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By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror Jessica Champin and Mike O'Brien are prepar- ing for their daughter four- year-old Teagan O'Brien to become the recipient of a kidney transplant in the coming weeks. The St. Ed's junior kindergarten student is on a deceased donors trans- plant list but also has the potential of receiving a kidney from a live donor. Her condition is no sur- prise for her parents who have been warned that the day would come when her kidney function would not be adequate. Teagan was born just 24 weeks into her moth- er's pregnancy and spent her first four months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Kingston General Hospi- tal. She suffered Acute Oliguric Renal Failure in her first few days. "She had a number of challenges during those 117 days but she always seemed to beat the odds no matter how far her tiny lit- tle body pushed them," wrote her mum in a crowdfunding website www.youcaring.com. Champin has set up a crowdsourcing page where she is raising money to help pay for the inevitable expenses her family will be enduring while Teagan receives a By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror With a desolate snow- making season almost in the books, the Village of Westport is looking at trucking another 30,000 cubic meters of waste- water to Smiths Falls this spring at a cost of as much as $400,000. The village is also plan- ning a new tactic and by- law to tackle the sump pumps they believe are also causing a significant part of the problem. The Snowfluent system actually fell behind in Feb- ruary, processing 10,176 cubic meters of waste- water in February while the inflow was 10,768 m3. In addition to mild weath- er, there were several equipment issues as well. The village also hauled 10,000m3 to Smiths Falls, at a cost of $120,000. They haven't received the bill from Smiths Falls but they charged about $30,000 in 2014 for a larg- er amount. Westport spent about $400,000 in hauling and processing expenses in 2014. "It is not if we have to haul but how much," Mayor Robin Jones said at Monday night's commit- tee of the whole meeting. With the snowmaking season pretty much ending this weekend, they face about three months of inflows before land appli- cation is allowed to begin. Lagoon one was at 158cm deep Monday (capacity 180) and the smaller lagoon 2 was at 144cm (capacity 170) Because of the potential volume, the village is get- ting new prices from vari- ous haulers this week. A By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror This year Parks Cana- da's Ontario Waterways unit will be undertaking a new management plan for the Rideau Canal which will be completed by December. The last management plan for the waterway was in 2005, a lifetime away when the canal was a standalone unit under the direction of Superinten- dent Doug Stewart and without a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. The timing of changes in the requirements for management plans shifted Justin Martin President 613-530-0773 RR 2 Westport, ON K0G 1X0 jtmartin@kingston.net 4 Septic Systems 4 Excavating 4 Landscaping 4 Road Work 4 Rock Excavating 4 Trucking 4 Residential & Commercial Snow Plowing & Sanding 4 Damp Proofing LTD. Mirror The Review Thursday, March 3, 2016 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 125, No. 8 $1incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 •Continued on page 3 Community rallies around family awaiting daughter's transplant New sump pump by-law in the works Westport to haul $400,000-plus worth of wastewater this spring Rideau Canal to engage public for management plan Lemcke Real Estate Services Inc. Brokerage Brad Wing Sales Representative 41B Main St.,Westport Bus (613) 273-2021 Cell (613) 484-5447 brad.wing@century21.ca  www.bradwingrealestate.ca Call 359-5660 53 Main St., Elgin duncan s TV & APPLIANCES Range •Self Clean •Hidden Bake Element •Express-Select® Controls Regular 1099.00 Model #CGEF3030PW $ 899 00 Refrigerator •Custom Flex Door™ •Bright LED Lighting •Spillsafe® Shelves Regular 1199.00 Model #FGTR1845QP $ 999 00 Continuing a 30 year tradition serving North Leeds - Delivery & Set Up Available •Continued on page 3 Fundraiser for Seeley's Bay boy with cancer raises over $7,000 See back page 24 Family Lane, Smiths Falls Hwy. 15 S. & Bay Rd. 613-205-1212 streetmotorsales@cogeco.net streetmotorsales.com Charlie Franklin Sales Representative 2011 Chev Silverado 2014 Chev Silverado Grey, 2 to choose from Brown Hard to find these before the USA buyers get to them. •Continued on page 16 The Rideaus, up 1-0 over Stittsville, had game 2 cancelled Tuesday. They are now at home Saturday and this Tuesday. See page 8 Last week's ice storm weighed down trees, like these at St. Edward Cemetery on Salem Road, which resulted in downed branches and trees as well as power outages before Friday's sunshine turned the landscape into a Christmas card like beauty.

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