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Year 140, Issue 12

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 • 52 pages

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Heart attack claims beloved businessman STEVE NEWMAN

SPLASH LANDING 12

FORECAST: FAIR NEXT WEEK The Renfrew Fair comes to town next week, kicking off with the always-popular demolition derby Wednesday night.

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ELECTION DEADLINE Local returning officers are cautioning would-be municipal council and school board candidates that both the nomination deadline date and time have been moved up this year. Traditionally, local elections have been held in early November, with the nomination deadline being in late September. With the municipal election moved up to Oct. 25 this time, the deadline to file papers to run as a candidate is Friday, Sept. 10. And instead of 5 p.m., as in the past, the new time deadline is 2 p.m. that day.

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A downtown businessman and potential Renfrew councillor died of a heart attack Thursday evening. Jeff Dick of J&J’s Chocolate Sensations was at home when heart disease claimed another member of his family tree. Several relatives from his mother Elaine Wilson’s side of the family have also succumbed to heart attacks, including Uncle Norman, whom he succeeded at many Santa Claus appearances in the community. Uncle Norman had also served on town council and was a longtime employee of The Renfrew Mercury. The 48-year-old Dick, who took a happy-go-lucky approach to life, had his nomination papers planned to run for Renfrew town council. He told close friend Bob Dillabough on the morning of Aug. 26, the day he died. “The community’s going to be a lot emptier place without him,” said Dillabough. “He was a very charitable individual. He was all about enjoying life. I’ve never met someone who enjoyed life like him. He was a prince of a gentleman.” See HEART, Page 5

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DEFENSIVE DUTY Defencemen Pat Collins, left, and Michael Deslaurier – key parts of the Renfrew Timberwolves’ successful 2009-10 campaign in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League – support goalie Zach McIntyre during training camp last week. For more details, see the sports section. Mercury photo by Steve Newman

Mayoral races heating up on several fronts STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

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