Photo taken during council’s Jan. 13 meeting.

Trent Hills council has rescheduled its Tuesday, April 28 meeting to May 19 and shifted its May 26 meeting until June 2 in the wake of a tragic accident.

Councillor Rick English’s 14-year-old grandson Colson Myers was killed on Wednesday, April 22 in an ATV crash on the trail near Burnbrae Road. There will be a celebration of life for him at the Warkworth Arena on Saturday, May 2 from 1 to 5 p.m.

“We appreciate everyone’s understanding and flexibility during this time,” the municipal notice said.

There public meeting on May 5 that will consider some severances and a 43-unit subdivision proposed for Warkworth will go ahead as planned. The municipality said the regular scheduled public meeting will proceed on June 2 at 6 p.m.

Disposing of litter

If you collected roadside litter last week as part of the Mayors’ Cleanup Challenge and you have bags to dispose of, you can contact the municipal office.

Staff will arrange to have bags picked up or let you know where you can drop them off. Contact Erin or Kaylee at 705-653-1900 or customers@trenthills.ca.

I have a couple of bags that I’ve gathered from Burnbrae Road and will be dropping mine off later this week. I hope to get out to do a little more, there is always lots of garbage along our country roads.

Ranney hospital run on Sunday

The annual Ranney Gorge Run to raise money for the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation takes place on Sunday morning through Ferris Park and across the gorge bridge.

The goal is to raise $50,000 for the foundation. So far, $20,371 has been pledged.

You can support me at this link, or search for other friends and neighbours who may be walking and running. Or join us to take part in a 1, 5, or 10.55 kilometre walk/run. (The 10.55 is a quarter of a marathon, if you’re wondering why it’s such an odd number.)

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Council meetings rescheduled