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CLARENCE CREEK The 42 nd Annual Clarence Creek Carnival is Feb. 10 to 19, courtesy of the Clarence Creek Lions Club and associated sponsors. The opening ceremony and parade followed by fireworks display is Feb. 10 outside of the Clarence CreekArenawith aweek of activities to follow. Special event on the Feb. 19 weekend is the annual Ice Car Race. CLARENCE-ROCKLAND Clarence-Rockland Public Library hosts Children’s Story Time for ages 2 to 5, 10 a.m., every other Tuesday at the Bourget branch and every Wednesday at the Rockland branch. Register by phone to 446-5680 or at the library branches. NATION Like to knit, crochet or do crafts? Join the Crazy Crafters Club every Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Église Baptiste Évangélique Church, 2074 Route 500 in West Forest Park. Some charges may apply each month depending on the activity. PENDLETON Do you need a Faith Lift? Please join us this Sunday at the Riceville- Pendleton United Church, 2080 Concession 10, for an inspirational 10 a.m. worship service this Sunday. A social hour follows. For informa- tion phone Margaret at 524-5285 or Ray at 673-2125. PRESCOTT-RUSSELL Alcoholics Anonymous Prescott- Russell holds its regular meetings on Wednesday, 8 to 9 p.m., at the Rési- dence Quatre Saisons, 760 Station Street, Plantagenet. For more infor- mation phone Pierre at 673-4743. ROCKLAND Tucker House is hosting a Saving Seeds workshopMarch 6, 7 p.m., with Greta Kryger of Greta’s Organic Gardening to provide information on year-to-year seed saving for sustainable gardening. Workshop cost $5. For reservations phone Nathalie at 446-2117, extension 5 or email community@tuckerhouse.ca. La Friperie de Rockland at 2815 Chamberland Street is openThursday and Friday, 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All profits go to the Rockland food bank. La Popote roulante de Rockland Meals on Wheels is ready to help. For details phone Diane at 482-0438 or Pierre at 446-7585. Munchkin Music program at the Rockland Family Centre is a one-day- a-week free music program that helps develop language and listening skills, coordination, and cognitive skills for children ages 3 and 4 who begin ju- nior kindergarten the following year. For registration information phone Lynne or Rachelle at 446-4220. Youth Drop In, Friday evenings, 7 to 10 p.m., at The Upper Room at 928 Laporte Street, Unit 195 upper level. The program of music, bible study and other activities courtesy of Grace Presbyterian Church. WENDOVER LesChevaliersdeColombdeWendover hosts its monthly bean supper on Feb. 10 at the Lucien Delorme Community Centre.
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investments quickly while they still had some worth and reinvest in products that are safer and wait for the 2056 maturity date. These measures will allow the corpora- tion to regain control of itsmonies before the expected maturity and mitigate losses on this high risk repayment,” Parisien writes in a report to council. reported driving around in vans or large cars and stopping to browse through various stores. They are all dressed in loose baggy clothing, suitable for use in shoplifting. One or more members distract staff while the others then pocket various items. Anyone with information on these shoplifting gangs or who sees suspicious behaviour should call local police or the toll-free OPP line at 1-888-310-1122.
agreement for commercial paper holders, with a maturity date of July 2056. With the sale of the notes, the counties, which had made provisions for the loss in previous years, are left with a surplus of $1,640,640, which will be listed as such in the financial report for 2011. “Given the global financial crisis raging in recent years, the CAO decided to sell
“This is excellent news,” Prescott- Russell united counties chief administrative officer Stéphane Parisien said of a recent and pleasant change of fortunes for the regional government. The counties have managed to net $1.6 million on an investment that could have cost taxpayers more than $2.4 million. In November, Parisien sold “commer- cial paper” for the sum of $1,650,640. In 2007, the counties had expected it would lose $2,484,187 on the investment notes. “We thought wemight lose it all. But we have been able to recover two-thirds of our investment,” Parisien told council. In 2007, the counties invested in asset- backed commercial paper. That same year, the market suffered a meltdown with issuers of commercial paper notes defaulting on payments. In 2009, an Onta- rio court decision resulted in a new
OPP issues business alert
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Local merchants need to pay close attention to some of the foot traffic coming in through their doors. The OPP warn that several groups of professional thieves are scouting around for potential victims. The OPP East Region office issued a business crime alert Jan. 31. Groups numbering from three to 10 people, including both men and women, have been
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