WILLIAMSBURG – “This has been a very difficult task,” said Arthur Gordon of CastleGlenn Consultants Inc., the company hired by the township to complete a parking study for the Morrisburg Village Plaza. “You don’t normally have a public roadway going through a shopping plaza.”

The study presented to council at the July meeting included five different conceptual re-configurations. One suggestion common to all of the designs was the removal of all store front parking stalls.

DIXON’S CORNERS – Since the 2009 public meeting hosted by Prowind Canada regarding wind farm projects in the Brinston area there have been a some changes, and Prowind officials will be at the Matilda Hall in Dixon’s Corners August 11 to answer questions regarding those changes.

The following is a summary of the changes provided to The Leader by Cathy Weston, president of Prowind Canada:

MORRISBURG – September 2003 was the last time mural artist John Ellenberger was here in South Dundas, and now seven years later he is back.

Ellenberger, who painted the history of agriculture mural on the side of the IOOF Hall in Williamsburg and the wartime scenes mural on the side of the Legion in Iroquois, has been here repairing the mural he painted. He was also recruited by the township to do some touch-up work on the Morrisburg Dairy mural located at the east end of the Pinkus Plaza in Morrisburg.

MORRISBURG–Upper Canada Village will see military action, August 7-8 when 75 re-enactors converge to show how Canadians participated in the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Infantry, artillery, cavalry and civilian personnel will set up camp in the fields behind Loucks farm and perform marching drills, musket firing demonstrations and skirmishes.

IROQUOIS – The Iroquois Volunteer Firefighters held a special fund raiser for Camp Bucko, the camp for child fire victims, in Iroquois on Saturday, July 24, with food, fun inflatables and the popular Fire Safety House.

Trevor Beckstead of Tribeck Inflatables and his staff provided the activities for all visitors to the fund raiser, sharing a portion of the proceeds with the Firefighters.

IROQUOIS – “I was afraid it was going to flip over,” said Irma Jackson who watched the 1967  four-seater Piper Cherokee 180, piloted by Robert Lams, his wife Francine on board,  as it overshot the runway at Iroquois Airport at 11:22 a.m., Sunday, July 25.

“You hate to see something like this happen,” said Jackson, who lives near the end of the runway, “but it could have been worse.”

Robert Lams, who has been a private pilot for 30 years, and has owned the Cherokee for 20 years, left Rockcliffe Airport to travel to Iroquois with four other planes early on Sunday morning.

MORRISBURG – The start time for the ever popular Tubie Festival parade has been moved up two hours, and organizers want to make sure that the word gets out.

“The parade will start at noon, Saturday, July 31,” said Michael Domanko of the organizing committee. “I really want to make sure people are aware of that change. I don’t what them to show up at the old start time and miss it.”

This year the Tubie Parade, with the Tubie-40 theme, coincides with the 150th anniversary celebration of Morrisburg, which brought back Old Home Week.

MORRISBURG – The 40th annual Tubie Festival will be held this weekend, and organizers have continued to tinker with the events so more people can enjoy the August long weekend.

Anchoring the festivities this year is the Tubie Dance, which will be held for the first time outdoors on the waterfront. It had previously been held indoors on the surface of the Morrisburg Arena.

MORRISBURG – Coco is a three year old Chocolate Lab who “has come a long way,” said his owner Kelly Connerty-Moak.

Coco is a rescue dog who with the love and affection of his new owners has become a very friendly and affectionate dog who loves to swim with “his boys in his pool”, jump of the dock and who can’t wait for the kids to get off the school bus.

“I’m sure he will have no problem retrieving a rubber duck from the river,” said Connerty-Moak. “He tries to retrieve everything, even rocks.”

MORRISBURG – Pleased with the success of the tours being offered July 27 through July 30, Captain Andy Neeteson has added another sightseeing cruise to this weeks sailing schedule from the Morrisburg Dock. We hope the introduction of our ninth sightseeing cruise will accommodate those that cannot make the earlier cruises.

“We are trying to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to enjoy the boat while it’s here,” said organizer Del Jones.