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Travelling through time
Something for everyone at 40th Steam/Antique Show this weekendSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — If it’s the third weekend in July, then you know for sure The Rod Inglis Memorial Steam & Antique Show is about to take place.The show celebrates its 40th anniversary beginning July 19-20
Elk Lake making military history
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – Canada’s military history will take a run through Elk Lake on Labour Day.A commemorative relay honouring the one-hundredth anniversary of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry will reach Elk Lake September 1.Elk Lake is one of only three stops
Try your luck in Great Silver Nugget Race
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Silver, silver, silver, silver. Picture a hundred silver golf balls rolling down a hill, and one of them has your number on it. It’s the race of the year. It’s the Great Silver Nugget Race. Where is this happening? Where else could it possibly
Flowers between the raindrops
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_3655" align="alignleft" width="500"] Roseann Winters (left), owner of Rosie’s Gardens, provides gardening care for about 80 clients throughout the area. She is pictured here at the garden of Joanne and Owen Smith
A ball of fun
Summer soccer is strong in EarltonSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter EARLTON – A visitor to the Thursday evening soccer program in Earlton might, at first, be underwhelmed.[caption id="attachment_3644" align="alignleft" width="500"] As they
Jibb bursary assists again this season
HUDSON TOWNSHIP (Staff) – Young hockey players looking to score a financial breakaway this winter need look no further than the Dawson Jibb For the Love of the Game Bursary.It’s the second year for the bursary, valued up to $500, for a player aged 12 and under registering
TDSS Saints Beach volleyball tournament a success
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — What do you get when you have sunny skies, warm sand, enthusiastic participants and a volleyball?A successful, fun beach volleyball tournament.Host for the tournament was Nikki Cambridge and it was held at the New Liskeard beach volleyball courts on June 21.
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FantastischThey were a well-oiled machine that after four weeks of intensity in the Brazilian jungle hoisted the World Cup of Soccer trophy.A trophy that I am saying is probably the most outright version of a phallic symbol I have ever seen.The German men’s soccer team defeated
Sports digest
SUMMER SKATINGThe New Liskeard Skating Club’s Summer Skating School will be held July 21 to August 17 at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena. Skaters will be on the ice starting at 8:15 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday the skating starts at 7:15 a.m.