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Year 140, Issue 10

Thursday, August 19, 2010 • 48 pages

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‘Fresh-blood’ approach to election STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

It has been a heck of a season for gardener Art Tenhunen of Renfrew.

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54 false 9-1-1 calls Talk about a virtual waste of the Renfrew OPP’s time. Of 231 calls for service during the past week, 54 were false or accidental 9-1-1 calls.

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RINGETTE CAMPAIGN The Come Try Ringette campaign comes to the Cobden Arena Sept. 18 and Renfrew’s MaTe-Way Activity Centre Sept. 19. Girls can sign up for one or both sessions.

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George Jackson Toyota owners Dave and Warren La Rocque have drawn their line in the political sand. They have offered $500 contributions, which is below the $750 limit allowable under the Ontario Municipal Act, to four candidates seeking berths on Renfrew council. The offer is being made to each and every candidate who is not currently sitting on council, say the La Rocques. Three of them accepted the offers, according to Dave La Rocque − councillor-candidates Doug Janney, Jim Miller and Clint McWhirter. Callum Scott, who is a candidate for mayor, turned down the offer. “As far as I’m concerned, for all politicians there are rules and regulations for accepting donations, and as long as you abide by those regulations (that’s okay),” said Janney. “Even money you put in yourself you have to account for,” added Janney. “As someone running for councillor, it’s going to cost me $400 for printing, $300 to $400 to mail out flyers, and it would benefit to have help on the costs.” Miller, who (like Janney) decided to enter before the George Jackson Toyota contributions were offered, said he’d didn’t solicit the money. See EACH, Page 2

TURNING POINT Rob Warren sends this four-wood from 200 yards into a hazard on the 16th hole. Warren led the Renfrew Golf Club men’s championships at that point, but his mishit resulted in a double-bogey six. That gave Stephen Dowd the lead for good, as Warren fell just short in his bid for an 11th men’s title. For details, see Page 12. Mercury photo by Steve Newman

Classic raises $31,000 for hospice PETER CLARK peter.clark@metrolandlcom

A few bills remain to be paid, but Aikenhead’s Hospice Golf Classic organizers expect to bring in more than $31,000 for Hospice Renfrew. The fourth annual tournament was Friday at Dragonfly Golf Links, where great weather greeted the golfers, prov-

ing Friday the 13th isn’t always unlucky. Tourney winners under a four-person scramble format were: • Men: Renfrew Poker Club 59 – Byron Norlock, Andrew Dick, Ryan Steinpatz, and Shane Lambert. • Open: Renfrew Mercury 65 – Mike Walsh, David Gallagher, Stephanie Jamieson and Ian Scott. See HOSPICE CLASSIC, Page 16

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