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Ami Carty's RCMP costume was a show stopper on Monday when a Canada 150 cel- ebration at Rideau Vista Public School included a costume parade of school teams and a peek into the school's time capsule which is scheduled to be opened in 2050. Organizers of Canada Day in Westport are invit- ing everyone to be in the parade this year. For Canada's Sesqui- centennial Year, they want to make this parade one to remember. There is a space for you if you fall into any of these categories: boys and girls, girls and boys and kids with their bikes. Other cat- egories include dogs and their owners, musicians, antique vehicles, clowns, men and women - some dressed in their Sesquicen- tennial clothes, grandmas, grandpas, aunties, uncles and cousins and the fire fighters will be joining the fun again this year. The parade will form up at 12:30 in the parking lot of St. Edward's. The West- port Senior of the Year will be announced and the recipient will lead the parade - right behind the Colour Party of Branch 542 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The parade begins at 1 p.m. and will proceed along Bedford to Church St., down Church to Spring St and end at the Community Centre where Sparky will be waiting for the kids and the Legion will have treats. Earlier on July 1, the OPP will be providing a bike safety rodeo at the Community Centre at 10:30 a.m.. All the girls and boys need to bring is their bike and the OPP will spend an hour or so cover- ing bike safety. They are also hoping businesses have time to decorate their windows in red and white for the big day. Watch next week's Review-Mirror for more on Canada Day activities in Westport and North Crosby. Leeds County OPP charged two more drivers with stunt driving on Hwy. 15 this week. On Sunday, at about 7:45 p.m. OPP officers in Rideau Lakes Township stopped a Ford van travel- ling westbound on High- way 15. Speeds were in excess of 51 kilometres over the speed limit. As a result, a 52-year- old Ottawa driver found her vehicle towed, and impounded for seven days. On Monday, at about 12:00 a.m., officers in Rideau Lakes stopped a Hyundai travelling on Highway 15. Speeds were in excess of 53 kilometres over the speed limit. A 37- year-old Kingston driver found his vehicle towed, and impounded for seven days. Neither name was released. Both scheduled to appear at Brockville Court at a later date. Impaired charges On June 2 at about 11:30 p.m. Rideau Lakes OPP were conducting a RIDE check at Cty. Rd. 29 and 30, in Elizabethtown- Kitley Township where they charged a lone male driver with impaired dri- ving. Charles Johnston, 60, of Athens Township was later released and is to appear in Brockville court. On Saturday, at about 1 a.m., as a result of traffic stop on Marina Road in Rideau Lakes Township Daniel Wilson, 47, of Rideau Lakes was charged with Driving with Over 80 Mgs of Alcohol in his Blood. On Sunday, at about 1:20 a.m. as a result of traffic stop in Gananoque, David Robinson, 46, of Rideau Lakes faces charges of Impaired Dri- ving and Refusing to Pro- vide a Breath Sample. Campgrounnd break and enter OPP are still investigat- ing a break and enter that occurred at a Mallorytown campground Sept. 17, 2016. Thieves removed a safe with a quantity of cash. A further quantity of cash was taken from another storage location prior to thieves fleeing the scene. Anyone with informa- tion on the above occur- rence is asked to call Leeds County O.P.P. Com- munication Centre at 1- 888-310-1122, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- (TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. Crim e Stoppers does not want your name, you don't go to court, and you could earn cash reward. The Ontario Festival of Small Halls has announced the interna- tionally-renowned musi- cians who will be raising the rafters in rural com- munity spaces this fall. The lineup will see the Festival of Small Halls ignite local stages across eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley from Sept. 14 to Oct. 1, with a mix of big-name familiar faces and boundarypushing roots, folk, pop, soul and bluegrass-inspired musical acts. Now in its fourth year, the Ontario Festival of Small Halls is again expanding its scope – this year to include more than 30 unique gathering spaces. "This time around, we selected artists based on their captivating live per- formance, their stage pres- ence and the ability to con- nect with their audiences," said General Manager, Kelly Symes. Some of the artists include Ashley MacIsaac, a household name in Cape Breton fiddling, as well as Halifax's Jenn Grant, Charlottetown's Rose Cousins and Montreal's Leif Vollebekk. Kingston's own The Abrams brothers will return again after an explosive performance last year. Another festival favourite, Old Man Luedecke, who performed in the festival's inaugural year, will return after recently taking home the 2017 East Coast Music Award for Album of the Year. Some highlights at halls in the Rideau Lakes area include: Thursday, Sept. 14 Chaffey's Lock Com- munity Hall – Great Lake Swimmers with Seamus Cowan; Friday, Sept. 15 Chaffey's Lock Com- munity Hall – Jenn Grant with Taylor Angus & Logan Brown; Saturday, Sept. 16 Joshua Bates Centre, Athens – Rose Cousins with Julia Finnegan; Sunday, Sept. 17 Morton Community Hall – Fred Penner with Barbershop Therapy; Thursday, Sept. 21 St. Andrew's United Church, Toledo – Dave Gunning with Chris Mur- phy; Friday, Sept. 22 Delta Old Town Hall – The Outside Track with Change of Step; Althorpe Bolingbroke Community Hall – Sultans of String with Lost for Words; Saturday, Sept. 23 Lyndhurst Legion – Old Man Luedecke; Sunday, Sept. 24 The Red Brick School, Elgin – Rosie & the Rivet- ers; Maberly Community Hall – The Outside Track with Change of Step and the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra; Thursday, Sept. 28 Portland Community Hall – Birds of Chicago; Friday, Sept. 29 Seeley's Bay Commu- nity Hall – Ashley MacIsaac Tickets for individual events are now on sale at www.ontariosmallhalls.co m or by phone at 613.402.1425. Additional openers will be announced in the weeks to come. The Review-Mirror June 15, 2017 – 5 Festival of Small Halls announces energetic line up Parade organizers seeking participants for Westport Canada Day 150 parade Stunt driving charges after two Hwy. 15 stops WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN 50 YEARS

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