Prescott council chooses OPP
By Tim Ruhnke - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT The Prescott Police Service will soon be no
more, town council has decided.
Council voted unanimously at its Jan. 2 meeting to begin negotiations
with the Ontario Provincial Police. If all goes according to
plan, the OPP will take over municipal policing in Prescott later
this year, most or all uniformed Prescott officers will be offered
jobs with the OPP, and seven civilians who are currently working
for the police service will no longer be employed.
In a cost comparison made available to the public after the
council meeting, the 2001 net budget estimate for OPP service
is listed at $1,093,523. The estimated net cost to operate the
Prescott Police Service in 2001 is listed at $1,147,388.
Known one-time costs for the two policing options were almost
identical. The estimated capital costs associated with improving
accessibility at the police station is $177,000. However, it
is noted the cost would be "likely much more" if the
station were to be modernized.
Two one-time cost items are listed in the OPP column: severance
packages ($125,000) and capital ($51,395).
Although those so-called known one-time costs are similar,
other variables listed in the cost comparison suggest the cost
of retaining the municipal police service would have been higher.
Such items as liabilities, legal fees and capital costs would
have to be picked up by the municipality; those items would be
covered as part of the OPP contract.
Councillor Garry Dewar indicated opting for the OPP would
save the municipality in the range of $250,000 in the first year
and $100,000 in each subsequent year of a proposed five-year
contract. Other council members concurred the decision came down
to one of dollars and cents.
Going with the OPP would also alleviate the need to hire a
secretary for the police board as well as municipal administration
costs associated with processing invoices, doing payroll and
paying WSIB premiums, it was noted in the cost comparison.
With no one voting against the motion, there was little in
the way of public debate or discussion by council prior to the
vote. Councillor Jo-Anne Beckstead explained the previous council
had to begin discussing the issue when provincial legislation
established new adequacy standards which took effect earlier
this year. A merger involving municipal police services in Prescott,
Brockville and Gananoque was turned down by councils in the other
two communities before Prescott council took a position, according
to Beckstead.
Prescott's existing municipal police service was formed in
1957; the OPP had been serving the community for several years
beginning in the later 1940s.
"I think the Prescott police have done a very good job,"
she said, "...but no one says things have to stay the same
forever."
Beckstead said if the same service can be provided at a lower
cost to the town, "it may be time for a change."
Many of the comments made by council members that night came
during a media question period which occurred at the end of the
council meeting. When asked if council had made its decision
last month and delayed announcing it until after the holiday
season, Mayor Robert Lawn said he didn't know what the results
of the vote would be until the vote was taken. The mayor added
he did not think council was ready to make a decision two weeks
earlier; additional information on cost-related matters became
available to council within a few days of the vote.
Councillor Terry McConnell said he thinks the new council
did quite well in making a decision so quickly. He also said
the decision should have been made by the previous council.
McConnell also noted he has a relative who was on the police
commission in Kemptville when that community opted for the OPP.
He is more than satisfied with the results in Kemptville, according
to McConnell.
The Prescott Police Services Board has also endorsed the move
to OPP service.
When the policing issue had been raised earlier that evening
at a committee-of-the-whole meeting, Town Clerk/CAO Andrew Brown
reported to council members that Chief Bowie had called to ask
if council would consider deferring its decision until the next
council meeting. Brown said the chief had indicated he would
like to speak to all staff members at the police department a
decision is made.
It was at that point councillors were advised there was a
news release in their packages. The release was made available
to the public after the council meeting.
At least two members of council said privately after the meeting
that they felt council had not handled the matter well.
Augusta council stops discussion on Maynard
landfill site debate
By Monica Whitney - Journal Staff Writer
MAYNARD Augusta council may have put the waste management
issue in the township to bed for good.
Council unanimously turned down a motion at Monday evening's
meeting that would have requested the approvals branch of the
Ministry of the Environment to address council and explain the
implications in expanding its current landfill as opposed to
closure.
While Councillor Jane Fullarton sponsored the motion, she
was the first and only council member to speak out against any
further action on the Maynard landfill site.
"A lot of background information has been garnered on
it," Fullarton said in notifying council she would be voting
against the issue.
"I think you have sufficient information to make the
decision that was made. I think it's the appropriate decision.
I don't really think we need to hear any more on the issue of
expanding the current site.
"Water and Earth Sciences explained the implications
at our public meeting that we had late in the fall that the site
is full, that it's past its approval," Fullarton said.
"It's not on the right kind of foundation to have a properly
drained landfill site built there. I think we've all seen with
the investment that the counties has had to put into ED-19 and
the fact it is unable to open because it isn't cost effective.
I think we know that if the united counties cannot afford to
open ED-19, Augusta Township cannot afford to construct a major
landfill on the current site.
"We're finished with it."
While Reeve George Vail said this lost resolution effectively
ends the debate on the site, he said he wanted to hear options
in case the council ever did want to expand the site. The resolution
was intended to be "a backup, just to have something on
record from the ministry. I just wanted them to give us something
in writing... if we ever did have to expand it, what the dos
and don't would be.
"I just thought it would be good to have these people
come down and give us the ifs, ands and buts of what it would
be. If in time if ever we did have to return to open this, then
you'll find your doorharder to open, than if you had just kept
a little foot in the door."
Last October, the council, then under the reeveship of Adrian
Van Schie, passed a resolution to close its Maynard landfill
site, but retain it as a transfer station. The decision was made
despite strong opposition from some township residents.
Van Schie had explained at the time the council had no choice
but to close the site, because the licensed portion is full.
It would not be financially feasible to keep the site open.
The township owns about 100 acres at the site about 12 acres
of which are licensed to hold waste. Extra land was purchased
as a buffer because it was contaminated with leaching.
An expansion of the licensed portion of the dump to the north
would require a material liner with a leachate collection system.
The township will pay about $87,000 to $90,000 per year to
have its waste hauled away from the landfill. Also at Monday's
meeting, the council passed a resolution to contract with Canadian
Waste Services of Brockville to transfer its domestic waste away
from Maynard for $65 a metric tonne plus shipping costs of $125
per load until Dec. 2006.
ED-19 is the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville landfill
site located north of Crystal Rock and east of County Road 44.
It has not yet been determined feasible to open that site.
The township's North Augusta landfill site will receive all
industrial, commercial and institutional garbage from the municipality.
The life expectancy of that site with 30 per cent of the households
using the facility is about 12 years.
Flurry of activity expected at Spencerville
winter festival
SPENCERVILLE The details of the third annual Spencerville
and District Winter Festival have been finalized, and this year
it is expected to be bigger and better than last year, says the
committee chairman.
Larry Dempsey noted with the wintery weather co-operating,
he expects a good turnout.
The festival runs Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, and will be chalk full
of event. All weekend long there will be free sleigh rides near
the Drummond Building and skating at the mill and the ball diamond.
Friday evening kicks off with an old fashion bonfire at 6
p.m. as well as skating and entertainment. From 6 to midnight,
at the Drummond building, there will be a video jam teen dance.
A fee will be charged. At 6 p.m. there will be hockey game between
the OPP and the fire department.
On Saturday, pancakes will be served at the Drummond Building
from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The breakfast is a fundraiser for Friends
of the Library. Other Saturday events include a Tae Kwon Do demonstration
inside the Drummond Building from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Following the demonstration, there will be a square dance
demonstration until 11:30 a.m. At 1 p.m., there will be a lumberjack
contest in front of the grandstand, and from 1 to 3 p.m., there
will be an Edwardsburgh Figure Skating Show at the community
centre.
The events continue on Sunday with an atom level hockey tournament
from at 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the community centre. There will
be a brunch at the Drummond building from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A
fee will be charged.
At 12 p.m., there will be belly dancing demonstration inside
the Drummond Building. The Mutt races will be held at 10 a.m.,
so bring out the family dog if it weighs more than 35 lbs. Always
a favourite, the Ice Drags spin into action at 11 a.m. at the
mill. Kids Tug-O-War, in front of the grandstand, starts at noon.
From 1 to 2 p.m., the snowshoe races start in front of the grandstand.
"Bingo" runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Drummond Building.
Any questions during the festival, can hopefully be answered
at the help desk in the Drummond Building all day Saturday and
Sunday. All events are weather and condition dependant. For more
information, call 658-2220.
Looking back on a half-century of volunteerism
By Monica Whitney - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT After almost 50 years of living in Prescott,
Doug and Barbara Fraser are still ensuring other local and area
residents have a better lifestyle.
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2001 as
the International Year of Volunteers. This is the first in a
series of Journal feature articles celebrating volunteers in
our community.
The Frasers moved to Prescott from Kingston in 1952, when
Doug started employment with DuPont as a chemical engineer. Following
his retirement from DuPont in 1978, he worked at CASCO as a project
engineer. Although he claims his "memory is getting a little
dim in spots," Doug recalls he "got tangled up with
church work" at St. Paul's United from the start, and a
host of other community endeavours.
His five daughters were all involved in music and "I
couldn't let them get ahead of me," he says. So Doug set
about singing in the church choir, which he continues, and played
for the Prescott Citizen's Band in the 1950s when it was thriving.
He claims he had "two left hands and five thumbs on each
hand" in the band years when he played percussion. That,
he quips, "covers a multitude of sins."
For the past 10 years Doug has played percussion for the Brockville
Concert Band, which performs summer concerts at Hardy Park in
Brockville, "and for almost anybody who asks us to."
He is also a current member of the Cardinal Ecumenical Community
Choir.
At St. Paul's United Church, Doug was the Clerk of Session
for a number of years and held a seat on the music and worship
and hymn selection committees.
In the mid-1950s, Doug was a councillor on town council, and
spent nine years on the South Grenville District High School
Board. He worked for two years on the Leeds and Grenville County
Board of Education after it came into being in 1969.
Under the leadership of Rev. Gary Stokes, St. Paul's staged
three musical plays of which the Frasers were part. "They
turned out quite well and we had a lot of fun with it."
He has been on the Walker House Board of Management since
its inception in the 1980s, serving as chairman and vice chairman.
Doug will soon be retiring as the treasurer at the Prescott centre
for older adults, which offers such activities as pool, bridge,
euchre, cribbage, crafts, weaving, quilting, rug hooking, painting,
shuffle board, dinners, trips and tours.
Just last November, Doug received the Senior of the Year Award
on behalf of the Town of Prescott and the Ministry of Citizenship,
Culture and Recreation.
Although Doug, now 82, says he's had to slow down with the
volunteer work in the last couple of years, he and his wife Barbara
remain active as drivers for the VON and the meals on wheels
program.
When the Frasers daughters were young, Doug says "sometimes
I wondered if I was letting the family down by being out of the
house so much. But my wife kept things on a pretty even keel.
We've been married 58 years, but we've always got along pretty
well.
"But I don't think they suffered too much," he says,
proudly showing a photograph of his family. The couple's children
are Susan Lock of Vancouver Island, Patti Fair of Ottawa, Vicki
Fraser-MacDougall of Hamilton, Heather Lance of Kemptville and
Beth Garswood of Brockville. They also have 10 grandchildren.
"I always have to be doing something," Doug says,
explaining his devotion to volunteer work. "A lot of physical
activity I used to be involved in is now more sedentary. I like
to keep busy and active. I get to meet and work with a quite
a few people; I like people."
Barbara says she enjoys volunteer work because it's rewarding,
and, adds Doug, "she doesn't like me to get too far out
of sight."
"You meet other people doing this," Barbara said.
"It's not good just to stay at home. We're doing it because
we want to do it, not because we're being paid."
Doug also noted volunteers may at times do a better job than
paid workers, since volunteers have a genuine desire to help
others and do the work.
The couple is also involved in the Multiple Sclerosis Society,
assisting with the annual May carnation campaign.
They enjoy gardening, and since their grandson gave them a
computer, Doug is "learning the hard way by making all the
mistakes. But it's fun."
Township council approves appointments
MAYNARD Augusta council has approved several appointments
to municipal committees, boards and other agencies.
Councillor Douglas Barton will chair the planning and recycling
committees, while Deputy Reeve Morris Stark will co-chair these
committees.
Stark will chair economic development and roads. Barton will
co-chair roads, while Councillor Jane Fullarton will co-chair
economic development. Gerry Hough is the community appointment
on economic development.
Fullarton and Stark will be the two representatives on the
library committee.
Councillor Kathleen Thur will chair the recreation and ball
committee, while Reeve George Vail will be the co-chair.
The personnel and finance committees will be handled by Fullarton
and Thur.
Stark will be the reeve's alternate for township representation
on the United Counties council, and will be the representative
on the Middle Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
Barton has also been appointed to the United Counties waste
management committee.
Community representatives on the property standards committee
are Clayton Paquette, Matt Hayes and John Baker.
Public hearing must still take place before police service
can be disbanded
By Tim Ruhnke - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT The final decision on the fate of the Prescott
Police Service rests with a Toronto-based agency of the provincial
government.
The Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services deals with
requests to disband police services. Section 40 of the Police
Services Act sets the protocol under which the commission conducts
abolition hearings.
The process to disband a police service begins with a municipality
forwarding to the commission copies of resolutions passed by
the municipal council and the police services board. Those resolutions
should indicate a desire to abolish the municipal police service
and enter into a new arrangement.
In the case of Prescott, the draft of the proposed agreement
and an OPP costing proposal that has been accepted should also
be submitted to the commission. The documentation from the town
should also include an outline of the process followed by local
officials to obtain public input on the proposed change in police
service, as well as other relevant materials.
Commission Senior Advisor Cathy Boxer-Byrd told The Journal
Monday that a hearing would likely be held within six weeks of
the municipality submitting the required materials.
Once the documentation has been submitted, the commission
will convene a public meeting in Prescott. Most hearings are
completed in one day and are usually held in the evening, according
to Boxer-Byrd.
The hearing will address two main issues: the adequacy and
effectiveness of the new policing arrangement, and whether current
members of the municipal police service are being dealt with
in a fair and reasonable manner.
If the commission does not conclude the new arrangement is
adequate, abolition of the municipal service will not be approved.
The commission also has the power to order arbitration with respect
to the members and employment-related matters.
It is stated in an outline of the commission's general principles
that the commission does not choose between options to determine
which one is more economical or even preferred; those decisions
are to be made at the community level.
"The commission will, however, ask questions to assure
itself that those local bodies have approached their decision
to request an abolition in a manner that has allowed for public
input into that decision."
Among the parties who will be invited to speak at the hearing
are town officials, police services board representatives, OPP
officials, the police chief and a representative of the association
which represents municipal police officers affected by the new
arrangement. Other police officials and members of the public
will also be invited to make presentations or answer questions
posed by the two or three commission members who will be conducting
the hearing.
Boxer-Byrd said members of the public will be asked to contact
the commission's registrar prior to the hearing if they are interested
in making a presentation. However, commission members usually
ask at the end of the hearing if there is anyone else who would
like to address the commission.
"They should base their remarks on the adequacy of what
is being proposed," she added.
The commission will then issue a written decision, which typically
comes within a month of the commission receiving all pertinent
information.
Town policing change will lead to loss of
dispatch jobs
By Tim Ruhnke - Journal Staff Writer
PRESCOTT Council has made its decision and it is time
to get on with life, according to Prescott Police Chief Rick
Bowie.
Town council's decision last week to negotiate a five-year
contract with the Ontario Provincial Police will lead to the
elimination of the Prescott Police Service. But town officials
insist there will be no noticeable change in municipal police
service once the transition is complete.
The OPP will offer employment to all constables and guarantee
they will not be transferred for at least three years, according
to Mike Read, the OPP's case manager of municipal policing in
Eastern Region.
In general, sergeants are also offered employment by the OPP.
Police chiefs can apply for a higher rank with the OPP; applications
of that nature are reviewed by a non-OPP committee, according
to Read.
Bowie said he is considering his options.
The move will also affect four full-time and two part-time
dispatchers and a secretary. The OPP will handle its own dispatching,
and the town is expected to contract out fire dispatch service.
A town press release states "no offer of employment will
be made to the dispatchers and civilian members of the services."
Dispatcher Joe Scott was one of a handful of police staff
on hand at the council meeting. "I am certainly disappointed,"
he said. "I am going to lose my job. It's a sad situation."
Scott said he was surprised there was no dissention at the
council table. He added council disregarded input received at
an Oct. 30 public meeting at which most people voiced concerns
about the OPP taking over municipal policing.
Scott claims council did not make an effort to contact communities
that had made the switch from a municipal police service to the
OPP. In the case of Kemptville, "there are people in the
area who are not satisfied," Scott said.
In terms of staff at the police service, Bowie said he will
try to make the transition as painless as possible.
"The police service has provided a good service... the
public meeting reflected that," the chief stated.
"But the decision has been made and we have to get on
with life."
Bowie added the members of the police service will continue
to do a good job as OPP officers. Prescott will become a separate
patrol zone under the OPP service; officers will be based at
the Grenville County detachment office on Edward St.
Fighting council's decision would not likely make a difference,
Scott said. He questions whether the town will save as much money
as some council members have suggested.
"There's more here than meets the eye," he said.
Team from Centennial '67 wins problem-solving competition
at SGDHS
SPENCERVILLE Students at Centennial '67 Public School
in Spencerville were put to the test last December in a type
of mental olympics, and came out on top.
The team of five Grade 7 and 8 students were part of the Upper
Canada District School Board's Think Bowl 2000, held at South
Grenville District High School in Prescott, where they were required
to use critical thinking skills and develop creative solutions
to solve problems.
The students placed first in the intermediate division, ahead
of 11 other elementary schools from the Central Region.
Coached by teacher Sean Mehmet, the team members were Kyle
Laflamme, William Moulton, Mark Henry, Ryan Killick and Jacob
McGuire.
The students were asked to come up with five answers concerning
the statement: "A recent Canadian survey has found that
far too many young Canadians are inactive," and then present
a final solution. They decided depression in the home causes
increased eating and inactivity for teens, and felt a telephone
help line could alleviate the problem.
The team members had to find the best solution to the problem,
present their conclusions and then had just 25 minutes to develop
and stage a play dramatizing the situation.
The students said they were surprised by their win. "I
thought we were going to be dead last because we didn't answer
all the questions fully," Jacob said.
"I feel like we screwed up our play so we must have done
better on the rest," added Mark.
"We're not good with showing off to everyone," noted
William. "Me, I'm very conservative, but Jacob isn't."
"It was all in the coaching," Jacob commented, referring
to their teacher Sean Mehmet.
Mehmet said the exercise was a "mental olympics to develop
higher-order thinking skills." After being given the statement,
Mehmet said, the students had to develop "realistic, workable
solutions that are cost effective."
In practice sessions in the classroom, the students discussed
such problems as global warming, homelessness and violence in
schools.
"We were so happy with their progress; we were just delighted,"
the teacher said in describing the school's win. "It enables
the students to be recognized for their intellectual capacity."
I was completely surprised and overwhelmed in a very pleasant
way," Mehmet said. "This was our first year and we
certainly did not expect to clean up. We'll definitely be taking
a team next year."
Council, citizens group to exchange information
on train whistles
MAITLAND NEWS Jane Fullarton
The winter session of tae-box began at the MERC Hall Jan.
3. Barb Johnson is the instructor. This course is an excellent
workout for all levels of fitness.
You can still join the 10-week course by coming on Wednesday,
Jan. 10 at 7 p.m.
Area residents interested in having the train whistles stopped
in Augusta will have a meeting with council this week at MERC
Hall. This citizens group wishes to outline the process for stopping
the whistles.
This group feels stopping the whistles in Augusta is an idea
whose time has come. Augusta is estimated to have between 60-65
trains daily and has increasing residential development along
the tracks.
Brenda Humphry, a resident of Riverview Heights who presented
Augusta council with a 200-name petition last summer, stresses
the group is not asking council to decide if they will pass a
resolution to stop train whistles.
The group is asking council to initiate the process to investigate
whether eliminating the whistles is feasible.
Train traffic in Canada is governed by the Canadian Rail Operating
Rules (CROR) which were developed by the railways and their unions
and approved by Transport Canada.
The train whistling at a crossing may be waived if certain
criteria are met. There are several steps involved in requesting
a whistling exception.
First, the municipality should review the crossings to ensure
they meet the criterion for whistling exception.
If the criteria are met, the municipality submits a request
to CN.
A detailed report is prepared including an assessment of the
safety implications if whistling is stopped.
The railway and Transport Canada must agree public safety
will not be compromised before council can pass a resolution
to stop the whistles.
Train whistles have been stopped in a number of municipalities
in Ontario, including Brockville.
Millennium Pathway gets provincial money
PRESCOTT The Millennium Pathway has received a bit of
a financial boost from the Government of Ontario.
The Prescott committee is getting $2,000 from the province's
Main Street Ontario initiative. Councillor Jo-Anne Beckstead
announced the funding at the Jan. 2 meeting of council.
Beckstead, who also chair's the town's millennium committee,
said the committee is "...happy to get a little bit of money"
from the province.
The provincial payment has already been received, it was noted
Monday at a finance committee meeting.
The Millennium Pathway extends along the waterfront from the
marina to the eastern municipal boundary at New Wexford. The
walkway was graded and paved in the fall.
The committee will meet again to look at fundraising options,
according to Beckstead. Revenue has in the past been generated
through bingos, print sales, donations and other activities.
Gardens will be created and benches will be placed along the
pathway as part of the project's second phase to be carried out
this spring.
The committee had applied for major funding from the federal
government's millennium program, but the application was rejected.
The town's project proposal was downsized to focus on the pathway.
Most Leeds and Grenville liquor stores are
now closed Sundays
PRESCOTT Many LCBO outlets in Leeds and Grenville, including
stores in Prescott and Cardinal, are no longer open Sundays.
The change took effect at the beginning of January and is
expected to continue until at least April 1.
LCBO spokesperson Chris Layton said in an interview that January
marks the beginning of the slowest period of the year in terms
of sales the lull which follows the holiday season, the
busiest period for liquor stores.
"In some locations we decided to close stores on Sundays,"
he added.
Layton said the LCBO will monitor the situation and revisit
the issue of Sunday closings at the beginning of April when sales
usually begin to increase. He noted the LCBO tries to be as accessible
to customers as possible, but added "we have to operate
as efficiently as we can."
Liquor stores in Iroquois, Merrickville, Athens, Delta and
Portland are also affected by the LCBO decision. Notices announcing
the closure were posted at those outlets. The one store in the
region to remain open Sundays is the shopping centre branch in
Brockville.
Liquor stores in the region were open Sundays last winter.
The LCBO is a provincial government agency.
Argument on CB becomes altercation on shoulder
of highway
EDWARDSBURGH A truck driver from Orangeville was charged
following an altercation which occurred Jan. 5 on the north shoulder
of Highway 401.
Grenville County OPP reported two tractor-trailers were westbound
near the Highway 416 overpass just after 12:45 a.m. when an alleged
unsafe change prompted a CB argument between the two drivers.
The drivers pulled over and continued the argument. One driver
exited his rig, approached the second driver and struck him in
the head with a baseball bat while he was sitting in his truck.
The man with the bat fled the scene but was arrested by Gananoque
OPP on the 401; the other driver had managed to contact police.
The victim, a 29-year-old man from LaSalle, Quebec, received
minor injuries and refused medical attention at the scene, according
to police. A 31-year-old man was charged with assault with a
weapon and breach of probation.
Constable Steve Tavares is the investigating officer. Anyone
who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call Grenville
County OPP at 925-4221 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Craft classes resume this week
WALKER HOUSE NEWS By Willy Sieling Heuvel
Happy belated new year to all my readers; I hope the holidays
were good to you. Let's make this year the best ever for Walker
House.
For starters, a board of management meeting is scheduled for
tomorrow, January 11, at 10 a.m. If you have any ideas for programs,
concerns or what have you, give me a call or better yet attend
the meeting.
Our Dec. 30 party was a huge success. We had a good turnout
of people and a very nice dinner, and we played games after
very enjoyable. Thanks to all who attended and to Jean Chaters
for helping get it all together (and wasn't able to stay). Jean,
you're a brick; thanks.
Quilting classes will resume Jan. 11 (tomorrow). Craft and
weaving started on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Come on and join in, meet
some new people and learn something new. We are warm and also
serve tea to end the afternoon; try us out. Membership is very
reasonable.
Card games were cancelled for the holiday season and should
be in full swing this week. The euchre club did meet last week
and winners were: Mary Reynolds, 1st; Bea Hensley, 2nd; Phyllis
Whitney, 3rd; Jean Annable won the door prize.
OBITUARIES
Anna Mae Mackay, 79
Anna Mae Mackay, 415 Wood St. E., Prescott, died Dec. 7, 2000
at Brockville General Hospital. She was 79.
Born March 25, 1921 in Prescott, she was the daughter of Fred
Wallace and Anna Roney, who predeceased her.
She was also predeceased by her husband, William Duncan Mackay,
whom she married Aug. 15, 1953 at St. Mark's Rectory in Prescott.
Mrs. MacKay is survived by her son John (Kate) Snyder; daughters
Terry Ann Snyder and Peggy Arcand; grandchildren Jaunni Snyder,
Jason, Nathan and Anna Ashley Arcand and by a sister, Jean Baker.
She had worked as a mother and homemaker at home.
Visitation was held at the Chris Slater Funeral Home, Prescott,
9 to 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2000.
A mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Mark's Roman Catholic
Church Dec. 9 at 11 a.m., with Father J. Appelman officiating.
A committal service will be held in the spring at Sandy Hill
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Jason, Nathan and Ashley Arcand, Jaunni
Snyder, Nikki Jonkman and Heather Huckabone.
Donations may be made to the Humane Society of Leeds and Grenville.
John Anderson, 54
John Anderson died suddenly Dec. 30, 2000. He was 54 years
old.
Mr. Anderson is survived by and will be dearly missed by his
wife Norah of 32 years; his son Michael Jesse, mother Beatrice
Anderson (nee Martineau); sisters Susan (Fred) Visser and Carole
(Laurie) Clifford; as well as many nephews, nieces, relatives
and friends.
Mr. Anderson was predeceased by his father Jack Anderson in
1991.
He had volunteered much of his time to many community events,
especially minor hockey and amateur boxing.
A memorial service was held Friday, Jan. 5, 2001 at 1 p.m.
at Hainstock's Funeral Home, 9810-34 Avenue, Edmonton, AB.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation (10985-124 St., Edmonton, T5M 0H9), or to the
charity of your choice.
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