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By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror Last month's Elgin and Area Heritage Society's Creative Hands exhibition at the Red Brick School gave opportunity for many people to remember friends, family, and neigh- bors. For Ken Hutchings the event was an opportunity to share his father Sam Hutchings' story and his work as a carver of decoys. Sam Hutchings was born in 1894 and grew up in California near Jones Falls on a farm where hunting ducks was just part of your way of life. "He started as a kid to make some decoys to go hunting," said Hutchings. Hunters would take them out in late fall with a float of 30 or 40, the more, the better said Hutchings. Some of Hutchings early ducks have travelled far from their origins back in California and are trea- sured by collectors. In the early years he carved whistlers and blue bills and later on Mer- gansers and a lot of other ducks. The early decoys are distinguished by the tex- By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror When the European boat rental company, Le Boat launches its opera- tions next year their cus- tomers will have mooring fees included in their rental, and at least one existing operator wasn't happy about it. Last spring Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Perth, Rideau Lakes and Westport agreed to a cor- porate fee for the use of their municipal docks at Seeley's Bay, Last Duel Park, Portland and West- port. The $1,660 fee, paid to each municipality by Le Boat, is based on $2.50 per foot times eight 38- foot boats and eight 45- foot boats. Heather Heins who operates Portland's Big Rideau Lake Boat Rentals is upset with the break the Economic impact overstated: Portland operator Larger boat rental companies offered same deal as Le Boat Thursday, August 31, 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No. 34 $1 incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 At last Saturday's Maberly Fair it wasn't just the kids who got to play games. 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HOTEL KENNEY Since 1877 Join us for Pub Food Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 1/2 Price Wings Thursdays only Sunday Brunch, 11:30-2:00 www.hotelkenney.com Some movement has begun on the progress of the construction of West- port's new wastewater treatment system which is due to come on line in late fall. Last week council learned the project was two and a half weeks behind schedule. The contractor has been stripping topsoil from the site where they will be building a large subsur- face system. "They are taking extra- ordinary measures. They told us today they will meet the schedule," said Westport CAO Paul Snider after a site meeting last week. If the work is not com- pleted as per the schedule the contractor has an obligation to pay damages, a financial incentive to be finished on time. They are also responsible for haul- ing of wastewater after the deadline. Work has now been completed on an addition- al road to the site off of Cty. Rd. 10. This will give trucks a one-way trip through the site for the dumping of the estimated 6300 loads of sand required for the project. The sand is being hauled from a pit near Seeley's Bay. It has been estimated a truck will arrive to the site every seven minutes. The size of the filter bed is engineered to han- dle flows of up to 600 cubic meters in peak peri- ods and should result in an expanded rating from the current 310 m3 rated capacity, to 350 m3 per day. Sewage construction getting back on track 50th Anniversary Celebration The Westport Rideaus are marking their 50th anniversary this Saturday, so we dusted off some team photos from over the decades. You can see them and find out more about the event on pages 8-9. Call 359-5660 53 Main St., Elgin Continuing a 30 year tradition serving North Leeds - Delivery & Set Up Available LAUNDRY SAVINGS Front Load Washer •4.3 cu. ft. •Luxecare™ Wash •20 min. 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