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132nd Year, Issue 7

February 16, 2012 | 52 Pages

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Town pegs tax bump at 2.49% BY DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

The Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital has launched a campaign to raise money for a digital mammography machine. – Page 15

Arnprior District High School’s boys basketball teams are on the verge of adding more hardware to the school’s trophy case. – Page 23

Photo by Theresa Fritz

TIARAS and TREATS

Tea for two took on a whole new meaning for Kylie Affleck, left, and Oriana Miseferi as the two girls enjoy an afternoon of ice cream and royal treatment at the Klic’s Internet CafÊ princess tea. The Sunday afternoon event was an overwhelming success, attracting many young girls in their best princess attire. Cinderella was on hand to pose for photos with her young admirers. For more, see Page 49.

EMC News – Council made a deliberate decision to flat line the 2012 Arnprior budget and wrestle down the municipal property tax increase to 2.49 per cent, says Mayor David Reid. The hike brings $157,500 more into town coffers for everything from road resurfacing to projection studies to even a new skateboard park at the Nick Smith Centre. Reid said new accounting software wasn’t in place in time to provide comparables, but that next year an in-depth analysis of the actuals will help guide council to direct money toward priorities. “It was kind of a difficult situation, but it had to be done. It’s behind us now,� he said. “And I think it went well despite that. We had a good cross-section of meeting all needs of all departments.� He said public safety takes priority, which is why council gave thumbs up to vehicle and equipment replacements in the fire services. Youth programs to keep young people occupied were saved, and the wooden skateboard structure will be replaced with a metal one this spring. A $50,000 study to do streetscaping and landscaping of John and Elgin streets will begin with asking the public what it would like to see – be it more benches, greenspace, new sidewalks, updated light standards, and more. Coun. Mark Willmer said the exercise should alert resident to the possibilities. See ‘STREETSCAPING’ Page 3

Town’s population grows by more than 13 per cent BY DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

EMC News – After years of sliding back, Arnprior’s population in 2011 jumped past the 8,000 mark and rivals Renfrew’s for the first time.

Mayor David Reid made mention of the news, after Statistics Canada released census data last week, at Monday’s council meeting. He chuckled, than “congratulated� Arnprior for its 13.4 per cent growth,

which he surmised must make it one of the fastest growing communities in Eastern Ontario. The rise is higher than most if not all neighbouring communities. Reid suggested past statistics

seemed low-balled to him, but that this one is likely accurate. He also cautioned about equating growth with prosperity. See ‘POPULATION’ Page 3

Pedestrian seriously injured, police looking for hit-and-run driver Who was wed, who is getting married? Check out the annual Bridal Supplement included in today’s newspaper.

EMC News - Arnprior OPP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision that has left a 56-year-old female pedestrian with serious head injuries. On Monday, Feb. 13 at about 7:45 p.m., two pedestrians were walking southbound on McNab Street in Arnprior near the Nylene plant. The woman was struck from behind and knocked to the ground. Police report the suspect made no attempt to stop

the vehicle and fled the scene southbound on McNab Street. The victim was transported by paramedics to the Arnprior District Memorial Hospital and later transferred to the Ottawa Hospital with serious head injuries. Police are looking for what is believed to be a smaller, older model red pick-up, which may have sustained damage to the front passenger side as a re-

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