Community carving

 

Almost five years of intermittent discussions between South Dundas and Edwardsburgh/Cardinal have finally resulted in a boundary road agreement that both municipalities have now endorsed. 

The new agreement, which has already been approved by Edwardsburgh/Cardinal council, was last week approved by South Dundas council at the August 13 regular meeting.

 It allows either municipality to complete construction or reconstruction work on boundary roads in consultation with the other, however cost sharing will not be a condition precedent.

The new agreement looks at each of the boundary roads between the two municipalities and proposes changes to road maintenance responsibilities to a couple of those roads. 

South Dundas will take over maintenance responsibility for Marine Station Road. 

The ratepayers from this road, who all pay taxes within South Dundas, years ago had petitioned South Dundas for road improvements. However, in the past, those improvements fell under the jurisdiction of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal.

This new agreement eliminates that issue, and now South Dundas council members say they are looking forward to using their control over that road to make improvements in the area. 

As part of this agreement, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal takes over maintenance responsibilities for the Safford Road. 

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Every year since he has been at the Morrisburg Canadian Tire store, owner Michel Proulx and his staff have made a tradition of handing out Christmas donations to a handful of local charities.

Monday, Proulx, who will be leaving this store for a larger store in Niagara Falls in February, made his final holiday donations.

“This will be the last one for me, but hopefully not the last for these charities,” said Proulx, hoping that this tradition of giving will be one that is continued by the new store owner.

The largest share of the $11,000 went to the Dundas County Food Bank, who received $5,000.

Terry Triskle was thrilled with the donation. 

Although many holiday food drives and cash donations have helped the food bank recently, only a few weeks ago the food bank was in the red, overspending their food budget. 

“This year, the amount of food we are giving out is way up,” said Triskle. Even higher than the past couple of years which have seen annual increases.

The local Jumpstart committee received $3,000 to help local children in need participate in sport.

“This has been a record year for Jumpstart,” said David Lapier of the Jumpstart committee. 

“We’ve supported about 100 kids this year. Michel (Proulx) is a great supporter of Jumpstart and a great supporter of the community.”

Naomi’s House and the South Dundas Christmas Exchange each received $1,250, to help provide help for those in need during the holidays.

Naomi’s has a Christmas room where families who have accessed Naomi’s services can shop for their family members at no cost.

The South Dundas Christmas Exchange provides Christmas baskets, which include everything for a Christmas dinner, to those in need. 

“This year we have 171 families and 31 singles registered for baskets,” said organizer Carol Richer.

The final $500 was donated to the Lions Angel Tree. Bob Bechard of the Morrisburg and District Lions Club accepted the donation on behalf of the club. He explained that the trees allow the community to buy Christmas gifts for those children, who may not otherwise get a gift. 

The angel trees are organized by Wayne and Jane Domanko, and Bechard reported that the Morrisburg Angel tree will provide gifts to 201 children this Christmas. 

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After 40 years, Ross Video begins their “Ruby” Anniversary with an updated look that includes a new corporate logo and new tagline – ‘Production Technology Experts’.  

The updated logo and tagline are designed to better represent the reality of the new Ross Video – and its dramatically expanded product portfolio and global footprint.

“We are very proud of our past, and the original Ross logo,” said David Ross, CEO, Ross Video. 

“With our new logo we wanted something bold and fresh while still immediately recognizable as Ross.  The logo was evolved from the original with the Ross name remaining front and center. My father and Ross founder, John Ross, signs his name with an underline, and the stroke under the logo represents his signature as well as the forward momentum that began back in 1974 when he sold his airplane to raise the seed money to start this amazing company.”

The original Ross logo and distinctive analog cross-fade “X” (a basic production switcher function) was a relevant design when Ross only made video production switchers.  

As Ross has grown and its product portfolio evolved to encompass a full array of video production technology and services, a new logo made sense. 

“Ross is a leader in so many areas of production technology now,” continued David. 

“We are known for graphic systems, automation, control systems, infrastructure products, robotic camera systems, social media management, newsroom systems and most recently, mobile video production with the acquisition of Ross MCP. It was time to recognize all these changes with an updated look – while also recognizing a big milestone – Ross’ 40th anniversary.  We took our time, six years, in exploring what our new logo should look like. Thousands of design samples and refinements later, we finally arrived at something we feel is just right.  It is simple, yet sophisticated – representative of where Ross is at today and where we are headed into the future.  We hope you like it.”

 Ross Video creates leading edge video production technology. 

Ross products are used in demanding environments every day to inform and entertain audiences all over the world.  

The Ross client base includes a who’s who of broadcast, production companies, sports stadiums, government agencies, educators, touring companies and houses of worship.  

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