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Thursday, October 4, 2012 • 40 pages
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The Mayors’ Breakfast was hosted by the Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce.. – Page 2 –
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Liquid gold at Mount St. Patrick The 20th annual Take Back the Night March was held last week in Renfrew. – Page 10 –
St. Patrick Parish at Mount St. Patrick held its popular ham and turkey supper Sunday afternoon. As any turkey dinner fan will tell you, it’s all about the gravy. Server Lois Chretien gets a pitcher of the liquid gold from the men in charge of the tasty treasure, Phil Sauve, right, and Andy Larocque.
Mayor Emon wants to be warden Steve Newman steve.newman@metroland.com
They were climbing walls and much more at the Frewfit CBC sports day Saturday. – Page 25 – R0011661283
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Now in his fifth term, Bob Sweet is the popular and respected warden of Renfrew County. But there will be a new warden to open the 201213 term. Itʼs now a pretty safe bet the new warden will be Greater Madawaska Mayor Peter Emon, of Calabogie, who announced Sept. 26 that heʼll run for the position in the December election. He made the announcement at the Renfrew County council meeting, which was held in Arnpriorʼs Nick Smith Centre to help highlight the townʼs 150th-anniversary celebrations. Emon was interested in running for warden last year, but did not after conferring with Sweet and learning the
Petawawa mayor would pursue an unprecedented fifth term. Sweet later confirmed that he would not seek a sixth term Since the early 2000s, there has been no election for warden, since each time the sole candidate was acclaimed. Emon says he has “a pretty substantial endorsement” from his colleagues on county council. “I want to continue to attract conventions and business to the area,” said Emon, whoʼd like to see more new and younger residents coming to live in the county, whose seniors population is already older than the provincial average. “As such, we need to attract more people ages 30 to 50 to the area. I think that should be a focus, as well as the need to focus on the smaller busi-
nesses that we have. “A lot of folks are getting to retirement age, and I think we need to assist them in marketing or helping them find people to purchase their businesses, rather than having those businesses just disappear.” He also reiterated what Warden Sweet said last year, namely that the position of warden is more effectively handled when filled by the same person for at least two years. At the same time, he says experienced politicians such as Sweet, who has been in municipal politics for about 25 years, could step in and effectively conduct business as the warden for a single-year term. However, Sweet isnʼt looking to return for a sixth year. See WARDEN, Page 3
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Renfrew is way under budget for new sidewalk construction on Hall Avenue and sidewalk replacement on Gillan Road. The townʼs 2012 capital budget had allotted $230,000 for the two projects. One tender was nearly $250,000, but the only other one, from Petawawa-based H&H Construction, was $140,314.29. At the Sept. 24 town council meeting, development and works director Mike Asselin expressed satisfaction with the under-budget figure. Staff acknowledged the pricing was very aggressive, and that deferring the work could result in a higher tender in the future. The Hall Avenue sidewalk extension, which is to run from Les Fraser Street, at Deslau-
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