Thank You
Dear Editor:On behalf of the Temiskaming Lodge Volunteers, I would like to sincerely thank the community who came out to support our recent Fall Bazaar. It is only with the help of our friends and neighbours that we were so successful in obtaining funds to help support the
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Don’t think, just do
Dear Editor:Year long, specifically at this time of year, we have the opportunity to be a helping hand with activities such as the Christmas drives, etc.Many will stop and think about it, then the thought is not acted on.My point is simply this, don’t think, just
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The friction factor
Dear Editor:Your reminder about “snow tires” is a good one, but needs to be expanded to include the temperature variable so that people do not think that absence of snow is a sufficient reason to delay putting on “winter tires”.In brief, the rubber compounds used in summer
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Cenotaph DesecratedDear Editor:On November 22 I went up to New Liskeard to pick up a book I had ordered, I parked in front of the cenotaph; it looked naked. I took a good look once I was done parking and couldn’t believe my eyes. The cenotaph had
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From the Editor’s Desk
Seasonal ThoughtsHow many of us thought, “Hey, there’s no need to rush putting snow tires on until at least the first week of December. Look at the past couple of years when we had a late snowfall.”?In yours truly’s case an appointment with the garage
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The headband storyDear Editor:I am writing to a stranger who lent me a headband on Remembrance Day:Dear nice person:At the cenotaph on Friday, November 11, I was with my teacher and my friends.I had no hat, it was at my mom’s.My head was cold
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From the editor’s desk
Where to shop?Less than two hours after Remembrance Day services concluded in downtown New Liskeard, workers were out on Whitewood Avenue wrapping seasonal decor around the lampposts.The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses, either externally or internally, having their places
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Message to the graffiti writerDear Editor:I posted the following on my Facebook page after seeing that someone had spray painted the word “FAKE” across the front doors of First Baptist Church, New Liskeard where I serve as Pastor.It saddened me to see it and it saddened me
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From the Editor’s Desk
StoriesOver the past year we became aware of two local World War II veterans who passed away this past year but whose stories were not recorded.The story behind their story is outlined here.GORDON PHILBINHis obituary in the January 6, 2016 Speaker said, “Gordon Philbin passed
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A culture is not a costume
[caption id="attachment_14329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hailey McCue[/caption]Editor’s Note: Hailey McCue is a Timiskaming First Nations resident and currently a grade 12 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School. She is taking a Co-op
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