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THURSDAY

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AREA FIREFIGHTERS SALUTE LATE MONTAGUE FIRE CHIEF, RON HASKINS VETERAN FIREFIGHTER PASSED AWAY AUG. 5 AT AGE 73 ASHLEY KULP akulp@metroland.com Late Montague Township fire chief, Ron Haskins, was given a heartfelt send-off by his peers Thursday, Aug. 9. Haskins, 73, passed away Sunday, Aug. 5 in hospital in Kingston. He dedicated more than 40 years of service to the Montague Fire Department and had a helping hand in its inception on April 1, 1976. Thirty of those years were as chief. Haskins officially retired in September 2016. At 5:30 p.m., led by an escort from the Smiths Falls Police Service, more than a hundred firefighters from area brigades including Montague, Smiths

Falls, Carleton Place and BBD&E made the silent march from the Smiths Falls Fire Hall, along Beckwith Street North toward Blair & Son funeral home for Haskins' visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Another visitation was held earlier, from 2 to 4 p.m. The funeral service was held at Blair & Son on Friday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. In an interview with the Smiths Falls Record News in July 2016, Haskins was proud of his final two equipment acquisitions for the fire department securing an ATV and creek truck, to assist with fighting bush fires. Haskins was also deeply involved in recreation within Smiths Falls and was a member of the inaugural Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears hockey team of 19611962. He played alongside late See COMMUNITY, page 11

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