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The Westport Lions Club's annual Santa Claus parade takes place this Saturday, leaving at 2 p.m. from the Esso station and ending at St. Edward School. Parade spectators should take note that this year's new route excludes the village's Main Street. From Concession Street the parade will travel down Rideau Street where it will turn left on Church and continue to Bedford Street where it will turn left again, ending up at the school. Children can go to St. Edward after the parade to visit Santa Claus and enjoy refreshments. This year's parade theme 'An Old Tyme Christmas' brings a nod to the close of this year's Canada 150 celebrations. The Lions have orga- nized lots of entertainment on the route including the Kahn's Steel Band, the Perth Citizens' Band, the Rideau District High School Band, and the Gor- don Pipe Band from Smiths Falls. For more information on participating, contact parade coordinator Craig Jackson at 613-913-6777. The North Leeds Christmas Toy Drive is looking for help for fami- lies in Rideau Lakes Township and the Village of Westport to make a child's Christmas merrier. Parents or guardians of children newborn to 12- year-old children who could use assistance with a gift can phone 613-928- 3460 to leave their name and number to contact Toy Drive coordinator Melinda Cowan. Those who know a family who could use the assistance this year can pass on the contact infor- mation. All requests need to come directly from the parent or guardian of the children. The Toy Drive will only be accepting names up until Fri., Dec. 1. The mailing address for donations is North Leeds Christmas Toy Drive, PO Box 222, Delta, Ontario KOE IGO. Each child's package consists of not only new Thursday, November 23, 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No.46 $1 incl. tax Ch Ch C hr e n o h o * i i t one * hrist * t one stm of a k f o a * * as M * * * mas M of a k n k rk kind M kind * a * ark t et ket k t C p f h ' lu hop 'n Shop 'n' Hop 3pm - 8pm S 3pm - 8pm friday, 2 church stre us carolling, M ' H n' Hop 3pm 24 novemb eet, downtown , wagon rides, 017 17 M rt - 8pm ber 20 n westpor drinks food & d s s church stre eet, downtown rt n westpor SHOP 'N' HOP OPEN until 9pm The start up of West- port's new large subsur- face sewage treatment sys- tem has been delayed until Dec. 21. Less than 10 days after being assured the system would be up and running Nov. 21, just one day after the initial planned start up date, Westport Council was asked for a work order change to Dec. 21 at their Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. On Tuesday, the village was awaiting the change order from their engineer- ing consultants, AECOM, which would outline the reasons for the delay. "It's work that they have to do to deliver the product to us. What's also abundantly clear is it's not ready to start. We are wait- ing to see why," said Mayor Robin Jones who noted that communication with the construction firm goes through the village's consulting engineers, AECOM. The news came to the village last Thursday at the project's bi-weekly meeting with the engi- neers and Selectra Con- struction Ltd. After their Nov. 6 regu- lar meeting of council, the news was that Selectra had asked for an extension of one day due to bad weath- er. "The construction con- tract has the provision for the municipality to collect damages of up to $1000 a day plus the cost of haul- ing, although that seems like a remote possibility at the moment. Damages to the village could also be payable if there are additional charges for the consultants services. The village is confident there is capacity in the lagoons despite losing the extra month of treating effluent. Flows have been direct- ed to lagoon one during construction leaving lagoon two, which is in the proximity of the site, almost empty. "We don't want the public to worry. "We are all frustrated. There is a dispute resolu- tion process we can follow if we get to that point," said Jones. They also still have to resolve how the original $1.2 million tender for sand ballooned to more than $2 million after they realized the initial esti- mate of 77,000 tons was considerably short. Village confident they won't have to haul effluent Start-up of sewage treatment system delayed by a month u sh Get your Don't go viral. eet (613) 273-2922 h Str c 3 Chur .A. estport Village I.D W ca ot. al.ca vir dontgo Mirror The Review Toy drive needs help to make children's Christmas brighter Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 Lions Santa Claus Parade in Westport this Saturday At Lyndhurst's annual parade Santa Claus is the star of the show but judges recog- nize other exceptional entries for prizes. This year's awards included: Best Business- Green Gecko; Best Organization-Lyndhurst Turkey Fair; Private-Sweets Corner Pub- lic School; Horses-Marwin and Cathy Antoine. Duncan ' s APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE Call 359-5660 53 Main St., Elgin BLACK STAINLESS 18 cu. ft. 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