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The Review-Mirror July 27, 2017 – 16 Harltess team captain Chris Hartley of Westport sets up a team mate for a spike dur- ing Saturday's Westport Lions beach volleyball tournament. See page 11 for more. Saturday, July 29 Elgin Lions Hall, starting at 6 p.m. Proceeds donated to 'Park it for Parker' in Memory of Parker Simpson The dance was instituted last year by Mr. Burch family after he lost a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer. The purpose was to raise money and awareness for this type of cancer, which has glaringly low survival rates. With the diagnosis came the news that only 8% of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are still alive after 5 years. Despite having surgery and receiv- ing chemotherapy, Mr. Burch lived only 7 months from the time of his diagnosis. Because of it's grim statistics, research money is rarely given to this seemingly uncurable cancer, and so, Mr. Burch family made it their mission to continue to fight against pancreatic cancer and raise money for research for new and more effective treatments. Each year, the family sells pansies for pancreatic cancer in the spring, partnered with Sunshades Greenhouses in Glenburnie, and for the second year, will also have a "home cooked" dinner prior to this year's sconce. To date, the family has sold over $5000 in pansies and last year's dance raised $4000, all of which was donated to pancreatic cancer research. This year, the family has opted to donate the funds to the "Park it With Parker" cam- paign. 8-year-old Parker Simpson, son of Sarah and Devin Simpson of Seeley's Bay, lost his battle to cancer this past February. South Crosby Public School (where Parker attended) has set about building a space to honour Parker's memory. Mr. Burtch's family wanted to help defray the cost of this important space and have offered to donate the proceeds from this year's benefit to the project. With both of his granddaughters attending the school, the youngest being in Parker's class, the family knew and agreed he would want nothing more than to honour Parker's life in this way. Anyone interested in attending the dinner and dance can find information on the Facebook Page, 2nd Annual Bryan Burtch Memorial Dance or email aswhalen@bell.net for details. Any and all donations, no matter the amount, will be greatly appreciated. SECOND ANNUAL BENEFIT burtch The Lombardy Fair has cancelled the kids' pig scramble after Toronto Pig Save threatened to stage protests at the fair Aug. 1- 4. They gathered over 5,000 names in an online petition protesting the game where children chase baby pigs in a ring. The fair will carry on with the rest of its events at the Lombardy Fair- grounds. Enjoy produce, home craft, and handcraft dis- plays. Take in the agricul- tural showcase. For the western horse enthusiast there is new ranch compe- titions and extreme cow- boy Races (Sat. and Sun.). There will also be lots of other games and activi- ties for the children all week-end long including the Junior Fair Ambas- sador Contest Show (Fri.), Baby Show (Sun.). For lots of excitement, take in the demolition derby (Friday evening), the antique and farm stock tractor pull with a lawn and garden tractor pull on Saturday, and the 4×4 truck pull on Sunday. A horse and pony pull on Monday rounds out the four day fair. Like it a little quieter? Sit and enjoy yourself in our tree-shaded park com- plete with picnic tables. Every afternoon there is on-going entertainment of a wide variety on the park stage. Go to wow.lombar- dians.ca for more. •Continued from page 1 Ministry of the Environ- ment doesn't allow spray irrigation when the surface is too saturated to take it. Councillors were scheduled to meet Wednesday (July 26) to make a decision on calling in the haulers, an expense that would be more costly if they were called in for an emergency situation. Wastewater was hauled to Smiths Falls in both 2014 and 2016, at a total cost of around $800,000. This week building starts on a new road south of the existing entrance to the wastewater treatment plant on Cty. Rd. 10. Groundbreaking for the project will be celebrated next Tuesday at 10 a.m. Construction is expect- ed to take 120 days so Mother Nature needs to co-operate so the village can spray irrigate through- out the building phase. Spray irrigation has been approved on a year- to-year basis by the MOE since the Snowfluent treat- ment problems surfaced about five years ago. Once the filter bed system is in place, neither irrigation or the Snowfluent system will be needed. Westport is still dealing with clean water getting into the system so heavy rainfalls exasperate the problem, sometime boost- ing the roughly normal 300 m3 or so daily volume to over 1000 m3. The infiltration can come from sump pumps illegally hooked into the system, leaky pipes and poorly sealed manholes. Got Bacon? Tomatoes are Ripe & Ready along with cucumbers, peppers, preserves and more Open Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Soho's Greenhouse 43 Bedford St., Westport, Beside St. Edward School 613-273-8848 • soho@rideau.net Rain hinders spray irrigation Lombardy Fair carries on without pig scramble after threatened with protests