash metal concert in Kingston. He left the K-Rock Centre with Megadeath lead guitarist Chris Broderick’s guitar. “On my way home – one guitar richer, signed and used by Chris Broderick himself,” Bonham-Carter told his Facebook friends after the concert. Bonham-Carter also thanked his family […]
HOPE Centre serving up outreach for County teens
They came for the soup – and stayed for the fellowship, fundraising and to gain a sneak peek at the progress of the new Hope Centre for youth now under way in Picton’s Industrial Park. Sixteen crock pots of fresh, homemade soup simmered Saturday afternoon, awaiting tell-tale taste buds of three judges tasked with choosing […]
PECI premieres Proud to Be A Panther Lip Dub – watch the video here
More than 700 students and staff made their movie debut today as Prince Edward Collegiate Institute presented the world premiere of its Proud to be a Panther Lip Dub. The immediate audience included Prince Edward County’s Grade 8 students who will be moving on to high school in September. The Lip Dub was simultaneously released […]
Spafford takes it all off for a good cause
The power of social media evolved into a bizarre spectacle in front of the Picton Library Tuesday – all for a good cause. Members of the Facebook group 24/7 Yard Sale Prince Edward County often have a lot of fun bantering back and forth while they post items they have to sell or give away. […]
MADD honours PECI marketing students’ efforts to stop drinking and driving
MADD Quinte is delighted students at Prince Edward Collegiate have a plan when it comes to changing attitudes and behaviours toward drinking and driving. Rob Garden’s marketing classes put newly learned skills into practice as they created awareness campaigns for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). The goal – to be reached with a presentation, printed […]
Peter O’Brien earns silver at Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Peter O’Brien’s passionate and dramatic Dracula soundtrack free skate won him a loud ovation from the crowd and a silver medal at last week’s Junior Men’s Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick. “When I hear the crowd responding to an element I’ve done well, it gives me a confidence boost and that extra […]
‘Mama Peta’ helping dreams come true in Africa
Bloomfield’s Peta Hall is the petite powerhouse behind massive change in a small village in Africa. But she is quick to say support from Prince Edward County to the tune of about a quarter million dollars has helped pave the way. The arts activist is well-known in the County for her colourful, whimsical pottery and […]
Fowke Tales a toe-tapping history lesson
December 30 – Fowke Tales Revisited at Mount Tabor Playhouse – 7:30 – 10:30 pm in Milford. A toe-tappin’, hand-clappin’ look at Edith Fowke’s search for Ontario folk music starring Allan Kirby, Janet Kellough, Jim Yates and Trinity (Jeanette Arsenault, Kim Inch & Renie Thompson). Sound by Through the Cedars Music. Tickets: Adults $20, Youth […]
PECI students bring the house to its feet at Christmas talent show
PECI students celebrated the last day of school before the Christmas holidays presenting an afternoon talent show. By paying to attend, a full house in the school auditorium helped raise the tally already gathered for the Picton Salvation Army to$2,567. Students sang, danced, rapped, juggled, presented skits – and most all, applauded, cheered and gave […]
Visitors danced ’til dawn at the glorious Lakeshore Lodge
Friends of Sandbanks Provincial Park hosted a flashback to the glory days of Lakeshore Lodge on Wednesday at the once wildly popular vacation destination at West Point Park, Prince Edward County. Staff dressed in period costume, played games of yesteryear and served corn and lemonade. Volunteers from Macaulay House in Picton also provided period games […]
