Victim Services marks seventeen years
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Victim Services of Temiskaming and District swore in three new volunteers at the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce office Tuesday, July 29.The three new volunteers finalized their classroom training with staff that afternoon, which was coincidentally the seventeenth birthday
WINGING IT
There was a good turnout for the swimming competitions August 2 at the 68th annual Elk Lake Civic Holiday Weekend celebrations. Rhya Baker, left, and Avery Gibson, both Elk Lake girls, did a few warm-up laps prior to the race. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
Planting trees in Cobalt park
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- A plan is in place to plant over 50 trees in the Teck Prospect Park in Cobalt by Cobalt Lake.At its regular meeting Tuesday, July 29, Cobalt council received a presentation by Mike Anderson of the Temiskaming Stewardship Council.Mr. Anderson told the
COUNTRY FOOD
Volunteers were once again behind the food counter at Sutton Bay Park’s Countryfest, with proceeds to Temiskaming Hospital’s CAT Scan Foundation. Among the crew were, clockwise from lower left, Kennedy Graydon, Ashley Brown-LaCarte, Peter Graydon, Dale LaCarte and Megan Brown-LaCarte. The Countryfest canteen is one of only two fundraisers
PARK INFRASTRUCTURE
The Temiskaming Foundation, as part of their For Kids Sake Fund, has granted $500 for a bike rack located at the Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark. From the left showing the bike rack at the skatepark on Wednesday, July 16 are Harder 4 Carter Committee members Shelley Antila and Shirley
Feeling blue in Temagami
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – You don’t have to brave bears and bugs to get your blueberry fix this weekend.The annual Temagami Blueberry Festival runs August 3 on the waterfront.There will be face painting, games and a fishing derby for the kids.Adults, meanwhile, can peruse the offerings of
City readies for curbside recycling
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – With curbside recycling to launch in September, the city has bought the Barr Drive recycling facility to store and compact recyclables for shipping.Temiskaming Shores council okayed the $282,000 purchase from the Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board.The city may recoup a substantial
HAIR’S FREE
You may not always have money to donate, “but hair’s free,” said Edith Chaumont. The Englehart woman’s locks will be made into hairpieces for those who’ve lost theirs to illness. Cutting her hair was Chantal Beairsto, who was styling hair at Fashion Fix’s outdoor booth in downtown New Liskeard,
The place to be
The new skatepark in New Liskeard is attracting kids and families to enjoy the new facility. Among them Sunday, July 13, was Ahmad Khayzuran, aged four-and-a-half, of Dymond Township, who, with his family, was visiting the park for the second time. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
BEACH BALL BATTLE
Thursday nights in Earlton are given over to soccer for kids and those too young to play the game – like two-year-old Kody Rivard and big sister Brianna, three – find ways to make their own fun. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)