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Clarence-Rockland council members can expect to see another petition about poor road conditions land on their table for reading and review. Sally Morasse and other householders living along Rollin Road in St-Pascal-Baylon are getting fed up with the state of their country road and want to see a specific plan from the city for fixing the situation. “The feeling is we’re pretty sick of it,” Morasse said during an interview following the April 26 town hall meeting Coun. Guy Desjardins held to discuss Rollin Road and other issues for his village constituency. Morasse has lived on Rollin Road for the past three years and says the state of the dirt-and-gravel road has not changed very much during that time. This year’s early thaw combined with a city works for laying down a layer of large crush rock with a thinner top layer of regular drainage gravel made traffic condi- tions even worse for awhile. City Hall had to close part of the road to all but local traffic because of the soft and shifting road surface. That closure included all heavy-vehicle traffic on the road. That meant fire trucks and ambulances were unable to answer calls on that part of Rollin Road until the road surface had dried out and hardened again. Signs were posted at the road entrances for those sections warning motorists to travel those portions “at their own risk” but later taken down after the ground dried out. “Luckily nothing happened,” said Morasse, “But it was frustrating. That’s pretty pathetic when you have to use the road at your own risk to get home.” Rollin Road residents prepare petition about crappy road condition gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca St-Pascal-Baylon Spring yard work? Check with your local fire department about burning permits before disposing of last year's leaves and dead grass
Clarence-Rockland digs into 50 Million Trees project gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca Bourget a new home in the ground.
“It’s a beautiful day for this,” said Mayor Guibord. The mayor noted that the start of the project follows a week after Earth Day on April 22. He credited the city’s environmental advisory committee for its lobbying work on projects like this one. “It’s they who started it,” he said. “We have lost a great number of trees,” said Vachon, noting that past years of economic development have taken a toll on some parts of the city’s greenspace. “We welcome this (treeplanting) with great enthusiasm.” The treeplanting project is courtesy of a partnership between Trees Ontario, which administers the provin- cial government’s 50 Million Tree program, SNC, which fosters conservation projects, and the city, which is making an active effort to increase its municipal forest cover. The 50 Million Tree program has a goal to expand and restore Ontario’s greenspace by 50 mil- lion new seedlings by 2020. More information on the project is at www.treesontario.ca. “I am happy to see a municipality taking a lea- dership role here,” said Levere.
April cooperated with some sunny weather for the last day of the month and the official launch of the City of Clarence-Rockland’s participation in Ontario’s 50 Million Tree program. Mayor Marcel Guibord, Claude Vachon, chairman of the city’s environmental advisory committee, Lawrence Levere, chairman of the South Nation Con- servation Authority (SNC), and Wade Knight of Trees Ontario grabbed shovels and worked together to plant two ceremonial trees Monday morning to mark the start of a joint partnership between the three agencies on a major spring tree-planting project in the community. “I am really happy to be here today,” said Knight. “We’re here because of the vision of the community and of the community leaders.” A six-hectare parcel of vacant land in Bourget near the municipal landfill is the site for a new future woodland addition to the rural profile. During the next several days 7200 seedlings, featuring a mix of red maple, white pine, white spruce, and hemlock will find
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VANKLEEK HILL FIDDLE AND DANCE ASSOCIATION SATURDAY, MAY 12TH, 2012 At the Vankleek Hill Community Centre 36 Mill, Vankleek Hill 3:00 PM Square Dance Competition
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Please be advised that the concept plan for the village of Clarence-Creek will be officially presented to Municipal Council during the May 9th Public Meeting at 7:15 p.m. in Council Chambers.
Soyez avisés que le plan concept pour le village de Clarence-Creek sera officiellement présenté au conseil municipal lors de la réunion publique du 9 mai prochain à 19 h 15 à la salle du conseil municipal.
Followed by a concert and showcase featuring, from: Braeside, ONT., Kyle Felhaver & Becky Reid - Fiddling & step dancing Pakenham, ONT., The Ziebarth Family - Fiddlers, dancers and singers Alexandria, ONT., Bob Beriault - Country singer & song writer Dalkeith, ONT., The MacLeod Fiddlers - Directed by teacher Ian MacLeod Valleyfield, Quebec, Germain Leduc - Champion fiddler
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8:00 PM Dance to the music of The Glenn Silverson Band INFORMATION: 613 675-4955 / 613 674-5638 ASSOCIATION DE DANSE ET VIOLON DE VANKLEEK HILL SAMEDI LE 12 MAI, 2012 Au Centre Communautaire de Vankleek Hill 36 Mill, Vankleek Hill 15 h Compétition de danse carrée Suivi d’un concert et mettant en vedette de :
Endroit : Bibliothèque de Lefaivre 1963, rue Hôtel de ville Lefaivre ON
Where : Lefaivre Public Library 1963, rue Hôtel de ville Lefaivre ON
Braeside, ONT., Kyle Felhaver et Becky Reid - Violon et dance à claquette Pakenham, ONT., The Ziebarth Family - Violoneux, danceurs et chanteurs Alexandria, ONT., Bob Beriault - Chanteur et auteur Dalkeith, ONT., The MacLeod Fiddlers - Réalisé par le professeur Ian MacLeod Valleyfield, Quebec, Germain Leduc - Champion violoneux 20 h Dansez à la musique de la Glenn Silverson Band INFORMATION : 613 675-4955 / 613 674-5638
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