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Pride week in solidarity
with Orlando massacre
MOU
application
dismissed
By Heather Brimicombe
[email protected]
Pride Week in Pictou County
will be bittersweet this year.
Although celebrations will go on,
mourning the loss of those killed
in Orlando will also be a big part
of the week.
“There will be a book of condolences for Orlando,” said Gerard
Veldhoven, a local LGBTQ activist
who is involved with Pictou
County Pride Week.
The week will be kicked off
July 4 with a flag raising by
Glasgow Square which will also
feature a number of community
speakers such as New Glasgow
Mayor Barrie MacMillan and
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser.
►On July 6, an open panel
discussion will run 2-6 p.m. at the
New Glasgow Library.
“We’ll give answers to questions about sexuality and gender,”
said Veldhoven. Any questions
people might have for the rainbow community will be answered
as best possible.
►This year, the celebration has
added an all-bodies swim event to
the schedule, which will take place
6-7 p.m. at Trenton Park on July 7,
free to attend.
►A kitchen party will kick off
the weekend on July 8 at The
Commune starting at 7 p.m. with
games and a lip-syncing contest.
Cover is $5.
►A potluck style rainbow
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
Gerard Veldhoven displays a
poster advertising events for
Pride Week.
(Brimicombe photo)
family picnic will end the week on
July 9 at Trenton Park at 3 p.m.
“With what’s happened in
Orlando, it’ll be mentioned at the
flag raising,” said Veldhoven. He
has been involved and advocating
for LGBTQ rights for 42 years and
he has no plans of stopping.
“There are individuals in every
society that will make an effort to
be hateful,” he said. “And where it
will end I have no idea.”
The activist shared that
although it can be hard to let
things like these go, he notes that
Canada is much luckier than the
United States in terms of LGBTQ
support.
“I think pride celebrations that
are going on this summer will
reflect what happened in Orlando,”
said Veldhoven. “It’s okay to celebrate, but also to bring attention to
the things that have happened."
Luke Henderson, left, top male academic honours at North Nova Education Centre, stands with
retiring teacher Andrew Alcorn, and top female academic honours winner Nicole Corkum at
North Nova Education Centre’s graduation. The school’s graduation took place at the Pictou
(Harvie photo)
County Wellness Centre Monday night.
Four students received the Scammell bursaries during Pictou Academy’s 2016 graduation. From
left: Alex Canam, $2,500 recipient, Aran MacDonald $10,000 recipient, Helen Scammell, Amelia
English, $10,000 bursary and Paytan Ruiz $2,500 bursary.
(Harvie photo)
Northumberland Regional High School Principals List winners from the 2016 convocation don
their gowns for their graduation that took place Tuesday evening. From the left, back: Danielle
Patterson, Tyler Johnson, Jamie Crocket, Maddie Bourque, Justine Downs and Brittany MacFarlane.
(Brimicombe photo)
Front: Ally MacKenzie, Jennifer Armin-Pereda, Jill Morrison and Brody Murray.
Lesley Sobey with Special Olympics Pictou County looks way up
and waits for the Plinko chips to fall. A casino night was set up
at the Abercrombie Golf Club last week while golfers registered
for the annual Summer Street Scramble held Friday. The casino
night featured other games of chance and was a fundraiser for
(Jardine photo)
Special Olympics Pictou County.
Graduation stories from all three high schools can be
found on pages 18, 19, 20 and 21
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The Nova Scotia Utility and
Review Board has made its decision to dismiss the amalgamation
application submitted by the
towns of Stellarton, New
Glasgow, Pictou and the
Municipality of the County of
Pictou.
In April, the board determined
amalgamation was in the best
interests of residents of this area,
however, the final decision was
based, in part, on the result of the
plebiscite.
“... In three of the four affected municipal units, the electors
have expressed a clear opinion
that, in their view, amalgamation should not occur,” stated
the document released by the
NSUARB June 22.
The
Municipality
and
Stellarton withdrew from the
process, however, the towns of
Pictou and New Glasgow decided to stay in the process.
Both New Glasgow and Pictou
stated that while their vote to stay
in the process was mainly symbolic, they are still hoping something comes of this.
“We stayed in because of the
work and commitment put in by
the steering committee,” explains
New Glasgow Mayor Barrie
MacMillan. “It was two and a half
years of meeting twice a week
and the town of New Glasgow
voted two to one for it.”
MacMillan says the UARB’s
decision was expected, but he is
“very, very disappointed.”
MacMillan and Joe Hawes,
Pictou mayor, are willing to continue to work with the other
municipalities to find a solution.
“(The UARB) had no choice
but to do that really, although
two of the four were in... for all
practical purposes, it’s over. But
the status quo is just not acceptable; things have to change otherwise we’ll have more towns dissolving,” said Hawes.
He says Pictou will not close
its doors because there has to be a
solution out there to make Pictou
County stronger.
Warden Ronnie Baillie, chair
of the MOU steering committee,
was not surprised by the dismissal of the application but says
now is the time to work together.
“We have to work more collaboratively together, more than
ever before to move the county
forward. It’s going to take more
than 100 per cent from everybody
to make this happen. As far as
amalgamation, Baillie thinks
amalgamation is done and over
with, however, he feels the county can work together toward economic collaboration and growth.
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Food collection during parade
WESTVILLE - The Kinsmen
Club of New Glasgow will be collecting food and cash donations
during the annual Canada Day
street parade in Westville on
Friday.
The donations will be collected by Kinsmen and Kinettes and
other volunteers as well as members of Pictou County Special
Scotian Gold Cooperative Limited
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SLIDING INTO SUMMER
Connor Jeans, 10, enjoys himself in the blow up waterslide at
the North End recreation centre on Sunday. The centre held a
summer celebration complete with bouncy houses, water slides
(Brimicombe photo)
and snacks.
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“We have to now look at different ways to make Pictou
County a better place to live and
work in.”
The UARB noted, “While the
towns of New Glasgow and
Pictou did not withdraw from the
application, the board considers
that there is no practical option,
on the basis of the present evidence, to contemplate an amalgamation of New Glasgow and
Pictou.”
Brian White, creator of
Amalgamation No Thank You
and the newly formed Pictou
County Possibilities Project, was
not surprised by the decision and
says now the county can move on
to something good.
“A lot of people were very
interested and engaged in the
municipal government in the
county and were looking for
change. It’s important to keep
that going. We are providing a
platform for people to be active in
what they would like to see happen in the county.”
White says the main objective
is to give everyone a say on what
they feel could work for governance, community development
and co-ordination.
“We want to address people’s
concerns and come up with a
(solution) without the animosity
we saw over the last couple of
months... I think the basic concerns can be addressed and the
vast majority satisfied with a plan
that can move forward.”
Anyone interested in working
with White’s group can email
White at brianwhite2.ns@gmail.
com.
Olympics.
The Kin organization has been
doing this for more than a decade.
Volunteers will walk the entire
parade route collecting dona-
Don’t leave it to your executor to rid
your estate of old inactive companies.
You prepare a will to manage your estate, giving you and
your family peace of mind that your affairs are in order. But
did you also know that it’s important to tie-up loose ends
related to your non-operational businesses as well?
You may have noticed this type of notice before in provincial newspapers or in the province’s Royal Gazette and wondered what is was all about.
If your company is no longer active and outlived its usefulness, there is an official way to wind it up. The formal
process is known as surrendering the company’s certificate
of incorporation under section 137 of the Nova Scotia
Companies Act. Some choose not to renew the company
with the Registry of Joint Stocks each year causing it to be
stuck and that’s really not the same thing.
Surrender requires you to incur legal fees. However, you
also will no longer have to file tax returns for the company
with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). You can rest
assured knowing that the company is formally and finally
concluded. This may be important protection from having
an executor restore something that you don’t want to happen or perhaps there is a historical issue you don’t want to
resurface.
Even if you don’t pay your annual fees, Canada Revenue
Agency will still assume the company exists, even if you do
not renew it with the Registry of Joint Stocks. Therefore, you
will continue to be asked to file tax returns, even if the company is not operating and earning income.
Additionally, if the company owns land or other assets,
the Province of Nova Scotia may acquire them under section
27(1) of the Nova Scotia Companies Miscellaneous Provisions
Act if you do not formally windup your business. This may
potentially require a costly reinstatement process to get the
property back.
If you do choose to formally wind up your company, the
process in Nova Scotia usually takes approximately two or
more months to complete. The shareholders and directors
of the company pass resolutions to approve of the windup.
If the company has any assets or liabilities, these must also
be distributed or discharged before the surrender...
Once all of the assets and liabilities are dealt with, a
“Notice of Wind Up” like the one above is placed as a newspaper advertisement in the area where your office is registered as well as in the Royal Gazette.
In order to retain privacy, some choose to change the
company name to a “numbered” company before publication however this would add to the cost of the procedure.
Documentation is required from the officers of the company confirming the proper process has been followed. This
includes, but is not limited to: the original Certificate of
Incorporation, documentation proving that all assets and
liabilities have been transferred or assigned, and affidavits
verifying that the documentation is accurate and the advertisement issued.
Once the above documentation is filed with the Registry
of Joint Stocks, the Province will issue a Certificate of
Surrender confirming the Company is dissolved. It will then
be necessary for you and your accountants to follow up with
the Canada Revenue Agency.
If you are a business owner, you plan for everything. So
why not have a plan in place to windup your company?
Cleaning up your old and unused companies is a courtesy to
your family and a relief for you. You can rest easy knowing
that your business has been taken care of as well as the
added benefit of potentially reducing your taxes and safeguarding your property. For more information, on winding
up your business contact a legal professional today. The
assistance of student at law, Kristen Stallard, in preparation
of this article is acknowledged with thanks.
At Goodman MacDonald, New Glasgow, part of the
Patterson Law family we would be pleased to assist.
Disclaimer: This publication is sent as an information circular only and is not
intended to confer legal advice or opinion. If you have any further questions
please consult a lawyer. Please note as well that many of the statements
herein are general principles which may vary on a case by case basis.
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September trial for charges
PICTOU – A 26-year-old man
facing two charges appeared in
Provincial Court on Monday and
had his trial date set for
September 28.
James Allen Bowden of New
Glasgow is facing one count of
defrauding a bank of less than
$5,000 as well as one count of
arson for fraudulent purposes,
both on different dates.
Bowden, who was not present
in court Monday, will have both
trials on the same date in Pictou.
Accused says he's not guilty
PICTOU – A Stellarton man
appeared in Provincial Court
Monday morning for an April 24
incident in Stellarton.
John Alexander Spears, 25,
has been charged with one count
of aggravated assault as well as
one count of assault causing
bodily harm.
He has pleaded not guilty to
both indictable counts and will
return on October 25 for trial.
Assault charge for local man
PICTOU – A 45-year-old
Coalburn man entered pleas to a
single charge on Monday morning in Provincial Court.
Andrew Alexander Bezanson
was allegedly involved in an
incident that took place on May 3
in Coalburn and has been
charged with one count of
assault. Bezanson was present in
court and entered a not guilty
plea to the charge.
His trial will take place on
October 24 in Provincial Court.
ABOVE: From the left, NNEC teacher Andrew Parsons, left, with Avery Bain, nephew of Doris McLachlan, and Gordon Young who
is involved with the Cape to Cape trail officially open the McLachlan Bothy on the Cape to Cape trail in Six Mile Brook.
BELOW: Scott, left, Adaline and Alex Hewey, 7, enjoy a hot dog at the grand opening of the McLachlan Bothy in Six Mile Brook.
(Brimicombe photos)
The family hiked three kilometers into the woods to reach the site.
If you build it, they will come
McLachlan bothy opens in Six Mile Book for hikers
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MP says veterans will have
more access to Camp Hill
NEW GLASGOW – MP Sean
Fraser says veterans across the
province will have more access
to the Camp Hill facility in
Halifax.
Recently, veteran Petter
Blindheim of Halifax, was denied
access to Camp Hill on the
grounds that he could receive
adequate care at a provincial
facility. Since his story broke, a
number of veterans have come
forward with their stories of
being turned away from the
facility.
“It’s broader than just one
veteran,” says Fraser. “It’s a
number of different veterans.”
Fraser says, “Every member
of Parliament from Nova Scotia
has been working with the minister of veterans affairs who was
able to come up with an agreement with the Nova Scotia
Health Authority to expand
access to veterans over the next
couple of years.”
What that means is Blindheim
will, in fact, be allowed to go to
Camp Hill.
“It’s been lengthy, but today
is a good news day.”
Fraser says previously there
has been a gap in the level of care
provided to some veterans, however, now he says their unique
needs will be met whether it’s for
in-home care or at facilities like
Camp Hill.
“I’m very happy I helped
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and I’m very pleased to see the
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Kent Hehr, Minister of
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Minister of National Defence
said, “The Veterans Health Care
Regulations are not currently
compassionate or flexible enough
to address the urgent needs of
our Veterans, so as we undertake
a review to better address long
term care needs, this measure
will provide the flexibility necessary to help Veterans and their
families.”
About three kilometers into the
woods, nearby a babbling stream,
a little rest stop sits in the middle
of the forest inviting all who come
upon it to stop in.
This might sound like a fairy
tale but, in fact, the little cabin in
the woods is set on Pictou County’s
own section of the Cape to Cape
trail for hikers who need a place to
stay on their travels. The proper
name for the structure is a bothy.
Beginning from a generous
donation from Jack McLachlan for
his wife Doris, the money that was
donated went toward building
materials for the project. The actual building of the bothy was taken
on as a student project by the
building systems program at a
number of North Shore high
schools.
“One of the qualities (of the
program) we like to celebrate is to
help the community,” said
Andrew Parsons, teacher of the
building systems program at
North Nova Education Centre.
The type of structure that was
built was, in part, a history lesson
and a lesson in modern building
for Parsons and his students. He
noted that parts of it were built
more traditionally but other parts,
such as the metal roof and modern
windows and doors, gave the
structure a mix of techniques.
“The frame is kind of unusual
in that it was held together by
wooden dowels,” Parsons said.
The project was one that
Parsons said his students enjoyed
due to the location in the woods,
but it did not come without its
challenges for that same reason.
Once the frame was built by a
combination of students in New
Glasgow, Springhill and Amherst,
the pieces had to be brought to the
location by porter as that was one
of the only ways to reach the site
with such heavy materials.
From there, students trekked
out and assembled everything as
well as took other parts needed for
the outside. The frame only took
two days to erect with help from
students from each of the schools
as well as Northumberland
Regional High School and
Cobequid Educational Centre in
petitions in piping, drumming,
Highland dancing, Ancient
Scottish heavy events and track
and field, along with many other
events and activities.
Once the day at the Games
winds down, participants will
stop at Pizza Delight in Antigonish
for supper.
The Antigonish Highland
Games trip is open to residents of
Pictou County, ages 55+. This
event will cost $30 per person
which includes transportation and
admission tickets.
For any other questions or concerns regarding the trip, contact
Isobel at 902-755-4398 or [email protected].
Lloyd McLean shows his book in progress to neighbour Elizabeth Gammon.
PICTOU – Pictou District
RCMP has arrested a youth in
relation to an ongoing investigation into vandalism.
On June 13, police received a
report that several buildings in
the Town of Pictou had been
spray painted with words and
images. Vandals spray painted
the CN Station building as well as
the Broidy Park building on
Louise Street and two dugouts in
the ball field off Front Street. The
Pictou Recreation Department
shed and a shed at the Pictou
cemetery were also damaged.
Similar words were painted on
some of the buildings “GROVE
STR-4 LIFE.”
On June 27, RCMP received a
report of individuals spray painting the side of a building near
Welsford Street who had left the
scene in a vehicle. Police patrolled
the area and were able to locate a
vehicle matching the description.
Upon further investigation, a
youth from town was identified
and charged with mischief. He is
scheduled to appear in Provincial
Youth Court on September 8.
The investigation continues.
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Bus trip planned
to Highland Games
NEW GLASGOW – New
Glasgow’s
Department
of
Community
Economic
Development is planning a trip to
the Antigonish Highland Games,
on July 9.
This day trip runs from 8 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m., and will offer a friendly environment among peers and
the chance to be immersed in the
Scottish heritage and culture celebrated at the Games.
The day will begin with a bus
pickup at the former John Brother
MacDonald Stadium parking lot.
Participants will then travel to the
Antigonish Highland Games,
where they will be able to witness
many competitions such as, com-
Truro.
“They liked the freedom to
walk in at their own pace, and I
think, that sense of accomplishment,” said Parsons about how
the students seemed to feel about
the project.
Avid hiker, Gordon Young,
who has long been involved in the
Cape to Cape trail system, led the
opening ceremonies for the bothy.
“This is a beautiful loop,” said
Young about the trail on which the
bothy is located.
To get to the bothy, which is
located on the trail near the end of
the Six Mile Brook Road, hikers
have to follow the trail which
winds through the river a few
times with the structure resting
about three kilometers down the
trail. Those looking for more information on the trail can find it at:
http://www.capetocapetrail.ca.
“I’ve always been thrilled with
this,” said Young about the project. “Every time I walk in here it’s
thrilling to get to see the structure
in the middle of the woods.”
It was a journey of both happy
and sad stories for Lloyd McLean,
Craig Aucoin and Bob MacDonald
of Pictou County.
Their journey from one end of
the country to the other on bicycle
in 2013 in the CraigGivesBack tour
was a journey McLean wanted to
share with others.
After compiling a series of
photos he had taken on their
cross-country trip, McLean decided he wanted to put together a
book about the group’s experiences on the journey and what
they went through to achieve
what they did.
“When I came home, we had
well over 1,000 pictures,” he said.
“Originally it was going to be
more of a picture book; then I
started typing...”
After starting to tell the stories,
McLean decided he was going to
write the book with his photos to
supplement all of the tales from
the road.
McLean admits he likely would
have not finished the book when
he did if it hadn’t been for the
encouragement and push from his
neighbour, Elizabeth Gammon. A
friend and neighbour to McLean,
Gammon told him he ought to finish the book soon or she might not
be around to read the rest of it.
McLean got to work on the
book and was able to finish it at
the rate of a province a week,
which he would then take across
the street for Gammon to read.
“That’s why I’m doing it that
way now,” said McLean about the
release of the book.
Now that it is finished, he has
begun slowly releasing the book
one chapter at a time online for
those who are interested in read-
ing it.
McLean shared that he had
wanted to get the book published
in a hard copy but was told there
wouldn’t be enough demand, and
self publishing was much too
expensive for a book where all of
the proceeds would be going to
charity.
“I’ve been sitting on it for three
years,” said McLean who said he
is happy with the online publishing route as it allows access to the
book for everyone who wants it.
For those who are not on Facebook,
to access the link to where the
book is being published McLean
has even been sending out PDF
versions of the chapters.
The chapters that are currently
published are available at https://
www.facebook.com/
CraigGivesBack/.
“It’s a feeling of accomplishment,” McLean said about publishing the book.
PICTOU – Two projects in
Pictou County are receiving
provincial recreation funding.
The local projects include
$8,175 for signs and washroom
for the Harbour Authority of
Pictou Landing and $10,900 for
a cabin replacement at the Big
Cove YMCA camp at the head
of Merigomish Harbour.
The funds form part of a
$1.8-million expenditure for 65
new and upgraded facilities
through
the
province’s
Recreation
Facilities
Development Program. The
local projects are among five
receiving funds in the Highland
Region. The other three are in
Antigonish County.
"These investments will help
build strong community infrastructure in Antigonish and
Pictou counties," said Randy
Delorey, minister of Finance
and Treasury Board. "Investing
in our trails, facilities and recreation equipment will allow
Nova Scotians to lead healthy,
active lifestyles while strengthening the fabric of our communities."
The five projects in the
Highland Region of Antigonish
and Pictou will receive grants
totalling $189,325.
"Community recreation centres are the glue that hold many
rural Nova Scotian communities together", said Delorey.
"The groups receiving funding have already done amazing
work in engaging and connecting
members of the community."
The grants help community
groups, municipalities and other
not-for-profit organizations
develop facilities to increase
public participation in sport and
physical recreation.
4
Community
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
• PICTOU COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE •
Furey tells entrepreneurs:
"We need your feedback:
[email protected]
A recent visit from Minister
of Business Mark Furey had the
room engaged fully not only in
the topics he addressed but digitally as well as he used a realtime polling program to get
answers to questions during the
presentation.
During the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon at Summer
Street Industries last week, Furey
spoke about topics from the
Ivany Report to energy and
entrepreneurs.
“What we believe is the right
approach is to make choices,”
began Furey as he started off
talking about the Ivany Report
and the impact from that document so far. “We believe we are
in a better place now and that’s
because of the collective efforts
of all of you.”
As he moved on to government's role in business, Furey
asked how important it was to
the people in the room for the
province to balance its budget.
MARK FUREY
The final result showed that 58
per cent of the room voted that it
was very important.
Moving on, the minister
addressed opportunities for
growth. He spoke about a new
Invest Nova Scotia fund to help
entrepreneurs, as well as the
reduction of some regulations
that were creating barriers for
small business.
“We need your feedback,” he
said directed at local entrepreneurs to help notify government
on what is a barrier to their businesses.
Opportunities for develop-
ment in Nova Scotia were also
addressed with ocean industries,
information technology and fisheries identified as popular sectors with potential for growth.
Water turbines as well as tourism and world class experiences
were mentioned as two industries showing promise in the
province.
Furey asked how much energy is in the Bay of Fundy.
Although 83 per cent of the participants thought 1.2 gigawatts,
the answer was 50,000 megawatts.
The next question was more
directed at tourism when he
asked how many of our area's
visitors are here for the first time?
Thirteen per cent was the correct
answer.
Opportunities for retaining
youth were also mentioned with
Furey asking where in 2015 did
Nova Scotia rank in terms of
reducing unemployment? The
correct answer was first.
Wrapping up he said, “We
haven’t reached the Ivany goals
yet, but we’re getting there."
Westville Scotiabank presented a cheque for $1,859.10 to representatives of the SPCA recently.
From the left, front row,are: Michele Parsonage from Barkin’Beauties in Westville, Scotiabank
staff Corry Peeters, Lillian Hayter and Janet Cameron and Agnes Leavitt from the SPCA facility in
Granton. Back left: Scotiabank staff Audrey Brewer, Debbie Worden, Heather Murphy (branch
(Goodwin photo)
manager). Missing from photo is branch staff Debbie MacIntosh.
Pictou Gardening Club
members thanked veterans
Russell MacKinnley and Matt
Young for their work.
Young has taken the interest
in gardening at
Northumberland Veterans
Unit and has become “the
resident” gardener. He has
planted vegetables flowers in
the Veterans Garden.
The Pictou Gardening Club
beautifies the front grounds
of the Sutherland Harris
Memorial Hospital
(Northumberland
Veterans Unit).
Nova Scotia will never be average: Mills
Congratulations Pictou Academy
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – “You
can’t stay where you are, there’s
no future in that.”
Those are words to live by
from Don Mills, CEO and chairman of Corporate Research
Association Inc.
He explained, “If we don’t
change the dialogue we will not
change the future of Nova Scotia.
This county chose the status quo, I
understand that, it’s the normal
reaction...”
Mills spoke at the recent Pictou
County Chamber of Commerce
luncheon at the Pictou County
Wellness Centre on what Nova
Scotians can do to meet the national average.
“Atlantic Canada is now entering year eight of its lost decade,”
he said noting the population in
the county has increased by only
one per cent over the last eight
years with 0.6 per cent from immigration.
PEI’s population has grown
the fastest because of immigration,
while the rest of Atlantic Canada
has not grown. “Unless we have a
population growth bump, we will
never be average.”
Nova Scotia’s average for the
last eight years for population
growth is 0.6 per cent leaving “virtually no capacity to add jobs, virtually no capacity to pay more to
employees.”
Nova Scotia is doing slightly
better than New Brunswick with
an average of 0.3 per cent and
Newfoundland with -.08 per cent
population growth.
“This is crisis level,” said Mills.
“You’re going to face it in Pictou
(County). You voted against amalgamation, now it’s going to be
forced on you.”
Through CRA, a telephone
survey was conducted with more
than 21,000 people, making it the
largest public input survey in
Canada. This is where the majority
of Mills’ information comes from.
“We might be in a new norm,
our economy cannot perform on
average, it’s not possible.”
Mills noted, “Nova Scotia is
showing early signs of a problem
with our housing market.”
Statistics show that urban areas
do better than rural areas, and
Mills believes that should be used
as leverage.
The survey also showed more
people are scared of losing their
jobs. “One third of Nova Scotians
feel more insecure about their jobs
HERE FOR YOU
Paul Orser, left, speaks with Don Mills after Mills’ presentation
to the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce recently. Mills
presented on why Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia can never
(Harvie photo)
be average.
than they did a year ago,” he said.
“Nova Scotia has an 8.3 per cent
unemployment rate. We’re doing
better than the rest of (Atlantic
Canada) but higher than the
national average of 6.9 per cent.”
Mills says a lot of that has to do
with the province’s dependence
on seasonal employment, which
means again, “We can never be
average. But we can change that
future by becoming less dependent on seasonal employment.”
He noted that if our unemployment rates and population growth
were on the national average the
last 20 years, Nova Scotia would
be 25 per cent bigger now.
“The economy is stagnant,
there is no growth... The Ivany
Report said if we don’t become
more export-oriented, we can’t
grow our economy.”
Taking inflation into account,
“Eighty per cent of Nova Scotia
households are worse off than
they were in 2008.”
He also noted public sector
employment is higher in Atlantic
Canada than in the rest of the
country, something that cannot be
sustained.
“We have an imbalance of people working in the public sector.
That means we have an imbalance
of pay scales, an imbalance of benefits... We cannot be successful in
our economy when the advantages of working for the public sector
outweigh the private sector.”
Nova Scotia also has an imbalance of rural versus urban. The
national average is 81 per cent
urban and 19 per cent rural. In
Nova Scotia, 43 per cent of people
live in rural areas and 57 per cent
in urban areas.
However, Mills says population is by far the biggest issue
faced in the province. “Atlantic
Canada has the oldest population
in the country.”
One in five Canadians are foreign-born; however, in Atlantic
Canada only five per cent of the
population is foreign-born.
“By 2020, the number of those
old enough to leave the workforce
will outnumber those who can
enter the workforce and that will
happen two years earlier in
Atlantic Canada.”
Mills says the solution lies in
thinking of towns, like New
Glasgow, as urban areas and creating an urban-centred economic
strategy. He says 95 per cent of
Nova Scotia’s population lives in
these smaller urban centres and
they can control the vote if they
work together.
“We do not accept tough medicine, that’s why amalgamation
didn’t happen... People in Pictou
County in 2012 were more likely
to support the amalgamation of all
six municipalities, what happened?”
There are seven things that can
be done to save the province,
according to Mills and the
Chamber should take the lead:
retain youth, educate the world
(allow more out of province/
country students), build an entrepreneurial environment, increase
population, rebalance the workforce, create urban-centred economic zones, and develop a regulatory environment to allow natural resource development.
“We have to get over the idea
of being a have-not province, it’s
killing us.”
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Leslie Carroll of Leslie’s
Finery in downtown New
Glasgow is celebrating
the nomination of her
store for a prestigious
Intima award.
Community
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Leslie's recognized for excellence
Downtown shop nominated in
'Oscars of intimate apparel' awards
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A Pictou County business
will be walking the red carpet,
so to speak, at this year's
Intima awards in New York.
Leslie's Finery in New
Glasgow was nominated for
one of the awards in what is
considered the Oscars of the
intimate apparel industry.
Supplier nominated, the
awards are open to privately
owned intimate apparel stores
in the United States, Europe
and more recently Canada.
Although Leslie's has not been
made aware what category
they have been nominated for
Leslie Carroll, owner of the
store, has received word
which supplier had nominated the store. Wacoal Campany
of Canada was the supplier
that nominated the Pictou
County business.
“They're one of our biggest
suppliers,” said Carroll.
When she first received the
nomination she was surprised
to find out that they had been
nominated for the prestigious
awards.
“At first I thought it was a
joke,” laughed Carroll.
“I was stunned and thrilled
at the same time. I was very,
very happy.”
As far as Carroll knows,
there has only been one
Canadian shop which had
won an award before, as most
of the stores nominated are
from the United States and
Europe.
Carroll more recently found
out that her shop, located on
Archimedes Street downtown,
has moved on to the next
round, making it to the top
five category of the nominations. She will only find out if
she has won at the gala held at
the end of July.
“A large part of the credit
goes to the staff,” said Carroll
about the award. She notes
that they are each well
trained.
“The
recognition
is
extremely humbling,” she
said.
County firefighters test their skills
By Brian Cameron
Special to The Advocate
RIVERTON – Pictou County
firefighters gathered early
Saturday morning to once again
test their ability to move large
volumes of water from remote
water sources to emergency
scenes.
This test hosted by the Eureka
Fire Department would be the
seventh such tests of this scale
since Pictou County firefighters
were the first in Eastern Canada
to receive accreditation from the
Canadian Insurance Underwriters (now Fire Underwriters
Survey) in 1996. The accreditation meant that homeowners in
some areas of the county could
see a reduction in their home
insurance to be more comparable
to homes in areas with fire
hydrants.
In addition to Eureka, fire
departments from Abercrombie,
Alma, Blue Mountain, Barney’s
River, East River Valley, Little
Harbour, Linacy, Pictou, Pictou
Landing, Scotsburn, Stellarton,
Thorburn, Trenton and Westville
also took part in the exercise.
Tankers were filled from the East
River at a fill site near the St.
Columbia United Church on
Millstream Road. They shuttled
water to a dumpsite in Riverton
at the intersection of the Mark
Road and Trafalgar Road near
Holmes’ Pond.
“We had 14 tankers filled by
pumpers from Trenton and
Westville fire departments as
well as two high-flow portable
pumps from Alma and Eureka
fire departments which were all
drafting water from the river
Eureka Firefighters set up thier engine to pump from one of the
(Cameron photo)
portable pumps.
alongside the road at the fill
site.”
Trucks were able to be filled,
move to the dump site, dump
their water and return to the fill
site (approximately a 12 km
round trip) in an average time of
22 minutes. In total, 98,700 gal-
School board meeting
on electoral boundaries
TRURO – Electoral boundaries and hub school interest
will be on the agenda for a
special meeting of the
Chignecto-Central Regional
School Board.
The meeting will take place
at the school board office today
(Wednesday) beginning at 6
p.m.
The two agenda items
include the second stage of
examining geographical electoral districts and requests for
proposed expressions of interest in the Hub School.
The school board's commu-
nications manager Debbie
Buott-Matheson said the board
will be discussing and trying
to reach a consensus on the
way their 15 electoral districts
will be laid out for the coming
elections in October.
“The consultant, John
Heseltine, will likely present
the board with a few options to
them to discuss,” she said.
The hub school item is related a discussion the board will
be asked to engage in with
regard to interest in putting a
hub proposal forward for
schools.
lons of water was hauled and
pumped by Eureka and Pictou
pumpers. Pictou’s pumper joined
the pumping later in the exercise. The exercise pumped an
average of 822 gallons per minute over the two-hour continuous test period. The qualification
requirement is to maintain an
uninterrupted minimum of 238
gallons per minute for this period as per co-ordinator Jim Fraser
from Little Harbour Fire
Department. The goal was to
pump 400 gpm and firefighters
more than doubled their goal.
This test is just one of many
ways local firefighters work to
protect residents. County firefighters have a long history of
adapting new technology and
techniques to better service the
needs of their communities. In
the late 80s the association invited Larry Davis from Maine, a
well-known expert in rural water
supply, to discuss how to better
supply their firefighting needs.
The main message from this
training was a greater exploitation of tanker fill and emptying
methods and enhanced use of
portable storage tanks. Since
then, departments have built and
adapted their tankers to better
meet the needs of water shuttles.
The Pictou County Fire
Association hosts an annual fire
school to provide initial and
ongoing training to firefighters.
Local departments also take part
in training at the Provincial Fire
School in Waverley, NS.
Departments constantly look for
new and better ways to work
together such as its Regional
Automatic Aid initiative introduced last February that sees
multiple departments automatically respond to reports of structure fires in neighboring communities.
Brian Cameron is a member of
the New Glasgow Fire Department
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Pictou County Military
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.
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.
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The Advocate
June 29, 2016
Good vibrations
in Miles events
F
or some things, we
can’t thank people
enough.
One of those things is the
events associated with the
organizers of events that
include the Johnny Miles
Running Event Weekend. The
group has expanded its largesse over the years to include
other events, and they now
number five: the Resolution
Run on New Year’s Eve, the
Miss Miles Classic on
Mother’s Day, the Run for the
Lobster that will take place
this year on July 10 and the
Melmerby Triathlon on July
23 and 24.
What the organizing committee has brought is excellence.
The group’s wheels constantly turn to make everything better, to achieve a
higher standard of excellence.
Hosting a separate evening for special awards in
conjunction with the Johnny
Miles
Running
Event
Weekend is a case in point.
That is what took place last
Thursday at Glasgow Square.
It is a special event on its
own.
The result is the induction
of six more people associated
with all aspects of distance
running into the Glenn
Chenell Big Dog Hall of Fame:
women’s inductees Debbie
MacDonald, Kathy Saulnier
and Betty Pound and men’s
inductees Ken Hetherington,
Wayne Gerrior and Bill
MacEachern.
MacEachern’s honour is
significant. Health problems
have recently prevented him
from running this year, let
alone the marathon distance
he ran with such consistency.
He was hailed for his achievements on the North Mountain
leg of the Cabot Trail Relay,
the leg where he set a record
in 1991 that stood for six
years.
Ron Paris was a worthy
recipient of the Danny
MacLeod Inspirational award,
as were Peter and Diane
White in receiving the Verna
Van Bommel Award for their
work in taking the Run
Against Racism championed
by Henderson Paris to a new
place with the event called
MORE, the Marathon of
Respect and Equality.
The late Floyd Williston
was honoured with the
Williston award presented in
memory of his brother Johnny
Williston, who founded the
Johnny Miles Marathon in
1975, and wrote a book about
its race patron called Johnny
Miles: Nova Scotia’s Marathon
King.
It is reaffirming how organizers have tried to serve two
masters: a high degree of
competitive excellence and
mass participation. To be on
Provost Street with hundreds
massed at the starting area
and summoned forward with
the starting horn is a celebration of human endeavour that
is difficult to measure or
match. The one thing that
comes close is the adulation
runners and walkers receive
as they finish where they
started.
A town shuts down part of
itself to motor vehicle traffic
for a few things worthwhile.
The Johnny Miles Running
Event Weekend is one of
them. We who participate are
the lucky ones.
FLASHBACK
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FIRST
PICTOU
ACADEMY
This building, that housed
the first Pictou Academy for
62 years, became the West
End School. Eventually, as
many as 80 students were
in one room of the four
room school. It was
demolished in 1932.
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Photograph Society. Go to www.pictouphotos.ca/NovaStory.ca to view
these and 1,600 more Pictou photos.
Check out their Facebook page)
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Came for the opportunity,
stayed for the people
To the Editor:
Later this summer, Michelin
will celebrate 45-years of tire
building at our Granton and
Bridgewater sites, which built
the very first Michelin tires in
North America for North
American drivers. In the early
’70s, Michelin arrived to set up
its manufacturing sites in Nova
Scotia and we were made to feel
instantly at home with the generosity of our new neighbours,
who very soon became our
friends.
Without a doubt, Michelin
came here for the opportunity
— and we stayed for the people.
We now have more than 3,000
employees in Nova Scotia at our
three manufacturing sites in
Pictou County, the South Shore
and the Annapolis Valley. Since
those early days, Michelin has
built more than 230 million tires,
become a major contributor to
the local economies, and our
people have also become partners in the community.
We have had some changes
over the years, but our commitment to this wonderful province
remains. In the last five years
alone, Michelin has invested
more than (CDN) $384 million in
our Nova Scotia plants, preparing them for the future. And, we
continue to look for opportuni-
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REPORTER
Steve Goodwin
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ties to grow.
In another example of
Michelin’s long-term commitment to the province, later this
year we’ll officially mark the
second anniversary of Michelin
Development’s arrival to Nova
Scotia. Michelin Development
— along with its partners East
Coast Credit Union, Northern
Opportunities for Business
Limited and Guysborough
CBDC — is a community program that provides up to
$300,000 in low-interest loans
for start-up or small businesses.
Together, this partnership provides business expertise that
fosters and encourages privatesector job creation among communities
in
Antigonish,
Colchester, Guysborough and
Pictou counties.
Since
2014,
Michelin
Development has awarded 44
small-business loans in Nova
Scotia, comprising investments of
more than $2.3 million and creating 109 real jobs, not to mention
the potential growth of an additional 174 jobs. Michelin
Development’s ultimate ambition
is to establish 250 new jobs among
small businesses in the area.
Nova Scotia is a great place
to do business. Working with
provincial government agencies
like Nova Scotia Business Inc.,
we are committed to share the
Michelin success story and help
spread the good word about
why Nova Scotia is a great
place for investment.
In our off-hours, we also live
and play here, and certainly
recognize the importance of
coming together to foster a
strong community. As part of
Michelin’s corporate sustainability charter, many employees volunteer in their hometowns to ensure we play a part
in shaping our communities for
the good.
Michelin employees set a
record by donating over 1000
days of volunteer service in
2015 supporting their communities in activities like firefighting, coaching sports, judging
science and robotics fairs, mentoring students with our
Challenge Education programs,
and at many Michelinsponsored events such as
Michelin Junior Bike. Michelin
also has been a proud supporter of Special Olympics Nova
Scotia for the last 28 years. Our
employees will serve as volunteers for the upcoming Special
Olympics Summer Games, featuring 900 athletes July 8–10 in
Wolfville.
Michelin is investing sustainably in its plants, investing in
people and investing in our
communities to benefit Nova
Scotia’s families in the years
ahead.
By Jeff MacLean, President,
Michelin North America
(Canada) Inc.
REPORTER
Debbi Harvie
(902) 301-5997
[email protected]
REPORTER
Heather Brimicombe
902-301-1653
To the Editor:
On behalf of the 2016
Pictou County Walk for ALS
which was held on June 4,
2016, I would like to thank
the people of Pictou County
and beyond for your incredible support and kindness.
Over the past five years,
we have truly seen the
immense generosity of this
community.
Not only did we have
beautiful weather conditions
at this year’s event, but we
also had a wonderful turnout. Through the amazing
donations and fundraising
efforts of participants, we
were able to raise approximately $14,000 for ALS
patient care, client services,
and research.
I would like to extend a
special thank you to all of
our participants, entertainers, sponsors, volunteers,
the Town of Westville,
Westville Fire Department,
Scotiabank Westville Branch,
Westville Foodland and the
local media. It is only
through the assistance of
those mentioned and many
more that this event is possible.
We cannot thank Pictou
County enough for supporting the Walk again this
year.
Sara Watters
Westville
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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Liberals missed the boat
with Yarmouth ferry deal
may be generous.
The result: this Liberal ferry
could cost $30-$40 million this
year. Compare that to the $6 million investment the Liberals
announced for rural Internet and
you will see why I ask, “Where
do the Liberal priorities lie?”
What could government do
with $30-$40 million? Lots.
Improved mental health services,
more doctors, better roads and
more teachers come to mind.
We all want a viable, affordable ferry but this terrible Liberal
“deal” threatens the service.
Where do we go from here?
The Liberals may have signed a
10-year deal but if it continues to
perform this way it is just not
affordable. That will mean somehow fixing this terrible Liberal
contract and coming up with
something workable.
The Liberals definitely missed
the boat with their one-sided,
political deal but it's never to late
to try to fix it. And that we will.
Tim Houston
MLA for Pictou East
To the Editor:
The Yarmouth ferry will sail
for 99 days this year. As I write
this, eight of those are in the
books. That's right, eight per cent
of the season is over. Eight per
cent is not insignificant. So how
are things going? In a word:
badly.
If everything were to go
according to the Liberal script,
the ferry will only ("only") cost
$23 million this year; $23 million
is an incredible amount of money
and yet that is the cost if everything goes according to plan.
That "plan" includes 60,000
passengers for the season. If they
don't get 60,000 passengers, the
cost will go up. Quickly.
Sadly, things aren't unfolding
according to plan. The Liberals
are not on track for 60,000 passengers but more likely less than
30,000.
Their script had 4,800 passengers so far this season. The actual
is more like 1,500 so far.
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1/3 of what they hoped, 30,000
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The Advocate
June 29, 2016
Sweet summer reading
Kim Dickson, marketing and
communications director for
the Town of New Glasgow,
and Janine Linthorne and
Carlton Munro of Glasgow
Square, show their national
pride for the upcoming
Pre-Canada Day celebrations
taking place at Glasgow
Square on Thursday, June 30.
(Harvie photo)
Town ready for pre-Canada Day events
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – June 30
will mark a special occasion for
the Town of New Glasgow: Lt.Gov. J.J. Grant will be in attendance at the annual Pre-Canada
Day celebrations to bestow an
honour on the community.
New Glasgow has been chosen as one of four communities
in the province to receive the
Lieutenant
Governor’s
Community Spirit Award in recognition for exemplary civic and
community spirit.
“I think it’s absolutely delightful,” noted Mayor Barrie
MacMillan, “to have the lieutenant governor coming to present
the award. As a native of New
Glasgow (Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant)
makes it even more special.”
New Glasgow, New Ross in
Lunenburg County, Gabarus in
Cape
Breton
Regional
Municipality
and
Upper
Hammonds Plains in Halifax
Regional Municipality will all be
presented awards this summer.
Kim Dickson, director of marketing and communications for
New Glasgow adds, “It’s truly
an award for the entire community to celebrate community
pride and spirit...” She adds it is
a result of the numerous service
clubs, non-profit organizations,
schools and arts and culture in
the community.
The event begins at 6 p.m. at
Glasgow Square with the Kids
Fun Zone which includes Plinko,
hop scotch and more games, a
fish pond as well as face painting, airbrush painting and balloon art. There will also be free
chocolate samples, temporary
tattoos, small Canada Day flags,
popcorn and vintage fire trucks
along with the mini fire truck.
At 6:45 p.m. the official flag
raising will take place, followed
by the Mayor’s Old Fashioned
Ice Cream Social with free ice
cream while the Dixie Rovers
perform along the river bank.
At 7:30 p.m., the lieutenant
governor will present the community spirit award, followed
by music from Doris Mason.
“Doris Mason is one of our
starlets in New Glasgow and the
county. She was commissioned
by the town in 2000 to write a
song for the 125th anniversary of
the town’s incorporation so she
will be performing that along
with some of her other wellknown songs,” notes Carlton
Munro, program and events
manager for Glasgow Square.
Rounding out the entertainment will be Rawlins Cross at
8:30, finishing with fireworks.
Munro says Rawlins Cross
doesn’t do a lot of touring, so
this show is pretty special.
“This is one of only three
shows around the province this
summer, one of which is a private event in Halifax. Really,
they’re one of the most recognized names in East Coast music
in the last decade at least...”
He says there may also be
some collaboration between the
band and Mason as they have
shared the stage many times
over the years.
Dickson also says the fireworks have a little something
Rawlins Cross ready to Reel 'n' Roll
By Aaron Cameron
[email protected]
There are few things that go
together quite as well as Canada
Day and Rawlins Cross.
The band will be performing
along the New Glasgow
Riverfront as part of the town's
Pre-Canada Day celebrations on
Thursday.
Couple the already existing
holiday buzz with the excitement generated by Rawlins
Cross' signature Celtic meets
rock sound and you've got yourself a perfect kick off to the
Canada Day weekend.
“People are in vacation mode
for sure,” Rawlins Cross piper
Ian McKinnon said of Canada
Day crowds.
“Most of our shows are ticketed shows but this is, of course,
a free outdoor show. People
love free, so I imagine we'll get a
good crowd out. I'm sure that
the crowd will be ready for
some good music to kick off the
Canada Day celebrations.”
Rawlins Cross has released
eight albums – two following
their 2008 reunion – and have
multiple Juno and ECMA nominations, and the 1999 ECMA for
best Roots/Traditional artist,
but the highlight for any group
of musicians is watching the
crowd spark to life when a song
like 'Reel 'n' Roll' fires up.
“It's really the same for any
(band),” McKinnon said. You're
performing for a large number
of people and you get that energy, the energy on stage and then
the energy coming off the crowd,
they kind of feed off each other.
We're excited to play and the
crowd is hopefully excited to be
hearing this music and we're
kind of feeding off each other.
It's a pretty magical thing.”
McKinnon said the New
Glasgow show serves as an
“anchor date” for the band's
limited 2016 schedule; in fact,
when the group takes it downtown and gets plugged in it will
be one of just three times they
turn it on and turn it up on 10
extra this year as well.
“We have an enhanced program this year with the atmosphere of an old-fashioned fair.
There will be picnic tables and
vendors from the New Glasgow
Farmer’s Market as well as a
food truck,” explains Dickson.
She says there will also be a
red carpet feel to the event with
a backdrop saying ‘Flourish’
where people can take selfies
and have a photographer take
photos holding signs stating
what they love about the town to
be used in a social media campaign.
“We want to capture some
images of community spirit from
children to seniors.”
All of these events, except for
the food truck and vendors, are
free for the public to enjoy.
“We are so thrilled to receive
this award; it’s not every day
you get something like this,” she
says. “Lismore and River John
have received (it) in the past so
it’s for communities of all sizes.”
Dickson says there should be
something for all ages to enjoy.
this summer.
“We're always open to
opportunities to perform but it
also has to make sense,”
McKinnon said, “and it also has
to fit in with the schedule of the
individual band members.
Because we're not performing as
a full-time unit any longer all six
of the guys in the band have
other obligations that we have
to work around. For this summer, that's the way it's worked
out.”
The Pre-Canada Day celebrations, featuring Rawlins Cross,
will kick off at 6 p.m. Thursday
and will include a kids play
zone with “old fashioned
games,”, the Mayor's Ice Cream
Social, a food truck, vendors
from the New Glasgow Farmers
Market, as well as a fireworks
display. Attendees are welcome
to bring lawn chairs.
Read by the Sea gives village a boost
[email protected]
It may be only once a year but
Read by the Sea has put River
John on the map in the literary
community.
As readers gather in the area
to hear from their favourite
authors, it’s not hard to see the
positive effect the festival has on
the town, its residents and its
businesses.
“This is now a go-to festival in
Canada,” said River John author
Sheree Fitch.
When she moved to River
John a number of years ago, Fitch
had not heard of Read by the Sea;
but she has been taking part since
then and watched the festival
grow and attract a crowd.
With the extra people in town,
local businesses also notice a difference.
“It is busier, it’s a positive
effect,” said Linda Falconer of the
local pharmacy. “It helps the
businesses.”
The local library also sees the
difference and the benefit of the
festival on the small North Shore
community, noting that it brings
in new authors and gets the audience engaged in the new people,
helping draw more people in.
YARD SALE
Large yard sale in support of the
Pictou West Progressive Conservative Party
Saturday, July 2
8:00 a.m. - Noon
13 Water Street,
Pictou
(AKA Old Stone House Cafe)
FREE Refreshments.
Donations welcomed to support
the Pictou West PC Association.
“It’s exciting that a small place
like River John can host something of this magnitude,” said
Margaret MacLean of the River
John Library.
Warden Ron Baillie who is
county councillor for the area,
agrees with the sentiments about
the festival.
“We notice to a certain degree
there is an economic impact.
When you attract people new
and old into a community the
money spent in the community is
always welcome. Seeing the people coming in and spending the
day in River John (is wonderful)
and there’s always a strong possibility they will return later,” he
said.
“When people like Margaret
Atwood come to River John you
know you’re doing something
right,” said Fitch.
River John
Opening for the season July 3
10 – 2, every Sunday
Produce, baking, preserves, woodworking, soap, bird
feeders, artwork, felted hats, jewellery, and much more.
Live music, free wagon rides, barbeque.
Fun for everyone.
New vendors always welcome.
Market is held at Lismore Sheep Farm,
1389 Louisville Road, River John
902 351 2594
Summertime is a great time to
kick back, relax and enjoy a book,
wherever you are. At home, at
the beach, on the road, at the
camp… the possibilities are endless. There are audiobooks available on CDs or downloadable to
smart devices, eBooks, eMagazines and the tried-and-true
paper copies of books and magazines. The library does offer longer loan periods for borrowed
materials, upon request – ask for
more details when checking out
materials at the desk, or downloading eBooks/eMagazines and
audiobooks online.
Your free public library card
in Nova Scotia is a passport to a
world of opportunities and
adventures, especially if you’re
travelling on the road this summer. Through the ‘Borrow
Anywhere, Return Anywhere’
(BARA) program, a public library
card from your home regional
library will allow visitors to
apply for a public library card
and borrow materials from any
of the eight other regional public
library systems in Nova Scotia.
(And of course, return borrowed
materials too!).
“INVITED, YOU ARE!”
Some ‘Yoda speak’, for fans
of Star Wars. It’s programs galore
too, for family fun for all at the
library this summer – with a mix
of activities from drop-in LEGO
challenges, Family Storytimes to
scavenger hunts and more; and
there are also a number of programs with pre-registration
required, such as an Egg Drop
Challenge, Learn how to Knit,
Art Attack, Minecraft and more.
The STREAM summer learning
program for children launches
June 28, and logbooks are available at each of our library branches. All library programs are free.
This year, we also invite you
to help us fold 1,000 origami
Yodas by summer’s end! There
are two origami Yoda summer
kick-off launches coming up next
week, on July 5 from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the New Glasgow Library,
and July 7 from 12 to 8 p.m. at
the Stellarton Library. All are
At the Library
TRECIA SCHELL
is a community services
librarian and branch manager
at the Stellarton and
River John public libraries
welcome and both are ‘drop-in
as you wish’ programs. For more
details and to pick up a printed
brochure, drop by your local
library, or visit www.parl.ns.ca.
TECHNOLOGY, GADGETRY
Summer interns with the
Nova Scotia Community Access
to Technology Program (NSC@P)
will be returning to the Library
starting July 5. This summer,
NSC@P interns will be available
at the library (for help with
understanding the latest techie
device, to personal appointments
for computer tutorials) in River
John on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays; in Pictou on
Wednesdays and Fridays; in
Westville
on
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays; in
Stellarton on Fridays and
Saturdays; in New Glasgow on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays, and in Trenton
on Wednesdays. And this summer the library will have touring
STREAM program kits of LEGO
WeDo robotics, a button maker
machine, 3D printer, Minecraft
sessions, techie kits with
MakeyMakeys, littleBits kits and
Virtual Reality goggles and GPS
units (good for use in geocaching
to Scavenger Hunts).
The
Pictou-Antigonish
Regional Library will be closed
July 1 for Canada Day.
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Sports
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
Pictou County
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BOXING
Marshall eyes 60kg weight class
I
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
TRENTON
–
Norma
Marshall’s boxing transformation is incomplete.
For all her achievements in
the last year, Marshall has
been on a mission to drop
down six kilograms to the
60kg weight class as the 201516 season for the Albion
Amateur Boxing Club winds
down for the summer.
“The season never really ends
– just here (at the gym),” she
said. “It would be nice to get my
weight down to more my size.”
Less weight could mean
more opponents for Marshall,
who as it is has won six of the
seven bouts during her recent
ring comeback.
‘We’d like her to fight at 60
kilos,” Albion club head coach
Al Archibald said. “At the
moment, it’s her decision. We’re
giving her the summer to go 60,
64 or 69 kilos. Sixty is what
we're aiming for but it’s hard for
her to hold it. Physically, she’s
trying to get there. We’ll know
better in September.”
Marshall earned a spot on
Boxing Canada’s National B
Team after losing a close gold
medal match in late March to
Marian Disilva, the current
defending Canadian champion.
Marshall advanced to the
gold medal match by defeating
Bonny Hunter.
She won national championships four straight years and was
once a gold medalist at the
Quebec Cup prior to her six-year
absence from the ring.
Marshall also won a unanimous decision on April 30 in
Toronto over Kylie Fallis from
Toronto. She won all four rounds
and forced a standing eight count
in the fourth round against Fallis,
who is considered one of the top
Canadian female boxers.
Archibald said any weight
class Marshall boxes in will be
challenging, no matter how
many opponents she would face
in each one.
Top photo: Norma Marshall
uses a mirror for shadow
boxing practice during a
workout with the Albion
Amateur Boxing Club gym in
Trenton. Bottom photo:
Marshall works on her skipping as part of her training.
Marshall has been losing
weight in an effort to reach
the 60-kilogram weight class
as she continues her boxing
comeback after six years'
absence. She has won six of
the bouts she has had since
returning to the boxing ring.
(Goodwin photos)
“Every single match is a tough
match,” he said. “There are no
easy matches anymore.”
Meanwhile, Albion boxers
will have another chance to host
provincial championships
GYMNASTICS
The club is slated to host the
Nova Scotia championship card
on Nov. 7.
BASEBALL
Summer classes slated to start
NEW GLASGOW – The
Pictou County Gymnastics Club
is starting its summer programs.
Day camps from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. cost $140 per week and will
be conducted over the five week
days starting on July 4 resuming
on July 11, 18 and 25, as well as
from Aug. 2 to 5.
Pre-school summer day camp
programs will be from 9 a.m. to
noon on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays starting on July 5
and continuing on July 12 to 14,
July 19 to 21, July 26 to 28 and
Aug. 2 to 4. The cost is $60 for
three mornings.
Eight weeks of one-hour
summer recreation classes will
take place on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays
starting on July 5 from 4 to 5
p.m., 5 to 6 p.m., 6 to 7 p.m. and
7 to 8 p.m. The cost is $12 per
hour. Those interested require
24 hours notice to register.
The programs follow the
fifth annual fun meet on June
10 and 11 that raises funds for
the club.
The club also sells 50-50
tickets to help it provide programs for its more than 400
members.
Writing a book has
its ups and downs
Elisha Linthorne, 9, was among gymnasts who displayed their
talents during the annual fun meet.
(Cameron photo)
Albions test
Royals today
STELLARTON
–
The
Pictou County Albions and
Pictou County Royals of the
Nova Scotia Intermediate
Baseball League are scheduled
to meet today at 7 p.m. at the
Albion Athletic Field.
The Royals will host the
Windsor Knights for two
games at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on
Saturday at the Albion field.
The Albions split two
weekend double-headers last
weekend, winning 7-1 and
losing 7-3 against the Sherose
Island Trap Schooners and
winning 5-2 and losing 7-1 to
the Yarmouth Gateways.
The Royals are hosting
Yarmouth for two games on
July 9, while the Albions will
host Yarmouth for a twin-bill
on July 10.
The Royals are scheduled
to host the Schooners on July
6, while the Albions will host
the Schooners on July 17 in
separate double-headers.
The regular season is scheduled on end on Aug. 20, followed by playoffs.
can't believe it's been so
long, but it's true.
It has now been 12 years
since I initially accepted the
encouragement of others to write
a book on my experiences in the
sports world.
My memoirs, actually.
At the time, I was marking a
half century writing for newspapers and decided, yes, maybe the
time is right. I'll do it, I said to
myself and to anyone who would
listen. So, for about a year, I wrote
and wrote and wrote some more.
The manuscript – stretching
170,000 words through 64 chapters, was submitted to a major
publisher in the province in 2005.
Then I waited. And waited some
more. Finally, I was told the firm
wasn't interested.
The manuscript landed on
the bottom shelf of a bookcase.
There it sat, collecting dust for
10 whole years.
End of story, or so I thought.
Then, about a year ago, I was
being urged by an old school
friend to get my book published.
An author of several books, she
said it needed to be done. She
added some personal suggestions
that got me back on the track.
By last September, I was ready
to submit my new manuscript –
almost completely different from
the first one – to a smaller publishing firm nearby.
I met with the publisher and
presented him with a printed copy
of the proposed book. Then, similar to a decade earlier, I waited.
And waited some more.
Three full months after he had
the proposed book on his desk, I
got his decision. He wasn't interested in a sports book.
Was it over again?
No, not this time. He at least
recommended another local publisher. I made contact and, yes, I
was told to forward a few opening
chapters and a synopsis of the
remaining text. I forwarded the
first eight chapters. I was told it
could take “a few months.” Then I
waited. And waited some more.
Four months to the day, I
decided to find out if any decision
was being made. I quickly received
an email reply. It was short – very
short – and to the point. “Be
patient,” I was told.
So what could I do? I continued in the role of an expectant
father. I waited. Then I waited
some more.
Finally, after another two
months – six months in all – I got
another email. They weren't interested in a sports book.
“You've certainly had an
interesting career,” the message
said, “and you cover a lot of
ground in your stories, but
because sales for regional sports
memoirs are very poor, we
unfortunately have to decline the
manuscript at this time.”
That was mid-May, just as I
was about to celebrate my birthday. I was disappointed. It wasn't
the gift I was hoping for.
So back to collecting dust?
That might have been the final
curtain, the last attempt to get my
experiences, my stories of Nova
Scotia people, Nova Scotia teams,
and Nova Scotia events, into a
book. But that New Glasgow High
School classmate of 60 years ago
wouldn't let me close the cover on
my efforts.
Marcia (Campbell) Davey, a
Rhode Island resident for 50 years
who is currently working on her
sixth novel, stepped up again. She
checked publishers in both Canada
and the United States. Before I
knew it, she had me dealing with
an out-of-province publisher.
To make a long story short,
Marquis Publishing, based in
Hugh's Highland View
HUGH TOWNSEND
A New Glasgow native and
Nova Scotia sports journalist
for almost 60 years.
[email protected]
Montmagny, Quebec, is going to
publish my book.
The work didn't end there. For
the past few weeks, I've been rereading and re-editing the entire
manuscript, chapter by chapter by
chapter. Word by word by word.
And, yes, there will be lots of
Pictou County stories in the lineup. I wouldn't have it any other
way.
As I work towards a planned
mid-summer submission date, I
can't help but refer to a couple
quotations from authors who
know the score.
Melodie Ramone's opinion on
publishing a book:
“Write it. Just write it. Write
your dreams. Write your nightmares. Write while you cry about
what you're writing, write while
you laugh out loud at your own
words. Write until your fingers
hurt, then keep writing more.
“Don't ever stop writing. Don't
ever give up on your story, no
matter what 'they' say. Don't ever
let anybody take away your voice.
You have something to say, your
soul has a story to tell. Write it.”
Susan Reynolds put it this
way:
“Most writing requires massive dedication, a whole lot of
time spent alone, way too much
sitting, countless hours spent
thinking hard, and unending
and occasionally painful dedication to forming ideas and labouring over the production of sentences, paragraphs, scenes, dialogue, punctuation and all the
elements that go into writing.”
With established authors like
Melodie and Susan offering that
kind of wisdom, how could I ever
give up?
And that isn't all that has
occurred in this ongoing journey
towards publication.
Not long after I decided to once
again edit the approximate
100,000-word text, the printer
beside my desk decided it had
enough. I summoned a “geek”
from the Geek Squad at Best Buy
and he officially pronounced the
printer deceased.
With a new printer installed,
my computer given a complete
maintenance check and the
other necessities of this technology-saturated environment getting thumbs up, the visiting
“geek” turned on the green light
for me to proceed.
When he left, I wondered
aloud: How come a guy like Steve,
not even close to half my age, can
know so much about such things,
and quickly satisfy an old journalist who, to be perfectly honest, still
wonders if a typewriter couldn't
have been sufficient at times like
this? So I've heeded the advice of
Marcia, Steve and others and, if all
goes according to script, my book
will become a reality, probably
sometime in October.
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busy.
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Locals win Granton Grind races CORNER
CYCLING
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
ABERCROMBIE – Local
cyclists figured prominently on
Sunday during the Granton
Grind road race hosted by Pictou
County Cycle.
Tim Shea won the Men’s
Category B four-lap race in 22
minutes, 32.9 seconds on the
clockwise course that started and
finished at the Abercrombie
Community Hall.
Pictou County Cycle Club
owner and operator Clint Snell
placed 10th.
Snell felt it was a good day
despite the lower than usual
number of entries.
“Everything went well,” he
said. “We usually have 100 but
only had 65 this time. People like
the course.”
The
event
utilizes
Abercrombie Road, the Trenton
Connector and its extension
through Mount William to Alma
Station, Granton and back to the
community centre.
Ryan Shaun MacDonald was
10th in the Men’s Category A
five-lap race, while Dwayne
Murphy was 13th in the Men’s
Category C three-lap race.
In Men’s Category D, Pictou
County Cycle’s Kenny Robinson
was second, Thomas Baudoux
was fourth, Tony Corbin was
fifth, Chemari Jota was eighth
and Jason MacPherson was
ninth.
Christa Hynes from Pictou
County cycle was first among
four cyclists in 47:06 in the threelap Women’s Category B race.
Emily Morton, Cindy Fraser
and Jennifer Baudoux finished
1-2-3 in the Women’s Category C
two-lap race.
“The women did really well,”
Snell said. “They’re all strong, so
I’m not surprised.”
The next event near Pictou
County is the Highland Grind
mountain bike race event on July
10 near the Keppoch Lode in
Antigonish County.
DARRELL BIRON
Where were you born?
“I was born in Sydney.”
Left photo: Kenny Robinson, left starts away with Thomas Baudoux and Tony Corbin at the start
of their portion of the Granton Grind cycling race. Right photo: Baudoux leads a quartet of Pictou
(Goodwin photos)
County Cycle Club riders along the Trenton Connector.
When did you first become
involved in sports?
“I started playing ball
when I was eight. It was the
youngest year we could attend
in Little League.”
What is your coaching
philosophy?
“Play hard and have fun.”
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Pictou County Cycle Club members did well on Sunday during the Granton Grind cycling road
race based in Abercrombie. From left: Christa Hynes, Emily Morton, Jennifer Baudoux, Cindy
(Submitted photo)
Fraser, Tim Shea and Kenny Robinson. Missing is Tony Corbin.
Jamie Crocket chooses Acadia
ing my volleyball skills and pursuing my academic interests."
With the Nighthawks, Crocket
has qualified for the NSSAF
Provincial Championships in
2012, 2013 and 2014.
Along with her high school
play, Crocket has been a member of the Truro Lynx
Volleyball Club for Under-16,
Under-17 and Under-18 competition and in 2014 the Lynx
placed second in the provincial club championship.
Wood is optimistic that
Crocket will add more hitting
power to the Axewomen lineup.
"Jamie is arguably the top
recruit coming out of the
Atlantic for 2016, so we're very
pleased to have her join our
roster,” Wood said. “Jamie is
an intelligent player who in
addition to providing speed
and a fast arm swing at the net
is also very competent with her
ball control. Jamie's academic
and athletic excellence will certainly support what we have
been building here at Acadia."
Crocket was an all-star recipient at provincial championships
in 2014 and 2015 and was selected to the Nova Scotia provincial
team in 2013 where her team
competed at the Eastern Elite
Volleyball Championship.
Crocket was awarded the Tier
MacLean & MacDonald
Ian H. MacLean, Q.C., LL.B.
Leo I. MacDonald, C.D., B.A., LL.B (Counsel)
ALLAN
Slaunwhite, CFP
[email protected]
90 Coleraine Street, Pictou, NS 902-485-4347
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
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I most valuable player award at
the Championship.
She was also selected to the
Nova Scotia provincial team
in 2014, competing at the
National Team Challenge Cup
in Winnipeg.
While excelling in volleyball,
she also has achieved academic
excellence, finishing with a 92
per cent average or higher in
Grades 9 to 11. Her accolades
also go beyond the court, earning the Cathy Currie Memorial
Volleyball Academic Award
along with receiving The Most
Dedicated Students Council
Member
Award
at
Northumberland.
Local athletes joining
Nova Scotia's team
for East Canada meet
STELLARTON – Four
Pictou County athletes are
among more than 40 who have
been chosen for Nova Scotia’s
Under-22 track and field team
that will be competing in
August at the Eastern
Canadian
Espoirs
Championships in Moncton.
The list includes high
jumper Macayla Cullen of
Stellarton, hurdler Megan
Graham of Trenton, high
jumper Kaelan Schmidt from
Sutherlands River and 400metre runner Heather Beaton
of Stellarton.
The local residents do their
training during the summer
with Pictou County Athletics
team at the Pioneer Coal
Athletics Field.
The event will help those
aspiring to represent Nova
Scotia at the 2017 Canada
Summer Games.
Provincial teams from
Ontario,
Quebec,
New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, and
Newfoundland and Labrador
will take part in the competition.
"I'm excited about our
Espoir Team heading to
Moncton in August,” Nova
Scotia track and field team
head coach Ueli Albert said.
“We selected 43 athletes that
will be competing against
some of the best athletes in
Eastern Canada and it will be
a real test going into next
year’s Canada Games season.
I'm looking forward to get to
know our potential athletes
better and gaining momentum towards next year."
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will
be
joining
Acadia
University’s women’s varsity
volleyball program.
Head coach Michelle Wood
and Acadia University recently
announced that Crocket has
committed to joining the
Axewomen in the fall of 2016.
Crocket is a six-foot middle
position player who has been
playing for the Northumberland
Regional
High
School
Nighthawks.
"I chose Acadia for the small
town atmosphere and supportive community both athletically
and academically", said Crocket.
"I'm looking forward to improv-
When did you begin
coaching?
“I started this year coaching ball. I coached basketball
for four years.”
CRAIG
Mercer, CFP
[email protected]
JERRY
McGuire, CFP
[email protected]
Underliving retirement
Most Canadians enjoy retirement but many
also worry that the good times won’t last and
“underlive” their retirement years in fear of overspending.
According to a recent Investors Group survey,
59% of retired Canadians are concerned about
being about being able to make their retirement
funds last for their remaining years, 64% find it
hard to strike a balance between enjoying retirement and making money last, and 44% feel worried after they spend money on non-necessary
items or experiences.
The survey also underscored the fact that
over-worrying about money can lead Canadians
to shy away from doing the things they love in
retirement. But here’s the good news: The survey
found that a vast majority of recent retirees enjoy
their retirement, with 80% stating that it meets
their expectations and 84% finding that they are
able to spend more time on hobbies they enjoy.
So, what does all this mean to you? As you
think about retirement, ask yourself what it is you
want to spend time on, based on what’s truly
important to you, and what kind of lifestyle you’d
like to live. Your answers will be unique to you but
the key to realizing your retirement dreams is
always this: Plan early and plan smart.
Smart retirement planning does require prioritization and financial trade-offs but it shouldn’t
be an exercise in self-sacrifice. When you do it
right, you won’t worry about whether or not your
retirement fund will last for as long as you need it
and you won’t “underlive” your retirement years
by avoiding things you really want to do for fear of
spending too much money.
Here’s another important retirement planning
tip the survey uncovered: Canadians who work
with a financial advisor worry less about their nest
egg providing for them through all their retirement years. So it’s clear: Making retirement plans
based on professional advice can help you avoid
overspending and underliving. Your professional
advisor will support you in making decisions
based on fact, not fear and ensure you have access
to all the strategies you need to live an enjoyable
and rewarding life in retirement.
MIKE
MacKean, CFP
[email protected]
JOHN
McLean
[email protected]
LARRY
Turner
[email protected]
Live your retirement years the way you want.
Talk to your professional advisor soon.
This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial
Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors
Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning)
presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell
any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about
your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact
your Investors Group Consultant.
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June 29, 2016
SUMMER STREET
Golf scramble tops $167,000
By Jackie Jardine
[email protected]
Registration for the Stellarton and Area Minor Girls Softball
Association took place recently at the Dorrington Field
Clubhouse. Girls as young as four can enter the Association's
learn-to-play league, while girls 16 and under can register for
competitive play and girls under 18 can register for recreational
play. The season starts shortly after school ends. Registration
forms can be found online at the Subway Stringer web site,
www.sport.ca/stellartonstingers. Pictured is Christina Gariepy
(Cameron photo)
with Lexy Gariepy at the registration session.
RECREATION
Rural summer
programs slated
PICTOU – Five rural communities in Pictou County are hosting summer recreation programs.
Lismore’s contact is Don
Butler at 902-926-2589, while
Plymouth’s is Janet MacDonald
at 902-752-1018, River John’s is
Joanne Wilkins at 902-351-2143,
Scotsburn’s is Amber Manning at
902-485-1046 and Thorburn’s is
Randy Palmer at 902-922-2277.
There is also a mobile program called LARK (Leisure and
Active Recreation for Kids) that
offers children the opportunity
to get out in their community
and be active during the summer
months.
LARK is available to areas
that do not hire summer staff,
and offers low organized games,
arts and crafts, and sports to children. This summer, LARK is in
Merigomish, Kenzieville, Salt
Springs and District 3.
Red Cross swimming lessons
are also being offered to preschool (ages 4-6) and also ages
6-plus located in the communities of Lismore and River John.
Lessons are two weeks long
at each community: in River John
from July 18 to 29 and Lismore
from August 1 to 12.
Pictou County recreation can
be contacted at 902-485-8528 to
register or for more information.
ABERCROMBIE – Hollywood
stars were shining brightly on
Friday when Summer Street
Scramble golfers raised more than
$167,000 in the annual event.
Hollywood was the theme of
the event in its 22nd year which
has brought in $2.6 million since
its inception.
Golfers in 29 teams were in
high spirits as the tournament got
off to a sunny shotgun start at the
Abercrombie Golf Club. From
there, they moved to Summer
Street for a closing banquet and
awards presentations.
“The results were tremendous
and exceeded my expectations,”
beamed Bob Bennett, executive
director, Summer Street.
The event continues to grow in
scope each year. Co-chair Ray
Wagg noted at the awards presentations, “We are pleased to welcome eight new teams to the
Scramble this year. Anytime
you’ve been around this long you
go through a period of renewal.”
Bennett said, “We have an
incredible team of volunteers
that pull the event together
under the leadership of co-chairs
Barry Hamilton and Ray Wagg.
The committee is supported by
event coordinator extraordinaire
Paula Irving.
Everyone at
Summer Street has a role from
sitting up the course, working
the various holes, cooking the
meal, setting up the reception
and post-event banquet, etc.”
Already, teams are preparing
to raise funds for the 2017 event.
“This is our most important
and most significant fund raising event," Bennett said. "I cannot thank the golfers, supporters, sponsors, donors, volunteers, clients and staff enough.
It takes all of these people to
make it the success it is.”
From the left, winners of the Wallace Cup for the team that raises the most money – The Howard
Anderson CIBC Team: Brendan Comeau, Dave Clark, cup namesake Dave Wallace, Howie Anderson
and Marc Comeau. Missing is David Acker.
(Jardine photo)
The team that raised the second most amount of money, the Sobeys Real Estate Engineering
Team, from the left, Brian Hughes, Perry Kossatz, Bob Bennett, executive director, Summer Street,
(Jardine photo)
Greg MacNeil and John Charlton. Missing is Joe Fiander.
Honour Roll:
Advocate – $2,000
Sobeys Atlantic – $2,300
Bergengren Credit Union – $2,380
McLean’s Flooring – $2,456
David Whittemore Financial Services
– $2,850
Wayne Atkinson – $3,198
Man Cave Chat – $3,300
Scotiabank – $3,430
Staples – $3,380
MacDonald & Murphy Inc. – $3,495
The Young and the Restless – $3,
985
Masters Level:
Kinsmen Team 1 – $5,035
Mac, Mac & Mac 2 – $5,100
Team MacKean – $5,305
Northern Pulp – $5,565
Eastern Tire – $6,510
Lawtons Team 1 – $6,583
Lawtons Team 2 – $6,965
Arthur J. Gallagher – $8,460
Mac, Mac & Mac – $10,050
Sobeys Real Estate Engineering –
$32,700
CIBC Wood Gundy – $34,563
Annika Murray displays her latest award.
(Submitted photo)
Top left: Jim Humphreys
drives off the tee. Top right:
Jack Langlois watches his
putt rolling toward the hole.
Left photo: Red MacKean
putts from the edge of the
green. They were among
those who participated on
Friday at the annual Summer
Street Scramble at
Abercrombie Country Club.
Other Awards:
Top Rookie Team – Northern Pulp $5,565; Second Lowest Score –
Eastern Tire, 58; Lowest Score – Pepsi,
56; Highest Percentage in Funds
Raised – (55.5 per cent) – Bergengren
Credit Union; Second Most Funds
Raised (Wallace Cup) – Sobeys Real
Estate Engineering; Most Funds Raised
– CIBC Wood Gundy; Second Most
Funds Raised (individual) – Joe Fiander,
$20,000; Most Funds Raised (individual) – Howie Anderson, $32,988
(Brimicombe photos)
HIGHLAND GAMES
Murray receives
aggregate award
PICTOU – Annika Murray
earned the high aggregate trophy at the third annual Worthen
School of Highland Dance
Competition on June 11 in
Dartmouth.
Debby Stevenson from Nova
Scotia and Sherril Medd from
Alberta judged the event.
The results for Pictou County
dancers are:
Beginner 10 – Lauren Hiltz:
Fling 4th, Sean Truibhas 1st, Lilt
3rd, Runner up trophy winner.
Premier 11 – Annika Murray:
Fling 1st, Sword 3rd, Sean
Truibhas 1st, Reel 1st, High
Aggregate trophy winner.
Premier 13 – Meg Maxner:
Reel 5th.
CAPSULE COMMENTS
with Michelle Veenhuis
Premier 16 and Over – Emma
Hines: Fling 1st, Sword 2nd,
Sean Truibhas 3rd, Reel 3rd.
The 10th annual Moncton
Highland
Games
Dance
Competition took place in
Moncton on June 18.
The judge for this competition was Catherine MacLeod of
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
There were only two dancers
from Pictou County that attended and their results are:
Premier 11 and Under –
Amelia Parker: Fling 5th, Jig
4th.
Premier 12 and 13 – Rachel
Rowan: Fling 6th, Sean Truibhas
6th, Lilt 3rd, Jig 4th.
Landon MacPherson and Kyle Sutherland won gold medals as
members of the Kanokai Judo Club, which was well-represented at the recent Amherst Invitational tournament. Front row,
from left: Paige Landry, Mekhi Reddick, James Ponikau and
Ralph Baldwin. Middle left: Sophie Landry, Landon MacPherson,
Cohen Ponikau and Liam MacPherson. Back left: Jocelyn
Sutherland and Kyle Sutherland. This was the final event on the
(Goodwin photo)
Judo N.S. Calendar for the season.
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This can occur naturally or sometimes it can be
due to a drug you are taking. Taste may return after
using the drug of a while or it may require a
change of medication. If you are concerned, talk to
our pharmacists.
Having live plants in your house will improve the quality of the air you
breathe indoors. They increase the amount of oxygen in the home as well
as manage carbon dioxide levels and help to reduce the levels of organic
chemicals in the air. Just one or two plants will do the job.
There is much research going on about the effects of marijuana on the
human body. One large study in the US found a link between marijuanausers and alcohol dependence. It seems that those with a history of regular
marijuana use had a greater chance of having a problem with alcohol.
Patients often asked us whether they can stop taking certain drugs. The
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June 29, 2016
Community
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Gardening convention hits the high notes
By John Carter
Special to The Advocate
Garden tours, two riverboat
cruises, a dazzling and wonderful
floral design, musical entertainment, vendors, photo contest,
annual general meeting with a
door prize, and educational
speakers all greeted 210 gardeners across the province as they
attended the recent NSAGC convention at the Wellness Centre.
The theme was “Touched by a
Garden.” The event was hosted
by Eastern District #2 consisting
of the communities of Antigonish,
Guysborough, Lismore, New
Glasgow, Pictou, St. Mary’s and
Westville. Planning for the convention took over a year, under
the capable direction of Don
Butler, convention chair. Fifteen
vendors sold a variety of useful
products. All participants were
greeted with bags of gardening
goodies, the convention program
and name tags that could also be
used as a luggage tags. From the
reaction of the participants, the
event was enjoyed by all.
The Friday evening presentation by author Denise Adams,
“Embracing
Native
and
Naturalized Plants” proved that
she grows native and naturalized
plants from the area where she
lives near Peggy’s Cove. Adams
gave tips on how to grow native
gardens that were almost maintenance free and contained no fertilizer or manure.
Before the presentation on
Friday evening, participants who
had signed up early had the
pleasure of going on one of the
two riverboat cruises. They were
welcomed by member Priscilla
Ewoke and New Glasgow Mayor
Barrie MacMillian, who presented each participant with the
Town of New Glasgow’s pin,
“New Glasgow Flourish”.
Members could also visit the
gardens of the Allan Park, the
residences of Carol and Ken
Francis, and Earle and Karen
Carson, view and purchase from
the vendors, enjoy and vote for a
favourite floral design co-ordinated by Margie Beck, view the
photo contest and enjoy a second
riverboat cruise.
The official opening was delivered by conference chair, Don
Butler; a special welcome was
given by Municipality of Pictou
County Deputy Warden, Andy
Thompson, and Patsy MacKinnon,
chairperson, NSAGC gave further announcements by Clarrie
MacKinnon, master of ceremonies for the convention. After
Adams' presentation, musical
entertainment and a social time
were enjoyed.
Saturday started off with the
NSAGC annual general meeting.
Professor Randy Lauff was the
first presenter; the title of his presentation was “Not all insects in
Your Garden Should Bug You.”
Lauff summed up which insects
are your friends and which are
not. He gardens organically, does
not use pesticides, and uses soapy
water as a spray. Professor Lord
Abbey spoke on “Horticulture
Therapy – Therapeutic Benefits of
Plants and their use, The Past,
Present and Future.” He spoke on
the benefits of relaxation, power
of the mind, muscle relaxation,
exercise, breathing and more and
has been used to help autistic
children. The third speaker,
award winning gardener, Dawn
Westhaver, spoke on “Sharing
My Happy Place and What’s
New With Milkweeds and
Monarchs?” She explained it is
very important to plant the right
kind of milkweed as there are
about 110 different varieties.
Monarchs have decreased by a
large percentage and it is very
difficult to divide the milkweed
plant. Westhaver had plants for
sale and she showed slides as her
presentation
progressed.
Entrepreneur Michael Overmars
presented “Experiences of a
Beginning Market Gardener”.
He discussed his crops ‘from field
to table’.
He uses Dwight
Eisenhower’s quote, “Plans are
nothing, planning is everything,”
when growing his crops. His
plans are very extensive and computerized to give him the information he needs to grow his vegetables and extend their season.
Overmars uses permanently
raised
beds
at
Bethany,
Antigonish, where he gardens. A
dynamic presentation was given
Left photo: New Glasgow Mayor Barrie MacMillan hands out
Town of New Glasgow pins to garden club convention participants before they embark on a riverboat cruise. Above:
Participants climb aboard Sun Catcher Too to enjoy a cruise.
(Photos by Kim Dickson)
by physiotherapist Philip Ruiz,
“Ergonomics for the Garden:
Back to Basics.” He stressed the
importance of pacing, warming
up, body mechanics and the
proper ways of gardening.
At the beginning of the banquet, Evie Fraser, District 2 director, thanked all participants for
their assistance and for attending
the convention.
Guest speaker at the banquet
on Saturday evening was retired
professor and director of the
Master Gardener Program, Carol
Goodwin, whose topic was
“Touched by a Garden.” She
chose to present a beautiful power
point presentation of family,
plants and flowers and English
gardens. She discussed each slide
as a lover of plants. She looks at
a garden as a place for relaxing
the mind and not a place for fear,
a place of foresight, of music composition, of joy and whimsy, a
place of reflection, beauty, peace.
Goodwin talked about the beauty
of the English Gardens and the
music garden in Toronto.
Awards were presented, winners of the floral competition and
photo contest were acknowledged. The convention next year
will be in Baddeck, Cape Breton.
Special mention was given to
the
Advocate
Publishing
Company for volunteering "ïn
kind" for their advertising materials and production work,
John Carter is a planning committee member
CHAMBER UPDATE
Economic Gardener
Since moving into its new facilities at the Pictou County Wellness
Centre almost four years ago, the growth, participation and outreach
of the Pictou County YMCA have doubled!
Combined with the growing popularity of the Wellness Centre
itself as a recreational, social and cultural hub, the facility on Westville
Road has become a community centre, in the true sense of the word.
Greater participation means healthier people. More events help
pay for the operation of the Centre, which is critical to maintain as it
is a not-for-profit, public service. And local businesses benefit from
spin-off spending, especially when events attract people from out of
the county.
The Y has more than 4,500 members who participate in more than
80 classes each week, from swimming, children’s programming, aqua
fit and cycle fit to Zumba and more. The Y’s capacity to offer
enhanced programming has grown, not just at the Centre, but
through programs offered in the community.
Most people do not realize that the Y provides membership assistance to access their programs by reducing fees for those who cannot
afford to take part. Annually the Y gives away over $270,000 in this
way. Under the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign funding is made available to provide these services including free youth programming and
a youth leadership group.
After-school bus services from local schools and a bus service to
get students home to key locations in the county ensure students
arrive and get home safe. After-school programs are run for seven
local elementary schools and 57 children are enrolled in the Childcare
Centre.
In addition to being the home of the Pictou County Weeks Junior
A Crushers, the Wellness Centre hosts the Mariposa East Skating
Centre and provides ice for the Female Subway Selects, Pictou
County Minor Hockey and New Glasgow Minor Hockey as well as
for recreational teams and skaters. Just this spring, the Centre attract-
ed the Hockey Nova Scotia Day of Champions and the provincial
broomball championships.
The Centre’s conference facilities are also well used and are
attracting major events such as the record breaking 2015 Nova Scotia
55Plus Games, the Maritime Fire Chiefs Conference and Trade Show,
and the provincial Silver Economy Summit, plus the Career
Connections Job Fair, the United Way Volunteer Fair and the female
Midget AAA annual general meeting.
Plans are now underway to host the North Nova High School
graduation, the Recreation Nova Scotia Annual Conference and
Trade Show and seven weddings this summer.
People are choosing to use the Centre for other events as well,
such as the Michelin Junior Bike Event, the United Way Fire Truck
Pull and the Pictou County Waste Management Shredding and
Hazardous Waste Disposal Day, to name just three.
The Pictou County Wellness Centre is making a difference in
people’s lives and the impact is far greater than meets the eye, particularly in providing all of us opportunities to live more heathy
lifestyles, to enjoy ourselves, to showcase the county to a growing
number of visitors and to come together as a community.
The payback, in terms of improvements to physical and mental
health, not to mention community engagement, has much more
impact on our community than most people would realize.
The growing number of province-wide events choosing to come
to the Centre is a real indicator that something great is happening
here, right under our noses. Pictou County has always been a beautiful place to live and work. The Wellness Centre is making it even
better.
Jack Kyte
Executive Director
Pictou County Chamber of Commerce
Minister of Business Mark Furey speaks to a packed house
of over 60 business leaders at Summer Street Industries on
Tuesday, June 21. Minister Furey discussed the role of the
Department of Business and spoke about three sectors in
particular that are currently making major contributions to
the provincial economy: the oceans industry, information
and communication technology (ICT), and the agri-food and
seafood sector. The minister said the province wants to create “an environment for small business to be successful.”
And to do that, the province needs feedback from the business community.
Member-2-Member Benefits
At the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce we are excited to be
rolling out our newest initiative! Our website will now host a spot
for a member to member benefits (M2M) offer to the rest of their
chamber community.
Essentially, our members can now send us an offer which we distribute to our members so that they can save on their purchases
and in return support our local economy.
We are thrilled to be able to support our members, our community
and provide a greater value to each of our members through this
new initiative.
Please contact Cassidy at the office (902) 755-3463 or by email to
[email protected] if you’d like to learn more, or partake in
this new program.
Check out our updated website at www.pictouchamber.com
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Canada can never be “average” in comparison to the rest of Canada. He spoke passionately about why Atlantic Canadians,
and Nova Scotians in particular need to change their attitudes about the looming economic crisis we are facing. We hope to
bring Don back next year to discuss where we are now, and if we’ve made any progress here in Pictou County to addressing
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Religion
Troubadour returning
to Pictou County
Three years ago, singer
Michael Averill, inspired by his
father, decided he would cross –
and recross – the county singing
songs and sharing stories.
In fact, Pictou was one of his
stops in 2013, year one of his “I'd
Rather Walk” project. So far,
Averill has walked more than
3,200
kilomstres
through
Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia,
BC, Alberta and Ontario, sharing
his father’s original songs along
with his own.
Averill makes his home in
British Columbia, but makes himself at home wherever he is in his
long travels across the country.
He was recently a part of The
Festival of Small Halls, a celebration of music on Prince Edward
Island. On July 4th he will be
MICHAEL AVERILL
walking on stage at Green HillAlma United Church, also a
“small hall”, as part of the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN – PICTOU
Carol MacKay greeted the
congregation for the Graduation
Sunday
service.
Chris
MacDonald, clerk of Session,
presented Pictou Academy graduate Aran MacDonald with a gift
on behalf of the Session and congregation; Kelly MacDonald presented her with a gift on behalf
of the Sunday school.
Six youth are going to Canada
Youth 2016 at Brock University
July 5-10. Chris MacDonald led
the Commissioning Litany; on
behalf of the Session and congregation she wished them a safe
journey and valuable experiences at the conference.
The senior choir, accompanied by Joan Clark, organist and
choir director, sang As Water to
the Thirst. Readings were 1 Kings
19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16;
Galatians 5:1, 13-21; Luke 9:5162. The offering was gathered by
Vicki Campbell and Munro
Fraser.
The sermon was You Can
Miss Heaven. Rev Gary Tonks
spoke about opportunities that
come to us, often by chance, and
once missed cannot be recovered. Heaven has been called "a
gated community", whereby its
inhabitants are by invitation
only. God issues the invitation to
us, and expects a response followed by the conditions He has
set. Rejecting His invitation to
follow His lifestyle can mean
passing by our chance to go to
heaven, as well as the opportunity to accept God's love, grace
and strength in "putting our
hand to the plow". Changes in
our circumstances will happen
in our lives, but our road to discipleship will be more certain if
we follow Him who gives us the
victory, even over death.
All are welcome to join in the
Pictou Academy 200 Ecumenical
Church service, July 3 at 7 p.m.;
Rev. Gail Johnson Murdock will
be the guest speaker. July and
August services will begin at
10:30 a.m.
Submitted by Carol MacKay
FIRST UNITED BAPTIST – NEW GLASGOW
Summer safety was the topic
of children's time. Rose Rudolph
said we all love summer and
God tells us from the Bible that
we must be wise and smart and
to be aware of things around us,
pray to God to help us to be safe
and wise in all our decisions.
Morgan MacDonald led in a
commissioning (laying on of
hands) time for Katie Warren
and Caleb Archibald as they
prepare to leave for Guatemala
in July. They will be working
with a group to help kids stay
out of gangs by showing them
God's way. He read scripture
from the book of Matthew, Luke
and John where all are commissioned to go, to tell and send out
to others the good news of the
gospel.
Norm Pearce, vice president
of Atlantic Baptist Convention,
was guest speaker. His message
was church transitions, that
change is constant with churches. He emphasized that church
is not about us or ones who
came before us but it is about
God and passing on the message about Jesus and what He
did for us. He said we must continually pray, keep the communication open between ourselves
and God. We must continue the
work, all scripture is useful
thoroughly equipping us looking to Jesus as our example.
Yield yourselves to the Holy
Spirit, be ready for new things
that God will be calling you to
do he said.
The service ended in singing
King of Heaven.
Submitted by Muriel Palmer
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN – PICTOU
Neil Daye greeted worshippers to the service conducted
by Jacquie Ross on Graduation
Sunday. Ross interviewed the
two grads, Anna LeBlanc and
Amelia English, on what they
have learned so far, their future
plans and told them a story
based on Psalm 91.
Clerk of Session Murray Hill
presented them with devotional Bibles.
As it was also Canada Day
Sunday and the service focussed
on that with the singing of O
Canada and the Queen.
The sermon, titled What do
you Remember, spoke of what
God has allowed us in this great
country but warned that our
country is not all it should be.
Ross said as Christians we have
watered down our loyalty to
God and it has seeped into our
land. Forgive us and lift us up
to be Christians in Canada,
standing for you, she prayed.
After the service a time of
food and fellowship was held
in the lower hall. Faye
Blenkhorne presented gifts to
Judy Corman on the occasion
of her retirement as choir director.
Submitted by Betty Ann
Battist
Monday Music in Alma Summer
Concert series.
Monday Music in Alma is
entering its second year of presenting weekly concerts throughout the summer. The aim of the
series is to provide a cozy venue
– and hopefully a little financial
support – for musicians to share
their music and for the music loving audience to enjoy, and support, both visiting and local musicians.
Like all the Monday Music
concerts, showtime is 7:30 p.m.
and admission is by donation but
music lovers who attend are
asked to consider at least $10.
Updates can be found on the
Facebook page: Monday Music in
Alma. Information about Averill,
his “I'd Rather Walk” project and
upcoming shows can also be
found on his website “Michael
Averill Music”.
HOLY NAME CHURCH – WESTVILLE
Greeting
were
Gordon
MacIntosh and Ernest Johnson
while Johnson also served as cross
bear. David Freckelton served as
lector.
Collection was taken up by
Daniel and Deanne Farrell, Gordon
MacIntosh and Belle Bourque.
Bourque also served in the eucharistic ministry along with Gerry
Cameron and Leo Lamey.
Serving in the ministries for
Saturday afternoon were Ray Cyr
as cross bearer and as altar server,
Bernadette LeBlanc as lector and
Sylvia Eagles, Marilyn MacDonald
and Margie DeCoff as eucharistic
ministers.
In his homily, Father Peter
MacDonald taught in this mass’s
Gospel lesson, Jesus sent the dis-
ciples out to prepare for His coming. Yet, the Samaritans rejected
the disciples and their teaching as
they rejected Jerusalem. They did
not like His message which was
love and forgiveness; they were
preparing the ground work of
love, understanding and patience
for one another. MacDonald
encouraged the congregation to
live as Jesus and the disciples
taught, setting aside anger and
differences so we may live together in peace.
The schedule for week day
masses are printed in the church
bulletin, available during the
weekend masses, Saturdays at 4
p.m. and at 9:15 a.m. on Sundays.
All are welcome.
Submitted by Angela Hanebury
TRINITY UNITED – NEW GLASGOW
The congregations of Trinity
United and St. George’s Anglican
churches gathered for worship at
St. George’s, where they were
greeted by Don and Jean Murray,
Rosemary MacDonald and
Brenda MacLaughlin.
Monica Punke led the liturgy,
with readings being shared by
Marie Slivocka and Rev. Donna
Tourneur.
For the special music, a version of Morning has Broken in
four parts was offered by the
combined Trinity and St. George’s
choir.
Tourneur shared a story during the learning time called
Wilfred Gordon McDonald
Partridge, written by Mim Fox.
In her homily titled Guest
Appearances, Tourneur compared the role we play as host
with the opportunity to be the
guest. The teaching the disciples
receive about who is welcome
and how to include those on the
edge is contrasted with the opportunities Jesus Himself takes to
provide hospitality and vulnerability, she said. The congregation
was reminded that the opportunities to be a host arise when
there is a need or a crisis and that
it is easier to be the one that helps
than the one who receives help.
Yet, upon reflection, the face of
God is often most clearly seen in
our vulnerability.
In keeping with the theme, the
folks of St. George's offered lunch
to their guests, which provided
an opportunity for conversation
and friendship.
Submitted by Rev. Donna
Tourneur
Appointments for Diocese of Antigonish
Most Reverend Brian Dunn,
Bishop of Antigonish, has
announced the following appointments:
Rev. Barrett Clare-Johnston,
pastor of St. Michael, East
Margaree, St. Patrick, North East
Margaree and St. Joseph, South
West Margaree, will become pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish,
Stellarton.
Rev. William Crispo will
become chaplain for the Diocesan
Council of the Catholic Women’s
League. Rev. Allan MacPhie will
conclude his term as the chaplain
for the CWL.
Rev. Andrew Gillies will conclude his term as the Master of
Ceremonies for the diocese; Rev.
James Oliver will become the MC
for the diocese.
Rev. Angus MacDougall will
conclude his appointment as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish,
Stellarton. He will continue to
serve as co-ordinator of Diocesan
Pastoral Services.
The Jean Dickson and Dodson Family bursaries were handed
out during Graduation Sunday service at Pictou United Church.
Recipients were, from the left, front row: Kayla Sutherland,
Jessica Mitchell and Sarah MacCallum. Middle row: Allyson
Parker, Susan Parker, Cecely Gilby, Chloe Marshall, Josh Young
and Delaney Collins. Back row: Craig Sutherland, Keil MacDonald
and Logan MacDonald. Missing were Natalie Mitchell, Emily
Cyr, Jessica Cyr and Ainsley Cameron.
(Submitted photo)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN – GLASGOW
Worshippers were greeted by
Ann-Shirley Boutilier and Lilly
Morton.
Lilly Morton read the scriptures.
The choir’s anthem was Peace
like a River. Guest piano soloists
James and Samuel Lawrence, sons
of Elsbeth (MacKay) and Mike
Lawrence, played their selections
from the music festival. Samuel
played Pop goes the Weasel. James
played Angelfish.
Rev. Dr. Joon Ki Kim based his
sermon on Luke 9: 51-62. The text
asks important and hard questions about what it means to follow Jesus as His disciples who try
to imitate him day by day. Do you
want to use power to punish and
vanquish people who are different
from us? Kim asked. Jesus’ answer
to the question was downright:
No! Jesus knew that a toxic influence that teaches and produces
prejudice and enmity could be
detected anywhere in human
life—in schools, offices, places of
worship and in families. Jesus
wants his disciples to put his
teaching above all other teachings
that have formed them; to look at
the world in an entirely new way
according to God’s reign.
Following the service, Doris
and Frank Cullen, Liz and Alan
MacIntosh and Helen Robertson
were the hosts for refreshments in
the Fellowship Hall.
Submitted by Shirley Haggart
PICTOU UNITED CHURCH
Greeting the congregation
were Karen and David Hicks.
Ambassador was Diane Vaughan;
steward was David Hicks.
The service was entitled “The
Choirs Greatest Hits” so it was
filled with many inspiring pieces
offered by the choir and guest flutist, Angela Campbell.
Rev. Mary-Beth Moriarity
began with a thank you to the
choir for their many hours of dedication and hard work. She also
welcomed Angela Campbell and
friends from Green Hill-Alma
United Church who joined in worship as part of their “Road Trip
Sundays”.
The choir opened the service
with Come Build a Church.
Allyson Parker then lit the Christ
candle and gathered the congregation with a reading based on Psalm
100.
The service continued with
Moriarity who spoke about the
power of music and how important it is to spiritual lives. The
theme of the worship was based
on the Psalms. Moriarity shared
Psalm 99 and then the choir followed with Sanctus. Psalm 88:
1-13 was read with the choir following with Standin’ in the Need
of Prayer. The choir then followed
with God Is.
Two new members were welcomed into our church family and
there was the dedication of memorial gifts.
In closing the service, Moriarity
quoted St. Augustine: To sing is to
pray twice” and the choir shared
Change My Heart, O God and Go
in Love.
Submitted by Mary MacCallum
Gardening Challenges
with Farmer Bob
With the recent heat, plant growth has hit a rapid
stage, which is mostly a good thing. Unfortunately,
many insect pests also speed up their multiplication as
the heat rises. There is nothing more frustrating than
to see your newly established plants or your favourite
perennials devoured by voracious insects. Much
work for nothing and no beautiful bouquets or tasty
vegetables. Two of the worst enemies can generally be
classified into caterpillars or bugs (usually small beetles).
A good example of the former are the various green
caterpillars (often referred to as green worms) that
can quickly chew the leaves full of holes on cabbage,
cauliflower, broccoli and other crucifer crops. Another
frequently seen caterpillar is the ‘tent’ variety which
forms grey tent like structures in woody shrubs and
trees. Fortunately, we have a good organic and ‘safe to
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who passed away June 30, 1988.
In Memoriam
MacKenzie
In memory of
Aggie MacKenzie, loving
Wife and Mother.
Resumes can be emailed to the Recreation Coordinator at
[email protected], or dropped off in person to the
Westville Town Hall on 2042 Queen Street. Deadline for
applications is Monday, July 4, 2016. The Town of Westville
thanks all those who apply, however, only those chosen for
an interview will be contacted.
The Town of Westville is an equal opportunity employer.
The MacConnell family wishes to express their gratitude for the words of comfort
and support during our time of bereavement.
We thank you for the charitable donations in David’s memory, cards of
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We wish to thank the staff of both the Aberdeen Hospital and VG Hospital
for their outstanding care and compassion.
A heartfelt thank you to Reverend Chesley Boutilier who led the celebration
of life and shared his many stories of David’s earlier days. A special thank you
to Ralph MacPhail, Billy MacDonald and Janet MacKenzie for sharing their
memories and for capturing the essence of who David was. Thank you to Peter
MacKenzie and Jeff Hunter for their gift of music. We thank the Durham Ladies
Guild, the Durham Community Hall and community for providing refreshments.
Thank you to Cliff Wood and the West River Valley Presbyterian Church. A big
thank you to David’s colleagues at the Department of Transportation.
Thank you to the staff of McLaren Funeral Home for guiding us through this
challenging time with care and grace.
The MacConnell family
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Eastern Star Lodge #1
We would like to thank everyone for supporting us during our last
fundraiser. We would also at this time like to thank Dave MacDonald and
staff at Pictou Sobeys for their help and support. We extend congratulations
to Brenda MacLeod, winner of the 12 lobsters and six steaks.
Wawbeek Encampment #12
We would like to extend congratulations to Jerry Burke, winner of four
lobster dinners, and Ms. V. Weatherbee, winner of two dinners.
Again, thank you.
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RIVER JOHN NEWS
By Anne Patriquin
River John correspondent
Here is more information on
the activities taking place in
River John:
On Thursday, June 30, there
will be a bike rodeo at the River
John Hub. Bring your bike and a
helmet to participate.
On July 1 at 2 p.m. in River
John Bissell Park there will be
music, cake, hot dogs and games
so come and join us in celebrating Canada Day. Also on July 1,
6:30-8:30 p.m., is Chase the Ace
at the River John Legion.
On July 3 starting at 11 a.m.
1842) was one of the first ministers in River John. He was
Sylvia's great-great-grandfather
on her mother's side.
The road to Pictou from River
John then would not be much
more than a trail. Midway to
Pictou was a building called the
Midway House. As a child, she
saw this house when she and
her mother were going to Pictou
over 90 years ago. Her mother
told her it was built for people
to have a rest because they
would be walking too far to do
it in a day. The only road then
was out past Hodson and it was
known as the Old Pictou Road
and is still referred to as The
Old Pictou Road or the River
John Road today. I will tell you
the rest of the story in next
week's paper.
until sold out is the annual
Chicken BBQ by the River John
& District Lions Club on the
Lions Veranda. Music is supplied by the Musik Makers. The
cost is $12 for adults and $8 for
children. Come and listen to the
great music, good food and
good company.
On July 18 there will be a
fashion show starting at 7 p.m.
at the River John Hub (School),
tickets are $10 each. Hope to see
you there, it should be a great
time as well.
A bit of history now sent to
me from my friend in Ontario,
Sylvia MacLanders:
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burial of ashes of Rev. Dr. L. George Macdonald, who passed away on January 15,
2016, will take place at a graveside service
on Wednesday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. in
Thorburn Cemetery. A reception will follow in Union Church, Thorburn.
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p.m., Stellarton Library; 10 a.m.-3
p.m., River John and Westville
Library, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at
Trenton Library.
Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) runs
9:30-10:30 a.m. at the River John
Library and 1:30-2:15 p.m., New
Glasgow Library.
Old time dance, Toney River
Community hall, 8 p.m. Music by
Raymond, Marlene & Lynne with
Marjorie calling the sets. Adm. $7.
Shared lunch.
ABC’s for Babies is 10-11 a.m.,
Westville Library and 10:45-11:30
a.m., Stellarton Library.
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CREAMER, Mable Amelia
(Baltzer) – Pictou. Mable was
born on June 4, 1919 in Welton’s
Corner (Aylsford), Nova Scotia.
She was the youngest child of the
late Austin (1867-1923) and
Cassie (1874-1920) Baltzer. Due
to the early death of both parents,
Mable was brought up by her
twelve brothers and sisters, who
together ran four apple farms and
a sheep farm. Mable graduated
from MAC Business College in
Windsor and then went to work
for Eaton’s in Halifax. During World
War II, she worked at Central
Scientific in Toronto. After World
War II, Mable returned to Halifax
to work at the Halifax Dockyard.
She married Joseph Alvin Creamer
(1923-1965) in 1954, while he
worked as an engineer at The
Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
They later moved to Pictou, where
Mable worked for the Pictou
Fisheries School, Magdalene
Ferries Ltd. and The Pictou
Advocate, and Al worked with
Northumberland Ferries on the
Lord Selkirk. In her spare time,
Mable enjoyed painting, reading,
tennis, skiing, travelling and
spending time with her family.
Over the last year, she enjoyed
many of the social activities put on
by the staff at the Shiretown
Nursing Home, while also developing a knack for winning Saturday
afternoon Bingo. Mable was
vibrant, witty, kind and her positivity and laughter were contagious
to anyone who was around her,
and she will be deeply missed.
She is survived by her daughter,
Kara Taylor (Cliff) of Scotsburn;
son-in-law, Gregg Fancy of
Waterside; grandchildren, Kristian
(Phil), Catherine (Al), Joey, Luke
and Emma, as well as several
nieces and nephews across
Canada and the USA. She was
predeceased by her beloved husband, Al; daughter, Mary; and
son, John who died in infancy;
brothers, Harold, Ralph, Max,
Arthur and Blake; and sisters,
Hattie, Kathleen, Alice, Gertrude,
Love, Helen and Flora. No visitation by family request. Funeral
was held at the Stella Maris
Roman Catholic Church in Pictou
on Monday, June 27. Donations
may be made to the Canadian
Cancer Society in memory of her
late daughter, Mary Fancy. The
family of the late Mable Creamer
would like to thank the staff at the
Shiretown Nursing Home for the
love and care that they provided
to her over the past year, your
kindness will not be forgotten. †
WEDNESDAY, June 29
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.
ToddleTime (18 months-3 yrs),
10:15-11 a.m., 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, 12-1 p.m., Stellarton
Library. For more info contact the
co-ordinator Cynthia Gallager at
902-754-2682 or [email protected].
Meat darts, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 7 p.m. All welcome.
CHICKNESS, John Perry – 85,
Stellarton, passed away June 23,
2016 in the Sutherland Harris
Memorial Hospital, Northumberland
Veterans Unit, Pictou. Born in New
Glasgow, he was a son of the late
John Charles and Margaret Ellen
(Bell) Chickness. He served with the
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry in Korea from 1950-1952.
After serving his country, he returned
to Pictou County and was employed
with Allen’s Dairy as a delivery driver
for 19 years. John was employed
with Michelin Tire, Granton from
1972 to 1991, where he retired as
an electrician. He was a member of
Christ Anglican Church, Stellarton
and the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 34, New Glasgow. Surviving
are his wife of 62 years, Hazel
(Dillman); children, Terry (Susan)
Chickness, New Glasgow; Robert
(Debbie) Chickness, Trenton; Darlene
(Randy) Tucker, Stellarton; Shelley
(Jasper) Fraser, Plymouth Park; sisters, Camilla (Raymond) Jordan,
Riverton; Alyce Frosst, Stellarton;
Helen Smith, Hopewell; brothers,
Earl (Diane) Shakness, Westville
Road; Billy Chickness, Truro; grandchildren, Darryl (Melody), Marlene,
Jason, Michelle (Alex), Allison
(Dustin), Deanna (Evan), Jared
(Randi), Maggie May, Dillon (Courtney)
and Nicholas; great-grandchildren,
Hudson and Stella; many nieces
and nephews. Besides his parents,
he was predeceased by his son,
John; sisters, Catherine, Ruth,
Margaret and Theresa; brother,
Jimmy. Funeral was held June 27 in
P. & K. MacDonald Funeral Home,
New Glasgow.
ELLIOTT, Roy Howard – 67,
Westville, formerly of Lyons Brook,
passed away June 17, 2016 in the
Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow,
surrounded by his family, after a
courageous battle with cancer. Born
in Sydney on August 5, 1948, he
was a son of the late Howard and
Jean Elliott. Roy grew up in a loving
home along with his only sister,
Marlene. He enjoyed working on
cars. Following retirement from
Michelin Tire, Granton, he operated
Roy Elliott’s Auto Detailing for many
years. He is survived by daughter,
Nicole Elliott, Kentville; son, Michael
Elliott (Angela), Three Mile Plains;
grandchildren, Gavin, Riley and
Jaxson. Besides his parents, he was
predeceased by his sister, Marlene
Elliott. A celebration of Roy’s life will
be held 6 p.m. August 5 at Fat
Tony’s, Pictou on what would have
been his 68th birthday.
JOHNSON, Gregory Kenneth –
74, of Windmill Road, Dartmouth,
passed away June 20, 2016 in
Dartmouth. Born in Pictou, he was
the son of the late Aubrey and Ethel
(Falconer) Johnson and was
employed with the Canadian Armed
Forces for 30 years and served with
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LANGILLE, Georgina – With
great love and affection, we
announce the passing of our
mother, Georgina Langille, formerly of Pictou, NS. She passed
after a brief illness on June 21,
2016 in Ivey’s Terrace Nursing
Home. She thrived under the loving care of the wonderful staff,
which has been like family to her.
We want to express our profound
thanks to all of the staff and doctors who have been involved in
her care. Thanks also to Ruth
and Thelma who have become
dear friends to Mom. The daughter of Archie and Christina Muise,
Mom was born in 1931 in
Inverness, Cape Breton. She
lived there until she was 12 years
old and moved eventually to
Pictou where she would make
her home for the rest of her life.
She met her husband, Owen and
they married in 1947.
She
worked at G.G. Hamilton’s Biscuit
Factory and remembered her
time there and co-workers fondly.
Predeceased by her parents and
our dad, Ownie, and siblings
Alexander (Sandy), Joseph,
Ernest and her only sister, Mary
Martin; and a child, Henry Owen,
lost at birth. Her dear friend, Bill
Roddick’s death was difficult for
her as he brought such joy to her
life. She is survived by her sons,
Fr. Melvin (Fortrose, Scotland),
Allen and his wife Brenda and
their children Meghan Rankin
(Sandy), Logan, Jake, and Madi;
her daughter Gina (Joe Sheehan)
and her children, Kailyn (British
Columbia), Chad and Regan and
their dad, Allan MacCarthy;
daughter Kim and her husband
Mike Greek and their children,
Christy, Joey, Lia and Jessica
(Dartmouth, NS); siblings Donald
and his wife Joan Muise, Mathew
and his wife Catherine Muise and
Douglas Muise. As she arranged,
her body has been donated to
Dalhousie Medical Science.
Memorial service was held in St.
James Anglican Church on
Sunday, June 26, 2016.
Donations may be made to St.
James Anglican Church General
Fund or a charity of your choice.
We will miss her always. †
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the Nova Scotia Highlanders.
Gregory graduated from Pictou
Academy and was a welder by
trade, after his service he obtained a
BA in Archeology from St. Mary’s
University. Gregory is survived by his
daughter, Rosalind (Darrell) Feit, New
Glasgow; son, Gregory Kenneth II
(Sanae) Johnson, Whistler, BC;
Gladys Johnson, Clementsport;
cousins, Robert, Janice, Jackie,
Carloee and several nieces and
nephews. He was predeceased by
grandparents, Albert and Christine
Johnson and sister, Christine at birth.
A private graveside service was held
in Riverbank Cemetery, Toney Mills.
LANGILLE, Alton Sylvester – 41,
of New Glasgow passed away June
19, 2016 in the Aberdeen Hospital,
New Glasgow. Born July 11, 1974
in New Glasgow he was a son of
Bryan and Linda (Huey) Langille,
Sunny Brae. Alton was a resident of
New Glasgow most of his life. He
was a former employee at Convergys
and Summer Street Industries. Alton
loved music and enjoyed singing.
Besides his parents he is survived by
brothers Nelson (Anne), Stewiacke;
Malcolm (Leslie), Ottawa; two nephews, a niece, several aunts, uncles
and cousins. There will be no visitation or service by request.
MURRAY, Andrew Walter – 85,
Lower Barney’s River, formerly of
New Glasgow, passed away June
22, 2016 in the Halifax Infirmary,
QEII, surrounded by his family. Born
in New Glasgow on April 22, 1931,
he was a son of the late Andrew
Wallace and Vera Jennie Isabel
(Pushie) Murray. Prior to retirement,
he was employed with Nova Scotia
Power for 35 years. Upon moving to
Lower Barney’s River in 1986, he
planted a garden. For the past 30
years “Walter’s Fresh Fruit & Veggies”
stand was an important part of his
life. Walter was a long-time trustee
and tireless volunteer with Murray’s
Point Cemetery, Lower Barney’s
River. Surviving are daughters,
Nancy Murray (Michael Howard),
Halifax; Heather (Mike) Silver,
Antigonish; sons, Alan (Cindy)
Murray, Bermuda; Robert (Kelley)
Murray, New Glasgow; Bruce Murray
(Heather MacKay), Halifax; grandchildren, Andrew, Jordan, Craig,
Taylor, Kyle, Matt, Lauren, Sydney,
Ben and Sam; sister, Joyce
MacDonald, Merigomish; sisters-inlaw, Joan Murray, Lower Barney’s
River; Ruth (Brian) Clarke, Moncton,
N.B.; Alice (John) Gillespie, Eureka;
Barb Sutherland, Halifax; Mary
Sutherland, Dartmouth; brother-inlaw, Don (Ruth) Sutherland, Linacy;
many nieces and nephews. Besides
his parents, he was predeceased by
his wife of 52 years, Margaret; brother, Lyall; brothers-in-law, Norval
MacDonald, Ed and Bill Sutherland.
Funeral was held June 25 in P. & K.
MacDonald Funeral Home.
Silent Auction at ScotiaBank, Pictou,
June 21-30, during regular banking
hours. Auction will close at 3 p.m.
June 30. Fundraiser for Pictou
County Chapter Cat Rescue
Maritimes (CA-R-MA).
THURSDAY, June 30
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)
takes place 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, patterns and written
instructions will be available.
ToddleTime (18 months-3 yrs), 6:15
-7:15 p.m., Stellarton Library.
Puppetry Club (pre-registration
required) meets 3-4:30 p.m.,
Westville Library.
LEGOs @ the Library, 3-4 p.m.,
New Glasgow Library. Stop in and
build something amazing.
Tween Scene is 3-4:30 p.m.,
Westville Library. Tweens, ages
8-14, are invited to hang out and
create together!
FRIDAY, July 1
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 1-2 p.m. in the Stellarton
Library with the Stellar Knitters. Join
us for stitching and conversation in
a cozy atmosphere. .
Toddletime, 10-11 a.m., Westville
Library and 10:45-11:45 at the
Stellarton Library.
Gamers Afterschool @ Library
(drop-in), 3-5 p.m., Westville
Library.
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.
Chase the Ace, Stellar Curling Club,
Foord St., Stellarton, 6-8 p.m. with
ticket draw at 8:15 p.m.
Chase the Ace, Royal Canadian
Legion Pictou, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Entertainment, draw at 9:45 p.m.
Women on Wheels (WoW)!, 10:3011:30 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. Preregistration required, by contacting
the Pictou Recreation & Parks at
(902) 485-4372.
SATURDAY, July 2
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, a new twist to
“Chase the Ace”, 2-4 p.m. Be there
at 4:15 p.m. to win.
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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.
Kitchen items and small appliances,
pictures, movies, CDs, books, jackets and other clothing, trinkets, nicnacs, camping items, skates,
games, eggs.
Saturday Morning Puppetry Club,
10:30-11:30 a.m., Pictou Library.
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Crafty Saturday (drop-in), 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Trenton Library. Kids and
families stop in and create something fun at our arts and crafts table
and make a craft to take home.
Family LEGO time @ the Library,
3-4:30 p.m., Pictou Library. Stop in
and create something amazing with
LEGO.
A "Summer Coffee Party, Art and
Bake Sale" will take place, 10 a.m.
to 12 noon at the Little Harbour
Community Centre. Cost is $5 with
proceeds going to the Little Harbour
Presbyterian Church. A great occasion to see summer neighbours!
Pictou Academy 200 Dance, 9
p.m.-1 a.m., music by “East is
East”. Meet and greet 6-8:30 p.m.,
Stella Maris hall. Admission is $10
per person (includes meet and greet
and dance.) Sponosred by Knights
of Columbus Council 8606. For
tickets call Fred 902-485-6436 or
Mike 902-485-6842.
SUNDAY, July 3
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.
Pictou Academy 200 Ecumenical
Worship service, 7 p.m., First
Presbyterian Church, 17 Prince St.
Pictou. Guest speaker: Rev. Gail
Johnson Murdock. All welcome.
MONDAY, July 4
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.
Michael Averill in Concert at Green
Hill-Alma United Church, 7:30 p.m.
Part of the Monday Music in Alma
Summer Concert Series. Admission:
Pay what you can but please consider at least $10.
TUESDAY, July 5
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. Come and
learn how to knit! All yarn and needles will be provided, and children
must be at least 5 years old and
pre-registration is required.
ABC’s for Babies (0-18 months)
runs 10:15-11 a.m., New Glasgow
Library.
LEGO family night, 6-7 p.m., Pictou
Library.
LEGO @ the Library (drop-in), 6:15
-7:45 p.m., River John Library; 6:30
-7:30 p.m., Stellarton Library and
6-7:30 p.m., Westville Library.
Family Round and Square Dance
will be held at St. Mary's Parish Hall,
Hwy 245 Maryvale, Antigonish Co.,
9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Music provided by
John Pellerin, Colin Rankin and Joel
Chiasson. Admission: $10. Children
12 and under free when accompanied by an adult. Tea and sweets
provided!
New Glasgow Library presents
Origami Yoda drop in, 1-3 p.m. Help
us fold 1,000 Origami Yodas by the
end of the summer. Get out your
logbook for our STREAM Summer
Learning Program. All are welcome,
bring friends and family.
NOTICES
Registration is now open for the
United Way's 3rd Annual Golf Fore
Change. The tournament will take
place on Saturday, July 9 at the
Glen Lovat Golf Club. Registration is
$320 for a team of four and includes
cart and green fees, steak dinner,
and lots of contests and prizes. For
more information call 902-755-1754
or
visit
www.PictouCountyUnitedWay.ca.
PARL Reads together this summer.
Join our Big Book Club at public
libraries in Pictou and Antigonish
counties until October 31. Read a
book; share your thoughts; win big.
Besides the experience of reading a
great book you can win prizes too.
After leaving you can fill out a ballot
for a monthly prize draw. Visit www.
parl.ns.ca or your local library for
more info. One ballot per person per
library visit.
The “Book Sail” book store is now
open at the River John H.U.B.
Community Centre in the former
school library. For sale are gently
used books, music and movies at
bargain prices in a variety of genres.
All proceeds from the permanent
year-round sale go toward building
maintenance and upkeep. Check
the River John H.U.B. Community
Centre Facebook page.
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.
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The Advocate
June 29, 2016
PA grads shine
Doucet, Casey top prize winners
Monday night was one of tears
as students let go of their past and
the last four years, but also one of
excitement for what lies ahead.
It was Pictou Academy’s graduation, with an added element of
being the school’s 200th graduating class.
The deCoste Centre was filled
with emotions as parents watched
their children take their first step
into the next chapter of their
lives.
Casey Doucet walked away
with the Governor General Medal
as well as the Tupper Gold Medal.
She was also the recipient of one
of the Chester and Barb Roach
Memorial Scholarships, a $2,000
renewable scholarship for up to
three years, as well as the Ethel A.
Harris Scholarship and the Maude
Sutherland Bursary.
Doucet also received the David
George Johnson Memorial
Award, Patterson Bursary, Robert
and Catherine Ross Memorial
Bursary, W.T. Ferguson Bursary,
MacKenzie
Bursary,
C.B.
Robinson Prize, Fisher Bursary,
Heighton Memorial Bursary, The
Stephen Russell Memorial Prize
and the Clarence Wong Memorial
Bursary. She was also the recipient of the Edna Sproull Williams
Awards for highest standing girl
in English 12, second highest in
Physics 12 and second highest in
Calculus Math 12.
Doucet received community
organization prizes including
Pictou Garden Club Prize, RBC
Foundation Bursary as well as a
bursary form the Nova Scotia
Teachers Union for $500. She was
also awarded a bursary from the
Nova Scotia Freemasons New
Caledonia Lodge for $1,000, an
entrance scholarship from Saint
Mary’s University for $3,500 and
a
renewable
President’s
Scholarship from Mount Allison
University with a total value of
$20,000.
Amelia English received the
Queen Elizabeth II Medal and
Ian Wisener Memorial Trophy
(Athletics, Leadership and
Scholarship). She was also the
recipient of one of the $10,000
Scammell Bursaries, the McLure
Bursary, W.T. Ferguson Bursary,
Crerar MacDonald Bursary, Dr.
Mary
MacKenzie
Smith
Scholarship and the Robert
Kennedy Memorial Bursary.
English was also awarded the
Edna Sproull Williams Awards
for highest in Physics 12, highest
Calculus 12, second highest in
Biology 12 and second highest in
PreCalculus Math 12.
She received the Nova Scotia
Teachers
Union
Bursary,
Sutherland-Harris
Memorial
Hospital Foundation Health and
Wellness Scholarship, No More
Westrays Bursary, Murphy-Ryan
Bursary, Pictou County Heart &
Stroke Foundation Bursary,
CUPW Local 087, IWK Future
Health Research and Innovation
Scholarship, IWK Wessex Award
presented annually to a student
from Atlantic Canada to commemorate the visit by his Royal
Highness Prince Edward, Earl of
Wessex to the IWK Health Centre
valued at $ 5,000 and The New
Glasgow Kinette Bursary.
English also received the Nova
Scotia School Athletic Association
Ron O’Flaherty Scholar – Athlete
Award valued at $750, the Herff
Jones Believe in You Scholarship
Award valued at $2,000, the St.
F.X. Canadian Scholarship, and a
renewable scholarship from St.
F.X. University totalling $24,000.
Other major award winners
included Aran MacDonald who
received the Scammell $10,000
bursary, the Edna Sproull
Williams Award for second high-
est in Math 12, Shiretown Dental
Bursary,
Grant
Thornton
Accountants Prize, Pictou Lions
Club Award, Caribou Women’s
Institute Award, Sutherland
Harris Memorial Hospital
Foundation Health and Wellness
Scholarship, Gladys and Clarence
Porter Memorial Bursary, Eastern
Star Lodge Bursary as well as a
renewable scholarship from St.
F.X. University totalling $7,000
and a renewable scholarship from
Cape Breton University totalling
$8,000.
Alex Canam received a $2,500
Scammell Bursary, Shiretown
Dental
Bursary,
Sobey
Scholarship, Pictou West Liberal
Association bursary and an
entrance scholarship from Saint
Mary’s University for $1,000.
Paytan Ruiz received the
$2,500 Scammell Bursary as well
as the Miss Mary MacKay bursary, Grohmann, Sachs and Babinec
Family Bursary as well as a bursary from the Nova Scotia
Freemasons New Caledonia
Lodge for $1,000 and an entrance
scholarship from St. F.X.
University for $5,000.
Keil MacDonald received a
$1,300 MacDonald Bursary,
Gordon Bursary, Fisher Bursary,
Edna Sproull Williams Awards
for highest in Math 12 and the
United Church Pictou Jean
Dickson Bursary for $850.
Shae-Lyn Redmond was the
recipient of the $1,300 MacDonald
Bursary, Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 16 Scholarship, Princess
Rebekah Lodge #4 Award,
Sutherland-Harris Memorial
Hospital Foundation Health and
Wellness Scholarship, School
Administrators
Association
Award, Northern Pulp Bursary
and an entrance scholarship to
Saint Mary’s University for $500.
Anna LeBlanc received the
Valedictorian Anna LeBlanc stands with principal Blair MacDonald; Casey Doucet, Tupper Gold
Medal and Governor General Medal winner; Brae Greencorn, Chester and Barb Roach Memorial
Scholarship valued at $2,000 renewable for three years winner; Scott Landry, guest speaker;
Amelia English, the Queen Elizabeth II Medal and the Ian Wisener Memorial Trophy winner; and
(Harvie photo)
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From the left: Keil MacDonald, multiple bursary winner, with fellow graduates Anna LeBlanc,
valedictorian and bursary winner, principal Blair MacDonald and graduates Casey Doucet, medal
and bursary winner and Amelia English, medal and bursary winner at Pictou Academy’s gradua(Harvie photo)
tion on Monday night at the deCoste Centre.
Chester and Barb Roach Memorial
Scholarship for $2,000 renewable
for up to three years, Purves
Loagie Bursary, Edna Sproull
Williams Award for second highest in PreCalculus Math 12, second highest in Physics 12, The
Fraser and Hoyt Good Citizenship
Award, West Pictou Progressive
Conservative Award, SutherlandHarris Memorial Hospital
Foundation Health and Wellness
Scholarship, Bergengren Credit
Union Bursary, Michelin Bursary
valued at $2,000 awarded to
exceptional children of Michelin
employees, John Markie Memorial
You Scholarship, E.M. MacDonald
Award and the St. F.X. Merit
Scholarship, renewable from St.
F.X. University totalling $12,000.
Brae Greencorn won the
Chester and Barb Roach
Memorial Scholarship for $2,000
renewable for up to three years,
The Rotary Club of Pictou
Award, Monarchist League of
Canada-Northumberland Branch
Award, Pictou Lions Club
Award,
Sutherland-Harris
Memorial Hospital Foundation
Health and Wellness Scholarship,
United Commercial Travellers
Pictonian Council #879 Bursary
and a renewable scholarship
from St.F.X. University totalling
$7,000, a renewable scholarship
from Cape Breton University
totalling $8,000 and the
MacDonald Residence Award
from Cape Breton University for
$4,000.
Josh Young received the
Donald Blenkhorne Bursary,
William H. Harris Bursary, Rev.
A.A. Smith Scholarship, Edna
Sproull Williams Award for
highest standing boy in HGS 12,
MacIntosh, MacDonnell and
MacDonald Scholarship and the
Amelia English received the $5,000 IWK Wessex Scholarship
presented annually to one student from Atlantic Canada to
commemorate the visit by his Royal Highness Prince Edward,
Earl of Wessex to the IWK Health Centre. Presenting the award
(Harvie photo)
is Blair MacDonald, principal.
United Church of Pictou’s Jean
Dickson Bursary for $850.
Bailey Prosper won the Kevin
Gillis Memorial Award while
Sydney MacCarthy received the
Frank I. Huelin Scholarship,
Mary
Osmond
Memorial
Bursary and the Edna Sproull
Williams Award for highest in
GGS 12 and second highest in
French 12.
Andra Kennedy won the
Claude J.W. Kedy Award, Roslyn
MacDonald Scholarship, Edna
Sproull Williams Award for second highest in French 12, second
highest in Law 12, the St. Thomas
University Gala Award valued
at $1,500, as well as the St.
Thomas University renewable
scholarship award for $5,000 and
the renewable residence bursary
from St. Thomas totalling
$7,000.
Cadi Hardy received the “Be
the Tree” Award while Hailey
Reiber received the Edna Sproull
Williams Award for highest in
GGS 12 and Sami MacKenzie
won the Edna Sproull Williams
Award for highest in Law 12,
Pictou Centre PC Women’s
Association Prize and the Wyatt
MacPhail Memorial Bursary as
well as an entrance scholarship
to Acadia University worth
$7,500.
Nikki Gaudet received the
Pictou Academy Alumni Staff
Bursary and Lauren Pretty the
Grohmann Knives Ltd. Award,
while Rachelle Bate received the
Ronald Sutherland Memorial
Bursary and Melissa MacPhail
the 2016 Grad Class Award and
Dianna Lougheed received a bursary from MacLeod-Lorway
Insurance for $200.
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
NORTH NOVA EDUCATION CENTRE
NNEC grads ready to soar
North Nova Education Centre
graduated 242 students Monday
evening at the Pictou County
Wellness Centre which was
packed with proud parents, family members and friends.
Among the graduates to
receive awards, bursaries, prizes
and scholarships are:
Nicole Eileen Corkum, First
Class Honours. Corkum was
awarded the R. Stanley Cumming
renewable scholarship valued at
$5,000 per year for four years for
a total of $20,000, the Dalhousie
Alumni Association Scholarship
in the amount of $1,000 and the
Dalhousie Junior Achievement
Entrance Scholarship of $2,500.
She also won the Accounting 11
subject prize, Geographie
Planetaire 12, the AP English 12
and PreCalculus 12 subject prizes valued at $50 each and the
Carmichael Scholarship valued
at $1,500 per year for four years
for a total of $6,000. Corkum
plans to attend Dalhousie
University.
Caitrin Gray Sobey-Skelton,
First Class Honours. She plans to
attend Dalhousie University and
has been awarded a Dalhousie
Entrance Renewable Scholarship
in the amount of $5,000 per year
for four years for a total of
$20,000. She has also received a
Dalhousie Alumni Association
Scholarship in the amount of
$1,000. She also received the
Rod MacGregor Bursary valued
at $250, the Churchville Women’s
Institute Memorial Bursary valued at $200, the East Coast Credit
Union Scholarship valued at
$750, and the Physics 12 subject
prize valued at $50. She is also
the recipient of the Harley
Kellock Memorial Bursary in
Science valued at $500.
Luke
Kevin
Thomas
Henderson, First Class Honours.
Henderson plans to attend
Acadia University and was
awarded a renewable entrance
scholarship valued at $4,000 over
four years and an entrance scholarship valued at $1,000 for a total
value of $17,000. He has also
received the Advanced Music 12
prize valued at $50, NNEC Music
Auxiliary Award valued at
$1,000 and the Carmichael
Scholarship valued at $1,500 per
year for four years for a total of
$6,000.
Kaine Dryden Burgess, First
Class Honours. He plans to
attend St. Francis Xavier
University and has been awarded the St. FX Merit Scholarship
valued at $3,000 per year for four
years for a total value of $12,000.
He has also received the Sobeys
Bursary valued at $200, the
Michelin BASE Award valued at
$2,000, an East Pictou Rural High
Educational
Foundation
Scholarship valued at $500, the
Pictou East PC Association Prize
valued at $200, and the Economics
12 subject prize valued at $50.
Katherine Irene Purvis, First
Class Honours. She plans to
attend Saint Mary’s University
and has received a renewable
entrance scholarship of $3,500
over four years for a total value
of $14,000. She is also the recipient of the Mac, Mac & Mac Law
Offices Leadership Prize valued
at $300, and the Exercise Science
12 subject prize valued at $50.
Alexander Joseph Owen, First
attend Acadia University and
has been awarded a renewable
over three years and an entrance
scholarship valued at $1,500 for a
total value of $9,000. He also
received the Doris Helen
MacBain Hird Award for
Excellence valued at $500, New
Glasgow High School Class of
’56 Scholarship valued at $300,
and the English 12 and Home
Trades Technology 12 subject
prizes valued at $50 each.
Katelyn Emily Warren, First
Class Honours. Warren plans to
received a renewable entrance
scholarship of $4,000 per year for
four years and an entrance math
scholarship of $1,000 for a total
value of $17,000. She has also
been awarded a $1,500 scholarship for winning the Nova Scotia
Recycles essay contest, the Yoga
11 subject prize and the East
Coast Credit Union Scholarship
valued at $750.
Justyn Logan Henley, First
Class Honours. Henley plans to
and was awarded a renewable
over four years for a total of
$14,000, the North Nova
Educational
Charitable
Foundation Bursary valued at
ABOVE: Wayne Desmond and Jalen Johnson received the Department of Education African
Canadian Services Division Scholarship at North Nova Education Centre’s graduation Monday night
at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Missing from photo is award winner Roemyn Beals.
BELOW: Erin Washburn, valedictorian and Charles Denny, Mi’kamawey Spirit Award winner from
North Nova Education Centre’s graduating class of 2016. The school’s graduation took place at
(Harvie photos)
the Pictou County Wellness Centre Monday night.
$200 and the Law 12 and
Mathematics 12 subject prizes
valued at $50 each.
Paige Alexandra Hodgson,
First Class Honours. She plans to
attend Saint Francis Xavier
of $3,000 per year for four years
for a total of $12,000. She has
also received a Nova Scotia
Freemason’s Bursary – Hudson
Lodge #77 valued at $1,000, the
Leil Bursary in memory of
Norman and Janette Leil valued
at $300, and the Chemistry 12
and Global Geography 12 subject prizes valued at $50 each.
Erin
Anne
Washburn,
Honours. She plans to attend
Saint Francis Xavier University
and has received a renewable
over four years for a total value
of $7,000. She also has been
awarded the Danny MacLeod
Memorial Award valued at $200,
the Valedictorian Medal donated
by Herff Jones, the NSTU Pictou
Local Educational Bursary valued at $500 and the Knights of
Columbus Council #1667, Hugh
MacLean Bursary valued at
$250.
Emma Briand Curley, First
Class Honours. Curley plans to
for a total of $12,000. She has
also received the Making a
Difference Award valued at
$200, the New Glasgow High
School Grad Class of ’88 award
valued at $25, the Pictou Local
NSTU Award valued at $400, the
Nova Scotia Freemason’s Bursary
Albion Lodge #5 valued at $500
and the Psychology 12 and
Leadership 12 subject prizes valued at $50 each.
Kaylee Dale Cardiff, Honours.
She plans to attend Acadia
University and has been awarded a renewable entrance and
residence scholarship valued at
$4,500 over four years. She is
also the recipient of the 2016
Angus B. Armour Memorial
Scholarship valued at $1,500.
Cardiff has had perfect attendance during the past three years
as a student at North Nova.
Naomi Brenda Zentner, First
Class Honours. Zentner plans to
University and has received a
renewable entrance scholarship
of $1,750 over four years for a
total value of $7,000. She is also
the recipient of the New Glasgow
High School Class of '95 prize
valued at $35, the Morgan Leil
Award valued at $200, the Pictou
County Heart and Stroke Support
Group Bursary valued at $200,
the Lawrence M. Burke Memorial
Scholarship valued at $500, the
Physical Education Leadership
12 subject prize valued at $50
and the Pictou Local NSTU prize
valued at $100.
Megan Rebecca Graham, First
University and was awarded an
entrance scholarship valued at
$1,750 over four years for a total
value of $7,000. She was also
awarded the MacDonald Family
United Commercial Travellers
Pictonian Council #879 Bursary
valued at $500, the Pepsi Bottling
Group Canada Ltd. Bursary valued at $100 and the Royal
Canadian Legion Branch #29
Trenton Bursary valued at $600.
Kayla Lynn Greene, First
Class Honours. Greene plans to
University and was awarded an
value of $7,000, the Principal’s
Award for Excellence valued at
$100 and an East Pictou Rural
High Educational Foundation
Scholarship valued at $500.
Brittany Ellen Chisholm, First
was awarded renewable entrance
scholarship valued at $3,000 per
year and the BMO Financial
Group Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,000 for a total of $10,000
over three years. She also won
the New James Roy Award valued at $115, the Don Deagle
Memorial Scholarship valued at
$500 and the Peter S. Demetre
Memorial Award of $300.
Jalen
Bryson
Johnson,
Principal’s List. He plans to
attend the University of King’s
College and has been awarded a
for a total value of $8,000. He is
also the recipient of the Buddy
Daye Scholarship valued at $500,
the
University
Entrance
Scholarship from the Nova Scotia
Department of Education:
African Canadian Services
Division valued at $4,500 and the
Principal’s Award for Excellence
valued at $100.
Dominique Corinne Amit,
First Class Honours. Amit plans
to attend the University of
Kings’s College and has been
scholarship valued at $5,000 over
four years. Dominique has also
been awarded the Principal’s
Recognition Medal donated by
Herff Jones. She is also the recipient of the Pepsi Bottling Group
Canada Ltd. Prize valued at
$100.
Carleigh Ann Halliday, First
Class Honours. Halliday plans to
of $8,000. She has also been
awarded
the
Principal’s
Recognition Medal donated by
Herff Jones, the Chartwells
Outstanding
Achievement
Award valued at $100 and the
Music Vocals 12 subject prize
valued at $50.
Yunhan Zhou plans to attend
McGill University and was
awarded an entrance scholarship
of $3,000 and the Complementary
Award, also valued at $3,000 for
a total of $6,000. She has also
received the Calculus 12 subject
prize valued at $50 and the
Economics 11 subject prize.
Merrilee Joy Spears, Honours.
Spears plans to attend Saint
Francis Xavier University and
has received a renewable
a total value of $7,000. She is also
the recipient of the Rod
MacGregor Bursary valued at
$250.
Meghan Courtney Fox,
Honours. Fox plans to attend
Mount Allison University and
has been awarded an entrance
scholarship valued at $1,000 per
year for four years for a total of
$4,000. She was also the recipient of a Nova Scotia Freemasons
Bursary - Hudson Lodge #77 in
the amount of $1,000, the Keegan
Lucas Memorial Scholarship valued at $500, and a Michelin BASE
Award valued at $2,000. She
was also awarded the Royal
Canadian Legion Branch #34
New Glasgow Bursary of $500.
Kyla Marie Kirwan, First
Class Honours. Kirwan plans to
has been awarded a renewable
scholarship of $1,700 per year for
four years, a BMO Financial
Group Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,000 and an entrance
scholar-bursary valued at $3,300
for a total value of $11,300.
Kirwan was also awarded the
Larry Swenson Enterprises Ltd.
award valued at $100 and the
Francais Immersion 12 subject
prize valued at $50.
Jillian Marie MacDonald,
Honours. She plans to attend St.
has been awarded the St. FX
Entrance Scholarship of $1,250
per year for four years for a total
value of $5,000.
Laine Katherine MacDonald,
Honours. She plans to attend St.
was awarded a St. FX entrance
scholarship of $1,750 over four
years for a total of $7,000 and an
East Pictou Rural High
Graduation 2016
Educational
Foundation
Scholarship valued at $500. She
also received the Co-operative
Education 12 subject prize valued at $50.
Cale Lloyd McCarron, First
was awarded a renewable
entrance scholarship in the
amount of $1,750 per year for
four years, the BMO Financial
Group Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,000 and an entrance
scholarship valued at $1,250 for a
total value of $7,500. He has also
received a Pictou Local NSTU
Kaelan
Daniel
Patrick
Schmidt, First Class Honours.
He plans to attend Dalhousie
University and received the
Dalhousie Alumni Leadership
Scholarship valued at $1,500, a
Dalhousie entrance scholarship
valued at $1,500 and the
Dalhousie Alumni Association
Scholarship. He also received
the Margaret Cameron Bursary
valued at $50 and the Scotsburn
Ice Cream Company prize valued at $200. The Nova Scotia
School Athletic Federation annually presents scholar-athlete
awards to recognize the top student athletes from across the
province having a minimum
average of 85 per cent have been
selected as scholarship winners.
He is the recipient of the NSSAF
Ron O’Flaherty Scholar Athlete
Scholarship valued at $750 in
recognition of his outstanding
ability to combine excellence in
academics with excellence in
athletics.
Annik Nicole Leger, First
Class Honours; she plans to
attend Brock University and
received a Brock Scholars Award
valued at $4,000 per year for four
She has also received the English
12 – African Heritage subject
prize valued at $50 and the
Pictou Local NSTU prize of
$100.
Other
award
winners
include:
Roemyn Koebe Daine Beals,
Honours. Beals plans to attend
Saint Mary’s University and was
scholarship valued at $500 for
the first year and $1,000 for each
of the next three years for a total
value of $3,500. He also received
the
University
Entrance
Scholarship from the Nova Scotia
Department of Education:
African Canadian Services
Division valued at $4,500.
Makayla Dawne Nickerson,
Principal's List. She was awarded the Fraser and Hoyt Good
Citizenship Award valued at
$250, the Community Roots
Phyllis McDermid Memorial
Scholarship valued at $500, and
the MacGillivary Law and Lamey
Family Scholarship valued at
$5,000 and the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #34 Bursary valued at $500.
Caleb Henry Archibald, First
Class Honours. He is the recipient of the Union Lodge #30
Arthur Allister MacBain Award
for Excellence valued at $500, the
Biology 12 and AP Chemistry 12
subject prizes of $50 each.
Jorden Marie Archibald,
Acadia University and has been
and residence scholarship of
$3,500 over two years.
Lindsey Victoria O'Connor,
Honours. She received a Nova
Scotia Freemason’s Bursary –
Albion Lodge #5 valued at $500,
the Hotel Association of Nova
Scotia Award valued at $1,000,
the Northern Pulp Daughter and
Sons Scholarship valued at
$1,000.
Akasha Cyana Arnold,
Principal's List. Arnold was
awarded the NNEC GSA Bursary
valued at $200.
MacKenzie Catherine Weeks
Bell, Honours. She was awarded
the
NSTU
Pictou
Local
Educational Bursary valued at
$500 and the New Glasgow
Bombers Club Bursary of $200.
Alice Isabel Bruce, Honours.
Bruce was awarded the Child
Studies 11 subject prize and the
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
#29 Trenton Bursary of $600.
Samantha Morgan Bruhm,
Honours. She was awarded the
Connor’s Transfer Limited
Unsung Hero Award valued at
$250, and the Blaine MacLane
Excavation Bursary valued at
$500. Bruhm also received the
English Communications 12
CEP, Geology 12 CEP, Food
Studies and Hospitality 12 CEP
and the Global Geography 12
CEP subject prizes of $50 each.
Cayla
Patience
Marie
Bowman, Principal’s List. She
received
the
MacDonald
Chisholm Trask Insurance
19
Bursary valued at $250.
Wayne
Justin
Maurice
Desmond, Honours. He plans to
and has been awarded a renewable entrance scholarship valued
at $500 for the first year and
$1,000 for each of the next three
He has also received the
University Entrance Scholarship
from the Nova Scotia Department
of Education: African Canadian
Services Division valued at
$4,500 and the Nova Scotia
Nunavut Command Bursary
valued at $500. Desmond also
received the Making A Difference
award valued at $200.
Shalena Rose-Alice Floyd,
Honours. Floyd plans to attend
St. Francis Xavier University and
was awarded the St. FX Entrance
Scholarship in the amount of
a total of $5,000.
Jordan Elizabeth Landry,
Honours. Landry plans to attend
St. Francis Xavier University and
has been awarded a St. FX
a total value of $5,000. She is also
the recipient of the Thomas R.G.
Rogers Memorial Bursary valued at $500.
Kaileigh Hope Langille,
Principal’s List. She plans to
attend Dalhousie University –
Agricultural Campus and has
received a soccer bursary valued
at $1,500. She has also been
awarded the Northern Nova
United Soccer Club Female
Scott
Keith
Langille,
Principal’s List. He was awarded
the Connors Transfer Limited
Unsung Hero Award valued at
$250 and the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #34 New Glasgow
Riley Allister MacDonald,
Honours. MacDonald plans to
University and was awarded the
St. FX Entrance Scholarship of
a total value of $5,000 and a
Nova
Scotia
Freemason’s
Bursary, Albion Lodge #5
Bursary valued at $1,000.
John
Colin
MacIntosh,
Honours. He plans to attend
Dalhousie University and was
awarded a Dalhousie Entrance
Scholarship valued at $1,500 and
the Principal’s Watch donated
by Lifetouch Canada Inc. He
was also the recipient of the
Robert Spencer Memorial
Bursary valued at $1,500, and a
Junior Achievement of Nova
Scotia Scholarship sponsored by
Stewart McKelvey valued at
$500. He also received the Grant
Thornton Chartered Accountants
Award valued at $300, the
Centennial Award valued at
$100 and the Jean Whidden
Memorial Scholarship valued at
$500.
Rachel Lauren MacIvor,
was awarded a renewable scholarship, a residence scholarship
and an entrance scholar-bursary
valued at $5,800 over four years.
Rachel has also received the
Pictou District Women’s Institute
Bursary valued at $150 and the
NNEC Music Auxiliary Award
valued at $500.
Alexandra Rae MacLean,
Honours. She plans to attend the
University of Ottawa and has
been awarded an admission
scholarship valued at $3,000.
Evan Mitchell MacLennan,
Principal’s List. He was awarded
the IceJam Scholarship donated
by CIBC/Wood Gundy New
Glasgow valued at $1,000 and
the Big Al’s convenience Store
Melissa Kaylan MacPherson,
First Class Honours. MacPherson
was awarded the John and Isabel
Copan Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,100, the Michelin BASE
Award valued at $2,000 and the
Pictou Local NSTU prize valued
at $100.
Lauchlin George Sartoris
MacQuarrie, Principal’s List. He
plans to attend Saint Thomas
University and was awarded the
Millennium Entrance Bursary
valued at $1,000 and a residence
bursary valued at $5,500 over
four years for a total value of
$6,500.
Taylor Jean McCue, Honours.
McCue was awarded the Big
Brother Big Sister Pictou County
Jonathan Raymond McDonald,
Principal’s List; he won the Dr.
Caroline Carmichael Chapter
IODE Prize valued at $100.
Steven Gerard McDuff,
Honours. He was awarded the
Stellarton Lion’s Club Bursary
valued at $200 and the Dining
and Guest Services 12 subject
Continued on page 21
20 Graduation 2016
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
NORTHUMBERLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Gero, MacFarlane, Murray, Crocket
top award winners at NRHS
Tuesday night was one
filled with excitement as the
2016 graduating class at
Northumberland
Regional
High School crossed the stage
to collect their diplomas.
Major award winners of the
night included Amelie Rebecca
Elizabeth Gero, graduating
with excellence and a Integrated
French certificate. Gero also
received a Rotary Club of
Stellarton award for $250,
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership Bursary for $50,
Sutherland Harris Memorial
award amounting to $1,000, St.
Francis Xavier University
Entrance Scholarship for $5,000,
St. F.X. University Deveau
Scholarship totalling $15,000
and a Department of Education
University
Entrance
Scholarship for $4,500.
Brittany
Georgette
MacFarlane graduated with
excellence and also received an
Integrated French certificate
along with bursaries from
Fuller Lodge # 5 for $175,
Lyons Brook Women’s Institute
Award for $200, Stellarton
Legion Branch 28 Bursary
worth
$500,
Dalhousie
University Entrance renewable
scholarship
for
$16,000,
Dalhousie Entrance Renewable
Bursary for $5,600, Albion
Mines Scholarship for $1,000
and the Highest mark in Geo
Planetaire 12. She was also tied
in third place for the Principal’s
Club award.
Brody Evan Murray graduated with excellence as well as
received bursaries including
the Ruth Campbell Award for
$370, Edwin R. MacDonald
Memorial Award for $235,
Freemason Western Lodge #50
AF & AM for $500, Harmony
Chapter No 25, Order of the
Eastern Star $100, K.Y. Parker
Jr. Memorial Award $50, No
More Westray’s Society $500,
Pictou Pharmacy Ltd. Award
$150,
Sutherland
Harris
Memorial Award $1,000, West
Pictou Class of 1986 Scholarship
Fund Society $500; he was also
a Schulick Leader Nominee
and received a Dalhousie
University entrance renewable
scholarship worth $16,000.
Murray also earned the highest
marks in Calculus 12, Chemistry
12, Physics 12 and Pre-cal 12 as
well as first place for the
Principal’s Club award.
Jamie Allison Crocket graduated with excellence and
received
bursaries
from
Bergengren Credit Union for
$500, Fuller Lodge #5 $175,
Pictou Local Nova Scotia
Teachers Union Award $500,
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership
Bursary
$50,
Northern Pulp Daughters and
Sons Scholastic Award for
$1,000, Acadia University
Renewable Scholarship for
$16,000, Acadia University
Entrance Scholarship for $1,000
and Acadia Athletic Financial
Award. Crocket also earned
the highest mark in Sociology
12 and tied third place for the
Principal’s Club award.
Victoria Jean MacKenzie
graduated with excellence
receiving the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #35 Westville
Poppy Trust Fund award for
$200, St. Thomas University
Renewable Leader Scholarship
for
$8,000,
St.
Thomas
University entrance scholarship $1,000, St. Thomas
Residence Award maximum
value $5,500 and the St. Thomas
University
Millennium
Entrance Bursary $1,500.
Eva Jane Craig graduated
with excellence and received
the Helen Tattrie MacConnell
Art Award for $50, Helping
Hand Lodge IOOF #34 Award
for $200, Pictou County Nova
Scotia Teachers Union Award
$500, RJ’s Ladies Group Award
$75,
Sutherland
Harris
Memorial Award $1,000, West
Pictou Class of 1986 Scholarship
Fund Society $500 and St. F.X.
Merit Scholarship (renewable)
for $12,000.
Justine Faith Downs graduated with excellence and
received an Integrated French
certificate. She was also the
recipient of the Aubrey
Dorrington Award for $200,
Rick
Graham
Memorial
Scholarship $225, Garnet
Scholarship (renewable) from
Mount Allison University for
$12,000 and earned the highest
mark in English 12. She was
also number two on the
Principal’s Club award list.
Nathan
Robert
Snell
received the Rotary Club of
Westville bursary for $750,
Stellarton
Firemen’s
Association Bursary $100, St.
Francis Xavier University
Renewable Merit Scholarship
$12,000 and the highest mark
in Global Geography 12.
James Frederick Fitt graduated with excellence and was
awarded the Elizabeth Wilson
Award for $140, NRHS Student
Council Leadership Bursary
$50, Acadia University Entrance
Scholarship, Acadia University
renewable scholarship, BMO
Financial Group Entrance
Scholarship for $9,750 and
earned the highest mark in
Math 12.
Megan Ruth Fraser graduated with excellence and
received the Integrated French
certificate, IB Diploma candidate, IB Certificate in Standard
Level Geographie and High
Level French. She was also
awarded the Royal BankStellarton/Westville Branch
Scholarship
for
$1,000,
Freemasons Keith Lodge #23
AF & AM $500, NRHS Student
$50,
United
Commercial
Travellers $500, St. Francis
Xavier University entrance
scholarship for $7,000.
Savannah Morgan Lees
graduated with excellence and
French Immersion certificate as
well as IB Geo Sl and French
HL. Lees won numerous bur-
saries including Freemason
Western Lodge #50 AF & AM
for $500, Hans Rauh and Sons
Construction Bursary $250,
Pictou West Liberal Assoc.
$200, Sir Frederick Banting
Chapter
–
IODE
$500,
Award $1,000, Dalhousie
University entrance scholarship for $1,500, Dalhousie
renewable bursary in the
amount of $5,600 and the John
Proudfoot Memorial Bursary.
Molly Anne O'Brien was
awarded the Nighthawk Staff
Award, Freemasons Keith
Lodge #23 AF & AM for $500,
James Wilson Award $150,
Acadia renewable scholarship
$4,000, Acadia Residence
Scholarship $2,500 and Acadia
Entrance Scholar-Bursary for
$5,000.
Madalyn Judith Patricia
Nielsen graduated with excellence as well as an Integrated
French certificate, IB Diploma
candidate, IB Certificate in
Standard Level Geographie
and High Level French as well
as bursaries including the
Fraser & Hoyt Award for $250,
Pictou Lions Club Award $500,
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership
Bursary
$50,
Dalhousie University Entrance
Scholarship – Faculty of
Agriculture $3,000, Dalhousie
Residence Scholarship of $4,500
and the Zonta Club of Halifax
2016 Young Women in Public
Affairs Award worth $1,000.
Hannah Marie Facey graduated with excellence and is an
IB Diploma candidate. She was
Award, The Charles and Grace
Parker Memorial Bursary for
$300, Dalhousie Entrance
Scholarship worth $4,000 and a
Dalhousie
Residence
Scholarship for $4,500.
Emily Yvonne Elliott graduated with excellence and
received the Municipality of
Pictou County Award for $200,
River John Lion’s Club $500,
Acadia Renewable Scholarship,
Acadia Residence Scholarship,
totalling $6,500 and earned the
highest mark in Leadership 12.
Gregory Paul Baillie graduated with distinction and was
the recipient of the Grant
Thornton
Chartered
Accountants Award for $300,
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership Bursary $50, Garnet
Scholarship (renewable) for
Mount Allison University
worth $6,000, Mount Allison
Entrance Bursary for $1,500
and earned the highest mark in
Physical Education 12.
Kyle Bianca Vandertoorn
graduated with distinction and
was awarded the Nighthawk
Staff Award, Bergengren
Credit Union bursary of $500,
West Pictou Student’s Council
Leadership Award of $75,
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership Bursary $50,
Acadia University renewable
scholarship of $4,000 and
Acadia Residence Scholarship
for $2,500.
Gabryelle Cecile Henderson
Beland graduated with excellence and received the Amtek
Ltd. Award for $200, St.
Thomas University Renewable
Scholars Award worth $5,000
and earned the highest mark in
Integrated French 12.
Brittany Elizabeth Duff
received the Nighthawk Staff
Award, Acadia University
Renewable Scholarship, Acadia
Residence Scholarship and
Acadia Entrance Scholar
Bursary totalling $6,500.
Taylor-Anne
Rona
MacMaster was awarded the
Nighthawk Staff Award,
Municipality of Pictou County
Award for $200 and a Saint
Mary's University renewable
entrance scholarship worth
$3,500.
Jane Elizabeth Sobey graduated with distinction and
earned an Integrated French
certificate. She was also awarded the NRHS Student Council
Leadership Bursary of $50 and
Mount Allison University
Guaranteed renewable entrance
scholarship worth $4,000.
Jennifer Allison ArminPereda graduated with excellence and IB Certificate in
and High Level French and is
an IB Diploma candidate. She
also received the Pictou Local
NSTU Bursary for $400,
Concordia University Golf
Classic Entrance Scholarship
for $2,000 and earned the highest mark in IB Biology 12 HL,
IB English Literature 12 HL, IB
French 12 HL and Theory of
Knowledge 12. She was also
one of the top three IB students.
Nhlanhla Dlamini was
awarded the Rotary Club of
Pictou Award for $400,
Stellarton & Area Lions Club
prize of $200,
and the
Department of Education
Community College/Trade
School Award Scholarship for
$1,800.
Jena Bailey Ashton was
awarded the Sutherland Harris
Memorial Award for $1,000
while Bradley Ronald Douglas
Chabassol
received
the
Stellarton Legion Branch 28
Bursary $500, Dalhousie
Entrance Scholarship for $500
and the New Glasgow Regional
Police Association Local #103
Bursary for $300.
Raelene Catherine Collier
Staff Award, Albert Anderson
Memorial Award, Dept. of Ed.
Community College/Trade
School Award for $1,800,
Shiretown Nursing Home
Award for $100 and earned the
highest mark in English
Communications 12.
Emma Parise Dwyer graduated with excellence and
earned a French Immersion
certificate and IB Certificate in
and High Level French. She
Award, Eastern Star Lodge #1
Pictou for $100, NRHS Band
Auxiliary Bursary of $100 and
Sutherland-Harris Memorial
Award for $1,000.
T-Anna Louise Fraser
received the Kinette Bursary
for $500, Margie Turnbull
Memorial Award of $100,
Northern Nova Soccer Club
Award of $100, Holland
College
Leadership
and
Community
Involvement
Award for $1,000 and the
Margie Turnbull Memorial
Award of $100.
William Alexander Gray
was awarded the Peggy Genge
Award worth $50, Margaret
Ferguson Award of $50 and
Pictou Legion Branch 16
Bursary for $1,000.
Continued on page 21
200TH PA GRADUATING CLASS
ABOVE: Casey Doucet, Tupper Gold Medal winner fixes the tassel on her graduation cap while
facing friend Alex Canam at the deCoste Centre Monday just before entering the room as graduates. Right photo: Keil MacDonald gets his tassel sorted out by fellow grad Aran MacDonald as
Sami MacKenzie and Melissa MacPhail look on.
Left photo: Pictou Academy graduates prepare for their big
moment in the halls of the deCoste Centre. Above photo:
graduates Amelia English and Aran MacDonald share a hug
before entering the deCoste Centre stage area for Pictou
Academy’s graduation.
photos by Debbi Harvie
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
Gero, MacFarlane ...
Hannah Morgan MacDonald
went home with the Nighthawk
Staff Award, The Charles and
Grace
Parker
Memorial
Bursary for $300, Freemason
Western Lodge # 50 AF & AM
$500, Pictou County Heart and
Stroke Support Group Bursary
$200, Sir Frederick Banting
Chapter
–
IODE
$500,
Award $1,000 and earned the
highest mark in Health and
Human Services 12.
Jack Christopher MacIsaac
graduated with distinction
and
was
awarded
the
Royal Bank-Stellarton/
Westville Branch Scholarship
for $1,000 and the NRHS
Student Council Leadership
Bursary $50. He also earned an
Integrated French Certificate.
Linda Chantel MacIsaac
received a Mount Saint Vincent
University
Entrance
Scholarship worth $1,500 while
Fiona Catherine MacKenzie
was awarded the Kinsmen
Club of New Glasgow bursary
for $500, Pictou Lions Club
Award $500 and Pictou West
PC Association Award $200.
Victoria Ann MacKinnon
and earned the Integrated
French certificate as well as
the Nighthawk Staff Award
and Freemason’s Bursary New
Caledonia Lodge # 11 AF &
AM for $1,000.
Jeanetta Rae Millen graduated with excellence and
received the G R & Mary
Saunders Award for $1,500 as
well as the D & G Construction
Limited bursary for $50.
Alicia Delzina Morrison
and received the Nighthawk
Staff Award and Middle
River/Gairloch
Women’s
Institute Award worth $75.
Jill Mary Irene Morrison
was a top three IB student
earning an Integrated French
Certificate, IB Diploma candidate and IB Certificate in
and High Level French. She
was received the NRHS
Bursary $50, West Pictou High
School Staff Cookbook Award
$150, Bishop's University
Scholarship worth $2,500 and
the Provincial Government
Employees Credit Union
Memorial Scholarship $1,000.
Patrick Jesse Allan Rankin
received the Joyce Foundation
Interface Bursary for $1,000,
Kennedy Georgina Semple,
graduating with excellence,
the Bergengren Credit Union
bursary
for
$500
and
Freemason’s Bursary New
Caledonia Lodge # 11 AF &
AM
$1,000
and
Dylan
Alexander
Fillier
the
Nighthawk Staff Award, Hans
Rauh and Sons Construction
Bursary $250 and Municipality
of Pictou County Award $200.
OTHER AWARDS
Other
award
winners
included:
Melanie Pauline Adams
earning a French Immersion
certificate and International
Baccalaureate certificate in
High Level English as well as
the Nighthawk Staff Award,
Ali Aghayan an IB Diploma
Candidate received the NRHS
Bursary for$50 and Clinton
Bernard
Anderson
the
Nighthawk Staff Award and
Caribou Women’s Institute
Award for $25.
Brandon Bateman graduated with distinction and was
awarded the highest mark in
Drama Theatre Arts 12, highest
in Electrotechnologies 11 and
received the Union Lodge #30
IOOF Springville $100 and
Nighthawk Staff Award.
Manton Reilly Battist,
Nathan Thomas Bezanson,
Dustin Zander James Bingley
and David Alexander Luis
Prude Bishop received the
Nighthawks Staff Award.
Madelyn Adrianna Bourque,
Principal’s Club Award winner, graduated with excellence
and received the Mac Mac &
Mac Barristers Award for $300.
NNEC grads...
Kelyn Kathleen Palmer,
the Nova Scotia Community
College and was awarded an
NSCC Entrance Award to cover
the cost of tuition valued at
$3,130.
Jacob Wayne Pentz, Honours.
He plans to attend the Nova
Scotia Community College and
was awarded an NSCC Entrance
Award to cover the cost of
tuition valued at $3,130, a CUPE
award valued at $500, the RBC
Award valued at $1,000 and a
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
#29 Trenton Bursary valued at
$600.
Dylan John Perry received a
2016 Pengrowth Nova Scotia
Energy Trades and Technology
Scholarship valued at $2,500.
Christopher James McEwen,
Principal’s List; he received the
Multimedia 12 subject prize valued at $50.
Kaitlyn Cheyenne Millen,
Honours. She was awarded a
Municipal Council Bursary valued at $200.
Mackenzie Noah Moraze,
Honours. Moraze was awarded
a Municipal Council Bursary
valued at $200.
Kayla Marie Petroff, Honours;
she received the Musical Theatre
12 and the Global Politics 12
subject prizes valued at $50 each
and the Canadian History 11
subject prize.
Katelyn
Danielle
Roy,
Mount Saint Vincent University
and received an entrance scholarship in the amount of $2,000.
Charles
Dawson
Liam
Roberts, Honours; received the
Building Systems Technology
12 and the Building Systems
Maintenance 12 subject prizes
valued at $50 each.
Brandon Scott Bent, Honours.
He was awarded the Arts
Entrepreneurship 12 and the
Production Technology 12 subject prizes valued at $50 each.
Reginald Donald Alexander
Burnett, received the NNEC
Staff Bursary valued at $100 and
the Music Instrumental Band 12
subject prize valued at $50.
Renee Ashley Campbell,
Principal’s List; received the
NNEC GSA Bursary valued at
$200.
Austin
Barry
Carde,
New Glasgow High School
Class of 1982 prize valued at
$25.
Sean Tobin Carr, Principal’s
List; received the Joan Eileen
Porter Memorial Bursary valued
at $750.
Josh Daniel Corkum, First
Class Honours. He was awarded the Leil Bursary in memory
of James and Laura Leil valued
at $300.
Zachary Joseph Edward
Cormier received the Charles
Ward Memorial Bursary valued
at $500 and the Music 12 subject
Charles
David
Denny,
received the Mi’kamawey Spirit
Award valued at $100.
Madison Ruby Fitzpatrick,
Honours; received the High
Crest Home New Glasgow
Bursary valued at $300 and a
Municipal Council Bursary valued at $200.
Kayla Leigh Flinn, Honours;
received the Joe Dungale
Memorial Award valued at $200
and a Municipal Council Bursary
valued at $200.
Ashton Scott Forsyth received
the Northern Nova United
Soccer Club Male Bursary of
$100.
Rylee Taylor Lorene Forsyth,
Honours; received the Visual
Arts 12 and Sociology 12 subject
prizes valued at $50 each.
MacKenzie Dawn Wasaweg
Francis received the Canadian
Shawna Christine Clark,
English Communications 11
CEP.
Gillis Jacob Cox, the
Northern Nova Soccer Club
Award $100.
Karleigh May Crawford, the
D & G Construction Limited
award for $50.
Cameron William Bradford
Dignan won the Florence
Wilson Scholarship for $85.
Justine
Haley
Dudka
received the D & G Construction
Limited award for $50.
Morgan Tyler Dudka took
the J. Stewart MacIntosh
Memorial Award for $400.
Francis David Dunphy won
the Nighthawk Staff Award
and highest mark in Science 10
CEP.
Shona Kathleen Duggan
earned the Integrated French
certificate, IB Diploma candidate
and IB Certificate in Standard
Level French as well as the
Allister Reid Award for $115.
Amanda Tatiana Pearl
Dykstra received the Nighthawk
Staff Award and NRHS Band
Auxiliary Bursary for $100.
Ryan Frederick Dykstra
Municipality of Pictou County
Award for $200 and earned
highest
in
Production
Technology 12.
Andria Bernadette Edwards
won the Nighthawk Staff
Award.
Lance Brenton Campbell
Emery received the Nighthawk
Staff Award, Hans Rauh and
Sons Construction Bursary for
$250 and St. Luke’s UCW for
award $100.
Gabriel Keith Falconer the
Aaron Andrew Feltmate
won the award for the highest
in Math at Work 12.
Natalie Ann Fraser was
Award and Hans Rauh and
Sons Construction Bursary for
$250.
Zachary Jacob Riley Glenen
won the Lori Mae Porter
Union of Postal Workers’
Alexandria Joyce Fraser,
attend Dalhousie University
and was awarded a Dalhousie
entrance scholarship for $2,000.
Brett Daniel Graham has
received
the
English
Communications 12 subject
Madison Taylor Guthro,
Honours; received the Sociology
12 CEP subject prize of $50.
Cali Rose MacKay Heighton,
Honours; received a Nova Scotia
Freemasons Bursary – Albion
Lodge #5 for $1,000.
Roberta Megan Himmelman,
Nova Scotia Nurses Union
Aberdeen Local Scholarship
valued at $850.
Chyna Lorraine Jefferies
received the Dr. Caroline
Carmichael Chapter IODE Prize
valued at $100.
Brycen Gregory Jenkins,
Derek
Kearley
Memorial
Dale Christopher Jordan
received the Pictou Centre PC
Women’s Association Prize valued at $75.
Sheldon Alexander Jordan,
Honours; received the New
Glasgow Bombers Club Bursary
valued at $200 and a Municipal
Council Bursary valued at $200.
Jacob Christopher Izzard
received the highest mark in his
music class and to celebrate his
achievement, the staff of NNEC
presented him with his own
djembe (gem-bay).
Zeynep Kartal received the
Global History 12 subject prize
valued at $50.
Jordan
Leslie
Kelly,
Co-operative Education 12 CEP
Amelia Christine Lilley,
Honours,
a Nova Scotia
Freemasons Bursary - Hudson
Lodge #77 valued at $1,000 and
the No More Westrays Bursary
valued at $500.
Chad Owen Lumsden,
Honours; the Town of Trenton
Celebratory Award for $100.
Kennedy Irene Gordon
Award and Stellarton Firemen’s
Association Bursary for $100.
Eric William Grant won the
Caribou District Heritage
Award for $50 and Justin
Murray Gratto the Nighthawk
Staff Award and Municipality
of Pictou County Award for
$200.
Dylan Xavier Hiltz received
the Nighthawk Staff Award as
did Keegan Murray Hughes
who also received the Gary
Kennedy Memorial Bursary Pictou
County
Rivers
Association worth $500.
Morgyn Chelsea Hynes
received bursaries from the
Frazee Rebekah Lodge #33
Award for $100, River John
Lion’s Club $500 and earned
the highest mark in Global
History 12.
Maho Igura received the
highest mark in Visual Arts 12.
Lindsey Rose Jackson won
the Nighthawk Staff Award.
Tyler Shane Johnson graduated with distinction and was
Award, Eureka and District
Volunteer Fire Dept. Bursary
$300 and earned the highest
mark in English Communications 12 CEP.
NIGHTHAWK STAFF
AWARDS
Joseph Douglas James Kaloc,
Angela
Raileigh
Kerr,
Christopher Ryan Lank, Ashton
Jodi
MacIntosh,
Robert
Cumming MacKean, Kayla Bree
MacKeigan, Sydney Louise
MacLeod, Daniel Willis Martin,
Bryden Marie McGuigan,
Ashley Denise Patton, Shy
Polley, Cailey Josephine Lillie
Porter, Jessica Loretta Rice,
Tyler Ray Richardson, Johnathan
James Trail, Shawna Marie
Turnbull, Justin Evan Turple,
Brittany Ann Ward, Kelsea
Lynn Watters, Kyla Dawn
Watters and Daniel Joseph
Worth
all
received
the
Anthony Jakob Knowles graduated with distinction, received
the Nighthawk Staff Award and
Co-operative Education 12.
James Garfield Lees graduated with excellence and certificates in French Immersion,
Bursary in Memory of Linda
Pellerine valued at $200.
Morgan
Mary
Ellen
MacAulay, the James A.
MacBain Memorial Award valued at $500 and the Retail
Merchandising 11 subject prize.
Colby
Ira
MacDonald,
Principal’s List, the Evelyn
Bannerman Memorial Bursary
valued at $200.
James
Robert
Irvin
MacDonald, Principal’s List, the
Principal’s Award for Excellence
valued at $100.
Emily Christina MacEachern,
University and has received a
valued at $1,250 per year for
four years for a total value of
$5,000.
Kendra Judith MacKinnon,
Honours. MacKinnon plans to
$500 for the first year and $1,000
for each of the next three years
for a total value of $3,500.
Kevin Jared Pitts, Principal’s
List; the Ivan MacInnis Memorial
Auto Maintenance 12 subject
Benoit Martin Proteau,
Principal’s List, the Math at
Work 12 subject prize valued at
$50.
Carlin
Reilly
Purvis,
attend Bishops University and
has been awarded a scholarship
in the amount of $6,000.
Jarid Michael Pahamutang
Sanchez, Principal’s List. He
lans to attend the Nova Scotia
Community College and was
awarded the Ernest Dutchie
McCharles award valued at
$200.
Amber Aimee Nicole Stewart,
Principal’s List, the Willie Tracey
Award for Perseverance valued
at $250.
Ashley Amanda Marie
Stewart, Principal’s List, the
Willie Tracey Award for
Perseverance valued at $250.
Carrie Ann Sutherland,
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IB Certificate in Standard Level
Geographie and High Level
French and IB Diploma candidate. He also received the
Lewis C. Roberts Memorial
Award $50, Scotsburn Ice
Cream Company $200 and
NRHS
Student
Council
Leadership Bursary $50.
Alexandra
MacCulloch
MacKenzie graduated with
excellence and is an IB Diploma
Candidate winning the Pictou
Local NSTU Bursary $400 and
earning the highest mark in IB
Geography 12 HL andhighest
in IB Mathematics 12.
Mikayla Dawn MacLean
earned the French Immersion
certificate, IB Certificate in
and High Level French and
Staff Award, Highest in Math
at Work 11.
Chloe Hannah Marshall
received the Dodson Family
Bursary for $500 and Annika
Maria Mason graduated with
distinction
winning
the
Nighthawk Staff Award and
Oulton Trophy Award $100.
Sean Andrew McNeill graduated with distinction and
French Immersion certificate,
IB Certificate in Standard Level
Geographie and High Level
French and is an IB Diploma
candidate. He also received the
NRHS Band Auxiliary Bursary
$100, Pictou County School
Administrators $200, NRHS
Bursary $50, Knights of
Colombus Council 8608 Bursary
$500 and Stella Maris CWL
Bursary $500.
Allison Nicole Murphy
an Integrated French certificate
and received the Princess
Rebekah Lodge #4 I.O.O.F.
$100, and NRHS Student
$50.
Danielle Ida Louise Patterson
Award, Art Chabassol Award
of $210 and Highest in Global
History 12 CEP.
Hailey Dawn Payne was
Award and Burton Langille
Memorial Award of $55.
Ryan Michael Pellerine won
the Bill Peart Memorial $200.
Sophie Maria Peters received
the French Immersion certificate, IB Certificate in Standard
Level French and NRHS Band
Auxiliary Bursary $100.
Matthew John Peterson
received the Westville Heritage
Group award of $300, and
Canadian Union of Postal
Workers Bursary $200.
Mikayla Rose Pettipas graduated with distinction and
earned the French Immersion
certificate and IB Certificate in
High Level French as well as
the Nighthawk Staff Award.
Sadie Lynne Pitts earned the
French Immersion certificate
and IB Certificate in Standard
Level French as well as the
NRHS Band Auxiliary Bursary
for $100.
Keigan Joseph Charles Rauh
Award, D & G Construction
Limited $50 and Hans Rauh and
Sons Construction Bursary $250.
Hannah Rene Richards won
the G.R. Saunders Home and
School Award of $200 and
Keigan Lucas Memorial Award
of $500.
Rachel Mary Sequeira graduated with excellence and IB
Certificate in High Level
English as well as Nighthawk
Staff Award, Central and
Northeast Nova Scotia Branch
of the Monarchist League of
Canada $25, Pictou Garden
Club Award of $100 and
Highest in Law 12.
Tessa Anne Marie Sherman
Award and Town of Westville
bursary of $50.
Jeffrey Harrison Skinner
received the Oulton Trophy
Award of $100.
Donovan Caleb Stewart won
the Sobeys Inc. Award of $250.
Emily Elaine Stewart earned
the French Immersion certificate and IB Certificate in
and High Level French as well
as the Nighthawk Staff Award.
Kassidy Leanna Vanderlaan
Award, Crystal Fountain
Rebekah Lodge #11 award of
$100 and NRHS Student Council
Leadership Bursary $50.
Alexandra MacKenzie was a
top three IB student, Madelyn
Bourque a top five Principal’s
Club award winner and
Danielle Patterson and Tyler
Johnson CEP winners.
Honours; the NNEC Staff
Film and Video Production 12
Jacob
Marinus
Laakso
Verhagen, the Kirk Taylor
Memorial Bursary valued at
$250.
Edward Michael Toledo
Viray,
Principal’s List, the
Dorcas Rebekah Lodge #42
Ivan
Malcolm
Willis,
Honours, the Pictou County
School
Administrators’
Association Bursary valued at
$200.
Kayla Ann Winsor, Honours;
she plans to attend Acadia
University and received a
valued at $4,500 over four
years.
Alexander Kellock; Connor
Joseph LeBlanc; Jared Joseph
Livingstone;
Joel
Derek
MacDonald; Joseph Lloyd Lewis
MacDonald;
Lillian
Jane
MacDonald; Justin Daniel
MacDonnell; Cassidy Mae
MacIvor;
Rebecca
Laura
MacKenzie; Tyler George
Douglas Mahoney; Braden
Taylor Malloy; Kelsie Brianna
Martin; Breanna Kathleen
McGee; Peter Trent McGrath;
Kirklin Joseph Murray; Heather
Lillian
Ottar;
Navee
Sarawanangoor; Claire Palmira
Scaddan; Zachary Arthur
Sheehan; Ethan Stuart Snell;
Tysha Louise Stevens; Ashleigh
Anne Strickland; Dominique
Marie Sutherland; Emily Jane
English
Swallow;
Kayla
Elizabeth Marie VanLarken;
Nathaniel James Webber-Cook;
Michael Blake Arthur Williams;
Tyler Austin Dean Wong.
HONOURS:
Logan Jeffery Birks; Wray
Robert Burrows; Robert Cole
Carruthers;
Ryan
James
Chabassol; Nicholas Walter
Durant; Madeline Kathryn Anne
Fitt; Marley Anne Flinn; April
Justine Fraser; Daniel Korben
Jenkins; Patrick Joseph Jota;
Samantha Ann Lochead; Luke
Alexander MacDonald; Emily
Renee MacDonnell; Anna
Colleen MacGillivray; Jordyn
Pauline MacGillivray; Alyssa
Marie MacNeil; Bradley Allan
Murray; Bethany Lee Ripoll;
Kyle Douglas Sauveur; Andrew
Stirling Jacob Straub; Larissa
Joelle Wilson;
PRINCIPAL’S LIST:
Kelsey
Danielle
Marie
Anderson; Paul Joseph Atwood;
Joseph Renee Skyler Belval;
Brandyn Timothy Benjamin;
Helen Avery Cameron; Bailie
Rae Hartling Campbell; Max
Liam Chistopher Condon;
Mitchell Andrew Conley; Steven
Lawrence Conway; Gena Lillas
Cyr; Georgia Rain Desmond;
Savanna Lee Francis; Nickolas
William Joel Gaudet; Carly
Johanna Harnett; Nicholas Cole
Heighton; Mathew Evan Hill;
Colin Scott Holmes; Brianna
Raelene
Hughes;
Riley
The Scholars’ Society is a tradition at North Nova which was
created to honour those students
who achieve a high level of academic success. Students who
have a cumulative average of 90
per cent over their three years at
NNEC have their names
inscribed on the Scholars’
Society wall at North Nova and
have had their names entered
into a random draw for a $1000
bursary from Scotiabank, the
presenting sponsor. The 2016
winner is Naomi Zentner.
The Governor General
Medal, established in 1873, recognizes students who have
achieved the highest academic
average in all Grade 11 and 12
courses. The 2016 academic
medal was presented to Nicole
Corkum.
The Queen Elizabeth II Medal
is awarded to the student who
has demonstrated superior academic achievement in grades
10, 11 and 12 and maintained an
outstanding record in school
and community involvement.
This year’s recipient was Luke
Henderson.
Erin Washburn received the
Valedictorian Medal.
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Community
The Advocate
June 29, 2016
SUMMER'S HERE
Kids at the Trenton Park Summer's Here celebration enjoy the park's sprinkler on a hot
Saturday afternoon this past weekend.
(Brimicombe photo)
HOLIDAY NOTICE
Pictou County Solid Waste Collection Change
for Friday, July 1st (Canada Day)
Garbage, Recyclables, Organics
Residents whose collection would have been on Friday, July 1
will have their material picked up on Saturday, July 2.
Please have all items curbside by 7:00 a.m.
Pictou County Solid Waste Management Facility
Site Closure for Friday, July 1st (Canada Day)
Join us at our Fireside Bar for
great live entertainment every
Thursday night!
This site will be closed on Friday, July 1
re-opening on Saturday, July 2 at 8:00 a.m.
CLEAR BAG REGULATIONS APPLY WHEN
DELIVERING WASTE TO THIS FACILITY
LEAH & KYLE
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
Regular Hours of Operation are:
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. – 12 noon
NEXT WEEK: ASHLEY GEORGE
STARTING AT 8PM • NO COVER
172 LODGE ROAD, PICTOU NS
1-800-495-6343
pictoulodge.com
NEVER FORGET COLLECTION DAY AGAIN
Go to www.pcwastemgmt.com and sign up for your
Personal Collection Schedule and Waste Wizard
to help you sort out what goes where!

June 29 2016 - The Pictou Advocate

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