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Director Paco Arango and
LighthouseNOW reporter
Emma Smith in between takes
on the set of “The Healer.”
CHRIS REARDON PHOTO
My day as an extra in “The Healer”
The feature-length film wrapped up shooting in Lunenburg on June 19
By EMMA SMITH
emma.smith@lighthousenow.ca
M@emmaLHNow
“That’s wonderful. You guys are great.
Let’s do it one more time.”
Director Paco Arango shoots the crowd
a wide smile, prepares for the next take,
and I’ve lost count of which one we’re on.
It’s my first gig as a movie extra and
I’m one of about 140 background performers shooting a scene for “The Healer” as it
wraps up its final day in Lunenburg. It’s
day 12 for the 100-person crew.
They took over the town at the beginning of June, running wires across
streets and parking trucks outside my
apartment. I’ve felt the movie’s presence
for weeks, and now I’m in the middle of it.
I don’t have much acting experience
to draw on. During my last performance,
as an angel in a Grade-5 Christmas play, I
was scolded by my French teacher, Mrs.
Renier, for not speaking loudly enough.
“People in the back of the theatre don’t
have a hope of hearing you,” she’d say.
When I arrive in “extras holding”
across the street from Lunenburg’s St.
John’s Anglican Church a few minutes
before noon on Friday, I’m asked if my
parents are with me. “Are you a minor?”
says a burly production assistant who’s
looking over his list of names.
“I’m 26,” I say.
The large group that fills the hall is
told, “Settle, settle. That means be quiet.”
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There are rules to follow, ways to make
sure over 100 people fit seamlessly into
the giant machine that is movie making.
We’re told not to approach the main
actors, unless they approach us. In fact,
we should probably avoid looking in their
sightline altogether.
Later, when I stand in line for the bathroom, Jorge Garcia, whom I know mostly
as Hurley from “Lost,” walks up behind
me. I feel as if I haven’t prepared at all for
this possibility.
In extras holding, I wait for someone
from the costume department to check
out the outfit I stressed over the night
before. No black. No stripes. No loud
clunky shoes. I get a nod from him but
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Old Bridge and
Highway 332 reopen
By MICHAEL LEE
michael.lee@lighthousenow.ca
M@mtaylorlee
Two traffic headaches in
Lunenburg County are finally over.
Repair of a collapsed culvert on Highway 332 is finished, along with repair of the
Old Bridge in Bridgewater.
The bridge underwent a
nearly one-month construction period to replace four
one-by-six-metre sections of
steel deck grating that had
corroded.
The bridge was scheduled
to open on June 12, but Brian
Taylor, spokesman for the
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR), said once crew
members removed the concrete deck underlying the
steel deck, they discovered
the steel support beams underneath were also corroded.
Arrangements were made
to get the right materials,
which resulted in the delay.
Taylor said it would have
been much more expensive
and time consuming to do it
later and remove the concrete
deck again.
On Friday, Glen Strang of
the TIR said crews were putting the final touches on the
closed highway and that “It
should be ready by dinnertime.”
A section of road between
Upper LaHave and Riverport
was closed on May 12 to replace a wooden culvert,
which had undergone exten-
sive deterioration, with a
concrete culvert.
Residents of the area were
upset that repairs were not
done last year when the same
section was paved and most
of the wooden culverts were
replaced, but Strang said the
biggest complaint was the detour that took drivers around
the barricade along Grimm
Road. “It was a very long detour.”
Steel plates were initially
placed on top of the collapsed
portion of road when the TIR
first noticed it back on January 29. Strang had previously
said “frost action” may have
moved some of the timbers,
which would have caused the
culvert to collapse.
“We were concerned about
public safety,” he said.
Workers were on site by
May 25, and Strang initially
said the project would take
two to three weeks to finish.
However, work was delayed
by an additional week due to
“severe rain storms.” Strang
said they need to “work in the
dry” and dams were used to
pump water around the site.
But because of tidal waters, he said dams were needed on both sides of the road,
which made the job even
more challenging.
More work will be done to
finish the guardrail, but the
road will remain open.
Strang estimates the cost
to be around $120,000, but he
will have more exact figures
once the invoices are in.
Off to the Ivy League
BHS student accepted into Harvard
“That lack of pressure really built
up my own self-motivation. … I never
had to worry about impressing other
people.”
Dylan Wile got the call this
He said one of the many notable
month he’d been waiting years
teachers who helped him achieve his
for.
success was Dale Bruhm, his Grade-7
He was accepted into prestiteacher at New Germany Rural High
gious Harvard University.
School, who seemed to recognize his
A short time later, he repotential.
ceived another call notifying
“He would never let me have a feelhim he had qualified for a subing of being comfortable. He always
stantial financial-aid package,
wanted more and more. He’d give me
which meant he wouldn’t have
rope, and I had to go ahead and climb
to worry about how to pay for
it. He really started me off on this
his expensive education, eijourney.”
ther.
By Grade 9, after moving to
“They try to recognize high
Bridgewater, Wile began to realize he
standing students and not have
may be able to do something special
them hindered in the process
academically.
of attending a prestigious
“Before that, if someone would
university by their socioecohave said I’d be attending arguably
nomic background,” said the
the best university in North America
Bridgewater High School seand maybe even the world, I’d have
nior, speaking of the universilaughed at them.”
ty that has produced 47 Nobel
During three years of high school,
laureates, 32 heads of state and
he maintained an average of about 99
STACEY COLWELL PHOTO
48 Pulitzer Prize winners.
per cent with a full load of Advanced
Dylan Wile is off to Harvard this
“However humble your ecoPlacement courses and did so while
fall.
nomics may be, they try to let
playing four sports, being involved
you go there, and they have
with a number of extracurricular acdefinitely helped me out.”
tivities and becoming a student leader. He even
Wile accepted the offer as soon as he received that found time to go regularly to the gym and hold a
second call.
steady part-time job at Cleve’s.
“I just sort of crouched down in the doorway to
“He has one of the strongest work ethics I’ve ever
my room and just sat there flabbergasted. I couldn’t seen, and along with that goes this impeccable organization system he has,” said guidance counsellor
believe it had just happened.”
Julie Lohnes.
He texted his mom, Vicki, right away.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that in another
“She started crying, and all her coworkers came
student — the way he’s able to manage everything –
over to hug her.”
The 18 year old said the fact his family never put it’s incredible.”
He plans eventually to study pathology and, hopepressure on him to do well in school helped him
fully, to cure diseases.
achieve his own lofty academic goals.
“I have no doubt that if that’s what he wants to do,
“They never said, ‘You need to play this sport or
get these grades.’ They just give me praise when I he’ll do it,” said Ms Lohnes.
“He’s pretty amazing, and we’ve known that for
have done something well, and if I ever had slip-ups
along the way, they were just as proud of me. They a long time. … He’s not only an outstanding student
but an outstanding person and leader who will absojust wanted to see me happy,” said Wile.
By STACEY COLWELL
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M@ColwellStacey
My day as an extra in “The Healer”
EXTRA from A1
He tells me background work is a lot of
waiting around, but it’s the best job he’s
ever had. He once arrived on set of a Second World War documentary prepared
to be one of the sailors, but the captain
never showed up. Suddenly, he had a
speaking role.
You have to be prepared for anything.
You never know what might happen, he
says.
I know what he’s talking about the
moment I walk on set. The chance of getting my big break — a break I didn’t even
know I wanted — suddenly feels like a
possibility.
People are asked if they have any acting experience, and those who do are
placed near the front. Others are chosen
to hold a sign during one part of the
scene.
The chaos on set seems to contain just
enough crazy coincidence and magic that
finding myself up at the front near Jorge
seems not all that ridiculous.
Inside St. John’s, the church has been
tranformed. There are giant lights on top
of pews and dozens of people mill about
holding cameras, boom mics and props.
Soon the lead actors Oliver JacksonCohen, Camilla Luddington and Jorge
Garcia arrive on set.
The cameraman harnesses a large
camera to his chest, becoming more machine than man. He skims across the floor
trailing the actors as they shoot a scene
walking to the front of the church. Four
grown men tiptoe behind him, craddling
chords and computers, like ballerinas
performing a routine.
My job is to stand and applaud and
chuckle and look downcast, and sit and
do it all over again. “I want to see more
magic in your … eyes,” says first assistant director Jason Shipley. “It’s called
acting.”
But for most of the day I’m not acting
at all. The day is a collection of in-between moments. The director leans on a
pew and tells a joke to a man near me. He
walks up the aisle with a pack of red play-
ing cards in his hands. He pulls quarters
from behind kids’ ears.
All of this waiting gives me a chance
to meet Vicki Mossman-Conrad, who sits
beside me in one of the pews in the back.
She’s a pro at this and has been on the
sets of “Simon Birch,” “Haven” and “The
Book of Negroes.” She knows all the
tricks too, like when you’re pretending to
talk you should mouth the alphabet: “A,
B, C, D.”
Vicki is from Lunenburg and has seen
movies come and go. “There’s a lot of
spinoff,” she tells me, and she hopes that
continues despite the cuts to the province’s film tax credit.
Mostly though, we talk about our families and trace the connections that everyone has in small-town Nova Scotia.
There are a few career background
performers in the room, but Vicki says
many are retired school teachers or former politicians who’ve come just for the
fun of it. I meet people who’ve made the
trip down from the Valley, Hubbards or
Halifax.
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making is less scary than I imagined.
There’s a sweetness to the whole thing.
The director takes time to talk to people,
and the actors give us all a round of applause after we’ve nailed a take.
I don’t have anything to compare this
to, but I wonder if it has something to do
with the town that we’re in.
There’s a steadiness of life in
Lunenburg that can’t be shaken. The
movie tumbles in and takes over, and the
town is gracious. It likes to be involved
but it doesn’t need to be.
Early on in the day, Vicki leans in
and tells me that her husband built the
wooden cross above the space where the
actors are standing. When the church
burnt down in 2001, it crashed to the floor
but wasn’t broken.
It was just hoisted back up there, where
it sits all day, looking down as millions of
dollars are spent and ideas become reality. Tomorrow, it will look over something
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WWW.LIGHTHOUSENOW.CA LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Mayor recovering
from Lyme disease
Black-legged tick population rising in NS
and more carrying bacteria
ria called borrelia burgdorferi, which
causes Lyme disease.
“Within Nova Scotia we are seeing
an increased number of Lyme disease
Don Downe is normally an energetic cases slowly over time,” said Lynda
person. As mayor of the Municipality Earle, medical officer of health for the
of Lunenburg, his days are long and South Shore. “A contributing factor
full, particularly in
could be increased
the summer with nuawareness. As peomerous community
ple start to know
events and charitable
the signs and sympfundraisers to attend.
toms, they’re seekSo, when getting out
ing care and getting
of bed started becomdiagnosed.”
ing a chore recently,
In 2014, the PHAC
he knew something
launched an action
was wrong.
plan to increase
“It’s kind of scary
public awareness,
at first, because you
research, prevenwonder what’s really MODL mayor Don Downe back at
tion and active surgoing on. Obviously, work and on the road to recovery
veillance of Lyme
I knew I had the tick after being diagnosed with Lyme
disease, after Green
and the bite, and I
Party leader Elizadisease.
started to have sympbeth May called for
toms that were just
a national stategy
unfamiliar. I started to think maybe it for better diagnosis and treatment of
is Lyme disease,” said Downe, referring the disease.
to the tick that burrowed into his navel
Last year, South Shore Health
12 days earlier.
had 72 cases reported in Queens and
Downe said he was at home when he Lunenburg counties, which is actually
first told his wife, who’s a nurse, of a down compared to the previous year.
bit of pain around his
But, Earle said,
abdomen.
“Since the early
“My wife thought
2000s, we have had
that I just scratched
steadily
increasmyself and got a
ing numbers over a
little infection. So,
longer timeframe.
I was actually putSo, the trend over
ting some antibiotic
time is more cases
on it. I didn’t think
of Lyme disease are
it could possibly be
being reported to
a tick in there. And,
public health.”
sure enough, it was
“However, the
getting worse,” said
overall risk of conDowne.
tracting Lyme disThey removed the
ease remains low,”
tick and waited until
Earle emphasized.
Don Downe
the following week“We acknowledge
MODL Mayor
end when a rash in
that there is an inthe shape of a bull’screase in risk, but
eye appeared. That’s
the chances of pickwhen he went to the
ing up the disease
doctor, who told him
are still fairly low.
he had a classic, textbook case.
You can enjoy nature safely, while man“I have all the symptoms: achy joints, aging your exposure to ticks.”
headache and fever and huge fatigue,”
Earle recommends dressing for the
said Downe, adding, “My doctor pre- ticks, not necessarily the weather. Pack
scribed antibiotics, and they think they a long-sleeved shirt, pants and socks
caught it in time.”
when hiking in deer-populated areas.
Research shows that patients treat- Spray clothing and exposed skin with
ed with antibiotics within the first six repellent containing DEET or Icaridin.
weeks of infection have a good chance Perform tick checks of clothing and
of a full recovery.
the body after any outdoor activity. And
According to the Public Health Agen- remember, ticks can hide in crevices
cy of Canada (PHAC), you can avoid in- including under the arms and inside the
fection altogether by removing the tick belly button. So, after all signs are clear,
within 24 to 36 hours of the bite.
hop in the shower for one last check.
But that’s not always easy. Unlike
For now, dealing with Lyme disease
other bug bites, a tick bite can be pain- has become a part of Downe’s everyday
less and go undetected. If you find a tick life. He’s back at work, but taking it one
attached to your skin, you have been bit- day — sometimes one hour — at a time.
ten. You may see a little redness around He’s listening to his body, and when he
the area of a bite. Most of the time, the feels he’s losing steam, he goes home
bite is harmless. However, some ticks early and gets some rest.
carry infections that can be passed on
“It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster ride.
to people.
Some days I think I’m back and everyDisease-carrying ticks in Canada thing is good. Other days I feel like I can
have increased tenfold in the past two hardly crawl out of bed.”
decades thanks to migratory birds and
He continues to take an antibiotic as
warming climates making it easy for his symptoms persist and said he hopes
them to thrive closer to residential people will start getting serious about
areas. Reported cases jumped 146 per checking for ticks.
cent between 2009 and 2012. There were
“They seem to be so rampant this
144 cases of lyme disease in Canada year. I’ve never seen it this bad. If you
in 2009. That number jumped to 682 by know you’ve been bitten, be sensitive to
2013.
the fact that it could be more than just
Black-legged ticks are becoming a cold coming on. Lyme disease is real,
increasingly common in Nova Scotia and ticks do carry it. So, make sure you
and more of them are carrying bacte- catch it early.”
By JERRI SOUTHCOTT
jerri.southcott@lighthousenow.ca
M@jerrisouthcott
“It’s kind of scary at
first, because you wonder what’s really going
on. Obviously, I knew
I had the tick and the
bite, and I started to
have symptoms that
were just unfamiliar.”
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DAVE STEPHENS PHOTO
FISHERMEN’S
FRIEND
Trudy Johnson, chair
of the Health Services Foundation
of the South Shore,
stands by a painting
by noted Chester artist José Valverde that
hangs on the wall of
the newly-expanded
gymnasium in the Dr.
Arthur H. Patterson
Centre for Restorative
Care at Fishermen’s
Memorial Hospital
in Lunenburg. The
painting and expansion were funded by
a donation from the J
and W Murphy Foundation. The late Janet Murphy had a stroke five years ago, and during her recovery
spent a good deal of time with Valverde, who was also receiving treatment following a
stroke. During an address to hospital staff and former patients, Johnson quoted Janet
Murphy’s daughter as saying her mother’s only complaint about the facility was the
cramped conditions in the gym. It is now two-thirds larger, with state-of-the-art equipment and a view of Lunenburg Harbour. Johnson also noted that for the first time, the
foundation has surpassed $1 million in annual donations.
Blockhouse medical marijuana
patient using cannabis oil to
manage neurological disorder
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
Medical marijuana patient Patricia
McGill of Blockhouse is pleased with her
initial experience with cannabis oil to
manage a neurological syndrome she’s
struggled with since she was injured in
a workplace accident over 10 years ago.
“To me, it’s a more efficient way to do
it than smoking it,” said the 62 year old.
She has reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a
condition that can cause pain throughout
the body.
The Supreme Court of Canada handed
down a unanimous ruling this month
allowing medical marijuana patients to
ingest marijuana, not just to smoke it.
They’re also permitted to use other marijuana extracts and derivatives.
Chris Backer of Maritimers Unite for
Medical Marijuana, a non-profit advocacy group, recently helped McGill make a
batch of oil that should last a few months.
They used the prescribed marijuana
McGill receives from a Health Canadaapproved licenced producer.
After consuming her first dose of the
oil, which was about the size of a grain
of rice, on June 14, McGill said she experienced the best night’s sleep she’s had
in ages. “It’s early returns, but last night
[June 14] was probably the first time in 10
years that I slept for like six, seven hours
straight, which in itself is a gift.”
Backer believes consuming the oil,
instead of smoking medical marijuana,
translates to increased benefits. But it
takes vast amounts of marijuana to make
the oil.
“It doesn’t erase pain,” Backer pointed
out to LighthouseNOW. “It gives you a
chance to heal. It’s a more gentle and reasonable way to heal yourself.”
Backer dilutes cannabis oil with coconut oil and consumes it via gelatin capsule to manage his inflammatory bowel
disease. He said there are many ways to
consume a dose, such as baking it into
food. Because of the oil, Backer said, he
does not need the prescribed pills he used
to take.
He helped McGill manufacture the oil
three days after the Supreme Court ruling that broadens the “dried-form” definition of medical marijuana.
Backer said he planned to help McGill
KEITH CORCORAN PHOTO
Blockhouse resident Patricia McGill has
started using cannabis oil, pictured in the
tubes she is holding, to help manage her
reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
before he knew about the intentions of
the country’s highest court. He also was
not surprised by the decision, given there
has been supporting research.
A Canadian Senate committee on illegal drugs in 2002 recommended the
legalization of cannabis.
“It’s just a plant, and I’m an adult.
It’s my right to make my own decision,”
Backer said.
McGill and Backer said there are sectors of the public and government that
misunderstand the health uses of marijuana.
“The stigma … is huge,” McGill said.
Federal Health minister Rona Ambrose said that she is “outraged” by the
Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling, saying marijuana has not been subjected to
Health Canada-sanctioned clinical trials
and safety reviews.
Meanwhile, McGill plans to give the
marijuana oil, which Backer showed her
how to make, a fair trial. So far, she said,
it has wasted little time making a difference for her.
“My whole body feels better.”
A4
LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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From left, HUB
co-founders Matt Hall
and Tim Merry in their
recently-opened new
home in Mahone Bay.
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A new definition of
entrepreneurship
A
mid all the doom and gloom about the current and future state of the Nova Scotia
economy comes a ray of hope from our own
backyard.
Last week, the three co-founders and 40 members
of the Hub South Shore celebrated the opening of
their new “co-working” space in the lower level of
the Old Mader’s Wharf building in Mahone Bay.
What started as informal discussions four years
ago among expat Brits Tim Merry, Matt Hall and
Dave Thomson after Sunday night football (soccer,
to most of us) and Monday night drinks has resulted
in a welcoming workspace for home-based business
owners “to connect and become visible,” as Merry
puts it.
Merry remembers the first time they reached
out to gauge interest in shared office space for entrepreneurs. They put up a few posters in Mahone
Bay and mentioned it on Facebook, asking, “Do you
love working for yourself but don’t want to work in
isolation?” Thirty-five people showed up for the first
meeting. A similar number came for a second.
“It freaked us out so that we almost didn’t do anything,” he recalled.
The local chamber of commerce approached
them, offering to run with the idea if they didn’t.
The notion of someone else doing it was enough to
get the three of them to “invest an equal amount,
as much as we were willing to lose.” So even though
they were busy running their own home-based businesses, they took the first step.
The Hub’s first home was a former classroom at
the Mahone Bay Centre. Merry said it was a perfect
location to start, but with a growing waiting list
of new members, they realized they needed larger
quarters. Hence the move to Old Mader’s Wharf, the
space formerly occupied by the Emporium. Thanks
to the design flair of Hailey Thomson, Dave’s wife,
there are funky desks and chairs, comfortable
couches, a kitchen and several meeting rooms, all of
which can be booked by members.
The Hub South Shore already has 35 members,
from architects, forestry technicians and web designers to hedge fund managers, graphic designers
and scientists. Some are there fulltime. Others drop
in a couple of days a week, depending on the level of
membership they have.
“There’s a whole piece of the local economy that
we’re peeling back the visibility of,” said Merry. “It’s
an enormous piece of the economy, but there’s no infrastructure for it, no economic planning around it.
We’re not saying it’s a silver bullet, but it’s a growing piece of the economy, unlike retail and tourism.”
Merry said the Hub is helping redefine entrepreneurship. “The classic definition of entrepreneurship in Nova Scotia is the more people you employ,
the more successful an entrepreneur you are. You’re
measured on how many jobs you create. That’s not
how the membership of the Hub works. The majority here are focussed on getting more connected.”
Indeed, at least two members have joined forces to
create a new company. Others work together on an
as-needed basis.
“It’s an enormous diversity of skills, so when I’m
taking on a job now, I have direct access to a branding expert, I’ve got web developers who’ve designed
projects all over the world, project managers. I can
offer what an agency can offer, but I’m a one-person
shop, because of the relationships I have.”
It’s not as if Merry and his partners don’t face
challenges. There’s not enough cash flow to hire a
full-time manager, so they have to take time from
their own businesses to oversee the operation. While
the concept isn’t new — there are hubs in cities
around the world, though the one in Halifax has
closed its doors, at least temporarily — Merry said
the success rate in rural communities hasn’t been
high, except in Italy, for reasons he’s been unable to
investigate.
The other challenge is that they don’t fit in any
existing economic model. There’s no government
funding — all the money comes from the three
founders and membership fees. It’s not a not-forprofit, and it’s doubtful it would match the criteria
demanded by the banks if they needed additional
financial support.
He is, however, optimistic about the Hub South
Shore, strategically located in the middle of “the
golden triangle” of Lunenburg, Bridgewater and
Chester.
“There’s no doubt that what we’re doing here is
having an impact. We know that people are moving
here because of the Hub. There’s a member who just
joined who moved from Lunenburg to Mahone Bay
just so that he could work out of the Hub. People
stay because of the relationships, not just the highspeed internet and the kitchen and the cool space
that might have attracted them in the first place.”
“The biggest outcome is that people are more courageous. They’re more courageous in their businesses, they’re more courageous in their new product
launches. For me, there’s something about people’s
capacity of audacity that excites me about this.”
It’s the kind of courage and audacity that Lunenburg County needs more of.
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to the editor
Treat highway sign crews
with respect
H
ave you ever wondered what a sign holder for
road construction goes through in the run
of a day? Probably not. Some think they are
uneducated people who can’t get a “good” job and
make smart remarks about them. My friend and I
rode our bikes up the LaHave River road last week
to see what was going on with the construction, hoping to get an update on when the road would be open.
We decided to watch a bit and have a snack. There
was a lady working, and she didn’t have to hold a
sign, as the road was blocked off, so she came over to
have a chitchat with us. After a bit of talk about the
construction, I asked if she liked her job. She said
yes and that she’s been doing it for 19 years. She told
us about the things she likes but then she started to
speak about some other experiences. That’s when my
jaw dropped.
She told us about numerous incidents that demonstrate how sign holders are treated by drivers with
road rage. She has witnessed co-workers killed or
struck by drivers. She has been spit on and had milk
and eggs thrown at her. People have gotten out of
their cars and threatened her, and she has been the
victim of lots of verbal abuse. She said it’s not uncommon for someone to try to push through. Sometimes drivers will even stop past the stop sign, which
can cause a situation. They have that spot marked for
a specific reason, but when she asks drivers to back
up, some of them become irate. We only talked with
her for a short while. I can’t imagine what other stories she would have told us had we stayed longer.
I was appalled and shocked. I asked if she ever
went to the media. She said she wrote a letter but was
scared to submit it in fear of losing her job. I didn’t
Bridgewater’s origins
T
his letter refers to Peter Oickle’s “A Walk
Through Our Past” column of June 10 (“What’s
in a Name,” B5).
I have information in my files on deeds for family and friends who were registered at Bridgewater
in October and November 1810. Mr. Oickle might try
the registry office in Bridgewater to see when deeds
were first registered there. He might be able to get
information on when the township of Bridgewater
was established. My information shows the name
“Bridgewater” existed before the mid-1800s.
While I have information that Blandford, where
my great-great-great-great grandfather purchased
land, was a township prior to 1767, I cannot find any
record of Bridgewater. Maybe the registry office
might be able to fill this void.
ELIZABETH PUBLICOVER
Middle Sackville
ask more about that, but it certainly makes me wonder why she would feel that way.
I had no idea sign holders were treated like this.
I have never been in a vehicle with anyone who has
treated a sign holder like this and I have never witnessed this type of behaviour from someone in another vehicle. She did mention that some areas of the
province are worse than others, but she said that this
kind of treatment definitely happens.
So the next time you travel a road where there is
construction and you have to stop and wait, think
about what the sign holder has to go through in order
to do their job. Give them a wave and be courteous.
Pay respect. If they ask you to move back, know
that they aren’t being jerks but are trying to protect
everyone and keep things organized. To be honest,
they couldn’t pay me enough to do that job and put
up with that type of treatment. I have a hell of a lot
more respect for sign holders after hearing her story.
Kudos to her and all the sign holders out there. I honestly had no idea!
TAMMY SLAUENWHITE
Rose Bay
Any logic to
parking meters in
Bridgewater?
I
live here, and it has been years since I parked
on King Street to visit a business. King is pretty
much a “ghost street,” in my mind at least. Yesterday, I parked on King Street to go to the fabulous
new Thai restaurant with my family. After about 30
minutes, I came out and found a parking ticket on my
car. I had forgotten to check the meter on my way in
while holding my daughter.
Why does Bridgewater have parking meters? What
is the reasoning behind this? When I pulled up to
park at 11:30 in the morning, no one else was parking on the street. If Bridgewater wants to encourage
business in its dying downtown area, is this really
the proper way to go about it? I found this very annoying. If I were a tourist in our town and received a
parking ticket, it would definitely deter me from ever
returning. With the town’s suffering budget, we have
to pay someone to check meters as well? Really?
Maybe the town should look into the logic behind
these parking meters. Hopefully, that does not mean a
study that costs money.
PETER DAUPHINEE
Bridgewater
Wise words
I
just wanted to advise how much I enjoy reading
the weekly article “Reality Check” by Susanne
Beck in the LighthouseNOW LOG.
I always get something from every article. There’s
common sense advice about living life in a more positive way with an emphasis on coping with difficult
situations. They are simply written and often cause
one to get a new perspective on better ways to resolve
some of life’s challenges with less stress.
Check it out!
SANDY SMITH
Bridgewater
Support the LCLC, but
not the way it’s run
S
ome may know that I occasionally write
to comment on the unplanned and rapidly
escalating deficit at the Lunenburg County
Lifestyle Centre (LCLC). Those letters have caused
some people to ask me if I am “anti LCLC.” Nothing
could be further from the truth. My wife and I have
memberships at the LCLC and use the facilities to the
greatest extent possible. It is a very good facility.
The fact that the LCLC is a good facility does not
alter the facts about the size of the deficit or its rapid
and unforeseen rise. The deficit we were told would
be $380,000 a little over a year ago is now approaching
$1 million.
What I am very much “anti” is mismanagement
and incompetence on the part of our elected and appointed officials. And there appears to be no end in
sight. We have had two events held in the arena in a
little over a year. Two events in over a year. The ice is
out and it is now hibernating, with only the occasional “rink walker” using it. The are no revenue-generating events. If an event is planned, it’s not being
advertised. That is an indication management does
not have a current plan to generate revenue. How do
our elected representatives tolerate this?
While nothing is happening to reduce the deficit,
Mayor Walker is suggesting that a second rink should
be built at the LCLC. We have one underutilized rink
at the LCLC, and the mayor thinks we should invest
in another.
I would like to see our appointed and elected
officials manage the LCLC to reduce the deficit. This
requires revenue generation. We have now fixed the
expenses, and they will only increase. We don’t need
another rink until this one is fully utilized.
Our politicians will only act if more voters call
them. Remember, there will be elections in just over a
year. Call your mayor and councillor.
I would also recommend to all South Shore
residents that they visit the LCLC. This is a great
facility.
JOHN HARLEY
Upper Branch
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LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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Emotional ceremony for Verge House students
Five graduate from program for students with disabilities
By MICHAEL LEE
michael.lee@lighthousenow.ca
M@mtaylorlee
Love, perseverance and inspiration
were the themes of last Thursday’s ceremony at the Day’s Inn in Bridgewater
to recognize the achievements of five
young adults from across Lunenburg and
Queens counties.
Christopher Heim, Laura Llewellyn,
Rebecca Maule, Alex McDonald and Kyle
Weare are the latest graduates of the
Verge House Transition Program.
The program, which began in 1983,
helps students with disabilities develop
independence and skills so they can find
work and become better integrated in
their community. In part, this is achieved
through work placements, and each student took part in one.
Amanda Deagle, a teacher at Verge
House, gave the opening remarks and
spoke fondly of each of her students, telling stories of personal growth and lasting friendships. “I love my job and I love
them,” she said.
Before receiving their certificates,
each graduate heard of their accomplishments from friends and family in a series
of heartfelt stories.
A doctor once told Heim’s parents that
their son would never walk without help.
Yet when Christopher, a Dayspring resident, stood at the front of the stage to
receive his certificate, it was clear how
much taller he was than the rest.
Laura, also from Dayspring, was met
by her mother, Crystal Boutillier, who
advised her daughter never to lose sight
of her dreams and to “never compromise
anything to reach them.”
Kyle, who lives in Caledonia, heard
from his uncle Myles Crouse who grew
emotional as he talked passionately about
his nephew’s kindness and strong athletic arm.
Rebecca’s father, Andrew, spoke of his
daughter’s previous struggles and how
uncertain the future had seemed. But
after seeing his daughter, who is from
Liverpool, graduate from Verge House, he
said, “I couldn’t be happier.”
Many struggled to fight back tears.
Kimberley McDonald recounted the remarkable recovery of her son Alex, who
lives in New Germany, after he was left in
a coma when a fire caused severe brain
damage. “There’s been no holding him
back since,” she said.
Alex was later presented with his own
shirt and a position at Home Hardware,
the store he had worked at during his
work placement.
Mayors Don Downe and David Walker,
of the Municipality of Lunenburg and
the Town of Bridgewater, were present,
along with two representatives of the
South Shore Regional School Board —
board chair Elmer Garber and director
of programs and student services Jeff
DeWolfe.
Guest speaker Claire McNally, who
grew up in Bridgewater and graduated
from Park View Education Centre, inspired the audience with her own address. “We may have changes in everything in life that we don’t know is coming
but we have to face it and adapt.”
McNally, who just finished her first
year at Mount Allison University, is hemiplegic, as one side of her body is paralyzed.
Despite her challenges, McNally went
on to become a competitive swimmer
and won two bronze medals for Team
MICHAEL LEE PHOTO
From left, Kyle Weare, Alex McDonald, Rebecca Maule, Laura Llewellyn and
Christopher Heim, 2015 graduates of Verge House.
Nova Scotia at the Canada Games. She
was also the recipient of the Terry Fox
Humanitarian Award last year and was
the subject of a book, “Claire’s Race,” by
local author Nancy Richards.
She told the graduates to learn from
their experiences and to embrace, rather
than avoid, life’s challenges.
“I believe that change can give us two
options. We can shy away from it and fear
it and pretend that it hasn’t happened
or doesn’t exist … or we can face our
change,” said McNally. “This is harder
to do, but I know everyone can do it and I
know that our graduates today have done
it and are still doing it.”
The ceremony ended with a goodbye
from principal Daphne Egilsson. She said
Verge House is a magical place and told
the graduates, “I am a better person because I know you.”
Job skills program participants ready to re-enter workforce
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
A graduating class of individuals seasoned with life experience has completed
10 weeks of job-skills training geared toward getting them back in the workforce.
The 11 students, mostly women, dealt
with a variety of topics over the course of
their studies, including subjects such as
occupational health and safety, food handling and computer literacy. “We covered
pretty well everything on resumé writing,
cover letters, hidden job market, how to
conduct interviews,” noted Robert Racine
of the Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre,
the non-profit organization that led the
“Putting Experience to Work” program.
“We probably covered, I would say anywhere between 30 to 35 topics.”
The government-funded program
helps unemployed workers over the age
of 55 reintegrate into the labour force.
Maxine Knox of Rhodes Corner appreciated getting schooled on all the topics.
Knox, who at 67 was the oldest of her
classmates, retired from office administration work about three years ago but
missed the daily grind. She learned about
the program through another career service organization and hopes to get back
into office work. “Some people want to
be retired, and they enjoy it, but I enjoy
work,” Knox told LighthouseNOW. “Work
was my life.”
Geoff Lawlor of Lunenburg valued
learning new skills and reinforcing old
ones, which the 63 year old hopes will
propel him into the fields of property or
project management.
Classmates offered advice to one another during the program, using their wealth
of previous experiences. Lawlor’s advice
suggested participants exercise thinking beverage, events, banquets and meetings.
She told Lighthousefrom a different or new
NOW that before the
perspective. “We sort
event she had already
of fed off each other
talked to one “promand supported each
ising” individual who
other,” added Knox.
could join the ranks.
Prospective
emAttendees also reployers were on hand
ceived an overview
Thursday, June 18, durof a provincial goving a social wrap-up
Maxine Knox
ernment
program
event in Bridgewater.
Program graduate
that offers financial
Joanne
Cooper,
incentives to employgeneral manager of a
ers who have a labour
Cookville hotel, was
need and hire Nova
looking for a plethora
of staffers who could help with food and Scotians requiring work experience.
“Some people want
to be retired, and they
enjoy it, but I enjoy
work.”
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TOWN OF LUNENBURG
The Town of Lunenburg extends best wishes to Raymond Francis on the occasion of his
retirement following thirty six years of dedicated service with the Town’s Electric Utility. Mr.
Francis will continue to serves his community in a part-time capacity as the Town’s Chief
Electrical Inspector. For more information and electrical inspection appointments, please
contact the Electric Utility at 902 634-8311.
KEITH CORCORAN PHOTO
Maxine Knox and Geoff Lawlor were among a graduating class that completed the
10-week “Putting Experience to Work” program designed to help unemployed older
individuals reintegrate into the workforce.
www.lighthousenow.ca Ernst gets
a refit
Long-serving Tancook
Island ferry will spend
the summer in dry
dock to fix problems
that hobbled it last
summer
By JONATHAN WADDELL
News@lighthousenow.ca
M@LHNOWnews
The William G. Ernst is getting a makeover costing $535,950, and it will likely
return to service in September.
The repairs, it is hoped, will allow the
Tancook islands ferry to once again carry
95 passengers.
Work on the provincially owned and
operated vessel began last month at the
government wharf in Chester, but the
boat will be headed into dry dock in Meteghan River shortly, where the bulk of
the work will be conducted by A.F. Theriault and Son.
“People are going to see not a different
ship, but, how can I say it, an updated version of what it should be,” said John Majchrowicz, manager of marine services for
the Department of Transportation and
Infrastructure Renewal.
The tender, which is available publicly
on-line, lists everything from overhauling
the starboard engine and replacing both
propellers to renovating the bathrooms
and painting the entire vessel.
A new bulkhead will also be installed
in the passenger cabin, which is a requirement Transport Canada has insisted on
in order for the Ernst to be able to carry
95 passengers again. Federal regulations
have prevented the vessel from taking on
its full capacity since last year, which has
meant that some people had to be left at
wharves in Chester or on the islands because there was not enough room.
“I want to get up to my 95 passengers
again,” said Majchrowicz.
Another aspect of the tender is the
testing of the hull.
“We’ll do an ultrasonic survey of the
whole hull of the ship,” said Majchrowicz.
Majchrowicz wants to know the hull’s
“diminution,” or reduction of its thickness. Over time, he explained, a hull’s
thickness can be lost to corrosion. If portions of the hull are too thin, Majchrowicz says, they will be cut out and replaced.
In the Ernst’s place, the Scotian has
been making runs to the islands and back.
For the most part, it has been praised by
island residents as better than the other
options that have been tried.
The Scotian, which is a car ferry, now
has a coach bus lashed to the deck to
act as a cabin for passengers. “Comfortable” is the word many chose to describe
the bus. Some island residents wonder
whether it will be as comfortable in the
heat of summer or the cold weather of
the fall, as the bus’s air-conditioning and
heating systems are not functioning.
“[The bus] is much more comfortable
than what we ever had on the Scotian,”
said Fran Levy, a resident of Big Tancook
Island, recalling a time when the Scotian
was the replacement ferry and a school
bus was used to house passengers.
Carol Green, a Little Tancook Island
resident, noted the Scotian is slower than
the Ernst, which has caused some delays
in the schedule.
The bigger problem has been the lack
of space on the Scotian to take vehicles
to the island. Given the placement of the
bus and a boom truck with a crane, there
is no room on the deck for vehicles.
But residents do prefer the Scotian to
the small whale-watching vessel that was
used to replace the Ernst when it underwent repairs last fall.
LighthouseNow Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
A7
Lunenburg’s waste-water plant poses
safety concerns, not just stink
By EMMA SMITH
emma.smith@lighthousenow.ca
M@emmaLHNow
Lunenburg’s
waste-water treatment plant isn’t just
stinky; it could be unsafe.
That’s according to a report
that cited temporarily high levels of hydrogen sulphide and
carbon monoxide in one area
of the plant.
Lunenburg town council
held a special meeting on June
16 and agreed to spend up to
$10,000 to test air quality and
identify possible solutions.
“There have been concerns
expressed by some of the [plant]
operators with respect to their
gas detectors going off,” said
town engineer Marc Belliveau,
EMMA SMITH PHOTO
who drafted the report. “The Air-quality concerns are centred on the process room of the Lunenburg waste-water treatadditional odours in the pro- ment plant during the morning hours when staff first arrive.
cess room seem to be related to
the rotary press.”
To combat this, operators
would cost roughly $700,000.
have been opening doors and turning on ventilation systems,
If council approved the design proposal, Belliveau said, he
but Belliveau said the extent of the problem is still unknown. could issue a purchase order and design of the project could
The engineering firm CBCL Ltd. has been tasked with complet- get under way.
ing an urgent air-quality assessment that’s expected to come
But despite Belliveau’s recommendation and Bailey’s conback to council in the next few weeks.
cern, most councillors weren’t on board.
“I’m surprised that we haven’t had people walk off the
“I’m not sure we even need the whole thing. There’s a lot of
job down there just because of safety concerns,” said deputy ifs still in this,” said councillor John McGee.
mayor Danny Croft.
Councillor Peter Zwicker said residents have the right to
Mayor Rachel Bailey said the safety of staff and the public complain about the smell, which is worse in the hot summer
is council’s number-one concern, but she added that the “qual- months. But, he added, “if we spend $700,000 on a problem
ity of life” issue should be addressed too.
that’s not remedied, it’s going to give them a greater right to
“It stinks. I don’t know if you guys are living in the same complain.”
community, but I smell it and I smell it a lot,” said Bailey, who
“Unless we’re given a guarantee that this going to be 100 per
added that this has been a “perennial problem” that existed cent effective, I guess I’m not supportive of it.”
long before she took over as mayor.
Councillor Thom Barclay said the town needs to find cheap
Along with an air-quality assessment, Belliveau recom- solutions first, including flushing pumping stations and inmended that council spend about $80,000 so that CBCL can stalling more fans. He also said he’s noticed unpleasant smells
complete a detailed design for an odour-control system that wafting from sewers around town and he’s not sure the probwas first proposed in 2011.
lem would be fixed solely by focusing on odour coming from
It’s the next step in the smelly saga that’s plagued the town the plant.
since the $7.3-million plant opened in 2003. CBCL’s 2011 study
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UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS
NORWEGIAN KING’S GUARD
JUNE 30, 2015 10:00 AM – NOON
On Tuesday, June 30, the Norwegian King’s Guard, a world
renowned precision band and drill squad consisting of 140 young
soldiers, who will be performing at the Nova Scotia International
Tattoo, will pay a visit to Lunenburg to renew the close bonds
between Lunenburg and Norway which were forged during World
War II. The Guard will arrive at approximately 10:00 am and hold
a brief ceremony at the Norwegian monument on the grounds
of ABCO. From there, the Guard will march through Town to the
cenotaphs on Cumberland Street where they will honour our
veterans and bring greetings to citizens of Lunenburg. This will be
followed by a drill demonstration and stand up music performance
on the Fisheries Museum parking lot. The general public is invited
to come to the waterfront to watch this incredible display of
precision marching and music. Estimated time of the performance
is 11:00 am. In the event of inclement weather, the performance
will be held in the Lunenburg Arena.
CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS
JULY 1, 2015
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Residents and visitors are invited to join in Canada Day
celebrations in Lunenburg at the 250th Anniversary Park behind
the Fire Hall on Medway Street. Entertainment will be provided
by Mid Life Crisis, there will be face painting for the children, town
councillors will BBQ and serve complimentary hot dogs, juice
and watermelon. The Lunenburg Swimming pool is offering a free
public swim 2:30-4:30 pm. In the event of inclement weather, the
festivities will be held at the Lunenburg Community Centre.
GERMAN BAND CONCERT
MONDAY, JULY 6
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
The general public is invited to attend this year’s German Band
concert on the common in front of St. John’s Anglican Church in
Lunenburg. This year, the band, which is performing at the Nova
Scotia International Tattoo, is the Herresmusikkorps – Ulm. This
one hour concert is free of charge so bring your lawn chairs or a
blanket and enjoy this wonderful music. In the event of inclement
weather, the concert will be held inside the church.
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LighthouseNow Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
www.lighthousenow.ca
Hall debates future,
searches for its owner
By EVAN BOWER
evan.bower@lighthousenow.ca
M@evanbower
DAVE STEPHENS PHOTO
From left, Elke Love and Kat Wright in the Read and Share Corner in the Vogler’s
Cove Community Hall.
Sharing the love of reading
Community has place to borrow books
By DAVE STEPHENS
dave.stephens@lighthousenow.ca
M@DaveStephensNS
The bookmobile doesn’t come to Voglers Cove anymore. The village — half
an hour south of Bridgewater if you
take Highway 103, 10 minutes longer
than that if you take the scenic route
along the coast — doesn’t have a church,
school or corner store either, so there’s
little chance there’d be a formal library.
However, a small but dedicated group
of volunteers has made sure that people
of all ages who call Voglers Cove and
area home have a place to borrow books.
The Read and Share Corner has been
open for a couple of years now in the
Voglers Cove Community Hall. There
are about 1,000 books — all of them
donated, except for one reference book
— for people to borrow.
Hours are somewhat limited; it’s
open every Monday morning during
coffee hour, and whenever the hall is
open for other functions, which are far
from rare. There’s Monday night cribbage, regular teas, dinners and meetings, and special author events organized by the Read and Share committee,
including one tonight (Wednesday, June
24) at 7 p.m. with Cape Breton author
and humourist Frank MacDonald. The
authors don’t get paid to come, but they
do sell copies of their books. The last
reading in May attracted people from as
far away as Chester.
But the core function of the corner
is to give the people who live in the 250
households in Voglers Cove and the
surrounding communities a chance to
come and find something interesting
to read.
“A lot of the people who come and
borrow books here would probably be
totally intimidated to go to the [Margaret Hennigar Library at the] LCLC,”
said Elke Love, one of the founders of
the program. “It’s a different lifestyle
here. They’ve not been used to reading
books, and they may not take the newspaper. Here, they’re seeing the books on
the shelves and they’re curious.”
Love added that it’s not much of a
stretch for seniors in the area to come
to the hall to borrow books. “This was
their schoolhouse.”
But the small but vital population
of children also makes good use of
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the reading corner. According to Kat
Wright, another of the founders, the
first program was a story hour for preschoolers. A retired teacher read to a
group of local kids, of which there were
four or five core members.
“The kids didn’t know each other,”
recalled Wright. “They’re all from this
community, but they didn’t play with
each other and didn’t [yet] go to school
together. They became the best of
friends. We had tears one day because
one of them was missing! They’ve all
graduated from the preschool program
now and hang out with each other all
the time.”
Story hour has been since been put
on hold, as there aren’t enough preschoolers in the area at the moment to
replace that first group. But some slightly older children have been integral to
the reading corner’s success.
“Two little girls who live on my street
got very excited about the library,” said
Wright. “They collected books, theirs
and their friends’, and they piled them
in a wheelbarrow and brought them
to my house. And they’re on the shelf
now.” Another 10-year-old boy donated
a whole shelf of books from his own
bookcase.
The four bookcases in the reading
corner — three with books for adults,
the other for kids — are nearly full,
but with a limited budget and even less
space in the busy hall, any expansion
of the collection will mean books will
be rotated.
For Wright, it’s important to keep the
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and expanded within
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The
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ates the program understands the value
of a dollar. A $2,200 start-up grant from
the Lunenburg County United Way in
2013 still hasn’t been entirely spent.
Nobody gets paid; the volunteers donate
supplies to label the books and goodies
for coffee hour, as well as their time.
“That’s the way communities work,”
said Love. “If you’re going to put something in, you’re going to get something
out.”
The community hall in Waterloo, a
village about a half-hour’s drive southwest of Bridgewater, has been a place for
schooling, celebration and worship that
local families have used for generations.
But an aging population and the struggle
to get youth in the area invested has put
the future of the hall in question.
The Waterloo Community Hall Society
met with about two dozen residents last
week to decide if the hall should be kept
open or closed. The problem is, they need
to find out who owns it first.
“We’ve come across issues, and we’ve
really got to know what we’re doing
here,” said society president Patty Daniels. “Who owns this hall? We may have a
problem there.”
Herbert Wile won the hall at an auction
for $105 in 1963. The building had been a
school for Waterloo students, but it was
up for grabs after they were sent to newly
constructed schools outside the area.
In the deed, Wile entrusted the building to the Waterloo Women’s Institute and
the Waterloo Community Hall Society.
But in more recent paperwork, only the
Women’s Institute is listed. This means
the ownership of the hall is currently
split between a deceased man and a defunct society.
“I have no recollection whatsoever
of any conversations with my parents,
who have lived here their entire lives,
of anything happening where the hall
was shifted to the Women’s Institute,”
said Daniels. “It may have happened at a
meeting very much like this, but I have no
recollection of that happening.”
This puts the community in a bind.
Closing the hall could forfeit the property
to the estate of Herbert Wile, removing
the community’s claim to the building
and the opportunity to use it in the future. Worse than that, both closing it
and keeping it open come with financial
hurdles it can’t clear.
The society owes $425 to the Registry
of Joint Stock Companies. Paying this
will return it to “good standing,” recognition that it is an official society. Good
standing is required before a transfer of
ownership can be made, and grants to be
applied for to make the costs that come
with keeping or closing the hall feasible.
It also needs a lawyer to investigate who
owns the hall.
“The irony is, we may very well have
to keep the hall open to fundraise to pay
our legal bills to get through this process,
whichever way we decide to go,” said
Daniels.
Many in attendance questioned whether the hall is worth saving, with dwindling interest from the community.
“If they’re so interested in the hall,
why aren’t they here tonight to see what’s
going on?” asked Tom Crouse.
The hall has survived because of volunteers donating their time. But those
they used to count on are aging and can’t
put in the hours they used to. Youth in the
community often leave Waterloo for activities, so they haven’t gained that level
of attachment.
And regulations like food-handling
certification make it difficult for volunteers to put on the kind of luncheons that
used to keep the hall active. Volunteers
will have to invest even more time earning the certification necessary to make
food for hall events.
“Basically, the problem for any community is an older population, younger
generation being too busy, and all the
rules and regulations that stop people
from actually doing what we’ve been
doing for years,” said Ardyth Veinot, the
society’s treasurer.
Almost everyone in attendance at the
meeting had a personal story to share
about their family’s history in thehall.
The past generation of Waterloo went
to school in the building and grew up to
renovate it into the hall that’s used today.
Many current residents feel a responsibility to pass it on as well.
“The decision that us older people
make will not only reflect on us when
we’re gone, it’s going to reflect on our
children,” said Veinot. “Do we want the
hall to be there for the next generation?
Some of you who are making decisions
won’t be here in 10 years’ time. I may not
be here in 10 years’ time. I’m hoping these
guys and their families will be.”
Others pointed out that emotions don’t
change what is financially possible.
“This place has sentimental value for
me too. I went to school here as a child,”
said Doug Wile. “I had my mother and
father’s house that was sentimental to me
too, but I had to tear it down because it
was beyond repair.”
The society passed a motion “for the
executive to look into who actually owns
the hall, and also look into the food rules.”
They’ll vote on the future of the hall
after they get that information.
“We have a direction, but we’ve got a
lot of unanswered questions,” said Daniels.
The treasury has
just enough money
to keep the hall
running another
year without any
major maintenance.
From left, society
president Patty
Daniels, secretary
Holly Veinotte and
treasurer Ardyth
Veinot
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A9
Saving Battery Point
Lighthouse
On-line campaign to take control
of lighthouse kicked off June 17
By EMMA SMITH
emma.smith@lighthousenow.ca
M@emmaLHNow
The value of Battery Point Lighthouse isn’t based on its uniqueness.
Perched on the edge of Lunenburg Harbour, it has the qualities of countless
beacons on the shoreline of the province — timber shingled, of average size,
with a foghorn and a light.
But that’s exactly why Gerry Rolfsen says it’s worth saving.
“It’s like asking … what is unique about a Victorian house on Montague
Street in Lunenburg?” said Rolfsen. “It was part of the landscape when the
town was declared a heritage site and so we think it has to remain part of
the landscape.”
As chair of the Lunenburg Waterfront Association, Rolfsen is spearheading a campaign that he hopes will allow the organization to take over maintenance of the lighthouse from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
He’s entered Battery Point in the National Trust of Canada’s “This Lighthouse Matters” on-line campaign, which kicked off June 17. If he can get
enough votes by the July 15 deadline, he says the $15,000 first-place prize will
PETER ZWICKER PHOTO
ensure the lighthouse is maintained for years.
It’s an urgent project according to Doug Langley, who helped draft the A lighthouse has stood at Battery Point since 1864.
project proposal.
“The federal government is in the process of abandoning over 1,000 lighthouses
in Canada and that means some of our
history is going to be lost,” said Langley.
He moved back to Lunenburg eight
years ago and says he’s become accustomed to the sound of the foghorn on
misty nights.
“The mournful sound of the foghorn is
so much a part of the soul of so many of
the residents. If that was turned off they
really would be quite upset. It’s part of
their culture,” he said.
Rolfsen worries that without someone
looking after the lighthouse, the federal
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More midwives
Four years after report, little has been done to expand service on South Shore
“I think a lot of times
Alex Dumaresq and Kate McKenna
women get told what the
right thing to do is, inmoved to their Cornwall farm last year.
stead of feeling like they
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Kate McKenna has just one piece of are allowed to make a
advice for soon-to-be moms mulling over choice,” said McKenna,
midwifery.
seated in the corner of a
“I joke that you should call as soon big red couch with twoas conception is over, because they only month-old Milo asleep in
have two midwives,” said the young mom her arms.
from Cornwall. “They have more demand
“Being a new parent
is very frightening, and
than they can supply.”
McKenna says she’s one of the lucky to have someone that
ones. She’s part of a small cohort of you trust, that you’re
Nova Scotia women who have the option comfortable with, takes
to choose a midwife simply because of a whole element of fear
out of it.”
where they live.
That’s one of the reaThe South Shore is one of just three
districts in the province, along with Hali- sons why new mom Amy
fax and Antigonish, that have a midwife- Patterson chose a midry program. But even here, the wait list wife when she gave birth
can be long and the program continues at home to her daughter
to turn more people away than it accepts. Georgia in April.
Patterson knew very
The two full-time midwives are on call
little
about midwifery
24-7 and now attend about six births a
month. There are nine midwives working before she moved to
across the province with a recommenda- Bridgewater from the
tion to increase the number of funded Annapolis Valley last
year. With no registered
positions to 20 by 2017.
Expansion was just one of the recom- midwives working in the
mendations outlined in the 2011 “Mid- Valley, Patterson said
wifery in Nova Scotia” report that called there’s still a lot of misfor the province to strengthen its fledg- information out there.
She had a friend ask
credit.
ling midwifery program or watch it col“I think, actually, we have seen quite
lapse. Four years later, strides have been her if she’d need to deliver her baby in
made, including the creation of a mid- a special cabin in the woods run by mid- a bit of change but not due to the [2011
wives.
midwifery] report, but simply due to our
wifery specialist position, but midwives
“And I’m like, ‘What?’” said Patterson, own team relationships work that we
in this part of the province say more
laughing. “I’m like, ‘No, you can deliver have done here in the district,” she said.
needs to be done.
at the hospital or at home.’ … I couldn’t
In an e-mail, a representative of the
McKenna had her son Frankie, who’s
believe that, and that was somebody in Department of Health and Wellness said
now three and a half, in the Halifax hosNova Scotia. This isn’t someone who’s steps have been taken to address recompital when its midwifery program was
from a province who’s far from getting mendations within the report but that
suspended. She saw 10 different doctors midwife care.”
future changes to the program will now
in nine months.
Now that Patterson has had access to a
For her, it was an empowering experi- midwife, she said that even if she moves, rest with the newly formed Nova Scotia
ence to build a relationship with one mid- she knows the kinds of decisions she has Health Authority (NSHA).
Tricia Cochrane with NSHA said in
wife during her pregnancy for her second the power to make.
an email that, “Over time, we will be
son, Milo.
“I think the biggest benefit to having completing planning with our providers
a midwife is just knowing what choices and partners that will lead to the creation
you do have, because I feel like those are of new provincial approaches to how
the same choices that you would have if we deliver the full range of services we
a physician cared for me … but it’s about
provide. We would expect midwifery to be
making the decisions for myself,” she
considered as part of this work.”
said.
In the meantime, the province said it’s
Maren Dietze was one of the first regprovided funding for two additional fullistered midwives in Nova Scotia. In 2009,
time midwives at the IWK and funding
she helped set up South Shore Commufor a second attendant program for home
nity Midwives, which is based out of
births.
Lunenburg’s Fishermen’s Memorial HosThe South Shore and Halifax are the
pital. Since then, she’s been advocating
only
two places in the province where
for more education around midwifery.
midwives
are registered to provide home
A large chunk of Dietze’s time is spent
visiting women across Lunenburg and births. The standard across Canada is to
Queens counties. Access to care is espe- have two midwives at each birth.
A second attendant program is in the
cially important for families living in the
process of being rolled out on the South
rural corners of the region, she said.
“In this area we have some women who Shore. It will train nurse practitioners
really have problems with transporta- to act in a midwife’s place, giving both
tion, so sometimes we get referrals for Dietze and the other midwife, Rae-Ann
that from family doctors. We then can as- Haley, time to attend more births.
Donna Snyder, health services managsure that a woman gets complete prenatal
care by providing those prenatal visits er with the Nova Scotia Health Authority,
in her home,” said Dietze, adding that said the South Shore midwifery program
Amy Patterson, with daughter Georgia,
women have also moved to the area so has proven to be a success. It’s tailored
was happy to learn the midwifery profor people in rural areas and it can cost
that they can access the service.
gram had room in April.
Since the creation of the 2009 Mid- less than physician-led maternal care, but
wifery Act, Dietze Snyder said she isn’t sure the province is
has seen a lot of taking note.
“I think that there’s definitely an opchange, but she
MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT
portunity there, so whether or not they’ll
doesn’t
give
the
OF LUNENBURG
province all of the take it, I don’t know,” she said. “I think
By EMMA SMITH
emma.smith@lighthousenow.ca
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PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Public Meeting Notice
– Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Please be advised that a meeting of the Municipality of the District of
Lunenburg’s Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) is scheduled for
Thursday June 25, 2015, commencing at 7:00p.m in the Municipal
Council Chambers, 210 Aberdeen Road, Bridgewater. The purpose of
this meeting is to discuss the following matters:
1) Development Agreement Application, Blockhouse Plan Area: #936
Highway 325, Cilantro: change of use to Commercial Warehousing
& Retail
2) Telecommunications Tower policy in the Municipality;
3) Any Other Planning Matters.
All Planning Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public and
the public are encouraged to attend. For further information, please
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Maren Dietze is a registered midwife
in the UK and Nova Scotia and is past
president of the Association of Nova
Scotia Midwives.
there’s a lot of politics involved with it. If
you could remove the politics then maybe
it would look differently.”
By the time Milo was just an hour old,
12 people were in McKenna’s Cornwall
farmhouse and she was eating her mom’s
homemade lasagna.
“I was wearing my own clothes. I was
in a bed with my own sheets, everything
was soft, the lights were like the level that
I wanted them at,” she said.
McKenna knows that a home birth
isn’t for everyone but she’s adamant that
everyone should have the choice.
It’s a choice that she says helped her
feel less anxiety this time around. McKenna suffered from postpartum depression after having her first son, and it
was something she was nervous would
happen again.
“I definitely know that having that continuity of care is a factor in feeling much
more healthy, mentally and physically,
after this baby,” said McKenna. “So that’s
a huge, huge gift to me and to parents who
get that kind of care.”
As a youth worker who deals with teen
moms, McKenna says midwifery provides
a level of care that uniquely benefits teen
moms, vulnerable women living in poverty or those who are new to the country.
But with so few midwives in Nova Scotia and little knowledge of the service,
McKenna worries that those who need it
the most aren’t getting it.
“I sometimes feel guilty that I took a
spot,” she said.
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A11
A new normal
Bridgewater mother opens up about her son’s struggle with mental health
She knew Ben needed to be looked at
by the mental-health unit, and she pushed
for it.
“They were quite resistant but did
When Stephanie Martin heard her son eventually send someone who spent, I’d
say he had no reason to live, that he didn’t say, a half hour to 45 minutes with Ben
want to be a part of his family, she knew alone and then with us to ask him what
there was much more going on than she was going on.”
previously thought.
But it wasn’t enough. Ben was sent
“It’s a tough thing to hear, especially home, and all Martin had was a few notes
from a child who hadn’t really had a his- on anxiety.
tory of that up until that point.”
Her son’s condition remained a mysMartin, who lives in Bridgewater, made tery and the same question ran through
the news a couple of weeks ago after she Martin’s mind: What do we do?
revealed that her son
Only after the psywas turned away from
chiatrist from SSMH
the IWK Health Centre
intervened, two weeks
in Halifax last summer
later, did the IWK finalafter suffering from a
ly agree to admit Ben.
series of physical- and
He spent two weeks
mental-health issues.
under the care of nursBen, a spirited kid
es and doctors, amid the
who likes guitar, skateconstant commotion of
boarding and cereal, is
the mental-health unit.
13 years old. For a long
“The unit can be
time it was suspected he
quite chaotic, and espeStephanie Martin
had autism, but he only
cially, I was told, durMother
received an official diing the month of August
agnosis within the last
they were pretty much
couple of months.
full,” said Martin.
She decided to speak
The constant influx
out after a similar story broke of a of nurses made Ben feel lost and con14-year-old girl suffering from mental- fused. He didn’t know who to reach out
health issues being picked up by Halifax to. “The psychiatrist he didn’t see that
police after also being denied care by the often and the psychologist it took about
IWK.
a week and a half before she was there to
Although Ben has a history of ADHD, be assessed.”
it was only in May of last year that his
But the presence of other kids helped
mother noticed him struggling in school. somewhat. “I think [he] started not to feel
They approached South Shore Mental alone in having issues, and that was big.
Health (SSMH), and Ben was assigned a To be able to see other kids that have been
psychologist and psychiatrist. “They did there are functioning okay and are dealfeel absolutely that he had autism,” but ing with things and have a diagnosis too.”
getting a proper diagnosis would prove to
Nearly two months after Ben was rebe a lengthy process.
leased, Martin received a survey asking
After a while, Ben stopped eating or about their experience. Thinking it was
sleeping. A slim kid to begin with, he lost rather simplistic, she filled it out but sent
13 pounds in the span of a few weeks and a letter along with it.
dropped to only 90 pounds.
“I will say they are amazing people
He complained of headaches, stomach- and do want to help,” she said about the
aches, numbness in his arms and hands, nurses and staff, “but I think there is
and feeling itchy. “It was all over the a lack of education because there is so
place,” said Stephanie.
much they’re dealing with,” particularly
Suddenly, Ben became depressed. He with autism.
tried talking with a mental-health hotIt’s still a misunderstood condition,
line, but as much as they tried, the people Martin said, and the way it’s stereotyped
on the other end couldn’t fix what swiftly is not reflective of reality.
morphed into a crisis.
“Most of them don’t look like anything
The best she could do was reassure is wrong if you spend 10, 15 minutes with
him, to tell him life was worth living and them. You’d have to spend a day, an afterto know his family wants him.
noon. You’d have to see them potentially
“And then it just fell apart completely.” in crisis to see exactly what it looks like.”
Exhausted and with no conceivable exAutism is a spectrum disorder with
planation, Martin and her husband Chris a wide range of symptoms. People with
reached out.
autism generally like routine and familEarly on a Monday morning, they iarity, making unfamiliar people or situadrove from their home in Bridgewater to tions discomforting.
the city.
In her letter, she suggested the hosDoctors at the IWK told Martin her son pital use white boards with the names
obviously looked as if he wasn’t eating and shifts of each nurse to reduce any
but they didn’t see anything bigger to anxieties.
And just last week, Martin got a call
justify him staying longer.
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a child who hadn’t
really had a history
of that up until that
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The first time Stephanie Martin tried to get her son admitted to the IWK in Halifax for
mental-health issues, he was turned away.
from a manager at the IWK. They had a
long conversation about the number of
patients last summer and how her idea to
use white boards was being used.
In all, Martin felt reassured to know
the IWK was working harder to make
its care even better. But navigating the
system, she said, is not as direct as it
could be.
Because mental illness is difficult to
diagnose, it’s often unclear which professionals should be approached.
With a much clearer idea of what Ben’s
autism looks like, Martin now knows
what tools she can use.
Today, through a joint effort between
his school and SSMH, Ben sees a learning
disabilities expert, a member of Autism
Nova Scotia, a home-support worker, a
psychologist, a psychiatrist and two resource specialists through his school.
Ben’s older brother Spencer also receives help for his Asperger’s while a
home-support worker guides their younger brother Jack, who has not been diagnosed with any illness, through the stress
of a changing family dynamic.
Meanwhile, Martin is in constant communication with Ben’s support team and
even gets calls from his school asking
how he’s doing. She is grateful for that
interest..
“So it’s great that the community can
make a community for our family and
especially Ben to keep him on track the
best way we know how.”
She said Ben hopes to one day move
beyond the autism label. “Nobody wants
extra stuff,” she said, “especially 13 year
olds.”
The learning is constant, but it helps.
Like Ben, Martin must also come to grips
with what has happened. Although every
day is different, knowing what she’s dealing with makes things easier.
“You wonder what you did, what
happened, that kind of thing. Education
helps to realize there is absolutely
nothing that we know of that can change
it. It’s who they are, but it takes a little
bit of time to figure that all out, and you
accept your kids for who they are but
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Winds of discontent pushing
boat saga toward resolution
By GAYLE WILSON
gayle.wilson@lighthousenow.ca
M@LHNOWnews
STACEY COLWELL PHOTO
Removal of Bridgewater’s south parkade is scheduled for this fall as part of a multiyear downtown revitalization plan.
Parkade removal slated
for this fall
By STACEY COLWELL
colwellfreelance@gmail.com
M@ColwellStacey
Revitalization of Bridgewater’s downtown is expected to begin in earnest
this year with the removal of the south
parkade on King Street.
“It’s a really exciting project,” said municipal planner Jamy-Ellen Klenavic in a
recent interview.
“Probably in early fall that will get
going.”
The ultimate goal of the multi-year
plan, which includes replacing the
parkade with a public green space dubbed
Old Bridge Landing, is to make the area a
destination for people.
“We’re really trying to spark private investment in the downtown,” said
Klenavic.
“That’s what Old Bridge Landing is
expected to be — something to really
draw people into the downtown — and
then, once they’re there, they can shop
and spend more time on the street. We’ll
make it a more friendly and welcoming
place and, hopefully, following that will be
increased commercial activity.”
Demolition of the parkade is expected
to take up to two months.
“However, it is a priority and will be
built into the tendering contract that the
street is to stay open so customers can
still have access to those businesses,” said
Klenavic.
Also this year, the town plans to address parking issues created in part by
the removal of the parkade. This includes
the parking lot behind town hall being
resurfaced and reconfigured, with additional spots added on King Street. In addition, negotiations are under way with
private property owners to add other
parking spaces nearby.
Redevelopment of King Street itself is
scheduled to begin next spring.
“There’s underground work being done
to improve sewer and water infrastructure, then repaving the road, improving
active transportation infrastructure and
traffic measures,” said Klenavic.
As well, sidewalks will be improved,
benches added and other measures taken
to make the streetscape more welcoming.
The redevelopment also includes the
Old Bridge Landing green space, and that
is expected to be complete by the fall of
2016.
Meanwhile, an advisory committee is
working on longer-term plans for the
wider downtown area, although nothing
formal has been decided yet.
“Probably the next part is we’ll see
redeveloping another part of King Street
north of the Old Bridge,” said Klenavic.
“But there are also opportunities for
projects on the LaHave Street side of the
river as well.”
The total cost for Phase 1 is estimated
to be $5.2 million. The town has budgeted for 50 per cent of the approximately
$370,000 price tag for 2015.
“We are expecting announcements for
the other funding applications that we’ve
made soon,” said Klenavic.
To view a conceptual video of the
plans for the area, check on-line at http://
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For many residents of Bridgewater,
they’ve been albatrosses around the
town’s neck for years. Meanwhile, visitors have remarked with surprise that
two derelict ships — the Cormorant and
the Cape Rouge — could effectively be
dumped at the Port of Bridgewater on
the LaHave River.
The Cape Rouge was a fishing vessel
renamed the Ryan Atlantic II, but it is
still referred to by its previous name. It
was used in the TV show “Haven.”
The former HMCS Cormorant was
decommissioned in 1997 and has since
gone through a series of owners.
Both vessels have been on the verge
of sinking in the port and were subject
to extensive salvage operations. Cormorant was only brought back to an even
keel earlier this month.
The latest debacle with the Cormorant has caused public discontent and a
call to have the vessels removed.
Municipality of Lunenburg (MODL)
councillor Martin Bell brought forward
a request at last week’s committee-ofthe-whole meeting that the municipality start discussing options with the
Town of Bridgewater to see the “ongoing saga” of the boats resolved once
and for all.
He said he didn’t want MODL to be
seen as coming in from outside and telling the Town of Bridgewater what to
do, though.
“Rather than jump off the wharf
completely, I would like MODL to contact the Town of Bridgewater first and
say we would like to see some sort of
resolution and to see if they would have
the appetite to seek a solution.”
Bell commended Bridgewater for the
success it’s had with its waterfront developments.
“Shipyards Landing has become a
focal point,” he said, adding that the
Bridgewater marine terminal could be
a “destination” in itself, drawing people
to the county. Bell complained that the
derelict ships put people off and pose
an environmental risk to the river. He
singled out the condition of the Cormorant specifically.
“What an insult to the men and
women who sailed on that Canadian
navy vessel,” Bell declared. “For all intents and purposes, this is a junkyard.”
His fellow councillors agreed.
“A junkyard which is oozing out we
don’t know what into the river,” echoed
Donald Zwicker.
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson said everything the Town of Bridgewater has done
with the Shipyards Landing development has been lost and the municipality
has been “scarred” because of the the
image of the derelict ships.
Deputy Mayor Lee Nauss asked why
the area couldn’t be declared an unsightly premise by the municipality and
the issue pushed through the courts.
Questions arose as to who owned
and is responsible for the wharf, with
some councillors understanding it was
owned by a not-for-profit group and others saying it was a private entity. Mayor
Don Downe touched upon the federal
government’s involvement.
MODL’s legal counsel, J.C. Reddy, interjected and said, “We have answers for
some and perhaps most of these questions.” However, he advised questions
of this nature would be better discussed
in-camera.
He added that the Town of Bridgewater has not resolved the issue so far
“because it is complex, and there are
some jurisdictional issues.”
In the end, Mayor Downe agreed to
meet with Bridgewater mayor David
Walker to get discussions under way
and later to report back to council.
The wharf where the boats are
moored is owned by Port of Bridgewater Inc., a private company headed by
Rick Welsford. The Port of Bridgewater’s solicitor, Jay Straith, told LighthouseNOW he is “getting the formal arrest warrant” for the Cormorant ready
to be filed.
The Vancouver-based solicitor said
he is also looking into a registration
number with the International Maritime Organization — IMO 6516881 —
which may or may not be valid, or possibly was transferred. At one time, it was
believed Neil Hjelle of Texas was the
legal owner of the vessel. However, his
ownership came into question when it
appeared the vessel was not registered
under his name.
“I think it is an old number from
before,” Straith said in an e-mail. ”
Nothing shows up on the Houston registry, but we really want to make sure
it has not been registered at some other
U.S. registry. Can you see the headline,
‘SEALs Land in Bridgewater to Rescue
U.S. Ship’?”
After that, the Port of Bridgewater
intends to file an application with the
federal court for an order for sale of the
ship “as is, where is,” added Straith.
“So we can at least try to get it out of
there before fall.”
Keith Laidlaw, senior response officer for the Canadian Coast Guard,
was one of the officials in charge of
the salvage of the Cormorant. He told
LighthouseNOW last week that the vessel has been restored to even keel with
“less pollutants on it now.”
More than 11,000 litres of oil and
fluids were pumped from the ship in the
salvage operation.
“We’re just in the cost-recovery process now,” said Laidlaw.
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A13
Province focuses on 71-km section of Highway 103
as part of road toll/twinning study
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
The province is looking for bids to study the potential
of road tolls to pay for twinning of 100-series highways.
A 71-kilometre strip of Highway 103 between Upper
Tantallon and Cookville is one of eight sections the
study focused on, the Department of Transportation
and Infrastructure Renewal said in a statement released
Friday, June 19, the same day the province released a
request for proposals (RFP).
The province previously identified tolling as a potential way to help pay for divided highways after the
results of safety studies were released in April.
“Most of the sections of highway included in the
scope of this engagement have been extensively reviewed in the past as candidates for twinning, upgrading
or new construction as a result of increases in traffic
volumes since these existing two- lane highways were scope. It’s essentially eight studies in one,” Transportaconstructed over 30 to 40 years ago,” reads the RFP.
tion Minister Geoff MacLellan said in a statement. The
“Recent operational and safety reviews on Highways province said the information will be presented during
103 and 104 suggest that existing
public consultations.
travel lanes need to be upgraded
MacLellan said the governon these highways but ultimately
ment will not put tolls in place
twinning, upgrading or new conunless the citizens say they
struction would provide a safer
want them.
solution based on the traffic
“If it’s decided tolls will not
flow. The 100‐series highways are
go ahead, the information from
the main links for communities
the study will still be very valuGeoff MacLellan
and commerce in the province
able to government for longNova Scotia Transportation Minister
of Nova Scotia and all of these
term highway planning,” Mahighways provide an important
cLellan said.
network contributing to the economic viability of the province.”
The study, which comes with an estimated cost
of $1.5 million, will be finished by April 2016.
“This is a unique study both in its size and
“This is a unique study both
in its size and scope. It’s essentially eight studies in one.”
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avoid building campfires. If you do
Shore firefighters responded to a twoWaste will not be collected on Wednesday, July 1 in the
build one, make sure you keep it small
vehicle accident in Martins Point.
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, the Town of
and that you douse it with water to
There was a fluid leak reported.
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put it out completely. Never leave the
At 5:30 p.m., Dayspring firefighters
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Residential Conversions
Lunenburg. It was a false alarm.
On June 21, at 9:16 p.m., Chester fireBridgewater Town Council is considering text
fighters responded to a two-vehicle acciamendments to the Town's Municipal Planning Strategy
dent on Regent Street in Chester.
(MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) to permit landowners
At 9:30 p.m., Bridgewater firefightto convert existing structures that were built before 1975
ers responded to a transformer fire in
to a maximum of two dwelling units per property in the
Bridgewater.
With barbeque season under way, here
Comprehensive Residential (R3) Zone.
are some safety tips associated with barDr. Jan Sundin, applicant and landowner of 312 LaHave
becuing. All barbecue grills must be used
Street, has applied for the above text amendment to
outdoors only. Using grills indoors or in
permit the conversion of an existing accessory structure
enclosed spaces is not only a fire hazard
to a residential dwelling unit.
but also exposes occupants to toxic gases
and potential asphyxiation. You should
A Public Hearing will be held by Council at 6:00PM
A Public Hearing will be held by Council at 6:00PM
always position the grill well away from
A Public on
Hearing
will beJuly
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CouncilinatBridgewater
6:00PM on Monday,
on
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July
13,
2015,
in
Bridgewater
Council
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Council July 13, 2015, in
combustible objects. Buildings, fences,
Bridgewater
Council Chambers
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which
time
oral
and written
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Chambers
at
which
time
oral
and
written
presentations
Chambers
at
which
time
oral
and
written
presentations
deck railings and landscaping can easily
Development Agreement will be considered.
on these proposed amendments will be considered.
on this Development Agreement will be considered.
and quickly ignite. You should also get
your grill cleaned and serviced reguCopies
of
the proposed
relevant planning
documents are available at
Copies of the proposed amendments and relevant
Copies
of theAgreement
proposedand
Agreement
and relevant
the Bridgewater Planning Department located at 60 Pleasant St., office hours 8:30AM larly. Be sure to check all propane tanks
planning documents are available at the Bridgewater 4:30PM orplanning
documents are available at the Bridgewater
by contacting the Acting Director of Planning, Nick Brown, at 541.4369 email:
and lines for leaks and damage. It is
Planning
Department
located
at
60
Pleasant
St.,
office
Planning
Department located at 60 Pleasant St., office
nbrown@bridgewater.ca.
important that you never leave a lit grill
hours
8:30AM
4:30PM
or
by
contacting
the
Acting
hours
8:30AM
- 4:30PM or by contacting the Acting
unattended. Always use long-handled
Director of Planning, Nick Brown, at 541.4369 email:
Director of Planning, Nick Brown, at 541.4369 email:
grilling utensils and heat-resistant oven
nbrown@bridgewater.ca.
nbrown@bridgewater.ca.
mitts to avoid exposure burns from heat
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Chester Farmers’ & Artisan Market open every
Friday till October 9 at the Chester Visitor
Information Centre, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm rain or
shine. Support your local vendors.
Hubbards Farmers’ Market open every Saturday
till October 31. Hubbards Barn & Community
Park, #57 Hwy 3 Hubbards, from 8:00 am to
12:00 noon. Highlights are Story Time and Yoga
at the Market. More info visit www.hubbardsbarn.org or like us on Facebook.
New Ross Country Market open every Saturday
till October 10 at the Lion’s Park across from
New Ross School, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
Breakfast at the Chester Legion, 7:30 to 10:30
am. Eggs, French toast, hash browns, beans,
bacon, sausage, toast, tea/coffee and juice.
Canada Day Celebrations at the Western Shore
Legion, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Fun Walk/Run
register by 9:00 am & Walk/Run begins 9:30
am sharp. Free balloon to walk/run participants. Garden Party Wheels – wheels of chance
including: Children’s Toy Wheel, Scallop Wheel,
Grocery Wheel, Variety Wheel and a Fish Pond.
Time: beginning after the walk until sellout. Dollar Auction with All New Items (10:00 am to 2:00
pm and draws begin 2:00 pm). Free Hot Dogs
for walk/run participants, Kool-Aid, and cake at
10:00 am.
19th Annual Chicken BBQ , Western Shore &
Area Improvement Assoc. Hall (6485 Hwy 3)
11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ½ BBQ Chicken, choice of
baked potato, potato salad or garden salad, roll,
beverage and choice of dessert. $12 per
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SATURDAY, JULY 4
Chester Drama Society in cooperation with
Chester Playhouse presents “Death the Musical:
Karaoke at the Afterlife Bar and Grill” at the
Chester Playhouse. Wed., July 1 to Sat., July 4
(8:00 pm, matinee July 4 at 2:00 pm). Pay-whatyou-can Preview Monday, June 29 at 8:00 pm.
More info call 275-3933.
FRIDAY, JULY 3
South Shore Seniors Club monthly Card Game at
the Western Shore Fire Hall. Doors open 6:30
pm. Games start 7:30 pm. Cost $3 per person.
Prizes and light refreshments. All welcome. For
more info call Carolyn 275-3677.
SATURDAY, JULY 4
Hubbards Barn Food Truck Rally at Hubbards
Barn & Community Park, #57 Hwy 3 from 4:00
to 8:00 pm. The first food truck rally on the
South Shore. As part of our 20th anniversary
events for Hubbards Farmers’ Market and annual fundraiser for the Hubbards Barn Association, we have partnered with the NS Food Truck
Association to bring the food truck craze to us.
Suggested donation of $2 at entry, all monies
raised go to the Hubbards Barn Association. For
more info go to www.hubbardsbarn.org.
SUNDAY, JULY 5
Crib Tournament at the Forties Community Centre, 1787 Forties Road, New Ross. Doors open
12:00 noon. Registration 12:30 pm. Play 1:00
pm. Cost $20 per team. Canteen available. For
more info call 689-2147.
MONDAY, JULY 6 & TUESDAY,
JULY 7
The Chester Art Centre presents Susan Paterson
leading a class in Still Life Painting in Watercolor.
She can show you how to make the most of
composition, lighting, depth, texture and focus
of attention. For more info call the Centre at
275-5789 or visit: www.chesterartcentre.ca
TUESDAYS, JULY 7 TO AUGUST 25
Picnic (& dancing) in the Park - bring a picnic and
dancing shoes. Live music 6:00 to 8:00 pm at
Lordly Park, Chester every Tuesday from July 7
to August 25. Here is the schedule:
July 7: A
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Village Pub
July 14: J oAnn Wells & friends – sponsored by
Chester Building Supplies
July 21: F OG (Four Old Guys) – sponsored by
Mecklenburgh Inn, Dolly Hancock
July 28: K evin & Gypsy Minstrels – sponsored
by GN Thermoforming Equipment
August 4: Amanda Riley – sponsored by Chez
Glass Lass, Light My Fire, Luna Spa
August 11: K lunkers - sponsored by Eric Harding
of Tradewinds Realty
August 18: J amie Junger & friends – sponsored
by B.W. Armstrong Insurance
August 25: P arsons Brothers – sponsored by
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 &
THURSDAY, JULY 9
The Chester Art Centre presents singer and
songwriter Jamie Junger with his Song Writing
& Rhythm workshop. Get your tunes out of your
head, into your notebook and with any kind
of luck, maybe record a demo as well. More
info call the Centre at 275-5789 or visit: www.
chesterartcentre.ca
SATURDAY, JULY 11
Breakfast at the Chester Legion from 7:30 to
10:30 am. Enjoy eggs (any way you like them),
French toast, hash browns, beans, bacon, sausage, toast, tea/coffee and juice.
Chester Municipal Heritage Society Auction &
Flea Market at the Chester Train Station, 20
Smith Road. Flea Market 9:00 am and Auction
at 9:30 am. For more info/donations, contact
275-3826. (Rain date July 12 at 1:00 pm).
Mackerel Snappers Picnic at Graves Island Provincial Park. Raindate: Sunday, July 12.
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Family Fun Fair on the grounds of Chester
Captain’s House, 2:00 to 6:00 pm. There will
be a BBQ, magician, puppet, bounce around,
show, photo booth, a collaborative art project,
and various outdoor games. For more info call
275-3933.
Supper at the Forties Community Centre, 1787
Forties Road, New Ross. Chicken, baked beans,
salads, a variety of strawberry desserts and tea/
coffee. Doors open 4:00 pm. Serving 4:30 pm.
Adults $12, Children $6 and under 5 years are
$3. For info call 689-2612 or 689-2000.
Dixieland Band playing at the Chester Bandstand
starting 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome. Dress
for the weather and bring a lawn chair or blanket. Info call Payson Rowell at 857-3943.
MONDAY, JULY 13
Blood Donor Clinic, Chester Legion, 1:00 to 3:00
pm and again from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. For more
info call 1-888-236-6283.
MONDAY, JULY 13 TO FRIDAY,
JULY 17
Vacation Bible School at Aenon Baptist Church
in Chester Basin from 9:00 to 11:30 am daily.
Theme “Home town Nazareth” where Jesus was
a Kid. To register your young person or for more
info, contact the Church at 275-3024.
The Chester Art Centre presents the first of our
hugely popular Kids’ Art Camps, this one led by
the incredibly imaginative Heather Wilkinson.
If Fishes Were Wishes is the morning class for
4-6 year olds, and Sea Dreams will activate the
imaginations of 7-10 year olds in the afternoons.
More info call the Centre at 275-5789 or visit:
www.chesterartcentre.ca.
FRIDAY, JULY 17
South Shore Seniors Club monthly meeting at
the Western Shore Fire Hall starting 7:30 pm.
New members welcome.
SATURDAY, JULY 18
Little Red School Day at the Canaan & District
Hall Association from 11:00 am to dusk. Chinese
Auction 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Giant Flea Market
11:00 am till dusk, Live Entertainment 2:00 pm,
Cold Plate Supper 3:30 to 6:00 pm. Adults $10,
Children 5-12 yrs $5 and under 5 years are free.
There will also be burgers, fries, bake table,
color wheel, canteen, 50/50 and raffle draws.
Come have some fun. Rain or shine.
SUNDAY, JULY 19
Opening of “Underneath it All” at the Lordly
House Museum, 133 Central Street. Guest
Speaker 2:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Parish Centre,
54 Regent St. Guided Tour and exhibit to follow
at Lordly House with refreshments. Everyone
welcome.
The Chester Brass Band will play at the Chester Bandstand starting 7:00 pm. Dress for the
weather and bring a lawn chair or blanket.
More info call Payson Rowell at 857-3943.
MONDAYS, JULY 20 & 27
The Chester Art Centre presents Anthony
Hughes teaching the Fundamentals of Digital
Photography. Learn how to use your digital
camera, improve your photography skills and
learn about the elements and principles of design. Through hands-on demonstrations you will
discover how to get the most from your digital
camera. For more info call the Centre at 2755789 or visit: www.chesterartcentre.ca
THURSDAY, JULY 23 & FRIDAY,
JULY 24
The Chester Art Centre presents William Rogers, SPWC TWSA SCA, for an intensive two-day
Chester Watercolour Workshop. Bill was a big hit
with students last year. He’ll bring out your best
work, be it plein air or in-studio. He deliberately
keeps his demos short to maximize the time he
spends with his students. And his work is amazing. For more info call the Centre at 275-5789 or
visit: www.chesterartcentre.ca.
TUESDAY, JULY 28 & WEDNESDAY,
JULY 29
The Chester Art Centre presents Heather Sayeau
will lead a two-day workshop called Painting
from Life. Heather will help you with your brushwork, editing, staining and using large brushes.
She’ll also guide you through examples from
art history – Fauvism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism – and current practices by contemporary artists. For more info call the Centre at
275-5789 or visit: www.chesterartcentre.ca
PICNIC in the PARK
Live music from 6 to 8 pm
Lordly Park, 109 Central St., Chester
Every Tuesday, from July 7 to August 25
Teddy Bears
Picnic
Scooter
Challenge
Lordly Park, Chester
Chester SK8 Park
Saturday, July 18
Wednesday, July 22
11:00am to 2:00pm
Warm up & registration at 11:00am
Rain Date: Sunday, July 19
Competition starts at 1:00pm
$2 per child
Ages 6-18. FREE. Prizes.
For more information call 275-3490, or email recreation@chester.ca
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Bridgewater man fails breathalyser after operating ATV on town street
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
A local man failed the breathalyser
after he drove his all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) on a Bridgewater street in a rush
to meet his granddaughter at a bus stop.
The incident involving Harold Angus
Wile, 65, happened in February when
Bridgewater’s municipal police noticed
an ATV operated by a male driver in
a parking lot. The vehicle disappeared
when the officer turned around, the court
heard, but the police were able to follow
its tracks. The ATV eventually appeared
in a parking lot next to where the officer
was located on King Street.
“The driver jumped off and began to
run,” provincial Crown attorney Lloyd
Authorities seek extradition of
New Jersey resident to answer
to sex charges
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
The provincial Crown wants an
American man to return to Nova Scotia
to answer to sex charges.
Brian Fogelson, 61, faces three offences, including indecent assault and gross
indecency, which are alleged to have occurred in Lunenburg County in the mid1970’s. Crown prosecutor Lloyd Tancock
recently told Judge Daniel MacRury
in Bridgewater provincial court that
extradition is being sought as Fogelson
has not been in Canada for a couple of
years. Fogelson’s residence is listed to
be in the state of New Jersey.
“It’s our belief that Mr. Fogelson became aware of the investigation once
his co-accused was arrested, investigated and charged in the Annapolis
Valley. Since that happened he has not
returned,” Tancock told the court. “He
was in the practice of coming to Canada
at least twice a year to visit this other
individual and to be at a cottage he owns
in Kings County.”
The federal Canada Border Services
Agency confirmed with the provincial
Crown that Fogelson has not crossed the
border since 2013.
“And because of all these events it’s
expected he will not do so voluntarily,”
Tancock said.
MacRury authorized a warrant for
Fogelson’s arrest based on the Crown’s
assertion that the accused was avoiding
being served court documents.
West LaHave man fined for
producing, possessing marijuana
By KEITH CORCORAN
keith.corcoran@lighthousenow.ca
M@NewsmanKeith
A West LaHave man will have to pay
more than $2,000 in fines and serve a year
and a half of probation after admitting
to marijuana possession and production
charges.
Sean Hugh Wilson, 40, pleaded guilty
June 10 in Bridgewater provincial court
to a pair of Controlled Drugs and Substances Act charges and a single Criminal
Code count of unsafe storage of firearms.
He has one year to pay the fine. Terms
of his probation include provisions that
he obey the law and complete substance
abuse counselling should he be ordered
to do so by a probation officer. Charges
against a co-accused, Chantelle Denise
Wilson, 31, were dropped.
The offences date back to February
when a specialized integrated police unit,
with help from other authorities, searched
a West LaHave home. In a statement to
police, Sean Wilson said the marijuana
was his and he grew it on the property,
federal Crown attorney Derek Schnare
explained to the court. Authorities found
12.5 pounds of marijuana, most of it in
bud form. “The 12.5 pounds of marijuana
was located in smaller bags throughout
the residence, virtually in every room in
various quantities,” Schnare said.
Items seized by police included smartphones, digital scales, grinders and 47
rounds of .22-calibre ammunition. Law
enforcement also took custody of five
rifles that were not secured, provincial
Crown prosecutor Lloyd Tancock said.
“There was a gun safe in the home; however, rather than rifles, it was filled with
marijuana.”
The accused’s lawyer, Franceen Romney, said in reference to the firearms, that
pictures that police captured of the home
clearly indicated that Mr. Wilson was a
hunter. “I just wanted to point this out
so there would be no obvious conclusion
drawn in relation to the presence of the
marijuana and the firearms.”
Romney said her client operates an
excavation business and has a wife and
11-year-old child. He is dealing with a
degenerative disc disease and back pain
and is working to get a medical certificate
to lawfully possess marijuana for pain
management, the court heard. Wilson has
also independently sought counselling,
Romney indicated.
Her client told her he is finished with
seeing the inside of a courtroom. He
apologized to the court after Judge Daniel
MacRury asked if he had anything to say.
“Mr. Wilson is very remorseful,” Romney said, “as he said to me today, ‘You’ll
never see me back in here again.’”
MacRury said he hopes Sean is true
to his word “that this is last that we see
you.”
Sean is banned from having firearms
for 10 years, and items seized by authorites were ordered forfeited to the Crown.
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Tancock said, noting the officer yelled at
the man to stop. “At that point [the officer]
realized he was running to a school bus,”
Tancock said. “Turns out he was going to
get his granddaughter.”
Police, while talking to Wile about his
driving an ATV on a town street, detected
an odour of alcohol on his breath. Wile
registered breathalyser readings of 110
and 100 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80.
Wile’s lawyer, Mark Taylor, said his
client was supposed to meet the granddaughter and lost track of time and used
a four-wheeler to get to the bus stop. “He
Driver guilty of failing breathalyser
The 30 year old from East Port Medway pleaded guilty to operating a motor
vehicle with a blood alcohol level over
the legal limit. In September 2014, NichMoments before a
ols was the driver of a
judge decided his fate
vehicle that crashed off
on an impaired drivingHighway 331 in the Perelated charge, a Queens
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James
Richard
Nichols
deer, the court heard. The
had just been sentenced
wreck injured a passenon a drug charge in the
same courtroom and gave
ger in the vehicle.
the boy some advice.
One of the police of“Learn from my mistake,” James Rich- ficers to arrive on the scene detected a
ard Nichols said Wednesday, June 3 in smell of alcohol on the driver’s breath.
Bridgewater provincial court. “Definitely After failing a roadside screening test,
don’t drink and drive.”
Nichols registered two breathalyser readNichols’ guidance came after Judge
ings of 180 milligrams of alcohol in 100
Paul Scovil asked him if he had anything
millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80.
to say in relation to a charge of failing the
Scovil sentenced Nichols to a one-year
breathalyser. “Actually, I want to tell him
something,” Nichols responded, motion- Canada-wide driving ban and ordered him
ing to the youth seated near the back of to pay $1,950 in fines. Scovil characterized
Nichols’ comments before the sentencing
the courtroom.
Nichols also publicly apologized to his as “ heartfelt” and “sincere.” Nichols was
family. “I embarrassed them,” he said.
given one year to pay the fine.
By KEITH CORCORAN
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M@NewsmanKeith
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Hailey Nauss and the ‘Safe Grad’ committee have been fundraising for an alcohol/drug free overnight party at the Dartmouth
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the class of 2015.
“We started working on it in September. We try our best to make sure that
it’s a good time and that we bring a lot
of things to keep everyone entertained,”
said Hailey Nauss, a Safe Grad committee
member at Park View Education Centre.
The evening is designed to give students a safe, sober alternative to traditional after-graduation parties.
Starting early in the year helps keep
the enthusiasm building throughout the
year and allows time to recruit as many
volunteers as possible.
When they buy their ticket, students
sign a contract stating they will be drug
and alcohol-free and agree to stay in
the building during the all-night lock-in
party.
Immediately following the graduation
ceremony, buses will pick up the graduates and take them to dinner at Boston
Pizza in Dartmouth. Then, it’s off to the
Dartmouth Sportsplex.
“The whole Sportsplex is ours for the
night. We have free use of the pool, the
rec rooms with ping pong tables and all
that kind of stuff. We’re also bringing
fun board games. We collected everyone’s
baby pictures and have put together a
slide show and we’ll also be making some
prize draws,” said Nauss.
All-night graduation parties have
come to represent a rite of passage for
many celebratory graduates and often
include underage drinking, drugs, unsafe sex and other high-risk behaviours.
Unfortunately, in some cases they’ve resulted in the worst possible outcome, the
death of a teen.
“It’s kind of sad to celebrate your graduation night and one of your friends is
killed,” said Nauss.
“It’s important that we have a safe
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grad party?
“Not at all,” said Nauss. “We’re all in
this together, going to Dartmouth, spending the night eating and playing games.
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the school for a big breakfast put on by
the teachers. It may be the last chance to
see some of our friends as we all go our
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 2015
Ian Wilkie
bringing his
wonderful
world home
Story and photos by EVAN BOWER
evan.bower@lighthousenow.ca
M@evanbower
Ian Wilkie is moving his collection home one trunk-load
at a time
I
an Wilkie started off collecting words. Scanning his
radio dial to catch a song as it played on each station,
he would piece together lyrics in his notebook, picking out a few new words each time he heard it. His dad
even built him a radio antenna so he could pick up the
American stations and hear a new song three or four
times in an hour.
Children at school would ask him if he heard a new
song, and he would say, “Yeah, do you want the words?”
Wilkie’s collection later expanded from words to just
about everything else. Coins, comic books, records, action figures, hockey cards, tobacco tins, silverware. All
populate the terrain of Wilkie’s Wonderful World, his
ongoing project of 32 years that he’s cleverly disguised
as a hobby shop.
“I didn’t have a master plan. The opportunity was
there, and I bought it and built it,” said Wilkie. “And like
everything else I start, it becomes a monster.”
His first store opened in 1983, when he took over the
lease of a bookstore on Robie Street in Halifax. He sold
coins in addition to books as a safety measure, knowing he could sell some from his own collection if times
were tough. Since then, seven other buildings across
the
Maritimes
have
contained
Wilkie’s
world,
including ones in
Bridgewater and
Lunenburg. His
original coin collection remains
intact.
These days, his
collection is divided between his last
remaining store
on the Northwest
Road in Lunenburg
and his home in
Middle
LaHave.
The house originally belonged to his grandfather, and Ian was born in
what is now his comic room.
As an only child, Wilkie was envious of children
with siblings. They could be around other people all day
without overstaying their welcome. Owning a store gave
him an excuse to visit with people all day. It drew people
with similar interests to him. I was one of those people,
drawn in as a child over a decade ago.
“From the time that I was probably seven years old,
going to visit grandmother was always a treat,” said
Wilkie. “We’d go up the back stairs, and she would show
me all the stuff that was going to be mine someday.”
“She had it all there. She was a pack rat I suppose,
although that’s not a very nice name for a woman. She
just had beautiful stuff. The furniture in the house, old
pump organs, pianos.”
His grandmother passed away in 1967, shortly after
Wilkie had returned from a three-week vacation in Newfoundland. His boss wouldn’t allow extra time off to go
to the funeral, and his grandmother’s house, along with
all of her belongings, was sold before he could get there.
“I guess what you see around here is my reaction to
losing all that stuff. I surrounded myself with my own
stuff,” said Wilkie. “I don’t think I really did it on purpose. But you open a store, you buy collections and somebody comes in with something and you go, ‘Oh, that’s
like something grandmother had.’ And even though it
didn’t fit in with the store, you’d buy it and put it in a box
and start to recreate what you had lost, subconsciously.”
Growing up in Lunenburg, I would often visit Wilkie’s old Lincoln Street store. Through huge storefront
windows, I could gaze upon everyone that I, in middle
school, understood to be a hero: Batman, Super Mario
and, puzzlingly, Scottie Pippen. Students who worked
there would offer hockey cards to neighbourhood kids to
go pick up their pizza.
With friends I would walk around the empty town
during snowstorms, sliding down the street from the
Lunenburg Academy on our backs. We’d sneak in the old
laundromat to dry our shoes. Only loud cable-television
broadcasts at night provided a reminder that there were
other people out there. Going into Wilkie’s the next day
was like stepping through a portal to another world.
Listening to Wilkie now, it’s jarring to hear that the
stories of his childhood are rooted in the same places as
mine. Being the only adult I knew who wore Star Wars
t-shirts, he always felt like a visitor. A merchant here to
share his goods before returning to the land inside the
TV.
Instead, he’s taking his things back to Middle LaHave.
At the age of 76, he says he came to the decision after
finding it difficult to keep regular store hours in an area
that wasn’t receiving much traffic. Exactly when he’ll be
out of the store is still in question.
“My wife says the end of June, and I’ve agreed, but in
the past three days I’ve been thinking maybe the end of
July,” said Wilkie. “It’s hard to walk away from the baby
you created. I need more time to take it away slowly.”
He plans to warehouse all of his things in his house
and surrounding buildings, and to start selling on-line
or to visiting customers by appointment. People can still
visit Wilkie’s world if they’re willing to make the drive.
It’s a continuation of the process that brought him down
to his one current store.
Continued on next page
“It’s going back to my roots. That’s where I started
collecting, in the house. I believe you’re kind of
programmed to end up where you end up.”
Ian Wilkie, Store Owner
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Over 200 bicycles in the community thanks to United Way program
By KEITH CORCORAN
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For nearly two weeks, Kalob DesChamp had one four-letter word on his
mind — “bike.”
It would be an understatement to say
the 11-year-old Bridgewater boy was ex-
cited about getting acquainted with his
new two-wheeled, pedal-driven method of
transportation.
“Really, really, really, really, really awesome,” he said when asked what was
going through his mind as he edged closer to taking possession of a bicycle to call
his own.
“I’m going to ride it every day. I’m
KEITH CORCORAN PHOTO
Madison DesChamp gets ready to try out a new bike.
going to ride it to school, home and all
that.”
Eight-year-old Madison DesChamp,
Kalob’s younger sister, offered that she
was also “very excited” about her new
bike, which she also planned to journey
on religiously.
More than 60 kids, including Kalob and
Madison, were matched with bicycles this
month, as Lunenburg County’s United
Way capped another season of its bikes
for kids program.
“This is our third year,” said Michael
Graves, the co-ordinator of the local United Way. “We’ve put just over 200 bikes in
the community, and I’m proud to say that
it’s another project done by United Way
that has zero cost to the community. It
also provides a huge value to the community, at least we think.”
Led by the local charity, unwanted or
unused bicycles are collected in the fall
and stored over the winter. Bike aficionados add tweaks and upgrades, whether
it be adjusting the seats and handlebars,
pumping the tires or a more complicated
repair.
Al Heubach, who operates a bicycle
business in Garden Lots, is among those
lending a hand to the United Way’s program. He said bikes for kids keeps the
two-wheelers spinning for an extra season or two when they could, in other
circumstances, be discarded. “Excuse the
pun, but we’re recycling them,” Heubach
quipped.
Family resource centre partners and
municipal Positive Recreation Opportunities for Kids (PRO Kids) organizations
are among the groups tapped during the
spring to identify families who may not
have the financial wherewithal to purchase a bike or bikes for their children.
Some donated helmets are also made
available. Families can choose bicycles
via website images before picking them
up in June.
KEITH CORCORAN PHOTO
Shane Eno, left, watches Kalob DesChamp get on his new bicycle.
“Every kid should have a bike, have an
opportunity to learn how to ride a bike,”
said Janice Rand of the Municipality of
Lunenburg recreation department, which
administers a PRO Kids program. “PRO
Kids is about helping families in need to
gain the benefits being active in recreation,” Rand said.
Graves suggested bikes for kids offers
aid on many levels.
“You want to get kids out there cycling
and you want people helping people in the
community, and I think that’s what this
program does.”
Ian Wilkie bringing his
wonderful world home
Continued from previous page
“I got tired of having 35 employees and
the responsibility of income-tax returns
and audits. Downsizing was basically
downsizing responsibility, the hard part,”
said Wilkie. “Putting something in your
hand, taking your money and making you
smile, that’s not work — that’s fun.”
Though he’ll be closing the doors of
his final store, he says this isn’t the end
of an era.
“It’s going back to my roots. That’s
where I started collecting, in the house,”
said Wilkie. “I believe you’re kind of programmed to end up where you end up.”
He said his current store has really
been a sorting room that people occasionally come and shop in. Moving his collection home is a way to keep doing what he
loves, rediscovering old things, without
worrying about retirement.
“Retire means to keep doing what
you’re doing in a different way,” said
Wilkie. “It doesn’t mean sitting home and
saying, ‘Oh God, I’m tired of that TV. I’m
lonely. I miss people.’ That’s not retired;
that’s nuts.”
His search for new things isn’t over.
Of the hundreds of thousands of comic
books, records and movies that line his
walls, his favourite item still isn’t in his
possession.
“My most favourite thing I don’t have
yet,” said Wilkie. “The thing that’s gonna
be my number-one favourite, I don’t even
know I want it. It’s going to walk in the
door.”
I had always wondered how the name
“Wilkie’s Wonderful World” came to him.
Before I left, I asked him.
“Isn’t this wonderful? Isn’t this fun?”
He asked, looking around at his things. “I
don’t know how to call it anything else.”
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LifeStyLeS
Pain-free move
to Lunenburg County
Bridgewater chiropractors enjoy living
and working on the South Shore
“My drive to and from work, I get to
look at the ocean a few times. I’ve always
been a water person, someone who spent
a lot of time in the water swimming, life
When Dr. Ian Culbert completed his guarding, kayaking, that sort of stuff.
doctor of chiropractic education in To- Being close to the water is appealing to
ronto in 2002, he could have moved any- us.”
where in Canada to practice. He chose
Culbert and his wife live in Bridgewasmall-town Nova Scotia because of the ter with their three children, who were
quality of life here.
all born here. “So we have three true
Dr. Marilyn Field worked as a chiro- Maritimers. My wife and I are still CFAs
practor in Halifax for a couple of years [Come From Aways].”
after graduating. But she too was drawn
The kids are active in sports, and he
to a smaller community to put down
appreciates the fact they can walk
roots.
and ride their bikes to and from
The connection — aside from
school and swimming practices,
the obvious one that they practice
something they couldn’t do if the
by
together at the Associate Chirofamily lived in the country or in
practic Centre in Bridgewater
an urban area. When they need
— is that they both grew up in
a lift, “I love the fact that if you
small towns.
have to be at the arena at 3:15, you can
Culbert hails from New Hamburg, On- leave at 3:10 and you’re there!”
tario, a town that was smaller when he
He said he was amused by all the comwas growing up than Bridgewater is now. plaints he heard about traffic in BridgeHe and his wife considered moving to water during the recent shutdown of the
Alberta and to the Barrie-Orillia area, Old Bridge.
about two hours north of Toronto. But
“I lived in Toronto at Eglinton and the
they selected Bridgewater instead.
DVP [Don Valley Parkway]. I had to take
“What I like is the small-town atmo- 15 or 20 minutes just to get onto the DVP
sphere, ease of getting around, no traffic on that ramp. And here we are complainlike Toronto and a cheaper cost of living, ing about a bridge being out so it took ten
for the most part. Cheaper real estate for extra minutes to get across town. That
sure, and of course the friendly Mari- was everyday life in Toronto!”
times attitude.”
“When I first moved here, one of my
From a professional standpoint, he colleagues had a cottage on Blysteiner
knew that Nova Scotia was underserved Lake,” he continued. “It was 12 minutes
by chiropractors, so it made sense for him to go from her home to her cottage. In
to buy a practice in Bridgewater.
Ontario, I had friends who had a cottage
Field grew up in Brookside, outside on Lake Nipissing. Five and a half hours
Halifax. “I say Hatchet Lake,” she added, to get there, and that’s if there was no
“because more people know where that traffic. … That’s what I mean by quality
is.” She and her fiancé live in Chester, of life.”
“a good middle ground for us,” because
Field says she has no second thoughts
he still works in Halifax. She came to about the personal move to Chester and
Bridgewater because of the demand for the professional relocation to Bridgewachiropractic services.
ter. It means neither she nor her fiancé
“As Ian said, Nova Scotia was under- have a long commute.
served in terms of chiropractors when
Culbert says he not only has no regrets
he moved here. Now, everywhere in the about the move from Ontario, but also
province outside of Halifax is under- can’t understand why more health professerved. There’s still a lot of room for sionals don’t do the same thing.
chiropractors, a lot of room for making
“I moved here because I wanted to. I
people aware that they don’t have to live wasn’t forced to. You see physicians come
with back pain.”
and go and come and go. You can practice
She acknowledged that some people in the morning and go surfing in the afmay think they need to go to Halifax to ternoon. It’s always a puzzle to me as to
get chiropractic treatment, but that can why this is such a hard catchment area
almost be counterproductive.
for professionals.”
“If you had to go into the city for chiHe is somewhat more hopeful about
ropractic, then you know you’re hurting the future. He said the LCLC has helped
your back driving there and driving back. make the area more appealing to young
It’s nice that we’re here locally and we families like his, as have a number of
can help a lot of people around here.”
new stores and the movie theatre, which
Field says she and her fiancé enjoy a wasn’t here when he arrived.
beautiful view of the ocean from the end
“The more things they add, the more I
of the road they live on.
want to stay here.”
By DAVE STEPHENS
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CHOICE
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By EMMA SMITH
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Cindy Higbee
says there’s
something
magical about
her family’s
property outside
of New Ross,
something
that helps the
thousands of
berry bushes
grow.
Ten things you didn’t know about ...
“strawberry lady” Cindy Higbee, owner of Higbee’s Berry
Farm.
1. Has a pit bull named Louie that the family adopted as a
four-week-old pup. He was left at a gas station where her
son worked.
2. Was born in Montreal and moved to Nova Scotia in 1996.
It was a hard transition at first, as was evident in her
hefty phone bills that looked more like mortgage payments.
3. Once a week, goes to bingo and usually cleans up.
4. Will watch just about any love story but her favourite is
Titanic.
5. Can make a pretty delicious blueberry wine that she
gives to her friends and family as gifts.
6. Along with hand-planting thousands of blueberry and
strawberry bushes, Cindy individually clones old plants
to make new ones, the kind of tedious task she says she
got used to while working in the credit card department
at a bank.
7. Is the main caregiver for her sick mom and her husband’s aunt, who both live with the family.
8. Has never ever missed a weekend at the market.
9. Her favourite place is on the hill at her farm under the
trees, where there’s just enough shade and just enough
wind to keep you cool on a hot summer day.
10. Says she was “born to be a seller.” At 14 years old she got
her first job, selling 5,000 T-shirts at a Montreal flea market. She was paid $500.
Dr. Marilyn Field
and Dr. Ian Culbert
at their Bridgewater chiropractic
clinic.
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lifestyles
The mood changes in town —
part two
Last week, Peter Oickle began the story were outnumbered. The settlers were
of unrest in the town of Lunenburg in also well armed, as they had control of
1753-54, sparked by a mysterious letter re- the militia’s arms. Two of the settlers
ceived by John Petrequin suggesting the were injured by musket fire.
British government would not provide
Colonel Sutherland dispatched Lieuearly settlers with all it had promised.
tenant Adams to Halifax. Sutherland
he settlers believed they had reacontinued negotiations in an attempt
son to mistrust the government
to bring calm and order. But another
officials. While in Halifax, during trigger set the townsfolk off. Sutherland
their extended stay, they questioned
had sent an order to mount guns on the
the provisions they had been promised
storehouse. He heard reports of forces
prior to setting sail for the new world.
opposed to the settlement being present
They suspected that the quantity of
in the surrounding woods. The action of
building supplies and other necessities
placing the guns displeased the settlers,
for settling the land were undersupas they felt it was directed at them.
plied. Mistrust had also grown after
Sutherland agreed to hear Petredealings with several officials, includquin’s story in front of the mob, an
ing Otia Little. Rumours of official
action that seemed to calm them. They
inquiries about their treatment at the
made no further demands on him. Petrehands of the government would natuquin related his story in front of others
rally fuel their resentment and anger.
and they were satisfied
As the rumours of the
that Sutherland had now
letter circulated in Deheard the story of the
cember 1753, Petrequin
letter.
changed his story again.
Sutherland’s
reinHis original story was that
forcements
arrived
a sailor read him a letter
from Halifax under
from his cousin, a letter
Lieutenant-Colonel Robwith three official-looking
ert Monckton. A furseals. Then the story was
ther investigation was
that school master Bailly
launched, and Petrequin
was asked to write a restated he had never had
Peter
C.
sponse for him, and that
the letter. He now said
became Zouberbuhler havOiCkle
the letter had been read
ing the letter, which was
to him by John William
A
walk
through
our
past
destroyed by his wife. But
Hoffman. He said that
the focus of the mob was
Hoffman had urged him
on the contents of the letto spread word of the
ter.
letter. Hoffman, who had formerly been
Sutherland received word that a serthe justice of the peace in Halifax, had
geant of the night militia was going
been stripped of his duties and replaced
about the town urging others to assemble under arms. The mob believed by Zouberbuhler.
When Monckton’s forces arrived in
that the letter was in the possession of
Zouberbuhler, and Sutherland took him Lunenburg, some of the ringleaders
into protective custody. Petrequin stuck wanted to offer resistance. This would
to his story that Zouberbuhler had the have meant that the militia would have
been up against British regulars. In
letter.
The mob was now threatening any- the community, cooler heads prevailed,
one who would not rally in support of and resistance was forgotten. The blockthe insurgents. Delegations were pre- house was turned over to Monckton.
senting themselves before Sutherland The settlers did keep the firearms they
making various demands, which he re- had taken from the blockhouse, and this
fused. Colonel Sutherland probably re- still presented a difficult situation for
gretted the favorable message about the the officials.
Monckton began his investigation.
townspeople he had sent to Halifax a few
Again, Petrequin repeated his earlier
weeks earlier.
Zouberbuhler vowed that he had story implicating the unknown sailor
never seen the letter or heard of it until and Zouberbuhler. Monckton informed
these events unfolded. But the towns- Colonel Charles Lawrence, the goverpeople refused to believe him. They even nor, that it would be difficult to get to
threatened to seize Sutherland and were the bottom of the disturbance withrefusing to submit to any government. out disarming the settlers. The settlers
Colonel Sutherland eventually agreed were disarmed peacefully, and the investo convey a delegation to Halifax and tigation proceeded.
Next week: part three — the conkeep Zouberbuhler in Lunenburg until
the matter was resolved. This decision clusion — including charges of high
treason, a guilty verdict, a fine and two
seemed to settle the mob for a while.
A mob of about 150 armed settlers years in prison
Peter C. Oickle is chair of the Bridgeapproached the lower blockhouse with
the intent to take command. As they water Heritage Advisory Committee and
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1 cup corn, fresh or frozen
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1 tbsp minced chives
people born in Sonora,
2 cups baby mixed greens
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1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
city outside of Mexico.
1 tbsp lime juice
This fancy version of corn
1-2 dashes Tabasco
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Directions
home. Now that I make it
Fry back bacon or ham
myself, I find it’s a good
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recipe for using tougher or
ElisabEth
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1 pinch garlic powder
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1 tbsp lime juice
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1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
1 cup dry white rice
1 tsp smoked paprika (or chili powder if
3 cups chicken broth
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1 onion
1 tbsp butter
Directions
1 tsp salt
Insert holders or a wooden skewer
1 red bell pepper
into each corn cob. Set aside. Combine
1 green bell pepper
Romano and paprika or chili powder in
1 cup corn, fresh or frozen
a small bowl and stir with a fork until
2/3 cup plain yogurt
evenly distributed.
Pepper to taste
Combine mayonnaise, sour cream,
garlic powder and lime juice in a mixing
Directions
bowl and whisk together.
Combine rice and broth in a pan with
Roll cobs of corn in mayonnaise mixa lid and cook over medium-low heat
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mano mixture. Serve immediately.
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lifestyles
Blackburnian warbler
Not so seldom is heard
a discouraging word
I
son. I say “no reason” because there is
’ve been part of many wonderful
no reason to attack someone simply for
hobby groups in my life, including
those dedicated to writing, gardening, making a mistake or doing things differently.
goat raising and genealogy. Each group
It’s not that the attacker meant to do
of individuals inhabiting these realms is
harm — at least I hope they weren’t that
unique. My experiences with them have
intentionally cruel. It was the delivery
been positive. Almost everyone is happy
of the advice. I appreciate constructo share, teach and learn. There’s not a
tive criticism but I balk at
mean bone in their bodies,
someone who calls him or
and everyone radiates enherself an expert telling me
couraging energy — for the
I don’t know what I’m doing
most part.
because I made a typo, misAlthough some have
understood a piece of inforturned genealogy into big
mation or did things my way
business, it is still a hobby
instead of using the method
for the majority of people
set in stone.
who do it. That doesn’t beMost of my experiences,
little the activity in any way
as I’ve said, have been exor decrease its significance.
positive, and advice
In fact, I think that increasDiane Lynn tremely
given with good intentions
es its value.
TiberT
is always appreciated. Still,
As a hobby, it’s meant to
be entertaining, interesting,
Roots to the Past a part of me knows the elite
are out there, rudely correctchallenging and relaxing.
ing novice genealogists and
The added bonus is the
flexing their expertise to
people we meet while enmake others feel inadequate.
joying our favourite pastimes. We make
Amy Johnson Crow recently posted
wonderful new friends and we share our
“Genealogy and Elitism: It Isn’t What
ideas, joys and frustrations.
You Say, It’s How You Say It” to her blog
There is, however, a small — very
(http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com).
small — sector of people in every hobby
Crow writes, “Elite isn’t a person. It’s
who attempt to set themselves above
an attitude. It’s a perception.” She adds,
the rest. They sometimes enforce rules
“The problem is when we allow our passtrictly in a manner that discourages
sion for doing genealogy correctly to
others, both those new to the hobby
overshadow our passion for doing geneand those who have been enjoying it for
alogy.”
years.
Her post describes the elite genealoIn genealogy, these individuals are
gists she’s encountered. The visitors’
referred to as “genealogy elites” or “gecomments to the post add perspective to
nealogy police.”
the problem. It seems many genealogists
When I was a newbie to the hobby, I
have been put off by the authoritative atwas a loner. I didn’t know anyone who
titude of others.
did genealogy, so I had free rein to make
If you are on the receiving end of
mistakes and learn from them without
criticism for your genealogy research,
being lectured. Of course, this was long
before the internet and the traps one can please don’t give up. Gravitate towards
positive individuals. If you are on the
easily fall into by being put on display
giving end of advice, think about how
for the world to see.
you give it and don’t be too quick to
I’ve been a victim, however, of harsh
judge.
criticism as a member of several genealDiane Lynn McGyver Tibert, author
ogy mailing lists. They might better be
of Fowl Summer Nights, is a freelance
described as personal attacks, because
writer based in Central Nova Scotia. Visit
they not only berated me for the content
her Roots to the Past blog (https://rootstoof my post but also questioned my abilthepast.wordpress.com) to learn more
ity to do anything right. I’ve witnessed
about her genealogy writing.
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led a bird outing for
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blackburnian warbler.
This warbler is found in
the summer from Alberta
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into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts and south
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The blackburnian warbler is 4 1/4 inches long
with a wingspread of 7
1/2 to 8 1/2 inches. The
male in breeding plumage has black-and-white
Blackburnian warbler
underparts and brilliant
orange about the head
wood pewee, some red-eyed vireos and
and on the throat and upper breast. The
a common yellowthroat. She also heard
back is black with white streaks, and
the wings are black with white patches. a barred owl and an American woodcock. She also let me know that she has
The sides are streaked with black, the
belly is buff white and the legs and feet both the tan-striped and white-striped
versions of the white-throated sparrow
are black. The female is duller with
in goodly numbers. The eastern wood
white wing bars instead of patches.
pewee is another species that does not
This warbler stays mostly in the
appear to be around in the
treetops during the sumnumbers that it should be.
mer, in both coniferous
I’ve heard and seen very few
and deciduous forests,
so far in my travels around
or in mixed forests with
Lunenburg County.
large spruces, firs, hemlocks or pines. The blackBirds appear to still be
burnian warbler eats
on the move. Eric and Anne
beetles, small caterpilMills found two newly arlars, ants, crane flies and
rived eastern kingbirds on
other insects. They will
Brier Island. They also loalso eat berries.
cated a broad-winged hawk.
The best bird that I
A small group of blue jays
James
saw within Kejimkujik
showed up at Northern
Hirtle
National Park was a TenPoint and moved southward
nessee warbler. This is
Bird Notes
towards Westport, which
often a hard-to-find spemeans that they are newly
cies. Another species that
arrived birds. During the
I don’t get to see very
first week of June, blue
often is the black-throated blue warbler,
jays
were
seen
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but I did see or hear eight in the park. I
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in the usual spots they inhabit, but
vultures,
with one over Shubenacadie,
within the park I had 15. Steven Hiltz
three over Truro and six over West Adreported sighting two common nightvocate. A white-winged dove was a rare
hawks at Back Centre. This species is
arrival on Cape Sable Island and was
now on the threatened species list, so
found by Johnney Nickerson. Another
it was good to hear of his sighting. A
number of these birds were also report- wonderful rarity was a northern wheatear located by Avery Nagy-MacArthur.
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Destination dish a Shore thing
People choose to chow down on Kedy’s famous chowder
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This is the first in a regular series of
favourite dishes served at restaurants in
Lunenburg County.
If you’re under the impression that
all Nova Scotia chowders are alike, it’s
time to visit Kedy’s Inlet Restaurant and
Cafe in Mahone Bay, a
place that boasts a long
history with one of the
most popular fish soups.
Chowder comes in
many different varieties, and each has a loyal
following. Here in Nova
Scotia, the cream-based
version, chock full of
seafood and accompanied by hearty vegetables such as potatoes,
reigns supreme.
Kedy’s signature soup is a little different.
“A lot of restaurants have seafood
chowder with scallops and shrimp, but we
don’t need that. Our haddock chowder is
so good, all we need to keep them coming
back is fresh, local haddock,” said Dale
Enman, manager of the restaurant.
In fact, if you go in looking for a seafood chowder, she is so sure you’ll love
their award-winning haddock version,
she’ll give it to you for free if you’re not
completely satisfied. She’s never been
asked to do so.
“There are some people who are disappointed at first because they’re looking
for a seafood chowder. I assure them
every time they won’t miss the seafood.
And they don’t. They order it, they love
it and they keep coming back for it,” said
Enman.
A well-established
restaurant in Mahone
Bay, Kedy’s has been
around since 1980.
The consistency of the
35-year-old recipes, said
Enman, is what sets the
restaurant apart.
“It’s made exactly the
same every single time.
It doesn’t matter who
makes it in the kitchen, you’re guaranteed
if you have it once and
you come back two years from now, you’ll
have the same chowder.”
Recently named Trip Advisor’s winner of the 2015 certificate of excellence,
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about Kedy’s famous soup: “We loved the
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itage and cuisine.
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“People tour around
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ily recipe, Enman will
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about what goes into
have a good chowder.
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“It’s not your typito have a chowder on
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the Maritimes and in
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Dale Enman
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Manager, Kedy’s Inlet restaurant
definitely
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And now, for Kedy’s,
steps to it. You’re cookthe haddock chowder
ing some onions first.
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Then, you’re adding a
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because you know …”
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A storied dish, chowder was first ref- seller.”
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Divide and conquer the cold
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had dipped to just three degrees Celsius.
She also recommends fertilizing the
newly divided perennials with either
bone meal or sheep manure. While many
people use horse manure, the gardening
expert says she was taught that horse
manure has a higher salt content with
relatively fewer nutrients.
Since this year’s snow dragged on for
so long, all of this is being done much
later than usual, said Watts. However, she
maintains the outlook is sunny on the
gardening front nonetheless.
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Send in the clowns
Opera company brings “Pagliacci”
to Lunenburg
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Doug Bamford by a selection of his work
Lunenburg art school
to start summer
courses
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Now that the ribbon has been cut, the Lunenburg School
of the Arts is ready to begin its first lineup of summer
courses. The school intends to use Lunenburg as its campus,
offering 10 courses through July and August that highlight
the cultural heritage the town has to offer.
“We want to use all parts of the town for various things,”
said Doug Bamford, the school’s volunteer programs director. “It’s where our hearts are.”
Joan Bruneau’s course kicks off the summer on July 6
and will look into ceramic shapes and surfaces inspired by
Lunenburg. From August 17 to 21, Bamford will be teaching
a course on ceramic tile making, one of his favourite art
forms.
“Ceramic tiles have a long history with architecture,
which is another passion of mine, and beyond simply being
decorative throughout history, they’ve also been a way to sort
of visually organize space,” said Bamford.
The course will give students an opportunity to make a set
of tiles inspired by “the Lunenburg experience.” They’ll be
encouraged to incorporate visual motifs they see around the
town into their work.
“There are so many beautiful pattern and ornamentation
devices used in the architecture in Lunenburg,” said Bamford. “The gingerbread on the houses, the patterning in the
glass of some of the windows. We want to pull themes from
the town.”
Bamford has been involved with the school since the
beginning. His other work as NSCAD University’s senior
ceramics technician led to a discussion with Senator Wilfred
Moore about extending the school’s presence in Lunenburg
into the summer.
“It just seemed that NSCAD has been too busy to initiate
a new project in the last several years,” said Bamford. “So
Wilfred and I met over this idea, and finally, two years ago,
just said ‘Why don’t we do it on our own, see what happens?’”
Continued on next page
Don’t be too alarmed if you notice a chorus
of villagers and crazed clowns entering your
neighbourhood. It’s probably just “Pagliacci,” the
latest production of the Maritime Concert Opera.
Set in mid-19th century Calabria, the opera takes
the audience on a journey of contradictions. Clowns
cry, lovers fight and reality keeps creeping into fiction.
“It’s in what we call the verismo style. It’s an
opera that deals with real people’s real emotions, as
opposed to gods or goddesses, kings or queens,” said
Nina Scott-Stoddart, the company’s founder and
artistic director.
It is the 19th production of the Maritime Concert
Opera, an experiment Scott-Stoddart started in 2003
to see if opera could work on the South Shore.
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“Everything we do is based in our community.
That’s our big push,” said Scott-Stoddart. “That’s Soloist Andrew Tees rehearses his role as Tonio, the
how we keep an art form that isn’t incredibly famil- fool
iar to people relevant.”
time was a breath of fresh air for Scott-Stoddart. It
While they hire professional singers for the prinwas a break from urban markets, where she found
cipal roles, productions feature a chorus of unaupeople often just went to the opera to be seen.
ditioned opera fans from the community. It gets
“Here people go to the opera because they really
people involved in a world that is often considered
like it, because they’re really curious or they already
inaccessible.
know they like opera, or they know someone in the
Many chorus members, like Jan Neal, have been
cast,” said Scott-Stoddart. “I find that honesty of
involved since the very beginning.
their appreciation is absolutely compelling to me as
“I live in Lunenburg, I’m retired and I love to
a performer.”
sing,” said Neal. “I like anything to do with lanShe describes “Pagliacci” as an “intense, minguage, and music is another language.”
iature grand opera.” It runs about an hour and 20
The music in “Pagliacci” is beautiful but very
minutes and will feature an assortment of Italian
demanding. Members of the chorus say it is the
opera numbers at the beginning to get the audience
toughest opera they’ve done yet. But that doesn’t
warmed up.
make them nervous about
And though the
sharing the stage with proopera is performed
fessionals.
entirely in Italian, an“It’s a great treasure to
glophones don’t need
hear these wonderful soloto worry about the lanists, and it’s very intimiguage barrier. English
dating,” said Neal. “But
subtitles are projected
when you have a very good
so the audience can foldirector, as we have here, it
low along.
doesn’t seem to bother us.”
“When people come
Originally based in
out and see it, we do
Toronto, Scott-Stoddart
projected English subtimoved to Lunenburg in
Nina Scott-Stoddart
tles so people know ex2002 after years of travelMaritime Concert Opera
actly what’s going on,”
ling back and forth. After
said
Scott-Stoddart.
getting to know the area,
“When people come out
she saw an opportunity to
and experience opera
bring her craft here. She
this way, they usually find it just as exciting and
just had to find out if there was an audience for it.
compelling as any other kind of music.”
“My experience with opera was as part of a very
“Pagliacci” will be performed at the Lunenburg
urban environment. But what I’ve found is that the
Central United Church on Saturday, June 27, at 7:30
audiences that come out and hear us sing here are
p.m. Tickets are available at the door and cost $25
the most exciting, the most connected,” said Scottfor adults, $15 for students and $10 for children 16
Stoddart.
and under.
Seeing some people experience opera for the first
“Here people go to the opera
because they really like it,
because they’re really curious,
or they already know they like
opera, or they know someone
in the cast.”
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The
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CALL
TO
ARTISTS
Paint Sea on Site • July 18 & 19
Calling for artists to paint in our 15th
Annual Paint Sea on Site Fundraiser
Come celebrate
Canada Day
All painting and drawing must be done on
site. Proceeds from the sale will be
split 50/50 between the artist
and the Lunenburg Art Gallery.
Registration is $25 which includes:
• Morning coffee and muffins
• FREE T-shirt • Two lunches
• Mix n’ Mingle Reception Sat. evening
FundraiSer
Registration Form and further details
available on our website:
Shawn hebb Trio
No Cover Charge
July 1
6 pm - 10:30 pm
live local MuSic
All proceeds to
Mahone Islands
$20.00 per ticket Conservation
assoCiation
www.lunenburgartgallery.com
Or phone: 902-640-4044
For enrollment in Children’s Art Event
please contact Susan Beavan 902-766-0126
or the Gallery 902-640-4044
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Lunenburg art school to start
summer courses
Continued from previous page
Bamford had always been a frequent
visitor to Lunenburg, but after spending more time here in 2012 working on
a greenhouse project, he found it harder
to leave.
“That’s when I thought, ‘Why am I
not here all the time?’” said Bamford.
“So I bought a house and moved to
Lunenburg three years ago.”
He’s confident that students who
come to town to attend the school will
feel the same way. They’ve established a
residency program, similar to NSCAD’s
residency in the old fire hall on Duke
Street, as an opportunity for artists to
work for a year in an affordable space.
Andrew Maize is nearing the end
of his year at the school as part of the
school’s first group of residents. An artist from Ontario and a NSCAD graduate, he came to Lunenburg as a NSCAD
resident before moving into the School
of the Arts.
“What a great opportunity to graduate and then be able to have affordable
living and studio space to keep on making work. I’ve been an artist in residence here since July, and it’s coming to
an end next week,” said Maize. “I need
to find another studio, but I’m sticking
around.”
Bamford hopes examples like Maize’s
are just the beginning of what the school
can do to give back to the town.
“This whole adventure is about promoting Lunenburg, and possibly even
becoming an augmentation to the various things that Lunenburg offers,” said
Bamford.
“But also in some small way [it’s
about operating] as an economic engine
as well. So when students come from all
corners of the globe eventually, they’ll
be staying in the bed and breakfasts,
eating in the cafés and buying art in the
galleries.”
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Marquee
New exhibition at Lunenburg
Art Gallery
A joint exhibition of oil paintings will
be on display from June 30 to July 26.
An opening reception for “Dwellings”
by Mary Garoutte and “My Nova Scotia
Home” by Michael Hayes will take place
at 5 p.m. on June 30. Refreshments will
be served. The gallery is located at 79
Pelham Street in Lunenburg. In addition, the 14th annual “Paint Sea on Site”
fundraiser will take place at the gallery
on July 18 and 19. Incorrect dates were
published in last week’s paper.
n
Pub Night with Chris Norman
Chris Norman and friends from the
Boxwood Festival will entertain at “Pub
Night” at Cecilia’s Retreat near Mahone
Bay on Friday, June 26 at 6 p.m. The evening will feature plenty of good musci,
food and socializing, with Chris making
the pizza that will be served. Reserve a
ticket ($35) by emailing barbara.butler@
ns.sympatico.ca.
Gallery opens in East Chester
The Blue Shutters Art Gallery and
Antiques shop will celebrate its grand
opening on Tuesday, June 30 from 12 to
7 p.m. The gallery will feature works
from local artists including Ester Dueck,
Dolly Hancock, Pat Christiansen, Simon
Copas, Diane Roberson, Gwen Dueck and
Maria Kuttner. Blue Shutters is located at
3167 Highway 3 in East Chester.
n
Cancer fundraiser in Blandford
The Have a Laugh Players will present
“Bless Me, Father” on Saturday, June 27
at the Blandford Community Centre. The
evening will also include an auction, live
musical entertainment and dessert at intermission of the play. Tickets are $15 and
are available at the door, which opens at 6
p.m. Proceeds will go to the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training.
Liverpool’s Privateer Days ~ June 26 to June 28
Privateers were privately owned ships that were
authorized by a government to raid ships from
other countries — a form of
legalized piracy on the high
seas. The men who served
aboard these ships were
also referred to as “privateers.”
After the American Revolution, American privateer
ships ranged up and down
Nova Scotia’s South Shore,
ambushing merchant shipments, disrupting commerce, and occasionally
stealing ships right out of
Liverpool’s wharves.
Desperate to defend their
homes, their families, and
their livelihoods, many
leading citizens of the Town
of Liverpool petitioned the
British government for the
right to retaliate against
these ocean raiders. In 1777,
these citizens were granted
authorization to launch privateer ships of their own.
Liverpool
quickly
emerged as one of British
North America’s leading
privateer ports, eventually
deploying more privateer
vessels than even the much
larger city of Halifax.
Ships like the Lucy, the
Rover, and the Liverpool
Packet gained international renown for their workmanship and speed, and the
prowess of their crews inspired respect and fear.
Although privateers no
longer roam the seas, and
the day of the great sailing ships has passed, Liverpool’s significance in maritime history lives on in the
town’s nickname to this
day: PORT OF THE PRIVATEERS.
The annual Privateer
Days summer festival is a
proud celebration of Liverpool’s colourful privateer
heritage.
‘Come one, come all’
from June 21st to 27th as
we help Queens County celebrate the opening of the
newly renovated Old Town
Hall on Main St. Don’t miss
a great line-up featuring
such diverse and entertaining events and acts as: The
Winds of Change 40th Musical Review, The Mersey
Band, Ukulele Sing-a-Long,
Authors of Queens County,
Paranormal Evening, Guy
Doucette Puppetry, and
Tim MacDonald’s Historic
Queens County Photo Exhibit.
MUSIQUE ROYALE
30th Anniversary Summer Season
Opening Concert
27th
There will also be Musical Entertainment, Historic
Encampment, Artisan/Vendors/Farmers Market, Beer
Tent, Food Court, Daily
Breakfasts, Wagon Tours,
Dory Rides, Grand Street
Parade, Woodsman Challenge, Canoe Races, Chainsaw Carving Demo, NSLC’s
Cabbioke, Rum Run, Lions
Train, Paranormal Evening, Teen Tent, Log Rolling Display, Kiss My Privateer AXE Throw , Interactive Graveyard Tour, Art
in the Park, Face Painting,
Youth Ball Hockey Tournament, Show & Shine Car
Show, Fireworks & much
more.
There is usually ample
free parking along the waterfront for most festival
events. If you are attending
the parade, you may either
park at the waterfront and
walk north, or park at either of the two supermarkets nearby and walk south.
For events that take
place at Fort Point Lighthouse Park, your best bet is
to park along Main Street
and walk to the park, as
the very few parking spaces
in the park itself are filled
quickly.
ANNUAL
N O VA
Kiss My Privateer Axe
‘Toss a Toonie’ in the Treasure Chest at the Info Booth and you’ll be entered in
the draw for a chance to throw an axe and hit a bullseye. We are drawing 5 lucky
names on Sunday, June 28 at 2:15 pm in the Big Tent. Must be present to win. These
lucky 5 will win one chance to throw the axe. The Bullseye winner will get to choose
between two different prizes worth $20,000 each!
Then be sure and join Global News Anchor Paul Brothers for the “Kiss My Privateer Axe” big event at 6 pm at the Lumberjack Camp to cheer the lucky contestants
on.
Music Schedule
Friday, June 26th
12:30pm....Saltwater Cowboys
1:30pm......Amy Grant
2:30pm......Clas Larsson Quartett
3:30pm......Dave Burbine
4:30pm......Catahula Brown
5:30pm......The Mersey Swing Band
6:30pm......Natalie Lynn
7:30pm......Air Traffic Control
8:30pm......This Ship
9:30pm......Andrew Hunter & the
Gatherers
10:30pm....The Fourth Well
11:30pm....Roxie and the Underground
Soul Sound
Saturday, June 27th
12:30pm....The Lewinskies
1:30pm......Top Notch
2:30pm......Rim Shot
3:30pm......No Borders
4:30pm......Kalin ©
5:30pm......Witchita
6:30pm......The Pins
7:30pm......Blue Star
8:30pm......The Fabulous Hats
9:30pm......Kevin Davison
10:30pm....Wayne Sponagle
11:30pm....Asia Nu Grove
Sunday, June 28th
12:30pm....Gospel featuring Healing
Waters
1:30pm......Low Key
2:30pm......Multi Cultural
5:30pm......The Mersey Band
6:30pm......Johnny Lake
7:30pm......Ryan Cook
8:30pm......Dave Dobson & Philip
Harding
$10 admission at 7:30pm.
FREE all day Sunday.
Tent closes at 2am on Friday &
Saturday and 10pm on Sunday.
Learn more at: www.regionofqueens.com and for a full schedule of events, including locations and times, visit www.privateerdays.ca
SCOTIA
FOLK ART FESTIVAL
Enjoy Privateer Days
Tim Blackmore, harpsichord & recorder;
Michel Cardin, theorbo
Sunday, July 12
3:00 pm
St. Barnabas
Church,
Blue Rocks
Tickets: $20 available at Shop on the
Corner in Lunenburg, at 902-634-9994
and at the door. Special admission for
students: $10 at the door.
www.musiqueroyale.com
“Larry the Lobsterman”
Photo: Brooks of Canada
La Tour Baroque Duo
Wood Carving by Joanne & Larry Fancy
Sunday, August 2, 2015, 12 noon to 4 pm
L U N E N B U R G WA R M E M O R I A L A R E N A
OVER FIFTY PARTICIPATING FOLK ARTISTS
1,500 ARTWORKS FOR SALE, AUCTION * MUSIC
* DOOR PRIZES
A GREAT COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE!
2016 NS FAF will be on July 31st.
www.nsfolkartfestival.com
STERLING
BELLIVEAU
Shelburne Office: 170 Water St., Shelburne B0T 1W0
phone: 902-265-3010 fax: 902-265-3015
Liverpool Office: 74 Water St., Liverpool B0T 1K0
phone: 902-356-3073 fax: 902-356-2164
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www.lighthousenow.ca
Shelter part
of on-line
resource
helping
women seek
safety
from abuse
History according
to things
Historical author Joan Dawson and her
latest book. Dawson has written five
books reflecting aspects of Nova Scotia’s
history. She told LighthouseNOW that for
this undertaking she was inspired by Neil
MacGreggor, director of the British Museum in London, England. MacGreggor is
the author of A History of the World in
100 Objects. The objects for his book, “of
course were all taken from his own museum,” she said, adding, “I began to think
of all the museums that there are in Nova
Scotia and that it would be interesting
and fun to find things that are in our own
museums.”
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A new on-line resource that quickly
identifies the geographic locations of
women’s shelters should help women
find safety from abuse says the executive
director of a shelter in the LunenburgQueens region.
Sheltersafe.ca is a one-stop connection that shows users a map and links
to telephone numbers and websites. The
portal does not divulge the exact location
of shelters.
Katherine McCarron of Harbour
House, an emergency shelter that also
provides counselling and other outreach
assistance, said those who do not know
where to go are more likely to look something up on a mobile device than to flip
through a phone book.
“You may not know the name of your
local shelter,” McCarron said.
“If you need to get out, if you know
you’re in trouble, if you’re looking for
‘Where can I go?’ you’re more likely to
go to your phone or internet to find the
information you want.”
The website is product of the Canadian Network of Women’s Shelters and
Transition Houses, a charitable organization that includes more than 350 member
shelters.
Website statistics are expected to
gauge the response to sheltersafe.ca. McCarron figured anyone in need of help
would “most likely” call rather than send
an on-line message.
Established in 1987, Harbour House is
a 15-bed shelter serving women and their
dependent children who have left situations of intimate partner violence.
“We’re more than a house,” McCarron
pointed out. “You don’t have to be resident in the house to access services. We
have support groups. We have outreach.
You can meet with our outreach counsellor one-on-one anywhere.”
Harbour House also has a team that
goes to two schools each semester to
talk to students about issues concerning
healthy relationships, bullying and other
subjects.
“Connecting to community is important,” McCarron said.
More information about Harbour
House and the South Shore Transition
House Association, the charity that oversees the shelter, can be found at http://
www.harbour-house.ca.
“You don’t have to be
resident in the house to
access services.”
Katherine McCarron
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Crossword puzzle by Walter Feener
ACROSS
1. Apple seeds
5. Obscene material
9. Machine components
13. Kind of code
14.Trainees
16. S-shaped moulding
17. Small lump on the hand
18. Bay window
19. Earring part
20.Filth
22.Joy
24.Time between bedtime
and waking
26.Zero
27.Ace ___ (Canadian
Thoroughbred Champion
racehorse)
30. Cod kin
34. Word of regret
35. Tackle box item
36. Whistle sound
38. Yellowish-brown colour
39. Black eyes
42. Level of quality
43.Therefore
45. Brings to a conclusion
46. “Rolling in the Deep” singer
48. Phone playback
50.End of a work week,
for many
51. Was inactive
52. Outside the city
54. German pastry
58.It was the capital of the
Kingdom of Hawaii
62. Opera solo
63. Inflatable boats
65. Clay pigeon hurler
66. Stadium sound
67. Top part of a tower
68. Corn servings
69. One way to stand by
70. Blacken on the grill
71. Feint on the ice
DOWN
1. Handles roughly
2. Neighbour of Turkey
3. Neighbour of Ecuador
4. Extremely evil
5. Butt of jokes
6. Gift from the Magi
7. Swiss canton
8. Drove a nail at an angle
9.One who shares the flying
but is not in command
10. Intensely interested
11. Become entangled
12. Paving block
15. Gracefully thin
21. Golf course
23. Pot cover
25. ___ Bay, Ontario
27.Counterpart
28. Clock buzzer
29. Vary between
31. Greek god of war
32. Got through the hard times
33. Australian animal
35. Fish resembling cod
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37. Three-spotted card
40.They are handy on
chilly days
41.Singer McLachlan from
Nova Scotia
44. Urn for bones
47. Like some pupils
49. Down in the dumps
50.Longest river in British
Columbia
53.Going beyond what is
ordinary
54. Calcutta attire
55. Walked heavily
56. Unit of money of Oman
57. Folds over onto itself
59. Dies ___
60. Police informer
61.Recess at the eastern end
of a church
64. “For shame!”
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’Jacks wheel and deal at the draft
Ten players picked, six added via trade
“We had him ranked much higher,
somewhere in the top five or six players
in the draft.”
Next, the team selected 6'2" Newbridge
The South Shore Lumberjacks may
Academy defenceman Connor MacLeod.
need to wear name tags to recognize each
“He’s not going to wow you with his
other at this summer’s training camp.
points,”
said Muise. “But he’s a steady,
After adding 20-year-old former Halisteady
defenceman
who has a big body
fax Moosehead Liam Alcalde, along with
and moves the puck well. He makes calcuYarmouth Mariners defenceman Gareth
lated and very quick decisions.”
Nicholson and forward Cray Roberge earIn Round 4, the ’Jacks added another
lier this off-season, the club chose 10 playblue-liner: 6'1" Isaac McGraw from Saint
ers in the June 13 draft and announced
John.
trades for six more.
In an interview following the draft,
Two of the team’s three fifth-round
general manager Brad Muise said the
picks were Quebec League players
result is a solid team from top to bottom.
who are expected to play in the Quebec
“We’ve got proven, established playLeague this season: Jesse Sutton with
ers that have produced not only in major
the Remparts and Matt Satoris with the
midget but in junior. We have a lot of
Olympiques. The other fifth-rounder was
balance, some scoring punch and a lot of
Lyndon Thorne, who averaged nearly a
grit. We got a lot bigger, the D is very good
point per game in Newfoundland major
and I like our goaltending too. I think we
midget last season.
have a good, balanced and deep lineup.”
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Muise said the sixth-round selection
One of the deals announced on June 13 The South Shore Lumberjacks recently acquired Lunenburg defenceman Alex Mann to
of
5'9" forward Max French from Newwas the addition of Lunenburg defence- complete a trade from last season that sent captain Brennan Bailey and leading scorer
foundland may have been the team’s best
man Alex Mann to complete a trade from
Ryan Groom to Dieppe.
value pick.
last season that sent captain Brennan
“We didn’t expect him to be there then.
Bailey and leading scorer Ryan Groom
man to the Valley for Jesse Hamer, who has three years
That was a real steal, I think.”
to Dieppe.
of eligibility remaining and has been a top scorer at
Muise expects Mann to play in all situations.
The general manager said French is a lightning-fast
“He can log 25 or 30 minutes a game, easily,” said the every level he’s played.
skater with incredible vision and creativity.
“He’s offensively gifted, and it’s a lot of fun to watch
general manager.
“He does some magic things with the puck.”
“He’s probably the [most] calm, poised defenceman him, especially when he’s skating up the wing,” said
Forward Morgan Lunn was drafted from the South
and decision-maker that I’ve seen for his age. He also Muise.
Shore Mustangs, and Muise called him the “heart and
In addition, Chris Goreham and Mitch Baker were soul” of that team.
brings a lot of leadership. … I’ve watched this young
man play for a long time, and he’s going to be a great col- dealt to Yarmouth for forwards Alex Rawding and Bran“He kills penalties and plays on the power play, is the
don Syms.
lege player once he’s done junior.”
first on the forecheck and first to finish hits, and is defiMuise described Rawding as a power winger who will
In a separate deal, the team traded two 2015 picks
nitely the first coming to backcheck.”
and two more in 2016 to the County Aces for Damon kill penalties and be an effective checker and said the
He also came into his own offensively during the play6'5" Syms has point-per-game ability.
MacDonald.
Meanwhile, in the draft, the club’s first two picks offs, scoring 12 points in 11 games.
“He’s a sniper with a pro-level shot and is a big, big
The ’Jacks other draft selections included another
kid,” said Muise, adding he expects at least 25 goals out came in Round 2, beginning with Logan O’Neil, a Cantwo-way
forward, Daniel Reid of Sydney River, and
ada
Games
forward
who
led
the
Tradesmen
in
scoring
of the 6'1" forward.
power forward Randon MacKinnon from Inverness.
“He’s very strong and a great skater. … Everyone as a rookie.
Chester forward Isaac Bridge and Lunenburg defence“At [Pick] 14, we were extremely pleased he was still
knows he has next-level ability.”
The ’Jacks also traded Jacob McNutt and Brett Tid- there,” said the general manager.
man Walter Flower were the team’s territorial picks.
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Chester teen trains with national youth sailing group
By STACEY COLWELL
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M@ColwellStacey
Antonia Lewin-LaFrance isn’t
someone who rests on her laurels.
“These past few months, spare time
has kind of been a foreign concept,”
said the 17-year-old Chester sailor,
who was Sail Canada’s 2014 female
youth athlete of the year and won last
season’s national radial class championship.
Since then, she’s been named Sail
Nova Scotia’s 2015 female individual
athlete of the year and was invited to
join the national youth sailing group.
“I think it is a huge, huge privilege to train with the national sailing
team,” said Lewin-LaFrance.
“They are a very intelligent group
of athletes, and I admire their lifestyles so much. This winter, I spent a
lot of time down in Florida training
with them and [national coach] Chris
Cook, and I can easily say that it was
one of the best winters I have ever
had. I take this privilege very seriously.”
On a typical training day this
spring, she’d often be up by 6 a.m.
for a cardio workout, to eat a healthy
breakfast and to get to school by nine.
“On a crazy day, I’ll go for a sailing
session in between class times. After
school, I’ll hit the gym again with my
team and do a strength workout.”
After that, she has a cool-down run,
does homework, has a shower and is
asleep by 10 p.m.
She’s also normally on the water
five days a week, with some of those
sessions on the weekend.
The plan is for all that hard work
to pay off during a 10-day stretch
in early August, beginning with the
Canadian youth championships, followed directly by the open youth world
championships.
“It’s going to be really crazy, and the
experience is totally going to be worth
it. It’s just going to be very interesting
in terms of learning about my competition and powering through the whole
thing.”
Although Lewin-LaFrance hopes to
eventually make the national team,
she’s trying not to put too much competitive pressure on herself.
“I’m along for the experience, to
meet amazing people and to overall
have the best time ever.”
Originally from Montreal, she grew
up in Chester and now splits her time
between there and Halifax, where she
attends Citadel High School and races
out of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron.
“Chester on the weekends is so
beautiful and I love it. As the summer
approaches, we’re slowly moving back
to the country, which is nice.”
Seventeen-year-old Antonia Lewin-LaFrance began
sailing lessons at the Chester Yacht Club at age 8.
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Hawboldt Industries
winching Chester onto
the engineering map
Company awarded two multi-million-dollar
deals in the past two years
By GAYLE WILSON
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M@LHNOWnews
Renowned as a summer vacation spot
for wealthy Americans and for the yearly flotilla of expensive yachts that are
drawn to its picturesque harbour, Chester
tends to be associated with luxurious
oceanfront properties and the tourism
industry.
Operating in a 40,000-square-foot complex just outside of town on Highway
14, Hawboldt Industries is also putting
Chester on the international map for the
marine engineering industry.
Last week, Cape Sharp Tidal announced it was awarding Hawboldt a
$4.7-million contract to build three large
heavy-lifting winches as part of an OpenHydro barge that will deploy and retrieve
tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy.
Cape Sharp Tidal is a partnership between OpenHydro, which is owned by the
French company DCNS, and Nova Scotia’s Emera Inc. The goal of the project is
to test and deploy turbines in the Bay of
Fundy this year.
From there, the project will move in
phases, with the ultimate goal of developing up to 300 megawatts of clean,
renewable energy for more than 75,000
customers. The plan is to then leverage
that experience to create a tidal energy
industry.
While the Chester company is pleased
to have been chosen for the Cape Sharp
Tidal contract, that deal would appear
to be a drop in the ocean compared to
the contract it secured last year with
Vancouver’s Seaspan, which was awarded an $8-billion contract with the federal government to build Canadian Coast
Guard and offshore fisheries and scientific research vessels. Hawboldt will be
providing winches, handling systems and
launch-and-recovery systems.
In an interview with LighthouseNOW,
RURAL
John Huxtable, Hawboldt’s general manager, and Paul Phillips, the company’s
general sales manager, were reluctant to
put a value on the Vancouver deal.
“More than the Cape Sharp one, [contract]” Phillips said coyly, explaining
Hawboldt didn’t want to give anything
away to its competitors.
Meanwhile, Hawboldt also has customers in China, South Korea, Brazil and the
U.S. It provides launch-and-recovery systems and winches able to handle cabling
of anywhere from five to 15 kilometres.
“In most people’s books, that’s a lot of
cable,” Huxtable said proudly.
It’s not always been smooth sailing, but
the company has come a long way since
Forman Hawboldt launched the venture
in 1906, selling gasoline engines to the
marine market.
Huxtable describes Hawboldt’s founder as “a mechanic, tinkerer and entrepreneur — definitely an entrepreneur.”
Although the company has had different owners and occasional turbulence, its
website keeps any reference to history
succinct.
“Hawboldt Industries was founded in
1906 to support the Atlantic fishery with
new power equipment during the time
when ships were converting from sails
to engines,” the site reveals. “While the
company has maintained its roots in the
fishing industry, we have developed into
a world-class manufacturer and exporter
of engineered marine equipment for specialized line-handling and lifting applications.”
Huxtable adds that the company progressed to provide bronze propellers and
equipment to help with the winding and
pulling of nets for the fishing industry. When the fishing industry collapsed,
Hawboldt was forced to find alternative
product lines, he said.
It went through various owners, including Fred Porter, who helped turn
Hawboldt into an exporter of equipment
for ocean research vessels. It wasn’t always full steam ahead, though. In 1989,
it was in receivership, but the company
recovered after local investors bought it.
“It survived over the years because the
company has always been innovating and
changing,” explained Huxtable.
Hawboldt was on an even keel in 1999,
Paul Phillips, left, Hawboldt’s general sales manager, and John Huxtable, general manager, alongside a winch for a launch-and-recovery system unit heading to Vancouver.
when the company moved from the village of Chester to the new plant on Highway 14. By 2005, it had attracted the
attention of the Timberland Group of
Companies. Based in Woodstock, Ontario,
Timberland provides engineering services to a worldwide customer base in the
construction, marine, mining, electric
power and oil and gas sectors.
Timberland bought Hawboldt, and
the Chester company hasn’t looked back
since. Both Phillips and Huxtable are
emphatic about the benefits of the Timberland connection.
To Phillips, the Timberland deal gave
Hawboldt “a lot of financial stability as
well as pooling of resources and expertise.”
Huxtable adds, “They brought a lot of
expertise on how to run the business successfully.”
Since the takeover in 2005, the company has increased its number of employees by about one-third, to the 56 it has
now, and is in a position to compete for
contracts such as the Cape Sharp Tidal
project.
“The truth of the matter is, if it wasn’t
for them we wouldn’t have been able to
bid on it,” Huxtable told LighthouseNOW.
“Because of the size of the winches, we
don’t have the capability or the facility
to build them. They’re too big,” he explained. “Timberland has a much larger
facility, larger cranes. They’re set up to
do it.”
Each of the two turbines that will be
deployed and retrieved are 10 metres in
diameter and weigh 50 to 60 tonnes, according to Huxtable. Hawboldt’s cranes
are rated at 10 tonnes.
Meanwhile, Hawboldt’s engineering
team helped put the winch system plan
together and will work with barge engineers and technicians in making sure the
design implementations are in keeping
with their own plans.
“We had to do a lot of work to get the
contract,” explained Phillips. “It’s sort of
what we do all the time. All the contracts
are of a similar vein.”
“We help people get things in and out
of the water safely, and that’s really what
our whole business is about,” said Phillips.
“Whatever they need, we work to design equipment to make that happen —
safely, quickly and easily.”
Hawboldt’s team includes sales staff,
engineers, welders, machinists and assemblers. In April, Hawboldt took on a
Chinese national living in Nova Scotia,
Jackie Guo, as export business development manager to expand business with
the market in China. According to Phillips, Asian contracts have been making
up about 30 per cent of the company’s
sales for the past three or four years, although he stresses the company is interested in expanding its exports worldwide.
The company also recently hired a new
welder and machinist and is redeploying
staff to add another half-shift to operations to meet the demands of the increasing business.
Phillips says the company is always
open to hiring the right type of person
but is conscious that growth in employment numbers should be sustainable over
the peaks and troughs of normal business cycles.
Both Huxtable and Phillips concede
they have been challenged to find qualified engineering staff locally and that
most of the engineering team are from
Halifax.
However, Phillips describes Hawboldt’s
engineering team as “a young, dynamic
group” really pushing innovative designs.
“It’s an exciting place to be right now
and a great place to work,” said Phillips.
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business
Keeping it local
Visitor centre to sell homegrown products this summer
chutney, maple syrup and their award
winning juice, will all be sold there.
They are made from the haskap
berry, a honeysuckle native to Asia and
About 10,000 tourists stop at the Visisimilar to a blueberry. Liam Taylor,
tor Information Centre (VIC) in Blockcommercial director for LaHave Natuhouse every summer, looking for fun
ral Farms, said having their products on
things to do in Lunenburg County. While
display will bring a unique factor to the
the centre offers a number of enticing
information centre.
vacation ideas, soon those visitors be
“I think the VIC is an important point
inspired by something more.
of reference for any tourist coming to
For the first time in three years, the
Nova Scotia,” he said.
VIC will be the venue for local artists
With thousands of people expected to
and producers to display their art, potvisit this summer, Denise Penney, mantery, photography and food.
ager of the VIC, said she loves seeing
The initiative is a joint venture of
creative people showcase their talent. “I
the Municipality of Lunenburg (MODL)
like to see the stuff that people create.”
and the Town of Bridgewater and will
One of those people is Kas Stone, a
feature products made in those two muphotographic
artist from Dublin Shore
nicipalities..
who
will
have
12 pieces on display. She
Dave Waters, MODL’s economic desaid some of her more traditional phovelopment officer, said he has upwards
tos will be showcased, featuring local
of 25 vendors involved and that number
scenes from the South Shore. “In genis “growing every day,” with some intereral, it’s what people are looking for,”
est from elsewhere.
she said of visitors to the area.
A release put out by MODL said VIC
Instead of doing what most tourists
staff can now, in addition to directing
MICHAEL LEE PHOTO
can already do, Stone said her work
people to shops and places all across the Denise Penney, manager of the Visitor Information Centre (VIC), gives a preview of what
moves “beyond a snapshot” by using
region, “help visitors choose a locallycan be found this summer at the VIC, including haskap jam and maple syrup.
different lights and seasons to create
made product to take with them.”
images others wouldn’t have seen themWaters said this effort highlight and
“At the end of the day, we’re trying to find a permaselves.
promote business in Lunenburg County
nent use for that space,” he said.
When asked about showing her art at the VIC, she
and draw more people to the VIC.
Many local producers were asked if they would be in- said, “It’s a good opportunity for local artists to get their
The space being used was the former office for Destination Southwest Nova, a regional tourism association, terested in selling their products at the centre, including work out there.”
The information centre can be found at exit 11 just off
and will house local vendors for a three-month trial LaHave Natural Farms.
period.
Their Haskapa products, which include jam, relish, Highway 103.
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TURBINES
TURNING
Over 1,000 people
got a close-up look
at 34 wind turbines
at South Canoe
Wind Farm’s grand
opening on June
21. After a five-anda-half month delay,
the completed
project will provide
power for roughly
32,000 homes,
making it the
largest wind farm
in the province.
The turbines have
a 20-year lifespan
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megawatts of
electricty.
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The customer is always right
If customers feel they are valued
by the customer service they receive
and they see that employees are happy
Although the weather has been reworking in that environment, then new
luctant to admit it, summer is here.
employees will be attracted to your
For many of our local businesses, that
company because of the culture that
means a time of year when contact
exists.
with customers increases exponentially.
If your company gives excellent
Gone are the stormy, quiet days of wincustomer service, your salespeople will
ter.
have an advantage over your competiOne thing we need to keep in mind
tors, resulting in higher sales for you.
while we are increasingly busy is that
When customers feel valued by the
the customer is always right. Here is a
service they receive, they will not take
list of reasons why:
their business outside of the county,
Good customer service
which benefits our local
will lead to new business.
economy and the NOW
People like to go to a busiLunenburg County ininess where there is a reputiatives.
tation of good customer
Customer loyalty to
service.
your business due to
Customers choose
good customer service is
to walk into your busia barrier to your compeness and can just as eastition being successful.
ily choose to walk out or
Now that we know
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never return again.
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tomer service look like?
People’s experiences, posiIt's Your Business Good customer service
tive and negative, are reis when a business is
ported instantly on social
fair, friendly and undermedia sites such as Facestanding. Do you have a
book or Twitter. For some
winning telephone style?
reason, negative reviews travel much
Do
you
deliver
more than you promise?
more quickly than positive ones.
Do you meet your commitments? Do
Many of your local competitors do
you go the extra mile? Do you make eye
provide excellent service, and, as a recontact? Do you give information that
sult, their customers have significant
truly informs? Do you put yourself in
trust and confidence in the service and
your customers’ shoes? Do you try your
products offered. You are under presbest to help a customer before passing
sure to measure up.
them along to the next person? If you
When your customers receive excan answer yes to these questions, then
cellent service, they have fewer comchances are you are providing good cusplaints. When the staff interact with
tomer service.
customers who are happy, then the staff
A beautiful Lunenburg County sumwill be happier as well, which benefits
mer awaits. Take advantage of the inthe business as a whole.
crease in customer traffic by providing
If your customers receive excellent
the best customer service you can.
customer service, they will return to
Kristine Malvar-Oickle teaches orgayour business and you do not have to
nizational behaviour, business ethics,
focus your efforts on trying to attract
human resources management and
customers who have left. It is much
mathematics in the school of business at
easier to keep current customers than
it is to attract new ones.
NSCC – Lunenburg Campus.
BY KRISTINE MALVAR-OICKLE
kristine.malvar-oickle@nscc.ca
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Trudeau was the “big gun”
for the BACC’s bottom line
Events revenue up but more work needed to
attract members, says Chamber president
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Members of the Bridgewater and Area
Chamber of Commerce (BACC) who attended last week’s annual general meeting didn’t get to hear the scheduled keynot speaker, but they were served up
some good financial news.
Michael Levy, vice-president of asset
and property management for the Quebec-based Zenda Group and property
manager of the Bridgewater Mall and
Eastside Plaza, was to have spoken at the
breakfast meeting held at the Best Western Plus Hotel and Convention Centre on
June 17. However, he advised the chamber
the evening before that he wouldn’t be
able to make it due to a family issue.
Nonetheless, the county’s largest
chamber of commerce had reason to celebrate. In addressing the accounts with the
members, the chamber’s treasurer, Barry
Smith, noted the bottom line improved
by more than 450 per cent from where it
stood at May 31, 2014, to the end of May
31, 2015, with net income increasing from
from $2,084 to $9,462.
“The big gun was in events revenue,”
Smith explained to the members.
Income from events jumped from $9,994
to $14,235. “One word: Trudeau,” the treasurer explained.
Last August, the BACC hosted a breakfast conference at the Best Western during which Justin Trudeau agreed to speak
as part of his tour of Eastern Canada.
The room was filled to its capacity of
270 people, some of whom parked their
vehicles on the grass and others at businesses farther down the highway because
the parking lot was packed.
However, revenue from membership
fees was down, dropping from $16,455 to
$15,957.
The BACC’s president, Sam Bates, gave
full marks to the organization for being
a “very active chamber” that arranges a
number of popular events. He also commended the chamber for its impact on the
community through its social contributions in working with organizations such
as food banks and schools.
However, he said there’s room for im-
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“I still think we need to get the word
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community what we offer.”
He pointed to the group insurance plan
the chamber offers members as an example.
“This is good stuff. They would have a
hard time going anywhere else to find a
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He added that the chamber needs to
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Nova Star ferry to Yarmouth, they plan to cycle to Lunenburg on July 6. The Zion Lutheran Christian Fellowship committee will serve them dinner at the church that evening. They’ll spend the night at the New Voice Language Academy, and get breakfast
the next day from Central United Church, before spending some time touring Lunenburg and heading off to Halifax for the finale of the Tattoo. From left, Lunenburg liaison Chuck Stewart, Mary Meisner and Elaine DeMone of Zion Lutheran Christian Fellowship, and Nicola Sattler and Aldon Darville of New Voice Language Academy.
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











  
   
  
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
JUNE 24
11:00 11:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
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10:30
JUNE 25
11:00 11:30
  

 
        
  
   
   
    
   
  

 


        
    
 
 
   
 



      
  
 
        
 

 
      +++     
 
 
    
    
    
  
       

  
   

    
 
  
 
 
 
    
   
   +++      

    
    
  



    

         

   ++++    
    

        
++      
    
   
     
  
  
    

  
        
      
 
   
    
  
  
  
  
      
 
 

 
      

 
 
     
 
 
             

                 
    
       
 
        

 
 
  
                 
  

  





   

 
 




 
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
      
          
   
 
        
  
 
        
 
 

        

 

     
  

 
  

       
  
    
     
  

     
WEEKDAY DAYTIME
7:30
8:00
8:30
   
    


 



































8:30
   
  
 
   
  

       
   
     
  

 



 
  
    
 

   
 



      
   
 
        
        
       
    
             
                   
         


   

    
 
  
     
 
 
   
   
 
 
    
    
  
 

                



     

 
     
    
 
       
   
     
  
  
    

   
 
 
 
  
      
 
        
    
 
       
 
 
 
 
      



     
 
 
          
 

               
    
        
 
        
 
   
  


          
  

  





   

  


   
  
 

     
 
      
   
  
  

 
  
 
 
      
   

  
 
             
  

  
 

  
  
   
    
    
     
  

   
THURSDAY EVENING
6:30
7:00
7:30
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



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





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




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LighthouseNow Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
9:00

9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
      
  
  
   
    

   
         
            
 
  
  
 
    
  
  
 
 
 


  
               
  
 
       
   
 
 
 
   
 

 
  
  
     
 


       
    
 

 



 


 

    
 
   
  
 
  
       
   

 
 

        
  
  
     



    
    


 
    
 
  
   
 
 
               
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  
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         
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      
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   
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    
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     
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    
  
    
    
  
  
  
       
     

  



++     
      
    
 
+++     
   
     
  
  
    
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   
 
 
 
   
         
        
   
  
  
      

 

              
      
 
 
           
 

          
++     
    
    
  
 
        
 
++   





    
      
  

  





   









    
  

 
 
      
   

  
         
 
  
 
        
 
  

    
    
 

  
 
      
  

    
      
     
  


     
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4:30

 
   
 
  
 
 
   
 


  
  
 

    
   


  
       
   


 
 
 
   
   
 
   


 

  

  
  
  
 
 
   
 
 

 
 
  
 
  


  
   
      
   
    



      






 
 


 
    
 

  
  
  
   
    
    
 
 
 
  
 
  
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  
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   
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
 
   
 



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

    
  
   
  
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
 
 




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
   






   
 




 


 
 

  

    
  
     

  

  

 
         
   



     
      
  
      
  

 

  






    
  
 
  
JUNE 24 TO JUNE 30
5:00
5:30
6:00
 
    
   
  
 
 
     




  
 

 

 
 

 

   






 
 





 
  



 
 
 





  




  




 





 

 
   
 


 
   
  
 


 
  




  

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LighthouseNow Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 SATURDAY DAYTIME
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
Noon
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
JUNE 27
5:30
6:00
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
Noon
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
JUNE 28
5:30
6:00
10:00
10:30
JUNE 28
11:00 11:30
        
      
    
   



































 
        
     
  

 
   

      
            

  
 
 
 


  
 
      
 



             




  
 

   
  


            

 
   
++        
 
 
  
 
      
     


   
  
    
     
 
     
 
 
   
 
 
 
++         



     
       
 
          
 
                       
    
  
 
  
  
   
 
        
    
  

 
 
 
 
    
 

   




 
 
  
     
 
 











   
 +++      
++++      
  


  
  
      
        
  

  


                     



       ++         
   
       
       
    
    +++       
 
 
 
 
++    
   
  
  
  

   
   
          
 
        
  
       

     
 
     
   





            
     

     
 
 


    
    
 

         
 
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


            
       
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 
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  +++       
++       
+++     
    

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 
     ++          ++       
   
      
++      
  ++       
++      

   



        
   
          
 

    

        
  
    
            


    
   



 
+++     
++     
     
 
  



        


      
 
    
 
 
 
+    
 +     
   
   
     





          
   
 
 
 
 
            
  
  
               
           
   
 
 
 
 
     
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  
 
            

       
 
 
    
        
   

 
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 ++     
++      

     
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
    
 
     ++      
++       
++    
   
  
  
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   
  
  
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   
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
        
  

   


      
           
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                                
 
             
  
 

 
 
     
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  
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            
     
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 

 
  
  
+++     

  
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     ++      
++        
   
    ++       
  ++        ++       

                   
     
        


    

        
  
+++  


        
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  
  
++         
++    
++   
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  
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      


        

        
        
     
     

   

   




              
   
 
 
 
 
            
  
                
                  
   
 
 
  
 

       
        
    
                 
 
 
 
 
 
        
 
    

     
  
 
   

  
  
    
  
   
    
SATURDAY EVENING
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
JUNE 27
11:00 11:30
SUNDAY EVENING
6:30
7:00
7:30
 

   
        
      
  
 
   
                +       
  
  
 






































































    
         
 
  
       
 

  

               
 
       
 
      
          
  
     
                     
   

 


       
 

 
 
      
    
    
++       

 
  ++     
 
 
     
      

 

  ++        
  



++        
      
  ++          
++     
          
    
 
  


  
  
 
 
   

         
  
  
   
       
          
 
 
             
     

          
+++     

 
 
     ++     
   
  
    
  
   
      
  
 

    
              


 
      ++    
      
 




 
 
     
     
     
    
 
    
   
      
 
 
 
          
               
 
                 
  

        


   
 
 

8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30

    
 
   
    
 
   
 

          
 
 
 
        
 
  
       

 
 


  
   
  
 
       
 
   
  
   
 
 
 
  
                      
  ++       



  
 
 
 
 
    
  
   
         
    
    
 
+++         
 
       

  

               


 

    
++   
 ++    
    
  
+++     
  
  
  
  
  
 
     
 
 
  

   


      
   
  
  
  
 
               
  
       
    
     
  
         
 

    +++     
 
   
          
   
        
 
       

    

        
 

    

++     

   
 


           
    
 

  

     

    
   
 
  

 
     
 
    
   
 
          
 

       

  
 

 
         
 
     

      
www.lighthousenow.ca MOVIES
Wednesday 06/24
Evening
9:00 (SHOW) “Sink Hole” (SciFi,2013) Eric Roberts,
Jeremy London. A giant sink
hole begins to envelop Los
Angeles and one geologist
must save everyone. (14+)
10:00 (SPACE) “Dinoshark” (SciFi,2010) Eric Balfour, Iva
Hasperger. A prehistoric
shark, released from glacial
ice, attacks a small town.
1:00 (VIS) “Amazing Grace”
(Drama,2007) Ioan
Gruffudd, Romola Garai. An
anti-slavery activist meets
a woman while on a health
vacation. (PG)
Thursday 06/25
Evening
7:45 (TOON) “Happy Feet Two”
(Family,2011) Elijah Wood,
Robin Williams. Everyone
must band together when
the penguin nation finds its
future in jeopardy. (PG)
9:00 (CH) “Double Jeopardy”
(Suspense,1999) Tommy
Lee Jones, Ashley Judd.
After serving time for her
husband’s murder, a woman
tries to prove he’s still alive.
(WTN) “Flirting With
Forty” (Comedy/
Drama,2008) Heather
Locklear, Robert Buckley. A
divorced mother of two has
a wild fling with her surfing
instructor when on vacation.
(SHOW) “Toxic Skies”
(Thriller,2008) Anne Heche,
James Tupper. A doctor must
find a cure for mysterious
disease spreading at an
alarming pace. (14+)
9:10 (FAM) “Teen Beach Movie”
(Family,2013) Ross Lynch,
Maia Mitchell. Brady and
McKenzie try to return to
present day; their lives may
be changed forever. (PG)
10:00 (VIS) “McCloud: Shivaree
on Delancy Street”
(Suspense,1974) Dennis
Weaver, Teri Garr. A tailor
wins big on the numbers,
but gets nothing but trouble
when trying to collect. (PG)
Friday 06/26
Evening
9:00 (SHOW) “Fire Quake”
(Action,2014) Nigel Barber,
Zoë Barker. The introduction
of a new energy source
goes awry when it starts
destroying planet earth.
(FAM) “Teen Beach Movie
2” (Family,2015) Ross
Lynch, Maia Mitchell. Brady
and Mack must devise a plan
to get their friends back into
the movie world. (PG)
10:00 (TOON) “The Punisher”
(Action,2004) Thomas Jane,
John Travolta. A special
agent becomes a vigilante
after a ruthless assassin
murders his family. (18+)
(WTN) “The Proposal”
(Comedy,2009) Sandra
Bullock, Ryan Reynolds.
A pushy woman forces her
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assistant to marry her in
order to avoid deportation to
Canada. (14+)
(LIFE) “Spider-Man
2” (Action,2004) Tobey
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.
Peter Parker struggles
to balance his personal
life and his superhero
responsibilities. (14+)
(APTN) “From Above”
(Drama,2013) Danny Glover,
Graham Greene. A man
recalls the struggles to defy
social conventions as he sits
by his love’s death bed.
11:00 (CMT) “Georgia Rule”
(Comedy,2007) Felicity
Huffman, Jane Fonda. A
family reunites when a
teen is sent to live with her
grandmother for the summer.
(SHOW) “Terminator
Salvation” (Action,2009)
Christian Bale, Sam
Worthington. A group
of survivors tries to stop
machines from eradicating
all of humanity. (14+)
(OWN) “Coach Carter”
(Drama,2005) Samuel L.
Jackson, Robert Ri’chard. A
basketball coach prevents his
team from playing until they
improve their grades. (14+)
11:10 (FAM) “Avalon High”
(Children,2010) Brittany
Robertson, Molly C. Quinn.
A girl is transferred to a
new school and discovers
her school is a modern day
Camelot. (G)
12:30 (WTN) “The Proposal”
(Comedy,2009) Sandra
Bullock, Ryan Reynolds.
A pushy woman forces her
assistant to marry her in
order to avoid deportation to
Canada. (14+)
1:00 (TOON) “The Punisher”
(Action,2004) Thomas Jane,
John Travolta. A special
agent becomes a vigilante
after a ruthless assassin
murders his family. (18+)
1:30 (SHOW) “Terminator 2:
Judgement Day” (SciFi, 1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton. A
machine is sent back in time
to protect a boy who will be
the saviour of the world.
Saturday 06/27
Evening
4:30 (CH) “Life With Father”
(Comedy/Drama,1947)
William Powell, Irene
Dunne. A story about
growing up in New York
with a loving but eccentric
father and his wife. (G)
(WTN) “Twilight” (Drama,
2008) Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson. A teenager
yearning for belonging
unexpectedly falls in love
with a vampire.
(SHOW) “Terminator
Salvation” (Action,2009)
Christian Bale, Sam
Worthington. A group
of survivors tries to stop
machines from eradicating
all of humanity. (14+)
4:40 (SPACE) “Atlantic Rim”
(Action,2013) A.I. robots are
used to defend the country
against giant monsters. (14+)
5:00 (TBS) “Lemony Snicket’s
a Series of Unfortunate
Events” (Adventure,2004)
Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken. 3
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
wealthy, recently orphaned
children are taken in by their
conniving, greedy uncle.
6:30 (SPACE) “Battlestar
Galactica: Blood &
Chrome” (Sci-Fi,2013)
Luke Pasqualino, Ben
Cotton. Chronicles the early
career of William Adama
during the first Cylon War.
7:00 (WTN) “The Twilight Saga:
New Moon” (Drama,2009)
Kristen Stewart, Taylor
Lautner. When Edward
leaves town, Bella turns to
Jacob for comfort but soon
learns he has a secret. (14+)
8:00 (TOON) “Journey to the
Center of the Earth”
(Adventure,2008) Brendan
Fraser, Josh Hucherson.
A geologist discovers a
map to the center of the
earth amongst his brother’s
possessions. (14+)
(SHOW) “End of the World”
(Sci-Fi,2013) Caroline Cave,
Simon Chin. The fate of
the world depends on sci-fi
video obsessed video store
clerks. (14+)
9:00 (CH) “Blue Crush”
(Adventure, 2002) Kate
Bosworth, Matthew Davis. A
surfer girl falls for a football
player while preparing for an
important competition. (14+)
10:00 (CBC) “Moving Day”
(Comedy/Drama,2012)
Gabriel Hogan, Bill Carr.
Men working for a moving
company learn they must
move forward in life to save
their jobs. (14+)
(HIST) “Wrath of the
Titans” (Action,2011) Sam
Worthington, Liam Neeson.
When the ancient Titans are
unleashed, Perseus braves
the underworld to stop them.
(TOON) “The Sitter”
(Comedy,2011) Jonah Hill,
Ari Graynor. After being
suspended from college, a
student reluctantly agrees to
watch his neighbours. (18+)
(WTN) “Dear John”
(Drama,2010) Channing
Tatum, Amanda Seyfried.
While on leave, a soldier
returns home where he falls
in love with a student. (14+)
(BRAVO) “Star Spangled
Banners” (Drama,2013)
Christian Campbell, Brooke
White. Desiree is reunited
with the band she once
headlined with her brothers
by her mother. (PG)
(SHOW) “The Hangover”
(Comedy,2009) Ed Helms,
Bradley Cooper. After a wild
night in Las Vegas, three
men retrace their steps to
locate a missing groom.
(LIFE) “Magic Mike”
(Drama,2012) Channing
Tatum, Matthew
McConaughey. A male
dancer teaches his apprentice
how to make money at the
strip club. (14+)
(TBS) “EuroTrip”(Comedy,
2004) Scott Mechlowicz,
Jessica Boehrs. A teenager
travels to Germany with his
friends in order to meet his
gorgeous online tutor. (18+)
(SPACE) “Airplane vs.
Volcano” (Action,2014)
Dean Cain, Robin Givens.
A commercial airliner is
trapped inside a ring of
erupting volcanoes. (14+)
(STAR) “Grown Up Movie
10:00
10:30
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 
      
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  
    
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      
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      
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          
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  
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         
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       
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   
      
 
  
    
   
     
  
  
    
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   
     
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 
   
  
    
  
      
                   
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      
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      
     
 
               

  
    

  
   
    
       
 
   
    
  
  
    
     
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   
  

  





   

    


 
 
  
 

 

 
      
   
      
              
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
  

 
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
  
 
       
 
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   



 
 
     
  


 
Star” (Drama,2010) Shawn
Doyle, Tatiana Maslany.
A 13-year-old girl is
determined to grow up fast
after her mother runs away.
(APTN) “Charlie Zone”
(Drama,2011) Glen Gould,
Amanda Crew. A disgraced
boxer is hired to take a
runaway from a crack house
and return her to family.
11:00 (FAM) “Read it and Weep”
(Comedy,2006) Kay
Panabaker, Marquise Brown.
A girl accidentally turns her
personal journal in as her
homework assignment. (G)
12:00 (BRAVO) “Love’s Kitchen”
(Comedy/Drama,2011) John
Atterbury, Pamela Binns.
A widowed restaurateur
is encouraged to turn a
country pub into a gourmet
restaurant. (14+)
(SHOW) “The Hangover
Part II” (Comedy,2011)
Bradley Cooper, Zach
Galifianakis. Two years after
the Las Vegas bachelor party,
the guys head to Thailand
for Stu’s wedding. (18+)
(SPACE) “Asteroid vs.
Earth” (Sci-Fi,2014) Tia
Carrere, Jason Brooks.
Earth’s greatest minds come
together when the planet
is threatened by a meteor
shower. (14+)
12:05 (ATV) “Bon Cop Bad Cop”
(Comedy,2006) Colm Feore,
Patrick Huard. Two cops
from different provincial
police forces are thrown
together on a murder case.
12:30 (WTN) “Dear John”
(Drama,2010) Channing
Tatum, Amanda Seyfried.
While on leave, a soldier
returns home where he falls
in love with a student. (14+)
(LIFE) “Magic Mike”
(Drama,2012) Channing
Tatum, Matthew
McConaughey. A male
dancer teaches his apprentice
how to make money at the
strip club. (14+)
1:00 (TOON) “The Sitter”
(Comedy,2011) Jonah Hill,
Ari Graynor. After being
suspended from college, a
student reluctantly agrees to
watch his neighbours. (18+)
(COM) “Two Weeks Notice”
(Comedy,2002) Sandra
Bullock, Hugh Grant. A
tycoon and a lawyer can’t
get along, until they find
they can’t live without each
other. (14+)
(STAR) “Grown Up Movie
Star” (Drama,2010) Shawn
Doyle, Tatiana Maslany.
A 13-year-old girl is
determined to grow up fast
after her mother runs away.
Sunday 06/28
Evening
5:00 (CBC) “Cats and Dogs”
(Comedy,2001) Voices of
Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth
Perkins. A cat bent on world
domination escalates the
ongoing war between felines
and canines. (PG)
(WTN) “What Lies
Beneath” (Thriller,2000)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison
Ford. While home alone,
the wife of a professor is
haunted by her husband’s
dead lover. (14+)
TUESDAY EVENING
6:30
7:00
7:30
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   
  

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

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





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





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


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
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






(BRAVO) “Jack Taylor:
The Magdalen Martyrs”
(Crime Story,2011) Nathan
Reynolds, Ger Carey.
Jack Taylor is hired by the
daughter of a former inmate
to find the identity of a nun.
5:30 (TBS) “Red Eye” (Thriller,
2005) Rachel McAdams,
Cillian Murphy. A charming
man connected to an
assassination plot holds a
woman hostage on a plane.
6:00 (SPACE) “Airplane vs.
Volcano” (Action,2014)
Dean Cain, Robin Givens.
A commercial airliner is
trapped inside a ring of
erupting volcanoes. (14+)
7:00 (CMT) “My Best Friend’s
Wedding” (Comedy,1997)
Julia Roberts, Dermot
Mulroney. A woman tries to
break up her best friend’s
wedding so she can marry
him herself. (14+)
9:00 (ASN) “Bridal Wave”
(Romance,2015) Arielle
Kebbel, Andrew W. Walker.
A bride-to-be is planning her
wedding with well off doctor
but meets a charming local.
(CH) “The Bourne
Identity” (Action,2002)
Matt Damon, Franka
Potente. An amnesiac tries to
piece together his mysterious
past while eluding unknown
assassins. (14+)
(LIFE) “The Vow” (Drama,
2012) Rachel McAdams,
Channing Tatum. After a car
accident, a woman wakes up
with severe memory loss.
10:00 (WTN) “Martha Marcy May
Marlene” (Drama,2011)
Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah
Paulson. A woman attempts
to rejoin her family again
after running away from an
abusive cult. (14+)
(BRAVO) “The Big Wed
ding” (Comedy,2013)
Robert De Niro, Diane
Keaton. A long-divorced
couple pretend to be married
for their son’s wedding.
(TBS) “The International”
(Thriller,2009) Clive Owen,
Naomi Watts. An Interpol
agent and a district attorney
uncover corruption within
the world’s top banks. (18+)
11:00 (TOON) “Shallow Hal”
(Comedy,2001) Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jack Black. A
shallow man falls for an
obese woman when he is
hypnotized to see only inner
beauty. (PG)
11:30 (CBC) “The Baby Formula”
(Comedy,2009) Megan
Fahlenblock. Two women
who are desperate to have
their own child take a chance
on experimental science.
12:00 (BRAVO) “The Beaver”
(Drama,2011) Mel Gibson,
Jodie Foster. A troubled
executive uses a beaver
hand puppet to deal with the
people in his life. (14+)
(SPACE) “Repo Men” (Sci
Fi,2010) Jude Law, Forest
Whitaker. In a future where
artificial organs can be
bought on credit, they can
also be repossessed. (18+)
12:30 (WTN) “Martha Marcy May
Marlene” (Drama,2011)
Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah
Paulson. A woman attempts
to rejoin her family again
after running away from an
abusive cult. (14+)
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
C7
1:00 (LIFE) “Die Another
Day” (Action,2002) Pierce
Brosnan, Halle Berry.
James Bond must uncover
the connection between
a terrorist and a deceitful
diamond broker. (14+)
(COM) “City Slickers”
(Comedy,1991) Billy
Crystal, Daniel Stern. Three
middle-aged friends sign up
for a two-week cattle drive
in the western wilderness.
1:30 (TOON) “Shallow Hal”
(Comedy,2001) Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jack Black. A
shallow man falls for an
obese woman when he is
hypnotized to see only inner
beauty. (PG)
Monday 06/29
Evening
8:30 (FAM) “Den Brother”
(Family,2010) Hutch Dano,
G. Hannelius. A teenage
hockey player is forced to
lead his little sister’s Girl
Guide group. (G)
9:00 (SHOW) “Anatomy of
Deception” (Thriller,2014)
Natasha Henstridge,
Lochlyn Munro. A district
attorney is stalked by a man
who wants to prevent her
from becoming mayor. (14+)
10:00 (CH) “Kiss Kiss Bang
Bang” (Action,2005)
Robert Downey Jr., Val
Kilmer. When a small-time
thief poses as an actor, he
gets caught up in a murder
mystery. (18+)
1:00 (VIS) “The Pathfinder”
(Drama,1995) Graham
Greene, Kevin Dillon. A
mid-18th century British
scout travels the North
American frontier. (PG)
Tuesday 06/30
Evening
8:30 (FAM) “Cow Belles”
(Family,2006) Amanda
Michalka, Alyson Michalka.
Two teens put aside their
pampered lives to save a
business and their father’s
reputation. (G)
9:00 (CH) “Lady in the Water”
(Fantasy,2006) Paul
Giamatti, Bryce Dallas
Howard. A man discovers
a lady in the pool of his
building who happens to be
from Blue World. (14+)
(SHOW) “Stonehenge
Apocalypse” (Sci-Fi,2010)
Misha Collins, Torri
Higginson. The fate of the
world is threatened when
an ancient machine is found
under Stonehenge. (14+)
10:00 (STAR) “Servitude”
(Comedy,2011) Joe Dinicol,
John Bregar. Waiters at
a restaurant plan revenge
when they discover they’re
going to lose their jobs.
(VIS) “The Pathfinder”
(Drama,1995) Graham
Greene, Kevin Dillon. A
mid-18th century British
scout travels the North
American frontier. (PG)
1:00 (VIS) “A Price Above
Rubies” (Drama,1998)
Renée Zellweger,
Christopher Eccleston. A
member of a closed Hasidic
community constantly
breaks religious rules. (18+)
10:00
10:30
JUNE 30
11:00 11:30
    
 
  
   
      
   
   
  

   
  

 

    
     

    
 
 
   
 



        
 
        
           
   
 
 
 
 
                      
    
            
   

     
 
   
 
         
   
   +++       
  
    
    
  
  

    
          

       

 
     
    
 
 
  
   
     
  
  
    

  
   
  
 
     
 
 
     
  
  
  
  
           
 
 
 
        
       
 
 
          
 

  
           
    
       
 
   
          





 ++   

   
  

  





   

 
 


   
  
 
 
 
   
 
      
         

            
 
  
    
  
    
 
    


  

     
     
  


   


     
  

++     
C8
LighthouseNow Progress Bulletin, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
www.lighthousenow.ca
Health authority gets top marks
Local chair pleased with progress to community well-being
community wellness grants every
year, with money from the Department of Health and Wellness, to
projects addressing one of the five
priorities in the board’s health plan.
Last year, the board allocated
$36,500 worth of grant money to 25
projects.
The New Ross Community Food
Project and Petite Riviere Elementary School were two recipients.
The former aims to address issues
of food security and sustainability through collaborating with local
stores and farmers, while the latter received funding for yoga mats,
Taekwondo lessons and an all-girls
support group.
Debbie Reeves, outgoing treasurer of the board, said since the
grant program was established in
2002, slightly more than 200 organizations across the county have
received over $300,000 in funding.
“Schools aren’t able to provide
the physical activity that they once
did, and health departments had to
pick it up,” said Reeves. She added
the money they’ve been able to provide has allowed schools to implement programs like the ones at Petite Riviere. “There’s our future,”
By MICHAEL LEE
michael.lee@lighthousenow.ca
M@mtaylorlee
South Shore Health (SSH) has
done an excellent job implementing recommendations to improve
the health of people in Lunenburg County, according to Martina
Groeger, chair of the Lunenburg
County Community Health Board
(LCCHB).
At its annual general meeting
last Tuesday, the LCCHB reported
on progress being made by SSH in
addressing recommendations contained in the board’s community
health plan for 2013-18.
In collaboration with the Queens
County Community Health Board,
41 recommendations were made in
five priority areas including physical health and well-being; healthy
eating and food security; addictions; mental health and well-being; and healthy child, youth and
MICHAEL LEE PHOTO
family development.
From
left,
David
Patrick,
Lisa
Pomfrey-Talbot,
Debbie
Reeves,
Shirley
Dagley,
Patricia
Culbert,
“The document will continue to
serve us as a guideline in our ef- Martina Groeger, Helen Annable, Stacey Godsoe and Jim Wolstenholme of the Lunenburg County
forts to improve health for the resi- Community Health Board.
dents of Lunenburg County facing
challenges like high rates of chron14 reporting year. With the recent consolidation of nine
ic disease and obesity, low rates of physical activity,
district health authorities into one, the LCCHB will now she said.
poor eating habits, low income, aging population, lack of
Groeger said it was exciting to realize how many great
mobility [and] shortage of family doctors,” said Groeger. give its assessments to the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
The
board
was
pleased
with
certain
provincial
efforts,
ideas
and how much engagement can be found in the
In particular, the board looked for greater collaboration among community agencies and the Department of including the ban on flavoured tobacco and menthol community to improve health.
The board will be saying goodbye to three board memHealth and Wellness, and Department of Education, in cigarettes in the province, which made Nova Scotia the
first jurisdiction in the world to enact such measures.
bers including Tina Hennigar, board member for three
tackling these issues.
Groeger said these efforts will help steer young people years and community relations director at LighthouseDavid Patrick, an LCCHB board member, drafted the
NOW; Shirley Dagley, board member for six and a half
response to the health authority. He said the need for away from smoking by making it less attractive.
The board was also pleased with increased physical years; and Debbie Reeves, board member for 12 years and
greater collaboration has been brought up consistently
activity resources, promotion of breast feeding and ac- the longest serving LCCHB member.
and he is pleased to see it finally being implemented.
The LCCHB is currently looking for replacements for
Every year, the board receives updates from the health cess to mental-health services.
authority. The latest report came from SSH for the 2013To advance its recommendations, the LCCHB awards the three.
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Happy Canada Day!
LUNENBURG
PETITE RIVIERE
12pm – 6pm C
anada Day Celebrations at Petite Riviere Fire Hall Duck
race, children and adult activities, food and entertainment.
Community fireworks near MacLeods Canteen in Green Bay.
For information call 688-2117
Fireworks at dusk
1​1​am – 1pm R
esidents and visitors are invited to join in the celebrations
at the 250th Anniversary Park behind the Fire Hall on Medway Street. Entertainment will be provided by Mid Life Crisis, face painting for the children, town councillors will BBQ
and serve complimentary hot dogs, juice and watermelon.
In the event of inclement weather, the festivities will be held
at the Lunenburg Community Centre.
BRIDGEWATER
Street Fair & Extras!
7am – 11amLegion Breakfest – 24 Church Street
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24
8:45am – 12pmSouth Shore Kids Triathlon – Outdoor Pool
9am – 1pm10th Annual Ball Hockey Tourney (Age 7-12)
Bridgewater Memorial Arena
9am – 3pmAll Day 3 on 3 basketball
Bridgewater High School
10am – 4pm
Flea Market
10am – 2pm
Farmers Market
12pm – 5pm
Car Show in Mall Parking Lot
12:30pm – 2pmTim Hortons FREE swim – Outdoor Pool
1pm – 7pm
Sports & Actvity Demonstrations
1:30pm – 6pm10th Annual Ball Hockey Tourney (Age 13+)
Bridgwater Memorial Arena
3pm – 7pmBounce Kingdom’s Bounce Arounds
7pm – 11pmThe LAST EVER "Bounce Roadshow" featuring "DJ Mutt"
All Day Food Vendors
All Day Street Vendors
NEW GERMANY
Live Entertainment (King Court)
11:15am – 12pm Hank Middleton
12pm – 12:30pm Opening Ceremonies
12:45pm – 1:45pmCollage
2:00pm – 3:00pm Bucket List
3:15pm – 4:15pm John Barr & Art Cole
4:30pm – 5:15pm Dairy Farm Kids
5:30pm – 6:30pm Midlife Crisis
6:45pm – 7:45pm Dockyard Boxer
8:00pm – 10:00pmWitchitaw
2pm – 10pm C
elebrate Canada Day at the New Ross Legion. There will
be live music, BBQ, children’s games and fireworks to end
the day at 10pm!
NEW ROSS
MAHONE BAY
6pm – 10:30pm C
ANADA DAY MICA CONCERT at the Mug and Anchor
Pub. Live Music Featured: Celtic, 80s, 90s, covers and
much more! Tickets only at the Bar: $20. Proceeds will be
donated to the Mahone Islands Conservation Association!
Kids Zone
12pm – 6pm All Events
Petting Zoo, Children's Play area, Games of Chance, Face
Painting, Bridgewater Police Car demonstration, Lions Club
Train Rides, Magician, Fire Breather
12pm – 3pm Disovery Center doing "Slimy Science"
Relay Races
1pm
Watermelon Eating
2pm
3 Legged Race
3pm
Wheel Barrow
4pm
Water Balloon Toss
5pm
Sack Race
* Pre-register by calling 902-543-2274
(Done in age groups)
7​ am – 10am Canada Day Breakfast at St. John’s Anglican Church Hall
9:30 am Children’s Parade​.​Prizes for all entries.
1pm Canada Day Ox Pull at the rear of the Legion Grounds.
2pm Annual Street Parade leaves New Germany Elementary
School and proceeds through the village.
4pm Bean, Ham and Salad Supper at the RC Legion Hall
4pm Garden Party following the parade, train rides, bounce
around and other concession stands offering curly fries,
pizza, donuts, ice cream, cotton candy, glow products and
other sought after items @ New Germany Legion Grounds.
5pm Opening Ceremonies with Canada Day birthday cake followed by an evening of live musical entertainment
7pm Presentation of prizes to parade finalists.
10:30 pm Display of Fireworks provided by the Canada Day Committee.
RIVERPORT
11:00am 1:30pm 9:30pm Fish Fry
Street Parade
Awesome Fireworks !!!
Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
Hon. Mark Furey
MLA, Lunenburg West
Fireworks!!!
10:15pm
* Old Bridge closes after 6pm to
set up fireworks
MLA, Lunenburg
Happy
Canada Day
125 A Cornwall Road
Blockhouse
NS, B0J 1EO
Suzanne
Lohnes-Croft
Suzanne
Lohnes-Croft
MLA,
Lunenburg
tel: MLA,
531-3095
fax: 531-3094
Lunenburg
lunenburgmla@eastlink.ca
125 A125
Cornwall
Road
A Cornwall Road
Blockhouse
NS, B0J
Blockhouse
NS, 1EO
B0J 1EO
tel: 531-3095
fax: 531-3094
tel: 531-3095
fax: 531-3094
lunenburgmla@eastlink.ca
lunenburgmla@eastlink.ca
MUSIQUE ROYALE
OPEN 7AM - 9PM MON. - SAT.
Happy Canada Day!
Our 30th Anniversary Season begins
on July 12, 3:00 pm at
St. Barnabas Church,
Blue Rocks with
La Tour Baroque Duo
Summer Steal of a Deal!
1 month
unlimited
$
40
+ tax
OR
new this
summer:
1 week
unlimited
$
17
+ tax
JULY & AUGUST HOURS
Sunday & Monday Closed
Tues. 9am-6pm; Wed. & Thurs. 9am-8pm
Fri. 9am-6pm; Sat. 9am-5pm
Sunny Oasis Tanning & Hair Studio
455 King St., Bridgewater 902-543-1064
Free parking off Dufferin Street
CANADA
DAY
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Enjoy Canada Day Celebrations
with Family & Friends
Denise
Peterson-Rafuse
MLA, Chester - St. Margaret’s
Have a Safe & Happy
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BUCK’S
Gerald KEDDY
Your Member of Parliament for South Shore – St. Margaret’s
Happy Canada Day!
We’ve Got Your Lumber
North Street, Bridgewater
543-2445
1-800-313-2445
Fax 543-2284
e-mail: b.buck@buckshomecentre.ca
Nova Scotia B0J 1J0
902-279-3378
1-877-740-3378
denisepetersmla@bellaliant.com
Please celebrate responsibly.
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902.543.3148 www.bptd.ca
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201
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2S7
1-888-816-4446
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MEETINGS
CHURCH
COMMUNITY
VARIETY SHOWS
BREAKFASTS
Lunenburg County
Home Support
ServiCeS SoCiety’S
Traditional
(sung)
Evensong Service St.
Mary’s
Anglican
Crousetown 5 p.m.
Sunday,
June
28.
Refreshments following
service.
Fundraiser
Dessert
Theatre, Saturday, June
27, 6 p.m. Blandford
Community Centre, with
Have A Laugh Players
presenting “Bless Me,
Father.”
Chinese
Auction and live musical
entertainment. Tickets
$15
Dave Burbine Concert,
June 28, 1:30 p.m. Italy
Cross, Middlewood and
District
fire
hall.
Admission $6.
Breakfast
at
Royal
Canadian Legion #23,
Lunenburg, June 27,
7:30-11:30 a.m. Adults
$8; ages 5-12, $4. Takeout available for pick-up
$8.50. 902-634-4215
AnnuAl
GenerAl
MeetinG
will be held on
Monday, June 19,
2015 at 4:30 pm
197 Dufferin St., Suite 304,
bridgewater, nS
Annual Meeting of the
West
Northfield
Community Centre, June
25, 7:30 p.m. Everyone
welcome.
German-Canadian
Cultural
Association
Kaffeeklatsch, Saturday,
June 27, 2:30 p.m.,
Lane’s Privateer Inn,
Liverpool, 27 Bristol Ave.
If you drink, that’s your
business. If you want to
stop, that’s ours! Call AA
1-888-853-7222,
(902)530-0001
COMMUNITY
Canada Day Celebrations
at Petite Riviere Fire Hall,
beginning at noon. Food,
music, activities for children, silent auction and
free cake. Duck race
starting at approximately
3 p.m. Fireworks near
MacLeod’s Canteen at
Green Bay.
Dart Tournament will be
held at the Riverport
Community
Centre,
Friday, June 26. To register call 902-766-4277
or
902-766-4687.
Proceeds to help a local
family.
Lunenburg Art Gallery
Oil Paintings Exhibit.
Opening Reception for
“DWELLINGS,”
Mary
Garoutte
and “MY
NOVA SCOTIA HOME,”
Michael Hayes, Tuesday,
June 30, 5 p.m.
SUPPERS
Pasta Supper. Friday,
June 26, 4- 6:30 p.m.,
Wesley United Church,
22 Drew’s Hill Road,
Petite Riviere. Adults
$10, children under 10
years $5, under 5 years
no charge. Building fundraiser
Monday, June 29
at 8:00 pm
JULY 3, 4 & 5
CANSO, NS
45 ARTISTS
100+ SHOWS
6 STAGES
4 DAYS
CAMPING
STILL
AVAILABLE!
RITA COOLIDGE
LIVINGSTON
TAYLOR
ALAN DOYLE
Not a
camper?
Come for
a day trip!
AND MANY MORE!
JOIN US IN CAN-SO AS WE RISE AGAIN!
AGM
Sunday June 28, 2015
3:00 PM
35 Falkland St
Lunenburg Foundry
former garage building.
TENDERS
OUR
HEALTH
CENTRE
50/50
Lottery
Blockhouse & District
Fire Department
Tender - Fire Station
Special draw
June 29th
$1000
minimum
prize
STANFEST.COM q 1-888-554-7826
Hebbville
village
Commission
Annual General Meeting
Hebbville Fire Hall
Breakfast/ Brunch on
Sunday, June 28 from
9:00- 1:00 p.m., Mahone
Bay
Legion. Adults
$8.00, children $4.00,
ages 5 and under free.
NOTICES
TEAS
SUPPERS
BREAKFASTS
Strawberry
Social,
Wednesday, July 8, 11 -1
p.m.,
Riverport
Community
Center.
Sandwiches,
sweets,
strawberry desserts, beverages. Bowls of fresh
strawberries and cream.
Bake table. Adults $9.
Sponsored
by
St.
Matthew’s
Lutheran
Church.
June 24, Wednesday,
Cold Plate Supper, Italy
Cross, Middlewood and
District fire hall, 4-6 p.m.
Take-outs available, pick
up only. Adults $10; children (5-12) $5. Proceeds
for ladies auxiliary.
July
4,
Saturday,
Breakfast, Italy Cross,
Middlewood and District
fire hall, 7- 11 a.m.
Adults $8; children (512) $3.50. Proceeds for
fire department.
OX/HORSE PULL
Horse and Ox Pull, July
11, Conquerall Mills
community hall, weighin 9-11:30 a.m. Pull
starts
12:30
p.m.
Random prize draws for
teamsters. Variety supper
starting at 4:30 p.m.
Bring your own chair.
The 95 Annual Meeting of the
Riverport Electric Light Commission
will be held at Riverport Fire Hall
in Riverport on
Monday, June 29 at 7pm
th
All rate payers are entitled to attend and vote.
By order of:
J. Johnston - Chair
S. Drake - Clerk Treasurer
Cornwall & District Fire
Department
Annual
Chicken BBQ. 3:30 p.m.
‘til it’s gone, Saturday,
June 27. Rain or shine.
2588 Cornwall Road,
Middle Cornwall
Strawberry
Supper,
Hebb’s
Cross
Fire
Department, June 27, 4 6:30 p.m. Baked beans,
ham, scalloped potato,
potato salad, tea, coffee,
juice. Strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh
strawberries. Adults $10,
children 12 -5 $5, under
5 free.
Strawberry
Supper;
Conquerall Bank fire hall.
June 28, 4-6 p.m. $9
adults, $4 children, under
5 free.
Variety Supper at our
horse and ox pull,
Conquerall Mills community hall, July 11, 4:30
p.m. Adults $9; children
5-12 $4; under 5 free.
BREAKFASTS
Big Breakfast hosted by
St. Norbert’s, Saturday,
July 4th. This month’s
charity Special Olympics.
Watch for ad next week.
Newfie
Breakfast,
Saturday, June 27, 7:3010:30, Chester Basin
Legion. Menu selections
and take-out available.
Saturday,
June
27,
United Communities Fire
Dept. Breakfast, Cherry
Hill firehall, 8 -11 a.m.
Adults $8, 5 -12 $4,
under 5 free.
BINGOS
Mahone Bay
Fire Department
CANADA DAY
BINGO
Starting 2 pm
Doors Open 11:30
Treat bags,
stand up bingo,
pick a friend and
Door Prizes
184 Kinburn St.
Local food banks
need your support!
The Blockhouse & District Fire Department
requests tenders for a new Fire Station.
Tender packages are available by contacting
Committee Chair, Shawn MacDonald at
902-527-8266 or sgmdoors@gmail.com.
Sealed tenders, clearly marked “New Fire
Station” attention Shawn MacDonald Will
be received no later than July 25th, 2015
at 5:00pm BDFD reserves the right to reject
any or all tenders. The lowest tender will not
necessarily be accepted.
Tenders will not be accepted by fax or email,
but must be hand delivered.
MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT
OF LUNENBURG
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned up to 2:00 p.m.,
local time, July 17, 2015 for the following:
#2015-01-400 Investment Growth and Attraction Strategy
Proposals will be publicly opened in the council chambers at
210 Aberdeen Rd., Bridgewater, N.S. at 2:00 p.m., local time
on the closing date.
All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked
with the proposal name and number. Specifications and/or particulars
may be obtained from the undersigned.
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals, not necessarily accept the lowest proposal, or to
accept any proposal which it may consider to be in its best interest.
The Municipality also reserves the right to waive formality, informality
or technicality in any proposal.
V.E. Oakley, CPPB
Purchasing Coordinator
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
210 Aberdeen Rd.
Bridgewater, N.S. B4V 4G8
Tel: (902) 541-1324
MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT
OF LUNENBURG
TENDER
Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned up to 2:00 p.m.,
local time, July 6, 2015 for the following:
# 2015-05-002 Church Lake Parking Lot
* A MANDATORY pre-tender meeting will be held
at the parking lot site located across from
civic address 324, on the Newburne Road, Newburne
on June 24, 2015 at 1 p.m. local time *
Tenders will be publicly opened in the council chambers at
210 Aberdeen Rd., Bridgewater, N.S. at 2 p.m., local time
on the closing date.
All tenders must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly
marked with the tender name and number. Specifications and/or
particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg reserves the right
to reject any or all tenders, not necessarily accept the lowest
tender, or to accept any tender which it may consider to be in its
best interest. The Municipality also reserves the right to waive
formality, informality or technicality in any tender.
V.E. Oakley, CPPB
Purchasing Coordinator
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
210 Aberdeen Road
Bridgewater N.S. B4V 4G8
Tel: (902) 541-1324
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APTS.
LAND FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FIREWOOD
PETS/SUPPLIES
Bridgewater. One bedroom apartment includes
appliances, hot and cold
water, parking. Clean,
well-maintained security
building. $465 monthly
(no pets, non smokers).
902-543-3568, 902-5431025
Wooded lot, secluded 81/2 acres, 1 miles
wooded private road
access, near Lunenburg.
902-644-2792, 902-5273418
4 electric motors; tailgate sander; 10 interesting ancient rocks, others
for walkways, etc. 902644-2792, 902-527-3418
DSL or Cable high-speed
internet service, add
Digital home phone service $14.95/mth includes
all features and free
long distance service. No
credit
or
deposits.
yourcitywide.com
1-800-600-5667
SAWMILLS from only
$4,397 - MAKE MONEY
& SAVE MONEY with
your own bandmill - Cut
lumber any dimension. In
stock ready to ship. FREE
Info
&
DVD:
www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT.
Hardwood firewood. Cut,
split and delivered. Call
902-685-3272 or 902523-4461
Complaints of animal
mistreatment should be
reported to SPCA at 1888-703-7722. For any
other concerns regarding
animals call 766-4787.
Dufferin
Street,
Bridgewater, 2 bedroom first floor apartment $570 monthly
plus utilities. No pets.
Call 543-6262
For rent: 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apt. Heat, hot and
cold water, fridge, stove,
coin laundry, parking,
security building. Clean,
well maintained building. No pets, security
deposit required. 5271843.
Mahone Bay- Two bedroom apartment, security
building. Heat and hot
water included, fridge,
stove, coin laundry, close
to amenities. References
required. $690 monthly.
No dogs. 902-857-3320
Newly renovated one
bedroom loft-style apartment, centrally located,
Bridgewater. Quiet building. $650/ month, plus
utilities.
No
pets.
Available immediately.
For more information call
902-521-6980
One and two bedroom
apartments
available
August 1st. 72 Pleasant
Street. Fridge, range,
heat, hot water and coin
laundry included. Wood
floors. New building.
902-830-1737
Two bedroom basement
apartment,
own
entrance. Fridge, stove,
washer, dryer supplied.
Available now. 902-5435707.
1- 2 bedroom apartments in Bridgewater,
centrally located with
balconies.
Available
immediately.
Rent
includes fridge, stove
and parking. Rent incentives. 902-543-6088.
HOMES/RENT
4 bedroom Lunenburg
home for rent from
August 1, $1500 per
month. 902-529-2431
COMMERCIAL
Bridgewater. 599 King
St., King’s Court. 900 sq.
ft., second floor retail or
office space, $695 plus
utilities. Also 1,300 sq. ft.
space, $895 plus utilities.
902-527-1539
Double stainless steel
sink, dressers, bedroom
sets, air conditioner, love
chair, MDF/ wood moulding, steel door. 627-1986
Garden doors for sale,
inswing, windows, bottom half open. Best offer.
902-529-2259
LUNENBURG
OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
1 room office with
own entrance on Lincoln Street
All utilities included
Available immediately
Rent/lease to be negotiated
For inquiries, please email
strum2281@gmail.com
WANTED to RENT
Two bedroom apartment
or house, Bridgewater
area. Must allow dog.
902-521-0760
BUSINESS
Good quality reasonable
priced lawn tractors and
gas push mowers. 902634-3738
MEC child carrier backpack, used very little,
$100. 902-530-2481
IKEA pine dining table
with leaf, two drawers,
$200; 10” Delta construction saw, $35; 10”
Delta compound miter
saw, $200. Call evenings
902-688-1971
Lift chair, large, heat &
massage, by Pride, $500;
Airgo Rollator, XWide,
easy fold, $200. 902275-1398
MEC child carrier backpack, barely used, $200
new, sell for $100. 902530-2481
Quality firewood, delivered; lots, deeded access
to Sherbrooke Lake. G.
Falkenham and Sons Ltd.
Phone/fax 902-644-2792
STEEL
BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60%
OFF! 20X28, 30X40,
40X62,45X90,50X120,
60X150,80X100 sell for
balance owed! Call 1800-457-2206
h t t p : / / w w w .
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STEEL
BUILDINGS...
“OUR
BIG
35TH
ANNIVERSARY SALE!”
20X20
$4500.25X24
$5198. 30X30 $7449.
32X36 $8427. 40X46
$12140 One end Wall
Included. Pioneer Steel
1-800-668-5422 http://www.pioneersteel.ca
ANTIQUES
Rhodenizer
Antique Auctions
Buying Antiques &
Collectibles, one item
or complete estate
contents or will sell your
items on commission.
Judy Rhodenizer
902-543-5194
WANTED
Wanted: Used lawn tractors, running or not; also
Craftsman 38” and 48”
mower decks. 634-3738.
$$$ MAKE FAST CASH Start Your Own Business
Driveway
Sealing
Systems, Lawn Aerating
Units, Possible Payback
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Toll-Free
1-800-4650024,
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Professional
Dog
Grooming by Shirley
Place. 902-624-8718
FLEA MARKETS
CARS
Flea Market and BBQ,
every Saturday, 9-2, at
Naugler’s DenMart 2234
Highway
10,
West
Northfield. For tables call
902-530-2004
1991 Ford 1 ton, 6 cylinder, standard, electric
over hydraulic hoist, 5
speed, $3,500; 2004 Kia
5 speed, very good condition, $2,500. 902-6249102
Giant
Flea
Market,
Michelin Social Club,
Saturday, June 27, 8
a.m.- noon. Tables $5.
Admission $1. Book now
at 902-543-5018. By:
South Shore Wildlife
Association.
June 27, 2 p.m., rain or
shine. Flea Market and
Bake Sale, Cornwall &
District Fire Dept.
YARD SALES
Bake Sale/Yard Sale and
Silent Auction, June 27,
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Danesville United Church
Garage/ Yard Sale, multiple families. 399 Lower
Branch Road, 2 kms from
Bridgewater. June 27 and
28. Rain or shine. $5 bag
Sunday after 11 a.m.
July 1, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.,
60
Pinehurst
Ave,
Bridgewater (some fancy
dressers) Rain date, July
3.
Yard Sale, 151 Green
Street, Lunenburg, June
27, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. Rain
date: Sunday, June 28.
GREAT
CANADIAN
DOLLAR STORE franchise
opportunities.
With
stores from coast to
coast,
we’ve
been
“Working Together for
Success”® since 1993.
Call us today 506-8494123; www.dollarstores.
com.
Hip
or
Knee
Replacement? Problems
Walking or Getting
Dressed? The Disability
Tax Credit $2,000 Yearly
Tax Credit $20,000 Lump
Sum Refund. Must have
household
taxable
income! For Assistance:
1-844-453-5372
Well seasoned hardwood
and softwood. Cut, split
and delivered. 902-6852562
BOATS
1987 Bayliner 2550
Ciera Sunbridge, overall
length 28’, powered by a
7.4 MPI Mercury with
closed cooling system
and Bravo 2 drive.
Comes with electronics
and many new up
grades. 902-488-4080.
MOVING
CANE’S
MOVING.
Professional, reliable and
very careful residential
and office moving service. Local and long distance. 902-521-8596
Stubbs Moving. Local
and
long
distance.
Ontario, Alberta, BC,
return, insured, great
rates. 902-521-2693
1-866-447-5116
Two bedroom small
house, East Chester.
902-275-3443
®
Japanese Koi fish for
your aquarium or land
pond, various sizes and
colours, $3 - $10. 902624-9102
Offer Expires
July 31, 2015
WANTED
FIREARMS. All types
wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all
paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer.
1.866.960.0045 www.
dollars4guns.com.
HOMES/SALE
New two bedroom cottage under construction,
2 acre lot, Sherbooke
Lake access. 902-6442792 or 902-527-3418
Three bedroom house, 3
acre lot, large deck,
walkout
basement,
Church Lake access. 902644-2792,
902-5273418.
Paying highest prices for
gold and silver coins,
paper money, stamps,
pocket watches, war
medals, scrap gold and
silver. 902-275-7785
LAND FOR SALE
Will pay cash for old
Winchesters and old
ammo.
Also
other
assorted rifles, old traps
and bear traps. Wade,
902-543-9992
50 acres, borders on two
paved highways. 25
acres field, remainder
wooded. Phone/fax 902644-2792 or 902-5273418.
Would you sell your
sportscard, comic, toy,
postcard collection for
up to $50,000? If so,
phone 902-543-1050
Two lots for sale or lease
for private use with
access to Sherbooke
Lake. 902-644-2792 or
902-527-3418.
Guaranteed $
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We will run your 15-word private party
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ALL MAJOR BRANDS!
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13879 Dayspring
Hwy. #3
“We Appreciate Your
Business”
Available for JUNK
REMOVAL, brush/ tree
limb disposal, light moving,
deliveries,
etc.
Chainsaw work. 902543-6648
SIDING
PROFESSIONAL
INSTALLATION
& RENOVATIONS
LOWEST
PRICES
FREE
ESTIMATES
Over 23 Years
Quality Experience
Lifetime Warranty on
Windows & Doors
BLAIR LYONS
Cell 523-2276
644-3142
Carpenter, 35+ years
experience. Renovations,
additions, decks, hardwood/ laminate floors,
new windows, doors.
Free estimates. Call Gary
Mossman, 902-298-9046
Authorized
Servicer
PROMPT…COURTEOUS
PROFESSIONAL
902 298 1122
HAL JOHNSON
GENERAL CONTRACTING
30+ years experience
Yard Sale, Saturday, June
27, 8 a.m - 12 noon, 40
Hopson,
Street
Lunenburg.
Beagle puppies for sale.
902-523-1696
services
SEMCHUK’S
APPLIANCE REPAIR
Yard Sale, June 27, at
house 359 and 785,
Feltzen South, 9-1 p.m.
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Fully licened & insured.
Free estimate.
Ph.: 902-543-1815
Cell: 902-521-3046
Home
Maintenance:
Carpentry, laminate and
hardwood
flooring,
painting, minor electrical/ plumbing repairs.
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Financial Service Representative - Iqaluit, Nunavut
First Nations Bank of Canada is a federally chartered bank servicing
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal customers throughout Canada. We are
focused on delivering superior customer service and offering a full range
of personal and business banking products. First Nations Bank has a
strong history of growth and profitability with a clear strategy of expansion
in the Canadian marketplace and provides ongoing career opportunities
for our employees.
The Challenge: Reporting to the Branch Manager, you will contribute
to the achievement of business objectives and volume growth through
developing strong customer relationships. You are accountable for
understanding the needs of the customer and providing the right banking
solutions including mortgages, personal loans, credit counseling, basic
investment products and promoting the sale of all banking products
and services. You will provide strong support to the Branch Manager in
supervising the day to day operations.
Qualifications: Sales and results focused, working knowledge of
structuring personal loans and mortgage deals, supervisory experience,
strong interpersonal and communication skills, professional and efficient,
team spirited.
Compensation: First Nations Bank of Canada offers an attractive
comprehensive compensation and benefits package inclusive of a northern
allowance. Relocation and housing assistance will be provided to the
successful applicant.
Please submit your cover letter and
resume to hr@fnbc.ca or by visiting
our website at: www.fnbc.ca
shining a light on the progress of our south shore
CALL TODAY! 902-543-2457
or email: mail@lighthousenow.ca
*Some restrictions apply. Not all classifieds are applicable to
this rate. Only private party word/line ads apply to this rate.
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services
employment
Deck it Construction. For
a free quote call 902521-4071 or email: deck
itpatios@eastlink.ca
Derrik’s
Handyman
Services. Odd jobs, minor
repairs, junk removal.
Phone 902-530-2713.
KERBA Yard Works. Lawn
mowing, lawn aeration,
junk removal, pressure
washing and odd jobs.
902-530-5092
Mark Wade’s Backhoe
and Excavating Services.
521-1989
Midtown Construction.
Roofing, renovations, etc.
Carson Robar 902-2983178. Free estimates.
midtownconstruction@live.com
Rafuse’s
Roofing.
Reasonable
prices.
Phone Paul Rafuse. 902530-2361, 902-529-0920
TOWN OF LUNENBURG
EmpLOymENT OppORTUNiTy
mUNicipaL pLaNNiNG/dEvELOpmENT maNaGER:
The Town of Lunenburg is seeking a qualified municipal Planning/
Development Manager. This is a full-time opportunity to provide
community planning services to the Town of Lunenburg, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. As Lunenburg’s Planner and
Development Officer the successful candidate will be responsible
for development and planning initiatives to achieve the Town’s
Municipal Planning Strategy, Strategic Plan and other community
3” wide version
development objectives.
Desired
qualifications include:
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Stewart’s
Septic
Pumping. Claudette 5212218 or Wade 521-2219
Tree and limb removal.
Bucket truck and chipper.
Fully
insured.
Free
quotes. Best prices. 902514-0123
G.W. Tree
Removal
REMOVAL
TOPPING • PRUNING
60 ft. Bucket
Truck
Wood Chipper
Fully Insured,
Safety Certified
Free Estimates
Serving all of
Lunenburg County
GARRY WHYNOT
902-677-2038
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letters to Bea Renton, Chief Administrative Officer,
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Town of Lunenburg via: email brenton@explorelunenburg.ca, mail
c/o Town of Lunenburg, PO Box 129, Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0,
or fax (902) 634-4416.
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Application deadline: Friday, July 24, 2015.
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W.L. Oickle. Concrete
floors, slabs, walkways
and foundations. Over 25
years experience working in the concrete business. New addition to
the business a rubber
track excavator for small
groundwork jobs. 902543-0056, 902-521-0564
Coleman’s autohaus
licensed auto technician
Space
available
at
Cookvilla seniors’ home.
Respite
care
also.
Reasonable rates. Call
Carol
902-543-0308,
902-298-2365
Coleman’s Autohaus has an immediate requirement
for a Licensed Auto Technician. The candidate for this
position must possess the following:
• Have excellent diagnostic skills and pride in
workmanship.
• Desire to work in a Service Department where teamwork
and customer satisfaction are #1.
• Be well organized; possess a good work ethic and a
positive attitude.
• Be hard working, self-motivated and have excellent time
management skills.
• Have a valid NS drivers’ license and be able to provide an
acceptable drivers abstract.
• Have a valid Motor Vehicle Inspection License.
CLEANING
Looking to clean in
Bridgewater and surrounding areas. Spring
Cleaning. Houses, apartments and offices. Would
love to work with seniors, cooking, cleaning,
etc. Lots of experience.
Reasonable rates. 902685-2236, 902-521-0442
Need
brochures?
Call Liana or
Ronnie today
for a free quote!
902-543-2457
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Please forward your resume, in confidence, detailing your
qualifications to:
Adam Keddy
akeddy@colemansvw.com
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painting
M.C. Brush
Interior & Exterior Painting
Minor Carpentry Repairs
Specializing in Drywall, Taping & Repairs
MIKE CREASER
home
902-543-7974
Discover a better place to grow your career: a place that’s
caring, engaging and rewarding.
Danny Carey’s Insurance agency, an exclusive agent of
The Co-operators, a leading Canadian-owned insurance
and financial services company, is hiring.
the opportunity
You will work directly with clients to review their
insurance, manage their existing policies, and suggest
new products to provide the best coverage for thier
needs. We provide full benefits, ongoing training, personal
coaching and an income that matches your success.
If you are intersted in a career with an
exclusive agent of The Co- operators, send your résumé to
danny_carey_insurance_agency@cooperators.ca
VEY’S
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AUTO PARTS DISMANTLER
AUTO RECYCLERS LTD.
Inside shop
We are seeking the right individual
to join our team in Blandford.
Duties:
Inspect & remove parts from vehicles as instructed
Keep work area clean and safe
Complete necessary paperwork
Skills/ Experience:
Automotive dismantling experience essential
Strong time management
Self motivation
Ability to work well in a team environment
Must have own tools and transport
Hours: Full-time, Monday – Friday 8am-5pm
Pay and Benefits:
Pay will be based on experience
Health benefits package available
Please submit cover letter and resume to:
derek@coveys.com
EMPLOYMENT
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Assorted sizes
of ends of
newsprint rolls
available for
75¢ per pound.
Great for
packing!
Great for kids'
crafts!
First come, first served!
cell
902-527-4544
543-2457
VEY’S
AUTO RECYCLERS LTD.
Auto Parts Counter Sales Associate
We are currently seeking the right individual
to join our sales team in Blandford.
Skills/Experience:
Computer literate
Knowledge of auto parts
Excellent communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Previous customer experience essential
Inventory management considered an asset
Possess time management skills
Ability to organize and manage several priorities
at one time
Ability to work well in a team environment
Own transport necessary
Hours: Full-time, Mon. – Fri., 8-5pm
Pay and Benefits:
Salary plus commission.
Health benefits available.
Please submit cover letter and resume to:
derek@coveys.com
Superintendent to maintain a 24-unit apartment
building
in
central
Bridgewater. Duties light
cleaning, general maintenance and good people skills. Free rent. Apply
to 37 MacNeil Drive,
Bridgewater B4V 3N4
More than just
a newspaper!
Quality printing
at great prices!
543-2457
shining a light on the progress of our south shore
Career
OppOrtunities
BMI Ltd. is recruiting multiple full-time positions:
ELDERLY CARE
Will look after elderly in
their home, Queens
County. Will do appointments, meals, etc. 902677-2693
a better
EMPLOYMENT
opportunity awaits
a better
opportunity awaits
www.lighthousenow.ca
1. Electricians
– Journeypersons and Apprentices
2. High Pressure and Structural Welders
– Journeypersons and Apprentices
3. Building Maintenance
– Facilities maintenance skill set
4. Fork Truck Operators
5. Metal Fabricators
As part of the BMI team, you have the opportunity
to grow your skills and be challenged in your role!
APPLY:
Email: info@bmiltd.ca Website: www.bmiltd.ca Fax: 902.543.0083
In Person: 2232 Highway 325, Bridgewater, NS B4V 2W9
CASUAL OFFICE CLERK
The Town of Mahone Bay is in immediate need of an Office
Clerk on a casual basis.
Duties include: customer service; processing payments; posting
accounts payable invoices; updating spreadsheets; and other
duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
– Experience in providing friendly and professional customer
service
– Experience in handling cash and point of sale transactions
– Excellent Computer Skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
– Superior organizational skills and ability to manage multiple
priorities
– Willingness and ability to learn new tasks
– Exceptional attention to detail and a positive attitude
– Some accounting experience would be an asset
– Experience in a municipal office would be an asset
– Knowledge of Procom would be an asset but not necessary
– Must be available on short notice
Please forward your resume and cover letter to:
James A. Wentzell, CAO
493 Main Street
PO Box 530, Mahone Bay, NS B0J 2E0
clerk@townofmahonebay.ca
902-624-8069 (fax)
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special occasions
Eikle - Woodworth
On May 16, 2015, Chelcy Darleen Woodworth and Randy Justin Eikle were wed
on Heber Hill, followed by a reception at the bride’s parents house. Big thanks
goes out to the brides parents, Dwight and Darleen Woodworth for the perfect
locations and extra work put into the wedding, as well as family, friends, the
wedding party and all who were involved with making the day so special for the
bride and groom.
special occasions
THANKS
MEMORIAMS
DEATHS
I would like to extend a
sincere thank-you to my
family and friends for
making my 100th birthday Open House a day to
treasure forever. Special
thanks to Rev. Neil
McEwen, and church
family
of
Westside
United Church for all the
support and the use of
the hall. To Vonie
Meisner and Faye Frank
for taking charge of the
kitchen on that day for
us. To each and everyone
who generously prepared food. To Renee
Nauss for the excellent
job creating all the flowers used to decorate for
the occasion. I will
always have the beautiful handmade corsage
to cherish forever. I was
blessed with so many
beautiful bouquets of
flowers and gifts. Each
and every card will be a
wonderful reminder of
that special day. From
the bottom of my heart,
thank you, to every single person who celebrated with myself and
my family on June 13,
2015. Elva Powers.
BUSH: In loving memory
of dear husband, father,
grandfather and greatgrandfather, Roy, who
passed away June 29,
2008.
We little knew that
morning
God was going to call
your name,
In life we loved you
dearly
In death we do the
same.
It broke our hearts to
lose you
You did not go alone,
For part of us went with
you
The day God called you
home.
You left us beautiful
memories
Your love is still our
guide,
And although we cannot
see you
You are always at our
side.
Our family chain is broken
And nothing seems the
same,
But as God calls us one
by one
The chain will link again.
Lovingly remembered by
wife,
Marie;
sons,
Donald, Milton, and
Sharri; daughter, Donna
and Rick, and families.
Deborah Anne Joudrey
- 61, New Germany, died
May 27, 2015, in South
Shore Regional Hospital,
Bridgewater.
Funeral
arrangements under the
direction of R.A. Corkum
Funeral Home, Wileville.
Thomas Brian Percy 76, Petite Riviere, died
June 12, 2015, in South
Shore Regional Hospital,
Bridgewater.
Funeral
arrangements under the
direction of R.A. Corkum
Funeral Home, Wileville.
Maureen
Elizabeth
Risser - 56, Wentzell
Lake, died June 12, 2015,
at South Shore Regional
Hospital,
Bridgewater.
Funeral
arrangements
under the direction of
Sweeny’s Funeral Home,
New Germany.
Opal Cecilia Bush - 99,
Lunenburg, died June 16,
2015,
at
Halifax
Infirmary,
Halifax.
Funeral
arrangements
under the direction of
Sweeny’s Funeral Home,
Bridgewater.
Lloyd Ellis Lohnes - 92,
Voglers Cove, died June
16, 2015, at South Shore
Regional
Hospital,
Bridgewater.
Funeral
arrangements under the
direction of Sweeny’s
Funeral
Home,
Bridgewater.
Mansfield
Bernard
Selig - 72, Voglers Cove,
died June 16, 2015, at
South Shore Regional
Hospital,
Bridgewater.
Funeral
arrangements
under the direction of
Sweeny’s Funeral Home,
Bridgewater.
We wish to express our
sincere thanks to all who
helped and supported us
during Alton’s illness
and passing. We are
grateful for the many
memorial
donations,
cards, visits and food.
Debbie, Brittany, Janet,
George, David, Wayne
and families.
GRADUATIONS
Edgar and Gloria Silver
65th Wedding Anniversary
On June 28, 2015, Edgar and Gloria (Garber) Silver of Bridgewater, NS, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Congratulations, love and best wishes from
your four children, Darlene (Andy), Verlene (Wally), David, Vance and families.
On July 6, 1935, a beautiful baby girl was born.
Arlean Mae (Meisner) Corkum was born to
Aubrey and Queenie Meisner. Please join her son
Terrance, grandchildren Daphne, Devin and Tasha
and great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Ephrum,
as they honour her with an open house in celebration of her 80th birthday. The open house will
take place at the Pleasantville and District Fire
Hall from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday July 4, 2015.
Jullien Michelle Flynn
graduated from McGill
University on June 2,
2015, with first class
honours in Biology
and a cumulative GPA
of 3.99/4.00. She
received the Fantham
Memorial prize in
Biology and was in the
top 10 per cent of the
Faculty of Science.
During her four years
at McGill Jullien ran
on the McGill Varsity
Cross-Country track
team. She received the
MVP for cross-country
running and was
Quebec female athlete
of the year. Jullien is
the daughter of Laura
Lynn and the late Paul
Flynn of Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario and the
granddaughter
of
Robert and Elizabeth
Frank of Mason’s
Beach, NS.
THANKS
The family of the late
Gertrude
Dauphinee
would like to thank all
those who sent cards,
phone calls, memorial
donations, on-line condolences, food donations. Thank you to all
the pallbearers, organist
Claire Archibald, Milton
Dorey who sang a solo
“Mansion Over the
Hilltop,” accompanied
by Joe Carver, and to
Rev. Ian Wissler and
Mahone Funeral Home.
Stuart, Gloria, Doreen,
Brenda and families.
ZWICKER, Herman Harry.
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Dad who passed away
June 19, 1994.
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deepest regret
It brings back a day we
cannot forget,
In our hearts you will
always stay
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50th Wedding Anniversary
Best wishes to Laurence and Marion (Mason) Mawhinney of Lunenburg, from
their family on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married
by the Groom’s father on June 26, 1965, in St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church,
Merigomish, NS.
family album
Jullien Michelle
Flynn
In loving memory ...
My wife for all those
times you stood by me
For all the truth that you
made me see
For all the children and
joy you brought to our
life
For every dream you
made come true
We’ll be forever thankful
because of you.
Mom, you’re the one
who saw us through it
all
You’re the one who held
us up and never let us
fall,
You are our strength
when we are weak
You are our voice when
we can’t speak
You are our eyes when
we can’t see,
You lift us up when we
can’t reach
You give us faith and
make us believe
We
are
everything
because of your love.
Nanny, you give us wings
and help us fly
You touch our hands and
we can touch the sky
We are grateful for each
day you gave us
We are blessed because
we were loved by you
A light in the dark shining your love into our life
Our world is a better
place because of you.
Love, Bill, Barb, John,
Kevin and Families.
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Memorial Service
A memorial service for the late Jean I. “Tommy” Frellick (Thompson),
Bridgewater, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Mahone Funeral
Home, 32 Parish Street, Mahone Bay. Reception to follow. Family flowers only by
request. A private interment service for family only will follow at Brookside
Cemetery, Bridgewater.
Memorial Services
DeHeuvel, Fred, July 13, 1930 - October 3, 2013
DeHeuvel Helen Mae, March 22, 1930 - January 15, 2015
A graveside service to celebrate the life of Fred DeHeuvel and wife Helen Mae
DeHeuvel (formerly of 11 Winter Street, Bridgewater) will be held June 27, 2015
at 1:30 p.m. at Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater. Interment will also take place
after the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. To
leave a message of condolence, please e-mail mcnutt35@gmail.com.
Shannon Scott Beck
Shannon Scott Beck passed away in Ontario as the result of a highway accident
on June 6, 2015. Shannon was born July 8, 1970, in Bridgewater.
He is survived by his father, Roger Beck, Lapland; mother, Leola Stevens
(Warren), Bridgewater; daughter, Becky Black; brothers, Lindy (Phyllis), Pentz;
Todd, Ontario; Kelly (Jodi), Ontario; sister, Tina (Eugene), Fancy Lake, many
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Cremation has taken place.
Memorial service was held June 13, 2015, in Brighton Kingdom Hall in Ontario.
A service for the family will be held at a later date in Bridgewater.
Thanks to everyone for the phone calls, visits, cards and flowers.
Raymond William Toomey
“Because I could not stop for Death - He kindley stopped for me...”
On Saturday, June 20, Ray Toomey (85) took his last breath surrounded by
family and the caring staff of the SSRH.
Born in Kentville on November 25, 1929, Ray graduated from KCA and
went on to play hockey and graduate from St. F.X. in 1952. His 1950-51
team was inducted in their Sports Hall of Fame last year.
He worked in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland for 15 years but found his
true calling when he returned to school at Acadia in 1967 to pursue his
eduction degree. Ray went on to teach in Bridgewater (where he raised his
family) for 15 years before heading up the Adult Education Program at the
SSRSB for the next 10 years.
He is survived by his wife, Lucine; son, John (daughter-in-law Rebecca,
grandson Nolan); son, Mark (daughter-in-law Donna, grandson Nash); and
daughter, Janet (son-in-law Kenn, grandson Jackson and granddaughter
MacKennzie).
It is difficult to sum up a person’s life in a few sentences so let’s fall back
to Ray’s own philosophy. “100 years from now it will not matter where you
lived, what kind of car you drove or how much money you had in the bank,
but the world may be a better place because you made a positive difference
in someone else’s life.” This is the principle he tried to live by every day.
Ray donated his body to the Dalhousie School of Medicine so that his final
act would be teaching.
A celebration of his life will be held at some point in the future. No donations necessary. Find someone you love and give them a hug. Have a nice
day.
Thanks to everyone who entered and submitted photos
for our Ugly Grill contest.
CONGRATULATIONS to
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of New Germany
Madelyn won a new BBQ & a $250 Gift Certificate
courtesy of
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Building Supplies
courtesy of New Germany
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Blandford’s past revealed
Historical society unveils two new outdoor panels
By MICHAEL LEE
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Maureen Zinck (left) and Kathryn Gamache, executive director of the Aspotogan heritage trust, unveil one of
Blandford’s new historical panels which gives a brief history of Publicover House, one of the oldest homes in
town.
The Blandford and Area Historical Society has unveiled
two interpretive panels — one noting the importance of fishing to the town, the other paying tribute to one of the oldest
homes in Blandford.
The fishing industry has endured in the area since the
early 1800s, while Publicover House was constructed in the
1820s.
D’Arcy Enright, a member of the society, said it was satisfying to finally see a finished product. “You wouldn’t believe
how much work that was,” he said to those in attendance on
June 17.
Residents of Blandford helped by donating photos to the
historical society, some of which dated as far back as the
early 1900s.
Chester councillor Andre Veinotte said the panels were an
“easy sell” to the municipality and described the project as
an opportunity to invest in the district.
Twenty people came to watch the unveiling, including
Maureen Zinck, who first proposed the idea two years ago.
“They finished it. I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I’m 80
years old, and it is a huge pleasure.”
The historical society spent two years raising the $10,000
needed to construct the panels, with contributions from the
Chester council, the Aspotogan Heritage Trust, the St. Margaret’s Bay Regional Tourism Development Association and
Zinck.
The panels can be found just off Highway 329 in Blandford.
RELIGION DIRECTORY
Services for June 28, 2015
ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH
LUNENBURG
HERITAGE, FAITH, VISION SINCE 1753
Sunday, June 28: 5th Pentecost
Holy Eucharist 8:30 am
Holy Eucharist 10:30 am
Fellowship time on the Church Parade following the 10:30 am service
Holy Eucharist every Wednesday at 10:00 am
Archdeacon Michael H. Mitchell, Parish Office 634-4994 / www.stjohnslunenburg.org
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
25 Phoenix Street, Bridgewater, 543-4106
stpaulsbwr@eastlink.ca
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
PENTECOST 5
8:45 a.m. Celebration & Praise Service
(Grad Recognition Service)
11:00 a.m. Worship (Communion)
3:00 p.m. Communion Service @ Drumlin Hills
Wednesday, June 24
1:00 pm Adult Choir
“May the Peace of Christ Jesus be
with you today and always”
2:00 pm Earthquakers
5:30 pm Community Café is being held at the St. Paul’s Youth Room
Pastor Paul Jensen – Organist: David G. Zwicker
EMMANUEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE
Hirtle Rd., Middlewood
Pastor: Rev. Fred Carr 902-354-4828
2:30 p.m. Worship
CALVARY TEMPLE (P.A.O.C.)
510 Main St., Mahone Bay 902-624-8253
Sunday, June 28, 2015
11:00 a.m. Pastor Bill Wozney
7:00 p.m. Hymn Sing
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. prayer and bible study
practical living from James
ALL WELCOME!
Anglican Parish of
Bridgewater & The Conqueralls
Sunday, June 28, 2015
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
8 am – Holy Eucharist (BCP)
10 am – Holy Eucharist (BAS)
Parish Office: 902.543.3440 | email: htbac@eastlink.ca
Facebook: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Bridgewater, NS
ANGLICAN PARISHES OF PETITE RIVIERE & NEW DUBLIN
E-mail: oro@eastlink.ca
Phone: (902) 634-8589 www.prnd.ca
SUNDAY, JUNE 88
Fourth Sunday After Trinity – Rev. Oliver Osmond
9:00 a.m. St. Alban’s, Vogler’s Cove
11:00 a.m. St. Peter’s, West LaHave
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Choral Evensong - Rev. Olicer Osmond and
Singing Group, Refreshments to follow
5:00 p.m.
St. Mary’s, Crousetown
Evensong
Bridgewater United Church
87 Hillcrest Street, Bridgewater, 543-4833
www.bridgewaterunited.ca
buc@tallships.ca
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
5th AFTER PENTECOST
9:30 am Choir
11:00 am Worship and Sunday School Movie
*During the months of July and August, our Worship
services will begin at 9:30 am.
Minister: Rev. David E. Campbell
Organist and Choir Director: Wendy Fraser
Church Office open weekday mornings, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Pastor Rick Pryce
Corner of Cornwallis and Fox Street, Lunenburg
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
11:00 am Morning Service
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
~ WE WELCOME YOU ~
All services according to the Book of Common Prayer
"O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness"
Canada’s Oldest Lutheran Congregation Celebrating 241 Years!
Central United Church
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
136 Cumberland St., Lunenburg
Old Town Lunenburg
Team Ministry with
Reverend Grace Caines-Corkum
The Rev. Dr. Laurence Mawhinney and Marion Mawhinney
10:30 a.m. Service
Sunday School during service
Combined Summer Worship
with Central United Church
Everyone Welcome
Sunday Morning Service at 10:30 a.m.
634-4035
“A worshiping, loving &
welcoming community,
joyfully sharing God’s
gifts”
St. John'S EvangElical
luthEran church
Pastor Adam Snook
89 Edgewater Street, Mahone Bay
624-9660
www.stjohnsmahonebay.ca
Celebrating 150 years ~ 1864 - 2014
Worship Services - Sundays 11 a.m.
Bible Study - Tuesday 3 pm
(Sept. to June)
Choir Practice - Thursday 6:30 pm
(Sept. to June)
David Findlay - Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
Summer Visitors are welcome.
Mahone Bay United Baptist Church
56 Maple St. (near Mahone Bay Centre) 902-624-9124
mahonebaptist@ns.sympatico.ca
Pastor Rev. Sherrolyn Riley. M.Ed., M.Div.
902-469-4086
Organist & Choir Director Margaret Hutchinson
Summer Supply Murleta Williams
Morning Service - 11:00 am Every Sunday
Communion - 11:00 am First Sunday of the month
Birthday Brunch - 2nd last Sunday of each month
Bible Study - 1:30 pm Wednesdays
Coffee House - 7:00 pm Last Friday of every month
ALL ARE WELCOME - from near or far!
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Park View Education Centre announced as new SchoolsPlus site
By EMMA SMITH
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M@emmaLHNow
A provincial support program for families and
students is expanding to four new “hub” schools, including Bridgewater’s Park View Education Centre.
Premier Stephen McNeil and Education Minister
Karen Casey announced on June 18 that SchoolsPlus
will now operate in every county in the province and
provide services to 182 schools.
It’s part of the government’s “commitment to
ensure that every school in the province becomes
part of a feeder into a hub site,” said Minister Karen
Casey in an interview on Friday.
After school and during the summer, SchoolsPlus allows families to access different government
departments, including services for mental health,
mentoring, social work and justice.
“We are trying to bring the services to the community,” said Casey. “It’s a non-threatening environment. I mean, school is the focal point of communities, and so parents are comfortable coming into the
schools.”
The program at Park View will serve three feeder
schools: Petite Riviere Elementary School, Pentz
Elementary School and Newcombville Elementary
School.
But two of those, Petite and Pentz, face uncertain
futures after being slated for closure in 2013. Despite
two requests by the South Shore Regional School Board for a
replacement school, the provincial government has yet to agree.
Casey says it’s about providing services to a whole community, not just a particular school.
“Regardless of what schools children attend or what schools
families attend, they need to have access to those services,” she
said. “So putting money into a SchoolsPlus site has nothing to
do with whether a school is going to be closed or remain open.
It has all do to with providing the services for the families who
live in those communties.”
Casey added that it’s up to the school board to decide if it
wants to submit another request for a new school this year.
“We certainly will review every request that comes and review it seriously,” she said.
Schools in Cape Breton, Halifax and Eastern Passage were
also announced as new hub sites. Each costs $125,000 to set up,
and the Department of Education has allocated an additional
$500,000 to hire mental-health professionals.
Casey said SchoolsPlus will be up and running at Park View
Education Centre by September.
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