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  <title>Howe Island Ratepayers Association (HIRA) Inc. - Ontario, Canada</title>
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  <description>The online home of the Howe Island  Ratepayers Association Inc. &quot;Dedicated to the preservation and improvement of Howe Island, our quality of life and our public services.&quot; Howe Island is located in the Thousand Islands Region of Eastern Ontario, Canada.</description>
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>Municipal Property Assessment Open House</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:39:37 -0500</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>WRAFT Annual AGM and  Assessment Town Hall Meeting</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:06:45 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;&lt;IMG style=&quot;WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 61px&quot; height=93 src=&quot;http://www.howeisland.org/Wraft%20Logo.JPG&quot; width=197&gt;A Town Hall Meeting&amp;nbsp;will be held immediately following this year&#39;s&amp;nbsp;WRAFT AGM.&amp;nbsp; All are welcome. Most of us have now received our 2008 assessment and as expected it has again shifted a greater share of assessment onto waterfront.&amp;nbsp; This increased share will result in higher taxes for</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>HIRA Executive Meeting Minutes 2008-11-03</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:53:22 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached are the minutes of the&amp;nbsp;November HIRA board meeting.&lt;/FONT&gt;</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>County invites islanders to November 26 public meeting</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:51:53 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;The County of Frontenac is spearheading the development of the first plan to create a more sustainable place to live, work and play. The values, concerns and beliefs of all ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>&#39;Deer on Howe&#39; Committee Announcement</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:39:35 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;It is with pleasure that HIRA announces the &#39;Deer on Howe&#39; (DOH) committee.&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt;The question was asked at HIRA&#39;s annual general meeting on August 5, &quot;Does Howe&lt;BR&gt;Island have a ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>Frontenac-Howe Islander – Returns to Service Wednesday</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:43:45 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;HIRA has just been notified by &lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Paul Charbonneau, Director of Emergency and Transportation Services/Chief of Paramedic Services&lt;/SPAN&gt; that the work/inspection of the Frontenac-Howe Islander is complete and she will return ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>Frontenac-Howe Islander – Service Interruption</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:49:02 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;HIRA has received confirmation of the change of vessels for the Transport Canada mandatory vessel inspection. The County will be distributing flyers all weekend on the County operated ferry with ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>October Township Meeting Highlights</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:18:39 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>An early start to the meeting with most the people in attendance from Wolfe Island to support Dean Wallace and his request for wind plant compensation.&amp;nbsp; HIRA will not comment ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>Strong attendance for &#39;Deer Meeting&#39;</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:40:50 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;&lt;IMG style=&quot;WIDTH: 205px; HEIGHT: 222px&quot; height=175 src=&quot;http://www.howeisland.org/Dr Emily Gonzales.jpg&quot; width=196&gt;HIRA was most pleased with the turnout, 56 people,&amp;nbsp;on October 8&amp;nbsp;that included&amp;nbsp;Mayor Jim Vanden Hoek, Deputy Mayor Pat Norris and Councilor Matt Fiene to listen to Ms. Emily Gonzales, PhD, ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>HIRA Executive Meeting Minutes 2008-09-22</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:30:20 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached are the minutes of the September HIRA board meeting.&lt;/FONT&gt;</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>NEWS ALERT: Frontenac Howe Islander out of water inspection - Quinte Loyalist Ferry to replace vessel</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:09:52 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000&gt;NEWS ALERT:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; Frontenac Howe Islander out of water inspection - Quinte Loyalist Ferry to replace vessel&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style=&quot;WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 123px&quot; height=134 src=&quot;http://www.howeisland.org/fall_new%20ferry%203x2.jpg&quot; width=204&gt;The following message was received from Paul Charbonneau, Director of Emergency and Transportation Services/Chief of Paramedic Services, Frontenac County</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>HIRA Public Meeting -- &#39;Does Howe Island have a deer problem?&#39;</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:12:07 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;IMG style=&quot;WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 145px&quot; height=145 src=&quot;http://www.howeisland.org/Backyard Deer.JPG&quot; width=197&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;The HIRA board, in following up with the comments and discussions from residents regarding deer at HIRA&#39;s annual general meeting on August 5, is pleased to introduce MS. EMILY GONZALES, ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>WRAFT  - Urgent Request to Visit Your MPP re: Fall MPAC Assessments</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000 size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;News Alert:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; HIRA is a member of the Waterfront Ratepayers After Fair Taxation (WRAFT) and as a member, please read ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>September Township Meeting Highlights</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:52:31 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;Monday night&#39;s meeting on Wolfe Island started a little late as we awaited the arrival of the two Howe Island ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>September Township Meeting Agenda - M. Quinn Presentations</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:13:03 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;This month&#39;s meeting will be held on Wolfe Island. M. Quinn Howe Island Fire &amp;amp; Rescue&amp;nbsp;will discuss&amp;nbsp;Open Air Burning and Emergency Vehicle Access . &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A </description>
    
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    <dc:creator>Gerry Ross</dc:creator>
    <title>August Township Meeting Highlights - New park, township lot sale and county ferry planned outage</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:59:46 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;The August Township meeting was held here on Howe Island. The attached agenda didn&#39;t include much information related specifically to ...</description>
    
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    <title>HIRA 2008 AGM Minutes</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:29:09 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached are the minutes of the 2008 HIRA Annual General Meeting which was held on August 5th.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>Gerry Ross</dc:creator>
    <title>2008-2009 HIRA Directors Appointed</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:18:22 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;HIRA&#39;s annual general meeting on August 5&amp;nbsp;attracted 29 people at which time the attached 2007/2008 topics were reviewed, discussion on ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>County ferry to be removed from water for service this fall</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:23:56 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;NEWS ALERT:&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;HIRA has been advised by Paul Charbonneau, Director of Emergency and Transportation Services/Chief of Paramedic Services, Frontenac County, ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>Glass recycling discontinued on Howe Island</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:36:59 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;Many islanders have expressed their disappointment in the fact that glass isn&#39;t been collected at our recycling depot. The attached ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>Gerry Ross</dc:creator>
    <title>2008 HIRA AGM Agenda</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:12:28 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;Attached is the agenda for this year&#39;s Annual HIRA General Meeting.&amp;nbsp; All are welcome to attend this important meeting of ...</description>
    
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    <dc:creator>HIRA</dc:creator>
    <title>July Township Meeting Highlights - Treasury functions transferred to County</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:41:55 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;HIRA will continue to provide&amp;nbsp;these synopses of the Township Council meetings for posting on our site. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached is the agenda&amp;nbsp;that was provided for the&amp;nbsp;July council meeting.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Overall, the wind plant construction and by-laws took most of the</description>
    
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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:32:48 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached are the minutes of the July HIRA board meeting. The next meeting will be our Annual General Meeting, Tuesday August 5th at 7:00pm in St. Philomena Hall on Howe Island Drive. All members of the public are welcome to attend.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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    <title>NEWS ALERT: HIRA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000 size=4&gt;NEWS ALERT:&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&gt;Save this date!!!&amp;nbsp;This year&#39;s HIRA Annual General Meeting will be held &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 7:00pm&lt;/STRONG&gt; in St. Philomena&#39;s Parish Hall on Howe Island.&lt;BR&gt;The Agenda will be posted here shortly. All are welcome and encouraged&amp;nbsp;to attend this important meeting.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Terry...&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    
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    <title>HIRA 2008 Membership Drive</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:15:37 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;HIRA will be renewing and adding members during the month of July.&amp;nbsp; Board members will be at the recycling depot each Saturday&amp;nbsp;as well as delivering a membership application to your mail box.&amp;nbsp; Annual memberships are $10.00 per household.&amp;nbsp; Looking forward to your support in the coming year...&lt;/FONT&gt;</description>
    
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:39:43 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;DIV class=articleBody&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;
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    <title>NEWS ALERT: Sale of Township Waterfront Property on Howe Island</title>
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    <description>&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;NEWS ALERT:&amp;nbsp;... &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=2&gt;The attached notice from the Township of Frontenac Islands is self-explanatory.&amp;nbsp; As you read through the notice, it ...</description>
    
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:36 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Attached is the latest agenda for this month&#39;s Township Council Meeting which will be held on &lt;STRONG&gt;Wolfe Island&lt;/STRONG&gt;. A HIRA representative will attend. If you have any&amp;nbsp;feedback regarding an agenda agenda item, please&amp;nbsp;contact a member of HIRA executive or email HIRA&amp;nbsp;at &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href=&quot;mailto:info@howeisand.org&quot;&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;info@howeisand.org&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;before Monday&amp;nbsp;May 12, 2008.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:43:36 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;P&gt;Attached are the minutes of the April&amp;nbsp;HIRA board meeting.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description>
    
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    <title>Rogers Cell Tower Proposal on Howe Island</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:58:44 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;IMG src=&quot;http://www.howeisland.org/Cellular Tower 320x240.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&gt;Rogers Wireless&amp;nbsp;is proposing a 60 Metre (197 ft) tower similar in construction to the tower shown in this photo. It ...</description>
    
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