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Celebrating 60 years in business
Since 1950, Proudfoot
Motors has been serving the
farming industry in Pictou
County, northern Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton.
Today, the business
remains committed to
farm customers, and has
also expanded its product
offerings to include hobby
farming, lawn & garden, and
outdoor power equipment.
Proudfoot Motors
occupies a spacious
building located at 2681
Westville Rd., with a
modern showroom, wellstocked
parts department,
and well-equipped service
department. The large yard
is the perfect place to test
Dairy scoops up market trends
Scotsburn Dairy continues
to meet the changing needs
of consumers in the “dairy
best” ways possible.
The past year was a
successful one for the local
dairy, from both a financial
point of view and in regards
to corporate growth.
Expansions were made
to some of Scotsburn’s
production facilities, new
products were developed
and consequently, new
customers came on board –
all during a time when an
economic downturn affected
most other businesses in a
negative way.
Several new items
were launched to expand
Scotsburn’s peanut-free line
drive a new tractor or lawn
tractor.
Proudfoot Motors’
product lines include
farm tractors, subcompact
tractors, lawn tractors, zero
turn mowers, tillers, walk
behind mowers, generators,
brush cutters, chainsaws,
trimmers, and wood splitters.
They also carry parts and
accessories.
Massey Ferguson, Kioti,
Cub Cadet, Husqvarna, Bush
Hog, Troy-Bilt, Wallenstein
& Woods are just a few of
the brands sold by Proudfoot
Motors.
Proudfoot Motors has
60 years of experience in
providing excellent customer
of products. The previously
offered three ice cream
flavours grew to five flavours
as well as a frozen yogurt
flavor.
In addition, the local
company launched six
12-pack peanut-free novelty
treats including fudge bars,
two varieties of ice cream
bars, two kinds of ice water
pops and a low-fat strawberry
frozen yogurt bar.
Continuing this growth,
shoppers can find four new
Scotsburn Dairy novelty
items in their grocer’s
freezer including the classic
Strawberry Shortcake,
Chocomint and the popular
Vanilla and Vanilla/Caramel
ice cream cones.
service. “We are proud to be
locally owned and operated,
and service what we sell,”
says owner Brock Proudfoot,
who has been operating the
business since 1981. “Our
knowledgeable staff is happy
to assist customers select
products that meet their
needs. The equipment we
sell is assembled, serviced,
and ready to use. Financing
and delivery are available
for many of our products.”
In celebration of 60
years in business, Proudfoot
Motors will be having a
Customer Appreciation Day
on Thursday, May 13 from
3-7pm. For more details, visit
www.proudfootmotors.ca.
New flavours for the
upcoming season are the
result of customer feedback,
which is always appreciated
by Scotsburn Dairy. Requests
were made for lactose-free
products, fewer chocolate
flavours and healthy choice
options.
The new scooping
season will include: Lactosefree
Butterscotch Ripple,
Strawberry Banana and
Birthday Party ice creams
as well as its popular Hoof
Prints flavour in a frozen
yogurt.
Customers will also notice
a new look to the company’s
ice cream and frozen yogurt
packaging in addition to the
flavour changes.
Team approach taken to
finding the right home
A local real estate
company has a team
approach when it comes to
helping people buy or sell
property.
Blinkhorn Real Estate
Ltd. does business with one
mission: a commitment to
providing the customer with
the best possible service.
They do this as a team, and
part of that team includes
company mascot Blinky
Bee.
Blinky Bee seems fitting
not only because of its black
and yellow colours – the
same as the locally owned
company – but because the
bumblebee houses the most
efficient home in the world!.
Blinkhorns has a
reputation for results –
and a website (www.
blinkhornrealestate.com)
that is loaded with
testimonials from satisfied
customers who bought
property, sold property or
both – and used Blinkhorn
Real Estate Ltd. to do it.
Staff has a passion for
supporting local charities
and events. This desire is
matched by the company
that is client-service
driven, honest, ethical and
professional, unique and
innovative in its approach
to each property listing.
Blinkhorn Real Estate
Ltd. is located at 980 East
River Rd., New Glasgow.
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property listings 24/7.
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ova Scotia is charting a course that Premier Darrell
Dexter says will make the province a global leader in
green energy over the next decade.
The province released a plan today that aims to
increase renewable electricity supply, improve energy security, stabilize
long-term prices and create opportunities for jobs and investment.
The plan also enshrines in law the province’s previous commitment
to 25 per cent renewable electricity by 2015.
Dexter said the province has set a goal of 40 per cent of electricity
coming from renewable sources by 2020, nearly four times higher
than 2009 levels.
"This is about making the right decisions for our economy and our
environment," said Dexter, speaking at the recently opened
RMSenergy wind farm on Dalhousie Mountain. "We are putting our
energy future where it belongs, back in Nova Scotians' hands."
The plan includes moving Nova Scotia away from imported coalbased
electricity towards greener local sources, supported by worldclass
wind and tidal resources.
"This strategy will create hundreds of good jobs for Nova Scotians
and $1.5 billion in new investment to help grow the economy,"
Dexter said. "Consumers can look forward to more stable electricity
prices and a more secure supply of energy."
The plan embraces equal participation by Nova Scotia Power and
independent producers for medium- to large-size projects to ensure
value for customers.
It includes a fixed price, or feed-in tariff, for community-based
projects to allow broader participation and enhanced net metering,
which credits consumers for the energy they produce with wind,
solar and other renewables.
The plans calls for a more cautious approach to biomass, with
harvesting standards and caps on generation in new and existing
plants, as well as feed-in tariffs for small-scale tidal projects and tidal
arrays, if further development proves safe, while encouraging further
natural gas use to help balance intermittent sources like wind.
"Nova Scotians see the importance of adding renewables to our
future energy supply," said Energy Minister Bill Estabrooks. "But in
the short term, we also want to keep power bills as low as possible. I
believe this plan strikes that balance."
RMSenergy president Reuben Burge said the plan will be a boost
for efforts like his Dalhousie Mountain wind farm.
"It takes a lot of work to get renewable projects approved, financed
and built," Burge said . "This plan provides important support for
locally produced renewable energy and projects like ours. We are
very pleased to be able to contribute to Nova Scotia's longer-term
green-energy strategy."
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Upon his release from prison,
Kerry Cook went to the gravesites
of his brother and father and
made a promise. He vowed to
use his story to teach kids not to
make the same mistakes he did.
ended up in jail for the first time
at 16-years-old and was expelled
from school. “I didn’t know that
my teenage rebellion would
come back and change the course
Lobster season
opens May 1
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Speaker talks of making choices
By Amy Reusch amy@pictouadvocate.com
By Amy Reusch amy@pictouadvocate.com
obster season officially opens May 1 on the Northumberland
Strait. Lobster fishermen are busy this week fixing
boats as well as preparing, baiting and setting traps.
Fishermen predict the season will not be a good one for
them.
Currently, the price per pound on the South Shore ranges
from $3.75 to $5 and is estimated to stay around that amount.
Due to the mild winter and little ice on the strait, fishermen say
the season is expected to run early and short, which spells more
bad news as the price of lobster goes up as the season progresses.
Above: Caribou Island resident Allan MacCarthy ties his
traps in groups of five.
Left: Paul Falconer attaches weights on the bottom of his
traps. Wood traps can dry out over the winter and ballast is
needed to prevent them floating to the surface.
Lasting impression
Kerry Cook was in town as part of the
YMCA of Pictou County Strong Kids
Campaign. The campaign raises money
for families who cannot a ford the fu l cost
of a YMCA membership.
After his presentation at NNEC, students
talked with Cook.
to a small town in Texas:
of direction of the rest of my
life,” says Cook.
Marjorie Falconer
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General Manager
It’s three thumbs up after the ndP government’s commitment to
increase renewable energy production to 40 per cent by 2020.
From the left are Reuben Burge of RMsenergy, Premier darrell
dexter and Justice Minister Ross Landry. (Goodwin photo)
Jacksonville. He had been living
on a military base in Germany
his entire life until then. This
move would change the course
of his life.
“Life in small town
Jacksonville was like being
stranded on the dark side of the
moon,” says Cook. Integrating
into high school life was difficult.
He had no friends and started
to act out for attention.
“I smoked marijuana, I drank
alcohol and I snuck out of the
house at night to go party.”
Cook skipped school, stole cars,
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In 1977, Cook was wrongly
convicted of the rape and murder
of Linda Jo Edwards and
sentenced to death. He spent the
next 22 years in jail trying to
prove his innocence. “I’m here
today because you are important
to me. I was you and you are
me.”
Cook spoke to students of
North Nova Education Centre
about his determination and
resilience to survive prison and
prove through perjury, witness
tampering, and false evidence
that he was convicted of a murder
he did not commit.
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Edwards had lived in the
same apartment complex as
Cook. The two were friendly
and three days before her murder,
Cook was in her apartment
and had made out with Edwards,
leaving hickeys on Cook’s neck.
Cook had entered Edwards'
apartment through a sliding
glass door, leaving a fingerprint.
Other fingerprints were found in
the apartment, Cook’s was the
only traceable one due to his
previous criminal record.
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can face that kind of adversity and sti l be
rea ly calm and accepting of what happened,”
says Justin Hartling. He says
Cook’s speech showed him what one
person can accomplish through perseverance.
“If you rea ly believe in something
and fight for it hard enough you can rea ly
achieve something even if it seems insurmountable.”
Grade 10 student Zach MacMi lan
saw Cook speak at Acadia University last
summer but took more from hearing
Cook’s speech again.
“To hear his amazing story again you
can reconsider many things you have
forgo ten. You can rea ly take away that
certain things you see that a the moment
you would think are bad – like people
teasing you – after you hear his story you
star to think, ‘It is not so bad’ and you can
get over that in a blink of an eye.”
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