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The Musée Vankleek Hill Museum wel- comed summer student Angie Renwick on July 4. Renwick has been hired for eight weeks with funding assistance from the federal Canada Summer Jobs program, and the Vankleek Hill & Dis- trict Historical Society. In addition to the daily duties of welcoming visitors and cataloguing collections, Renwick will help organize the Oct. 27-28 Family History Weekend. A Vankleek Hill resi- dent, she is a graduate in History from the University of Ottawa, and in the fall will attend the child and youth worker program at Algonquin College. Renwick is at the Museum Wednesday through Sunday. Angie is seen here with the1959 Spring & Summer Eaton’s catalogue do- nated by Manon Mercier of Vankleek Hill. The Museum is located at 95 Main Street East and can be contacted at 613- 678-2323 or info@vankleek.ca.
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Photo Richard Mahone y
One of the m ost pro m inent buildings in Vankleek Hill, the for m er convent, has been the centre of speculation since ru m ours began circulating to the effect that the three-store y structure on Higginson Street m a y be converted into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. No for m al request for such a use has been presented to Cha m plain Township, planner Do m inique Lefebvre told council last week. The future vocation of the site has been up in the air since owner Josée To m abandoned her bid in 2009 to convert the building into a spa. She is now tr y ing to sell the propert y for $1,250,000. Before its closure in 2009, the convent had been used b y the Soeurs de Sainte-Marie-de-Na m ur, an order that first ca m e to town in 1886.
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Student Transportation of Eastern On- tario (STEO) celebrated the grand opening of its new building in Johnstown recentl y , heralding it as a sign of efficienc y and i m - proved service for students. The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) and the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) are partners in the new student transportation consortiu m . The 4,300-square-foot build- ing boasts six offices, 12 cubicles, a staff kitchen, two m eeting roo m s, one large storage roo m , as well as a “wellness roo m ” with exercise equip m ent. The consolidation created STEO as an en-
tit y separate fro m the two school boards. It will coordinate transportation services for both boards. The consortiu m , which has been operating since Februar y , transports approxi m atel y 35,000 students dail y for a total of 120,000 kilo m eters. The a m alga m ation has m erged the boards’ transportation databases, m aking it easier to find efficiencies when designing transportation routes for students in both s y ste m s. The m erger is part of a provinciall y -driven trend across Ontario that is m erging school board transportation s y ste m s in order to save m one y and i m prove efficienc y .
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