All requests approved for Tubie Festival

Do you have something to say to council or something you’d like to ask council about? Well, if you do, it looks like your opportunity has arrived.

Members of the South Dundas council will be making themselves available to the public on Monday, October 17th at 7 p.m. at the Matilda Hall in Dixon’s Corners.

At the October 4th council meeting, mayor Steven Byvelds announced the upcoming “round table” where there will be an opportunity for “discussion between council and members of the public.”

The meeting falls during the fourth annual Local Government Week, October 16th to 22nd.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing states: “Local Government Week is an opportunity for Ontario students, educators and municipalities to engage one another on  how their communities work.”

Byvelds told the Leader that as of October 6th no schools had contacted him to speak or meet with their students to talk about municipal politics. He commented that the idea “certainly would be a fit for their Civics class.”

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TransCanada Pipeline officials hosted on open house in Morrisburg to discuss their Energy East project.

Energy East is a $12 billion, 4,400 km pipeline project that will carry 1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan refineries to refineries in Eastern Canada (Quebec City and St. John, Nova Scotia).

Of the 4,400 project, 70 per cent involves the conversion of an existing natural gas pipeline into an oil pipeline, and a portion involves building new pipeline.

The new build portion of the project starts in South Dundas, at the existing Iroquois compressor station. 

Just over 100 km of new pipeline will cross the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and within SDG two new pumping stations will be built. One at Iroquois, in the vicinity of the existing compressor station, and another near Alexandria. 

Nationally, the Energy East project will include the construction of 68 new pumping stations. 

The pumping stations are an integral part of the project. 

Part of the conversion of the existing natural gas pipeline involves the construction additional pumping stations because it takes more pumping stations to pump oil than natural gas. 

More valves are also part of the conversion. For public and environmental protection, valves will be located every 30 km. 

TransCanada Pipeline officials explained that the system is monitored such that in the case of a problem sections of the pipeline can be shut down within minutes.

Pipeline inspections, testing and integrity digs are already underway for this project. It is schedule for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Energy East will transport a variety of crude types including conventional crude oil, diluted bitumen and synthetic crude.

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the 2012 Darts For Hearts at Iroquois Legion, Branch 370, held on behalf of the Heart & Stroke Foundation. The Tournament raised $3,097 for the Foundation on Saturday, February 11.

Included in that total was $1,345 raised on February 5 at the Gerry Sypes Memorial Tournament. His family made a special presentation to Cindy Rowe, area manager for Heart & Stroke. Left to right, below, are Rowe, Amanda Baker, Brenda Sypes and Diane Baker.

Cindy Rowe also took the opportunity on Saturday to present the Iroquois Legion with a special award for its 20 years of supporting Heart & Stroke.

“This award recognizes the Legion’s loyalty and commitment and contributions to the success of community based programs,”  Rowe said.

Darlene Riddell (above right) accepted the plaque on behalf of the Tournament organizers and the Legion, saying that “we are glad to accept this award, and we will display it proudly.”

Participants in the Darts Tournament enjoyed a full day which included food and 130 prizes generously donated by merchants in Iroquois, Morrisburg, Cardinal and Winchester. 

Organizers for the event were Wayne and Linda Bellinger, Randy Markell, Glen,  Caralee and Tony Easter, Carol-Lee Pemberton and Shelley Morrow, aided by Earl Nesbitt.

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