Take a visit to the Rails End Gallery soon and you’ll see the journey of art that the current students of the Visual and Creative Arts Diploma at Fleming College are taking. Every piece is distinctly different yet all together they represent a progressive and raw look into the work of artists that are exploring their new found freedom of choosing what art medium they decide to investigate.

This week the Dysart et al Council sat down for their first serious review of the municipality’s draft 2010 budget. On first blush it appears that once a few small pieces of the financial pie are added, Council will likely adopt a two percent increase on the Municipal levy. CAO Tammy McKelvey advised Council that the budget being presented represented the total 2009 levy, plus $45,350 in growth related taxes and a two percent increase representing an additional $90,725.

An article in the Voice on January 14th 2010 titled “Alzheimer’s Rates Could More than Double in Thirty Years” detailed the debilitating disease and the client care offered for patients and caregivers in Haliburton County. The article elicited a response from Gail Scala, Director of Communications at Central East Community Care Access Centre. Comments were made by Haliburton health care professionals who stated to the Voice “in the last year the Haliburton Access Centre amalgamated with other areas such as Durham and parts of Scarborough.