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‘ 1 j & â€" _Bx Manoy Manatin C rb a e d fi 9e e ||| â€" f : s e 1 L 5 _ se mmartin@northumberlandtoday.com | ‘ I ‘ ‘7 t ® WO G h + PSA Pobapat n y s it .‘«:‘ 9 i When the power outage which 1 b ' B fi’;‘flfi'; 3 5 vaf "*L" R â€" i is i i aP fel C B [ h . am Norret‘}:/ i?n?ziglclz?r?;?gt;%gi{l}l?sz Customers on the Colborne ensure water flowed to cusâ€"| || P : c s fl'fi Mig | 5,?" August 15, Cramahe residents municipal water system are tomers. Those on private wells, ms 5 «l9 [ At: h } s BJ > > were the rafity We had access to asked to curtail nonâ€"essential beyond the municipal water utilâ€" ||| â€" # s feing, WXM TA [ Bs g J a essential services because some |4°8 of water during the provinceâ€" . ity‘s reach, were on their own. [ 6.\ ioi w d â€" ie ;'/Z’ C exceptional busi l wide appeal for energy conservaâ€" Towensure the notice gets out [ ) A u> M ‘6,7% P "mq \ e e 734 > 7 â€" to CQI;H tathusm‘e‘s's pe(;p};e opted tion. to residents, Cramahe Township £ 7 t o / -0!1"4:'1?‘1.;4‘ 3 ,'?3/? LV 4 j munitve pelepetvicc orthe com Cramahe Township has hlas reta‘}ne(} opgrz;tiont o? ';Ee }, io th 3 " m e e in C Mk ae: : ; posted notices requesting resiâ€" electronic sign in front of the | || w9 n e > clOT;Iée 111%({?11 %?feimgfii,grld\;}g; dents and companies refrain Colborne Municipal Building. |||| /"f‘#, A~ ho NE %fi%&" in s 4 from watering lawns and garâ€" â€" The sign is serving as an official s .. fj“"; j *\ mA s e 1 rGEStOI:Ed after 1 a.m. Au8gU8t 16. | done, j message centre for residents. 5 Ta o :“4;;. lc ‘y,j,r uV o# 7':'%@ 152“;38 gfl?fiep%rfg’gdst‘;ti% ;ftoer During last Thursday‘s power The municipal offices have | | | Tifi ““? o tm . .T {" lfl J j-f.:f_._"‘-‘:;fl‘;"w ie screer Barn ane conven outage (August 15), the Colborne â€" remained open and all employâ€" | || |‘_ u) Migq Allbpaial 2t °6 pl sA . | ie ty seli municipal water system was . ees on the job this week. 1 "l‘&m \ e @ j ,c[»'%“’"} â€" whalever goods tfle4y h'fd meask backed up with a generator to â€" Manpy MaRTN y -‘ , Q \ ““i'ca-{, hat is ‘gloaeti}?'rtlegd.lb Predn the Cobourg hospital called, askâ€" â€" complain bout small towns, how 1 ‘ a t \.@ © ; ~â€";§._ n Thulx}sda;Ni;hto\grilfigrl(a]iglhltmal{ ing owner/pharmacist Steve they can‘t get what they want or i C it NJ>. "G F fn_"““ 3 ; 9 iueaneenyaoeay yeufansad Bowskill to remain open to fill somethmg_may_cost the_m a bit is :"lf 4 #t * 1h% OX #% 2. ' vital â€"drug prescriptions for morlelz, but mfihls ffilsei{lt’s thke \ ‘:.-'.v "M' fl b * /,', ) D /,-,;m{?' ; NJ patients. It seems there were no _ small town‘s that will take a risk, || d C 5h 4 4 /. Ohik.>"~ . J‘ust after the 4 p.mfios§ of pharmacies that were remaining . stay open, because they know you '"_ "fij i â€" /‘?';fl'\ \\ ) "i %ower August 14, staff at Downey open in Cobourg or Port Hope. or are concerned," Josee Young y M had < 6 Bux \ uardian Pharmacy lit candles, At 6 p.m., Steve told his staff to â€" says. "You know, it‘s really hard m C "‘, used manual calculators to f0t . 5o nome; he would staff the pharâ€" . work for Steve because you can‘t ||>. _ j i\ oo . Bn t bills, and waited to see what macy alone, onâ€"call, for the duraâ€" â€" call up any information on the 7 d . is yth.\ Hle would happen. _ tion. computer. That was all gone. You || _ . W We T. in Ne old About an hour into the outage, "You know, people sometimes _ can‘t look at a patient‘s history, C | A cyan nixas peye you don‘t know if they‘re covered | _ W . M t “,.,/ . * 7 EVY + JP - or not. But Steve decided he had || >3 M s ) 7 ad id ied‘ ___ to do it if people really needed the N y d :\\ uo prescriptions. For those he didn‘t \!"-‘%‘ D â€"f | o in * * i § _ know personally, he was giving | wef" i ( 'h_‘ out just enough to get them | [ IMimemumim. e I es toll un m e Cl | through for a short while, hopeâ€" Proto ay Manoy Martin [ | & '-';;.-;_' d "lp fully until the power came back | Water Bearens: Mill Valley Water employees were rushing to replenish j | [ } ) : B ue | °";, F water stocks at retail outlets after a rush on water purchases resulted Anormt M | is id He was here until 1:30 a.mâ€", | from the August 15 power outage. Monday morning, Mill Water driver [ t-‘ .N’! NPA actaion 3 U 3 C im 4 iTiOgShete"Sald‘ He worked by candleâ€" Doug Clement and assistant Brian Nelson arrived at the Colborne Olco nc AFl uky > 4 C Boill o us _T ; i : V7 CEolm hP 1!"\:."’.}" d T‘“fi"f“""l [ 3 Fridayh sons fem s station on King Street East. PrR w6 Ab 57 0e dinmadollih pbouroinspitalieamentoiraet 1fi it c toract o upoararrnmnvtayi d mfi;nm"%~ § y borne to personally thank the & | M . Comaocc, tuestomscommbwio. _ | Two annual events this weekend ‘ J There was a mere 25â€"minute $ hiccup in delivering gas to cusâ€" It‘s a busy weekend coming up. of The Big Apple, Highway 401 ‘ tomers at Colborne‘s Olco station, | Expect lots of outâ€"ofâ€"town visiâ€" and Big Apple Drive. Free hamâ€" ; ; King Street East last Thursday. torsSaturday and Sunday, August . burgers, hotdogs and fresh corn "We were up and running | 23 and 24, roaming the roads, vis plus entertainment and kids‘ within 25 minutes with three genâ€" | iting farms and related busiâ€" activities are planned. Speci_al erators," Brice Cotter reports. | nesses marked on the Rural Ramâ€" Guest will be the Hon. David GenerAting Business: A generator was hooked up to pump gas at the _"we got two generators from | ble route. (See story on page 2). Tsubouchi Minister of Culture _ Petro Canada gas station in Colborne until shortly after 7 p.m August Mike Voskamp Construction. On Sunday afternoon, August _ and Chair,Management Board of 15. .It was a cashâ€"only basis â€" debit and credit card electronic transacâ€" Rlectrician Guy Dunk hooked us | 24, 1â€"3 p.m., Northumberland â€" Cabinet. j ‘ tions were unavailable. up. He really got us going." MPP Dr. Doug Galt‘s annual barâ€" All are welcome. Bring a lawn Prore ay Manoy Mannin continued on page 2 ‘ becue will be held on the grounds . chair!