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The sixth annual Car Show for Dad comes to the Renfrew fairgrounds Saturday, Sept. 18. Many classic cars will be on display as funds are raised for a great cause – prostate cancer.
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BEAR SIGHTING Edward Saunders was running on the Lime Kiln Road this past weekend when a bear popped onto the road. He notified the Ministry of Natural Resources of the sighting and they advised him to contact the paper to get the word out to be cautious.
HEINS IN THE RACE Renfrew Mayor Sandi Heins has finally entered the race for mayor. She is the third to join the race, following filings by Callum Scott and councillor Bill Ringrose. She filed Sept. 3. The deadline for nominations for the Oct. 25 election, in all municipalities, is Friday, Sept. 10. Local returning officers are reminding those who plan to file not to leave it too late. The deadline of 5 p.m. for past elections no longer stands. The new deadline is 2 p.m. tomorrow.
The Renfrew Fair has rolled into town, and opened last night with the alwayspopular demolition derby. Tonight Abbamania is on the grandstand, and Friday night Shane Yellowbird. Yellowbird recently performed five shows in as many days to enthusiastic Chinese audiences at World Expo 2010. His website says the shows were held on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China and he proudly represented Canada, performing his many hits, including Bare Feet on the Blacktop and Pick Up Truck to appreciative and welcoming crowds. Yellowbird has received two Western Canadian Music Awards nominations for Country Recording of the Year and Aboriginal Recording of the Year. Saturday night a Conway Twitty tribute show hits the stage.
BUDDIES BACK TO THE BOOKS Queen Elizaberth Public School students Montana Duncan, left, and Breanna St. Michael await the ringing of the bell Tuesday morning to officially start the 2010-11 school year The Grade 5 students are among thousands across the county now back in the classroom. Mercury photo by Steve
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Treasury department experiment to continue until January STEVE NEWMAN
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The town’s extension of treasury department hours from June 1 to Sept. 3 will be extended, at least for a while. Response has been positive since Renfrew’s treasury department hours extended in that period to include extra hours of 8 to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In the first 12 weeks of the trial period,
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the department logged 129 phone calls and 75 counter visits during that additional hour of operations. With a view to possibly making this change permanent, council approved Monday night (Aug. 30) the continuation of these hours until Jan. 7, 2011. Treasury department staff has indicated the extended summer hours have been beneficial for doing business. However, they also feel they would be better able to assess if these hours are warranted year-round by
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extending the trial period to January. The increased hours have not resulted in overtime salaries or in increases of parttime staff. The trial was initiated after several residents expressed dissatisfaction with the inability to pay water bills, tax bills or parking fines between 8 and 8:30 a.m., and between 4:30 and 5 p.m. To accommodate the trial period, the department’s work schedule combines eighthour and seven-and-a-half hour shifts over a two-week period for staff.
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