Peterborough Man Drives Car Onto Golf Course, Peterborough Man Gets Arrested

Reminder: You can drive a golf cart on a golf course but not a car...

image via PtboGolf.com

From a police release today (May 1st)...
On Friday May 1, 2015 at approximately 5 a.m. Peterborough Police received a call from the complainant stating there was a vehicle on the golf course at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club located on Armour Road. Officers were dispatched to the scene and located the suspect vehicle stopped in a swampy area on the north end of the golf course and a male driver and female passenger inside. As a result of the investigation Louis Shane Yourkin, 24, of Bellevue Street, was arrested and charged with mischief over $5,000 and breaching his probation. He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on May 14, 2015. Brandie Lynn Anthony, 22, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with party to the offence- mischief over $5,000 and failing to comply with a recognizance X3. She was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court later today (May1). Significant damage occurred to the golf course as a result of the vehicle being driven across the green. The total damage to the golf course is not yet known.  

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Canadian Documentary SOAR For Incoming Grade 9 Students To Be Shown At Cineplex Peterborough

This spring, Grade 8 students across Canada, including Peterborough, will be treated to a special three hour event that will prepare them for the transition into high school.

image via SOAR YouTube video

It's an inspiring Canadian documentary/event called SOAR to help incoming Grade 9 students adjust to high school, and one of its stops will be in Peterborough Thursday, May 21st at Cineplex.

image via SOAR YouTube video

The brainchild of Youth Leadership Camps Canada (YLCC) founder Stu Saunders, SOAR is the acronym for Students that are Optimistic, Aware and Ready—a student-centered program about finding yourself, owning your decisions and actively pursuing your passions in high school.

SOAR will provide Grade 8 students with valuable insight into tackling challenges, and taking advantage of opportunities that will accompany their transition to high school.

For more information and details, visit ylcc.com/soar or email soar@ylcc.com.

**Watch the teaser video below for more info...

Brought to you by YLCC, SOAR (Students that are Optimistic, Aware and Ready) features a ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind Canadian 90-minute documentary, produced by Stature Films. SOAR will provide Grade 8 students with valuable insight into tackling the challenges, and taking advantage of the many opportunities that will accompany their transition to high school.

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Folk Musician Kate Weekes Will Be Playing Live In The Canoe Museum's Gallery

Folk-based musician Kate Weekes will kick-off this year's paddling season at the Canadian Canoe Museum Thursday (April 30th). The concert will have plenty of atmosphere as it will take place in their galleries, and there will be a food and a cash bar on site.

Tickets are $15 (available online, and at the door) and it starts at 8 p.m.

We're giving away 2 tickets. Tell us why you want to go. The best answer wins the tickets! Email us here.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Peterborough Woman Had No Date For 30th Birthday So Sweet Ex-Husband Took Her To Dinner

Brandy

Peterborough's Brandy Aston turned The Big 30 on Monday (April 27th). She's single, and didn't have a date.

So her ex-husband Matthew—the father of her children—stepped up bigtime as you'll see from her FB post below...

"Having children with someone builds an unbreakable bond," Brandy tells PTBOCanada about her ex, and his kind gesture. "To know that through all the chaos and stress this world can throw at us my children have this incredible man as their role model is the most satisfying and encouraging thing in my life."

And here is what Matthew had to say about "the date" on Brandy's Facebook post...

So sweet.

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Listen: Ptbo State Of Mind

LOL, some guy has done a mini Peterborough version of "Empire State of Mind". Watch out Jay-Z.

Actually, Jay-Z does not need to worry.

You'll see why below...

Downtown Peterborough Ontario

**If you do a parody of this song to Peterborough, email us.

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Opening Day At Silver Bean Cafe Is May 1st

It's a homerun and grand slam! Opening Day at Silver Bean is Friday, May 1st!!

We will give a gift certificate (max $200) equal to however many RT's this gets by the #silverbeanopening on May 1st, 2015. Must RT to win!

— Silver Bean Cafe (@silverbeancafe) April 24, 2015

From 10 am to 11 am on Opening Day, there is also a special YWCA BEAN UP tweet-up at Silver Bean in support of the YWCA. The event will feature speaker Lynn Zimmer, Executive Director of the YWCA, talking about the important role the organization plays in our community.

Artist Brianna Gosselin will also be live-painting with the finished piece to be won by one of the monthly donors to YWCA who sign up that day.

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