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Inside Year 142, Issue 33

Thursday, February 21, 2013 • 40 pages

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Douglas Lions celebrate 65 Service club defines service Steve Newman steve.newman@metroland.com

Burnstown youngster Dayna Schaly, who has been cooking up a storm for years, is now a national bread-making champion. – Page 2 –

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Wrestling may be on the way out of the Olympics, but not if the wrestling community of Renfrew has its say. – Page 13, 16 and 17 –

Hospital Day at Queen Elizabeth Public School Kindergarten hospital staff tend to patient Braden Moore at Queen Elizabeth Pblic School. From left are nurses Madyson O’Grady, Jason Perrin and Courtney Vander Ploeg. With the help of donated scrubs and equipment from paramedics and hospital staff, kindergarten-age doctors, nurses and xray technicians were kept busy treating patients from other classes. For more details, see story on Page 24.

Mercury nominated for general excellence

The Renfrew Card Sharks are channelling their fun time into financial assistance for an African hospital in need.. – Page 21 –

The Renfrew Mercury EMC has been nominated as one of the topthree newspapers in its circulation class in Ontario. The Ontario Community Newspapers Association announced the nominations last Thursday. The Mercury will compete against the Dundas Star News and Elmira-Woolwich Observer for top honours in the class for newspapers with circulation of 12,500 to 22,499. “The nomination is a reection of a hard-working and dedicated news team of Steve Newman and Peter Clark,â€? says Mercury news editor Lucy Hass.

Their work is complemented by a corps of dedicated contributors like Jim Ferguson who writes Scene from the HawkĘźs Eye, Olga Lewis who gives readers a look back From the Old Files, and a wide range of local contributors who submit items on everything from sports to art. “Our readers understand that this is their community newspaper and we appreciate the active interest they take in the paper,â€? Hass said. The general excellence category is judged on 11 speciďŹ c criteria, from advertising and press quality, to writing and photography.

General Excellence Awards recognize overall achievement by circulation class in editorial, advertising and layout. The awards gala, where the order of the top-three ďŹ nalists will be announced, will be held on Friday, March 22 in Vaughan. The West Carleton Review EMC is up for Best News Story – written by interim managing editor Theresa Fritz. The West Carleton Review EMC is up for Best Rural Story – written by news editor Derek Dunn. The Orleans EMC is up for a health and wellness story written by Brier Dodge.

Terry McHale sits back in a chair at the Douglas Tavern holding the charter plaque for the Douglas Lions Club. ItĘźs an appropriate place to display the names, too, since this is where club members meet the ďŹ rst and third Tuesday nights of every month. The plaque contains signatures of the clubĘźs 31 charter members. They are all dead now, but McHale says they sowed the seeds for a club that has much to be proud of over the years. Those ďŹ rst members included McHaleĘźs dad, Martin, as well as Arnold OĘźNeill and son Tony of the village business, A.J. OĘźNeill & Sons. This Saturday night, Douglas Lions Club members and other invitees will meet up the street, at St. MichaelĘźs Catholic School, for a catered supper and celebration of the clubĘźs 65th anniversary. These days club membership is down, but its focus on helping community members and community projects in the area continues. Major projects include the Santa Claus Parade, the summer ďŹ shing derby and Frosty Fun winter carnival. “The clubĘźs probably the best thing that ever happened to the Douglas area,â€? says Terry McHale while referring to the clubĘźs contributions toward the local ball ďŹ elds, the hockey rink, getting local kids to the pool in Anrprior, and more. “If thereĘźs a family in need a lot of time we can reach in a give them a lift,â€? says McHale. “ItĘźs been a great club, a great social club and a beneďŹ t to the community.â€? See DOUGLAS, page 3

Canada Post to charge $200 Canada Post will be charging $200 per household to help pay for the cost of installing new community mail boxes in RenfrewĘźs future subdivisions. “That wonĘźt apply to subdivisions that are under construction, but any future subdivisions will likely have that charge applied,â€? said Renfrew development and works director Mike Asselin. “ItĘźs a one-time charge at the time of registration for the sub-division, so the developers will likely have to pass those charges on to the homeowners.â€?

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