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~<2 s & : / @. .mm [ ® a2119176 09/19/2004 gosEpH M LABERGE fo ts it . ns»" castuefon on X0K rm0 . Thursday, February 19, 2004 Serving: Apple Country for over 40 years! 93 cents + 7 cents GST ? | | l I \ - anmark 18 _ i x C | A + ‘ ~ <WHRcomIng Gown - | ‘ m £ Ets . Mipgprrarinnes ts mE n(D wRaRS N4 oo 7 Lo cemmmcemmaiieh % | < y I Tem “:-- en mom en e ies .â€"-”..._‘::“\ C _.-â€"4 m *." ‘ ’ Ny. _ _ <@plf â€" CESQI] sy Bos owen i Hima c I PCE T\“\- 6e 1 E \ chronicle@belinet.ca / NC=IR TYE I w l|:;$ m 0| A Colborne landmark is being razed. The former ( sonlitt l | * 1 | | . tiy . St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church will I A%. JR RH | 1 l B 53 soon be nothing more than a memory on the hill Ns / e I i { d overlooking King St. East in Colborne. heC M ons â€" M : | The demolition has had its hiccups. Men hired [ > f 4 a feâ€"._ phes § by Gregory Bilcox, the new owner of the property, I ihoooes | 1 ummmemmmmmmeme ... .. ik 3 4 j AB and employees of Legacy Building Materials of fls â€"â€"â€"71 : i1 > )q M Cobourg were in the empty building last week salâ€" | |fgece iA ie o ol 3 <HKP: i | C vaging reusable materials until an order to comply [ ':fit" hss A! on enesmiman ie cosel 1| ; ; was placed by Cramahe Chief Building and Bylaw +/R hoforeB wl > â€" _ ~ asnfamsantsl T $ t ol Officer, Becky Bonisteel. The order was placed " C â€" i e e ks e insd tKâ€"© 3 Cel@l because the work was being done without a demoliâ€" f C â€" ‘fl:‘_'» Nok ienss Seweli_â€"+. ce im ~ tion pernfi â€" Ni(E en es e s sb\ e P o The fofmer Catholic Church closed its doors on fug" * s Mapir ~/ Ts I 5";‘:‘4'13 153 ® & August 8, 1999. Mr. Bilcox is the second owner since [ clnanie.. Byl l e * * â€" lt _ _;| the property was sold by the church. He once lived 10 oh. wommesiney W :.* . a tA .. f® .: ~ . lgoul~| across the road at 3 Elgin Street and is currently a | o ol i7 l kc . : e jnatt > a.s t J‘g resident of Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Bilcox was : t 4 e d ind . ioh srea $ . jaed C @i _ â€" _ f unavailable for comment but his mother, Naney . â€"SL . Move en â€" 2 Ese . nLMME O dtne 41R D AERIE L LOCRRL CC ‘ Ritchie, explained the church had been left in disreâ€" / Proto ay Bos Owen . pair by its previous owners and was beyond fixing. > There is not much left of the back of the former St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, at b it the northeast corner of Elgin Street North and King Street East in Colborne. 4 continued on page 14 |