Arnprior Chronicle-Guide

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Town considers taking over Care Coach Taxi owner angry service is subsidized to extent it is RISING STAR An actor with a strong Arnprior connection has landed a role in a CBC comedy debuting Sept. 14. Tommie-Amber Pirie, who was in the critically acclaimed film The Trotsky, sits with us for an espresso. 9

FOOD CONFUSION Everyone wants to do the right thing when it comes to eating food that causes the least damage to ourselves and our planet. But where to start in a world of conflicting messages? 6

DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

Arnprior town council might take over the Care Coach reins in order to secure provincial grants. But the move isn’t going over well with at least one taxi company. At the Aug. 29 meeting, staff and councillors discussed a recent presentation by Dennis Harrington of the Arnprior Braeside McNab Seniors at Home Program. He suggested the town find a way to win thousands of dollars in grants for its door-to-door transportation service. The non-profit organization will pick up seniors and disabled people in specially made vehicles for $6 per person. Billed as a specialty care service - with donations to the organization raised through community events, a municipal grant, and provincial money adding up to 46 per cent of operating costs – the care coach is nevertheless considered a form of competition by some in the private taxi industry. “Everyone in town is calling it a taxi,” said A1 owner Carrie Martin. “Except they charge $6 a head; we have to charge $6 whether it’s one person or six.” Harrington insists it is not a taxi service. It provides driver criminal checks, proper insurance. “We are not here to compete with the taxi service,” Harrington said. “We’ve been here over 30 years and we are not going anywhere. See ‘TOWN’ Page 4

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AGC GORDON CUP GOLF CHAMPS The Arnprior Golf Club is this year’s Gordon Cup winner. The Gordon Cup is a 14-man gross score event that takes part between the Arnprior, Mississippi, Renfrew, Pembroke and Deep River golf clubs. This year was the 82nd year of the event. Hoisting the cup are members of the winning team Sean Moore, Kevin Mulvihill, Allen McGee, Cam McIntosh, Peter Duffy, Joe Nych, Jason McCormick, Steve Dontigny, Terry Olmstead, Richard Pope, Mike Payer, John Ackehurst, James Paterson and Taylor Collins. See Page 23 for more Arnprior Golf Club news.

Quarry company to move: resident DEREK DUNN

derek.dunn@metroland.com

Miller Group is pulling out of the Braeside quarry – at least for now. Anti-quarry activist and nearby resident Norma Moore said the company’s

inability to win a noise bylaw exemption and its poor showing during the recent civil suit against it, has the company wanting out of the area. “I’m thrilled, even if they are gone for a short while,” Moore said. See ‘COMPANY’ Page 13

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