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October 30, 2014 | 76 pages
Ongoing Atironto water issue creates hardship for family Stacey Roy
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per cent of voters cast their ballots compared to 53 per cent this year. “As late as yesterday (Oct. 27) people were contacting me asking me how do they vote,” Pankow said. He suspects the number of people who moved residences in the
News - One Atironto homeowner is feeling the weight of sky rocketing water bills, which may result in the local family becoming the first casualty of the ongoing debate over water. “I’ll just sell my house,” said Stephanie Lavier of 31 Fifth Ave. “I’m not going to stay and pay this water bill. My water bill’s like a mortgage payment.” Lavier built her home in Atironto in March 2004 never expecting that 10 years later she would be contemplating selling it because of water bills she just can’t keep up with. Her bills have been slowly creeping upwards since January 2014 with the largest installment coming in Sept. 5 at $708 for two months of water. The mother of four teenaged and adult children is bracing for yet another mammoth bill in November. Lavier said she has been checking her meter daily since the fall and has already reached over $500 by Oct. 20. “I’m assuming my bill will be over $600 again,” Lavier said. She knows what to expect but not why. Lavier says she has made efforts to reduce her family’s water consumption this season from hand washing dishes to limiting showers to under 10 minutes, and is considering taking her laundry to a laundromat despite having energy efficient machines in her basement. “I have nightmares about my water bills,” Lavier added. “I don’t feel that Montague cares or that they’re doing anything about it.” The resident hasn’t seen anyone looking into the potential water leakage on Fifth Street since experts heard about a point of concern on the street during sounding this summer. The sounding report, received Aug. 28, 2014 from Echolog-
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Smiths Falls has a new mayor. Shawn Pankow (left) is the town’s mayor-elect and is shown with the new council including Lorraine Allen, Joe Gallipeau, John Maloney, Jay Brennan, Chris Cummings and Dawn Quinn.
Pankow is town’s new mayor Stacey Roy
sroy@perfprint.ca
News - When Mayor-elect Shawn Pankow takes his seat this December his first priority will be to tackle the 2015 budget and start the process of change residents clearly desire. There’s “a little bit of disbe-
lief,” Pankow said seconds after being named the town’s mayor for the 2014-2018 term. “I was very overwhelmed,” he later added. Pankow took the mayor’s seat with a 541 lead over his closest opponent, Ken Graham gathering a total of 1,619 votes to place the chains of office around his neck.
Just over 50 per cent of the voting population voted to transform Pankow from a councillor to his new role as the voice of the community. Pankow said he would like to improve the voting list accuracy for the 2018 election, saying this likely played a significant role in the lower turnout. In 2010, 60.61
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