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LAW OFFICE CHANGES Nancy (Colbert) Donnelly has come a long way since her student days when she was her brother Tim’s fi rst secretary. Thirty years later, she has of-fi cially joined his practice as a well-established lawyer in her own right. Meanwhile across town. lawyers Art McLean and David Moore have partnered with another law fi rm to ensure their clients will be looked after properly when they retire, in a time when it is increasingly diffi cult for rural areas to attract new lawyers. 4, 10

In home portDEREK DUNN

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More than a few people would be surprised to learn a war ship was named after the town, but not Ron Whyte.

He keeps a photo of it in his garage. The HMCS Arnprior.

“I was on the jetty in Halifax by coincidence when she was sold,” said Whyte, a retired member of Canada’s navy and long-time Arnprior resident. “People in today’s world don’t know the ships were named af-ter small towns across the coun-try.”

In an attempt to increase that awareness, representatives

from the Canadian Navy pre-sented gifts to Arnprior coun-cil at Monday’s meeting and offered a photo encased behind glass to the town.

The presentation was made as part of the 2010 commemo-ration of the navy’s centennial year. Another 320 or more com-munities will receive similar presentations.

“They did a wonderful pre-sentation today. A real enlight-ening thing for people,” Whyte said, who along with retired navy member Jim Brown repre-sented Arnprior Legion Branch 174 at the ceremony.

See ‘SHIP’ Page 3Vanessa Farmer and Grace Cavanagh lead St. Joseph Catholic students to the altar for the school’s annual Christmas concert. Held in the Saint John Chrysostom church for the fi rst time, they performed before a packed house earlier this month. For more photos, see page 24.

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M-B fi re chief stepping downJOHN CARTER

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McNab-Braeside is looking for a new fi re chief.

Township council accepted with “great regret” Tuesday the resignation of Rob Dodge effec-tive Jan. 31.

Dodge has been a fi refi ghter for 26 years and fi re chief for the past four years, after suc-ceeding Glen Styles.

Mayor Mary Campbell, in of-fering her thanks and regret,

noted council will have to decide whether it is best to promote someone internally or look ex-ternally for the next chief.

Dodge, who works full-time as a Renfrew County paramed-ic, said he wants to spend more time with his family.

He said the department is running well with a strong core group. “That’s the best time to leave,” he added. For more on Dodge’s thoughts on stepping down as fi re chief, see next week’s Chronicle-Guide.

MERRY CHRISTMASEVERYONE

The Arnprior Chronicle-Guide’s fi nal edition before Dec. 25 is chock-full of Christ-mas cheer. The newspaper staff wish all our readers a joyful, safe and relaxing Christmas break. God bless us, everyone. 8, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36

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Free dinner on Christmas dayDEREK DUNN

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A free Christmas dinner at the Nick Smith Centre is open to anyone who can’t afford one of their own, or who just wants the company of others on Dec. 25.

Last year’s inaugural dinner drew 80 people; this year orga-nizers are predicting 160.

Mel’s Flowers owner Tracy Climo, along with employee Eri-ca Slater, came up with the idea after discussions about the need for a dinner in Arnprior (Knights of Columbus hold a dinner in Renfrew). “Finally we said, let’s stop thinking about doing and actually do it,” Climo said.

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The HMCS Arnprior was a “castle-class corvette” during the Second World War, serving with distinction in convoy duty, according to Commander Michael Hopper, who present-ed a photo of the ship to the Town of Arnprior. It later served in Uruguay’s navy.

Ship a symbol For Arnprior residentsContinued from front

Commander Michael Hopper spoke to council, explaining the ship far outlived others of its kind.

Built in Belfast, Ireland, the ship was supposed to serve in His Royal Majes-ty’s navy at the outbreak of the Second World War but was under Canada’s control for the landing in Normandy.

A “castle-class corvette” that served with distinc-tion in convoy duty during the war, the HMCS Arn-prior weathered the open seas between Halifax and Athens, Greece along with encountering the enemy.

It was sold to the Uru-guayan navy in 1946 where it served until 1975.

“This presentation will make a permanent symbol to the people of Arnprior,” Hopper said.

Mayor David Reid

thanked the group for at-tending, and for represent-ing the country.

“I’d like to thank the men and women of the navy for their service,” he said.

Afterward, Whyte joked that the navy doesn’t get as much recognition this far away from either coast,

but that he tells others at the Legion it is better than being in the army. There is a long-time friendly ri-valry, he said.

“At least you don’t have to sleep in the dirt,” Whyte said, laughing.

“You might get wet, mind you. But it’s still better.”

Photos by Derek DunnAt the presentation are, from left, Legion member Jim Brown, Commander Michael Hopper, Legion member Ron Whyte and Mayor David Reid.

Town takes to Facebookto reach out to youth

DEREK DUNN

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The Town of Arnprior’s award-winning youth program is entering the social me-dia world in order to connect with young people.

Many of the town events aimed at tweens and teens will be detailed on Face-book, a free online networking website privately owned and operated since 2006. However, for privacy reasons photos from events won’t be posted to the site.

The youth program’s mandate is to pro-mote a healthy lifestyle and provide kids with alternatives to causing trouble on the streets.

In last week’s Arnprior Chronicle-Guide, a lengthy and well-argued letter was submitted by a high school student who said there was little for teenagers to do in town. A response from the town’s youth co-ordinator, Kayla Reinert, urging

youth to participate in and suggest pro-grams appears on Page 13 of this week’s edition.

It is council’s hope, after approving the creation of a Facebook page, that young people become more connected to what the town has to offer.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Coun. Lynn Grinstead.

Other councillors said if the Facebook page is a success it could spread to other programs and departments.

“Although we are happy with the turn-out we are seeing, there are many more youths that we are still not reaching,” said Glenn Arthur, director of recreation ser-vices. “We feel that through the use of so-cial media this could be accomplished.”

The interactive site will be monitored daily by Reinert, who will also post to the site.

It is successful in other municipalities, Arthur said.

McNab-Braeside council may have lost an opportunity to have an outdoor rink set up in Pine Grove this winter. Council decided Tuesday to table a rec-ommendation by its recreation department to offer a resident

$1,000 to create the “pilot rink” at Wellington Park. That and two other fee increase recom-mendations were put on hold because the recreation com-mittee’s lay members had no chance to provide input.

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Brother, sister team up at Arnprior law offi ceJOHN CARTER

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When Nancy Colbert served as her brother’s fi rst sec-retary in his newly launched Arnprior law offi ce in 1980, little did she know she’d be back 30 years later as a full-fl edged partner.

Nancy (Colbert) Donnelly was in Grade 13 when she helped her brother, Timothy Colbert, get his fl edgling business off the ground in a small offi ce in the Arnprior Mall. “She could type like the wind,” noted Tim.

The two summers of law offi ce experience for the teen-ager “gave me an appetite to practice law,” said Nancy. “It set me on the path to be a lawyer.”

After providing legal services to the Arnprior and area for more than 30 years, Colbert began looking this spring for another lawyer to expand his fi rm’s offerings and take on some of his “very busy” workload, especial-ly in the real estate end of the business.

Who better than his younger sister, now a successful Ottawa lawyer and civil mediator.

The Colbert brother-and-sister act is working well for the newly named Colbert & Donnelly law offi ce on Dan-iel Street across from the Arnprior Shopping Centre.

Colbert said after 30 years without a partner it’s been a big change, “but it’s great having Nancy around. There has been a lot of laughing.”

The transition has been smooth, in part thanks to Col-bert’s experienced staff. “It’s been tremendous … very smooth for clients,” said Tim.

Donnelly, who started taking on Arnprior area clients Aug. 1, also credits her brother for making the change easy for her. “He’s amazing,” she said. “Tim could have been a teacher … he’s a very good leader.”

The chance to work with her brother “is a good oppor-tunity,” she added.

“I enjoy coming here because this is where I have fam-ily … I enjoy working with him. I like having him around.“And my parents are very happy … they see a lot more of me.” The lawyers are two of the six children (Tim

the second, Nancy the fi fth) of Ernie and Doreen Col-bert, who have lived on the outskirts of Arnprior for more than 30 years and are known for their airstrip off Division Street.

“Tim noted that their father put great store in educa-tion, urging his children to stay in school. It’s not sur-prising that two of his children turned out to be lawyers as he held them in high regard, he said. “In fact, he would have made a great lawyer himself.”

Tim Colbert earned a Bachelor of Arts, honours (1974)

and a Bachelor of Laws (1978) at Queen’s University. He was called to the Bar in 1980. His sister said having an older brother as a lawyer made her career decision easi-er. “I could see he was enjoying life,” she said.

Nancy is a graduate from the Carleton University (Bachelor of Arts, honours in psychology) and the Uni-versity of Alberta (Bachelor of Laws). She was called to the Ontario Bar 10 years after her brother in 1990.

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When Tim Colbert opened his law offi ce in 1980 in Arnpri-or, his sister, Nancy, then in Grade 13, helped out with the secretarial work. Left, 30 years later, a proud big brother with his new partner, sister Nancy (Colbert) Donnelly, at the Colbert & Donnelly law offi ce in Arnprior.


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Continued from Page 4While her brother con-

centrated his practice on business law, estate plan-ning, and residential, cot-tage and commercial real estate, Nancy started her career as a civil litigation trial lawyer. For more than 10 years she represented both corporations and in-dividuals in court cases

In conjunction with this she often acts as a court-appointed civil mediator, being regularly selected by lawyers to settle their cli-ents’ disputes.

“I love it,” she said, not-ing it is satisfying to work out settlements acceptable to both sides before it costs all involved a great deal of time and money.

She has given numerous presentations on the me-diation process over the

years to judges, lawyers and insurance companies, along with various levels of government offi cials and students at the high school and university levels.Donnelly will continue to serve Ottawa clients, but will also specialize in real estate law for her brother’s offi ce.

She has been married to Shawn for more than 20 years and they are raising four children in West Ot-tawa.

Colbert moved to Arn-prior to set up his prac-tice, because “we felt it was a wonderful place to set down roots and raise a family..” He and his wife, Heather, have lived in Arn-prior since 1980, raising two children, Ailsa and Will, who both graduated from ADHS.

Heather is a teacher and department head at Arn-prior District High School. Will, a former Ottawa 67s captain, played hockey for St. Frances Xavier Uni-versity and the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League. This sea-son the defenseman is playing with the Atlanta Thrashers farm team, the Gwinnett Gladiators of the East Coast Hockey League.

As well as running a thriving law offi ce, Colbert has been active in com-munity affairs in a variety of areas. With his son in hockey, he spent “thou-sands of hours at the rink” and was chairman of the local housing authority.

For more on the law fi rm, see the website www.cdlawyer.net.

‘Wonderful place to set down roots’

Dinner made possible by donationsContinued from front

Many church groups, businesses and residents have donated to the cause.

Climo said many people have volun-teered their time too.

“We have plenty of volunteers, but I never say no to another,” she said. “I was very impressed with how many people and businesses are giving this year.”

Business owner and community volun-

teer Doug Smith raised the issue before council during Monday’s meeting. He encourages anyone who wants to come out to do so. “No one needs to be alone for Christmas dinner,” he said.

Leftovers will be packaged and sent to the Mission in Ottawa, a shelter that will accept pre-cooked meals.

Dinner will be served at 4:30 p.m. Sat-urday.

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Two Arnprior OPP offi cers are credited with saving a man’s life by rescuing him from the Madawaska River Monday afternoon.

A Dec. 20 call that at fi rst came in as a request for assis-tance with an unwanted person at an Arnprior home eventu-ally resulted in two offi cers en-tering the river to retrieve an adult male who had jumped in.

Upon police arrival at the John Street location, it was de-termined the 26-year-old male suspect had already left the area, say police.

Offi cers went to the home of the suspect and found him in a garage apparently intending to harm himself. When offi cers attempted to prevent him from further injury, the suspect fl ed, jumping into the Madawaska River.

Police then entered the water and pulled the suspect to shore. He was transported by ambu-lance to the Arnprior and Dis-trict Memorial Hospital.

Const. Paul Emon and Const.

Barry Richardson are the two offi cers who entered the water. They and other offi cers should be proud of their dedicated work, says Arnprior Staff Sgt. Mike Forster.

“My offi cers did a good job,” said Forster. Their actions are responsible for saving the man’s life.”

While there is risk in polic-ing on a daily basis, often split-second decisions must be made in the line of duty and they can be life-saving decisions, he said.

POLICE PROUD

“It is really important we recognize our people and the work our people do,” he said. “I am very proud of all my of-fi cers who service the Town of Arnprior. We have an excellent young crew.”

One of many bystanders who watched the drama unfold from both sides of the river agrees the quick action of emergen-cy offi cials prevented a much greater tragedy.

It’s the second time since January 2009 that two Arn-prior offi cers have had to enter the frigid waters of the Mada-waska

In the fi rst incident, offi cers pulled a 16-year-old girl from the water.

The investigation into the Dec. 20 incident is continuing.

Offi cers save man from icy riverNo shortage of decorations at housing complex SHERRY HAAIMA

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Christmas is indeed alive and well at 8 Burwash St. in Arn-prior, says the Renfrew County Housing Corporation.

In a story that has gained media attention across the Ot-tawa Valley and beyond, several residents complained about the rules forbidding wreaths or wall-hangings on apartment doors in the housing unit.

Just visit the Burwash build-ing in the evening and see it’s lit up with Christmas lights and looking very festive, says the county’s director of development and property David Anderson.

Residents have been encour-aged to hang decorations from their balconies as an alternative. Some of the extra decorations

are being used in the building’s common areas.

The rules regarding door hangings are not new and not specifi c to any one area, said An-derson. “We manage 978 units of income-geared housing across the county,” said Anderson.

“What we’re talking about is a policy that affects all of our fa-cilities,” said Anderson. “It’s not a new policy. It’s not specifi c to Arnprior.”

The policy is not specifi c to Christmas, either, said Ander-son. The rules apply throughout the year.

Nothing will change in light of the media attention regard-ing the Arnprior complaints.

“We did review the policy in detail as a result of fi res we have had and other housing corpora-tions have had,” said Anderson.

In January 2010, the county worked with fi re offi cials in Renfrew to solve a spate of fi res believed to be deliberately set at the Hall Avenue housing unit. At least a couple of the fi res in-volved the setting door decora-tions ablaze.

A City of Ottawa housing unit fi re around Christmas last year killed two people and caused ex-tensive damage.

In each of those cases, wreaths or wall hangings were used to start the fi res.

The county works with the fi re departments in each community to ensure health and safety re-quirements are met.

“At the end of the day we as Renfrew County Housing Corpo-ration have the utmost respect for the health and safety of our clients.”

Wreath issue to do with safety, not Christmas: fi re chiefThe hanging of wreaths on apartment doors in

public corridors is a safety matter, not a Christmas issue, says Arnprior fi re chief John Okum.

He pointed out that last year the Ontario fi re service made local multi-unit residential building owners aware of the responsibilities to keep com-mon public corridors clear from accumulation of combustible materials at all times of the year. Ex-amples of items being placed in public corridors included decorations, clothing, footwear, furniture and other personal belongings.

The intent of the building and fi re codes is to re-duce risk to all occupants in multi-unit residential buildings.

Okum said the fi re department regrets these fi re and life safety measures have been viewed as a Christmas-only regulation in the controversy over the banning of wreaths on apartment doors in the Renfrew County housing complex on Burwash Street in Arnprior.

The fi re department assures the public this is an all-year requirement, to ensure fi re and life safety to all residents, he said. “Renfrew County Housing Corporation is being diligent in ensuring fi re and life safety is maintained for all occupants in their buildings,” Okum stressed.

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The promise of earning millions of dollars from lining the Nick Smith Centre roof with solar panels has not come to be.

It’s a signifi cant blow to a municipality in search of revenue after spending a lot of mon-ey over the last couple of years.

Councillors learned at Monday evening’s meeting that it would have cost the town too much money to secure the building structur-ally in order to mount the panels.

“(The company doing the study) concluded that roof A, B, and C are unsuitable for instal-lation of a solar photovoltaic system,” public works and engineering director Janet Collins penned in a report. “The addition of solar panel loading would further overstress the structural components and signifi cant reinforcement would likely be needed.”

It cost as much as $15,000 to do the initial study. Hindsight always being right, it would be nice to have that money back. But the last council did the right thing in investigating the possibility.

However, we also agree with the current councillors who told staff they will continue to listen to solar panel proponents so long as it doesn’t cost the taxpayers another dime.

The advancements in most renewable energy systems are not there. No matter how much ev-eryone who is concerned about climate change wants to believe otherwise, the fact is that rely-ing on solar or wind at this stage is a costly ven-ture. It could even cost the McGuinty Liberals the next election.

Arnprior councillors should take heed. The days of feeding into the grid for huge payoffs from the province are likely going to end soon-er rather than later.

Speaking of a council dealing with very little money yet facing few prospects for generat-ing revenue: it never looks good to spend next year’s tax money before budget is even passed.

But that’s what the new council did after a few short weeks on the job. No doubt it is a good thing to support managing the Gillies Grove. But to take money from the 2011 budget with-out reservation because the section of the 2010 budget was already maxed out?

It doesn’t bode well.

Solar panel promise fi zzles out

OPINIONEDITORIAL

LETTER

Editor’s note: The follow-ing poem, author unknown, was submitted by Doug Scheels of Arnprior.

I have a list of folks I know,all written in a book,And every year whenChristmas comes I go andtake a look,And that is when I realizethat those names are apart,Not of the book they’rewritten in, but really inmy heart.

For each name stands forsomeone who has crossedmy path sometime,And in that meeting they’vebecome the rhythm in eachrhyme,And while it sounds fantasticfor me to make this claim,I really feel that I’mcomposed of eachremembered name.

And while you may not beaware of any special link,Just meeting you haschanged my life a lot morethan you think.For once I’ve met somebodythe years cannot eraseThe memory of a pleasantword or of a friendly face.

So never think myChristmas cards are justa mere routineof names upon a Christmaslist, forgotten in between.For I am but the total of themany folks I’ve met,And you happen to be one ofthose I prefer not to forget.

And whether I have knownyou for many years or few,In some way you have had apart in shaping things I do.And every year whenChristmas comes, I realizeanew,The best gift life can offer ismeeting folks like you.

The best gift

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Downtown Santamade me smile

To the editor:On Dec. 21 I had several people approach me and

ask me if I was responsible for putting Santa at the corner of John and Madawaska streets.

I was told that Santa was very chatty and friendly and that many people driving by were smiling and waving.

Since I had not arranged for Santa’s visit, I de-cided to investigate and fi nd out who had arranged for this display of goodwill. I went downtown and chatted briefl y with Santa and he offered me a bag of candy from the Legion.

I immediately asked if the Legion had set up this special appearance, but it turned out that someone from the Legion had just stopped and offered Santa the candy to hand out.

I then asked why Santa had chosen to stand on the corner and he responded that he just wanted to put a smile on peoples’ faces.

At a time of year when many people are too fo-cused on the hustle and bustle of the holiday sea-son, or just generally rushing around, it is wonder-ful to have someone like Santa come just to spread some Christmas cheer.

Thanks for making me smile Santa!

Erin ClarkeEconomic development coordinator

The appearance of Old St. Nick in downtown Arn-prior just before Christmas is becoming a tradition. Santa was in town Tuesday waving at passers-by and putting smiles on their faces. Bravo Santa.

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Q. I have been injured in a motor vehicle accident. What happens next and how long will the process take?

A. This is a good followup question to our last column that dealt with what to do immediately after the accident. First and most important, you have two years from the date of the motor vehicle accident to commence a lawsuit against the party at fault for the accident. Most motor vehicle lawsuits are not started until approximately a year and a half after the accident occurs. This is because all motor vehicle accidents in Ontario are governed by the Insurance Act. The Insurance Act states that before you can start a lawsuit you need to prove that you have a serious and permanent impairment of an important bodily function. The only way that you can prove you have a serious and permanent impairment is through medical evidence. I always tell my clients that it takes five to six months of intensive treatment to build up the medical record enough for the assess-ment of whether your injuries will meet the serious and permanent test. Only a small percentage of claims settle before an action is commenced. A lawsuit is started by filing a Statement of Claim against the at fault driver. Once the claim is issued the Plaintiff has six months to serve the claim and the Defendant has thirty days to respond. Once litigation is commenced there are a number of mandatory steps that have to be completed before an action can proceed to trial. These include examinations for discoveries, mediation, and pre-trial. Once an action is commenced it can take up to 2-4 years for a settlement to be reached or the trial to commence, depending on how complex the matter.

Teena Belland, Lawyer Tierney Stauffer LLP [email protected]

If there is some aspect of personal injury, real estate or coporate law, wills, estates, personal injury, family law or business law that is not clear to you, send your question to [email protected].

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Boxing Day: a day you can count onFor many people

Boxing Day is a day for recovering from food, family, and other Christmas excesses.

For a few of us, it is a day for taking part in the annual Pakenham-Arnprior CBC: Christmas Bird Counts that are con-ducted across North America. Each takes place on a chosen day near Christmas and covers a stan-dardized area, a circle with a 7.5-mile radius.

Observers record all birds seen or heard in their count area.

The fi rst CBC took place in New York in 1900 as a protest against the annual Christmas shoot, in which participants killed all animals they encountered and then tallied their results at day’s end.

A mere 13 years later, Charles Mac-namara (after whom the Macnamara Field Naturalists’ Club is named) started the Arnprior CBC, which ran until 1939. In 1925 Edna and Allan Ross started a CBC in Pak-enham. That count continues today under the name ‘Pak-enham-Arnprior’.

I have participated on that count since 1966. Details of my fi rst are still fresh in mind.

Bud Levy ar-

ranged the Arnprior contingency of the Pakenham CBC and we started at 9 a.m. Highlights were a Red-breasted Nut-hatch, a Pileated Woodpecker, a fl ock of Red Crossbills, and old cheese and crack-ers. A total of around a dozen species was tallied that day.

Nowadays my count starts before dawn in order to hear owls, and over the day I might tally 30 species. With everyone’s contribu-tions, the total count usually reaches 50 species.

In 2001 a record 66 species were re-corded. In 2008 more than 9,800 individual birds were counted. Since they began, our local counts have produced an incred-ible 118 different species!

That remarkable diversity is due to more participants (around 25 people now participate), improved access

(Macnamara con-ducted counts solely on foot; the Rosses used horse and sled until the advent of school buses created need for ploughed roads; this allowed the use of cars), and enhanced knowl-edge.

Additionally, a proliferation of bird-feeders provides food for lingering birds as well as a means to easily view them.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of a CBC is that one never knows what might be encoun-tered. All fi ndings are kept secret until the compilation, and much bravado accompanies the announcement of a prize fi nd.

Last year three new species - Iceland Gull, Rusty Black-bird, and Swamp Sparrow - were added to the list.

The Pakenham-Arnprior CBC circle includes Arnprior, Galetta, Waba, Cedar Hill and Pakenham.

If you have a bird-feeder in this area and want to report an unusual bird or keep track of birds on count day, please contact me.

On Boxing Day I will not be seek-ing bargain prices. Instead I will be celebrating the true signifi cance of that day; Boxing Day is for the birds.

To the editor:Wonderful news! A Christmas gift?A Barred Owl has returned to the Grove just

days before Christmas.We haven’t seen or heard a Barred Owl in the

area since the infl ux of Great Grays in 2005, when

we discovered a dead Barred Owl near the Grove ostensibly killed by a Great Gray visiting from northern climates.

Is this visit by the Barred a reminder to us, to take better care of the Grove ecology by keeping our dogs and cats leashed and stay out of natural areas with motorized vehicles?

Russ CorbettArnprior

Owl sighting a gift

Reader Russ Corbett snapped this photo of a barred owl in the Grove.

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Lawyers go to great lengths to ensure torch is passed

After more than 45 years pro-viding legal services to the com-munity of Arnprior and the sur-rounding area, Art McLean and David Moore are making plans to retire.

In doing so, they have over-come one of the largest chal-lenges facing rural law offi ces in Canada today. They have successfully put in place a solid plan for the succession of their fi rm to new hands.

The McLean name has been synonymous with law in Arn-prior for more than 75 years. The fi rm was started by Art’s father, Allan McLean, when he took over the law fi rm of Arthur Burwash in 1936. Burwash had started his practice way back in the 1890s.

Art McLean became a lawyer in 1967 and he and his father worked together until Allan McLean became a judge in 1968.

Moore became a lawyer in 1974 and joined Art McLean in 1981. Together they have built a successful law practice over the past 30 years.

Ten years ago they started to think about the future of the fi rm and, more specifi cally, the fi rm without either of them. They wanted to have a succes-

sion plan in place.“We began looking for a young

lawyer to join us with the inten-tion that they would learn how we do business in Arnprior and to eventually take over the prac-tice,” explained Moore. “To our surprise and concern, we found it to be a real challenge to fi nd that right person.”

As Art pointed out, “we didn’t want someone to just take over the fi les. We wanted someone to look after our clients and our staff as we have. Our success was always the result of the re-

spect we showed our clients.” The dilemma McLean and

Moore were facing is not unique. Many lawyers in smaller com-munities throughout Eastern Ontario, and in fact throughout Canada, are in the same boat.

Young lawyers are not inter-ested in taking over long estab-lished and successful practices in non-urban areas. “It is a bit of a disconnect,” said Doug Laugh-ton, partner at Tierney Stauffer.

“The Law Society asked young law graduates what they would like their future to include, and

they clearly listed such things as a nice community to live in with affordable housing, reasonable working hours, client interac-tion, and access to work and to the great outdoors without sit-ting in traffi c - and so on. These are the things that Arnprior and the surrounding area has to of-fer. Yet they end up working in larger fi rms in larger cities and being miserable.”

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

In early 2010, a new and inter-esting opportunity arose when the mid-sized Ottawa fi rm, Tier-ney Stauffer LLP, approached McLean and Moore about part-nering on referrals to offer legal services outside of their exist-ing practice specialties.

The pair specialize in real estate, will planning and estate administration, and corporate services.

Tierney Stauffer could bring a broad range of legal services to the fi rm including personal injury law, business law, family law and a spectrum of litigation assistance.

“Right away we could see that Tierney Stauffer had the same attitude and respect for their clients as us,” remarked Moore. “It started out with them inter-viewing us, but ended up with us interviewing them.”

The Tierney Stauffer fi rm

began in the early 1980s and has essentially grown from its humble beginnings as a family fi rm made up of the three Tier-ney brothers, Stephen, Frank and Dana, providing services in a range of specialties together with their siblings as the sup-port staff. Ian Stauffer joined the Tierney brothers in 1989 and today the fi rm has grown to 22 lawyers.

The fi rm has continued to build upon its family traditions with the addition of Tierney children and in-laws to the staff.

The result of the Arnprior dis-cussions was the beginning of a relationship that would allow McLean and Moore to put their succession plan in place.

“The chemistry was good right from the start,” noted Laughton.

“Art and David are smart, suc-cessful businessmen and they knew what they wanted for their clients and staff. They made it clear to us that they wanted their clients and staff taken care of. They didn’t want to simply close the door leaving them on their own.”

It didn’t take long for an agree-ment to be reached that will see Tierney Stauffer take on Moore’s practice completely as of Jan. 1 and McLean’s practice at a later date.

See ‘ALEX PARKER’ Page 11

The Arnprior law fi rm of McLean & Moore is undergoing changes at year end, but lawyers Art McLean, left, and David Moore have worked to ensure their clients will be looked after when they retire. Their ex-perienced staff, including, from left, Mary Koch, Jennifer Boulanger and Colleen Schlievert, are staying on.

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Continued from Page 10The implementation of that

plan began in June when a young lawyer, Alexander (Alex) Parker, relocated from the Ottawa offi ce of Tierney Stauffer to work with McLean and Moore to ensure a smooth transition.

How does Parker feel about taking over the reins? “I am very excited about this opportunity to continue the practices of Art and David and getting to know the members of the community. Right now I have the benefi t of their experience as well as the support of all of the resources of Tierney Stauffer available to me on a moment’s notice.”

Part of the transition will be an investment in technology, Parker notes. “The technology available today allows me to be very responsive and accessible to clients and to have the ability to access all of the resources and expertise of the support staff and lawyers of Tierney Stauffer in Ottawa.”

Managing partner Stephen Tierney says: “For Tierney Stauffer, we see this as a great win-win relationship. We are re-ceiving the support and endorse-ment of David and Art as we transition their practices, and Art and David can retire know-ing they have taken care of their clients and employees.”

The offi ce at 141 John St. will not close but will continue to ser-vice clients’ needs with the assis-tance of the current staff of Col-leen, Mary, Jennifer and Gayle, who have a combined 60 years of service at the fi rm.

“We expect to see Art and David at the offi ce from time to time, but their visits will be so-cial rather than business,” said Laughton. McLean and Moore,

though retired from the practice of law, will continue to carry out their duties as executors of their clients’ estates, honouring the wishes of many of their former clients.

The wills and powers of attor-ney, real estate documents and corporate records shall remain at the John Street offi ce.

The residents of Arnprior and the surrounding community should benefi t from the efforts of McLean and Moore in ensuring the availability of legal services in the area will be enhanced rath-er than reduced when they re-tire, which is the opposite to the experience of many other small communities across Canada.

The law fi rm points out that a recent article from Canadian Lawyer focuses on the challeng-es rural law practices are hav-ing attracting lawyers from the bigger urban centres. It is a big issue for small towns that want to keep the availability of profes-sional services within their own communities, whether it is a law-yer, doctor or accountant.

In the article, Robert Todd re-lates the problem a Parry Sound lawyer is having fi nding a succes-sor to keep his practice going.

He notes it’s a nation-wide problem with Canada’s legal community scrambling to con-vince more young lawyers to resist the lure of the large-fi rm, big-city lifestyle and restock the rural bar.

A number of strategies are being considered, including the creation of an Ontario articling registry, which has helped law-yers in rural areas better adver-tise openings, and the holding of an articling symposium high-lighting opportunities at small law fi rms.

Arnprior lawyers Art McLean, left, and David Moore are planning re-tirement, but have taken steps to ensure their law fi rm will continue to provide the same kind of service for which it has become known.

Alex Parker joins law fi rm

To all our readers: Merry Christmas and God bless you everyone

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Sports

Perth continues to haunt PackersPETER CLARK

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The Arnprior Packers have matched the Perth Blue Wings win-for-win pretty well everywhere else during the 2010-11 Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League season, but the difference in the chase for fi rst place in the Valley Division has come down to one bugaboo.

The Packers have been unable to beat their Valley Division nemesis.

Perth has won all four meetings so far with two to go. The latest was a 5-3 deci-sion Sunday at the Nick Smith Centre. The result dampened an otherwise great week for the 17-10-and-2 Packers.

The Blue Wings (20-7-and-1) overcame an early 1-0 defi cit with two goals in the opening period, added a single tally in the second, and another goal early in the third to build up what proved to be an in-surmountable 4-1 lead.

Shawn McGillivray, Zach MacMillan, Brett Lewandowsky, Nick Brunet and Blair Barr scored the Perth goals.

Stephen Baylis, Colin Bradbury and Taylor Collins connected for Arnprior.

The Blue Wings solved Packers net-minder German Tsatsura on two of seven power-play opportunities while Arnprior went 0-for-6 against counterpart Jeremy Wright and Perth penalty killers.

The feisty contest came with a couple of scraps in the second period and easily eclipsed the 100-penalty-minute barrier.

The Packers have been battling, but haven’t been able to solve Perth.

“We are getting closer. They are a big strong team and hard to play against,” Arnprior coach and general manager Bill Griese said. “They are getting into our heads. We’ll keep working.”

The Packers were in Perth for the club’s fi nal pre-Christmas game Wednes-day night.

PACKERS 6 SHAWVILLE 0

Taylor Collins spread a hat trick out over a goal per period, and German Tsat-sura’s second shutout of the season on

32-saves propelled the Packers past the Pontiac Juniors 6-0 Friday in the club’s fi rst home game since Nov. 21.

Collins accounted for all the game’s scoring through 40 minutes as the Pack-ers owned a 2-0 lead before goals from Braedon Moffatt, Teddy Suckow and Ty Whitelock, plus Collins’s third blew the lid off the game in the third period.

The Packers threw 42 shots at a belea-guered J.R. Thibert in the Pontiac goal.

PACKERS 7 OTTAWA WEST 6

It was a case of turnabout is fair play for the Packers.

Fans may recall the Oct. 31 matinee meeting when Ottawa West scored the game’s last four goals, including three unanswered in the third period to snatch a 7-6 victory.

On Thursday, it was the Golden Knights who were stunned, as the Packers over-came a 6-4 defi cit with three goals in the fi nal session, capped by Brock Zielinski’s game winner off a Ryan Eady setup with

just 1:07 showing on the clock.It was a night that seemed like three

separate mini-hockey games.“That’s what I said,” Griese observed.

“I told the guys, if it was a best-of-three, we won.”

Arnprior led 4-0 fi ve minutes into the second period while outshooting Ottawa West 15-4, but the Golden Knights came back to claim a 5-4 lead before a crazy middle stanza ended, and led 6-4 past the 11-minute mark of the third as part of a 30-16 shoots-on-goal barrage.

Zielinski, Taylor Collins and Casey Doner were two-goal architects for Arn-prior. Colin Bradbury added a single Packer tally to cut the defi cit to 6-5 with 7:31 remaining, before Doner landed the equalizer with 5:46 left to play.

Taylor Alexander led Ottawa West with three goals, all in the second period.

Matt Gagne hung in to post the net-minding victory.

The Packers host the Stittsville Royals in the fi rst home game of 2011 on Friday, Jan. 7.

In the past two weeks the Upper Ot-tawa Valley Aces AA hockey club has won two regional Silver Stick champi-onships.

First, it was the AA Major Midgets in Pembroke and now the AA Minor Bantams in Sudbury on the Dec. 10-12 weekend.

The Minor Bantam Aces opened up the tournament Dec. 10 losing to the Humberview Huskies 3-1 with Nycho-las Paquette of Renfrew scoring the their only goal.

Frustration from the fi rst loss was quickly transformed into adrena-line for the Aces’ second game, a 10-0 pounding of the Sudbury Bulldogs. Paquette led the way with a hat trick, while Petawawa’s Isaac Anderson chipped in with a goal and four assists. Other goals were scored by Dacre’s Drew Coghlan with two, Raegan Gold-berg, Max Serviss and Jamie Prebble and Jack Rouleau both of Arnprior. Danny McGrath of Douglas posted the easy shutout.

The Aces tied their third game with the Aurora Tigers 3-3, earning an im-portant point that would qualify them for the semi-fi nals as the fourth seed. Scoring for the Aces were Paquette, Prebble and Wilno’s Kevin Burchat.

The Aces’ fourth place seeding had them up against Tecumseth’s TNT Tornados, the second-ranked AA team in the province. The Tornados jumped out to an early lead, but the Aces fought back to tie it on a penal-ty shot by Arnprior’s Rouleau. Only a minute later, the Tornados scored again to restore their advantage.

In the second period, Arnprior’s Prebble batted a loose puck out of the

air to once again tie the score.Early in the third period, the Tor-

nados scored again to take a 3-2 lead. But as time wound down, Westmeath’s Max Serviss tied the game on a re-bound to force overtime.

The overtime solved nothing and the game went into a shootout. This was goalie Dan McGrath’s time to shine. He went shot for shot with the TNT Tornados goalie, each stopping the fi rst six shooters.

Finally, the Aces’ seventh shooter, Arnprior’s Matthew O’Brien scored followed by Danny McGrath’s eighth stop of the shootout.

The fi nal gave the Aces another shot at the Humberview Huskies. The re-sult was again 3-1, except the victory this time was the Aces’.

Serviss opened the score early on a

set-up from Arnprior’s Prebble. Preb-ble then increased the Aces’ lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal before the Hus-kies closed the gap to 2-1 in the second period.

After that, Renfrew’s Dane Brumm would not allow another goal, as his solid goaltending continued to frus-trate the Huskies. Finally, Serviss put the game out of reach with an empty net goal to seal the tournament win.

In the fi ve games, the Aces defence gave up only 10 goals, led in part by the excellent play of Deep River’s Konnor Levesque and Renfrew’s Zach Roberts and by the hard work of Pembroke’s Adam Leishman and Arnprior’s Isaac Perreault.

From here the Aces’ advance to the International Silver Stick Finals in Newmarket Jan. 13-16.

Celebrating the regional Silver Stick win are goalies Danny McGrath and Dane Brumm and from left Brett Leishman, Len McGrath, Drew Coghlan, Konnor Levesque, Jack Rouleau, Kevin Burchat, Isaac Perreault, Jamie Prebble, Adam Leishman, Matthew O’Brien, Zach Roberts, Max Serviss, Isaac Anderson, Rob Preb-ble, Nycholas Paquette, Gord Goldberg and Lisa Rouleau.

Arnprior players star as Aces win regional Silver Stick championship

Arnprior District High School held its inaugu-ral teacher versus girls basketball team food bank fundraiser Dec. 10.

The initiative not only generated school spirit, but resulted in more than 700 food items and $450 being collected for donation to the Arnprior Food Bank.

The endeavor was organized by teacher Sarah Spratt and the combined efforts of ADHS Athletics, the Student Leadership Initiative Committee, and Spratt’s and Joe Lavoie’s vocational work crew.

It is anticipated the game will become a Decem-ber tradition at ADHS.

Highlights of the fi rst game included a teacher victory over the students 30-22; dunk show par-ticipants Neil ‘On Fire’ Farmer, Dan ‘Lights Out’ Lavallee, and Derrick ‘Stuff It’ Stashick; and three-point participants Spratt, Lavallee, Terrilyn Herrick, and Dana Lascelle.

A special mention goes out to student Joe Gray who won the half-court shooting competition.

Taking part in the presentation of food and money collected at teachers vs. girls basketball team game at Arnprior District High School, from left, are ADHS Student Leadership Initiative Committee member Curtis McGrath; event organizer Sarah Spratt; senior girls basketball team members Kelly Meek, Jamie Le-Riche and Caitlin Kowaluk; Arnprior Food Bank rep-resentatives Frankie Juby and Helen Schefter; and teacher Joe Lavoie. Photo by Evan Campbell

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High school youth invited to participate in programs

BY KAYLA REINERT

Youth Corner

New Year means new goals for everyone.

I just want to start off by saying that the letter by Ash-ley Veal (Arnprior Chronicle-Guide, Dec. 16) was an excellent outlook, well-written letter re-garding how youth in Arnprior feel.

The stigma that youth are “delinquents,” that they are “no good,” and they are “trouble makers” is an issue that is faced in many towns, including Arn-prior.

Fortunately, not everybody sees youth as a problem, but those who are treating our youth with disrespect are creat-ing a problem in Arnprior.

In regards to programming, is there a problem with youth pro-gramming for this age group? Yes.

As youth co-ordinator, it is my job to help bring these programs to Arnprior. We have tried hav-ing programs with not a lot of numbers of teens attending.

Is that the youth’s fault? No, defi nitely not!

We are working hard to help bring programming that will in-

terest youth in the high school age gap. We offer programming for the younger youth so that as they grow into the high school age, they stay with our pro-grams.

It is an ongoing thing that we are working on.

Our programs right now for this age group are more aware-ness programs in the schools, although we also have a Zumba program for Grade 9-12 starting in January, a Leadership and Ambassador program and our Grade 9 pass program, as well as working with the schools to have some dances in the high school.

Do I think this is enough? No! We need more programs for this age group that interest them.

I agree whole-heartedly that there needs to be more of a youth presence in the commu-nity.

I am calling out to the youth in Arnprior to contact me with ideas.

Let’s work together to make this community a youth-friend-ly community with programs that are for everyone in Grade 9-12, as well as show our com-munity that youth aren’t a prob-lem, they are a solution.

BANKING ON SUPPORTArnprior Scotiabank staff and customers donated a large amount of food for the Arnprior Food Bank this month. Presenting the contributions to food bank volunteer Kathy Tonkin is branch manager Bri-an Argue. Photo by John Carter

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Dr. Christine Schriver has been appointed chief of staff at Arnprior District Memorial Hospital ef-fective Jan. 1.

The hospital’s board of directors made the an-nouncement Tuesday.

Dr. Schriver takes over from Dr. Cindy Morrison, whose term as chief of staff comes to an end Dec. 31.

“Dr. Morrison provided effective guidance to the senior team and the board of directors these past four years,” said the chair of the ADMH and Grove Nursing Home board of directors.

“She has been our champion with patient safety, effectively managing and reducing risk to ensure that the care provided at ADMH was as safe as pos-sible.

“In addition, she always looked at the big picture. Knowing that we simply don’t have enough family doctors in Arnprior she partici-pated in recruitment fairs and spent numerous hours following up with residents and invit-ing them for personal tours of the hospital.” A familiar face to many in the Arnprior area, Dr. Schriver has practiced at ADMH for the last 15 years as a family doctor.

Prior to working in Arnprior she completed her residency in New Brunswick and then practiced in Newfoundland as a family doctor.

“I have spent the last 20 years working as a fam-ily doctor with 12 years spent on ER rotation,” she said.

“During this time I have had the opportunity to work on many committees from the medical advi-sory committee to the palliative care committee, I also held the position of president of the medical staff.

“Dr. Morrison and many of my other colleagues have been great guides as to what the position in-volves and I am looking forward to starting in Jan-uary.”

The board of directors, physicians and staff con-gratulate Dr. Schriver on her new role.

New ADMH chief of staff

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Dr. Christine Schriver is the new chief of staff at Arn-prior District Memorial Hospital effective Jan. 1.


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MYSTERY OFSIMON SHEPHERD

John XXIII students presented the Christmas musical ‘The Mystery of Simon Shepherd’ as their Christmas concert last week. All students and staff were involved in the produc-tion that was organized by Lesley McMann, Cyndie Mosley and Cindy Ivory. Right, getting into the spirit of the songs of praise, from left, are Hayden Lacasse, Bailey Kubush-eskie and Kate Ketchum. Above, in full voice under the star, from left, are Melissa Thompson, Raven Sim-mons and Brittany Crawford.

Above left, Sara Geraghty dressed for the part. Right, Alyssa Sparling, playing Elizabeth, sings You are Chosen.

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Dressed for the part in the John XXIII Christmas production are, in front from left, Lia Osborne, Crystal Birtch and Layni Gilmette; and in back Evan Tromp, Ethan Pieroway, Zoe Butterly and Charlotte Armstrong.


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On behalf of the staff, board members and volunteers of Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital and the Grove Nursing Home we would like to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season and all the best for 2011.

Beginning January 1 Dr. Christine Schriver will be the physician representing ADMH as Chief of Staff. Dr. Schriver has been a familiar face at ADMH for the last 15 years with a busy family practice. During this time she has participated on numerous committees (medical advisory, inpatient and palliative). She is also a past president of the medical staff and worked in the ER for 12 years. Dr. Schriver lives in Arnprior with her family which includes two sons and many hours logged at the local arenas and soccer pitches. “I’m looking forward to this new challenge and the learning opportunity it’ll provide” said Dr. Schriver. Congratulations to Dr. Schriver on this new position. The Board of Directors, the physicians and staff would also like to take the time to thank Dr. Cindy Morrison for her exemplary leadership as Chief of Staff. “Dr. Morrison provided effective guidance to the Senior Team and the Board of Directors these past four years. She has been

our champion with patient safety, effectively managing and reducing risk to ensure that the care provided at ADMH was as safe as possible.” said Steve Hudson, Chair of the ADMH and the Grove Board of Directors. “In addition, she always looked at the big picture. Knowing that we simply don’t have enough family doctors in Arnprior she participated in recruitment fairs and spent numerous hours following up with residents and inviting them for personal tours of the hospital.” During this tenure her leadership was integral with the recent successful accreditation, the launch of a Family Health Team and through the building of relationships between the physicians and hospital administration.

ADMH Staff pose with the three year Accreditation Certificate. Photo by Stephen Switzer

Dr. Christine Schriver in her office in the Primary Health Care Centre.

Dr. Morrison steps down as Chief of Staff on December 31

THANK YOU, NEIGHBOURS,

for the opportunity to earn your business! With your help, we were able to give

back in many ways:• Brooklyynd’s Draw • Arnprior Humane Society • Arnprior and District Food Bank • Arnprior Lions Club • Arnprior-Braeside-McNab Seniors at Home • Arnprior Breast Cancer Support Group • ’Prior Chest Nuts Dragon Boat Team • Canadian Cancer Society • Community Living Renfrew County South • Children’s Hospitals of Eastern Ontario • Great Northern Ride • McNab-Braeside Disaster Relief • So Glad 2 Be Me Self Esteem Workshops • The Salvation Army • World Vision

We wish you a Wonderful Christmas and look forward to serving you

in 2011!

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Please find me a homePlease find me a homeEach week we feature animals from the Arnprior and District

Humane Society that are up for adoption.

Please find me a homePlease find me a home

# 3843 KirbyThis easygoing, social kitty will make a

wonderful companion for some lucky family.

Kirby is a two-year-old white and grey neutered

male. He was a stray cat who was brought to the

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affectionate and is a gentle cat who gets along

with both other cats and children. He is playful

and curious but also has his quiet times. .

# 3374 ArielleThis pretty cat loves to be petted and brushed. Arielle is a four-year-old buffy orange spayed female who was brought with her kittens to the shelter last April to fi nd new homes. She is a quiet cat who can be a little shy until she knows you, but once she warms up she is affectionate. Arielle will need to be put on a diet in her new home because she is a very large cat. Arielle would be best suited in a quiet home and she gets along well with other cats.

Supplies the shelter needs are non-clumping cat litter, dog cookies, paper towels and laundry soap.

You can call the Arnprior and District Humane Society at 613-623-0916between noon and 5 p.m Monday to Saturday or visit www.arnpriorhumanesociety.ca

The shelter is collecting UPC codes from all bags of Whiskas dry cat food until the end of December 2010.

Pet Pics with Santa is Dec. 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arnprior Mall.

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Church DirectoryUNITED CHURCH

OF CANADAGRACE ST. ANDREWS, ARNPRIOR:

(269 John St. N, 623-3176)Join us on Sundays at 10 am for:

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Rev. Dr. Richard Hollingsworth623-2360

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CALVARY BAPTISTPastor Bruce Donald(Fellowship Baptist)

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ELGIN ST. BAPTIST CHURCH(Baptist Convention of Ont. & Que.)135 Elgin St., Arnprior Ont. K7S 1N9Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Pastor: The Rev. Julie-Ann Morton

Office Phone: 613-622-1069

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Robert Simpson Park snack bar receives partial exclusive rightsReturned last summer, the Rob-

ert Simpson snack bar proved a success this year.

However, Arnprior council was asked at Monday’s meeting give the private owner, Cathy Clouthi-er, the right to refuse competitors or risk losing her services.

Council agreed, but ensured that during days with larger

AND THAT’S A WRAPOn Dec. 4 the Calvary Baptist Church Children’s Christmas Shoppe gave young shoppers a variety of choices in shopping for their loved ones. Above, Nathan Toman, Micha Donald and Elias Donald, from left, make a great gift-wrapping team. Photo by Sherry Haaima

events such as Canada Day and the White Pine Festival – when profi tability has the best poten-tial – the snack bar will allow for competition in order to service the greater demand. Private or-ganizations offering exclusively to their members burgers and other foods similar to the snack

bar will be excluded. Clouthier also agreed to train

as an information offi cer since it was noted that many tourists approached her for maps, bro-chures and other visitor-related items. The snack bar is also con-sidered useful from a security standpoint.

Petition circulatesto save CP rail line

DEREK DUNN

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An Arnprior resident has tak-en it upon herself to submit peti-tions to area businesses and or-ganizations and have residents sign-on to save the CP railway line.

Adrienne Soucy, who has lived beside railway tracks much of her life, said federal politicians in a minority government situa-tion respond to public pressure.

A petition asking the govern-ment to press CP to maintain the underused line could be success-ful.

“It’s something that crosses all party lines,” Soucy said.

“It’s pretty urgent at this point to get a moratorium in place.”

The petition reads, in part: “Whereas rail service is a vital transportation link required for the maintenance and develop-ment of sustainable and vibrant communities throughout rural Ontario; and whereas the loss of rail service from Smiths Falls to Sudbury would represent a dev-astating economic impact to an area that has been severely im-pacted by the current economic recession and requires improve-ments to all transportation in-frastructure to compete on a level playing fi eld for commu-nity sustainability; and whereas the federal and provincial gov-ernments have a responsibility to all Canadians and Ontarians, respectively, to ensure that vital transportation infrastructure that was established to serve all Canadians, with substantial in-

vestments by Canadian taxpay-ers, is not lost to the detriment of existing and future citizens of rural Ontario; and whereas rail transportation is an environ-mentally responsible means of transporting goods, particularly in the face of rising energy and transportation costs; the under-signed call on the federal govern-ment to establish an immediate moratorium on rail discontinu-ance to allow for all levels of gov-ernment, non-profi t and private sector stakeholders to establish a dialogue on the future of the Ottawa Valley Rail line.

NO BUSINESS CASE

Reeve Walter Stack joined Soucy at the Dec. 9 Parliament Hill rally to save the line.

He said the group was told the federal Conservative govern-ment is not willing to get into the rail line, having done a poor job of managing it in the past.

The group was told to present a solid business case, though the government can only request of CP that it delay removing the valuable track to be used out West.

“They have an immediate need for the rail out West,” Stack said.

“Even among ourselves we said it tough to come up with a business case. The freight com-ponent isn’t there.

“The passenger (need) is mini-mal.”

The future of the CN rail line that connects to Arnprior is also in doubt.


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Arnprior’s TD Bank presents Arnprior Food Bank co-coordinator Allan Smith with three full shopping carts of non-perishable food items and $1,000. Making the presentation Monday to Smith, in front, are Sharon Chesworth, left, and branch manager Sandra Cok-er, and in back bank employees Marilyn Kewley, Marie Shank, Theresa Landon and Tanya Caesar. The food was donated by TD customers and staff and the money was a combi-nation of proceeds from the sale of 300 TD piggy banks (one held by Smith) and staff donations made on dress-casual days. Smith noted the food and money donations made this time of year are important in keeping the food bank shelves stocked all winter. The bank’s staff and customers also donated a number of stuffed animals and other toys to the Share-a-Gift program to be distributed to needy children in the Arnprior area.

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Arnprior Scotiabank branch manager Brian Argue presents $2,000 to the Prior Chest Nuts dragonboat team to help in the purchase of a new head and tail for their boat. Tak-ing part in the ceremony, from left, are Cathy Leblanc, Jeanette Grant, Mary Berndt, artist Ian Bartlett who will be painting the head and tail, Donna Shateauvert, Ola Arm-strong and Argue. The Chest Nuts, a team dedicated to the battle against breast cancer, expect the additions to the boat to be in place by spring.

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Reid only outside mayor to attend County inauguralSTEVE NEWMAN

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There was ample singing, some political dance-steps, no-ticeable absentees and reasons for optimism at Tuesday’s inau-gural session of Renfrew County council.

The inaugural session for the 2010-2014 term featured the swearing into offi ce of all coun-ty councillors, including fi ve rookies and Petawawa Mayor Bob Sweet as the county’s new-est warden.

Sweet, who also served an un-precedented three terms as war-den from 2003-2006, is back for a fourth term. He is expected to be front and centre in 2011 in more ways than one. He’s chairing the Expo 150 committee, which is overseeing the county’s 150th anniversary celebrations next June, and he pledged the county would be heard on issues of im-portance to the area.

His inaugural address fol-lowed supportive statements from county councillors Peter Emon of Greater Madawaska and Raye-Anne Briscoe of Ad-maston-Bromley.

Emon nominated Sweet for warden.

In his inaugural address, Sweet threw out hints to MPP

John Yaka-buski and the absent MP Cheryl Gallant. Sweet fi rst expressed excitement about the impending Expo 150 celebrations.

“But before we get there,” Sweet quickly added, “we need to address some immediate is-sues that we will face in the new year. We need to continue our in-vestment in our infrastructure to help us compete for economic growth in the region.”

He thanked the provincial and federal governments for their “injection of funds over the last few years” to improve roads, bridges, municipal properties

and other critical infrastructure needs and hoped these “partner-ships continue for many years.”

He also thanked the federal government for extending the gasoline tax to 2014 and indi-cated the county will work with Yakabuski “for similar and fair gasoline tax funding” from On-tario.

Sweet also anticipated major moves in 2011, including the federal government’s decision on the future direction of the Atomic Energy of Canada op-erations at Chalk River.

The warden stressed, as he has several times this year at

county council, the need to lob-by for continuing expansion of Highway 417.

“Many of us have driven to Arnprior and seen fi rsthand the dramatic impact the twinning of the highway has on those com-munities around Arnprior and McNab-Braeside,” said Sweet.

“We must be more resilient than ever to work with the pro-vincial and federal levels of government to maintain the mo-mentum … all the way up the Ot-tawa Valley.”

HERITAGE RIVER

His suggestion for Gallant, without mentioning her name, was found in one of his closing remarks about the need for the county to continue to lobby for the Ottawa River as a heritage river. Extensive documentation for Canadian heritage designa-tion has long been completed, but the federal government has balked on supporting the move for more than two years.

“This designation,” said Sweet in his inaugural address, “will assist in the promotion of the recently established tourism offi ce.”

Gallant was among four invit-ed guests visibly absent from the inaugural session. The others

were the respective mayors for Whitewater, Renfrew and Pem-broke – Jim Labow, Bill Ringrose and Ed Jacyno.

In his brief remarks, new Arnprior Mayor David Reid ex-pressed Arnprior’s commitment to work with municipal partners “to meet expectations.”

He also offered best wishes to council and the new warden.

Others offering best wishes included Lieut.-Col. W.K. Rud-derham of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa.

He told the audience of about 75 people that “we’re blessed to live in this county … and it con-tinues to get better, largely be-cause of the work you do in this building.”

SINGING MPP

Yakabuski led the singing of O Canada, and also ended his con-gratulatory remarks to Sweet and county council by singing Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas.

He also created a new title for the fi ve new county councillors.

Using song again to make his point, Yakabuski said Renfrew County is strongest when sing-ing from the same hymn book.

“I know we can do that,” he stressed, “and I know we will do that.”

STEVE NEWMAN

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The departure of county councillors Zig Mintha and Ann Aikens left gaps at the top of two key Renfrew County commit-tees. But those vacancies have been fi lled during the striking committee’s committee appoint-ments for 2011.

Zig Mintha of Bonnechere Val-ley was the former chair of the operations committee, but his defeat in the October municipal election leaves Arnprior Reeve Walter Stack to assume that po-sition. “I’m pleased with the op-portunity,” said Stack. “It’s a big opportunity,” he said of looking after the county’s more than 800 kilometres in roads and its re-lated infrastructure.

Harold Weckworth of North Algona Wilberforce returns as vice-chairman, while other op-erations committee members are Warden Bob Sweet of Pet-awawa, Donald Eady of Horton, Norm Lentz of Brudenell, Lyn-doch & Raglan, Jennifer Murphy of Bonnechere Valley and Dave Shulist of Madawaska Valley.

The new chairman for an-other major committee is Great-er Madawaska Mayor Peter Emon (whose title of reeve was changed to mayor last week by his own council).

Emon, who worked 20 years with Family and Children’s Ser-

vices, heads up the social servic-es committee.

Renfrew Reeve Audrey Green remains vice-chair. The commit-tee is completed by Sweet, Dick Rabishaw of Laurentian Hills, David Thompson of Deep River, Weckworth and Jack Wilson of Laurentian Valley.

Emon expressed pleasure with the appointment.

“You have an opportunity to touch other peoples’ lives, whether it’s children or people in affordable housing,” said Emon.

“With our connection to On-tario Works, it’s also an oppor-tunity to help people when they need assistance the most.”

Another committee chairman required replacing, too, since Sweet, as the new warden, does not chair any committees.

He leaves the chairship of development and property to outgoing warden Don Rathwell of Whitewater Region. Mary Campbell of McNab-Braeside succeeds retired Bob Johnston of Horton as vice-chair.

The committee’s other mem-bers are Sweet, Eady, Green, Lentz, Thompson and Raye-Anne Briscoe of Admaston-Bromley.

Mayor Briscoe remains chair-man of the fi nance and admin-istration committee. Stack re-mains on the committee, but leaves the position of vice-chair to Wilson.

Arnprior reeve among new county committee chairsThe committee’s other mem-

bers are Emon, Rathwell, Tammy Stewart of Head, Clara & Maria, Sweet and Janice Visneskie of Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards.

Visneskie remains at the helm of the health committee, while Stewart remains the vice-chair. Other committee members are Campbell, Murphy, Rabishaw, Shulist and Sweet.

Wilson chairs the striking committee, which determines the make-up of county commit-tees. Other members are vice-chair Murphy, Briscoe, Camp-bell, Emon, Stewart and Sweet.

The ad-hoc committee struc-

ture is as follows: • Board of health appointees:

Murphy, Stewart, Sweet, Wilson. • Land division committee:

Eady, Lentz, Stewart.• Ottawa Valley Tourist Asso-

ciation board: Campbell, Thomp-son.

• County/City liaison commit-tee: Briscoe, Emon, Sweet, Wil-son.

• K&P management advisory committee: Rathwell.

• Ministry of Natural Resourc-es (MNR) advisory committee: Weckworth.

• Renfrew County agricultural economic development commit-

tee: Briscoe.• Municipal advisory commit-

tee: Emon, Rabishaw, Shulist, Sweet.

• Municipal accessibility advi-sory committee: Green.

• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited environmental steward-ship council: Stack.

• Renfrew County forestry and wood processing committee: Vis-neskie.

• MNR forest management plan: Green.

• Transport Pontiac-Renfrew committee: Rathwell.

• Champlain governance advi-sory council: Visneskie.

New Renfrew County Warden Bob Sweet of Petawawa was nominated by Greater Madawaska Mayor Peter Emon and seconded by Admaston-Bromley Mayor Raye-Anne Briscoe.

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The word “coverup” resulted in the Sergeant at Arms escorting Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski from the Ontario Legislature on Dec. 8.

The words, used in questioning of Premier Dal-ton McGuinty’s cabinet secret decision to provide the Toronto police with special authority during the G-20 Summit in Toronto, did not sit well with the Speaker of the House, Steve Peters, during question period.

The Conservative MPP was back in the legisla-ture the next day to question the Liberal govern-ment some more on similar matters.

Yakabuski says he’s hardly the only one who feels the provincial government should be less secretive about passing certain regulations, especially since this power was given to the police during a secret cabinet meeting while the legislature was still sit-ting in June.

OMBUDSMAN’S REACTION

Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin says the Lib-eral party was caught in the act, by using an act in illegal and likely unconstitutional fashion.

The enacted regulations abrogated the Human Charter of Rights on thousands of people, said Marin.

The ombudsman also said the 1939 Public Works Protection Act was originally meant to protect pub-lic works during the war.

Yakabuski says there was a clear strategy by the provincial government to try to keep the move un-der wraps so the public didn’t fi nd out.

Conservative Party leader Tim Hudak was among MPPs who questioned the Liberals’ strategy.

Yakabuski acknowledged that he could see the government taking such an approach if the legisla-ture wasn’t sitting at the time.

As for his reaction to being turfed from the legis-lature for a day, Yakabuski paused a moment before concluding: “If that’s the price you pay for stand-ing up and calling a spade a spade, then so be it.”

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In his December column, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski looks ahead to the provincial election to be held Oct. 6, 2011.

He also shares his joy of music, noting he has released two CDs to raise funds for long-term-care homes and hospitals, and talks about the many tal-ented musicians in the Valley.

“It’s easy to let the hustle and bustle and the merriment of the holiday season become the focal point of the Christmas season, but we can never truly celebrate Christmas without Christ,” Yaka-buski writes. “Some 2000 years ago, in a stable in Bethlehem, our Saviour was born.

“As we enjoy the pleasures of friends and fam-ily, gift giving and receiving, let us never forget the true meaning of Christmas and the miracle that has sustained us for centuries,” he adds, wishing everyone on behalf of his family a blessed and merry Christmas and a 2011 full of health, happi-ness and prosperity.

For the full column, see the newspaper’s website at www.yourottawaregion.com.

Musical Christmas for MPP

Continued from Page 6Fires in Renfrew and Ottawa in the last year re-

sulted in decorations on apartment doors being lit on fi re by arsonists.

“The Ontario fi re services have learned from past fi re tragedies that public corridors and stair-wells in multi-unit residential buildings should remain clear of items from accumulating at all times,” said Okum.

As a result, new laws are developed and fi re departments are expected to enforce them, he ex-plained.

When it comes to public corridors, “these areas are designed to provide occupants with a safe and expedient means to escape an emergency, and limit possible hindrances during an escape.”

Common corridors are designed and to be maintained to provide occupants with a safe means of egress at all times, including during a fi re emergency.

Combustible items placed in corridors increas-es the risk of fi re spread and the development of toxic smoke to accumulate in these areas, which are designed to safely evacuate people. A public corridor that is also at risk of items dropping and affecting the path of egress presents a hazard to persons trying to evacuate in an emergency.

“A fi re can cause panic, as well smoke and cor-ridor items could hinder the safe escape of mul-tiple persons, especially those at greater risk (el-derly, handicapped, or those needing assistance),” said Okum.

“Building owners, managers, and members of a board are responsible to ensure compliance with regulations and that … fi re protection sys-tems are maintained at all times.”

People can do what they want with Christmas decorations inside their apartments, but the pub-lic corridors are a different matter, he said.

“The Arnprior Fire Department would like to wish everyone a very safe and merry Christmas and asks that everyone consider fi re and life safe-ty in the spirit of Christmas.”

Corridors, stairwells should remain clear

Feeding people inside and

outside ADMHFor the past seven years the Arnprior District

Memorial Hospital’s dietary department runs a Christmas gift basket auction with proceeds go-ing to the Arnprior Food Bank.

Each hospital department contributes a basket and a silent auction takes place over the lunch hour. This year’s auction featured baskets for the hockey fan, the beer lover, the chocolate fi end and even for man’s best friend.

“It boggles my mind how incredibly generous our community is,” said food bank board chair-man Paul Glynn.

“This annual donation made by the hospital at this time of year helps us feed so many and I fi nd it quite phenomenal.”

To date the event has raised more than $10,000 with all funds matched by Reid Bros. Motor Sales and donated to the food bank.

The food bank was a natural fi t for the dietary department, a group of dedicated employees who prepare and serve over 55,000 meals per year to patients, staff and visitors.

This year the auction was once again a suc-cess, raising $1,817.02.

Pictured with the baskets at left, from left, are, back row: Greg Gillis, Kinga Marsza-lek, Nancy Brown andKaren Graham; and front row: Doreen Burgess and Cathy Brazeau. Missing: Greg Palubiskie,Gloria Whelan, KimberleyO’Shaughnessyand Paul Petrokov.

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DECEMBER 23• Christmas gift wrapping at Arnprior Co-op-erators, 100 Madawaska Blvd. with donations going to Partners in Caring Foundation in support of Arnprior District Memorial Hospital and the Grove Nursing Home from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join us for hot apple cider and Christmas treats and participate in a draw for tickets for the Dec. 24 Senators-Tampa Bay NHL game.

JANUARY 2• The Arnprior Optimist Club are picking up Christmas trees from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If they see a tree at the curb, they will knock at the door and see if the resident would like it removed. A minimum $5 donation would be appreciated. The trees will then be taken to the Arnprior landfi ll site. Payments must be made at time of pick-up and the fundraiser will run within Arnprior’s town limits.

JANUARY 2-4• Arnprior District High School music program bottle and penny drive. Students will canvas parts of town from Jan. 2 to 4 collecting bottles and donations as part of their efforts to raise money to be able to travel to Boston in the spring. People with donations who are missed can call 613-623-3183, ext. 249 and someone will drop by.

JANUARY 7

• Pakenham Square Dance upstairs in the Stewart Community Centre 8 to 11:30 p.m.Local musicians, door prizes and light lunch provided. Everyone welcome. For info, call 613-256-4126.

JANUARY 9• The January Valley Singles Lunch will be held at J.R.’s Restaurant in Almonte at 12:30 p.m. For info, call Fay at 613-256-8117 or Johanna at 613-432-762.

JANUARY 20-22• Arnprior Optimists winter carnival head-quartered at the Nick Smith Centre. Among the highlights are the Jack Smith Memorial Hockey Tournament, school obstacle relay races, free public swimming and skating, a youth talent contest, and a shanty breakfast.

JANUARY 23• Family skate and food drive sponsored by the White Lake Marina from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nick Smith Centre.

JANUARY 26• Arnprior & District Quilters’ Guild garage sale. Quilts, quilting items and material will be for sale. Please join us at the Christian Education Centre, 257 John St., Arnprior. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., meeting begins at 7. Annual membership $20, visitors $5.

DAILY• Fundraising for the Arnprior and District Hu-mane Society runs all year. Please drop your wine, beer & liquor empties at the shelter at 490 Didak Dr. in Arnprior.

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St Joseph’s stu-dents made donations to the Salvation Army for needy children. Dana Smith’s Grade 8 students raised $350, then went to Giant Tiger and purchased four boxes if presents. Cathy Quinn and Sabri-na Hunt’s Grade 7 students made jewelry and sold it, raising $90.Taking part in the presentation are, in back from left, Sarah Pow-er and Hannah Scott and Gerald Adamson of the Salvation Army. In the front are Mikayla Davis, Madisson Poirier and Shawnasea O’Connor.

CENTRESTAGE

Students from St. Joseph’s school performed their annual Christ-mas concert at St. John Chryso-stom Church for the fi rst time. In the past the concert was at the parish hall, but with so many want-ing to hear, the church opened its doors. Above Grade 7 stu-dents offered a moving perfor-mance while, left photo, the k i n d e r g a r t e n kids had every-one cheering.

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2010MERRY CHRISTMAS

Again in 2010As we celebrate the birthOf the Christ Child JesusThe Boyd and Roseanne

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TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERSFrom Terry and Vicki at the Kenwood KafeThe Kafe will be closed Dec. 25 – Jan. 5Looking forward to serving you in the

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Speak out on violence against women: MPIn her December column, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pem-

broke MP Cheryl Gallant writes about attending the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women ceremony in Ottawa Dec. 6 to mark the 21st anniversary of the Montréal massacre of 14 young women in Montreal.

Gallant writes that almost 200 Canadian women or girls are killed in acts of gender-based violence annu-ally and that 83 per cent of victims of police-reported spousal violence are women.

“While some would like to think that violence against

women is a ‘big city like Toronto’ problem, the sad truth is that it happens in our local community,” she says. “The stigma associated with spousal violence silences the victim, who too often feels she is isolated in her mis-ery, with nowhere to turn.”

However, victims of violence have many dedicated support workers, care groups and safe houses in Ren-frew County, she added.

“While I do not pretend to understand the depth of an-guish suffered by those who are violated, I know what it is like to be harassed,” writes Gallant.

“As a result of my visibility in our community, I am considered fair game by some. It starts with insults, and then escalates to various forms of abuse. This typifi es an overall disrespect for all women.”

She said it is important to take a stand against this kind of behaviour, wherever it is found, as today’s bul-lies have a tendency to become tomorrow’s abusers. “I hope that by speaking publicly, I can empower all wom-en to stand up, speak out and be safe.”

For the full column, see the newspaper’s website at www.yourottawaregion.com.

The OPP are reminding citizens that the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (former-ly phonebusters) is Cana-da’s central repository for fraud data.

The Call Centre Unit has 11 full-time call takers who are able to fi eld more than 300 calls each day from citi-zens reporting frauds. Of those calls, the centre logs

data from more than 25,000 victims each year.

The OPP points out the call takers are dedicated, trained anti-fraud special-ists who provide advice on the steps victims should take to recover lost funds

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For more information on how to protect yourself, or to report a fraud, call them at 1-888-495-8501 or visit their website at www.anti-fraudcentre.ca.

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How do we fi rst learn about Emergency Rooms (ER)?

I was 12, visiting a farm in Cantley, Quebec. My brother Stan and I spent hours exploring the barn.

We found hay stacked from ceiling to fl oor. We jumped from bales perched several meters up, to those down below.

The fun lasted until Stan took aim at pile of hay from high above, and landed on a fl oor, hidden under only centimeters of hay. There was a loud “crack!” He got up holding his broken arm. He turned pale. We ran for help.

My mother drove him to the closest ER. The wait took forever. I didn’t see him until next morning.

How much has changed? Long ER wait times are still the norm.

But there’s been signifi cant progress. Dedicated nurses, doctors and other health professionals ensure most emergency patients receive timely care.

Take our hospital, for instance. Critically injured patients and those with life threatening conditions are seen within moments.

Otherwise, an ER nurse aims to see a patient within 15 minutes, assigning them to one of three streams of care.

For those with minor problems, “the walking wounded”, Ontario’s wait time target is less than 4 hours. Thanks to government’s work with

hospitals to divert cases to family doctors or walk-in clinics, and to improve our ability to “fast track” patients through ER when they do visit, the number of such visits declined by 15% since last year. And 75% of patients spend less than 4 hours in ER.

For sicker patients who need more care, but not admission to hospital, the wait-time target is 8 hours or less. This is the largest group of ER patients. Over the past year, visits from these patients grew by 16%. Despite the surge, we cared for 85% of within 8 hours. In fact, we treated 5,800 more patients (33 per day) within 8 hours than we did last year.

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The Arnprior Shopping Centre celebrated ex-tended holiday shopping hours Nov. 27 and Dec. 11 by having a draw for two beautiful gift baskets. The entry ballots were published in The Arnprior Chronicle-Guide and The West Carleton Review. The gift baskets are full of items and gift certifi -cates from participating merchants in the Arnprior Shopping Centre. Mall manager Peter Mosseau presented the baskets to winners Ria Seegobin, left, of Arnprior and Gwen Whyte of Con-stance Bay.

Photo by Leslie Osborne

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Arnprior comedian Casey Corbin is coming home to give a holiday perfor-mance on Monday, Dec. 27.

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CALL TERRY TODAY FOR YOUR FREE MARKET EVALUATION.

Merry Christmas

WALTER ZADOW’S DONATIONStudents such as Emma Shoveller, left, Kelsey Brown, Ann-Marie St. Michael and, front, Kirsten Trafford collected 430 items for Arnprior’s food bank. They made it a competition with the Lynx Team taking fi rst. Photo by Derek Dunn

The Lily Creek Photography and Art Studio in Arnprior celebrated its fi rst anniversary with an art show and open house complete with local

musicians Dec. 10.Owner Shannon Peters said that

some of the proceeds of the sale of works by the studio’s students will

go toward paying fees to allow under-privileged kids to take courses.

She noted 15 young students had worked together on one special paint-ing.

The studio is located at 15 Daniel St.

Lily Creek marks fi rst birthday

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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE

437216375 DANIEL STREET, ARNPRIOR SHOPPING CENTRE

Prices in effect Fri., December 24 to Thurs., December 30, 2010

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DOWNTOWN ARNPRIOR80 Elgin Street


ARNPRIOR SHOPPING CENTRE375 DANIEL STREET SOUTH

437200


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20345 White Lake Rd., Arnprior • 613-623-9620

Flyer prices in effect until Friday, December 24, 2010 unless otherwise stated.


39 Winners Circle, Arnprior437217

Jack & Faith’s

Prices in Effect from

Fri., December 24 to Thurs., January

1, 2011

Rexall Drug Store 22 Baskin Drive E., Arnprior 613-623-6591

*Regular price. See in-store for details. Valid until December 30th, 2010.

ON ALL CHRISTMAS PRODUCTS!50%

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UP TO

STARTING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26TH

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55 Elgin St. W., DOWNTOWN ARNPRIOR613-623-7971437206


43533160 Staye Court Dr. Arnprior - 613-623-2447

Savings fromDecember 26 to December 31, 2010

245 DANIEL, ARNPRIOR

December 26 to December 27, 2010

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RIDE roadblocks continue: OPPThe OPP warns party-goers they will

continue to conduct numerous RIDE spot checks during their shifts throughout the holiday season.

People who are choosing to consume alcohol are strongly encouraged to not drive any type of motor vehicle.

There are many alterna-tives to drink-ing and driving including have a designated driv-er, call someone to pick you up, stay the night, or

take a taxi.Unfortunately, despite the well-docu-

mented perils of drinking and driving, there are still many offenders.

“It is shocking to see the number of people still choosing to drink and drive,” said OPP Chief Superintendent Gary

Couture.“Drinking and driving is not only so-

cially unacceptable, it’s criminal. Don’t put others at risk.”

During the fi rst two weeks of the fes-tive RIDE program, the OPP in Eastern Ontario checked 71,910 vehicles, issued

44 warnings (licence suspensions), laid 21 impaired driving related charges and gave out 638 tickets for various other of-fences.

“Do your part to make this a merry Christmas for everyone by driving so-ber,” urge police.

Water receding,dangerrising

Mississippi Valley Conser-vation is urging residents to use “extreme cau-tion” when ven-turing out on to ice covered wa-terways as wa-ter levels across the watershed are slowly re-ceding.

Dropping wa-ter levels may cause pressure ridges and un-safe ice condi-tions in un-usual locations throughout the watershed.

MVC wants to emphasize the dangers of fast-fl owing wa-ter from now through the spring runoff across the wa-tershed.

Parents are strongly urged to continue to warn their chil-dren about the dangers of hy-pothermia and playing in or near cold fast moving water in any ditches and smaller creeks.

GO ONLINE

Daily water levels and fl ows are available on the MVC web-site at www.mvc.on.ca.

Use caution, says MVC

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Professional Services:• Accounting and Bookkeeping• Auditing• Financial Statement Preparation• Management Advisory Services

Taxation:• Personal• Corporate• Farm• Estate

252 Raglan St. S.Renfrew, Ontario, K7V 4A6Tel. (613) 432-3664, 432-2104Fax. (613) 432-8424

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McLean & Moore

Arthur A. McLean, Q.C.J. David Moore, B.A., LL.B.

BARRISTERS/SOLICITORS

327 Nieman DriveArnprior, Ontario

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ACCOUNTANTS

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(613) 623-4949Fax: 839-0819

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Please call or email for details613-623-5097 613-894-2951 [email protected]

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Kitchens, Baths, Windows, Doors & More...

Phone: (613) 623-2945Cell: (613) 296-1073

[email protected]

"From Stained Floors to Stained Glass" "From Stained Floors to Stained Glass"

RENOVATIONS

Metal or Asphalt Re-Roofi ng, Roof and Chimney Repair, Facia, Soffi t & Siding

Roof InspectionsRenovations

Duncan CampbellLicensed Carpenter, Almonte613-880-3788/613-256-9786

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ROOFING & FRAMING UPHOLSTERY

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EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP AT REASONABLE PRICES! 613-623-6413

Specializing In,

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Light Duty Personal Use Plows available

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This message is brought to you by thefollowing concerned community sponsors.

Appoint a designated driver.

Host an alcohol-free celebration.

Keep the number of a local taxi company handy.

Eat a full meal before having a drink.

Don’t let a friend drink and drive.

Make overnight arrangements.

Drive defensively and watch out for the other guy.

Report drunk driving on the road.

Drink plenty of water when consuming alcohol.

Don’t drink and drive.

Wishing Youa Very Good Year!

Wishing Youa Very Good Year!

Good friends. Good food. Good times.Good judgement.

We want to see you again in 2010.Please don’t drink and drive.

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Jack & Faith BirdStore Owners

39 WINNER’S CIRCLE DRIVE, ARNPRIOR

Jack & Faith's

159 John Street NorthArnprior, Ontario K7S 2N8Canada

Business: 613-623-3939 Toll-free: 800-603-8396 Fax: 613-623-9336

www.arnpriorlife.comA PART OF YOUR LIFE IN THE ARNPRIOR AREA FOR 3 GENERATIONS

350 John Street North 350 John Street North ArnpriorArnprior

Comprehensive testing for the identification of

Learning Disabilitiescontact:

Extended Health Care Plan may help cover a portion of applicable fees

PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTSDr. Henry Venema Elizabeth NesbittRegistered Psychologist Examiner/Consultant

732-7104 Off/Res.: 432-6368 (8 a.m. - 9 p.m.)

DONALD BANESCLEANING

SPECIALISTSLTD.

Donald Banes, President

• Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning• Commercial / Residential• Flood Clean-up

R.R. 2, Arnprior

613-623-4786TOLL FREE

1-800-253-5011PIN# 152 232

200 McNab St., Arnprior

“A part of your community”

Clancy’sClancy’s DOWNTOWNARNPRIOR

99 John Street 613-623-5193

Country Squire111 STAYE COURT DR., ARNPRIOR, ON K7S 3G8

TEL: 613-623-6556 FAX: 613-623-9337

1-800-267-5378 www.countrysquiremotel.ca

Your Hosts Sam and Sunita Patel

MOTEL

J. P. Mulvihill & Son General Insurance Brokers LtdFamily Owned Business Serving the Ottawa Valley Since 1945

“Our Product is Protection Our Strength is service”HOME - AUTO - COMMERCIAL - FARM - LIFE80 John St. N. Arnprior • Toll Free 1-888 837-0126

613-623-3123

JIM’S AUTO GLASSAND UPHOLSTERY

1-800-403-1740 613-623-6499

"A Higher Level

of Service"

The Corporation of theTownship of

McNab/[email protected]

2508 Russett Drive, R.R.2, Arnprior, Ontario K7S 3G8Offi ce: 613-623-5756 • 1-800-957-4621 • Fax: 613-623-9138

Town Hall - 105 Elgin Street WestP.O. Box 130, Arnprior, ON K7S 3H4

Town Hall: (613) 623-4231 Fax: (613) 623-8091

CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF

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Arnprior Shopping Centre 375 Daniel St. S, Arnprior

613-623-4202

Kemptville MallHwy 43, Kemptville

613-258-6263

Mon-Wed 9a.m.-6p.m. Thur-Fri 9a.m.-9p.m. Sat 9a.m.-5p.m. Sun 11a.m.-5p.m.

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