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October 9, 2014 | 84 pages
Smiths Falls mayoral candidates tackle key issues at lively debate Stacey Roy
sroy@perfprint.ca
News - How to create jobs and community growth for the town and alongside neighbours are the key issues in this year’s mayoral race. Their positions varied, but each of the three mayoral candidates including Rob Peters, Shawn Pankow and Ken Graham, at the Oct. 1 debate were united in putting real action behind growing the town’s population base, which in turn will create business opportunities and sustainability for the community. “Growth is the answer to all our problems,” said Peters when speaking of the town’s current water bills. If elected, Peters said he plans to call an economic development summit where local stake-
holders and economic experts will come together to hash out the stepping stones needed towards a more prosperous Smiths Falls. Graham was supportive of hiring another economic development officer to work full-time to push the town’s growth priorities forward, and came out quite clearly on where he sees the strongest potential for commercial development going in the next few years. “The number one priority has to be the success of the Gallipeau Centre,” Graham said. Both Pankow and Peters felt boosting the town’s population in young families was the way to create the necessary growth in residential and the spin-off commercial demand. See MAYORAL RACE page SF2
Local sponsorship puts bus transit in sight Stacey Roy
sroy@perfprint.ca
News - Commuters to Ottawa are being asked to let their interest in monthly bus passes from Smiths Falls to the capital be known following an announcement by Joe Gallipeau that the Gallipeau Centre will be a pick-up and drop-off site for such a service. The announcement, which caught some council candidates off guard, was made during the Sept. 30 all-candidates night (councillors) at the Legion. Gallipeau said he was approached about two weeks ago by Boyne Saunders, bus driver of Classic Alliance Motorcoach in Carleton Place (and councillor candidate in Montague) about the
prospect of providing a bus stop and sponsoring such a service. “I said ‘that’s a great idea.’ I think it would be great to have a bus service,” Gallipeau said. The details around how much the Gallipeau Centre will sponsor such a service are unknown at this time. Currently, the Carleton Place transportation company is running a survey in the Record News this week asking commuters to fill it in and return it to the company as soon as possible. “We’re looking to try to get some people, about 20, right off the bat,” confirmed Steve Cornish, general manager at Classic Alliance Motorcoach. See TRANSIT page SF3
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Sports - Blair Cross (23) runs to the end zone in the junior game as the RedHawks won 27-19 over the Notre Dame Catholic High School Warriors on Oct. 3 in LCIAA league play. The seniors also won their match over the Warriors, 20-0. Saturday, the teams are in Perth at PDCI for the annual Turkey Bowl with noon (seniors) and 2 p.m. kick-offs.
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