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“In his Grade 12 yearbook, one of his The rain on Canada Day moved REGION AdREGION maston-Bromley celebrations into the teachers wrote: ‘Good luck Murray, keep .CA

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township garage but didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the revelers. Before the rain hit, visitors enjoyed .COM a barbecue, baked goods and children’s .COM games, a bouncy castle and Ken and Kim Keill and their miniature horses. Mixed Nuts and Roddy McCann provided entertainment. The Citizen of the Year award was given to Murray Reid. Senior of the Year honours went to Wayne and Teresa Remus and Devon Barber is Junior Citizen of the Year. The 4-H Club was also honoured for its 100th anniversary. Dignitaries, including Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant, MPP John Yakabuski and Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon, joined AdmastonBromley council to make presentations to the honourees.

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arguing.’” From 1975-1980, Reid was a member of local rock band Metagenesis, which .CA produced the well-known single Calabo.CA gie Boogie. He later formed the Murray Reid Group but left the road in 1987 to perform with other bands and take over his father’s farm and plumbing business, both of which he still runs today. “His plumbing expertise is a legend in our township and surrounding area and his willingness to help a neighbor in need is truly an inspiration and a hard act to follow,” said Donohue. Reid’s love and concern for the environment resulted in his founding the Water Sciences Institute to study the effects of weather, biological and geological factors on water resources. “If you have a question about local history he will have an answer and a story to go along with it,” said Donohue. Reid battled throat cancer and was declared cancer free just this past May, the mayor explained.

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“Mr. Reid has always considered himself to be someone that questioned things and stood up for what he believed in, as far back as high school,” said Admaston-

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Fishing for free Renfrew’s Brody Byce, left, and T.J. MacDonald hope to catch fish among the weeds at Barnet Cottage Saturday at the Calabogie Fish and Game Club’s derby, held each summer during the province’s annual free family fishing week July 4-12. It isn’t clear if it’s the largest fish to be pulled from Calabogie Lake, but in mid-June locals say Jim Weatherall landed a 10-pound pickerel. The Douglas Lions Club hosts a free Kids Fishing Derby July 12 at the Douglas beach, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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