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Two hurt in fire Father, son sent to hospital with minor injuries SHERRY HAAIMA Sherry.haaima@metroland.com

BUDGET APPROVED It’s relatively good news for Arnprior taxpayers. The town budget has been passed with a 1.76 per cent tax boost, close to the cost of living rate. The school tax rate is falling and it appears Renfrew County’s tax increase will be even less than the town’s.

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A Tuesday evening house fire on Craig Street in Arnprior sent two men to hospital to be treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation.

Fire chief John Okum says the quick actions of the homeowners and the work of the firefighters prevented much greater damage to the home at 12 Craig St. The fire department received the call at 10:20 p.m. and it took just over six min-

utes to reach the scene, reports Okum.

“When the fire department arrived there was confirmed fire on the second floor of a residential house,” said Okum. “Everybody had gotten out of the house.”

The two occupants, a father and son, were being treated by paramedics – one for burns to his hands and the other for smoke inhalation. “They had attempted to extinguish the fire and became overcome by smoke and flames,” said Okum.

Tories rally behind MP JOHN CARTER john.carter@metroland.com

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The Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Conservative Riding Association is standing firmly behind its MP. In response to calls by at least three newspapers in the riding for the ouster of Cheryl Gallant as the party’s candidate in the next federal election after her much-criticized search-and-rescue comments in Newfoundland, the association has issued a statement of support for the beleaguered MP. The statement, issued on the authorization riding president Tom Tracey, came Tuesday after a meeting of the executive in Cobden.

Asked about the release, titled ‘We support Cheryl’, the association indicated the contents reflect the feelings of everyone present at the meeting.

See ‘RIDING’ Page 6

See ‘FIRE’, Page 6

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The Arnprior District High School junior boys basketball team dodged a bullet in its first game at the Eastern Ontario championship Wednesday and rebounded to win the title.

The Redmen, hosts of the tournament and top seed, were on the verge of being upset when a clutch long three-point basket by Cody Moore with 14 seconds left tied the game with LaSalle and forced overtime. ADHS went on to win 56-52.

Arnprior had an easier time in game two, defeating La Citadelle 63-45 behind Mike Shoveller’s 31 points. In the final against Brockville Collegiate Red Rams, ADHS won the championship with a hard-fought 77-68 victory.

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SPARKY’S GIRL Cheyanne Hamilton is cozy in the arms of Sparky, who also happens to be her dad, at the annual winter carnival in McNab-Braeside Saturday. The school gym was full again this year with plenty to do, from a jellybean count to golf putting practice to enjoying live music. See more photographs on page 2 and learn how the funds raised will be allocated.

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Paige Herbert, left, is serious at play, making necklaces. The winter carnival usually raises about $1,000 for needy families and other fire department sponsored events. Kyle Felhaver and Friends entertained on stage, above, while Mayor Mary Campbell and Deputy Mayor Christine Blimkie served breakfast.

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The twin subjects of survey results and community participation played heavily in all three guest speakers’ speeches at last week’s Greater Arnprior Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting.

The speakers - McNab-Braeside Mayor Mary Campbell, Arnprior District Memorial Hospital (ADMH) CEO Eric Hanna and Arnprior Mayor David Reid - told the roomful of some 80 business leaders at the Arnprior Legion Feb. 17 that they respond to feedback and encourage citizens to take an active role in public life.

Reid, a successful engineer and developer, began by explaining the role of government and elected representatives he learned about during municipal governance training in Kingston. He concluded by saying a mayor is not a CEO, but that the jobs run “parallel.”

He disagreed with trainers who said the public’s role is that of observer, saying it must go further – to providing input.

Reid’s election campaign last fall included improving communication, meaning the accurate understanding of complaints from the public and the use of clear messaging when it comes to dealing with the controversial issues such as the recent water-billing fiasco. He pledged to open town hall to constituents’ expertise and seek their advice during council meetings. He also reworked council committees to make room for volunteers from the public.

Most water bills sent out near the beginning of January included a survey of some 13 questions having to do with services like garbage pick-up and snow removal versus taxes, town-sponsored activities, accessibility renovations to municipal buildings, among others. The town got 220 responses.

“The idea was to get a general feeling on issues,” Reid said of the unscientific survey.

He then cited goals such as streamlining work and increasing transparency, including the possibility of a

“re-defined and re-aligned” town hall staff.

He also spoke to newly formed committees and councillors who will head them. Reid takes on economic development; Reeve Walter Stack, with much experience in money matters at the county level, takes on finance; Coun. Mark Willmer, who ran on protecting quality of life issues, takes on parks and recreation; Coun. Ted Strike, who for decades was public works director, takes on public works; Coun. Lynn Grinstead, who volunteers in service groups and works in media, takes on community improvement and tourism; Coun. Dan Lynch, who runs the arm’s-length Arnprior Airport, takes on public and employee safety; and Coun. Lyle Anderson, a senior electrical technologist advisor on Parliament Hill, takes on policies, procedures and bylaws.

A questioner told Reid industrial tax is $2 square foot in Arnprior and $1.50 in Ottawa, and wanted to know what he will do about it.

“You want to be competitive with your neighbours,” Reid said, but added the reality is the town has two levels of government compared to the city’s one, meaning much of the tax revenue goes to the county and education.

When it was pointed out property values are 10 to 15 per cent higher in Arnprior than Renfrew, because the former is closer to a big city, Reid again stressed the importance of staying competitive.

gram. It sees elderly folks arrive by day for companionship and other reasons, but allows them to stay in their homes at night.

Hanna also spoke about the $110,000 renovations to the Grove, with a Spanish spa and newly-painted doors completed. He also mentioned the facility needs to expand its bed count, but wants to make sure non-Grove providers, such as assisted housing, and programs are fully utilized.

About 100 people are waiting to get a room at the longterm care centre, but Hanna said 20 per cent could be cared for in a less expensive way.

He mentioned the government branch E-Health and how it helped pay for fibre-optic cables to safeguard Internet access a short three months after Hanna said “people could die” without it. The emergency room upgrades – complete with isolation room and chemical spill holding tank – are expected to be finished by March 31.

However, it was the staff and patient satisfaction surveys that he spent much of his time on. Hanna has often stressed the importance of filling out the forms. He also noted the Foundation volunteer board has at least one upcoming vacancy.

Asked about the number of patients who come from the city, Hanna said about 2,000 per year, or 12 per cent of all visitors.

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He also talked about funding partnerships - such as that between the province, Partners in Caring and the United Way - to initiatives such as the Grove Day Pro-

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We would like to thank Mayor Reid- Town of Arnprior Mayor Campbell – Township of McNab/Braeside And CEO Arnprior District Memorial Hospital Eric Hanna For their informative presentations on February 17, 2011 Thank you to the Arnprior Legion for a delicious breakfast

Campbell reminded listeners that a survey in McNabBraeside showed residents want three things: to protect their environment; maintain their peaceful rural lifestyle; and promote their heritage. These priorities must fit with the province’s mandate to produce a “viable, self-sustaining community.”

“I ran on creating an independent, rural municipality that protected those three things,” Campbell said. “And I won, emphatically.”

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Council approves budget with 1.76 tax per cent boost SHERRY HAAIMA

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Arnpriorites will face a modest increase in their municipal taxes this year after council wrapped up 2011 budget deliberations Tuesday (Feb. 22).

The municipal portion of taxes in Arnprior will rise 1.76 per cent. The tax bill also includes county and school board levies, with those increases expected to be minimal.

Speaking in general terms, Arnprior treasurer David Pollard says the average taxpayer can expect to see a $25-30 increase in the municipal portion of their taxes.

The town’s capital budget is $4,387,888 while the operating budget comes in at $10,307,564.

In the final of numerous budget sessions held over the past two weeks, council made some last-minute considerations before approving the operating and capital budgets.

Coun. Lynn Grinstead suggested council should be putting funds away to prepare for relevant projects coming out of the Community Improvement Plan, a document introduced at a meeting following the budget session.

“I just feel that resources should be set aside,” said Grinstead. “A reserve for this, I believe, is a key element.”

Mayor David Reid said though he likes what he saw in the plan he was not prepared to put money in the budget this year.

Coun. Dan Lynch supported Grinstead’s motion, but Reeve Walter Stack, Coun.

Ted Strike and Mayor Reid defeated it.

In his final recap of the budget, Pollard noted there is $250,000 in the budget for an accessibility retrofit of town hall, an item that depends on a pending funding request.

“The project is in here based on the grant application; if the grant isn’t successful, we’ll have to look at something else,” said Pollard.

Another ongoing issue, the economic development officer position, has been extended on a temporary basis pending a review of all the town positions.

Since the position was budgeted for based on part-time hours and the Greater Arnprior Chamber of Commerce, which shares the cost of the position, is looking to make the role full-time, council bumped up the figure in its budget to $22,000.

In a full-time capacity, the position has been costed at about $69,000 – a salary of $53,000, benefits of $12,600 and $3,500 in administrative costs.

Stack agreed that a corporate review was a good idea and agreed with council to fund the position on a temporary basis until the review is complete.

Pollard explained that a corporate review of the town as far as positions go is in the works. The review will cover all town positions, looking at and redefining job descriptions as each case requires.

Pollard suggested the economic development officer, now based at the Kenwood Centre, should be moved into town hall “Secondly, I think it’s best if we know exactly what the job description is going to be.”

He also noted that there is a possibility

of adding a marketing component to the position CAPITAL BUDGET On Wednesday, Feb. 16, council went line by line through the capital budget.

Axed from the list was design work on Elgin and John streets water systems, a water and wastewater master plan, and water-related servicing design on Division Street.

A $20,000 fund that was to go to information systems was cut to $10,000 and council has set aside a reserve for information systems and related hardware.

A $50,000 odour and chemical evaluation to try to solve the problem at the sewer plant stayed in the budget as council grapples to fix the problem.

“I think it’s important we bring this to a conclusion,” said Coun. Strike.

A new truck for the cemetery was denied, but the budget was adjusted after council learned it would cost more to fix the truck and get it on the road than to replace it. The Nick Smith Centre will get a new roof to the tune of $144,125, but improvements at the skate park were nixed despite a chance to partner with a parents group and take advantage of an immediate savings.

“I appreciate the savings opportunity,” said Stack of a pledge to fundraise some

of the funds to install metal rails at the skate park, “but there are a lot more priorities in town.”

The Arnprior Museum will get its disabled ramp, replacement heating and restoration work on the downstairs windows, but the pointing work and elevator that was requested will have to wait.

Curator Janet Carlile was on hand to announce successful funding of $7,095 to cover a handicapped washroom on the first floor. Council will make up the $2,430 difference in the cost.

The fire department’s budget includes $150,000 to replace the 1977 pumper, but the daily duty fire vehicle, an SUV, will not be replaced at this time despite ongoing problems with the electrical system In terms of equipment, 22 sets of firefighter gear will be replaced, along with new uniforms and breathing apparatuses for the fire department Sidewalk replacements will happen on Thomas and other streets Money allocated to a solar photovoltaic program did not stay in the budget.

Council and staff looked at additional projects not originally budgeted for and agreed that reconstruction of Tierney Street was a priority and that work on Riverview Drive is needed sooner rather than later, as well.

See ‘DOG PARK’ Page 7

The Arnprior Optimist Club would like to thank our many event sponsors, participants and attendees. Your generosity and support has made a significant contribution to the success of our recent 30th Annual Winter Carnival and our 4th Annual Golf Tournament held this past summer in support of our $100,000 pledge to the ADMH Partners in Caring Campaign.

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Fire prompts candle safety warning Continued from front While the investigation is continuing, the department has all but confirmed the fire was accidental, started by an unattended candle.

Along with the work of the firefighters, the homeowners’ quick thinking and 911 call prevented things from being much worse, said the chief.

“They did some good things,” said Okum. “They closed the door and contained the fire to the room. And they had working smoke alarms on each floor.”

The home did suffer damage in the fire.

“There was damage to contents and some structural damage, but it is limited,” he said.

Okum said the incident is a good reminder to people about candle safety.

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Candles are increasingly named as the cause of fires in Ontario, a concern to fire departments across the province.

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“We stand united behind Cheryl Gallant, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and our entire team in Ottawa.

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Continued from Page 4 A dog park, sidewalk on the north side of Madawaska Boulevard and work on Decosta Street didn’t make the cut.

Community Policing Committee continues JOHN CARTER john.carter@metroland.com

The Arnprior Community Policing Committee is not being disbanded.

Arnprior council had proposing to replace another group, the Community Policing Advisory Committee (CPAC), with a Public and Employees Safety Relations Committee. That committee will be chaired by Coun. Dan Lynch and is will include four members from the public.

The Public and Employees Relations Committee will advise town council on policing, fire and emergency services matters.

However, the CPAC is a mandated in the provincial Police Services Act, which states it will provide advice to the detachment commander on objectives and priorities for the police service.

If Arnprior had its own contract with the OPP, it would have to form a Police Services Board.

Meanwhile, the Community Policing Committee continues to operate separately from town hall.

Former police liaison and longtime member Don Gougeon says the committee was formed in 1991 to work with police to tackle issues and solve problems that crop up in the community.

Its first major project was to work with police to find ways to deter a growing number of thefts from vehicles, he said.

The committee partnered with the Arnprior Optimist Club to distribute ‘Lock it or pocket it’ key chains.

The committee has undertaken many awareness projects since, runs an information office in the Arnprior Mall and looks after the annual bike auction. Its major fundraiser is the annual ‘‘jail and bail’ event.

Gougeon says the committee has 27-plus members, but is always happy to have more volunteers join.

The committee meets regularly with the current Arnprior OPP detachment liaisons being Sgt. Gary Dougherty and Const. Colleen McGrath.

The committee brings problems to the police and the officers raise issues with the committee.

“It’s been a beneficial back and forth,” said Gougeon.

Reeve Stack raised the issue of weekly garbage pick-up. In April, weekly pick-up will resume but Stack says voters want it reinstated all year round.

While Reid suggested the matter could be dealt with at a later time, “All through

the fall we told people ‘Wait ‘til budget time, we’ll address that,” said Stack. “I want to put it in place for fall of 2011 so people know it’s going to happen.”

Stack put forward a motion supported by himself and Coun. Lyle Anderson.

Coun. Grinstead, who agreed that weekly pick-up was a major issue on the campaign trail, abstained from voting, which gets recorded as a no vote. Councillors Dan Lynch and Ted Strike voted against the motion.

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Coyotes hunts, contests or not

EDITORIAL

The world revolves around food If you thought the entire world revolved around money, it doesn’t. The world revolves around something much more basic, even though getting enough of it can be more difficult than amassing money or finding an oil well.

The world revolves around food... and water.

You cannot move very far without an adequate food supply. You cannot fight an effective war without it.

A cautionary comment from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) suggests that food, once spared the indignity of competition on the open market, may finally have run smack into the real world.

Just about everything else that we consider a necessity has gone up in price.

Gasoline prices have continued to rise, sometimes at an alarming rate, and that has affected the cost of getting inexpensive food from the farmer to the marketplace. Add to that the increasing cost of seed, fertilizer, processing and distribution, and the stage is set for an increase in food prices. The negative effect of global warming and weather is another factor that is affecting the harvests in places like Russia and India. Commodity price fluctuations, export controls and the reality of unstable governments in Third World countries, suggest that global food production may be at risk.

Locally, farmers appear to be like the rest of us — trying to stay ahead of the next curve that world prices may throw at them.

The cost of food in Canada has increased over the past 30 years. Despite the increases, Canadian food is still the best food around and the most affordable. According to the OFA, a generation ago, the cost of breaking daily bread took 20 per cent of an average income. These days that is down to 11 per cent. This past Feb. 12 has been pegged as Food Freedom Day. This is the day the average Canadian has made enough income to cover their grocery bills for entire year.

The OFA is calling for a National Food Strategy to stay ahead of increasing costs to our food producing system and eventually higher food costs for Canadians.

The idea sounds like a good one given what we have seen with just about every other commodity being shaped by a global perspective.

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To the editor: Al’s corner Store is hosting a local registration.

This is between my business, my customers, local farmers, hunters, trappers and aboriginal people who have the legal right to harvest coyotes from their lands.

They register their coyotes and if that weight is pulled from a draw, then they can win a prize. It is no different from hundreds of other wild game registrations/contests that go on all the time in other communities across this country.

The fact that Donna Dubreuil has singled out myself and our registration leads me to believe she has some personal vendetta against me and is using the media to manufacture the issues and manipulate the public’s opinion.

Within our registration, the numbers of coyotes being harvested since November of last year, over the large geographical area they are brought from, represent a tiny fraction of the coyote population. There is an open season for coyotes all year long in this part of Ontario, and they will be hunted regardless of contests.

Alan Mills Al’s Corner Store

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The hockey world should listen to Mario To the editor: Recent escalations of violence in the hockey world has forced one of the ‘great ones of the game’ to come forward and “call a spade a spade.”

Mario Lemieux, one of the most respected players who ever played the game, has stated that the level of hockey presently being played in the National Hockey League is a ‘travesty.’

The league and the game per se is seeing more than its share of ‘black eyes’ of late, not that it didn’t have them before.

The game of hockey is aggressive; it is lightning fast; it requires conditioning and stamina, as most sport does, and it requires discipline and skill to perform in all facets of the game.

Penalties occur for infractions, as they do in all body contact sport; that is a part of sport.

But deliberate injuries to other players like we have been witnessing of late are not called for.

In fact, the criminal justice system has investigated some of those incidents and have laid charges for which convictions have been rendered, The problem has been that the criminal justice system has not been consistent in its application of what is

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their mandate. So fist fights, deliberate elbows to the head, spearing, boarding etc. is back as a ‘normal business practice.’

The perpetrators tend to be players who lack many of the skills and discipline necessary to play hockey at a high level, thus mayhem is again becoming the method by which play is conducted.

The so-called ‘gate keepers’ of hockey maintain this is ‘the Canadian way of playing hockey ... it is what sells ... take the product or leave it alone.’

So I have left it alone for many years now with a few exceptions. I watch the Olympics and I tend to watch international tournaments. The organizations that manage those events do not subscribe to criminal behaviour and that is what deliberate assaults perpetuated on others are!

The other brand of hockey that I watch at every opportunity is women’s hockey. They skate well, check hard, stickhandle with aplomb, score lots of goals and they do it with ‘class’.

The women are also well spoken and present themselves as intelligent athletes proud of their accomplishments as players of the game they love and as role models for our youth. Okay, so

a few brought some beer onto the ice after winning the World’s Championship a year or two back.

They got the message for that miscue, but I have yet to see them involved in bench clearing brawls ... bad language ... or bizarre scenarios that I think are often orchestrated from behind the benches.

I support Mario Lemieux for his comments and position on this issue.

He was a player whose star-studded career was the envy of most.

He never ‘backed down’ but played the game with heart, determination, and a belief in who he was and how he believed he ought to conduct himself on and off the ice surface.

He, along with others like Jean Beliveau and Wayne Gretzky didn’t have to become Roman gladiators to be great players. And Lemieux probably has simply ‘had enough of the goons’ that put on skates and pretend to know how to play hockey.

The hockey world had better start to listen to him, or there just won’t be a sustainable hockey world in the future.

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Gallant stands up for moral values To the editor: If little else, the Pope and the conservatives have one thing in common. The liberal-minded media hate them.

Neither of them can utter a word without the media microanalyzing and misinterpreting every word they say.

Renfrew County was the first to see the radical direction the liberals were going and rightly decided to jump ship and vote for Cheryl Gallant and the conservatives. Since then, liberals have been trying to regain lost ground by attempting to discredit the conservatives instead of making a platform of their own with some integrity, a virtue that has become foreign to the liberalminded.

Since 1969, when Pierre Trudeau’s Liberals ruled the day, they have managed to divide our country by making a sick joke of

all our traditional institutions, encourage the slaughter of the most innocent, build a huge national debt, exclude Christians, encourage radical activists with our funds and destroy families with their legislation.

Only recently they joined with the far left NDP and separatist Bloc parties to pass Bill C-389, which imposes a law which will be used as a tool for persecuting and prosecuting Christians and other individuals with a conscience.

The liberals are spin-doctoring out of control because they have no roots, no leadership and no moral direction. Cheryl Gallant stands up for the moral and conservative values Renfrew County voters want and the liberals and media don’t like it.

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lighter – most likely even lighter this week, so she has more invested in getting her way on the designation file.

The minister’s office keeps party peace by staying quiet.

You can imagine the temper tantrum his constituency office would witness if he supported designation.

So old-style politics for Minister Cannon means keeping quiet until his neighbouring member comes to her senses, drops the grudge with the deceased, and recognizes the positive impact the heritage designation would have on the economy on both sides of the Valley.

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in turn, could have a very negative effect on red fox numbers.

The percent of mange disease that is always present in high number populations and can cause high winter mortality could be identified. The incidence of hybridization with domestic dogs that was so prevalent in the 1970s and ‘80s would also be of interest.

Hybrids have less wariness of people and tend to hunt in at least family packs, day or night, compared to the more solitary and nocturnal nature of coyotes.

Let’s be honest, if we need an incentive to hunt coyotes then the monetary return from the legal sale of pelts should be enough.

Hunting and fishing contests are not illegal and have been going on as long as there have been anglers and hunters. They do not encourage more hunting but are, in fact, there after the fact to provide information, competition and bragging rights.

To the contrary, Al’s Corner Store and the Osgood Club should be congratulated on their efforts to encourage hunters to get out and enjoy a healthy and legal winter pursuit.

At the same time, there is a very strong case here of the pot calling the kettle black. There is a serious question here of the release of birds and animals in a semi-domesticated state from wildlife centres back into the wild.

Even with the best of intentions, the survival rate will be low and, like coyotes, the longterm effect will be nil. But that is another can of worms to be opened at a later date.

looked for excuses to block the designation which the late Len Hopkins championed. Each reason evaporated when examined in the sunlight.

Quebec’s silence is an interesting story line but is an awkward political screen. The riding on the other side of the river is held by a fellow Conservative, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon.

Minister Cannon has many important national and international issues to deal with, while our perpetual backbencher does not.

The importance of the designation issue is probably not that high for Minister Cannon given his other challenges.

Our member’s plate is much

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To the editor: It is time to put an end to the very hypocritical attitude, expressed by a few people towards the very legal harvest of coyote in the West Carleton and Osgood areas.

First of all, after a person, male or female, has completed all the firearms and hunter safety training courses and examinations, they can then purchase and register a firearm and take part in the harvesting of whichever game species is permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Act and the Hunting Regulations.

These regulations started in 1762, when General Tomas Gage, Military Governor of Montreal, proclaimed a closed season on ‘Partridge’ in Canada from March 15 to July 15.

In the following 250 years, we have seen many changes to the regulations and many bounties come and go. The last bounty on wolves ended in 1972 and the Wolf Damage to Livestock Act was passed.

A great deal of research and knowledge has been acquired in that same length of time, including the Coyote/Hybrid program at the Harkness Research station in Algonquin Park.

Nevertheless, from time to time there is a need to look for change and the two collecting areas at Al’s Corner Store and the Osgood Fish and Game Club can, in fact, do that if the Ministry of Natural Resources could be motivated to take part.

First of all, coyotes are not an easy animal to hunt and the numbers harvested over the last two years would indicate a very high population. Examination of the age structure would indicate if there is some other reason for the spike of coyote numbers that,

To the editor: The Ottawa River Heritage designation fuss is a good example of how the darker side of politics keeps our county in economic difficulty.

We have a member in parliament who seems to find it easier to say “no” when given an opportunity to protect jobs or even create conditions for new jobs.

We have all read her claims that AECL was not up for sale when it looked like it obviously was. For a year, she was telling the County Council that it was no use meeting to discuss the CP rail issue. And the latest no is to the heritage designation because people on the Quebec side are not vocally supporting it. Our member has consistently

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Chamber seeks business Many families missing out on federal benefits: MP award nominations It’s time to roll out the red carpet and nominate the best Arnprior and area businesses for the 2011 Business Achievement Awards.

The Greater Arnprior Chamber of Commerce invites nominations from the public and chamber members for the annual awards.

It is an opportunity to acknowledge a business or an individual who you feel goes above and beyond in the community.

There are three categories, including large business (more than 25 employees), small business (less than 25 employees) and chamber member of the year.

The business does not have to be a chamber member for the business category, but member of the year must be.

There is also a President’s award, chosen by chamber president Zillah Briscoe.

Nomination forms are avail-

able on-line at www.gacc.ca (under events) with a description of the nominee guidelines and requirements.

Deadline for nominations is Friday, March 11.

The seventh annual Awards Gala, jointly hosted by the chamber, Town of Arnprior and Township of McNab-Braeside (council has already made its award nominations) will be held April 8 at the Nick Smith Centre.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with a buffet dinner at 6 and the award ceremony starting at 7:30 p.m.

The chamber is working on expanding the event to include a dance as well.

Stay tuned for details.

Tickets will be on sale for $35 only until April 1.

They are available by calling the Chamber office at 613-6236817 or contacting any executive member.

In her February column, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant advises constituents they may be missing out on government benefits.

Gallant reports a recent federal task force on financial literacy has reported many Canadians are missing out on billions of dollars in government benefits.

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Township needs to attract tourism: mayor Continued from Page 3 Campbell said she is excited about the new, talented council, but knows community involvement is important to many of the 8,100 people living in the municipality’s 254 square kilometers.

“It’s a community-involved municipality,” she said, with unique issues reflected in areas such as the committees created.

Arnprior doesn’t have McNabBraeside’s environmental advisory committee, for instance.

She also indicated her support for coyote culls, saying livestock replacement costs are pressuring municipal coffers.

Asked about environmental concerns versus economic development, Campbell ended by saying: “We want to work with

nature as much as possible.”

Asked about economic development specifically, Campbell said commercial and residential development are mandated from the province to go hand in hand.

On the one hand, the province expects the municipality to increase the variety of housing it offers (although a proposal to create a retirement residence was declined due to zoning problems). On the other, about twothirds of the municipality’s 300 businesses are home-based.

“We have to take commercial much more seriously,” she said.

“We have to foster it, but we must also attract tourism such as our Scottish and natural heritage.

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McNab-Braeside should stop waffling and enforce its noise bylaw, council was told Feb. 8.

Resident Mark Popiel said residents in the area of the Braeside Quarry are frustrated by the lack of township action to curtail the Miller Group from running a generator all night long.

Others are told they can’t make that type of noise after 10 p.m. or on Sundays, but the company freely admits it is breaking the bylaw, he said. “Yet council’s not acting.”

Popiel argued that under the Charter of Rights, everyone has the right to equal protection.

Deputy Mayor Christine Blim-

kie explained that the township is rewriting its noise bylaw. It has to do so carefully, because it will affect the whole township, she said.

“It’s under review. That’s all I can tell you today.”

Popiel said residents were told to phone in complaints to the bylaw officer, then provide written complaints.

That’s been done, “but the generator is still running,” he said.

He said the argument that enforcing the noise bylaw would prevent the fire department from using a generator to fight a fire or a homeowner from using one during a power outage is ridiculous.

Those are obviously emergency situations, he said.

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McNab-Braeside council has rejected a request by the FACT-MB group to do alvar research on township property on the Braeside Ridge.

The 3-2 vote Feb. 8 against allowing the Friends Addressing Concerns Together in McNab-Braeside to study the property came after a council debate that expanded to include several members of the public.

Supporters argued that gathering information on the alvar is necessary, while opponents worried that if species at risk are found there it could hamper development in the township.

Mayor Mary Campbell, who supported the FACT request, said the township has been told the alvar is environmentally significant, but the Ministry of Natural Resources has never completed studies it started in the area.

“The question is, how special is it,” she said. “We’re going to have to grapple with it one way or the other.”

Since the FACT group can’t get approval to do tests on private land, its other option is to do them on the 100 acres of township land in the area, she said.

Coun. Aldene Styles said council should know the ramifications on surrounding land if something , such as a species at

risk, is found there. Approval shouldn’t be given until council knows more and other neighbours have been consulted, she said.

“This could impact a lot of people financially ... it could affect our economic growth and affect farmers farming as they’ve always farmed,” she added.

“We need more information ... what type of tests are they doing,” said Coun.

Brad McIlquham, who also voted against the mayor’s motion.

Campbell suggested that not knowing what’s on the property has more potential to “stymie the township” than finding out what is there.

The property is supposed to be a parkland buffer, she noted, adding that if it can be promoted as an alvar park it would attract a great deal of attention to the township.

“There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Council should focus on ensuring the senior levels of government take responsibility so residents don’t have to be financially disadvantaged if there is a need to protect the area, she said.

Ryan Marcellus expressed concern that approving the request could set a precedent that could have major effects on land usage throughout the township.

Kirk McDowell argued that all the people in the area should be consulted before

such a request is approved.

“This could open a big rat’s nest,” he said, suggesting the FACT group’s motivation for the study is wrapped up in its opposition to the Braeside pit operations.

The time for studies was before development was allowed in the area near the pit, he added. “Could this devalue our properties? I don’t know.

“If there’s anything there, it’s been surviving for years ... just leave it alone.”

“This could open a can of worms you won’t be able to close,” said Robert Smith.

“If we find a horned toad at the ball diamond, does it have to close?”

He suggested the fact there could be environmentally sensitive creatures in the area shows the Miller pit has been doing a

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Gary Bell, a planning consultant doing work for the Miller Group, said its study of the area did not find any species at risk.

FACT member Mark Popiel was mystified by the response, arguing people are “reading too much into this.”

The group simply wants to send a biologist onto the property to see what’s there, he said.

“It seems like an odd attitude to say let’s not look because it might cause a problem ... do you really not want to know?”

Coun. Robert Campbell joined Styles and McIlquham in voting against the request, while Mayor Campbell and Deputy Mayor Christine Blimkie voted yes.

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John XXIII Grade 1 to 3 students, including Tate McIntyre, left, as well as staff and parents, have fun in a noon hour skating outing on the Braeside R.A. rink Feb. 11.

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Pleased the Braeside rink is being enjoyed, McNab-Braeside council waived the fees for a Feb. 11 John XXIII school skate and lunch at the facility.

Acting recreation director Ryan Marcellus explained that the school was looking for a substitute at the last minute for an outing that fell through and asked to use the Braeside R.A. Centre rink.

The township has waived fees before as part of a reciprocal facilities use agree-

ment with Renfrew County school boards, he noted.

He said there were close to 120 children using the rink on what turned out to be a perfect day. “They really liked it ... they had a lot of fun,” he said.

“You could have hardly fit another person on the ice,” said Coun. Aldene Styles.

“The sun was shining ... there were lots of parents there ... it was good to see.”

Coun. Brad McIlquham said it was great to see the students outdoors enjoying exercise. “We should invite other schools,” he said.

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ADHS junior basketball player Michael Shoveller, left, celebrates with Riley Dunn, centre, and the rest of his teammates following their lopsided 103-20 victory over the Renfrew Raiders last week.

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Redmen trample opposition on way to championship Stunning score of 103-20 JOHN CARTER john.carter@metroland.com

ler adding 29 and Jaegr Prot 15.

The win gives the Jr. Redmen back-to-back Ottawa Valley championships.

It also earns them the right to host the Eastern Ontario Championships, which were scheduled for Wednesday.

The Redmen, who were 12-0 against Valley competition and 26-3 overall, were ranked number one in the tournament, with Lanark champions Smiths Falls ranked second.

Also competing at EOSSA were Brockville Collegiate, LaSalle of Kingston, La Citadelle of Cornwall and St. Thomas Aquinas of Prescott-Russell.

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If there was any doubt the Arnprior Junior boys basketball team is one of the strongest in school history, it was dispelled in the Upper Ottawa Valley championship final.

The Redmen posted a stunning 103-20 win over the RCI Raiders on their home court Feb. 17.

It was the most lopsided championship game most local basketball fans had ever seen.

And it came against a strong opponent. RCI finished second to ADHS in the regular season with a 9-1 record.

However, the Redmen ran away in the final, thanks to a suffocating defense and an impressive 10 At right, Jaegr Prot goes up to the three-point baskets. net for a basket during game play Cody Moore led the Redmen with RCI. with 33 points, with Mike Shovel-

Arnprior Redmen junior girls reach volleyball final The Arnprior District High School girls junior volleyball team reached the Upper Ottawa Valley championship final last week. However, they had the misfortune of running up against the red-hot Fellowes Falcons in the finals. The Falcons swept the Redmen 3-0 to capture the latest in a string of volleyball titles for the Pembroke school. ADHS defeated St. Joseph’s 3-2 to reach the final. Earlier the Redmen, who finished the year tied for third in regular season play with a 6-3 record, beat Mackenzie 3-1 and Madawaska Valley 3-2.

Fellowes also won the senior title, going undefeated. The Pembroke team won 3-0 over General Panet, which had beaten ADHS 3-1 in the semi-final.

Good fortune for ADHS ‘boarders After winning both the Redmen Invitational Snowboard Race in January at Mt. Pakenham and the County Championships recently at Calabogie Peaks, Chanelle Fortin has again beat out all of her snowboarding competition making Arnprior proud.

On Friday, Feb. 18, Arnprior District High School hosted the Eastern Ontario Snowboard Championships (EOSSAA) at Camp Fortune. For the third consecutive year Fortin has defended her title by cross-

ing the finish line ahead of all her rivals to claim gold.

On a team level, ADHS snowboarders have also excelled.

The combined times of ADHS’s women team were fast enough to win them the combined silver medal. And although none of the individual members on ADHS men’s snowboard team medaled, the total team’s results were significant enough to place them first.

The boarders will compete at the Ontario Championships at Camp Fortune Friday, March 4.

John Leslie off to parasnowboarding championships SHERRY HAAIMA sherry.haaima@ metroland.com

John Leslie of Arnprior is no stranger to adversity or success and he’s making news once again, this time at a considerably faster, downhill speed.

This April, Leslie, a four-year member of the Arnprior and District High School snowboard team, will head to Lake Louise, Alta. for the Canadian ParaSnowboard World Cup. After being diagJohn Leslie nosed with cancer in 2003 at the age of 10, Leslie’s leg was amputated, but the now 18-year-old high school student hasn’t let it slow him down.

Skiing with his prosthetic, Leslie is termed an adaptive athlete.

From appearing in the Terry Fox movie to being selected by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to run the Olympic torch past the Parliament buildings, Leslie is no stranger to attention, but he hasn’t let it go to his head, says snowboarding coach Krista Petrie-Wallace.

“Not only is he a great athlete, he’s also a fantastic person,” says Petrie-Wallace. “It’s nice to finally see him recognized.”

Leslie continued his success with the ADHS snowboard team this year, helping with the firstplace showing in the recent EOSSAA, which qualified them for the Ontario high school championships (OFSAA) March 4.

Leslie’s specialty is border cross, which is a race and jumps mixed together.

What does he like so much about snowboarding?

“I guess the freedom,” says Leslie. “You kind of work your own way down the hill.”

In preparation for the Alberta competition, he’s been training, working out and practicing, mainly at the Kenwood Centre and Mount Pakenham.

In March, Leslie is hoping to go to Collingwood to do a bordercross race to better prepare himself for the challenges ahead.

While he’s still working out the details, Leslie will need sponsorship and funding to finance the trip.

He’s raring to go. “I’m super excited,” said Leslie.

Sports-related businesses, industries or organizations would make ideal sponsors, suggests Petrie-Wallace.

Her praise for Leslie, a fifth-year student, is plentiful. He consistently places in the top three or four spots in competitions versus able-bodied athletes, she says.

“And nobody knows that he has a prosthetic leg,” says Petrie-Wallace. “He’s not someone who looks for special attention.”

She has high hopes for her student.

“I really hope this takes him somewhere,” says Petrie-Wallace. “It’d be great to one day see him in the Paralympics.”

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The Arnprior Packers have battled back to square their Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League Valley Division semi-final playoff series at a game apiece.

After dropping the opener 3-1 to the Almonte Thunder at the Nick Smith Centre last Wednesday night, the Packers returned the favour with a 5-2 triumph on Almonte ice Sunday afternoon to regain home ice advantage.

The best-of-seven series resumed at the Nick Smith Centre last night (Wednesday).

ALMONTE 3 PACKERS 1 The Thunder plugged up most of the shooting lanes, and when their defensive posture did break down, goaltender Morgan Barr stood tall to close the door.

The Almonte backstopper booted aside 38 Arnprior shots to preserve his team’s victory.

The Thunder got goals from Tanner Knight, Kyle Killeen and Andrew Rowbotham – one in each period – to build a 3-0 lead.

Teddy Suckow finally put the Packers on the scoreboard when he clicked for an unassisted power-play marker with 5:51 remaining in the final stanza.

Arnprior Packers goaltender German Tsatsura grabs a shot in heavy traffic during Sunday’s junior B playoff game in Almonte. The Packers won the game 5-2 to even up their firstround series at a game apiece.

Photo by Nevil Hunt Overall, the Packers went 1-for-8 with the extra man while the Thunder had just three power-play opportunities.

A key point came late in the second period when Arnprior failed to connect on a four-minute power-play that also included a twoman advantage.

Referee Scott Garrod viewed a skirmish in the last minute of the game the same way everyone else did.

Almonte’s Jordan Schumacher got booted out for fighting while Packers sniper Taylor Collins received a minor penalty.

PACKERS 5, ALMONTE 2 From German Tsatsura’s goal crease out, the Packers answered the challenge in game two.

Facing a near must-win situation, the Packers overcame a 2-1 deficit with four unanswered goals, including three in the middle stanza.

A vital point came halfway through when a physical presence from both Collins and Braedon Moffat led directly to a Collins shorthanded marker to put the Packers in front 4-2.

Mitch Melanson notched a pair of markers to pace

the Arnprior attack. Marc Vacher and Stephen Baylis pegged others. Aaron MacCosham counted both Almonte goals.

Nothing so far in this series has surprised Packers coach and general manager Bill Griese.

“It’s been the Morgan Barr show. Morgan Barr against Taylor Collins,” the coach observed.

“They (Thunder) came out and pushed us around a bit in the first game. The younger guys realized, you can’t feel sorry for yourselves. It’s the playoffs.

You’ve got to battle.”

Game four of the series is set for Saturday in Almonte at 7:30 p.m., with game five back in Arnprior at the Nick Smith Centre Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

If necessary, game six will be played in Almonte Wednesday, March 2 at a time to be determined.

If a seventh game is needed, it will be held at the Nick Smith Centre Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m.

Griese offers one prediction on this series.

“It’s going to be a long one,” he said.

The victor in the Almonte-Arnprior series will face the winner of the PerthRenfrew series.

The league regular season champion team Perth Blue Wings have a 2-0 lead in games.

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He may be just 11 years old, but Liam Hawel of Arnprior is already moving up in the world of hockey.

Liam, a Grade 6 student at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Arnprior who’s been playing hockey for seven years, is about to embark on his most exciting hockey journey yet.

Liam will travel to Helsinki, Finland for the World Selects Invitational Tournament April 22 to May 3.

Here at home, Hawel, a centre, plays for the Ottawa Valley Silver Seven minor peewee team and the Ottawa-based Peak Centre Prospects.

At a tournament in London in September, Liam was asked to attend tryouts in Vermont.

There were 72 players invited from Canada and the U.S, coming from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes and Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida.

The tryouts ran over two days and consisted of just three games, but Liam was able to

show officials just what he could do on the ice.

How did Liam feel when he heard the news? He actually got the call at school from an excited dad.

“I was really happy,” he says.

Liam has traveled to Cuba but never Europe and he’s pretty excited about the trip.

One of the things he likes best about hockey is the friendships he’s made – ones he’s kept up with the help of the Internet and Facebook.

“I like meeting new people on the different teams,” he says.

Liam met some of the boys from Finland at the Bell Capital Cup. “I’m looking forward to meeting up with them,” Liam’s an Oilers fan and his favourite player is Magnus Paajarvi, whose style is not unlike Liam’s.

“He’s a playmaker,” says mom Maureen. “And that’s one of the reason he was asked to try out for this team.”

While Liam is really good at scoring, says Maureen, he’s quick to pass as well. He has won the Ontario East Minor Hockey League scoring title two years

Liam Hawel heads to Finland in April to play in the World Selects Invitational Tournament. in a row, a feat accomplished on the strength of not only his goals, but numerous assists.

When he’s not playing or practicing hockey, Liam enjoys playing lacrosse and tennis and enjoys playing the Xbox in his downtime.

‘Mad’ about girls hockey Female hockey players will be taking over the Nick Smith Centre this weekend. The Madawaska Girls Hockey Association is hosting a major two-day tournament Feb. 26 and 27. Teams from all over Eastern Ontario will be in Arnprior to compete in the event.

The games start Saturday morning and run all day. The semi-finals are schedule for 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday with the final to follow.

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Arnprior wrestlers compete in London, Renfrew Two wrestlers from the Arnprior Amateur Wrestling club competed at the Cadet/Juvenile Provincial tournament in London, Ontario Feb. 5-6.

The tournament has wrestlers aged 14 to 17 from all over Ontario.

Darren Mayhew was first to wrestle and quickly won his first two matches with pins.

Up next was Adam Redpath who wrestled well but made one little mistake (which he himself admitted) and lost. During Adam’s second match, he strained some neck muscles and was pinned but found out later there had been a mistake in the bout and the second match did not count.

This gave him a chance to continue on in the tournament.

Redpath won his next match but due to the strain from the second match he could no longer compete and withdrew in order to not further injury himself and be ready to compete at EOSSAA Feb. 15 in Renfrew.

Mayhew was back on the mat with some tougher competition and he lost his third match, which had him going up against a wrestler from Mississauga whom he had wrestled against in the past.

Mayhew lost the first round and in the second round with a few seconds left Jasmine Gill was able to score a point and

time ran out as he was in the middle of a move that would have given him two points and forced a third round.

Mayhew’s day was done and he finished 12th out of 24.

Coach Kevin Mayhew was very happy with the way the two wrestlers competed and is looking for forward to their future tournaments.

RENFREW RUMBLE On Feb 12, members of the Arnprior Wrestling club, Arnprior High School and Walter Zadow Public School competed at the Renfrew Rumble wrestling tournament. Many competitors at the tournament are wrestlers within the elementary school wrestling program, which usually runs for six weeks with this tournament concluding the program.

Some children after this time wish to continue to wrestle and do so either with the Arnprior Amateur wrestling club or Renfrew, depending on where they live in most cases.

Representing Walter Zadow Public School this year were Noah Vincent who had 2 wins and 2 losses, which placed him in third; Nick Porteous with 1 win and 2 losses (third); Brian Sheeler, who won all three of his matches giving him a first-place; and Daniel Dupuis and John

Arnprior area wrestlers taking part in the Renfrew Rumble Feb. 12 included, in front row from left, Daniel Dupuis, Reese Taylor, Bailey Andrews; in the middle coach Laura Stellato, Tyler Pike, Skylar Schultz, Davis Fletcher, Noah Vincent, Brian Sheeler, Nick Porteous; and back coach Kevin Mayhew, Braydon Miller, coaching assist Rebecca Dolan and John Dolan.

Photo courtesy Wendy Mayhew Dolan, who wrestled very well and finished in fifth and second respectively.

Reese Taylor also competed and finished in first with four wins.

For most of the Walter Zadow wrestlers it was the first time ever being involved with wrestling and they all did a great job.

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Three members of the Arnprior club also competed at the Rumble. Bailey Andrews in his first year of wrestling won two matches and lost one which gave him a second place. Davis

Fletcher did not have anyone in his category to compete against.

Skylar Schultz lost both his matches, but his coach said after his second match that he had come very close to winning and he is sure that will happen then next time he competes.

Overall it was a successful day for Arnprior wrestlers and rewarding for their coaches Kevin Mayhew and Laura Stellato.

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SKILL ON ICE The Arnprior Figure Skating Club took home six of the eight trophies at an Interclub competition in Pembroke last weekend. “Our skaters all did well - we are so proud,” said club officials. Left, Maggie Clattenburg and MacKenzie Burton with their medals. Above, from left, Arnprior skaters Courtenay Simmonds, Katie McCombe and Emily Simmonds. The skaters will be in the spotlight next Friday, March 4 when the club holds its annual ice show 6-7 p.m.

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McGregor’s Produce among Wall of Fame inductees STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

There’s still time to purchase tickets to the Renfrew County Agricultural Wall of Fame banquet in which a McNab-Braeside family is one of those to be honoured.

Inductions, which are now made every third year, will take place at the Saturday, March 5 banquet in the Renfrew Armouries.

“The inductions recognize people who have made contributed greatly to the agricultural sector,” says Donna Campbell, secretary of the agricultural wall of fame committee.

The $22.50 tickets are still available by contacting Campbell at 613-432-5568, Ray Pender at 613-432-5521 or 613-Eve Yantha at 432-2566. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, Feb. 28.

The first wall of fame inductions occurred in 1996. This year’s inductees will be McGregor’s Produce of McNabBraeside, Jack and Janice McLaren of Cobden, and Larry Reaburn of Cobden.

MCGREGOR’S PRODUCE The family members instrumental in the development of McGregor’s Produce include several McGregor family members, namely Noreen and Steve, Jim and Ann, Ian, Deb, Sarah and Cameron.

McGregor’s Produce is a household name in the Ottawa Valley since it took that name in 1979 while selling produce at a road-side stand in Arnprior and at the Renfrew Farmers Market which the McGregors had attended for years.

Over the years, the McGregors have transformed their farming operation by combining the enthusiasm and energy of the younger generation and the experience and encouragement of the older generations.

Changes in their business have included extension of the growing seasons by using plastic culture, raised beds, drip tape, new technology and new crops.

They have also hired off-shore farm labour, namely from Jamaica, as well as local and family labour while attending more farmers markets, cutting out unprofitable vegetable production and diversifying into such produce as raspberries, asparagus, tomatoes and garlic.

The business has also expanded and diversified by renting and draining more land for soybean and wheat production.

The McGregors’ involvement hasn’t been restricted to the business, though.

Noreen, for example, has made dozens of ‘chemo’ hats for the Arnprior Hospital and is a life member of the Lochwinnoch Women’s Institute, Jim was a McNab-Braeside

municipal councillor for two different stints.

Steve is a trustee on the Sand Point cemetery board and member of the McNab-Braeside recreation committee, while other family members have been involved in a multitude of community organizations or events.

McGregor’s Produce was nominated by the Renfrew South District Women’s Institute.

JACK, JANICE MCLAREN Jack and Janice McLaren of Cobden, who will also be inducted into the wall of fame, operated McLaren Farm Systems from 1957 to 1994.

Jack became the youngest dealer ever hired by Milking Machine Company in March 1957 before starting Jack McLaren Farm Services Limited later that year. In the early 1960s, the business expanded to include the Jutras line and Beatty Brothers equipment, then the Pat line of barn cleaner and silo unloaders. The company also took on other lines and started building barns. With a staff of 27 for construction and equipment installations, the firm went on to build many barns in Renfrew, Lanark, Pontiac and Lanark counties.

Jack and wife Janice also formed J&J McLaren Investments to run a real estate business. Over the years the couple remained active on several fronts.

He was a member of the Cobden Agricultural Society whose projects included the building of a new cattle barn in the early 1980s and is a long-time member of the Cobden and District Civitan Club (including 1992 when he was voted Civitan of the year). Janice has been active with the Cobden Fair board and an active member of the Zion Line Women’s Institute for more than 30 years.

LARRY REABURN Inductee Larry Reaburn of Cobden was nominated by Renfrew County Soil and Crop.

Reaburn was raised on a mixed farm in the Mulmer Hills, about 100 kilometres north of Toronto. Growing up in an agricultural community, he started milking cows at age seven after his parents were involved in a serious car accident.

At 18, he bought a 100-acre farm near home and worked off the farm in the winter bagging potato flakes and building air conditioners.

As his livestock numbers of cattle and hogs increased, he realized his farm land was unsuitable. However, some Renfrew County land caught his eye during a junior farmers event.

By 1974, he and his new wife, Christine, whom he met during a farming exchange in the United Kingdom in 1972, moved to

their farm near Beachburg.

Raising hogs, cattle and some cash crops, in 1976 Reaburn became a seed grower and began processing seed grain in the early 1980s. He went on to become a director and president of Renfrew County Soil and Crop.

He has also kept daily weather records for Eastern Ontario Soil and Crop for 25 years.

He has also hosted many crop tours on the Reaburn farm that has gained a reputation for bringing new crops to the area, like dwarf corn and canatto beans (that were experimental) and canola and IP soybeans that have become mainstream.

He has also maintained the philosophy of leaving the soil in better condition year after year.

He has strived to do so while experimenting with plowing,

The McGregor family, pictured at their Lochwinnoch farm, is well known in this area for their agricultural and community activism.

minimum tillage and no tillage; increasing soil organic matter; and using different planting methods. The Wall of Fame supper starts at 7 p.m. The induc-

tion ceremony is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

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Minister: Rev. Andrew Love Join us Sundays at 10 a.m. for: Worship, Nursery (0-2 yrs), Kids Exploring Faith: (3 yrs up) A warm welcome to ALL!

Sunday Mass Saturday 4:30 pm Sun. 8:30 am & 10:30 am “You are most welcome” Rev. John N. Burchat 295 Albert St. 623-2282 www.saintjohnchrysostom.org

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BRAESIDE PASTORAL CHARGE Rev. Dr. Richard Hollingsworth 623-2360 Castleford Sunday 9:00 am Glasgow United Sunday 10:00 am Braeside Sunday 11:00 am Sunday School During Service

BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST Pastor Bruce Donald (Fellowship Baptist) 613-623-4863 156 Landrigan Street South Sunday Worship 10:30 am Children's Bible Classes Nursery Wednesday Prayer/Bible Study 7:00 pm

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 279 Alicia St. at Norma Phone: 623-3993 Pastor Lee Dyck Sunday Service at 9:30 a.m.

Children, Youth & Adult Ministries Visit us at: www.fbc-online.ca

ELGIN ST. BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ont. & Que.) 135 Elgin St., Arnprior Ont. K7S 1N9 Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

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PENTECOSTAL GLAD TIDINGS CHURCH Reverend Clark Young 613-623-2943 116 Baskin Drive West Sunday Service: 10:30 am Children/Youth Ministries Weekly Programs churchoffice@gladtidingsarnprior.com

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63B Victoria Street 622-7960 Pastor Adriaan M. van der Lingen, M.Div. Saturday Services 9:30 am - Sabbath School 11:00 am - Worship Service

49 McLachlin St. S., Arnprior Pastor John Jacobs 623-4562 Sunday service, Sunday School & Nursery 10:00 am

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Above, with a Kenwood Kafe/Kenwood Corporate Centre food bank contribution to the Rumbly Tummy Giving Circle are Terry Wall and Vicki Hughes. All local businesses are welcome to join the campaign to help keep the Arnprior Food Bank’s shelves well stocked.

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Although this winter has not been as demanding as many in the past, most of us are looking forward to the return of spring. Warm temperatures will soon bring a surge of birds and an explosion of wildflowers, as well as the return of frogs and a plethora of other living things.

Well, good news for those who eagerly await spring’s inevitable return. Already there are many signs that the next season rapidly approaches.

10) Ducks are pairing. Even though actual mating will not take place for months, Common Mergansers and others are pairing up.

Why so early? Perhaps females choosing more dominant males get access to richer feeding sites, allowing them to get into better condition for the nesting season when they are will be on their own (males abandon soon after mating).

9) Woodpeckers are drumming. Woodpeckers beat out rhythmic, species-specific drum rolls on dead wood to attract mates and announce territories. Serving the same functions as song, drumming often takes place at dawn. Both sexes drum!

8) Black-capped Chickadees are singing. The whistled two-note “spring’s here” song of chickadees can now be heard.

Northern Cardinals, are also singing their spring songs on warm mornings.

7) American Goldfinches are yellowing.

Male goldfinches are showing much more yellow in their plumage.

Unlike most songbirds still down south that shed their dull winter feathers for the bright coats of summer, goldfinches reveal their brilliant plumage through feather wear.

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The feathers’ dull outer tips wear away, revealing the brilliant yellow and black lower portions. European Starlings and Snow Buntings also change into breeding colours through this process.

6) Red Foxes and Coyotes are roaming.

Late winter is when our wild dogs mate.

Females are currently laying out trails of sexual perfumes, which are eagerly followed by interested males.

5) Ruffed Grouse are budding. As the sun paints the sky gold, watch the tops of poplar trees for grouse. Swelling buds are favoured food of Ruffed Grouse, which deftly walk along branches high off the ground.

4) Snow Fleas are leaping. On warm days, look at the snow for pepper grains that hop.

These are Snow Fleas, tiny insects that are Springtails, not fleas. Snow Fleas emerge from the soil up through the snow by the myriads, darkening the surface, especially in shallow depressions.

3) Eastern Chipmunks are appearing.

Chipmunks are not true hibernators but awaken every few days all winter in their subterranean burrows to eat and release body wastes. Already a few are being seen above the snow on warm days.

2) Horned Larks are returning. Along exposed shoulders of rural roads, these large sparrow-like birds are now being seen. Unlike sparrows, the black-masked, horn-bearing larks run, not walk.

1) Gray Jays are nest-building. Right now in Algonquin Park Dan Strickland is finding his long-term study subjects building nests. Some will be incubating eggs before this month is over!

Without question spring is on its way!

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Renfrew County paramedics have a healthy new contract.

The collective agreement for 127 employees, including 53 fulltime primary care or advanced care paramedics, calls for a salary increase of 13 per cent over four years.

The contract, which is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010, carries through to Dec. 31, 2013.

“We’re proud of the process we went through and happy with the results we got,” said Claude Venne, the CUPE local 4698 president who helped negotiate the agreement “We found it a very fair deal,

within the average of Ontario and in eastern Ontario, so it will minimize the migration of paramedics to other services surrounding us. It will help with retaining experienced paramedics in Renfrew County.”

Last week, the union members voted 96 per cent in favour of the agreement, after about six months of negotiations.

“It’s good for both sides. It keeps us in the middle of our comparators,” said Mike Nolan, chief of the Renfrew County paramedic service.

“I appreciate the strength of the relationship between the employer and the bargaining unit, and we’re pleased we were able to come to a negotiated settle-

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The employees at Island View Suites in Arnprior have voted 82 per cent in favour of joining the Service Employees International Union.

SIEU organizer Bastin Williams said the 30plus workers organized to have a say in their working conditions and protect their jobs.

“It’s important to have a voice in the workplace,” he said. He said they will join the 50,000 members of the union in Ontario.

The SIEU also represents workers at the Arnprior Villa. Local

member Donna Croken said the vote was 23 yes and five no with several no-shows.

She said she didn’t expect any change for residents, as the facility “has an excellent staff.”

An effort a few years ago by another union to organize Island View, owned by the Nautical Lands Group, failed.

The union will now focus its efforts on negotiating a first collective agreement for staff, which includes care attendants, nursing and dietary aides, maintenance staff and drivers.

Four management employees are not part of the union.

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McNab Days has finally become an official township event.

Council has agreed to sanction the 10-day festival in late June and set aside $1,000 for the event in the recreation department’s operations budget.

The previous council had rejected efforts by Mayor Mary Campbell to make the festival an official township event.

In the past, McNab Days has included such events as Stretch by the River, Burnstown Affair of the Arts, an Alligator heritage boat celebration and the Braeside Canada Day festivities.

At the Feb. 15 council meeting, Campbell suggested $200 of the McNab Days allocation could be used to pay for a two-year township membership in the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association.

A membership will help the township promote its events, such as McNab Days, she said.

Council agreed McNab-Braeside should become a member to take advantage of a special two-year membership fee deal.

Council can assess what it gets from its membership before deciding whether to renew in 2012, Campbell noted.

The Waba Museum Society has a free membership in the OVTA, given to all museums in the area.

ment that both parties can be proud of.”

The new deal also increased paramedics’ salaries by $718,945 for Renfrew County, whose 2011 budget workshop wrapped up today.

Renfrew County paramedic service costs are shared almost 50-50 by the Province and the County. With the new collective agreement, primary-care paramedics will see their salaries rise from $31.88 per hour to $35.16 by the year 2013. Advanced-care paramedics are paid 10 per cent more.

The contract affects 53 fulltime paramedics, another 17 who are regular part-time, and close to 70 casual paramedics.

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WagJag.com can deliver great offers because it assembles a group of ‘WagJaggers’ with combined purchasing power.

One deal is featured each day and is

available for seven days or less. You can only get the deal if enough people join the group and agree to purchase.

Once enough people join, you get a printable electronic voucher and you use the voucher to redeem your WagJag. It’s that simple! The deals are promoted using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and in the local community Metroland Media Publication; look for the WagJag ad in this week’s issue.

Among past Ottawa Valley discounts offered on WagJag was more than 75 per cent off a package at Marked Paintball in Carp, two-for-one lift tickets at Mount Pakenham and more than 50 per cent off a couples one-night stay and massage package at London House Inn and Spa in Foresters Falls.

Upcoming specials include two-forone green fees at Mountain Creek Golf Course and a deal on cupcakes at Sweet and Sassy Co. in Arnprior. Hundreds of people have taken advantage of the discounts so far and consumers and advertisers alike are pleased with the results.

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to choose from, subscribers have access 25 to discounts for products and services across the country. If you need help setting up an account, have any questions or would like to feature a deal, contact your local newspaper office.

“The response has been excellent because it’s bringing clients to their door that they wouldn’t normally get,” says Osborne. “And consumers are thrilled with the great deals.”

And while there are many local deals

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High winds knock out power The high winds late last week knocked power out in several areas of the Upper Ottawa Valley.

Some residents of McNab-Braeside had to deal with no power for up to 14 hours late Friday into Saturday.

Hydro One confirmed that more than 50,000 customers from Ottawa to the Kawarthas were affected by strong winds Friday evening.

About 2,600 of them still did not have power as of Sunday afternoon.

Hardest hit were the Bancroft and Penetanguishene areas, which got power back Monday.

Most people in the Arnprior area lost power for only a minute or so.

Helicopters aided the search for damage and delivered crews and equipment to remote locations to repair damage.

Hydro One strongly urges people to take extra precaution near fallen power lines. Even if a fallen wire seems dead, it can be dangerous.

People are urged to report to Hydro One the location of the fallen wires as soon as possible.

Touching a vehicle in contact with a power line can be fatal.

For the most recent information on power outages, go to www.

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Royal LePage O’Neil Realty Inc. is pleased to welcome Mike Coulas to our real estate team as a Sales Representative.

Mike, a lifelong Renfrew resident was formerly the Chrysler dealer in Renfrew and has been in the automotive retail business for 33 years. His extensive knowledge and experience in negotiating the best possible deal for his clients is paramount to him as it always has been. Mike looks forward to the challenges of his new career and welcomes previous clients and new ones to contact him to discuss any thoughts on buying or selling property in the Ottawa Valley.

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Mike, being a professional and skilled sales person wants to work for you, so please do not hesitate to call him at Royal LePage O’Neil Realty, Brokerage.

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00 VAUGHAN SIDE RD, OTTAWA Only one neighbour…very private setting with mix of evergreen and deciduous trees. MLS #779815 $69,900

133 DONALD ST. BRAESIDE Beautiful 3 bedroom home on 2+acres. Walk out basement, pool area and hottub.

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New Home Ready Now! 88 Creek Dr., Fitzroy Harbour Beautiful 3 bedrm bungalow, river views of Carp River, large insulated 2 car garage with opener, western red cedar decks, open concept, stunning granite kitchen, hardwd & ceramic flrs, oversized ensuite shower, main flr laundry! 4 kitchen appliances & c/air. Comes with Tarion BUSINESS FOR SALE! Hot Lines Tanning Studio, 1667 Carling between Avenue Clyde Avenue & Churchill Avenueoperating now for 20 years in the same location, this trendy & upscale studio has built its reputation resulting in a loyal clientele base. Open 7 days a week with 6 tanning beds (owned not leased) & space to add rooms for additional, desirable beauty & wellness services for the aspiring entrepreneur! $59,900

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Myrtle Lane, Constance Bay Beautiful 3+1 Cape Cod home nestled in the pines on a 1 acre lot in a gorgeous setting with main flr den & laundry, formal livrm & dinrm, kitchen with island, lovely master suite with private bath complete with hot tub, finished basement, central air, oil heating, front veranda & large back deck, includes 5 appliances! $314,900

3696 Becks Road, Woodlawn Must be seen! Charming older 3 bedroom home in good shape & in move-in condition with a lovely oak kitchen, large living rm, 1.5 baths, oil heating, newer windows, 4 appliances , pretty 235’ x 105’ lot in a breathtaking & private woodsy setting only 25 mins to Kanata & 2 mins from Stonecrest Public School! $184,900

SOLD! 125 McConnell Lane, Constance Bay Affordable 2 bedroom bungalow on a 70’ x 130’ lot just a block to the Ottawa River & Torbolton forest, spacious living rm & kitchen, master has walk-in closet, full basement, 5 appliances, forced air oil heating, needs some TLC! $139,900

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STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

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The 2011 Renfrew County budget should be music to most taxpayers’ ears.

At least that was the preliminary indication after county councillors spent six hours Tuesday debating and sharing explanations for the draft budget.

The budget was calling for a levy increase of 1.5 per cent over 2010, or a very nominal total increase of $170,267. With real growth of only 1.6 per cent and property value reassessment up 6.4 per cent, the county’s actual tax rate drops 7.1 per cent.

For someone’s property assessed at $100,000 and rising the average assessment in 2011, this would amount to a county tax increase of $4.88, for a total of $413.36.

Assuming one’s house remained assessed at $100,000 in both 2010 and 2011, the property owner’s county taxes would drop $29.45 to $383.91, which represents the lowest county tax amount in a decade.

The tax picture continues to look pretty cozy when factoring in the education tax rate, which dropped 4.15 per cent over last year. This will leave the lower-tier municipalities with substantial wiggle room when finalizing their budgets.

County, education and lower-tier municipality tax bills combined to determine residents’ total property taxes.

“We made pretty darn good progress, keeping in mind we have a new county council,” said Admaston-Bromley Mayor Raye-Anne Briscoe, who chairs the county’s finance and administration committee.

Her reference was to the fact five of council’s 17 members are new to council, following elections in October 2010.

The draft budget was examined Tuesday, and will remain under the microscope when the workshop finishes today (Thursday). Wednesday was occupied by February’s monthly session of county council.

Thursday’s last legs of the budget workshop will

The target goal for most departments was to limit expenses to less than two per cent.

Development and property sits at 2.4 per cent.

The increase for paramedic costs will be 1.7 per cent, but only after some major cash infusions from reserves.

Paramedics salaries’ are jumping more than $700,000, and $841,000 will be taken from reserves to replace five ambulances this year.

The paramedic budget is only balanced after taking another $931,303 from reserves Costs at the Renfrew County & District Health Unit are up 14.3 per cent, largely due to salary increases. The unit’s total costs for 2011 are projected at $1.6 million, of which the county will pay $1.38 million. The City of Pembroke and South Algonquin Township will account for the remainder.

Expenses for the county-run Bonnechere Manor and Miramichi Lodge in 2011 are projected to rise more modestly, at 6.1 and 7.7 per cent respectively.

focus on the finances for social services, human resources, and finance and administration.

Tuesday’s workshop completed examination of most aspects of operations, development and property, public works, and such health sectors as the health unit, emergency services and long-term care facilities.

The lengthiest debate was spent on determining if the county should provide a 1.6 per cent real-growth increase to the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association arm of economic development.

The suggestion came from McNab-Braeside Mayor Mary Campbell.

During the mid-day break, staff left to determine how much the county provides to OVTA in services-in-kind, over and above its annual funding of $170,541.

A quick estimate determined total services and financing to be $266,000. County council then agreed to table the item to the next meeting of the operations committee.

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HOBBY FARM BUYERS OR HOBBY ENTHUSIAST Take note 5 bedroom, 1.5 bath, original log home just minutes from Arnprior & HWY 417. Home has large entry mud rm/laundry rm, eat-in kitchen with oak cabinets, lrg living rm, 4 pce main bath features 10-jet tub.

RC to receive forest award The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) has selected the County of Renfrew as a 2011 Forest Sector Champion.

Jeff Muzzi, the County of Renfrew’s Manager of Forestry Services, will accept the award on behalf of the county at a special ceremony March 2 during the 68th annual meeting of the OFIA. The United Nations Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness of sustainable forest management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of

forests. In celebration of this declaration, the OFIA is recognizing outstanding contributions of northern and rural Ontario community leaders who are dedicated to promoting the sustainable use of Ontario’s forests. “This award recognizes the commitment of our Forestry Department to the long term sustainability of our county forests,” said County development and property committee chairman Don Rathwell.

Warden Bob Sweet said it is an honour to be recognized for the work the county has done.

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Canine atrocity in Whistler tecting animals. Stop placing laws on our pets and our wildlife. Start imposing laws on humans who needlessly slaughter a being that G-D has given us to enjoy.

What happened in Whistler will happen again and again until we say enough is enough and force our law-makers to finally do something about it. Atrocities like this cannot happen again.

Unfortunately, I cannot STUPP print my thoughts as to what should happen to the people involved from the one who made the decision to the one who carried out the act because, unlike those individuals, I could end up in jail for a long time (probably more than five years) for uttering death threats, go figure.

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Buyer beware, high-quality goose down is being replaced with mulched up chicken feathers, beaks and chicken feet.

To make matters worse, the famous coyote fur trimmed hood (although I’m against that) is being replaced with the fur from either German Shepherd, rabbit and even house cats in an attempt to get the look Canada Goose is famous for.

Ian owns and operates Wags & Whiskers Pet Grooming and Puppy Kindergarten at 118 John St. North. For comments or suggestions, he can be reached at 613-623-6200 or info@wagsandwhiskerspg.com.

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Men, women and children slaughtered in Sarajevo, South Africa, etc., tribunals set up to find those responsible. World courts ready to hand down sentences of life or the death penalty for crimes against humanity.

Now let’s fast forward to April 2010.

The company Outdoor Adventures and Howling Dogs, which sells dog-sled rides to tourists, found their business had bottomed out after IAN the 2010 Winter Olympics. After failed attempts to sell the 100 Huskies, a company executive gave the order to slaughter the dogs and throw them in a mass grave.

Dogs were shot execution style and those that refused to die were butchered, knifed repeatedly until they succumbed to their injuries. According to witnesses, the dogs suffered for hours. One witness saw one dog running with half its head blown open and one eye hanging out of its socket.

According to the B.C. SPCA, those responsible (if caught) could face fines and jail terms up to five years. Wow! Amazing how a group of dissidents slaughter men, women and children and the world collides. Kill 100 dogs and maybe, just maybe, if arrested and convicted a jail sentence of five years. I don’t know about you, but something’s very wrong with this story.

I am so angry at our politicians, lawmakers and government officials. It’s time major changes were made to the laws pro-

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MAMMOGRAPHY SMOCKS DONATED The Arnprior and District Breast Cancer Support Group had a couple of reasons to celebrate recently. The group made a donation of smocks to the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital mammography unit. On hand for the presentation, above, from left, are Noreen Wood of the ADMH breast screening clinic, Mary Jane White, Elta Watt, Penny Lamendeau, Vicki Murdoch (clinic), Ola Armstrong, Debbie Sentance, Arvella Taylor, Karen Smith (ADMH), and Karen Corbin. Watt said the group is very pleased to be making the donation. “We were very blessed because my niece Kim Lorente was the seamstress and she did all of them,” said Watt.

Arnprior and District High School student Kayla Fabian, centre, presented more than $50 raised at a manicure fundraiser at the school.

Group members with Fabian are, from left, Penny Lamendeau, Debbie Sentance, Karen Corbin, Arvella Taylor, Mary Jane White, Ola Armstrong and Elta Watt.

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Entries should be a minimum of 9”x12” with a dpi of 300. You may submit a smaller image for judging purposes, but the original needs to be high resolution.

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Poor conditions have prompted the West Carleton Snowmobile Trails Association to move its Poker Run on behalf of the Snowsuit Fund from Saturday, Feb. 26 to March 5.

The erratic weather has re-

sulted in poor trail conditions, forcing to club to move its event ahead a week in the hopes things improve. The club is urging would-be participants to keep checking www.wcstai.com to see if there are further cancel-

lations or join its Facebook page for more information.

A Feb. 17 story, ‘Snowmobile club to hold poker run’ contained incomplete information from the source.

Along with beginning the run

at the Prior Sports Bar in Arnprior, there are two other starting points: The Point restaurant in Constance Bay and JR’s restaurant in Almonte.

Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. at all three spots with

the run starting at 11:30 a.m.

The contest ends in the late afternoon on the trailside between Becks and Carp roads.

All donations of new and gently used winter wear will be appreciated.

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It’s time to get the lines back out on the Ottawa River.

The sixth annual Castleford Charity Ice Fishing Derby runs Saturday, March 5 from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Pick your spot to fish, anywhere from Chenaux Dam to Chats Falls.

A shanty breakfast will be served at 6 a.m. and supper at 5 p.m. by the Horton Volunteer Firefighters Association at the Horton Community Centre.

Tickets for the derby cost $10 for adults, and $5 for youth age 17 and under, available in advance at Robbins Convenience at Braeside, Towey’s Bay’T & Tackle in Castleford and B&B Buy Back in Arnprior. Tickets can also be purchased until 1 p.m. on the day of the derby.

“It may be hard to beat the more than 800 tickets we sold for the derby last year, but we’re going to try,” said Don Storie of the organizing committee.

Weigh-ins are at Towey’s Bay’T & Tackle, and MNR regulations apply with live release of fish.

Thousands of dollars in prizes and draws are up for grabs, including a junior draw for a 110

cc hummer, and senior draw for a flag-screen TV. A Minn kota trolling motor and guided musky fishing trip are among other main prizes to be drawn.

First prize for the largest fish is $300 plus a trophy. There is also a memorial trophy named in memory of Larry Rawn, a longtime organizer of the Castleford ice fishing derby. “There will be a large plaque at the Horton Community Centre with his picture on it,” Storie said.

Awards are presented at the Horton Community Centre starting a 7 p.m. followed by live entertainment with Rick and Bailey Rogers, and On Tour from Carleton Place. More information on the Castleford Charity Ice Fishing Derby can be found on the website at www.castlefordicefishingderby.com.

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Fans will be treated to almost non-stop action from 1 p.m. Friday until the 2011 Bonnechere Cup champion is crowned around 4 p.m. Sunday.

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the church. Bake sale 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., music

by Jim Miller and friends and many special entertainers from 7 to 9 p.m. Come for a great night of fun and music. Freewill offering, refreshments.

FEBRUARY 24 • On Thursdays, six-hand euchres take place at 7:30 p.m., Galetta Community Hall, Sponsored by the Galetta Community Association.

Refreshments and prizes included.

FEBRUARY 26 • Richard Rohr, OFM webcast ‘Wondrous Encounter’; an introduction into the divine dialogue of the Scriptures of Lent, 10 a.m. to noon at the Galilee Centre. Donations accepted.

• Cedar Cove Resort’s fourth annual Winter Fun Day. Register your team at 11:30 a.m. with a donation for the Arnprior Food Bank.

Games: Bocce bonspiel 12:30 p.m., shoot and score 1 p.m., chariot races on the rink, 2 p.m., toboggan relay 3 p.m. Bring your skates, sticks and toboggans. Ice fishing on the lake for kids. Bonfire all day.

• Arnprior Agricultural Society invites you to join in a four-hand euchre tournament series on Saturdays (also March 26, April 30) at the Braeside United Church on Phillip Street in Braeside. Registration starts at noon and the tournament at 1 p.m. Two-person teams, eight games played and team score totaled, cost $20 per person and a light lunch served.

• A dance sponsored by St. Mark’s Anglican Church will be at the Stewart Community Centre Pakenham. Music by Revival, silent auction, light lunch. Tickets $12 available at Nicholson’s, 613-623-7465 or at the door.

FEBRUARY 27 • Calvary Baptist Church is pleased to announce that Trevor Baker will be making a music presentation at 6:30 p.m. at 156 Landrigan St. Refreshments will follow. For more information regarding this monthly music night activity, please call Pastor Bruce at 613623-4863.

• Luncheon at town hall from 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. (baked beans, salad, ham, dessert).

Admission $10, sponsored by Mons Rebekah Lodge .

FEBRUARY • Arnprior & District Humane Society “Have A Heart” Membership Drive. Support your local no-kill animal shelter by becoming a member.

For info, check out www.arnpriorhumanesociety.ca or contact the shelter at 613-623-0916 to see how you can help. Volunteers, supplies, always needed and appreciated.

MARCH 1 • Macnamara Field Naturalists Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Arnprior District High School. Dr. Paul Smith, a researcher at Environment Canada’s National Wildlife Research Centre, will discuss how climate related change is affecting Arctic habitats and in turn their inhabitants, particularly shorebirds, both positively and negatively. For more, see www.mfnc.ca.

MARCH 2 • Arnprior-Braeside-McNab Seniors at Home Program March diners club presents chicken finger dinner (soup, garden salad, dessert, tea, coffee), no substitutions, from 5-7 p.m. at PJ’s Restaurant.

MARCH 4 • St. Andrew’s United Church in White Lake music night and bake sale to raise muchneeded funds for repairs and maintenance on

• Grace-St. Andrew’s United Church Women are hosting an Italian supper Friday, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Christian Education Centre, 257 John St. N. Arnprior. Tickets at the doorAdults $15, Children under 6 free, family of four (children under 12) $35 (hot dogs available). For more information call 623-7734 or 623-5321. Everyone Welcome! Proceeds for CE Centre Renovations.

• World day of Prayer at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 80 Daniel St. N. at 1:30 p.m.

• St. Andrew’s United Church, White Lake.

There will be a music night and a Bake sale to raise much-needed funds for repairs and maintenance on the church. Bake sale from 4:30-6:30 p.m. music will be from 7-9 p.m.

Jim Miller and friends, as well as many special entertainers will be there entertaining you.

Come for a great night of fun and music. Free will offering. Refreshments.

MARCH 5 • Area 10 Toastmasters is holding its Area International and Table Topic Contest at the Arnprior Library. Everyone is invited to hear contestants from six valley clubs who will be competing at 10 a.m. For more information about Toastmasters, call Arnprior Toastmasters president Susan Gauthier at 613-622-5736.

• Zelda and the Zinger Fun Fair, Bake Sale and Silent Auction 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Arnprior Mall. Puppet performances at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Fun Fair tickets seven for $5.

MARCH 6 • The March Valley Singles Lunch will be held at Jim’s Restaurant in Arnprior at 12:30 p.m.

For information, call Fay at 613-256-8117 or Johanna at 613-432-7622.

• The Arnprior Community Choir presents ‘Two Choirs in Concert’ at 3 p.m. at Grace-St. Andrew’s United Church. The Arnprior and Nepean Community Choirs will join forces to sing combined pieces and, as well, each will perform alone. A thrilling choral collaboration! Come out and support the second concert in this exciting 20th anniversary celebration. Freewill offering. For information, call 613-623-7293.

• Tenth annual Fiddlin’ Fiesta from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at St. John Chrysostom Parish Hall in Arnprior. Hosted by Arnprior-Braeside-McNab Seniors at Home Program and Arnprior Knights of Columbus. Entertainers include Will and Emma March, Kyle and Becky Felhaver, Trisha Gibson, John Mitchell, Bonita Leblance, Elly Squared, Elly Wedge, Ellen Daly, and emcee Guy Jamieson. Tickets $10 at the door.

• The March Valley Singles Lunch will be held at Jim’s Restaurant in Arnprior at 12:30 p.m.

For more info call Fay at (613) 432-7622.

MARCH 8 • Anglican Church Women’s pancake supper at Carleton Reid Hall, 267 Harrington St., 4:30 to 7 p.m. Adults $7, children under 12 free.

Pancakes, sausages, baked beans and dessert.

Everybody welcome

MARCH 9 • Join the Arnprior Toastmasters Club at 6:45 p.m. on the second floor of the Arnprior Hospital, For more information, contact Jen (JC) Empey at 613-256-5858.

Ecologist to reveal ‘where wild things are’

On March 5, the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy will welcome Dr. Paul Keddy, an internationally recognized ecologist and Lanark County resident, to speak about some of the “wilder” features of the area.

The Conservancy works with private landowners and in the community to help preserve spaces where wild things are found. Dr. Keddy will be speaking at group’s annual meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at the St. Andrew’s United Church

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Hall in Lanark village.

Some of Keddy’s personal favorite species in the area are the Black Rat Snake, Blanding’s Turtle, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Gray Tree Frog, none of which will survive without wild places to live.

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Faith and Begorrah, the month of St Patty is almost upon us.

Let’s celebrate like the Irish at our St. Patrick’s Day Tween Dance Friday, March 11 from 7 to 10 p.m. Advance tickets cost $5 and are available at the Nick Smith Centre.

The Arnprior School of Dance will be at the Nick Smith Centre Monday, March 7 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Learn some hot hip hop and break-dance moves. There are still a few spots left, so register soon. The cost is $5 or free with your Community Access Pass.

The program is open to boys aged 9 to 15.

On Wednesday, March 9, we are offering a Learn to…Yoga Night.

Join Terri Flemming of Yogaish to have a ton of fun in this unique yoga class just for youth. Girls 915 are welcome.

The cost is $10. Registrations are due by Sunday, March 6.

Now is the time to register for our March Break programming.

Our Sens vs. Pens night is Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. We will be watching the Ottawa Senators take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on our giant screen.

The cost is $10 and includes snacks and prizes. Registration is due by Tuesday, March 8.

Also during the break, we have our Get Cooking program Wednesday, March 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. All budding chefs aged 9-15 are welcome to register at a cost of $20 each. Registrations must be in by Wednesday, March 9. Register early as this is a very popular program and spaces are limited.

And on Friday, March 18, we are heading to Ski Vorlage for a day on the slopes. The cost is $15 for the lift pass. Lessons and ski rentals are $10 each and snowboards can be rented for $15.

The grant we received from The Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport covers the transportation costs. The bus leaves the Nick Smith Centre at 8:30 a.m. and returns at 5 p.m.

Registrations must be in by Friday, March 11.

Registration for all of our programs must be done in person with cash or cheque at the Nick Smith Centre a minimum of one week in advance. If you have any questions about any of our programs, give Kayla or Don a call at 613-623-7301, ext. 34 or e-mail us at kreinert@arnprior.ca.

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