Give the Graydons an awardDear Editor:I have been sitting here every day procrastinating, and decided it was time!In 1980 it was a great privilege for me to be hired by Sharron and Peter Graydon. I was hired as a manager and couldn’t do
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Twenty Questions with Sidney Coll
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Hilliardton Marsh Research & Education Centre (HMREC) MOTUS Program Coordinator Sidney Coll.1. What is your full name?Sidney Coll.2. Where were you born?Trenton, Ontario.3. What position do you have with The Hilliardton Marsh
SPRING SPRUCE-UP
Volunteer Maureen Goddard took advantage of sunny weather to clean up the flowerbeds at the Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum. As the museum prepares to open for the summer, it’ll stage a fundraising yard sale May 28. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Classic Theatre wants to fill seats in upcoming season
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Classic Theatre in Cobalt is looking to fill the theatre this year with each of its seven shows lined up for the September to April season announced Thursday, May 12.The season series was launched at the annual general meeting.This 2016-2017
New Liskeard library getting new roof
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The New Liskeard library will be getting a new roof.The city had budgeted $30,000 for the project when it approved its capital budget late last year.But on Christmas Eve, a windstorm damaged the south and west sides. The cost will be covered by
NEW MEMBERS
New members were recently sworn in to Cobalt Branch 44 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Pictured above are, back from left, Sergeant-at-Arms John Williams; membership chair Lawrence Audette; membership committee member Judy Leveille; new members Mike Minderlein, Aaron Williams and Suzanne Othmer; second vice-president Lauraine Sylvester; president Leo Sylvester;
Communications help for people with hearing loss
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Do you see what I’m saying?That’s the premise behind “speech reading,” commonly referred to as “lip reading.”And a New Liskeard man is trying to gauge public interest in offering a speech reading course in Temiskaming Shores.Ron Caruso said he became interested in
Haileybury man accepts smoke-free challenge and $500
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – After smoking for about 20 years, why did Kyle Flaxey quit?“Mostly because of my two-and-a-half-year-old son,” said the Haileybury man.He has remained smoke-free since the first week of April.But that initial seven-day period qualified him for the Canadian Cancer Society’s
Waterslides set for restoration
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Smoother rides are on the way for waterslide users.City council has approved the resurfacing of waterslides at the Haileybury beach and the Waterfront Pool-Fitness Centre, at a cost of $82,800.It will be their first resurfacing since they were installed more than 25 years ago.
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Englehart still considering industrial park area
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Town of Englehart has set aside $35,000 in its 2016 budget for continued investigation of its proposed 35-acre industrial park site adjacent to Highway 11, and across from Georgia Pacific.Another potential site in the town for an industrial park has also