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Year 141, Issue 29

This fun box, manufactured by KSL Design in Brantford, Ont., will be a part of Renfrew’s new skateboard park. – Page 5 –

COMMUNITY

Thursday, January 26, 2012 • 36 pages

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Small increase in Renfrew County budget STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

Author and columnist Mary Cook is guest speaker at this year’s Christian school banquet. In advance of her visit, we welcome her popular column, Memories. – Page 16 –

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The 2011 Renfrew County budget was particularly good news, but so was the 2012 one scrutinized during last week’s budget workshop that lasted more than six hours. Highlights included a negligible levy, a minimal tax rate increase for residential property owners, and early passage of the budget. The budget was scheduled to be formally approved yesterday, Jan. 25 following a Thursday, Jan. 19 workshop in Pembroke. Last year’s budget was approved in late March. This year’s budget process was started much earlier in the year, to give the county’s lower-tier municipalities more time to determine their portion of the tax pie. For a property owner whose $100,000 house rose the average assessment of 6.1 per cent in Renfrew County, to $106,100, their county portion of the tax bill will rise a mere 1.6 per cent, from $383.89 to $389.92. If the value of one’s house, based on a $100,000 assessment, remained unchanged, one’s county portion of the tax bill will drop 4.368 per cent, or from $383.89 to $367.12. See EARLY, Page 2

Members of the Calabogie Ski Race Club were cutting through the snow on the weekend. – Page 32 –

Celebrate Frew Fest Saturday

Mercury photo by Lucy Hass

ALL IN THE FAMILY From left, Garrett, Sydney and Byron Box enjoy the Family Skate at the Admaston Public School community rink Friday night. Families gathered to enjoy the rink and raise funds for the facility through the sale of hot chocolate, hot dogs and hamburgers.

Warm weather early this week wasn’t a good sign for the Redneck crash ice race. But colder weather later in the week is on the side of organizers, who are looking forward to another successful Winter Frew Fest. The Renfrew winter carnival made a successful return last year, after several years’ absence, and is slated to be

bigger and better this year. Monday night, town council approved spending $2,500 to support children’s activities and the 9 p.m. adult concert during Saturday’s Frew Fest at Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre. Every event takes place inside or next to the centre, except the Firefighters Fishing Derby and crash ice race.

The derby starts at the Bonnechere River boat launch; the crash race gets underway at 6:30 p.m. in O’Brien Park. FrewFest events include Magic with Steven Anthony at 10:30 a.m., balloon artist Mr. Dimples from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the Pioneer Gathering. For a full schedule, see this edition’s Winter Frew Fest advertisement.

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