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Year 140, Issue 48
Thursday, June 2, 2011 • 44 pages
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STRONGER, FASTER, LONGER Students from several elementary schools strutted their stuff during their annual track and field meet at Ma-Te-Way Park last Friday.
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RECORD-BREAKING RELAY FOR LIFE
STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com
The Renfrew Relay for Life has raised the roof again, raising $91,500 for the battle against cancer during last weekend’s 12-hour relay.
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Winners at the 2011 Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce Community Awards gala, from left, are Paige Dillabough; Sandi Heins; Karen Maxwell; Sport Renfrew, represented by M.J. Blimkie; Renfrew Mercury, represented by Stephanie Jamieson; myFM, represented by Marg Tubman; and Ken Dillabough of ProTyre Sales and Service.
Community stars shine brightly PETER CLARK peter.clark@metroland.com
TOWING OVER TIME Towing and recycling go hand in hand for veteran tow-truck operator Dwaine Turcotte.
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Karen Maxwell is Renfrew’s 2011 Citizen of the Year. The owner, with husband Steve, of the Renfrew Home Hardware Building Centre, Maxwell received the award at Thursday night’s Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce awards night held at
the AFAC Wing. Maxwell was honoured for her work with the Renfrew and Area Health Services Village. Other nominees for this prestigious accolade were Jo-Anne Dowdall-Brown for her dedication to Hospice Renfrew, and John Wilson of the Renfrew Rotary Club. See ‘Maxwell’, Page 2
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The Town of Renfrew has a brand new $30-million sewage plant that will meet its needs for years to come. But the town was in court last week to respond to charges by the Ministry of the Environment regarding a spill at its old plant. Solicitor Roger Harris represented the town in provincial court in Pembroke May 24, at which time the case was adjourned to October. The town, if found guilty, could pay substantial fines, in excess of $100,000. The charges stem from the leaking of ferric chloride storage tanks at the old sewage plant in August 2008. The new plant opened in the fall of 2009. The chemical is part of mandated treatment, to help coagulate solids and remove phosphorous from treated water, explained Renfrew development and works director Mike Asselin. See ‘Town’, Page 6
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