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What's Going On?
by
There are two full pages of events in
this issue of Welcome To The Club, and
that’s very important for a few reasons
that I’d like to elaborate on. However,
I’d like to first ask all the organizers in
the non-profit groups, the Lions Clubs,
Optimists, Rotary, fair boards, etc. in
Sarnia and throughout Lambton County
to send us your events, well in advance,
for free publication.
For many years a wonderful lady
named Leona Allen worked at Tourism
Sarnia-Lambton (TSL) and compiled a
very thorough list of events that residents
and visitors could refer to when they
were searching for something to do. It
wasn’t easy… it was like herding cats
and I saw the expression on Leona’s
face countless times as she struggled
to help people help themselves. We’ve
also published Daytripping Magazine
for over a quarter of a century, and
we routinely contact TSL and similar
marketing organizations in Chatham-
Kent, Windsor-Essex, London, Elgin
County, etc. to build a comprehensive
events list for all of Southwestern
Ontario. It’s a ton of work, but we
feel that it’s important content for our
readers and something that needs to be
done. But to say that it’s become more
difficult over the years would be an
understatement.
Things began to change when social
media sites (yes, we mean you Facebook)
came on the scene. Organizers could
use these to get the word out to enough
people easily, which was super, but
they often were content with that.
While there was no cost to add it to our
events list or to TSL’s and others, many
organizers stopped taking that extra
step and undoubtedly missed out on
a lot of visitors. It also fractured what
had been a well-established system,
and it has since become very difficult
to nearly impossible to find most of the
events in an area all in one place. Pick
any city you may want to visit and try
to find a variety of events in a certain
timeframe - you’ll see how difficult it’s
become. Google is now the best option
in most cases.
The pandemic really put a nail in
the coffin of the traditional events list,
because events went the way of the
Brontosaurus for a while. There were
none, at all, for a long time (though the
Brontosaurus probably had it worse). I
trust that you remember those boring
days. It became pointless for us or TSL
or anyone else to try to build an events
list when there simply weren’t any, and
we all wondered if things would ever go
back to normal. Where’s a fish fry when
you need one damnit!
The pandemic subsided but the effect
it had lingered on. Let’s face it - most
small town events are spearheaded by
a few volunteers over coffee (maybe
with Baileys) in a community hall
or at someone’s kitchen table, and
those groups couldn’t meet during the
pandemic. Even if they did meet, how
could they be sure that their event
wouldn’t have to be cancelled? Would
there be another lockdown? Some
groups disbanded during that time,
and some events will never come back
because it was the hard work of a few
people that made all the difference.
However, fast forward and “Revenge
Tourism” is the new term for an
explosion in the number of people who
want to travel after being locked up for
so long. A similar term may be needed
for the number of events that you’ll be
able to choose from, now that fears of
pandemic aftershocks have subsided.
And, thanks to my amazing staff, we
can now offer you a pretty impressive
list of events on pages 22-23 to consider
attending. Some are big and some are
small and we don’t have them all by any
means, but it’s a great “re-start.” Now
it’s up to the event organizers reading
this to take that extra step and email
us the basic info we need to help you
succeed. No one likes herding cats!
info@welcometotheclub.ca
P.S. For up to date live local
entertainment, check out Facebook/
SarniaRocks or Sarniarocks.com
OPENING REMARKS
“The Inheritance”
Mark Moran,
Publisher
Morris Schwartz is on his deathbed, knows the end is near, is
with his nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons. "So", he says to
them, "Bernie, I want you to take the Beverly Hills houses. Sybil,
take the apartments over in Los Angeles Plaza. Hymie, I want
you to take the offices over in City Center." Sarah, my dear wife,
please take all the residential buildings downtown." The nurse is
just blown away by all this, and as Morris slips away, she says,
"Mrs. Schwartz, your husband must have been such a
hard-working man to have accumulated all this property.”
Sarah replies, "What Property? He has a paper route!"
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to birds and insects—
dot the trail from start
Forest, the busy little community in anticipation of the opening of the to finish. An original
of 3,000 people, provides a variety of Guelph-Sarnia section of the Grand Tunk whistle post, which
recreational opportunities to residents
and visitors alike. Not only can you enjoy
Railway in 1859. In Lambton County,
the rail line ran from Thedford to Point
directed the engineer to
blow the train’s whistle
a little culture at the Kineto Theatre or Edward, passing through the villages of upon approaching a
Forest Museum, but you can keep active
in a host of ways! Forest offers The
Forest, Aberarder, Perch and Blackwell
(named after Thomas E. Blackwell,
road crossing, has been
refurbished and remains
Shores Recreation Centre, the YMCA, the first general manager of the Grand in place one-quarter
baseball and soccer fields, tennis courts,
pickleball, lawn bowling, golf, disc golf,
parks and three hiking trails.
The Esli Dodge Conservation Area,
just south of town, is home to a beautiful
park that includes an amphitheater,
Trunk Railway).
The train station was named Forest
because the steam locomotives would
stop in this densely forested area for
wood and to draw water from Hickory
Creek. From there, a small community
mile out of town. As
well, railroad crossing
signs, replicas of those
often seen in rural Lambton County, are
installed at a farm field crossing along
the trail.
picnic shelter, tennis courts and access grew and, in 1872, Forest was The well-used Grand Trunk Trail, 4
to the Forest Walkway Trail. This 2.8
km paved multi-use trail, owned and
maintained by the Municipality of
Lambton Shores, winds past a manmade
lake and eventually joins the
Grand Trunk Trail west of the Railroad
Way trailhead. From there, a short walk
incorporated as a village. Forest is now
the largest town in Lambton Shores.
In 1923 the Canadian National
Railway took control of the Grand Trunk
Railway, but by 1952 passenger service
had ended and by 1981 the Forest-
Sarnia section had been
km out and back, is accessible, flat and
just the right distance for a leisurely
walk! If you want to extend the walk,
you can take advantage of the Lagoon
Loop which connects with the Grand
Trunk Trail at Brush Road.
east leads to the Rotary Civic Square abandoned. Although
Forest Trails
where there is a splashpad for hot most of the rail land has
summer days!
returned to farmland, Trailhead
The Grand Trunk Rail Trail, which some parts remain Esli Dodge Cons. Area
begins at the Railroad Way trailhead, is accessible, including
Grand Trunk Trail
(4km Out & Back)
closely tied to the history of Forest. The a 2 km stretch of the
first village lots were surveyed in 1858 original rail bed running
southwest from Forest
Forest Walkway
toward Brush Road.
Trail (2.4 km
Out & Back)
Since 2011 Lambton
Lagoon Loop Forest
Shores Nature Trails
(1km Around) Golf Club
has partnered with
the Municipality of Lambton Shores to The Lagoon Loop follows the
maintain and develop the aptly named perimeter of a former effluent pond
Grand Trunk Trail. The trail has been (sewage lagoon) for the Forest Sewage
widened, chip and dust added, and Treatment Plant. The 1 km trail includes
several benches installed to improve a viewing platform and information
accessibility. Pollinator boxes—raised about how effluent ponds, though
Brush Road
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King St
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Way
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George St
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serving a very practical function,
can also benefit the environment by
creating a wetland habitat. Birders are
likely to see a variety of shorebirds,
marshbirds and waterfowl that literally
flock to these lagoons to feast on
abundant insect life.
Lambton Shores Nature Trails, in
collaboration with the Municipality
and Forest Community Foundation,
constructed the impressive trailhead
structure and gardens at 12 Railroad
Way, across the road from the Forest
Station Library and not far from
downtown. Since 2017, it has been an
access point for all three Forest Trails.
Our most recent collaboration will link
the past, present and future: the reconstruction
of the Grand Trunk train
bridge over Hickory Creek, slated to
begin later this year. The restoration
will keep the Grand Trunk Rail history
alive, but also provide a functional
and attractive addition for present and
future trail users.
Lambton Shores Nature Trails
is thankful for our partnerships to
make the trails an integral part of the
community!
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If you want your dreams to come true, don’t oversleep.

We’re all getting older, we may as well laugh about it!
Having recently lectured on the perils of
riding a motorcycle, it seems only fair to
touch base with drivers of those 4-wheeled
Mechano sets with the roof on top - a.k.a.
the modern automobile, or my sworn
enemy, my nemesis, the curse of my
highway: The Minivan.
Now I can understand why the modern
household would find this new box on
wheels an advantage for transporting
their 2.3 children, plus Fido and Fluffy to
day-care and/or veterinarian (as they are
interchangeable), but do they have to share
MY road? With the motorcycle, I can at least
manoeuvre around most of them before I
get pelted with whatever spews from their
wheels, their exhaust and their windows,
including but not limited to: stones, soot,
oil, lit cigarettes, used Kleenexes, pop cans,
apple cores, peach pits and even spit! And
then there are the children/pets in the back
seats to watch!
So when the motorcycle is not the
vehicle du jour, and I’m relegated to our
15 year old Chevy, then I have to put up
with that horrible confining van-trap for
seemingly endless periods of stop-light.
At these times of absolute idleness and
darkness, considering the dim amount
of daylight that can pass through those
tinted windows, I can’t help but ponder
the many wondrous aspects of this form of
transportation we have all come to depend
on more than our next breath.
Have you ever noticed that when you’re
driving your car and looking for an address,
you invariably turn down the volume on the
radio? Why do you need a driver’s license
to purchase liquor, when everyone knows
Piece of Mind
By Joan Richardson, London
From Daytripping
Sept.-Oct. 2001
Angle-Parked in a Parallel Universe
you can’t drink and drive? If you’re in a
vehicle travelling the speed of light, what
happens when you turn on the headlights?
Then again, if “R” means Reverse on the
gear shift, why is Forward marked “D”?
Once while driving in Toronto, I read
a huge sign on the expressway that said
“Drive Carefully - Keep Your Eyes on the
Road.” I almost crashed into the car in front
of me while I was reading the billboard.
Another time I witnessed a young lady
deftly applying her makeup while driving
through the city streets. As she was utilizing
the rear view mirror for her handiwork,
she missed a turn off and rapidly slammed
on her brakes. The fellow behind her
screeched to a halt, romantically easing his
car up onto her bumper, but boy was he
miffed! I guess the sudden stop had caused
him to lose his cell phone connection and
drop his cigarette; but he was really upset
that her inattention had caused him to spill
his coffee all over the fax machine next
to him! Some drivers should just drive a
hearse and cut out the middle man.
It is my contention that used cars are
not all what they are jacked up to be; that
car trouble is when the car won’t start
and the payments won’t stop and that old
automobile mufflers never die, they just
get exhausted. Truly, the perfect license
plate for me would have to be “PMS 666.”
Nobody would dare cut me off! Perhaps the
trick to surviving the highway carnage is to
drive just a little slower than your guardian
angel can fly. But for now, I guess we have
to assume that if everything seems to be
coming your way, then you must be in the
wrong lane!
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BscP.T. MCPA
Registered
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Physiotherapist
ist
Forest Physiotherapy
and Rehabilitation
10 Watt Street, et
Forest • 519-786-3336
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Do you know someone living with dementia?
3 out of 5 people living
with dementia will go
missing at some point, a
frightening experience,
and a dangerous one.
That’s why the Alzheimer
Society of Sarnia-Lambton
is partnering with The
Sarnia Police Services and
OPP to provide an
opportunity for individuals living with dementia to be registered as someone
at risk of going missing. Critical information collected provides searchers with
quick access to key information to assist in locating the individual and
returning them home safely.
Stop & shop in Forest, Ontario!
Check out our downtown - browse our shops,
enoy a meal at one of our fantastic restaurants or
take in a movie at the historic Kineto Theatre!
Registration
is easy!
Let’s all do our part to help individuals with
dementia live safely in our community.
Simply call Alzheimer Society Sarnia-Lambton
at 519 332 4444 to learn how.
Make a day of it in Forest!
Keep up to date with event & shopping information
on our website, Facebook & Instagram!
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WING NIGHT
2713 Old Lakeshore Road, Brights Grove
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As reported by
Justine Goulet grew up on the shores
of Lake Huron. Her family had a boat
at Cedar Cove Marina, and in the
summers that is where she spent a
lot of her time. “I would go swimming
and wakeboarding everyday. For me,
the lake is life.” Goulet was also
passionate about art and theatre,
and she knew from a young age
that she would work in the arts. In
2012, she completed her Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Performance
Production at Ryerson University
and apprenticed at Canada’s
National Ballet School in the
wardrobe department. “Then
I moved to Dublin, Ireland
and completed my Masters in
Philosophy of Performance Art
from Trinity College.”
When Goulet returned home,
she continued working in the theatre
industry until she discovered the
art of glass fusing. Bonnie Doone
Glass, in Forest, hired Goulet on as
an apprentice. “They were amazing
mentors and taught me everything
about glass fusing.” After two years,
the business closed and Goulet decided
to establish her own space for creating
custom glass pieces and showcasing
other artists. “The vision was to have a
combined storefront and studio space
so people could see things being made
and speak with the artist. I was also
Photo Credit: Jeff McCoy of Kaoss Studios
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Reserve for panoramic views
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excited to create larger glass pieces
like vessel sinks, cabinet inserts, and
backsplash panels,” shares Goulet.
Lake Life Studio, located at 3811
Lakeshore Road in Camlachie,
was established in July 2015. The
studio sells pottery, art, jewellery,
decorative items, and apparel, all
with a lake or beach vibe. “We are
not just a shopping experience. You
can explore my studio space and
see what I’m working on. You can
book a glass fusing workshop for
yourself or a group of friends, and
you can meet the different artists
as they drop off their products.”
Collaborating with makers and
clients is the most exciting part
of owning her own business.
“I’ve met so many sweet people.
We work together and help each
other, but we also have wine on
Saturday nights.”
Everything in Lake Life Studio is
handcrafted, with the exception of
the apparel line, though those are
screen printed locally. “The apparel
line began with two styles of shirts
consisting of my hand-drawn designs,
but has expanded to different types of
clothing and accessories for everyone.”
It wasn’t until 2017 that the feather
logo and branding came together.
“A percentage of our apparel sales is
donated to the Lake Huron Centre for
Coastal Conservation and The Clan
Mothers Healing Village. Commitment
to protecting and restoring Lake
Huron’s coastal ecosystem and
supporting Indigenous peoples is
important to me.”
Lake Life Studio also sponsors
and organizes beach clean ups in
collaboration with The Lake Huron
Centre for Coastal Conservation, the
next one is planned for September
2023. Learn more by visiting www.
lakelifestudio.com
Feel free to send in photos showcasing Sarnia-Lambton.
TOP 10
1953
Country Songs
1 Jean Shepard A Dear John Letter
2 The Davis Sisters I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
3 Webb Pierce There Stands The Glass
4 Hank Williams Kaw-Liga
5 Jim Reeves & The Circle O Ranch Boys Mexican Joe
6 Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart
7 Hank Thompson No Help Wanted
8 Hank Williams Take These Chains from My Heart
9 Webb Pierce It's Been So Long
Source:
10 Hank Thompson Rub-A-Dub-Dub playback.fm
Movies
Peter Pan
Billboard Hits
The Robe
From Here to Eternity
1 Percy Faith The Song from Moulin Rouge
(Oscar for Best Picture)
2 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya con Dios
House of Wax
3 Patti Page (How Much Is) That Doggie
in the Window?
Shane
4 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You
Gentlemen
5 Ames Brothers You, You, You
Prefer Blondes
6 Teresa Brewer Till I Waltz Again with You
Hondo
7 Les Baxter April in Portugal
How to Marry
8 Perry Como No Other Love
a Millionaire
9 Perry Como Don't Let the Stars Get
The Beast from
in Your Eyes
20,000 Fathoms
Source:
10 Frankie Laine I Believe wikipedia.com
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The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.

Most articles in here have been written by people like you.
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The new calendar year brought
opportunity to create new lifestyle
habits and now, as we swing into spring,
let’s keep in mind the importance of
good postural habits.
Good postural habits are important
for overall health and well-being.
As a physiotherapist working in the
community, I see how having years of
poor postural habits can lead to pain
and discomfort, impaired mobility,
impaired balance and ultimately an
increased risk of falls. Investing in
good postural habits now can lead to
continued feeling and moving better in
later years.
Good posture refers to having a
neutral spine, where our muscle groups,
joints, and ligaments are aligned in a
way that reduces stress on them, keeps
our body flexible, reduces fatigue, and
helps maintain our balance. When we
sit, stand, or move with good posture,
this reduces strain on our body and can
prevent or alleviate pain in our neck,
back, and other areas. Conversely,
habitually poor posture; slouched or
rounded shoulders, tight pectoral-chest
muscles and forward head posture
tend to lead to muscle imbalances.
Muscles that are often too tight, too
short, too weak or too strong, can lead
to mobility issues.
Let’s remember, our bodies don’t
do what we want them to do, they do
what we train them to do. And, poor
posture habits only get worse over time,
so it’s important to condition ourselves
for better posture and better health.
So, if you typically spend 45 minutes
staring down at your phone or TV with
a slumped back before straightening up,
only to sink back and slouch back down
into slouch mode a minute later, you
are training your body for slouching.
Likewise, if you train for good posture,
you’ll develop a body that will support
good posture without
thinking about it
all the time.
So, how can
we improve our good postural habit? The
first step is in awareness. It is important
to be aware of our body positioning
throughout the day when we are sitting,
standing, and moving. Aiming to keep
a neutral spine and avoid becoming
hunched. Overtime it will become a
habit to straighten up or to take this as a
clue to stand up and move.
It’s not just a matter of knowing
the correct postures, it’s a matter of
creating a new habit. As with any habit
we must train our mind and muscles
over time. Yet, changing habits can be
difficult so to set ourselves for success,
start small.
Here are some suggestions to start
developing good postural habits:
• Counter bad posture with a simple
exercise. Common postural issues
from extended screen time include
forward head position and rounded
shoulders. So a great place to start
is retraining our body by pulling our
chin back and drawing shoulder
blades down and towards each
other. Pick a time and schedule
this exercise in. Gradually set aside
several times a day.
• Strong core muscles support our
spine. Add one core Yoga or Pilates
exercise into your day.
• Strike a pose. Standing in front of a
mirror to build your awareness of
what correct posture looks and feels
like. The mirror doesn’t lie. Start
with 30 seconds and build up from
there.
• Add gentle reminders with sticky
note messages, “How’s your neck?”
or “Straighten Up” in all the places
you spend the most time and do the
most slouching.
• Technology is a great tool to help
remind us to correct our posture or
get up and moving.
So, as we move toward this next
season, let’s keep in mind
good postural habits.
This awareness is a
step towards change.
To improve our
good posture habits,
it is important to be
aware of our body
positioning
throughout the
day, engage
in regular
exercise, and
take frequent breaks. By making these
simple adjustments, we can improve
our posture and enjoy many health
benefits. Creating good posture habits
can lead to Moving Better, Feeling
Better and Living Better as we age.
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• It's weird being the same age as old people.
• It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult.
• Never sing in the shower! Singing leads to dancing, dancing leads
to slipping and slipping leads to paramedics seeing you naked.
So remember… don't sing!
• I'm at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.
• I'm at that age where my mind still thinks I'm 29, my humour
suggests I'm 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I'm sure I'm
not dead yet.
• You don't realize how old you are until you sit on the floor and then
try to get back up.
• We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more
information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
• My bucket list: Keep breathing.
• Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done (and why some
of us so carefully avoid it.)
• I'm a multitasker. I can listen, ignore and forget all at the same time!
• At my funeral, take the bouquet from my
coffin and throw it into the crowd to see
who is next.
• Retirement To Do List: Wake up.
Nailed it!
• Went to an antique auction and
people were bidding on me.
• I won't say I'm worn out, but I don't
get near the curb on trash day.
• I don't have grey hair, I have
wisdom highlights.
• I came, I saw, I forgot what I was
doing. Retraced my steps. Got
lost on the way back. Now I
have no idea what's going on.
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A Dog Called St. Clem by
When I was too small to know what a
blacksmith did besides shoe horses and
fix things, I knew that the patron saint of
blackmiths was St. Clement, and that he
was born on November the 23rd.
Dad, at this time was a blacksmith and
he used to talk to St. Clement when he was
shoeing an obstreperous horse. Later he
named the stray airedale that came to his
shop, Clement, after the saint. We never
called the dog anything but Clem, but Dad
always said Clement - he never shortened
his name. Dad would say Clement the dog
watched over him as much as Clement the
Saint did, but I wouldn’t know, because
Clem always went to work with Dad and
came home with him.
I never saw him actually watch anyone;
he was always sleeping, that is until my
baby sister was learning to walk. At that
time he offered his sturdy body for her
to hang on to, and walked through the
house with her clutching his fur, keeping
her away from anything that she might
bump in to. When she had mastered the
art of walking, Clem went back to his old
sleeping habit.
I remember once, somewhere around
1925, Dad telling Mom about two men
who came into the shop, intent on stealing
his anvil; they probably
thought they could sell it
for junk. Jobs were scarce
in those days, and maybe
they needed the money
it would bring. Dad
tackled the men and
when Clem saw that he needed
help, sprang into action. Dad
said the hackles on Clem’s neck rose like
a porcupine’s quills and the snarl on his
face would have scared a lion. The men
left in a hurry.
I didn’t know what hackles were, but
what a delightful word it was to roll around
on my three year old tongue. I didn’t know
what an anvil was either, but when my
Dad died sixty-five years later and left it to
my husband, it took two very strong men
to lift it. Mainly because it was still bolted
to the hundred pound hardwood stump it
had been attached to for so many years. I
wonder how the would-be thieves planned
on taking it away.
Once I heard my grandmother say,
“What a saint of a dog.” That was the
time some clothing hanging over the fire
guard blazed up and Clem woke us with
his barking. Of course, my older sister
immediately started calling him St. Clem.
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When he dug up Grandma’s rhubarb
plants, Grandma had another name
for him, something not quite as
complimentary. Mom frowned on
us using bad language,so we
weren’t allowed to rename
him Imbecilic Galoot, but
I sang those words over to
myself until the next day when
I forgot them.
When Dad changed jobs a few years
later, he had an awful time convincing
Clem that he was not welcome at his new
place of employment. He followed Dad
whenever he could sneak out the door.
After being brought home several times
and being soundly scolded, he decided
that his job was to guard the street we
lived on. Clem never crossed the road
but went around the block whipping the
tar out of any dog his own size or larger
that was foolish enough to remain where
Clem could see him. He didn’t bother
smaller dogs and he was in awe of cats,
but still Dad got lots of complaints from
the nearby neighbours, which he ignored,
firmly believing that Clem was a Saint as
Grandma had called him.
The only time that Dad was truly cross
with him was when my aunt made donuts
and Clem, with a sixth sense,or or a good
sense of smell trotted over to visit. On
these occasions, Dad had to go over and
bring him back. “If Lizzie would stop
feeding him, Clement wouldn’t go over.”
Dad would grumble.
It was on one of these “donut times”
that St. Clem met his Waterloo. Walking
back home with Dad, his tummy filled
with donuts, he was set upon by a dog six
times his size (that’s what Dad said) and
mauled unmercifully before he could be
rescued. Dad carried the bleeding body
back home, where Mom nursed him back
to health, but St. Clem never recovered.
He had been beaten on his own turf, his
dignity had been hurt beyond recall. He
never patrolled the block again and the
only time he had donuts was when Aunt
Lizzie brought them over to him. His
headquarters were the front steps and
he never moved until Dad came home
at night. Then he would go down to the
sidewalk to greet his master, come into
the house with him, and remain at his side
until nature called and he had to go out for
a few minutes before bedtime.
When he died two years later, still very
much a “homebody,” Dad helped us bury
him, and in his little workshop, made a
marker. The inscription on it alleviated our
grief somewhat. Dad had printed. “Here
lies St. Clem. A good dog.”
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BE strong enough to face the world each day.
BE weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
BE generous to those who need your help.
BE frugal with what you need yourself.
BE wise enough to know that you do not know everything.
BE foolish enough to believe in miracles.
BE willing to share your joys.
BE willing to share the sorrows of others.
BE a leader when you see a path others have missed.
BE a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
BE the first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
BE the last to criticize a colleague who fails.
BE sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
BE sure of your final destination, in case you're going the wrong way.
BE loving to those who do not love you, and they may change.
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So Much to Celebrate at the Victoria Playhouse in 2023!
Following a triumphant 2022, the
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia (VPP) is
gearing up for an even more celebratory
2023 season. With six extraordinary
productions hitting the stage from May
until October, there is something for
every theatre goer to enjoy. 2023 marks
the Golden Jubilee for the VPP, bringing
professional productions to Lambton
County for 50 years. It also marks the
10th season (and 12th year, thanks to
the pandemic) for beloved Co-Artistic
Directors, David Hogan and David
Rogers, along with Resident Musical
Director, Mark Payne.
“We always value the feedback our
patrons provide, and our 2023 season
has been curated with the things they
most love here at the VPP,” Hogan said.
“We are known across the country for
our world-class concerts, and we are
thrilled to bring some VPP favourites
back to the stage this season. In addition,
we have a Canadian musical premiere,
a celebrated Norm Foster comedy and
a breathtaking musical
to close out this
momentous season.”
Kicking off the
season is JESSE’S
COUNTRY JUBILEE,
running from May
2-21. Patron favourite
Jesse Grandmont leads
a cast of musicians
in this big ol’ country
music jubilee! Country standards and
fiddling gems are sure to have audience
members tapping their toes. Grandmont
looks forward to the 2023 Season getting
underway, saying, “I’m so honoured to
David Rogers and David Hogan
get to host the first show of this historic
season at the VPP. I’m even more excited
to get to do so while playing some of my
favourite country music! It’s going to be
such a blast to welcome our audiences
back to the VPP’s 50th Season with a
show that we know will get everyone
dancing in the aisles!”
Next up is the Canadian premiere
of WHERE THE HEART IS, an original
musical written by Mark Weatherley,
with music by Kale Penny. Starring Alex
Baerg and Leah Grandmont, the story
follows a former musician (Grandmont)
who happens upon a street busker
(Baerg). The characters connect over
their love of music in this inspiring and
heartfelt story about never giving up on
your dreams, on stage June 6-25.
Celebrating noteworthy years in
music history is nothing new for the
VPP’s creative team, and they bring their
unique humour, musical arrangements
and storytelling to YESTERDAY ONCE
MORE; 1973, running July 4-23. This
concert gathers
some of our
country’s top
singers to journey
back to 1973,
through the
year’s memorable
music, including
hits from Elton
John, The Rolling
Stones, Gladys
Knight and more!
Known for his warm-hearted
comedies, Norm Foster’s JONAS &
BARRY IN THE HOME takes the stage
August 8-27. Following the unlikely
friendship between two men living in
a retirement home, this lighthearted
comedy about living life
to its fullest is sure to
delight.
By popular demand,
VPP Musical Director
Mark Payne brings the
sequel to his 2018 recordbreaking
sell out (East
Coast Kitchen Party), with
MARK PAYNE’S KITCHEN
PARTY LEFTOVERS, on
stage September 5-24.
With even more singin’,
steppin’, and kissin’ the
cod than the original, this
musical extravaganza of
East Coast music is sure
to delight audiences.
Mark Payne
For Payne, it is a true joy to share his
heritage again with VPP crowds, saying,
“I couldn’t be more excited about the
sequel to the East Coast Kitchen Party.
It’s going to be an even bigger party
than the first one. There was so much
amazing music I wanted to showcase in
the first one, but we ran out of time, so
if you thought you had fun the first time
out, make sure you come check out ‘the
leftovers’! You don’t want to miss it. I
can’t imagine a better way to celebrate
10 incredible years at the VPP.”
Closing out the 2023 season is
the award winning musical, Lerner
and Loewe’s CAMELOT. This fresh
and exciting take on the legendary
production, starring local favourite
Michael Vanhevel as King Arthur,
features a beloved and glorious score,
including songs such as If Ever I Would
Leave You, What Do the Simple Folk
Do? and, of course, Camelot. Vanhevel
looks forward to bringing
his unique take to the
character, saying, “It’s
no exaggeration to say
the legends of Camelot
are some of the most
celebrated and enduring
stories ever told. The
influence that the
characters and of course,
their triumphs and trials
have had on classic and
modern fantasy literature,
tv, movies and pop culture
really can’t be overstated
and so of course, there’s
an unbelievable amount
of personal excitement
in having the privilege to be the VPP’s
King Arthur. I have to say, that on a
personal note, Camelot was one of the
first musicals I ever saw and no doubt
helped to lead me down my own path
to the stage so getting to revisit the
show as a part of its cast is a beautiful
way for me to come full circle!” Don’t
miss it, running October 10-29.
As the 2023 Summer Season
concludes, there is always much
anticipation for the VPP’s Christmas
productions. Don’t miss STARBRIGHT
CHRISTMAS, on stage November
24-December 10 and THE VPP HOLIDAY
JAMBOREE, playing for three days only,
December 15-17. Tickets are on sale
now by calling the box office at 1-800-
717-7694 or by visiting www.thevpp.ca
Join the VPP for an unforgettable season
with SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE!
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If I Knew
Author Unknown
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would videotape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope you never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day.
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
& you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regret about today.
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I Who?
am a kid who lives in Illinois with my
mother, father, brother Buzz, and Buzz's
pet tarantula. When my family decides
to take a Christmas vacation to Paris,
somehow they forget me at home.
Luckily, I am able to outsmart some
bandits who try to rob my house.
I am an actress born in New York on
December 4, 1964. My breakout role in
a film about a floundering attorney
stuck in rural America won me an
Academy Award. I've had many other
film credits, including playing an aunt
to a popular web-slinging superhero.
I am a comic actor born in
Colorado on June 13, 1953. While
attending college, I worked at the
student radio station. I starred in a
popular TV show about a tool
enthusiast and I voiced a character
in a film series about toys.
Answer: Tim Allen
Answer: Marisa Tomei
Answer: Kevin McCallister (Home Alone)
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Cats!
A man who
carries a cat by
the tail learns
something he
can learn in no
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(Mark Twain)
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My mother was born January 1919 in a
small, rural town in Manitoba, she was the
eldest daughter with four other siblings,
all sisters. She met my father in British
Columbia, they married in Manitoba and
moved to Ontario for my father’s work.
Since her father passed away at a
young age, she was expected to help the
family financially. She gave up her dream
of becoming a school teacher, something
all of hers sisters became, and went to
work at Bell in Winnipeg as a switchboard
operator.
Though she never became a school
teacher, she was a great teacher and
example to us kids. She would say the
following and much more:
You’re no better than, but just as
good as anyone else.
Be proud of yourself and your
culture.
Be kind and be fair.
Every time you step out of this house,
you represent this family, make us
proud.
We still quote her from time to time.
She was known to be tough but this
forced us to do a good job, finish what we
started and do it well.
I remember coming home crying
because I was teased at school about my
size/weight and she always seemed to
know what to say to make me feel better
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and at the same time give me a lesson
about people as well.
She surprised us all when at the age
of 56 years old she proudly displayed
her new driving license. She had been
secretly taking lessons while my dad was
at work and didn’t want to let him know
in case she didn’t pass the first time.
She liked to travel and always wanted
to visit the Yukon, so after my father
passed away she hopped on a Greyhound
bus alone and headed out for a great bus
trip, with one stop in Manitoba to visit her
family. What an adventurer!
She told us she liked to sit right behind
the bus driver so she could see out the
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When she believed in something,
she was not afraid to show it and would
encourage us to (for example) join a
demonstration to bring a French high
school to our area. Though we did not get
one till we had all finished high school,
I like to think we had a small part in
making it happen (and we actually have
three french high schools now).
One of her favourite pastimes was to
shop in a recycle/resale shop, before it was
the thing to do. She could spend hours
in there and always seemed to find that
perfect outfit to wear. She always made
sure she looked her best when she went
out in public. She was a proud woman!
She had so many talents: she was a
great sewer, loved to play cards (though
she was somewhat of a sore loser), she
did not like to be teased by my dad and
always seemed to be ready for the next
adventure, big or small.
I’ve come to realize, as I reflect on
her life, what an amazing and wonderful
woman she was, what courage and
determination she had to have had to
make her life/our lives work so well, what
she gave up and gave us.
Thanks for everything Maman/Mom! If
only a small part of you has rubbed off
on me, I will consider myself blessed and
contented. What an example you have
been!
SPRING 2023 Don’t lie to anyone about things that matter, and that includes yourself. P A G E 13

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To Mom:
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I’m cold…
I’m hot…
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I want to watch…
Where are you…?
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It felt silky and wonderful in my
friend’s saline pool. I swam a couple of
lengths and then stood around in the
shallow end, chatting. Now, this is an
exercise regimen I could adopt, I mused
wetly.
“Dundas Community Pool,” the cheery
voice answered. I explained that I had
phoned to inquire about the hours. She
asked what I wanted to do. The obvious
answer would sound impertinent, I chose
to remain silent. She said something
incomprehensible and then, “...or aqua
fit?”
“Pardon?” I replied. I had a better
chance of understanding the first bit,
now I knew it was something special you
did in the water. She repeated it and I
understood.
“Lengths, yes, lengths, of course
lengths is what I’m looking for,” I laughed
as if misunderstandings were innately
hilarious. “Noon to 1. Thank you.”
I arrive 20 minutes early and gust at
the woman typing behind the counter.
“Hi, this is my first time. I’ve never
been here before. Do you have any
information I can have?” She hands
me a small square black and white
photocopy of the pool’s hours. I feel a
little deflated. I had hoped for a glossy
brochure explaining the advantages of
salt over chlorine with a congratulatory
paragraph that said good for me for
making such a fine choice. Perhaps a few
jaunty sketches of the different strokes,
which part of the body they targeted and
how many calories they burned would
have been nice, too. As I flipped the
piece of paper over she may have been
sympathetic to my ebbing exuberance.
She said encouragingly, “We have aqua
fit, too.”
“Oh, I couldn’t do that, I’m not fit
enough,” I shared. “I can’t keep up
with the 70-year-olds in the group. The
exertion makes me feel nauseous.”
“So, you’re going to do lengths,” she
responded. Perhaps I’d leaned over
the counter too far. Determined to be
positive about my new regimen, I loudly
sang out, “Well, we’ll see how I do.” She
directed me to the ladies’ change room.
I headed for the door clearly marked
ladies’ washroom and she called out,
“No, it’s further up on your right, it says
‘change room’ on the door.”
the slow lane. She pointed to a wide area
next to the steps in the shallow end. I
quickly removed my towel and headed
to the steps. A 90-year-old man smiled
as he passed on his way to the fast lane.
I noticed the sign on the steps said I
had to turn around and face the steps
going into the pool. I didn’t like that. It
meant the young male lifeguard on the
other side of the pool would get a view of
me I had kept under a towel until the last
possible moment. Perhaps he couldn’t
see the cellulite from there. I descended
Excitedly I entered and took in quickly and immediately swam a
the empty surroundings. Using the spectacular length with beautiful form…
lockers was a bit of
freestyle with head
a challenge, but the
and face completely
showers were much Slow Lane out of the water
more difficult. I put on
to ensure coif and
my glasses to read the By Vivienne Mathers, Dundas makeup remained
knob. It had arrows,
“hot” and “cold.” I
unaltered. On the
way back I felt a bit
turned it, nothing
tired so I switched
happened, I pulled it,
to breaststroke.
still nothing. I pushed and was blasted in
the face and shoulder with tepid water.
Still no one there? Good. I wrapped the
towel around my lower half and pushed
on the door that would take me into
the pool area. It didn’t open. A bit stiff,
I nuanced, and began pushing, heaving
a shoulder at it, running and jumping
when it occurred to me that the lifeguards
might not actually be ready yet.
I stood facing the door, dripping on the
floor hoping I’d still look wet when they
opened it so I wouldn’t get shouted at.
“Didn’t you shower?!”
“Yes, 15 minutes ago, it’s evaporated.”
The door opened, it was clear the
young female lifeguard wasn’t used to
someone leaping out wanting to chat. I
chased her retreating form and told her
it was my first time and asked which was
I’m proud of my breaststroke, barely a
ripple. I could feel my triceps burning,
good. Part way along I realized that these
lengths were a lot lengthier than my
friend’s pool.
As I reached the wall back where I
started, I was wheezing audibly. I took
a break for a few moments and headed
off again feeling some pressure to do
what this hour called for. I flagged a
little and surmised being tired in deep
water frightened me. I flipped onto my
back and headed for the part of the pool
where I could put my feet down. The
male lifeguard seemed to be watching
me a little too intently, to my mind.
Lascivious beast. I adjusted the front of
my two-piece to ensure my hysterectomy
scar was completely covered and nearly
drowned myself.
Others began arriving. A woman with
no visible body fat, wearing goggles and
about 75 slipped into the medium lane
right beside me. We set off together, her
doing the front crawl where she seemed
to elegantly submerge. I had decided to
do ½ lengths. As I turned at the midway
point she was beside me again on her
return journey. I didn’t even try to beat
her to the wall.
I stopped, began intently reading all the
signage trying to recover my breathing
and glanced at the clock. 12:10. Too soon
to leave really. A young couple arrive, he
does a swift length and she stands around
near the wall. I decide to show them
what I can do. I swim my ½ length and
then without even putting my feet down
I turn and feel a little discomfort in my
back. I fight to stay on top of the water.
About an inch of hair gets wet, which
is unfortunate as it’s the inch I spent so
much time flat ironing this morning. The
lifeguard is still watching me. 12:15. Well,
it was only $3.50, I could leave now. I
swim another 2 half-lengths and ask the
female lifeguard some questions so as
to catch my breath. She keeps glancing
away at the other swimmers, not really
appropriate in polite conversation, but
she’s pleasant enough. 12:20, respectable
I think and I exit the pool wrapping my
towel around me lightning fast and
only dropping it once in my haste to be
unnoticeable. I wave goodbye, only to
the female lifeguard, and as I enter the
change room I notice the woman who
had been standing around in the shallow
end, is showering. Hardly worth it really.
I drive home virtuously. My back is still
a bit stiff though and all I’ve been doing
since, is sitting or napping. I think I’ll go
back next week. I’m determined to keep
up my new fitness level.
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Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.

Putting the “old” back in “Damn, you’re old!”
Recipes
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& from local fundraising cookbooks we’ve collected
over the last quarter of a century. You’re welcome to
send your own recipes, or on behalf of an
organizaon that has a new cookbook, & we can
help promote those cookbooks for free.
These recipes are taken from the 3rd Edion of
“From Our House to Yours” Cookbook by St.
Joseph’s Hospice Sarnia Lambton. Call 519-337-05377 for your copy.
Cinnamon French Toast Tray Bake
Buer for greasing
1 loaf crusty bread
8 eggs
2 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. heavy/whipping cream
1/2 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. vanilla
Stuffed Pepper Casserole
1 lb. ground beef
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
2 large green peppers, chopped
1 - 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 c. beef broth
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a frying pan, add ground beef, garlic and onion.
Cook unl beef is brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer beef mixture into an
11x8 inch baking dish. Add chopped green peppers, spinach, diced tomatoes,
tomato sauce, beef broth, uncooked rice, Worcestershire sauce, salt and
pepper on top of the beef. Mix to fully combine. Cover with aluminum foil and
bake for 75 minutes or unl rice is so. Take out of the oven, sprinkle
mozzarella cheese on top and bake for 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Southern Pecan Pie
2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. Crisco
4 to 8 Tbsp. ice cold water
3 eggs
By: Paula
Blair
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
Pinch nutmeg
1/2 c. cold buer, cut into pieces
Warm maple syrup and berries
for serving
Grease a 9x13 inch pan with buer. Rip the bread into chunks and spread
into pan. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, both sugars and vanilla; pour
evenly over the bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg together. Mix in the buer
with a fork unl resembles a coarse meal. Set aside.
In the morning, preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle the topping over the top of
the bread mixture and bake for 1 hour. Serve with syrup and berries.
1/2 c. chopped spinach
1/2 c. long grain rice (uncooked)
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
2/3 c. brown sugar
1 c. corn syrup
1/3 c. melted buer
1 c. pecan halves
1 tsp. vanilla
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By: Sheila Courtney
For pie crust, sr together flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour mixture
with pastry blender or fork and blend unl mixture resembles lile pieces
the size of breadcrumbs.
Gradually add just enough water, 1 tablespoon at a me, srring with a
fork just unl dough holds together and forms a smooth ball. Divide and
shape into 2 balls. Flaen to 1/2 inch discs. Wrap in plasc wrap. Chill 30
minutes or up to 2 days.
For filling, beat eggs with sugar. Sr in remaining ingredients and pour
unto unbaked pie shell. Bake approximately 50 minutes at 350°F.
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Laughter is the best medicine - here’s to your health.
Welcome to ...
SPRING 2023
Touring Bluewater Health with
President & CAO Paula
Reaume-Zimmer and Deena Little
(Coordinator, Centralized
Scheduling Office) to discuss the
current and future health care
needs of Sarnia-Lambton.
Learning more about fire service
during a tour of Stratford with
Mayor Martin Ritsma and
Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew
Rae as part of my expanded work
at Queen’s Park.
Attending the swearing in of two
new Sarnia Police Service
Officers, Kristen Carter and
Brandon Everett, as the SPS
works to strengthen community
policing and protect our
neighbourhoods.
Discovering more about the
cutting-edge programs at Lambton
College with Dave Machacek,
Dean of Technology and Trades.
BOB BAILEY
MPP – Sarnia-Lambton
Building A Better Sarnia-Lambton
With the arrival of spring, all of us in Sarnia-Lambton are ready to get
out and enjoy the wide range of events and activities happening right here
on our doorsteps. The Club is a great place to start! I encourage you to
flip through the spring edition and mark your calendars so you don’t miss
any of the great things happening across Lambton County.
As I speak to people throughout our area, one of the biggest topics of
conversation, especially for those of us in the 55+ age group, is the future
of public health care.
The government recognizes that too many Ontarians are waiting too
long to get an appointment or surgery, having to travel too far to get care,
and spending too much time trying to navigate the health care system.
That is why the government is putting Ontarians back in charge of their
health care through the release of “Your Health: A Plan for Connected and
Convenient Care.” This plan focuses on providing people with a better,
more convenient health care experience closer to home, while taking
action to reduce wait times and grow the health care workforce across
the province.
The plan lays out a broad series of initiatives under three pillars: The
Right Care in the Right Place, Faster Access to Care, and Hiring More
Health Care Workers. Designed to work together and work for people,
these pillars will deliver connected and convenient care in hospital
emergency rooms, in community settings like pharmacies and doctors’
offices, in long-term care homes, and through care delivered right in your
home.
As initiatives of this plan continue to be implemented, Ontarians will
have even more ways to receive the high-quality public health care they
know and deserve, ensuring fast, easy access to care at every stage of life.
In closing, I hope you and your family have a very happy spring and
embrace the opportunity to experience everything that Sarnia-Lambton
has to offer. Enjoy life to the fullest!
Thanking Annabelle Rayson and
her mom Stephanie Lobsinger,
who continue to coordinate the
Sarnia Shoebox Project in support
of women impacted by
homelessness.
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Learning more about the
important work that Paramedics
do to support our public health
care system during a meeting at
Queen’s Park with members of the
Ontario Paramedic Association.
Contact Bob Bailey
Tel.: 519-337-0051
Fax: 519-337-3246
Working with the team at
Pathways Health Centre for
Children to provide critical
upgrades in support of
thousands of young people
in our community.
Meeting with Sarnia Site
Director Brian Lucas and the
team at INEOS Styrolution to
learn more about their
operations and how they’re
supporting a cleaner future.
E-mail: bob.baileyco@pc.ola.org
Website: bobbaileympp.com
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Smile as much as you can - it’s the ultimate anti-depressant.

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This is for the mothers who have sat
up all night with sick toddlers in their
arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar
Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid
saying, “It’s okay honey, Mommy’s
here.”
Who have sat in rocking chairs for
hours on end soothing crying babies
who can’t be comforted.
This is for all the mothers who show
up at work with spit-up in their hair and
milk stains on their blouses and diapers
in their purse.
For all the mothers who run carpools
and make cookies and sew Halloween
costumes. And all the mothers who
DON’T.
This is for the mothers who gave
birth to babies they’ll never see. And
the mothers who took those babies and
gave them homes.
This is for the mothers whose
priceless art collections are hanging on
their refrigerator doors.
And for all the mothers who froze
their buns on metal bleachers at football
or soccer games instead of watching
from the warmth of their cars, so that
when their kids asked, “Did you see me,
Mom?” they could say, “Of course, I
wouldn’t have missed it for the world,”
and mean it.
This is for all the mothers who yell at
their kids in the grocery store and swat
them in despair when they stomp their
feet and scream for icecream before
dinner. And for all the mothers who
count to ten instead, but realize how
child abuse happens.
This is for all the mothers who sat
down with their children and explained
all about making babies. And for all the
(grand) mothers who wanted to, but just
couldn’t find the words.
This is for all the mothers who go
hungry, so their children can eat.
For all the mothers who read
“Goodnight, Moon” twice a night for a
year. And then read it again. “Just one
more time.”
This is for all the mothers who taught
their children to tie their shoelaces
before they started school. And for all the
mothers who opted for Velcro instead.
This is for all the mothers who teach
their sons to cook and their daughters to
sink a jump shot.
This is for every mother whose head
turns automatically when a little voice
calls “Mom?” in a crowd, even though
they know their own offspring are at
home -- or even away at college.
This is for all the mothers who sent
their kids to school with stomach aches
assuring them they’d be just FINE once
they got there, only to get calls from the
school nurse an hour later asking them
to please pick them up. Right away.
This is for mothers whose children
have gone astray, who can’t find the
words to reach them.
This is for all the step-mothers who
raised another woman’s child or children,
and gave their time, attention, and love...
sometimes totally unappreciated.
For all the mothers who bite their lips
until they bleed when their 14 year olds
dye their hair green.
For all the mothers of the victims of
violence, and the mothers of those who
committed the offence.
For the mothers of the survivors of a
crisis, and the mothers who sat in front
of their TVs in horror, hugging their
child who just came home from school,
safely.
This is for all the mothers who taught
their children to be peaceful, and now
pray they come home safely from a war.
What makes a good Mother anyway?
Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips?
The ability to nurse a baby, cook
dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all
at the same time?
Or is it in her heart?
Is it the ache you feel when you watch
your son or daughter disappear down
the street, walking to school alone for
the very first time?
The jolt that takes you from sleep
to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping
baby? The panic, years later, that comes
again at 2 A.M. when you just want to
hear their key in the door and know they
are safe again in your home? Or the
need to flee from wherever you are and
hug your child when you hear news of a
fire, a car accident, a child dying?
The emotions of motherhood are
universal and so our thoughts are for
young mothers stumbling through
diaper changes and sleep deprivation...
And mature mothers learning to let go.
For working mothers and stay-athome
mothers.
Single mothers and married mothers.
Mothers with money, mothers without.
This is for you all. For all of us. Hang in
there. In the end we can only do the best
we can. Tell them every day that we love
them. And pray.
The
Wisdom of...
Nelson Mandela
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can
use to change the world.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable
combination.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that
goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that
goes to his heart.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are
many more hills to climb.
It always seems impossible until it’s done.
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the
time is always ripe to do right.
Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it
will.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains
unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have
altered.
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of
peace.
SPRING 2023 Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes a day.
P A G E 17

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The phrase “Don’t leave any
money on the table” apparently
comes from the game of poker. Very
popular now. You can watch it live, or
play online. Who would have thought
a game once relegated to backrooms
and basements would have such
prominence. The phrase applies to
those players that do not play with
intelligence. You are “leaving money
on the table,” by not knowing what
you are doing. By not knowing the
rules, odds, your opponents, you are
“leaving money on the table.” When
playing this game that involves betting
real cash on the cards in your hand
you should play with intelligence.
Now let’s apply that understanding
to federal and provincial programs
designed to help all qualifying tax
payers. I know, I know…there are
too many programs for me to get my
head around, and yes, I would agree
that these levels of government do
not make it easy. That is until now!
We are going to explore the Canada
Revenue Agency Benefits Finder.
All you have to do is follow these
easy steps, and by taking a few
minutes (it took me less then five),
you will have a list of programs and
THE Club
A Path to Wellness—
Don’t Leave Any Money on the Table
Getting to Know What Federal and
Provincial Financial Assistance is Available
By Chris Treftlin, Shine at Home, Sarnia
benefits that you can then explore in
more detail.
Steps:
1. Either on the Canada Revenue
Agency (CRA) website, or in
your favourite search engine
type “CRA Benefits Finder.”
https://www.canada.ca/en/
services/benefits/finder.
html
2. Click “Get Started.”
3. Answer the set of
questions such as your
province, age, marital
status.
4. When the site asks
you “Would you like
to provide a little more
information?” Say “yes.”
5. Answer the rest and
wait for the result.
So, here is where the magic
happens. A list populates of
This magazine comes with a free, built-in, old fashioned fly swatter!
federal and provincial programs and
tax credits that you may be eligible
for based on the answers you gave.
I filled out the Benefits Finder for
a fictional 82-year-old widower with
moderate income, and guess what
came back? A list too long for this
article, so I will focus on just one:
Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit
“Find out if you are eligible for a tax
credit to help low- to moderate-income
seniors with eligible medical expenses,
including expenses that support aging
at home such as hearing aids, hospital
beds, and attendant care.”
The site challenges you to take
advantage of the opportunity to help
offset many things that individuals
need as the age at home, or age in
place. The site lists examples of
eligible expenses:
• attendant care (certification
required)
• care of a provincially authorized
medical practitioner (e.g.,
nurse, occupational therapist)
• dental, vision and hearing care
(for example, glasses, dentures,
hearing aids)
• walking aids (for example,
walkers, canes
• wheelchairs and electric
scooters
• bathroom aids (for example,
grab bars, grips, rails
• diapers and disposable briefs
• hospital beds
• oxygen and assisted breathing
devices
• renovation or construction that
improves a person’s mobility,
access or functioning within
the home because of severe
and prolonged impairment
The site also goes deeper and gives
an alphabetized list of expenses that
are covered, and it is exhaustive.
Now there is some work involved
to get to all of the
potential benefits
and tax credits you
can get. As always,
I encourage the
assistance of a tax
preparer that is well
versed in seniors tax
filing.
Poker is a game;
filing taxes is not. I
think, in fact I know,
that my readers are
too smart to leave
any money on the
table.
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People of a certain age may have
already purged, downsized and decluttered
and if lucky, settled nicely in
senior housing of their choice. Knowing
our home would be sold and moving
inevitable, I started getting ready early
by trying to get someone in the family to
take Grandma’s dishes which had been
passed on to me. For many decades the
family met for all the holidays, like Easter,
Thanksgiving, Christmas and other
occasions, first at our grandparents’
house in Corunna and later Alvinston.
The meals were served on fine china,
‘Myott Staffordshire’ from England. For
some reason the dinner plates were
on the small side which explained
why the men in the family went back
for seconds and thirds of turkey with
all the fixings! Surely someone would
step up and keep the memories alive.
My brother reminded me again of the
small-sized dinner plates as he gave a
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Nadine Wark,
Sarnia
resounding, “No, we don’t want them!”
In fact, it was like an echo with many
saying the same thing, “No, we don’t
want them!” So off Grandma’s dishes
went to the thrift shop where I have yet
to go and see if they are waiting on a
shelf for the right buyer.
Next up was my two china cabinets
which I had to get down to one, so
I started with my beloved cups and
saucers which numbered close to 70.
There was a story belonging to every
set and with my photographic memory,
time stood still and I was back at
the point of purchase or receiving a
gift. Forget the nostalgia and get online
for the buy and sell websites.
(incidentally, I was on four of these for
months!) Someone did take most of my
collection, after a family member took
several which meant they would stay in
the family! One small victory!
Next up was the crystal and silver-
Welcome to ... plated cutlery plus all kinds
of knick-knacks. There were
no takers for these either.
Today’s generation show
little interest in the treasures
we once held dear to our
hearts.
Then it was on to
downsizing two book
shelves to one, plus selling over
half the furniture which could not go to
the condo. I was dizzy with people online
and coming and going, just looking
or actually purchasing, and of course,
some ‘wheeling and dealing.’
My niece came to help me purge
clothing and set up kitchen cupboards.
Anxiety set in when I saw two huge
piles of clothing she was making…
one for toss-outs, the other for thinkabouts.
The keepers stayed in the
closet. “You’ve got to think minimal,
you need to become a minimalist,” she
insisted. That word creeps me out; I
like being a Maximalist, it has worked
well for me and I have been around
much longer than my niece. She burst
out laughing at some of my clothing
choices, including a jacket which, I had
to admit, resembled a garbage bag (a
$5.00 find at a thrift shop). But, you
know, she really was right. I did feel a
sense of relief and freedom as the toss-
Owen R. Wyrzykowski
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out pile grew bigger. The old saying
“less is more” rings true.
The move from a large home to a
condo actually happened a few days
before COVID hit full-force. There were
professional movers on actual moving
day, but as the women all know, there
is plenty of packing and organizing to
be done well before moving day! I did
get some help from a couple of friends,
also my nephew. However, my sister
was my “right-hand man” and we did a
lot of heavy slugging. A fond memory I
have of her is holding on to a floor lamp
and shade, trying to steer it to her car
trunk, while being blown and tossed
by a heavy wind off Sarnia Bay! The
scene was repeated trying to get it to
the downtown thrift shop on Christina
Street.
It was suggested to me that even
after the move, the purging would still
be going on, which is true. Even on
moving day, the movers took back to
the moving van, two end tables and a
small easy-boy chair. Also, I have made
many additional trips to the thrift shop.
Here is some advice regarding
purging, downsizing, decluttering and
getting ready for a move. If you are over
70, or maybe even 60, don’t do it unless
you absolutely have to. Or, start at about
age 50…it may save your sanity!
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The Downfall
They sat it was an act of God, a
freak of nature, a weather phenomena
unusual for the season, but all in all it
was enough to bring her down. We
had kept her groomed, pruned and
in good shape for all these years,
sometimes adorning her with
coloured lights and flowers.
Now she lay at our feet, a
shadow of her former self.
She had been a
welcome haven on hot
sultry days when her
branches would spread
providing soothing relief
from the daunting sun.
Her boughs held nests
of fledgling birds as they
made their first attempt at
flight. The wind would whistle
through her leaves calming you with
their subtle sounds. And she made a
dramatic backdrop at Halloween with
the moon shining through her bare
branches. BUT NO MORE!
The elements had claimed her. An
ice storm blew in unexpectedly for
the time of year and rained down its
freezing pellets, coating her entirely
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by Marlene Stead
from Daytripping July-Aug 2003
with a glacial gown which weighed
her down, causing her to split in half,
leaving a huge ten foot stump in the
ground and her top part flayed out in
all directions. It was a sad but beautiful
sight. Lustrously, she gleamed with the
sunlight streaming through
her. It was almost magical
as the red cardinals,
bluejays and the stray
yellow canary flitted
through her shiny
branches. Perhaps,
they were paying her
a final tribute for the
many years that she
had provided them safe
abode.
Sadly for her, the days
warmed and the imagery ended. Now
she appeared straggly and unkempt.
In dire need to be tided up and put
away. Soon saws, chains and ropes
appeared to pull down and cut up
what had been a faithful thirty foot
maple tree. Now she was only a pile
of sawdust and logs, destined for a
winter’s fireplace. Perhaps the final
tribute to her glory.
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WEEKLY EVENTS
daily ongoing Weekly adult activities at Strangway Centre, Sarnia sarnia.ca/play 519-332-0656
daily ongoing Euchre - Watford Legion 9am except Sun 519-876-2351
daily ongoing Adult Programming at Lambton County Library www.lclibrary.libnet.info/events
Mon-Fri ongoing Walk with Warwick, ELCC Watford www.warwicktownship.ca
Mon ongoing NLCHC Coffee Time - 10am Elders Lodge, Kettle Pt (1st & 3rd) www.nlchc.com
Mon Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Camlachie Comm. Ctr 10am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Mon Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Thedford Legacy Ctr 9:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Mon ongoing Low Impact Exercise - LHCRC 1281 Exmouth 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Mon ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford 7pm warwicktownship.ca
Mon ongoing Cribbage - RCNA Sarnia 7pm www.facebook.com
Mon ongoing Darts - Watford Legion 7pm 519-876-2360
Mon til mid-June Forever Fit with LEO, Wyoming Legion, 9:30am www.leohelps.ca
Mon ongoing Fun Darts 12:45, Cards 7pm Pt Franks Seniors, Pt Franks Community Centre
Mon ongoing Fun Darts - Watford Legion 7pm 519-876-2351
Mon ongoing Fun Darts - Grand Bend Legion 7pm 519-238-2120
Mon ongoing Euchre - Wyoming Legion 7pm 519-845-0072
Mon ongoing Pepper 1pm Cornhole, 6:30pm Corunna Legion 519-862-1240
Mon ongoing Senior Cards Alvinston Legion 1:30pm 519-898-2100
Tues Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - The Shores Rec Ctr 8:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Tues ongoing Low Impact Exercise - Brigden Fairgrounds 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Tues ongoing Low Impact Exercise - SEMC 707 Talfourd 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Tues ongoing Petrolia Toastmasters Club Meeting 7-8 pm, Lions Hall www.facebook.com
Tues ongoing Euchre Night - Wyoming Legion 7pm www.facebook.com
Tues ongoing Adult Pick Up Basketball, ELCC Watford 7pm warwicktownship.ca
Tues ongoing Euchre - Watford Legion 7pm 519-876-2360
Tues ongoing Euchre -Pt Franks Seniors, Pt Franks Community Centre1pm
Tues ongoing Pub Darts - Corunna Legion 7:30pm 519-862-1240
Wed Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Camlachie Comm. Ctr 10am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Wed Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Thedford Legacy Ctr 9:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Wed ongoing Forever Fit with LEO, Wyoming Legion, 9:30am www.leohelps.ca
Wed ongoing Euchre - Petrolia Legion 7pm www.facebook.com
Wed ongoing LEO Diners Club, Strangway (1st Wed monthly) www.leohelps.ca
Wed ongoing LEO Diners Club, Corunna (3rd Wed monthly) www.leohelps.ca
Wed ongoing Meat Bingo, Wyoming Lions Club (1st Wed monthly) www.facebook.com
Wed ongoing Euchre - RCNA Sarnia 7pm www.facebook.com
Wed ongoing Bingo - Petrolia Lions Club (2nd Wed monthly) 519-882-8728
Wed ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford 9:30am warwicktownship.ca
Wed ongoing Caring Quilters of Lambton Shores Pt Franks Comm Centre 10-2
Wed ongoing Pickleball - Pt Franks Seniors, Pt Franks Community Centre7pm
Wed ongoing Euchre - Arkona Seniors Club Arkona Seniors Hall, 7pm
Wed ongoing Darts - Forest Legion 7pm 519-786-5357
Wed ongoing Euchre - Courtright Senior Centre 1pm
Wed ongoing Euchre - Florence Oddfellows @ Oakdale Hall 7:30pm 519-359-9935
Thurs Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - The Shores Rec Ctr 8:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Thurs ongoing Low Impact Exercise - SEMC 707 Talfourd 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Thurs ongoing Low Impact Exercise - Mooretown Complex 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Thurs til Apr 28 Meat Raffle, BG Optimists - Skeeter’s, Brights Grove www.facebook.com
Thurs ongoing Meat Raffle - Petrolia Optimists Club, Crabby Joe’s www.facebook.com
Thurs ongoing Adult Rec. Volleyball League, ELCC Watford 7pm warwickrecvball@gmail.com
Thurs ongoing Pepper - Petrolia Legion 1pm www.facebook.com
Thurs ongoing Fun Darts - Petrolia Legion 7pm www.facebook.com
Thurs til May Shuffleboard Forest Legion - Ladies 10am, Mixed 1pm www.forestlegion.ca
Thurs ongoing Peer Social Club, Alvinston (2nd Thursday) www.leohelps.ca
Thurs ongoing Sarnia Night - downtown, local music & art (3rd Thurs) www.sarnianight.com
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Thurs ongoing Euchre 2pm - League Darts 8pm Grand Bend Legion 519-238-2120
Thurs ongoing Cribbage - Corunna Legion 1pm 519-862-1240
Thurs ongoing Pool League - Alvinston Legion 7pm 519-898-2100
Fri ongoing Pickleball - Pt Franks Seniors, Pt Franks Community Centre 7pm
Fri ongoing Card Party - St. Phillip’s Hall Petrolia 7pm $5 519-882-4840
Fri ongoing Karaoke - Grand Bend Legion 7pm 519-238-2120
Fri Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Camlachie Comm. Ctr 10am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Fri Mar-Apr Low Impact Exercise - Thedford Legacy Ctr 9:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 235
Fri ongoing Low Impact Exercise - LHCRC 1281 Exmouth 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237
Fri ongoing NLCHC Coffee Time - 9:30 am Crozier Hall Forest www.nlchc.com
Fri ongoing NLCHC Coffee Time - 9am Orchard View Apt, Arkona www.nlchc.com
Fri ongoing Meat Raffle, 50/50 - Watford Legion 519-876-2360
Fri ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford 7pm warwicktownship.ca
Fri (1st) Sarnia First Friday - downtown multi-cultural walkabout www.Facebook.com
Fri ongoing Bridge 1pm, Fun Darts 7pm - Corunna Legion 519-862-1240
Fri ongoing Open Pool Night - Brigden Legion 7pm 519-864-1395
Fri ongoing Pepper - Courtright Senior Centre 7pm
Fri ongoing Dart League - Alvinston Legion 7:30pm 519-898-2100
Fri April/May Card Party - Sombra Community Hall 1pm 519-490-4643
Sat ongoing Meat Raffle - Wyoming Legion 4pm www.facebook.com
Sat ongoing Meat Raffle - Forest Legion 4pm www.forestlegion.ca
Sat ends May 13 Lunch - Petrolia Legion Noon www.facebook.com
Sat ends May 13 Meat Raffle - Petrolia Legion 2pm www.facebook.com
EXHIBITS
ongoing online Nnigiiwemin/We are going home exhibit (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Lambton at War (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Shine: Spotlight on Women of Lambton www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online The Farmerettes (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
til Apr 14 Lamb Shores Lambton Heritage Museum - Return of the Swans www.heritagemuseum.ca
til Apr 22 B Grove Call Out for Colour! – A Juried Exhibition www.galleryinthegrove.com
Apr 29-Jun 3 B Grove Fast Forward: Senior High School Student Exhibition www.galleryinthegrove.com
Jun 10-Jul 8 B Grove Ron Broda and Taylor Broda www.galleryinthegrove.com
MARCH 2023
13-15 Forest Kineto Film Festival: The Swearing Jar www.kineto.ca
14 online Lambton Branch Ontario Ancestors Zoom Meeting 6:30pm lambton.ogs.on.ca
15 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Country & Soft Rock Jamboree 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
16 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
17 Petrolia St. Paul’s United Church - St. Patrick’s Day Dinner 6-8pm 519-383-9085
17 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - St. Patrick’s Beef Stew Dinner 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
17 Petrolia Card Party - St. Phillip’s Hall 7pm 519-882-4840
17-19 Petrolia St. Paddy’s Pot ‘O Gold Fundraiser www.thevpp.ca
18 - 19 Alvinston Maple Syrup Fest - A.W.Campbell Conservation Area, 10-3 daily 519-245-3710
18 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - St. Patrick’s Day (Plus One) Party 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
18 Oil Springs Oil Springs Legion - Meat Raffle, 4pm 519-834-2537
18 Brigden Brigden Legion - Trivia 7pm 519-864-1395
18 - 19 Point Edward Bluewater Anglers - Hatchery Open House www.bluewateranglers.com
18 Corunna Mel Wilkinson Mem. Mixed Dart Tournament Legion 519-862-1240
18 Alvinston Pool Tournament Alvinston Legion 519-898-2100
18 Brigden Trivia Brigden Legion 7pm 519-864-1395
19 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Breakfast 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
19 Warwick Warwick Firemen’s Assoc. 40th Annual Breakfast www.facebook.com
19 Sarnia cinéSARNIA - “Emily” Sarnia Pub Library 2pm www.cinesarnia.com
20 Sarnia cinéSARNIA - “Emily” Sarnia Pub Library 7:30pm www.cinesarnia.com
20 Port Franks LSNT - Habitat Stewardship Presentation foppcoordinator@gmail.com
22 Sarnia Sarnia Humane Society Pawstafest - Dante Club www.sarniahumanesociety.com
22 Alvinston L.A. Lunch Alvinston Legion 11:30-1 519-898-2100
23 Thedford Jam Session at Legion - Lunch Music/dancing 1-4 519-464-3323
23 Camlachie Huron Shores Optimists Gift Card Bingo, 6:30 519-384-8110
23 Sarnia Sean McCann Sings the Great Big Songbook 8pm www.imperialtheatre.net
24 Sarnia Classic Albums Live: U2 - Joshua Tree www.imperialtheatre.net
24 Wyoming Starlight Rebekah Lodge Lunch/Cards, 12pm, Oddfellows Hall 519-845-3146
24 Petrolia Card Party St.Phillip’s Hall 7pm 519-882-4840
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25 Port Lambton Sombra Optimists - Euchre Tournament 519-358-3188 or see Facebook
25 Forest Forest Legion - Trivia Night www.facebook.com
25 Alvinston Alvinston Maple Syrup Festival 9am-2pm See Alvinston Firefighters Assoc on FB
25 Forest Trivia Night - Forest Legion www.faceboook.com
25 Alvinston Fundraiser Meat Raffle Alvinston Legion 3:30pm 519-898-2100
25 Sarnia ISO250: Great Lakes Auditorium 7:30pm www.theiso.org
26 Brigden Ag Society Annual Beef Dinner at Fairgrounds 4:30-6:30pm www.facebook.com
27 online Lambton Branch Ontario Ancestors Chat 2-3:30pm lambton.ogs.on.ca
30 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1-4pm www.facebook.com
30 Corunna Corunna Legion - Ham Bingo 519-862-1240 or www.facebook.com
30-Apr2 Petrolia “Stag and Doe” Petrolia Community Theatre www.thevpp.ca
31 Wyoming Wyoming Legion - Painkiller Jane 8pm www.facebook.com
31-Apr2 Sarnia Home Show www.sarniahomeshow.com
31 Petrolia Card Party - St. Phillip’s Hall 7pm 519-882-4840
APRIL 2023
1 Brights Grove BG Optimists - Easter in the Park www.facebook.com
1 Alvinston Euchre Tournament Alvinston Legion 519-898-2100
2 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
2 Sarnia cinéSARNIA - “Living” Sarnia Pub Library 2pm www.cinesarnia.com
2 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Dana - Casuals 7pm www.facebook.com
2 Sarnia Tim Hummell and the Bluewater Big Band www.imperialtheatre.net
3 Sarnia cinéSARNIA - “Living” Sarnia Pub Library 2pm www.cinesarnia.com
5 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Ham & Scalloped Potato Dinner 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
6 Wyoming Wyoming Legion - Easter Quarter Auction www.facebook.com
7 Wyoming Good Friday Breakfast, Wyoming Lions Club 8am-Noon www.facebook.com
7 Petrolia Card Party St.Phillip’s Hall 7pm 519-882-4840
8 Alvinston Fundraiser Meat Raffle Alvinston Legion 3:30pm 519-898-2100
9 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Euchre 1pm www.facebook.com
12 Alvinston L.A. Lunch Alvinston Legion 11:30-1 519-898-2100
12 Sarnia Joe Trio - - Sarnia Concert Association www.imperialtheatre.net
13 Sarnia Jesse Grandmont and Friends: Swing into Spring www.imperialtheatre.net
14 Petrolia Card Party - St. Phillip’s Hall 7pm 519-882-4840
14 Wyoming Wyoming Legion - Rumblefish 8pm www.facebook.com
15 Alvinston Pool Tournament Alvinston Legion 519-898-2100
15 Sarnia Bayou County the Music of CCR & John Fogerty www.imperialtheatre.net
15 Corunna Euchre Tournament Corunna Legion 519-862-1240
16 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
16 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Borderlite 7pm www.facebook.com
16 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Breakfast 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
17-19 Forest Kineto Film Festival: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry www.kineto.ca
19 Petrolia Country & Soft Rock Jamboree at Legion 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
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19 Reeces Corners Marcanda Gifts Tea Room - Spring into Fashion Show - Reserve tkts 519-845-3133
22 Alvinston Chili Cookoff 2pm Elimination Draw 3pm Legion 519-898-2100
23 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Vic & Kim 7pm www.facebook.com
23 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Euchre 1pm www.facebook.com
26 Alvinston L.A. Lunch Alvinston Legion 11:30-1 519-898-2100
28-May7 Point Edward Bluewater Anglers - 47th Annual Salmon Derby www.bluewateranglers.com
28-29 Petrolia Town Wide Yard Sales 519-882-2350
28 Sarnia ISO V&V: Great Lakes Auditorium 7:30pm www.theiso.org
29 Sarnia The Big Brother Big Sisters Spring Show & Sale, AMSS 519-336-0460
29 Alvinston Fundraiser Meat Raffle Alvinston Legion 3:30pm 519-898-2100
30 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Time for Tea Party 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
30 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
30 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Roads Travelled 7pm www.facebook.com
MAY 2023
Apr28-7 Pt Edward Bluewater Anglers - 47th Annual Salmon Derby www.bluewateranglers.com
2-21 Petrolia “Jesse’s Country Jubilee” Jesse Grandmont & Friends www.thevpp.ca
5-13 Sarnia Theatre Sarnia presents “Tarzan” www.imperialtheatre.net
6 Forest Mother’s Day Craft Sale Fair Grounds, 10am-3pm www.facebook.com
6 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Turkey Dinner 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
6 Sarnia Kentucky Derby Cocktail Party 226-932-0599
6 Wyoming Wyoming Legion Ladies Aux. Vendors Show 9am - 2pm www.facebook.com
7 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Euchre 1pm www.facebook.com
7 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Cecil & Joyce 7pm www.facebook.com
9 Wyoming Model Lodge of Oddfellows Lunch/Cards, 12pm 519-845-3146
12 Wyoming Model Lodge of Oddfellows Lunch/Cards, 12pm 519-845-3146
13 Pt Edward Town Wide Yard Sales 519-337-3021
13 Petrolia Optimist Craft & Gift Show at the Market 519-330-1802
13 Sarnia Dunlop United Church Spring Craft & Plant Sale dunlopspringsale@gmail.com
13-14 Lambton Shores Arts, Eats & Beats Studio Tour - 10am-5pm www.artseatsandbeatstour.ca
14 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
14 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Borderlite 7pm www.facebook.com
17 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Country & Soft Rock Jamboree 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
17 Sarnia Buzz Brass - Sarnia Concert Association www.imperialtheatre.net
20 Wyoming Community Spirit Picnic in the Park, 11am - 3pm PlymptonWyomingEvents FB
21 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Breakfast 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
21 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Joan Spalding 7pm www.facebook.com
21 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
23 Wyoming Starlight Rebekah Lodge Lunch/Cards, 12pm 519-845-3146
25-28 Forest Lambton Film and Food Festival, Kineto Theatre www.kineto.ca
26 Wyoming Starlight Rebekah Lodge Lunch/Cards, 12pm 519-845-3146
27 Forest Town Wide Yard Sales 1-800-265-0316
27 Sarnia Race to Erase - in support of local charities sarnia2023.racetoerase.com
27 Sarnia A Celtic Evening - The Sarnia School of Irish Dance www.imperialtheatre.net
28 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Cribbage 1pm www.facebook.com
28 Sarnia RCNA Sarnia - Music by Roads Travelled 7pm www.facebook.com
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6-25 Petrolia “Where the Heart Is” at VPP www.thevpp.ca
10 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - BBQ 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
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17 Petrolia Antique & Unique Sale at Petrolia Discovery www.petroliadiscovery.com
17 Wyoming Town Wide Yard Sales 519-845-3939
18 Petrolia Petrolia Legion - Breakfast 519-882-1557 or see Facebook
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23-25 Watford 150th Anniversary Celebrations www.facebook.com
24 Brights Grove BG Optimists - Canada Day in the Grove www.facebook.com
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A private school was faced with a unique problem. 12 year old
girls were leaving lipstick lip prints all over the bathroom mirrors.
Every night the custodian would remove them and the
next day the girls would put them back. Finally the
principal decided that something had to be done. She
called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there
with the custodian. She explained that all these lip prints were
causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the
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1 large, very fresh loaf of sandwich bread
with rolling pin. Spread each slice of bread with cheese mixture. Place 1
asparagus spear on each slice of bread and roll up. Dip each roll in melted
butter. Place rolls on cookie sheet and freeze (very important!). When ready to
serve, cut each roll into thirds and bake on greased cookie sheet for 15 to 20
minutes in a pre-heated 400 degree oven.
Asparagus s Lasagna
a
4 lbs. asparagus
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
5 cups milk
8 oz. cream cheese, cubed
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Bend asparagus until stalks snap at natural breaking point, reserve bases
for another use. Cut asparagus into 1-inch pieces. In large pot of boiling
water, cook for 3 mins. Drain and refresh under cold running water, drain
again. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of asparagus tips, set aside. In saucepan, melt
butter over medium heat. Gradually whisk in flour and cook, whisking for 1
min. Whisk in milk, bring to boil, whisking. Reduce heat to medium-low;
cook, stirring for 10 mins. or until thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in cream
cheese, lemon rind and juice, salt, pepper and nutmeg until cheese is melted.
Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles for
about 10 mins. or just until tender.
Arrange 3 noodles in 13x9 inch baking dish. Spread with 1 cup of
the sauce, then one quarter of the asparagus, then one quarter of
the mozzarella. Repeat layers 3 more time, then top with final layer
of noodles and sauce. Sprinkle Parmesan over top. Place pan on
baking sheet; bake in 375 degree oven for 35 to 40 min. or until
bubbly and top is light golden. Sprinkle reserved asparagus over
top. Bake for 5 minutes or until asparagus is heated through. Let
stand for 10 mins. Makes 8 servings.
Cream of Asparagus
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp. cooking oil
2 cans or 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 1/2 lbs. fresh asparagus, trimmed
and cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 tsp. dried tarragon
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
Fresh or frozen asparagus,
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
15 lasagna noodles (about 3/4 of a lb.)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
If you have a
small family,
this recipe
is easy to
cut in half.
1/4 tsp. white pepper
3 cups half and half cream
1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
Shredded Swiss cheese (optional)
In a large saucepan over medium heat, saute onion in oil until tender. Add
broth, asparagus and tarragon; simmer until asparagus is tender, about 8-10
minutes. In a blender or food processor, puree the asparagus, a third at a time;
set aside. In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, melt better; stir in flour, salt and
pepper. Cook and stir for 2 mins. or until golden. Gradually add cream. Stir in
the pureed asparagus and lemon juice; heat through. Garnish with cheese if
desired. Makes 8 servings (about 2 quarts).
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In Your Easter Bonnet
By Nancy McSloy, London • from Daytripping March-April 2016
For us, Easter and spring go hand
in hand—a time of new beginnings.
Flowers bloom, leaves are budding and
the grass becomes greener. Days are
longer and sunnier, temperatures rise,
and of course “April Showers” come
along.
Easter is one of
the most important
religious holidays
of the Christian
ing, celebrated
at the end of the
Lenten season,
beginning on Ash
Wednesday and
end on Easter Sunday. Holy Week, the
last week of the Lenten season begins
with Palm Sunday which takes its
name from Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem
where the crowds laid palms at his feet.
Holy Thursday commemorates the
Last Supper which was held the night
before the crucifixion. Good Friday is
the anniversary of the crucifixion and
Easter Sunday the anniversary of Jesus’
resurrection from the dead.
In AD 325, the Easter Rule was issued,
stating that Easter will be celebrated on
the first Sunday that occurs after the first
full moon on or after the vernal equinox.
Therefore, Easter must be celebrated on
a Sunday between the
dates of March 22 and
April 25.
There are many
traditions related to
Easter. One superstition
said to wear something
new on Easter. A new
garment worn on
Easter would bring
good luck through the
coming year. The birds
would punish those
who wore old attire by
dropping “decorations”
on them from the air.
The Easter Parade grew
from this belief. The
Of all the symbols associated
with Easter, the egg, the
symbol of fertility and new
life, is the most identifiable.
grand event provided a chance to be seen
wearing the latest fashions and fads. The
elegant ritual showed displays of wealth
and taste. Irving Berlin summed this
up in his song, “In your Easter Bonnet,
with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the
grandest lady in the
Easter Parade.”
Of all the symbols
associated with
Easter, the egg, the
symbol of fertility
and new life, is the
most identifiable.
The custom of
using eggs has been
associated with Easter for centuries.
Originally, Easter eggs were painted
bright colours to symbolize spring.
Different cultures have developed their
own ways of decorating eggs. Crimson
eggs are exchanged in Greece to honour
the blood of Christ. Ukrainian Pysanky
is an ancient form of Ukrainian folk art.
Intricate designs are painted on the
egg, a small hole drilled in the top and
bottom of the egg and the yolk blown
out.
The Easter Bunny has its origin in
pre-Christian lore. The rabbit was the
most fertile animal known and served
as a symbol of new life during the
spring season.
As for Hot Cross
Buns, some say that
they date back to the
twelfth century when
an Anglican monk was
said to have placed the
sign of the cross on the
buns, to honour Good
Friday.
These are just a few of
the many traditions. To
everyone, however you
celebrate the season,
have a joyous Easter
and enjoy the wonderful
new beginnings of
spring!
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Lessons From Lucy
or What I Learned
From My Cat
By Peter Smith, Brights Grove
It seems the world is divided into two
irreconcilable camps, those who enjoy
the company of cats and those who
do not. Being a confirmed member of
the former camp, I have always lived in
their presence and the house had never
been without a cat except for the brief
periods between the passing of one
and the arrival of another. However, as
the years had progressed, the number
of cats in our lives had increased to
the point where family expectations
required a minimum of three. And so
following the tragic loss of one, I had
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declared it my right to select our next
companion from the Humane Society.
On the 10 minute drive to make
my selection, I pondered the question
of how to decide from so many needy
candidates and from somewhere deep
inside came the words “take the one
that no one else will ever want.” And
so it was that on entering the Adoption
Room I was faced with a wall of cages
in front and another on either side.
Knowing that the cutest, most adoptable
cats would be placed at eye level on the
wall opposite the door, I pointed to a
cage at floor level and behind the door
and asked to be shown its occupant.
Out came, what I can only describe as
a pale, orange, furry football on pencil
thin legs, with a short, skinny tail, and
buggy eyes, one of which was running
and had dried in a crust down the side
of her nose. Her data card described her
as, “about 10 years old, morbidly obese,
and the mother of two other cats also
available for adoption, the past guardian
Find these words hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally and backwards. of whom had entered the palliative care
ward of the local hospital.” Despite their
offerings of more visually attractive
alternatives and a brief moment of self
doubt, I took the plunge and signed the
adoption papers. Her name was Lucy.
My eventual arrival home with Lucy
was met with shocked disbelief. “What
had I done? Didn’t they have anything
better?” There were mutterings of never
letter me go there unaccompanied
again, but there was no turning back.
Lucy left the travel crate in the hall and
stepped out with the self-assurance of
one who has no doubt of their elevated
position in the world. Despite the
intimidating stares of the two large male
cats who also shared the house, she
took stock of her new surroundings and
immediately made herself at home. She
simply assumed her right to the most
comfortable chair and to first place at
the food bowl. Lesson One: When you find
yourself in unfamiliar and intimidating
surroundings, step out like you own the
place. Be bold.
While in the Adoption Room I had
briefly seen Lucy’s two daughters,
cuddled together for comfort in their
cage, but looking sick and forlorn. So I
was dismayed to see their picture in the
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local paper a few days later under the
heading “Pet of the Week.” I know what
that usually means, and it isn’t good.
The result was inevitable; by the time
we picked them up they were not only
traumatized and depressed but also
had serious infections. Fortunately, with
lots of TLC we were able to nurse and
coax them back to mental and physical
health, and so a three cat household
became a five cat household.
With five cats in the house now,
competition for the warmest sleeping
spots, for food or treats and for human
contact was getting more competitive.
Where a less confident cat may have let
the other, larger cats intimidate her—
not Lucy. Utterly convinced that she
had an unassailable right to her share,
if not more of whatever was going,
she was always at the front of the line,
and complained the loudest at any
supposed indignity. Lesson Two: Stand
up for yourself, and never let anyone put
you down.
Despite trying various feeding
strategies we could never get Lucy
to lose an ounce of weight, and so to
the casual visitor she was nothing
more than a fat, lazy, grumpy and
visually unattractive orange fur-ball that
consistently occupied the best spot on
the couch and refused to move. Perhaps
it was because of my frequent defences
of her demeanor or her looks, or perhaps
it was because she somehow knew that
I had saved her, that the bond between
us grew. She would always seek out
my lap in the evening even if it meant
displacing the existing occupant, or
alternatively just sitting on top of them.
At night she would often sleep on my
pillow and purr loudly at the touch of
my hand. Lesson Three: Beauty is purely
subjective and superficial, it’s heart that
counts. Purr loudly and the world will
purr with you.
The years have passed and today
Lucy is 17 years old, and stone deaf. As
I write this we know that she is dying of
cancer. She has finally lost the weight we
sought to help her lose before, but she
is doing so in that way that you know
isn’t good. She is no longer first at the
food bowl, but still makes a respectable
second or third. I know her time is not
long and I wonder if she feels it too, but
if she does, it doesn’t show. She can still
purr louder than any cat I’ve known,
and always enjoys human company.
Lesson Four: Make the most of every day,
they are all precious.
Lucy has lived every day to the fullest,
and while I may not wish to emulate her
more selfish attributes I have to admire
her zest for life. When the time comes,
I will miss her.
“What we have before us are some
Breathtaking Opportunities disguised as
Insoluble Problems.” John Gardner

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Death is an unescapable fact of life. In contrast to our rather clinical approach to the
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did so because death took greater prominence in their lives, since people generally
died younger and child mortality rates were much higher in their day.
To overcome their grief, our ancestors often undertook a curiously public ritual. First
of all, the family of the deceased had memorial cards, usually bordered with thick
black lines, circulated to friends and family. According to custom, recipients lovingly
preserved these cards in family photograph albums or scrapbooks.
At wakes, visitations, and funerals, the dearly departed was often on view in an
open coffin. In a similar vein, caskets could also have viewing windows built right
into them. Even more macabre to our modern-day sensibilities, photographs of
the dead body were sometimes given away
as an added gesture of remembrance. Funeral
processions were also quite public in that coffins
were generally displayed in open-air or, as the
above scene illustrates, glass-encased hearses.
Family, friends, acquaintances, and, upon the
death of a politician or celebrity, public officials
accompanied the body to the cemetery.
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Blood Pressure
When you age, circumstances can
unexpectedly affect your best laid
plans much like poet Robbie Burns
with his mouse. A few years back, we
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set to visit France for an entire
month. We booked our flight and
secured accommodations in Cannes on
the French Riviera. Visions of young,
coquettish Brigitte Bardot flooded
my brain, accompanied by scores of
topless French bathing beauties, and
where did I leave my camera?
Shortly before leaving, I visited a
walk-in clinic because my doctor for
the past 45 years had reduced his
workload to three days per week prior
to imminent retirement. The walkin
doctor dutifully took my blood
pressure, and my reading zoomed off
the charts. He muttered something
about Vesuvius, and suggested that I
promptly return the next day.
Your blood pressure is recorded as
two numbers. Systolic blood pressure
(the first number) indicates how much
pressure your blood exerts against
your artery walls when the heart beats.
Diastolic blood pressure (the second
number) indicates how much pressure
your blood exerts against your artery
walls while the heart is resting between
beats. Typically, more attention is
given to systolic blood pressure as a
major risk factor for cardiovascular
disease for people over 50. It rises
steadily with age due to the increasing
stiffness of large arteries, long-term
buildup of plaque and an increased
incidence of cardiac and vascular
disease. However, either an elevated
systolic or an elevated diastolic blood
pressure reading may be used to make
a diagnosis of high blood pressure.
My results were discouraging.
My insurance company was also
discouraging. If I ventured to France
and encountered a medical problem
with my heart, I was not covered.
According to their stringent rules, I
had to wait precisely three months
to be fully covered if I ventured
even out of our province. Alas, the
much anticipated trip to France was
cancelled.
I have since arrived at the conclusion
that insurance companies control the
world. Soon after seeing a specialist
and taking a stress test (which I
passed), I was prescribed new meds,
but had a reaction to one drug, and
guess what? Yup, the three-month
insurance period now applied to the
new meds. Any change of medication,
and they force one to wait another 90
days before travelling anywhere. It’s a
wonder that they allowed me to visit
the bathroom without a note from
our old doctor whose writing is so
bad that the chaps who deciphered
Egyptian hieroglyphics would have
serious trouble figuring out his scroll.
Suffice to say that I’m now on meds,
which have brought my blood pressure
down to normal numbers, often hitting
the perfect score of 120 over 80! My
spouse and I have a small machine that
we keep handy on our kitchen table,
and this wonderful appliance provides
accurate blood pressure readings at
will.
I often say to her, “Let’s have
some fun tonight; let’s take our blood
pressure readings right after watching
the Blue Jays play the Yankees.” And
when we have guests over, we ask them
if they would like a complimentary
reading from this superb apparatus.
It’s part of our social package along
with handshakes and hugs. I keep a
notebook on the table, and record my
daily readings much like a navigator
might plot the course of his vessel.
Accordingly, one might peruse my
blood pressure notebook and easily
predict on which days I watched the
Blue Jays. So many strikeouts. Gees!
And pitching. Gees! After they won the
World Series twice, they were frugal
with their money despite huge crowds.
Now, they seem to be improving with
their young star athletes.
In three months, one beneficial
result (other than being alive) has
evolved from my dreary situation.
I can wear most of my trousers that
had formerly languished deep inside
the closet, patiently waiting for me to
drop a few pounds. I dropped twenty.
Have you ever lifted a twenty pound
weight? Not so light, is it? Well, that
was the extra baggage that I was about
to transport to France!
We have embraced a strict salt-free
diet, try to eat fish three times per
week, and avoid carbs associated with
a decadent diet. I am also trying to
exercise regularly. Both of my parents
died of cardiovascular diseases in their
60s, which I have long passed, so that’s
a good sign—the fact that I’m still here
at an advanced age! Yes, parents are
amazing; mine haunt me even when
they are long gone.
The bottom line and my advice to
fellow seniors is this: do not waste
time; drag your sweet ass to your
neighborhood drugstore, and use their
free blood pressure machine to take
a reading. Before you self-test, try to
relax. One suggestion before the test—
do not think about Brigitte Bardot or
the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Blue
Jays.
Listen to Mike’s podcasts (humour,
travel and poetry) at: The Retirement
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May Mornings
The early morning sunshine peeps
in my bedroom window. I leap out of
bed and turn up the calendar leaf to a
brand new month. May.
I open
the door to
be greeted
by a chorus
from the birds
choir. They, too, are
rejoicing in the sweet
warm air. I watch them as
they gather, having a treasure hunt
under the hedge back of my flower
bed. Chirping, pushing, trying to get
the best bits collected there over the
long winter.
Noisy, bossy black birds, with their
glossy feathers and beady black eyes
are trying to scare the others away.
They’ve found some fancy shining
bits of toffee wrappers
dropped by a careless
child.
I hear the cheerful
whistle from a pair of
cardinals as they flash in
among the cedar boughs,
searching for a secluded
by Maxine Miner
from Daytripping May-June 2010
nesting spot I hope. Here and there
fat robins pick among stocks of last
years blooms, they enjoy a few tasty
grubs and search for the proverbial
early worms.
A flock of busy finches are having a
picnic with seeds that had dropped out
of the feeder as it swung in the wind. I
glance back towards my garden spot,
a flash of bright blue tell me the blue
jays are busy with cleaning up a few
left over sunflower heads.
Then from the woodlot comes the
loud “caw caw” of the crows, returning
to nest again in their favourite tall tree.
Suddenly all is quiet. My faithful
antique persian comes strolling in
the laneway. Seeing me there with
the door open she makes a fast entry
into the house. Those bundles
of feathers don’t interest her
in the least, she knows her
favourite brand of food will be
awaiting her in her dish.
I close the door and the bird
choir starts again in full volume.
I must shake a leg and get at the
thousand and one things awaiting me.
It’s May.
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Most people look forward to spring,
after long winters of hefty heating bills,
early morning routines of scraping frosty
windshields, and the mopping up of
endless muddy puddles of water collecting
around the boots in the entranceway. We
eagerly anticipate the appearance of
daffodil sprouts, and the first fat robin,
and the longer, sunny days. But what I
look forward to with all the longing of
my winter-weary heart is the first bright
morning when I can take my laundry
basket out to the clothesline.
My mother hung her wash in all
seasons. In the sixties, she still used her
wringer washer. I can clearly recall her
feeding the sopping pieces of wet clothing
through the wringer while I watched my
shirts and pants and socks come out as
flat as pieces of paper on the other side.
Even in winter, she took her basket out
to the line, and later, when she brought
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the clothes in, each item was
as stiff as a board. I remember
the cold, crisp smell that filled
the kitchen as she ironed every
piece of laundry, trying to thaw it
out and get it dry enough to put
into the drawers. Mom didn’t enjoy
trudging through the snow to the
clothesline, but it was a joy to her
in the warmer weather. She took
great delight in tucking us in at
night, under sheets that had spent
a sunny spring afternoon snapping
in the wind out on the clothesline.
The smell of the sheets was intoxicating;
a couple of deep inhalations and we
were borne blithely off to dreamland. In
the black and white photographs of us
kids playing outside in the summer, the
Helpful Hints
• Take your banana bunch
apart when you buy
them. They ripen
faster if they stay
connected at the stem.
• Store your opened chunks of
cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay
fresh much longer and not mold.
• Peppers with 3 bumps on the
bottom are sweeter and better for
eating in salads. Peppers with 4
bumps on the bottom are firmer
and better for cooking.
• To get rid of fruit flies, take a small
glass, fill it to ½” with apple cider
vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing
liquid; mix well. You will find those
flies drawn to the cup and gone
forever.
by Corrina Austin, St.Thomas
from Daytripping July-Aug 2003
laden clothesline is always in the
background, towels and pants and
shirts splayed out in the breeze like
banners. When Mom wasn’t watching,
we loved to play and hide amongst the
sheets, pretending they were caravan
tents, or the billowing sails of
tall ships.
My clothesline waits for me
now, out in the back yard. The
empty lines tremble in the
chill wind, and the crusted
snow is piled up around the
centre pole. When the first day of
spring comes, I will lug out all the clothes
that I washed the night before, and as the
sun rises, I will reach for my clothespins.
There is something so peaceful about
being alone at the clothesline in the
early morning, listening to the birds and
murmuring to the neighbourhood cats
that meander into the yard for a quiet
visit. Hanging clothes on the line is good
therapy. As I peg the towels together, and
the socks in their pairs, it is really my
own thoughts I am arranging in flowing,
ordered rows. Later on in the hectic day,
when I am at work, I will pause and think
of my family’s laundry, trailing languidly
on the wind, and I will look forward to
coming home and gathering it off the
line, warm and dry and sweet-smelling.
No one ever bothers me when I am out at
the clothesline. Maybe that’s because they
can’t see me out there, playing behind
the sheets.
Publisher’s Note: Well written Corrina
- the clothesline must be the most simple,
affordable, environmentally friendly aspect
of life that much of the current and future
generations will never experience.
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recipe if you want a
light garlicky taste, or at the
end if you want a stronger garlic
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• Hate foggy windshields? Buy a
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George says photography is "great for this
old guy to get out of the house and go
walking and hiking." He feels that by
capturing a special moment in time, you can
always remember it in crisp detail. Although
he admits not having a good memory, he
can tell you where he was for every picture
he has taken.
His advice to anyone wanting to take up photography is to make sure you jump
on the opportunity to travel, even if you only go a couple of hours away. In
addition to many Sarnia-Lambton locations, he has traveled to Alberta, Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland and Algonquin Park (about 10 times) and will
continue to take his photography skills wherever the road takes him.
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ALL ABOUT MOM
2nd Graders Answer Questions About Their Moms
“What kind of little girl was your Mom?”
1) My Mom has always been my Mom and none
of that other stuff.
2) I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess
would be pretty bossy.
3) They say she used to be nice.
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The Holland
Collection
By Lambton County Archives
In 1947, the late H.F. Holland
reached out to the community to
source and collect photographs of
former teams and sporting events to
be displayed in exhibition
at the new Sarnia Arena.
Mr. Holland was turned
down for the display as it
was deemed ‘impractical’
however he continued to
gather materials with the aid
and encouragement of local
commercial photographer
Douglas Paisley, who rephotographed
the old
pictures so that the originals
could be returned to their
owners.
The collection grew to
include people, buildings,
historical events, and sport teams
dating back as far as the mid 1800‘s
in Sarnia. For some of these original
images, this may be the only
remaining documentation of them.
The first public exhibition of the
collection was held in the office of
the Sarnia Gazette in 1951. This
stimulated public interest and the flow
of material. Thus, at the time of Mr.
Holland’s death in 1960, the collection
had grown to some 450 images and a
complete set had been purchased by
the Archives of Ontario.
Mr. Paisley continued the collection
until 1971 when the 2,300 pictures
were purchased by the Sarnia Public
Library and Art Gallery, with funds
provided by the Southwest Region
Library System. The collection was
later transferred by Sarnia Library to
the Lambton County Archives where
it currently resides. These photos can
either be accessed in person by visiting
the archives or can be searched via
the online collection which is available
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website.
Some of the original images have
resurfaced over the years including
this image of Scott’s Bros. Bread
Manufacturers from the early 1900s.
This image recently arrived at the
Lambton County Archives as part of
a donation. In this photo, the only
person identified is the man with the
black derby hat standing behind the
fence. This is early Sarnia historian,
Frank Thomas. The image below, one
we have yet to locate the original, is
the south side of Lochiel St., showing
J.S. Thom Block. Major John S. Thom’s
first studio in Sarnia was in the Clark
block, opposite the Belchamber Hotel.
On Jan 26th, 1883, he bought the
McClellan property on the southwest
corner of Christina and Lochiel
Streets, and moved his studio there.
When the building was destroyed by
fire, Mr. Thom then built the present
brick building, with studios on the
second floor. This is now the Judith &
Normin Alix Art Gallery.
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Books By Mail
By Andrea Basra, Public Services Coordinator
Adult Programs and Outreach, Lambton County Library
Do you have difficulty accessing
transportation to get to a library?
Mobility challenges? To better serve all
Lambton County residents, the Books
by Mail service can bring the library
directly to your door. This service is
provided free of charge to patrons who
qualify for the service and can be used
on an indefinite or temporary basis.
Reserve items using the online
catalogue on the library website or by
calling any library location. Items will
be mailed via Canada Post and
will include a pre-paid, preaddressed
envelope. Return
items using this envelope, seal
it, and put the package into any
mailbox.
Almost any item in the
library catalogue can be
borrowed using the Books by
Mail service. Due to Canada
Post restrictions, there may
be some items that cannot
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volunteer! Here’s a list of
opportunities p
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to our community.
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be borrowed due to their
weight or electronic
components. You can
reserve items by using the
online catalogue, the Iguana
app, or by calling any
library location. Accessible
borrowers can borrow up
to 50 items at one time and have an
extended loan period. And if items are
held up in the mail, that is no problem:
Lambton County Library is fine-free!
To register for the service and receive
the Accessible Borrower registration
forms through the mail, call 519-845-
0809 ext. 5220 for more information.
The Accessible Borrower form can
also be downloaded from the library
website www.lclibrary.ca, completed,
and returned to any library location.
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Sarnia Lambton Rebound Program & Special Event Volunteers, Cinderella Project Volunteer Committee 519-344-2841 ext. 101
Victorian Order of Nurses Visitor, Footcare Clinic Assistant, Bingo, Adult Day Program, In-Home Exercise 519-542-2310 ext. 4267
LC Long-Term Care Living Various opportunities from Coffee Program to organist/pianist to dining companions lambtoncares.ca/volunteer
Lambton Elderly Outreach Reception, Transportation, Friendly Visiting, Meals on Wheels, Diner’s Club, Forever Fitness 519-845-1353
Alzheimer Society of S-L Program, Event and Bingo Volunteers 519-332-4444
Habitat for Humanity Handyman Assistant, Build Volunteer, ReStore: Sales Floor Support, Cashier 519-339-7957
St. Joseph’s Hospice S-L Residence Reception, Volunteers for Kitchen, Grocery Shopping, Direct Support, and more 519-337-0537 stjosephshospice.ca
Literacy Lambton Volunteer opportunities in the Adult or Family Literacy Programs, Special Events, and more literacylambton.org/volunteer/
Noelle’s Gift to Children Bingo & Event Volunteers: online registration at www.noellesgift.ca under volunteer tab www.noellesgift.ca
Bluewater Health Patient Care Assistant, Help Program, Reception 519-464-4400 ext. 5406
ORGANIZATION
Sarnia Humane Society
DONATIONS
Several volunteer opportunities. Needed items: non-clumping cat litter, horse bedding pellets,
towels and small fleece blankets, and more. Visit website for full list.
CONTACT
www.sarniahumanesociety.com
River City Vineyard Donation of food, extra clothing, valuables, and small household items to foodbank and shelter 519-383-8463(VINE)
Petrolia Food Bank Monetary and food donations to food bank (please check expiry dates) 519-882-3950
Inn of the Good Shepherd
Women’s Interval Home
Needed items: Clothing, linens & bedding, small kitchen appliances, dishes & cutlery, cereal,
school snacks, juice boxes, sugar, coffee. Volunteer opportunities available.
New unused items only will be accepted to shelter: hygiene items, clothing, gift cards, etc.
Please email kyla@womensintervalhome.com to schedule a time for item drop off.
519-344-1746
Petrolia Comm. Refrigerator Any type of food items, personal items and monetary donations 519-882-1390
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Willing Hands Yarn Club Donations of yarn used for scarves, hats, blankets, etc. distributed locally and nationally. 519-336-8088 biskit@sympatico.ca
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Sure signs of spring are here a little
earlier than usual, but don’t get too
far ahead of the season. Snowdrops
are showing their pure white flowers,
LEO Tundra Swans are making their return,
Forest and our Kineto songbirds Theatre are beginning their
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refreshed landscape to
add curb appeal to your home? Are you
finally getting to that tree you should
have planted 20 years ago?
Now is a great time to do some
research, speak to a few professionals
and make some firm plans. Since
we don’t have to wait for frost and
snowpack to melt this year, we will
have opportunity to plant as early as
the soils transitions from mud.
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Inn of the Good Shepherd
Lawrence House
Kiwanis Animal Farm
Pathways
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Mike Weir Foundation
Gallery in the Grove
VPP
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and friends to make good plans for
spring landscaping changes you
hope to make.
❏ Plant that tree you should have
years ago (in the right place).
❏ Look into vertical gardening if you
are limited on outdoor space.
❏ Plan a habitat space for wildlife in
your garden.
❏ Improve the soil in veggie beds and
containers with new soil, peat moss,
compost and natural fertilizer.
❏ Keep on top of weeds in a garden
bed by starting clean and consider
adding a layer of mulch/ straw to
keep weeds at bay.
❏ Transplant seedlings and/or sow
seeds into the garden based on the
instructions on the seed packet,
good advice from friends or from
your favourite garden centre.
❏ Feed your plants regularly for a
great yield—you only get out what
your put in. Great organic options
include hen manure & kelp meal.
❏ Plant cold-loving veggies early April
(onions, radish, snow peas and
perennial herbs).
❏ In mid-April to May, plant potatoes,
broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.
❏ Plant tender veggies after the frostfree
date (usually after Victoria
Day) such as tomatoes, peppers,
cucumber and melons.
❏ Water vegetables and fruit regularly
for continued growth.
❏ In June, start to reap the rewards by
picking early crops like leafy greens,
radishes, and strawberries.
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Do you have one of those husbands
who loses something almost every day
of the year? I know I do and it is both
funny and stimulating to watch the steps
happening. They have this magical talent
of making things disappear to sometimes
or never to be found again. A magician—I
think not.
“Honey where did you put my new
socks? I’ve looked everywhere and can’t
seem to find them.” First off, I did not
put away his new socks because he said
he would take care of that job. Oh good, I
thought. If he puts them where he can find
them, he won’t lose them. Right? Wrong.
Most husbands hunt for things like a
packrat looking for grubs. Dig, dig, dig and
repeat. If only when they were digging
they stopped to consider what they are
bypassing, they might find what they are
actually looking for. Hence, the socks are
located near the top of the pile, just a little
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to the right of where you are focusing your
search. As I said, he is a so-so magician.
“I know I left that 3/8 wrench right
here when I went for parts. Did you move
it or put it back?” I’ve learned the hard
way never to put away his tools until he
actually expresses the feeling
that that is a wrap and we can
move onto something else. It’s
not that he doesn’t have at least
three other 3/8 wrenches hanging
in plain sight on the hook that
says 3/8 but he always wants the same
one to finish the job he started. Maybe
superstition like the hockey players and
their stinky socks. Who knows? Eventually
the wrench is located right where he left it
on the fender of the vehicle. Tools do not
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grow legs and walk away, but you would
think so at times. Funny when he finds
it you hear a quiet little rebuke,”So that’s
where you’ve been hiding.”
There are numbered drawers for every
known piece of ‘stuff’ in the shed. There
are signs and numbers for all the
tools lining the walls—and still
things magically move and are
placed in the most unlikely spots.
He’s very organized... maybe too
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ago, so good luck with that thought
process.
I must remark though, that there
are hundreds of parts for very specific
jobs that are unique to certain jobs, and
no others will work. The snow blower
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on the ends of the tractor arms to make
them secure. I say leave them with that
particular item, but no, they must come
into the shed and be placed somewhere
special which eight months from now will
be impossible to locate. Oh well, the fun
part is it keeps us perpetually in motion
looking for one thing, and finding others
we were looking for a month ago.
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the things we have lost over the years, but
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By Therese Lecuyer
from Daytripping Sept-Oct 2015
One of the good things about getting
older (and there are things) is that with
time, we see what really matters and
what doesn’t at all. One important
thing I’ve learned is the importance of
a friend. If I live to be 100 and that is all
I’ve learned from life, I’ll consider myself
blessed. Friends may be people you see
once a year or every day.
People that I have grown up with from
a very young age are very dear to me. We
carry a history with us that few people
can boast about... like feeding the pigs,
being chased by our unfriendly rooster,
playing in my playhouse—the outhouse!
We’ve seen each other grow up, find
jobs, get married, raise families and have
grandbabies. I attended a wedding last
weekend of one such
friend. As I watched her
daughter on her wedding
day, it brought back a lot
of memories of her mom
and I growing up.
Along with the happy
times, like weddings and
the birth of babies, we’ve
also been witness to the struggles of aged
parents and the death of each other’s
loved ones. Having a friend means there
is always someone there in good times
and bad.
The day my daughter was married
they were there, when I became a
granny for the first, second and third
time… they were there. The day I was
diagnosed with cancer and the day my
breasts were removed they were there.
The days of my chemo, the life support
and near death… they have always been
there. Having a dear friend means you
are never alone through good days and
bad.
God has blessed me with many friends
I would consider my angels. If you are
lucky enough to find such a person hang
on to her or him and thank God they
are there on your journey through life.
Everything seems a little sweeter when
a friend is near by.
A friend is someone you have chosen
to be by your side. You
probably have a lot in
common and in some cases
even look alike!
Whether you’re lucky
enough to have a long-time
friend or a new friend you
have just met, hang on
tight… you are truly blessed!
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Great article on the music scene in our area. We certainly have a lot of
talented musicians, many with long careers playing locally and beyond
Sarnia/Lambton. ~ Barry Loxton
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printed in The Club so I was quite surprised with the cheque. Thanks!
I would like to see more people write in about their varied life experiences,
as I am always interested in hearing about all the different aspects of
living in this great world of ours.
The Daytripper, and now The Club, have also had many of their poems
and quizzes, etc. recycled as I am an inveterate “clipper,” and they are
pasted into one of my many scrapbooks for future use to liven up
meetings and add some fun, laughter and information.
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A little girl asked her mother, “How did the
human race appear?” The mother answered,
“God made Adam and Eve and they had
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by Marion Clouse • from Daytripping Jan-Feb 2005
We often think of forgiveness as
something that someone who has
done us wrong must ask of US. On the
contrary, forgiveness is a gift you give
to yourself. Many of us create rules
inside our head for how people should
behave; when people break the rules,
we resent them. We grow up believing
that we can punish others by refusing
to forgive them, “If I don’t forgive you,
you suffer.” Actually, it’s the other way
around. By refusing to forgive others, it’s
you that suffers. To not forgive others
is like taking the poison and expecting
them to die! YOU get the knot in your
stomach; YOU are the one to lose sleep.
We all live our lives the best way we
know how. We make a lot of mistakes
along the way, sometimes we act on
misinformation, sometimes we do
stupid things, yet we are still doing it
the best way we know. Blaming others
gets us nowhere. If something is done,
it is done. Griping about it changes
nothing. People do what they do from
knowing what they know. Whether you
make them the guilty ones makes no
difference – except that it ruins your
life. Things are the way they are. If a
hurricane floods your basement, do you
say: “I’ll never forgive the weather?” If
a seagull poops on your head, do you
resent the seagull? Then why resent
people? We are no more meant to
control people than we are meant to
control rainstorms and seagulls.
Choice is always present in forgiveness.
You do not have to forget. Forgive
and forget is a myth. You may never
forget, but you can CHOOSE to forgive.
Refusing to forgive by holding on to
the anger, resentment and a sense
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Remember, you always have choice.
The hurts won’t heal until you forgive.
Healthy relationships are not possible
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you continue to hold on to things that
happened in the past. Regardless of the
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2. List your feelings and the cause of
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As we alter our attitude toward others,
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As I stood staring at the black rotary
phone at the antique store, it brought
back a flood of memories. How could
an item I used in my lifetime be an
antique already?
I was born in 1962. It would be hard
for kids today to believe, but we grew up
in the sixties without computers, i-pods,
digital cameras and cell phones.
It was a simpler life back then.
We had one phone in our house, the
classic black rotary phone. Households
could go on a “party line.” This was
when you shared your phone line with
another family. You did not know who
was on your party line, but often when
you picked up the phone, you could
hear people having a conversation.
My mother warned us if the party line
“was on”, you discreetly hung up the
phone and waited. This could be very
annoying, if you had long-winded
people on your party line. It was also
very annoying when you were talking
and the party line people kept picking
up the receiver and putting it down. The
telephone has come a long way since
then, with call waiting, call display, etc.
There were no compact disks in the
60’s. Even cassette tapes and eight
tracks had not come on the scene yet.
It was vinyl records in those days. They
came in three sizes, 45’s, 78’s and LP
albums. My sister had a small record
player and as a preschooler, I would
sneak into her room when she was at
school to play cool tunes, such as “I
Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by the Rolling
Stones, “I’m a Believer” by the Monkees
(who by the way had their own TV show
from 1966-1968) and “Purple People
Eater” (can’t remember who sang that
gem). I had only played 45’s, so when
I received an album with Christmas
songs on it, I didn’t realize there were
more than two songs on an album. I
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would always listen to the first song on
each side over and over again. One day,
I didn’t get to the record player in time
before the second song started playing.
You can imagine my surprise!
We had a simple black and white
television set. There was no remote
control; you actually had to get up to
change the channel. I remember my
family gathering around the TV to watch
the first man walk on the moon. That
was an exciting time in history. It was
also a very exciting time for my family
w hen we purchased our first coloured
television set. There were so many good
shows on TV, such as “Bewitched”,
“I Dream of Jeannie”, “Green Acres”,
“The Beverly Hillbillies”, “I Love
Lucy”, etc. My favourite cartoons were
“The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons.”
Wouldn’t George Jetson be proud, how
far electronic gadgets have advanced in
the last 40 years!
We did not have digital cameras. Our
family had a box camera, which looked
exactly like its name, a rectangular
black box. The film was taken to a store
to be developed and the photographs
were black and white.
My Aunt Sarah had a portable
typewriter and allowed me to use it when
we visited. You really had to press down
hard on those keys to get it to print. When
you pressed a key, a long silver arm with
the letter engraved on its end would hit the
typewriter ribbon, imprinting the letter
on the paper. To make copies, a piece of
carbon paper was placed between two
sheets of paper.
Gameboy, Nintendo, X-box and
Playstation were unheard of. If you
wanted to play games you went to the
arcade to play pinball. Arcades became
even more popular when they added
video games, such as PacMan.
If you wanted to “google” information
for a school project, you “googled” in
books at the local library. There were no
computers at the library. You would look
through index cards to find out where
the books you needed were located.
Kids spent hours playing in the snow,
building snowmen, snow forts and
igloos. Children played outside all year
round, in all weather. Every kid had a
bike and used it. Families generally only
had one vehicle and regular gas was
approximately $0.30 a gallon. Kids were
brought up to be independent when
it came to transportation and if you
wanted to go somewhere you walked
or rode your bike. As TV was limited to
basic channels, kids spent more time
reading books or playing board games.
Comic books were also popular.
We only ate junk food when we were
lucky enough to have a nickel or dime
to go to the corner store for candy. My
favourites were Pink Elephant Popcorn,
Cracker Jacks, Double Bubble gum (that
included a tiny comic strip) and licorice
pipes. You could act way cool with
Popeye cigarettes.
My mother was a stay-at-home mom.
She often made homemade bread from
scratch. There’s nothing like the aroma
of a fresh loaf of bread coming from
the oven and we smothered the warm
bread with butter.
Clothes were washed in a wringer
washer and then hung on the clothes line
to dry. Some of the fashions that were
“in” were hot pants, ponchos and pedal
pushers. Pedal pushers were the original
capri pants. They also resurfaced in the
80’s and were called clamdiggers. You
know you’re getting up there in age
when an article of clothing has come
into fashion three times. Also popular
were mini and maxi skirts. Footwear
fashion included mukluks, moon shoes,
go-go boots and platform shoes. You
wore thongs on your feet, they weren’t
underwear then!
When I reminisce about my
childhood, it amazes me how things
have changed. If our grandparents could
see the technology we have available in
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“What?” Mom asked.
“Let’s run through the rain!” She talking to Daddy about his cancer, you
repeated
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“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows get through anything!”
down a bit,” Mom replied.
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I
This young child waited about another swear you couldn’t hear anything but the
minute and repeated: “Mom let’s run rain. We all stood silently. No one came or
through the rain.”
left in the next few minutes. Mom paused
“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom said. and thought for a moment about what she
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what would say. Now some would laugh it off
you said this morning,” the young girl said and scold her for being silly. Some might
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at the mall. She must have been 6 years
old, this beautiful red haired, freckle-faced
image of innocence. It was pouring. The
kind of rain that gushes over the top of
gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth
it has no time to flow down the spout.
We all stood there under the awning just
outside the mall doors. We waited, some
patiently, others irritated because nature
messed up their hurried day.
I’m always mesmerized by rainfall. I get
lost in the sound and sight of the heavens
washing away the dirt and dust of the
world. Memories of running, splashing
carefree as a child came pouring in as
a welcome reprieve from the worries of
my day.
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the
hypnotic trance we were all caught in.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she
said.
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“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s
run through the rain. If we get wet, well
maybe we just needed washing,” Mom
said. Then off they ran. We all stood
watching, smiling and laughing as they
darted past the cars and yes, through the
puddles. They held their shopping bags
over their heads just in case. They got
soaked.
But they were followed by a few who
screamed and laughed like children all the
way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I
got wet. I needed washing.
Circumstances or people can take away
your material possessions, they can take
away your money, and they can take
away your health. But no one can ever
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make memories everyday - run through
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Digging worms and moving things,
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in about 55 feet of water about 200 feet
just south of the Bluewater Bridge. Its life
came to an end July 6, 1934 when, while
towing the freighter C.F. Bielman towards
Lake Huron, the Beilman swung out of
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from Daytripping May-June 2021
control flipping the Monarch onto her
starboard side then dragging the stern
down to the river bottom. Today she is a
popular scuba diving destination.
On May 31, 1906 the steamer Erin
was up bound in the fog on the St. Clair
towing the schooner Danforth. About
a mile below Courtright she was run
into by the steamer John B. Cowle. Cut
in two, she sunk
immediately with
the loss of five of
her crew members.
Rescue efforts
were provided by
local fishermen
as the damaged
Cowle, unaware
of the severity of
the accident, had
to contend with her own damage. The
last deceased crew member was found
floating in the river near Sombra almost
two weeks later. Mrs. Herbert from
Cleveland, was one of the Erin’s cooks,
who was sleeping at the time of the crash
and never had a chance to save herself.
Half of the wreck lies in American waters
From The Sampler, Heritage Sarnia-Lambton
and the other half in Canadian.
On August 6, 1887 at the Wolf
and Davidson shipyard in Milwaukee
Wisconsin, over 3,000 people turned out
to experience the launching of the new
285 foot wood steamer, William H. Wolf,
named for the owner of the company.
She had a beam of 41 feet and depth
of 24 feet.
The William H. Wolf steamer.
The side launch of
the vessel created
a tremendous wave
which resulted in the
death of two men
who had come to
witness the launch
of what was then the
largest vessel ever
built on the Great
Lakes. The tragedy
at the birth of the
vessel’s Great Lakes career was to eerily
mirror her death some 34 years later.
The Wolf performed yeoman but
ordinary service during her career. It
was not until October 21, 1921 that she
again found tragic notoriety. The Wolf
left Port Huron, Michigan early morning
down bound, empty for Detroit. While
underway, fire was discovered in the
forward hold and gained fast and
furious headway because of the wind
and forward motion of the ship. The
alarm was sounded and the ship was
steered for the beach on the Canadian
side running aground at Fawn Island.
With the fire burning out of control,
the members of the 22 man crew were
ordered to abandon ship by Captain
Thomas Hanson. Unfortunately, two
crewmen, Wheelsman Tony Smith and
First Mate Edward Henry, who had been
directing the abandon ship manoeuver,
perished in the fire. Meanwhile the ship
burned to the water line. Survivors were
taken to the Colonial Hotel in Marine
City, Michigan and cared for there.
The carcass of the Wolf lay beached
for four years until in 1925 she was
floated off her death bed and towed to
a spot south of Fawn Island near present
day Riverview School where she was
dynamited and settled to her final resting
spot on the bottom of the St. Clair.
Today the broken bow is located in
shallow water, while the stern is at the
bottom of the drop-off in approximately
60 feet of water. You can still find the
engine, boiler, and four-bladed propeller
at the site. She is a popular scuba diving
and fishing spot and is easily visible
from a pleasure boat.
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2. Which one of these planets rotates clockwise?
a] Uranus b] Mercury c] Venus d] Pluto
3. Which two letters are worth ten points in Scrabble?
4. Which two South American countries does the Patagonia Region
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5. In what year were women first allowed to participate in the modern
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c] 1912, Stockholm d] 1924, Paris
6. What is a nebuchadnezzar?
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b] A king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
7. In Islam, what does Bismallah mean?
a] In the name of Allah b] In Allah’s light
c] Lord of the Worlds d] Praise be to Allah
8. On average, what do you do 15 times a day?
a] Burp b] Laugh c] Break wind d] Lick your lips
9. The car in the Knightrider series was call KITT. What does this
acronym stand for?
10. The first Super Bowl (1967) was played between which two teams?
11. How hot is lightning?
a] 1,000°F b] 50,000°F c] 70,000°F
12. A fylfot is the heraldic name for what symbol?
a] Fleur de lis b] Phoenix
c] Lion d] Swastika
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1. Diarrhea, it kills more children than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined;
2. Venus; 3. Q and Z; 4. Chile and Argentina; 5. 1900, Paris; 6. Trick question - Both!;
7. In the name of Allah; 8. Laugh; 9. Knight Industries Two Thousand;
10. The Green Bay Packers and The Kansas City Chiefs. Packers won 35-10;
11. 50,000°F (five times hotter than the surface of the sun); 12. Swastika.
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