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No summer break for political junkies 54

Serving the community since 1871

Year 140, Issue 55

Thursday, July 21, 2011 • 76 pages

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High winds cause power outage PETER CLARK

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The annual Bible reading was held in O’Brien Park on the weekend.

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Renfrew Hydro and emergency crews were kept busy Sunday evening cleaning up remnants of a storm that left some Renfrew residents without power until 11 p.m. Mercury photo courtesy Chris Riopelle

Mother Nature inflicted some damage in Renfrew Sunday evening, creating five and a half hours of work for local hydro crews. “We had a major wind storm just before 7 o’clock that caused considerable damage Sunday night,” Renfrew Hydro manager Tom Freemark noted. He said damage to the Lochiel Street feeder caused power outages in the Lochiel, Bonnechere and Patrick street areas which took crews two hours to repair. There were also a couple of large trees blown over in the area of McLean and Allan streets, one of which landed on a transformer pole that also cause a power outage. Power was restored at 11 p.m. The storm also wreaked havoc elsewhere, including Storyland, which was closed all day Monday as maintenance staff evaluated the damage. Because of the lack of power and intermittent phone service, the Storyland administration office was also closed for the day. Updates are posted at www.storyland.ca. The severe thunderstorms caused power outages to more than 35,000 Hydro One customers in central and eastern Ontario. At the peak of the storm, 60,000 Hydro One customers were without power. Hydro One customers affected included 11,000 people from the Cobden-Whitewater region. Arnprior was also struck by a power outage as 5,900 customers faded to black. “We have deployed all available crews to focus on the restoration effort,” said Myles D’Arcey, Hydro One senior vice president of customer operations Sunday. See ‘Hydro One’, Page 3

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