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Township of Rideau Lakes staff will be holding an election this summer for a seat in Bastard and Burgess Ward. On Monday, Rideau Lakes council voted six to three to hold an election to fill the council seat left vacant last month by the death of Councillor Doug Good. Supporting the election were Councillors Jeff Banks, Claire Gunnewiek, Arie Hoogenboom, Bob Lavoie, Cathy Livingston, and Cathy Monck. Councillors Linda Carr and Ron Pollard and Mayor Ron Holman voted against the motion. Staff has been directed to take the lowest cost option for the election, paper ballots and polling stations, with the addition of a weekend advance poll. The ward includes Port- land and the area north to Otter Lake as well as the area around Chantry, Delta and Plum Hollow. The holding of a by- election is without prece- dent for the township which, on two previous occasions near the end of term, made appointments Thursday, April 6 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No. 13 $1 incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 75 units from 6'x6' to 12'x36' Easy year round access right in Westport 75 units from 6'x6' to 12'x36' Easy year round access right in Westport 75 units from 6'x6' to 12'x36' Easy year round access right in Westport 75 units from 6'x6' to 12'x36' Easy year round access right in Westport Soho's Self Storage Soho's Self Storage Soho's Self Storage Soho's Self Storage Soho's Self Storage 75 units from 6'x6' to 12'x36' Easy year round access right in Westport 43 Bedford St., Westport 613-273-8848 soho@rideau.net Township to fill seat with by-election Mirror The Review By Howie Crichton The Review-Mirror It was a rare bit of potentially good news for the immediate and long- term future of Westport's wastewater treatment sys- tem, shared at Monday night's council meeting. The village was in touch with provincial offi- cials last week, trying to find out where their latest infrastructure grant appli- cation fell short when they were told they have one last chance to get provin- cial money for the project. A new intake of appli- cations for Ontario Com- munity Infrastructure Funds (OCIF) is to be announced some time this spring and, if the village delays construction by as little as six weeks, they would still be eligible for funding up to 90 per cent. "We just have to delay a little bit, it isn't going to be a significant delay," CAO Paul Snider told Council Monday night. Consulting engineers Aecom and the village are finalizing tender docu- ments for the new filter bed system to go out next week with a site visit later this month. Construction was slated to start in May and last for 120 days. The province told the village that they could go ahead and receive the tenders and be ready to go while they waited for the grant intake announcement. As soon as the announcement is made, some time before June 21 they were told, they could start construction. The village would bor- row the necessary funds to complete the project this year and would be able to pay it off with the grant, if successful. The announce- ments would be made in January 2018. If they are turned down for what would be the third time, the loan would be convert- ed to long-term financing. But there is reason to be optimistic, Snider told council. "They have doubled the amount available (province-wide) to $100 million and municipalities that were successful last time, can't re-apply this time," he said. Also, the grant applica- tion would be much stronger with a finalized bid in hand. The village received close to $2 mil- lion over two years ago but has had two OCIF applications for the same amount turned down since then. 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See page 2. Vigilante pursuit may bring an end to Westport car thefts Westport may have seen their last in a series of stolen cars – at least for now – after an incident early Monday morning where a resident chased down the car thief. After midnight Sunday night, Emily Brown remembered she had left her window down and her purse in her car. She rolled up the window and retrieved the purse, but left her keys in the car, parked in their carport on Bedford Street. Just after heading to bed, she heard a noise out- side and looked to see her car being backed out of the driveway. She phoned the OPP and went out to see her car turning up Cty. Rd. 36. She called to partner Bryce to get the keys to their other car, intending to pursue the thief when she saw the car return and head up Concession Street. "We figured he saw there was only a quarter tank of gas and that wasn't enough so he was heading to get gas," she said. She contacted her sis-

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