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MacLennan wins
Miles marathon
Nova Scotia Community
College Pictou Campus major
award winners celebrate on
convocation day at the
school. From left are Sarah
MacKay, Lisa Long, Michelle
Richardson, principal Dave
Freckelton, Valeska Penny,
vice president of enrolment
Anna Burke, Stephanie
Henderson and Ashley Walsh.
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
(Brimicombe photo)
College graduates 323
Nova Scotia Community College live streams convocation
STELLARTON – In total,
323 graduates walked across
the stage last Friday morning
during the Nova Scotia
Community College Pictou
campus graduation ceremony.
This year’s ceremony was
also live streamed for family
and loved ones who couldn’t
make it to the campus in
Stellarton.
The major award winners
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Local runners win races
this year celebrated their
achievements in their respective programs as they walked
across the stage with their fellow classmates. In total, there
were five major award winners
This year’s valedictorian,
Valeska Penny, graduated from
the cooking program and is
also an exchange student.
This year’s major award
winners include:
►Lisa
Long,
Practical
Nursing Program, who received
the
governor
Generals
Academic Medal
►Michelle Richardson, also
of the Practical Nursing
Program, received the NSCC
Board of Governors Award
►Sara MacKay from the
Social Services Program, was
awarded the NSCC Foundation
Award
►This year’s NSCC Gold
Medal award winner was
Ashley Walsh of the Medical
Office Administration Program
► Stephanie Henderson
who graduated from the
Continuing Care Program was
awarded
the
President’s
Award.
For more photos and a complete list of award winners visit
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NEW GLASGOW – Dave
MacLennan is an 11-time Johnny
Miles Marathon champion.
MacLennan won the annual
event in a gun time of two hours,
54 minutes, 33 seconds and was
the only marathoner to break
three hours with windy, warm
conditions.
He ran alone almost from the
start, with no contenders from
past years in the race.
“I was happy with it, considering the (warm) day,” he said.
James Jessome of Antigonish
was second, while Colin Busby
of Halifax was third and David
Hood of Stellarton was fourth.
Walter Linthorne of Stellarton
was 11th.
Petra Spires of Hubley, N.S.
was top female finisher and 15th
overall.
The marathon had a staggered start, with some opting to
go early to avoid the heat. Betty
Pound of Westville started at
6:30 a.m. instead of the official 8
a.m. starting time, and finished
in just under five hours.
Antigonishers
Donald
Ramussen and Cliff WordenRogers finished 1-2 in the half
marathon.
Scott Langille of New
Glasgow was top local and
eighth overall. Kim Scattolon of
Glace Bay was first female and
12th overall.
Joe Pound of Westville was
16th, while Kristi Hammel of
New Glasgow was 21st.
Warren Ferguson of Ottawa
won the 10-K Classic in 37:11,
while Ryan Shaun MacDonald
of Green Hill was fourth in
39:09.
Paula James of Windsor, N.S.
was top female finisher and seventh overall.
Ryan Washburn of New
Glasgow was 14th, while Mac
Murray of Pictou was 16th,
Bradley MacDougall of New
Glasgow was 20th and Breanna
Sandluck of MacPherson’s Mills
was 21st and top local female.
Pictou County runners took
three of the top four places in the
5-K race.
Raymond Simpson of New
Glasgow was first, while Peter
Corbin of New Glasgow was
second, Jodi Isenor of Stewiacke
was third and Ethan MacDonald
of New Glasgow was fourth.
Allie Sandluck was seventh
and top female finisher, while
Bailey Fraser of Merigomish
was 11th and Conrad Robertson
of New Glasgow was 12th.
Seniors programs get funding boost
By Aaron Cameron
LORDA's Dave Leese, left,
joined by his son Dave, talk
with Central Nova MP Sean
Fraser about the park's new
utility trailer.
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Saturday was a happy one for
seniors throughout the county.
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser
was on something of a mini tour
throughout the riding, unveiling
four major funding announcements in Pictou County related
to the New Horizons for Seniors
Program.
The program is a federal program through the Ministry of
Families, Children and Social
Development aimed at providing community-based funding
to projects led or supported by
seniors who make a difference in
the lives of others and in their
communities.
Fraser's first stop was the
Stella Maris Parish Hall in Pictou.
Fraser chatted informally with a
small group of regulars and
learned from Fred Dobson the
building's history, its formerly
dilapidated state and the rebirth
the building has experienced in
the past few years.
Through the NHSP, Stella
Maris received $25,000 which
will be used to repair the building's chimney, lay gravel and
purchase and install stage curtains and a sound system.
(Cameron photo)
The appropriately named
New Horizons Club was stop
two. There, Fraser spoke to members of the Pictou County Council
of Seniors and announced
$15,692 in funds. The group will
use the funds to purchase a PA
system as well as assist seniors
clubs, recruit new members and
promote activities for seniors.
The Plymouth Community
Centre received $22,252 which
was used to install four heat
pumps in the building.
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Ila MacKenzie, president of
the Golden Glen Senior Citizen's
Club, which uses part of the
community centre as it's base,
explained the club used to meet
in members homes and later the
nearby Plymouth Fire Hall before
the community centre reopened
in 2010.
The club uses their space for
card parties while other groups
use the building on a regular
basis.
MacKenzie said previously,
the centre had no method of
cooling the building down while
space occupied by the seniors
had electric heat with the rest of
the building heated by furnace.
She said that without the
summer cooling and winter heating offered by the heat pumps,
use of the centre by any group
“would have been limited.”
Dave MacLennan
crosses the finish
line in less than
three hours.
(Goodwin photo)
Left photo: 'Crusher' is happy to crosses the finish line.
Right: young runners shine.
(Cameron photos)
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The Advocate
June 22, 2016
Bothy opening Saturday
New Glasgow,
Pictou to stay
in MOU
process
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
Councils had until yesterday
to opt out of the MOU process
with the Nova Scotia Utility
and Review Board.
The towns of Pictou and
New Glasgow have opted to
stay in the process and move
forward.
The vote in Pictou was three
to two with Deputy Mayor
Lynn Vigneault, Coun. Bob
Naylor and Mayor Joe Hawes
voting for the motion and councillors Alta Munro and Cam
Beaton against it.
The application was conditional on three things: having
the evidence accepted by the
four participating units, having
the UARB rule in favour of the
amalgamation and the plebiscite outcome.
“With respect to the third
component (plebiscite) the
Memorandum
of
Understanding signed by the four
applicants stated that our application ‘...(is to be) conditional
on the outcome of public consultation including a plebiscite’,” explained Hawes.
“I realize that some on council consider the plebiscite
results to be a major factor in
Brandon Bent stands beside the sculpture at the Pictou County Wellness Centre.
(Goodwin photo)
Have skates. Will travel
Brandon Bent recruited for Disney on Ice
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – Rarified
air is what Brandon Bent is
breathing these days.
The local figure skater is on
the cusp of joining Disney on
Ice, a place where Pictou County
skaters have been previously
recruited.
Disney on Ice is a series of
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Seniors programs...
constantly cutting these down
every two to three years. When
you have this kind of acreage
you start accumulating a lot of
material.”
McCulloch said hiring an
outside contractor can be costly.
“The big thing is to have
equipment to allow you to be
self-sustaining.”
McCulloch said that many of
the volunteers at the park are
seniors.
“Substituting the younger
manpower with equipment that
can do the job is very important
Continued from page 1
The Lansdowne Outdoor
Recreation
Development
Association received $12,705 to
purchase a hitchable wood chipper and a tipping utility trailer.
Paul McCulloch, current
president of LORDA Park, said
the two new devices will greatly
aid the maintenance of the
park.
“When you're trying to maintain a property you have constant regrowth of shrubs and
small trees and that type of
thing,” McCulloch said. “You're
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whose prime audience is children.
Bent received confirmation
last weekend that he was being
recruited for the famed entertainment showcase after supplying material and following
up with an exchange of
emails.
“I’ve been checking if they
wanted something else for me
to do,” he said. “I’d be thrilled
to go.”
Bent is graduating from
North Nova Education Centre.
His classes are done but he had
to go back to school on Monday
to alter the script regarding his
future plans after he graduates,
now that he’s learned about his
recruitment.
For Bent, it’s one more dream
to us,” McCulloch said. “Manual
labour when you're older just
gets very difficult. You either
hire contractors or you get
equipment to help with what
you're trying to do.”
“The equipment allows them
to be independent.”
The mulch, meanwhile, is
largely otherwise useless spruce.
McCulloch said that the mulch
made from the chipped wood
will degrade into ready for garden use compost in a four to five
year timespan and could be quite
valuable as either a marketable
product or for use as compost
within the park and is a perfect
example of self-sustaining the
new equipment can provide.
Other areas in the riding also
received funding.
Hikers in Nova Scotia will soon
be able to enjoy a warm, dry night
in a bothy in Pictou County.
A bothy?
Aware of the Scottish heritage
of Pictou County, when trail volunteers decided to build a fixed
roof shelter for hikers on the Six
Mile Brook Trail they borrowed a
term from the highlands of
Scotland. Originally a hut or cottage built for farm labourers or as
a mountain refuge, a "bothy" refers
to a basic structure for use, free of
charge, by anyone needing shelter
along hiking trails.
On June 25, volunteers with
the Pictou County Trails
Association will officially open the
Jack and Doris McLachlan Bothy,
the first permanent shelter built
for hikers on mainland Nova
Scotia outside a national park. It is
a first for Pictou County.
The Association's Cape to Cape
Trail Committee has been identifying opportunities, planning,
acquiring landowner permission,
seeking out financial and other
forms of support and building
new hiking trails.
Funding was made available
through a donation to the Nova
Scotia Trails Federation by the late
Jack McLachlan in honour of his
wife, Doris, a native of Pictou
County. A local building supplies
company helped with a donation
of materials. Volunteers did the
work. Critical to the project’s success were teacher Andrew Parsons
and the many students who did
HIKE THERE
Driving directions from the
Trans Canada Highway, Salt
Springs. There's a three kilometre hike:
• From #104 (Trans Canada
Highway) take Exit 19 (for 250
m), turn right on #4.
• After 700 m turn left on Six
Mile Brook Road. Proceed 5.5
km to the end of the asphalt road
surface.
• Proceed straight ahead
onto a gravel road (still the Six
Mile Brook Rd. There are other
gravel roads entering from the
left – bridge – and right)
• After 300 m, keep right.
• After another 500 m, keep
left (at Week’s construction site)
• Cross bridge after 200 m
and kiosk is on your right.
much of the work under his skilled
guidance.
The Six Mile Brook Trail is part
of a long distance footpath stretching over 400 kilometres from Cape
Chignecto in Cumberland County
to Cape George in Antigonish
County. Branded as the Cape to
Cape Trail, it is Nova Scotia’s first
multi-day hiking experience outside the park system.
There is no charge to use the
Jack and Doris McLachlan Bothy.
Hikers are simply asked to respect
the environment, share the site
with others and keep it clean.
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The Advocate
June 22, 2016
Community
Left photo, A.G. Baillie students take a look at the community garden outside the
library before they begin
planting vegetables in it last
week. The vegetables are
available in the garden and
inside the library for anyone
who would like to try them.
INSET: Isobel DeMont, the
summer programs supervisor
for the Town of New
Glasgow, helps Josh Wood of
A.G. Baillie plant a bean
sprout in the library’s community garden last week.
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Drug charges for Trenton man
PICTOU – A 25-year-old
Trenton man was present in court
Monday in relation to two April
17 drug charges.
Matthew David Royles was
charged with one count of pos-
3
session of cannabis in excess of 30
grams, as well as production of
cannabis resin, an indictable
count.
He will return to court July 25
to proceed to the next step.
(Brimicombe photos)
Business, businessman charged
PICTOU – A local business
faced charges in Pictou Provincial
Court on Monday morning.
Quality Cleaners limited in
New Glasgow was charged
with failing to store tetrachloroethylene waste water in
closed containers, as well as
failure to have all residue
transported to a waste management facility at least once a
year.
John Robert Wong was also
charged with the same offences in relation to these counts.
The matter will return to
court July 25 when a plea will
be entered.
November trial for sex crimes
PICTOU – November 1 is the
trial date for a Truro area man
facing sexual assault charges.
Alfred Rondelet Jr. faces two
charges in Pictou County after
incidents spanning over a few
years. One charge of sexual
assault spans January 1, 2008 to
December 31, 2011 and another
charge of sexual assault spans
from January 1, 2008 to December
31, 2009.
Rondelet will return to Pictou
Provincial Court for his trial.
July trial for break, enter, theft
PICTOU – A New Glasgow
man appeared Monday in Pictou
Provincial Court in relation to
two May 28 incidents that took
place in New Glasgow.
William George Miller, 52, is
facing two charges of break and
enter and committing theft.
He will return to court on July
21 for his trial.
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'Growing' education
Students help plant community garden
By Heather Brimicombe
[email protected]
Summer is here at the New
Glasgow Regional Library with
the help of students from A.G
Baillie and New Glasgow
Academy.
For the second year in a row,
the kids have planted a community garden in the flower
boxes outside of the library.
The community garden consists of a small flower box, a
larger flowerbox, as well as a
few pots and a living wall garden made out of a few palettes.
The garden already has a head
start this year as some of the
lettuce that was planted last
year re-sprouted.
“I came by to check the beds
about a week ago and it was all
here,” said Tabitha Coleman
who is the school engagement
officer for Green Schools NS as
well as being involved in
Communities in Bloom.
The garden is being replanted this year after it proved to
be successful in its trial run last
year. Plants are watered by
library staff and volunteers
and harvested once a week for
those who are interested in
taking some home.
“Lots of people would come
in and take the vegetables," said
Cristal Van dePol, branch assistant at the library.
Last year will also serve as a
lesson in what to grow and
what not to grow in the community garden.
“Some of the things that we
planted were more of a success
than others,” said Coleman.
This year, the garden will not
feature potatoes as last year the
potatoes took over the planters
making it harder for some of the
other plants to grow.
MLAs call on government
to support injured workers
NEW GLASGOW – Pictou
County’s MLAs are calling on the
Liberal government to restore
funding to the Pictou County
Injured Workers Association.
The association’s office in
New Glasgow was closed due to
a recent reduction in funding
and no funding agreement with
the Department of Labour and
Advanced Education.
“Despite a growing caseload
and increasing costs, the funding
had remained the same the past
few years,” says association
president Mary Lloyd. “It’s not
enough. We don’t have enough
funding to keep the office open
and we’ve been left scrambling
to see what further funding may
be available after July 1.”
“When the Liberals were in
opposition, they championed
our cause,” says Lloyd. “But
while in government, they kept
our funding at the same level,
even though it’s not enough to
pay the bills.”
Lloyd says it’s unfair to ask
one staff member and a volunteer to manage the association’s
637 active files.
Pictou East MLA Tim Houston
says, “This government needs to
step up and fund the good work
that’s being done in Pictou County
by this association.”
Pictou Centre's Pat Dunn is
disappointed that when the association needs their help, the government has remained silent.
“They defended them in opposition and have abandoned them
while in government,” says
Dunn.
“The Liberal government’s
track record on injured workers
associations has been dismal,”
says Pictou West MLA Karla
MacFarlane.
Motorist fined after failing
to move over for RCMP
PLEASANT VALLEY – A
motorist travelling through
Pictou County has learned an
expensive lesson for failing to
move over when approaching a
stopped police car.
Cpl. Dave Lilly of the Pictou
County District RCMP says
that last week, he was stopped
on the side of the highway with
his emergency lights flashing
as he dealt with a violator on
the highway. As he was about
to get out of his car and
approach the violator stopped
ahead of him, he looked in his
side view mirror and saw a
vehicle approaching from
behind at a high rate of speed
in the lane closest to him.
"The approaching vehicle
came so close to my police vehicle that it actually rocked my
car," he said.
The driver was fined under
the provincial Motor Vehicle Act
under Section 106F 1(b) for driving in a traffic lane closest to an
emergency vehicle that is stopped
and exhibiting flashing light
when another lane is available
and fined $352.50.
Bear killed when hit by vehicle
CARIBOU – A bear was
killed last Wednesday after a collision with a motor vehicle on
the Sunrise Trail.
Members of the Caribou
District Fire Department were
called to the scene of the crash
shortly after 10 p.m.
A spokesman for the department said the vehicle’s occupants
were unhurt.
The vehicle was heading
toward Pictou when the bear
was hit on Route 6, about 30
metres past the Three Brooks
Road.
“It’s a process and you’re
continuously learning as you
go,” said Coleman.
She said she feels that the
garden also ties in with the
growing movement to locally
source or grow your own food.
Coleman notes that the community garden is proof that
you do not need a big space to
do so.
Education wise, A.G. Baillie
teacher Edith Turner notes that
giving students the opportunity to help out with the garden
reinforces the science unit
they’re currently working on
that includes lifecycles. Having
a hands-on aspect to this unit
helps reinforce what they’ve
been learning in the classroom.
Turner also mentions that
giving children a chance to
grow their own bean sprouts
that will be planted in the
garden fosters a sense of
ownership. For anyone interested in the community garden, the vegetables are available to anyone who would
like to take them and are harvested once a week and can
be found in the library.
Turbine
deployment
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Michael Hagenbuch examines books in the library at the Sister Catherine Steele Centre in
Stellarton. Hagenbuch helped establish a similar library at the former school in River John.
(Goodwin photo)
Hub group gets book store
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
STELLARTON – Michael
Hagenbuch hopes to repeat the
appeal for books in River John
that has been achieved at the
Sister Catherine Steele centre.
Hagenbuch, who lives in
retirement in Little Harbour,
felt a need to establish a book
store in the Hub building that
formerly served as the River
John Consolidated School.
“We started with 4,500 books
(in Stellarton),” he said. “Now
we have 6,000. This is just as
important for River John.”
The Stellarton operation
located at the Lourdes parish
raises funds from its book sales
for its CWL.
“It’s one of their major fundraisers,” Hagenbuch said.
“The CWL made $5,000 last
year. The highest price is $2,
which means they’re selling a
lot of books.”
Hagenbuch hopes book sales
will help the River John Action
Society maintain the Hub building there.
“The book store is open
when the building is open for
events of any kind,” he said.
His strong views on books
and reading are based on his 34
years as a school teacher and
what he sees as an eroding rural
way of life.
“It’s a trend and I find it disturbing,” he said.
“You take away a school, or
a grocery store, or a bank – it’s
one more nail in the coffin.”
That’s why he said he felt
compelled to join those who
tried to keep the school open
and, when it closed, to operate
it as a community centre for
River John and area.
“People live there for a reason,” he said. ”I thought it
was a valuable struggle, on
the part of the community,
that it was possible to save the
school.”
Hagenbuch said lack of
school maintenance over the
three years the Hub model
was developed and proposed
to the Chignecto-Central
Regional School Board was a
bad sign for the school’s fate.
“When a building is
neglected, it’s a foregone conclusion they were going to
close it,” he said.
Hagenbuch first pitched
the book sales idea to the
action society in March. The
book store opened on May 23,
and he has travelled periodically to River John to help out
with the project.
“I brought it up with the
action society,” he said.
“Although I’m not a member,
I attended meetings since
March. I said I’d start it, organize it, solicit for books and
take care of it.”
Hagenbuch thinks the book
store's opening is ideally timed
to be successful.
“A lot of summer reading
goes on, and there are a lot of
books there,” he said. “Ready
by the Sea is coming up.”
PICTOU – The province has
approved the proposed monitoring program for the Fundy Ocean
Research Centre for Energy
(FORCE) and Cape Sharp tidal
power venture.
TheDepartmentofEnvironment
announced the approval on
Monday after department staff
reviewed the Environmental
Effects Monitoring Plan and consulted with Fisheries and Oceans
Canada.
“It further acknowledges confidence in adaptive management as
the right approach for a demonstration scale project,” Sarah
Dawson, Cape Sharp Tidal’s community relations manager.
Approval allows FORCE to
proceed with the initial phase of
the demonstration project, which is
to deploy two turbines in the Minas
Passage for research purposes.
"We are satisfied that the proposed plan, together with the monitoring and study improvements as
we have directed, will help address
information gaps and improve our
understanding of the interaction
between the two turbines and
marine life in this unique environment," said Environment Minister
Margaret Miller.
The information collected will
help with future decisions. A new
monitoring program is required
and must be accepted by Fisheries
and Oceans Canada and the
Department of Environment before
more turbines can be deployed.
In addition, FORCE must
develop programs aimed at
enhancing marine mammal monitoring and providing more details
on contingency planning in the
event of equipment failure, data
deficiency, or loss of data.
Dawson acknowledged the
delay in transporting the two tidal
turbines from dockside at the
Aecon Atlantic facility in Pictou
following a series of flotation tests.
“Engagement and consultation with the fishing community
is ongoing,” she said. “Our choice
to pause was to hear directly
from fishers who felt they previously hadn’t been heard. (It) is
unrelated.”
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The Advocate
June 22, 2016
Little progress in sale
of former DSME plant
TRENTON – Efforts are
proceeding slowly to sell or
recover assets from the former
DSME Trenton wind tower
operation.
Mayor Glen MacKinnon of
Trenton said he has received
no word about where the process is heading – between liquidating the property, or selling it as a going concern.
“No information has been
brought forward to us as yet,”
MacKinnon said. “We’d be
informed if there was something pending.”
The Department of Business
began the process of filing for
receivership proceedings after
DSME Trenton informed the
government on Feb. 18 that it
was ceasing operations at the
former railcar plant and could
not start payment on the repayable loans, which was scheduled to begin in early 2018.
Department of Business
media relations spokesperson
Tracy Barron also said little
about the matter.
Shawn Ryan of CBC records
some of the open discussion
between Frank MacFarlane,
Lynn MacDonald and Marion
MacInnis for CBC’s MainStreet
at the recent Engage Nova
Scotia session.
“All the department can
say at this point is we are
looking forward to receiving
the information from Price
Waterhouse Coopers on this
process and the interest that
may be available in the facility," she said.
It is unclear what proceeds
the province can recover from
the land and buildings or the
equipment to put toward the
loan it initially committed to
the business and eventually
called, leading to the receivership process.
David Boyd of Price
Waterhouse
Coopers
in
Halifax, who was named the
court-appointed receiver, was
not immediately available for
comment.
The receivership process
came six years after the previous NDP government committed up to $59.4 million in
2010 to the wind tower operation. The commitment included a 49 per cent stake in the
operation.
Each One Teach One
shows how to fish
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
PICTOU – Each One Teach
One is a program designed to
bridge the gap between youth
and seniors in this community.
The first event in the series
took place at the McCulloch
Centre where youth showed
seniors how they research things
like family history, using the
Internet, versus how the seniors
use microfische and books.
Michelle Young, recreation
co-ordinator for the Town of
Pictou, says the first event went
well and they are excited for the
upcoming one.
“This is a two-day learn to
fish session that includes a classroom component and hands-on
at the Quarry Pond (behind the
town barn). “It is designed to
foster learning opportunities
between youth and the older
generation, bringing them
together to share their talents
and experiences.”
The program runs seasonally
and involves many community
partners.
“It’s a partnership between
the Town of Pictou and the
Pictou-Antigonish
Regional
Library as well as the Nova
Scotia Seniors Department,”
which Young says provided
some funding for the program.
There are also community
partners like the McCulloch
Heritage Centre and New
Horizons Seniors Club and the
Department of Fisheries and
Aquaculture.
Young says, “We (the town
and PARL) brainstormed activities that would bring the two
groups together. We wanted to
encourage the opportunity to
bring youth and older adults
together in our community.”
All of the Each One Teach
One events are free to attend and
all supplies are provided.
It provides new experiences
from youth in middle school
through high school as well as
for seniors.
“This particular event is really
great because it is outdoors. It
helps people reconnect to nature
and maybe learn a new outdoor
activity participants can take
home and teach their families,
children, or even grandchildren.”
There will be a presentation
on freshwater sportfishing in
Nova Scotia, habitat characteristics, basics of tackle, assembling
a fishing rod, safety, ethics and
respect as well as health benefits
from outdoor recreation.
The first day of the event,
June 22, will take place at New
Horizon’s Seniors Club and June
23 will be at the Quarry Pond on
Brown’s Point Road.
For more information phone
902-485-4372.
(Harvie photo)
County residents committed
to making a difference
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
STELLARTON – Pictou
County has the most involved
people wanting to make a difference in the province.
Engage Nova Scotia conducted a study which showed 8.1 per
cent of Pictou County residents
have a personal commitment to
working to make Nova Scotia a
better place, above the provincial
mean of 7.7 per cent.
Those in Pictou County who
attended the Engage Nova Scotia
CBC MainStreet taping at the
Museum of Industry last week
voted unanimously that people
are the best thing about this
province.
This was the third of four sessions hosted in the province by
the registered charity that has
been working with the public for
the last year and a half.
Engage Nova Scotia started
four years ago because a group
of passionate people felt they
could have an important conversation about the values of Nova
Scotians.
Danny Graham, chief engagement officer with Engage Nova
Scotia, said the area was chosen
as one of four to host this event
because “it appears to be a hot-
bed of citizen engagement and is
one of the important economic
and social centres of the province.”
Graham said the idea behind
the sessions was to get people
talking.
“We think in order for Nova
Scotians to realize their full
potential, they need to understand who they are and what
they are and how to get there. As
a Nova Scotian, I believe there is
an
untapped
willingness
amongst Nova Scotians to roll
up their sleeves and make the
province a better place to live.
This is an opportunity for people
to build the potential for that to
happen.”
Graham noted it’s up to
Pictou County to decide what
steps to take and the hope is that
“through this conversation there
will be a deeper understanding
across a broad range of perspectives, regardless of where someone stood on the plebiscite question.”
He acknowledged this is a
community “in deep conversation and sometimes painful conversation about (change).”
The 65 people in attendance
were asked to sit randomly at
tables where they discussed a
question before sharing the
answers with the group and then
moving on to another table to
discuss the second and final
question.
The first question was, ‘What
makes Pictou County special?
And How could we build on
those things in order to grow?’
Ken Fraser said Pictou County
has a really good volunteer base
and that is very special to the
county.
Another resident in attendance noted that he moved to the
area from Ontario four years ago
and says the first thing that struck
him about the area was the
amount of music here and
through that he was able to see
how kind the people are here.
However, in trying to set up his
small business, he noted it was
very difficult to find any information.
Nancy McConnell-Maxner
said she was surprised by the
diversity around the table in
terms of the different sides of the
amalgamation issue and noted, “I
learned through this whole experience that we are not apathetic,
we are passionate about our community. If we got these two divided sides together in a conversation, what an amazing thing we
could build.”
The second question was
‘How might we work together to
overcome barriers and create a
thriving community?’
Many of those present felt
there was a level of distrust or
lack of transparency with the
local levels of government.
Santina Weatherby, a resident
of River John, made the point
that, “how come I, 25 years old,
on social media constantly and
am fairly engaged in my community, feel like I don’t know what’s
going on (in my community)?”
Lynn MacDonald said, “I
think what we need to do is put
this amalgamation issue behind
us...”
Trudy Vince felt it would be
crucial for us as Nova Scotians to
adjust our expectations.
“They seem to be very high
right now for people. I’m mostly
talking about job opportunities
(and willingness to work)...”
As for what happens now,
Graham says if the people of
Pictou County have set priorities
and want to move in a direction
related to those, Engage Nova
Scotia will be there to help along
the way as they did in Cumberland
County.
A report will be created from
the session and shared with anyone willing to take that information and move forward.
The 397 Trenton Air Cadets held their
annual Ceremonial Review recently at
the Trenton Airport. Top photo: The
Ceremonial March Past, from left, front
are: Sgt. Alicia Henderson, Flag Party
Commander WOII Iain Stewart, and F/
CPL Gavin Hiltz, leading Squadron
Commander WOII Justin MacDonnell and
the squadron.
Bottom left: WOII Iain Stewart, left, and
WOII Justin MacDonnell move the model
airplane from the hangar. The airplane
is an ongoing project of the cadets’
model-building group.
Bottom right: Commanding Officer Capt.
Pamela Hansen, left, accepts a donation
from Donna MacDonald of the Pictou
Mutual Community Foundation.
The Air Cadet program always welcome
new recruits, ages 12-18. Contact Capt.
Hansen at (902) 921-3219 for information.
(Submitted photos)
Animals lost
in house fire
TRENTON – No people
were injured, but two family
pets were lost during a house
fire that occurred late Sunday
afternoon.
Trenton Fire Department
received the call at 4:36 p.m.
about a house fire at 33
Hampson Street.
Fire Chief Wayne Allain
said there was no one home at
the time of the fire, but a cat
and dog were trapped in the
house.
The fire was deemed an
accident.
“The fire was the result of
an accident; there was nothing
suspicious,” he said.
Firefighters were on scene
for approximately an hour
and a half putting out the fire
and cleaning up.
Although there was no
structural damage to the residence, Allain noted there was
significant smoke damage to
the home.
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June 22, 2016
Pictou County Possibilities Project:
Next step in finding positive path forward for county
Three
members
of
Amalgamation No Thank You
Society have taken the lead to
move forward ANTY’s commitment to help Pictou County build
a better plan together.
“Our objective was never the
status quo,” explains Brian
White, chair of ANTY. “We
always believed it is possible to
find a better way for the county
to move forward, and we heard
throughout the campaign that
many people agreed.”
White, who lives in New
Glasgow, teamed up with Matt
Weir of Little Harbour and Barb
Harris of River John to launch
the Pictou County Possibilities
Project (PCPP) after the plebiscite vote which resulted in a no
vote for amalgamation.
The PCPP hopes to build on
the interest in positive change
generated through the amalgamation debate.
“While we recognize there is
a need in the community for a
break from the intense discussions of the past months, we felt
it was important to keep the
level of interest and communication active,” White said.
“In Pictou County our people
are a tremendous asset,” notes
Weir. ““We were challenged
during the campaign to present
an alternate plan. ANTY’s
response was that we need a
process of broad discussion
about what we value and want
to maintain, what problems are
most important to solve. Then
we can start working together to
identify solutions.”
Weir believes “if we create a
discussion that is inclusive of all,
the contributions of a wide variety of people will be invaluable.”
Organizers hope people will
get involved, regardless of where
they stood on amalgamation.
The first stage of the PCPP is a
series of open questions for discussion. Question #1 asks citizens to “Name one positive thing
you feel has come out of the
debate around amalgamation in
Pictou County.” Question #2
asks, “What’s right with Pictou
County? What do you value
most and want to keep?” Almost
300 people have joined the group
in its first two weeks.
“The amalgamation campaign brought out people’s commitment to their communities
and their desire to be engaged,”
said Harris. “So many people are
interested in getting involved in
defining problems and developing solutions. We created the PC
Possibilities Project to build on
that energy and move it forward.”
More discussion questions
will be released before the end of
June, when the first stage of the
project will wrap up. Feedback
can be submitted through the
summer, and new ideas shared
through both a Facebook page
and website. To allow participation from the widest number of
people, the PCPP will provide a
variety of ways for people to add
their input, including FB,
https://www.facebook.com/
Pictou-County-Possibilities-
Council
concerned
about
intersection
PICTOU – Council is asking
for RCMP input on an intersection in town.
Coun. Lynn Vigneault noted
she has received a number of
calls regarding the intersection
of Wellington Street and Division
Road.
She explained drivers at the
end of Wellington Street turning
right or left onto Division Road
have a yield sign while one side
of Division Road has a stop sign
and the other has nothing, which
causes confusion with drivers.
Council requested the RCMP,
as the town’s traffic authority,
look into the issue and see what
can be done.
Vigneault also informed
council that ice rentals at the
Hector Arena are up 30 per cent
this year and the focus is on
making the facility a community-wide building for things like
the indoor walking track. The
arena has also been partnering
with community organizations
like the Lobster Carnival which
has hosted events such as wrestling there and the arena is the
rain venue for this year’s carnival weekend.
Community
5
ON GUARD
FOR THEE
Project-1560173080951187/,
email to pcpossibilitiesproject@
gmail.com, a new website (under
construction), and mail to 42
Carmichael Court, New Glasgow,
NS, B2H 5T2.
The group plans to launch a
second stage in the fall, which
will broaden discussion, while
moving towards identifying key
problems and looking for creative solutions.
“We don’t know exactly what
Stage 2 will look like. We want to
give people a chance to shape
and define that,” says White.
White, Weir and Harris are
currently building a team of people who share the ANTY vision
of a ground-up process of listening to and engaging citizens and
are committed to remain open to
considering all possibilities for
how the county can best move
forward.
They recognize that work has
already been done by other
groups that may be drawn on
where appropriate as the project
moves forward.
Pictou County Firefighter
Association treasurer Steve
Cotter, right, presents a
cheque for $19,684.36 to
Shelley McWilliam, Revenue
Development manager for
Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
This represents the funds
collected during the Easter
Boot Drive. The presentation
was part of the PCFA quarterly meeting in Merigomish.
(Submitted photo)
Annual MD boot drive Saturday
NEW GLASGOW – Local
firefighters are joining forces
with fellow firefighters from
across the province.
The Pictou County Walk for
Muscular Dystrophy will take
place at the Scotsburn Fire Hall
on Saturday, June 25, beginning
at noon, and registration begins
at 11 a.m.
The walk will be followed by
a barbecue hosted by the
Scotsburn Fire Department.
Local fire departments are also
being invited to bring fire trucks
as part of an emergency vehicles
display around the pond in
Scotsburn, a familiar location to
many who attend the Pork Chop
Barbecue there each year.
Muscular Dystrophy is the
name of a group of progressive
genetic muscle disorders that
are characterized by the progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles that control
body movement. It can lead to
a shortened life expectancy.
There is no cure.
“Monies raised through the
Walk for Muscular Dystrophy
fund research for a cure and
help provide services, mobility
equipment, assistive devices
and education, your support is
truly
appreciated”
says
Revenue Development manager, Rebecca Bourbonnais.
Isaac Fraser and his family
are this year’s ambassadors.
“Isaac is a happy-go-lucky
three-and-a-half-year-old who
doesn't let his everyday challenges get him down," says his
mom, Sarah.
"Isaac is not able to walk or
crawl yet. This is why ongoing
support
from
Muscular
Dystrophy Canada is greatly
appreciated as he grows bigger
and faces more complications
from his MD. Isaac had a great
time participating in last year's
Walk for Muscular Dystrophy
and he's very much looking
forward to seeing everyone
there again this June.”
From the left: former mayor
of Pictou, Lawrence LeBlanc,
with Buhle Dlamini and
current Pictou Mayor Joe
Hawes, show off the movie
about the No. 2 Black
Battalion that was screened
in Pictou last week.
This profile and many others are available
for purchase as a fundraiser for
The Pictou County Military Museum. Discs
of the military profiles that have already
appeared in The Advocate can be purchased
for $25. Each CD contains 80 pictures and
profiles, 40 unit pictures and military
poems. Contact The Military Museum at
396-2194, 2020 Queen Street, Westville.
(Brimicombe photo)
Karla MacFarlane
MLA, Pictou West
902-485-8958
[email protected]
Office: 25B Front St., Pictou
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Museum and The Advocate are teaming up to
present 'On Guard for Thee',
a series of profiles of some of the local men and
women who have served this country in times of
conflict. The project is the brainchild of Vincent
Joyce, founder and president of the Pictou County
Military Museum, who has generously supplied
all of the photos and military records
of the individuals who will be featured weekly
in The Advocate.
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The Advocate
June 22, 2016
Amalgamation,
round two
S
eems like it isn't over
yet.
The towns of New
Glasgow and Pictou both
voted on Monday night to
not withdraw their MOU
application which is currently
before the Nova Scotia Utility
and Review Board.
In a plebiscite vote on May
28, the amalgamation proposal between the towns of
Stellarton, New Glasgow and
Pictou as well as the
Municipality of the County of
Pictou was defeated.
Soundly. About two thirds of
those who voted said no to
the proposal.
The reasons cited for the
amalgamation
proposal
included competition for
infrastructure funding, the
county being less attractive to
prospective employers, a fractured community and lack of
co-ordinated approaches to
economic attraction and retention.
New Glasgow was the
only municipal unit that
voted in favour of the move
on May 28. The others
involved – Stellarton and the
County – have subsequently
voted to withdraw their
application. The towns of
Trenton and Westville were
not involved in the process.
Now, it seems, the issue
has not been totally put to
rest. The motion to remain
in the MOU application was
unanimous in New
Glasgow, and 3-2 in Pictou.
New Glasgow Mayor
Barrie MacMillan calls
Monday night's move a
"symbolic gesture."
It is symbolic in the fact
that, despite the no vote to
amalgamation, it was clear
that there is a need for
municipal reform.
Clearly, two of the six
municipal units that comprise Pictou County are not
content to simply let go. If
not amalgamation, then
reform is needed. And New
Glasgow and Pictou are
ready to address governance
and work with other people
and municipalities to bring
about reform on some level.
MacMillan said, "We
remain willing to work with
anyone who wants to move
towards structural reform.
The citizens of New Glasgow
realize that six municipal
governments with a population of only 45,000 people is
unsustainable and frankly a
dysfunctional decision-making structure."
A need for change was
also evident in those who
voted against amalgamation
on May 28. In fact, three
people from the
Amalgamation No Thank
You (ANTY) group, which
formed in opposition to the
amalgamation proposal,
have taken reform to the
next level; they have taken
the lead to move forward
ANTY's commitment to
build a better future for
Pictou County with the formation of the Pictou County
Possibilities Project.
This is the time to go forward together or, as Ben
Franklin said while signing
the Declaration of Independence, 'We must all hang
together or, assuredly we
shall all hang separately.'
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JOHNNY
MILES
Local distance runner Tim
Dalling shared a photograph of legendary marathon champion Johnny
Miles, left, and his mother
Gwen from nearly 40 years
ago when they met during
the Johnny Miles Marathon.
Both his mother and Miles
are deceased, with Miles
having been an annual visitor to the event that bears
his name and for which he
became race patron. The
race used to be run on
Mother’s Day but in recent
years has been run on
Father’s Day. (Submitted photo)
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Cost of medical
records too high
To the Editor:
I am outraged that there
are residents in Pictou County
who, by no fault of their own,
are required to pay a fee to
obtain their own medical
records.
I can understand that if an
individual chooses to switch
doctors (an inconceivable luxury in rural Nova Scotia), then
perhaps they should be
required to pay a fee for their
records. However, in this situation the residents lost their
doctor due to very unfortunate circumstances.
These people are now
expected to pay upwards of
$87 to obtain their medical
records so that if, by chance,
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they luck out and get a new
general practitioner, they have
a written medical history to
provide the doctor.
The medical files of these
individuals are now being
stored in a facility in Ontario.
Just prior to the closing of
the spring sitting of the legislature, I had the opportunity
to question the Health Minister
about this situation.
While he agreed that this is
an unfair practice and committed that he would have it
reviewed, he would not commit to reimbursing the Pictou
County residents who must
pay now.
Karla MacFarlane
Pictou
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Anderson hopes work
at East Pictou gets done
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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902-301-1653
By Steve Goodwin
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PICTOU – Hope remains
that work to transfer students to
F. H. MacDonald School will
proceed.
Gordon Anderson, who represents East Pictou on the
Chignecto-Central Regional
School Board, said he hopes a
decision will be made this year
to renovate the school in order
to accommodate students now
attending East Pictou Middle
School.
It’s the option preferred by
parents so that their children
can continue to attend schools
in the area through Grade 8
before transferring to North
Nova Education Centre in New
Glasgow when they reach Grade
9.
Anderson, who is also the
school board’s vice-chairman,
said he hopes the work can proceed as part of a plan to close
East Pictou Middle School,
where students in Grades 6 to 8
attend and which is mostly
vacant. The school complex was
once called East Pictou Rural
High School, whose original
building opened for classes in
1952.
Meanwhile, operations director Kevin Steeves said he is optimistic the work will go ahead as
part of the province’s 2016-17
capital budget.
“The province puts out capital projects in the fall and plans
can go ahead as originally envisioned,” he said.
F.H. MacDonald has enough
vacant space to house the middle
school students.
Anderson has repeatedly
pointed out that the job would
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be similar to what took place at
Dr. W.A. MacLeod School in
Riverton, which is now a consolidated school with students
up to Grade 8 after middle school
students were moved there from
the
former
Highland
Consolidated Middle School in
Westville.
The same design was used to
build both the MacDonald and
MacLeod schools.
Anderson was commenting
on the project after the
MacDonald one was not among
those approved for provincial
capital repairs funding last
week.
The only school on the list
from Pictou County was
Thorburn Consolidated to
replace its windows.
Anderson said the replacement has been sorely needed at
the school for years.
An education department
spokesperson said school boards
submit a list of capital construction project requests. The province reviews them and releases
its decisions on new schools and
renovations as part of its capital
plan, which is usually released in
late fall.
The school board at its meeting on June 8 at Pictou Academy
approved its own list for deferred
maintenance which includes
several Pictou County schools in
its 2016-17 budget.
A single-walled cylinder in
the elevator at A.G. Baillie
Memorial will be replaced, while
work will continue to replace a
ceiling at Pictou Academy and
there is also money for a walkway at Thorburn Consolidated.
The former Linacy school
building is also scheduled to be
demolished.
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902-301-2554
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902-759-5054
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June 22, 2016
Community
7
Left photo: George Cameron, left, of
Scotiabank accepts the award for the Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County's Bowl for
Kids Sake Financial Challenge from Dustin, a
‘Little’ in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou
County program.
Right photo: Big Sister Arlene MacDonald, left,
and her Little Sister Breanna discuss their
involvement in the program.
Photos by Bob MacEachern)
‘Big’ night of celebration
By Jackie Jardine
[email protected]
It was a night of celebration
and achievement as Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Pictou County honoured its volunteers at the annual Volunteer and Community
Appreciation event.
The North End Rec Centre in
New Glasgow was filled almost
to capacity with community residents who give of their time and
talent to the local agency. Jason
Brushett entertained while the
crowd enjoyed a barbecue prior
to the awards presentations.
Among those who received
recognition were the top 10
fundraisers for the Bowl for
Kids Sake event: Margie Grant
Walsh, Dorothy Verhagan, Mike
MacKean,
Jackie
Jardine
MacKean, Jim Shaw, Kent
MacDougall, Sean Fraser, Gene
Mills, Nicole LeBlanc, Ann
MacGregor and her Little Sister
Zoe.
Other award winners in the
Bowl for Kids event were:
Team raising the most
money: Wal-Mart
Financial Challenge winner:
Scotiabank
Top fundraising school in
Wii bowling: West Pictou
Consolidated
Kevin Breen Memorial
Youth Award: Kids Can Sew –
Glady Knowles
Rookie Team raising the
most money: PARL’s Dewey
Decimators
Joanne Gillis Award winner:
Sobeys Spitfires
First annual Bunny Mason
Memorial Bowl for Kids Sake
Spirit Award on behalf of
Scotiabank: Michelin Tire
Special Friends: Kinsmen
Club of New Glasgow, Sunrise
Masonic Lodge No. 116,
Antigonish and Scotiabank
Friend of the Year: Swiss
Chalet
Mentor of the Year: Samantha
Rushton
Little of the Year: Kya
Hodgson
Brenda Halverson Rhyno
Parent Award: Barb Wood
Volunteer of the Year: Jackie
Jardine
Verna
vanBommel
Community Mentor Award:
Bob MacEachern
Others awarded were volunteers Alex Theriault, Gene Mills,
Ann MacGregor, Giles Godin,
Bob
MacEachern,
Dave
Freckelton as well as Central
Nova MP Sean Fraser. Service
awards were also presented to
almost 45 volunteers.
County funding gives 4-H a boost
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
PICTOU – County council’s
funding to replace two 4-H Club
barns has given the group raising
funds for the project a huge lift,
Bonnie Allan says.
Council approved $37,500 over
two years to help the group replace
the aging buildings with a new
small animal barn and another
multipurpose facility at the PictouNorth Colchester Exhibition
grounds.
“It’s awesome – we really
appreciate it,” she said. “They’ve
always been an excellent supporter of our 4-H program.”
Allan said an architect has been
retained and is drawing up plans
for the barns. The municipality’s
contribution represents nearly 20
per cent of the barns’ estimated
$200,000 cost.
“Our plan is for the animal
barn to come down after this
year’s exhibition and have the
new barn built by the next exhibition,” Allan said. “That’s our aim.
It’s time.”
Construction on the other facility, if all goes well, will start next
year. It will have a kitchen and
canteen facility built to code and
From left: Pictou County 4-H president Brenda Sharpe, facility
replacement committee chairperson Bonnie Allan, vice-president Paula Murray and president of the Pictou County
Agricultural Society and the Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition
Society Jack Ferguson stand in front of the 4-H barns that are
being replaced on the exhibition grounds.
(Goodwin photo)
wheelchair accessible washrooms.
“Then we’ll have three barns,”
Allan said, while factoring in the
livestock barn bearing the name of
retired veterinarian Allan MacKay,
who passed away recently.
The funding was part of a
series of community grants totaling $182,166 that includes $56,000
to CHAD and $17,500 in condi-
tional support for the Plymouth
Community and Recreation
Association Centre for a concrete
pad and ramp, windows, doors
and heat pumps.
Pictou County Scouts is
receiving $8,256 to upgrade
youth cabins, while the Pictou
Agricultural Society is receiving
$7,000, the Pictou Lobster
hall hosted by the Knights of
Columbus.
Opening ceremonies take place
July 3 at PA followed by the
unveiling of a newly-commissioned monument.
July 4 kicks off Nostalgia Night
at the deCoste with more than 100
photos of PA’s history provided
bythePictouHistoricalPhotograph
Society. The following night is
expected to bring back a flood of
memories as former teachers and
students are invited to return to
the school for an evening of reminiscing and touring the school.
The golf tournament is taking
place July 6 at Abercrombie Golf
and Country Club followed by a
tea at New Horizon’s Seniors Club
on July 7. Other ongoing events
include a display at the McCulloch
Heritage Centre as well as boat
tours in the harbour. There is also
a pub crawl planned and a lecture
from Paul Bennett titled, ‘Looking
Back: The Pictou Academy
Centenary, the “Petticoat Protest”
and Public Commemoration, 1916
to the Present’ at the McCulloch
Centre on July 10.
Registration is still available
online at www.pictouacademy200.
ca where the schedule of events
and other information is found.
All PA alumni are encouraged
to take part in the events.
Welcome to the Market! Allow me to introduce you to the
New Glasgow Farmers Market and tell you what we’re all
about. The New Glasgow Farmers Market is a registered
non-profit, co-operative (meaning it’s a team effort) organization comprised of a volunteer board, a market manager
(that’s me) and our member vendors. The Market was started
by a few passionate, very dedicated people (some of whom
are still with us today) about eight years ago with only a
few vendors in a parking lot. Today, because of community
support, your support, we now operate year round with two
buildings during the peak season and are now home to more
50 farmers, food producers, crafters, artisans, musicians and
entrepreneurs from across Pictou County and beyond. More
than 1,400 people, including local residents and tourists visit
us every week!
We are Fresh. In every way. Fresh produce, fresh, natural
meats and foods. We foster fresh new businesses, fresh innovation, artisanship and youth entrepreneurship.
We are Local. Committed to local food, local entrepreneurs,
local music, local people, local community. In fact, everything you find at the Market is made, baked or grown by the
people that sell it, many are your friends and neighbours.
We are Flourishing. We’ve grown in size and now we want to
keep the trend going not necessarily in size, but by becoming more entwined with our community. We have goals of a
community garden, youth gardening program and by continuing to contribute to our community’s local food security.
The NGFM is here for you and because of you. And that’s
why we’ve called this column Local, Fresh and Flourishing.
It’s our goal to be a Saturday morning destination that brings
us all together over food because, well, we all have to eat! In
coming weeks, we’ll introduce you to a few of our talented
and dedicated vendors. What can you find at the Market? I
probably can’t fit it all in with the words I have left but I’ll try!
You’ll find a variety of fresh produce, naturally raised meats,
farm fresh eggs, local honey, herbs, hot breakfast, hot lunch,
hot coffee (yes, we’re hot), freshly baked breads, sweets, preserves, hand crafted jewelry, art, pottery and the list goes on
and on and... well, you get the idea. The best part is that you
can speak to the very people that make, bake or grow the
items you need. Your dollars spent at the Market go directly
back into the community, growing our local economy, creating commerce and jobs along the way. Have a question about
a product, how it’s grown or what’s in it? Ask the vendor!
Have a question about the Market, a vendor or where/when
to find someone... ask myself or one of our dedicated volunteers! We’re located outside at the “Welcome Table”.
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PA 200 fast approaching
PICTOU – The years of planning and excitement are culminating in the PA 200 celebrations July
1 through 7.
Pictou Academy celebrated its
bicentennial in March and as a
way to recognize the historic
event, the PA 200 Society has been
working diligently to plan events
for all former and current graduates leading into Lobster Carnival
weekend.
Prior to this year, the society
followed the current graduating
class since 2007, organizing annual
events to impress upon them the
significance of the anniversary.
Beth Henderson of the PA 200
Society notes some grad classes
are organizing their own reunions
and events, but there are also a
number of open events as well.
Registration begins on July 1 at
$45 per person or $65 per couple
which includes a registration
packet with two for one coupons
for local attractions and museums,
a T-shirt, a copy of Monica
Graham’s Cradle of Knowledge as
well as admission to Nostalgia
Night at the deCoste and a CD of
the photos involved in that event,
among other things.
The fun continues July 2 with a
community picnic at Caribou
Provincial Park and a high school
dance at the Stella Maris Church
Carnival is receiving $6,000 and
several groups are receiving
$5,000 each – New Glasgow
Riverfront Jubilee Society, Pictou
County Council of Seniors
Outreach,
Pictou
County
Municipalities Crime Prevention
Association, Pictou County Roots
for Youth Society and VON
Pictou County.
There is also $4,000 for the
Durham Community Hall.
A marketing grant of $19,719
was approved for DEANS, while
recreation grants include $20,000
over five years for the Pictou
County Trails Association, $15,000
for the deCoste Centre, $6,000 for
LORDA and $2,500 for the Pictou
County Snow Riders Snowmobile
Club for its trail warming hut.
Community development
grants for $12,000 to the River
John Community Action Society
and $5,000 for the District 1
Development Society were also
approved.
More than $45,000 in municipal grants was approved for districts 3, 6 and 7. They include
road upgrades of nearly $8,600 in
the Green Acres sub-division and
Pump Road, nearly $8,000 for the
Lyons Brook Hall and nearly
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The Advocate
June 22, 2016
PRE-CANADA DAY CONCERT
Rawlins Cross in free concert
NEW GLASGOW – East
Coast music legends Rawlins
Cross will kick off early Canada
Day celebrations here with a free,
outdoor concert on the riverfront
on June 30.
The concert is part of the
Town of New Glasgow’s PreCanada Day party on the
grounds of Glasgow Square
Theatre. Nine-time East Coast
Music Award winners and Juno
nominees, Rawlins Cross formed
in 1989, and has released eight
recordings and toured internationally during the span of its 25
plus year career.
“Rawlins Cross broke some
serious ground in the East Coast
music scene over the years, with
their original brand of traditional
Celtic music and bagpipes fused
with a rocking rhythm section,”
says Carlton Munroe, program
and events manager for the
Town of New Glasgow.
“This is shaping up to be one
of those very memorable nights
along New Glasgow’s riverfront.”
Rawlins Cross is reuniting for
just three shows this summer –
including one in New Glasgow.
The celebrations will also feature the Mayor’s Old-Fashioned
Chris Smith photo
RAWLINS CROSS
Ice Cream Social, local entertainment, a flag raising and concludes
with a spectacular fireworks display over the East River.
"We are excited to host our
community for a quality event in
celebration of Canada's birthday
one day early," says New
Glasgow
Mayor
Barrie
MacMillan.
"We are looking forward to a
special event that all ages may
enjoy. It will be a great gathering
of family, friends, neighbours
and high calibre entertainment.
We are proud to present this
New Glasgow celebration in
honour of our nation. There's
nothing quite like a gathering
along the beautiful riverfront
setting. "
Sandria Crosby, left,
of the Westville library
shows Abby Crosby,
Thomas Crosby and
Ashton Weir how to make
a box out of old floppy
discs during the library’s
afterschool Tween Scene
program.
(Brimicombe photo)
Tween scene brings teens together
for fun, games, creativity and more
[email protected]
From the main library you can
hear laughter and bonding conversations floating from the
Westville Library community
room on Thursday afternoons.
The Tween Scene program is
bringing together tweens in
Westville for an hour and a half
of fun creating crafts, snacks and
memories.
The new program is held each
Thursday afternoon from 3 to
4:30 p.m. and is open to kids ages
eight to 14.
“We usually start with a
YouTube video then we discuss
how their week went,” said
Sandria Crosby, of the Westville
Library.
The atmosphere is pretty laid
back with a few different conversations happening and snacks for
participants as well as activities.
During the session, the group
does activities like playing games,
making crafts and sometimes
even making food.
“We did have a puppetry club
but it kind of morphed into a
hangout club,” said Crosby about
how the group came to be.
On top of games, talking,
crafts and food, the group also
occasionally has guest speakers
come in to talk on different subjects.
“It’s really what they want to
do,” said Crosby about the schedule of activities.
With a steady base of regulars
attending and new kids still coming, Crosby plans to continue the
program through the summer as
well to fill the gap in programming they had for that specific
age group.
“It’s really fun, its good to get
out of the house,” said Kylee
Weir, 12, who regularly attends.
Breeze & Wilson teaming up
with Noteworthy in concert
By Aaron Cameron
[email protected]
The right song can change
your mood, change your life, or
bring back memories. The
wrong song can lead to an
unlikely friendship.
Such was the case between
the groups Breeze & Wilson of
the West Midlands, UK, and
Noteworthy of Sharon St. John
United Church, Stellarton.
Both groups will be performing at Sharon St. John on
Friday, June 24. Tickets for the
fundraising show are $20.
Normand Girard with
Noteworthy explained the
beginnings of the friendship
between the two bands.
“That's an interesting story,”
Girard said. “One of our guitar
players was looking for the
chords for a Peter, Paul and
Mary song called 'With Your
Face to the Wind' but it is also
known as 'Harriet's Song' and
the guitarist went online and
found 'Harriet's Song' by Breeze
& Wilson and thought that was
the song I was looking for. He
listened to it and was just taken
by this duo.”
The guitarist, Jim Hahnen,
was so taken by Breeze &
Wilson that he raved about
them to his friend, the late Stan
Carew who soon began playing
the group's material on his CBC
radio show. This in turn led to
the duo - a not so well known,
regional act in England - suddenly having a growing fan
base in Nova Scotia. When their
offer of free CDs for fans in
Nova Scotia resulted in hundreds of requests, they were
taken aback and soon took
Carew up on an offer to tour
the province with him.
Breeze & Wilson also have a
history of doing charity shows
for worthy causes which led to
them performing at Sharon St.
John and meeting the band
whose fault the whole thing
was. Girard said the duo have
visited Nova Scotia for the past
seven years and now have a
collection of songs inspired by
their time here including 'Oh,
Nova Scotia' and 'Oh, Zoe'
which is dedicated to Carew's
dog.
As for Noteworthy, Girard
said their performances have
mostly been confined to Sharon
St. John where they complement the more traditional choir
and spice up the musical offerings with Christian rock.
“We tend to stick with religious, rock-type church music
during the church service but if
we have an event in our church
and they're looking for entertainment we'll sing different
music; it's more secular music
we do at that point,” Girard
said.
The band's full set list leans
heavy on folk as well as contemporary music and can feature selections from artists as
diverse as Boney M and Gordon
Lightfoot.
Girard said, “It's an interesting group because most of the
people in our group cannot
read music so the way I have to
get them to learn the song is we
go on YouTube, we find the
song, we listen to it and we get
the words and that's how we
get to perform.”
Girard describes the band's
set as “very relaxing music”
and promises for the show to
be a “very relaxing evening”
which will take the form for a
BYOS (bring your own snacks)
kitchen party.
For additional information
regarding the upcoming show
contact 902-752-1276, 902-7551527, or email jimhahnen@
gmail.com.
From the big book
to the big screen
“Oh but the movie is never as
good as the book,” is a phrase
that often gets tossed around. As
the official start of summer
approaches, stop into your local
library to do a bit of pre-viewing
homework or re-read the book
that the upcoming movie is
based on!
One of the many books adapted for the big screen that you can
borrow from the library is The
Girl on the Train, written by
Paula Hawkins (Doubleday,
2015). It is available in a variety
of reading formats, and the
screen adaptation (directed by
Tate Taylor) is slated to be in
theatres sometime in October.
Actress Emily Blunt will play the
lead role of Rachel Watson and
the book tells the story of Rachel's
life post-divorce. Every day, she
takes the train in to work in
London, and every day the train
passes by her old house. As she
attempts to not focus on her
pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down
and then, one day, as the train
passes, she sees something
shocking, filling her with rage.
The rest? Well… you’ll have to
borrow it to find out!
A classic children’s book that
will be coming to theatres soon
is the on-screen Disney adaptation of Roald Dahl’s BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Mark Rylance, Ruby
Barnhill and Penelope Wilton.
This movie, expected in local
theatres in July, tells the tale of
Sophie who is snatched from
her orphanage early one morning by the Big Friendly Giant
(also known as the B.F.G.) who
she sees involved in mysterious
activities. She is whisked away
by him to “Giant Country” and
is soon put at ease, as she learns
that B.F.G.'s job is to collect,
catalogue and deliver pleasant
dreams to children. She joins
him that night, but the mean
giants follow them with sinister
plans. With help from the
Queen, armed forces and the
B.F.G., Sophie challenges the
mean giants once and for all!
A book club pick also coming
to the big screen in the fall will
be The Light Between Oceans
(Scribner, 2012), written by M.L.
At the Library
HOLLY MACLEAN
is community outreach
assistant for Pictou County
Stedman. Michael Fassbender
will star in the onscreen adaptation of the book, alongside Alicia
Vikander as his wife. The book
tells the story of a lighthouse
keeper and his wife living off the
coast of Australia and how one
devastating choice made by them
forever changes two worlds.
STREAM
Don’t forget to pick up your
STREAM logbooks!
Branches will, once again, be
offering the free STREAM
Summer Learning Program. The
theme of STREAM for PARL’s
summer reading program stands
for ‘S' for science; ‘T’ for technology; ‘R’ for reading; ‘E’ for new
experiences; ‘A’ is for arts, and
‘M’ is for math.
Children can pick up their
logbook at any library location
starting June 28 to track their
learning activities throughout
the seven-week summer reading
program. As they complete their
logbook, kids can visit the library
to enter ballots to win prizes. The
grand prize at the end of the
summer is a brand new bicycle
(on display at the Westville and
Pictou libraries) which was
donated by the Adopt-a-Library
Literacy program.
STREAM participants are also
invited to take part in some of
the accompanying programs
offered through their local
library. Please check with your
local branch for details near the
end of June, or visit the upcoming events section of our website
at www.parl.ns.ca.
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Gardening Challenges
with Farmer Bob
A big challenge for many gardeners is shade. What
can you plant in shade that will survive and also
thrive. Many full sun plants will survive in shade but
will become straggly or stretched and if a flowering
plant, either will not flower or not nearly as well as in
full sun. Rose bushes and garden vegetables are good
examples of plants that need full sun to do their best.
Four to six hours of full sun and then some shade will
suffice for many full sun plants. If trees or buildings
cause all day shade, the degree of the shade is important. Dark shade is much more challenging than
dappled or partial shade. Around the county lately,
I’ve seen some beautiful azaleas. These and rhododendrons do great in dappled shade. New Guinea impatiens is a beautiful annual it get partial shade(from
the mid-day sun, 10-2) and lots of heat. Best not to
set them out til June 15, chilling will damage them.
Next week I’ll mention a few shrubs and perennials
for both dappled, partial or dark shade.
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The summer vacation is finally here. You
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you go by car, do not forget to bring a good
map or GPS.
GEMINI
You are proud of your children’s report
cards. You find it difficult to refuse them
anything when faced with such success.
Expect them to ask you for lavish praise
and rewards.
CANCER
If your relationship is in the doldrums, you
won’t mince words in order to put the
record straight. Your relationship experiences a rebound when good feelings are
renewed.
LEO
You might set up your own small business,
which will be profitable for you eventually.
Where love is concerned, your soul mate
will appear unexpectedly but in a rather
discreet way.
VIRGO
Improving your self-esteem is very important if you want to have a successful social
and love life. You must learn to live in harmony with yourself.
LIBRA
If you are on the verge of moving, you
realize that you have very little time left.
Fortunately, you are extremely efficient and
manage your schedule carefully.
SCORPIO
You have to “play taxi” with your children,
who are ecstatic now that the summer
break has begun. You succeed in obtaining
a loan or negotiating a good price for some
sort of purchase.
SAGITTARIUS
If love has been absent from your relationship for a long time, you do not hesitate
to broach the subject with your partner in
order to make things clear.
CAPRICORN
You show lots of initiative with your employer or your loved one. You manage to take
charge of things brilliantly and this earns
you a lot of respect.
AQUARIUS
Your new lover gives you a fairly serious
commitment. You may consider living
together or starting a family. You are also
very imaginative this week.
PISCES
You have a sudden urge to spoil yourself.
Your friends easily persuade you to go
shopping with them. Take the time to let
yourself be pampered as well.
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June 22, 2016
Pictou County
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The Nancy Frasers
in our communities
RUNNING
MacLennan, Simpson set pace
I
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – Two
local distance runners at opposite ends of their careers won
their respective races on Sunday
to conclude the 41st Johnny Miles
Running Event Weekend.
Senior masters runner Dave
MacLennan of Scotsburn led virtually from the start to win his
11th Johnny Miles Marathon
champion, while high school student Raymond Simpson of New
Glasgow won the 5-K race.
MacLennan won the marathon in a gun time of two
hours, 54 minutes, 33 seconds.
Officials waited until 11 a.m.
to declare the victory due to
the staggered start that allowed
marathoners to opt to start
early to avoid the ensuring
warmer, windier weather and
actually finish the marathon
earlier than the pacesetters.
“It was a combination,”
MacLennan said, referring to the
difficult running conditions,
which were a departure from the
previous week’s cooler weather.
“There were spots where the
wind was really strong, and then
it got really warm.”
MacLennan was the only
marathoner to finish in less
than three hours. His time was
more than 12 minutes faster
than runner-up James Jessome
of Antigonish who finished in
3:07, while Colin Busby of
Halifax was third in 3:09:53 and
David Hood of Stellarton was
fourth in 3:12:50.
Walter
Linthorne
of
Stellarton was 11th in 3:29:24.
He said the fast first loop of the
marathon on Stellarton Road
and the Samson and Albion
trails caught up to him later.
“I cramped up at about 25-K,”
he said. “I think I went out too
fast on the first lap.”
Petra Spires of Hubley, N.S.
was top female finisher and 15th
overall in 3:31:36.
“It’s nice to have competition
and know where it is, but it
worked out,” MacLennan said.
Race director Terry Curley
said most of the marathoners
took the option to run early to
beat the heat, but it also meant
fewer slower marathoners were
left on the course after the event’s
official end at noon.
“I think we did it as a precaution,” he said. "We’ll have a look
and see if we want to do it again.”
Simpson was first ahead of
runner-up Peter Corbin of
New Glasgow, while Jodi
Isenor of Stewiacke was third
and Ethan MacDonald of New
Glasgow fourth.
Allie
Sandluck
of
MacPherson’s Mills was seventh
and top female finisher, while
Bailey Fraser of Merigomish was
11th and Conrad Robertson of
New Glasgow as 12th.
Antigonishers
Donald
Ramussen and Cliff WordenRogers finished 1-2 in the half
marathon, while Scott Langille
of New Glasgow was top local
and eighth overall.
Kim Scattolon of Glace Bay
was first female and 12th overall.
Joe Pound of Westville was
16th, while Kristi Hammel of
New Glasgow was 21st.
Kathy Saulnier of Stellarton
celebrated her retirement from
work by completing the half
marathon.
“I love this course,” she said.
“The traffic control was awesome and the volunteers really
know their jobs.”
Warren Ferguson of Ottawa
won the 10-K Classic in 37:11,
Top photo: From left: Walter Linthorne, Petra Spires, Dave MacLennan, Dave Nevitt and Andrew
Clarey lead the official marathon start. Left photo: Scott Langille strains to cross the finish line.
Right photo: Melanie MacCara and Darrell Spears celebrate the end of their run. (Goodwin photos)
Top photo: A sea of humanity rushes from the starting line for the 5-K, 10-K and half marathon
races on Sunday along Provost Street. Bottom photo: Youngsters scamper along the course on
Provost Street for the kids races on Saturday.
(Cameron photos)
while Ryan Shaun MacDonald of
Green Hill was fourth in 39:09.
Paula James of Windsor,
N.S. was top female finisher
and seventh overall.
Ryan Washburn of New
Glasgow was 14th, while Mac
Murray of Pictou was 16th,
Bradley MacDougall of New
Glasgow was 20th and Breanna
Sandluck of MacPherson’s Mills
was 21st and top local female.
t takes many fabrics to make
a quilt. Just ask any quilter
and you'll get that answer
loud and clear. I heard that rationale many times.
Likewise, it takes many people to make a champion in sports.
The athletes win the medals and
get the glory, but coaches, managers, trainers and volunteers
have always been there, contributing to the success stories. Those
thoughts were on my mind again
last week.
On the same day, seven highprofile personalities were featured in the sports section and,
in the obituary columns, we read
of the death of a woman who
quietly, faithfully, made contributions to community activities
all her life, never seeking high
praise, never expecting her name
to be in the limelight.
Yes, we honour our winners,
but we should equally honour
those who work behind the scenes
to the betterment of others.
Let's look a bit closer.
In sports, as in other aspects of
our society, it is good and proper
to salute those people who have
excelled in their chosen activities.
It shouldn't be any other way. In
this case, the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame was announcing its
2016 list of inductees and, as in
past years, the seven persons chosen were very deserving to enter
the province's hallowed hall.
This time the door opened for
five athletes and two builders.
Waverley kayaker Karen
Furneaux's accomplishments pretty much made her an automatic
selection. Being a former member
of the hall's selection committee, I
would think she received unanimous selection at the committee
table. It's amazing what she has
achieved in her young life. She
was in three Olympic Games, won
nine world championship medals
including two gold, and collected
50 national championships. Five
times she was named Nova
Scotia's female athlete of the year.
Shubenacadie rower Tracy
Cameron has gold medals from
the 2005 and 2010 world championships and a bronze medal from
the 2008 Olympics. She also captured three golds among six medals at the World Cup. Like
Furneaux, she had the credentials
that should have impressed the
entire selection committee.
Rounding out this year's class
were soccer player Ante Jazic of
Bedford, who was captain of Team
Canada at two World Cup qualifications and spent 16 seasons in
professional soccer; baseball player and golfer Leon Carter of River
Bourgeois, who was on Canada's
first national baseball team to win
a medal on the international level,
and who won four provincial
men's amateur titles in golf; the
late Simon Gillis, who was an
Olympic hammer throw competitor in the Olympics way back in
1904 and 1908; and two Halifax
builders, Fred MacGillivray, who
helped bring many major events
to the province, and David Fry, an
outstanding swimming coach for
four decades.
Yes, sports people who make
headlines like that deserve the
honours they get. May it always
be that way. But let's not forget
that the sports world, like quilt
making, could not be the great
and wonderful environment it is
without the work of the folks who
don't see their names in headlines
but are, nonetheless, a fabric in the
overall picture. Nancy Fraser was
one of those.
To my knowledge, the life-long
New Glasgow woman never won
major awards in athletic circles.
But some of the details in her
Hugh's Highland View
HUGH TOWNSEND
A New Glasgow native and
Nova Scotia sports journalist
for almost 60 years.
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obituary, reporting her death in
the palliative care unit at the
Aberdeen Hospital, explained
how she spent so much of her time
improving conditions for others.
In my years in New Glasgow, I
knew Nancy and her sister Patsy.
Nancy was two years younger
than myself, Patsy three years
younger. They took the same education path as me, attending the
Brown and Acadia Street schools
before going on to graduate from
New Glasgow High.
Nancy, in her graduation year,
1957-58, was a forward on the
school's soccer team, a teammate
of sister Patsy, a teammate of my
sister Barbara. It was a year before
the green and white won a provincial title, but the club went undefeated until losing the championship match by one goal.
That wasn't Nancy's only activity. She was a member of the glee
club and Allied Youth, and she
was a cheerleader. She loved all
sports, her yearbook profile said.
But, as her obituary explained,
she enjoyed her summers at the
family cottage in Chance Harbour,
where she started “a well-known
and well-respected” swimming
program. Something for others.
She reached the level of distinction with the Royal Life Saving
Society and she continued swimming in recent years at the Pictou
County Wellness Centre.
There was another involvement in sports, a significant one
for sure. The obit tells of her being
a founding member of the Women
Alike dragon boat team, which
has been such a wonderful outlet
for cancer survivors. It led to the
very successful Race on the River
festival held on the East River.
As for Nancy, she was also
involved with Institute of Cultural
Affairs International for a decade
and a half, Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Pictou County, and a
former board member of the
Pictou County Health Authority.
It goes without saying that perhaps her biggest contribution of all
was her long service, in various
capacities, at Trinity United
Church in New Glasgow.
Nancy Fraser's name obviously will never appear on the induction list at the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame, but that's not the
point. She has been a wonderful
example of what volunteers are
all about, what it is to step forward to do many of the little
things behind the scenes.
We never forget the players
who score the goals, win the races
and capture the medals. That's
part of being interested in athletics
of all types, and loving an association with such successful people.
But, I suggest wholeheartedly,
we should also remember the
Nancy Frasers in our communities
and, before it's too late, take time
to say thank you for being there in
the trenches.
They're important, too.
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Tributes paid at Miles awards CORNER
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NEW GLASGOW – Awards
were presented in four categories once again in conjunction
with the Johnny Miles Running
Event Weekend.
Race director Terry Curley
presided over the gathering at
Glasgow Square and paid special tribute to Glenn Chenell and
those receiving Big Dog Hall of
Fame plaques in his memory.
Debbie MacDonald entered
the hall, having run more than
100 races, becoming fastest women’s finisher at the Johnny Miles
Marathon in 2009 and finishing
390th among 7,000 in her category (24th among Canadians) at
the Boston Marathon.
Betty Pound was cited for running her fifth marathon on
Sunday, as well as completing
more than 200 triathlons and four
half-Ironman triathlons. Kathy
Saulnier was honoured for her
road racing and triathlons, as well
as her promotion of a healthy
heart through physical activity.
Wayne Gerrior was recognized
as a distance running pioneer
before running surged in popularity in the late 1970s and 80s, and
his consistent training regimen of
running 100 miles a week.
Bill MacEachern was cited for
running 87 marathons, including
the Boston Marathon six times,
completing consistent times
starting with his first marathon
in 3:07:19 during the Johnny
Miles Marathon in 1978. He is
also called North Mountain Billy
for the times he has run that leg
of the Cabot Trail Relay.
Ken Hetherington was Nova
Scotia age group marathon
champion, eighth overall in his
age group, in Boston. He has also
run numerous ultra runs.
Three other awards were presented. Peter and Diane White
received the Verna Van Bommell
volunteer award for organizing
the Marathon of Respect and
Equality (MORE) run.
Ron Paris was recipient in
absentia of the Danny MacLeod
Inspirational Award.
The late Floyd Williston was
cited for the Williston award presented in memory of his brother
Johnny Williston, who founded
the Johnny Miles Marathon in
1975. Floyd also wrote a book
about race patron Johnny Miles
called Johnny Miles: Nova Scotia’s
Marathon King.
I was 13. I played volleyball in
high school.”
ERIN SIMPSON
What do you like about
coaching?
“I like giving back to the
community and to boxing.”
Where were you born?
“I was born in New
Glasgow.”
Top photo inductees were
added to the Glenn Chenell
Big Dog Runners Hall of Fame.
Front row, from left: Debbie
MacDonald, Kathy Saulnier
and Betty Pound with presenter Liz Chenell. Back left:
Ken Hetherington, Wayne
Gerrior and Bill MacEachern.
Middle photo: The Verna Van
Bommel volunteer award was
presented. From left: recipients Peter and Diane White
from the MORE run and presenter Margie Grant-Walsh
with previous award winner
Henderson Paris. Bottom
photo, from left: Johnny Miles
Running Event Weekend race
director Terry Curley joined
Royce
Williston,
Phyllis
Williston and Beth Williston.
(Goodwin photos)
When did you first become
involved in sports?
“I’ve been playing sports
since I was a kid but in competition, I began boxing when
What is your coaching
philosophy?
“Leave it all in the ring.
Give it all you’ve got.”
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KARATE
Y Karate Kids receive grading awards
Students of the Pictou County
YMCA’s karate kids program
received grading certificates,
belts and awards to recognize
their development on the path of
learning in martial arts.
The Karate Do Shotokai
Karate Kids program is one of
the many programs offered
that give children the opportunities they need to live healthier, happier lives and develop
When did you begin
coaching?
“I started last year when I
came home from university
and began working.”
into well rounded adults.
Everyone is welcome at the
YMCA. This is one reason
why Bob Bennett teaches
karathe at the Y.
“Our community is a better
place because of the Y,” said
Bennett.
The Shotokai program is
available to everyone and it is
included in the Y membership
package. No one is ever turned
away from the Y because of economic challenges.
“In the last 25 years I have
taught over 1,000 children at
the Y,” said Bennett. “In many
cases, parents watching their
children practise and grow
develop an interest and start
practising with them. So it
becomes a family thing. The Y
is a wonderful place to offer
and receive quality programs.”
Karate programs are available to children, youth and
adults and will resume in
September.
The YMCA of Pictou
County supports children,
youth and adults in the Pictou
County community.
Those interested can go to the
Y inside The Wellness Centre or
visit its website at www.pcymca.
ca for more information.
NEW GLASGOW – The
deadline to register for female
hockey in the province has
been extended to July 1.
All players must sign up
with one of six geographical
zones based on where they
live, if they intend to play
female hockey in Nova Scotia
during the 2016-17 season.
Players who live in Pictou
County register with the
Fundy-Highland
region
through the Hockey Canada
Online Registration System.
Once the Female Hockey
Central Registry closes, female
hockey committees across the
province will use the numbers
to determine how many teams
of each level will be created in
the different zones.
Officials are emphasizing
how important it is to have
accurate numbers in order to
create these teams.
In Pictou County, players
have the option to sign up for
either AA or A-level hockey.
This year, the Midget overage player policy (players in
Grade 12 born between Sept. 1
and Dec. 31) has been
removed. However, a new
option is available for players
aged 18-21, as they are able to
sign up for Female Junior
Hockey.
Plans are being made to
create a junior league for the
2016-17 season.
Any interested players
must also sign up through the
central online registry.
The online registry can be
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interested.
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SWIMMING
Mariners’ Lodge, Reid MVPs
PICTOU – Breana Lodge
was named most valuable
swimmer in her age group,
while Samantha Reid was
named Nova Tech MVP on
June 14 during awards presentations by the Pictou County
Mariners Swim Club.
Lodge was joined by top
12-and-under award winner
Jenna MacLeod, Marianna
Ross for 13-14, Noah Joudrie
for 15-and-over, most improved
age group swimmer Hannah
MacLeod and spirit award
winner Aaron Day.
Hannah Christmas was
most improved Nova Tech
swimmer and Anna Hewey
was the division’s top rookie.
More remains to the swimming season for the Mariners,
nine of whose age group swimmers qualified for the Swim
The Pictou County Mariners
Swim Club presented awards
recently. Front row, from left:
Ian Stewart, Hannah
MacLeod, Noah Joudrie,
Arron Day, Breanna Lodge,
Jenna MacLeod and
Mairianna Ross. Back left:
Samantha Reid, Anna Hewey
and Sarah Scott-Barter
Missing is Hannah Christmas.
(Submitted photo)
Nova junior championships
taking place from June 24 to 26
at Acadia University in
Wolfville. Swimmers attending include Samantha Reid,
Sarah Scott-Barter, Jenna
MacLeod, Hannah MacLeod,
Brooke Reid, Jamie ScottBarter, Katie Tetreault, Ian
Stewart and William Austin.
Lodge and Noah Joudrie
are qualified for the Ken Dunn
long course provincial championships are slated for July 7 to
10 at Dalhousie University.
GOLF
Top Photo: Kaelan Schmidt, left, and Caitrin Sobey-Skelton
were North Nova Education Centre nominees for the Nova
Scotia School Athletic Federation’s scholar-athlete award.
Schmidt was also a Northumberland Region winner. Bottom
photo: Megan Graham, left, and Jared Livingstone received the
Neil MacKinnon True Grit award presented to NNEC female and
male athletes who best personify those qualities of a team
player; competitor; role model; and leader both on and off the
(Submitted photos)
field.
Keagan Dalton gets his turn to hold the trophy after North
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Series in Bedford after defeating the St. Thomas Tommies 3-2 in
(Submitted photo)
overtime in the championship game.
Palliative
care event
scheduled
for Aug. 26
FRASER’S MOUNTAIN –
Teams are being assembled
for the 15th annual Walter
MacDonald charity golf tournament being played on Aug.
14 at the Glen Lovat Golf and
Country Club.
The four-person scramble
format being used this year
will help raise funds in memory of MacDonald who passed
away from cancer in 2000. All
proceeds will be donated in
his name to the Aberdeen
Hospital
Palliative
Care
Society.
“He was known as someone who constantly helped
others and this is a great way
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The goal is to furnish 18
teams for the 18-hole scramble. A waiting list will be set
up due to the limited number
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The team with the overall
low score will receive the
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green championship jackets.
Entry fee is $400 for each fourperson team and includes
power carts, full barbecue
steak dinner and prizes.
"We're trying to do some
special things this year,"
MacNaughton said.
He noted famed Canadian
entertainer Jimmy Flynn is keen
on helping with the event.
Dr. Gerald Farrell, who
recently retired from his work
as director of local palliative
care, also plans to golf in the
tournament
Marlee MacNaughton at
[email protected] can
be contacted to register or for
more information.
Top photo, from left: athletes
Savannah Lees and Ryan
Dykstra and coach Jackie
Ryan received framed certificates as NSSAF gold medalists
for exemplary participation.
Middle photo: Hannah
MacDonald, left, and Lance
Emery received the Haughan
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Award. Bottom photo, from
left: T-Anna Fraser received
the NRHS Athletic Banner
award along with Jeff
Skinner, while Martin Ryan
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Have skates ...
From the left, Matt and
Bria Dort with Craig Mercer
and Mike MacKean
of Investors Group and
Hilary Amit of the Aberdeen
Health Foundation.
Missing from photo is
Tom Sim of Ace in the Hole.
(Submitted photo)
Donors join forces
for Pediatric Rehab
NEW GLASGOW – Two
donors were invited to the Physio
Department at the Aberdeen
Hospital recently to see their
donation in action in the Pediatric
Rehabilitation room.
Representatives from Ace in
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Group were able to meet staff
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inspired by a friend who is now
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was always impressed with that
and, like him, I wanted to help
kids in the community.”
Ace in the Hole donated a
portion of the proceeds from all
the tanks they pumped last fall
to the Aberdeen Health
Foundation.
Investors Group donates regularly to the Aberdeen Health
Foundation because they like to
invest in tangible things that
make a meaningful difference in
the lives of those affected.
“Getting to meet Bria and her
family and to see the immediate
impact of our gift made a huge
impression on me,” says Craig
Mercer. “I was utterly humbled
by the resilience of Bria and her
family – to see the challenges
they face and to know we have
helped in some way.”
Crystal Cameron, the department’s physiotherapist, adds,
“We are really grateful for these
donations because it improves
the care we can give to children
in Pictou County,”
Cameron explains the walk-
ers are invaluable for getting
kids mobile. For parents of children with a disability, often the
number one goal is teaching their
child to walk. If a walker is recommended, families have to get
quotes and approval from their
insurance company to purchase
one. This can be a two to three
month process. Now with two
walkers available, this therapy
can begin right away. The department is planning to loan the
walkers out to families until they
get their own.
A trampoline is used a couple
of different ways in therapy. In
physiotherapy, it is used for
building muscle strength and
stability. Cameron will have a
child stand on the trampoline
and play catch with them. The
uneven surface is great for helping them build their trunk
strength and balance. The occu-
pational therapists can use the
trampoline as a reward or movement break, which is great during therapy sessions that require
energetic children to do repetitive and stationary exercises.
“Every bit of extra that we
can provide makes such a difference for our patients. Just as
we’ve seen with Bria, once kids
start to get mobile, they get hungry for movement. The impact of
this gift is significant; for Bria
and the other children we work
with, their therapy will now be
accelerated.”
Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Aberdeen Health
Foundation has turned the generosity of its donors into more
than $20 million in capital, equipment and service improvements
for health care in Pictou County.
To learn more visit aberdeenhealthfoundation.com.
PA students
shows keen fire
prevention skills
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
PICTOU – Pictou Academy’s
Health and Human Service 12
class are far from fire bugs. In
fact, they were presented with
a $500 cheque for their fire prevention video.
The video was created for a
contest sent out to the three
local high schools hosted by
New Glasgow Fire Department
for Fire Prevention Week.
“We always look at more
practical projects and we heard
about this contest through one
of the other teachers at the
school,” explains Adam White,
teacher.
The project leader was
Andra Kennedy, a Grade 12
student in the class.
She says once they decided
to do the project, they threw
ideas around as to what they
could create.
“We wanted to do the most
realistic idea for a video.”
Kennedy explains, the video
starts off with the cameras panning the hallways of the school
and coming upon a group of
students smoking. The students
aren’t careful about where they
put the cigarette butts and a
fire starts in the school.
“The video follows the procedures of what to do and what
not to do so that you get out
safely,” explains Kennedy.
“At the end there are shots
of a fire drill we did at the
New Glasgow Fire Chief Doug Dort presents Andra Kennedy
with a cheque for $500. Kennedy was the project leader for the
Health and Human Service 12 class at Pictou Academy which
(Harvie photo)
won a fire prevention video contest.
school and the slogan ‘Get Out
Stay Out’.”
The group also paid tribute
to the Fort McMurray wildfires
and listed all of the places one
can donate to the cause.
As for what the funds will
be used for, White says, “We are
just excited about the project
more than anything. Maybe it
can be used next year for the
class. The funds are going to the
school.”
The video took the class about
two weeks to create but they ran
into issues with actually getting
the video file to the New Glasgow
Fire Department. Once that was
figured out, they were quite
pleased with the final product.
Kennedy says she was very
proud because she has never
done any video editing before so
it was all new to her.
The project was also special
because the entire class took
part.
“Every student had an iPad
and we had students stationed
around the school to get different angles for the video.”
To view their video visit
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?id=0B1Jeya0hOzKmbjZHRjYtS
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From the left, back: New Glasgow Fire Chief Doug Dort and members of Pictou Academy’s Health and
Human Service 12 class which won the fire prevention video contest, Shae-Lynn Redmond, Drew
Tooke, Adam Heighton, Alex Canam and Brae Greencorn along with New Glasgow fireman John
Desmond. Front from left: Caroline Fan, Andra Kennedy, Aran MacDonald and Charley Joudrie.
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to follow those he had to compete
at the Canada Games or the
Olympic Games.
He did represent Nova Scotia
at the Canada Winter Games in
2015 in Prince George, B.C. He
placed 28th in individual men’s
figure skating, but he achieved
greater rewards.
“Personally, I did very well,”
he said. “I went out not to compete but for the experience and
being with the team. I was 28th
overall, and I was very happy
with that.”
Now 18, Bent was seven when
he started figure skating under
the coaching of Angela Coady.
He has enormous respect for
her.
“Even before this, Angie has
been one of the biggest supporters in my whole life,” he said.
“She has done anything and
everything for me.”
Bent said Disney on Ice gives
him a chance to perform and
entertain without competing.
“I never want to stop skating
but I want to step back from
competition,” he said. “That’s
what I want to do. I told Angie
that I want to do this and she
said that’s a wonderful idea.”
Bent also cited the work of
Penny Baker in helping him
choose the path toward Disney
on Ice. She and Bent worked
together for two weeks in May.
“I showed her different things
and she said, ‘You would be
good for Disney.’ After that, I
worked on everything – portfolio, photos and resume – to get
judged on my abilities. I’m there
to entertain, make people happy
and be part of an amazing group
of people.”
Bent could join the troupe in
Florida in July to prepare for a
tour next year.
“If not in July, I’ll try again,”
he said.
Bent has a Plan B if Disney
does not happen this time: college
and carpentry.
“I always liked building – I
would have gone to college to be
a carpenter, but I’m so happy this
has happened,” he said.
“Carpentry will be there, but now
is the time to be in the moment.”
New Glasgow, Pictou ...
making their decision on this
third point. I respect their point
of view. I, on the other hand, see
the vote as being one component to our final decision on
public consultation.”
Hawes said a factor in his
decision relates to the significant public disagreements
between what the MOU
Committee and the ANTY
group said.
“I don’t wish to dwell on the
content and the who said what
here this evening – with the
exception that what the MOU
committee said was reviewed
and accepted as credible by the
Nova Scotia Utility and Review
Board and their expert witnesses. The shear amount of disagreement between the yes and
no groups created public confusion and without question had
an impact on the plebiscite vote.
The structure of the application
has been interpreted by two of
the participating municipalities
as requiring them to withdraw
from the process. In my mind,
their decision to withdraw is a
vote for the continuance of status quo. Unfortunately, and
again in my opinion, the status
quo does little to address (the
issues in the county).”
These issues include competition for infrastructure funding,
the county as a whole being less
attractive to much-needed
employers, a fractured community and lack of co-ordinated
approaches to economic attraction and retention.
Vigneault made the motion
to stay in the MOU process
while Naylor seconded it.
Vigneault acknowledged it
was easier for her to vote yes
coming from a ward whose
majority vote was yes but added,
“You are a visionary to make a
decision like this (referring to
Hawes).”
Both Beaton and Munro
noted they don’t believe in the
status quo, but made a promise
to their constituents to vote on
their wishes.
New Glasgow Mayor Barrie
MacMillan acknowledged that
his council's decision to stay
with the process is a symbolic
gesture as the Municipality of
the County of Pictou and the
Town of Stellarton have passed
council motions to withdraw,
making the continuation of the
application impossible.
MacMillan and the six councillors each pledged to vote in
accordance with the wishes of
the New Glasgow voters in the
May 28th plebiscite. The voters
approved continuation of the
amalgamation proposal by a
two-to-one margin, and approving continuation in all three
wards.
“This council has respected
the voters' wishes by continuing to seek amalgamation. The
votes have been counted and it
is clear that the residents of the
Town of New Glasgow seek to
address the significant governance issues in our larger community. We remain willing to
work with anyone who wants
to move towards structural
reform. The citizens of New
Glasgow realize that six municipal governments with a population of only 45,000 people is
unsustainable and frankly a
dysfunctional decision-making
structure,” said MacMillan.
Coun. Jack Lewis, a representative on the MOU steering
committee noted, “For now,
without the support of the
Province or the other municipalities, we have taken this
project as far as we can. The
evidence was clear and the
UARB said that amalgamation
is in the best economic and
social interests of the four
applicant municipalities. There
is nothing more we can do
without the co-operation of
others.”
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We watched you suffer day by day
And could not help in any way
But just stood by and saw you pass
Into the Saviour’s arms at last.
She meant so very much to us
There is nothing we can say
To tell the sadness in our
hearts
As we think of her each day.
Always loved and sadly
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Marion, Bob and family.
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Harbour Facility Caretaker. This is an 8 week position available to a full
time student, who is returning to school in the fall. This position is for 35
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Durham Community Hall sold
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The family of (Helen) Marjorie MacDonald would like to send along
their appreciation to family and friends who helped us through a difficult
time. Thanks goes out to all of those who visited, brought food, sent
cards or made memorial donations. Special mention of Marion, Ellen
and Janet who prepared a lovely supper for us on the day of the
visitations, so we would have one less thing to think about.
Our gratitude goes along to the Palliative Care floor at the Aberdeen
Hospital whose staff and volunteers provided great comfort to Marge and
her family members. We appreciated the staff of McLaren Funeral home
for their professional and caring assistance with the arrangements.
A special thank you to Jacquie Ross who delivered a lovely service and
tribute, and to the talented choir. The ladies auxiliary of St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church prepared a delicious lunch which gave family and
friends the opportunity for a time of fellowship and reminiscing
afterwards. The thoughtfulness and support of family, friends,
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Classic Fords of all ages made their way to Highland Ford Saturday afternoon. The dealership
hosted a classic car show last weekend to celebrate 100 years of Ford products in Pictou County.
The show featured an appearance from New Glasgow Town Crier Jim Stewart and music from
Mike and the MacPhersons. Although not limited to exclusively to Fords – at least two vintage
Pontiac Trans Ams snuck through the nonexistent gates – the cars on display were by and large
Fords and included Mustangs from all generations, a classic Thunderbird, a Ford military Jeep,
Broncos and an American Graffiti hotrod look-alike. Pictured are Russell MacLean of Pictou with
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June 22, 2016
A glimpse into poetry
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A window into the moment
of time, or short glimpses of
something else is something
poet Susan Paddon has always
found fascinating.
Paddon has always known
that she wanted to tell stories;
now she tells them a little by
little, gifts for readers glimpses
into another life and mind.
Paddon will be attending this
year's annual Read By The Sea
Festival in River John speaking
about her book, Two Tragedies
in 429 Breaths.
This is not the first time
Paddon has made an appearance at the festival, although she
has always been an audience
member in the past.
“I'm looking forward to
meeting people, to sharing my
work and to hearing the other
readers. In my experience, there
is usually a really strong sense
of community at events like
these. We are all there because
we love words, stories, books,”
she said.
Paddon has a few festivals of
this sort under her belt already
but is looking forward to attending RBTS to meet new people
from different areas.
The book she will talk about
at the festival gives the reader a
look into the life of a daughter
who obsessively reads Anton
Chekhov. Each of the poem
series that makes up the book is
from the perspective of the
daughter who is spending
spring and summer looking
after her mother who is dying
from pulmonary fibrosis, a disease somewhat like TB.
For Paddon, nearly anything
can be an influence for her writing.
“Cinema, painting, photography, other poems, novels. Not
to sound cheesy, but life in general. Things that happen to me
or to people I know,” she said.
“I have a line in a poem, "The
sounds of mis-placed emphasis"
– I think mis-communication is
also a big part in what drives
the stories in my mind.”
Paddon has a no giving up
sort of attitude when it comes to
her work and even shared a
piece of advice for those who
are just starting off.
“The poet John Barton once
told me to have poems ready to
go for the next literary magazine (stamped and all) so that
when the rejection letter arrives,
you can send out the next batch
the same day. That was great
advice,” she said.”
Friends and members
of the Women's Institute,
Lyons Brook branch, joined
together recently to celebrate
87 years of Women's
Institute in Lyons Brook.
(Submitted photo)
Pictou Women's Institute
District Director Eleanor Lilley,
left, and Christine MacKenzie,
vice president of the Lyons
Brook branch, hold up the
book, The Nova Scotia Nine,
Remakable Women, Then and
Now by Joanne Wise.
Members "became" one of
the women in the book and
shared the stories and impact
made on Nova Scotia and the
nation. Women in the book
included Viola Desmond,
Rita Joe and Anna
Leonowens, to name a few.
Demolition
ordered
in New Glasgow
NEW GLASGOW – Town
council ordered a 14-day
demolition order for a property in the downtown area, at
the recent committee of the
whole meeting.
The property, located at
247 Archimedes Street, has
been deemed unsightly. Troy
Baker, bylaw officer, said he
was in contact with the owner
of the property who told him
he has no more money and
“gave the impression that he
is walking away from the
property.”
The property is listed to a
business that owns no other
known properties in the town
and has been in arrears on tax
payments since 2008, the same
year the power and water
were cut off.
“I’ve been keeping an eye
on it and in the last couple of
years it has really deteriorated,” explained Baker.
The building and fire
inspector assessed the building and noted failures in the
foundation that are affecting
the adjoining properties as
well as the prevalence of rats.
Frank Demont, town lawyer, questioned how the back
taxes would be recouped and
noted if the demolition didn’t
happen, the town would be
responsible for the cost.
“The alternative is we have
an unsightly and dangerous
property in the Town of New
Glasgow,” said Demont.
The property has been in
tax sale the last three years.
“At least when it’s gone,
we’ll have an empty lot, which
is better than what’s there. It’s
a horrible property, I cringe
every time I look at it,” said
Coun. Henderson Paris.
The owner has been notified of the 14-day demolition
order.
Council to consider televising meetings
PICTOU – County council has
agreed to instruct staff to study the
merits of televising its meetings.
Council approved a motion by
Deputy Mayor Andy Thompson
to consider the idea on Monday at
its financial services committee
meeting.
“I think it’s time to open up the
chambers,” he said. “Staff has been
instructed to investigate the cost
and where to place cameras in
council chambers this fall, in time
for council’s regular meeting on
Nov. 7.
Thompson noted other municipalities whose councils are televising meetings, such as HRM,
CBRM and Yarmouth town council.
“I think it’s time we do something different,” he said.
Coun. Robert Parker spoke out
in support of the idea.
“I agree this is a direction we
should go,” he said.
Thompson said his intention is
for council to televise its regular
meetings and committee meetings. Regular council meetings
generally fall on the first Monday
of the month, while its financial
services and property services
meetings fall on the third
Monday.
“This would fit in nicely with
the civic engagement course resolution our council sponsored
with the UNSM (Union of Nova
Scotia Municipalities),” he said.
He noted the UNSM adopted
the resolution at its last annual
general meeting, while the
Department of Education is
presently building a curriculum
for the mandatory civics course
that would start in the 2017-18
school year.
Council debates merits of MOU's promotion
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
PICTOU – County Council’s
last discussion of the memorandum of understanding at a meeting on Monday moved from how
much it cost to how it was promoted.
Members debated the issue
one more time during the monthly financial services committee
meeting after figures were presented to measure the cost of the
MOU process involving the county and three Pictou County
towns.
“I’m not pleased looking at
the numbers,” Coun. Robert
Parker said, who kept asking if
the more than $500,000 spent during the process as budgeted and
the spending authorized by the
MOU steering committee tasked
with presenting an application
for amalgamation.
Parker asked for the matter to
be included on the financial ser-
vices agenda.
He was told about the base
amount of $200,000 from the
$50,000 the rural municipality
and the towns of New Glasgow,
Pictou and Stellarton originally
allotted and the $100,000 in provincial funding left over from the
original governance study that
preceded the MOU process.
Another $300,000 was committed
and divided four ways among
the four units.
Eventually, the results of a
plebiscite in May revealed voters
opposed amalgamation in the
four units by a 2-1 margin.
“There seems to me to be an
uncontrolled amount of spending,” Parker said. “There seems to
be no authorization of spending.
I’m just thankful people weren’t
bought off with their own
money.”
Warden Ronald Baillie, who
chairs the MOU steering committee, said it will discuss the matter
at its wrap-up meeting. However,
he said council knew about the
financial cost of the process.
“This council was well aware
of the expense,” he said.
Coun. David Parker said he
was surprised with the degree
steering committee members
went beyond informing local citizens to promoting the merits of
the application and the letter of
intent the four units struck with
the province for millions of dollars in infrastructure and administrative funding.
“I was not aware this would
morph into a political action
committee,” he said. “The water
has long gone downstream and
we’ll have to pay for it.”
Coun. Debi Wadden, who
with Baillie represented the
county on the steering committee, disagreed with David
Parker.
“I kind of resent it being
called a political action committee,” she said.
Deputy
Warden
Andy
Thompson, who strongly supported the MOU and the money
from the LOI that would have
extended water and sewer lines
sooner into parts of Plymouth
and MacLellan’s Brook the steering team mounted, “a fact-based
effort to get the message out.”
He said council voted to participate in the process and the
expense that goes with advertising the MOU and meetings
scheduled to share information
about it.
“Democracy doesn’t come
free,” he said. “We could sit on
our hands and do nothing. I
don’t know why we’re complaining about (the process) now. We
voted for it.”
Coun. Randy Palmer said it’s
time for council to move past the
MOU discussions.
“We all knew we had to get
the message out,’ he said. “There
should be no surprises. There will
be no (more) talk of amalgamation. They just don’t want it.”
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Summer… finally here
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East River Road
Committee of council
approved a sub division application by Tim Hortons on East
River Road.
The town has agreed to sell
a small portion of land adjacent to the current Tim
Hortons for the construction
of a new restaurant on the
same property, located slightly closer to the road.
This new land is on the
boundary of the walking trail,
so a condition within the
agreement is to move the trail
entry over so there is no
impact to users. The new trail
entrance will be closer to Glen
Haven Manor.
(Submitted photo)
Community
Summer is finally kicking off
at Trenton Park with their upcoming Summer is Here festival.
This year, the annual festival
promises lots of fun for families
from across the county and
beyond. The festival acts as a
fundraiser for the Friends of
Trenton Park Society, which hosts
different activities in the park
throughout the year.
This year's dose of summer
fun includes bouncy houses,
face painting and wagon rides
as well as swimming and even a
special area for children ages
five and under. Admission for
this year’s event is $5; children
under two and adults get in
free.
The event takes place this
Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 4
p.m. at the park.
“One of the new things we
added this year is the preschool
play area which is focused on
the under five crowd,” said
Robin Meyer, Town of Trenton.
As well as having in area for
the younger crowd, there will
also be a few community organizations set up at the Summer's
Here celebration for those interested. United Way Bikes for
Kids as well as PictouAntigonish Regional Library are
a couple of the community organizations that will be attending.
“We usually get several hundred people,” said Meyer.
A concession stand and draw
prizes will also take place,
throughout the event. Meyer
said that this year, the prizes
will be more oriented towards
families.
The pipes
are calling
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
The sound of bagpipes this
time of year is not untypical in
these parts.
When the snow melts and the
warmer weather arrives, the
sound of bagpipes drifts through
the air like the sound of an old
friend’s voice.
Pipe season has arrived and
many local pipe bands are gearing up for a busy summer season.
Na Gaisgich Pipes and
Drums, Gaelic for ‘the brave’,
boasts 24 members and is preparing for the first parade of the
season, July 1 in Westville.
Also beginning in July are
weekly concerts every Thursday
evening on the deCoste
Entertainment Centre deck.
Following the Westville
parade, Na Gaisgich will be donning each member’s family tartan while taking part in the
Pictou Lobster Carnival parade
as well as two upcoming parades
in PEI.
“We’re not a competition
band, we’re just for fun,” notes
band manager Faus Johnson. “A
lot of our members are former
Heatherbells and we have a
number of senior members who
learned to play after retirement.”
Johnson says the band has
something almost every week
between concerts and private
functions, keeping them busy.
Pictou County Pipes and
Drums is also gearing up for a
busy parade season with its first
parade also taking place in
Westville on July 1 followed by
weekly deCoste Centre performances on Tuesday evenings on
the deck.
They have a concert on June
30 at Acadia Park, Westville,
from 7 to 8 p.m. as well.
“We are a fun band with 18
members and we all wear the
Pictou County tartan,” notes
Roseanne MacGregor, treasurer
of the band formerly known as
the Fraser Holmes pipe band.
Clan Thompson pipe band
has 26 members ranging in age
from 12 to 82.
“We’re a competition band
Grade 4,” notes Madelyn Evans,
band president and pipe sergeant.
Clan Thompson, which wears
the Thompson tartan, also takes
part in parades across the province and will be performing at St.
Francis Xavier football games
beginning in late summer, early
fall. They can also be seen performing every Wednesday night
at the deCoste Centre on the
deck.
They practise at GR Saunders
Elementary School in Stellarton
on Sunday afternoons from
September through June.
Na Gaisgich and Pictou
County Pipes and Drums are
always welcome to new members. Na Gaisgich meets every
Monday
from
September
through June at Northumberland
Regional High School for lessons
and practise at a cost of $100 a
year for members. Beginners and
expertise alike are welcome.
Pictou County Pipes and
Drums meets every Tuesday
evening September through June
at Walter Duggan school in
Westville. They are looking for
pipers and side drummers, those
with experience and those willing to learn.
Clan Thompson is looking for
new members, however, they
accept only experienced pipers
and drummers and are looking
particularly for drummers at this
point in time.
Pictou Landing learns
about mobility issues
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A monthly lunch and learn
at Pictou Landing First Nations
opened up an opportunity for
some of the residents of the
area to learn a bit about mobility problems and how to
address them. The gathering
had a local physiotherapist
and a local occupational therapist give a few facts about falls
and tools that can be used to
prevent them.
Some of the risks of falls
include isolation and fear of
falling again, preventing some
from continuing regular activities. According to the physiotherapist in a year, one in three
seniors will fall, and the place
in the house that most falls
occur is the bathroom.
The group meets every second Thursday of the month at
the Church located on the
Pictou landing reserve.
“When we start we have a
little discussion about their
needs,” said Ann Francis Muise,
a volunteer for the group,
which has come to be called the
Elders lunch and learn group.
“We just get the people to
come in to meet their needs,”
she said. During the presentation the physiotherapist talked
a bit about mobile solutions to
mobility issues, beginning with
canes and eventually moving
on to walkers with wheels and
seats, which allow maximum
mobility. During the presentation the occupational therapist
spoke about mobility assistance, such as rails for tubs,
beds and more, to help those
that may need a bit of extra
help standing up.
“I think it was a huge eye
opener,” said Francis Muise
about the presentation.
The regular lunch and
learns address the issues that
those in attendance bring up
while talking. Francis Muise
noted that they do not always
have a guest speaker; sometimes they pass the time with a
cup of tea talking about the old
days.
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Community
The Advocate
June 22, 2016
RIVER JOHN NEWS
By Anne Patriquin
River John correspondent
Here are a few things coming up you may be interested
in attending:
On June 30 there will be a
bike rodeo starting at 5 p.m. at
the River John Hub (River John
School). You must have a bike
and helmet to participate. On
July 1 there will be Canada
Day events taking place in
Bissell Park starting at 2 p.m.
If it is raining, all activities will
take place at the River John
Hub. Please come and enjoy
clown costume and entertain
us as small children. He took
his training in Toronto, so I am
told. He was a veteran of WWII
and spent a number of months
in a concentration camp. I
remember as a little girl seeing
the scars on his back where
they played tic tac toe with a
knife. I will never forget that
image and try to understand
why some one would do that
to another person. Jiffy was
always ready with a willing
hand at work. He was also
manager of the rink where he
enjoyed working with the
young people. This outdoor
rink was located near the previous fire hall.
Well, that's all I have for
now. Have a great week every
the day with us in celebrating
Canada Day; hope to see you
there.
On July 3, the River John &
District Lions Club will be having their annual chicken barbecue. Come enjoy the food,
music and the company. The
last week in July is the start of
River John Festival Days; I will
have more information for you
as I receive it.
Here is a name some of you
will
remember:
Walter
Spencely. I did not know his
real name, I only knew him as
Jiffy the Clown. He would
sometimes dress up in his
COMMUNITY EVENTS
◆
WEDNESDAY, June 22
AA’s Pictou Hr. Group meets at 8
p.m. on the Old Pictou Road and at
8 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, Westville.
Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) runs
9:30-10:30 a.m. at the River John
Library and 1:30-2:15 p.m. at the
New Glasgow Library.
ABC’s for Babies (0-18 months) is
10 -11 a.m. at the Westville Library
and 10:45-11:30 a.m., Stellarton
Library.
one and stay safe.
If anyone has any news they
would like to share, call me at
902-351-2898 or e-mail me at
[email protected].
ToddleTime (18 months-3 yrs) takes
place 10:15-11a.m. at the New
Glasgow Library.
Gamers Afterschool @ Library
(drop-in), 3-5 p.m., Westville
Library.
Afterschool @ Library (ages 5-9)
runs 3-4 p.m., Stellarton Library.
Club Francais meets 12-1 p.m.,
Stellarton Library. Contact Cynthia
Gallager at 902-754-2682 or [email protected].
OBITUARIES
◆
Meat darts, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 7 p.m. All welcome.
MacLEOD, J. Stanley – New
Glasgow: It is with great sadness
that we announce the passing of
our dear dad,
J. Stanley
MacLeod,
age 86, of New
Glasgow, on June 14th, 2016 at
the Aberdeen Hospital after a
brief illness. Born in Stellarton, he
was the son of the late Murdo
and Nellie (Carruthers) MacLeod.
He retired in 1990 after a long
career, first at the Pictou County
Power Board and later as a
District Supervisor with Nova
Scotia Power Corporation,
Stellarton. In retirement, he
enjoyed his time with family and
friends. One of his best memories was a trip he made to
Scotland in 2006 with Naida and
his girls to visit for the first time all
his Scottish family. It was a trip he
had hoped to repeat. He was a
member of the Abercrombie Golf
Club for more than 20 years,
where he made many cherished
friends and became a student of
the game. He loved to fish and
enjoyed many trips to the “Hilton”
with his nephew Bob MacLean.
He had a wicked sense of
humour, was a great story teller
and he loved to tease. He was
well known for his many
“Stanisms”. He was a loving husband, father and Papa, a rock for
his children. He was a member of
Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, New Glasgow. He is
survived by his wife of 63 years,
Naida (McKean), Valley View Villa;
sons Jim of Hopewell and Steven
(Judy) of New Glasgow; daughters Nancy (Rick Goodman) of
New Glasgow and Susan
(Graham Pate) of Vancouver;
sisters-in-law Lois MacLean,
Durham and Marian Melvin (Art)
of Saint John; many nieces and
nephews. He was a beloved
Papa to seven grandchildren:
Nicholas (Morgan), Andrew
(Bronwyn), Adam (Lisa), Mitchell,
Aaron (Aleshia), Megan and Kevin
Pate; also five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a
sister Betty McEwan (McNeil), a
niece Peggy and a brother Jimmy.
Cremation has taken place and
celebration of life was held June
18 in the H.W. Angus Funeral
Home. A private family burial will
take place at a later date in the
Durham Cemetery. The family
would like to thank the nurses on
4 East for their compassionate
care. Donations in memory of
Stan may be made to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation ,the
Alzheimer Society or to a charity
of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to [email protected] †
HORTON, Kenneth Earnest –
died unexpectedly June 12,
2016 in the Aberdeen Hospital,
New Glasgow surrounded by
his family. Born in Pictou County
he was a lifelong resident of
Eureka. Kenny worked for over
40 years as a mechanic at Vee
8 Motors and later Highland
Ford. He was a devoted family
man who enjoyed outdoor life
and loved to have his family
around him. He will be lovingly
remembered by his wife Peggy;
daughters Brenda (Mike) Ross,
Eureka;
Allison
Stewart,
Stellarton; son Jimmy (Callista)
Horton, Pleasant Valley; grandchildren Braiden Stewart, Alley
and Alex Ross, Emily and Griffin
Horton and extended family and
friends. He was predeceased
by his parents James and Jean
(Pye) Horton, grandson Nicholas
and a brother Bill (Jane) Horton.
Memorial service was held June
16 in the H.W. Angus Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial in the
Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell.
Donations in his memory may
be made to The Aberdeen
Hospital, Canadian Cancer
Society or the Heart and Stroke
Fund.
CHISLETT, James Wilson
“Jimmy” Sr. – 77, New Glasgow,
formerly of Trenton, passed away
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 in the
Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow.
Born in New Glasgow, he was a
son of the late Frederick and
Catherine (MacLean) Chislett. He
was a member of St. John the
Baptist Roman Catholic Church,
New Glasgow. Jimmy was a welder and had been employed locally
with Pictou Shipyards and the former Hawker Siddeley, Trenton. He
worked for a period of time in the
nickel mines, Thompson, Man.
Jimmy enjoyed hunting, fishing,
gardening and spending time with
family and friends. Surviving are his
daughter, Debbie (Rollie) Green,
Egerton; sons, Fred, Halifax;
Jimmy, Pictou Landing; Jack
(Tanya), Brampton, Ont.; Timmy
(Darleen), Westville; chosen son,
Anthony (Shaylene), Calgary, Alta;
sisters, Elizabeth “Betty” Allain,
Bernadette (Joe) Hughes and
Peggy (Jack) Jardine, Trenton;
Marie (Chris) Lamey, New Glasgow;
16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was
predeceased by grandson, Joshua;
great-granddaughter, Gabrielle;
sisters, Catherine “Toots”, Millie,
Shirley, Cathy and Anderine; brother, Fred “Bud”; brothers-in-law,
Alonzo, Gordon and John. Funeral
was held June 18 in P. & K.
MacDonald Funeral Home, New
Glasgow. Interment in Holy Cross
Cemetery. Donations may be
made in Jimmy’s memory to the
Aberdeen Palliative Care Society or
Pictou County VON.
with Tom’s army career. Joan
was a strong and resilient woman
who would pick up and move
and find work wherever they
went. She especially loved her
time as assistant librarian periodicals deptartment at the Killam
Library, Dalhousie University,
where she worked from the mid60s to 1975, when they moved
to New Glasgow after Tom’s
retirement from the military. Joan
took great pride in her family and
home and was devoted to both.
She was happiest when surrounded by her loved ones. She
had a great sense of adventure,
loved to travel and made her first
trip to an all-inclusive resort in
Mexico at age 89. She was an
avid reader and life-long learner.
Google became her Encyclopedia
Britannica. She loved crosswords, puzzles, books and
music. Joan was predeceased
by her parents, her brothers, her
husband and soul-mate Tom,
son Steven, in infancy, and her
four-legged “Best Boy” Tucker.
Left to mourn are her beloved
only child, Sybil (Daryn) Smith,
New Glasgow; her grandchildren,
Sarah Helppi, London, England,
and Thomas Smith, at home;
great-granddaughter,
Ruby
Cuthbert, London, and her much
loved niece and nephew, Mike
Raine, London, and Josie
Manton, Seaford, England, and
their families. A graveside committal service was held in the
Abercrombie Cemetery on June
JONES, Elsie Joan – 95, of
Highcrest Place, New Glasgow,
and formerly of Martin Avenue and
Kestrel Ridge, New Glasgow,
passed away peacefully after a
brief illness on June 15, 2016.
Born in London, England on June
26, 1920, she was the youngest
child of William A. and Ellen E.
(Greene) Raine. Joan was cherished by her older brothers, Stan,
Bill and Bert. She grew up in a
home of love and caring and carried those traits into her marriage
to the love of her life, Thomas
George (Tom) Jones. Joan began
her working life at 18 as a British
civil servant and only one year later
endured the terrible war years in
London, miraculously surviving the
Blitz but losing her brother Stan at
the very end of the war. She married Tom in 1946 and a few years
later they ventured to Canada,
then Germany and finally, Halifax
20. Donations may be made to the
Aberdeen Hospital Palliative Care
Unit or the Pictou County SPCA.
MILLS, Agatha Aurelia – New
Glasgow, passed away on June
13, 2016 at the Valley View Villa in
Riverton. She was born in New
Glasgow on September 29, 1920
to the late Harold and Lavenia
Jewell. She spent her entire life in
New Glasgow. She was the last
surviving member of her family.
She was also known to many of
her friends as Gate or Gatha. She
was predeceased by her husband, George W. Mills. Agatha
had a special place in her heart for
young people. She also loved to
sew and knit and she made a lot
of her own clothes. She was predeceased by her brothers: John,
Clarence, George and Lloyd and
her sisters: Lenora, Hilda
Dorrington and Annie Paris. She
will be lovingly missed by her eight
children, sons: Thurman “Doc”
(Anne), New Glasgow; Harold
“Hump” (Grace), New Glasgow;
Adalai (Venessa), New Glasgow;
Guillio (Chrissy), New Glasgow;
Shawn, New Glasgow; daughters: Rhonda Smith, Priestville;
Beverly Borden, Halifax; Trudy,
New Glasgow; 20 grandchildren
and numerous great-grandchildren. Funeral was held June 17
from Second United Baptist
Church, New Glasgow. Donations
in her memory may be made to
the Second United Baptist Church
or the Diabetic Association.
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Learn to Fish: Hook, line & sinker.
The program consists of two main
components, classroom presentations and outdoor lessons. June 22,
Pictou New Horizons Club, June
23, Quarry Pond, Browns Pt. Rd.,
both at 6 p.m. Register at 902-4854372.
Music Circle Jam, West Branch
Community hall, 7-10 p.m.
Admission for players is free, listeners are asked to contribute $2.50.
There will be light refreshments.
Proceeds to the Community hall.
THURSDAY, June 23
AA’s Pictou Hr. Group meets at 8
p.m. on the Old Pictou Road and at
8:30 p.m. the HOW Group meets
on East River Road in New
Glasgow.
Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5 yrs),
10:15-11 a.m., New Glasgow
Library; 1-2 p.m. at the Stellarton
Library and 1:15-2:15 p.m., Westville
Library.
Knitting and Crocheting Group
(drop-in), 3- 4:30 p.m., Pictou
Library. Bring your own yarn and
needles.
ToddleTime (18 months – 3 yrs),
6:15 -7:15 p.m., Stellarton Library.
LEGOs @ the Library, 3-4 p.m.,
New Glasgow Library. Families and
children welcome!
Tween Scene, 3-4:30 p.m., Westville
Library. Ages 8-14 are invited to
hang out and create together!
Crafts, games, puppetry, art, poetry,
guest speakers and authors...
snacks will be provided. For info
and to register contact the library.
Karaoke, Royal Canadian Legion,
8 p. m. Admission $3. All welcome.
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Caribou River Lunch and Learn will
be hosting its final program for this
spring from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
Caribou River Community Hall. This
month's topic is "What's Up Doc?:
Health and Social Services at your
fingertips. Guest speaker is Sheila
Hoeg, director of volunteer services
with VON Pictou County who will
help explain the many health and
social services available. Call 902485-5820 to reserve your place for
lunch.
FRIDAY, June 24
AA’s Trenton 24-Hr. Group meets at
8 p.m. on Pleasant Street, Trenton
and at 8 p.m. Hope Group meets at
the Sister Catherine Steel Centre,
Lourdes.
Knitting circle, 10-11 a.m. with the
RJ Square Knitters, River John
Library and from 1-2 p.m. in the
Stellarton Library with the Stellar
Knitters.
Toddletime, 10-11 a.m., Westville
Library and 10:45-11:45 at the
Stellarton Library. A program for
toddlers 18 months to 3 years and
parents/caregivers.
OPEN HOUSES
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Results Realty Atlantic Inc.
902-752-7227
20 Norma Court, New Glasgow
Open house and graduation for
ABC’s for Babies, Toddletime and
Preschool Storytime runs 6-8 p.m.,
Pictou Library
Puppetry Club (pre-registration
required), 3-4:30 p.m., Westville
Library. Learn how to make puppets
and write a puppet show too! For
info and to register contact the
library.
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Silent Auction at Scotia Bank,
Pictou, June 21-30 during regular
banking hours. Auction will close at
3 p.m. on June 30. Fundraiser for
Pictou County Chapter Cat Rescue
Maritimes (CA-R-MA).
1-2 pm
Sunrise Brokerage & Sales Ltd.
1-844-376-HOME (4663)
300 Lodge Road, Braeshore
12 noon -2 pm
Gamers Afterschool @ Library
(drop-in), 3-5 p.m., Westville Library.
Ages 8-14.
Chase the Ace, River John Legion.
Tickets on sale from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
with draw at 9 p.m. Proceeds to
support the River John Legion and
the River John Community HUB.
Must be 19+ years to purchase
tickets. Cash only.
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Chase the Ace, Stellar Curling Club,
Foord St., Stellarton, 6-8 p.m. with
ticket draw at 8:15 p.m.
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Chase the Ace, Royal Canadian
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Entertainment, draw at 9:45 p.m.
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Women on Wheels (WoW)!, 10:30
a.m.-11:30 a.m., Pictou Library.
Would you like to: connect with
other senior women? Enjoy short
bike rides and learn new skills? Feel
safe cycling on trails & roads? Be
more connected to your community? Join us for fun, fitness and
friendship. Pre-registration required,
by contacting the Pictou Recreation
& Parks at (902) 485-4372.
Books Start Here! event with authors
& publishers hosted by Atlantic
Publishers Marketing Association,
7-8:30 p.m., Antigonish Town &
County Library. Light refreshments
will be served.
SATURDAY, June 25
Auction 45s, 7 p.m., New Horizons
Club, Pictou. Adm. $5 (includes
tickets for 50/50, door prize, pool
and mystery.)
Tatamagouche Legion #64 and
North Shore Rec. Centre presents,
The Queen of Hearts at the Legion,
2-4 p.m. Play $2 per ticket and be
there at 4:15 p.m. to win.
AA’s Easy Does it Group meets at 8
p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, Westville.
Seniors Relay sale, 474 Scotsburn
Rd, West Branch, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
New items weekly. Proceeds for the
Fuel Fund for district seniors.
Saturday Morning Puppetry Club,
10:30-11:30 a.m., Pictou Library.
For info and to register contact the
library.
Crafty Saturday (drop-in) 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Trenton Library.
Family LEGO time @ the Library,
3-4:30 p.m., Pictou Library.
The Abercrombie Community
Centre will be holding their monthly
flea market from 9 a.m.-Noon. For
info phone 902 752-8115, 902 7528914 or 902 752-3826.
Minecraft, 1-3 p.m., Pictou Library.
Space is limited so registration is
required by calling the library.
SUNDAY, June 26
AA’s Hope Group meets at 12:30
p.m. at the Sister Catherine Steele
Centre, Stellarton. There is an information meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the
Pictou Detox. The Pictou Hr. Group
meets at 8 p.m. on Old Pictou Road
and the HOW Group meets at 8:30
p.m. at First Baptist Church, East
River Road, New Glasgow.
Meat roll, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 2 p.m. Members and
guests.
Earth ARC Animal Respite Centre
will be hosting Farm Day 11 a.m.-4
p.m. There will be wagon rides, a
canteen and barbeque, hobby
horse races and games. Feed the
baby goats and pat the kittens!
Meet the 25 horses in Earth ARC’s
care. Free admission and fun for the
whole family! 644 Heron Road in
Four Mile Brook. Heron Road is off
Highway 376, near Central West
River.
MONDAY, June 27
AA’s Trenton 24 Group meets at 8
p.m. on Pleasant Street, Trenton
and the Hope Group meets at 8
p.m. at the Sister Catherine Steel
Centre, Lourdes.
Bingo, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Everyone welcome.
TUESDAY, June 28
ALANON Adult Children of Alcoholics
meets 7 - 8 p.m. downstairs at The
Detox Center, 199 Elliott Street,
Pictou. For more info contact
Brenda 485-8653.
AA meets at 8 p.m. at the Sister
Catherine Steel Centre, Lourdes
and at 8 p.m. at the Lismore
Community Centre, Big Book
Study.
Knitting for Children (for ages 5+),
pre-registration is required, 3-4:30
p.m., Pictou Library. All yarn and
needles will be provided.
ABC’s for Babies (0-18 months),
10:15-11 a.m., New Glasgow
Library. A weekly library program for
babies & parents/caregivers. For
info and to register call the library.
LEGO family night, 6-7 p.m., Pictou
Library. Do some colouring pages,
pick up a Lego book to read! All are
welcome.
LEGO @ the Library (drop-in), 6:157:45 p.m., River John Library; 6:307:30 p.m., Stellarton Library and
6-7:30 p.m., Westville Library.
STREAM
Summer
Learning
Program Logbooks now available at
public library locations in Pictou &
Antigonish Counties. The theme of
STREAM for PARL’s summer reading program stands for ‘s; for
Science, ‘t’ for Technology, ‘r’ for
Reading, ‘e’ for new Experiences,
‘a’ is for Arts, and ‘m’ is for Math.
With sessions that cover a variety of
subjects, some in a group setting
and others more self-directed, this
program gives kids a way to explore
their communities and have fun – all
at the same time!
NOTICES
Pictou County Women’s Centre is
offering female survivors of childhood sexual abuse a safe environment to build self-empowerment;
explore healing methods; practice
coping skills; and identify healthy
boundaries and support systems. If
you are interested call 755-4647 or
drop by 503 South Frederick St.,
New Glasgow to register. All inquiries are confidential.
Community Events listings
are available free of charge for
non-profits. Deadline for
submissions is 12 noon on
Fridays. Email submissions to
[email protected].
No phone calls.
Religion
The Advocate
June 22, 2016
RAISING
THEIR
VOICES
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – PICTOU
family and in our relationship
with God. A society dies from
within, when its members no
longer uphold the values it
was built upon. The law provides us with rules of behaviour and restraints. When
these are broken or not
adhered to, the line is blurred
between right/wrong; good/
evil. The law provides us with
guides and rails to create a
right relationship with God,
and within our family and
society. We need God's grace
for every thought, word and
deed in our lives. This gift
transcends time and gender.
As the adopted children of
God, we learn from Him how
to belong, teach, and share
with others the gifts of His
grace, Tonks said.
The offering was gathered
by Gerry Davidson and David
Munro.
Submitted by Carol MacKay
A special concert in support
of families affected by the
Fort McMurray wildfire was
held at the Sharon St. John
United Church in Stellarton
on Saturday evening. The
concert featured the music
students of Ann HoltonMelong and Monica Punké
with Dave Pos, Sandra
Johnson and guest performer Dylan Holton, kneeling
in front.
(Cameron photo)
HOLY NAME CHURCH – WESTVILLE
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN – PICTOU
John pretending to come from
the Isle of Patmos. In it, John
told of his life with Jesus, even
offering to share his snack of
crunchy locusts. He also said
he really learned to pray while
being baptized by John the
Baptist when he felt he was
held under water for a mite too
long. He told about the other
disciples and how they would
sing and worship God. He
described the vision shown him
which can be read in the book
of Revelation.
True worship is one of the
greatest needs for individual
believers and for our churches,
Ross said. To worship means to
use all that we are and have to
praise God for all he is and
does. The choir, under the
direction of Judy Corman, presented Sing a New Song Unto
the Lord.
Submitted by Betty Ann
Battist
His parents, to be found again
in the temple, His baptism by
John the Baptist and then
choosing
His
disciples.
MacDonald referred to Jesus’
question to His disciples: Who
do they say I am? To which
they have several responses,
Moses, Elijah. Then Jesus
asked who the disciples say
He is and they respond “The
Christ of God.” MacDonald
said Jesus knows they do not
yet know what they are committing in the fellowship of
Him, that they are called to
take up their cross daily.
MacDonald taught that it was
not only the disciples being
called to take up their cross;
that we, too, as believers are
called daily to take up our
crosses, to live in forgiveness
and love of our fellow brothers and sisters. That is our
calling, to love one another, to
live in respect of one another.
We, today are called, just as
those first disciples to, every
day, take up our cross.
Submitted
by
Angela
Hanebury
Worshippers were greeted by
Brenda Wilson and Pat MacKay.
Shirley Haggart read the
scriptures.
Throughout the service, musical worship was enriched by
Adam Johnson on piano, Ian
Grant on percussion, John
MacLeod on bass cello and
Michelle Johnson on flute. Sophia
Kim played Felix Mendelssohn’s
piano solo, Andante sostenuto
op. 72, no. 2.
In recognition of Father’s
Day, the Kirk Men’s Chorus sang
In the Garden and O God of
Heaven and, during the offertory
sang, When the Saints Go
Marching In.
Every June, the Session presents Bibles to the youth in the
congregation who are graduating from high school. Jared
Livingston and Alex Owen
received their Bibles with a blessing from the Rev Dr. Joon Ki
Kim.
Kim based his sermon on
Luke 8: 26-39. In the text, the
demons that possessed the man
PICTOU UNITED
FIRST UNITED BAPTIST – NEW GLASGOW
Following the singing of Love
Lifted Me, music leader Jason
Archibald invited members of the
church family to share a moment
in their lives when they felt God’s
presence.
Carol Whitman led the
Children’s Moment reminding
everyone that God’s presence in
seemingly insignificant events in
our lives can have a great impact
on the lives of others. Andrew
Phillips led the congregational
prayer. Allen Morton, accompanied by Pauline Henaut on the
keyboard, sang I Heard the Voice
of Jesus Say.
Guest preacher David Settle’s
sermon, Wonderful But Not
Complicated, focused on believ-
ing the Good News that only
through faith in Jesus are we forgiven. “But God demonstrates
His own love for us in this: While
we were still sinners, Christ died
for us,” (Romans 5:8). Settle
reminded everyone that salvation
is by no means complicated, all
sinners qualify. Religious rules,
regulations and denominational
‘wars’ can complicate/hinder the
Good News message, but faith in
action as we love God, love others makes the salvation message
abundantly clear.
Celebration Sunday will be
held at Camp Pagweak on June
26 at 3 p.m. including music, a
pot luck supper and worship.
Submitted by George Henaut
TRINITY UNITED – NEW GLASGOW
Ron MacNutt was greeter.
A rainbow of candles were lit
and candle lighting liturgy was
read claiming the promise of the
rainbow, the promise of creation’s
sustaining love by Caroline
Wilson, Sylvia Dingle, Lynne
Lockhart.
The Sound of Silence was sung
by Charlie Tourneur.
Rev. Donna Tourneur shared a
story, When Misfortune Threatened, and showed a video of congregation member, Mildred
Whidden who lives at The Willow.
Whidden shared her story about
the goodness of the man she knew
as Father and how His inclusive
love was something she learned
she could depend on.
Special music, Standing in the
Light of Love, was sung by the
Celebration Singers.
Scripture from Luke 8:26-39
was read by Duncan Dingle, a
story of isolation and freedom.
Tourneur reflected on the
essence of the gospel story, which
was about Jesus crossing boundaries and borders, in order to liberate a man who has been cast out.
She invited the congregation to
imagine who might symbolically
be “an other” for them, and where
their ministry is calling them to
respond.
Submitted by Brenda Sterling
Goodwin
‘Second Cup’ was hosted by
Carolyn Moore and Chriss
Landry. National Aboriginal
Sunday, World Refugee Sunday
and Father’s Day were recognized and the congregation celebrated graduates and Dickson
and Dodson Bursary recipients.
Chloe Marshall lit the Christ
candle and led in our gathering.
Sarah MacCallum read from
Psalm 22 “My God My God”…
Delaney Collins read from Psalm
139, ‘Known and Loved’. Rev
Mary-Beth Moriarity read a modern adaptation of words first
attributed to Pastor Martin
Niemoller, “First They Came.”
Moriarity told of a teacher asking her students: How do you
know when night has ended and
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recognized Jesus and feared him.
The man who was tormented by
the control of these unclean spirits was healed by Jesus and made
whole. The town’s people knew
there was an uncontrollable evil
power in their town, but while it
was confined to this man and the
tombs, an area they could avoid,
they tolerated it because they
were not personally affected.
Now that the man was transformed, they feared who the next
victim might be.
The Bible’s message of “do
not fear” is not only for individual peace but the first step
of our societal reform. As long
as the customs and laws of a
culture have been built on peoples’ fear and hatred for others,
our God intends to overthrow
them with the power of his
love.
Following the service, Alta,
Alex and Tom Owen, Ruth and
Don Sutherland were the hosts
for refreshments in the
Fellowship Hall.
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Ministry of music, Make you
Feel My Love, was offered by
Cecely Gilby and David Pos.
The 2016 graduates are Keil
MacDonald, Chloe Marshall,
Lena Roberts and Josh Young.
Jean Dickson Bursary Awards
were handed out to recipients by
treasurer Brenda Parker; Dodson
Family Bursary Awards were
handed out by Bill Dodson.
‘Humble and Kind’ was sang
by Kayla and Craig Sutherland.
This Sunday is Choir’s Greatest
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Murray Porter greeted worshippers to the service conducted by Jacquie Ross. The service
will be broadcast over Eastlink
television.
The congregation learned a
gift has been received in memory of Ruby MacKinnon, from
Don and Grace Murray.
Bulletins for Father’s Day were
donated in memory of Ivan
MacFarlane by his daughter
Debbie and a grant has been
received from the McBain fund
to go towards the cost of the
roof. Next week will be
Graduation Sunday.
Ross began with a tribute to
fathers. Scriptures read were
Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Galatians
3:17-29, Revelation 4:1-11 and
Psalms 42 and 43 with readers
Ross, Faye Blenkhorne, Murray
Hill and Phil Brown.
The message titled John’s
Revelation was delivered by
Ross, dressed as the disciple
Welcoming the congregation were Daniel and Deanne
Farrell and family, who were
later joined by Ernest Johnson
Jr. and Belle Bourque for ushers and offerings.
Angela
Hanebury served as cross
bearer. Scriptures were read
by lector Carol MacNeil while
Gerry Cameron, Mary Claire
MacIntosh
and
Gordon
MacIntosh served as eucharistic ministers.
Serving in the ministries
Saturday afternoon were Bill
Chisholm as cross bearer and
altar server, Anne Stevens as
lector, and Garnet and
Lorraine Fraser and Audrey
O’Neil as eucharistic ministers.
The choir led the congregation in several hymns: Here I
Am, Lord, Service and Abba!
Father! Psalm 63 was sung to
tradition music.
In the homily, Father Peter
MacDonald referred to the
days Gospel lesson.
He
reminded the congregation of
the stages of Jesus’ life, the
brief time He became lost to
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Christine Feltmate welcomed the congregation to the
Father's Day service conducted by Rev. Gary Tonks. Peter
MacKay lit the worship candle.
The Male Choir, accompanied by organist/director Joan
Clark sang, My Jesus I Love
Thee. Readings were 1 Kings
19:1-7; Psalm 22; Galatians
3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39.
Katie MacKay-Wong and
Devon Wong were welcomed
into the fellowship of the
church as new members.
Tonks’ sermon titled, Faith
and the Family of God,
described how important family relationships are in our
lives, both secular and
Christian with God as the
head. He said Paul puts the
law in the perspective that it
provides us with checks and
balances of how to conduct
ourselves in society, within a
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