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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 DÉMOLITION, MAISON DES JEUNES Le canton de Champlain a obtenu le consentement du Conseil scolaire catholique de l’Est ontarien pour procéder à la démolition de l’édifice qui servait de Maison des jeunes. Le bâtiment, adjacent à l’École élémen- taire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste à L’Orignal, sera démoli à la fin du trimestre scolaire actuel, en juin. – Gregg Chamberlain TOWNSHIP ASSET PLAN Champlain Township administration presented council, during its June 4 committee of the whole session, with a four-page summary of the asset mana- gement plan policy for the municipality. Provincial government regulations now demand that all municipalities have asset management plans in place when they apply for provincial funding grants, to show how well they are planning for and maintaining their infrastructure needs. The proposed policy for Champlain Township calls for considering community planning and climate change factors for future asset management. – Gregg Chamberlain MACDONELL-WILLIAMSON HOUSE Activities will be held at the Maison Macdonell-Williamson House, 25 rue des Outaouais, Pointe-Fortune. Woodcarving with Gerdine Van Woudenberg “Chainsaw Lady” will take place on Saturday June 29 from 1-3 p.m., plant exchange on Sunday June 30, and Zumba with Andrée Fournier on Monday, July 1, from 1-3 p.m. SNC GOLF TOURNAMENT South Nation Conservation (SNC) will be hosting its annual fundraising Friends of SNC Golf Tournament this year on August 8, at the Upper Canada Golf Course in Morrisburg. Proceeds from this year’s tournament will go towards the Conservation Authority’s flagship Maple Syrup Education Program and property upgrades at its new home: the Oschmann Forest in North Dundas. To register, or for more information, please contact Taylor Campbell at tcampbell@nation.on.ca. – Francis Racine
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The mighty machines were out in full force Sunday afternoon for the VKH Truck and Modified Tractor Pull and Show ‘n’ Shine at the Vankleek Hill Fair Grounds. “Everybody there, drivers and spectators, all enjoyed themselves,” said Cory Nixon, one of organizers for the local recreational motor sports event. The wet spring weather almost put a damper on plans for the June 15 weekend event. Pouring rain forced can- cellation of the original Saturday date for the competition. Organizers rescheduled their “rain date” plan for Sunday as the alterna- tive, and fired up the social media machine to get the word out on the Web through Facebook and relayed through community websites. Sunday saw the sun break through with some cloud cover to keep the temperature from getting too hot. This suited more than four dozen competitors just fine as they rolled up to the Vankleek Hill Fair Grounds with their half-ton and three-quarter ton trucks, modified tractors, and other rigs, all ready to prove who had the best and the
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strongest machine for dragging dead weight the farthest distance down the fairground track. Before the start of the competitive pulling events and in between breaks, spectators wandered around “Show-and-Shine Street”, the section of the fairgrounds set aside as the parking area for a collection of com- mercial tractor-trailer trucks, heavy-duty emergency vehicles, and other types of trucks on display for everyone who admires big rig vehicles. “Thanks to all the volunteers,” said Nixon, “and we’ll see you next year on June 13.” For a glimpse of the event, see a video: https://youtu.be/6EMlCHtypNE Greg Stewart et Christina Vanier de Metcalfe se détendent à l’ombre de leur gros tracteur Kenworth sur «Show’n’ Shine Street», la partie du terrain de la foire de Vankleek Hill réservée à tous les gros camions stationnés et exposée aux amateurs de gros camions, pendant le VKH Truck and Modified Tractor Pull du dimanche 15 juin. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Champion curlers Caitlin Allen (left) and Emilie Lovitt were among those honoured during the Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute’s annual Sports and Extracurricular Awards Gala, on Monday. The two VCI seniors (see photo) were the Vankleek Hill half of Team Vivier, a combined Vankleek Hill/Navan women’s high school curling team, which rocked their way to the gold medal in the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Associations curling championship, and went on to claim the bronze in the Ontario provincial high school women’s curling tournament. —archives
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