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City of Clarence-Rockland honours long-time volunteer firefighter Canada Day at Simon Park – A community success Local Tim Hortons Restaurants serious about environment Baseline Road should be called BADline Road!! Keep up the good work

City of Clarence-Rockland honours long-time volunteer firefighter

On 20 June, the City of Clarence-Rockland officially recognized the work of Mr. Gilbert Labelle of Bourget who has dedicated 50 years of his life as a volunteer firefighter for the Firefighters Association of Township of Clarence. It is very rare in Ontario that a volunteer firefighter accumulates so many years of service and the City Council of the City of Clarence-Rockland has appointed Bourget Barracks in honor of Mr. Labelle. City Council Clarence-Rockland wishes to thank Mr. Labelle for his dedication to the community. Richard Lalonde - Mayor, Clarence-Rockland Back to top

Canada Day at Simon Park – A community success (Thanks to all from the Mayor)

The Canada Day organizing committee : the City of Clarence-Rockland, the YMCA-YWCA, Integra for Prescott-Russell children and adults and Club Powers would like to sincerely thank all the volunteers who contributed to the success of Canada Day. The people who gave their time come from the Air Cadets, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, the Chevaliers de Colomb 6198, the Nouveau Départ Church, the Rockland Filles d’Isabelle and Katimavik. A special thank you to Chuck Séguin for the spectacular fireworks. We must not forget to emphasize the artists talent who participated in the day’s program: the Royal Canadian Legion, the Fanfare de Rockland, Circus Cowboys, Charles Bergeron, Cascades cheerleading group, Extravadanse Academy, the groups from Be in a Band, North Easton and Abba Gold. This day could not have been as successful without the financial help of our sponsors. Thank you for your help. Here is the list: Heritage Canada, ME Productions, Caisse populaire Trillium, Plaza Rockland, Jean Coutu, RiverRock Inn, Extravadanse Academy, Boston Pizza, Boutik Imagine, Brazeau Sanitation, Classic Amusements, the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’est ontarien, D. Piché HVAC, Deral Garage, M&M Meat Shops, Maison de Xin, Palm Entertainment, Rockland Music, Tim Hortons and Zip Printing. A big thank you also to the employees of the four partners who insured the coordination and good organization of the day. We would also like to thank all the people we might have forgotten to mention. Finally, to our residents and visitors, thank you for your presence. The City of Clarence-Rockland is a vibrant community where life is good. Richard Lalonde - Mayor, Clarence-Rockland Back to top

Local Tim Hortons Restaurants serious about environment

(Editor's comment: This letter goes back a few years, but still has merit. -pwm) Every so often, I read in our local newspaper only to find out that our customers at our Tim Hortons' restaurants are the 'number one' polluters in our beautiful City of Clarence-Rockland. In his columns, Patrick Meikle frequently accuses that our restaurants' patrons are solely responsible for the neglecting the environment in our city. Maybe Mr. Meikle is correct in assessing his observation for determining those culprits. However, we would like to point out our pro active approach for discouraging customers who neglect the environment by constantly throwing the Tim Hortons' cups on our parking lots and in our city's streets: We are convinced that Mr. Meikle is fully aware that Tim Hortons is the only 'fast food' company in Canada that serves china cups, stainless steel cutlery as a alternative to paper cups for our in-store customers. Furthermore, our restaurants offer a substantial discount to all our customers who purchase a travel mug instead of the paper cups. In our two restaurants in Clarence-Rockland, we invested in 15 garbage containers on our properties to encourage customers to respect the environment and discard their litter in the appropriate garbage areas. On a daily basis we dedicate a full time employee ( in all our three locations) to maintain the cleanliness of our properties. But most importantly, we would encourage our by-law officers to utilize our tax payers' dollars to enforce the law and ticket those who constantly and knowingly disrespect our initiatives in keeping the community clean and free of debris. Finally we ask all our faithful and loyal customers, please stop littering. Yves Paris Tim Hortons, Rockland Back to top

Votre orthographe et gramaire...

Allo M. Meikle, Object: Article dans Vision du 18 février, 2005 Votre orthographe et grammaire sont excellentes. BRAVO!!! We love your articles. Keep up to good work. R. Trottier - Location unknown Back to top

Baseline Road should be called BADline RD...!! Looking back...

(30 Jan 2005) - This last stretch of road just before Canaan Road is simply a disaster. Although the extreme cold and snow have not helped keeping this road stable, it is simply unacceptable. My husband and I communte through this road everyday in order to get on the 17 and lately we have been forced to take an alternative route. The potholes are simply too deep and too many to avoid. We counted over 15 potholes that are more than 1 ft wide and almost 1 foot deep. Trying to avoid one of these huge potholes in the winter is also a hazards as it is very icy!! Although the last part of Vinette Road is a dirt road and you cannot go 80kmh, it is pothole free. The last time I looked we were paying taxes, this is simply unacceptable. Even when we get a snowfall this road seems to be a forgotten child. It is always the last one to be cleaned. Sometimes I wonder if this road has been taken off the map!! Can we put this road back on the map and clean it up??? Lucie Meloche - Clarence Creek Back to top

Keep up the good work

I just wanted to take a minute to tell you that I look forward reading your column every week. I find it interesting and sometimes informative in regards to the community’s events. Keep up the good work. P.B. - Clarence-Rockland Back to top

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