Council meetings from a different perspective
      Re; Record keeper or journalist? Unleashed Thoughts by Mandi Hargrave I find Town Council meetings in Orangeville, under the watchful eye of the eminently personable and proficient Mayor Rob Adams, riveting; my mom, a crusty hazel McCallion -ish seventy nine (more "ish" than Mrs.
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A 'glaring waste'
      A glaring waste of public money is the work of seasonal employees running gas-powered weed-eaters against young trees. This highly destructive practice chews the bark from young trees that have already cost public funds.
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Education and funding
      The Ontario Progressive Conservative party has disclosed that, once elected, it will fund the education of "Faith Groups", namely the Muslim faith, the Jewish and the Christian fundamentalists. The stated cost of this wrongheaded plan is $400,000,000.
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How times have changed
      How times change. In the Citizen's "Dipping into the Past" section, on June 6, 1907 one Oliver Carpenter almost perished while helping to fix a broken water pipe. He was trapped when the trench he was in collapsed and the water rose. He was dug out by Thomas Campbell and Engineer Martin "who happened to be present.
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