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This year’s 44th Annual Tubie Festival is going ‘Tubie’ a splash so everyone’s invited to sign up to enter the race and parade to be part of the biggest event ever. 

Tubie Weekend has always been one of the most anticipated weekends of the year in Morrisburg when friends, family and visitors from near and far get together to catch up with each other and have a fantastic time at the parade, the dance and of course the famous Tubie race. 

This year’s event starts Saturday, August 2, with the parade during the day and the Dance from 8-12. 

The race itself will be held Sunday, August 3. 

This year’s organizers, the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce, invites everyone interested in entering a craft for the race and/or a float in the parade to come to a short Information Meeting Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the McIntosh Country Inn and Conference Centre. 

Past participants, as well as first-timers, are encouraged to come on-board to make Tubie Weekend the biggest splash ever!

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(SD&G) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is committed to road safety. As a driver, your actions directly impact your safety and the safety of other motorists.  With the Easter Long Weekend approaching and as the weather improves, the roads get busier.  Here are some important tips to remember every time you get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle:

Pay Attention to the Road.

• Distracted drivers are a safety risk! It is illegal in Ontario for drivers to use any handheld communication and entertainment devices (not exclusive to cell phones) while operating a motor vehicle. We have seen a decrease in the number of persons using handheld devices, but we are concerned about the large number of drivers who continue to engage in this dangerous activity.

Buckle Up – Seatbelts Save Lives.

• All Ontario drivers and passengers must wear a seatbelt in a properly adjusted and securely fastened manner.  It’s the law. Making sure your children are also secure in a properly installed child restraint is equally as important.  Wearing a seatbelt properly will dramatically increase your chance of surviving a motor vehicle collision.

Obeying the Speed Limits.

• Speed continues to be the number one cause of motor vehicle fatalities in Ontario. Slowing down, and obeying the posted speed limit, will reduce the number of fatal crashes and serious injury collisions.  Are you doing your part?

Slow Down or Move Over.

• Drivers must remember when passing an emergency vehicle stopped with its emergency lights activated in the same direction of travel, either in a lane or on the shoulder of a road or highway, to slow down and pass with caution. If the road has two or more lanes, you must move over into another lane, if it can be done safely.

Don’t Drink and Drive.

• Impaired driving continues to be among the leading criminal causes of death in Canada. The OPP conducts R.I.D.E. spot checks throughout the year to remove the threat of the impaired driver. Do your part by not drinking and driving.

Inspector Brendan MacDonald, SD&G OPP detachment Commander advises motorists that “our officers will be out in full force on our Provincial roadways this holiday weekend and traffic safety is in everyone’s best interest, lets continue to keep our highways safe”.

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Two weeks after first deliberating the bids received on the renovation project that will bring library space back to Williamsburg, council decided to accept the $209,841 bid by Wells and Son Construction to go ahead with the project.  

The decision came at the June 3 council meeting, here in Morrisburg.

Council was first presented the recommendation to accept the Wells bid at the May 20, council meeting, but balked at accepting the tender that, although the lowest of those received, was more than council had expected to pay for the project.

They asked staff to meet with the lowest bidder to go over the costs associated with the project to determine if any savings could be found.

South Dundas manager of planning and enforcement Donald Lewis reported that the $20,000 in savings they had hoped to find didn’t materialize in meeting with the contractor.

The Wells bid was already $82,000 less than the next lowest bid.

Council agreed that the small amount of savings ($8,500) identified through meeting with the contractor did not warrant any changes to the project.

Because a portion of the project involves upgrading an existing recreation facility, the North Williamsburg Recreation Centre, staff proposed that the project be financed partially through the accessibility budget, the park fund and the sale of assets reserve fund. 

Financing the project in this manner means that the project will have no impact on the tax rate, a fact that pleased council.

“We’re replacing reserves with an asset,” said South Dundas mayor Steven Byvelds.

The dozen library supporters who attended the June 3 council meeting to witness the decision regarding the fate of the project applauded council voting to approve the tender.

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