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OPP INVESTIGATE BEATING AT WILDERNESS TOURS Aug. 1 at about 2:45 a.m., officers of the Renfrew OPP responded to an unconscious male at Wilderness Tours in Beachburg. The 25-year-old male victim from Toronto was rushed to the Ottawa Hospital with a severe head injury. A 28year-old London, Ont. man has been arrested and is being held in custody. He is facing a charge of aggravated assault. He is also facing a charge of assault cause bodily harm on a second victim. He is scheduled to appear in Pembroke court Aug. 3. The Renfrew County Crime Unit and the Eastern Region Forensic Identification Services Unit (FISU) continues the investigation under the direction of OPP Det.-Inspector Chris Nicholas, Criminal Investigation Branch. Anyone who has information in relation to this incident is asked to contact investigators through the Smiths Falls Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122 or the Renfrew OPP at 613-432-3211.
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MIRACULOUS MADELINE Chris Kyte in the lead role of Madeline in the Echo echo Productions presentation of the two-act play The Unlikely Sainthood of Madeline McKay. The show opened last weekend at the Neat Coffee Shop in Burnstown. Two performances remain, tonight and Friday night. Both shows are at 8 p.m. See Page 8
Dave Lemkay is new executive director the Renfrew Industrial Commssion. In a press release issued Tuesday, Mack Wilson, chair of the Renfrew Industrial Commission, announced that, at a board meeting of the Renfrew Industrial Commission on April 28, 2010, general manager Norman Anderson advised the board of directors of his intention to retire from the position effective Oct. 1, 2010. Since then, the commission has diligently conducted internal reviews on people living in the area to be an effective replacement for Anderson. “Chairman Wilson is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with Mr. Dave Lemkay to assume the position of executive director of the Renfrew Industrial Commission starting on Aug. 30,” the release stated. It went further to say, “Lemkay has a long-standing connection to Renfrew and is well suited to serve the commission, leaving a position he has held since 1983 with the Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resources Canada.”
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For much of his career, Lemkay was communications manager at the Petawawa National Forestry Institute where he directed promotion of scientific programs and environmental outreach at the national and international level. For the past decade, he has been operating out of the department’s headquarters in Ottawa. “He has extensive contacts with federal and provincial government agencies and sound experience with municipal administrations in the Valley,” the news release said. “He has been engaged with many aspects of the forest and tourism sectors on a local and national basis. “He is also well-known throughout the Valley for the assistance he has given to many organizations, most recently chairing the BRAVO Task Force that was established to improve high-speed Internet connectivity in under serviced areas throughout Renfrew County.” Lemkay and his wife Delores have resided in the area for 35 years. They have two daughters Andrea and Addison.