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Boaters launch complaints about Red Pine Bay facility Derek Dunn derek.dunn@metroland.com
News - McNab-Braeside officials are fielding calls on why a boat launch, less than a year old, has been out of commission all spring and into the summer. Township Mayor Mary Campbell is bewildered that a launch, which didn’t exist in Braeside until late August last year, could upset so many people by not being in use so far this year. It’s being lumped in with the service agreements conflict causing uncertainty at
Arnprior’s recreation centre. “I’m amazed,” Campbell said. “It’s like a crisis. We’re getting angry calls from people saying they can’t use the boat launch, they can’t go to the Nick Smith Centre, ‘I’m not voting for you guys.’” The old launch at Red Pine Bay was difficult for older users. The heavy winds would blow boats off kilter, and unless a few helpers were on hand, the situation could approach dangerous. Hence the new launch, built at a cost of $160,000 (including a $50,000 federal
grant). It is more sheltered from wind, but because the water doesn’t channel, it is something of a magnet for silt and garbage. Campbell said she and the rest of councillors - none of whom count themselves as boaters – were surprised to learn this spring that maintenance is needed for the next few years. It will need to be dredged to create berm with rocks. It is unclear how much it will cost. See EVERYBODY, Page 5
Late a.m. garbage pick-up possible Derek Dunn derek.dunn@metroland.com
News - Garbage collection will likely switch to about 10 a.m. on Wednesday mornings in the downtown core. At Monday’s regular Arnprior council meeting, staff presented council with the results of a
waste collection survey. Although fairly evenly dispersed, of the 44 respondents 13 opted for 10 a.m. collection with the earliest set out at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night. In second place was 12 votes for 9 a.m. pick up with the earliest set out at 7 p.m. See COUNCIL, Page 5
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Summer training Thomas McMann clears a hurdle at a summer meet of the Ottawa Valley Athlete Conditioning and Training Club (OVact), a local track and field club affiliated with Athletics Ontario. The club meets twice per week all summer long at the Arnprior District High School track. For more photos, see page 41.
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