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Help The Casey Family Near Keene Recover After A Devastating Barn Fire
/A huge fire tore through a large barn just west of Keene Sunday afternoon (October 18th), destroying the barn and all contents inside it. The barn is owned by the Casey family and was the home to three beautiful horses—Dallas, Texas and Nikki, who all survived thankfully.
Photo by PTBOCanada's Evan Holt
Family friend Kayla Spittal tells PTBOCanada that Danielle Casey is the owner of these horses, and that her father James owns the farm on County Rd 2.
Nikki
"With this tragedy comes very sad emotions," Kayla tells PTBOCanada. "Not only is it a family farm but Danielle and her deceased mother Cindy used to care for the animals. It was their mother-daughter time—cherished time together. When her mother passed, Danielle and her father James became the primary care givers for Dallas, Texas and Nikki."
Texas
Kayla is asking the community to pull together to help this family out.
"We are looking for donations or even just a loan of the items needed to help care for these animals," she tells PTBOCanada. "A few things that are needed to help are all types of brushes, lead chains, halters, saddles, outside blankets for under the saddles, salt blocks, hay, straw, grains, apples, mints, carrots, crunch—even down to some basic medications such as sprays for wounds to help with infections."
"Everything that these horses ever needed was inside that barn, as well as items that can never be replaced as they hold so much sentimental value," Kayla adds.
Dallas, Texas's mother
The family resides at 3043 County Rd 2 Keene—donations may be dropped off there. For more info on how to help, contact Kayla here.
Photo by PTBOCanada's Evan Holt
Here is video of the fire our Evan Holt captured...
Watch: Peterborough Woman Sings Radiohead's "Creep" On Hunter St. Piano
/Peterborough's Jasher Guiel sat down in the alleyway off Hunter St. to perform on the Hunter St. piano—a community piano.
Guiel performs several songs, including a great rendition of Radiohead's "Creep".
Watch her performance here...
Peterborough Utilities Reporting Scam Alert
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During the past week, Peterbororough Police have received a number of complaints from concerned citizens about a Peterborough Utilities (PUC) representative calling saying they had an overdue account that needed to be settled.
Here's how the scam works...
1. People were asked on the phone to obtain a money order and send it to a provided address.
2. A phone number is provided and when called, it is answered by a "Hydro Billing Dept".
This is not a legitimate phone number or PUC representative, police say. This scam has also been reported in Toronto, Whitby and Thunder Bay.
PUC has also tweeted out about the scam, warning the public...
Here Are Headlines About Peterborough From The 1920s and 1930s
/Trent Valley Archives gave the Peterborough Chamber a really interesting gift recently—a Word document called the "Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Scrap Book". The scrapbook is a list of some of the events, speeches, elections and advocacy issues between the years 1928 and 1937 in Peterborough.
HIstorical photo of Peterborough (we do not know the year but it's cool)
The community of the late '20s, early '30s was concerned with bringing people and business to the area, along with brainstorming ways to showcase Peterborough to the world—in other words, very similar to today.
Roy Studio photo from late '20s/early '30s
Here are some of the fascinating headlines/issues of that time frame from the scrapbook...
"Central Ontario Communities encourage highway extension"
"Boat builders make protest against luxury tax"
"Give a man a job campaign"
"Canadian tourist trade worth promoting, and should punish hotels that hurt our image"
"CNR planning to close railway lines from Port Hope"
"Board of Trade not opposed to building of Severn Locks"
"Editorial: Complete the Canal"
"US Tourists spent $517,706 in District"
"Downtown shopping promotion being deferred; idea liked, but too short lead time for Christmas"
"Boatmakers complain the depth of the Trent Canal is sometimes less than six feet that is advertised"
"Business men think it a good idea to promote Kawartha’s through big US sports shows"
"Water supply on Trent holding strong; can operate large factories"
"Parking time on George Street to be limited to 20 minutes"
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—written by Sandra Dueck, Policy Analyst/Communications Specialist, Peterborough Chamber
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Peterborough's Music Class Of 2015 Photo
/A Peteborough Class of 2015 Facebook page has been set up inviting anyone involved in the Peterborough music industry/community together for a group photo to celebrate this city's amazing music scene.
Other communities have done similar group photos to celebrate their success and showcase their talent to the world.
A date has not been set yet but organizers are looking at doing this possibly later this month, to get everyone in one spot at one time. The event is 100 percent inclusive and anyone who was worked in any capacity in the music community here from bands to sound engineers to graphic designers to PR folk are invited.
Learn more on the Facebook page, and spread the word!
Great idea!!
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The Power Went Out During The National Anthem At Lakers Game And Peterborough Took Over
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Photo via @eileenkimmett
The power went out at the Memorial Centre during the singing of O Canada by Missy Knott and her little brother Josh at Sunday night's Peterborough Lakers game, and the crowd stepped in. Amazing.
Watch some videos captured on Twitter below, as well as other tweets describing the fan reaction...
Peterborough Police Post Beautiful Tribute To Retired Police Dog K9 Harris Who Passed Away
/Peterborough Police did a beautiful tribute to honour the career and life of K9 Harris on their Facebook page. The retired police service dog was an awesome partner, companion and best friend to his handler, Sergeant Jeff Chartier.
Sergeant Jeff Chartier with his K9 partner Harris.
Harris served as a member of the service from 2004 to 2012, earning accolades for his tenacity and skill in finding offenders and helping the police service solve crime. He was an excellent ambassador for the Service, attending many community events over the years.
Harris officially retired on Jan 1, 2012 and spent his remaining years living in the county, enjoying an abundant vegetable garden buffet.
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