A host of well-wishers joined Mike D’Amour and Gayle McNaughton, seen above in the centre, for the grand reopening of Gem Sewing at its new home on Regina Street in New Liskeard. On hand were, from left, Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce vice-president Tamara MacDonald; Dalas Forget, South Temiskaming Community Futures Development Corporation loans advisor; chamber president Dan Dawson; Temiskaming Shores Mayor Jeff Laferriere; Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof; Michael Smith, national consumer education manager with Janome Canada; GEM staffers Diane Andress, Michelle Dupuis, Amy Leduc, Sylvia Denis and Brigitte Fiorino; and chamber executive director André Brock. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)