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The St. Edward's Parish community will be cele- brating their Irish roots this Saturday, March 17 at 11 a.m. when they cele- brate a mass in honor of St. Patrick. The mass will also cele- brate the Irish Catholic families and their priests who established the parish in 1848 after their arrival in the region in the 1820s. The Mass will be con- celebrated by Father Louis Di Rocco and Westport native sons, Father Brian McNally and Father Michael McCarthy. St. Edwards church, now a Westport landmark came from humble begin- nings when worshippers walked or rode miles to attend mass. The first log church was built in 1846, 'on the mountain' at a site off of Parish Road where a marker commemorates the site which is now in a plantation of pines. The log church parish welcomed worshippers from a large territory which included both North and South Crosby, North and South Burgess, Bas- tard, Bedford and Hinch- inbrooke townships. Father Edward Vaugh- an, the missionary priest who played a large role in the church's construction could also have been the parish's namesake. In the 19th century as the population grew the Westport parish was reduced in size with North Burgess moving to Perth (1872), the Philipsville area attached to Toledo (1873) and Bedford becoming attached to Sharbot Lake (1893). The church was clustered with St. Columbanus in Elgin in 2012. The first log church, which was destroyed by fire, was followed in 1859 by Father F.J. Foley's con- struction of a frame church located just west of Salem at the parish's cemetery. He was the first resident priest of the parish after a series of missionaries. The building was destroyed by fire the day of its completion but was rebuilt. It was later moved to Bedford. The next milestone of the parish was the building of a rectory in the village in 1853. Bishop Patrick Phelan's idea was that a church would eventually accompany the rectory. The rectory was used until 1916 and used as a chapel before the con- struction from 1859 to 1861 of the present St. Edward's church which has evolved to what it is today. The church's interior was not completed until 1871. The vestry was added in 1877 and in 1882 the tower and spire were completed with a bell. The addition of electricity, a hardwood floor, new pews and stained glass windows followed between 1930 and 1945. Catholic education was an integral part of parish life with a convent and school begun in the sum- mer of 1885 and in Sep- tember of 1886 three Sis- ters of the Congregation of Notre Dame came to begin teaching at the new school. The school extended to the secondary level and was supported by public taxes for its operation in 1896. The secondary level was discontinued in 1967 and in 1970 the school was demolished and replaced with the present building. In 2012 the school cele- brated its 125th anniver- sary and in 2011 the Catholic Women's League celebrated its 90th anniversary in the parish. The service of the Sis- ters of the Notre Dame who served the communi- ty as teachers was com- memorated with a plaque which sits between the school and the church on the site of the former con- vent. •Continued from page 1 ing narcotics, the injecting of opioids, and the associ- ated storage and disposal of injectable opioids. Many of those patients submitted dramatic stories last fall of how their lives have turned around, mak- ing a comeback from being mostly bed-ridden and suffering weight gain. Dr. Elaine Riddick and Dr. Sharon Grainger were lined up to work three days a week at the New- boro office during the anticipated suspension. The family medicine specialist had the opinion that Dr. Shiozaki failed to meet the standard of prac- tice of the profession and that he demonstrated a lack of knowledge, skill and/or judgment in his prescribing of controlled drugs, including narcotics, and, in some cases, his injecting of opioids and associated storage and dis- posal of injectable opioids, in all 25 patient charts reviewed. The suspension follows a suspension in 2014 when he admitted he had engaged in boundary vio- lations with a patient. Other disciplinary issues included a 2008 complaint from a patient of Dr. Shiozaki's regard- ing recommendation of an investment opportunity. The Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee of the College (the "ICRC") directed Dr. Shiozaki to attend to be cautioned in person about his conduct and the perception of a conflict of interest in the circumstances. The ICRC the ICRC counseled him in 2012 after two physicians detailed concerns about the doctor's prescribing of opioids. On Monday at the Leggett Sugar Bush in Crosby Cathy and Bruce Leggett were man- aging what was a slower run of sap after temperatures fell after an early, February start to the season. See page 7 for Maple Weekend events coming April 7-8. Church celebrates its Irish history this Saturday Treatment system fully operational, hauling may be over for good The Review-Mirror March 15, 2018 – 3 at Legion Branch 231, Harlem Rd., Portland St. Patrick's Dance Saturday, March 17th featuring 50-60s Classic Country with Urban Lace 8 p.m. until midnight. Tickets $12 p.p. The Westport Waste Treatment Plant is fully operating while pressure tests are completed to test each treatment cell of the new large subsurface sewage disposal system. "The system is fully operating," said Mayor Robin Jones who is pleased to be coming to the end of the project and its commissioning this spring. Hauling of effluent from the plant's lagoons has stopped, said Jones who said the spare capaci- ty in the lagoons was run- ning at 8,000 cubic meters, above the 7500 cubic meter threshold council had established as a trigger for hauling. The costs of the hauling sewage this winter have been covered by Selectra, the construction company and had been included as a condition of the contract if the treatment system was not functioning and there was the need to haul efflu- ent. Selectra has been pay- ing for the hauling, said Jones who anticipates, from what she has been advised, that there will not be a need to haul this spring. "I think we are still in good shape," said the mayor who added there were still legal issues to resolve around the amount of sand which was required for the project. The amount of sand exceeded the projected cost by around $750,000. Many affected patients supported doctor Upper Rideau Branch 542 10099 Cty. 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