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Year 142, Issue 3
Thursday, July 26, 2012 • 64 pages
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Storm rips through region Melissa Bishop is joined by five teammates in London .
Heavy damage near Shamrock Peter Clark peter.clark@metroland.com
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Monday afternoonʼs storm played havoc with the Shamrock area. Jesse Billyard at 3650 Highway 132 just outside of Shamrock was home when the storm hit. Its force felled trees onto his driveway. “I had the door open. It was like a funnel of white smoke was coming down the driveway,” Billyard recalled. “It lasted for about 10 minutes,” he said of the storm. “It was scary.”
Billyard said his dog, Mistie, was outside the whole time. “I felt sorry for the dog. He was able to hide under the truck.” Across the road, a tree fell onto the roof of Tim Mulvihillʼs house. Mike Quilty, a neighbour from about a mile down the road, assisted Mulvihill with the removal of limbs from his front lawn. Quilty cut seven downed trees earlier. “Iʼve never seen anything like it,” he said.
OPP busy with storm calls The road crew in AdmastonBromley assesses damage. – Page 5 –
The Renfrew detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to 41 calls for service during the severe storm Monday. The majority of the calls related to trees blocking roadways and hydro wires down. The Township of Greater Madawaska was the hardest hit. In the Calabogie area, numerous roads were blocked, including Highways 508 and 511. Norway Lake Road was cleared by OPP and Ottawa
Police Service officers who were in the area, and local residents. About 40 large trees had fallen and blocked the road. Several cars were damaged due to falling trees, and a few minor injuries were reported. Admaston-Bromley Township roadways were also tree-covered with Whalen Road and Pucker Street needing to be cleared. Numerous false alarms were attended to by OPP officers due to the power outages as well.
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This Saturday the Renfrew BIA presents its first-ever Festival of Family – rain or shine – with the chance to win a $500 downtown-Renfrew windfall. Festival co-chairs Mel Blimkie and Christina Ouellet welcome everyone to drop downtown to pick up a festival program that also includes a ballot for the prize package. For more, see page 4.
Renfrew County water-response team meets today Lucy Hass Lucy.hass@metroland,com
The Glasgow United Church hosts its second garden tour. – Page 50 –
The Renfrew District Water Response Team was poised to meet this morning, July 26, to determine the status of the drought in Renfrew County. The team declared a Level Two status last Thursday and residents were urged to voluntarily reduce their water consumption by 20 per cent.
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