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Local groups were rec- ognized for their contribu- tions to their communities and the Rideau Canal last Friday with awards from the Rideau Corridor Land- scape Strategy. The economic develop- ment excellence award went to the Seeley's Bay and Area Residents' Asso- ciation (SBARA) - Steps Up Program which also won a merit award in the community building cate- gory and the design cate- gories. The Friends of Foley Mountain won a merit award in environmental stewardship as well as community building where Foley Mountain Conservation Area super- visor Rebecca Whitman was honored with an hon- ourable mention. Murphy's Point Provin- cial Park and Friends of Murphy's Point Park were also double winners with an honourable mention in the environmental stew- ardship category for their Adopt a Gray Ratsnake Program and an excellence award for their Silver Queen Mine Interpretation Program. Rideau Ferry's Scott Cameron was honored as an excellence winner in the community building category and can also take credit in his career as pub- lic works manager with the Township of Drum- mond North-Elmsley for the design excellence award for the Rideau Ferry Public Docks. Cameron has been a leader in the revival of the Rideau Ferry Regatta, an event the community mounts every two years. Other winners included the Excellence award to the Perth Wildlife Reserve, another Rideau Valley Conservation Area Property. Heritage conservation merit awards went to the Friends of Andrewsville Bridge and Dr Laura Mur- ray for her work with Kingston's inner harbour. The awards were given to honour the 10th anniversary of the Rideau Former staff members of Rideau Vista Public School are looking for- ward to meeting students and colleagues this Friday October 13 to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. Visitors can relax in the gym where there will be two hours of live music in a coffee house format or discover more about the school's past on the school's bulletin boards. Volunteers have been collecting photographs for the event which will also bring back memories of performances by former students. A recording of the dif- ferent concerts and musi- cals over the years will be playing at one end of the school's hallway. "We are in discussions about something which we can leave as a commemo- rative legacy for our reunion. We will be taking donations that night," said Diane Graham Lynn, who with fellow retired teacher Marilyn Ambler is in the running to be one of Rideau Vista's longest serving staff members. Other members of the committee include current staff representative Shau- na Strottman Scanlon who has been at the school since 2003, former school secretary Bonnie Prevost, teacher Jackalyn Brady, Principal Sue Todd and current teacher Nicole Scott who is managing the Facebook page. Rideau Vista celebrates 50th Friday Thursday, October 12, 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No. 40 $1 incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 Local food banks benefitted from food drives at Rideau District High School and South Crosby Public School which were part of a national initiative of Farm Credit Canada 'Drive away Hunger'. South Crosby collected 345 lbs of food and Rideau Dis- trict High School student council 685 lbs. 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The school was one of five schools which closed this September after the board conducted an accommodation review last year. Three more schools will be closed next year. The township received a letter last month as a pre- ferred entity. Under Min- istry of Education regula- tions the board is required to offer the property to the municipality at fair market value. The township is one on a list of preferred entities which includes other school boards, child and youth mental health agen- cies, LHINs, boards of health, a local service board, indigenous organi- zations and the provincial and federal governments. The board requires those entities to submit an expression of interest (EOI) in response to the proposal. The township has mul- tiple needs for new facili- ties in the Portland area, including a new fire hall, replacement of or invest- ment in the current com- munity hall, as well as a township-owned library facility. The fair market value of the property has not been revealed to the municipality. After the last school closure in the township, the Beverley School in Delta, council investigated the purchase of the school. The school was ultimately demolished to facilitate the remediation of a fuel oil spill which was of potential harm to the local aquifer. Township discussing possible purchase of Rideau Centennial

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