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Tim Hortons Camp Day 2012, last Wednesday, June 6, will be a day Carlie Barkley of Cardinal won’t forget.

That’s the day Barkley shed her locks to send a local child to camp.

The evening manager at the HK 401 Travel Centre east of Morrisburg, Barkley jokingly suggested “they could shave me bald” as an incentive for the staff to raise their $1,000 objective for Tim Hortons Camp Day.

“I said it, and they ran with it,” she said with a chuckle prior to her trip to the barber chair set up in front of the new centre last Wednesday where several staff members gathered as witnesses.

Barkley’s incentive was successful as the staff went to work and were well over their target several days in advance of Camp Day.

In fact, three employees chipped in $100 apiece which earned them a turn with the clippers. They included the Travel Centre’s assistant manager Marsha Shaver of Iroquois, Tim Hortons’ crew member Brian Hutt of Iroquois and Jeremy Benoit a porter at the centre.

This is the second Tim Hortons Camp Day since the HK Travel Centre opened. In addition to Barkley’s haircut, the staff ran various games to raise extra money in the nationwide event.

In total they raised a whopping $3,984.15 from the haircut, extra activities and donations, way more than last year and much better than their sibling stores did at Ingleside and Bainsville.

Each year Tim Horton store owners donate the money from their coffee sales on Camp Day to send economically disadvantaged children to Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Camps.

Many of the stores also run special events to top up the money raised from the sales.

Each year, more than 15,000 children enjoy the camping experience of a lifetime thanks to the generosity and support of the Tim Hortons’ owners and their customers.

“Everyone knows about Tim Hortons Camp Day, so it’s a fairly easy sell,” said Barkley who has been with HK Travel Centre for seven years.

Getting the first snip on Barkley’s haircut, was  Tim Hortons’ crew member, Sarah Toonders of Williamsburg, who collected the most donations.

Barkley said she was only too happy to give up her locks so that a child could go to camp. She expected one child from the Morrisburg/Williamsburg area, would benefit as a result of the 401 Tim Horton location.

The area, of course, has the advantage of having two Tim Hortons, the second in Morrisburg where staff there ran a Silent Auction and had some festively costumed critters assisted by representatives of the O.P.P. collecting additional donations in the drive through area.

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Funds to cover the cost of HVAC annual inspections of South Dundas water treatment plants will come from the 2012 Water Budget.

At the February 21st South Dundas council meeting, Manager of Public  Works Hugh Garlough recommended that council accept a bid from Neal’s Heating & Cooling for the job. The winning bid came in at $1,190 plus HST. 

The other two companies invited to bid on the project were Morrisburg Plumbing & Heating and Atel Air, both of which were outbid by more than $1,000.

Garlough assured the concerned Deputy-Mayor Jim Locke that “protocol with tenders” was being adhered to during the process.

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Media Release

On March 23rd, Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament was pleased to report that the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, announced funding of $140,000 to be allocated to the Raisin Region Conservation Authority under the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund.

Minister Kent announced more than $3.3 million in Government of Canada funding committed under the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund for 46 projects to clean up the severely degraded geographic regions officially designated as Great Lakes Areas of Concern. 

“I am pleased to report that the St. Lawrence River and the City of Cornwall will benefit greatly from these funds,” said Lauzon, “the Raisin Region Conservation Authority will use these funds towards four projects aimed at improving the water quality and protecting the fish habitat of the river.”

The federal government has allocated these funds to the Raisin Region Conservation Authority for the following projects:

•Septic Re-Inspection Program and Communal Waste Assessment for Westley’s Point, Nadeau’s Point, and Amandale Bay- $30,000

•Lake St. Francis/St. Lawrence River Tributary Restoration- $30,000

•Fish and Wildlife Restoration and Monitoring- $35,000

•St. Lawrence River Restoration Council for local RAP development, implementation, co-ordination, community engagement, monitoring and reporting. – $45,000 

“I would like to commend the Raisin Region Conservation Authority for taking the initiative to protect and enhance the St. Lawrence River in our community,” said Lauzon, “these improvements will benefit the environment and residents of Cornwall greatly.” 

The Great Lakes Sustainability Fund was established to work in partnership with other agencies and local community stakeholders to advance Remedial Action Plans that have been developed for each of Canada’s remaining “Areas of Concern” (AOC) located within the Great Lakes Basin.

GLSF provides technical and financial support to projects (up to one-third of the total cost) that implement remedial actions to complete the clean up and restoration in three key priority areas:  fish and wildlife habitat rehabilitation and stewardship; contaminated sediment assessment and remediation; and innovative approaches to improve municipal wastewater effluent quality.  

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