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The Renfrew
High school graduations
Serving the community since 1871
Year 140, Issue 53
Thursday, July 7, 2011 • 72 pages
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Special honours for special citizens STEVE NEWMAN
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BRUSH WITH ROYALTY
Garrett Box, 6, of AdmastonBromley had a cast on his broken left hand. But the Duchess of Cambridge shook his right hand in the national capital the day before Canada Day. Above, she walks the red carpet with Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Typically, the recipients of Admaston-Bromley’s citizen and senior citizen of the year honours have an inkling something’s up when they attend the annual ceremony. But not Annie Beimers. The Dutch native, who came to Canada in 1955 before raising seven children and volunteering extensively for local organizations, was completely caught off-guard with the announcement that she was the township’s senior citizen of the year. The emotional recipient was honoured, in part, for her nearly 20 years volunteering with the Canadian Cancer Society. It has been a heartfelt connection, for she lost husband Garry and one daughter to cancer, and two other daughters are now fighting to beat the dreaded disease. But Canada Day at the township’s municipal building was largely a day of celebration. As Mayor Raye-Anne Briscoe noted, the County of Renfrew is even older than the country whose birthday was being celebrated for the 144th time. Briscoe noted that it’s important at such times to give thanks to our community-minded citizens. Beimers, in her 80s, was announced as the senior citizen after a short biography was read that inAdmaston-Bromley citizens of the year Steve and Nancy Schultz flank the township’s secluded reference to her varied volunteer work. See ‘Admaston-Bromley’, Page 2 nior citizen of the year, Annie Beimers. Mercury photo by Steve Newman
Motorcycle fatality at Calabogie MotorSports Park SPECIAL OCCASION
Chip Troke received the Hospital Auxiliary Association of Ontario’s outstanding volunteer pin during a ceremony at Renfrew Victoria Hospital.
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STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com
The first-ever death at Calabogie MotorSports Park occurred Monday morning. The man’s name was only released Tuesday afternoon, following notification of next
of kin. The Renfrew OPP detachment indicates the man is Calvin Essex, 42, of London, Ont. The Renfrew detachment of the OPP is assisting with the investigation. The provincial coroner’s office is leading the investigation into the first fatality at Calabogie
MotorSports Park since it opened in the fall of 2006. About 11 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to a motorcycle collision at the park, which features a five-kilometre, multipleturn asphalt track. See ‘First fatality’, Page 11
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