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      ED GORELL of Renaissance presents Headwaters Health Care Foundation past Chair Stephen Doney with a cheque for $1,000. The funds will be used toward the purchase of new equipment for the hospital.
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Orangeville horticulturist wins top provincial award
      Erik Hogh, a member of the Orangeville Horticultural Society for 23 years, will be honoured with the Ontario Horticultural Association's highest award, the Silver Medal, this Saturday in Owen Sound. The award is given to a member who does outstanding work in the advancement of horticulture.
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Rowing club thrilled with support
      A recent grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation will give the Island Lake Rowing Club some flexibility with the club opening, training and co-ordinating all activities over the summer months.
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      AARON KOVACH was one of several students to participate in the Orangeville Public Library's Adventure to Africa on Tuesday. The youths created African masks and drums.
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Inspectors to share role as town's acting chief
      Starting next week, two long-time veterans of the Orangeville Police Service will share responsibilities as acting chief on an alternating basis while the police services board searches for a new chief.
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      DEMOLITION OF A CONDEMNED BUILDING in downtown Orangeville which was declared unsafe by the town council in late April, was under way last week. It's expected to take about two weeks to finish tearing down the building and remove the debris. Here, Sergio Rea, owner of 86-90 Broadway, stands in front of his partly torn-down building.
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Market celebrates Farmers' Market Week with free corn roast
      Farmers' Market Week in Ontario will be marked at the Orangeville Farmers' Market with a free corn roast this Saturday, August 11.t Members of the Dufferin Federation of Agriculture will be cooking and serving the free corn. Market friends are invited to enter the free weekly draw to win fresh Ontario corn.
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A welcome to all to Shelburne!
      On behalf of the Councillors and the citizens of Shelburne, welcome to Fiddleville. We have prepared for you a weekend of entertainment and fun that we hope will bring joy in your lives and inspire you to return to Shelburne every year on this weekend.
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      FOR THE THIRD TIME, having first earned the title in 2002, Mark Sullivan rose to the challenge and captured the 2006 Shelburne Canadian Open Fiddle Championship before an enthusiastic crowd at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex.
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57th Annual Contest Weekend Events
      Thursday, August 9th • Bus Service Begins (Handicapped Service Available) • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fiddle Workshop - Mel Lloyd Centre, Dufferin Oaks, Entrance F, Shelburne, $25, register at the door • 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Looking back at the Contests of 50 and 25 years ago
FLASHBACK 50 Attendance records smashed both nights of '57 contest
      Before crowds that smashed all records for attendance, the 1957 Canadian Open Championship Old Time Fiddlers' Contest, in Shelburne Arena, last Friday and Saturday nights, saw last year's "fiddle kings," Ned Landry, 35,
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PAST CONTEST OPEN CHAMPIONS
      1951 - Mel Lavigne, Honey Harbour 1952 - Mel Lavigne 1953 - Ward Allen, Ottawa 1954 - Sleepy Marlin, Louisville, Ky. 1955 - Victor Pasowisty, Toronto 1956 - Ned Landry, St. John, N.B.
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Schryer Family Show launching Fiddlefest
      No strangers to the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddlers' Contest as competitors, the Schryer family is set to return to the stage and jump start the entertainment tonight (Thursday).
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Big Brothers, Sisters look for more seniors
      Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for more seniors to volunteer their time with a child once a month as part of the organization's Joining Paths Program. It was started last year with funding from the New Horizons for Seniors program through the federal government.
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      AFTER SAVING THEIR SPARE change for over a year, the Starr family donated $245 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin on August 3. The family has participated in the program and wanted to do something to give back to it. Left to right: Gary Starr (back), Marius Starr, Kimberly Starr and Celine Reid, case worker.
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Repentant thief gets conditional term
      Because she had voluntarily repaid the money she had stolen, and had apologized in writing to her former employer, Sharra McArthur was handed a two-month conditional sentence plus one year's probation.
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Several assault cases before court
      A75-year-old Orangeville man has been remanded in custody on a charge of sexual assault pending a further bail hearing next Thursday, Aug. 16. The charge against Bruce Douglas Morrison, laid July 25 following a complaint by a teenaged female, was among several before the Orangeville courts over the past week.
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Fried Alive ready to perform to the home-town crowd
      Fans of Kiss have a rare opportunity in Orangeville to hear the music live, as the tribute band Fried Alive featuring local talent takes the stage at TJ's Hanger, on Saturday. August 18.
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TO to stage Alice in Wonderland
      Theatre Orangeville's acclaimed Young Company is currently in rehearsals for their performance of Alice in Wonderland. Under the Direction of Aislinn Rose, the 23 cast members have been hard at work staging this Lewis Carroll classic that has been adapted for stage by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus.
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'Key For Two' set to open in Hillsburgh
      It's proving to be a landmark season at Century Church Theatre in Hillsburgh, as audiences in record-breaking numbers flock to enjoy great comedy in air-conditioned comfort. Rehearsals are now under way for "Key For Two," a farce by two of Britain's greatest comedy writers, John Chapman and Dave Freeman.
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