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Paddles up!
Dragon Boat celebrating 15 years
By Debbi Harvie
Stephen Gallant of Dragon Boats East secures the drummer’s
chair on the dragon boat in preparation of Saturday’s Race
on the River Dragon Boat competition. (Harvie photo)
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NEW GLASGOW – The
sound of drums beating will echo
through the downtown Saturday
at the 15th annual Race on the
River Dragon Boat Festival.
Opening ceremonies kick off
Friday at 6:45 p.m. with the parade
of teams as well as the traditional
dotting of the eye which is meant
to awaken the dragon and bless
the paddlers and the boats for the
following day’s races.
Sidewinder will be performing
and the annual barbecue, hosted
by the four local Sobeys store
managers, will be taking place in
the gazebo at Glasgow Square.
Donations will be given back to
the Dragon Boat committee.
The races kick off Saturday at
8:30 a.m.
“We have 38 teams signed up
this year which is up from previous years,” notes Meghan Brophy,
marketing director for Race on the
River.
Brophy says there will be 39
races in total with each team getting an opportunity to race at least
three times, up from the two guaranteed races in past years.
“The thought was that a lot of
the teams race in the morning and
then it’s just finals in the afternoon,
so this helps to spread out the
schedule a little better and gives
everyone a full day at the event.”
There are a number of new
teams taking part in the event as
well this year including Mental
Health and Addiction, Pictou
County Firefighters and the
Kinsmen and Kinettes.
“We have been running six
boats the last couple of years, so
things have been running more
smoothly,” notes Brophy, adding
there is a 10-minute gap between
races.
Pledges are due in tomorrow
night, July 21, so teams can no
longer be registered at this point,
but Brophy says there are teams
that are still looking for paddlers
for anyone interested.
“Practices are taking place in
the evenings all week on the New
Glasgow marina and anyone
interested can pop down at that
point or during the registration
Saturday morning.”
Teams are made up of 20 paddlers as well as the drummer and
coxswain.
There will also be entertainment throughout the day including performances by Men About
Town, Layne Greene, Niki Veniot,
Two Johns; No Waiting; Albert
Dunnewold and Inner Voice as
well as the Sobeys-sponsored children’s tent with activities and a
bouncy house. There is also the
Women Alike tent.
“It’s a family-oriented day,”
she says. “There is something for
everyone including Zumba and
some great food vendors.”
To date, the Dragon Boat races
have raised more than $1.6 million
for the Women Alike Breast
Cancer Survivors Society, Special
Olympics Northern Region and
Pictou County Prostate Cancer
Support Association.
“It’s about the community
coming together to raise funds
and it really takes the whole community to make this a success.”
Online pledges will be accepted until the end of August at
www.raceontheriver.com.
Inaugural event puts down 'Roots'
Routes to
Riches Race
benefits Pictou
County Roots
for Youth group
By Jackie Jardine
[email protected]
A whopping $13,000 raised
in an inaugural event last
weekend will help put a dent
in youth homelessness.
The Pictou County Roots
for Youth Society hosted Routes
to Riches on Saturday. It was
based on the popular TV reality
hit show Amazing Race. This
event sees teams of two race
around the world uncovering
clues that send them to another
destination and another clue.
Along the way are challenges –
both physical and mental –
detours and hijinks. Teams are
eliminated at the end of each
leg of the journey with the end
result being a cash prize.
The Pictou County event
featured former homeless person and homeless advocate Joe
Roberts, who now leads the
Push for Change campaign, as
While all teams gave their time and put their hearts into the
race and the cause the Coastbusters – on leave from coast busting duties – went the extra mile with jumpsuit and duct tape
costumes inspired by the recent Ghostbusters remake/reboot.
(Cameron photo)
well as Amazing Race Canada
alum Jillian MacLaughlin and
Emmett Blois.
Two dozen teams took part
in the local race which saw
them visit tourist spots all over
the county and ultimately
raised funds for Pictou County
Roots for Youth Society.
“It was a great family event,”
beamed event co-ordinator Jan
Keefe.
“One team in particular,
Fantastic Four, even brought a
toddler as their fourth person,”
she laughed.
Competitors’ ages ranged
from toddler to 82 years old
and included several persons
with disabilities making it an
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all-inclusive event.
“Anyone of any age level
and ability was able to take
part,” Keefe said.
The Great Pictou County
Routes to Riches Race had
teams travelling throughout
the county looking for clues in
what organizers called “best
kept secrets, lesser known special places or hidden gems of
Pictou County.”
There were six legs to the
Pictou County race. The winning team was The Gummies,
comprised of four local
women.
“They were back by 2 p.m.
after a 10 a.m. start. They were
much earlier than anticipated,”
Keefe laughed.
Coming in 10-15 minutes
behind them was The Paralegal
Eagles.
The Best Team Name prize
went to The Coastbusters and
the team raising the most
amount of money for the cause
was Powerhouse which raised
$1,300.
“Also of note is the fact that
one of the competitors, Muriel
Palmer, celebrated her 77th
birthday as team leader of
Powerhouse.”
An aerial view of the roof work at St. Andrew's Presbyterian
(Photo by Steve Currie)
Church in Pictou.
New roof for Kirk
PICTOU – A new steel roof
has been installed at St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
in Pictou.
Known as the Kirk, the
church’s roof was replaced in
five weeks under the direction
of project manager Phillip
Brown, who is a member of the
congregation.
He said the roof has a 50-year
guarantee and replaces a shingled roof that did not last as
long as expected.
“Everything went very well
and as scheduled,” he said. “We
noticed the shingles on the south
side lost their sand and became
brittle, so we decided to replace
both sides with a steel roof.
Now we hope to get donations
from parishioners to pay for it.”
The church has undergone
major improvements. An extension that included an elevator,
wheelchair accessible washroom, committee room and
altered back entrance was completed in 2009.
“We’ve been very pleased
with the addition,” Brown said.
He said replacing the roofing
on the church’s steeple is the
next project.
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Community
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
Council outsources
garbage collection
Pictou West MLA Karla
MacFarlane with Hillside
Environmental Watch Group
spokesperson Peter Boyles.
The Environmental group
held a peaceful
demonstration protesting
the emissions from Nova
Scotia Power during the
FunFest weekend.
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
BELOW: Boyles discusses
NSP's emissions with Pictou
Centre MLA Pat Dunn.
(Cameron photos)
Environmental group calls
for end to coal as fuel source
By Aaron Cameron
[email protected]
Trenton's Fun Fest may have
entertained the bulk of the town
last weekend but there was little
fun to be found on Power Plant
Road.
Members of the Hillside
Environmental Watch Group sat
along side the road to protest
emissions from the Trenton
Generating Station and spent
Sunday afternoon waiting for
local politicians and anyone else
in a position of power or influence to stop by and hear their
concerns.
The group formed about 12
years ago while group spokesman Peter Boyles of Hillside has
been speaking out, fighting and
raising awareness of the issue
since 1999. In that time, Boyles
has dealt with and spoken to
members of three different provincial governments and members off all three political parties.
He's spoken to federal politicians
as well including Green Party
leader Elizabeth May and the late
NDP leader and Leader of the
Official Opposition Jack Layton.
He has the photos to prove it.
He has the photos to prove a
lot of things.
Sunday's protest brought out
Pictou Centre MLA Pat Dunn
who represents Trenton and
Pictou West MLA Karla
MacFarlane who represents
Abercrombie. Both made themselves available to talk to and
hear out Boyles or anyone else
who had something to say. Pictou
DRESSED TO
THE NINES
Pictou County residents
Jake Chisholm, left, and Sean
McLean were dressed to the
nines to participate in Truro’s
first Pride Parade on
Saturday. The local duo were
also celebrating Pride Week
in Pictou County by hosting
the county’s first drag queen
show at Glasgow Square that
same evening.
(Harvie photo)
East MLA Tim Houston, whose
constituency includes Hillside,
was unable to attend but had
made himself available to Boyles
earlier in the week.
For Boyles the protest wasn't
so much about who showed up
as it was what they planned to do
about the emissions issue. In
addition to the chemical pollution, the protesters complained
about fly ash that affects the area.
“It hits everywhere, Hillside,
Trenton, it depends which way
the wind is blowing. It's landing
on our properties, eating into our
cars and into our land, furniture,
homes, everything,” he said.
Boyles said a number of people have had their car's paint
destroyed from the fly ash – he
has pictures that show the damage – and his own personal history includes NS Power sodding
his lawn when his own grass
wouldn't grow and the power
company replacing a swimming
pool ruined by contamination.
Boyles said the group isn't
wishing to see the power plant
close or for anyone to be out of
job; instead, the call is to eliminate
coal as a fuel and replace it with...
well, anything really.
“We don't really care so long
as it gets away from the coal,”
Boyles said, while suggesting
solar, natural gas, or even propane as alternatives.
“You've got windmills,”
Boyles said. “They told us once
the windmills started putting in
more kilowatts into the grid they
would cut back. They never cut
back, they never cut one shovelful back.”
Boyles said he has been told a
lot of things since 1999 but to listen to him list them off it would
be fair to say he's doubtful of anything he's been told coming to
fruition.
“It's just terrible,” Boyles said,
“but the worst of all is we had a
meeting with Randy Delorey
when he was Energy Minister
and Delorey turned around and
said when the approval came up
in a few years maybe he could do
something then, but we got word
that they didn't change anything.”
Boyles said he has a “big concern” on the horizon, one that
dashes hopes of NSP switching
off coal in the near future.
“They want to open a new
mine in Springhill,” Boyles said.
“Jamie Baillie (leader of the PC
party and MLA for Cumberland
South) is not going to go against a
new mine. What that means is
coal that could be sent to Trenton,
but we're not letting it go in. If
that starts we're blocking it and
we're going to keep it blocked.”
Boyles suspects the pollution
from the Trenton generator could
reach as far as PEI or Antigonish
and stated that there are 65 different chemicals present in the emissions including one a testing lab
“never even heard of.” A test
sample of soil from his property,
Boyles claimed, had the same
concentration of chemicals as a
sample straight from the plume
would have.
A study dating back to 2003
shows that the generating station
was responsible for 10 percent of
the province's air pollution – pollution which includes mercury,
hydrochloric and sulfuric acids,
and hexachlorobenzene. This
organochloride in particular was
briefly used as a fungicide before
being banned and is now a known
carcinogen in animals and is a
suspected carcinogen in humans.
“You've got stuff like this
going on,” Boyles said, “you've
got a government that's playing
both sides of it – I don't care what
government's in – they've got jobs
there (in the industry) that they
don't want to lose yet at the same
time they're trying to appease us
but we're trying to tell them 'listen, do you know how many
people die of lung cancer from
environmental damage caused
by power plants'?"
Boyles said there are studies
and reports conducted in Ontario
that show a decrease in serious
health issues following a move
away from coal and towards
greener power sources.
STELLARTON – Some discussion ensued at town council
last Monday before it agreed
to spend nearly $11,000 to hire
A1 Rafuse to collect its commercial garbage.
The work was tendered and
the bid approved was one of
two submitted.
Public Works employees
have been collecting the garbage, but town engineer Bob
Funke said hiring out the work
is cheaper, more effective and
frees up the workers for projects within the department’s
purview.
He said he didn’t have the
people and equipment to stay
ahead of the garbage collection
at all times.
“We missed more than we
got,” he said. “It became a
challenge. We tie people up.
They can do it faster than we
can.”
Coun. Simon Lawand first
opposed the idea before eventually voting for it.
“We shouldn’t be paying
money if we can do the job,”
he said.
Meanwhile, Mayor Joe
Gennoe shared his own calculation that he said showed that
the town would save money
on staff alone, without factoring in the vehicles used to collect the garbage.
“We’re cheaper tendering it
out,” he said.
Council approved two other
expenditures that include
awarding a tender to Tupper’s
Trucking and Towing Ltd. for
more than $1.4 million on
infrastructure work on Acadia
Avenue.
“We were fortunate to have
strong, competitive bidding,”
Funke said, noting the bid was
well below what was budgeted
for the project.
The award includes a slight
extension of the work along
Pleasant Street to Foster
Avenue.
Funke repeated his assurance that most of the work will
be done this year and completed by June next year.
He said climate change is
forcing municipalities to get
more storm, water and sewer
work done as soon as possible.
“We’re getting more intense
rain and more intense flooding, he said. Things (water)
have to be transferred to one
spot without going into people’s basements.”
The other expense approved
is $10,000 to repair the railway
crossing
on
MacGregor
Avenue.
Funke said it is possible the
actual cost will be less and can
be done in two ways. There
will be no through traffic while
the work is being done.
MacFarlane joins
PEI MLA for call
to action on MV
Holiday Island ferry
CARIBOU – Pictou West
MLA Karla MacFarlane is calling
for a greater sense of urgency
about the ongoing delays with
the MV Holiday Island which
continue to stretch longer into the
summer tourism season.
She joined Belfast-Murray
River MLA Darlene Compton
Tuesday and jointly travelled
across the Northumberland Strait
on the MV Confederation, meeting with the ferry crew, motorists
and truckers to discuss the ongoing impacts caused by the ferry
service between Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island operating
on a reduced schedule with a
single ferry vessel.
The MV Holiday Island continues to sit in dry dock in Quebec
where it has been since May waiting for repairs required to put the
vessel back in service.
“There’s a lot of trade and
tourism that happens between
Nova Scotia and PEI through the
ferry service," said MacFarlane.
"Businesses in Pictou County
are also being affected by the
reduced service, just like businesses in eastern PEI are being
affected. The federal government
and the governments of Nova
Scotia have been slow to recognize how serious an issue this is
Belfast-Murray
River MLA
Darlene
Compton, left,
with Pictou
West MLA Karla
MacFarlane
with the MV
Confederation
in the background.
(Submitted photo)
for both provinces and that has to
change fast.”
The ferry service between
Wood Islands and Pictou is a
major infrastructure asset for
inter-provincial trade between
Prince Edward Island and Nova
Scotia, transporting nearly 400,000
passengers and more than 14,000
commercial vehicles between the
two provinces last year. Along
with the jobs on the ferry there
are also tens of millions of dollars
generated in direct and indirect
economic spinoffs in both provinces annually.
“Every day we have reduced
service the greater the negative
economic impact in both Prince
Edward Island and Nova Scotia,"
said Compton.
"We urgently need a shortterm solution that restores full
service and a long-term plan that
will prevent this type of situation
from happening in the future.”
Compton and MacFarlane
jointly called on both Prince
Edward Island Premier Wade
MacLauchlan and Nova Scotia
Premier Stephen McNeil to make
this a higher priority issue with
the federal government. Compton
and MacFarlane both committed
to press their respective governments for action.
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
Community
NEWS BRIEFS
Brian Kellock is a volunteer
at the Hector Quay Museum.
He oversees the volunteers
and conducts carving
demonstrations.
The Quay is looking for
volunteers to help them get
through the season.
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River John to host 23rd
fiddling competition
RIVER JOHN – The 23rd
annual River John Old Time
Fiddling Contest is scheduled to
take place Wednesday, July 27
starting at 7 p.m. at the River
John Fire Hall in conjunction
with River John Festival Days.
The event has drawn contestants from all points of the province, as well as from New
Brunswick, P.E.I. and occasionally from other parts of Canada
who are visiting in the area,
organizer Raymond MacDonald
says.
“Volunteers register and do
the scorekeeping and set up for
the event,” MacDonald said. “It
takes quite a few people to make
it work.”
The competition consists of
four categories: 60 years of age
and over, 11 and under, 12 to 17
and the open class.
Trophies and cash awards are
presented for the first, second
and third place winners in each
class, as well as to the contestant
with the overall highest marks
and to the Pictou County contestant with the highest marks.
Trophies are also awarded to
the youngest and second youngest fiddlers.
Judges for the competition
are Julie Johnstone from Truro,
Cliff Manley from Lower Selma
and Samantha Robichaud of
Moncton, N.B.
Piano accompanist is Stacey
Read of Sackville, N.B., while the
emcee is Rod Mackey.
The judges and step dancers
will entertain between classes.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
Those interested in participating can contact MacDonald at
485-4773 for more information.
(Harvie photo)
Volunteers required ashore
Can you spare some time?
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
Rural resident aware
of more bear sightings
PIEDMONT
–
Gary
Fredericks says he is concerned
about the rising incidence of
bears on his property.
Fredericks has resided for
years in a former general store
and residence in Piedmont. He
once filled bird feeders in his
yard but quit doing so when first
rodents and raccoons began raiding the feeders.
Bears on his property have
raised the prevalence of wild
animals from a nuisance to an
absolute hazard.
His greatest concern is how
bears have become attracted to
food items placed in the familiar
upright green carts which were
distributed some years ago by
Pictou County Solid Waste to
divert discarded food items from
landfills.
“It started three or four years
ago,” he said. “It’s not just us.
There are green bins everywhere
that have been knocked over.
They seem to have brought the
bears on.”
Fredericks said the bears,
which have a wide and varied
diet, tend to stay away from residences this time of year as wild
berries ripen. However, he’s
aware in general terms of the
potential bears have, with their
keen sense of smell to go after
food, even if it means breaking
into homes in search of it.
Department of Natural
Resources spokesman Bruce
Nunn has acknowledged the
more prevalent sightings of
bears.
He shared a link to information about bears that confirmed
their population in the province
is healthy.
Pictou County has a higher
than average incidence of bear
sightings, collisions with motor
vehicle and nuisance bear complaints.
The encroachment of residential areas within a landscape
bears frequent and mostly inadvertent human supply of food
sources – such as green bin and
barbecues – has raised the likelihood of bear sightings.
Police investigate break-in
at Trenton Park canteen
TRENTON – New Glasgow
Regional Police are investigating a break and enter into the
Trenton Park Canteen that
occurred over the weekend.
Suspect or suspects smashed
a window and entered the
building. The break and enter
took place between Saturday
night, July 16, and early Sunday
morning, July 17.
Police are asking for the
public’s assistance if they have
any information on this incident to contact the New
Glasgow Regional Police at
(902) 752-1941 or Nova Scotia
Crime Stoppers.
Tips may also come to 1-800222-TIPS (8477) or by Secure
Web Tips at www.crimesstoppers.ns.ca. Calls to Crime
Stoppers are not taped or traced
and if police lay charges based
on a tip, callers qualify for a
cash award.
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PICTOU – Many people who
live in Pictou County have never
jumped on the chance to visit the
Hector Quay Museum.
The opportunity has now
arrived.
The Quay is in desperate need
of volunteers to help get the
Hector Quay Society through to
the end of the season, typically
mid October.
“Right now we have five of
the best summer students we’ve
ever had, but they are all returning to school August 26 which
leaves us in need of volunteers,”
explains Brian Kellock, a member
of the society board and a volunteer at the Quay.
Kellock conducts carving
demonstrations for visitors and
oversees the volunteers at the
Quay.
“We try to stay open until mid
October, Thanksgiving weekend
is typically our last weekend.”
For anyone who has thought
about volunteering but is not sure
if they have enough time, the
Quay can work around your
schedule.
“The shifts are usually three
hours, one to two days a week.”
The Quay recently lost two
very strong volunteers who
moved to BC and now are looking to replace their summer students, so Kellock says they are
hoping to get 10 to 12 new volunteers.
“We do have a few new volunteers this year and they have
been great,” he notes. “And there
is a little bit of training that we
provide.”
Kellock notes that everything
in the museum is readable and
they have audio sets in both
English and French for those who
want to do self-guided tours and
the shipwrights are often on site
to answer any questions.
“The volunteers can guide
tours if they want, but it’s not
necessary,” says Kellock.
For those who are shy, there is
still lots of opportunity to volunteer either behind the desk at the
cash, or volunteers are needed for
odd jobs around the Quay, like
alongside Watson Inglis who has
been painting parts of the ship.
“We’ve had student volunteers as young as 12 here, so we
are open to having students volunteer on the weekends as well.”
Kellock says as long as you
like to talk, the information can be
taught.
“It’s not overly busy come
September,” he notes. “It’s our
wind down season. We mostly
see older, retired couples in who
are interested in learning about
history.”
The odd cruise ship will arrive
in the fall and New Scotland Days
runs September 16 through 18,
but Kellock says it hasn’t been
overly difficult to get volunteers
to come out for special events.
Volunteering interesting
experience for local man
The smell of paint and the
warm saltwater breeze hitting
his face is what Watson Inglis
looks forward to every morning.
Lately, Inglis has been getting up and going to the Hector
Quay Museum where he has
been volunteering to paint parts
of the Ship Hector that are in
dire need of some TLC.
This is his fourth season at
the Quay.
“Lately I’ve been painting. I
re-did the gift shop for the
Coast Guard and I’m working
on the masts and different parts
of the ship now.”
But that’s not all Inglis has
been up to.
Two years ago, he helped to
down rig the ship, when the
masts were taken off and all of
the rigging replaced.
“I helped out when they cut
the logs into lumber.”
He has also joined on as a
member of the board of directors of the Hector Quay
Society.
“Painting is not something
Watson Inglis paints one of the masts of the Ship Hector. Inglis has
been a volunteer at the Quay for four years.
(Harvie photo)
most people enjoy, but when I
see a job needs to be done, I like
to do it.”
Inglis has done a number of
different jobs over the years
which lends itself well to volunteering at the Quay.
“There’s still lots to do, the
deck was completely re-done
because of leaking and it needs
“We’re hoping we can convince some of the board members
to come out and volunteer as
well. I think if people gave it a
chance, they would enjoy it. This
year alone I have met people
from 30 different countries.”
Kellock began volunteering
six years ago, when the Quay was
closed and re-opened after it was
purchased by a group of local
residents in 2010.
“I was around when they
started building the (Ship) Hector;
when you have kids it gives you
something to do with them. When
the Quay reopened they were
looking for volunteers ... so I got
involved.”
He continues to return to the
Quay because he enjoys meeting
new people.
“I like talking to people from
all over the world.”
Talking with all of these people, Kellock says he gets to see the
commonalities they have and
that’s what keeps him coming
back as a volunteer.
Anyone interested in volunteering can phone the Quay at
902-485-4371 or email: [email protected].
to be repainted now, so I come
in a couple mornings a week to
see what I can do.”
He says the most interesting
thing he has done was painting
the ropes for the rigging.
“I’ve never painted rope
before, it was very interesting.”
Inglis says there is a lot of
work that needs to be done
around the Quay. “The (Hector
Quay) society doesn’t have a
lot of money to hire people, so
it relies on volunteers and right
now it is in desperate need.”
He says there is work for
anyone wanting to help, including filling cracks in the masts
before they are painted.
“There’s a lot of maintenance involved in a wooden
ship and (volunteering) is not
necessarily a large commitment. The odd day here and
there.”
Inglis says he’s never been
around wooden ships before
and the experience alone is
quite something.
“It’s a connection to the past,
to our forefathers. We don’t
really appreciate the experiences they went through, and
this is an interesting way to do
that and to learn the lingo associated with a wooden ship.
Alcohol policy topic at council meeting
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
A large crowd gathered recently to enjoy the Read by the Sea
literary festival, held at the Memorial Garden at the Royal
(Marples photo)
Canadian Legion in River John.
PICTOU – Proposed changes
to allow two drinks without
ordering food at restaurants is
gaining more attention.
Coun.
Debi
Wadden
addressed the issue after copies
of the document containing the
changes were presented on July
4 at the monthly county council
meeting.
The Union of Nova Scotia
Municipalities issued a document to municipal councils once
before with little response.
“The UNSM sent it out again
to get more people to respond,”
she said.
The thrust of the amendments would be to allow dining
establishments to serve small
amounts of alcohol without
requiring customers to order
food, like some drinking establishments as regulated by the
Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and
Tobacco (AGFT) division of
Service Nova Scotia.
The document shows that
businesses that are solely eating
establishments want to be
allowed to serve alcohol, such
as a beer for a customer enroute
home from work.
Wadden is county council’s
representative on the Municipal
Alcohol Project that includes
councillors Clyde Fraser from
New Glasgow, Alta Munroe
from Pictou, Ken Francis from
Stellarton, Fergie MacKey from
Trenton and Lynn MacDonald
from Westville.
The group has been meeting
for several years and has been
aware of the proposed changes
for some time.
The AGFT division proposed
to amend liquor licensing regulations to permit eating establishments to serve up to two
drinks per customer without
ordering food and still require a
customer to order a meal after a
request of more than two drinks
that current regulations require.
Risks include customers
driving home more impaired
than if food accompanies alcohol consumption.
The document acknowledges
that drinking without food raises the likelihood of drinking
beyond the legal limit and
increases the possibility of motor
vehicle collisions.
“That’s our concern, espe-
cially restaurants licensed and
(that serve) families,” Wadden
said. “That’s what we’re trying
to discourage.”
Meanwhile, Jeff Gillan, who
owns Café Italia in downtown
New Glasgow, played down the
consequence of the proposal. He
said establishments in HRM
appear to be driving the new
rules.
“Maybe in the cities it will be
different, but I can’t see it affecting anyone in Pictou County,”
he said. “(The AGFT) just wants
to make it the same for all the
province.”
He said alcohol represents
only a fraction of the sales at his
restaurant.
“It would not affect us,” he
Continued on page 5
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Community
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
Council agrees to
license taxi service
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
STELLARTON – Home taxi
operations appear to be okay with
Stellarton town council.
Council agreed at a recent
meeting to give senior planner
Roland Burek authority to have a
permit reinstated for one service
in town.
Christopher
Chisholm
appeared before council with
other family members to plead his
case to operate the taxi in town at
61 Bridge Avenue. He said the
permit he was given was revoked
shortly after a complaint about
several vehicles coming and
going.
“I’ve been shut down for
almost a month,” he said. “We got
all the paperwork done and . . . the
permit was revoked after nine
days.”
Burek said the town’s land-use
bylaws do not prevent a home taxi
service. He cited other businesses,
such as food delivery and courier
services that operate from home.
He also noted the change in the
economy with more people selfemployed and working at home.
“I have no problem issuing a
home occupation permit,” he said.
“We’ve had people operating at
home. It’s not technically a taxi
stand.”
Coun. Simon Lawand wondered what precedent might be
set by restoring the permit.
Mayor Joe Gennoe said he had
Joe Roberts pushes his
shopping cart through
New Glasgow. Roberts, a
former homeless man, will
be pushing his cart across
Canada with the Push for
Change tour raising
awareness of and drawing
attention to homelessness
in Canada. He was a special guest at the Pictou
County Roots Society's
first Routes to Riches Race.
no problem with it.
“We started our (bakery) business on a kitchen stove,” he said.
Burek said he would comply
with Coun. Judith MacLellan’s
request to draft a policy regarding
the matter.
FIRST READING
Council has given the initial
green light to two land-use development agreements.
First reading was approved
for two applications for development agreements on Foord Street.
MacGillivray Properties Ltd.
has applied for an agreement for
its project at the former Scotsburn
building on 230 Foord St. It has
already re-pointed brick on the
building’s exterior and proposed
to convert it into a craft distillery
with a lounge, office and storage.
“It’s quite an asset to the
town,” Gennoe said. “I think it’s
good.”
Those representing the development assured there would be
no big trucks or fridge motors
operating for long periods like
they did when the Scotsburn operation existed.
PQ Properties Ltd. also received
first reading for its proposal to
develop 10 residential units over
five commercial sites along 148156 North Foord St.
Burek said the parking being
offered is adequate to the development’s needs.
Both applications will receive a
second reading at council’s next
scheduled meeting on August 22.
(Cameron photo)
Former homeless man
'pushes for change'
By Aaron Cameron
[email protected]
Saturday morning saw the
beginning of Routes to Richesan Amazing Race-style event
supporting Roots for Youth –
and with it came Joe Roberts and
his Push for Change Campaign.
Today a successful entrepreneur who made it big in the late
'90s dot-com bubble, Roberts
wasn't always so fortunate.
Roberts said life started off
well enough, growing up in the
small town of Midland, Ont., in a
loving supportive family. But
then life “life'd” him at age eight
when his father died. His mother
quickly remarried to an abusive
man and within a year Roberts
had dabbled in drugs for the first
time. A few years later he'd been
to jail and it wasn't long after
that he left small town Ontario
for the bright lights of
Vancouver.
“(I was) just kind of running
away from a small town,”
Roberts said.
“I actually came from a town
very similar to Pictou, a small
community. I wore my welcome
out relatively quick and ran
away to the big city. At the time
Expo '86 was on, that's why I ran
to Vancouver.”
Then 18 and without family
support and an increasing drug
addiction, Roberts soon became
“chronically homeless.”
“It started simple,” Roberts
said. “Couch surfing and then
eventually I was living under the
George Street Viaduct in downtown East Vancouver collecting
cans and bottles to support a
drug dependency.”
Roberts said his addictions
started off “fairly innocent” with
alcohol and marijuana before
moving on to cocaine and heroin.
“My drug of choice in the end
was heroin,” he recalled.
Roberts said his low point
came when, in a desperate need
for cash, he walked into a bar
and sold a pair of boots a friend
had given him – a gift he swore
to never sell.
Soon, he decided to call his
mother and commit to changing
his life around and pledged to
pay it forward if ever he could.
He enrolled in university,
obtaining a degree, and on the job
market found the hustle he picked
up on the streets was a boon and
eventually he found himself as
the CEO of a company at a time
when money was coming in hand
over fist for anything remotely
techy. Roberts said it was when
driving his German sports car
through an area of Vancouver he
used to collect cans in when his
new reality set in.
This summer, after years of
planning, Roberts touched down
in Newfoundland to begin his
trek across Canada pushing a
shopping cart – in actuality a
baby carriage rebuilt into a cart
– to raise awareness for home-
lessness, especially what he calls
hidden homelessness – the kind
communities like Pictou County
are likely to face but not necessarily see.
“The question I had when I
got on the other side was how
did a kid from a middle class
family in a small town end up on
the streets of Vancouver?”
Roberts said.
“One of the things that's difficult for rural communities to
understand is the unseen homelessness that Roots for Youth
addresses. In New Glasgow or
Pictou, you're not going to see a
kid sitting on a piece of cardboard in front of the liquor store
like in Halifax, but that doesn't
mean we don't have youth at
risk in this community and every
small community.”
Roberts wrapped his Nova
Scotia visit Saturday and headed
to PEI later in the day to continue
the next leg of the Push for
Change tour.
Kids having a LARK in District 3
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
Piper Christopher Menezes was the winner of the Sandy
MacLean memorial trophy as part of the piping competitions
during the annual Festival of the Tartans last weekend.
(Cameron photo)
A pancake breakfast was held at the New Horizons Seniors Club
during Lobster Carnival festivities. The sale began at 8 a.m. and
shut down around 10:30 a.m. Pictured is volunteer and board of
directors member Alison Arsenault tending to a final batch of
pancakes.
(Cameron photo)
CARIBOU – Children in
Caribou and surrounding area
have the opportunity to take
part in fun summer activities
in their district.
District three is hosting the
LARK, leisure and active recreation for kids, program for
the first time.
“The program is offered
through the municipality’s recreation program and was previously offered in Kenzieville,
Salt Springs and Merigomish,
but this is the first time we are
able to host it in our district,”
explains Darla MacKeil, councillor for district three.
The program runs Mondays
and Thursdays at the Caribou
Fire Hall from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Children ages five through 12
are invited to come out and
take part.
“It’s only $10 per child for
the whole summer,” she notes.
“It started July 4 and runs for
seven weeks. It’s beneficial for
people because those with
small children want to be able
to do lots with their kids in the
summer, but it gets expensive.
This is only $10 for the whole
summer. How many other
things can you do for $10?”
MacKeil says they have gotten a huge response from the
community with more than 30
children signed up for the pro-
gram.
“And it’s not just for children in our district, it’s for
anyone that wants to come.”
Each week the program has
a different theme with outdoor
activities and crafts suited to
the theme.
“Every Wednesday, the recreation
departments
get
together and offer a field trip
as well. They go to places like
Trenton Park, Magic Mountain
and the festival in Antigonish
and they are all pretty affordable.”
The municipality facilitates
the LARK program and hires
summer students to run it
throughout the summer.
Children can still be signed
up, all they need is a health
card and emergency medical
information.
“I’m pretty excited,” says
MacKeil. “We haven’t had recreation in our district in a long
time.”
MacKeil has also started a
community newsletter on
Facebook for district three so
residents know what’s going
on.
“We share pictures that we
see of wildlife in the area as
well as events going on in the
community.”
To get involved and find
out what’s going on in district
three visit the Facebook page
at District 3 Community
News.
WEATHER/SUNRISE/SUNSET
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Mainly sunny
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Hi: 21ºc
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Cloudy with showers
Sunrise: 5:41 a.m.
Sunset: 8:52 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:42 a.m.
Sunset: 8:51 p.m.
SATURDAY
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Cloudy with showers Chance of showers
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Sunrise: 5:42 a.m.
Sunset: 8:50 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:44 a.m.
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Sunset: 8:48 p.m.
Above: Joel MacNeil, Leisure and Active Recreation for Kids
(LARK) leader, attempts to catch Anthony Wunderlich as he
reaches second base in a game of Soccer Baseball. Wunderlich
is one of more than 30 children from district three taking part
in the first summer recreation program at the Caribou Fire
Hall.
Below: Kaitlyn Higgins, LARK leader, misses Maria Currie as
she makes it to first base in a game of soccer baseball as Mya
(Harvie photos)
Currie looks on.
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July 20, 2016
ABCs of summer skin care
By Debbi Harvie
at all. If you are out in the sun for
10 minutes with no sunscreen
you will burn, but if you wear
SPF 30 sunscreen, you can be out
in the sun 30 times longer.
A common misconception is
SPF tells a user how long they
can stay in the sun. This isn’t true
because the amount of solar
exposure can vary along with
other factors like time of day,
cloud cover, amount of sunscreen applied (which is often
half of what is recommended) as
well as wind and perspiration.
MacLaren adds, “SPF 35 is
really all you need for sun screen
protection. It provides 98 per
cent protection from the sun’s
rays. " Information can be found
at www.skincancer.org.
Both note that even on cloudy
days, it is important to wear sunscreen because the rays are still
breaking through.
Regardless, sunscreen should
always be reapplied every couple of hours to maintain protection because of sweating in the
heat.
“Tanning is the skin’s defence
from
burning,”
explains
MacLaren. “The darker your
skin tone the more melanin and
the more natural protection you
have against the sun but that
doesn’t mean sunscreen is not
required.”
Fulmore adds, some medicines can make people more sensitive to the sun so it is important
to check with a pharmacist to
make sure you are properly protecting yourself.
“They say when you have a
bad burn when you are younger
it can come back to haunt you
later in life,” he says.”
It is crucial to protect babies’
skin from the harmful sun rays.
That’s why babies under the age
of six months are not recommended to be out in the sun,
they should be covered by canopies or blankets.
“It is not recommended to
put sunscreen on children under
six months of age. With small
children, sunscreen should be
reapplied often because they are
so mobile.”
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Former trends of baking in
the sun until you’re crispy have
fallen to the wayside as many
people are choosing to take care
of their skin in the summer heat.
David Fulmore, a pharmacist
at Fulmore’s Pharmacy in Pictou
notes that UV rays from the sun
are more powerful than they
used to be and it is important to
protect your skin.
Former Pictou resident
Rebekah MacLaren, who is now
the education director for a
Canadian Cosmeceutical Skin
Care Company at Medical
Rejuvenation
Centre
in
Vancouver says, “There are two
types of harmful rays from the
sun, UVA and UVB. UVA rays
contribute to aging while UVB
rays can cause sun burns. UVA
rays contribute to 95 per cent of
the skin’s aging. The burning
rays, or UVB rays, are the ones
that can cause cancer in the
skin.”
And as Fulmore adds, the
effects of sun damage can take
years to surface.
But there are ways to combat
the effects of sun damage as well
as protect against skin cancers.
MacLaren says the best thing
to do is start with using an antioxidant on the skin like vitamin
E or vitamin C.
“Vitamin C is better because
it protects the skin from any
environmental aggressors like
the sun, pollution and cigarette
smoke.”
Next comes sunscreen.
“Skin concerns are on the rise
and skin ages a lot faster when it
is exposed to the sun,” explains
Fulmore. “A minimum of SPF 30
is required for sunscreen to be
effective.”
Sunscreens come in two forms,
chemical barriers and physical
barriers.
“Physical barriers better protect against the sun because they
form a barrier from the sun’s rays
on the skin. The best forms are
zinc oxide and titanium dioxide.
They reflect both UVA and UVB
Dave Fulmore, owner and pharmacist at Fulmore’s Pharmacy in
Pictou, shows some of the sunscreens available to protect your
skin from harmful rays.
(Harvie photo)
KNOW BEFORE YOU GLOW
►The sun’s rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
►Vitamin C protects the skin from any environmental aggressors
like the sun, pollution and cigarette smoke. It can be taken orally
or administered in the form of a serum or cream.
►SPF refers to a rating that measures the fraction of sunburnproducing UV rays that reach the skin.
►All sunscreens need to be reapplied regularly because of
sweating and water.
►It’s best to apply sunscreen a half hour before you plan to go
outside so it has time to take effect.
►Wearing a wide-brimmed hat can help protect the ears and
back of the neck in the sun.
► It is important to remember to protect your lips as well.
► Sunglasses with UV protection can help protect your eyes from
harmful rays.
(Sources: Dave Fulmore, Rebekah MacLaren)
rays,” explains MacLaren.
When searching for a sunscreen, check the packaging to see
what is in it.
“There are some sunscreens
that are a combination of physical
and chemical barriers, however,
the chemical barriers are not as
good because they don’t last as
long on the skin, usually one and
a half to two hours,” she says.
Fulmore says sunscreens can
go up to 60 SPF or higher.
“The higher the number of
SPF does not always mean a better sun protection, especially if
you only apply it once throughout the day.”
He notes the SPF rating compares to not wearing sunscreen
Food banks in need
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
A few weeks ago, the shelves
inside the Pictou County Food
Bank were sparse, with little
expectation of things improving.
Raymond Haynes, day manager, notes there was virtually
nothing there; however, things
have improved somewhat.
“We see anywhere from 50 to
100 clients a day,” he says.
The Pictou County Food
Bank services approximately
600 clients per month with those
numbers ranging widely in
ages.
“We are seeing a slight
change in our clientele to more
younger people than we used to
see,” he says noting they serve
every community east of the
causeway.
Haynes says it’s not so much
that the need for the service has
increased, but the donations
have greatly decreased as they
do this time of year, although
this year seems to be a bit worse
than others, he notes.
Sobeys is a big contributor to
the food bank as is the Atlantic
Superstore and Feed Nova
Scotia, however, Feed Nova
Scotia is facing the same issues
and the supplies they provide to
Raymond Haynes, day manager of the Pictou County Food
Bank in New Glasgow, stands
next to some of the empty
shelves at the facility. The food
bank is in need of monetary
and canned good donations,
as well as cereals. (Harvie photo)
the food bank have decreased.
Haynes explains, the way it
works is all orders are prepackaged based on what is on the
shelves in either small, one person; medium, two people; large,
up to four people and extra
large for families larger than
four. The packages include perishable and non-perishable
items; there are even gluten free
options.
But donations are crucial this
time of year, donations of
canned goods, pastas, cereals
said. “People who are coming
here are ordering something to
eat. Drinking out is dropping
off so much anyway. It’s expensive and you can’t drive.”
Camille Davidson, co-owner
of Stone Soup Café, said her
especially and monetary donations.
“We always get large donations towards year end and we
use those funds to get us through
the rest of the year, purchasing
perishables and any other much
needed items.”
This time of year as well,
Haynes says they get some
donations of food items from
local farmers.
Haynes notes there are certain times of the year, like the
beginning of school, Christmas
and just before the end of the
school year when things tend to
pick up at the food bank because
there is added stress on families
during these times. Because of
that, they also try to keep school
supplies in stock or hats and
mittens during the winter
months to help out.
The Pictou County Food
Bank is open Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays 9 to
11:30 a.m.
He says it’s typically steady
all month with a small drop off
around the end of the month
when cheques come in.
The approximately 70 volunteers are available to accept
donations during open hours
and as Haynes says, “every little
bit helps.”
Elsie MacDonald of the
Pictou West Food Bank says
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they have actually been doing
okay these last couple of months
thanks, in large part, to the kindness of the local churches.
“We’re not as desperate as
some of the other food banks,”
she notes. “We are very fortunate people have been donating
quite well and we hope it will
continue.”
MacDonald says they are
always in need of the same items
as the Pictou County Food Bank,
including pastas, soups, canned
goods, canned meats, cereals as
well as fruits and vegetables.
“If anyone has items from
their garden they would like to
donate, we would love to have
it for our clients; they love having fresh vegetables,” she says.
MacDonald says on average,
they serve 75 to 80 clients per
month, but there has been a
slight decrease since the closing
of the Pictou County Helpline.
“I think people really relied
on the Helpline to inform them
of the food bank and now that it
isn’t there, people don’t know
how to access the service.”
Anyone in need of the food
bank service in Pictou West can
go to the food bank during open
hours, Monday, Wednesday
and Friday 1:30 to 3 p.m.
MacDonald says she has seen
the same trend toward the end
of the month with cheques coming in and fewer people using
the service, but says they don’t
rely on Feed Nova Scotia for
food unless they are in need.
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main concern is training staff for
the tell-tale signs of customers
who arrive after having consumed considerable alcohol,
regardless of what their limit
may be at a restaurant without
ordering food.
“You don’t know what
they’ve had already,” she said.
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The Advocate
July 20, 2016
Charity strikes
gratifying note
I
t bears repeating that charity begins at home, but it
doesn’t end there.
Two events in a week show
us how great it is to give to
causes that help people in ways
far beyond what we may comprehend.
It’s the 15th anniversary of
the Race on the River that is
scheduled for Friday and
Saturday in New Glasgow.
Years ago, few could contemplate how Glasgow Square
and the East River could be the
perfect place for the Race on the
River, and how the river could
be such an ideal waterway that
draws dozens of crews, hundreds of paddlers and hundreds
more spectators for the nearly
40 dragon boat races. It is a special time and place, with remarkably few hitches during a time
of joy, pathos and reverence all
at once.
Three charities continue to
benefit from the races and the
fund-raising each team accumulates: Women Alike Breast
Cancer Survivors, Special
Olympics Northern Region and
Pictou County Prostate Support
Association.
Women Alike and the prostate support group have been
helping those in need for years
to improve their quality of life
and ultimately make cancer an
even more curable disease.
Special Olympics have been
a boon for the athletes with a
mental disability who have
taken part in the events associated with them. Pictou County
athletes were among those who
took part and achieved success
recently at the 2016 Nova Scotia
Special Olympics Summer
Games in Wolfville. Some of
them will advance to the 2018
Canadian Special Olympics
Summer Games in Antigonish,
which is located in the Northern
Region. Having the event so
close to home promises to be a
special experience for those
involved.
Meanwhile, last weekend
Pictou County Roots for Youth
received a double boost, thanks
to the more than $13,000 raised
during the Routes to Riches
event that was accompanied by
the arrival of Joe Roberts and his
Push for Change campaign to
raise awareness about homelessness in Canada.
Roberts is correct to emphasize that homelessness in Pictou
County and elsewhere is real,
even if it is not obvious. Like
many work pursuits or difficult
personal challenges, when it
comes to being homeless and
needing a place like Roots House
in New Glasgow, it takes one to
know one.
Years ago in a church, enough
people realized the need and
shared the common vision that
resulted in Roots House being
developed. For all the heart,
money helps too and Routes for
Riches is a summer event that
complements a winter event like
the Coldest Night Walk that
raises funds for the Life Shelter
in New Glasgow.
We are richer for this work,
largely volunteer and thoroughly part of the reason why this is
a wonderful place to live, share
and grow.
FLASHBACK
♦
PA STUDENT
COUNCIL
This is the Pictou Academy
Students Council from
1954. From the left, back
row: Georgina Irving,
Leroy Rankin, Stan
McNeill, Russell Crockett,
Mary Ida English, Jock
Murray, Tom Hendrican,
Doreen Cyr. Front:
Dorothy Jewers, Vincent
Heighton, Donna
Stonehouse, Sandy
MacLean, Cathy Young,
Leo MacDonald, Anne
MacConnell.
(Submitted by the Pictou Historical
Photograph Society. Go to www.pictouphotos.ca/NovaStory.ca to view
these and 1,800 more Pictou photos.
Check out their Facebook page.)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
◆
Race success will help
Throwing tax money
end youth homelessness at ferry is not a solution
To the Editor:
On behalf of Pictou County
Roots for Youth, I’d like to
express my gratitude to our
community for their support of
our first annual Routes to
Riches Race.
We had 24 teams totalling
about 90 individuals who took
part, and collectively they
raised over $13,000 for our
organization.
A big thank you to our sponsors: Scotiabank, East Coast
FM, Sobeys, My Home Apparel,
Speedy Autoglass, Pictou
Lodge, Chapel Cove Chocolate
as well as some private donors
who set us up for success.
Special thanks to Joe and Marie
Roberts of The Push for Change
as well as Jillian, Emmett and
Antoine (Tetreault) from The
Amazing Race Canada who
made our day extra special.
Here at PC Roots for Youth,
we want to end rural youth homelessness. To tackle this problem
effectively, we have to
1. prevent it before it happens
2. deal with it when it happens, and
3. help to reintegrate youth
back into the community with
support so they don’t end up
homeless again in the future.
For us, prevention means
running programs for vulnerable youth and intervening
before the crisis hits. These programs help us to connect with
young people in our community to make sure they know
Editors Note: In last week's
editorial there was an incorrect
reference to CHAD founder Ron
Levy. The Advocate apologizes for
the error.
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EDITOR
Jackie Jardine
902-759-0307
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REPORTER
Steve Goodwin
(902) 301-0724
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REPORTER
Debbi Harvie
(902) 301-5997
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we’re here and we’re on their
side.
Dealing with it when it happens means providing shelter
for youth who can’t be at home.
The average youth stays with us
for two months and receives
connection to approximately
five services in our community
that they weren’t accessing prior
to arriving at Roots House.
While they’re here, we work
with them to plan their next
steps and access housing that is
affordable and safe. We’ve
helped 15 youth in the past 12
months end their homelessness.
Reintegration into our community means that even after
they leave Roots House, they
remain connected to us. Each
youth who comes through
Roots is offered mentorship
with one of our volunteers.
They are also welcome to visit
us during our open Drop In
sessions (which are held daily
from 4:30 to 8 p.m.) as often as
they wish. No young person
should feel like they are alone
in the world.
Our community’s support of
us through the Race, through
private donations and from
organizations such as the United
Way, ensures that we can continue the work we are doing to
help the most vulnerable among
us. So from the bottom of our
hearts, thank you.
Stacey Dlamini
Director, Pictou County
Roots for Youth
REPORTER
Heather Brimicombe
902-301-1653
To the Editor:
Where is the McNeil economic development plan?
So far they have shut down
industries and thrown money
at a ferry. Is that the plan? It
can’t be. A plan defines success
and, of course, closely monitors
the cost and “return on investment”. The McNeil record on
analysis
is
not
good
(Pharmacare)
and
when
Minister MacLellan says that he
doesn’t know or care how many
people are riding the ferry it is
just more of the same.
Economic
development
planning means (a) identifying
and selling our strengths (as
Ivany pointed out, we have
many) and (b) accepting and
addressing our weaknesses
(which also exist).
Some weaknesses can be
addressed by government policy, some can’t. One that can is
corporate taxes. Our high tax
rates make us less competitive.
High taxes also frustrate people
but people sometimes stay for
other reasons. Business and
jobs on the other hand, are
mobile.
Have your say in a letter to
the editor. E-MAIL:
[email protected]
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Aaron Cameron
902-759-7141
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What if we had a government that, instead of taking
more and more money through
taxes, left that money in the
hands of the folks that know
what to do with it: people and
businesses? Imagine a government that just held corporate
taxes at the dollar amount paid
last year and didn’t keep taking
more even if companies made
more. Instead of “cutting” taxes
allow them to “earn” their way
to lower rates.
Money paid in taxes is gone
but over time money left in the
hands of capital users would
mean more investment in people and equipment … it would
allow (and encourage) growth.
I support new ideas and
will (act) carefully when I
hear them because a real economic development plan has
many parts. Maybe this particular idea isn’t a full solution but one thing is for sure:
simply throwing tax dollars
at ferries and hoping for
results doesn’t attract business, it discourages it.
Tim Houston
MLA Pictou East
Silvia Schaaf
902-301-2554
Blake Ross
902-759-5054
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
◆
Cassie Mann, left, and
James Lees stand beside the
barouche horse-drawn
carriage that was on display
recently at CarmichaelStewart museum in New
Glasgow.
Work of volunteers
make Lobster
Carnival a success
To The Editor:
The importance of the fishing
industry to Nova Scotia cannot
be overstated. We are the largest
exporters of seafood products in
Canada, contributing $1.3 billion
to our provincial economy. Our
top seafood export is lobster, of
course!
It is fitting that we celebrate
the closing of the lobster season
with a celebration. Although the
lobster carnival has evolved over
the years, one constant remains:
the dedication of a group of volunteers who make the carnival
possible.
The volunteers dedicate
themselves to not just the July
festivities but to yearlong fundraising efforts. They hold breakfasts, sell tickets, search out
sponsors and supporters, and
find people willing to organize
the various events.
I wish to recognize and offer
my sincere thanks and gratitude to the organizers and volunteers of this year’s lobster
carnival. I always say that
Pictou West’s greatest asset is
its people!
Karla MacFarlane,
MLA, Pictou West
Build the twinned
highway before
more lives are lost
To the Editor :
We have all been in a classroom and have had the teacher
tell us to close the book as study
time is over for it is now time to
get to work.
It now appears that the
McNeil Government does not
know or understand the meaning of that when it comes to the
twinning of the 100 series highways. And that, folks, goes for
the twinning of the 104 from
Sutherlands River to Antigonish.
A petition has already been taken
and I believe has well over a
thousand names. So that would
tell me that the people want it
twinned – with or without the
tolls.
And more studies are not
going to make it any different at
this time. So I say to the McNeil
Government: put the study book
away and get the job done for
there has been too many lives
lost on this part of the 104 highway already.
It is not only the lives that are
lost but the toll it is taking on the
first responders and the members of our police service attending these accident scenes when
there is a loss of life due to an
accident.
So for myself and my family I
say build the twinned highway
with a toll if you have to, but get
it done. Thank you and drive
safe.
Loyd Murray
New Glasgow
(Goodwin photo)
Local students enjoying summer
at Carmichael-Stewart museum
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – Two students say they are enjoying what
they are learning about the
Carmichael-Stewart museum.
Cassie Mann and James Lees
were hired to work there this
summer. They started working at
the Temperance Street facility in
June and expect their terms to
end in late August.
For Lees, it was an easy decision to accept the job.
“There were a couple of muse-
ums I applied to but this (job
opportunity) was open,” said
Lees, who graduated in June
from Northumberland Regional
High School’s International
Baccalaureate Program and is
entering Dalhousie University in
September.
Mann graduated from North
Nova Education Centre in 2014
and is in the music program at St.
Francis Xavier University.
“I thought it would be a great
opportunity,” she said. “I know
people who worked here in past
summers.”
Mann and Lees can be found
"I thought it
would be a great
opportunity."
– James Lees
dressed in more formal attire for
special events and hosting visitors to the museum, pointing out
special items or displays that are
assembled for a time and then
replaced.
At other times, they are examining items that remain in stor-
Study raised hopes
road gets twinned
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
BARNEYS RIVER – The
chief of the Barney’s River Fire
Department says he’s slightly
more optimistic that a section
of Highway 104 between
Sutherlands
River
and
Antigonish will get twinned.
Joe
MacDonald
was
responding to the first phase
of an independent study conducted by the engineering firm
CBCL Limited that was
released last Thursday by
Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Renewal
Minister Geoff MacLellan. The
study prioritized eight sections
of 100-series highways to be
built or twinned at an estimated cost of $2 billion and possibly paid for by tolls.
“It’s a good, positive step
forward,” MacDonald said.
“There are more steps
before it becomes a reality. Our
work’s not over yet.”
MacDonald has been vocal
about getting the nearly 40
kilometres of highway between
the two communities twinned
due to the trauma caused by
the number of crashes responded to by firefighters from the
Barney’s River and other fire
departments.
He is among supporters for
twinning the highway who
have met to discuss the matter.
The next meeting is scheduled
for July 28 in Antigonish.
MacDonald said he was satisfied that Highway 104 was
ranked third behind sections
of Highways 103 and 101
among the eight projects and
hopes for more action from
proponents
of
twinning
Highway 104.
The ranking of highways
was based on safety and the
number of collisions on the
current grid, the cost compared
to projected revenue from tolls,
age in the building or outside
tending to the grounds.
“We’re improving the outside of the museum to make it
look better,” Lees said.
“In nice weather, we’re tending gardens, mowing the lawn,”
Mann said.
“A lot of work needs to be
done. We do a lot of cleaning
and research. Every once in a
while, we get asked about display items.”
Lees noted that the museum
is always in need of donations
for the building and garden
upkeep.
average daily traffic volume,
travel time and travel cost savings, environmental concerns
and land acquisition.
“We could be eighth,” he
said. “It will be years before
we drive on safer highways.
Hopefully, with consultations,
we can move up the ladder a
little and get more people
onside. We wouldn’t be this
far along if we didn’t start
pushing for it.”
The study used benchmark
toll amounts of six to 10 cents per
kilometre, based on results of a
willingness-to-pay survey conducted by CBCL. The rates do
not reflect what a toll rate would
be, should it be implemented.
"I need to be very clear,
government has not made a
decision to move forward with
twinning through tolling," said
MacLellan. "We now have the
data that will provide the foundation for a discussion with
Nova Scotians."
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July 20, 2016
History
Art of sharing stories
Telling stories is an art. For
some it comes naturally, but for
others it needs to be researched
and well-crafted.
In the Maritimes, it seems
that storytelling is woven into
everything we do – from
recounting the fun we had over
the weekend to grandparents
telling their grandchildren stories of their past. Delivery is
key, and whether it is something chosen from our collection or told around the campfire – sharing stories seems to
be what libraries do best!
pulled together
By Heather Brimicombe
[email protected]
A childhood memory and a
father’s interest are what
sparked the beginning of a
book on the history of the
Scotsburn tug of war team.
Mary MacCara Reid remembers being a little girl and listening to the tales of victory
her father would tell her about
the team and the success they
achieved during eight years of
competitions. The team was
six-time champions at the
Pictou-North
Colchester
Exhibition during the 1950s.
“It was something that started a long time ago,” said
MacCara Reid from her home
in the Halifax area.
She began working on the
book last year by beginning
her research at the Public
Archives, looking through
local Pictou County papers for
information and articles on the
team’s pulls.
“Sure enough, they wrote
very thorough reports of all the
pulls,” said MacCara Reid.
She noted that back in the
day, tug of war was the sport to
be attending when going to the
exhibition.
Over approximately a
year MacCara Reid pulled
together information and
researched the team and the
different members who
comprised it over the years,
also looking into the reason for the team’s success.
“I looked through
that group to see if
any of them are still
living,” she said.
The author was
eventually able to find
four members of the
team who were still
living. She also talked
to many children of
pullers as well as frequent spectators of the
sport.
When talking to
many people involved
over the years in the
team in different
capacities, MacCara
Reid discovered what
it was that made the
team so successful
over the years.
“You think about the pullers
and you think the bigger the
men, the stronger the men the
better they were, but I learned
it was about the coaching,”
MacCara Reid said.
She noted that the coach for
the team was Gordon Muir,
who helped the team practise
their turns to perfection.
“They had a technique and a
strategy and they used it to
their advantage,” said MacCara
Reid.
For those interested in picking up a copy of MacCara
deCoste's Night of the Three
J's to feature music of legends
PICTOU— Festival of
Summer Sounds this week at
the deCoste Centre will feature Night of the Three J’s, a
celebration of the songs of
three great entertainers.
The music and songs of
Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor
and Jim Croce—by three great
entertainers—Bob
Quinn,
Tony Quinn and Kevin Evans,
will be on the Pictou stage
today and Thursday at 7:30
p.m.
Night of the Three J’s has
all the hits of these great per-
formers—‘Margaritaville’,
‘Time in a Bottle’, ‘How Sweet
Homecoming ’16
adds new features
STELLARTON – Some new
events have been added to
Stellarton Homecoming to
appeal to more of the public.
Event chairman Ken Francis
said he’s enthused by the events
being offered this year for
Homecoming, which is taking
place from July 20 to 24.
“We’ve made some changes
to Homecoming this year that I
think people are going to like,”
he said.
Examples he noted include a
free concert featuring the band
Old School starting at 7 p.m.
prior to fireworks at 10 p.m. at
the Sobeys soccer complex off
the Old Foxbrook Road to officially end the Homecoming
schedule on July 24.
Mike and the MacPhersons,
who proved popular in the past,
will provide music at the annual
dance and beer garden on July 23
at the Stellarton Memorial Rink.
“We thought we’d change it
around so they could play there,”
Francis said. “The street party on
Friday (from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on
Foord Street) has also become
popular.”
The annual mayor’s garden
party was moved several years
ago and will once again feature
Big Fish starting at 7 p.m. on July
20 at Allen Park.
A Family Fun Day offers
events starting at 11 a.m. at the
Sobey Soccer Complex, followed
by a water slide at 1 p.m. at the
Albion Athletic Field on July 20.
Events on July 21 include a
golf tournament with tee times
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Abercrombie
Country Club, the annual fire
fighters’ challenge starting at
6 p.m. at the Sobey Soccer Field
and an old-time dance starting at
8 p.m. at the fire hall.
An antique car display and
children’s parade starting at 6:30
p.m. on Foord Street and a teen
dance starting at 7:30 p.m. at the
youth centre are among other
events on July 22.
Francis also noted the
Stellarton High School student
reunions will be held for classes
of 1976 and 1996.
The festival was established
in 1989 on the occasion of the
town’s centennial celebrations. It
generally occurs on the last week
of July.
Part of its success is that nearly all events are provided at no
cost to those attending.
It Is’ plus dozens more.
Bob Quinn is well-known
Reid’s book called Pulling the
Heavy Rope, the author will be
at the Scotsburn Pork Chop
Barbecue on July 27 with the
books, or you can email her at
[email protected]. Books
are $10 each and what money is
made will go toward the
Scotsburn Fire Department.
for the many tourism themes
and jingles he penned in the
1980s and 1990s including
Sail On, Nova Scotia, Nature's
Song and Welcome to the
Ceilidh.
Kevin Evans is well-known
to local audiences and has
performed all over the world.
He is originally from County
Waterford, Ireland, and got
his start touring with the
Clancy Brothers.
Tony Quinn has been in
the entertainment industry
for more than 30 years and is
known as a comedian, host
and great vocalist.
Tickets
are
available
through the deCoste Centre
box office and online at
decostecentre.ca. Tickets are
$20 each and will also be
available at the door.
Gardening Challenges
with Farmer Bob
Why does one flowering shrub thrive and another one of
the same kind and treated exactly the same, planted only a few
metres away, struggle to stay alive. I have heard of this many
times and have also experienced it myself with ‘Goldmound
Spireas’. This week a customer came to me with a concern that
she had purchased an ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea and an ‘Invinciball’ hydrangea and planted them exactly the same a couple
of metres apart. The ‘Annabelle’ is thriving while the ‘Invinciball’ is not looking well at all with a few small leaves. I showed
her the ‘Invinciball’ is not looking well at all with few and
small leaves. I showed her the ‘Invinciballs’ still on our lot and
all were healthy and well, as hers was a couple of months ago.
One struggles for an answer and it will usually be soil related
even though the two are only a few feet apart. Unbelievably,
the soil composition and drainage can be quite variable over
a short distance.
I advised the customer to cut back the sickly hydrangea by
about ½, feed it some bonemeal and keep it well watered. In
other words, give it every chance possible to grow some good
roots this year and hope for the best next spring. It is roots
that count the most right now and bonemeal and water will
promote them. If poor drainage is the problem, the plant will
most likely not survive. Best to plant a different shrub there
next time or try to correct the soil problem. Sometimes there
are no easy or sure answers to all gardening challenges. So we
do our best and that’s all we can do!
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THE STORYTELLER
TOUR WITH ANNE
GLOVER:
Mark your calendars as
Anne Glover and Storystring
Productions visits a few of our
libraries this month Winner of
the 2016 Storykeeper Award by
the Storytellers of Canada, this
will be Glover’s first visit to
Nova Scotia.
A little background on
Glover: She has made her living as a performer for most of
her adult life. From Tofino to
Tokyo, Hamilton to Honolulu,
she captures audiences of all
ages with her unique storytelling style and her unforgettable
string figures. String figures are
always a component of Glover’s
show.
She learned a few basic
string figures as a child, but it
wasn’t until her late teens that
she realized there are string
figures all over the world, playing an important part of many
cultures for thousands of years.
Glover has observed the power
of string figures to teach, create
community, improve reading,
and inspire all ages. For more
information on Anne Glover,
visit www.anneglover.ca.
The Storyteller Tour is part
of the public libraries summer
reading campaign, to engage
kids with library programs and
activities all summer long. The
shows are for ages four and up
and the first one will be at the
At the Library
HOLLY MACLEAN
is community outreach
assistant for Pictou County
Stellarton Library on July 27 at
10:30 a.m. She will also be performing on the same day at 1
p.m. in the New Glasgow
Library. All are welcome! This
tour was organized by the
Council of Youth Services,
which includes youth services
staff from all nine public library
regions in Nova Scotia, with
funding provided by the Nova
Scotia Provincial Library, the
Department of Communities
Culture and Heritage and the
Nova
Scotia
Library
Association.
SHARING STORIES AND
CREATING SOMETHING
UNIQUE, TOO:
Knitting circles at libraries
throughout Pictou County
seem to be a place where people share stories, experiences
and also lend a helping hand to
beginner knitters too! We have
a couple knitting programs
geared towards children at
libraries in Stellarton (Fridays,
July 22 and 29 at 2 p.m.) and a
‘Learn to Knit’ session in
Westville on Wednesday, July
27 at 2:30 p.m.
Like storytelling, the art of
knitting, stitching, crocheting
and so on are traditions passed
on from generation to generation. To pre-register kids for
the above knitting sessions,
contact the hosting library.
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You can find just about everything you need at the market.
In addition to home grown food and local art, you will also
find a selection of wines, local spirits and local craft beer.
Whether you are looking for beer, wine, vodka, rum, gin
or whiskey, you will find it all at the Market. Local distilleries and breweries, many of them born right here in Pictou
County. Uncle Leo’s Brewery, Steinhart Distillery, Caldera
Distillery, Nova Scotia Spirit Company are all from Pictou
County and you will also find the spirits of Ironworks and
beautiful wines and ciders from Petite Riviere Winery and
selection of red, white and fruit wines from Sainte Famille
Winery too!
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Lyons Brook. Opened by Karl and Rebecca Whiffen in 2013,
they began coming to the Market shortly after. Made from
various malts, hops, yeast and water with no added fillers or
preservatives, Uncle Leo’s is also one of a few breweries to
make beer from fresh well water. Offering a Smoked Porter,
Red Ale and IPA as their main staples, they also brew much
anticipated special ales, such as the popular Vohs Weizenbier,
Winterschlaff and a Cream Stout. They even brewed a batch
with fresh hops grown by fellow Market vendor, Bramble
Hill Farm. While Karl is usually busy at the brewery, you will
often find Rebecca or Kim at the Market on Saturday mornings. Try them all to find your favourite!
More about our vendors:
Ginny Arnold is a jeweller and she has been coming to the
Market for years. She scours beaches at home and around the
world for just the right pieces of sea glass for her work. She
fastens her finds into bracelets, necklaces and other pieces
and if you don’t see the right thing at her table, she can make
it for you...her business is Gem Creations. You can find her
every Saturday through the summer in the Market dome.
Chapel Cove Chocolate is the creation of Allan Keefe of
Little Harbour. Using fine Belgian chocolate, he creates
amazing flavours like Tiger Butter, Candyland, Crunchy
Caramel and more! He also highlights this beautiful province of ours, offering Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Flags,
bars named “the Merb” and pebbles and sea shells and now
he has special Nova Scotia gift boxes available...a special gift
and tasty souvenir to take with you! Find him in the Market
building on Saturday mornings.
Coming up at the Market:
We have an incredibly unique fundraising event on August
27, the FIRST of its kind in Canada! We are closing down
Provost Street in New Glasgow and lining it with tables for an
elegant, community style farm to table dinner created from
Market food by J Conway Catering. Find out more about our
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CYCLING
Heartland tour draws big again
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By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
More than 160 bikers pedalled through parts of Pictou
County last Thursday in profiling a healthy heart through
exercise during the 2016
Heartland Bike Tour.
The Pictou County Wellness
Centre was the headquarters
for the 10th edition of the tour
that takes place in various parts
of Nova Scotia each summer.
Kathy Saulnier organized
the local group that hosted the
event.
“We had a great turnout,
especially considering it was a
week day,” she said. “This is
the biggest ride yet (in Pictou
County). We have brand new
cyclists who make this grow.
I’m so impressed.”
Those taking part vary in
age and skill level but all have
a joint effort of celebrating fitness and athletic excellence
through cycling.
“I’ve doing it for eight
years,” Anne Chisholm said.
For Richard Cameron, his
Heartland ride on Thursday
was his first since undergoing
open-heart surgery.
“I feel amazing,” he said. “A
lot of it is being positive. If you
have a positive attitude, you
perform better.”
Kade Moser and Peter
Corbin were among the younger bikers in the tour.
“This is my third year doing
it,” said Moser, who is 10 and
completed a five-kilometer portion of the ride.
“I’ve been doing them since
2012,” Corbin said. “I thought
I’d support the original one.
My father was on the committee with Kathy. She asked if I’d
take part and I said sure.”
Corbin was among those
who completed the 50-K ride
through parts of urban and
rural Pictou County.
“It was a great ride,” he
said.
Pictou County Cycle, led by
its owner Clint Snell, had a
huge presence, most of them
wearing their newer black and
orange tops. Snell changed four
tires during the 50-K trip.
Pictou County YMCA CEO
Dave MacIntyre saluted the
common cause with Heartland
of achieving healthier lifestyles
and outcomes.
“Out missions are the same,”
he said. ”You say a healthier
you one kilometre at a time. We
say one family at a time.”
Besides the bike rides, a
group walked on sidewalks
along nearby streets in the
Albion commercial park.
Heartland founder Dr. Nick
repeated his message about the
parallels between human health
and physical activity during
the noon-hour lunch at the
Wellness Centre.
Top photo: Heartland tour bikers depart from the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Middle left:
Walkers leave the Wellness Centre for a loop around the Albion commercial park. Middle right:
Angela MacCara is all smiles as she completes her bike ride. Bottom left: Peter Corbin (left) and
Kade Moser were among the younger cyclists at the event. Bottom right: Pat MacDonnell presents the 2016 Big Heart Award to Subway representative Leanne Burrows.
(Goodwin photos)
“Preventing heart disease is
easier than treating heart disease,” he said.
New Glasgow Mayor Barrie
MacMillan congratulated those
who volunteer for and have
taken part in the tour each year.
“The public awareness campaign of the Heartland Tour
gives our residents an opportunity to learn about lifestyle
related cardiac and general
health risk factors as well as
valuable information on ways
to prevent them,” he said.
The lunch was followed by
a short bike ride along the
Albion and Samson trails
before the main entourage left
Thursday
afternoon
for
Antigonish.
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Callaghan wins junior skills challenge
MOUNT WILLIAM – Local
junior golfer Ben Callaghan
has won a national skills
championship.
Callaghan, member of the
Brian Affleck Academy at the
Eagle’s Chance Par 3 Course
and Driving Range in Mount
William, won the boys 12-14 age
group on Saturday during the
CN Future Links national junior
skills challenge at the Glen
Abbey Golf Club in Oakville,
Ont. He qualified at Eagle's
Chance and finished sixth in the
country during qualifying on
June 13. Affleck facilitates CN
Future Links programs there.
Callaghan said he was excited
to be competing.
The competition tested golfers in putting, chipping, driving and iron play. Participants
were invited based on their
scores from individual skills
events hosted at 134 clubs
throughout the year.
Glen Abbey is the site of this
week’s 2016 RBC Canadian Open.
Competitors in the skills competition were invited to play the
back nine at Glen Abbey following competition and to attend the
Open. Callaghan returned home
to play in the Nova Scotia bantam
championship in Chester.
rom as far back as I can
remember, I loved sports
statistics.
Whether it was home runs in
major league baseball, goals scored
in the National Hockey League,
championships won by teams and
individuals, or local feats being
achieved around Pictou County, I
loved the numbers.
I don't know how or why that
interest began in the first place.
I do remember, way back in
the elementary grades, while a
teacher was explaining something
at the front of the classroom, I was
secretly compiling the previous
night's figures in my scribbler.
Only got caught once – a different
kind of memory.
I do recall, too, when I was 12
years old and publishing Hugh's
Chronicle, my family newspaper,
I used a lot of space for the NHL
and APC Hockey League standings – as well as the won-lost
records for my grandmother's
bridge parties.
In grade 12, I had a young
math teacher by the name of
Donald Archibald. He told me I
was the first student he ever had
that he couldn't find a mistake in
my homework. It led to one-onone discussions in which he taught
me how to do speed math. Some
of the methods I learned from him
I still use to this day.
But back to the stats.
When I started following the
NHL – in the dark days of no television – I used to listen to the
games in the lights-out darkness
of my bedroom. I can still remember hearing Maurice (Rocket)
Richard breaking Nels Stewart's
career goal-scoring record. It was
the Rocket's 325th goal.
Richard went on to record 544
goals, a career mark I believed
would never be broken. But then
Gordie Howe proved me wrong
with his 801 goals, another figure I
thought would stand forever.
Then along came Wayne Gretzky
and his phenomenal 894 markers.
Once again, I think it's a number
that won't be surpassed.
Oh how the arithmetic has
been altered. Stewart's one-time
record 324 goals isn't good enough
today to even come close to being
on the 100 top scorers of all-time.
And I'll bet many fans today never
heard of Nels Stewart.
Yes, stats are a fascinating part
of sports. It's the same thing in
baseball. When I fell in love with
that sport, too, I didn't think any
player would break Babe Ruth's
career total of 714 home runs. Or
his 60 homers in one season.
Think again. Hank Aaron, perhaps the finest all-round hitter
ever, smashed Ruth's career total
and ended with 755 homers. Later,
Barry Bonds totalled 762, though
that figure remains clouded in
baseball circles.
In 1961, two New York
Yankees, Mickey Mantle and
Roger Maris were in a season-long
race to outdo Ruth's one-season
60-HR record. At the season's
close, it was Maris who had
slammed 61. I didn't foresee any
player beating Maris in my lifetime. Check a baseball record book
and you'll find that Bonds had a
73-HR year, that Mark McGwire
had 70 round-trippers one season
and 65 in another. Sammy Sosa
put up three 60-plus years. Again,
however, the Bonds, McGwire
and Sosa marks are clouded for
well-known reasons.
There has been a lot of intriguing arithmetic.
I was just as interested, though,
in what our own athletes were
doing on the statistical front.
Like how many goals Nelson
Wilson, Bert Dalling and Tic
Williams scored in local senior
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hockey. Like how many times the
New Glasgow Rangers and
Stellarton Royals won league
championships. Like how many
home runs Harry Reekie hit in the
Halifax and District Baseball
League, or what John (Brother)
MacDonald's batting average was
in the H&D circuit. Like in what
season softball's Trenton Scotias
won their most games.
Yes, stats are fun, locally and in
the pros.
I got onto this statistics kick
after reading an article the other
day about the 2016 Summer
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Talk about jaw-opening numbers. The size – and the cost – of an
Olympics has grown so huge that
it isn't hard to envision the day
will come when the great global
games won't survive.
It was 40 years ago this summer that I spent 19 days in
Montreal covering the 1976
Olympics, the greatest athletic
show ever in this country. I
thought the figures surrounding
those Games were almost out of
this world. Turns out they were
nothing compared to the enormity
of the competitions about to be
staged in Rio.
It's mind-boggling arithmetic.
There will be 10,500 athletes
participating in 28 different sports
in Brazil. Even more impressive,
they will be representing no fewer
than 206 national Olympic committees. Think about that one.
And how's this for a staggering
number? The competitions will be
held in 33 venues. I'd hate to be
responsible to cover what's taking
place in all those facilities.
I had to re-read the article a
couple of times before digesting
the almost-unimaginable figures
surrounding the athletes village.
There will be 70,000 tables, 80,000
chairs, 29,000 mattresses, 60,000
clothes hangers, 6,000 televisions,
10,000 smart phones.
Everything has a cost, but how
can ordinary people understand
that these 2016 Olympics will cost
$29.6 billion?
Want to put that into perspective? It's more than three times the
$9 billion that the Fort McMurray
fire will cost insurers.
The Rio Olympics, like those of
other years, will attract us all to
our televisions. There, too, there's
an
overwhelming
number
involved. It's been reported that
the host broadcaster will distribute 40,000 hours of TV coverage.
If you want to see all of it,
you'd have to employ a 24-hour,
seven-day exercise that would
take four years and 10 days of
viewing – and no time out for
sleep or bathroom visits. Before
you could watch it in its entirety,
the 2020 Summer Olympics would
already be under way.
I think I'll stick to goals, assists,
home runs and runs batted in.
They're easier to analyze than the
enormousness of the Olympics.
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Paytan Ruiz playing for St. FX
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By Steve Goodwin
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PICTOU – Soccer is an important part of Paytan Ruiz’s life.
Now Ruiz is ready to chart a
new course for her sport and her
studies when she begins in
September playing women’s
varsity soccer at St. Francis
Xavier University in Antigonish.
Ruiz was among students
who graduated from Pictou
Academy while the school
marked its bicentennial. She will
be pursuing a business administration degree at St. FX.
She said she likes the fact that
it’s a smaller university that will
make it easier for her to transition from high school.
“I had offers to go to the U.S.
but St. FX is close enough for
me,” she said. “I’m excited, but it
hasn’t hit me quite yet that I’m
moving on to university.”
Ruiz started playing soccer
when she was four years old. She
started playing competitively in
Under-12 soccer and then junior
and senior high school. Her
father, Philip Ruiz, is an accomplished soccer player and coach.
Paytan Ruiz is familiar with the McCulloch Field where she has
played much of her soccer career while growing up in Pictou.
She will start in September playing women’s varsity soccer at
(Goodwin photo)
St. Francis Xavier University.
“I like the competition of it,”
she said. “I get that from my dad.
I like team sports. It keeps people
together, and I’ve made lots and
lots of friends. I’ve learned on
the field what I can apply to life,
such as working hard, having a
work ethic, being patient and
definitely working together.”
Paytan is a fullback and will
likely play that position at St.
FX.
“I started playing defence in
Under-14,” she said.
Ruiz says she has developed
a rapport with St. FX coach
Mark Kennedy since the opportunity presented itself to attend
the school. Kennedy’s daughter
is Ruiz’s age and will also be
going to St. FX.
“I respect him so much as a
coach,” she said. “He has high
hopes that I’d get playing time in
the next three years. I hope to earn
my playing time in training camp,
working hard for it.”
Ruiz said she is ready for the
greater demands of studies and
time management so that she has
her full focus on academics and
athletics at St. FX.
“I can manage my time so
well already,” she said.
Ruiz is playing summer
soccer with the Halifax
Suburban Football Club. It’s
affording her an opportunity
to play with many of her future
teammates at St. FX.
COLBY RUSSELL
What do you like about
coaching?
“I like getting to know the
kids. It makes me a better
person to help them out, to
share the skills I have.”
Where were you born?
“I was born in New
Glasgow.”
What is your coaching
philosophy?
“I try to have all the kids
play even, play all positions
and have fun. They’re all
equal.”
When did you first become
involved in sports?
“I was four or five when I
started playing baseball and
basketball.”
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Games.
Fifty-three athletes from
Pictou County competed and
took home a total of 42 medals.
Pictou County had athletes competing in seven sports: basketball, bocce, bowling, golf, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming and
track and field.
Emily Rondelet earned a gold
medal, while Molly Caldwell
and Kara Scott received silver
medals in rhythmic gymnastics.
Shey MacDonald won a gold
medal, Jane Foance, Paige Fluery
and Amanda Smith took home
silver medals in female bowling.
Fred Maxwell and Henry
Green each won gold medals in
male bowling, while Eric Redmond
received a silver medal.
Chris Atkinson earned a gold
medal in golf, while two Pictou
teams earned silver medals in
their divisions in bocce.
In men’s swimming, Steven
Trainer won gold medals in
50-metre and 25-metre backstroke, silver in 50-metre freestyle and a bronze medal in
25-metre freestyle.
Joe Dort won a gold medal in
50-metre freestyle and took home
silver in 25-metre freestyle and
bronze in 25-meter backstroke.
Daniel Martin won gold in
100-metre backstroke and a
bronze medal in 100-metre
breaststroke.
Martin earned a trip to the
2017 World Special Olympics
Winter Games to compete for
Canada in snowshoeing after
competing earlier this year at the
2016 Canadian Winter Games in
Corner Brook, N.L.
Kendall Snell took home
silver in 50-metre freestyle
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Bottom photo: Matt Quinn
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Scotia, Emily Rondelet and
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gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics.
(Submitted photos)
and 50-metre backstroke,
while Evan Sharpe earned silver in two in 100-metre events
and bronze in his 50-metre
butterfly race.
Sheri Wolfenden received silver medals in women’s 50-metre
freestyle and 50-metre backstroke and bronze in 25-metre
freestyle. She teamed with Terry
Reid and Michelle Zuethoff to
place third in the women’s freestyle relay.
In track and field, Josh Sisson
won a gold medal in shot put, silver in his 400-metre race and
bronze in the standing long jump.
Lucy Rogers won a gold
medal in her 100-metre sprint
and Craig Boyd won a gold
medal in shot put.
Darryl Smith earned silver
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It was in 1882 when microbiologist, Robert Koch,
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remains a deadly disease killing 1.5 million people
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years), are the main reasons why TB hasn’t been beaten. But, there still has been a 47% decline in TB deaths between 1990 and 2015.
Hopefully, new antibiotics will be found soon.
Drug research in Canada undergoes four different phases of control before
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medals in the 100-metre dash,
200-metre race and standing long
jump and bronze in shot put.
Shawn Bennett won silver
medals in his 200-metre race and
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MOUNT WILLIAM –
Participating in mixed martial
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It has afforded him with a
chance to meet numerous colleagues he trains with and
respects and has taken him to his
first extreme cage combat (ACC)
match on a card scheduled for
Saturday at the Halifax Forum.
He is expected to meet Jake
Reid about halfway through a
nine-bout card that will start
at 7 p.m.
“I’m absolutely looking
forward to it,” Walsh said
before an afternoon of training in a gym located in an
out-building at the home of
fellow martial arts exponent
Jaret MacIntosh.
The main event will feature
top-ranked Gavin Tucker
from Halifax against Chris
Coggins from Tennessee.
Tucker is an undefeated professional MMA fighter originally from Ship Cove, N.L.
Most of his fights have resulted in first-round knockouts.
MANAGING YOUR MONEY
CAPSULE COMMENTS
Front Street, Pictou
When did you begin
coaching?
“This will be my fourth
year coaching mosquito and
peewee players.”
CHARCEY
Henderson
[email protected]
CRAIG
Mercer, CFP
[email protected]
JERRY
McGuire, CFP
[email protected]
For years, you’ve invested in a Registered Retirement
Savings Plan (RRSP) – good for you, an RRSP is the best
tax-saving, income-building investment vehicle for most
Canadians. And to get the most in immediate tax savings
and to maximize the potential long-term growth of your
RRSPs, you always make your maximum allowable contribution each taxation year.
But with all of that taken care of, what do you do now?
Let’s look at money-saving and financial growth options
beyond your RRSP.
Contribute to investments held in a Tax-Free
Savings Account (TFSA): It complements your RRSP
because investments within a TFSA grow tax-free. You can
currently contribute up to $5,500 in new money to a
TFSA each year and get your contributions and accumulated income out at any time, for any purpose, tax-free.
However, there is no deduction against your taxable
income for TFSA contributions.
Add to your non-registered investments: With your
RRSP and TFSA topped up, consider adding your tax
refund to your non-registered investments. The most
tax-efficient strategy is to hold your fixed-income investments in a RRSP or TFSA, and stocks and equity mutual
funds in a non-registered account (to the extent your
investments exceed your RRSP and TFSA contribution
room). This is because RRSP withdrawals are included in
your taxable income in the year of the withdrawal and are
taxed at your marginal tax rate, but stocks and equity
mutual funds held in a non-registered account are taxed at
a more favourable capital gains inclusion rate when you
dispose of them. As well, dividends from most Canadian
corporations are eligible for the dividend tax credit.
Pay down debt: It’s a fact: Simply paying down debt
delivers a risk-free, after-tax return which may be comparable to many investments. Start with costly, high-interest
credit card debt and then pay down non-deductible debt
such as your home mortgage – a single prepayment could
save hundreds, even thousands of dollars in interest payments.
For parents and grandparents: Establish and contribute to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for
your children or grandchildren. An RESP is the most
effective way to create an education fund that grows to
offset the future cost of education.
For (some) business owners: It can make sense to
build a retirement investment portfolio inside your company instead of paying out that corporate income to a
shareholder. The company can also fund an Individual
Pension Plan (IPP), which has the potential for greater
tax-assisted savings than through RRSPs or Defined
Contribution pension plans.
Be aware, however, that these business-related options
require careful planning and the guidance of financial and
legal professionals.
There are tax and income-building advantages and
disadvantages to each of these “beyond RRSP”options.
You need to look at them in relation to your overall tax
situation and financial objectives. Your professional advisor can help you make the right decisions for your unique
situation.
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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MacKean, CFP
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Sports
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
SPORTS BRIEFS
RECREATION
Y on the move initiave offers
summer "pop-up" programs
u
Chisholm wins
IWK 250
JAMES RIVER – Donald
Chisholm is back in the win
column.
The Antigonish driver recorded his first victory of the season on
his home track on Saturday during the IWK 250 and the John W.
Chisholm Memorial Cup, named
after his father, at Riverside
International Speedway.
Craig Slaunwhite of Terence
Bay, N.S. was second, while twotime NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series champion Matt
Crafton of Tulare, Ca. had his
best IWK 250 finish to date by
coming home third.
Dylan Blenkhorn of Truro and
Darren
MacKinnon
of
Charlottetown completed the top
five. Blenkhorn’s performance
allowed him to take over first
place in the drivers’ point standings.
Cassius Clark of Farmington,
Me., driving a car owned by
Rollie MacDonald of Pictou, completed only 160 laps and ended
up 24th out of 31 starters.
The YMCA of Pictou County
is hosting free outside programs
that are open to everyone.
The “pop-up” activities
include volleyball at Melmerby
Beach, ball hockey at the Westside
Community Centre or a hike at
Fitzpatrick Mountain, Scotsburn.
They are designed to encourage
families to get outside and to be
active together.
This trial run of outdoor programming is endorsed by the
local recreation departments.
“One of the benefits to living
in Pictou County is the beautiful
spaces that we get to enjoy, especially in the summer time,” said
Cindy Fraser, recreation co-ordinator for the Municipality of the
County of Pictou. “This program
First Aid
course slated
PICTOU – Pictou Recreation
Aquatics will host an emergency first aid course from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on July 29.
A standard first aid course
will be offered from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on July 29 and from 1 to 6
p.m. on July 31.
Pre-registration is required
and can be done by contacting
the Pictou Fisheries Training
Pool by email at aquatics@
townofpictou.com or by phone
at 902-485-5301.
“It is important to the YMCA
to encourage children, youth
and families to be active. The
YMCA has a mission to build a
healthy community,” said
Heidi Sinclair, the Y’s membership services and communications manager. “Children,
youth and families are welcomed and encouraged to come
out and participate.”
A Y On The Move events calendar can be found online at
www.pcymca.ca where updates
and schedule changes are posted
on the YMCA’s Facebook daily.
Community members can
access [email protected]
where they can also request that
the Y On The Move attend or
organize a program.
Walsh joins
ECC card
Red Cross
swim lessons
PICTOU – Pictou County
Recreation and the Pictou
County YMCA have begun
partnering to host swimming
lessons.
Lessons will be offered for
both the pre-school and swim
kids programs that began on
Monday and will continue to
July 29 at MacDonald’s Cove
Beach, near River John, and at
the Lismore Beach from
August 1 to 12. Cost is $10 per
child or $25 per family.
An hour of pre-registration
will start at 7 p.m. on July 27
at the Lismore Community
Centre.
Pictou County Recreation
can be contacted at 902-4858528 or 902-752-1530 or by
email at recreation@munpict.
ca for more information.
helps to showcase various recreation spaces in Pictou County,
giving people the opportunity to
see what is available.”
Y On The Move co-ordinators
Lane Cormier and Jessica
Norman can be found with a
tickle trunk of equipment, as
well as plenty of ideas for games
to play throughout Pictou
County – from Scotsburn, to
Trenton, to Caribou, to Stellarton,
to Kings Head and more.
At each event participants
can ask for a ballot for a chance
to win a one-year membership
that will be drawn at the end of
the summer. You can also
request a complimentary threeday pass to try out the main
YMCA Centre.
Top photo: Annika English, left, and Ainslie Salter did well at
the 2016 Gathering of the Clans in Pugwash. Bottom photos:
Amelia Parker, left, and Lauren Hiltz received awards at the
(Submitted photos)
Antigonish Highland Games.
HIGHLAND GAMES
Murray, Salter, Parker,
Hiltz receive honours
The Pugwash Gathering of
the Clans Highland Dance
Competition was held on July 1st
in Pugwash. Eileen Forrester of
Sydney judged the event.
Several local dancers competed and their results are as
follows:
Beginner 10 & Under - Lauren Hiltz:
Fling 5th, Sword 2nd, Sean Truibhas
2nd.
Novice 9 & Under - Penelope
Brown: Fling 5th, Sean Truibahs 5th.
Novice 10 & Over - Charlotte
Adams: Fling 6th, Sword 5th; Alyssa Ells:
Sword 6th, Sean Truibhas 1st.
Premier 11 & Under - Annika
Murray: Blue Bonnets 1st, Flora 1st,
Village Maid 1st, Lilt 1st, High aggregate trophy winner; Amelia Parker:
Blue Bonnets 2nd, Flora 2nd, Village Maid
2nd, Lilt 2nd.
Premier 13 & Under - Sidney Baillie:
Blue Bonnets 5th, Lilt 5th; Ainslie Salter:
Blue Bonnets 3rd, Flora 4th, Village Maid
1st, Lilt 1st.
Premier 15 & Under - Madison
Baillie: Blue Bonnets 6th, Flora 4th, Village
Maid 5th, Lilt 5th, - Alaina Bryce: Blue
Bonnets 1st, Flora 1st, Village Maid 2nd,
Lilt 2nd. High aggregate trophy winner; Beth McNeil: Blue Bonnets 4th, Flora
3rd, Village Maid 3rd, Lilt 3rd.
Premier 16 & Over - Emma Hines:
Blue Bonnets 4th, Flora 4th, Village Maid
5th, Lilt 2nd; Allyson Parker: Village Maid
6th.
The Antigonish Highland
Games Highland Dancing
Competitions were held on July
9th and 10th in Antigonish. The
judges were Diane Blackman,
Kathy Hambly and Sue McCarrol,
all of Ontario. The pipers were
Daniel Carr, ON on Saturday
and Ian Sutherland, ON on
Sunday.
Results for Pictou County
dancers are:
Beginner 9 & 10 - Lauren Hiltz: Fling
1st, Sword 2nd, Sean Truibahs 1st, Flora
1st, High aggregate trophy winner.
Novice 9 & 10 - Cassie Moser: Fling
6th, Sword 6th, Sean Truibahs 6th.
Premier 11 & Under - Amelia
Parker: Lilt 6th, Earl 2nd, Jig 5th, Barracks
4th. 4th runner up trophy.
Flora Special Event 11 & Under Amelia Parker 4th.
(Continued from Page 11)
Walsh credits MacIntosh,
Mike Kitson and Jason Smith
among others for helping him
improve to the point where he
can compete this week.
“I’ve been training mainly
but I’ve always had an interest,”
he said. “Training with Jaret,
Jason and Mike – they’ve influenced me very positively.
Everyone is here to learn.”
Walsh was born in Halifax
and moved to New Glasgow
with his family when he was
three. He graduated from St.
Francis Xavier University and is
now living in Antigonish. He is
taking an on-line masters degree
in behavioural economics
through the Chicago School of
Professional Psychology.”
Pet of the Week
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age and who its owners are and we'll do our best to
make him/her a newspaper star!
Today's pet is Callie, three-year-old short-haired
calico who owns county resident Cassidy Mason.
To have your pet featured email
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GOOD DOG WORKS!
For Dogs, Puppies & People Too
Tom MacDonald was among
Pictou Academy alumni playing in the PA 200 golf tournament
this
month
at
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July 20, 2016
Trenton FunFest
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Trenton Mayor Glen
MacKinnon and Central
Nova MP Sean Fraser cut
the ribbon to officially open
the Town of Trenton’s new
open air market during this
years Mayor’s Fun Fest Tea
last week. From left are,
Trenton councillors Fergie
MacKay, Stephen Cotter,
Mayor MacKinnon, councillor
Don Hussher, MP Sean Fraser
and councillor Francis
MacMillan.
(Brimicombe photo)
Trenton celebrates successes
By Heather Brimicombe
[email protected]
There were two celebration
in the Steeltown last week: Just
as FunFest began with its annual Mayors Tea kick off event on
Thursday, the town celebrated
the completion of its Main Street
revitalization project.
“We’ve been working now
for a good eight years on our
main street revitalization project,” said Mayor Glen
MacKinnon.
The celebration on Thursday
afternoon was held at the
town's new open-air market,
which was part of the revitalization project, along with the
TrentonWorks-made train
caboose that sits beside the
market. The focus of the revitalization project was to reinvigorate and beautify the main
street of the town as well as
show off some of its history.
MacKinnon shared that the
open-air market and having the
opportunity to celebrate the fin-
ishing of the Main Street project
along with FunFest was a great
way to show off what the town
has to offer.
“It’s a way for us to say we
celebrate the history we have
but we also move forward,”
MacKinnon said.
Along with mayors from the
other towns in the county,
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser
was also in attendance to officially make the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
announcement of the completion of the Main Street project.
“The timing is very apt,” said
Fraser about being able to combine the two events. He noted
that the most recent phase of the
project was through Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency.
More than $72,000 was
invested in the latest phase of
the project.
“It helps give a facelift to
Trenton,” said Fraser.
“I think it also provides the
community with a facility that
they’re going to use."
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RJ Days
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
RJ Festival Days running
July 22-30
RIVER JOHN – The 31st edition of River John Festival
Days will offer something for everyone.
A three-day ball tournament will help launch the schedule on July 22, while a lobster dinner is scheduled for a noon
start on July 23.
Lismore Sheep Farm Days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July
24 will include wool demonstrations, wagon rides and a
barbecue. A festival lunch will follow an 11 a.m. service at
Salem United Church and is scheduled to start at noon that
day at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 108. A tug-of-war
weigh-in is slated for 2 p.m. at the ball field.
Evening events on July 24 include a children’s parade
and family barbecue at 6 p.m. at the River John Lions Club
playground, followed by a gospel sing at 7 p.m. on the Lions
Club verandah.
Breakfast will be hosted by various groups from July 25
to 30 between the hours of 6:45 to 10:30 a.m. on the Lions
Club verandah.
Other events on July 25 include Sunrise Trail 4-H Club’s
achievement day from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Melville-Seafoam
Community Hall, a strawberry tea at 1 p.m. at St. George’s
Presbyterian Church Hall in River John, as well as scrabble
walk at 6 p.m., entertainment at 7 p.m. on the Lions Club
verandah featuring Addison Locke and cribbage at 7 p.m. at
the River John Fire Hall.
There is also a fish derby registration from 7:30 to 10 a.m.
and fish derby weigh-in from 6 to 7 p.m. at Bissell Park. The
weigh-in will be at the same time on July 26.
Other events on July 26 include a soup luncheon at 11:30
a.m. at Salem Church, a petting farm and puppet show from
1 to 4 p.m. at the Legion, adult scavenger hunt at 6:30 p.m.
at Bissell Park, as well as entertainment at the Lions Club
verandah at 7 p.m.
There is also a model air demonstration on Mountain
Road.
A washer toss is slated for July 27 for the River John
Legion from 1 to 4 p.m., as well as a community picnic from
1 to 4 p.m. at Skinner’s Cove, fish derby weigh-in from 6 to
7 p.m. at Bissell Park, entertainment from 6 to 8 p.m. on the
verandah and Trivia Night at 7:30 p.m. at the Legion. The
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sheep and lambs, dog agility shows with the Canadian champion, try your
hand at archery with Rodney, wood turning, wagon rides and much more.
annual fiddling contest will start at 7 p.m. at the fire hall.
Events on July 28 include the annual Run by the Sea from
9 to 11 a.m. utilizing River Road, children’s cup cake decorating at the same time at Simpson’s, the warden’s tea and
artisans’ show at 2 p.m. at the fire hall, children’s scavenger
hunt at 6 p.m. and bingo at the Legion at 7 p.m. Entertainment
on the verandah will start at 7 p.m.
An arts and crafts sale is scheduled at the Anglican
Church hall from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Several events are scheduled for July 29. They include the
West Branch UCW pie sale at the verandah, an art display
from 1 to 3 p.m. at Bissell Park, heritage circle from 2 to 4
p.m., bed races starting at 6 p.m. in St. George’s Presbyterian
Church parking lot, entertainment on the verandah and a
dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the fire hall.
The final day on July 30 includes antique car show at 11
a.m., lobster dinner at 11:30 a.m. at Salem United Church,
meat roll 2:30 p.m. at the Legion, lobster crate run on the
river at 3 p.m., street parade at 6:30 p.m., fireworks at sunset
and the festival dance starting at 10:15 p.m. at the fire hall.
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RJ Days
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July 20, 2016
River John Festival Day Events - 2016
Friday, July 22
6pm: Ball Tournament at The Ball Field, contact
Jay Reid, 351-3396, for more details
Saturday, July 23
9am: Dark: Ball Tournament at the Ball Field continued
12pm: Lobster Dinner at the Fire Hall
Sunday, July 24
9am: Ball Tournament at the Ball Field continued
10am - 3pm: Lismore Sheep Farm Festival Day;
Farmer’s Market, Wagon Rides, BBQ, Sheep
Shearing Demonstration
11am: Church Service at the Salem United Church
12pm: Festival Lunch at the Firehall $5
2pm: Tug of War Weigh-in at the Ball Field,
Tug of War to follow
4pm: Al Tuck & Thomas McCallum in concert at
St. John's Anglican Church, admission $10
6pm: Children's Parade & Family BBQ at the Lion's
Club Playground; Categories: Storybook Characters,
Cartoon Characters & the Festival Theme: Winding
Roads and Waterways. Sponsored by T&E
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7pm: Gospel Sing on the Lion's Den Veranda
Monday, July 25
6:45 - 10:30am: Breakfast by the Sunrise Trail 4-H
Club at the Lion's Den – French Toast & Sausage ($6/$4)
7:30 - 10am: Mackerel Fishing Tournament
Registration at Bissell Park, entry fee $5, cash prizes
1pm: Strawberry Tea by the RJ’s at the Presbyterian
Church Hall, $6
1- 4:30pm: Sunrise Trail 4-H Achievement Day at
the Melville-Seafoam Community Hall – Hot-dogs,
Cake & Ice Cream
6pm: Scrabble Walk, Register, $2, at the Lion’s
Den Veranda
6-7pm: Mackerel Fishing Tournament Weigh-in
at Bissell Park
7pm: Entertainment on the Veranda featuring
Addison Locke
7pm: Cribbage Night at the Fire Hall, Ages 19+,
$5 per player, teams of 2, Winners Take All
Tuesday, July 26
6:45 - 10:30am: Breakfast by the River John 4-H
Club at the Lion's Den – Bacon, Eggs & Beans ($6/$4)
11:30am: Soup Luncheon at the Salem United
Church Hall, $6
1 - 4pm: Petting Farm & Puppet Show at the
RJ Legion Branch 108
6-7pm: Mackerel Fishing Tournament Weigh-in
at Bissell Park
6:30 pm: Adult Scavenger Hunt, Register in Bissell Park
7pm: Entertainment on the Veranda featuring
the Thursday Night Players
7pm: River John Model Air Demonstration on
the Mountain Rd., Contact Leroy Boese for more
information at [email protected] or
902-305-0375, If poor weather, event will take place
on Wednesday, July 27 at 7pm.
Wednesday, July 27
6:45 – 10:30am: Breakfast by the River John
Action Society at the Lion’s Den — Bacon, Eggs
& Beans ($6/$4)
1 - 4pm: Washer Toss, 19+ at RJ Legion Branch 108,
1 - 4pm: Community Picnic at Skinner's Cove
(East Side)
6-7pm: Mackerel Fishing Tournament Final Weigh-in
at Bissell Park, prizes awarded
6 - 8pm: Entertainment on the Veranda featuring
TMW Trio
7pm: Fiddling Contest at the RJ Fire Hall
7:30pm: Trivia Night at RJ Legion Branch 108,
Ages 19+, $20 per team, teams of 4, Winners Take All
Thursday, July 28
6:45-10:30am: Breakfast by the Oddfellows &
Rebekahs at the Lion’s Den – Ham & Eggs ($6/$4)
9 -11am: Children's Cupcake Decorating at Simpson's
9 - 11am: River John “Run by the Sea ” Walk/Run
(5km/10km) Registration at 86 River Road at 9am $5,
Start 10 am, Free Pre-Registration at Library
11am-6pm: Arts & Crafts Sale at the Anglican
Church Hall
2 - 4pm: Warden's Tea at the Fire Hall
6 - 7pm: Children's Scavenger Hunt, Register at Bissell
Park Sponsored by LF Constructions.
7pm: Bingo at the Legion
7pm: Entertainment on the Veranda featuring Route 6
Friday, July 29
6:45-10:30am: Toney River Community Group at the
Lion's Den – Bacon, Eggs & Beans ($6/$4)
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should be 5x7 matted. Submit your entry to
Simpson’s Appliances by July 15th. Cash prizes
will be awarded at Bingo.
Enjoy the River John Festival Days!
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Saturday, July 30
6:45-10:30am: Breakfast by the Lion's Club at
the Lion's Den – Pancakes & Sausages ($6/$4)
11am - 2pm: Car Show at RJ Legion Branch
108 Sponsored by Tatamagouche Home Hardware.
11:30am: Lobster Dinner at the Salem United
Church Hall
TBA Lucky Duck Race on the River
2:30pm: Meat Roll at the Legion
3pm: Lobster Crate Run on the River, Registration,
$2, in Bissell Park at 2:30, Cash Prizes
6:30pm: Street Parade
9:45pm/Sunset: Fireworks over the River
Sponsored by Shiretown Home & Auto.
10:15pm-2am: Festival Dance with DJ Dave, at the
Fire Hall, 19+ ($10 Admission)
Enjoy the Festival!
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11am - 6pm: Arts & Crafts Sale at the Anglican Church
Hall
1pm: West Branch UCW Pie Sale on the Lion's Den
Veranda
1 - 3pm: Art in the Park with the two Margs, All Ages in
Bissell Park. Enjoy painting an artwork in acrylic
paint with Marg Earle and other crafty activities
with Marg Jones. All ages are welcome. Materials
supplied, no experience needed.
2-4pm: Heritage Circle at the Presbyterian Church Hall,
local history presentations
6pm: Bed Races, Starting at the St. George's
Presbyterian Church Parking Lot, Bed Frames
available for use. Cash Prizes!
7pm: Entertainment on the Lion’s Den Veranda
featuring River Run with TNT
9 - 1am: Dance featuring the band, Derailed, at the
Fire Hall, 19 + ($10 Admission)
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Family, friends and neighbors are cordially invited
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
West River Fire Hall from 2-6 pm
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July 23, 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
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Friday, July 22, set up tents & campers (all day).
Contest for best decorated tent/camper.
Saturday, July 23, beginning at 10 a.m.
Multiple events, music late afternoon & evening.
Sunday, July 24, 9 a.m., Breakfast & socializing.
CHICKEN
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Toney River Community Hall
SUNDAY, JULY 24TH
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Large meal (1/2 chicken) $12
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Seaboard Cemetery
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Sat, July 23 ~ 9 a.m.
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Residents of the Municipality interested in filling the
Citizens at Large positions or the Leaseholder position should
submit a letter of application to the undersigned no later
than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
To be considered eligible applicants must be a resident of
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residents of an area where aquaculture leases are being
anticipated, or where problems with existing leases have
been identified. Overall the responsibility of the Working
Group is to ensure that residents in the affected areas are
well informed on what is taking place.
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of the County of Pictou, PO Box 910, Pictou, NS, B0K 1H0,
or delivered to the Municipal Administration Building at 46
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The Town of Pictou would like to advise all water utility customers that sprinkler
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Tuesday, July 26 - Thursday, July 28, 2016
Residents and Businesses are advised to anticipate discoloured water and low
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July 20, 2013
News 17
The Shrinerette yard sale held recently at the Tri-lodge in New Glasgow was full of treasures for
those shopping. Michal Crowe of Dartmouth, left, and Margie Beck of New Glasgow, were interested in tea cups and purses.
(Brimicombe photo)
The Ladies Auxiliary for the Little Harbour Presbyterian Church
hosted its annual summer coffee and tea party at the Little
Harbour Community Centre recently. Pictured above are Ann
Marie Rose, convener of the event, enjoying a break with her
granddaughter Karlee Rose while Grace Paris serves up some
tea. The event included a baked goods table, new to you table,
local artists as well as a book table and sweets served up along
with the tea and coffee. Funds raised from the event go to the
(Harvie photo)
church for regular maintenance.
The Caribou Fire Hall was the location of a recent flea market.
The sale serves as a fundraiser for the hall's ways and means
committee through table rentals and the admission fee. Pictured
is Susan Spence-Campbell of Umberland Daylillies. This year was
Spence-Campbell's second year taking part and she said she
returned due to the "extremely surprising positive response" of
last year's sale. The Caribou Fire Department is currently preparing for Saturday's open house to celebrate its 30th anniversary
(Cameron photo)
and a lobster supper August 13.
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July 20, 2016
RIVER JOHN NEWS
By Anne Patriquin
River John correspondent
What a beautiful week we
had after all that rain. The forecast is looking good for River
John Festival Days which starts
July 22 with the Big Baseball
Game. There will be a chicken
barbecue at the Toney River Hall
on July 24 starting at 11 a.m.
until 3 p.m. or until sold out.
Adults $12, children $8. Harmony
Trail will be entertaining everyone so come and enjoy the good
food and good company.
Also on July 23, which is
Saturday, there will be a lobster
there is breakfast by the Sunrise
Trail 4-H club at the Lion's Club
– french toast and sausage
($6/$4); during the day are
other activities I am sure you
all would be interested in, so
pick up a listing which can be
found throughout River John
and area. I will let you know
about the breakfasts being
served for Tuesday, July 26 by
the River John 4-H Club also at
the Lion's Club on the veranda.
They are serving bacon, eggs
and beans. On Wednesday staring at 6:45 a.m., breakfast is by
the River John Action Society
they are serving ham and eggs
($6/$4).
Come out and enjoy the River
John Festival Days – it's a great
time to see friends, taste the good
food and enjoy good music on
dinner at the River John Fire
Hall.
On Sunday, July 24 from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lismore Sheep
Farm there is a farmers market
with wagon rides, barbecue
and a wool demonstration. The
church service at Salem United
starts at 11 a.m. After the
church service is the Festival
Lunch at the fire hall, cost is $5.
Don't forget the children's
parade with a barbecue afterwards in the Lions Club
Playground. The theme this
year is Winding Roads and
Waterways, sponsored by T&E
Heighton Construction.
On Monday, 6:45-10:30 a.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
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the Lion's Veranda in the evenings.
I will list more activities next
week. Please pick up a listing of
all the activities starting July 22
and ending July 30.
Bye for now everyone. Stay
safe everyone and have a great
week!
STEWART, Eleanor Lillian – 86,
Greenwood, went home to be with
her Lord, Wednesday, July 13,
2016 at home, surrounded by her
family. Born in Merigomish, Eleanor
was the daughter of the late Bertha
Robson and William Foote. She
spent her childhood in French
River before moving to New
Glasgow at the age of 17. She was
employed with various businesses,
including the former McCarron’s
Tea Room, New Glasgow, where
she met her husband Ed. Eleanor
served as a faithful member of
Union Presbyterian Church,
Thorburn, the Atlantic Missionary
Society, and the French River
Cemetery Committee. She was a
Past Nobel Grand of Dorcas
Rebekah Lodge No. 42, Thorburn,
and a 50-year jewel holder. Eleanor
assisted in the operation of E.D.
Stewart Well-Drilling Ltd. for over
50 years, serving as partner with
her husband Ed. She was a loving
and caring lady who enriched the
lives of many, with her kindness,
generosity and hospitality. Eleanor
demonstrated her faith through
devotion to family and community.
She leaves a legacy best described
in Proverbs 31, which will be cherished by her family. Surviving are
her children, David, Greenwood;
Grace (David) Hatton, Holden,
Mass.; Allan, Greenwood; Karen
(Philip) Murray, Greenwood; Marilyn
Stewart, Greenwood; grandchildren, Samuel Hatton, West
Boylston, Mass.; Anna, Emma,
and Timothy Hatton, Holden; sister-in-law, Mildred Stewart, Pictou;
brother-in-law, Rev. Lloyd (Myrna)
Stewart, Shag Harbour; several
nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by her husband of
58 years, Edmund David “Ed”
Stewart; brother-in-law, Frank
Stewart. Funeral service will be
held 11 a.m. today, July 20, in
Union Presbyterian Church with
Rev. Jeff Lackie officiating.
Interment will be in Thorburn
Cemetery. Donations may be
made in Eleanor’s memory to
Union Presbyterian Church,
Thorburn. †
COLLIER, Michael "Jerome" –
72, of Westville, passed away on
July13, 2016 in Glen Haven Manor
with his daughters at his side.
Born on September 1, 1943 in
Three Rocks, Nfld., he was a son
of the late Michael and Roseanna
(Hinks) Collier. Jerome was a general labourer by trade and enjoyed
fishing as his pastime. He is survived by daughters Joan Collier,
Westville; Rose Lawrence (Darrell),
Salem; Stacey Collier (Mike),
Westville and son, Mike Collier
(Paula); Westville; grandchildren,
Joseph, Clarrissa, Steve, James,
Michelle, Jasmine, Gordon,
Alyssa, Michael, Mariah, Alex, T.J.
and Tasha; brother Norman and
sisters Joan, Evelyn and Linda.
Jerome was predeceased by his
son, Terry and sisters Rona and
Margaret. Memorial service was
held July 18 from Eagles Funeral
Chapel, Westville. Interment in Holy
Name Cemetery.
FRASER, Donald Stewart – 87,
of 368 Sinclair’s Road, Sinclair’s
Island, passed away July 13,
2016 in the Aberdeen Hospital,
New Glasgow. Born in Mill Brook
on May 7, 1929, he was a son of
the late James Daniel and Jessie
Emma (MacLeod) Fraser, of Mill
Brook. He was raised on the family farm. He worked at and retired
from the Dept. of Highways. He
enjoyed his family, farming and
looking after horses and cows.
He will be sadly missed by his
wife, Yvonne Caroline (Cooke);
son, Aaron (Sherry); step-granddaughter, Elizabeth. He is also
survived by a sister, Myrtle
Wooldridge; sister-in-law, Helen
Barter and many nieces and
nephews. Donald was predeceased by his infant son, D.
Stewart and son, Kenneth Robert;
brothers: Allister, James, Lloyd,
Raymond and infant brother
Chester; sisters: Evelyn Robinson,
Vera MacCulloch, Ella Tupper,
Jean Henderson and sister-in-law,
Evelyn Fraser. Funeral service was
held July 18 in the R.H. Porter
Funeral Home, New Glasgow.
Burial in Riverside Cemetery.
Donations may be made to Little
Harbour Presbyterian Church or
Little Harbour Fire Dept.
ROBERTS, William Thomas –
84, of Malagash Station, passed
away July 7, 2016 in Cumberland
Regional Health Care Centre,
Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) takes
place 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the River
John Library and 1:30-2:15 p.m. at
the New Glasgow Library.
Knitting for kids ages 8+, Stellarton
Library, 2-3 p.m.
ABC’s for Babies (newborn-18
months) runs 10-11 a.m., Westville
Library and 10:45-11:30 a.m.,
Stellarton Library.
ToddleTime (18 months-3 years) is
10:15-11 a.m. at the New Glasgow
Library.
Gamers Afterschool @ Library
(drop-in), 3-5 p.m., Westville Library.
Afterschool @ Library (ages 5-9), 3-4
p.m., Stellarton Library.
Meat darts, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 7 p.m. All welcome.
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CHISHOLM, Joshua George –
passed away suddenly at his
home in Canmore, Alberta on July
5, 2016 at the age of 28. Born on
June 6, 1988, he was the son of
George and Vivian Chisholm
(Eureka). Josh graduated from
Northumberland Regional High
School in 2006, then proceeded
to attend Nova Scotia Community
College and graduated with a
diploma in Digital Animation. He
then attended Vancouver Film
School for 3D animation, 3D modeling and visual effects. After
school, Josh worked numerous
jobs in Vancouver, Jasper, Grande
Prairie, and Canmore. Josh was
predeceased by his grandfather,
Richard Dunc Chisholm; Aunt
Karen (Chisholm) VanKessel and
great-grandparents Bill and Vivian
Forsyth. Josh is survived by parents George and Vivian, brother
Noah, sister Robyn, nieces Rayn,
Lyra, Alyana, nephew Aryan,
Nanny Jean Chisholm, Nanny
Poppy Macleod (Doug), Papa
Gordon Macleod (Shirley), numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and
many loving friends from across
Canada. Josh will be remembered
for his talented artwork, kind
heart, passionate spirit, beautiful
smile, his infectious laugh and
humour. Josh touched the lives of
everyone he met. Funeral was
held July 17 at the Union
Presbyterian Church, Thorburn.
return to the Stellarton Library on
Fridays and Saturdays.
Club Francais, 12-1 p.m., Stellarton
Library. Join in for delightful conversation, en francais! For more info contact
the co-ordinator Cynthia Gallager at
902-754-2682 or cynthia.gallagher@
gmail.com.
OBITUARIES
BURBIDGE, Alice Lorraine
(Sharpe) – It is with heavy hearts
that the family announces the
passing of their beloved mother
Alice on July 13, 2016 one month
shy of her 90 birthday. Born in
Hopewell, Pictou County on
August 12, 1926 she was the
daughter of the late Fisher and
Mary (Kindervater) Sharpe. Alice
attended St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church in Pictou where she
belonged to the women’s group
and sang in the choir. She also
volunteered at the Northumberland
Veterans Unit, with the Red Cross
and the Pictou Opportunity Shop
and Food Bank and was always
ready to lend a helping hand
when family or friends needed
help. Reading, sewing and knitting were some of her favourite
pastimes and when her grandchildren were young a pair of
Grammies handknit socks were
among the Christmas gifts. Alice
is survived by daughters Margaret
(Wayne), Lr. Sackville; Jude,
Pictou; son Thom, Charlottetown;
grandsons Mark (Sharlene), Steve
(Nicole), Lr. Sackville, Leon, the
Yukon; granddaughter Trina (Dave)
Kempt and great-grandchildren
Katelyn, Terren, Amber, Blake,
Henry and Adelaide and brother
Bob, Ontario. She was predeceased by her husband of 61
years, Laurie; brothers, Willard,
Douglas and Stanford; sister,
Isabel. A celebration of Alice’s life
will be held at the Pictou Legion
on July 23 from 2-4 p.m. with an
internment service for family only
on July 24 at Seaview Cemetery.
Donations in Alice’s memory may
be made to the Heart & Stroke
Foundation of the Northumberland
Veteran’s Unit. †
WEDNESDAY, July 20
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.
Amherst. Born August 21, 1931,
he was a son of the late Arthur
and Jessie (Strayhorn) Roberts of
Bayhead. Bill spent his entire
career as a heavy equipment
operator with a specialty in excavators. He began his career in
Calgary, moving on to Ontario,
and then back to the Maritimes,
living in the Halifax area for many
years. Known as ‘Backhoe Bill,’
he was employed with Whebby’s
Construction Ltd., Municipal
Contractors of Bedford and retired
from Bernie Fancy Construction
Ltd., Halifax. After retirement, Bill
moved back home, settling in
Malagash Station. He had a great
love of snowmobiles, four-wheelers, and the camaraderie the trails
provided. In recent years, Bill
could be found having a coffee at
the Shell station in Tatamagouche,
getting there by one of his many
vehicles, telling a story or sharing
a laugh with his many friends.
Most recently Bill was a resident
of High Crest-Springhill Nursing
Home, where he made new
friends and enjoyed the company
of residents and staff. Bill was
predeceased by his brothers,
Edward (Jessie), Bruce (Mary);
brothers-in-law, Reg Hayman and
Gordon Toole. He is survived by
brother, Scott (Judy) Roberts,
Waverley; sister, Thelma Hayman,
Bayhead; nieces and nephews.
Survivng are his companion,
Katherine Shivers, Malagash
Station and her sons, Wally (Barb),
Dartmouth; Trevor, at home.
Memorial service was held July 17
in Bayhead Union Church.
TAYLOR, Barry Keith – New
Glasgow, passed away on July
10, 2016, surrounded by family
and friends in Aberdeen Hospital,
New Glasgow. He was a devoted
husband, father, uncle, and friend
to all who knew him. Barry bravely faced the challenge of lung disease, maintaining his always positive outlook during this difficult
journey. He will be fondly remembered by his friends and family for
his quiet demeanor and dry wit.
Barry was born May 23, 1951 in
Middle Musquodoboit, one of
seven children, of Keith Taylor,
Northumberland Veterans Wing,
Pictou and the late Joan Taylor.
Barry was employed by Purolator
Courier Truro for over 30 years.
During that time, he touched
many lives and his dedication to
his work was legendary. At the
annual gala held by the Pictou
County Chamber of Commerce,
Barry was honoured with the
Employee of the Year for 2001 for
his extraordinary efforts and service. Barry was an avid sportsman with a great passion for golf
and hockey. He was an active
member of Abercrombie Golf and
Country Club, recording his first
hole in one last summer and his
love of the Detroit Red Wings was
unrivaled. When not at the golf
course, Barry loved to spend time
in Lochaber where he shared his
summers with family and friends.
Barry was especially proud of his
cottage, spending time creating a
comfortable home away from
home for his family. Barry was a
loving uncle to nieces Grace and
Megan; a devoted Poppy to baby
Charlotte; and shared the love of
his Red Wings with his little buddy,
Haley. He was predeceased by
mother, Joan; mother in law,
Lucienne Doudelet; tatante,
Jeanette Prendergast. Surviving
are his wife of 36 years, Claire;
daughter, Jennifer Lauren (Tony)
Hurd, Ottawa, Ont.; sisters, Dana
(Tom)
Parker,
Middle
Musquodoboit; Joann (Jim)
Turple, Hardwood Hill; brothers,
Clair, Peace River, Alta.; Clifford
(Kara) and Michael, Scotsburn;
Brian (Michelle), New Glasgow;
numerous nieces, nephews and
cousins. Mass of Christian burial
was celebrated July 13 in Our
Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic
Church, Stellarton. Private burial
at a later date.
THOMSEN, Judith Carol
“Judy” – 71, New Glasgow,
passed away after a hard fought
battle with cancer on July 15,
2016 in the Aberdeen Hospital,
New Glasgow surrounded by her
family. Born in New Glasgow, she
was the daughter of Jean
(MacKinnon) and the late John
George Patterson. She was a
member and elder of First
Presbyterian
Church,
New
Glasgow and has been involved in
many aspects of the church,
including former Sunday School
teacher and Sunday School
Superintendent.
Judy
was
involved for many years as an
instructor in the Christopher
Leadership Course. She retired
from the Chignecto-Central
Regional School Board in library
services. Judy enjoyed music and
dancing and going for drives and
nature. Surviving are her mother,
Jean; sons, Darin (Cindy); Scott
(Sonya); Brad (Monica); daughter
Heather (James), grandchildren,
Daniel, Bryce, Chase, Alicia,
Adelle and Rachel Thomsen, and
Sophia Lacey; step-grandchildren
Andreas and Athena Lacey, brother Barry (Jeanie) Patterson, several nieces and nephews and
many dear friends. Besides her
father, she was predeceased by
her husband William Alexander
“Willie” Thomsen and special
friend Cecil Ross. Funeral was
held July 19 in First Presbyterian
Church, New Glasgow. Interment
in French River Cemetery.
Donations may be made in Judy’s
memory to First Presbyterian
Church, New Glasgow or French
River Cemetery.
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return to the library this summer at the
Trenton Library on Wednesdays.
The Pictou Library C@P Site will have
an intern on hand on Wednesdays
and Fridays to give free one-on-one
training.
Stream summer reading program for
school-age children, 10:30 a.m.,
Pictou Library. Registration required.
Stream Summer programs at the
Westville Library, Lego challenge days,
2:30-3:30 p.m. Registration required.
LEGOs at the Pictou Library, 1-4 p.m.,
for children of all ages.
Family storytime, Stellarton Library,
10:45-11:30 a.m.
New service! Play Packs. Now available, play packs are kits with books
and play equipment available to borrow with your library card from the
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library.
One on one training sessions, 9-10
a.m. and 1- 5 p.m. Call or drop in to
book the time. Sessions are free.
Music Circle Jam, West Branch
Community hall, 7-10 p.m. Admission
for players is free, listeners are asked
to contribute $2.50. Light refreshments. Proceeds to community hall.
THURSDAY, July 21
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) is
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) meets 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) is 6:157:15 p.m., Stellarton Library.
Puppetry Club (pre-registration
required) meets 3-4:30 p.m. at the
Westville Library.
LEGOs @ the Library, 3-4 p.m., New
Glasgow Library.
Tween Scene is 3-4:30 p.m., Westville
Library. Tweens are invited to hang out
and create together!
Karaoke, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 8 p.m. Admission $3.
ABC’s for Babies, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Pictou Library, for moms/dads and
babies from newborn to 18 months.
Summer family storytimes, New
Glasgow Library, 10:15-11 a.m.
Pop-up Drop-in Thursdays, 12-8 p.m.,
Stellarton Library. Drop by and see
what fun stuff we have planned.
Summer Stream program at Westville
Library, All things Shopkins, 2:30-3:30
p.m. Registration required.
Spiritually aware parenting, New
Glasgow Library, 4:30 p.m. Learn
simple techniques to stay authentically
happy while creating a happy family
unit in this info session with Christina
Fletcher.
FRIDAY, July 22
AA’s Trenton 24-Hr. Group meets at 8
p.m. on Pleasant Street; Hope Group
meets at 8 p.m., the Sister Catherine
Steel Centre, Lourdes.
Knitting circle is 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.
Toddletime is 10-11 a.m., Westville
Library and 10:45-11:45 at the
Stellarton Library.
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with draw at 9 p.m. Proceeds to support the River John Legion and the
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-11:30 a.m., Pictou Library. Would you
like to: connect with other senior
women? Enjoy short bike rides and
learn new skills? Feel safe cycling on
trails and roads? Pre-registration
required, by contacting the Pictou
Recreation at (902) 485-4372.
Preschool summer reading program,
10:30 a.m., Pictou Library (Bowling
Alley).
One-on-one training sessions, 9-10
a.m. and 1- 5 p.m. Call or drop in to
book the time for a free session.
Friday Night Social, Tatamagouche
Legion; barbecue, salad, dessert and
refreshments 5-7 p.m. or until sold
out. Everyone welcome.
Makey Makey, Little Bits and Virtual
Reality glasses, River John Library,
2-4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, July 23
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, 2-4 p.m. Be there at
4:15 p.m. to win.
AA’s Easy Does it Group meets at 8
p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, Westville.
Seniors Relay sale, 474 Scotsburn
Rd, West Branch, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday Morning Puppetry Club,
10:30-11:30 a.m., Pictou Library.
Crafty Saturday (drop-in), 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Trenton Library.
Imagination Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Stellarton Library; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
River John Library, Westville Library
and Trenton Library.
Old time dance, 7:30 p.m., West
Branch Community hall. Music by The
MacKinnons plus Marilyn, Alvin and
Auldie; Roger Simms will be calling the
sets. Lunch served, shared sweets.
Adm. $7. Proceeds to the West
Branch hall.
River John Volunteer Fire Department
annual lobster dinner at the fire hall, 12
p.m. until sold out. Adults $20, children $15.
SUNDAY, July 24
AA’s Hope Group meets at 12:30 p.m.
at the Sister Catherine Steele Centre,
Stellarton. There is an information
meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the Pictou
Detox. The Pictou Hr. Group meets at
8 p.m. on Old Pictou Road and the
HOW Group meets at 8:30 p.m. at
First Baptist Church, East River Road,
New Glasgow.
Meat roll, Royal Canadian Legion
Pictou, 2 p.m. Members and guests.
Festival Days Folk Music Concert, St.
John's Anglican Church, River John
by Music award winner Al Tuck and
musician Thomas McCallum, 4 p.m.
$10 at the door. Proceeds shared by
the musicians and the church.
Chicken BBQ, Toney River Community
hall, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., large $12, small
$8. Musical entertainment; new Toney
River T-shirts for sale. Rain or shine!
MONDAY, July 25
AA’s Trenton 24 Group meets at 8
p.m. on Pleasant Street; 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.
will be at the River John Library on
Mondays, Tuesday and Thursday.
‘They Came From Away’ – critically
acclaimed one-man play written and
performed by Trevor McKinven at
Pictou United Church, 47 James
Street, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 each for
this family friendly performance are
available by calling 902 485-8081or at
the door.
Pictou County's own "Little Smoke" in
concert at Green Hill-Alma United
Church, 7:30 p.m. Part of Monday
Music in Alma Concert Series.
Admission: Pay what you can (please
consider at least $10.)
Glencoe Community hall annual general meeting, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, July 26
ALANON Adult Children of Alcoholics
meets 7-8 p.m. downstairs at The
Detox Center, 199 Elliott Street, Pictou.
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+), preregistration is required, 3-4:30 p.m.,
Pictou Library.
ABC’s for Babies (newborn-18
months), 10:15-11 a.m., New Glasgow
Library.
Play with LEGO 6-7 p.m., Pictou
Library, 6:15-7:45 p.m., River John
Library; 6:30-7:30 p.m., Stellarton
Library; 6-7:30 p.m., Westville Library
and 1-4 p.m. at the Pictou Library.
Beginners guide to geocaching (ages
10+), New Glasgow Library, 2-3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, July 27
River John Festival Days, old time fiddling contest, 7 p.m., River John Fire
hall. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. to enter
or for info call Raymond and Marlene
MacDonald at 902-485-4773. Adm.
$10. 50/50 draw.
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.
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
Festival of the Tartans
19
Museum designated heritage
site during Tartans Festival
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
From left: New Glasgow Mayor Barrie MacMillan, Jane Williams, representing the Carmichael
family, Coun. Clyde Fraser and Pictou County Historical Society member Fergie MacKay preside over the official unveiling of the Carmichael-Stewart Museum as a heritage site in New
(Goodwin photo)
Glasgow.
NEW GLASGOW – A brief
ceremony took place at the
Carmichael-Stewart Museum last
week in conjunction with the official opening of the 59th Festival
of the Tartans as Mayor Barrie
MacMillan announced the official
designation of the museum as a
municipal heritage site.
“This stately Victorian home
was built in 1880 by Senator
James W. Carmichael, a prominent citizen and heir to a prosperous shipbuilding company.
Senator Carmichael gifted the
home to his son and daughter-inlaw as a wedding present,”
MacMillan said. “The home was
subsequently given to the Town
of New Glasgow after the passing
of James M. Carmichael's daughter, Maria, and her husband R.B.
Stewart.”
MacMillan explained the criteria for such a designation that
include the property’s age, its
historical significance and architectural design and its relevance
to the history of the area.
Besides the building’s features
and artifacts, the property is home
to a horse-drawn carriage called a
barouche, a penny-farthing bicycle, a lion by famous sculptor and
New Glaswegian John Wilson
and the Frank Calder Memorial
Garden with customized flower
Pioneer Cemetery’s heritage celebrated
By Steve Goodwin
[email protected]
Heritage volunteer Linda Arsenault, left, and heritage advisory committee member Lynn MacLean stand in front of the
Carmichael family plot located in Pioneer Cemetery in New
(Goodwin photo)
Glasgow.
NEW GLASGOW – It has
been a slow process, but Pioneer
Cemetery is being restored as a
treasured piece of the town’s
and county’s history.
Volunteers led by the
town’s heritage advisory committee have been busy over
the past five years enhancing
the cemetery. It became the
town’s first municipally designated heritage site in 2006.
It is also known as the
Founders Cemetery – reflecting the graves of those buried
there in the late 1700s – and
the MacGregor Cemetery –
due to the grave site for Rev.
James
MacGregor,
first
Presbyterian minister in the
area.
Graves of some early settlers who arrived from
Scotland on the Ship Hector
are also contained there.
The cemetery is bordered
on one side by tall trees separating it from a view of the
East River and is surrounded
by the railway, a fuel depot
and the start of the Pioneer
Trail where the cemetery is
accessed.
Vandalism to the site has
included grave stones defaced
and moved. Some stones have
been restored and cleaned,
while descendants of some
people buried there have
begun installing new stones
containing clearer copies of
the original inscriptions.
Lynn MacLean, a member
of the sub-committee struck
by the heritage committee to
improve conditions at the
cemetery, says only 80 of the
estimated 111 people buried
there have stones marking
their graves. Many of the buried are children, some of
whom died very young.
The group’s first phase of
work included head stone
species by the late Captain
Richard Steele.
“The museum is a testament
to the glory days of the 1800s
where hundreds of fine ships
were built by the Carmichael
shipbuilding
company,”
MacMillan said. “The Carmichael
family (members) were entrepreneurial and political leaders both
locally and nationally. They
played a key role within our
province and indeed with James
W. being Pictou County's first
Member of Parliament, and the
family playing a critical role in
developing the age of sail, this
placed New Glasgow and Pictou
County on the national and international stage.”
work, confirming the number
of graves and erecting a mesh
fence to secure the site.
The second phase included
putting up a new main gate
and a stamped cement slab. A
commemorative panel was
placed along the Pioneer Trail
near where people can walk
or drive to the cemetery.
MacLean conducts tours of
the cemetery. She says it’s
important to keep working on
heritage sites like Pioneer
Cemetery so they don’t fade
from people’s minds.
One of the two more prominent burial sites is a plot for
members of the famed
Carmichael family, including
James Carmichael, who founded New Glasgow’s once-thriving shipbuilding industry in
the 1800s.
20 Religion
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
They Came From Away...
Play recounts Nfld's kindness after 9/11
PICTOU – Do not
miss the chance to catch
'They Came From Away'
on stage at Pictou United
Church.
The
critically-acclaimed play returns to
the Maritimes on Monday,
July 25 beginning at 7:30
p.m.
This one-man show,
written and performed by
Trevor McKinven, has
toured
the
country
throughout the past five
years and shares the heroing stories of five different
characters as they recount
their wild and wonderful
experiences while marooned
in Newfoundland for the
week following the 9/11
disaster.
When all air traffic was
ordered to land on September
11, 2001, the small town of
Gander,
Newfoundland
absorbed and embraced more
than 6,500 stranded passengers. These passengers were
on their way to other locations, however, because of
the tragic events that
occurred that day, a number
of planes were forced to land
in Newfoundland.
Townsfolk showed their
compassion and took the displaced into their homes giving them a place to rest, have
a home-cooked meal and a
dose
of
old-fashioned
Newfoundland hospitality.
Join these 'plane people' as
they reunite and reflect on that
week-long international slumber/kitchen party with affection and humour. The thread
uniting these characters’ stories
is how profoundly grateful they
are to have been sent somewhere so special and how it
truly saved their sanity at a difficult time.
All are welcome to witness this 'kitchen party on
stage' so bring the family
for an evening filled with
laughs and touching tales
of the friendships forged
when ...they came from
away! Tickets are $15 and
are available through
Pictou United Church by
phoning 902-485-8081 or
at the door.
HOLY NAME CHURCH – WESTVILLE
"I will not leave you
orphaned, I will never forget
My own," were the hope-filled
words from the hymn, Isaiah
49. Also sung in the morning
mass were Gather Us In, God
is So Good and For You Are
My God.
Father Bernie MacAdam
officiated weekend masses.
Greeting the congregation
Sunday morning were Angela
Hanebury and Lynn Brezinski
who, with Gus Fahey and
Gordon
MacIntosh,
also
served in ushers and offerings
ministries. Fahey was cross
bearer.
Reading scripture for morning mass was David Freckelton,
eucharistic ministers were
Belle
Bourque,
Gordon
MacIntosh and Mary Claire
MacIntosh.
Serving
in
ministries
Saturday afternoon were Bill
Chisholm as both cross bearer
and alter server, Robert
Ferguson as lector, Diane
McPherson and Garnet and
Lorraine Fraser as eucharistic
ministers, Ron and Margie
DeCoff as hospitality and
Marilyn Cameron and Marie
Dwyer in ushers and offerings.
The story of Martha and
Mary was the focus of this
weekend's homily. The congregation was reminded of
the complaints made by
Martha when she was left to
do all the work as her sister,
Mary sat listening to Jesus
teach. Jesus' response to
Martha was, "You are so busy
with so many things, while
Mary focuses on the one."
Jesus told Martha that Mary
had chosen rightly and this
would not be taken from her.
MacAdam applied the scrip-
ture lesson to today's fastpaced world. He said we so
often become overwhelmed
with the pressures of today's
society, the need to accumulate so many things, the pressures to pack so many activities into our lives that we
often forget to stop, slow
down and focus on what is
truly important. He cautioned
the congregation to take those
quiet, slower moments to
enjoy our children before they
are grown, to spend time with
our aging parents before they
are gone, to slow and enjoy all
that is truly important in our
lives.
Weekday masses are cancelled for this week, however,
weekend services are on
schedule; Saturday at 4:30
p.m. and Sunday at 9:15 a.m.
Submitted
by
Angela
Hanebury
The deadline for submissions to the Religion Page
is noon on Mondays.
Email submissions to: [email protected]
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PICTOU UNITED CHURCH
Wanda Smith and Millie
Hoffe greeted at the door.
Margaret Anne Dodson was
steward and Alison Arsenault
served as ambassador. Donna
Weaver was worship leader
along with Diane Vaughan
and Carolyn Moore.
The congregation was
reminded of the upcoming
play, They Came From Away,
by Trevor McKinven. It is the
dramatization of welcoming
the world to Newfoundland
during the events of 9/11. It
will be performed at the
church on July 25 at 7:30 p.m.
and tickets are available from
the church office.
The Christ candle was lit as
the group sang Take This
Moment and Gathering Prayer
was based on Psalm 30.
Wisdom from the Hebrew
scriptures from Job 23: 8-12
was shared followed by the
Gospel lesson from Matthew
11: 28-29. Psalm 91, On Eagles
Wings was sung.
The reflection was entitled
Upsy Daisy and illustrated
that the way a little child is
lifted up after a fall is the
same way that God cares and
helps people after they experience difficult times. Stories
from the Bible such as Job,
King David and Naomi show
God’s love.
Following the offering,
Jennifer and David Pos played
As The Deer based on Psalm
42 on piano and keyboard.
Hymns sung were Jesus Loves
Me, What a Friend We Have
in Jesus and All the Way My
Saviour Leads Me.
Prayers of the People were
followed by The Lord’s
Prayer.
Submitted
by
Bonny
McTague
FIRST UNITED BAPTIST – NEW GLASGOW
Pastor Gordon Sutherland
continued his sermon series
“Making Friends with the
Friends of God” with “Joshua
and Caleb: Friends Facing
Peer Pressure,” based upon
the Book of Numbers 13:2614:9. Sutherland’s message
was “When the world tells
you to give up, God invites
you to look up.”.
The message was reinforced by numerous scriptures, Matthew 19:26 and Luke
1:37.
The music team comprised
of Dagmar Carter (keyboard),
Donna Cooper (autoharp),
Kim Frenette and Ellen
Margeson led the church family in singing songs of praise
that echoed the message, Trust
and Obey, In Christ Alone and
Our God.
Two youth, Caleb Archibald
and Katie Warren, are on a
mission trip to Guatemala;
slides from their work in the
mission field were shared on
the overhead screen.
A celebration cake in honour of church family members
who celebrate a birthday and/
or anniversary in July was
enjoyed following worship.
A farewell potluck lunch
will be held after worship on
July 31 as Pastor Gordon
Sutherland ends his interim
ministry at First Baptist.
Pastor John Dunnett will begin
his ministry the first of
September.
Submitted by George Henaut
The Advocate
July 20, 2016
New Glasgow passes budget
Residential, commercial rates remain unchanged
By Debbi Harvie
[email protected]
NEW GLASGOW – Town
council approved the 2016-2017
fiscal budget at its recent meeting Monday night.
The residential tax rate will
remain the same at $1.82 per
$100 of assessment while the
commercial rate will also
remain the same at $4.40 per
$100 of assessment.
“The residential rate... is the
same rate that was in effect 12
years ago, prior to the residential assessment cap implemented by the province,” noted
Mayor Barrie MacMillan.
“There is no change in the
commercial tax rate for the
sixth consecutive year.”
MacMillan noted this cap
has resulted in a loss of reve-
nue for the town for the year
totalling $647,685.
“Maintaining the tax rate is
very difficult given the new tax
revenue from the assessment
base doesn’t even cover the
costs of mandatory expenses
like Eastern Mainland Housing
Authority, the school board
and corrections among other
costs,” added CAO Lisa
MacDonald.
“The town ends up absorbing those costs so there had to
be cuts in different departments so we could maintain
the tax rates.”
There is also an additional
$90,000 owed as a result of the
MOU not moving forward, to
cover the cost of the studies, a
cost the province would have
covered had the MOU gone
through.
The cuts won’t be excessive,
MacDonald noted, but there
will be some extras that will no
longer happen.
The annual solid waste
charge per residential dwelling
unit for up to three units will
be $150, an increase from last
year’s $115.
The town’s pollution control rate will also increase from
$1.04 to $1.34 per cubic meter
of water consumed which
equates to $18 per household
per quarter, or $72 per year.
New Glasgow will operate
on a balanced budget of
$19,191,806 and a water utility
operating
budget
of
$4,242,829.
The community grants
amount to $27,255 this year
and $565,000 has been allocated for street paving.
The paving plan includes
Victoria Street, Riverview
Mayor, warden head to Boston
NEW GLASGOW – New
Glasgow Mayor Barrie MacMillan
and Warden Ron Baillie along
with Frank MacFarlane, business
development officer for New
Glasgow and the Municipality of
Pictou County, arrived in Boston
yesterday to meet with the
Consulate General.
MacMillan was in Boston in
2014 establishing relationships
and he and Baillie have returned
to promote business opportunities in New Glasgow and the
Municipality of the County of
Pictou through the New Scotland
Business Development Inc.
The trio will be meeting with
trade commissioners and will be
returning Thursday evening.
Lisa MacDonald, CAO for
New Glasgow, noted that the cost
of travel for MacMillan and Baillie
was covered in their respective
municipality’s travel budget
while MacFarlane’s travel costs
will be shared between the two
units.
PARKING CONCERN
Emerson Dempster is concerned about the lack of parking
in the downtown New Glasgow
core for customers and tourists
alike.
“The available parking in the
downtown core determines
whether someone spends their
money in New Glasgow or goes
elsewhere,” he told council on
Monday.
“How is Glasgow Square full
first thing in the morning?”
Dempster went on to deduce
the parking is swallowed up by
merchants, employees and store
owners, not customers.
“I don’t blame them, Glasgow
Square is close, easy and free.”
He noted when Glasgow
Square parking first came about,
it was a paid parking structure,
but then it became free. “I suggest
you bring back the pay system.”
Coun. Trudy Vince requested
people with out of province plates
parked in the downtown core not
be ticketed if their meter runs out.
MacDonald explained the
bylaw officer rarely tickets out of
province vehicles.
FOOD TRUCKS
Council accepted a request
from Jason Conway to set up his
mobile food truck, Fork in the
Road, in the downtown area.
He requested a few spots to
operate including the bistro table
at the New Glasgow Library as
well as Rotary Park on the Samson
Trail.
MacMillan suggested he could
also use the location where the
former Maritime Building once
stood.
Drive, Helene Street, Military
Lane, Hospital Avenue, Brown
Street,
Trenton
Road,
Shelburne Street, George
Street, Lorne Street, North
Provost Street, Abercrombie
Road,
Munroe
Avenue,
Brookside Avenue as well as
Reservoir Street.
The paving projects have
been tendered, with four tenders being received and S.W.
Weeks Construction coming in
with the lowest bid of
$328,982.50. They were awarded the contract.
MacDonald says there is
prep work required by the
town to go along with the paving, but it should still come in
under the budgeted amount.
The town’s capital budget
totals $4,386,682 while the
water utility capital budget is
$5,299,000.
Community
21
Gather round
the pond...
Annual pork chop
barbecue coming up
The sound of chatter in the
air and sizzling pork chops
on the grill is more than
enough to bring the crowds
to Scotsburn on July 27 for
this year’s annual pork chop
barbecue.
Hitting its 49th year this
summer, the dinner acts as a
fundraiser for the Scotsburn
Fire Department, where the
event is held.
Some patrons have been
retuning to get their fill from
the dinner for around 30 or
40 years, bringing back family members and friends each
year.
Picnic tables will be set up
around the pond for dining.
The event is taking place
at the fire hall from 4 p.m. to
6:30 p.m. or until they sell
out. The Heatherbell pipe
band will provide entertainment for the event.
For anyone who has not
attended in the past, the dinner includes two scoops of
potato salad, two pieces of
barbecued pork chop as well
as tea, coffee or milk and a
Scotsburn ice cream for dessert.
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A quiet little lavender farm by
the sea may not, at first glance,
appear to be a hot ticket summer
destination but then, appearances
can be deceiving.
The Seafoam Lavender Farm's
annual Lavender Festival was one
of a handful of events happening
throughout the county on the
weekend but the two-day festival
saw as many as 1,000 people visit
the farm, take part in the tour, try a
lavender ice cream or lemonade,
get their favourite lavender product or pick a bouquet.
“Yesterday was madness, it
was wonderful,” said Suzy Belt in
reference to the Saturday turnout.
Bent and her husband Dave – who
serves as tour guide during the
festival – own the farm and hold
the Lavender Festival every July as
a way of celebrating the harvest.
Belt said this season has proved
to be better than last year. “We had
a nice winter,” Belt said.
The farm offers an ever changing range of lavender-infused
products which use the flower
itself rather than essential oils. Belt
explained that lavender is a noted
anti-inflammatory with a calming
effect on the stomach, similar to
ginger.
As for the crowd, Belt said the
“die hard” lavender lovers come
whenever they please while the
Lavender Festival tends to bring
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“The first timers love the tour
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really enjoyed the tour.”
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News 22
Diane Appleby of Dartmouth
picks lavender Sunday
afternoon at the Seafoam
Lavender Farm during the
annual Lavender Festival.
(Cameron photo)
By Aaron Cameron
[email protected]
Many people came from the
Halifax area and “made a day of it”
while others came in from New
Brunswick, and others still were
travellers passing by on the Sunrise
Trail.
In all, Belt said attendance like
the lavender harvest, is up from
last year.
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July 20 2016 - The Pictou Advocate

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