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" - iBllIllillllNt1 >_1 iiitiiialll 1 1.: _ . 1 u’ , I s, 1 E543 __-"1:u.:~‘ T " 'tBit-Ile.,] N 1 ' was. MI we BY MANDY MARTIN 1 itii= - t .1... ' . 'i2triiralt .m " 'ARF It”? 1. . - " " s w ', , High: r,-' M' , . - W, , ' Ili was it? M 1 1 9,}... rm RHER " - I f’ BIB llttllilllitl MIMi MI I 'Bda' ‘ ' . " They stood on ceremony for the new Township of 3%??? "til' . “l k " " at?” 1 " Q,8, == _ Cramahe inauguration Tuesday evening. It was well , I _ ' " . "‘ a; Ill- . ' 1 " _ lah _ received by the 70-plus people in attendance, includ- E It - - '- P :1 " ,1 » F"l, - " _ - 1 tl ing county, provincial and federal government reprc-. ' I L' Eridfé.‘ . 18 f " r Mi ' se1taeives, _ - _ srjlt " 3113511,}. ' I " P. 1 ' _ _ Reeve Jim Wiliams promised an open, accessible as.» i 'i-HCC",': h r lil _ ‘-* . KE Irf;?-ise, .. council committed to moving forward for the better- "r 1 If; t 31" a" Civ: b 1 _ as 18 ll mentofthe community. . r: 1 I I 1 if 1 '/ef, F..& ' , 1 The new Township ofCramahe five elected council ‘ ' 41;.» . w, 'i'i8tar 1 members each wore afresh rose presented by munici- -. 1- x" - ' “:3... g... '= - pal staff. Reeve Jim Williams, Deputy reeve Lee WTS. as: it c. ' 1.- " 'rjsfci'i5riii, 1; ‘ Dekeyser, and Councillors Michael Johnston, Ray ”1% 1 -fll',T89%illl, iiile ,13-2 L . Kelly and Jane Boreham individually swore the oath NW ‘ - 'rre - " A“ of office and then another oath of allegiance to the COMM UNITY CENTRAL Queen before Justice of the Peace Patricia O’Henry. Piper Glen McVeen of Lakeport escorted the five PHOTO BY MANDY MARTlN council members into the ceremony over 60 people In thanks for the community service provided by the Castleton General Store, proprietor waited to witness the eyerlt. Professional soloist Katie Keith Olen, left, was presented with a gift certificate by the Steve Clarke of the Castleton Chapman lead the Singing 0f "O Canada”. Dave E Sports Club Inc. F 1 F . McGlennon gave a recap of 200 years of history load cu, boaug c/fre (Ito {CM 1A1) y, 0/ ing up to the formation of the new Township of l . Cramahe formed when the former Village of Crol/ rt l borne and Township of Cramahe merged January 1.: 1 Spa s Club honors Keit o an 2001. Emcee Graham Norcutt kept order. The Rev., Vic Parsons gave the invocation. , The Castleton General the Castleton General Keith decided he could let "1 would. like t9 _ as much effort " possible. in; Store serves as the unoffis Store owner and staff pro- the cents on that one slide. each municipality in my riding go to creating, cial community centre for vide. Nevada ticket sales, "But the biggest thing," employment, " North,1ypberl.and MP Paul Yaelrliry, the rural community in posters, raffle tickets, spe- Steve Clarke says of the said. urging the 1ouncy. to make creating ofjobs a DYE-1 and around the Cramahe cial events postings and store's community sup- ority. The MP, hiyselr newly elected In. the federal', Township Village. It's the ticket sales - all are pro- port, "is the Nevada tick- November 27 election, pledged to work With the spun-1 place people go to catch up vided to the volunteer cts. In 1995, I approached eil and praised "the knowledge and GXPGI‘IEIICE the on news of people and group at no cost by the Keith about putting new council members bring to office, friends, read notices posted Castleton General Store. Nevada tickets for sale continued on page 2 in the windows, note the "Every year, Keith sells here. They support the latest fundraising drives our Christmas tree orna- Castleton Sports Club. To il T.-..' . and coming events. As merits here," Steve date,we have sold $17,811 F, l ".; “Communications _Cen- explains. worth oftickets here," IE tttti. " n MEa tral", the general store is a The "ornaments" are The store is the hub of tt 3'1}, a , tll , T?il! vital link to the social fab- actually spaces on a paper the community, Mr. Clarke 'at 'rj'd ' ra5, tlt, ‘ tNI ric ofthe area. Christmas tree. You buy a notes. People drop in for I l TI ' i iik I, l "We're presenting Keith space on paper Christmas supplies, newspapers, to - . C .. sagas" 't J: i'iiiy,: _ , 1? _-r Clan of the Castleton Gen tree and the proceeds _ read notices and hear it: ' ' ' La: ' F a>t eral Store with a gift cer- sponsoring a lightbulb of what's up. As the commu- LI 11W = tificate - a token recogniz- the large Blue Spruce in nity's "agent", Mr, Clan _ t" _ a" ing all he does for our mm front ofthe Castleton Town and his staff donate their ' MEi 'Fc..?,?, , . munity," Steve Clarke of Hall. 1 time and effort for the ben- ‘ , , 1.35331 the Castleton Sports Club Keith laughs at his first efit of all, the Sports Club , 1 , P, 3‘35"": explained as the 8 a.m. reg- three years helping out says. - . ' ulars streamed in to pur- with the Christmas tree But Mr. Olan is adamant . P, 7 ru chase newspapers, coffee project. "I'd actually go about where creditlies. , ' , _ I " and lottery tickets. "He over and turn the lights on "These are the guys who ll , 'W'] fr j ' does so much for this com- and and then off later in are terrific," he says of the ' 1 s l , munity and receives no the night," he laughs. "I castleton Sports Club. ' , " w . 'il payment for it. Yet, if he thought I was saving "They're the ones picking ta , I at. wasn't here, we wouldt1't money in electricity." up kids, doing the sched~ ‘ 1 - - I get our message out." Finally, someone ules, cleaning the ice, mak. " Volunteers themselves, pointed out he was saving me the ice, coaching, refer- PW") BT MM” MAATIN the Castleton Sports Club only a few cents each sea- eeing. You name it and HEAVY HAMMER: A new gavel was presented to Town- executive appreciates the son, since the tree. was they have done it," Mr. ship of Cramahe Reeve Jim Williams by Deputy clerk many acts of service and hooked up to the municipal (0.lan says of the commu- Trudy Merrill - and then tested at Tuesday's council hours of volunteer support hall and bill anyway - and nity volunteers, inauguration. .----------------"--e----------v-.--e---------