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a ; Warkw orth L : W Long Lunc 7 § 3 s § + U |good fare for village fl & & f 8 Proceeds used to w O $3,000 and $4,000 a year, is ploughed b j 3 lks _ _ _ t s | back into the community‘s beautifiâ€" cautify community | B C s e "Cp | cation led by the Warkworth Business es e ol __| Association. 3 JOHN CAMPBELL e ie _ [ O ) Cw _ This year‘s funds will go toward the jcampbell@northumberlandnews.com â€" e & _ To# c installation of decorative light fixtures on “'w P . 58. â€" M the village‘s three bridges at an approxiâ€" WARKWORTH â€"â€" It‘s al fresco dining m & e iD â€" O mate cost of $80,000. on such a large scale that it shuts down 3 %é" e# s. e * "We‘re hoping for next year," Mr. Jones the village‘s Main Street for one day a es > KX _ said, but it will probably require getting year. 5 ol %é je a grant to raise the necessary capital. The first time the Warkworth Long | casl § Tickets for the Aug. 19 event are availâ€" Lunch was held nine years ago, organizâ€" -fi”l”fl:;“" ko able in person or by phone at Eclectic ers expected a turnout of about 300 peoâ€" %};’i’."gfi’ k Mix in Warkworth, 705â€"924â€"9200, and W BOAT ple; instead about 500 showed up, said “fi‘ifihfi’% «| the chamber of commerce in Campbellâ€" § Meirion Jones, coâ€"chairman of the lunch â€"|Â¥ ”I&"ifl% | ‘| ford, 1â€"888â€"653â€"1556. with Kim MacNeil and Jim Cohen. %@i ies _\ _ The menu includes beef, ham, baked I p ru nS But ‘that number was dwarfed on one _ _‘ _ t _ beans, pasta salad, corn on the cob and occasion in the Long Lunches that folâ€" KAREN LONGWELL / THEINDEPENDENT pie. 10;4red. 7 f WARKWORTH â€"â€" Kim MacNeil, Trent Hills _ "It‘s a great way to show off the village a rO u nd Thfi most we‘ve ever had was around councilor, left, and Meirion Jones are because the Main Street looks terrific 1,400," Mr. Jones said. However, in the looking forward to the Warkworth Long now," Mr. Jones said. "It‘s a lot of fun." last couple of years, attendance has Set _ Lunch this Sunday. The street is blocked _ The event includes music by The Fade _ *ROMPAGE1 Eled in at between 600 and 700, which is _ off and tables are stretched out for the. Kings, a juried art show by Spirit of the Roisted the sails, but the wind a very manageable number," he said, eighth annual Warkworth Long Lunch. Hills with artists painting on the street, picked up % am.:‘u it looks like that‘s what we‘ll be and a book sale at the library. "The wind was relentless again this year." The stores will be open, and for the _ and it kept blowing me The first Long Lunch was held to celâ€" â€" ments to the village, beginning with its _ second year in a row, the Percy Agriculâ€" towards shore," he said. gbrate the completion of the first phase â€" Main Street. tural Society will operate a fruit and vegâ€" The Coast Guard responded ¢ in a longâ€"term project to make improveâ€" _ The proceeds it generates, between _ etable market at the red barn. to Seta‘s Mayday but the sailâ€" E boat was too close to shore j and nothing could be done. i TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: Wind drives ship to sh in nehem io rerael : Ving arives ship to shore 3 7 with the big boat, so they went R rdrrfat16 42E4tLarwva TCOA*f 44¢ 20// § back to Cobourg to gyel the -‘ \ \ W 1 inflatable, and it couldn‘t get in | \ \ & al Oa close either, so they had me eye t \ \ abandon ship," Seta said. s t \ \% "I just stepped off the side te! : runs aground indim ae hore" | Thknt g % ; y( P Seta said the ordeal lasted ACX ‘ a s nearly three hours, but he \ cÂ¥ I n G rafto n remained calm throughout. | [ \ Syll & "I have lots of faith in our || \ > Coast Gtéfar}[li and I wasn‘t all _ ; \ infi ndft t & that far off shore," he said. | ; y SE BHES "I‘ve also got full scuba gear | d NorthumberIand Today on board, so if worse came to \â€" â€"<fl i f 7 p _A GRAFTON â€" A Toronto worst I could have swam." | ut \ | â€" sns ’ 7 man‘s holiday was extended The extent of the damage to j \ e T @3 ; /4 " , after his 46â€"foot sailboat ran the 18â€"ton vessel is unknown. o M t ". it /J ’ C ldies aground early Friday mornâ€" Seta said there was some water < # * f';l hss % he4 cancccincck * s BB e ul ing. > coming into the boat, but he * s hm h k e ;«fg' ; Anthony Seta was on his had no idea from where. : §.8 czee _ KK _ #P~* :z 3 . way home after a twoâ€"week : Looking over the waves * j;‘agé* f;;.«rf-”' # sailing vacation to the Bay of pounding at the side of his 4 t _A ue f Quinte in the Belleville area sailboat, Seta took it all in ols _â€"_. ':fi""' o : on his boat called Morse Code stride. < t | _ o & of Love. "I‘ve run aground before and N k e 4; mt He‘s been sailing for 10 I‘ve run aground sailing with > «/ > _ "O| â€"years and he bought the sailâ€" others. That does happen. You _ \ 0 ues sateel _ boat last year and sailed it up just run out of water," he said. (Wintion ue es _ _ _ |_ from Rhode Island. But the good news is the weex : snn es O mees~ <=< _%H‘ Around midnight Thursday good people from the commuâ€" e e = e e O OO _| _ night, Seta said, water got in nity of Grafton who‘ve helped ce 2 m / 4 s ‘ %&] the engine near Colborne. Seta since he washed up on ue t e s 6 % 3 ~Sn e "My engine cut out when their shoreline. fi o 14 f W l __ water got into the fuel," Seta "The people and neighbours Mss _â€". â€"é»â€" _# * said at about 9 a.m. while are absolutely phenomenal," * Cc sA e e > . | . waiting for salvage crews to he said. "All morning they are Sss us s 3 â€" arrive from Pickering. bending over backwards to be * PETE FISHER Northumberland Today _ When the engine quit, he helpful." The 46â€"foot sailboat Morse Code of Love owned by Anthony Seta made an unexpected stop along the .« "I‘m had breakfast and a shores of Grafton early Friday morning. _ see BOAT | Page 2 iil}l;:l}j\fer and now I need some peter fisher@sunmedia.ca Twitter.com/NT_pfisher . ®) f