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est tender” rule for valid reasons. The counties received six bids from con- tractors on this year’s paving works project. The lowest bid came in at $4,691,058.80. The other bids ranged as high as $5.6 mil- lion. But both The Nation and Champlain Township have reported problems with the Cornwall-based company that presented the lowest bid over unsatisfactory work dat- ing back to 2010. So far neither municipality reported any resolution to their complaints with the company. The counties council chose to go with
the second-lowest bid on the contract from Coco Paving Inc. at $4,708, 734. 50 plus the HST. Counties administration will also send a letter to the Cornwall company that pre-
sented the lowest bid advising the own- ers that the UCPR will no longer consider contracts with the firm until it resolves the complaints between it and The Nation mu- nicipality and Champlain Township.
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L’ORIGNAL | A Cornwall company lost out on getting the counties asphalt contract because of past complaints about its work. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) accepted a recommenda- tion from administration and its public works department to take the second-low- est bid on the hot mix paving contract for this year. The counties’ policy on contract tenders does allow exceptions to the “low-
!3ŏ" !/ŏ 0ŏ $1. $ŏ,+ %1)/ Fr. Dennis Hayes becomes the associate pastor for the Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Gloucester in July. Deacons Gary Bourgeois, Stephen Donoghue, William Reggler and Michael Seath are reassigned to the parish.
OTTAWA | Archbishop Terrence Prender- gast has confirmed new appointments for the archdiocese that take effect in August. Fathers Peter Cody and Lawrence McCor- mick both will retire from active ministry. Father McCormick will continue staying at St. Patrick Basilica after his retirement takes effect. Father Leonard St. John retires from service in September. Fr. William Penney resigns from active ministry in the archdiocese and has been given leave to return to Newfoundland. Father Richard Siok is also resigning from active work in the archdiocese because of health reasons. Among the English parishes in the arch- diocese Fr. Krystian Golisz will become ap- pointed pastor of Divine Infant Parish in Orléans. Fr. Waldemar Podlasz is also ap- pointed a pastor for the parish. CARLETON PLACE | The Champions for Kids Foundation has another thousand or so dollars to put in the bank. The Carleton Place and Almonte area schools raised more than $1000 with their May Champions for Kids Breakfast event. Funds generated through the early- morning program included donations from more than 100 diners who sat down for the breakfast itself. Added to that were sales of tickets for the
Fr. Daryl Kennedy assumes pastorship of both St. Jude parish in Hawkesbury and Our Lady of Divine Love Parish in Pendleton. DeaconThomas Stephenson is reassigned to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Russell. Deacon Jeffrey Nelson is reas- signed to St. Bernarch Parish in Gloucester. Among the French parishes, Fr. Marcel Lé- ger is retiring from full-time ministry. Deacon Michel D’Aoust is reassigned to Saint-Gabriel Parish in Gloucester and Fr. Pascal Nizigiyimana appointed the pastor- ships of St-Isidore Parish in St-Isidore and St-Bernard Parish in Fournier. current raffle that the Upper Canada District School Board Champions for Kids Founda- tion has organized over the spring and summer seasons. The foundation assists children from dis- advantaged families to take part in orga- nized sports, arts and cultural programs, and also assists families with special medi- cal needs. Since it was created in January 2008, the foundation has raised more than $700,000 to support various sponsorships.
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