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The Leader, Eganville, Ontario - September 4, 2019

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

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Penney retiring as CEO at RVH and St. Francis News Editor Renfrew -- After more than three decades of strong and dedicated leadership, Randy Penney will be retiring as president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Renfrew Victoria Hospital and CEO at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay next June.

The 62-year-old Mr. Penney announced Tuesday he will be leaving his positions after guiding both hospitals, particularly RVH, through huge changes and growth during his tenure which has resulted in the establishment of several new programs including Nephrology, Oncology and building integrated health centres on both campuses. He has also driven significant integration with both the Ottawa Hospital and the Ottawa Heart Institute.

“Randy has been dedicated to quality care and has provided outstanding leadership since he took on the CEO role in RVH in 1989,” RVH board chair Keanan Stone said. “He has always assured that our patients are front and centre, and led our organizations to successfully meet Accreditation Canada standards, a measure of quality and safety.”

As a surveyor and past Chair of the Advisory Committee for Accreditation Canada, Mr. Penney has been focused on quality improvement, Ms. Stone added.

One of the most highly respected hospital administrators in the province, Mr. Penney has overseen major

growth at Renfrew Victoria Hospital.

When he assumed the position in 1989, the hospital had an annual budget of $6 million and employed about 125 people. Today, the operating budget is around $45 million and more than 450 are employed at the institution.

In addition to his strong management skills and sharp vision he has achieved a balanced budget for 29 consecutive years at RVH and has been at the forefront of building partnerships and fostering integration in order to enhance health care close to home.

In an interview with the Leader, Mr. Penney spoke openly about his decision, saying there comes a time and it just felt right to make the decision now.

“Both hospitals are in great shape and I am comfortable with my decision,” he said. “It just seemed to be the right time in my life. I am really pleased with the progress and I think both hospitals are in fantastic shape and there comes a time.”

Mr. Penney was quick to say any success he has enjoyed has been made possible by an incredibly supportive wife and family.

“There have been many hospital obligations and responsibilities that have taken me away from family and Ellen has been patient and kind.

I have a wonderful wife and three spectacular children who we are so very proud of.”

Mrs. Penney retired as a registered nurse in the Community Health Cen-

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Well-known leader in healthcare led the way for vast improvements in health care in Renfrew and Barry’s Bay

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tre in Lanark a couple of years ago.

Their children, Christopher, Sarah and Catherine, did their undergraduate studies at McGill and are out on their own. Christopher went on to do his MBA at the University of Toronto and now works in Toronto; Sarah did her masters in public administration and went into medicine. She is currently doing her family practice residency and Catherine is doing her masters of education in public administration at Carleton University and going into her final year.

Mr. Penney said integration with primary care, the construction of new clinics and having Hospice Renfrew as part of the health campus in Renfrew, gives him a great sense of satisfaction and fulfillment. He was also pleased that the partnership between RVH and St. Francis Memorial Hospital worked out so well, not only in streamlining administration, but also being able to expand important services to the Barry’s Bay region such as dialysis, mammography, diagnostic, ultrasound and bone mineral density.

“Those were all programs that we had in Renfrew,” he said, adding the two communities are quite similar in terms of cultures in terms of the two organizations. “I think you need to give a lot of credit over the years in terms of the leadership provided by the boards and the wonderful staff, to be able to work with frontline staff and physicians.

“It’s been a great run.”

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Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP and Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski was among the first to congratulate Randy Penney on his decision to retire as President and CEO of Renfrew Victoria Hospital and CEO of St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay. The two were golfing partners Friday in the annual St. Francis Memorial Hospital Foundation golf tournament. Mr. Penney announced he will retire in June 2020. He is one of the most highly respected hospital administrators in Ontario.

Inquest seeks answers into the murder of three women

By R. Bruce McIntyre

A winning performance by a champion fiddler Ian Hamilton of Cobden emerged as the first place winner in the 45-64 fiddle category at the 44th annual Pembroke Old Time Fiddlling and Stepdancing competition on the weekend. Mr. Hamilton is no stranger to the competition and has won numerous contests. For full coverage please see Pages B2 and B3.

Staff Writer Ottawa -- Although it has been almost four years since the murders of 48-year-old Nathalie Warmerdam of Cormac, 36-year-old Anastasia Kuzyk of Wilno and 66-year-old Ottawa resident Carol Culleton who owned a cottage near Combermere, the victims’ families, friends and local women’s advocacy groups are still searching for answers as to how a man like Basil Borutski was able to navigate the justice system and ruthlessly take the lives of three innocent women.

The announcement of the inquest last Wednesday by David Cameron, regional supervising coroner, will no doubt ask many of the same questions several people have been asking since his 2017 trial highlighted several instances where Mr. Borutski was treated with relative leniency in light of his violent past.

During his trial, a video of his con-

fession given to a police officer while in custody at the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police Detachment in Pembroke outlined his motives and actions on the day of the murders and just how cold-blooded and calculated they were.

He confessed to strangling Ms. Culleton in the kitchen of her cottage and then driving to Wilno where he used a 12-gauge shotgun and shot Ms. Kuzyk in the back as she attempted to flee her home. He then drove to Ms. Warmerdam’s home on Foymount Road to carry out the last murder.

Ms. Warmerdam, who slept with a shotgun under her bed and wore a 24-hour panic alert alarm around her neck, had an extensive video surveillance system installed at her home. It recorded him calmly carrying the rifle and walking up her driveway where he entered the home seconds before shooting her in a stairwell.

When the jury found him guilty of

two counts of first-degree murder in the case of Ms. Kuzyk and Ms. Warmerdam and second-degree murder for Ms. Culleton, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger sentenced him to consecutive life sentences with no chance of parole for 70 years. In sentencing, he described the murder spree as a vicious, coldblooded killing spree devoid of mercy.

The actions of Mr. Borutski, who is now 62 and will die in prison since he is not eligible for parole until 2085, still haunts several individuals who either knew the victims or worked with women who are victims of domestic abuse, and some have mixed feelings on whether the inquest will result in any substantial changes.

County Reacts To Inquest When the inquest was announced, it garnered much attention, but there was little detail as to its mandate, scope of investigation or location.

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Laverdure leaves court a free man after four year ordeal Family of victim outraged - family of accused relieved

By R. Bruce McIntyre

“Therefore, his testimony is not credible.”

Again, the emotions on both sides of the aisle quickly changed when she said she found no merit in his testimony and sided with the witnesses who testified he was driving too fast.

However, those emotions were again short-lived as she once again shifted gears and delivered the final verdict.

“In the end, the Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Laverdure reached a marked departure from reasonable behaviour,” she said. “The roadway at the Pembroke arena was too dark and poorly lit, there was an element of surprise when Mr. Laverdure came around a curve and Mr. Hall was wearing dark clothing so there was an element of surprise there as well.

“A misjudgment on Mr. Laverdure’s behalf which had tragic consequences does not justify the charge and therefore the charges are dismissed.”

To say both sides of the aisle sat in stunned silence for a moment is an understatement. The entire 75 minute reading of the ruling by Justice Doyle led all those in the courtroom on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and both parties made no secret of their surprise with the decision.

No Closure For Ernie Flabbergasted. Stunned.

These were just some of the first words Pete Hall said when asked to describe how he felt when the judge told him and others in the courtroom that the man who was driving the vehicle that took his big brother’s life would not be held responsible for his actions.

“I just presumed he was going to jail after how the judge said she didn’t believe a word he said when he was on the stand and we all thought after she said that he was going to be found guilty again,” Mr. Hall told the Leader outside the courthouse. “It is unbelievable and I was completely stunned that after four and half years he gets to walk.”

When asked if he had any sympathy or understanding of Mr. Laverdure’s situation, he answered without taking a moment.

“Not at all,” he said. “He has dragged this out for our family for more than four years. If that was me and I did that, I would have manned up, taken my lumps and taken responsibility and it would have been over three years ago. But he didn’t and he never showed any remorse whatsoever for my brother’s death.

“I thought Ernie would be able to rest in peace after today. But I guess

not. He was found guilty, and the next thing we hear he is appealing and out walking around. Then today we are sitting in court and it seems like everything is going our way and then the judge suddenly slams the door on us. I guess we have to rely on karma.”

Ken Miles has attended every court date, every hearing and every motion since Mr. Hall was killed four years ago. Mr. Miles, who retired as a Sergeant/Major and knew his war buddy for more than 30 years, was on the verge of tears as he talked about his late friend’s legacy.

“I thought today would end it and all through today the way the judge went on about how she didn’t believe a word he said and how she said he was speeding, I thought it was going to be over,” he said. “Then she acquits him. Where did that come from?”

He said anyone who is in Pembroke knows the hockey game is on Sunday night and that close to 1,000 people are all coming out at once and he said he heard Mr. Laverdure testify he attended hockey games and noted it was crowded.

He, like all the army buddies who were in court on Wednesday, were angry the legacy of their fallen comrade ended so tragically.

“Can somebody explain this to me?”

Mr. Miles said. “This guy is driving around with expired licence plates for three months, he is speeding through a crowd of people, and he kills Ernie and he gets off. He showed absolutely no remorse once over the last four years.

“We buried a distinguished soldier in Beechwood Cemetery. He served 38 years in the military. He commanded 1,200 soldiers in Afghanistan and he was so proud he brought all of them home. He was a sniper in combat, he was in Afghanistan and he was in the Gulf War. And then he gets killed at a Pembroke hockey game.

You call that justice. His family will never get closure.”

Ms. Primeau advised her client not to make any statements, but Mr. Laverdure did say he was glad it was over.

As all those involved with the case made their way from the courthouse to go back home, Mr. Miles took one last look at the courthouse where he has spent countless days hoping he would bring some good news to his fallen friend.

“I will be going to Beechwood Cemetery this weekend to talk to Ernie and I just wish I could tell him it was finally over for his family. Instead, I will tell him to rest easy and we will all try to move on.”

driving causing death was dismissed.

He was charged in January 2015 after the truck he was driving struck and killed Mr. Hall when he was leaving a Pembroke Lumber Kings hockey game that evening.

As Justice Adriana Doyle began to read her 36-page ruling before a packed courtroom, she started by outlining what was needed for her to come to a decision and how emo-

does not and cannot play a role in my decision.”

Mr. Laverdure had already been tried and found guilty of the crime in September 2016 and he was sentenced to 22 months in prison in April, 2017 by the presiding judge, Justice Martin James. At the time, he was represented by Pembroke lawyer Mark Huckabone.

However, he retained Deep River

mid-August and it was that evidence that formed the basis of the decision last week, a decision that caused a wide range of emotions over the 75 minutes it took Justice Doyle to read her ruling.

A Rollercoaster Ruling After her opening remarks, she made a statement that immediately brought tears of sadness to Mr. Laverdure’s family who were seated behind

him in the courtroom and sighs of relief for Mr. Hall’s family and friends who were seated behind AssistantCrown Attorney Caitlin Downing, who has prosecuted the case since it was first tried in 2016.

“The Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Martial Laverdure drove his vehicle in a method that was dangerous and he was driving too fast and he drove into a group of people, some who were alerted to his presence from the loud sounds of his exhaust,” she said. “Some witnesses testified he was driving too fast and they saw people scrambling to get out of the way of his vehicle.”

As she said this, Mr. Laverdure, who was seated beside Ms. Primeau, began to shake and just stared at the floor.

His father, who was seated one row behind him, put his head in his hands and did not look up. On the other side of the courtroom, Mr. Hall’s brother, Pete, and his best friend and former fellow soldier, Ken Miles, appeared to be relieved after hearing the Crown met the criteria needed for dangerous driving.

However, the emotions on both sides of the courtroom slowly began to change as Justice Doyle continued to read her decision.

She went to great lengths to explain the difference between civil and criminal terminology in regards to dangerous driving causing death.

“The fundamental issue is whether Mr. Laverdure exhibited a marked departure from reasonable behaviour when he was driving that night,” she said. “Was it a mere departure from accepted behaviour, in which case it is civil by definition, or was it a marked departure that is so out of character that it can be defined as criminal and negligent?”

It was then both Ms. Downing and several of Mr. Hall’s family members began to suspect the case may be lost.

Justice Doyle’s explanation that he was not impaired as neither alcohol or recreational drugs or prescription drugs were present in the vehicle or his blood and that his actions could not be classified as negligent.

Some of Mr. Hall’s friends began to shake their heads in anger while Mr. Laverdure’s family began to smile with the judge’s explanation.

But just as quickly as their emotions changed, Justice Doyle once again changed direction in her delivery and challenged Mr. Laverdure’s honesty in his testimony.

“The court is concerned some of his testimony mirrored the testimony of an expert witness who appeared on behalf of the defence,” she said.

From Front Joanne King, chair of the SFMH board, said Mr. Penney recognizes the value of working collaboratively, adding he has been instrumental in developing partnerships to ensure the Madawaska Valley has access to the same professional expertise provided in larger centres.

Mr. Penney said it has been an absolute pleasure and honour to work alongside the people of Renfrew and Barry’s Bay. “There is a real sense of family, and the staff and physicians are committed to providing the best possible care,” he said. “I’m proud of the entire team including boards, senior management, administrative, clinical and all of our physicians for the work we’ve done to strengthen our partnerships and ensure quality care close to home.

“I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish during my time here and I believe the hospitals are very well positioned for future success.”

Renfrew Victoria is a 60-bed hospital, but over the years there has been a shift away from in-patient care to a major expansion in emergency services and outpatient ambulatory care.

“And with that came the growth in dialysis and oncology,” he said. “I think that has been the greatest success in terms of growth, in the outpatient and ambulatory care.”

Mr. Penney was successful in attracting many specialists to travel from Ottawa to Renfrew, not only providing much-needed services lo-

cally, but also making it easier for local residents, especially older patients to attend appointments.

“If we could alleviate travel and brings those services, whether it was opthomology or pediatrics, we were able to recruit a number of specialists and have all of those clinics in Renfrew,” he said. “I think that has been a great success.”

Mr. Penney feels his greatest satisfaction has been the opportunity to get to know a lot of health care providers in his position and he was able to help many patients and families.

“I’ve been blessed that I have been in a position where I could really help patients and families and that to me was the greatest satisfaction,” he said.

But despite the many advancements made under his leadership, Mr. Penney said Renfrew County remains greatly under-serviced with respect to many programs and services.

“To think 100,000 people and we don’t have a pediatrician full time; we don’t have a plastic surgeon. I can keep on going. We have made great strides, but in many ways I wish I was 10 to 15 years younger because I wouldn’t be resting on our laurels. I think there’s a lot more that can be done.”

He believes there are opportunities for innovative solutions, pursuing further integration of services and reducing administrative costs.

“I would love the opportunity if I was 10 or 15 years younger to address many of those things,” he added.

Mr. Penney has also benefited greatly from his involvement with

Accreditation Canada. He has been a surveyor with the organization and has chaired the surveyor advisory for Canada. He has done a lot of accreditation work both nationally and internationally. Not only was this a great learning opportunity for him, but it also presented him with the opportunity to bring back many ideas to the two hospitals under his wing.

So what becomes of Randy Penney after his official retirement? Well, he won’t be riding off into the sunset, doing nothing. After next June he will be retained as a strategic advisor to the corporations -- the hospitals and the foundations for a period of time yet to be determined -- to lower the risk associated with the transition.

After that, he will focus on his family and own physical health, and enjoy some travelling.

“We’ll see what the future holds here. I’m still relatively young, in good health and grateful for that, so we’ll see what happens.

“My commitment is very much to the boards of Renfrew and Barry’s Bay through this transition and make sure that it is stable,” he said. “There are specific projects as it relates to the second and third floors at RVH and the emerg in Barry’s Bay.” Although his successor has not yet been named, Mr. Penney hopes the person who is chosen is someone with the same drive, interest, passion and a focus on patients and families.

“I feel confidence in terms of the boards and their ability to make sure that that happens,” he said.

Pete Hall, brother of the late Ernie Hall, and retired Sergeant/Major Kenneth Miles were bitterly disappointed with the dismissal of charges in relation to retired CWO Ernie Hall’s death when he was struck and killed by a truck driven by Martial Laverdure. Mr. Miles said the late Mr. Hall’s family will never have closure and he was once again going to visit his best friend at his gravesite in Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa to deliver the bad news.

Staff Writer Pembroke -- Superior Court Room Number Five was the scene of a wave of emotions last Wednesday morning following a dismissal of a charge against Martial Laverdure in connection with the January 11, 2015 death of former Chief Warrant Officer Ernie Hall.

Mr. Laverdure left the courthouse a free man after the charge of dangerous

tion could not play a part in the final decision.

“It has to be determined if the Crown met the criteria under Section 249 of the Criminal Code of Canada and did the Crown prove beyond doubt that Martial Laverdure committed the crime of dangerous driving causing death,” she said. “This is a tragedy that has brought sorrow to the Hall family, their friends and others.

However, as sad as it is, sympathy

lawyer Jodi Primeau and she successfully had his guilty verdict overturned in March 2018 at the Ontario Court of Appeals.

Despite the overturn of the original guilty plea, the Crown Attorney’s Office refiled the charges and a second trial was held over 14 days beginning in June of this year.

Some of the original witnesses and experts were recalled to the stand during the second trial which ended in

Deep River attorney Jodi Primeau has defended Martial Laverdure on two occasions. She successfully had his original guilty verdict overturned in the Ontario Court of Appeals and last week, Justice Adriana Doyle dismissed the charge of Dangerous Driving Causing Death during his second trial in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Hospital administrator will retire in 2020 after 30 years

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Accolades are expressed for retiring hospital CEO

By Gerald Tracey and Debbi Christinck

Renfrew -- The announcement by Renfrew Victoria Hospital President and CEO Randy Penney that he will be retiring next June will leave some pretty big shoes to fill although he is small in stature.

One person who worked closely with Mr. Penney for many years was Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski who had many words of praise for Mr. Penney and his solid efforts and success in bringing about improved health cares service to the communities he served as well as the county as a whole.

“Randy and I have had a tremendous working relationship over 16 years, and we knew the day would come,” he said. “It’s going to be something to replace him because the thing I have learned about him in 16 years is that Randy never did anything without adhering to his vision.

“He always had a vision of not only was better for Renfrew Victoria Hospital, but better for health care in the county in general. And he was always working toward that, whether it was the beginning of dialysis in Renfrew, to the building of the new unit, Randy always had vision of how they were going to do that.”

Mr. Yakabuski said Mr. Penney was tremendously consistent and persistent.

“He never came to you looking for something without having being able to justify his case,” he said.

“They always did their homework and he always gave credit to the team he worked with. It was never about Randy. Randy was always giving credit to the team he worked with.”

Mr. Yakabuski said if one looks at the things that have had happened at Renfrew Victoria Hospital under his tutelage, the reputation of the facility, and the work that gets done there, Mr. Penney always considered himself just one part of the team.

“The team has to have a leader and he showed tremendous leadership for 30 years,” he added.

Mr. Yakabuski said the partnership created between RVH and St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay was Mr. Penney’s vision for improving health care because he also recognizes health care delivery is costly and he was always looking for ways to make it more efficient.

He said his vision and his ability to deliver made him very sought after in the business, noting he could have

moved on to higher paying jobs and positions but was committed to RVH and St. Francis.

“The respect Randy had was universal. It wasn’t just Renfrew Victoria, it wasn’t just Renfrew County, there were different places in the province and outside where his expertise was often called upon to go into a place where things needed some fixing in other health care centres and he was more than a few times called to serve in that regard because of his commitment to better health care.”

Mr. Yakabuski doesn’t know what Mr. Penney will decide to do in the future, but predicted there will be no shortage of people trying to convince him to take on roles in health care where they see a place where his abilities could serve as a very valuable service.

He also said that in the many phone

calls, discussions and visits to the hospital it was obvious for anyone in his capacity to see the great working relationship he had with the people there.

“You had a leader. He saw everybody as having a job. His job just happened to be different than the one someone else had, but he valued everybody’s job the same. That’s why the people who worked there genuinely liked Randy Penney and it was because of the way he treated them. He treated them all as equals.

“Randy could have gone many times for significantly more money but he had a loyalty to that hospital and the area and we are fortunate he chose to stay. It wasn’t about the money because he could have gone elsewhere and done very well.

“This became home and he really embraced that.”

Former Admaston/Bromley Mayor Raye-Anne Briscoe had the opportunity to work with Mr. Penney both in her capacity as a municipal politician and also as the chair of the Renfrew and Area Health Services Village.

She described him as “an irreplaceable treasure”.

Randy Penney has had the opportunity to stand at a podium on many occasions to make significant announcements about hospital expansions, new health services and to introduce many new doctors to the community. He was always quick to say the announcements were the result of a team approach.

An Irreplaceable Treasure Raye-Anne Briscoe worked with Mr. Penney both in her capacity as Mayor of Admaston/Bromley and as chair of the Renfrew and Area Health Services Village which worked to recruit doctors to the Renfrew area.

“He is an irreplaceable treasure,” she said. “I’m feeling sad about his leaving, but I can with every confidence know the blocks will be in place for the future, because that is how Randy is. He is always planning for tomorrow.”

About a decade ago, Mr. Penney contacted her in her capacity as mayor, as well as then Renfrew Mayor Sandi Heins to discuss the need for active doctor recruitment, and the role municipalities must play, she recalled.

“His projection, insistence, ability and intelligence showed us this was necessary. Now we have more than 10 doctors who have come to our town.”

Mrs. Briscoe said she has also been a patient at RVH and seen the impact his leadership has on staff and care.

“His influence is visible. I know people working at the hospital at various levels and it is just absolutely unique

Randy’s relationship with his staff.”

Nurturing a personal relationship with staff, he encourages them to receive the training for the task at hand, she noted.

“He listens to recommendations by the staff and those that help the patient. The respect he has within that organization stems from all this and this secures the goal of the best patient care you can provide.

“The environment at the hospital is wonderful. You can see it in the cafeteria and how people sit together.

There is no hierarchy and this is the leadership of Randy Penney.”

In her political career, she attended many fundraisers, she noted and it is not always common to see staff participating. However, fundraisers for RVH are always well attended by staff and this is about the positive atmosphere and leadership Mr. Penney has provided, she said.

“And Randy has such respect as a leader, no matter which government is in power,” she added.

Part of this is good fiscal management, she said.

“RVH is one hospital in Ontario that has no debt and that is unheard of.

Every year the budget is balanced.”

Mr. Penney has had a wonderful vision for the hospital and always planned for the future, she said.

“RVH has advanced to where dialysis is a major function of the hospital.

He was a major change in the clinic situation because young doctors want a clinic where they can have a family life and not have a clinic in their home.”

His work in networking with the Ottawa Hospital has improved patient care with streamless electronic record keeping, she added.

“A lot of things are not easy to do but he has the ability to move things forward. So making that connection with Dr. Kitts (Ottawa Hospital CEO Jack Kitts) benefits us all as well.

That helps people in Arnprior and people up the Valley who come to Renfrew too.”

Mrs. Briscoe said she has had the honour to call Mr. Penney a friend and only wishes him the best in his retirement.

“He is a member of our community.

I remember at the fair, there he was taking my ticket and I remember him playing hockey. He is part of our community. An irreplaceable treasure.”

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Land issue delays work on County Road 512 until 2020

By Terry Fleurie

The million dollar man Eganville-area resident Don Pilon had one million reasons to smile last week when he picked up his $1 million cheque at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming headquarters in Toronto. Mr. Pilon, a former longtime employee at Eganville Home Hardware, won the prize by matching the Encore number exactly in the August 10 Lotto 649 lottery draw. He purchased the winning ticket at Giant Tiger in Renfrew.

KHR council news briefs August 27 meeting

Will Purchase Lifejackets Community Development Co-ordinator Bonnie Ivimey was granted permission by council to purchase nine life jackets to add to the existing five at the municipality’s Lending Hub. Council authorized the purchase assuming the jackets would be on sale at this time of year. Fire Chief Bob Gareau suggested Ms. Ivimey possibly see if any merchants were interested in donating some of the needed jackets. ****** Songs in the Park Ms. Ivimey noted the ninth and final edition of the popular Songs in the

Park program would be held that coming Friday (August 30). She said only one of the weekly performances had to be moved to the Lions Hall due to inclement weather. She also advised council she had been informed a potentially toxic plant known as Deadly Nightshade had been discovered in some areas of Station Park. She indicated some of the plants had been removed and council authorized Works Superintendent Dean Holly to speak with Jason Davis at the County of Renfrew to determine the best course of action in dealing with them

****** Retrieving Bins Mr. Holly advised council he was visiting Beaumen Recycling in Renfrew the following day (August 28) in an attempt to identify several large recycling bins that are believed to be at the site since it closed down.

He said he was hoping to have them back at the waste sites within the next two weeks.

He also told council he had provided a price quote on a used 2014 brushing unit for approximately $110,000, adding the municipality currently spends about $30,000 annually renting a unit.

Staff Writer Pembroke -- A proposed two-year rehabilitation of County Road 512 (Foymount Road) in Bonnechere Valley Township scheduled to commence in 2019 has been put on hold until 2020.

In a report by the Operations Committee at Renfrew County council last Wednesday, an update on the proposed project that was the subject of a public meeting at the parish hall in Cormac last year was included.

The report noted that BT Engineering (BTE) was working on the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) and the road design from Silver Lake Road westerly for 9.3 kilometres to 1.32 kilometres west of Lake Clear Road. It further noted as part of the design, BTE included a slip-around lane at Lake Clear Road to allow vehicles to turn safely onto that roadway.

It indicated during the MCEA, a Part II Order was filed

by Wayne Gorman, a landowner, who owns property on the north side of the road at Lake Clear Road which put the construction phase at a standstill until it can be addressed.

The report noted Lee Perkins, Director of Public Works and Engineering for the county and Mike Behm, Manager of Infrastructure for the county, had met with the owner of the property to discuss his concerns.

“The landowner does not want to reduce the front yard of his property as it will leave him with limited amount of room to manoeuvre his large equipment in and out of his garage,” the report stated.

During the on-site meeting, Mr. Perkins and Mr. Behm agreed the proposed road could be shifted to the south and the county could acquire the required property from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and landowner, Bob Peltzer.

“Mr. Behm has been in contact with both parties and they have been receptive to the idea of selling the property to the county to improve the safety of the intersection,” the report stated.

The county was awaiting the results of a property appraisal report before making a formal offer to Mr. Peltzer.

Once the county has that confirmation in writing from both the MNRF and Mr. Peltzer, the Part II Order will be withdrawn.

“As the design is progressing, we will be meeting with the landowners to get options to purchase land signed,” the report stated. “We will be acquiring the services of a land surveyor to survey the property we require and we will be putting out a clearing tender to remove all trees in Phase 1 of this project by the end of the year.”

It was believed the cost for this part of the project would be $300,000 of the projected $909,920 budgeted for the job.

Warden Jennifer Murphy, the Mayor of Bonnechere Valley Township and who also lives along the road, advised her fellow council members she did not recuse herself in this matter because the project is on hold.

“So I didn’t feel it was necessary at this time because no property is being purchased from myself or my husband,” she explained.

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BV council, EACDG reach compromise on boardwalk/dock project

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Eganville -- Bonnechere Valley Township Council and members of the Eganville and Area Community Development Group (EACDG) appear to have reached a compromise on the proposed boardwalk/fishing dock project that has been a contentious issue for months.

Last Friday, during a meeting of both sides which at times was heated and frustrating for both parties, the compromise was reached that appears to leave both sides satisfied, at least for now.

Council accepted an offer from well-known community volunteer Fred Blackstein of Pembroke to facilitate a meeting between representatives of Cambium Engineering, the company BV hired to do a peer review of the project, and the two engineering firms the EACDG enlisted for the project.

Mr. Blackstein made the offer after listening to both sides defend the respective reports available, BV defending the peer review by Cambium, while the EACDG offered differing opinions as to its content.

The main item of contention involved the proposed anchoring system for the boardwalk/dock proposed by the EACDG engineers, which Cambium felt was not best suited for the job.

Both sides debated the issue and were clearly at an impasse. Mayor Jennifer Murphy stressed council wants the project to happen because it will be a definite asset to the community.

“We get it, we want it, but it’s got to be done properly and I would hate if we went ahead with this project against our consultant’s ideas and something bad happened,” she said.

“This is township property and this project, obviously, is now going to be a township asset when it’s done, and that means it’s our liability and we need to make sure that we take all precautions.”

William Enright, a member of the EACDG executive questioned if it might be possible to have the Cambium engineers speak with the group’s engineers to come up with a possible solution, which the EACDG had suggested in its response to the peer review.

“But at minimal cost because the last thing we want to do is up the price of this whole thing,” Mr. Enright noted.

Mayor Murphy said she had no issue with the two engineering groups talking to each other, adding, however, she felt once Cambium put their name on the peer review, they likely would not be that willing to “walk back from it“.

After further discussion, Mr. Blackstein,who is also a member of the EACDG, made the offer to facilitate any meeting between the engineers.

“I support the concept of bringing the engineers from the two authorities together,” he said. “I think William Enright’s solution and your comment is appropriate that those people can talk to each other.”

Mr. Blackstein noted he is a profes-

sional engineer, but in the nuclear field rather than with the helical piles used in the dock anchoring plans.

“I am offering to, not mediate, but to bring the two parties together, as a professional engineer myself, to sit in the middle of the discussions to see if there is any way that the work done to this point can be used.

“It is quite possible that there is a solution to this if the parties speak to each other,” he added. “And I’m free by the way. I have no fee. Before you abandon though and see everyone walk away, this might be worth doing.”

Mayor Murphy thanked Mr. Blackstein for his offer, saying she agreed the conversation was certainly worth having. Council later accepted his offer with both sides having offered their respective opinions with a hopefully renewed focus to move forward.

Maria Robinson, treasurer of the EACDG, suggested any questions posed by council during the meeting be directed to the engineers for discussion at the proposed joint meeting, which council also agreed on.

“I think it will be productive and fruitful to have the engineers have a conversation about solutions, not whose right and who’s wrong, but about solutions” stated Claude Chartrand, co-chair of the boardwalk project. “And I think if this dock is going to be built, it will depend upon that conversation with the engineers.”

“That was the whole point of this meeting,” Mayor Murphy responded.

“It was not to point fingers, it was to answer a few questions, find out what

Members of the EACDG and BV council and staff met at the proposed site of the boardwalk project last Friday.

the group found out from their engineers, which we just got this morning, and find a solution to go forward.

“Once again, council wants this project done, we’re not trying to stand in the way, but we recognize there are some issues with the foundation that is there as it stands right now” she continued.

Gerald Tracey, president of the EACDG, offered his thanks to council for their efforts.

“I want to thank you for, at least, working towards a compromise, a solution. We’re all in this together. I think our goal, our aim, is the same,

that is to beautify the community.

“We’ll get a lot further pulling together than by pulling apart,” he added.

“Agreed, and thank all you guys for coming,” concluded Mayor Murphy.

Mr. Tracey said while there have been some concerns the fundraising for the project may have been affected by the issues presented at times, he was still quite confident it could be done successfully.

“We want it done right,” he said.

“The community, I think, really wants to see this happen, and I think people will buy into it once we can

agree to agree on what we’re going to put there.”

“I totally agree with you,” the mayor responded.

Mr. Tracey admitted there have been some rough waters the last six months but expressed hope for the future.

“Let’s let them smoothen out and we’ll go a lot further working together than we will working against one another,” he said.

“Once the community sees that we’re all on the same page going forward, I think it’s going to be a really good fundraising effort,” Mayor Murphy noted.

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County supports traffic study at busy Golden Lake intersection Catch the Ace winners

By Terry Fleurie

NAW Mayor James Brose at County council.

Staff Writer Pembroke -- The County of Renfrew has thrown its support behind a request from North Algona Wilberforce (NAW) regarding improving the safety flows and traffic at the intersection of County Road 30 (Lake Dore Road) and Highway 60 in Golden Lake.

At last Wednesday’s meeting, County council passed a resolution authorizing Warden Jennifer Murphy to send a letter to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) in support of conducting a traffic study at County Road 30, County Road 70 (Kokomis Road) and Highway 60 intersection to determine what traffic control mechanisms could be instituted. The resolution was the result of an e-mail from NAW Mayor James Brose to County Director of Operations Richard Volduc with concerns about the safety of the intersection.

In the Operations Committee report, it was noted Mr. Volduc had contacted the local MTO office for direction and was awaiting a response as this is an MTO-controlled intersection.

In the discussion, Mayor Brose commented on the criteria MTO used in its initial report.

“I can appreciate the criteria that they used, looking at traffic volumes and the alignment of the intersection and the number of accidents. However, there is a very serious

safety concern here as well,” he said.

He said he agreed with the MTO when it stated the alignment of the intersection is less than ideal.

“Actually, the sight lines are also much less than ideal,” he said. “And with the increased volume of traffic that is now going onto the reserve (Pikwakanagan), there’s also some businesses right at that intersection that are very, very popular and very busy in the summer.”

He explained many people actually park at the NAW Community Centre, across the road from these businesses, or at the drug store.

“So there’s a lot of pedestrian traffic there as well,” he pointed out. “So at the very least, I appreciate that they would do a traffic study but I think at the very least there should be pedestrian crossings signs and maybe painted hash marks to indicate it is a very, very busy intersection.”

Lee Perkins, Director of Public Works and Engineering, for the county, said he would add that request to the request they forward to the MTO. Warden Jennifer Murphy pointed out sometimes a transport truck will park at the gas station at the intersection and trying to see the eastbound traffic on Highway 60 is very difficult.

“You can’t see around those trucks, so that’s a little aside for the MTO maybe,” she remarked. “I was just challenged with that the other day, so it’s fresh for me.”

Barry’s Bay -- Sherri Towns of Madawaska was the winner in Week 8 of St Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery.

She chose number 19 and the corresponding numbered envelope contained the Queen of Hearts. She was thrilled to take home the weekly prize of $1,313.

The Weekly Prize for Week #9 is estimated at $1,274 and if the Ace of Spades is found the total winnings will be around $18,195. All proceeds from the lottery will support the St Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation (Valley Manor Redevelopment).

Tickets can be purchased at the following locations: Round Lake Centre Food Market, AJ’s Convenience, Killaloe Hardware, Kokomish Café, Wilno Building Supply, Charlie D’s, Barry’s Bay Esso, Lorraine’s Pharmasave, Barry’s Bay Shell, CO Country Market, Algonquin Bound Outfitters (Madawaska), St Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation, Valley Manor (Tuesdays from 11 to 2), The Cottage Cup and Kokomish Gas Bar. Arlene Gauvereau and her mother, Rejeanne Gauvereau, won the Week 20 draw for the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation, taking home $7,878. The progressive jackpot now sits at $141,395. To date, $235,658 has been raised for the Foundation.

Tickets for the weekly RVH draw can be purchased at 19 locations in Renfrew; in Douglas at the Douglas Grocery store and Douglas Tavern; in Eganville at The Country Store and Foodland; in Cobden at Olmstead’s Home Hardware; in Beachburg at Simple Things; in Calabogie at the General Store; in Griffith at BMR Building Supplies and in Burnstown at Neat Cafe and Castle Building Supplies.

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Carol Culleton

Nathalie Warmerdam

Anastasia Kuzyk

From Front Renfrew County Crown Attorney Jeffery Richardson, who along with Lanark County Crown Attorney Julie Scott led the prosecution, would likely prefer the inquiry to be held in the county but he has no input into its location.

“The Crown Attorney does not have input with respect to the location of the inquiry,” he told the Leader.

“Those decisions are typically made by the Coroner conducting the inquest along with Coroner’s counsel. Our office was not consulted prior to last week’s announcement. That said, the Coroner’s Office does not consult with the Crown before any inquest is announced.”

If it is held in the county, he said it was unlikely his office would have any direct involvement as these types of inquiries are designed to be at arm’s length from the justice system and he, like everyone else, will have to wait to see what, if any, recommendations are made.

“I do not know if any decisions have been made with respect to our office’s involvement,” he said. “Sometimes the local Crown will be asked to assist with the inquest; sometimes the Coroner, who has their own Crown counsel for conducting inquests will conduct it. I cannot comment on what recommendations we would like to see at this time.”

Valerie Warmerdam, the daughter of Ms. Warmerdam, was happy an inquest is scheduled, but is doubtful anything fruitful will occur because of whatever recommendations are made.

“I don’t have much comment on the

inquest, but I’m happy it’s happening,” she told the Leader. “But I’m not sure how much good it will do, as even if the recommendations made are good it requires political will to make a difference.”

However, Leigh Sweeney, Executive Director of the Bernadette McCann House, a facility that provides shelter to female victims and their children of domestic violence, welcomed the announcement. In the last fiscal year, the facility provided extended shelter to 74 women and 55 children with an additional 84 women attended the day program. In total, 303 women and 192 children accessed the shelter either for protection or risk assessment.

“An inquest provides an opportunity for service providers to revisit a situation and come away with recommendations to improve our responses for when the next situation occurs,” she said. “I always think you can learn something and it is not a problem to look at an issue and find out how we can improve and I am very positive about the inquest.”

She said the Bernadette McCann House has benefited from previous inquests and a yearly report published by the Office of the Chief Coroner often contains inquest recommendations which are implemented.

“One thing we learned was a more extensive screening in terms of risk assessment when we are dealing with our clients,” she said. “We now ask more in-depth questions like did the individual lose their job or do they have firearms and that helps us determine if someone is a potential risk.”

For several years, JoAnne Brooks,

director of the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County, has been an outspoken advocate for female victims and has always made people aware of the challenges of women living in a rural community and the lack of options for them to seek help. She is hopeful the inquest will turn a spotlight on the issues faced by abused women in rural areas.

“We are hoping the inquest will identify gaps in the system and make recommendations on how to offer better protection for victims of domestic violence, many who live in isolated communities in Renfrew County,” she said.

Holly Campbell, the founder of the advocacy group Because Wilno, said she has mixed feelings about the inquest.

When the trial was completed in December 2017, a coalition of women’s groups highlighted some of the disturbing questions that arose from the trial and are hopeful their questions will help form the mandate of the inquest when its date and location is announced. Some of those questions include why he was released from custody after serving a jail term for assaulting Ms. Kuzyk, even though he refused to sign a non-contact order. Also, why was he never held to account for failing to participate in a court-ordered partner assault education program and never attended a single session. They also hope the inquest will examine how he was able to obtain a shotgun and ammunition when he had a long history of threatening, harassing and assaulting women.

Inquest into deaths of three women was called last week It’s back to school time Emily Petrini Woolley, a local caregiver, holds two-year-old Rhett Dolmovic and cares for her own daughter, Gabriella Peters-Woolley and Alice Tracey (in wagon) while brothers Hayden and Landan Vaillancourt await their bus on Hartwig Street. Schools re-opened Tuesday morning and once again the yellow school buses are on the roads so motorists are encouraged to exercise caution.

A young female motorist was taken to Pembroke Regional Hospital at about 5:30 Monday afternoon after her car rolled, landing on its wheels while she was travelling towards Eganville on the Fourth Chute Road.

The driver may have been trying to avoid a deer on the roadway, Th vehicle narrowly missed striking a hydro pole. Firefighters from Eganville Station responded along with Killaloe OPP and Renfrew County paramedics.

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Founded in 1902 Published by The Eganville Leader Publishing Ltd. at 150 John Street, Eganville, Ontario Gerald Tracey, Publisher

Volunteers crucial More wakes than weddings The beginning of September is a traditional time of transition,

which means not only back to school for many families, but the end of the busy summer season for all of us.

In the Valley, we boom in the summer with an influx of cottagers, vacationers and family members coming back for special events, vacations or the annual get-to-gether at the family homestead.

It is also the time for large events like the annual Pow Wow in Pikwakanagan, the Irish Gathering in Killaloe, Dinner on the Bridge in Eganville, Taste of the Valley in Barry’s Bay, Canada Day celebrations throughout the Valley, church suppers, and the last big event of the summer as the annual Pembroke Fiddling and Stepdancing contest on Labour Day weekend. It all brings a touch of fun, a lot of nostalgia and activity which marks the stages of the year. For summer is a busy, busy time. In our normally quiet villages, hamlets and towns it is not unusual to see long line-ups at traffic lights as the stream of traffic comes into town.

Summer is a great time in the Valley not only because of the optimal weather but also these popular events which draw crowds of locals and visitors alike. While some events are waning in popularity, many are still popular events on a family social calendar and ones people plan on attending year after year. Many of these events are long-standing ones dating back many decades and all are volunteer driven.

Just what the future holds for some of these events is unfortunately doubtful because as the organizers age there don’t seem to be many younger or even middle-aged people picking up the standard and carrying on the organizing and running of each activity. The lack of volunteers has been a topic of some concern for many years, but now it appears many organizations and events are at a point of crisis. Without volunteers, it is clear some of these events will no longer be possible. It is also clear some organizations will no longer be able to exist without volunteers to run them. However, when these events like the pow wow, the church suppers and the Dinner on the Bridge cease to occur or organizations like the local Legion, local figure skating club or local church youth program cease to exist we are all the poorer.

As fall is a time of transition, it can also be a time of evaluating our priorities and where we choose to spend our time. Finding worthwhile community, social, sports or church causes to volunteer our time with is a good start. The Valley we love is all the richer for the volunteers amongst us, but we can’t keep relying on someone else to do the volunteering.

This summer was also a good one with the long-awaited announcement the four-laning of Highway 17 to Renfrew is now finally and officially on the provincial plan. Summer makes us ever more keenly aware of how important our transportation corridors are and how challenging it is when our roads are dangerous because there is just too much traffic and too many people driving in an unsafe manner, passing inappropriately and jeopardizing lives. Highway 17 has become a dangerous corridor for us in the Ottawa Valley and many other roadways also have become more treacherous to drive.

With the dramatically increased traffic in Golden Lake near Pikwakanagan there is a need for a review of this intersection and corridor as well to make it safer. Fortunately, this summer did not see any major vehicular tragedies which have usually punctuated the summer months. May this positive trend continue into the fall as the buses are back on the road, all of us settle into our non-summer routines and the chill of autumn settles in.

Letter

Totally vindicated Dear Editor: Since the release of the Ethic Commissioner’s report on the SNC Lavalin scandal I have followed with interest comments in the written press by a variety of respected journalists, political pundits, liberal party supporters as well as some phone-in radio shows. There were also several department heads of Canada’s universities Political Science departments.

Putting first things first there has emerged from all of this totally unscathed both morally and politically Canada’s former AG as the Queen of truth; justice and integrity it is called the essence of class. I am commenting on the impeccable conduct of Jody Wilson Raybould. I would love to see her as Canada’s first lady prime in the not too distant future. The lady stands totally vindicated.

As for the Liberals: the reports state Mr. Trudeau and several of his higher ranking officials collectively brought pressure on the AG to give the SNC Lavalin remediation (it is like a plea bargain before the Canadian Courts and put it all on the back burner which she refused to do. The Ethics Commissioners stated there are three areas where Mr. Trudeau violated Canadian law or erred in judgment.

The Liberal propaganda machine is now frantically engaged in a huge white washing job hoping to change black into white. Mr. Trudeau is portrayed as a off shoot of Superman whose task is to save Canadian jobs no matter what. What is totally amazing to me is that there are Canadians who are totally buying into this lie. I could not believe what I heard on the radio shows. There is not a shred of evidence that SNC Lavalin is “hanging on a thread” so to speak. Their own executives have stated it is business as usual for at least the next five years and further.

In my own perspective there must be other large infrastructure construction companies in Canada to carry on should Lavalin fail. Would this not provide job security for these welltrained workers. I cannot see how at this point in time any Canadian jobs are being threatened. The whole thing is a hoax and as bad as the 1930 Nazi propaganda. The Liberals have been flailing like drowning men for months. The larger majority of Canadians are not fooled by this current attempt at vindication for this prime minister’s lack of mortal integrity.

Robert B. Postma, Renfrew

“There’s more wakes than there’s weddings, boys, and it’s all nothing but time.” These lyrics by a friend, Canadian songwriter Ian Tamblyn, have more resonance every day. Last week I went to a funeral for a longtime neighbour in Donegal.

When Hal, Matti and I lived on the old Jim McGrath place at the end of the Donegal Road, our nearest neighbours were Jim and Elizabeth Wingle.

On bitter January mornings l would look out my kitchen window across the field to see if the smoke from their kitchen stove rose straight up. If it did, it was at least thirty below!

The Wingles were excellent neighbours and, although most of their seven children were older, long married and moved away, it was always good to have a visit when they came home. Father Jim, now Bishop Jim, baptized Matti at St. James and blessed our house whenever he wandered across the field for a visit. Later, a Wingle daughter, Margaret and her husband, Billy Morris, moved into the farmhouse. They too were good neighbours, particularly in the days after Matti’s sudden death.

At Margaret Morris’s recent funeral lunch, I saw numerous faces who looked familiar but not familiar enough that I could place them. We do change a lot between grade nine and the old age pension! I mentioned

this to my former English teacher, Kathleen O’Grady, as we were refilling our teacups, which led to a conversation about yearbooks. Do schools still produce an annual record of the school year, with thumbnail photos of each class and the teachers, and candid snapshots of activities and group shots of the football team, the debating club and the band?

At Opeongo the release of the yearbook was a long-awaited event.

Between my sisters and I, we have at least seven years documenting our school years. Some pages—espe-

cially those with the pictures of our heartthrobs—are so well perused that they fall open automatically to the class of 9C or the drama club group photo. Many a winter’s evening has been spent by the stove flipping through those well-worn pages with their pencilled notes in the margins.

‘Married. Killed in a car crash. Moved to Toronto. Gone to law school. Gone to Hollywood.’ Yes, I kid you not!

Cliff Saunders it was -- which makes us all one degree of separation from Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven.

A group of us Opeongo grads of the classes of ‘72-‘73 have been meeting for lunch every month or so in various locations in Pembroke, Renfrew and Eganville. It’s been lovely re-connecting with old classmates, catching up on news of our lives. We all have much more in common now than we did then, when it seemed that we were all so different: the brainy kids, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the farm kids.

Old high school rivalries are forgotten as people share news of grandchildren, of retirement, of moving to new places and yes, of illness and difficulty, and the often sad changes that come with aging. Because we are aging and that means learning every day that “there’s more wakes than there’s weddings, boys, and it’s all nothing but time.”

What if there is no tomorrow T hat is one of the haunting thoughts that disturb old people, especially if we have health issues. But if we give it some thought, from the day we were born we never knew if tomorrow would come.

It was my kind parents, sisters and brothers who helped me to have them and lots of them. Sometimes we are really fortunate not knowing what it will bring, or we might worry ourselves sick.

I have a bad habit of starting to write a column when something altogether different grips my attention and I find myself with two unfinished columns, having lost my trend of thought on the first one. When tragic events happen, immediately I get sidetracked and the column can change completely.

I think the summer of 2019 will go down on record as the summer of most tragedies in North America.

When a man from Australia has been murdered on a highway in Northern B.C. it seems far away, but not for my niece, Leona Acton, and her family.

While serving overseas in the Canadian Army, their son, Jeff met Lukas Fowler and they became best friends and a guest many times in the Acton home in Richmond, Ontario.

I have resumed writing this article on August 7th following a weekend of many tragedies in Toronto, Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. The real tragedy is that it was the 250th mass shooting in the U.S. in 210 days. And, dear readers, this is another tragedy.

Mr. Trump is blaming one of the gunmen for voting Democrat! If he has his way, the only immigrants who will be allowed to reside in the U.S. will have to be white skinned.

Whether those shots were fired in Canada, the U.S. or anywhere else in the world, it is the finger that pulled the trigger but it is the brain that controls the finger. If the brain is softened by drugs or a false set of values those shots can ring out even in our places of worship. When the president tried to make himself look good by wanting to thank the police who were the first responders he was told if he wanted to be kind to the police, take the assault rifles off the streets and have them destroyed.

When he is boasting he has Congress under control of the National Rifle Association it looks like Congress has some work to do. All we can do is hope and pray these tragedies will be an eye opener for the American voters, both Democrat and Republicans.

On the home front it smells like an election could be in the air. All the holier than thou PCs are trying to capitalize on Mr. Trudeau’s sins, calling him the Great Spender. They must have conveniently forgotten the Atomic Veterans Recognition Program, when Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay paid a couple hundred fake veterans about $4,000 per minute ($24,000 for six minutes work) when they showed up at Chalk River following the reactor accident in 1958. Hope springs eternal in the human heart and justice is always alive in Canada, especially in an election year.

Earlier in this article I wrote about bringing people to justice. Now that their bodies have been found they will not have to face a human judge. Their parents can take some consolation, knowing that God knows exactly what caused them to do what they did. They do not seem like hardened criminals but two teenagers whose first crime led to a second.

It is almost time to put the finishing touches on that other column, so I better warn you it will not be the kind you would expect.

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Citizens deserve a justice system that works Dear Editor: Your news story last week about the miscarriage of justice for the “crime spree” stirred many feelings, thoughts and questions in me.

When four humans can wreak havoc, theft, and destruction upon many other humans and get to go free with no compensation to those harmed, while the “victims” have to pay higher insurance rates on top of their losses, it spreads a bad message of fear into the rural community.

Suddenly we’re thereby notified that the local OPP are not capable to putting together a tight case no matter how conclusive it seems to the victims and to the local people.

Is there not enough funding of the OPP? Our rural taxes sure went up when Ontario Premier Mike Harris downloaded their costs onto the municipalities.

Are the branches of the Justice system not talking to each other? Have there been provincial cuts to these Justice services so the constitutionally guaranteed “speedy trial” is not possible? Cannot the judge rule that defence lawyers are intentionally delaying the trial and effectively limit their questioning and tactics, or at least be able to lengthen the trial’s duration due to their delaying tactics?

This implies that if a large enough gang does lots and lots of damage and thievery, they will require many taxpayer paid legal aid lawyers who all can delay the trial, due to lots and lots of evidence and multiple charges, and thus get them all off the hook every time.. What recourse do citizens have in this situation?

Many local cottages and cabins and community centres are not occupied full time. What safety do they have from such damage? What recourse within the law if the best we have is not good enough.

If this case is not appealed or reopened and speedily dealt with, unlikely as that may seem at this time, my concern is that people might take the law into their own hands, and/or people will start demanding more “law and order”.

It’s not a matter of lack of laws.

As Mr. Patterson asks “When will justice be served?”

There has always been a multilayered justice system in Canada, with Indigenous People and “people of colour” getting the short end of it all, while the aristocracy gets its way relatively unhindered. Rural people in Renfrew County have basically been notified we’re now in the lower tier in the eyes of the justice system and best look around for our actual allies towards the real service of justice.

It’s not the payment of taxes that I mind, I mind the lack of services in return for the payment of taxes. Why not re-upload the costs of local OPP services back to the province? Many times the perpetrators of crimes, be it theft or speeding, are from outside of the municipality where the crime took place. We are talking of provincial laws being enforced, not municipal laws.

Perhaps if all the costs came out of one provincial budget there might be better communications between the different branches of the Justice system. That’s a big “perhaps”, yet that would be my intentions for such a movement. Citizens do deserve speedy trials and citizens deserve a justice system that works equally for all the people living in Ontario.

Robbie Anderman, Killaloe

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100 Years Ago - September 5, 1919 District News Tenders for a public library at Renfrew show a cost of $14,000. The late Andrew Carnegie offered $12,000.

Messrs. Smallfield and Millson will go to New York to get the amount increased to $15,000. ****** Great Flying Machine attraction at the Renfrew Fair will be by the company in which Major Bishop and Captain Barker are leading members.

Machine will be on view at Renfrew Fairgrounds before it starts its tour into the air when the aviators will do all the wonderful stunts of the war zone flying. ****** For stealing the automobile of Mr. J.H. Bruck, and taking it on a pleasure jaunt lasting until he was apprehended in Montreal a week after the theft, Frederick Elliott will spend two years in Kingston penitentiary.

This was the sentence handed out to him by His Honour Judge McLean at a special sitting of the County Court on Tuesday afternoon. - Pembroke Standard ****** Corner-stone of Cobden Memorial Hall Laid Brig.- Gen. E.A. Ross, M.P.P. For Kingston, laid on Thursday last in Cobden, his birth-place, the cornerstone of the first war memorial building erected in Canada.

The building had been entirely erected with the exception of the cornerstone, the contractor being Mr. D.G. Kilgour of Eganville.

Addresses were delivered by Lieut.

Stitt of Ottawa; Dr. Maloney of South Renfrew and General Ross. The building is a splendid one and is for the benefit of the citizens.

Memorials in honour of the soldiers from Cobden who had done their duty in France will be placed in the building. ****** Triplets Born in South Algona The township of South Algona enjoys the rare distinction of having had triplets born last month within its confines. Two sons and a daughter were born to a young and estimable couple, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor, on Sunday, August17th.

When the news spread of the unique happening, the whole neighbourhood rejoiced with the proud parents. Later the joy was tinged with sorrow when the announcement was received that the girl baby died some hours after birth. ****** A Cattle Case In division court on Tuesday, Michael Bulger sued Charles Kilby for the recovery of money paid for cattle which afterwards died. Judgment in favour of the plaintiff for $60 and costs was awarded by His Honour

Judge McLean. Bulger, who is a drover, bought three head of cattle from Kilby, and while Kilby was driving them to the station at Locksley two of them took ill. Bulger did not want to accept them then, but after some talk it was decided between the two that Bulger should give Kilby the money for them, on the understanding that if they died on the train en route to Montreal, Kilby would refund the amount to Bulger.

The two died, but when Kilby, when called upon by Bulger, refused to give him the money and hence the case. - Pembroke Standard ****** Local News In the recent Departmental Examinations, Entrance to Model certificates were obtained by Miss Margaret Mask and Miss Mary E. Maloney, pupils of Eganville Separate School.

Both young ladies are now attending Renfrew Model School. ****** Mr. Alex Stuart, Reeve of Wilberforce, has called public meetings of the voters within the township to hear discussed the proposed Memorial Township Hall. The first meeting will be held at Germanicus on Tuesday next, the second at Lett’s School on Wednesday, the 10th, and the third at Rankin on Friday, the 12th. The meetings will be open at 8 o’clock p.m.

75 Years Ago - September 8, 1944 J.C. McManus C.C.F. Candidate Renfrew, Sept. 6 -- Tabulation here tonight of the referendum vote of C.C.F. members returned John Clifford McManus of Argyle Street as the party candidate for Renfrew South in the next Dominion election. Mrs. W.A. Culver of Round Lake and John Carty of Brudenell, whose names also appeared on the ballot, made the nomination unanimous. ****** Renfrew Remains Dry Renfrew, Sept 6 -- In a plebiscite today, Renfrew voted against establishment of a liquor store, the affirmative failing to poll more than three-fifths of the vote cast by 116 votes. The vote polled was the largest in a Renfrew election to date, 1,714 affirmative, 1,335 negative for a total of 3,049.

Following is the vote by wards: South, 574 for, 430 against; Centre 505 for, 437 against; North 635 for, 468 against. ****** Earthquake Alarm The people of Eganville in common with the population of Eastern Ontario, shared the alarm and frightening experience of the earthquake which had a violent effect at Cornwall. The tremor locally was very pronounced and shaking houses aroused sleeping inmates. Next morning the earth shocks provided a general theme of conversation. ***** A Drowning Victim Arnprior, Aug. 28 -- Full military honours were accorded Private Francis Galligan, whose funeral took place

this morning to the church of St. John Chrysostom and the R.C. Cemetery.

All arrangements were made by the office of Col. F.J.G. Garneau, commandant of the Ottawa area.

Private Galligan, who returned recently from Italy, where he was seriously wounded, was drowned on Wednesday last while bathing in the Bonnechere River, near Renfrew. ****** Rural Dean Thatcher Leaving Eganville To Take American Charge The resignation of Rev. R.H. Thatcher, as rector of St. John’s Anglican church, Eganville, and Rural Dean of Pembroke, has been accepted

by Rt. Rev. R. Jefferson, Bishop of Ottawa, and announcement is made that Dean Thatcher will go to the city of Goldsboro, North Carolina, as Rector of the Church of St. Steven there.

His duties at Eganville will cease about the middle of October.

Rev. Rural Dean Robins H. Thatcher. L.S.T., was born in London, England. Came to Canada in 1924 and worked as a lay reader under the Bishops of Edmonton and Athabasca. In 1933, he was raised to the priesthood in St. Barnabas’ church, Ottawa. In 1938, he was appointed incumbent of the mission Holy Trinity, Madawaska, and two years later came to Eganville as Rector of St. John’s church.

Later in the same year, he was elected Rural Dean of Pembroke by brother clergy; which election was confirmed

by Bishop Jefferson of Ottawa. ****** Barry’s Bay

The following teachers left Monday to resume their duties: Miss Vivian Kitts to Fitzroy Harbour; Jamesina Kitts to Sharbot Lake; Rita Murray to Bell’s Corners; Teresita Murray to Ottawa; Zita Shalla to Griffith; Doreen Conway to Mallorytown; Inez Murray to Latchford Bridge; Anna M. Murray to Maynooth; Monica Coulas to Round Lake, and Doris Landon to Combermere. ****** Felix Roche Was An Original Discoverer News despatches on Wednesday announced that Felix Roche, a former well known Killaloe resident, who was engaged in the insurance business and purchase of pulpwood, had been the initial discoverer of the new gold field being staked in the Kirkland Lake area. He is a brother of Mrs. T.J. Rankin and Mrs. J.F. Shea of Pembroke. The dispatch follows: “The Ontario Department of Mines said today that all of 36 square miles of Midlothian Township, 50 miles south of the Kirkland Lake gold camp, has been staked solid by gold seekers and that the staking rush now has spread to adjoining townships to the east and north.

An official in the department said the staking rush in the area was the biggest in Ontario in years and that many of the largest mining companies are interested.

The initial discovery was made about 16 days ago by Felix Roche and first news about it was made public August 23rd.”

An Old Man’s Opinion From Page 8 The original caption was ‘The Greatest of All Miracles’ I didn’t want to get ahead of myself so I changed it, and it took me back to Seminary days. I felt honoured to be asked by three of Scarboro’s deacons to serve as altar boy as they practised saying Mass in the weeks before ordination. One of the holy future priests confided in me that he could never think of himself as a miracle worker, changing the host and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. He

was a living saint, and after ordination, before saying Mass, always said a fervent prayer asking God to perform the miracle ahead of time.

One day during meditation he felt assured the miracle of the Eucharist had been with the Christian church wherever Holy Communion is served.

It is the way Jesus has asked to be remembered. Maybe that explains why all three Christian religions are searching for common ground.

Back in Ireland when the Religious War was raging we often heard my

Catholic fellowman boasting that we are the only true church. That does nothing but stir more trouble. We were the church founded by Jesus himself but that was only until we peed in our own soup. I have lived among a number of saints, many of my fellow seminarians having become holy priests, and others from many different faiths. I even married a Saint. When God decides that I have no more tomorrows on Planet Earth, I know they will be there to welcome me to one of His Heavenly Planets.

25 Years Ago - September 7, 1994 Girl Trapped For Four Hours A 19-year-old Cobden girl was trapped for almost four hours in the car she was driving after the vehicle entered the southbound ditch on Fire Route 21 in Sebastopol Township Saturday night.

Allison Wood and her passenger, Jennifer Faught, 19 , also of Cobden, were returning home shortly after 10 after visiting with a friend, Wendy Rosien, when the accident occurred.

The mishap took place about three miles from the Rosien residence on a township road that is little travelled.

Jennifer managed to climb out of the car, which ended up on its side against the trees, and while she was wandering along the road in a disoriented state, Wendy’s brother, Darwin, came along about minutes later.

An ambulance from Eganville was dispatched to the scene and the Eganville Fire Department’s rescue unit was also called out, arriving about midnight.

Because of the precarious position the car was in and because the girl’s arm was pinned between the car and the tree, the rescue crew was unable to pull the vehicle away from the

tree for fear of injuring the arm more than it was.

The vehicle had to be cut away piece by piece to free the young woman. ****** KPS Teacher Serious Injured A teacher from Killaloe Public School (KPS) was seriously injured in a crash last week.

Jean Benjamin, who has taught at KPS since 1985, was injured in a collision on Monday afternoon, August 29 at about 3:15 p.m.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 62 and Tramore Road. Mrs. Benjamin had been at the school preparing her classroom for the upcoming start of school and was heading to her Round Lake home when the accident occurred.

She was northbound on the highway in a Dodge van and collided with a Hagarty and Richards Township dump truck which was pulling onto Highway 62 from Tramore Road. ****** General Store In Hyndford Closes Its Doors The general store in Hyndford and the only business in the hamlet has closed its doors for the final time.

“It was a good business 65 years ago when the Bradleys bought it,” owner Donald Aubrey said. “People couldn’t travel far then. Now everyone likes to do their shopping at one place.”

After owning the store for five years, Mr. Aubrey decided to close this summer. He said it was a result of the times as people are looking for bargains and convenience is no longer a big priority.

“I tried to keep it as cheap as I could,” Mr. Aubrey said. “The big stores put things on sale. I can’t beat that. Now I will be going there too.”

A native of Hyndford, Mr. Aubrey returned there five years ago when he retired from Douglas Aircraft. He and his wife, Doreen, purchased the store and named it D and D Convenience.

His wife died shortly after the move to Hyndford, following a battle with cancer. Most recently Mr. Aubrey has run the store with help from his second wife, also widowed the same year, Joan.

Mr. Aubrey recalls the past of the store with fondness.

“It was going strong when I was passing through here to go to school,” he said. “That was 50 years ago.”

50 Years Ago - September 5, 1969 Important Meeting Friday Night Reeve Ernest E. Bimm and the Eganville council have called a special meeting for Friday evening, Sept 5th, which all local businessmen are urged to attend. The elimination of C.P.R. service to Eganville may have created shipping and receiving problems for merchants, garage owners, or anyone else who depended on the railroad to supply express service.

Mr. Bimm proposes to investigate the extent of the impact this may have on the community and, if it is serious, to arrive at a solution to the situation.

Some consideration will also be given to the lack of organization in the business community. At present, Eganville businesses have no means of working together on special promotions and no channels of communication between themselves or with the municipal council. There is a need for a united voice in the interests of the businessmen and the community. So this meeting is one all business people should make an effort to attend. ****** Man Shot In Chest Accidentally William Francis, 82, of R.R. 2, Eganville, is in satisfactory condition in Pembroke General Hospital after being shot in the chest Sunday.

The accident happened at the home of John Buelow of Lake Clear.

Police said a .22 calibre revolver was in the hands of an 11-year-old child when it was accidentally fired. ****** Break-Ins Investigated By OPP An unsuccessful attempt was made by thieves to enter St. James’ rectory, Eganville, Sunday.

A total of $685 was taken from the rectories of St. Ann’s Church, Cor-

mac, St. Lawrence O’Toole’s Church in Barry’s Bay, and Canadian Martyrs Church, Combermere.

Police are looking for a late model beige coloured Buick, two-door hardtop with an aerial on the right rear fender. ****** Happy Days Here Again For Local Students The annual week of mixed emotions is with us again as fond, but harassed, mothers pack lunches and students take off for the first day of school after weeks of “freedom” with a little reluctance made lighter by happy anticipation of the renewal of last year’s school friendships and the program of activities for the coming months.

Mr. D.P. Whillans, Principal of the Opeongo High School, reports that registration has raised about 10 per cent at that school. In addition to the regular influx of first-year high school students there are about 30 young people from the Griffith-Matawatchan area. “They are a fine looking group of students,” Mr. Whillans said, “and we are happy to welcome them to this school,.”

On the first school day, the enrollment was 921 and, as there are usually a few late arrivals, this number may be higher in a week or so.

A teaching staff of 55 will be responsible for the education of the students.

Sister M. Casey, Principal of St. James’ Separate School, said 360 pupils were registered at her school on the first day. This is a slight drop from last year.

Mr. Harold Barrington, Principal of Eganville District Public School, tells

us that school has a “bumper crop” this year. There is a total enrollment of 723 students. ****** St. James Bids Farewell To Respected Pastor Rev. F.J. Deloughery, who has been pastor at St. James Roman Catholic Church , Eganville, for the past 14 years retired on September 2, 1969, after 43 years of dedicated service to the church.

He will serve as chaplain at the Grey Sisters Motherhouse in Pembroke.

Although his parishioners realize that Father Deloughery has been in ill health and the duties of this rather large parish are demanding, his retirement was received with sincere regret.

During the past 14 years, Father Deloughery became a part of the lives of the people sharing their happy moments and their sorrow with equal understanding. A sincere priest, a quiet, dignified man, he served this parish long and well.

The departure of Rev. Deloughery brings a new citizen to Eganville and potential friend for everyone else here. Rev. M. J. Hass says he will “just try to carry on Father Deloughery’s work to the best of his ability.”

The new pastor comes from Combermere parish where he left many old and warm friends to embark on the trying experience of taking up his duties in a strange environment among people he does not know. Judging by his congenial manner, self assurance and pleasant conversation, Father Hass will soon find new friends and a place of his own in the community.

Rev. Hass was born in Admaston Township, a son of John Hass and Mary Ann Coulterman.

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Yantha brothers mark 50 years at Barry’s Bay Dairy

By Gerald Tracey

News Editor Barry’s Bay -- Neither Tony, Ed or Doc Yantha have ever milked a cow in their lives, yet the three brothers are marking 50 years in the dairy business this week.

Every village and town has its own unique businesses and while a dairy business can hardly be considered unique, what is rare is to find three brothers who have built up a lucrative business in this busy Madawaska Valley village of 1,400 and continue to get along as well today as they did in the beginning.

Known for their hard work and commitment to customer satisfaction, the trio have worked hard to grow the business even in times of corporate takeovers and the closing of many “maw and paw” stores due to the changing business climate.

The dairy also includes a restaurant and ice cream parlour where three generations of area residents and visitors have gathered for morning and afternoon coffee and breakfast and lunch and where the important issues of the day have been and continue to be discussed.

For five decades, they have been the distributor of dairy products and ice throughout the Madawaska Valley and beyond and this weekend, they will be showing their appreciation to their many loyal customers by serving free coffee and ice cream cones.

“During our 50th year celebration our thoughts turn to all the people and staff who have made our progress possible,” Tony Yantha said. “And

in that spirit we want to simply, but sincerely, say thank you to everyone for their loyal support.”

The Yanthas purchased Barry’s Bay Dairy in 1969 and when Tony thinks back to that time, it still evokes many fond and emotional memories.

“I worked for Bill Hoffman for six summers and got to drive the delivery truck in my last four years,” he recalled. “It’s crazy how vividly I remember that summer. My dad only gave us the car to take our mother to church or shopping.”

Tony, 76, and older brother, Ed, 78, purchased the dairy from Mr. Hoffman. Ed had his share for the down payment, but Tony, who was married with two young daughters, didn’t have enough money. But after his summer stints at the dairy, he was determined to someday own the business.

“My last resort was to contact my Aunt Sally for a loan and when she agreed, Ed and I purchased the dairy and I paid my aunt back, with interest, in four years” Tony recalled.

“She still reminds me to this day that she made a mistake and should have asked for shares in the business instead of loan payments,” he quipped Both Ed and Tony worked for Atlas Steel in Welland and continued to do so after they purchased the business.

Tony Hubers, who had worked for Mr. Hoffman for many years, operated the business until 1971 when Tony quit his job and moved back to Barry’s Bay with wife Ann and daughters, Tammy and Tracy to run the business.

Son Darwin would come along later.

Ed continued working at Atlas and was always in the background at the dairy. He retired in 2001 and returned to Barry’s Bay with wife, Pat to enjoy retirement.

Younger brother, Doc (Sylvester) purchased shares in the business in 1973. Doc and his wife, Cathy, live near Pembroke. Tony is president of the company, Doc is vice-president and Ed is treasurer.

When they took over the dairy, milk production ceased locally and they became distributors for Brum’s and then Sealtest, which is now Natrel.

They also became the distributors for Borden’s ice cream, later Nestle, and also Chapman’s ice cream.

Tony recalls the excitement they felt when they first bought the business, realizing it had great potential.

Through hard work, long hours and a strong determination to succeed, they grew the business and although market conditions have changed dramatically over the last five decades the business is still a going concern.

“The business is still very lucrative, but we are getting tired now,” he admitted. “We want to sell the business and hopefully the right person will come along. We’ve had two offers in the last few years. One was to carry a mortgage and in a goodwill business you can’t afford to carry the mortgage because if something goes wrong you’ve lost at both ends.”

The Yanthas are extremely grateful to the many people who have and continue to work for them, saying they were always fortunate to have good staff who played a big part in

The Yantha brothers -- Ed, Doc and Tony-- are shown with their parents, Martha and August at a family celebration several years ago. The brothers agree the blueprints for their success came from their mom and dad.

their success.

One of those individuals is Holly Skuce who has worked in the office for 40 years and still loves going to work every day. While not related to the Yanthas, they consider her family.

There have been many changes in the business world, both big and small, over the last half century, some good and some not so good.

“It is sad the number of “maw and paw” stores in our servicing area that have closed,” Tony said. “There has been a huge change. They have just disappeared. And what has popped up are gas stations with convenience stores.”

Known for their quick wit, genuine interest in the community and outgoing dispositions, they are quick to pay tribute to two very important people in their lives -- their dad and mom, August and Martha who, in their retirement years, pitched in and helped out at the dairy, mom helping in the kitchen and restaurant and dad helping out in the back preparing orders and loading trucks.

“We are all self made men, but the blueprints came from our mother and dad,” Tony said. “When we bought the dairy in 1969 our goal was hard work, fun and results. My brothers and I all got along because there was no limit to the amount of good we could do, when nobody cared who got the credit.”

Ed Yantha said the 50 years flew by unbelievably fast.

“And we’ve got to give a lot of credit to the staff, especially Holly. She is an excellent PR person,” he said.

“We had a lot of loyal customers.”

The Island Dairy The first dairy in Barry’s Bay was started by Paul B. Mask and was named Island Dairy since the family lived on Mask Island. In 1938, Mr. Mask bought the present property where the dairy is located from John Conway for $175. The latest pasteurizing machinery installed in the plant came from De Laval.

The older Mask girls -- Evelyn, Florence and Teresa -- along with the boys -- Raymond and Elmer -- helped with the operation of the plant. They milked the cows on the island farm and delivered the raw milk to the plant to be processed. Products sold included milk, cream and ice cream.

Barney, the horse, delivered milk to homes in Barry’s Bay. The Mask family ran the dairy for about seven years and in 1946 sold it to John and Beth Plaunt of Renfrew, continuing to supply milk to the plant.

In 1949, the Plaunts sold the business to William McEwen Hoffman. He was a brother of Ivan Hoffman of Eganville who built a large creamery plant in Eganville in 1944.

Local milk continued to be pasteurized at the plant and delivered by horse-drawn wagons to village homes.

The Hoffmans added a restaurant to the dairy and many girls, including Bernadette Golka, Pauline Yankovich and Susan Burchat, worked as waitresses at the Barry’s Bay Dairy. The Hoffmans lived on the second floor of the dairy.

In 1977, the Yanthas erected a brand new building and the old structure was demolished. The business expanded to include a larger restaurant and a dairy bar.

Known for their outstanding business acumen, there is also a very humourous side to the trio and few people leave the dairy without a good

Holly Skuce is the longest serving employee at the Barry’s Day Dairy.

She began working for the Yanthas 40 years ago. laugh or at least a big smile on their faces if they have been talking to one or all of the brothers.

“If Doc and I would have known

that we would have lived this long, we would have taken better care of ourselves,” quipped Tony.

The business moved into a brand new building in December 1977 with a larger restaurant and ice cream parlour. It was the beginning of a new era for the business as sales grew with an expanded market area.

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County passes resolution for independent inquiry of Ottawa River flood

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Pembroke -- The secretary of a local citizen’s group who has been calling for an independent inquiry into the devastating floods along the Ottawa River earlier this year, praised Renfrew County council last Wednesday for passing a resolution supporting their request.

“I’m totally delighted,” Maurice Leger, secretary of the Ottawa River Watershed Flood Committee (ORWFC), said of council’s action. “This is a first in the watershed.”

“There’s been no co-ordination of what Ontario does, what Quebec does,” he added. “They have flood risk mapping in Quebec and they have a program to buy out property and in Ontario they have money for repairs, but in the end, there’s been little co-ordination. So for us, this is a kick-off to be able to go to others and now we can give the federal members a very clear and consistent message as to what people want.”

He said municipal officials have been nothing but cooperative and eager to jump on the ORWFC bandwagon.

“I guess they’re closest to the action,” he remarked.

“They’ve been out helping people with sandbags and everything else.”

The resolution, which received unanimous support, noted “flood victims along the Ottawa River are waiting on reliable information on the factors contributing to the recent flooding events, the likelihood of reoccurrence, and the likelihood of flood measures being implemented, before making decisions on relocating (i.e. being bought out) or repairing their homes/and or cottages.”

The resolution highlighted numerous requests including asking Doug McNeil, Ontario’s Special Advisor on flooding, to engage municipal governments, associations and groups in Renfrew County that have been affected by the floods in both 2017 and 2019. In addition, the resolution asked “the federal and provincial governments to conduct a truly independent technical review of the existing dam and reservoir infrastructure in the Ottawa River, with a goal of determining if “best use” is being made of said infrastructure to forecast, reduce, or eliminate flooding along the Ottawa River and its tributaries.”

It further asked that a truly independent review of the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board mandate, governance model, communications plan, operating procedures and policies be undertaken to ensure the integrated management of all reservoirs and dams in the watershed and to minimize damaging from flooding along the river and its tributaries.

The resolution concluded with a request to the provincial government to change the eligibility requirements for financial assistance under the Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO) to include both seasonal (cottages) and principal residences, for both Ontario and non-Ontario residents, and for an increase in the $250,000 application limit to assist in whole property replacement/renovation, as well as an increase to the eligibility caps for household items to replacement value.

Mr. Leger said he has a personal connection to the issue as he is a cottage owner on the Ottawa River at Allumette Island. It was completely surrounded by water this year.

Back in May, he said a small group of affected citizens got together while there was a lot of focus on the flood victims at the time, which there should have been. They felt the one thing that should have been happening in parallel was to find solutions.

He said some of the things the ORWFC talked about was there was no co-ordination between what Quebec was doing and what Ontario was doing. Everybody was talking about the Ottawa River it seemed, but the issue is an Ontario-Quebec issue and they should focus on the entire watershed of the river.

“We should be talking not only about the Ottawa River, if we wanted support, but we should be talking about the Ottawa River and its tributaries.”

To date the group has garnered the support of about 40 municipalities.

“So our plan is to try and get coverage downstream, towards Ottawa, Gatineau and beyond and upstream to Mattawa and beyond, and also up the tributaries. We’re trying to get as much political support to be able to deliver a very consistent, unified message from Quebec and Ontario municipal politicians to their provincial and federal members.”

Mr. Leger said the ORWFC had made a presentation to the county’s Development and Property Committee and the resolution passed was a result of that meeting.

“The purpose of our committee is to lobby elected officials to take action on finding a solution to flooding along the Ottawa River and its tributaries,” he said.

The group has met with federal, provincial and municipal members to plead its case to find a solution or solutions to the flooding in the Ottawa River watershed.

“We’re not looking to place blame, we don’t care whose fault it is, that’s not what we’re after. We want to focus on solutions, but you need to understand and define the problem before you can get the solution.”

He said during the post-flood public meetings, the public was told when the existing reservoirs are full, there’s not much that can be done.

“To us, when the reservoirs are full, it’s time to look at increasing capacity,” he remarked. “And if we think it’s climate change, it’s time to do something about it.

“There seems to be a very wide spread acceptance of the status quo at the agencies and with whoever operates the dams and reservoirs, so we’re hoping to change that.

He questioned if the infrastructure on the watershed was being utilized to its full capacity.

“A lot of the people believe there was mismanagement.

I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t necessarily believe in one or the other.”

He questioned if the Ottawa River Planning Board model is appropriate to today’s realities, adding it was established in 1983.

“I know one of the questions that was asked of the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board was why don’t we look at increasing reservoirs, and it was dismissed.

“They said they looked at it 40 years ago and it was rejected. Well, why was it rejected, why can’t we look elsewhere?” Is it feasible to add reservoir capacity in the watershed?

“And those solutions won’t be on the Ottawa River. In my mind, the opportunities to add reservoirs and to do stuff is on the tributaries,” he added.

Mr. Leger questioned why their was a distinction regarding financial assistance between principal residences and cottages.

“It came out loud and clear in the Pontiac, when people build a cottage, it’s a choice that they’re going to spend a lot of their spare cash in the area where they have the cottage. So it’s not just municipal taxes, it’s the boost to the local economy. It’s the gas, the groceries, it’s everything else.”

The group has written letters to federal and provincial members whose ridings abut the river and its tributaries, and to various ministers. He said the responses have not been “solution-oriented” up to now, adding Pontiac MP Will Amos said they will secure some type of study to look into it.

The group has done media interviews, posts on social media and they have a petition on Facebook called Flood 2019 Petition that has over 7,000 responses.

“It’s all about getting answers,” he said. “We started in May and I think we’re making pretty good progress, but it’s not enough yet. We need the attention of the federal politicians.”

Maurice Leger, secretary of the ORWFC and a cottage owner on the Ottawa River, was elated after Renfrew County Council supported his group’s resolution last Wednesday calling for solutions to the flooding issues on the river.

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Renfrew County withdraws its bid to host 2021 IPM

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Pembroke -- The County of Renfrew will not be hosting the 2021 International Plowing Match (IPM).

Last Wednesday, a resolution was passed during the Development and Property Committee report at council that the county suspend its bid to host the IPM in two years time following a report by the International Plowing Match Advisory Committee.

The committee had been struck earlier this year to examine the possibilities of hosting the event at the Ma-Te-Way recreation centre in Renfrew with the incorporation of surrounding farmland.

In the resolution, it was stated, “it has been determined after a thorough site investigation of the lands adjacent to and to the southwest of the Ma-teway Activity Centre that these properties will not be suitable for hosting the International Plowing Match & Rural Expo in 2021.”

The resolution went on to state that given the short time frame remaining in order to make other arrangements, council chose to suspend its bid.

And while the resolution marked the end of the possibilities of attracting the IPM in 2021, it did give hope of the county hosting it further in the future.

“And further that staff be directed to commence an investigation into options for a suitable site to host the 2025 International Plowing Match & Rural Expo,” the resolution continued.

It concluded by instructing staff to inform the Ontario Plowmen’s Association, the Renfrew County Plowmen’s Association, local municipalities and local landowners of the decision.

Admaston/Bromley Township May-

or Michael Donohue explained he felt it was appropriate to note the Ad-hoc committee’s recommendations to the Development and Property Committee based on the fact a great deal of rehabilitation effort would be required on the lands proposed for the site that were beyond the county’s ability to meet for the 2021 timeline.

“As I indicated, and as Councillor Emon (Renfrew Reeve Peter Emon) had indicated, as we were ramping up towards this, we have been very systematic and pragmatic in our approach all through this,” he said.

He said had not been for the challenges at the site, he felt it would have been doable by 2021.

“But that became impossible to meet on a careful inspection of the proposed site,” he added. “However, I want to commend staff, Councillor (Bob) Sweet (Mayor of Petawawa and chair of the Development and Property Committee), and those property owners that truly embraced this initiative. I have no doubt that that same desire and that same keenness will return as we move forward on this.”

He said council’s decision to now examine the possibility of hosting the event in 2025 gives everyone ample time to meet or exceed the expectations put forth by the outstanding effort of Fred Blackstein and former Laurentian Valley Mayor Jack Wilson back in 1994 when the county hosted a very successful IPM on Mayor Wilson’s properties in LV. Mayor Sweet said he would be remiss if he did not acknowledge the work put into the proposed bid by Reeve Emon and Mayor Donohue as members of the ad-hoc committee.

“They put a huge amount of work and effort into this particular situation trying to bring it to the point where they had a review of the site where it

was not possible to allow the match in 2021. But to both gentlemen, they did an outstanding job of working behind the scenes throughout the summer and talking to a lot of people to try and get the land to host this.”

Warden Jennifer Murphy agreed there was a lot of groundwork put into the project.

“But the rehab of that particular one piece of land would have been virtually impossible in this time frame,” she said. “But I do commend you both for everything you have done and all the help that the staff has been throughout this process.”

Reeve Emon said he was very fortunate to have Mayor Donohue working with him on the committee.

He said he has spoken with some of the people who were considering becoming involved in different roles about the decision to suspend the bid and while he would not say they were disappointed, they had certainly “been ramping up” to do it.

“But they’re still interested down the road, dependent on the circumstances,” he noted.

He said they have made phone calls to the property owners who would have been involved and they were given verbal explanation with a guarantee they would provide a further explanation once county council had endorsed the recommendation.

“So I think everybody is satisfied.

I know we certainly performed due diligence in looking at the site, and had we known that a year or two years ago, I think we could have fixed the site at a reasonable price and moved forward.

“But the calendar was against us and it’s the right decision, right now to go back to the drawing board to look at sites and find the site that is ideal for this,” he added.

Pembroke -- Provincial police responded to two separate incidents of improperly discarded needles in public spaces in the city last Wednesday, August 28. Approximately 60 syringes were located and safely disposed of by police.

The needles were found on a walking trail that connects Mary Street and Forced Road and also on cemetery

property at the corner of James Street and Villa Street.

Syringes and needles, also known as sharps, need to be disposed of properly. Do not place sharps in the garbage or recycling. The Renfrew County District Health Unit and most pharmacies offer sharps containers and disposal services free of charge. The City of Pembroke also

offers community needle drop boxes at three locations: * Douglas Street at Lea Street; * OATC clinic at 156 John Street; * Waterfront Park washrooms on Alexander Street.

The Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre accepts sharps at their hazardous waste depot and at environment day locations.

Improperly discarded syringes are located in public places in city

County honoured by OSUM board Petawawa Mayor Bob Sweet presented a plaque to Renfrew County council from the Ontario Small Urban Municipalities board of directors recognizing the great job the county and City of Pembroke did in co-hosting the 2019 OSUM conference earlier this year. Seen with Mayor Sweet at left are, Alastair Baird and Helen Giroux of the county’s business, economic development and marketing department, who helped co-ordinate the conference, and Warden Jennifer Murphy.

Body of elderly woman found in river Combermere -- Emergency responders recovered the body of an elderly woman who had been reported missing from the Madawaska River at Comberemere Monday morning.

At about 11:30 a.m., members of the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to

a report of a missing elderly female on Waxwing Lane. A short time later, police, with the assistance of the Madawaska Valley Fire Department and Renfrew County Paramedics, located a body that was found floating off of the shoreline of Hyde’s Bay. The deceased has been identified as

Irena Michalska, 78, of Ottawa who had a cottage in the area. The Office of the Chief Coroner and the Renfrew County Crime Unit are continuing to investigate. A post mortem has been scheduled to determine the cause of death. Police deem the death as nonsuspicious at this time.

Busy week for Renfrew OPP officers Renfrew -- The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated 344 calls for service in the past week. Arnprior and Renfrew officers investigated 13 domestic disputes.

Impaired Driving Charges Officers responded to a traffic complaint Monday in McNab/Braeside Township. As a result of the investigation Christopher Bayford, 37, of McNab/Braeside Township has been charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with over 80 mg of alcohol.

While an officer was conducting traffic enforcement in Horton Township Monday, Brandon Latreille, 32, of Horton Township was charged with

impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with over 80mg of alcohol.

Impaired Charge in Killaloe On Tuesday, August 27 at about 2: 30 p.m., Killaloe OPP responded to a traffic complaint involving a vehicle that was driving erratically on Round Lake Road in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township. Police located the vehicle and as a result, Arthur Mask, 62, of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township was arrested and charged with impaired driving.

Charged With Uttering Threats On August 27, officers from the Renfrew OPP Detachment responded to a dispute call in Whitewater Region Township. As a result of the investigation, Richard Deschambault, 49,

of Whitewater Region Township has been charged with uttering threats.

Alfred Briginshaw, 59, of Renfrew, was charged with uttering threats after police responded to a threats call in Renfrew on August 28.

Racing Charges While conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 in McNab/Braeside Township Saturday a 49-year-old Petawawa man, Todd Briscoe, was issued a summons for racing a motor vehicle and excessive speed, The same day an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 60 in Admaston/Bromley Township when he issued a summons to Brian Quarrington, 61, of Ottawa for racing a motor vehicle.

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Danny Gallagher, left, presented John McEachen with a Montreal Canadiens hat to honour his role as the MVP for the Douglas team during the 1969 play-offs. Mr. McEachen was the winning pitcher in numerous games the team played then.

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Michael Gallagher of Renfrew still has the championship jacket the team members received in honour of their SRBL victory in 1969. He wore it with pride at the team’s reunion Sunday where many of the former players and their families came together.

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Douglas Expos team-mates Tom Gallagher, left, of Eganville and Mike Moriarty of Ottawa check out some of the memorabilia on display at the 50th anniversary reunion of their SRBL championship in 1969. The team has held reunions in 1979, 1989 and 1999.

Douglas Expos mark 50th anniversary of championship

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Douglas -- In the late 1960s baseball was alive and well in the Ottawa Valley and on Sunday, members of the Douglas Expos gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their championship win in the 1969 South Renfrew Baseball League (SRBL).

Nine members of the winning team were present for the celebration held at the Douglas Tavern where event organizer Danny Gallagher shared some history on the play-offs that year that led to their championship win. The team had previously held reunions in 1979, 1989 and 1999.

“We’re here to celebrate a great occasion of us winning the South Renfrew Senior Baseball League championship in 1969,” he began.

“It was exactly 50 years ago today.

“It was a holiday Monday and we won it here at the diamond in Douglas,” he continued.

Mr. Gallagher recalled Douglas had won the first three games in the best-of-seven championship final but Killaloe had avoided being swept in the series with a win in game four on August 3.

“We were hoping to wrap it up in Killaloe, so we could really party on the long weekend,” he noted jokingly.

However, that was not to be and the Expos went on to win the title the following day, on September 1, back in Douglas.

He shared how Cormac, the defending champions, had finished in first place during the regular season and Douglas had finished third. The other two teams, Barry’s Bay and Killaloe, were second and fourth, but he could not recall exactly which team ended up in what position.

As such, Douglas met Cormac in the semi-final, in what many will recall was a very spirited series.

The surviving members of the 1969 Douglas Expos gathered at the Douglas Tavern on Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their victory in the SRBL championship final. From left, Lawrence Gallagher, Mike Moriarty, John Dicker (scorekeeper), Michael Gallagher, John McEachen, Danny Gallagher, Jim Welsh, Tom Gallagher, and Jim Gallagher. The group held a silent auction for the items on the table with over $500 raised for Hospice Renfrew.

“The first two games were in Cormac, and they won the first game,” he recalled. “ And in the second game everybody kind of knows what happened there.”

Douglas ended up forfeiting that game due to an incident that occurred in that contest, but rallied to win the next two games back home in Douglas.

“The fifth game was back in Cormac and that was kind of an emotional game for all of us because it was our first game back there,” he remarked. “We won that game.”

They returned to Douglas for game six, which the Expos won 8-4 to wrap-up the semi-final series.

“We had one helluva party at Larry Moriarty’s (the coach of the team) house,” he recalled.

The team went on to meet Killaloe in the final, taking that series 4-1, in a series where they heavily outscored their opponents. He noted his brother, Jim, hit two home runs in the series-clinching 11-3 win.

The team took a couple of weeks off, but what was interesting, Larry (Moriarty) got talking to somebody in Ottawa about maybe playing a Challenge Series against the Ottawa West End Braves. The Braves had won the Hull Senior Baseball League that year and the two teams met in a best-of-three series which Douglas won.

“Ottawa won one game and, for some reason, we tied one game,” he explained. “The other two games, we took it to them 10-2 and 13-4.

“The final game was 10-2 and we

had 18 hits,” he added.

It was noted it was not uncommon to see crowds of several hundred people at the games in those days.

“It really was the heyday of baseball in those years,” Mr. Gallagher said.

At times, Eganville, Cobden and Foymount were also in the league and Eganville actually won the league title in 1958.

McEachen Was MVP Although the team never formally named an MVP for the year, Mr. Gallagher said one player clearly deserved that designation.

“One of the key guys in the Cormac series, the Killaloe series, and against the Ottawa team is one of the greatest ball players in the history of Douglas,” he said.

At that point, he called on John McEachen to be recognized for his accomplishments that year.

McEachen was the team’s ace and although his exact record was not known, it was believed he was the winning pitcher in three of the four wins versus Cormac, in two of the games with Killaloe, and in the two wins over Ottawa in the challenge series.

“You were a real workhorse,” Mr. Gallagher told Mr. McEachen.

“There was a lot of rivalry,” Mr. McEachen responded when asked what he recalled of the play-offs that year. “I remember Jimmy Welsh made the last out of that game (against Cormac).

He said the team always had great outfielders that could cover a lot of

ground.

“They were like vacuum cleaners out there,” he said of their abilities.

Other members of the team shared stories from other years and it was obvious there were some great memories over the years.

Mr. Gallagher recognized the many fans that supported the team, thanking them for their support. He explained numerous items had been collected for a silent auction with all proceeds going to Hospice Renfrew.

The celebration included a moment of silence for the deceased members of the team -- some of whom were represented by family members at the event -- Larry Moriarty, Doug Lavallee, Paul Shirley, Dick Willie, Jackie Welsh, Don Shean and Wayne Quade.

“These are fine gentlemen that are no longer with us but never forgotten,” Mr. Gallagher said.

He said the Expos last year in the league was in 1970 but in 1971 a team was formed to enter the Ontario Baseball Association play downs.

“We went down to Corona but we got beat two straight. They had a really, really strong team down there,” he said.

He acknowledged the work Mr. Moriarty had done over the years in managing and coaching the team.

“He spent a lot of time, not only with the adult players in the senior league, but he also coached a lot of the younger kids growing up. He was a mentor to a lot of younger kids growing up, even as hockey players too, in their youth.”

He agreed every small community had their own Larry Moriarty-styled individuals.

“There were a lot of mentors and community leaders in sports. It was great to have those people around who were really the central, focal point of the sports community.”

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Fiddling and step dancing results from Pembroke

Beatrice Herwig of Eganville placed fourth in the 18 and Under Fiddling and third in the 18 and Under step dancing.

65 and Over Fiddling 1. Leo Ready, Pembroke; 2. Maurice Billette, Saint- Barbe, Que.; 3. Dennis Alexander, Aylmer, Que. 4. Bruce Armitage, Quyon, Que;.

50 and Over Step Dancing 1. Susan Guzzo, Kanata; 2. Kate Murphy, Toronto; 3. Fern Storie, Renfrew; 19-44 Fiddling 1. Courtney Drew, Cookshire-Eaton, Que.; 2. Paul Dacier, Fassett, Que;.

3. Krista Rosien, Pembroke; 4. Will March, Pembroke; 19-49 Step Dancing 1. Hillary Williams, Ottawa; 2. Jordan Chowen, Mount Stewart, PEI; 3.

Patric Hamelin, Alexandria; 9 and Under Step Dancing 1. Serena Sernsokie, Golden Lake; 2. Lucie Lazarus, Chapeau, Que; 3.

Wilson Lazarus, Chapeau, Que; 4.

Bronwyn Popke, Pembroke; 5. Wil-

lem DeVries, Renfrew; 9 and Under Fiddling 1. Wilson Lazarus, Chapeau, Que.; 2. Lucie Lazarus, Chapeau, Que.; 3.

Serena Sernoskie, Golden Lake; 12 and Under Step Dancing 1. Addison Felhaver, Renfrew; 2.

Savannah Crigger, Pembroke; 3.

Sarina Lyons, Gloucester; 12 and Under Fiddling 1. Bennett Van Barr, Kinburn; 2.

Dexter Sernoskie, Golden Lake; 3.

Kameron Tellier, Sudbury; 12 and Under Group Dancing 1. Step in Time, Pembroke/Arnprior/ Golden Lake 18 and Under Fiddling 1. Aine Schryer-O’Gorman, Desbarats; 2. Lucas Candelino, Barrie; 3. Reid Warren, Metcalfe; 4. Beatrice Herwig, Eganville; 18 and Under Step Dancing 1. Leo Stock, Stratford; 2. Mor-

gan Pleet, Ottawa; 3. Beatrice Herwig, Eganville; 4.Andrew Herwig, Eganville; 45-64 Fiddling 1. Ian Hamilton, Cobden; 2. Steve Jacobi, Equinuk, Pa.; 3. Charlie Waldon, Evanston, Pa; 4. Mark Dojzman, Pembroke; Group Dancing 1. Ready, Step Go, Metcalfe; 2.

UnReel, Guelph; 3. Giddy Up & Go, Metcalfe; Twin Fiddle 1. Jane Cory, Winnipeg and Kyle Burghout, Ottawa; 2. Will and Emma March, Pembroke; 3. Lucas Candelino, Barrie, and Aine SchryerO’Gorman, Desbarats; Open Fiddling 1. Benoit Schryer-Lefebvre, Desbrats; 2. Alanna Jenish, Oshawa; 3.

Kyle Burghout, Ottawa; 4. Emma March. Pembroke;

Eganville’s Rob Dagenais served as the accompanist for many of the step dancers in the competition over the weekend.

The trio Step In Time won first place in the 12 and Under group dance category.

From left, Addison Felhaver, Arnprior, Savannah Crigger, Pembroke, and Serena Sernoskie, Golden Lake.

Serena Sernoskie, of Golden Lake, earned first-place in the 9 and Under step dancing category.

A minute of silence was held Saturday evening to honour the departed visitors to the annual show with music provided by, from left, Brian Hebert, Terri-Lynn Mahusky, Shane Cooke, and Louis Schryer.

Bennett Van Barr, of Kinburn, displayed his first-place skills in the 12 and Under fiddle.

Andrew Herwig of Eganville danced his way to a fourth-place finish in the 18 and Under step dancing category.

Leo Ready, of Pembroke, fiddled his way to first place in the 65 and Over category.

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Committee promises big party to mark 45th anniversary Despite retirement of four committee members fiddling and step dancing competition will continue past 2020

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Pembroke -- The 44th edition of the Pembroke Old Time Fiddling and Step Dancing Competition wrapped up late Saturday and already people are looking forward to what has been promised to be quite a celebration in 2020 in honour of the event’s 45th anniversary.

“Our 45th anniversary promises to be a huge celebration,” declared committee chair Diana Hickey on Saturday night from the main stage.

“We want you to join us for our 45th anniversary party -- together with our volunteers, new and old and thousands of faithful visitors, many of whom have been coming to Pembroke since Day 1.”

She then announced she and fellow committee members, Brain Adam, Romeo Levasseur and Laurie Serran would be retiring after next year.

“So join us for the celebration. Will you do that?” she offered to a large round of applause.

Mr. Adam, along with Mrs. Hickey’s late husband, Jim, was one of two of the four founding members of the competition and he shared some history of the event.

In 1974, Mr. Hickey and the late Tom Leclaire approached him and the late Michael Berrigan to ask if they would consider joining them to try to put together an old-time fiddling and step-dancing competition in Pembroke.

“Well here we are, 44 years later,” he stated.

He said it was unfortunate Mr. Hickey, Mr. Leclaire and his brotherin-law, Mr. Berrigan were no longer with them.

“So with Diana, she and I are kind of the last two people standing after 44 years and the decision to retire has not been an easy one,” he admitted.

“There has been talk that after next year, the 45th, this wonderful event will come to an end.

“It’s not true,” he stated emphatically to huge applause. “With the help of the remaining members of our board, and other people who we will talk to and choose, there will be a contest not only in 2020, for our 45th anniversary, but in 2021, and 2022, and God knows how long after that.”

He said Mr. Hickey, the esteemed leader for so many years prior to his passing in 2014, often coined this phrase.

“What we’re doing is a labour of love,” he said, “and how could we not, with all of you helping us and supporting us from year to year?

“We thank you, the members of our board thank you, and we will see you in 2020 and beyond,” he added.

Mr. Adam said current co-emcee Art Jamieson has been with the competition since Day 1, adding the late Mr. Hickey knew him much better

than anyone else in those early years.

“If Jimmy was here, he’d likely say Art had nothing else to do in 1975,” he joked. “So we hired him to be the emcee and guess what happened for 44 years...”

Mr. Jamieson made one correction to the statement, explaining the late Mr. Leclaire had phoned him and told him what was happening.

“He said ‘we’re doing this, we’re having a fiddle contest, we’re having a step-dancing contest, and you are the emcee’.”

Mr. Jamieson said rumours had been circulating the event might end after its 45th anniversary.

“There’s just too many people who would not begin to let this go, whatsoever. We realize the numbers are down from other years... I remember in 2007, there were 44 in the 12 and under fiddle.

“Folks, that takes over three hours to run one class through and it just got very unmanageable almost,” he added. “You started Friday morning and you were going until four or five o’clock Saturday morning and you were back at eight and then right through until Sunday morning. It was just too much. It’s very manageable right now and, with your support, let’s hope it’ll go for another 145 years.”

Pleased With Event Earlier in the day, Mrs. Hickey told the Leader she was happy with the turnout, adding she would not have the actual number of trailers registered at Fiddle Park until early next week when the board meets. She did note there seemed to be a decline in the number of participants in the younger groups, especially in the 9 and under category.

“I don’t know what’s happening there, but anyhow, that’s how it is,” she said. “I don’t know if the kids have lost interest or if they’re into too much.”

She admitted crowds at the park and Pembroke Memorial Centre are down a bit every year. She finds that frustrating and feels bad for the younger competitors who are often on stage with a small audience.

“They work so hard to do their thing to an almost empty building on Saturday morning. It’s probably parents, grandparents and the odd stray one that comes in; it’s sad.”

She noted the popular jam sessions still go on around Fiddle Park, adding there were some new ones this year.

Regarding her announcement, she said there certainly seems to be some general interest in the competition continuing past her retirement after 2020.

“But I’m quite certain I have come to the end of it and we’re going to have a real celebration for the 45th.

“We want to make sure that’s done under our leadership,” she added.

Diana Hickey and Brian Adam, two of the founding members of the old-time fiddling and step dancing competition, announced they were retiring after the 45th anniversary in 2020.

She said as the Saturday afternoon celebration was wrapping up, Steve Jacobi of Pennsylvania invited all players onstage to be part of a group fiddle video as part of the 365 Days of Fiddle project.

Mr. Jacobi had started the project on Facebook and it was designed to promote fiddle-related events.

“Let’s show the world how many fiddlers come to this great contest in Pembroke,” Mr. Jacobi noted in promoting the video.

The participants played three tunes, Rock Valley, Jimmy’s Favourite and

Murray River for the video.

“Steve has been coming in for a number of years and he’s a real good fiddler. He decided to do this video and they all got up onstage and they did the three tunes.”

Mrs. Hickey said it’s really been in the last year she came to the conclusion it was time to step aside.

“It’s become such a chore to do this,” she said of just renting the trailer she uses as a base at Riverside Park. “So it’s time.”

Although not a member of the board initially, she was involved

Four members of the board of directors, Diana Hickey, Brian Adam, Romeo Levasseur and Laurie Serran announced their retirement following the 2020 show. From front left, Mr. Adam, emcee Art Jamieson, Mrs. Hickey, Mr. Levasseur, Richard Jones, Don Rosien, Ian Hamilton, Mrs. Serran, and Lisa Hawkins

from its inception through her husband.

“In 1974, we decided and 1975 was our first event at the Pembroke Armouries. Then we lost Tom (Leclaire) in 1982 and Mike (Berrigan), also in 1982. Then we lost Jim in 2014.”

Mrs. Hickey said many of the “regular” attendees who never missed from the start have passed away too,

accounting for a reduction in numbers. She is hopeful anyone who is able to will make a concerted effort to attend the 45th celebration.

She is encouraged someone else will step up to see the competition carry on after 2020.

“We’re hoping to have a real party,” she said of that event. “We’re hoping to get a lot of the old competitors back.”

The annual contest is a big budget event and a great responsibility.

“We give $20,000 in prizes and then we have to pay the city (for Riverside Park and the PMC, police, the judges, etc,” she said.

Competition Will Continue In an interview with Mr. Adam for the Leader prior to the formal announcement, he said he, Mrs. Hickey and Mr. Levasseur had shared the news of their retirement with the board before hand.

“We’re planning to have a major celebration, not only because it’s 45 years but because, Mrs. Hickey, who has been the walking computer of our organization, is retiring also.”

He stressed in no way did their impending announcement mean the end of the competition after 2020.

“We are hoping and becoming more and more confident that a younger group of people are going to pick up the ball and keep the thing going.

“Our numbers have been slowly going down the past few years, but we have a solid core of fiddle fans and a solid core of people who are concerned about the continuity of this kind of event. And we are more than supportive of anyone who is willing to step up and keep it going.”

He praised Mrs. Hickey for not only becoming a key player in the organization, but the “absolute leader in terms of the detailed organization that needs to take place.”

“She has continued that for 44 solid years and will continue it until the end of next year’s event.”

He said not only had they lost key members of their committee over the years but also many longtime supporters are no longer alive.

“If our numbers are down, it’s not a surprise to us at all because it’s all about demographics. Forty-four years ago, our typical fanatic fiddle fan was about 50 years old, now he or she is 94 if they’re alive and well, if they can get there.

“That whole generation of people who grew up in farm houses, before television and radio, and sometimes even before electricity, those were the people and those were the days that we’ve been celebrating for all these 44 years,” he concluded.

Serena Sernoskie of Golden Lake, winner of the 9 and Under Step Dancing, with judge Rhodina Turner.

Siblings Will and Emma March, of Pembroke, placed second in the Twin Fiddle event. Ms. March also finished Terri-Lynn Mahusky, left, of Renfrew, and Virginia Schwartz, of Chapeau, performed a special duet of Schwartz’s Backyard during the competition Saturday night. fourth in the Open Fiddle category. Her brother was fourth in the 19-44 class.

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Close to 2,000 meals served in Wilno on Sunday

Many women work in the kitchen at St. Mary’s, busily preparing the plates for the servers. This past Sunday, almost 2,000 meals were served by the parishioners. Many people consider the Labour Day weekend event as a sign summer is coming to an end.

John and Gladys Bushby of Pembroke ascend the steps at St. Mary’s Church, working up an appetite for the annual chicken dinner on Sunday. Mrs. Bushby (nee Scully) is a native of Brudenell. The weather for this year’s dinner was perfect and played a significant part in attracting the usual large crowd.

Lucas and Abagail Belland are among the many youth who have joined Parishioner Marlene Shulist serves a plate to Francis Zilney of Barry’s the corps of volunteer workers who work at the annual chicken dinner. Bay who was among the almost 2,000 people to enjoy the annual dinner.

Jim Kearney told Muriel Murack the lemon pie was absolutely delicious.

Lillian Shulist was one of the women who made sure the dinner tables were laden with a variety of tasty deserts.

Aileen Yantha, right, of Barry’s Bay purchases raffle tickets from parishioner Bernadette Prince.

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Whitetail donates $4,000 to RVH’s Give With Heart campaign

By Terry Fleurie

Members of the ownership group at Whitetail Golf Club donated $4,000 to RVH foundation’s Give With Heart Campaign last week from proceeds from the 10th Annual Don MacDonald Jr. Memorial Tournament. From left, Derek MacDonald, fiancee Emily Kenney with their son Wesley, Melanie Clemmer, development co-ordinator at RVH, Patti Dillabough, Executive Director RVH Foundation, and Lorraine and Jack MacDonald.

Renfrew County unanimously passes resolution supporting Legal Clinic

By Terry Fleurie

Staff Writer Pembroke -- In a recorded vote last Wednesday, members of Renfrew County council unanimously supported a resolution brought forward by Arnprior Reeve Dan Lynch addressing proposed provincial funding cutbacks that would seriously affect the delivery of services by the Renfrew County Legal Clinic (RCLC).

He had introduced the motion at County council’s June meeting, expressing his concern about the provincial 2019 budget that included a 30 per cent cut in funding to Legal Aid Ontario, with further cuts proposed in 2020.

“Legal Aid Ontario is downloading a large portion of these cuts to legal clinics and has informed them they are modernizing legal clinics by 2020,” he stated. “Legal Aid is considering replacing legal clinics with online service delivery.”

In the resolution, Reeve Lynch noted the Renfrew County Legal Clinic has delivered services here for over 30 years, providing direct, front-line legal services to low-income clients across the county.

Based in Renfrew, with satellite offices across the county, the clinic advocates for the rights of the most vulnerable people of the county on issues that are most critical to them.

“The legal clinic is in danger of being closed or having its budget significantly cut despite winning

an average of $1.5 million annually for citizens of Renfrew County,” the resolution stated. “This money goes directly into clients’ pockets from sources outside the county and strengthens the local economy.

“Municipalities in the county benefit directly from the work of the Renfrew County Legal Clinic,” it continued.

It noted should the clinic cease to operate, it would have an adverse economic and social affect for the county, resulting in increased reliance on municipal services, increased demand on our local court systems, increased reliance on social assistance administration, increased homelessness, and increased poverty.

In reaction, the resolution “calls upon the Premier and Attorney General to make a commitment to ensure that Legal Aid continues to fund legal clinics within their communities, and to confirm that funding for community legal clinics will not be decreased.”

In addition, it urges the Province to restore funding to these critical services and ensure that all the residents of Renfrew County have access to a fair and equitable justice system, regardless of their financial position. The resolution further noted that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to RenfrewNipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski, the Attorney General, the Legal Aid Ontario Board, the

Premier, AMO, ROMA, AMCTO, and all the municipalities in the county.

During the discussion period, Warden Jennifer Murphy, the Mayor of Bonnechere Valley Township, noted she had some encouraging news on the matter.

“Minister (Doug) Downey, (Ministry of the Attorney General), after the AMO conference on Wednesday, actually drove to Renfrew and had a twohour meeting with Amy Scholten (executive director of RCLC), from our Renfrew County Legal Clinic,” she said. “In advance, his staff had said she’d get about half-anhour, but the Minister was very interested in what she had to say, seemed very engaged, and was going back to speak to his colleagues about it.

“So a huge thank you to Mr. Downey,” she added.

“This is a big deal.”

Warden Murphy noted the subject was the topic of some conversations in the hallways at AMO. “So, I’m wondering if perhaps it gained some traction, but for him to take that time and come to Renfrew, I thought was really good news. So thank you for putting this on the table, Councillor Lynch.”

Reeve Lynch noted representatives of the RCLC have been doing presentations for some of the municipalities in the count, saying he was not sure if that would continue now that council had passed the resolution.

“But I’m sure if you get hold of them, they’re going to tell you how the poor people need their help,” he suggested. “And that’s what we’re here for.”

Warden Murphy said Ms. Scholten had been in Bonnechere Valley and recommended that her peers invite her to speak at their respective councils.

“There were stats in there... Amy and I have been friends for 19 years, and I didn’t know some of the things that our Legal Clinic does, it is so important.”

Laurentian Valley Reeve Debbie Robinson echoed the warden’s comments, thanking Reeve Lynch for bringing the motion forward.

“The people who need these people (the clinic) are the most vulnerable and do not have a voice, and that’s what we’re elected her to do,” she said. “So it takes someone to bring it forward to County Council and I’m thrilled that it is here.”

She noted she has worked with a lot of people over the years and if legal aid had not been available to them, “they would be homeless or in jail”.

Town of Renfrew Reeve Peter Emon added oftentimes people who require the services of the RCLC have trouble expressing themselves.

“They haven’t had a good track record with positions of authority and become intimidated or discouraged by lots of letters, lots of writing, lots of Your

Worships, Madam and Sir and they’d get ground up by the system pretty quickly without an affective advocate. The Legal Clinic does that, it’s a very affective advocate, it works hard to ensure that people understand their rights, because the system des not automatically go to default in respect to your rights.

“You have to protect your own rights and a lot of people in our communities need someone to speak on their behalf,” he added. “So it is a valuable resource that is quite necessary.”

Warden Murphy suggested a recorded vote be conducted to further illustrate to the government County Council meant business on this issue. Council agreed and the resolution passed with unanimous support.

Staff Writer Eganville -- The Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation’s (RVHF) Give With Heart Campaign to purchase a new echo-cardiogram machine got a $4,000 boost Thursday thanks to a donation from Whitetail Golf Club.

Whitetail recently hosted the 10th annual Don MacDonald Jr. Memorial Tournament and the ownership group continued its practice of donating the proceeds to worthy causes in the area, choosing the RVHF campaign this year as one of the charities.

An additional $3,400 is being donated to the Child Poverty Action Network.

“We had some heart problems in the family and waited a long time for an

echocardiogram, so when we saw that this came up, we said this year, because Don had a heart transplant, we always try to keep it heart related.,” noted Lorraine MacDonald, one of the co-owners at Whitetail. “So we thought because there was a long wait and the machine was needed in Renfrew we would donate something to the Foundation towards the echocardiogram machine.”

The late Mr. MacDonald, a member of the original ownership group, passed away in 2010 while doctors were looking at performing a second heart transplant on him. He was one of the original heart recipients in Canada and one of the longest living recipients.

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Food bank donation The Golden Lake Property Owners Association donated $650 to both the Killaloe and Eganville Food Banks from the proceeds of their 2019 Poker Run. From left, Carole Hamilton, Poker Run chair, Carol Poltrok, Eganville Food Bank, Kate O’Hara, GLPOA vice-president, Isabel O’Reilly, Killaloe Food Bank, and Chris

Tournament has great support From Page B5 Lorraine MacDonald, noted over the 10-year history of the event, Whitetail has donated almost $60,000 to worthwhile charities and causes in the area.

The tournament which attracted 142 golfers receives great community support, noted Derek MacDonald, PGA pro at Whitetail.

“There’s always huge support from the community for this event,” he said. “It’s to the point now, where people are calling you right away saying they want to donate.”

He said they have no problem getting participants for the tournament.

“As soon as you put the sign-up sheet up, people are wanting to be involved,” he noted.

The owners are hopeful their actions might inspire others in the community to consider making donations to the cause as well.

“It would be awesome if they could because I think it’s well needed,” r­­­emarked Mrs. MacDonald.

Patti Dillabough, executive director of the RVH Foundation, who is conducting the Give With Heart Campaign, expressed her gratitude to the Whitetail group. ““We’re very grateful for the donation, it’s wonderful support,” she said. “The echocardiogram is one of our key components this year to fundraise for. That’s why we did the Give With Heart Campaign this year.

“So we will be putting that in over the next 12 months, so it’s great,” she added. “It’s really increasing our cardiology program at the hospital.”

They launched the campaign in February in conjunction with Heart Month and will continue it through February 2020.

“All of the donations received to date, including the tournament’s donation, which is our largest single donation to date, will be going towards our campaign and the new echocardiogram.”

She said no actual goal was set for the campaign but they were hopeful $50,000 might be collected for that cause.

“This was the first year we did the Give With Heart campaign, so we weren’t really sure, but we were hoping to raise $50,000, and we’re over that now,” she stated.

Man arrested with imitation weapon

Pembroke -- A 29-year-old Pembroke man was arrested last Tuesday morning, August 27 and charged with possession of an imitation weapon for a dangerous purpose and resisting a peace officer.

Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officersresponded to a call regarding a disturbance between two people in the 300 block of Miller Street at about 8 a.m. One of the involved persons was reported to have brandished a weapon.

Police arrested a subject in the area in connection with this incident and recovered an imitation firearm.

Justin Eric Walker, 29, was held for a bail hearing. Following this incident police executed a search warrant at a residence in the same area on the afternoon of August 27. The search warrant has not led to further arrests or charges at this time.

Ms. Dillabough said any capital purchases of equipment like that for the hospital do not qualify for any government funding, so the Foundation is tasked to partially fund these projects. She expressed her gratitude to the many donours who continually support the Foundation and its projects.

Renfrew -- Ontario Provincial Police officers continue to investigate a break and enter in the Calabogie area.

Officers from the local Renfrew OPP Detachment responded on Friday to a break and enter call on Calabogie Road, in Greater Madawaska Township.

The complainant observed two males leaving a residence. The first male was described as approximately 30-years-old, “ponchy” build, possibly Italian descent, short wavy hair and wearing a shirt with a stripe on it. The second male was described as approximately 50 years old, white, short, stalky, muscular, broad face. The investigation is continuing and anyone with information about this occurrence is asked to contact the Renfrew OPP. Assault The same day, officers responded to an assault call in Arnprior. As a result of the investigation multiple persons have been charged.

Jacob Beaver, 19, of Orleans, has been charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order. Thomas Gilks, also 19 of Arnprior, has been charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats and fail to comply with a probation order. Riley Pope, 20, of Arnprior, has been charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats.

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All were held for a Wash Court bail hearing on Saturday.

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15th annual “Friends of St. Francis” tournament a success

By Terry Fleurie

The John Davidson team won the 15th annual Friends of St. Francis Charity Golf Tournament on Friday. The team was made up of John Davidson, J.J. Davidson, Michael Davidson and Rory Yantha.

Diane Malone, Jasna Boyd, Iwona Mooney and Sharon Mahussier comprised one of the teams in the annual St. Francis Golf Tournament Friday. They had a wonderful day on the links.

Staff Writer Killaloe -- Last Friday, 151 golfers teed it up in the 15th annual Friends of St. Francis Charity Golf Tournament and members of the host St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation (SFVHF) are calling the 2019 event another success.

Toni Lavigne-Conway, executive director of the SFVHF, said proceeds from the tournament at Wolf Ridge Golf Club in Killaloe will be allocated to the purchase of seven new patient beds at a cost of $50,000 for the Medical Unit at the hospital. She said although exact figures would not be known until later this week, this year’s tournament was “very successful”.

Ms. Lavigne-Conway did note the tournament has generated $40,000 to $50,000 in gross revenues each year and expected this year to be no different.

She said over the previous 14-year history in excess of $300,000 has

been raised at the tournament.

The winning foursome in the tournament was the John Davidson entry. Other team members were J.J. Davidson, Michael Davidson and Rory Yantha.

The putting contest was won by Carl Tiveron of Maple Leaf, who received a large screen Smart television, and the 50/50 draw for $400 was won by Adrian Tomasini of Round Lake.

“We had a new contest this year called Who Will Open The Safe,” Ms. Lavigne-Conway said. “We gave people the opportunity to buy keys, one of which opened the safe containing $1,000. Only 100 keys were sold “And it was $20 to purchase a key,” she added.

She added the prize was donated by the MV and Palmer Rapids Lions Clubs. Ian Coxworthy of Bonnechere purchased the lucky key that opened the safe.

“He was very happy to win it,” remarked Ms. Lavigne-Conway. “I think he said to us that he was taking

his wife on a trip to Hawaii and this win would be really, really nice.”

All 100 keys were sold, which generated $2,000 in revenue. An online silent auction raised in excess of $7,000.

Ms Lavigne-Conway said the tournament would not be possible without the generous support of over 60 sponsors, volunteers and staff at the Foundation.

She said although it was very windy on Friday, the rain held off and the participants had a great day.

“The people are always in a great mood, it’s always a wonderful day that we spend together. A lot of people have been with us for many of the 15 years and it’s become a real tradition.

“It was awesome,” she added. ”It was nice to celebrate 15 years of holding this event. It’s the end of the summer, the start of fall, and it’s always the Friday of the long weekend.”

She said people know ahead of time what the date is and some actually book their holidays around it each year.

Dan Conway has his own cheering squad as he gets ready for a swing in Friday’s tournament. From the left are Gordie Bresnahan, Kevin Lundy and Dave Leslie.

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