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The ground ground-breaking breaking ceremony for the first Habitat for Humanity project in Kemptville took place on Aug. 12. Page K1
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Events - The 175th Merrickville Fair was a huge success, attracting thousands of people from all across the region. Above left, two-year-old Emily Gemmell, of Easton’s Corners, enjoys an afternoon of sun and fun at the fair with her mom and dad. The rides were a clear choice for most of Th Kemptville The K t ill branch b h off Victoria’s Quilts Canada seeks to raffle off two beautiful quilts to raise money to make more quilts for cancer patients. Page K12
Potential Fetherston solution emerges By JENNIFER WESTENDORP jwestendorp@perfprint.ca
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Th KKemptville The t ill 73’ 73’s are getting tti ready to kick off their 2013-2014 training camp. Page K22
the children in attendance at the fair. Above right, Elsie Baatnes and Kyla Perkins, both 8-years-old, of Merrickville, opted for one of the more height defying rides featured at the fair. See pages K15 and K16 for more photos.
News - Newterra, out of Brockville, and ASI Group, out of St. Catharines, Ont., have come forward with a potential solution to the Fetherston issue. ASI Group sent a memo to North Grenville staff at the beginning of this week. The memo stated that the ASI Group is asking on behalf of the residents of Fetherston for a 60-day extension, with regards to the eviction process, to allow time for the company to provide a detailed plan of action. The memo also stated a detailed account of ASI Group’s understanding of the issues, provided the details of the solution and how the solution would absolve the municipality of future risk. The solution being proposed, by Newterra and ASI Group, is a private sewage
utility. would collect monthly dues from residents The plan, as stated in the memo, is for and pay water and wastewater costs. ASI Group to acquire The proposed a parcel of land within “Not a person in this Fetherston park conFetherston park for the dominium corporation construction of a New- place who doesn’t have would contract ASI terra wastewater treat- high blood pressure Group to operate and ment plant. ASI proposes maintain full responsito design, build, operate because of all this.” bility and accountabiland finance the private SCOTT ARENA ity for the private comcommunal wastewater FETHERSTON RESIDENT munal sewage water treatment plant under systems at the park. contract to the site owner. The proposed central wastewater treatASI Group would collect monthly ment plant is considered top rate technoluser fees, to the tune of $200 per unit per ogy. month, from the site owner. According to Scott Arena, a resident of Fetherston, ASI Group, the user fee addresses ongoing has been in constant contact with members operating costs, routine maintenance costs of ASI Group and Newterra for the last few and upfront capital repayment. weeks. The residents of Fetherston would have Arena said that the lawyer representing to form a condominium corporation un- the Fetherston residents has every intender the Ontario Condominium Act, which tion of being present when the municipal-
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