CLARENCE-ROCKLAND Une communauté en plein essor A booming community
Enter the Fixer for Clarence-Rockland’s future growth together again better than they ever were before he got hold of them.
He is a self-professed gadgeteer. Gilles Maranda loves to take things apart, see how they work, and then put them back GREGG CHAMBERLAIN GREGG.CHAMBERLAIN@EAP.ON.CA
Which explains why repairing old pinball machines is one of the hobbies for the City of Clarence-Rockland’s new director of in- frastructure and engineering. He has three
Même propriétaire, même bon goût! Nouveau décor! COMPLÈTEMENT RÉNOVÉ! COMPLETELY RENOVATED!
Same management, same great taste! New look!
Peut accomoder 200 personnes! Can accommodate 200 people!
Top-quality aluminium, best prices guaranteed.
Photo Gregg Chamberlain
Seated at his office desk/computer station, Gilles Maranda is ready, willing and able to help plot the proper course for the City of Clarence-Rockland to follow for present and future infrastructure goals as part of its economic development.
bec City had been in the Forces since he was 18 when he signed up to take advantage of the military’s mechanical engineering and technical planning training programs. He was first sent to Rimouski, Québec to study and train with summers spent at the Halifax naval base for practical fieldwork. His first posting after graduating as a na- val mechanical engineer was at Halifax for a six-month period for some finishing work
of them now at home and part of a fourth as a work-in-progress. “I’m a fixer,” he said. “I get more fun fixing the machines than playing them.” That passion for making things work better combined with the discipline he ac- quired in the Royal Canadian Navy makes Maranda an invaluable asset in his current position. The 46-year-old former resident of Qué-
Your caisse is renovating! Votre caisse rénove !
Pour un avenir meilleur!
Un endroit pour améliorer ses compétences en:
afin de vous offrir un meilleur service. Your caisse will be investing nearly $1.5 million in the renovation and expansion of approximately 3000 square feet of its existing building, to better serve you. Votre caisse investira près de 1,5 M$ dans la rénovation et l'agrandissement d'environ 3 000 pieds carrés de l'immeuble actuel,
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Rockland: 613 446-5312
Ottawa: 613 748-3879
Cornwall: 613 936-2227
desjardins.com/caisse-trillium 1545, rue Laurier Street 613 446-5156 WE WILL BE OPEN DURING THE RENOVATIONS.
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