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JADE’S THE NEW YEAR’S BABY Renfrew Victoria Hospital’s New Year’s baby is sevenpound, two-ounce Jade, the daughter of Diana Delorme and Bobby McGivern of Pembroke.

Jade was delivered at 8:39 a.m. Tuesday.

This is the second child for the Renfrew native, whose spouse and seven-year-old daughter (Bridgit) were at the hospital.

“My daughter just said now they’re going to fight over clothes and make-up, but she’s pretty excited,” said mom.

“I’m just very excited to know she’s known as the year’s first-born baby in Renfrew.”

Her family physician is Dr. Robert Duggan of Renfrew. The baby was delivered by Dr. John Collins and Dr. Lance Miller.

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KETTLE CAMPAIGN EXCEEDS TARGET The Salvation Army reports that its $18 million national target for the Christmas Kettle Campaign has been achieved.

There is still some final tallying to be done, but the Salvation Army has collected more than $18 million in the nearly 2,000 kettles on street corners and at retail outlets nationwide from mid-November to Dec. 24, 2010.

“The fact that we have exceeded our goal is remarkable and shows that the true spirit of generosity is alive and well in Canada – we’re humbled that so many heeded the call to help their neighbours in need,” said Territorial Commander for the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda, Commissioner William Francis. “We couldn’t raise the funds we need to help vulnerable and marginalized people without the support of our many dear friends and partners,” he said.

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LET THE COMPETITION BEGIN The Renfrew County Idol competition is underway, and the first adult competitor to hit the stage Sunday at the Eganville Legion was Genevieve Castonguay. The competition moves to the Renfrew Legion this weekend with youth categories on Saturday and the adult showdown Sunday. Both competitions open at 1 p.m. and the public is invited to attend the free event. See Page 10. Mercury photo by Lucy Hass

Petawawa man dies in crash

The Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP continues to investigate a fatal motor-vehicle collision that occurred Sunday night on Beachburg Road.

The collision in Whitewater Region Township occurred about 9:40 p.m.

The OPP investigation reveals a 2005 Mazda Tribute driven

by Gordon McLaughlin, 68, of Beachburg was east-bound when he collided with a west-bound 2002 red Saturn driven by Michael Fallon, 20, of Petawawa.

The collision occurred in the east lane of Beachburg Road.

Fallon was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Horton council has voted not to appoint an investigator to examine what irregularities, if any, were committed by former veteran councillor Dave Bennett and his local company (Marshalls) in dealings with the township over the last several years.

In a special closed meeting Dec. 21, council members voted 4-0 not to conduct the investigation requested by Bennett in a letter to Horton Township Dec. 3.

Mayor Don Eady and councillors Jamey Larone, Margaret Whyte and Glen Campbell voted. Coun. Bob Kingsbury did not vote. Kingsbury declared a conflict of interest because Bennett is his nephew.

In conversation with the Mercury, Eady said, “Basically, I would say I don’t really have a comment on it. We received legal advice, and that was the main reason.”

In the same conversation, Eady said the township did have an official statement if the media requested one.

After seeking a legal opinion, chief administrative officer Mackie McLaren says the four

voting council members agreed to release the following statement: “Based on the advice of our legal firm, Council sees no reason for an investigation and will not arrange for any investigation requested by David Bennett.”

But Bennett’s request won’t end there. Bennett says he will now ask the Superior Court of Justice to determine if Mayor Eady has breached conflict-ofinterest regulations.

Bennett says Eady breached municipal guidelines by directing CAO McLaren to send Bennett’s letter (requesting an investigation) to legal council on Dec. 3, before Eady was legally entitled to do so.

Eady was sworn into office at a special ceremony staged at Valley Heritage Radio Dec. 4.

Bennett also argues that Eady breached conflict of interest guidelines by participating in council’s closed meeting Dec. 21.

Bennett says that was a conflict of interest because Bennett says he had already told Eady in a face-to-face meeting that he considered Eady to be the one who had made the unfair and unfounded comments during the 2010 election campaign.

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COUNTY OF RENFREW

Moreau new county director JOHN A. BURNETT LTD. STEVE NEWMAN

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The County of Renfrew has filled the seven-month vacancy for the position of property and development director.

The new property and development director is Paul Moreau, 44. He has worked since 1998 with the Ministry of Natural Resources, most recently as district manager.

The Pembroke native lives in Petawawa with wife Samantha and their two children, Laura, 12, and Haley, 15. He started his new job Jan. 4.

Moreau’s hiring is ironic, given that the MNR oversees endangered-species regulations that the county has expressed concerns about. “There is some irony, but ultimately the objectives (of MNR and the county) have always been the same,� said Moreau. “It’s always about quality of life for Renfrew County. “We have a great community. And that kind of speaks to why I came to the County (to work). “This is a terrific county to work in. It’s got everything you want,� said Moreau, citing the closeness to urban area, the availability of hunting and fishing, the chance to share recreational pursuits with his family, and fewer social problems than are seen in larger urban areas.

An encouraging factor in his decision to take the new position, indicated Moreau, is the great job the county does for its ratepayers. Examples that jump to mind for him are Miramichi Lodge, the county’s long-term care home where Moreau recently joined new county councillors for initiation sessions, and the new auditorium that’s under construction at Bonnechere Manor in Renfrew.

CAO Hutton says he’s pleased with Moreau’s addition to the county staff. “He certainly brings a great deal of

experience, a lot of management experience, he’s very familiar with the County of Renfrew, and he has really good interpersonal skills,� said Hutton.

Moreau’s responsibilities include issues related to land-use planning, tourism, agriculture, forestry and other economic development initiatives.

At a time when the forestry industry faces big challenges, Moreau says, “The global economy has put us where we are.

But the County of Renfrew has always been a big supporter of the Former Ministry of (logging) indusNatural Resources try, and I hope to district manager Paul continue in that Moreau is the new direction.�

Moreau reCounty of Renfrew diceived his bachrector of property and elor’s degree in development. geography and

planning from Carleton University in 1990. Fresh out of university, he planned special events for the City of Ottawa’s recreation department for a year. He then spent nine years with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority in Manotick, before returning to Renfrew County.

When Hutton succeeded the retired Norm Lemke as CAO in late-April 2010, Hutton retained duties as property and development director for another month.

Charles Cheesman then became property and development’s acting director.

With Moreau’s hiring, Cheesman continues his regular duties as manager of planning services.

Economic development manager leaves for new job at Ontario ministry STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

Mitch Wilkie is no longer the manager of economic development for the County of Renfrew.

After several years in the position, he joined the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade’s small and medium enterprise division last month.

Wilkie’s departure comes shortly after spearheading co-ordination of the Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization office, otherwise known as Regional Tourism Organization 11. “He (Wilkie) certainly was the driving force behind the application,� said County of Renfrew chief administrative officer Jim Hutton. “We’re seen (with the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association) as the model to bring that regional tourism association to fruition.�

The Province has set aside $40 million each year for province-wide investment in the 13 newlyformed regional tourism organizations.

RTO 11 just started operating within the Renfrew County administrative headquarters at 9 International Drive, Pembroke.

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Council plans advance for pool, second ice pad STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

All seven council members expressed support for a combined facility pool and second ice pad during Monday night’s Renfrew council meeting.

To help address major priorities in the town’s new recreation master plan, Mayor Bill Ringrose set aside most of the Jan. 10 session for council members to express how they see the town moving forward with the pool, a second ice pad and other listed priorities in the master plan.

The session resembled cautious cheerleading, as Ringrose, Reeve Audrey Green and the five councillors supported the concept of a combined facility.

Council members also addressed how the Renfrew Recreation Centre might fit into future plans for culture and recreation in town.

The ice pad has been a continuing topic in town since the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre rink opened in 1989. Talk of a swimming pool has come and gone since the 1960s.

More than a dozen members of the public attended Monday’s meeting, including Scott Buffam, chair of the second ice pad committee, and Max Buxton, chair of the Ma-Te-Way aquatic centre committee.

For the most part, the two chairmen said they liked what they heard.

Buxton called the more-thanone-hour discussion fairly positive.

“In particular, there seems to be optimism about this project,” said Buxton. He called the session the first discussion in

several years at which council members addressed the issue in such positive terms.

At the same time, he detected an “undercurrent of pessimism.”

He explained: “It’s a beginning. Everyone seems to be saying they’re onside, but I detected a deep-seated hesitancy (among some council members).”

Buxton was also supportive of Ringrose’s idea for a public meeting, possibly in late January, at which second-ice-pad and pool committee members could voice their opinions about preferred designs and uses of the facilities. Ringrose loosely referred to the upcoming meeting as a friendly bear-pit session.

Ice-pad chair Buffam preferred to call it a brain-storming session that should help generate more support for, if not clarity about, the two projects.

“I totally believe we can pull this off,” Buffam told The Mercury. He also pointed out that Carleton Place and Arnprior are among other similarly-sized eastern Ontario towns that have two ice pads in place.

Ringrose stressed that council will decide what kind of facility the town can afford, but that feedback from those close to the project is important.

“It falls on the shoulders of the seven people here,” he said after Monday’s council meeting.

“Other people can give us advice, but this group is the decision-maker.”

At the same time, Ringrose says he has wanted to address these large priorities in the master recreation plan early in the new term of office.

Ice pad chair Buffam readily acknowledges that if the two fa-

cilities are to be realized, members of the ice pad and pool committees need to come together for an extensive fundraising campaign.

“I don’t know if it could be done without a joint effort,” Buffam told The Mercury.

Ringrose suggested a total project cost of $12 million made sense, with a third of that handled by municipal, provincial and federal government.

Other council members suggested the project would more likely cost closer to $18 million.

Discussion also made it clear that only a portion of the municipality’s portion would come from increased taxes. The recreation master plan found that a sizeable portion of Renfrew residents would accept an increase of one percentage point (from say four to five per cent) to facilitate the building of a pool and/or ice pad.

Another 39 per cent is not supportive of tax increases to help move those projects forward, pointed out Coun. Tom Anderson.

“I don’t think we want to ignore (that statistic),” said Anderson.

He said funds will have to be found other than through taxes.

Maybe it’s a little bit of a pipe dream, but maybe it’s possible to redefine the recreation centre as an arts centre, while also running some recreational or cultural activities at the underused AFAC Wing and Royal Canadian Legion, “to help them stay economically viable.”

About 70,000 Valley residents may benefit from any pool-pad complex, but Anderson said “no matter who comes it’s the (local) taxpayers who will end up with the tab. If we can find a way to building a pool with just a one per cent increase in taxes, I’d be highly, highly surprised.” At the same time, he said his prefer-

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ence was for a pool-ice pad complex.

Whatever’s built, Reeve Green said the recreation centre should be retained and developed to generate income. She also said she wants to know exactly how much a pool-ice pad complex will cost.

“Let’s see the plans and make sure the people of Renfrew know what we’re proposing,” said Green.

Ringrose said money has been set aside to pay for such plans.

The first councillor to air his views was Clint McWhirter.

He voiced strong support for a skateboard park and stressed the need for a joint pool-ice pad committee to find creative ways to fundraise.

“We need to find some good financial ideas … this is not just a project for today (and) tomorrow, but for the next 20 years,” said McWhirter.

“I’m not really wanting, as a taxpayer, to open up my cheque book and start writing cheques.”

Coun. Jim Miller outlined his preferences for recreation with a two-page handout and a PowerPoint presentation.

He identified the pool and second ice pad as a “long-range” goal, noting that “we need to find a way to pay this off.” He identified development of the recreation centre, with proper marketing and program development, as a “longer-range” target, therefore by the end of 2011.

And he identified “shortrange” projects as upgrading the McDougall Museum and adding a hockey museum for the National Hockey Association/ National Hockey League. The NHA, the direct predecessor to the NHL, was founded in 1909 by Ambrose O’Brien of Renfrew.

In the short term, Miller said he’d also like walking trails in town upgraded with benches,

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picnic tables and kiosks, and the addition of youth incentives, namely a skateboard park and soccer field upgrades.

Like other council members, Miller expressed support for a complex, rather than just a pool or an ice pad.

He said Renfrew could also benefit from other communities, such as Cornwall, by hearing their positive and negative experiences before a pool became a reality. If only one of two major facilities is built, Miller expressed a preference for the ice pad.

There was a 50 per cent response to the public survey on recreation services, which was one of the foundations of the recreation master plan.

But Coun. Gail Cole said several residents told her they haven’t been consulted because of the very nature of survey sampling.

Cole also suggested a one-night referendum could be the best way to vote on any tax increase once the town has determined the cost and design of whatever facility is being considered.

Coun. Andrew Evans spoke very briefly. He said the master plan was full of information, then waxed optimism.

“Yes, we will have your pool, and we will have your ice pad …” said Evans, who indicated he was “110 per cent” behind the two facilities.

Ringrose expressed support for a pool and ice pad, and reformation of the recreation centre.

“I don’t see the recreation centre being demolished. I see it being converted to something else,” said the mayor.

But any move to a concentration of recreational activities at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre simply isn’t going to happen, said Ringrose, unless federal and provincial funding is also forthcoming.

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Might Renfrew build and lease new building to OPP? STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

Mayor Bill Ringrose asked town council Monday night if they wish to entertain the idea of building a new building to accommodate the Renfrew OPP detachment.

Such discussion is very much at the preliminary stage.

However, Ringrose pitched the idea after attending an early-December meeting in Kemptville, where he says six or so eastern Ontario detachments met with area municipalities to discuss how they might best expand their respective headquarters.

At present, the Renfrew detachment has operated more than 10 years with two offices, the former Renfrew police service building on Stewart Street and the administrative headquarters within the municipal building on Raglan Street.

The Renfrew OPP detachment officially replaced the former Renfrew police service Nov. 1, 2000.

The detachment has limited space and Ringrose says it’s not a matter of if, but when, the detachment will find a bigger building.

The Town of Renfrew currently receives substantial rental income from the OPP for use of the municipal building, so Ringrose was asking if the town wants to continue to be in a position to benefit from leasing a building to the OPP. This would likely entail constructing a new building for the OPP. Possible sites mentioned in council’s discussion Monday night included land on the Renfrew County Place property where the Canadian Tire store once stood.

Another property, of seven acres, is the O’Brien Road property that was off the market for seven years after local busi-

Continued from front Eady collected 847 votes in the mayoral race. Dave Bennett was second with 447 and Rod Ballantyne was third with 344.

Outgoing Mayor Bob Johnston dealt with the issue in depth in his final address to council.

At the November 2010 council meeting, Mayor Johnston chastised people (without naming names) for wrongly accusing Bennett of breaking conflict-ofinterest guidelines as a councillor.

In addition to legal channels, Bennett, 58, says he plans to hire a private investigator to investigate if Eady acted in a corrupt manner during the campaign.

Bennett suggested the investigation would involve interviews

with people Eady spoke to during the campaign.

If the channels Bennett pursues through the court system make no headway, Bennett said, “It’s stuff I’ll have to resolve myself.

“I’ll just have to go door to door and explain to people I’m not the person they think I am.”

Bennett says the accusations made about him during the election campaign have left their mark.

“It’s pretty wicked and it’s not nice to live with,” he said.

As for the prospect of running for office again in four years, Bennett says that’s not a big consideration at the moment.

However, he admits it’s a possibility.

Horton emergency meeting addresses liability, security issues STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

Horton council has approved a nine-part resolution drafted during an emergency meeting of the recreation committee Tuesday.

The resolution, which was approved that night at January’s monthly council meeting, addresses concerns of liability, security, safety and damage prevention at the Horton outdoor community rink.

Various council members observed practices at the rink they felt endangered or could endanger users of the rink. Major conceerns included use of hockey sticks and pucks during public skating, and lack of security

certain times of the week. Those issues have now been addressed, says recreation chair and Coun.

Margaret Whyte.

The resolution calls for the hiring of Chris Martin 23.5 hours a week to assist Bill Yantha with ice maintenance and schedule control this season. And one rink volunteer will be paid to help the maintenance crew.

The resolution also calls for the posting of a rink schedule on site and with local media, and for a cell phone to be activated and left in the Zamboni room for use in the case of emergencies.

“I think this is due diligence,” said Whyte of the move. For more details, visit the rural north link of www.yourottawaregion.com.

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nessman Murray Sullivan unsuccessfully sought to buy the property.

However, that land is now back on the potential buyers’ list, after a certificate of pending litigation was lifted Dec. 17, 2010.

Council members wondered Monday night if that property, which was appraised several years ago at more than $700,000, should be first reappraised, before making that property available.

MCWHIRTER’S COMMENTS Councillor Clint McWhirter wondered if the OPP needs such prime real estate, suggesting perhaps the OPP might be very happy with another property rather than this “Cadillac” property that would be very suitable for future business expansion in town.

“Clearly we’re looking to get new business in town … it’s prime real estate for

another box store or other business. I don’t really want to give up prime real estate to the OPP when there are other prime properties.”

At the same time, he said it’s a “win for the town if we can afford” to provide and lease a new building to the local detachment.

“We may decide not to” enter the real estate market for the OPP, but “we may decide it’s advantageous,” said Ringrose.

The mayor was careful to stress during Monday’s council meeting that the possibility of constructing a building for the OPP is very much an “if issue.”

Whatever happens, Reeve Audrey Green “heartily” encouraged council to find a place for the Renfrew OPP’s new home.

Ringrose intimated discussions will continue with the OPP to see if they might be interested in leasing a new town building for the local detachment’s future

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Mayor Briscoe notes new year and new team in inaugural address Admaston-Bromley Mayor Raye-Anne Briscoe kicked off the new year with her inaugural address Thursday night. The text of that address follows.

The first order of business is to recognize all of our staff for their support, professionalism and commitment to our community.

To Councillor Dirk Rook, thank you for agreeing to be deputy mayor. It is a real bonus for me to be able to rely on you for what will no doubt evolve as scheduling conflicts.

To our residents/ratepayers the future will reflect the experience of the past, community spirit, volunteerism, posi-

tive attitudes, patience, understanding all combined with ideas and enthusiasm that nurtures progress.

We continue to look forward to the media coverage our municipality enjoys from our reporters.

The information you provide is fundamental to the community’s wellbeing.

I am excited at this new beginning. The composition of our council consisting of two experienced councillors and two first time elected councilors, I believe, is just about the best mix a community could have.

A gentleman, Peter Ducher had these wise words, “Management is doing

things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

You are here because you are motivated by the desire to make a difference.

We must be focused on doing the “right thing.” Perhaps for now that may be the “status quo” but at some point in time, probably sooner rather than later “staus quo” will not be sufficient. Good policy can become better, better can become best and I assure you even the “best” requires frequent evaluation.

Our community continues to change – service requirements change, business opportunities change, lifestyles change, doing what we did yesterday will not

meet these needs – to do tomorrow what succeeded yesterday will likely fall far short of our changing constituency’s requirements.

The committee structure I am providing for your approval later on in the meeting, reflects a rather substantive change in our governance structure. If approved it will then require several amendments to our procedural bylaw.

When I reviewed projects that were already in the work plan, projects that were likely to be commenced and projects as yet contemplated, step one to me was to change our approach.

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Exams start Jan. 24 at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in the gymnasium and when done are free to leave the school or find a quiet place to study for their next exam.

On the March break, from March 12 to March 21, a group of students and staff will be going on yet another European vacation.

This year they will be travelling to Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. They will start in Vienna, Austria where they

It is coming to the end of the first semester of the 2010/2011 school year at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School. Exams will start on Monday, Jan. 24, and will continue until Thursday, Jan. 27.

During these weeks leading up to exams, students have been very busy finishing final culminating projects and of course studying for their exams.

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Next, they will visit Salzburg, Austria and take the chance to see Mozart’s birthplace. After Salzburg, they will move on to

Munich, Germany and will take a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp. The group will then travel to the Neuschwanstein Castle. This is a 19th-century gothic revival palace and was the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. The next day they will travel to Lucerne, Switzerland and will have a chance to see Mount Pilatus.

They will finish off the trip going back to Germany to the city

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Grade 9 is a year of change, says new RCI correspondent

Grade nine is, in many ways, the year of change and beginning. My name’s Meagan Beattie, and as a Grade 9 student here at Renfrew Collegiate Institute, I really had no idea of all the change that this new school year would bring. These changes include great opportunities to play sports for the school, join clubs or band, go on trips, and, for me, this phenomenal chance to write for the paper about what’s going on at RCI/RCIS. First and foremost I want to say it’s an honour to be able to do something like this. I have a passion for writing, and though I have never done anything quite like this, I’m excited, and a little nervous, about what a fantastic opportunity this might be.

As my first week writing and the school’s first week off the holidays, things are a little crazy.

With exams lurking just around the corner from Jan. 24 to 28, everyone is busy trying to meet due dates and deadlines while

MEAGAN BEATTIE RAIDER RAP still getting a little more than three hours of sleep at night.

But on the other hand, there are fewer extra curricular events going on with this stressful time of the year so close by. Sports are reduced (though not for long), and other extra events are also winding down to give extra study time for us students. Having never taken exams, I have no experience here, but I’m told this is a good thing, and I sure believe it!

Of course, things haven’t come to a grinding halt just yet, and there are a few more things to be looking forward to as Raiders. This weekend (Jan. 7-8) is the Raider/Redmen Resolution junior basketball tournament hosted between RCI and ADHS, and the following weekend (Jan

14-15) the Raider/Redmen Resolution senior basketball tournament. Both of our boys’ teams had great games Thursday against Opeongo, and hope to continue playing well through their tournaments.

Friday, Jan. 14 is Renfrew Collegiate’s family snow people building contest. Teams of five students, from grades 7 to 12, are assembling on the front lawn of Renfrew Collegiate to try to build the best family of snow people for a prize.

Each team pays a $10 entry fee, and all of the proceeds are going to the Interact club, to build a school in Africa. The community is welcome, and encouraged, to come by the school and see what it’s all about.

This event is being held as a preview for a larger event at the Renfrew Winter Carnival. This bigger event is being organized by several community agencies who work to support local families, including Family and

Children’s Services, the Foster Parents Association and the Salvation Army, along with Renfrew Collegiate.

This event, as earlier stated, is being held at the Renfrew Winter Carnival, Jan. 29.

RCI/RCIS are both back in full swing after the Christmas holidays, and after this break for exams, you can be assured that there will be lots more going on as we make the transition to the second half of the year.

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OPINION EDITORIAL

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Who gets what

Tripping over trends

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inter is in the air, but the federal Conservatives are already thinking of summer.

On Jan. 5 the federal government announced an additional $10 million for this year’s Canada Summer Jobs program.

But you can excuse some municipalities if they are a little skeptical of the news.

Last June Admaston-Bromley council was told it wouldn’t receive any funding for summer help. And when it asked for a list of who got funding, they were told the list would not be available until late in the year or early next year (now this year).

As of last Thursday, they had received no word of the grants. But when The Renfrew Mercury investigated further, our inquiry led us to a website listing the grants.

The funding process involves applications being filed in Kingston; then the local MP gets his or her say on who gets what.

Interestingly, almost every Renfrew County municipality seemed worthy of student help, except Admaston-Bromley and Greater Madawaska.

Partisanship, some suggest. We’ll publish the full list of grant recipients in next week’s Mercury and let our readers decide. *** 2011 is a provincial election year, but the federal government seems equally poised for an election race. Just before Christmas Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant’s office contacted us to take a photo at the new Renfrew water filtration plant for a funding announcement by the MP. A couple of phone calls confirmed the so-called ‘announcement’ was actually an old announcement made years ago before construction even began. Public tours of the new facility were held in October and were poorly attended.

But let’s cut her office a little slack. Maybe the photo was actually meant to mark completion of the project. Fair game. But to be accurate, all three levels of government should be in the photo because the money was funnelled equally through federal, provincial and municipal coffers, with each picking up one third of the tab.

But let’s be even more accurate and transparent. Let’s note the entire sewage treatment plant project was paid – specifically and solely – by the Canadian taxpayer.

Governments never give money – they only collect and redistribute.

As we enter a new year, The Renfrew Mercury’s goal remains, as always, to provide transparency and truth.

So while politicians crawl over each other to get the credit for spending your money, we’ll remember who the money really comes from – you and I. Let’s give ourselves a well-deserved pat on the back.

REBEKA BORSHEVSKY rborshevsky@metroland.com

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Something to sing about summer campfire without Back in 1963, a shaky, off-key version of Canadian folksinger Don McLean’s Amercian and songwriter Oscar Pie, or a St. Patrick’s Day Brand told us our MISCELLANY without at least one rouscountry was “someing rendition of Whiskey thing to sing about; in the Jar. tune up a string about.”

And who isn’t moved and inspired by This weekend a group of singers joining a church choir in song? gather to sing, not for their country, but Singing soothes the soul, expresses rather their county, in the second round emotion, unites people and stokes paof the Renfrew County Idol showdown. triotism. We need music.

The competition, which is part of the A little website research reveals that county’s 150th anniversary, opened last for 30 years Professor Graham Welch of weekend at Opeongo High School and the University of London has studied the Eganville Legion. the medical aspects of singing.

This weekend more singers are “The health benefits of singing are scheduled to perform over two days and both physiological and psychological. the public is invited to attend, free of It’s physical benefits include increasing charge. The competitions start at 1 p.m., oxygenation of the blood stream and with youth on stage Saturday and the working major muscle groups in the upadults Sunday. per body,” he says.

The winners from Sunday’s competiWe sing to celebrate, and as we celtion will advance to the final competiebrate Renfrew County’s 150th annivertion at Renfrew County’s Expo 150 at the sary, remember the music that is truly Pembroke Airport in June. our own. Pull out that old Mac Beattie The joy of song is universal. Whether album and sing along to My Renfrew singing in the shower or belting out O County Home. Trust me. You’ll feel better Canada at a hockey game, the human voice has an undeniable power. What is a for it.

LUCY HASS

There is one thing I don’t understand. And I write this while reassuring you that I am a teenager, not an adult reliving their past experiences: what is so special about following trends?

You see, when everyone follows trends, everyone becomes as boring as slush. When all you see are skinny jeans and vampires, cell phones and angst-fraught teen dramas, the world starts spinning and you feel a little sick of it all. You begin to wonder where all the fresh, original ideas have gone – what’s happened to being unique?

Maybe an alien race has taken over our minds and made us all the same. Hey, some people believe that could happen.

Trends are a difficult thing to criticize, because in the end, we all fall for them at one point or another.

Even me – I love knee-high boots and cute knit caps. But I would like them whether or not they were part of trends; the same way I love cartoons and animated movies. The same way I collect books and love big, bulky sweaters.

I think the attraction of trends, aside from fitting in with the main stream, is that it gives people the courage to wear and do the wacky things they couldn’t have on their own. I mean, look at the seventies and eighties. Most would not dare wear that hair nowadays, but back then it was a trend. (And for those that do, I have nothing against it, I assure you.) Anyone could look different than the “norm,” and no one would realize.

Maybe it’s the same now. Maybe what we wear, our hairstyles, and what we do will become the source of amusement for the next generation. Imagine kids who think cell phones belonged in the Stone Age; kids who sniff disdainfully at cars and fly planes to school; who take music and make it the air they breathe. Imagine a city forever vibrating under a loud, pulsing thrum.

Yikes.

Trends come and trends go. As long as we don’t get too caught up that we lose our minds, or our own unique style, they can be pretty amusing to watch and a lot of fun to partake in.

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SNOW SCULPTURES A Winter Frew Fest snow sculpture contest starts at 10 a.m. outside the front entrance of the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre. Prizes will be awarded for the best sculptures.

“We want people to bring their imagination, be creative, and not just build a snowman,” organizer Diana Wakely says.

“We’ll have a prize for the best Renny the Raccoon,” she adds of Renfrew’s Winter Frew Fest mascot. “We want people to come on out and have some fun.”

They will compensate for a lack of snow on that day, if that should be the case, Wakely adds.

“What Mother Nature doesn’t supply, we will. We’ll get snow out there somehow.”

FUR DISPLAY The Renfrew and District Fur Council will have a fur display set up in the main lobby at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre.

People will be able to look at several furs on display and identify.

“A ballot will be available and a prize will be awarded by random draw of those correctly identifying the furs,” Kevin White of the fun council points out.

“We’ll be there right from 10 a.m., and we’ll hold the draw during the junior B hockey game.

“Licenced trappers will be at the booth all day to answer any questions anyone has with regards to today’s regulated trapping industry,” White adds.

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RIHL REUNION The Renfrew Industrial Hockey League will host a 1970s allstar game and reunion. The game itself gets underway at 7:30 p.m. at the MAC. A dance follows at the AFAC Wing at 9 p.m.

The Wing – then known as the Old Barn (Renfrew Arena) – was the sight of the league’s glory days of the ’70s.

“There is lots of enthusiasm.

Players are getting the rust off their old skates,” says Tim Gordon, who leads the game’s organizing committee.

“We are into the new year and guys are talking about the game.”

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FACE PAINTING Face painting for the kids, organized by Kerry-Ann Wytenburg, also takes place throughout Winter Frew Fest day at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre.

“Don’t forget, Renny the Raccoon is back out of retirement,” recreation program developer Grant Lavallee says.

“Come in and get your face painted like Renny the Raccoon!”

Lavallee suggests.

For more information on the carnival, Lavallee can be reached at the Renfrew Recreation Centre by calling 613-432-3131.

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One of the highlights of Frew Fest at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre will be a team skills competition from noon to 2 p.m., sponsored by the Junior B Timberwolves and Renfrew Parks and Recreation.

It is open to players 9 to 15 years of age.

Full equipment and a team jersey are required.

The event includes speed, agility, puck control, shootout and 3on-3 hockey competitions.

Teams will be formed following registration, and individual prizes will be handed out.

Registration forms are available at the Renfrew Recreation Centre and canteen at the MAC. They must be returned to one of these locations by Jan. 21.

“The teams will be based on registration. There could be as many as seven or eight kids on each team,” notes Wolves president Doug Miller. “We will try to make the teams as even as possible.”

The top two teams will also play a 3-on-3 game during the first intermission of the Junior B Wolves game later that afternoon. The game versus the Metcalfe Jets is a 3 p.m. start.

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PETER CLARK After many years without, Renfrew residents and families will be able to enjoy the events of a winter carnival.

Saturday, Jan. 29 is the day to mark down on your calendars.

Renfrew Winter Frew Fest will be taking place at various locales throughout town.

Included are a vast number of events both inside and outside the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre.

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RENFREW COUNTY ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RENFREW BRANCH 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. IN OUR LOUNGE

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On the adult side of the Renfrew County Idol competition in Eganville Sunday were, from left, winner Erin Coleman, 70-year old Jack McLeod, Cassie Sukkel, Genevieve Castonguay, Sue Rupert, Elaine Mawdsley, Kelsey Scheer, Morgan Weeks, Faye Traversy, and winner Grady Franey.

Eganville hosts first round of County Idol; action shifts to Renfrew Legion this weekend BRUCE MCINTYRE County of Renfrew

Renfrew County Idol will be holding a preliminary competition at the Royal Canadian Legion in Renfrew this weekend.

This past weekend more than 200 people packed the Eganville Legion to watch the first adult showcase on Sunday.

On Saturday, close to 100 family and friends gathered at Opeongo High School to cheer on participants in the two youth divisions.

The adult winners were Erin Coleman and Grady Franey of Eganville, and the youth winners were Emily and Christine Helferty of Douglas.

This Saturday, Jan. 15 in Renfrew, 13 children will compete in the two youth categories (under13 and 14-18 years), and on Sunday, Jan. 16 there will be 10 competitors in the Adult Division.

Two children and two adults will advance to the finals of Renfrew County Idol that is part of Expo 150 at the Pembroke Airport June 9 to 12.

The contestants are judged strictly on vocal ability. The contestants will compete for various prizes of up to $1,000 cash, Ipods and Ipads, computers and a 3-D home entertainment system. Other preliminary competitions will be held in Arnprior, Barry’s Bay, Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River.

There is a formal application available on-line, and all contestants must be registered two weeks prior to event in order to take part in the competition. Rules and regulations are all contained in the information package. Renfrew County Idol is sponsored by Jimmy Lapointe Auto Group. There are also applications available at any Lapointe Auto Group location in Pembroke and Renfrew.

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Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant says a business plan is the first, necessary step to secure

New Year levee held in Renfrew

A news release from RenfrewNipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant says she, along with provincial MPP John Yakabuski, hosted a successful New Year’s Levee for the constituents of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke on Sunday. She reports close to 1,000 people attended the event at the Renfrew Armouries.

“The levee is our way of saying thank-you to all the people of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke for their support this past year,” said Gallant. “The New Year Levee is a tradition I started back in 2000 upon being first elected.

When John was elected MPP in 2003 it made sense to jointly host the New Years Levee and we have been doing so ever since.”

“What I really like about the levee is that it gives me a chance to see people that I might not otherwise see. While I regularly send out questionnaires asking for people’s opinions on a wide variety of subjects, I also like to encourage constituents to give me their suggestions in person, which I am then able to take back to Ottawa to share with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and my caucus colleagues,” she said.

Gallant said Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked all government MPs for their input on the draft of the next federal budget and the levee was an opportunity for constituents to deliver their thoughts in person to their federal MP. Special invitations went out to party faithful.

MP looks back

In her January column, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant writes about how local residents continue to reap the benefits of strong economic leadership. As the MP takes a look back at 2010, she says her government’s number-one priority was and continues to be the economy, protecting jobs and providing economic stability and financial security for Canadians.

Gallant says that while the global recession persists and the economic recovery remains fragile, the government’s economic action plan is helping Canada emerge from the global economic crisis faster and stronger than most other major industrial countries. She cites examples of the country’s strong global presence, including the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the Canadian military’s activities in Afghanistan. For the full column, see the newspaper’s website at www. yourottawaregion.com.

the CPR line through Renfrew.

“Our Conservative government is on record of providing substan-

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She has called for moratorium on dismantling the line.

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Jaguars sweep PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com

Renfrew Amateur Wrestling Club community relations rep Norm Bujold presented Queen Elizabeth Public School with a new wrestling mat last week. Accepting in behalf of the school is Anne Lefebvre’s Grade 2 class. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

RAWC provides mat to QEPS PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com

The Queen Elizabeth Public School wrestling program is the proud recipient of a new wrestling mat.

Renfrew Amateur Wrestling Club community relations rep Norm Bujold visited the school last Thursday to make the presentation.

Principal Lisa Murphy welcomed Bujold to QEPS, and Anne Lefebvre’s Grade 2 class received the mat on behalf of the school.

“This is the fourth mat we have provided for public schools,” Bujold said.

“We have also placed mats at Central, St. Thomas and McNab Public School.

There is also a new mat at the Renfrew Recreation Centre.

“These are multi-purpose mats, not only for wrestling,” Bujold stressed.

He pointed out that the mat at the recreation centre is used for several sports,

including jiu jitsu, Taekwondo, karate and gymnastics.

“We encourage that school teachers use these mats for other activities,” Renfrew recreation program developer Grant Lavallee added.

“We had a competition with two wrestling tournaments (February and March 2010) with the winning school (QEPS) receiving a mat,” the long-time RAWC coach pointed out. “The (30 x 30-foot) mat is on permanent loan. The club will continue to work to get mats to the other schools.”

Lavallee added, the support for the RAWC from Mac’s over the years is much appreciated. “The club’s Nevada outlet, Mac’s by the Tracks, has contributed the majority of the funds to purchase the mat that went to Queen Elizabeth Public School. Mac’s has really contributed and helped us out for years.”

“Renfrew is proud to have the largest youth wrestling club in Canada,” Bujold added.

Lynch leads Tween C ringette team CAROLYN DOUCETTE UOV Ringette Association

Upper Ottawa Valley Ringette teams had a busy weekend with home games at the Cobden Arena.

The Tween C team rebounded from an opening game 4-2 setback to Ottawa to clobber the visitors 11-5.

First-year player Lindsay Lynch of Renfrew netted four goals. Also chipping in were Allison Doucette, Morgan Delarge, Stephanie Stoppa and Emily Johnson.

The novice rec team was defeated by Metcalfe 7-1 and then lost a close second game 5-4. Scoring for UOV were Jordan Benedict of Pembroke and McKenna

Richardson of Shawville.

The UOV Petite B team won both games against Gatineau 5-2 and 5-3.

The Novice C ringette team travelled to Ottawa for two games on the weekend.

Playing Nepean, they lost a close match 6-5, and won over Ottawa 7-6. Scoring were Sydney and Jamie Broome, Malorey Lambert, Brenna Cone and Megan Bennett.

Watch for the Petite C team to play games in Cobden at noon and 2 p.m. this Saturday. The Belle B squad takes to the ice at 1 and 3 p.m.

The Petite Bs play two games at the MaTe-Way Activity Centre in Renfrew on Sunday.

Games times are 3 and 5 p.m.

The St. Joseph’s Jaguars experienced no problems in sweeping a sports doubleheader from the winless L’Equinoxe Patriotes at the St. Joseph’s gym Jan. 5.

St. Joseph’s trumped the Pembroke school 25-9, 25-6, 25-16 to open the 2011 portion of the Upper Ottawa Valley High School Athletic Association senior girls volleyball season.

It proved to be a tough match to stay focused for the Jaguars, who controlled the contest right from the beginning.

The Jaguars also put distance between themselves and L’Equinoxe early in junior boys basketball action.

St. Joseph’s built up a 13-0 lead in the opening quarter and cruised to a 34-5 triumph.

Anthony Periard with seven points, and Hayden McIntyre, six, led a parade of 11 different point getters for St. Joseph’s.

The Knights of Columbus Alanna Moss of the St. Joseph’s Jaguars sets the ball Council 1916 will host its annual up for a return during UOVHSAA senior girls volley- basketball free throw competition Tuesday, Jan. 18 at St. Joseph’s. ball action Jan. 5. The Jaguars won their match over The contest is open for girls and L’Equinoxe 3-0. Mercury photo by Peter Clark boys in the 9 to 14 age group.

Battle for Ontario title looms What’s the best battle going on right now in the National Hockey League?

It’s the race for the Ontario provincial championship.

As teams take to the ice tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs own what some might say, is an “insurmountable” twopoint edge on the Ottawa Senators.

What makes this race most interesting, I was witness last summer to four or five bets.

“Which team will finish higher?”

After all the pros and cons, the discussion usually ended with a handshake.

This is when I miss places like the Bear’s Den. A day-to-day update would be kept on such things.

Forget playoffs! There is nothing quite like Leafs or Senators fans celebrating the fact that their team might be the best in all of Ontario.

Not all predictions pan out: At the start of the current National Football League season, my somewhat cloudy crystal ball saw a New Orleans versus Indianapolis Super Bowl with the Colts prevailing. Turns out both teams fell by the wayside on the same day.

The upset of the wildcard weekend has to be Seattle’s triumph over New Orleans. The Seahawks finished regular season play with the poorest record of

PETER CLARK PETER’S PUTTERINGS any NFL team to ever qualify for the playoffs – 7-and-9.

More amazing, should the Seahawks win in Chicago and Green Bay oust Atlanta, Seattle would host the conference championship because Green Bay is a wildcard team.

Return to Hockeytown? When Detroit hockey legend Steve Yzerman took over Tampa Bay Lightning’s general manager’s duties at the start of the season, I told a fellow Red Wing fan that Detroit and Tampa Bay would meet in the Stanley Cup final.

Now I’m starting to believe it. * * * Canada has earned a medal in each of the past 13 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. That total includes five gold medals, six silver and two bronze.

And for this week: It’s an annual quiz question but still a good one. Name the four teams never to have appeared in a Super Bowl.

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Clinton Douglas of the RCI Junior Raiders gives up some height but not the ball against a pair of Brockville Collegiate Red Rams. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

Raiders back on home court this weekend PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com

Renfrew Collegiate Raider teams tipped off 2011 in style, chasing down the Opeongo Wildcats in an Upper Ottawa Valley High School Athletic Association boys basketball doubleheader last Thursday at the Grant Gymnasium.

All 10 Senior Raiders etched their name into the scoring column, and the team combined for 24 assists in a 69-33 decision over Opeongo. Josh Hudson had 12 points and Jacob Crilly 10 for RCI. Matt Fleming was big on the boards with nine rebounds.

The Junior Raiders outscored the Wildcats 52-43.

Shazad Azam notched 23 points and Liam Beattie 12 for RCI. Blair MacKenzie, John Thero and Rudy Kadlec also turned in solid games.

The Junior Raiders and Arnprior Redmen cohosted their second annual junior boys hoops tournament Friday and Saturday.

The top two teams from each of the two pools in the eight-team event advanced to the playoff round held in Arnprior.

Brockville Collegiate and Widdlefield Secondary School of North Bay qualified for the playoffs.

Both topped the Raiders in Friday games.

RCI did salvage a Saturday morning 46-38 triumph over Opeongo. Azam had 16 points, Liam Beattie 10 and Tedy Wolfe seven for the Raiders. Mike Moss had a game-high 22 points for Opeongo.

Arnprior won the tournament on their home floor Saturday evening.

The Senior Raiders and Redmen host a similar tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Raiders take on Mackenzie Friday at 5:30 and South Grenville at 8:30 p.m. RCI completes round-robin play with a tip off versus Ottawa Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

Playoff games are scheduled for the Grant Gymnasium, with the final set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

RAIDERS HOCKEY The RCI Raiders varsity boys hockey team competed at the St. Pete’s Classic hockey tournament in Peterborough. The Raiders dropped a tough opening decision 6-5 in overtime, bounced back to win 5-0 on a Blake Schwartz shutout, and then lost 5-2.

“We trailed in the first game 3-0 and 5-3. The boys showed a lot of character to come back,” RCI coach Scott Buffam observed. “We had a really strong effort overall; well disciplined. We had only 12 minutes in penalties in the three games,” he added.

Braeden Cameron, Tyler Kelly and Jarett Latendresse notched their first goals in Raiders blue and white in the tournament.

The Renfrew Timberwolves got locked up in three entertaining Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League contests in as many nights over the past weekend.

But they were only able to win one, leaving the Renfrew club (13-16-and-3) still a point behind the Almonte Thunder in their quest for third place in the Valley Division standings.

The Wolves split a home-andhome set with the Thunder – a 5-4 win followed by a 6-4 defeat – before dropping a 5-3 decision to the Perth Blue Wings Sunday evening at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre.

PERTH 5 WOLVES 3 A tornado lasting less than three minutes passed through the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre early in the second period.

Left in its wake was a 2-0 Renfrew advantage that quickly became a 4-2 deficit, and that proved to be the hockey game on this night.

The four-goal barrage in a 2:51 span also cost Wolves netminder Richard Barr, replaced by Mike Rosebrook following the fourth Perth marker at the 5:40 mark of the middle frame.

Included was a Ryan Kane marker which broke a brief 2-2 deadlock and put Perth ahead to stay. Kane has local ties as some relatives reside in Renfrew.

Around the four-goal explosion, the Wolves stuck right with the Valley Division leaders.

Newcomer David Hobbs and Matt Johnston sparked the Wolves to the 2-0 lead with goals in the opening stanza.

After the whirlwind beginning to the middle session, the Wolves climbed back into contention when Patrice Wren snapped a rebound past Blue Wings netminder Troy Anderson early in the third.

But the Wolves couldn’t pull

even, and Mark Vrandenburg Pontiac Juniors Friday night. On provided Perth with insurance Sunday, they are in Stittsville for 7:16 from the end. a key encounter at 2:30 p.m. The Wolves hold an eight-point edge SPLIT WITH ALMONTE on the Royals for the final Valley Division playoff spot.

The Wolves broke a 3-3 deadlock with two goals early in the third period, and fended off a stubborn Almonte team at the MAC Friday night.

Lucas Gonu rang a shot in off the goalpost at the 3:01 mark, and David Hobbs followed suit 3:37 later to provide Renfrew with its margin of victory.

Derrin Lehoux, Renfrew Pizzeria player-of-the-game defenceman Tyler Orr on a powerplay and Jimmy MacMillan had other goals for the Wolves, who 171462 led 2-0 and 3-1 before a couple of fortuitous breaks in Almonte’s favour allowed the visitors to pull even, albeit temporarily, before the end of the second period. MacMillan and Matt Johnston added two helpers for the Wolves.

Wolves netminder Mike Rosebrook faced 33 shots to earn the victory. Thunder counterpart Chad Hetherington was tested 41 times. Gonu and Almonte’s Matt Lafleur got locked up in the game’s only scrap four minutes into the third period.

The Wolves overcame two-goal deficits on a couple of occasions Saturday night in Almonte, but couldn’t do so a third time as the Thunder skated off with a 6-4 triumph on home ice to split the weekend series.

Third-period markers from the sticks of Aaron MacCosham and Kyle Killeen inside of a three-minute span proved to be the difference. Lehoux fired home two goals to keep the Wolves close. Gonu and Sam Gleason pegged others. Patrice Wren added a pair of assists.

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Rosebrook and HetheringGuest Speaker: Dave Tiller ton again matched up in their respective goalcreases. It was Ontario Independent Meat Packers Hetherington who gained the Speaking on: Difficulties Small Processors are win in the rematch. experiencing with regulations and economic conditions.

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The Wolves’ next home game is Friday, Jan. 21 when Arnprior comes to town for an 8 p.m. start.

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Annual Meeting

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Jaguar athletes among top 10 PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com

The St. Joseph’s Jaguars ski and snowboard team had four athletes finish in the top 10 at the Redmen Invitation Jan. 6.

Hannah Lafleur was sixth in both of her snowboard races and Nolan Saumure ninth.

Caroline Holley ranked sixth and Tyrell Kearns 10th in downhill slalom events.

The Senior Jaguars got into the win column in Upper Ottawa Valley High School Athletic Association boys basketball action with a 61-51 win at Bishop Smith in Pembroke Monday afternoon

Brett Riopelle had 17 points, Cole Eady 14 and Jared Riopelle 13. Coach Teresa Naismith also credited Josh Lamourie in leading a well-executed transition game.

Bishop Smith claimed the junior contest 51-35.

Jaguars coach Jeff Retty said the precise passing of the Crusaders was the difference in the outcome.

Trevor Vooght had seven points to lead St. Joseph’s pointgetters.

The Jaguars enjoyed a fine day on the girls volleyball court.

Both St. Joseph’s teams blanked the Opeongo Wildcats 3-0.

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30-minute Zumba mix with strength training leads to success at Curves Hold on to your sports bras – Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness is here, says Curves director of exercise and research, Katie Mitchell.

Millions have lost weight and shaped up with Curves, the leader in women’s fitness, and Zumba, the dance-fitness experts, Mitchell adds.

Now, the two have created the only 30minute class that mixes the moves of Zumba with the proven strength training of Curves for one effective workout.

Some have called it the perfect workout, but Curves gyms in the Renfrew area are willing to let you try it free for a week to find out for yourself.

“Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness is an amazing workout that will really help people stick to their New Year’s resolutions,” Mitchell said.

“It combines Curves’ proven strengthtraining program – where you can burn up to 500 calories in just 30 minutes – with the Latin and international inspired music and exhilarating, simple dance moves that have made Zumba so popular. We want you to experience it for yourself to see what an incredible workout it is, so we’re inviting Renfrew-area residents to try it free for one week.”

ZUMBA OFFERS MANY BENEFITS The benefits of Curves Circuit with Zumba classes are numerous, according to Mitchell. “This is definitely a boredombusting workout. There’s a lot going on to keep your attention and keep you motivated. You’re listening to high-energy music that just makes you want to move,

watching to make sure you’re meeting your goals on the strength machines, and training your body and your brain by learning new dance moves. And research shows that the dynamics of group exercise like the Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness classes promotes attendance and lowers drop-out rates, so people are more likely to stick with it.”

All ages, fitness levels and dance abilities can participate in and benefit from Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness classes, Mitchell adds.

During the 30-minute class, participants work out on each Curves strength machine for one minute, alternating upper, lower and core muscles.

After one minute, the music cues the participant to change stations on the circuit, and she moves to an area between

machines to do Zumba moves, which tone and sculpt the body while burning fat.

A licensed Zumba instructor from the Zumba Instructor Network (ZIN) teaches simple, modified Zumba moves from the centre of the circuit.

At the end of 30 minutes, participants have completed one trip around the entire circuit, worked every major muscle group, and achieved a fun, energetic cardio workout ending with a group stretch led by the Zumba instructor.

For more information about Curves and Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness class schedules, contact Curves of Renfrew, located at 303 Raglan St. S. at 613432-3444 or 97P8S6LK@curvesmail.com; or Curves of Pembroke, 680 Pembroke St. E, 613-732-8184 or 97A3RTA3@curvesmail. com.

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Fan guns give Calabogie Peaks season earlier start, later finish PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com

When it comes to the ski and snowboard business, Calabogie Peaks Resort is holding nothing back to give its customers the best conditions possible.

In this, their 40th anniversary, the Peaks made a commitment to purchase, install and customize a state-of-the-art fan gun snowmaking system tailored to the unique microclimate of Calabogie and Dickson Mountain.

Calabogie Peaks now has 23 SMI patented Pole Cat fan guns, 15 brought in for the winter of 2009-10, and eight more this year. They also have 20 various models of air guns to help serve 22 runs.

“It gives us a competitive advantage,” notes snowmaker Brian Bunch.

“In normal snowmaking conditions, we can open a run in about 48 hours of snowmaking over bare ground. At the start of the season, we typically open several runs after a couple of days and nights of snowmaking, and open still more shortly after that.

“We put them on 15-foot towers. When the snow is ready, the guns are moved and the hill is groomed. It’s a lot like paving,” Bunch adds.

“The guns are more energy efficient.

And they also make better snow. In five days, we opened 40 per cent of the mountain with good temperatures.”

Bunch leads the day snowmaking crew

and Ervin Perkins the night shift. Between the two, they have about 35 years of experience.

Bunch says there are a lot of cold nights working at a ski hill, and the weather often dictates his schedule, but he enjoys it.

“You have to have a passion for it,” he says. “It helps to be a skier. You need background knowledge. It takes three or four years to learn how to run this equipment.”

Bunch likes what he reads and hears about the results of Calabogie’s added snowmaking system.

“I check the blogs. I see a lot of positive comments. We are getting good feedback.”

Peaks president Paul Murphy says the fan guns put Calabogie above the rest in the region.

“It’s a unique system. We’ve invested over one million dollars,” he points out.

With Calabogie Lake right there, there is always a water access. “We are very fortunate that way,” Murphy points out.

“Calabogie features the only total fan gun snowmaking system among the seven mountains in the Ottawa-Gatineau, Kingston, Belleville and Ottawa Valley areas (Pakenham, Camp Fortune, Edelweiss, Mont Cascades, Mont Ste. Marie and Vorlage being the others). It’s a competitive strength. It allows us to make more snow.”

Calabogie is the second highest vertical

drop at 785 feet behind only Mont Ste. Marie in that group.

“We are also the only (ski resort) with a little community and hotel accommodation centre with it,” Murphy adds. “People can come out and stay. You can’t do that elsewhere.”

The Peaks expects about 100,000 visits during the 2010-11 ski season, and Murphy estimates up to 25,000 during the summer.

“The Peaks generates the largest number of tourism visits in the Ottawa Valley,” he adds. “This drives Calabogie’s businesses in the winter months.”

For more on Calabogie Peaks snowmaking, go to yourottawaregion.com.

Calabogie Peaks snowmaker Brian Bunch stands beside one of the new fan guns.

Mercury photo by Peter Clark

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Sunday, January 23rd 11:00 - 4:00 FASHION SHOW at 2:30 p.m.

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TOWNSHIP OF McNAB/BRAESIDE

Notice to all Dog Owners www.mcnabbraeside.com 2011 Dog Tags are now available at the following locations:

HOURS OF OPERATION

Municipal Office 2508 Russett Drive Country View Mini Mart - 68 Calabogie Road Robbins Confectionery Ltd. Braeside White Lake General Store White Lake

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday – 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Friday

The rates are: Before March 31st one dog $12.00 2nd dog $20.00 3rd dog $30.00

After March 31st - Tags will only be available at the Township Office After March 31st the following rates apply:

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In addition, fines will apply after March 31st.

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2011 Kennel Licences must also be obtained by March 31, 2011.

Applications are available at the Municipal Office.

New Patients Welcome

Fees: Before March 31st $150.00 After March 31st $ 250.00

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For any complaints concerning dog problems anywhere in the Township of McNab/ Braeside please call the Township Office 613-623-5756 Ext. 230.

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Red Neckers welcomed for championship qualifying event STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

Word gets around fast on the Internet.

Last week’s story in The Mercury said the Renfrew recreation department was borrowing a page from the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championships to create its own red neck event for the Jan. 29 Renfrew Winter Frew Fest.

Our website story, at yourottawaregion.com, was also picked up by the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Champi-

onships.

The championship organizers say registration for this year’s championships is now open at www.redbullcrashedice.com.

“We thought your readers who may be going to participate in the Frew Fest may also be interested in registering for the event, as a qualifying event will be taking place in Ottawa next month,” said Melissa Legaspi of the championship’s consumer marketing division.

From now until Jan. 14 at 11:59 p.m.

EST, men and women from across Can-

Atom Wolves earn 10th win of 2010-11 season peter.clark@metroland.com

The Renfrew Atom Timberwolves picked up a win and a tie last week to improve their Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League mark to 10-4-and-3 in the 2010-11 season.

Brendan Hill had two goals, including the game winner in a 3-2 win over Valley Storm, and the equalizer 10.5 seconds from the end to give the Wolves a 2-2 deadlock with the Petawawa Patriots.

Nicholas Crozier, Reid Barber and Jared Burnette had other Renfrew markers.

Connery Campbell earned the goaltending win while Luke Moran backstopped the tie.

The Peewee Timberwolves lost 2-1 to Petawawa. Ben Scheuneman scored while netminder Colin Schwartz took the tough loss.

The Wolves also defeated Kanata 3-1 and Nepean 5-2 in exhibition games with both Schwartz and Cameron Iob registering victories.

Ryan Pettigrew and Atom Wolves affiliate Nicholas Crozier had two goals, and Scheuneman (1G, 2A), Ryan Boudreau, Craig Hiderman and Kraig Thompson (1G, 2A) singles.

The Bantam Wolves doubled the Pembroke Kings 4-2 after trailing 2-0, and later blanked the Arnprior Packers 4-0.

John Pettigrew had three goals and Adam Martin (2G, 2A) and Kevin Crozier two each. Adam Wright collected a single.

Jonathan Chippure earned the win over Pembroke while the shutout was Chloe Eady’s third of the year.

The Major Midget Wolves lost 4-0 in Pembroke. Zach McIntyre was between the pipes.

The Midget Wolves are at

home Saturday to Pembroke at 6:15 p.m. The other three Wolves rep teams are in tournaments.

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Ministers: The Reverends Brian and Alison Sharpe Organist: Mrs. Elizabeth Brumm, H.B.Mus., A.R.CT.(2) SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 10:00 a.m. – Worship Nursery Care Available Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

If transportation is needed, please call Shirley at the Church Office 432-5452.

Parkview Free Methodist

Pastor David Tigchelaar 563 King Street, Renfrew 433-3598 For more information call 432-5677 431 Albert St. Pastor: Rev. Chris Holmes Sunday 10 a.m.

613-432-5458 Worship Service – Nursery Available 10:30 a.m. – Worship Sunday School During Service Wednesday Coffee Break 7:00 p.m. - Fresh Power Women’s Interfaith Bible Study Prayer Time Wednesday mornings Worship With Us From 10:00 -11:30 a.m. _____________________________ Story Hour and Nursery for Children 5 yrs. and under Available Renfrew Baptist Church Everyone is welcome Corner of Plaunt & Railway _____________________________ 432-4266 Rev. Tom Smith Castleford United SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 10:00 – Worship 3875 River Road Bible Study, Wednesday 7 p.m.

Rev. Dr. Richard Hollingsworth All Are Welcome _____________________________ Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Worship The Anglican Sunday School _____________________________ Church of Canada ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE Elmwood Corner Argyle St. at Patrick Phone 432-3062 Bible Chapel Ministry 200 Francis St. Rev’d. Cathy McCaig with the 432-4572 432-3087 members of the Parish.

Wednesday SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 7:30 p.m. – Bible Study, Prayer 8:00 a.m. – Morning Worship SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 and Sermon 9:30 a.m. – The Lord’s Supper 11:00 a.m. – Family Bible Hour 11:00 a.m. – Morning Worship and Sermon and Sunday School All are welcome _____________________________ _____________________________

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291 Plaunt St. S. Rev. Heather Kinkaid Rev. Barry Goodwin Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wheelchair Accessible Loop Hearing System Upgraded Sound System Church Office 613-432-2285 Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Wheelchair Accessibility EVERYONE WELCOME 66 Elgin Ave. E. 432-5078 Come join us in worship Pastor Cathy McCaig “I was glad when they said to me, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 ‘Let us go to the Lord’s house’.”

(Psalm 122:1) Good News Bible 9:30 – Worship _____________________________ _____________________________

HOUSE HOCKEY The Rink Rat Pro Shop submerged Pembroke 10-2 in novice house hockey league action.

Justin Schutt and Connor Zohr both supplied hat tricks while Jack O’Grady added two goals.

Jack Stewart and Olivia Smart landed singles. Tom MacAskill was the winning goaltender.

Canadian Tire netminder Tyson Johnson didn’t get any offensive help in a 5-0 loss to Cobden.

Barker’s Collision Centre downed Cobden 4-1 and tied Barry’s Bay 4-4 in the atom loop.

Bryce Schaap earned the win in net and McKale Van Genderen the deadlock between the pipes.

Van Genderen also scored, as did Colton Dowd, Brandon Nykyforak and Brett Clouthier versus Cobden. Hunter Gilchrist and Cody Mackin counted two goals apiece in the tie. Clouthier added three assists and Mackin two.

B.R. Fulton Construction lost 42 to Deep River in peewee league action, and also fell 2-1 in an exhibition contest to Almonte.

Chase Parkinson scored in each game while Nicholas Bovair counted the other Fulton marker.

Jordan Vandersleen’s effort between the pipes included 23 saves against Deep River.

Beachburg topped Fraser’s Clothes Shop 5-2 in bantam.

Neal Gibbons and Jessey Chapieski scored. Jonathan Carlson was charged with the goaltending loss.

Renfrew Esso lost 5-0 to Petawawa in the midget house league. Schyler Sanftenberg faced more than 30 shots in the Renfrew goalcrease.

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St. James Lutheran

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ada can register online for the chance to participate in one of the 12 qualifying events taking place across Canada, including Ottawa.

To qualify, a lottery will randomly select 200 men and 20 women (per qualifying city who registered) to participate in the qualifying events, which consist of individual speed trials on a traditional indoor ice-hockey surface.

The top participants from each qualifying event who demonstrate the best skating skill, agility, and strength will earn a spot to the main event in Quebec City.

Cobden Pentecostal Church

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8 Argyle St. at Munroe Sunday Morning Worship Corps Officer/Pastor 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY SERVICE 10 A.M. Sunday Evening Bible Study Women’s Ministry 6:30 p.m.

Men’s Ministry Tuesday Bible Study Jr. & Sr. Youth – 7 p.m.

613-432-7721 Wednesday All Are Welcome!

SuperKidz – 3:30 p.m. _____________________________ Everyone Welcome!

The Roman Catholic Sr. Pastor Community Rev. Graham Lawrence OUR LADY OF FATIMA Children’s Pastor - Melissa Burwell PARISH Church Office 613-646-2332 100 Lisgar Avenue, West Website: 432-8525 www.cobdenchurch.com _____________________________ Saturday 7:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH 331 Plaunt Street, South Worship in the church 432-5825 of your choice Saturday 5:00 p.m.

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Robbie Burns’ celebration at Eganville Legion Jan. 29 GUY JAMIESON

Once again it’s time to don the kilts or tartan skirts as we pay tribute to the Scottish bard, Robbie Burns. The celebrations will be held at the Eganville Legion on Saturday, Jan. 29, beginning with a tasty roast beef dinner, complete with neeps, tatties, and of course the traditional haggis, at 7 p.m. All of the traditional Burns’ Night formalities will be included before and after the meal.

After dinner, patrons can sit back and enjoy the Celtic entertainment we have lined up for you, as the Renfrew Highland Pipes and Drums provide the thrilling skirl of the pipes, and the Pam Reid highland dancers perform.

They will be followed by an exciting line up of singers, fiddlers, and step danc-

ers, backed by a Celtic stage band. This is what you’ve come to hear and see at a Robbie Burns celebration. The evening comes to a close at 11 p.m, as we form a large circle and sing Old Lang Syne.

Meal tickets, $25, can be picked up at Sears of Eganville, Conway’s Pharmacy in Eganville and Cobden, down stairs at the Eganville Legion or by calling Guy Jamieson at 628-2234. Dinner tickets must be purchased by Monday, Jan. 24. Those wishing to come after 8 p.m. for the entertainment only, can pick up a $10 ticket at the door. Door prizes and draws will be part of the celebration.

The event is a fundraiser for the Bonnechere Museum of Eganville.

Come celebrate with the Scots, wear your tartan or crest, and take in a little Scottish heritage.

Prior Players hold auditions January 13 and 20 Auditions are being held this week and next for the Prior Players 20th anniversary production in May 2011. The theatre group is seeking six adult men and two adult women for roles in a contemporary comedy, as well as people to fill var-

ious off-stage roles.

No preparation is necessary as those auditioning will be reading from the script.

The auditions will be held at the Arnprior Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. in the base-

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SPORTS BEHIND THE GLASS

Taking a look at Low Cup history Renfrew Curling Rink

This week’s feature will be the Low Cup and the story behind this prestigious award that indicates supremacy in senior men’s curling in Renfrew County.

It is a beautiful trophy, a cup rich in history and tradition and which has resided at the Renfrew Curling Club for the past 15 years.

The following information is based on an article in the North Renfrew Times from March 23, 1977 and kindly provided by Ken Deugau, the present coordinator for the Low Cup. Ken curls out of the Deep River Curling Club.

The Low Challenge Cup was first played for on March 11, 1909.

It was donated in trust to the Renfrew Curling Club

by T. A. Low, MP, as a challenge trophy to be competed for by teams representing the three existing

curling clubs in Renfrew County – Renfrew, Pembroke and Arnprior. But it was also stipulated that it be open to any other club belonging to the County that was formed thereafter.

Originally it was a challenge cup where a club would challenge the cup holder with all matches taking place on the ice of the cup holders.

The first win went to Pembroke who defeated Renfrew by a total score of 47-45.

Until the competition ceased after 13 years, Renfrew led the field of competitors with 21 wins and six losses, far ahead of Pembroke, which won eight times.

1974 REVIVAL The Low Cup tradition was revived in 1974 for the centennial year of the Renfrew Curling Club with some of the rules streamlined.

Instead of four rinks per team, only two are required now, with the winning club to hold the Cup as long as it can be defended. Presently, it is to be competed for by seniors (55 years plus) and the Cup is awarded annually to the club that has amassed the most points over the season.

CURRENT ACTION In the most recent Low Cup action, Renfrew travelled to Pembroke and took on Arnprior.

The team of Leo McCallum, Dave Eady, Dwight Hayward and rookie Sheldon Stewart pulled out two close games 6-5 and 5-3, while the Rob Warren, Don Rouble, Jim Berg and Eric Craig foursome, struggling to regain last year’s mastery, won 8-3 but dropped the second game 10-3.

Unfortunately Pembroke swept Deep River and again lengthened its lead.

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How farm leaders foresee the next two to five years dent of Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). She says Ontario agriculture has evolved into a thriving collection of small businesses that has a significant impact on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

“We are now recognizing the long term challenge in finding ways to feed Canadians and a

Ontario agriculture leaders have vastly different thoughts regarding the issues and challenges they foresee for farmers in the next two to five years.

Recently, Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) asked the leaders to respond.

Sustainability was the top topic of Bette Jean Crews, presi-

MAYNARD VAN DER GALIEN RURAL ROUTES growing global population in the face of dwindling resources,” she said. Canadians, she said, deserve to have access to homegrown fresh foods sourced from

the bounty of our farms from coast to coast.

Henry Stevens, president of Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) said the main challenge that faces all sectors will be the ability to manage our individual and collective debt loads. Credit has been cheap and too easily accessible. He says if

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He says a second challenge we face is one that is not talked about much.

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BARR ST. LOCATION Asking $199,900, Large kitchen and ample living space, close to area schools and walking distance to all amenities. MLS# 774057.

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AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE

Rural Routes

From Page 21 It is the effect that our changing demographics will have on agriculture – the growth of the ethnic population in Canada and our aging population. “If we look at our population as a pyramid, the younger, Caucasian group, which was the wide base of our population for years, is now rapidly becoming the narrow tip of the pyramid.”

“At the same time the multiethnic group, which once made up the narrow tip of the pyramid, is rapidly becoming the wide base.

These two groups are making different choices than they once did, especially when it comes to food,” he said. Stevens says this will have a profound effect on our own choices as farmers. We must produce what today’s consumers want.

Sean McGivern, Ontario Coordinator of the National Farmers Union (NFU) is concerned about the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). He said there is a myth in the farming community that this trade agreement will be a good thing

for Ontario farmers, but he is not so sure about that. He believes it will have long term implications that will affect the way in which we farm. “Through intellectual property rights enforcement measures, CETA could virtually eliminate our right as farmers to save, reuse, exchange and sell seeds.

As for opening new markets for Canadian grains, the EU will hold to its strict adherence in re-

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gard to its policies around no genetically-modified crops, therefore the majority of Ontario farmers who grow GM corn and soybeans will not see any new market access,” he said.

He sees cheaply produced grains from Eastern Europe coming into Canada more easily under this agreement.

Good to see one farm leader (Stevens) have the same thoughts as I have on debt.

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Newer privacy windows in desireable 3-season front sunporch. Newer garden shed. $168,000. MLS # 776793.

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EADY REALTY, INC. Brokerage

29 Raglan St. S., Renfrew, ON K7V 1P8 613-432-2100 • www.century21.ca/eadyrealty

Dennis Yakaback

Morris Eady Broker of Record Res. 432-9025 Cell 432-1830

OPEN HOUSE – NEW LISTING

Cell

432-0041

Sales Rep.

Cell

Sales Rep.

Sales Rep.

401-0197

Cell

Res. 432-7870 Cell

433-4082

NEW LISTING - 7 GRANT’S SETTLEMENT RD.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. 554 SULLIVAN

This gem of a house has been extensively renovated within the last 5 years.

Reno’s include addition, decks, windows, drywall, adding an ensuite, wiring, plumbing & much more.

Heated/insulated garage. Call Patti 401-0197 to view.

MLS#778464

1.25 ACRES

Pleasant to look at, and even more pleasant to live in.

Your host: Kelly Derue 613-433-2681

2855B HIGHWAY 132

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. 429 RAGLAN ST. S.

6647 HIGHWAY 132

433-2254

Kelly Derue

Real Estate Broker Cell

433-2681

210 QUEEN ST. EGANVILLE

Attention investors this can be your retirement plan! Basement currently leased retail. Main floor boasts 7 beautiful offices 2 bathrooms, kitchen and copy room. 4 residential units. Huge garage/warehouse with 2 floors of untapped income potential. $299,900 Call Vince at 613-433-2254

177 ARTHUR

$139,900

- beautiful home set on 200ft deep lot - fenced in rear yard with detached garage - Hospital/Retirement home neighbourhood - has already had all the TLC - ready to move in!

Call Vince Johnston 613-433-2254

27 QUEEN STREET

Vincent Johnston

Charlene Riopelle Badour

Patti Reid

Real Estate Broker

1668 BURNSTOWN RD.

RELISTED & REDUCED

300 AIRMILES

A real stunner! 3 fully finished levels of living space. Warm interior with mix of pine and hardwood floors. 4 bedroom.

3.5 baths. Nicely treed lot just under 10 acres in size. $367,000. Call Dennis to view 613-432-0041. MLS #761251

485 COUMBES LANE

• Detached 4 bay garage • Attached shop • Good living quarters • Over 0000 acres • $139,900 MLS #751068 • Call Dennis 613-432-0041

500 AIRMILES

3 bedroom brick bungalow with 2 car garage on a quiet lot. Large sunroom overlooks the Bonnechere River. Gas fireplace and finished basement. Call Charlene 613-433-4082. $239,900. MLS #772017

24007 HIGHWAY 41

48 BLAIR LANE

245 AIRMILES

360 AIRMILES 590 AIRMILES

Triplex consisting of 3 1 bedrm apartments. Several updated windows and new exterior doors. Interior is in a good state of repair. 3 fridges, 3 stoves. Live in 1 unit while renting the others. Priced to sell at $139,900 Call Dennis 432-0041

Large 4 bedroom in the heart of Burnstown has tons of potential as a studio, recreational property, home business. New drilled well and frontage on the Madawask River. Main level has new laminate flooring. $179,900. Call Patti 401-0197. MLS #773175

Unique family home. 5 bedrooms + nursery. Spacious family style kitchen with inviting dining area. 3/4 acre lot bordering the Millenioum Trail $249,900. Call Dennis at 613-432-0041 MLS #775814

81 STEVENSON CRES.

572 MALCOLM

533 GILLAN RD.

658 AIRMILES

Pretty Cottage on 1.5 acre private lot. Great fishing lake. Close to 1000’s of acres of crown land. Priced to sell. $139,900. Call Vince for more information at 613-432-7870

2544 CALABOGIE RD. $

99,000

Fine family home! A rear yard you must see. Over 1 acre. Spacious rooms throughout. Bright cheery kitchen with formal dining room. New gas boiler.

Lots of storage. Immediate occupancy. $329,900.

Call Dennis at 613-432-0041 MLS# 770476

161 READY AVE.

Fabulous 3 BR, 3 bath bungalow on 5 acres of privacy! Very well maintained home with walk out lower level, detached 2 car garage/workshop. $285,000.

Call Patti to view 401-0197 MLS#770826

104 PRINCE AVE.

350 AIRMILES

510 AIRMILES

Move in condition! This centrally located home has newer windows, doors, roof, flooring, kitchen and bath! Plus a mechanic’s dream... an insulated garage! $174,900. Call Charlene 433-4082 or Patti 401-0197. MLS #773415

Well constructed 3 bedroom, brick home with partially finished basement and 2 car garage.

Good location on large corner lot 104’ x 209’. $255,000. Call Patti 613-401-0197. MLS #774869

SPACE FOR LEASE

ABERDEEN ST.

ON BONNECHERE RIVER 412 AIRMILES 378 AIRMILES

Located between Calabogie and Burnstown. Nice country lot. 1 Bedroom bungalow. Drilled well and septic. Call Dennis to view 613-432-0041. MLS #769513

Large 4+1 bedroom home in town & on the banks of the Bonnechere River.

Nice private back yard. A super family home. $189,000. Call Patti 401-0197.

MLS#757702

2nd Floor - 4200 Square feet, Equipped restaurant, Inexpensive lease 3rd Floor - 4200 Square feet, Cheap office space, MLS #773692. Call Vince for more info 613-433-2254

Very private and views to die for! Hand crafted 3 bedroom home on 2 private acres on top of Kennelly Mountain. 2 bedrooms on the main floor and 20’x20’ loft master.

Great for the nature enthusiast. Drilled well and septic $245,000. Easy to show - Call Patti 401-0197. MLS#741562

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to own one of these economical homes.

Features include 2 bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk in closet, custom kitchen cabinets, ceramic and hardwood floors. All this on a quiet dead end street.

Call Morris Eady 432-1830 or 432-2100.

On Duty This Weekend Vincent Johnston Sales Rep. 613-432-7870

I welcome your weekend call on any listed property

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Wilkie joins Economic Development and Trade Pat Forrest Sales Representative

330 White Lake Road, Arnprior, Ont. www.PatForrest.com

Enright Real Estate Brokerage INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Enright Real Estate Brokerage INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

OFFICE 613-623-7922

Haley/Chenaux

330 White Lake Road, Arnprior, Ontario

DIRECT 613-432-5573

50 Acre Hobby Farm

TOTALLY RENOVATED/GARAGE/LARGE YARD W OPEN HOUSE G E N TIN 340 HAIG ST. S LI SUN. JAN. 16 2:00 - 4:00

Approx. 3000 square feet of living space 2 double car garages Spacious family room Detached In-law suite Above ground pool Fenced yard & paddocks

New soffit/fascia, new flooring, freshly painted, newer windows and roof, electric in garage, deck off family room, totally fenced yard - priced to sell at $134,900.

MLS#778884

$384,000 MLS #778548 & MLS #778552 4 bedrooms | 3 bath

1105 Goshen Road Mitch Wilkie experience, exposure and exploration, to create jobs for Ontario residents in the short- and longterm future.

Wilkie is making the move to Toronto with his wife and 12-yearold daughter.

With his departure in mid-December, Alastair Baird has become Renfrew County’s acting manager of economic development. Baird is the unit’s business development officer for natural resources.

June Laplaunte, Sales Rep

58 Scobie Road,

98 Acre Hobby Farm

LUXURIOUS COUNTRY LIVING

Approx. 2200 square feet of living space 1 two-storey double car garage 3 barns, 8 fenced paddocks Maple, pine, beech, cedar bush (40 acres) Hayfields (35 acres) Pastures & paddocks (10 acres) Ponds, creeks and trails throughout

OPEN HOUSE, 1385 STORYLAND RD., SAT. JAN. 15, 2:00 - 4:00

$479,900

This new home has it all - hardwood floors, super insulation, custom kitchen, large bath with separate shower, full basement with 2nd bath waiting for your finishing touches. The best of everything was used in the construction of this home. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. $264,900. MLS #778885

MLS #766311 | 4 bedrooms 2 bath

Morris Eady welcomes a familiar face to their real estate Team.

Morris Eady, Broker of Record for Century 21 Eady Realty Inc. wishes to announce Kelly Derue has joined the Renfrew office.

KELLY DERUE Real Estate Representative Cell Phone 613-433-2681 Residence 613-432-2100

Kelly Derue, Real Estate Broker, has been practising real estate in Renfrew and the surrounding areas for the past ten years. As a number of her clients will tell you, she goes that extra mile to get the job done. Kelly has spent three years as a director on the Renfrew Country Real Estate Board, and is involved in many local groups and activities.

Whether you are ready to purchase your first home, sell your existing home, either to move to something larger, or to downsize, Kelly and Century 21 Eady Realty are there to make the transition happen without a hitch. Kelly will assist you every step of the way providing expert real estate service by assisting in negotiating your real estate transaction, obtaining the most competitive mortgage financing and advising you of your rights and obligations in a real estate transaction.

In today’s competitive and complicated real estate market having an experienced real estate broker is a definite asset!

Kelly can be contacted at the following: Cell Phone: 613-433-2681 Office 613-432-2100 Email: kelly.derue@century21.ca 408119

Continued from Page 2 Recently, the ministry announced funding of $1.75 million for the local RTO over the next two years.

Now that RTO 11 is establishing local roots, CAO Hutton says he’s hoping the work helps “leverage as many dollars as we can in this region, so we reap the maximum development of tourism.”

Wilkie, who helped bring the Highlands office to Renfrew County, said he’s very optimistic about Renfrew County’s future under the auspices of RTO 11.

He cites a study done about five years ago that ranked the county first among eastern Ontario regions for tourism investment potential. The RTO is going to be able to identify gaps, weaknesses and strengths in the region, to help spearhead regional tourism activities, said Wilkie.

“I think there’s going to be more assistance and money for tourism development than ever before,” he indicated.

A similar regional approach was taken more than 15 years ago, but Wilkie says the program should be more successful this time, partly because more time was taken to consult with program stakeholders.

RTO’s partners include the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association, one of the components of Renfrew County’s economic development unit. The other partners include the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the Bancroft and Area Chamber of Commerce, and tourism bodies in such areas as Lanark and Haliburton.

In his new job, the 52-year-old Wilkie says, “I see myself staying here until retirement. But my time in Renfrew County was one of the most inspiring times in my career. It was a great community, with great people. It was really enjoyable.

“I’ll miss it, every time I take the subway,” he adds, comparing his former 15-minute commute from Petawawa with his longer commute on the Toronto subway.

Wilkie, who grew up in Thunder Bay, is now managing the Entrepreneurship & Youth Partnership program within the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Responsibilities include Ontario’s 57 small business enterprise centres, including the Enterprise Renfrew County office in Renfrew, therefore he expects to return to the county for work at least once a year.

Other key programs include Summer Company and Global Edge, which funds overseas entrepreneurial opportunities for Canadian post-secondary students.

Whatever the program, Wilkie says the ministry’s focus is on

A portion of all proceeds donated to the Food Bank.

613-433-6569 OFFICE 613-623-7922 DIRECT

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EADY REALTY, INC. Brokerage

29 Raglan St. S., Renfrew, ON K7V 1P8 Office 613-432-2100 • Toll Free 1-888-275-3239

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BUSINESS

Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new members, and new leadership If you’re an area businessperson interested in helping to promote and strengthen the local economy, the Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce could be the creative outlet for you.

Entering the new year, the organization is seeking an infusion of fresh blood by welcoming new members, directors, and even someone interested in filling the position currently held by president Kevin Bossy who plans to step down this year.

The chamber hosts a variety of special events throughout the year, including newcomers’ night, president’s night and the annual Citizen of the Year awards.

Since 1908 the Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce has been an active and progressive non-profit voluntary organization promoting the civic, commercial, industrial and tourist development of the community.

During the holiday season, the chamber especially encouraged people to spend more of their leisure time and shopping dollars close to home. For more information about this organization, call the Chamber at 613-432-7015.

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Did you resolve to quit smoking in the New Year, but need a push to put out that cigarette? This year’s National Non-smoking Week, from Jan 16 to 22 is the perfect time to follow through on your New Year’s resolution and start on the path to a healthier heart. As well as causing damage you can feel in your lungs, smoking also has “silent” effects on your body. Smoking contributes to the build-up of plaque in your arteries, increases the risk of blood clots, reduces the oxygen in your blood, increases your blood pressure and makes your heart work harder. Smoking also nearly doubles the risk of strokes caused by blood clots. However, once you become smoke-free and avoid exposure to second-hand smoke, you will immediately reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke: • Within 48 hours, your chances of having a heart attack start to go down and your sense of smell and taste begin to improve.

• Within 1 year, your risk of suffering a smoking-related heart attack is cut in half.

• Within 15 years, your risk of heart attack is the same as someone who never smoked at all.

The sooner you become smoke-free, the sooner your body can start to recover and it doesn’t take long to see the effects.

National non-smoking week can be a great excuse to become smoke-free and this year’s theme, “There are Hundreds of Reasons to Quit...What’s Yours,” encourages people to take action to start living a normal, healthy life uninterrupted by cravings for cigarettes.

Lochiel Street Bed & Breakfast Your Hosts

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Building Lot

Sunday 2-4 pm or call to arrange an alternate time.

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You will love the tall ceilings, original millwork and enjoy the benefit of thousands of $ in upgrades which have increased the energy rating. Fantastic basement with full height ceilings, 2 yr. old furnace and 5 yr. old roof.

$195,000 - Easy to Show!

189,000!!!

Lot 3 Guest Rd.

Lower Spruce hedge.

Buy a little piece of heaven just outside of Renfrew! 1 acre of land to build your dream house and garage! Make your entrance off either roads or both! Survey and Studies available for review. Call today for details!

Simply stunning 312 acres of mother nature at her best. Featuring a private lake surrounded by natural meadows, mixed forest, both mature and younger situated at the base of Madawaska Highlands.

Hydro at the building site.

$40,000 - 1 of Only 2 Remaining!

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Nicole Laframboise l L f b iReal Estate Sales Representative Office: (613) 829-1818 Renfrew: (613) 433-3738 Direct: (613) 295-5225 * We are NOT a mortgage broker, nor do we supply financing, intended for information purposes only, call for specifics. *Not intended to solicit those under contract

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Bissonnette earns top honour Randy Bissonnette, principal of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Pembroke, has been named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals award winners for 2011.

The Canada’s Outstanding Principals Awards are presented annually by The Learning Partnership, a national charitable organization that champions a strong public education system in Canada.

The awards recognize exemplary leadership by publicly funded school principals in the areas of professional development, instructional leadership, student achievement, personal growth initiatives, and building strong partnerships with families and communities.

“I’m delighted to receive this award,” said Bissonnette.

“It’s a great honour and it reflects on the many fine people in our school board.

I look forward to sharing this award with my colleagues.”

Bissonnette, who has worked for the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board since 1989, has been a principal for 11 years. Before arriving at Our Lady of Lourdes in the fall of 2010, he was principal at Our Lady of Sorrows in Petawawa for five years.

He is particularly proud of how he and his colleagues worked in that community “to help students and families achieve their potential.

“There have been many challenges for military families, and we were able

Randy Bissonnnette

ince’s Schools on the Move award while Bissonnette was principal.

“It’s an award for high academic excellence,” Montgomery said. “These awards reflect not only on the school and Randy, but on the whole Renfrew Catholic school board.”

Board chair Bob Schreader calls Bissonnette an exceptional leader who “has been recognized as a true leader on previous occasions.”

GALA EVENT

to help and support them.

I’m particularly proud of the work of the teachers and teaching assistants.”

NOMINATOR FROM WESTMEATH SCHOOL Shelley Montgomery, principal at Our Lady of Grace in Westmeath, was Bissonnette’s chief nominator for the Outstanding Principals Award.

“He really represents all of the dimensions of leadership that the award recognizes,” she said.

“The time I spent working with Randy helped me to build the strong foundations in community leadership that I needed for my professional growth,” said Montgomery, who worked a few years as vice-principal at Our Lady of Sorrows.

“Randy is a real team player and a problem solver. He looks at the whole picture in decision making. He exemplifies all of the qualities and skills of instructional leadership.”

Our Lady of Sorrows school also won the prov-

Inaugural address Continued from page 5 Identifying some specifics: 1. By the end of this year to have in place MOE approvals to extend the foot print at Osceola land fill site, ensuring access for approximately 30 plus years.

2. Currently being prepared is a more comprehensive Capital Plan, taking us to 2019, to be presented in draft for review, evaluation and recommendations.

3. Having an Economic Development presence to not only react but be proactive in our changing community – for example, to ensure that the Health Care Village delivers it’s commitment to retaining and expanding employment through the delivery of health and wellness services.

4. Our need to source both traditional and new opportunities for grant funding for projects is a priority – accessibility for our building doors, upgrades to energy efficiencies, equipment for the fire department are just a few on the list of immedi-

The 2011 outstanding principals awards will be presented to 32 recipients from across Canada at a Feb. 8 gala in Toronto.

Bissonnette will be among 11 Ontario principals honoured by Canada’s Outstanding Principals Program, which is in its seventh year. The only other eastern Ontario recipient will be Barb Gage from Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Sir Robert Borden High School. Principals will also be recognized from Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

The award recipients will also participate in a five-day program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

The program, which is designed to foster executive leadership in education, will focus on leadership development, sharing of best practices, and strategies for future public engagement.

ate requirements.

5. The Ontario Partnership Funding must be supplemented by other sources of revenue. We must be vigilant in order to assure progress is realized without total dependency on the property tax base.

In this context, the Farm TAX Rebate must return to our municipality the 75% funding portion that is dramatically outstanding.

Capital requirements must be optimally matched with Financial resources.

Our future progress depends on our ability to be innovative, to be flexible, to be well informed and involved both within our community, and most importantly accessible to the broader community of Ontario’s municipalities.

I will share with you this observation as I did at the inaugural meeting of Renfrew County, that this council, this staff, this community – together, regardless of the work ahead – we will see that challenges will result in rewards; surprises will result in successes.

Folks, This is doing the right thing.

Open house at Teen Saloon, Deslaurier’s People can check out two open houses this weekend in Renfrew.

Deslaurier Custom Cabinets on Hall Avenue welcomes the public to its new showroom at 550 Hall Avenue from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 15.

Deslaurier’s designer is available in the showroom from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, and by appointment, to discuss your needs.

Refreshments will be served at Saturday’s open house.

A new business in the community – The Teen Saloon – is holding an open house Jan. 13 to 15. It is located at 359 Plaunt St. S. in Renfrew.

This week the Saloon will give everyone in the community an opportunity to

visit the facility.

Business founder Pam Gillis invites the public to find out what the Teen Saloon has to offer to youth.

Associates will conduct guided tours through the facility where people can gather information on current and upcoming programs.

All teens are welcome to come to the Teen Saloon from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday for a free stay and play event.

From 6 to 10 p.m. the doors will open to the public.

On Saturday, Jan. 15, a free stay-andplay event and open house will be featured at the business from noon to 10 p.m.

Open House Guide Your key to must-see homes in the area!

Metro City Realty Ltd. (Renfrew) Brokerage

Sun. Jan. 16 2-4 p.m.

Metro City Realty Ltd. (Renfrew) Brokerage

2451 Eady Rd. RENFREW

Peter Vincent, Broker 613-432-0319

Century 21 EADY REALTY, INC.

Sun. Jan. 16 2-4 p.m.

Brokerage

2441 Eady Rd. RENFREW

Peter Vincent, Broker 613-432-0319

Century 21 EADY REALTY, INC.

Sat. Jan. 22 12-2 p.m.

Brokerage

554 Sullivan

Kelly Derue, Broker 613-433-2681 Sun. Jan. 16 2-4 p.m.

127 Raglan St. N. RENFREW Nicole Laframboise, Sales Rep. 613-433-3738

Enright Real Estate Brokerage INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Sun. Jan. 16 2-4 p.m.

429 Raglan St. S. RENFREW Vince Johnston, Sales Rep. 613-433-2254

Enright Real Estate Brokerage INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Sun. Jan. 16 2-4 p.m.

340 Haig St. RENFREW

June Laplaunte, Sales Rep. 613-623-7922

Sat. Jan. 15 2-4 p.m.

1385 Storyland Rd. RENFREW June Laplaunte, Sales Rep. 613-623-7922

For more information on these and other listings, please check out the regular real estate ads in this edition.

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MOVING AWAY SALE large sectional, double bed with Serta mattress and box spring, pots, pans, dishes, silverware; large outdoor grill, 2 bar stools, many other miscellaneous items. 395 Raglan St S, January 15, 8:00 am

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HUNTER SAFETY Canadian Firearms Course. Courses and exams held throughout the year. Free course if you organize a group, exams available. Wenda Cochran, 613-2562409.

HOUSES FOR SALE

PETS

CHOCOLATE LAB PUPS for sale. 7 males and 1 female.

Both parents Choc labs. Great with kids and smart. Contact Traci at 613-2051365 or email at taydar2002@hotmail.com

CLASSIFIEDS WORK CARS FOR SALE

1999 VW JETTA for parts or fix up, $700.

1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, new tires, muffler, brakes and rear wiper motor, $800. Call 613-7520505

3 BEDROOM BUNGALOW backing onto ravine, corner lot 50’x207’, 59 Wilson St. $189,000 private, 416-239-0428

PRIVATE SALE 678 English Rd (just off Whelan Rd, 10 minutes from town) 3 bedroom brick bungalow, maintenance free, over one plus acre. Hardwood flooring, lots of outside buildings, beautiful country setting and large deck and swimming pool. Wood/electric heat, partially fnished basement with wood room.

This house is in mint condition – quality built in 1986.

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OLD ANTIQUE FURNITURE, Old advertising coca-cola, Mountain Dew, old gas and oil items, toys, decoys, old postcards, old Beatles items, old Halloween and Christmas items Call Sheryl MacKenzie at 613-432-4909

HOUSES FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR SALE

Price $230,000 OBO Phone 613-432-6312

1029 Humphries Rd., Renfrew • Custom built (2009) 3+1 bedroom 1-1/2 bath home built in 2009. Something for the whole family - huge walk-in closet for her, rec room with wet bar for him, 1 acre lot on private dead end road for children to play.

• Kitchen boasts custom cabinets w/Corion countertops & large walk-in pantry.

This beautiful home also has main floor laundry, double garage, generator hookup in the event of power failure, stainless steel appliances, garden shed, AC, central vac, high speed internet & much more!

This home is a must see!! $349,900 MLS #X2005183 613-432-3714 or 613-570-1389 for more info visit www.propertysold.ca/renfrew

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SCOOTER SPECIAL 25% Off Select Models Buy/sell Stair lifts, Porch lifts, Scooters, Bath lifts, Hospital beds etc. Call SILVER CROSS 613-2313549 CRAFTSMAN SNOWBLOWER 12.5 HP 33 inch wide, 11 years old WHITE CEDAR LUM$350, 432-5939 BER, Decking, fencing, all dimensions, rough FISH SHACK 8X8 insu- or dressed. Timbers lated, stove $500. and V-joints also House oil furnace available. Call Tom at 112BTU $200. Call McCann’s Forest Prod433-1039 ucts 613-628-6199 or 613-633-3911 HOT TUB (Spa) Covers. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & ARTICLES Colours Available. Call WANTED 1 - 8 6 6 - 6 5 2 - 6 8 37 www.thecoverguy.ca

FOR SALE

*HOT TUB (SPA) Covers-Best Price. Best quality. All shapes and colours. Call 1-866585-0056. www.thecoverguy.ca

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INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL SPACE

MAIN STREET RENFREW For rent anytime, front space 1100sqft or 3200sqft middle and back. Side alley door/back door or both 4300 sq ft. 613432-9399, 613-4336301 or entire building for sale.

UP TO 6000 sqft wholesale/office/storage space, loading docks, fire sprinklers, call 613-333-1042 to view

HOUSES FOR RENT

2 BDRM HOME plus change room on 1 acre, W of Renfrew: large eat-in kitchen, bright livingroom, 2 bath, hardwood, full basement, appliances. $700/m, tenant pays utilities. No pets/smokers.

416-445-7261, wknd: 613-432-5578

TIMESHARE CANCEL. Were you misled when you purchased a Timeshare? Get out NOW with contract cancellation! Stop paying Mortgage and Maintenance 100% Money back 1-888- 2 BEDROOM HOUSE 2000 TRACKER, 4 Guaranteed.

WD, 5 spd, good 816--7128, x-6868 or central location, call after 5p.m. 613-432shape, runs well, 702-527-6868 8565 $2300, safety available. 754-2720 INDUSTRIAL VAN FOR SALE $1500, 1998 Plymouth Voyager, excellent condition, 6 cylinder - 3.0L motor, air, autostart, stored most winters, undercoated, only 2 owners, call Denis 752-2818

COMMERCIAL SPACE

COMMERCIAL SPACE LOCATED beside Post Office, centre of town, 2000 sqft totally renovated, $1500 plus heat & hydro, gas heat.

613-432-1133

3 BEDROOM HOUSE for rent. New St. Renfrew Ont. Gas heat & water, central air & appliances, $850 plus utilities, first & last required, available February 1 NO PETS . Tel 613-699-3652

HOUSES FOR RENT

COBDEN 4 BEDROOM Farm house, newly renovated. No pets or smoking allowed. $750 plus.

Credit check & references, first & last required. Available immediately. 613-464-0290

THREE BEDROOM HOUSE attached garage on Goshen Rd between Renfrew and Arnprior. Gas heat, central air, main floor laundry, references a must. NO pets or smoking.

Utilities extra first/last rent. Available March 1, 2011 613432-2659 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

!!3 BEDROOM apartment available March 1st, 2011. 3 miles west of Renfrew on Hwy 60 Tenant pays heat (natural gas) and hydro $675, NO PETS or 613-433-5998 1 BEDROOM APT. Heat/Hydro fridge and stove included. Nonsmoker. No pets. 1 mature quiet adult preferred. $625. Call Dan 432-2268

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

LARGE 1 BEDROOM apartment available Feb. 1st, centrally located. $535 a month. Call Bujold Properties 613432-0789 or 613-4324868 after hours LARGE 3 BEDROOM apartment in centertown has private entrance, private yard.

Parking with plug-in, stove, fridge. Available now. $800/month plus gas and hydro. 4322852

STUDIO APART, FRIDGE & stove, hydro included, $700, Downtown, close to shopping. Available no, first & last required 613433-3331 ROOM FOR RENT

ALL INCLUSIVE. SHARED kitchen, bath and living room. Close to all amenities includes heat, hydro, water and satellite. Female only.

LARGE CLEAN WELL First and last month remaintained 1 bedroom quired. Call 613-312apt downtown in quiet 7944 adult building, 2nd floor. Fridge & stove, first & last, $475 + HySHARED dro 432-4456 ACCOMMODATIONS LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT -Wilson Investments of Renfrew is your one stop place, a reliable Landlord, affordable rents, clean, quiet, secure buildings.

Office located at No.2 -850 O’Brien Road, evenings and weekends by appointment just call 613-432-8417

1 BEDROOM FOR rent - fridge & stove included, hardwood floors, Available immediately $650/month + Hydro but includes Heat (613) 623-7287, Ext. NEW ONE BED25 ROOM on second 1 SINGLE APART- floor with fridge, stove, MENT and a double a/c and parking. No bedroom.

613-433- pets or smoking. $595 0078 per month, first and last plus hydro and refer1ST FLOOR, 2 Bed- ences.

Available room apartment in March 1/11. 613quiet seniors building. 432-4387 Available December 1st. Call 613-432RAGLAN STREET, 4909 SOUTH, 2 bedroom im2 BEDROOM APT for mediately, fridge, stove, rent: close to down- water, new carpets, town area, private en- freshly painted, intertry, 1 parking space, com for security, launclean, no pets. $625 dry facilities, 613-432per month + utilities. 8417 to view, Wilson Investments Phone 613-432-7862

CONSTANT LAKE 1 bedroom garden home, fridge & stove, heat & hydro included, no grass cutting or snow plowing, no pets, first & last, $775/month 613-6282 BEDROOM APT. 5080 Oak St. Ground floor.

Fridge, stove, parking HOUSE FOR RENT $575/mth* “with disRenfrew ON. 3 bed- count” plus hydro One room, gas heat, central year lease First/last air, appliances, spa- and references re613-433cious 3 floors. No pets, quired. no smoking. Available 3053 immediately.

Phone BEAUTIFUL, one bed613-432-5954. Refer- room, Robert Drive, ences required February or March, in a well maintained building, intercom for NEARLY NEW 2 bed- security, Laundry faroom executive garden cilities, to view call home with main floor 613-432-8417 Wilson laundry and laminate Investments floor, in new subdivision. 613-432-9998 or CENTRE TOWN SEC613-433-7545 OND level apt, kitchen, livingroom, 1 - 4 piece bath, 1 bedTHREE BEDROOM room. $500 plus heat HOUSE attached gar- & hydro. 613-432age on Goshen Rd be- 1133 tween Renfrew and Arnprior. Gas heat, COBDEN AVAILABLE central air, main floor IMMEDIATELY 1 bedlaundry, references a room 3rd floor loft apt must. NO pets or smok- $575/mnth, Hydro exing.

Utilities extra tra. Laundry and parkfirst/last rent. Available ing on site. No smokMarch 1, 2011 613- ing, no pets. Call 613432-2659 851-4630

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

SHARED ACCOMMODATION LARGE room in family home. $475 includes utilities, phone, internet and cable, kitchen & laundry privileges. Call Kevin at 433-9427 HELP WANTED

$$$ SECURITY GUARDS $$$ No Experience Needed. Full Training Offered 613-228-2813 www.ironhorsegroup.com

GENERAL LABOURER required to work around gravel pit, yard and garage. Mechanical and equipment experience would be an asset. Full-time position.

APPLY in person 9-4 WEEKDAYS only.

Nesbitt Aggregates 1766 Lochwinnoch Rd Renfrew 432-5764 REFURBISHED APART- visit localwork.ca MENTS for rent Desirable area. Quiet environment.

Laundry H O M E W O R K E R S Full/Part room and parking. In NEEDED!!! the vicinity of down- time positions available town shopping. 613- - Will train. On-Line Data Entry, Typing 432-1664 Work, E-mail Reading, PC/Clerical Work, Homemailers, Assembling Products. HURRY, SPOTS GO FAST! www.CanadianJobs FromHome.com

- secure building - All one level - utilities included - 4 piece bath - Appliances incl.

- minutes to shopping Studio Suites from $599/month

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HOMEWORKERS NEEDED!!! Full & Part Time Positions Are Available - Will Train .

On-Line Data Entry, Typing Work, E-mail Reading, PC/Clerical Work, Homemailers, Assembling Products.

HURRY, SPOTS GO FAST! - www.Ontario JobsAtHome.com MEAT CUTTER, part time / full time, Dunrobin, start immediately, competitive wages, Phone 613-832-3462 or fax 613-832-3134.

HELP WANTED

NEEDED NOW-AZ DRIVERS & OWNER OPS-. We seek professional safety-minded drivers to join a leading int’l carrier with financial stability; competitive pay and benefits; great lanes; quality freight; on dry vans only. Brand new trucks available. Lease program Available. Call Celadon Canada, Kitchener. 1-800-3320518 www.celado ncanada.com PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 Weekly Brochures from home.

100% Legit! Income is guaranteed! No experience required. Enroll Today! www.national-work.com READY TO BE YOUR OWN BOSS? Monalisa Day Spa is now renting chairs for Hair stylists.

To inquire phone 613-312-0703 The Ottawa Valley Titans Are Now Accepting Coach Applications for the 2011-2012 Season.

Deadline for applications is February 1st, 2011 The Ottawa Valley Titans Minor Hockey Association is now accepting coach applications for the following teams. * Minor Bantam AAA * Major Bantam AAA * Minor Midget AAA * Major Midget AAA New applicants must include HCCP Certificate Level and Number and Speakout certification.

Please email your resume to: Janice Laird Ottawa Valley Titans Secretary secretary@ovtm ha.on.ca WORK OPPORTUNITIES Enjoy Children?

In Florida, New York, California, Boston, all USA. Salary airfare, medical, provided, plus more. Available Spain, Holland, Summer Camps in Italy and England. Teaching Korea Different benefits apply.

Interviews in your area.

Call 1-902-422-1455 or Email: sco tiap@ns.sympatico.ca

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GENERAL HELP

BATTLEFIELD

COUNTY OF RENFREW Human Resources Department EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

EQUIPMENT RENTALS

(a Division of Toromont Industries Ltd.) is currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual at our west end Ottawa location for the following challenging employment opportunity:

The Human Resources Department’s portfolio is comprised of a variety of functions including labour relations, recruitment, policy development, benefits and compensation, training and development, health and safety, and media promotion. At the core of our services is the expectation that all people will be treated with dignity and respect.

SMALL ENGINE TECHNICIAN

HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR (Full Time)

The successful candidate is a Licensed Engine Technician with 3-5 years experience repairing both the Stihl and Wacker product lines and who also has exceptional attention to detail. Preference will be given to those individuals with excellent electrical troubleshooting abilities and experience with both propane, natural gas and diesel fired heaters.

Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, the Human Resources Coordinator facilitates and coordinates labour relations and employee services for the Corporation, principally in the areas of labour relations, policy development, training and development, benefits, health and safety, workplace safety insurance, financial records and special projects.

Qualifications: x Post-secondary education in human resources with a focus on labour relations or equivalent educational background. Minimum of 2 years of experience in a generalist role in a wide range of human resource functions, with unions, labour relations. x Strong interpersonal skills and leadership ability combined with excellent written and verbal communication skills. x Certified Human Resources Professional (C.H.R.P.), an asset. x Education in municipal government, particularly A.M.C.T. training would be considered an asset.

We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits and a great pension plan program. To join our progressive and growing team, fax your resume to:

HUMAN RESOURCES Battlefield Equipment Rentals Fax No. 613-596-3078 Email: battlefieldhr@toromont.com No Phone Calls Please

Compensation: $55,661 - $65,484, plus comprehensive benefits package.

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Please send your resume, stating Competition #11-03, by 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 21, 2011 to: CL22998

Human Resources County of Renfrew 9 International Drive Pembroke, ON K8A 6W5 FAX: (613) 735-7590 EMAIL: hrinfo@countyofrenfrew.on.ca (in MS Word or pdf format)

We thank everyone who applied; only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

HELP WANTED

COUNTY OF RENFREW Employment Opportunities

Thank you for your interest, however, only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

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BONNECHERE MANOR Long Term Care Home

VACATION PROPERTIES

We are a people-centered Home dedicated to maintaining our "Excellence of Care" tradition, in a safe and progressive community.

REGISTERED NURSES

PLANNING A TRIP TO FLORIDA?

2 Part Time Positions Competition #11-04 Compensation: $36.23 – $48.38 per hour.

Qualifications: x A Registered Nurse with a current certificate of competency from the College of Nurses of Ontario with annual mandatory licensing renewal x Must display departmental and position competencies of Personal Sensitivity/Empathy, Decisiveness, Flexibility/Adaptability, Accuracy & Thoroughness, Teamwork, Development of Self & Others

Search from 100s of Florida’s top vacation rentals.

REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSES 2 Part Time Positions Competition #11-05 Compensation: $26.36 - $26.76 per hour. Includes 30-minute paid lunch time.

All Regions of Florida from 2- to 8-bdrm homes.

Condos, Villas, Pool Homes - we have them all!

Qualifications: x A Registered Practical Nurse with a current certificate of competency (including Medication Administration Certification) from the College of Nurses of Ontario with annual mandatory licensing renewal x Displays departmental and position competencies of Personal Sensitivity/Empathy, Flexibility/Adaptability, Teamwork, Decisiveness, Accuracy & Thoroughness, and Development of Self & Others

Rates starting as low as $89/night

6 Part Time Positions Competition #11-06 Compensation: $21.66 - $21.97 per hour. Includes 30-minute paid lunch time.

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The best place to start planning your Florida Get-Away!

Qualifications: x Personal Support Worker Certificate, Health Care Aide Certificate or equivalent formal education from an approved school according to the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, effective July 1, 2010 x Certificate – Food Safety Awareness Program recognized by a Public Health Unit x Must display departmental and position competencies of Personal Sensitivity/Empathy, Flexibility/Adaptability, Teamwork, Integrity, Communication, and Commitment & Perseverance CL13935

On your next Florida Vacation do not be satisfied with a hotel room when you can rent your own private Vacation home!

HEALTH CARE AIDES/PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS

For a complete job description and qualifications, please see the County of Renfrew website at http://www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca/departments/human-resources/unionized-job-descriptions/

Please send your resume, stating applicable competition number, by 4:00 p.m., Monday, January 24, 2011 to: Human Resources County of Renfrew 9 International Drive Pembroke, ON K8A 6W5 FAX: (613) 735-7590 EMAIL: hrinfo@countyofrenfrew.on.ca (in MS Word or pdf format) Thank you for your interest, however, only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

January 13 2011 - RENFREW MERCURY

HELP WANTED

30 CAREERS

Door to door delivery once a week.

Must have vehicle.

Areas of delivery are - Ottawa East, - Ottawa Central - Ottawa South - Ottawa West - Vanier - Orleans areas Please contact by email only. Looking for people to start as soon as possible.

No collections. Top dollar paid

Full-time Position available Renfrew and Arnprior Clinics (20 minutes from Ottawa) We are looking for an individual with outstanding teamwork abilities, excellent people skills and a great sense of humour.

Reply in confidence to: Ottawa Valley Physiotherapy C/O Patrick Cayen 510 Raglan Street North, Suite 102 Renfrew, ON Phone: (613) 432-9088 Email: patrickcayen@ovphysio.com

Duties include paying invoices, banking, payroll, preparing monthly and annual financial statements, tracking financial contributions, issuing tax documents and other related duties.

Requirements include background demonstrating strong bookkeeping skills and financial software experience, confidentiality and the ability to work well with others is a must.

e-mail: hrcanada@abellgroup.com fax: 1-866-910-0645

Please Note: Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

We thank all applicants and we will contact applicable applicants only.

Although this position is currently for maternity leave there is a possibility of long-term employment.

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CHILD CARE

CARRIERS NEEDED

WORK WANTED

DEPENDABLE WOMEN LOOKING for work. I will clean, paint, cook, drive you to appointments or check your property while you’re away. 6 years experience, reasonable rates. Call Lori 613649-2389

TOWN OF

RENFREW various routes Seeking reliable people to deliver the Renfrew Mercury every Thursday

Hours are flexible and some work can be done at home. Salary is $12.63 an hour.

Contact Chris Paveley

Apply by noon Jan 18, 2011 by email to tsaoffice@bellnet.ca or in writing to Treasurer Position Trinity St. Andrews United Church 291 Plaunt St. S. Renfrew On K7V 1N2

613-432-3655 ext 31 Toll Free 1-800-884-9195 chris.paveley@metroland.com CL21800

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Eganville & District Senior Citizens’ Needs Association (EDSCNA) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Mission of the Eganville & District Seniors is to provide activities, services and support to seniors to enable them to remain in their own homes and to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle within their community, thereby enhancing the quality of life of seniors in the municipalities of Bonnechere Valley, North Algona/Wilberforce, the Bromley portion of Admaston/Bromley and the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan.

MUSIC, DANCE INSTRUCTIONS

WORLD CLASS DRUMMER (of Five Man Electrical Band) is now accepting students. Private lessons, limited enrollment, free consultation. Call Steve, 613831-5029. w w w. s t eve h o l l i n g worth.ca

EDSCNA Program Manager The EDSCNA Program Manager works under the direction of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Eganville & District Senior Citizens’ Needs Association (EDSCNA). The EDSCNA Program Manager is responsible for the efficient functioning of all EDSCNA programs and services according to the Association’s mission statement and policies and procedures. The EDSCNA Program Manager works with the Board to promote our services, programs and activities and to maintain an active liaison with other volunteer, health and social service providers and support groups. The EDSCNA Program Manager is responsible for ensuring the EDSCNA complies with all contractual commitments, to secure funding for EDSCNA programs and services, as well as ensuring the safe management of the EDSCNA’s facilities and equipment, supervising all staff and encouraging cooperation with all volunteers. The EDSCNA Program Manager is also the Privacy Officer for the EDSCNA and is required to adhere to privacy legislation. The EDSCNA Program Manager is required to demonstrate high levels of communication, efficiency, leadership/vision, personal sensitivity/empathy, and relationship building.

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COURSES

Qualifications: x x x x x x x x

Post secondary education in business administration, health and/or social services, or an equivalent combination of education and experience Knowledge of agencies and resources within the senior community Skills in identifying needs, resolving conflict, prioritizing, planning and innovative problem solving Demonstrates a genuine interest in people and a desire to provide support to those in need Ability to maintain a supportive, cooperative working relationship with clients, volunteers and staff Strong interpersonal, administrative, management and organization skills Ability to work independently with accuracy and attention to detail Displays good judgement, reliability and a caring, courteous attitude

Compensation: $31,500 - $35,000 per annum. 35 hours per week.

Please forward your detailed resume by 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 21, 2011 to: Eganville & District Senior Citizens’ Needs Association 75 Wallace Street, P.O. Box 244 Eganville, Ontario, K0J 1T0 Fax: (613) 628-2354 E-mail: HomeSupp@nrtco.net CL22853

Due to growth in the area, an expansion opportunity with the largest Canadian-owned pest control company in Canada has become available.

Opportunities are available in both Arnprior and Renfrew. You will manage and service existing clients and build new business through sales. Pest control, lawn care or customer service/sales experience is beneficial but not mandatory as training will be provided. You will receive an excellent base salary plus commission bonus, achievement incentives, and a company vehicle with gas card. We offer first-rate benefits, three weeks of paid vacation, group life, health, and dental benefits along with a company sponsored retirement plan.

Please apply to:

Contact: paula.clarke@metroland.com

Trinity St. Andrews United Church requires a treasurer for approximately 40 hours a month.

Route Manager

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Looking for adult newspaper carriers to deliver local community newspapers.

Ottawa Valley Physiotherapy Rehabilitation and Sports Injury Clinic PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSISTANT REQUIRED FOR MATERNITY LEAVE

BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS 5 WEEK COURSE Every Tuesday and Thursday Call the Renfrew Learning Centre at 613-432-1002 or for more info email programs@thelearningcentre.ca Other courses include Simply Accounting Professional also Microsoft certification Call for available evenings CL22549

CHILD CARE

C H I L D C A R E AVAILABLE FOR fulltime or part time care.

All ages welcome. Call Cara (613) 433-3920

E.C.E HAS SPOTS available. Program offers circle time, sensory play, craft time, outdoor activities, snacks, hot lunches and more.

Please call Kim at 613432-6667 after 6:00 pm. Thank you.

SERVICES

SEND A LOAD to the dump, cheap. Clean up clutter, garage sale leftovers or leaf and yard waste. 613-2564613

**PLEASE BE ADVISED** There are NO refunds on Classified Advertising, however we are happy to offer a credit for future Classified Ads, valid for 1 year, under certain WILL PICK UP & RE- circumstances.

MOVE any unwanted cars, trucks, boats, snowmobiles, lawntractors, snowblowers, etc. Cash paid for some. Peter, All Purpose Towing. 613Garbage pick 797-2315, up for Greater 613-560-9042

LIMITED SPACES available for March.

ECE 15 years experience, SSW 4 years experience, across from McNab Public School!

Meals, snacks, crafts, educational activities, CPR, F.A. certified. Call www.allpurpose.4-you.ca Jan 613-432-4444, Dawn 613-623-2966 HOUSE CLEANING

MORTGAGES & LOANS

$$MONEY$$ Consolidate Debts Mortgages to 95% No income, Bad credit OK! Better Option Mortgage #10969 1-800-2821169 www.mortgageontario.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

Cindy’s Home Cleaning Service

•Tired of cleaning?

•Not enough hours in the week?

•Let me help you!

EASTON SANITATION

Madawaska Ward One (only) CLOSED January 29, 2011 RE-OPEN February 8, 2011

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WSIB free case assessment. No up front fee for File representation.

Over $100 Million in settlements. Call toll free 1-888-747-6474, Quote # 123

FREE YOURSELF FROM DEBT, MONEY Five openings available FOR ANY PURPOSE! PERSONALS DEBT CONSOLIDATION. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd mortgages, credit TIRED OF BEING lines and loans up to ALONE? Make it your 90% LTV. Self em- “Serving Renfrew County” New Year’s Resolution CL21466 ployed, mortgage or not to be! Let MISTY tax arrears. DON’T RIVER INTRODUCPAY FOR 1YR PROPUBLIC NOTICE TIONS help you find GRAM! #10171 ONsomeone wonderful to TARIO-WIDE FINANspend the rest of your CIAL CORP. CALL 1life with. www.mistyrive 888-307-7799. rintros.com 613-257www.ontario-widefinan- #1 IN PARDONS Re- 3531 move Your Criminal cial.com Record! Get started TODAY for ONLY COMING $49.95/mo.

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GARAGE SALES YARD SALES

GIANT INDOOR YARD SALE 1916 Burnstown Road SATURDAY JAN. 15 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Household items, books, movies, Furniture, toys, clothes dryer, All Christmas items 50% off

Call 613-433-9628 or 613-432-8236 for information Next sale date: Jan. 29

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

CAREERS

Call Cindy

613-433-8243

CERTIFIED MASON 10yrs exp., Chimney Repair & Restoration, cultured stone, parging, repointing. Brick, block & stone. Small/big job specialist. Free estimates. Work guaranteed. 613-250-0290.

GEORGE’S BARBER SHOP 47 McGarry Ave. Phone 613-4329335

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CAREERS

Place your Article for sale in the paper and include a photo for only an additional $5.00 Contact christy.barker@ metroland.com 613-432-3655 ext 21 for a free quote.

BIRTHDAYS

GRADUATIONS

IN MEMORIAM

GRADUATIONS

CROZIER: In memory of a loving husband and father, Irvin B., who passed away Jan. 15, 2009 in Smiths Falls, Ont. Thank you for your Godly legacy May we always follow in your footsteps.

All our love, Dorothy and family Until we meet again, in His presence.

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Happy 1 Birthday Happy Birthday ALIVIA BRETT CUNNINGHAM

Sebastian 1 Bianca 3 Smith

IN MEMORIAM

BRUCE SCOTT JANUARY 15, 2010 In loving memory of a wonderful husband and father.

But still the empty chair Reminds us of his face, his smile, He who once sat there And made our lives complete.

Forever loved Grace & Ginger

DELIA CLARKE In memory of my grandmother July 2, 1917 - Jan 12, 2001

HUGS AND KISSES FROM MOM AND DAD ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Where do you go when your pet is lost?

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS

Love Pa, Mom, Uncle Denis

BIRTHS

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BIG SISTER AVA WISHES YOU THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!

Christopher & Colleen Kunopaski are proud to announce that their daughter Christi-Lea achieved a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational and Public Health from Ryerson University.

Christi-Lea has accepted a position as Environment, Health & Safety Specialist, Western Canada, with Tyco Intl., in Calgary, Alberta. Christi-Lea is the granddaughter of Xavier (and Agatha) Kunopaski of Renfrew and Albert (and Hilda) Kubiseski of Douglas.

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BIRTHDAYS

Christopher & Colleen Kunopaski are proud to announce that their daughter Terrilyn achieved a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University.

Terrilyn is presently employed as Assistant Publisher/Journalist for Logimonde Inc., in Toronto, Ontario. Terrilyn is the granddaughter of Xavier (and Agatha) Kunopaski of Renfrew and Albert (and Hilda) Kubiseski of Douglas.

CARDS OF THANKS

ANNIVERSARIES

GREGORY LUKE BRISCO Joe and Christina Brisco would like to welcome GREGORY LUKE into this world, November 23, 2010 in the Ottawa General Hospital at 11:38 pm.

Also welcoming him are big brothers Daniel, Nicholas and Stephan and big sister Abigail and our little angel Zachary.

We thank God for his safe and healthy arrival.

Happy Birthday Harvey

Please join us in the celebration of Paulette and Sandy McCanna’s

30th Wedding Anniversary

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Feb. 5, 8 p.m. at the Renfrew Legion

PERSONALS

SELECT INTRODUCTIONS

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MARGARET WALSH (Peggy) To our dear mom and grandmother who passed away January 14, 2010

Clinton J. Gauthier I would like to thank everyone who supported me and my family during our difficult and trying times. Thank you for the flowers, charitable donations and the food.

Special thanks to Matt & Daniella Brydges at McPhail & Perkins, Marg Gerristes and Doreen Bruce for organizing the meal for a huge number of people between the wakes. To the Pallbearers, John Stevens, Vern Barr, Garry Allan, Joe Pierunek, Glenn Ruxton and Jeff Hanniman. Many heartfelt thanks to one and all. Everyone was so kind. To Pastor Andrews and the ladies who prepared the luncheon for the funeral at Renfrew Pentecostal Church – May God richly bless each one for your kindness.

MIXED PARTY For

Saturday January 15, 2011 at 8 pm

Thank You

Heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who was a friend and helper throughout Roy Brisco’s life and passing. We are all saddened by his loss and will miss him greatly.

“Life is but a stopping place, a pause in what’s to be, A resting place along the road, to sweet eternity.”

Rest in Peace, Roy

In the RA Hall, Campbell’s Bay, QC

Matchmakers Select 1888 916 2824 Photos, profiles, all ages, nationalities, occupations & areas. 1000’s of clients, est. 11 yrs. www.selectintroductions.com CL22890

In tears we saw you sinking, We watched you fade away, Our hearts were almost broken, You fought so hard to stay.

But when we saw you sleeping, So peacefully free from pain, We could not wish you back To suffer that again.

Bev and Sonny Marilyn and Earl Barb and Art Shirley and Mike Brenda and Bill and grandchildren

RUSSELL MARY MARGARET In loving memory of our cherished mother who was called to Heaven on January 18, 2009 Treasured memories silently kept Of one we loved and shall never forget.

In our thoughts and prayers, Your family

CARDS OF THANKS

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STAG & DOE

Chris Tracy and Marie-Josee Lafleur

Available Bachelor Tall, 6’3, 190lbs, 39, down to earth. Self employed, loves the outdoors; fishing, camping, motor sports, flys. Has big boy toys, all the things that money can buy, except love seeking a lady for marriage & children.

IN MEMORIAM

Linda Thibodeau

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Dear Grandma, I miss you so much. Our hugs, our chats, macaroni and tea lunches!

I miss how your smile greeted me when I went to your door.

The love you gave to my sons and I, and all who knew you.

You always made me feel very special, grandma.

Love you always Your granddaughter Cindy

Love - the Brisco family Daughter Leanne, Sister Jean and Brother Al.

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The transition from living to passing is a trying one for all.

Very special thanks to McPhail and Perkins Funeral Home for being our navigator through the visitation/burial process for our loved one, Roy Brisco. Matt and Daniela Brydges were always there, assisting and anticipating our every need, and doing it with a true sense of caring. We are truly grateful.

Al Brisco

DODGE, Misty In loving memory of our beautiful daughter and sister who passed away January 18, 2008.

When evening shades are falling And we sit in quiet alone, To our hearts comes a longing If she only could come home.

Friends may think we have forgotten When at times they see us smile, But they little know the heartache Our smiles hide all the while.

We do not forget, nor do we intend We think of her often, will to the end.

Please God forgive us a silent tear A passionate wish our Misty was here There she was ours. We loved her so Dear God, take a message to her In Heaven above Tell her how much we miss her and give her all our love Forever loved unconditionally in life and in death.

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MOM - Amelia Yantha Jan 8, 1917 - Apr 2, 2009 On Jan 8th we remembered your birthday.

We remembered your devotion to your family and extended families; your volunteerism in the Goshen community; your many, many meals served to all who came across your welcoming doorstep.

In 2010 we moved to your home. We made new memories with old and new neighbours, decorating and rocking the place with fun, laughter and meals to be remembered.

All these memories make us miss you more.

Barry & Eve Yantha

A booklet of commemorative verses is available at this newspaper.

We sincerely hope it will prove to be of service to readers who are desirous of selecting a suitable verse for their In Memoriam.

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BIRTHDAYS

Marion Pasco In loving memory of a dear Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother who passed away Jan 10, 2010.

DEATHS

MARTINSON, Margaret Noreen (nee Kelly)

January 10, 1923 – January 10, 2011

Noreen Martinson of Renfrew, Ontario, a recent resident of the Village of Erin Meadows (Mississauga) passed away at the Credit Valley Hospital on January 4, 2011 at the age of 86. Her care during her lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s was lovingly supported by her son, Murray and his wife, Nancy (Bishop).

Memorial service will be held at Trinity St Andrew’s United Church, Renfrew on Monday, January 17, 2011.

The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Renfrew Victoria Hospital, the Ottawa Civic Campus and the Heart Institute for the excellent care she received. We would also like to thank her many friends who gave so much of their time in assisting with her care.

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Gone but not forgotten Love Marlean, Alfie, Cayla, Casey, Dave, Edith, Ivan

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IN MEMORIAM

DEATHS

In Loving Memory Of

JOHNSTON, MARJORIE VELMA (KELLY)

Born at Matawatchan, On. Passed away peacefully at the Ottawa Civic Campus. Marjorie is predeceased by her husband James Johnston of Renfrew, her father Peter Kelly and mother Elizabeth Kelly (Towns); sisters Flo-Ella Carswell (Harold), Margaret Robertson (Norman); brothers Bernard Kelly (Kay), Albert Kelly (Joyce), Clifton Kelly (Isabella), Hughie and Glenn Kelly; one brother and three sisters in infancy.

She will be sadly missed by her nephews and nieces and many friends.

No one knows how we miss you, No one knows the bitter pain.

Since we lost you, life has never been the same We think of you in silence We often speak your name What would we give to hear your voice And see your face again We your family miss you In the house where you used to be We wanted so much to keep you But God willed it not to be Now you are in God’s keeping You suffer no more pain So dear God take care of her Until we meet again

DEATHS

Cybulski, Gary

Mary Elizabeth Ferguson

Loving mother of Kathy Sawyer (Alec) of Woodstock, NB, Ruth Smith (Grant) of Calgary, AB and Murray Martinson (Nancy) of Mississauga, ON. Proud grandmother of Jaime Pilko (Martin) of Calgary and Kerri Hanlon (Shane) of Airdrie, AB, and great-grandmother of Marcus, Spencer and Emmett. Dear sister of Marie Rutten of California, and sister-in-law of Mary Ellen Kelly of Ottawa. She will be missed by several nieces and nephews.

Noreen was born on September 17, 1924, the daughter of the late Mack (Martin James) and Ellen Bridget Kelly (Culhane). She was predeceased by her husband, Murray William Elmo Martinson; her brothers, Kevin and James Kelly; sisters-in-law, Kay Kelly, Donelda Gretsinger and Faye Butler; brothers-in-law, Robert Butler, Verne Gretsinger, Gerry Rutten; and nephew, Jimmy Kelly.

During her lifetime Noreen and her husband, Murray, lived in Ottawa, Renfrew and Merrickville, ON as well as Beaconsfield, QC. She also resided in Woodstock, NB for several years. Noreen was a talented artist and was extremely proud of obtaining her degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University while living near Montreal.

Friends called at McPhail & Perkins Funeral Home, 85 Munro Ave. E., Renfrew on Friday, January 7, 2011 from 7 – 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Parish on Saturday, January 8 at 10 a.m. Interment at Precious Blood Cemetery, Calabogie in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

(née McQuade) 87 years Peacefully Friday January 7th, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Villa with her loving family at her side.

Beloved wife of Stuart Ferguson predeceased 1995.

Loving mother of Cheryl (husband Larry Woloshyn), Donna (husband Don Rauppi) and Robert “Bob” Ferguson predeceased 1992.

Special mother in law to Beverlee (Ferguson) Gatien. Cherished Gramma/Nanny to Jennifer (husband Kevin Dumont), Christina (fiancé James Barrett), Andrea (husband Dave Martin), Karla (husband Rodney Oates), Kristy (husband Robert Wesley), Rhonda (husband Mark Masserotti), Ashley (Paul Bonhomme), Bradley and great grandchildren Michaela, Chloe, Keegan, Liam, Hannah, Katie and Ivan. Dear daughter of Roy and Lucy (Kluke) McQuade predeceased. Dear sister of Maurice (wife Ann), Kenneth (wife Sharon) and predeceased

by Donald McQuade and Doreen Wood. Sadly missed by many nieces and nephews.

Born and raised in Renfrew where she married Stuart Ferguson in 1948, the same year they moved to Sudbury. Mary had worked at Eaton’s for 17 years, retiring in 1978. A devout Roman Catholic she attended St. Pius X Church and belonged to the parish CWL. She spent many happy summers at the camp on McFarlane Lake and winters in Florida. She will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humour and devotion to her loving family.

Resting at the Lougheed Funeral Home 252 Regent St. at Hazel St.Funeral Mass In St. Pius X Church, Lively Tuesday January 11th, 2011 at 10 am. Cremation with interment in the family plot at the St. Stanislaus cemetery.

Prayers 3 pm Monday.

Donation to the Regional Cancer Program, Alzheimer’s Society or the St. Joseph’s Villa would be appreciated.

(Friends may call 2-4 & 7-9 Monday only) Flowers, donations, and messages of condolence available online at www.lougheed.org.

Condolences or donations may be made at www.mcphailandperkins.ca

Phillip, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about you, your smile, your silly giggle, your kind heart and your voice saying, “Hi Mom, it’s Phil.”

Four years ago today you were taken from me by a senseless murder, today I am still sitting by your bed praying that you will come back to me.

Love, MOM

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IN MEMORIAM

LEVESQUE In loving memory of a dear husband and father Lynus who passed away January 8, 2001.

We wish heaven had a phone, So we could hear your voice and laughter again.

Those memories linger in our minds The thought of you is with us every moment of the day.

We will meet again Mitch as God is taking care of you for us.

Love always Doneta, Jake, Sheena, Kelly, Paul, and our grandchildren Maddison & William

FOSTER, George HOMSMA, Harmen 1944-2006 (Herman) 17, Dec. 1926 - 15, The rolling stream of Jan. 2010 life rolls on, But still the vacant chair Forever loved & Recalls the love, the remembered voice, the smile Of the one who once Wife June and family sat there.

Sadly missed by Your loving family Diane, Jimmy & Nick

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Mackey, Donna Jean In loving memory of “Mitch” who accidently passed Jan. 16 2009.

“10 years of missing you”

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Lovingly remembered by Elizabeth Kohlsmith and Norma Roberts

Grandparents Cameron The Sadler family, uncles Gary, and Dennis and Allison

Peacefully at Hospice Renfrew surrounded by her family on Saturday January 8th at the age of 70. Beloved wife of Mark Bormann. Dear mother of Scott (Kim) Buscomb and Cindy (Bruce) Walker. Dear Nanny to Mackenzie Walker and “Mrs. B” to Nicholas and Katie.

Dear sister of the late Heather Cochrane and James Mackey. Donna will be sadly missed by her special cousins Sue Stratton, Bob Plunkett and her nieces Jeannie, Kelly, Sharon and Tracy. Dear sister in law of Paddy Cochrane and Wally Mackey She will be sadly missed by her extended family and friends.

At Donna’s request cremation has taken place and a celebration of her life will follow in the summer. Donations, in her memory may be made to Hospice Renfrew. Arrangements entrusted to the care of the Goulet Funeral Home, 310 Argyle St. S., Renfrew.

Online condolences/donations may be made at www.gouletfuneralhome.com.

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Our hearts are full of memories With pride we speak your name Though life goes on without you It will never be the same.

Visitation at the Goulet Funeral Home, 310 Argyle St S, Renfrew on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 pm and after 11:30 am Saturday. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Church on Saturday January 8th at 1pm. Spring interment parish cemetery.

Donations may be made to the Hospice Renfrew and Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation.

Wren; Lavina Ann

IN MEMORIAM DEATHS

TOWEY, Mary Meron In loving memory of our sister who passed away January 23, 2007

Peacefully, surrounded by his family at Hospice Renfrew on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the age of 52. Gary, beloved husband of Linda Howard. Dear Dad of Joshua (Sarah), and Jamie. Dear son of Helen and the late Isadore Cybulski. Dear brother of Glen (Emanuela), Isidore, Kevin (Dawn).

Dear son-in-law of Herb and Marie Howard.

Dear brother in law of Barry (Joanne) and Bob( Penny). Best friend of Joe and Darlene Neil. Gary will be sadly missed by his many nieces, nephews, friends and co-workers.

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Mabel (Dolly) Esther Smith (nee McManus) January 13, 1923 – December 28, 2010 Born to John Clifford and Susan McManus in Renfrew, Ontario. Predeceased by sister Mary and brothers Alan, Richard and Clifford.

She grew up in Renfrew and, with her husband Willis(d.1986), raised her family in Pembroke and Toronto. Survived by children Susan (David) of Toronto, Cecil (Leslie) of Parry Sound, Grant (Mary) of Rossland, B.C and Candace of Ottawa. Warmly remembered as Nanny by eight grandchildren and always interested in her four great grandchildren.

Dolly enjoyed golf, curling and bridge, worked as a bookkeeper and volunteered with the Alexandria Club, the United Church Women and the Cancer Society. She was a good friend and neighbour to all and is sadly missed.

A memorial reception will be held on Saturday, January 15th at 11:30 am in the Heritage Lounge at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, Toronto.

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Peacefully at Granite Ridge, Stittsville, on Thursday afternoon, January 6th, 2011 at the age of 92 years, following a lengthy decline. A native of Eganville and long time resident of Renfrew, she was the eldest daughter of the late John Thomas and Margaret (Curry) Bradley and was predeceased in 1977 by her beloved husband Wilfred Wren. Loving mother of Mervyn Wren (Beverley), the late William (Donna), Lee Ann (Allan Stitt), Helen (Ervin Copestake), Patricia Wren, Pauline (Paul Markell), Mary Ellen (Wayne Jamieson), Virginia (Larry Lalonde), Elizabeth Wren and Bruce Laplaunte (June).

She was the most wonderful grandmother to her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Also survived by her brother Percy Bradley (Annabelle), her sisters Betty Linke (the late Frank), Rita Walsh (the late Clark), Jean Smith (Ron) and sister-in-law Heather Bradley as well as many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by three brothers Wayne, Rev, Fr. Kenneth and Felix Bradley (Aileen). Our most sincere thanks to the staff of Specialty Care Granite Ridge, Lake and Orchard Houses, for the exceptional care and comfort they have provided for Nan. Family and friends paid their respects at the Anderson Funeral Home, 22 Raglan St. S. Renfrew, on Monday evening from 7-9 p.m. and on Tuesday morning after 9:30 a.m. Thence to Our Lady of Fatima Church, 100 Lisgar Ave., Renfrew, for the celebration of Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday January 11th at 11 a.m. Interment in the spring at St.Francis Xavier Cemetery. In remembrance, Mass offerings and memorial donations to Our lady of Fatima Church or the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation (recognizing her many years of devoted service there), will be gratefully acknowledged.

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FOSTEY, Marie Passed away peacefully on Saturday January 8, 2011 with family by her side.

Marie, a native of Alberta moved to the Ottawa Valley with her husband in 1948.

After 4 years in Arnprior, they moved to Renfrew where Marie lived until 2008. At that time, Marie moved to live with her daughter, Susan and her husband in the Plantagenet area. Pre-deceased by her husband, John (Jack) Fostey and daughter Diane, she leaves behind daughters Susan (Roch) and Ruth (Bryan), grandsons Daniel and Philip (Marisa). Many thanks to Dr. Rossbach and the caring nursing staff at Hawksbury General Hospital.

By request, no visitations. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Church, Renfrew, Ontario, Friday January 14th at 10:30 a.m. Spring interment of ashes at the parish cemetery. In memory of Marie, donations to the Ottawa Humane Society would be appreciated.

Online condolences/donations: www. gouletfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to the care of the Goulet Funeral Home, Renfrew, Ontario.

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Suddenly at the Ottawa General Hospital on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the age of 61. Beloved husband and dearest friend of Janice (nee Hutson). Loving father of Trena (Donnie), Trudy (Sean), Tracy (Jamie) and loving step-father of Ken (Melissa) and Jacqueline (Dwaine). Cherished grandfather of his 12 beautiful grandchildren, Andrew, Wade, Amy, Taylor, Bayleigh, Jordan, Ryleigh, Devlin, Tucker, Jesse, Eve and Claire. He will be sadly missed by his sisters Jean (Mervin), Patsy (Nelson) and Carolyn (Ivan). Predeceased by his father Andrew William Kerr, his mother Irene (nee Keller) and his sister Joyce. Fondly remembered by his brother-inlaw Robert Warren and his nieces, nephews and many friends. The family received friends at the New Apostolic Church, Denbigh on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. The Funeral Service will be in the Church on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Following cremation, an interment of ashes will take place at a later date. Friends desiring may contribute in his memory to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Cancer Society through the Maschke Funeral Home, 11928 Hwy. #41, Northbrook, Ont. K0H 1Z0 (613-336-6873).

Online condolences available to the family at www.maschkefuneralhome.com.

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June 26, 1951 - December 30, 2010 With sorrow, the family of Woody McNevin announce his passing at North Hastings District Hospital in Bancroft on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the age of 59. Woody McNevin, beloved husband of Bonnie (Munhall), loving father of Morgan (Krisondra), Miranda (Andrew Niefer), Matthew (Ashley). Dear grandfather of Truex, Cassidy and Ryder. Beloved son of Duncan and Geraldine McNevin and cherished brother of Beth Lepack (Jim). He will be missed by the Munhall family, his nephews and nieces and his many friends and colleagues. Friends called at the Bancroft Pentecostal Tabernacle on Monday, January 3, 2011 where a funeral service was held on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 officiated by Rev. Dr. Kent Clayton from St. Paul’s United Church, Bancroft. Interment in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Renfrew, in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations to North Hastings District Hospital Dialysis Unit, North Hastings High School Scholarship Fund or Almost Home, Kingston would be appreciated by his family. Arrangements entrusted to Barager Funeral Home, Bancroft, Ontario. Elwin made his little corner of the world a better place for the people around him.

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The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 122 calls for service during the past week.

DOMESTIC DISPUTES Officers responded to seven domestic disputes. No criminal activity took place in five calls, while one male was charged with assault, mischief under $5,000 and unauthorized possession of a weapon; and one male was charged with two counts of mischief under $5,000.

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On Saturday, Jan. 8 an adult male attended the Renfrew OPP to report being sexually assaulted by another male. Police investigated the incident and subsequently charged a 64-yearold Renfrew man with sexual assault. He was released from custody on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on March 9.

Constable Adam Nitschmann investigated.

Titley : Alma May Peacefully in Bonnechere Manor on Monday January 10, 2011. Alma Sharpe age 94 years on January 1.

Beloved daughter of the late James K.M. and Nina Sharpe. Loving sister of the late Dorothy Sharpe (August 2009). Also survived by many cousins.

Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home & Chapel, 22 Raglan St. S. Renfrew on Thursday, January 13th from 1-2 p.m. where Funeral Service will be conducted in the Chapel at 2 p.m. Spring Interment Thomsonville Cemetery.

For those desiring donations to the Sunshine Coach or the Renfrew & Area Senior Home Support would be appreciated.

SUSPENDED DRIVER On Jan. 3 around 11:15 a.m. police stopped a speeding vehicle on O’Brien Road in Renfrew.

The investigation revealed the driver was driving while under suspension. A male, 17, of Ottawa was charged for the offence.

His vehicle was towed and he was released on a summons for

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traffic court in Renfrew on Feb. 25. Under section 99 of the Provincial Offences Act any person aged 16 or 17 is considered an adult for the purposes of the Act and can therefore publicly be identified. Const. Joey Limlaw investigated.

BAIL VIOLATION On Jan. 7 at about 8 p.m. Renfrew OPP officers received information from a probation officer that a 16-year-old female was breaching her probation order.

Police located the female in Renfrew and arrested her. She was held in custody for a bail hearing on Jan. 10 where she was remanded into custody.

Her name cannot be released under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Const. Andre Kolkowski investigated.

On Jan. 5 about 5:15 p.m. police responded to a theft at the LCBO in Renfrew. Two males had entered the store and stolen eight bottles of alcohol. Police then received a report from the LCBO in Cobden that three males had entered their store and stolen several bottles of alcohol. Police in Pembroke were notified and located the males at the LCBO there. One male was arrested, and two others fled the scene.

A 21-year-old Ottawa man was charged with theft under $5,000 in connection to the incident in Renfrew. He was held for a bail hearing on Jan. 10 where he was released on a recognizance. He will appear in court in Renfrew Jan. 26. The incident in Cobden remains under investigation.

Const. Nitchmann investigated.

THEFTS

FOCUSED ON REDUCING FATAL COLLISIONS

Jan. 4 about 11 a.m. Const.

John Sucee responded to a theft complaint at No Frills in Renfrew. A male had stolen a Play Station 3 and when approached outside by store security he resisted and struck the store employee.

Following the police investigation a Renfrew man, 24, was charged with theft under $5,000 and assault. He was released from police custody on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew March 9.

About 3:15 p.m. Jan. 4 police attended No Frills in Renfrew in regards to a male arrested by store security for stealing. The investigation revealed a male concealed a bottle of perfume and left the store without paying for the merchandise.

A 19-year-old Renfrew male was charged with theft under $5,000 and breach of probation.

He was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on March 9. Const. Limlaw investigated.

In 2011 the Renfrew Detachment of the OPP says it will continue with aggressive efforts to reduce fatal and serious injury collisions in their jurisdiction.

Occupant restraints, impaired driving (by either drugs or alcohol) and aggressive driving behaviour remain the leading causal factors in these collisions.

Expect to see police enforcing the laws on highways, trails or waterways frequently in your travels. Do your part by driving sober, always use a seatbelt or other occupant restraint, and drive in a responsible, attentive manner.

Crime Stoppers believes that someone may have information that could assist police in solving a crime. If you have information on any criminal offence that results in charges being laid, you qualify for an award of up to $2,000.

Call Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 613-735-8477 (735-TIPS).

Fatality in Beachburg Road collision Sunday Continued from front McLaughlin and his passenger, Viola McLaughlin, were taken to Pembroke Regional Hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.

There were no passengers in Fallon’s vehicle.

Beachburg Road was reopened to traffic about 6:30 a.m. Monday.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ROOKIES AND RETURNEES The Renfrew Curling Rink is offering a Rookies and Returnees Rock program Sunday afternoon at the rink at 195 Xavier St. in Renfrew. The program runs until March 6. Instruction and practice are held 1 to 2 p.m. with a game of curling 2 to 3:30 p.m. The drop-in fee is $10 per person or $15 per couple per Sunday for non-members, or a one-time special program fee of $50 per participant for the full nine-week program which began Jan. 9. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Phil Marcella at 613432-5182, email phil@gillin.ca or visit renfrewcureingrink.ovca.com.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 • Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group meeting at 10:30 a.m. at their library at 222 Dickson St. (corner of Maple) in Pembroke. Update on procedures for ordering films from the Latter Day Saints Library. Garnet Miller and Lois Reinert will be providing news on the Wendish Special Interest Group. Visitors welcome.

• Renfrew County Fiddlers Association annual meeting at the Renfrew Legion with a pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m., followed

by the meeting at 7 p.m. A dance will follow after the meeting. Anyone bringing food for the pot luck, please contact Mary Wright at 613-432-1243.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 • Sterling Chapter #307 Order of the Eastern Star Sunday brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 340 Raglan St. S., Apt. 17, Third Floor, Renfrew. Cost $10. For tickets or information contact Sandra Miller 613433-3111 or Laverna Ferguson 613-4326120. OES supports local charities.

MONDAY, JANUARY 17 Parkinson support meeting for information, sharing and support. Caregivers will have a separate meeting if they choose.

Meetings are the third Monday of the month, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Bonnechere Manor Day Program. Contact Stella at 613-432-4873, ext.1251 or Donita at 613-432-7006.

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Jan. 22 at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre.

Cocktails at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Haggis piped in at 6:30 p.m. followed by supper. Scottish entertainment by Pam Reid Scottish Dancers and the hosts, Renfrew Highland Pipes & Drums. Tickets are $30 each and available from band members, Renfrew Legion, Home Hardware, renfrewpipeband@hotmail.com and at 613432-6407.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 • Renfrew Silver Seniors noon luncheon at the Renfrew Legion.

• Child Identification Clinic, Child’s Paradise Day Care Centre, 450 O’Brien Rd. (Renfrew County Place) from 3 to 6 p.m.

There is no charge to parents and none of the information is kept on file by anyone.

Parents receive a CD and printout of the information.

SATURDAY, JAN. 22 • The Arnprior Agricultural Society invites you to join in a four-hand euchre tournament series on upcoming Saturdays (Jan. 22, Feb 26, March 26, April 23) at the Braeside United Church on Phillip Street in Braeside. Registration starts at noon and the tournament at 1 p.m. Two-per-

son teams, eight games played and team score totaled, cost $20 per person and a light lunch served.

tation on stories of loggers who lost their lives along the Madawaska River in the 19th century.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26

• Dacre and Area Community Association (DACA) breakfast at the centre on Flat Road from 8 to 11 a.m. with baked beans, fried bologna, potato pancakes, scrambled eggs/toast, tea/coffee/juice.

Kids $4; adults $6. The youth club is also having a bake sale and 50/50 draw. For more information, call Sue at 433-9050.

• Ladies Auxiliary Branch #148 euchre tournament at 1 p.m. at Legion in Renfrew. 50/50 draw. Cost $8. Light lunch.

Everyone welcome.

Blood Donor Clinic at Renfrew Collegiate Institute, 184 Bonnechere St. S. Renfrew from 2 to 8 p.m., sponsored by the Rotary Club. Call 1-888-DONATE to book an appointment.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 • Renfrew Woodland Metis Aboriginal Association community meeting at 7 p.m. at the Renfrew Children’s Centre, 850 O’Brien Road, Renfrew All new members welcome. Contact Kent 613-432-3177.

• Heritage Renfrew’s annual general meeting at the Renfrew Legion at 7 p.m. Please plan to attend to hear guest speakers Garnet Wilkes and Norman Schiemann who will be making a presen-

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 The local National Farmers Union and the Outreach Committee, Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church, Renfrew co-host the film, Fresh, on food production, followed by discussion and refreshments. 7 p.m., in chapel; free will offering; everyone welcome. More more information, call Beulah Wright at 613-432-3295.

PAKENHAM CURLING Pakenham Curling Club fun nights are set for Jan. 28, Feb. 25 and March 25 at 7:30 p.m. There will be euchre and board games. Hosted by Glen Tripp. Light lunch provided. Admission at the door. For more information, contact Brenda at 613-2564416.

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NATURE

Redpolls arrive, better late than never

FEEDERS BUSY Bev Fortin sent us this email of the activity at their feeders.

Two pileated woodpeckers stop for a short time each day and yesterday my husband saw a bald eagle. We have lots of blue jays, chickadees, house sparrows, white-breasted nuthatches, a few morning doves and one lonely female cardinal. There is a flock of wild turkeys in the field across the road from us.

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BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS STAY On Jan. 1 Marlene Hanneman saw a flock of over 300 Bohemian waxwings feeding on buckthorn berries near Ferguslea. Bohemian waxwings will move into an area and return every day until there is nothing left to eat and then move on.

Jane Clark and Ann Humphries saw several hundred Bohemian waxwings in the wooded area west of Wade Avenue.

The area is very well known to the birds for the annual crop of buckthorn berries and haws. In some years there is enough fruit to sustain them throughout the winter.

Once all the fruit has been consumed the waxwings will move on to other food sources known only to them.

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NORTHERN FLICKER A northern flicker appeared at Cecily Button’s feeder this past week. It is possible that it was the same one seen on count day.

Flickers will survive the winter if suet mixtures are provided for them. Approximately 50 percent of their winter food is plant material, berries, nuts and seeds of oak and sumack. All of which are available this year.

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Jim and Ila: On a recent bird outing I observed several small flocks of common redpolls, none larger than about 30 birds. So far I have seen none of this species at my Niger feeders in town.

I came across a small flock feeding on the weeds along the roadside and I assumed they were redpolls. However, when I put the binoculars on them it turns out they were American tree sparrows. This surprised me since I had never seen that many of this type of sparrow in one flock (3540). There was a single northern shrike sitting at the top of a lone tree in a field. It is very difficult to distinguish between the Northern and the Loggerhead Shrikes except for the fact that the former is here in the colder weather and the latter in the warmer weather.

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SUET RECIPE Diane Labossiere sent us this suet recipe.

Melt one pound of lard (ground suet if possible), stir in one pound of crunchy peanut butter, one cup of raisons, one cup of sunflower or mixed seed, six cups of corn meal and five cups of flour. Stir the mixture until fully blended, put in suitable containers and place in the freezer until ready to serve it to the birds. We like to use milk cartons, suet logs or pine cones as suet feeders. This recipe will make a substantial amount of suet; however, the ingredients can be reduced, if necessary.

Thank you, Diane, for the recipe.

Enjoy your birding. Ila and Jim Ferguson, 5313 River Road, RR 5, Renfrew, Ont., K7V 3Z8. Phone 613-432-2738 or email jamesh@ nrtco.net.

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Common redpolls have returned to Judy and Ross McEwen’s feeders after a year’s absence.

Like the waxwings, they’re happy wanderers who travel the country in search of weed seeds and birch and alder cones. We find them at our feeders in search of Niger seed which is the seed from a wild thistle plant.

Cecily Button saw a hoary redpoll at her feeder. This species is rare, usually one hoary redpoll for every 50 common redpolls.

It is much the same as the common redpoll but much whiter in colour and there are fewer and paler streaks on the flanks.

According to David Sibley’s field guide there are 12 colour differences within the two species – more when the Greenland species are included.

The variation in the amount of pink on the breast of redpolls makes it difficult to differentiate between the sexes and the age of the birds. It is much easier to tell them apart if the two species appear together; one is dark in colour, one is light.

A common redpoll; note the dark streaking on the flanks, the black chin patch and the red crown (poll).

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BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

The bridge over the Bonnechere River in Renfrew under construction in the days before the textile mill was built in 1910. On the right are Dempsey’s store and residence, and the Bonnechere Hotel where Forgie’s Park stands today. Photo from the Harry Hinchley Col-

lection at the Renfrew Archives.

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JANUARY 9 , 1936 FIRST TO CROSS THE NEW BRIDGE: “Just who was the first person to drive across, The Mercury has not as yet been able to learn,” was a statement appearing in this Journal last week in an article respecting the new bridge on the Bonnechere at Renfrew. The honour of making the first crossing by vehicle belongs to Mr. J.H. Letang, whose lower town place of business is near the bridge. “Herb” crossed the new bridge in a new car, thinking it would be an item of news leaking out in the New Year. The question now is, who was the last person to cross the old bridge by vehicle.

ONE NEW COUNCILLOR ELECTED IN CALABOGIE:

OLGA LEWIS FROM THE OLD FILES The final results of the municipal election for the coming year were as follows: Reeve William Warren, and Councillors Charles J. Laviolette, Austin Kerr, Francis Perrault and Garfield Richardson. All were members of the 1935 council, with the exception of Charles Laviolette who was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of a former member last year.

JANUARY 13, 1971 PIPE BAND: Efforts of ex-members of the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish to keep uniforms and equipment here for a band didn’t succeed. Everything has gone to battalion headquarters in Pembroke. Everything, that is, but the band. Those of us who love the sound of pipes and drum will be happy to know that these ex-band members are going to form a new band. That’s good news. An independent band can ensure its future by enrolling young people. It can play where and when it chooses, and it can provide pleasure for the people of Renfrew and District. Not every town has its own pipe band.

IT’S VACANT: Armouries in cities across Canada were thrown open last summer to transient youth. Thousands of kids packed sleeping bags and headed out to see more of the country. Jobs aren’t available for all. This coming summer will see even more students “unemployed” and on the move. The federal government is working on projects to help them through the summer.

This could mean some large public works programs. Renfrew Armoury is empty and could be used as a stop-over place for young people this summer. Situated right beside the Trans-Canada Highway, this armoury must be the most convenient youth hostel in Canada.

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CONFUSION IN NAMES: Mr. John Conley, plumber, has again cause to complain because his name was confused with that of Mr. John Connolly, license inspector, though this time the blame does not rest with the Renfrew Journal. In the last issue, however, in the curling scores of games played previously, it was mentioned that Mr. James Austin’s score 14 defeated Mr. John Conley’s score of eight in the singles. It was Mr. John Connolly this time who was the victim, and Mr. John Conley says that he could do much better than that when it comes to curling and if curling could be played in the summer time he might even retire from the baseball arena in its favor.

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE: “The advertisement in the Renfrew Journal brought in great returns,” said Mr. M. Devine of the firm of Devine and Legree the other day as he pointed with pardonable pride to a fine array of furs and hides, brought in for purchase to that firm. There was a goodly array of mink, bear and other skins, and the collection that came in response to the advertisement showed once again that it pays to advertise in the Renfrew Journal.

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Junior achievement benefits Sens prospects

By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com The letter on his jersey alone suggested Jared Cowen was indeed a different young man on the most glittery of hockey stages.

It is only the beginning of the reasons why the 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gave the Ottawa Senators plenty of reason to smile about some of their best young prospects.

Take the performance of Cowen, the Senators’ top pick (ninth overall) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, who was a major force on the Team Canada blue line in its run to the gold-medal game against Russia at HSBC Arena in Buffalo.

And what a major step forward at this level it has been for the 65, 230-pound Cowen, who didn’t have nearly the same impact at his first WJC a year ago in his home province of Saskatchewan. But it’s clear he learned from the experience, as bittersweet as it became at times.

“Jared didn’t play as big a role (in the 2010 WJC), but it prepared him for this year,” said Randy Lee, the Senators’ director of player development and hockey administration. “He’s been a key guy and to be an assistant captain is huge.

(Team Canada head coach) Dave Cameron talked to me about him and he was impressed with his atti-

tude and leadership.”

Cowen also displayed the kind of game the Senators want to see when he eventually earns a fulltime spot on their roster, perhaps as early as next season.

“His straight-line speed was a lot better, his stick (position) was really good when he was defending guys and I thought he played with more of an edge,” said Lee, who was in Buffalo for the early portion of the WJC. “He cleared the crease tougher, he was hard on guys in the corner and he shut the cycle down just by closing the gap, finishing checks hard and separating guys from the puck.

“It was a great thing for him because that’s where he’s going to be in the NHL. He’s going to be a big, tough shutdown (defenceman) with some offence. It’s been a great experience for him.”

Senators management was also pleased with its decision to loan netminder Robin Lehner to Sweden, which dropped a 4-2 decision to the United States in the bronzemedal game. The organization’s top goaltending prospect blanked Russia 2-0 during the round-robin portion of the event and endured a pair of pressure-packed shootouts, including a 6-5 victory over Cana-

da on New Year’s Eve. “The biggest thing we thought is (let’s) put him on the world stage against some of the best players and see how he responds to the challenge,” said Lee. “Every game is a pressure game and you have to play in games where it’s suddendeath, basically. It’s a good experience for him, so we thought that would be great.

“As long as we knew he was going to play a lead role and a key role, we thought it was going to be perfect for him ... I saw some of the Russian game and I thought he played very well. He stood on his head and made big saves. There were times when (the Russians) went post to post and I thought ‘this is a goal,’ but he came across and made the save. He was huge in that game.”

Lehner, who returned to the American Hockey League’s Binghamton Senators after the tournament, has embraced everything this WJC has thrown at him.

“I’m very happy they gave me the chance because this is my country and I wanted to be there for them,” Lehner, a second-round pick (46th overall) in the 2009 draft, told reporters after shutting

out Russia. “This is a great experience, an incredible feeling.”

Meanwhile, getting his feet wet at this WJC was forward Jakub Culek, a third-round selection (76th overall) by the Senators in the 2010 draft. The 18-year-old represented the Czech Republic in Buffalo.

“He’s a young guy, he got drafted last year, so this is a good situ-

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The Ducks’ offence took a hit when centre Ryan Getzlaf went down with facial injuries after being struck with a slap shot. But there’s plenty of firepower still on hand from the likes of Corey Perry, who ranks among the top 10 in the NHL’s scoring race, Bobby Ryan, Saku Koivu and ageless veteran Teemu Selanne, still a force around the net at age 40. Rookie Cam Fowler has already shown he can play significant minutes on the Anaheim blue line, which is also manned by key contributors Lubomir Visnovsky and Toni Lydman. The bulk of the goaltending duties rests on the shoulders of Swiss stopper Jonas Hiller.

ation for him,” said Lee. “He played some minutes, he got to kill some penalties, we saw him chip in on a goal ... I think it’s perfect for him. He’s having a tougher year in Rimouski (QMJHL), so this is a good experience where he gets some success. This might be a thing to really shake him up and challenge him to be an even better player.”

Senators on TV Jan. 14: vs. Calgary, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East) Jan. 16: at Washington, 3 p.m. (Sportsnet Sens) Jan. 18: vs. Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East) Jan. 20: at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. (Sportsnet Sens) Jan. 21: vs. Montreal, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East)

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