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ARNPRIOR
Chronicle Guide Proudly serving Arnprior and surrounding area since 1879
132nd Year , Issue 22
May 31, 2012 | 52 Pages
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Good jobs Manufacturer to bring plant, employment to town Derek Dunn derek.dunn@metroland.com
Arnpriorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sarah Robertson is in the midst of a very special co-operative education placement. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Page 12
EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Not many municipalities outside Mexico can boast that a manufacturing plant is coming to town. Many are waving goodbye to them. But Arnprior can say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;welcomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Canadian Hydro Components, a manufacturer and installer of hydroelectric equipment for hundreds of projects around the world, plans to build at 440 McCartney St. near NuTech Precision Metals in Arnpriorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Industrial Park. News of the purchase of an industrial park lot was announced by Mayor David Reid at the May 28 council meeting. He said the deal to bring the plant and its 30 to 40 well-paid employees came together after council agreed to reduce developersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; securities to 25 per cent, making it more affordable. See COMPANY Page 3
An Arnprior United Church minister has spoken out against some members of his church for taking too hard of a stand on Israel.
Arnpriorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 150th anniversary celebration is just over a week away and the excitement is growing. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Page 4, 5
Photo by Michael J Brethour
Brody Flegal of Arnprior District High School leads the pack during the midget boys 100-metre hurdles at last Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EOSSAA track and field championships at Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mary Anne Sills Park. For more on the Eastern Ontario track meet, see Page 26. For stories on ADHS success in rugby, soccer and music, see Pages 25, 27 and 49.
Arnprior-M-B dispute over fees â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;threatensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; local sports Nick Smith Centre operation endangered: Mayor Reid Derek Dunn
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EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Parts of the Nick Smith Centre will all but be mothballed if a service fees agreement with McNab-Braeside isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reached, Arnprior Mayor David Reid indicated at the May 28 town council meeting. Reid carefully laid out the costs to recreation users if the township doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contribute. Unless a deal is reached by June 30, it will mean township and other non-residents will pay a 50 per cent surcharge on all individual programs, he said. Pilates/zumba users will pay an additional $50; Camp Wanago users will pay almost $100; single member swimmers an extra $239. When it comes to ice rentals, the surcharge will be almost $70 per hour for minor hockey; almost $45 per hour for adult hockey; and pool rentals will jump almost $47. Arnprior minor hockeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rental surcharge will reach almost $73,000, or almost $525 per player.
For ďŹ gure skaters itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be an additional $333.25, and for typical adult hockey itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll mean almost $90 more per user. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has a very signiďŹ cant impact on those users,â&#x20AC;? Reid said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will lead to users decreasing.â&#x20AC;? If that happens, the costs will rise for those who do, he said, and they will drop out too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without McNab-Braesideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m convinced there is a good possibility, that the whole thing could come spiraling down,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sounds like scare tactics, but logically if you think it through â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what could happen. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arena and pool are at risk.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even planning for changes, such as converting the pool to a gym or auditorium, and the rink to an indoor ďŹ eld. The fate of the library is not as â&#x20AC;&#x153;drastic,â&#x20AC;? he said. But it will have an impact. Reid also challenged McNab-Braeside Mayor Mary Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facts when it comes to how much is paid for library usage
Minor hockey parents raise fears about future of sport in Arnprior John Carter john.carter@metroland.com
EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Arnprior Minor Hockey could disband if Arnprior and McNab-Braeside donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to an agreement over recreation fees, township politicians were told Monday. About 14 irate minor hockey parents and association executive members met with McNab-Braeside Mayor Mary Campbell, Deputy Mayor Christine Blimkie and recreation committee member Brian Armsden in a hastily-called meeting in the township council chambers. They appealed to the township ofďŹ cials to reconsider their rejection of Arnpriorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer that would see a signiďŹ cant increase in the annual fee that allows McNab-Braeside residents to use the Nick Smith Centre without a surcharge. In the hour-long debate, Campbell and Blimkie stuck to their guns, arguing that McNab-Braeside would be better off allocating the money to its own recreational offerings and facilities.
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