[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]My mother was forever singing little songs to her children.I am not really sure we ever quite understood what they meant, but they were always present
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Thank you for your letters
Dear Editor:I would like to say thank you to the two gentlemen who wrote in response to Rev. Wipprecht’s wandering epistle on PTSD and the military in general. They were very kind in their answers to him and very thorough with their explanations.I was very upset when I read Rev.
Thank you Speaker
Dear Editor:We want to thank The Temiskaming Speaker for the excellent coverage you have once again given our Bethlehem Walk this year. We appreciate the advertising for weeks before the event and the attendance of your reporter each year to document the Walk with great photos. Thank you.We are also
Requesting help
Dear Editor:Once again, on behalf of the Little Claybelt Homesteaders’ Museum, I am requesting historical help from your readers. We have really appreciated the assistance that we have received in the past.Our first request is for a milk stool, either loaned or donated. We are doing displays this
Thank You Very Much
Dear Editor:It has been over a month since the powerful tropical cyclone that devastated Philippines and portions of Southeast Asia. The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan has breached over 6,000 with nearly 1,800 people still missing and the homes of more than 16-million people flattened or damaged. The country appealed
Wintry fun blasting Earlton
EARLTON (Staff) – Babies, baking and bingo will provide a break from the cold at Earlton Winter Festival ‘14.This year’s carnival, which runs February 6 through 9, will see the return of old favourites as well as the launch of new events.It kicks off February 6 with an evening bingo
Winter roads
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter Public pressure driving improved maintenance: MPPDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Public pressure is a key to improving winter road maintenance, says Temiskaming’s MPP.“If you get enough complaints and they make sense, that’s how you move things forward,” New Democrat MPP John Vanthof told civic leaders at the Temiskaming Municipal
Two more declare for October local elections
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- An interesting multi-pronged event is unfolding this year across the province.On October 27, 2014, most adults across the province will have an opportunity to go to the polls to vote for their neighbours who will represent them on municipal councils and school boards.Most adults also have
Shoebox tally rises in ’13
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – In the weeks before Christmas, donors in the Temiskaming Shores area filled 692 shoeboxes with gifts for children in need around the world.The 2013 tally for Operation Christmas Child was up a little from the previous year, when the local shoebox campaign hit 670.“I was
DTSSAB considers proposed 2014 budget
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 2014 proposed budget of the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) was reviewed at the board’s regular meeting in Englehart Wednesday, January 22.The board is expected to give the budget its final approval at its February 19 meeting.DTSSAB chief administrative officer Don Studholme