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By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror Last Saturday West- port's Heritage Day bene- fitted from a new venue and lots of enthusiasm, to make the event special for Canada's 150th birthday. Over 50 vendors occu- pied Lockwood Park where there was live music, homemade pie and other food to enjoy. The Lions Club, John McDonald the Pizza Man and the pie booth all sold out. "Lockwood Park was the perfect place," said Heritage Committee chair Jackie Brady. The new location also provided access to the arena which became a venue for a number of her- itage displays by individu- als, organizations and materials gathered by the heritage committee. Jane Murphy, organizer of the heritage displays was happy with the variety of objects and the enthusi- asm visitors had for the exhibits. Murphy managed to collect 96 heritage quilts which were displayed along the boards, includ- ing one quilt dating from the mid 1800's. Displays included a vignette of a 1939 bed- room setting along with a baby crib and children's toys. Westport Telephone Company's history was represented with some of the company's early phones. A display of Vintage tractors, cars and a truck, antique tools and miscella- neous undertaker objects caught the eye of many. China purchased at McEwen's Drug store in the late 30's early 40's along with red glass ware given out as gas station premiums in the 70's were remembered by many. An early 1900 restored canoe was coveted by a number of boat enthusi- asts. Westport Public and Continuation School along with St. Edward's had dis- plays as well as the CWL, Quilts of Valour, and FOTA. Of particular interest to many were some clothing collections, specifically Thursday, June 29, 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No. 25 $1 incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 The Voyageur Brigade Society's South Wind Brigade was making its way up the Rideau to Ottawa this week for July 1 celebrations. 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The village received a letter from Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minster Jeff Leal's office Monday announcing the opening of the fourth intake of Ontario Commu- nity Infrastructure Fund grant applications. Although an official provincial announcement hasn't been released yet, the notice from Leal means the village can forge ahead with construc- tion now and still be eligi- ble to apply for a $1.9 mil- lion grant toward the pro- ject. "We know we are on solid footing to go ahead and still be eligible for the grant," Mayor Robin Jones said Tuesday. The village received five bids last month, rang- ing from $2,372,690 to $3,420,180, to complete the replacement of the Snowfluent system. The lowest bid was about $1 million higher than engineers Aecom estimated tenders would come in at. The village had a tentative $2 million loan approved – approxi- mately $1.2 million to install the system and another $600 to $700,000 for filter bed sand from Tackaberry Construction. The first half of that sand filter tender, along with upgraded hydro to the site, an environmental assessment, public consul- tation and other expenses were mostly paid out of a previous $1.98 million OCIF grant. The village had two other OCIF appli- cations denied in the past three years but they are confident, after an analy- sis of those two failed applications, that their fourth try will be success- ful. The village has now been approved for a $3 million construction loan. When the latest successful OCIF applicants are announced in January 2018 or so, the village will be converting either $1 million or all $3 million of that construction loan into long-term debt. Westport would still be within its legislated bor- rowing maximum, Mayor Jones said. In the meantime, Aecom and the village's lawyers are finalizing the paperwork on the pre- ferred bid this week and the mayor hopes to have a by-law passed at this Tuesday's regular council meeting. 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