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Beautiful Things That People Do, 

by Mark Moran, Publisher 

Because They Can... 

“It’s been a quite a seed we planted 

that bloomed into something we never 

could have imagined.” That’s how Brian 

Schoonjans summed up he and Shannon 

Armstrong’s role in Miracle Max’s 

Minions. 

You’ve probably seen the fields of 

sunflowers that have been grown in 

memory of Max Rombouts who passed 

at the age of two after a battle with 

leukemia. Since this tribute began in 

2019 countless people have stopped to 

take photos and selfies, and donation 

boxes were set up with proceeds going 

to the families of children fighting 

childhood cancers. Almost $400,000 has 

been raised so far! 

The Schoonjans’ farm is at 5023 

Douglas Line near Aberarder and the 

six acres here will bloom for about 

two weeks around the end of July. The 

sunflowers bloom roughly 60 days after 

planting, But that’s not the only location. 

Sipkens Garden Centre added a smaller 

field last year and will be doing it again 

but, because they re-plant throughout 

the summer, the field will bloom 

continuously. 

Doug & Tracy Rogers have a farm on 

Hwy. #21, just south of Kettle Point. They 

actually farm sunflowers as a crop and 

were surprised a few years ago when 

hundreds of people started stopping 

by to take selfies every day, but they 

were on board once they learned about 

Miracle Max. Their fields will probably 

bloom early to mid-July. 

There have been other fields as well 

but Brian explained how the field crops 

need to be rotated on occasion. There’s 

also a canola field at the VanLoon family 

farm at 8727 Confederation Line near 

Watford this year but it may be finished 

blooming by the time you read this. 

We love it when these beautiful people 

do beautiful things just because they can. 

We also love the cover photo by Jayne 

Primeau that was taken at one of Miracle 

Max’s fields. 

There’s also an article on page 14 

about the Seniors Cruise on the Duc 

D’Orleans II. This long running tradition 

was forced to take a break during the 

pandemic but it’s back, thanks to a 

number of volunteers and the generosity 

of the ship’s new owners who are 

following in the footsteps of previous 

owners Ken & Sherry Bracewell. 

There are countless other examples 

of citizens volunteering throughout 

our community and I don’t need to 

remind any of our readers that it’s often 

folks with gray hair (or no hair at all) 

doing much of the heavy lifting in our 

communities. 

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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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North Side of Michigan Avenue 

Looking West, Point Edward, circa 1920 

Point Edward’s history aptly demonstrates how the arrival of a rail line could 

trigger remarkable growth in an already established community. Named in 

tribute to Queen Victoria’s father, Edward, the Duke of Kent, but also known as 

Huron Village until the 1860s, the Point boomed when the Grand Trunk Railway 

designated the place as the western terminus for its northern branch. To “bridge” 

the St. Clair, the Grand Trunk constructed a large car ferry facility at Point Edward 

in the late 1850s. To accommodate ferrying operations, the railroad also laid out 

a vast rail yard in the village. Not surprisingly, Grand Trunk workers poured into 

the place. In 1866, a directory publisher described the rail centre in one simple 

word: “flourishing.” Point Edward incorporated 

as a village in 1878. Despite repeated 

overtures from its rather covetous neighbour, 

Sarnia, the Point has remained “progressively 

independent” ever since. 

O.E. Evans photo, Lambton Heritage Museum 

Courtesy of Glen C. Phillips - 

Lambton: An Illustrated History of the County 

© 1999 

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“May the Force be with you.” -Star Wars, 1977

We’re all getting older, we may as well laugh about it! 

Rope Skipping 

Back in time... to a much simpler 

lifestyle. An era without TV, computers, 

cell phones or iPods. Back to a time when 

kids made their own fun.. What did they 

do? They entertained themselves with 

their own games. Games that changed 

with the season and in which the kids 

themselves set the rules and arbitrated 

decisions. 

Kids swarmed the streets. Sent out 

with the admonition “Come in when the 

streetlights come on,” children were on 

their own. No adult interference presumed 

to make rules in the activities 

that followed. As the 

seasons changed, so too 

did the games. Relievo, a 

somewhat violent contest 

pitted two teams, the IN 

team and the OUT team, 

against one another. It was 

played mostly by boys. 

One team attempting to 

capture members of the other by patting 

one of the OUTs three times on the back. 

Great were the struggles to prevent this 

after being surrounded by the INs. 

Girls were more decorous. One of their 

chief games was rope skipping. Not the 

type of solo skipping used by boxers to 

enhance their footwork but something 

that was almost equally demanding. First 

a long stretch of rope was taken up after 

shouts of “no ender.” Those who failed 

to get the call out in time had to begin 

the session being rope turners. The two 

turners stood facing each other about 

12 feet apart. Everyone else lined up to 

one side and took a turn running into the 

revolving rope and often chanting a sing- 

By Glynn A. Leyshon, London 

from Daytripping Sept-Oct 2010 

song rhyme in rhythm to the slap of the 

rope on the pavement. They skipped both 

feet clearing the rope at once. They were 

actually jumping rope. One of the chants 

to accompany the skipping was: 

Grapes on the vine 

Ready to be picked 

One fell off and did the splits. 

At this juncture the skipper landed on 

both feet attempting to capture the rope 

between her feet. Failing to do so meant 

she had to trade places with one of the 

rope turners. 

A better test of agility and 

timing was “double 

dutch.” In this type of 

skipping, the rope turners 

stood facing one another 

with the rope around 

the waist of one and 

extending to surround 

the waist of the other 

so that two ropes could 

be turned simultaneously, one by each 

hand and in opposite directions – left 

hand clockwise and right hand counter 

clockwise. Now it became a challenge of 

agility and timing for one had to jump in 

quickly and skip on alternate feet twice 

as fast as with a single rope turning. It 

was a good workout. One of the patters 

to go with the skipping was: 

On the corner lives a lady 

Who she is I do not know 

All she wears is gold and silver 

All she eats are ice cream cones 

It might be a good thing to encourage 

more double dutch on playgrounds and 

streets of today. The old days had a lot to 

recommend them. 

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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac saw 

300 years ago that a settlement beside 

the Detroit River would become a 

commercial success and a strategic 

point for defence. Never could he 

have imagined how it would grow or 

what an impact it would have on the 

Americas from Cape Horn to the North 

Pole. Nor could he have foreseen the 

effect it would have on Sarnia, Ontario, 

sixty miles to the northeast, on the St. 

Clair River. 

Descendants of French Canadians 

whom Cadillac brought to Detroit 

were the first white people to settle in 

Sarnia. They came here after the British 

withdrew from Detroit in 1796. John 

Courtney, the first English-speaking 

settler on the eastern shore of the St. 

Clair, also came from Detroit. He and 

his French neighbours rented from 

the indiginous people, farmed and 

depended for cash on what they sold in 

Detroit. After the 1805 fire, there was 

ready sale for their shingles and pickets. 

When the War of 1812 broke out, 

indigenous people divided into pro- 

British or pro-American. The French 

settlers, afraid of being caught in tribal 

warfare, fled to Detroit for protection 

and not until the Americans held Detroit 

secure did they straggle back home. 

Their lives were disrupted again 

when the Erie Canal opened in 1825. 

Immigrants from Great Britain, 

particularly Napoleonic war veterans, 

had been given land in Upper Canada. 

To avoid the miseries of immigrant 

ships and the journey west from the 

St. Lawrence, those who could 

afford to came by New York, 

travelled up the Hudson and 

took the new canal to Buffalo. 


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The Benign Impact of Detroit 

From there they sailed to Detroit, to 

go north on one of the steamers the 

enterprising Detroiters had in service. 

One of them, General Gratiot, was 

described by a girl who made the 

passage as the smallest ship she had 

ever seen, and so slow that it took two 

stints with a one night stopover to reach 

Sarnia. 

English immigrants soon outnumbered 

the French and like them, looked to 

Detroit for transportation, mail, and a 

market to sell and buy goods. The fact 

that they bought supplies unobtainable 

locally is evident from a bill, still in 

existence, made out to a Mr. Wheatley 

of the Sarnia area. It is dated “Detroit, 

April 4, 1839” and it lists tea, coffee, 

currants, wine, C.S. soap, yellow soap, 

loaf sugar, rice and a jug. The bill, paid 

for in British currency and converted to 

American dollars, amounted to $9.74. 

Payment was received “per H. Hyatt 

Jas. Malcom.” 

From the time of the above transaction 

to 1860, Detroit’s population multiplied 

five times, and its products accordingly. 

These were distributed by railways to 

New York and Chicago, but goods could 

only be taken north by small, slow ships. 

When the waterways filled with ice, 

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transportation between Detroit and 

Sarnia relied on a Detroit-based 

stagecoach service to Port Huron. 

Detroiters and Sarnians rejoiced 

when, in 1859, the Grand Trunk 

Railroad, financed by British interests, 

completed its line from Montreal to 

Detroit. The rail cars crossed the St. 

Clair by ferry from Sarnia to Port Huron 

and proceeded to Detroit to connect 

with an existing line to Chicago. 

In 1860, when the Victoria Bridge 

across the St. Lawrence opened, the 

railway line was extended to Portland, 

Maine. With Portland being an icefree 

port, any place on the railway 

could now engage in overseas trade 

year ‘round. The Sarnia - Port Huron - 

Detroit section gave passenger service 

for 95 years, but it did not serve 

residents along the west side of the 

Lake or the River St. Clair. To remedy 

this, innovative Detroiters eventually 

had a rail line operating along the 

waterway from Detroit to Port Huron. 

Powered by electricity, it made fast 

runs between the two cities. Known as 

the Rapid, it was a boon to Canadians. 

With the Rapid, travel between their 

communities became easier. For 

example, someone from Courtright 

could cross the river to St. Clair, 

Michigan, take the Rapid to Port 

Huron, and the ferry to Sarnia, 

in about an hour. That beat 

driving a horse over awful 

roads for several hours. 

While the Rapid operated, 

cruise ships were popular. Detroit’s 

new Tashmoo started to run excursions 

in 1900. She called at Sarnia, took on 

church groups, company picnics and 

other holiday-makers before crossing 

to Port Huron for a similar crowd and 

heading downriver. Most passengers 

disembarked at Algonac and returned 

home on the Wauketa in the evening. 

When the passenger ships were in 

their heyday, enterprising Detroiters 

brought forth the automobile. It 

changed transportation all over the 

Americas. By the late twenties, cars had 

run horses off the streets and, in a few 

years, caused the demise of the Rapid 

and the cruise ships. But, in Sarnia, 

the dependency on gasoline ensured 

the success of its largest company - 

Imperial Oil. 

Thanks to the automobile, Sarnians 

can and do drive to Detroit for an 

evening and cheer for the Tigers, the 

Red Wings or the Lions. Others favour 

the plays and concerts that a big city 

attracts. Many also go to the Detroit 

Institute of Arts to see shows of world 

famous works that only a city like 

Detroit can present. 

In addition to these pleasures, it 

should be noted that when Sarnians 

first got radios, Detroit’s WJR was their 

closest and strongest station. The same 

thing happened with television- at first 

the Detroit channels were the only 

ones they could get. Again, when they 

took to the air, they flew out of Willow 

Run and still use Detroit’s Metropolitan 

Airport. 

For the benign impact Detroit has had 

on Sarnia for so many years, much is 

owed to Cadillac, who began it all on 

July 24, 1701. 


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Most articles in here have been written by people like you. 

Recipes 

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We’ll be bringing you recipes from Club contributors & 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. 

Lemon Blueberry 

Muffins 

2 1/2 cups flour 

1 cup sugar 

2 tsp. baking powder 

1 tsp. baking soda 

Mix dry ingredients from first column and cut in buer. Combine eggs, yogurt 

and rind. Add to first mixture and sr just unl combined. Fold in blueberries. 

Bake in a 400°F oven for 20 minutes. Makes 16 muffins. 

Guacamole 

1 ripe avocado, peeled & seed removed 

1 small ripe tomato 

1/4 cup diced red or green pepper 

1/4 cup diced jalapeño pepper (if desired) 

or hot red pepper flakes 

1 clove garlic, minced 

Greek Salad 

4 large tomatoes, cut in chunks 

2 medium cucumbers, cut in chunks 

(or 1 English cucumber) 

1/4 lb. feta cheese, crumbled (1 cup) 

2 Tbsp. crumbled dried oregano 

By: Mrs. McLeod 

(from “Millennium Menus” 

by Bridgeview Public School 

1/2 cup buer or margarine 

1 cup yogurt 

2 eggs 

Grated rind of 1 lemon 

1 1/4 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen 

By: Mrs. J. McCreery 

(Holy Rosary School, Wyoming 

50th Anniversary Cookbook) 

1 or 2 green onions, diced 

Squeeze or two, of lime 

or lemon juice 

Pinch cumin (oponal) 

Salt & pepper to taste 

Put the above ingredients into a food processor and blend or they may be 

mashed with a fork for a chunkier consistency. Serve with torlla chips, 

vegetable crudités or spread over fish & bake. 

By: Carol Gardiner 

(from Wyoming Lioness Club 

30th Anniversary Cookbook) 

2 Tbsp. lemon juice 

10 black kalamata olives 

1 Tbsp. oilve oil 

Salt & pepper 

In a shallow salad bowl or plaer, combine tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, 

oregano, lemon juice and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 

Toss gently to mix; sprinkle with olives. Serve at room temperature. Makes 

6 servings. ADD-INS: Archokes, capers or chopped red onion. 


“Big or Small, JohnnyRemax 

Sells T hem All” 

John A. McCharles, Broker 

Re/Max Sarnia Realty Inc. Brokerage 

519-383-4812 

johnnyremax@bellnet.ca 


Punny Travel Destinations 

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Kahoots. Apparently, 

you can’t go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone. 

I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. 

I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport. You have to 

be driven there. I have made several trips there thanks to my children, 

friends, family and work. 

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too 

much on physical activity anymore. 

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit 

there too often. 

I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. 

Sometimes I’m in Capable. I go there 

more often as I’m getting older. 

One of my favourite places to be is in 

Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin 

flowing and pumps up the old heart! 

At my age I need all the stimuli I can 

get! 

I may have been in Continent, but I 

don’t remember what country I was in. 

It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very 

wet and damp there. 

Fruit Salsa & 

Cinnamon Chips 

SALSA: 

2 qt. strawberries, chopped 

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled 

and chopped 

1 qt. raspberries 

CHIPS: 

1 pkg. 10 inch torllas 

1/2 cup sugar 

By: Kori Myers 

(from Brigden Fall Fair 

Cookbook) 

1 qt. blackberries 

1 Tbsp. brown sugar 

2 Tbsp. favourite fruit preserve 

1 tsp. cinnamon 

4 cups canola oil 

Salsa: Combine fruit in large bowl and sr in brown sugar. Refrigerate for 1 hour 

then mix in fruit preserve. Refrigerate unl ready to serve. 

Chips: Heat canola oil in a small deep pan to low/medium seng. Cut torllas 

into 6 wedges. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shaker or small bowl. Once oil 

is hot, carefully place wedges in 4-5 at a me (oil should bubble around wedges 

if hot enough). Immediately flip wedges in oil and aer a few short seconds 

remove (should be light brown in colour). Put wedges in a large bowl and 

sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Repeat unl all wedges are done. If wedges come 

out too dark, decrease oil temperature or me. Serve with fruit salsa. Enjoy. 

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Fly Fishing By Tammy With, 

Wyoming 

I’ve been fishing since 

the day I was big enough 

to hold the rod. My father, 

an avid fisherman, 

towed me around with 

him all my childhood in 

his little aluminum boat 

fishing for bluegill and 

panfish. I spent a great 

deal of my childhood 

riding around Mitchell’s 

Bay in my bathing suit 

and lifejacket. My father 

would throw me overboard with a rope 

and I’d float along merrily beside the 

boat. But my favourite part was always 

being with my dad. 

My father is a special kind of 

fisherman. He is a fly fishman. Like 

most of his kind he has spent many 

years teaching himself how to cast. 

Sometimes he would even practice 

casting in our backyard with a cork on 

the end and I would pretend to be a fish 

and grab his line. It was something I 

found more amusing than he did, but 

it provided me with hours of fun. He 

even makes his own flies, something he 

has developed quite a talent for over the 

years. 

I, however, had my own method of fly 

fishing as a child. 

See, I was a pretty excitable child, 

and when I would hook a fish I would 

get very excited. So excited I would 

pull the fish clear out of the water and 

through the air to the other side of the 

boat. Usually I would flip it back and 

forth across the boat a few times before 

tossing it into the boat. 

On one trip, we came 

across a boat full of men 

who stopped to talk to 

my father. The men sat 

and talked for what felt 

like forever, so I decided 

to put my line back in the 

water. After only a few 

minutes I had a fish on. 

Like any kid, I didn’t care 

at all that my father was 

busy, and I didn’t care 

about what those men 

thought of my expert fishing technique. 

With a flick of the wrist I had that fish 

up in the air and on the other side of the 

boat. The men let out a roar of laughter. 

I didn’t care, I just kept going, flipping 

the fish back and forth across the boat. 

My poor embarrassed father grabbed 

my rod and brought it in, then sent me 

back to the water. Again, moments later 

I hooked another one, and off it flew 

through the air like a majestic bird. The 

men could barely contain themselves. 

This went on and on. I must have caught 

10 fish in the time my father visited 

with these men. Each time my father 

would come rescue the poor fish and 

put it in the live well. We fished all day 

like that, until our well was overflowing 

with flying fish. 

I don’t fish like that anymore, but 

I still look forward to every summer 

when I can sit on a dock and exchange 

words with my father. Some of my best 

memories are beside the water with 

my dad. I think he likes it too, although 

I’m sure he’s glad I learned how to do it 

correctly. 

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know what I mean. Yard sale season! 

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amateur and a well seasoned fanatic in 

both buying and selling. I do not like 

“early birds” and I am certainly not one 

of them, but I do manage to make it out 

of the house in somewhat decent time. I 

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Ethyl told her husband George 

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regretted about their 60 years 

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George said, “To tell you the 

truth sweetheart, I never knew 

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Senior dental issues 

As they are getting into bed, 

80-year-old Archie asks his wife, 

“Did you brush your teeth, dear?” 

She looks at him and smiles, 

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Seventy-nine-year-old Syd wakes up one morning and can’t find his hearing 

aid. Frustrated because he has to buy a new one, Syd goes to see his audiologist. 

The audiologist examines him, sees something in the ear, takes his tweezers 

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After some thought, Ethyl said that she’d probably look for a house-sharing 

situation with three other single or widowed women who might be a little 

younger than herself since she is so active for her age. 

Then Ethyl asked Fred, “What will you do if I die first?” 

With a lecherous smile, Fred replied, “Probably the same thing.” 

Eating crow 

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for 

lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant and resumed their trip. 

The elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, but she didn’t 

miss them until after they had been driving for about twenty minutes. By then, 

to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they 

could find a place to turn around in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve 

her glasses. 

All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy old man. 

He fussed and complained and scolded his wife relentlessly during the entire 

return drive. The more he chided her, the more agitated he became; he just 

wouldn’t let up for even one minute. To her relief, they finally arrived back at 

the restaurant. 

As the woman got out of the car and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the 

old geezer yelled after her, “While you’re in there, would you mind grabbing 

my hat and my credit card?” 

Geriatric surgery 

Sydney was on the operating table awaiting surgery. His son Melvin, a 

renowned cardiac surgeon, would perform the operation. 

As he was about to get the anesthesia, Sydney asked to speak to his son. 

Sydney says, “Yes, Dad, what is it?” 

Sydney said, “Don’t be nervous, my son. Just do your best and remember… 

if it doesn’t go well… if by chance something should happen to me, your 

mother is going to come and live with you and your wife... forever!” 

Memory loss 

Max goes to his doctor and tells him, “Doc, I’m having a real problem with 

my memory. It’s getting worse every day.” 

The doctor says, “Max, you’re seventy-five years old. It’s perfectly normal 

for a guy your age to forget a few things. How long has it been since you first 

noticed the problem?” 

Max says, “Problem? What problem?” 

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He was a beautiful, reddish brown 

immaculately groomed, very friendly 

standard poodle - but he was both blind 

and deaf. He was found wandering 

along a country road on a very dark, 

cold evening, alone. 

When the dog catcher took him to a 

vet to be checked, he was found to be in 

good health aside from his two physical 

handicaps and several skin tumors that 

were found on each of his sides but 

which were apparently benign. 

When the animal control officer 

called me back to see if I would foster 

him, I was more than happy to do so, 

since I felt strongly that someone out 

there must be in a panic looking for their 

lost beloved pet. 

When I first saw Keller it was love 

at first sight. He licked my hand and I 

warmly took his face into my two hands. 

What a handsome boy you are, I told 

him, but knowing he could neither hear 

nor see, I leaned close to his back and 

spoke again hoping he might at least feel 

the vibration of what I’d said. I wanted 

to cry, it was so sad, his situation. It was 

horrible that he was blind and deaf, but 

that he was lost as well was devastating. 

As a foster home for many 

unwanted pets, Keller (who I named 

after the famous Helen Keller) was one 

dog I would have loved to keep forever 

Keller - The Mystery Poodle 

by B. A. Coleing, Ingersoll • from Daytripping Jan-Feb 2006 

because he was so needy of love and 

companionship, though 

I was also sure that it 

would be easy to reunite 

him with his real owner. 

But as time would tell, no 

such event happened. 

Because he was 

so well groomed, I 

immediately started 

by calling all the dog groomers in my area, 

since he had obviously been recently 

done. But as strange as it seemed, no 

one remembered doing him, and no one 

would forget grooming a dog that was 

both blind and deaf and as lovely and 

friendly as he was. I followed up those 

calls by calling grooming establishments 

that were further away from London, to 

no avail. Apparently no one was missing 

him. I placed an ad in the newspaper, 

again to no avail. It was a mystery to be 

sure, a beautiful dog, recently groomed 

but owned by no one... how strange it 

was. 

And each time I took him for a walk, 

he was so good on a leash... another 

point that spoke of 

being used to being 

on a leash. He walked 

along the sidewalk 

with confidence and 

ease. If I tightened the lead 

he would automatically 

slow down or stop. He was so 

good to walk! 

At home he wanted to 

follow me around - I don’t know how he 

knew where I was but he seemed to be 

everywhere I went, always waiting for 

my next move. What a dear heart he 

was! It was hard to believe that his lovely 

chocolate brown eyes were sightless. 

I just loved him, and even though I 

already had three smaller dogs that I 

also loved very much, I really did want 

to keep him! I felt he needed me and I 

was more than willing to be his eyes and 

ears. However, the group I worked with 

as a volunteer thought I should try to 

find a good home for him. They felt I had 

enough animals to take care of already 

and that Keller would be a burden for 

me. With me, Keller was just one of four 

dogs, whereas if I found him a home 

of his own where he would be the only 

dog, he would receive all the attention, 

which could be a perfect match for him. 

I really didn’t want to agree, but I knew 

they were right! 

I started the screening process to 

find a new home for Keller. It was a 

painful experience, my heart ached at 

the thought. Eventually however, I met 

a couple who were looking for a dog 

for their aged mother. They came over 

to visit Keller several times and thought 

he’d make an excellent pet for their 

mother, even with his disabilities. A 

friend went with me to visit the woman. 

And while I had doubts since she 

seemed very short-tempered and gruff, 

her record with the other animals she 

had had was very good, and my friend 

thought she could offer Keller a good 

home. So this place became Keller’s new 

home. But there is still rarely a day goes 

by that I don’t wish I’d kept him with 

me. He was a precious soul. 

I still wonder why the animal control 

officer had found him wandering all 

alone in the middle of nowhere on that 

cold dark evening, and why strangest of 

all... no one was looking for him, despite 

the fact that he had been recently 

groomed. Someone obviously cared 

about him - but where were they? 

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We all know that staying in your 

home, surrounded by your memories, 

family, friends and neighbours is where 

your loved one wants to be. Increasingly 

technology is stepping in to assist 

caregivers in making that happen. We 

will review some tried and true legacy 

systems that have been doing the job for 

years. Then I will suggest ways to take the 

technology to another level and point out 

the rewards it can deliver. Lastly, we will 

look into the future and see what new 

and exciting options are on the horizon. 

Don’t worry, there are no robots. 

Currently we have the emergency 

medical alert systems that you are 

familiar with. Connected to call centres, 

these telephone-based systems have 

proven their worth. I have too many 

stories to tell were these systems worked 

flawlessly when called upon. Add fall 

monitoring to the basic system and 

these systems have been there when 

the seniors needed them most. Lifeline, 

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A Path to Wellness 

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Using Technology to Help Mom & Dad Stay at Home 

and offers a great program. Lifeline has 

added new features that have greatly 

enhanced the services they offer. Along 

with fall monitoring, there is now a geolocating 

option. Branded as GoSafe, it 

uses GPS and fall monitoring that allow 

caregivers access to the location of the 

loved one and respond wherever they 

may be. It gets better. The pendant has 

a two-way voice system that allows 

for direct communications. Further, 

automated medication reminders and 

dispensing has been added by Lifeline. 

I believe in medic alert systems 

because I have seen them work. So, 

let’s take it to the next level. Home 

based monitoring has been amped up 

with the internet. With the addition of 

more and more bandwidth, more data 

can travel over our internet networks. 

More and more web-based devices 

have been created to monitor the home. 

Enter the webcam. You have heard of 

Zoom meetings made popular by the 

pandemic. Well, companies have created 

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all-in-one webcams with voice, speakers, 

and motion detection. Not just a ring 

camera that allows you to see the person 

at the front door. I have had clients 

place cameras in and around the home 

in order to help them care and monitor 

their aging loved one. The early iterations 

focused on home security. Now, these 

systems monitor personal health and 

security. With this system in place, AKA a 

grandparent cam, a caregiver can access 

the home from their smartphone 24/7. 

All of these options are excellent and 

together can improve the quality of the 

“age in place” senior. So, what’s coming? 

The “smart 

home” is the 

newest addition 

to the evolving 

senior technology 

scene. And what 

is that? The best 

example of this 

is the ubiquitous 

Alexa by Amazon. 

You have heard 

the commercial. 

“Alexa, what is the weather?” or “Alexa, 

how do I make chocolate chip cookies?” 

and “Alexa, turn on the lights.” The smart 

home has been modified by Amazon to 

accommodate the unique needs of an 

aging individual. They have branded it 

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Alexa Together. Here is what it looks 

like. With a counter top tablet computer 

that has been provided by the company, 

access to all the Alexa functions is there 

plus more. Medication reminder, an 

appointment calendar, phone and video 

calling are all there. Add to that a thirdparty 

medical alert pendant that has 

falls monitoring, voice, and push button 

activation. Now you see the home with 

Alexa Together is completely wired to 

assist the senior with independence. 

That’s the good news. The bad news is 

that it is not available in Canada at the 

moment. 

Now I appreciate 

technology. I see 

its advantages. 

However, nothing is 

more important, and 

nothing can replace 

the personal, face to 

face interaction of 

family and friends for 

a senior. Technology 

can only assist. Use it 

wisely. 

As with all things tech, the landscape 

is ever-changing. I could probably write 

another article next month with all of the 

new options and devices that have been 

created. And as you can see there are no 

robots…yet! 

Summer 2023 “My precious.” -The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, 2002 

P A G E 13


New Owners Continue the Tradition 

Free seniors day on the Duc d’Orleans II 


By Cathy Dobson 

Anchors away! The annual free seniors to music and transportation to the boat. 

cruise aboard the Duc d’Orleans II is After Henderson’s death in 2010, 

back this year thanks to the hard work local resident Marni Thomas stepped 

of local volunteers and the generosity of up to voluntarily organize the cruise. 

the ship’s new owner. 

In 2018, when Thomas ran into health 

“It’s a lot of work but it’s an event problems, Yurchuk became involved. At 

that is completely unique and, I think, the time, he was executive director at 

very important,” says Bill Yurchuk who Lambton Elderly Outreach (LEO) 

voluntarily chairs the new Sarnia Seniors and didn’t want to see a fabulous 

Community Organization. 

tradition for seniors end. 

A free ride on Sarnia’s local cruise “I believe the senior demographic 

boat, complete with lunch and live is one of the most overlooked 

entertainment, has enriched the lives of groups when it comes to social 

many thousands of seniors and people activity,” he said. “A trip on the 

with disabilities for 45 years. 

river is something many seniors 

“It’s a nice way to give back to our may not have the opportunity to 

seniors for bringing their wisdom to our enjoy otherwise.” 

community,” said Yurchuk. 

Yurchuk is now the general 

“You should see all the faces that light manager of Wellings of Corunna, 

up as they arrive at the dock.” 

which offers independent living 

The long-held Sarnia tradition began for people 55 and older. 

in 1978 when the late broadcaster Peter The Sarnia Seniors Community 

Henderson decided local seniors would Organization was founded as a 

enjoy a day of food and fun on the St. non-profit in 2018 specifically to 

Clair River. 

hold the annual seniors cruise with 

He assembled a large group of support from Wellings, Steeves & 

volunteers and donors who chipped in Rozema Group, LEO, and The Eye 

everything from sandwiches and drinks Guy. 

Yurchuk hopes that the organization 

will ultimately hold other events for 

seniors, but for now the focus is on 

cruise day. 

While the cruise had to be cancelled 

for three years during the pandemic, 

Scott Turner, the new owner of the Duc 

d’Orleans, has graciously agreed to 

provide his boat and crew for the day 

this year. Sponsors have stepped up and 

Ron Tedball & Friends is returning to 

provide live music. 

Do you remember being 19? Neither do we! 

Photo credit: Facebook Sarnia Senior Cruise 

This year’s cruise is scheduled for 

Monday June 26, rain or shine. 

Between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., the 

Duc will head out onto the river 

approximately every hour with a new 

load of passengers. As many as 1,500 

people or more get onboard every 

seniors’ cruise day, Yurchuk said. 

This year, passengers are responsible 

for getting themselves to the dock at 

Centennial Park. Registration begins 

at 8 a.m. on the day of the cruise and 

needs to be in-person. 

“Just come at 8 a.m. and choose 

the cruise time you want and get 

your ticket,” said Yurchuk. First 

come, first served. 

Escorting all those people on 

and off the boat, as well as feeding 

them, requires about 25 volunteers 

but the committee never has trouble 

finding people to help, he added. 

“Everyone wants to be a part of it.” 

And, of course, just as founder 

Peter Henderson used to say, the 

price of admission is just a smile. 

For more information, 

visit the Sarnia Senior Cruise 

page on Facebook, email 

SarniaSeniorsCruise@gmail.com or 

call Caryn at 519-344-1763 ext. 306 

and leave a message with your phone 

number. 


Register in person at the 

Duc D’Orleans II dock, 

on the day of the event. 

Cost is just a smile! 

45 minute cruises run 

from 8am to 4pm 

Rain or Shine 

Lunch available on land 

11:30am to 1:00pm only 

Tickets are limited and departure times fill quickly; 

Please attend early to get your desired departure time. 

Monday, June 26, 2023 

FOR INFORMATION, 

CALL CARYN 519-344-1763 x306 & LEAVE A MESSAGE 

OR EMAIL SarniaSeniorsCruise@gmail.com 

Photo by George Rosema 

Thank you to The Eye Guy and Welcome to The Club for donating this ad! 

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“Houston, we have a problem.” -Apollo 13, 1995

Putting the “old” back in “Damn, you’re old!” 

Bicycles & Bloomers 

By Bob McCarthy, Sarnia • from Daytripping July-Aug 2007 

Efforts to ensure women's equality 

are a part of our everyday lives. 

However, no example was more 

shocking to the men of the time 

than when women appeared on the 

streets dressed in bloomers. They 

were great, blossoming bloomers in 

bright colours which extended from 

waist to upper calf. No more of the 

lady was able to be seen, but this 

sudden change from petticoats and 

gingham to something resembling 

men’s pants was more than the 

male of the time could stand. 

Men gathered on the sidewalks 

gaping and confiding disbelief. 

When was this? It was the 

1890’s and ladies bloomers 

were very suited to a new 

activity for ladies - bicycling. 

During the last decade of the 

1800’s and the first decade of 

the 1900’s, the bicycling craze 

swept North America, with 

national racing champions 

such as Fred Loughead, Angus 

MacLeod and Bloss Corey from 

Lambton. The bicycle lobby forced 

governments to build the paved 

roads which would later be 

needed by automobiles. By the 

early 1890’s, bicycles crowded 

the streets and parks. Clubs 

were formed and conducted 

regular jaunts between Petrolia, 

Sarnia and Brigden. 

The purchase of a bicycle put you 

into the town gossip and even the 

newspaper. So and so had just bought 

a CCM, or a Columbia, a Monarch or 

an Eclipse. Young and old appeared 

on the streets dressed to bicycle 

to work, to church or to picnic in 

the country. You courted your girl 

on a bike, and if she wanted to be 

courted, she had better buy a bike. 

The bicycle craze and the advent of 

bloomers arrived about the same 

time. While many men were 

shocked to see this change 

of dress for ladies, some of 

the newspapers rejoiced in 

the new fad. The Petrolia 

Advertiser-Topic of the day 

took the side of women who 

appeared in bloomers and 

addressed itself angrily to the 

“sanctimonious hypocrites” 

and the “rude and ignorant 

loafers” who made low 

remarks about female 

cyclists in bloomers. 

The bicycle craze was 

over in little more than a 

generation, waning as the 

automobile became more 

available. Bicycles are once 

again popular, but will likely 

not return to the glory days 

of more than 100 years ago, 

the days before the automobile 

came to Lambton. 



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Canadian Red Cross Grocery Pickup & Transportation Services 519-332-6380 redcross.ca 

Care-A-Van Door-to-Door Public Transportation - lift equipped vehicles 519-336-3789 

Habitat for Humanity Low-Cost Home Reno Services 519-339-7957 habitatsarnia.org 

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Home Instead Memory Care, Meal Prep, Laundry, Pers. Care, 24hr & Overnight 519-704-1471 homeinstead.com/Sarnia 

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Neighbourlink Household Chores, Transportation, Shopping, Companionship 519-336-5465 neighbourlinksarnia.org 

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Shine at Home Transportation, 24 hr Housekeeping, Shopping, Meal Prep 519-336-9898 shineathome.com 

Strangway Community Centre Recreational, Social & Educational Programs & Activities 519-332-0656 strangway@sarnia.ca 

Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Dementia Programs, Home Nursing, Respite, Much More 519-542-2310 von.ca/en/site/sarnia 

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WEEKLY EVENTS 

daily ongoing Weekly adult activities at Strangway Centre, Sarnia sarnia.ca 332-0330 ext.3131 

daily ongoing Euchre, Watford Legion, Mon-Sat, 9am 519-876-2351 

daily ongoing Weekly summer programming with LEO 519-845-1353 ext. 301 

Mon 1st/3rd June NLCHC Coffee Time, Elders Lodge, Kettle Pt 10am www.nlchc.com 

Mon June Indoor Yoga, Camlachie Community Ctr, 9am 519-786-4545 ext. 235 

Mon to Jul 17 Shuffle up and Deal, ELCC, Watford 1-4pm 519-876-2808 

Mon June Low Impact Exercise, Canatara Park 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237 

Mon ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford 7pm warwicktownship.ca 

Mon ongoing Shuffleboard, Arkona Seniors Club, Seniors Hall, 9:30 

Mon ongoing Zoom Genealogy meetings, last Mon/month 2-3:30 www.lambton.ogs.on.ca 

Mon June Pepper 1pm Cornhole, 6:30pm Corunna Legion 519-862-1240 

Mon ongoing City of Sarnia Sounds of Summer Concert Series calendar.sarnia.ca 

Tues June Beach Yoga, Ipperwash Beach at 9:30am 519-786-4545 ext. 327 

Tues ongoing Euchre, Arkona Seniors Club, Seniors Hall, 1pm 

Tues ongoing City of Sarnia Sounds of Summer Concert Series calendar.sarnia.ca 

Wed ongoing Bikes & Fries Under the Bridge, 5:30-7:30pm FB Bikes & Fries Under the Bridge 

Wed June Wacky Wednesday, Corunna Legion, all day 519-862-1240 

Wed ongoing Farmers’ Market, Lambton Heritage Museum, 8-1 www.heritagemuseum.ca 

Wed ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford, 9:30am warwicktownship.ca 

Wed ongoing Caring Quilters of Lambton Shores Pt Franks Community Ctr, 10-2 

Wed ongoing Pickleball, Port Franks Seniors, Pt Franks Comm. Ctr, 7pm FB Port Franks Seniors 

Wed ongoing City of Sarnia Sounds of Summer Concert Series calendar.sarnia.ca 

Thurs June Trail Walking, various Lambton locations, 10am 519-786-4545 ext. 327 

Thurs ongoing Park Nite, Sarnia Street Cruisers, Canatara Park, 5pm FB Sarnia Street Cruisers 

Thurs ongoing Cribbage, Corunna Legion, 1pm 519-862-1240 

Thurs July-Aug Petrolia Discovery Guided Tours, 10am-4pm www.petroliadiscovery.com 

Thurs ongoing City of Sarnia Sounds of Summer Concert Series calendar.sarnia.ca 

Fri ongoing Pickleball - Port Franks Seniors, Port Franks Comm. Ctr. 7pm FB Port Franks Seniors 

Fri ongoing Meat Draw & Karaoke, Grand Bend Legion 7pm 519-238-2120 

Fri July-Aug Petrolia Discovery Guided Tours, 10am-4pm www.petroliadiscovery.com 

Fri June Low Impact Exercise, Canatara Park 9:30am 519-344-3017 ext. 237 

Fri June NLCHC Coffee Time, 9:30 am Forest www.nlchc.com 

Fri June NLCHC Coffee Time, 9am Orchard view Apt, Arkona www.nlchc.com 

Fri ongoing Open Play Adult Pickleball, ELCC Watford, 7pm 519-876-2808 

Fri (1st) ongoing Sarnia First Friday, downtown multi-cultural walkabout FB Sarnia First Friday 

Sat ongoing Meat Raffle, Forest Legion, 4pm www.forestlegion.ca 

Sat June to Aug Petrolia Discovery Guided Tours, 10am-4pm www.petroliadiscovery.com 

Sun June to Aug Petrolia Discovery Guided Tours, 10am-4pm www.petroliadiscovery.com 

Sun (4th) June Sarnia Stamp Club Meetings, Grace United, 2pm www.sarniastampclub.ca 

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 

Jun29-Sep 2 L Shores North Lambton Quilter’s Guild Quilt Show www.heritagemuseum.ca 

Jun10-Jul 8 Br Grove Ron Broda and Taylor Broda www.galleryinthegrove.com 

July 15-29 Br Grove Off Your Wall Fundraiser www.galleryinthegrove.com 

Sept 9-Oct 28 Br Grove CANSCAP in the Grove: The Art of Picture books www.galleryinthegrove.com 

JUNE 2023 

6-25 Petrolia “Where the Heart Is” at VPP www.thevpp.ca 

9 Sarnia Food Truck Festival at Gateway Casino Sarnia www.sarnia.gatewaycasinos.com 

9 Wyoming Lunch & Cards, Model Lodge of Oddfellows, Noon 519-845-3146 

9 P-Wyoming Alton Farms 10 Years Celebrations www.altonfarmsestatewinery.com 

9 Forest Fish Fry, Forest Legion, 5-7pm Tickets required forestlegion.ca 519-786-5357 

10 Sarnia Used Book Sale for Rajyon, Grace United Church 9-2 519-312-6745 

10 Sarnia Adoption Event, Caregivers Petrolia Ferals, Pet Valu petroliaferals@gmail.com 

JUNE 2023 Cont’d 

10 Alvinston Town Wide Yard Sales 

10 Petrolia First Baptist Church, Ladies Day Event. Pre-register fbcpetrolia@gmail.com OR FB 

10 Petrolia BBQ, Petrolia Legion FB Royal Canadian Legion Br 216 882-1557 

10 L Shores Lambton Gallery Re-Opening Celebration, 11-4 www.heritagemuseum.ca 

10 Port Franks Mexican Fiesta, Pt Franks Seniors, Comm. Ctr, 6p FB Port Franks Seniors 243-1797 

11 Sarnia Redfern Psychic & Wellness Fair at RCNA, 10-4 FB Sarnia Psychic & Wellness Fair 

11 Wyoming Decoration Day, Wyoming Public Cemetery, 2pm 519-845-3939 

11 Sarnia Decoration Day, Lakeview Cemetery, 12:30pm www.sarnialegion.com 

11 Alvinston Summer Sundays in the Park, Jacklyn Wills & Missy Burgess brookealvinston.com 

12 Corunna Sunflower Wreath Making, Corunna Legion, 7pm 519-862-1240 

13 Online Geneology by Google, LC Branch of Ontario Ancestors www.lambton.ogs.on.ca 

13 Sarnia LSW Prostate Cancer Support Group, Kiwanis Ctr, 7pm 519-365-1599 

14 Sarnia Age-Friendly Sarnia Lambton Expo www.agefriendlysarnialambton.ca 

14 Petrolia Seniors Picnic, Petrolia Lions Club FB Petrolia Lions Club 

15 Pt Edward Surf Inn Turf, Sunbridge Hotel, Call for tickets 519-344-1746 ext. 337 

16 Forest Kiwanis Strawberry Social, Forest Legion, 4-7pm sally.a.hoskin@gmail.com 

16 Mooretown SODA Golf Tournament, St. Clair Pkwy, 11:30am sarniaorgandonors@gmail.com 

16 Sarnia Tom Green, Imperial Theatre http://imperialtheatre.net 

16-18 Sarnia Sarnia Kinsmen Ribfest, Centennial Park FB Sarnia Kinsmen Ribfest 

16-18 Alvinston Alvinston Pro Rodeo www.alvinstonprorodeo.com 

17-18 Aamjiwnaang 60th Annual Aamjiwnaang Pow Wow, Bear Park www.aamjiwnaang.ca 

17 Corunna Pub Night, Corunna Legion, 6-9pm Mark Blayney 519-862-1240 

17 Port Lambton Car Show at Brander Park, 8am-8pm FB Sombra Township Optimist Club 

17 Petrolia Antique & Unique Sale, Petrolia Discovery, 9-2 petroliadiscovery@outlook.com 

17 Wyoming Legion Poker Run, Bluewater HOG, Wyo Legion, 9am FB Bluewater Chapter of HOG 

17 Wyoming Town Wide Yard Sales 519-845-3939 

17 Sarnia Mitton Village Yard Sale FB Mitton Village Citizens Collective 

17 Brights Grove Dog Festival, Fox and Hound Canine Retreat, 10-4 FB DOG FESTIVAL CB Homes... 

18 Petrolia Father’s Day Breakfast & Discovery Car Show FB Petrolia Lions Club 

18 Petrolia Petrolia Legion, Breakfast 519-882-1557 or see Facebook 

21 Petrolia Petrolia Legion, Country & Soft Rock Jamboree 519-882-1557 or see Facebook 

22-24 Sarnia Bluewater Borderfest, Centennial Park www.bluewaterborderfest.ca 

22 Pt Edward Canada Day Celebrations, 4-8pm, Waterfront Park villageofpointedward.com 

22 Camlachie Gift Card Bingo, Huron Shores Optimists, Community Ctr 6:30 519-384-8110 

23 Sarnia Sarnia Legion, A Little Bit Country Dinner & Dance www.sarnialegion.com 

23 Wyoming Lunch & Cards, Starlight Rebekah Lodge, Noon 519-845-3146 

23-25 Watford 150th Anniversary Celebrations www.watford150.com 

Watford 150th Anniversary - JUNE 23, 24 & 25 

Food & Beer Garden • Antique Car & Tractor Show • Art in the Park 

Ball Hockey & Corn Hole Tournaments • Community Market 

Historical Tours • Fireman’s Breakfast • Strawberry Social 

• Contests • Outdoor Concert Series • Street Performers & more! 

For more details visit: www.watford150.com 

24-25 Inwood 150th Anniversary Celebrations FB Inwood 150th Celebration 519-844-2433 

24 Watford Horticultural Society Strawberry Social, 12:30-2:30pm 519-636-1161 or 876-2519 

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JUNE 2023 Cont’d 

24 Watford Hamburger & Hotdog fundraiser, Watford Legion, 11am-1pm 519-876-2808 

24 Brights Grove BG Optimists, Canada Day in the Grove FB Bright’s Grove Optimist Club 

24 Forest Forest Legion, Double Meat Raffle BBQ 3pm www.forestlegion.ca 

24 Petrolia Petrolia Lions Club, LobsterFest FB Petrolia Lions Club 

24 Grand Bend Beachfest 2023, Main Beach FB Beachfest 2023 

25 Sarnia Cruise in the Park Car Show & Concert, Canatara Park sarniastreetmachines.com 

25 Wyoming Ride with Pride Bike & Road Safety Day, McKay Park FB Ride with Pride 

25 Sarnia Lambton Concert Band “Canadiana” Sarnia Library, 2:30 lambtonconcertband.com 

26 Sarnia Sarnia Seniors Cruise on Duc D’Orleans II 519-344-1763 ext. 306 

26 online Drop In and Chat, LC Branch of Ontario Ancestors www.lambton.ogs.on.ca 

29-July1 Grand Bend NLQG Quilt Show Opening Weekend www.heritagemuseum.ca 

JULY 2023 

1 Petrolia Canada Day Celebrations, Greenwood Park www.town.petrolia.on.ca 

1 Wyoming Canada Day Celebrations, Fairgrounds FB P-W Special Events Committee 

1 Alvinston Canada Day Celebrations www.brookealvinston.com 

2 Mooretown Model Train Event, Moore Museum, 1-4pm www.mooremuseum.ca 

2 Alvinston Car Show, Alvinston Legion FB Alvinston Legion, Br. 249 

4-23 Petrolia “Yesterday Once More: 1973” www.thevpp.ca 

7-8 Petrolia Art in the Park, Victoria Park www.artintheparkpetrolia.ca 

th, 11am-7pm • Sat. a 

July 8 8th, 9am-5pm 

p 

In 

Historic Downtown Petrolia at Victoria Park 

~ Over 50 Artists & Artisans! ~ 

Watercolour, oil & acrylic painting, metalwork, pottery, 

woodworking, fabric art, photography, jewellery, 

glasswork, soaps, candles, beadwork, clothing & more! 

www.artintheparkpetrolia.com 519-381-3558 

Live 

Music 

in the 

Bandshell 

FREE 

ADMISSION 

7-9 Sombra Sombra Days, 2-Pitch, family activities, entertainment FB Sombra Sports and Rec 

8 Sarnia R.O.C.K Ride 2023, Precision Power Sports, 8:15am reg. www.rockride.com 

8 Petrolia Barn Dance, Farmers’ Market, 6:30-11, w/Scott Manery www.town.petrolia.on.ca 

9 Alvinston Summer Sundays in the Park, Bill Knapp & Band, 1-4 brookealvinston.com 

9 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Shewolves of London at 7pm summersunsetsounds.ca 

14-15 Brights Grove Brights Grove Music Fest, Kenwick on the Lake FB BGMusicFest 

15 Corunna Corunna Legion Cornhole Tournament 519-862-1240 or FB 

16 Sarnia Charity Car/Bike Show and Shine, Moose Lodge FB Sarnia Moose Lodge 

16 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Stacey Kay at 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca 

18 Port Franks Euchre Rama, Pt Franks Seniors, Community Ctr, 9am FB Port Franks Seniors 

21-22 Sarnia/Pt Edward Revelree Music Festival - Canatara Park www.revelreemusicfestival.com 

22 Alvinston Summer Market, BAICC, 10am FB Summer Market in Alvinston 

23 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Mudmen & Brothers Wilde summersunsetsounds.ca 

27 Camlachie Gift Card Bingo, Huron Shores Optimist, Comm. Ctr 6:30 519-384-8110 

30 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Long Range Hustle, Matt Zaddy summersunsetsounds.ca 

AUGUST 2023 

2 Sarnia Charity Take Over for United Way, Refined Fool www.theunitedway.on.ca 

3 Point Edward Sarnia Street Machines: Hot Nights, Cool Cars www.sarniastreetmachines.com 

4 Corunna Captain Kidd Days FB Captain Kidd Days 

4-6 Port Lambton Gala Days, MacDonald Park FB Port Lambton Gala Days 

6 Brights Grove Bluewater International Granfondo https://bigf.ca 

8-27 Petrolia “Jonas & Barry In The Home” at VPP www.thevpp.ca 

AUG 8 - 27 ~ “JONAS & BARRY in the HOME” 

2023 

1.800.717.7694 • www.thevpp.ca 

11-13 Sarnia Aviation Rally for Pathways Health Ctr. at C.H. Airport 330-9427, 312-7051 or FB 

11-13 Forest Western Ontario Steam Threshers Show, Fairgrounds www.steamthresher.com 

12 Sarnia Shop the Shoreline, Centennial Pk, for Sarnia Kinsmen FB Shop the Shoreline 

13 Alvinston Anniversary Celebrations, Alvinston Legion & Ladies Aux. FB Alvinston Legion 

13 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, The Mackenzie Blues Band summersunsetsounds.ca 

17 Pt Edward Chamber of Commerce Charity Comedy Show/Silent Auc. 519-336-2400 

19 Sarnia It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere, Alzheimer Society S-L events@alzheimersarnia.ca 

20 Alvinston Summer Sundays in the Park, 1-4pm, Gazebo Park brookealvinston.com 

20 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Maggie’s Wake, The Wanted summersunsetsounds.ca 

24 Camlachie Gift Card Bingo, Huron Shores Optimists, Community Ctr, 6:30 519-384-8110 

26 Petrolia 2nd Annual Fibre Arts Festival, Petrolia Lions Club Hall lcfibrefest@gmail.com 

27 Forest Forest Legion - Elimination Draw $20 www.forestlegion.ca 

27 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Lyndon John X, Classy Wrecks summersunsetsounds.ca 

SEPTEMBER 2023 

2 Sarnia Lambton County Plowing Match 519-828-3311 or FB 

5-24 Petrolia “Kitchen Leftovers” at VPP www.thevpp.ca 

7 Sarnia Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament 519- 336-2400 

8 Sarnia Block Party 2023, Agora Stage, Centennial Pk 519-328-9443 or revelree.ca 

8-10 Petrolia Fall Fair www.petroliafair.ca 

9 Brigden Ploughman’s Party, Brigden Fairgrounds www.brigdenfair.ca 

9 Sarnia United Way Classic Car Show by Enbridge, WO Research Pk theunitedway.on.ca 

12 Sarnia LSW Prostate Cancer Support Group, Kiwanis Ctr, 7pm 519-365-1599 

15-17 Wyoming Fall Fair www.plympton-wyomingfair.com 

16 Petrolia Farm to Table Harvestfest, Farmers’ Market, 4-9 www.visitpetrolia.ca 

17 Mooretown Downriver Craft & Gift Sale, Moore Museum, 10-4 www.mooremuseum.ca 

DOWNRIVER CRAFT & GIFT SALE 

Get an 

early start 

on holiday 

shopping! 

AUGUST 2023 Cont’d 

At MOORE MUSEUM • 94 Moore Line, Mooretown 

25 minutes south of Sarnia • 519-867-2020 

www.mooremuseum.ca 

Sunday, September 17th, 10 am - 4 pm 

Over 100 tables 

Something for 

everyone. 

~FOOD BOOTH~ 

Adults $2.00 

Children under 13 

FREE with adult 

19 Port Franks Euchre Rama, Pt Franks Seniors, Community Ctr, 9am FB Port Franks Seniors 

19 Lambton Cty United Way Day of Caring, throughout Sarnia-Lambton www.theunitedway.on.ca 

22-23 Forest Fall Fair www.theforestfair.ca 

23 Corunna Corunna 200 Downtown Street Festival, 10-3 www.corunna2023.com 

23 Sarnia Trail & Ale for Rayjon, Blackwell Trails Park, 10am FB Rayjon Share Care 


29-Oct 1 Alvinston Fall Fair www.alvinstonfair.com 

OCTOBER 2023 

6-9 Brigden Fall Fair www.brigdenfair.ca 

7 Forest Forest Legion, Thanksgiving Turkey & Ham Raffle 3pm www.forestlegion.ca 

10-29 Petrolia “Camelot” at VPP www.thevpp.ca 

14 Corunna Gwetaandaawe Market 519-336-8410 or FB 


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Visit Sarnia’s Best Lile 

Family Shoe Store Today! 

565 Murphy Rd • 519-383-0588 • shoeboxsarnia.ca 

Lend a hand to a local organization... see the list below for ideas. 

As the world fights to figure everything out, I’ll be holding doors 

for strangers, letting people cut in front of me in traffic, saying 

good morning, keeping babies entertained in grocery lines, 

stopping to talk to someone who is lonely, being patient with 

sales clerks, smiling at passersby. 

WHY? 

Because I will not stand idly by and live in a world where love is 

invisible. Join me in showing kindness, understanding, and 

judging less. Be kind to a stranger, give grace to friends who are 

having a bad day, be forgiving of yourself - today and every day. 



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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 

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A young man learns what’s most 

important in life from the guy next door. 

It had been some time since Jack had 

seen the old man. College, girls, career, 

and life itself got in the way. In fact, 

Jack moved clear across the country in 

pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush 

of his busy life, Jack had little time to 

think about the past and often no time 

to spend with his wife and son. He was 

working on his future, and nothing could 

stop him. 

Over the phone, his mother told him, 

“Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is 

Wednesday.” Memories flashed through 

his mind like an old newsreel as he sat 

quietly remembering his childhood 

days. 

“Jack, did you hear me?” 

“Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. 

It’s been so long since I thought of him. 

I’m sorry, but I honestly thought he died 

years ago,” Jack said. 

“Well, he didn’t forget you. Every time 

I saw him he’d ask how you were doing. 

He’d reminisce about the many days 

you spent over ‘his side of the fence’ as 

he put it,” Mom told him. 

“I loved that old house he lived in,” 

Jack said. 

“You know, Jack, after your father 

died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make 

sure you had a man’s influence in your 

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life,” she said. 

“He’s the one who taught me 

carpentry,” he said. “I wouldn’t be in 

this business if it weren’t for him. He 

spent a lot of time teaching me things 

he thought were important... Mom, I’ll 

be there for the funeral,” Jack said. 

As busy as he was, he kept his 

word. Jack caught the next flight to his 

hometown. 

Mr. Belser’s funeral was small and 

uneventful. He had no children of his 

own, and most of his relatives had 

passed away. 

The night before he had to 

return home, Jack and his Mom 

stopped by to see the old house 

next door one more time. 

Standing in the doorway, Jack 

paused for a moment. It was 

like crossing over into another 

dimension, a leap through 

space and time. 

The house was exactly as he 

What Do You Value Most? 

remembered. Every step held memories. 

Every picture, every piece of furniture.... 

Jack stopped suddenly. 

“What’s wrong, Jack?” his Mom asked. 

“The box is gone,” he said. 

“What box? “ Mom asked. 

“There was a small gold box that he 

kept locked on top of his desk. I must 

have asked him a thousand times what 

was inside. All he’d ever tell me was ‘the 

thing I value most," Jack said. 

It was gone. Everything about the house 

was exactly how Jack remembered it, 

except for the box. He figured someone 

from the Belser family had taken it. 

“Now I’ll never know what was so 

valuable to him,” Jack said. “I better 

get some sleep. I have an early flight 

home, Mom.” 

It had been about two 

weeks since Mr. Belser 

died. Returning home 

from work one day Jack 

discovered a note in his mailbox. The 

small box was old and looked like it had 

been mailed a hundred years ago. The 

handwriting was difficult to read, but 

the return address caught his attention. 

“Mr. Harold Belser” it read. Jack ripped 

open the package. There inside was the 

gold box and an envelope. 

Jack’s hands shook as he read the 

note inside. 

“Upon my death, please forward this 

box and its contents to Jack Bennett. 

It’s the thing I valued most in my life.” 

A small key was taped to the letter. 

His heart racing, tears filling his eyes, 

Jack carefully unlocked the box. There 

inside he found a beautiful gold pocket 

watch. 

Running his fingers slowly over the 

finely etched casing, he unlatched the 

cover. 

Inside he found these words engraved: 

“Jack, Thanks for your time! -Harold 

Belser.” 

“The thing he valued most... was... 

my time.” 

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, 

then called his office and cleared his 

appointments for the next two days. 

“Why?” Janet, his assistant asked. 

“I need some time to spend with my 

son,” he said. 

“Oh, by the way, Janet... thanks for 

your time!” 

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P A G E 20 

“If you build it, he will come.” -Field of Dreams, 1989

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First Love Affair 

My first love affair did 

not involve a member of 

the opposite sex, and it 

had nothing to do with 

the forbidden territory 

of same sex attractions. 

Such things, in my 

youth, were barely 

whispered about. I 

didn’t have a crush on a 

movie star, and I certainly didn’t fancy 

any of my schoolteachers or distant 

cousins, even the ‘kissing’ cousin variety. 

None of the above: no, my first love affair 

had absolutely nothing to do with sex 

at all. I simply fell victim to an undying 

infatuation with books. 

The very first book I can remember 

was made of brown linen that was 

indestructible, at least in the hands of 

a toddler. It was an ABC book in bright 

colours with no more than six or eight 

pages. I couldn’t have been much more 

than three when that treasure came into 

my life. I loved that book as much as I 

loved my teddy bear and my stuffed dog 

“Rags.” I think I loved them all more 

than my parents. And yes, I took them 

By Maryleah Otto, Gravenhurst • from Daytripping Nov-Dec 2013 

to bed to hold close to me all night long. 

I suppose I actually learned the alphabet 

from that funny old book. The linen 

became soft and crumpled, the edges 

slightly frayed in time. Some of the 

pictures faded, but I loved the book all 

the more. It was still among my dearest 

possessions by the time I was ready for 

school. 

In first grade I was introduced to a 

very different book, one called Mary, 

John and Peter, the standard primary 

reader for Ontario schoolchildren during 

the 1930s. I can’t say I was intrigued by 

the colourless, boring story of these three 

forgettable moppets, but at least I learned 

to read. Meantime, at Christmas and on 

my birthday, kindly aunts gave me copies 

of When We Were Very Young by A. A. 

Milne and later Swiss Family Robinson 

and Robinson Crusoe, or Blackie’s Girls’ 

Annual, a marvelous compendium of 

exciting if proper tales of young girls, as 

well as some poems, pictures and trivia. 

These books came from England and 

they were hugely popular. There was, of 

course, a Blackie’s Boys’ Annual too. But 

no one ever gave me that. 


Sometime during the second or third 

grade, our teacher led us all in a line to 

the local public library where we were 

allowed to buy, for a dime, a library card 

of our very own. Oh joy of joys! A whole 

library full of wonders and delights! I read 

Black Beauty, Beautiful Joe, Heidi, Little 

Women, Pollyanna, The Water Babies and 

countless other children’s classics. And 

every Saturday morning, the librarian, a 

beautiful Irish woman with flaming red 

hair and green eyes, Miss Isobel O’Brien, 

took a group of us into the story room 

where we sat on carpeted steps in front 

of a real log fire and listened to myths, 

legends and folktales from all over the 

world and all periods of history. I thought 

I’d died and gone to heaven! 

When I was about twelve, I discovered 

series books. It wasn’t Nancy Drew— 

perhaps I was ahead of those—but it was 

a series called Grace Harlowe and Her 

Overland Riders. The heroine, usually 

up in the saddle of her favorite horse, 

galloped through almost every state in 

the Union. The books were American, 

triumphing over ‘the bad guys.’ Not 

surprisingly, she had a boyfriend, Hippy, 

who came to be not only the heroine’s 

romantic attachment, but mine too. After 

all, I was on the cusp of puberty! These 

novels cost 25 cents each and I saved 

every penny and nickel I could to buy 

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the next in the series. I think there were 

at least a dozen of them. I lined them 

all up on a bookshelf in our living room 

and admired the effect greatly. A couple 

of years later, we moved to a different 

house, and my mother took a notion to 

give away my precious books. She knew 

I had read them so no doubt she thought 

I wouldn’t miss them. But I did! I still do! 

I don’t think I ever really forgave her. 

High school English courses brought 

my introduction to Shakespeare, the 

great poets of England, and Latin classics. 

Even struggling with the Latin text, I 

was moved, sometimes to tears, by the 

beauty of the story and the language. 

My favorite was Virgil’s Aeneid. When 

I entered university, I chose to study 

the literature of France and Germany. 

Once again, my mind and heart were 

opened to wonders beyond my wildest 

imagination. 

I think the ending of my little story is 

predictable. Yes, I became a librarian and 

a writer. Both have brought me continued 

joy and a sense of fulfillment. Books still 

sit on the night table beside my bed. No 

need for sleeping pills when a fine new 

novel can be cracked open and savoured 

until the eyelids grow heavy and sleep is 

only a few more seconds away. And to 

think that it all started with a linen ABC 

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Retirement vent, but then it’s best to tear it up 

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your neighbour’s lawn. Just kidding. 

http://theretirementcoach.libsyn.com/ This sort of letter will antagonize 

your neighbours and make you seem 

as thoughtless as they are. They may 

be going through a rough period. 

The Dale They could be ‘Leaf fans. Try to be 

more pleasant and make it a win-win 

Carnegie 

situation. 

Now for letter #2 - Dear neighbours, 

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In my podcasts I provide my email years ago. Your children are delightful, 

address for those who might have not shy, and thanks to them, we now 

personal questions. Today, we will 

examine a problem submitted by a 

listener as follows: 

Dear Retirement Coach, 

have acquired a terrific nature path 

cut across our lawn that we can use 

for shortcuts just like they do. This 

also greatly minimizes the lawn care 

I’ve admired your sagacious that afflicts us each week. 

advice in the past, and need help 

with a perplexing matter affecting 

my relationship with neighbours. 

They are wonderful people, but our 

municipal garbage day has become a 

nightmare for me because they don’t 

fasten their refuse such that it blows 

over on our lawn, into our trees and 

sometimes finds its way into shrubs 

and flowerbeds. I’m tired of picking 

up discarded pizza boxes that act 

like kites in the wind. At first I was 

amused by the items listed on their 

discarded Costco receipts. So many 

carbohydrates—muffins, bread and 

cake and pie. No wonder they have 

weight issues, but nonetheless, it has 

become tedious. They seem oblivious 

to the eyesores that they create for us 

and other neighbours. What do you 

suggest? 

Here is my reply - 

Fortunately, I’ve been reading Dale 

Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends And 

Influence People.” I think I can help. For 

example, here are two letters that you 

can send to your wayward neighbour. 

We will discuss the pros and cons of 

each. 

Letter #1 - Dear sloppy neighbours, 

Were you born in a barn or perhaps 

a trailer camp? Your refuse may be 

something that you want to share 

with the rest of the world, but we do 

not enjoy pretending that we are FBI 

operatives searching for the top ten 

most wanted criminals by grazing 

looking through your discarded trash. 

By the way, do either of you cook or 

is it all fast food at dinner time? Your 

kids are also sloppy, the way that they 

litter on their somnambulistic way to 

and from school. Do you know what 

somnambulistic means? No? Look it 

up. Oh, I forgot; you probably don’t 

know what a dictionary is. Did you 

know your little one smokes, and 

I’m not talking cigarettes! It’s terrific 

that your husband can read, in fact 

a surprise, but we are not interested 

in your subscription to Playboy 

Magazine. I like the pictures, but my 

wife thinks they’re disgusting. Please 

clean up your act before we call the 

health department. 

Okay, that was one approach. Here 

are some comments: 

Dale Carnegie would not recommend 

letter number one. While direct and 

informative, it makes several negative 

We really appreciate your efforts 

to help lower our municipal tax 

assessment in such creative ways 

that we had not contemplated before. 

Probably, the more dilapidated a place 

looks, the less people should have 

to pay the taxman. Nonetheless, we 

wonder if you would help us to make 

each day an “Earth Day” to honour that 

great environmentalist, P. Cola, whose 

product you seem to enjoy drinking in 

vast quantities. Did you know that you 

can get rebates for those containers 

rather than letting them blow away? 

Also, they make great bird-feeders. 

As for your vast array of pizza 

boxes that drift our way, the boys 

can make really neat cut-outs with 

the cardboard. Rather than using 

our windows as targets when your 

children play ball hockey, they could 

fashion bull’s eyes from the pizza 

boxes and attach them to the bumpers 

on your cars. 

We welcome your suggestions (other 

than moving out, of course) on how to 

make this the best neighbourhood in 

town. 

Now for the comments on letter #2: 

This is your classic Dale Carnegie type 

letter. Notice all of the compliments that 

will make the neighbours feel accepted 

and appreciated? Even the kids are 

praised, and this will inspire them to act 

accordingly. Also, there are no threats 

or abusive language. This letter works 

best because it offers suggestions, 

teamwork and creative solutions to a 

vexing problem. 

I know, most people would probably 

opt for letter number 1, but I personally 

think the Dale Carnegie suggestions 

in letter number 2 will have a greater 

impact. If that doesn’t work, this more 

inventive approach might work. First, 

book a month’s holiday somewhere out 

of town. Next, enlist the aid of a local 

farmer to drop a full load of manure 

on your neighbour’s lawn. They will 

get the message. When you get back, 

apologize for the mistake, and get all of 

the neighbours to take manure for their 

gardens. A win-win scenario. Everyone 

will love you, even Dale Carnegie. 

Listen to Mike’s podcasts (humour, 

travel and poetry) at: The Retirement 

Coach: http://theretirementcoach.libsyn. 

com/ His book, ‘Don’t Ever Quit - a Journal 

of Coping with Crisis & Nourishing Spirit,’ 

is available in print & electronic format at 

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Summer Games of My Childhood 

After spending ten months of the 

year in school, children look forward to 

their summer vacation. Growing up in 

the 1950’s we were no exception. My 

friends and I were from families with 

at least half a dozen children, and lived 

in the countryside on grain farms. We 

never relied on our parents to take us 

anywhere, and got used to walking a 

mile or more to visit with each other. 

We also planned our next meeting at 

the time, as we did not have the luxury 

of telephones. After doing our chores, 

we played outside until supper time. 

Extra food was always available at lunch 

time for the ones visiting, no matter 

how many of us were present, plus a 

big jug of Kool-Aid to quench our thirst 

throughout the afternoon. 

When a lot of us were getting together, 

baseball was a favourite game, played 

by our own rules, and without umpires. 

If smaller brothers or sisters begged us 

to join the game, we always made sure 

to throw a ball the child could hit, and 

cheered the little one on to first base. 

Hide and go seek was also very 

popular as there were so many good 

hiding places on everyone’s farm. Some 

of the kids hid so well, that they were 

never found, and chances were by the 

time he or she decided to come out, 

another game was taking place. Kick 

the can, hopscotch, and tag were always 

popular. Does anyone still play those 

games? 

We were thrilled to discover hulahoops. 

Contests were held to see who 

could twirl the longest. Some of us 

could make the hoop go down to our 

knees, then all the way up to our neck, 

or twirl several hoops at once. 

I will always remember the summer 

when someone created a pair of stilts 

out of two long 2x4 inch pieces of 

lumber, with a triangular piece of wood 

on each stilt, placed two feet from the 

ground. Soon everyone had their own 

stilts, and some kids were rarely without 

them, so it seemed nearly normal to see 

them walking around with their head 

so much higher up than ours. 

We also fashioned our own 

kites in all shapes and sizes, 

crafted from brown wrapping 

paper with long snake-like 

tails, and flew them for hours 

on breezy days. Each kite was 


By Jeanette Paddon, St. Thomas 

from Daytripping July-Aug 2018 

unique, as crayons were used to create 

designs to our liking. If the kite got 

caught in a tree, we just made another 

one. 

We had clay soil, which was perfect 

for creating a mud slide after a heavy 

rain in a friend’s long sloping driveway. 

Rolling up our jeans, we would glide 

barefoot down our slide. Naturally, falls 

did happen onto the slippery mud, so 

returning home we had to hand wash 

our jeans in a tub of water outside the 

house, and dry them on the clothesline 

before putting them into the laundry 

basket. 

At the end of June, summer seemed 

to stretch out forever before us. Yet, in 

no time at all, or so it seemed, we were 

waiting for the school bus once again. 

Sun-tanned and played out, we now 

looked forward to a different kind of 

adventure. 


Wisdom of... 

Einstein 

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily 

count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be 

counted. 

A man should look for what is, and not for what he 

thinks should be. 

A person who never made a mistake never tried 

anything new. 

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl 

is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. 

Imagination is more important than knowledge. 

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in 

creative expression and knowledge. 

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. 

The important thing is not to stop questioning. 

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you 

everywhere. 

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and 

more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of 

courage – to move in the opposite direction. 

Summer 2023 “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” -The Godfather Part II, 1974 P A G E 23



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Great Gadgets 

I am mad about gadgets. Not 

just any kind of gadget. Kitchen 

gadgets are my passion. Now, I 

am admittedly a non-cook and 

my idea of entertaining is to buy a premade 

lasagna at the local delicatessen. 

But my bookshelves are brimming with 

cookbooks of every kind and my kitchen 

cupboards and drawers are filled with 

the latest innovations in gadgetry. Garlic 

presses, garlic peelers, vegetable peelers 

(at least four – one cannot have too many 

veggie peelers), egg slicers. I could go on. 

A few days ago I decided to do some 

real baking and found the perfect recipe 

for a blueberry coffee cake that would be 

a wonderful accompaniment to a Sunday 

dinner. I gathered the ingredients and 

kicked my husband out of the kitchen. 

“Too many cooks...” Ready to do my best 

imitation of my favourite TV cook, I set 

out into somewhat unfamiliar territory. 

All was going well until the recipe called 

for lemon zest. Ok, I had the lemon but a 

zester? Was it possible that I had missed 

that glorious device in my collection? I 

thought, “Ok, so I can use a paring knife 

and chop some lemon zest.” I tried but it 

just didn’t cut it. My next idea was to use 

a cheese grater. Not bad but the pieces 

by Kathryn Hixon Lees, Hamilton 

from Daytripping May-June 2003 

of lemon zest were just too uneven. 

The myriad of vegetable peelers 

netted the same result. What 

else could I use? My cake was 

nearly ready to go into the oven 

but not without the special ingredient. 

Suddenly, just as if the proverbial light 

bulb turned on over my head, it hit me. A 

wood rasp! Didn’t I see a rasp used on a 

recent food channel programme? Did my 

husband have a rasp in the workshop? He 

must have, he has as many woodworking 

gadgets as I have kitchen gadgets. I ran 

down to the basement and began to 

rummage in his workbench drawers. 

Eureka! I knew he would have it. Ok, 

so it was a bit dusty but a quick dunk in 

some soapy water would take care of that. 

Finally, I was all set. My lemon zest was 

perfect. The rasp had done the trick. Thin, 

curling strands of tangy yellow tendrils 

were incorporated into my creation and 

as the cake was baking, I leafed through a 

catalogue. Another kitchenware catalogue, 

you may ask? Oh, no, not this time. I 

had found my husband’s Lee Valley Tool 

Catalogue. I wondered what other marvels 

there could be in the woodworking 

publications that I could add to the 

collection in my kitchen. 

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the footings had to be laid, sand, 

cement and water were required. “Get 

old Bill Kersey, he’ll witch it,” said a 

farmer. Sure enough Bill was there 

the next day with his forked witching 

branch walking back and forth holding 

the twigs in each hand. Suddenly the 

main branch swooped downward, so 

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watch and he started to swing it back 

and forth by the chain, counting as he 

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farmhouse in Flesherton. Life was 

lonely back in the Gore. A few months 

later, grandson now on the scene a 

beautiful 25 acre parcel appeared on 

the real estate listing, with an ancient 

barn and stable beside a drilled well. Ah, 

that was new. The water was excellent 

and over 30 years the well certainly 

didn’t go dry. The house was large 

and comfortable, a neighbour raised 

cattle and ploughed the field and it was 

bliss. A granddaughter had arrived in 

the meantime. Many years later that 

same granddaughter presented us with 

a great grandson. That wee grandson 

of years ago, had married, bought 

a house nearby and gave us a great 

granddaughter. All was surely right with 

the world. But it was not to be. 

Grandson announced he was moving 

back to his university town, some 

fourteen hundred miles away, daughter 

and the rest of the family promptly 

sold out and as was their want settled 

in a wee village out of 

town but not too far 

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family. We were all 

alone. We were aging, 

long distance driving to 

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lonely. 

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pushing 87, husband announced we 

should join them. We did. For the first 

time since I was twenty I am now living 

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Bay. And I love it. The air is so pure, 

traffic is slow and also spacious, people 

are very friendly, there’s no hustle and 

bustle, just a very laid back atmosphere. 

And we love being all together as a 

family once again. 

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disappointment. The city water! Oh 

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gulp. Sorry to the waterworks people of 

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You Tell on Yourself Unknown 

You tell on yourself by the friends you seek 

By the very manner in which you speak, 

By the way you employ your leisure time, 

By the use you make of dollar and dime. 

You tell what you are by the things you wear, 

By the spirit in which your burden you bear, 

By the kind of things at which you laugh, 

By the records you play on your phonograph. 

You tell what you are by the way you walk, 

By the things of which you delight to talk, 

By the manner in which you bear defeat, 

By so simple a thing as how you eat. 

By the books you choose from a well-filled shelf. 

In these ways & more, you tell on yourself. 

So there's really no particle of sense, in an effort to keep up false pretense. 

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Here in the Hundred Acre Wood 

By Corrina Austin, St. Thomas • from Daytripping Nov-Dec 2005 

In these lines, I am going to share 

a personality test that I designed 

over the years. Of course, I will first 

need to acknowledge A. A. Milne, the 

author of the Winnie the Pooh stories, 

for without him, I would have had to 

base my “astute” observations on the 

work of some other famous children’s 

author. 

I started to notice, after reading the 

Winnie the Pooh books to my own four 

children and the children at school (I 

am a teacher), that most of the people 

I knew could be characterized by one 

of Milne’s characters. This may sound 

ludicrous when you first consider it, 

but believe me, this will make more 

sense to you as you think about it at 

greater depth. Let me break it down. 

The person who is always cheerful, 

focused on life’s simple pleasures, 

enjoys his or her meals with profound 

gusto, and accepts whatever 

comes his or her way 

with infinite optimism 

is a Winnie the Pooh. 

This person has many 

friends and is 

an unconditional 

support to all of them. 

Getting stuck in holes 

and waiting patiently 

to lose enough weight to 

squeeze out again. Taking 

whatever comes along, 

rolling with the punches. Winnie. 

The person who is morose, gloomy, 

pessimistic and resigned is an Eeyore. 

Forever losing his tail and sighing, 

rather than taking any action to recover 

it. Eating thistles and never trying 

anything else. Face drooping, never 

expecting to be happy and therefore 

fully meeting his expectations. Eeyore. 

The workaholic, forever serious, 

worried about messes and catastrophes 

every waking moment of his or her life 

is a Rabbit. He puts his carrot patch 

above people. He is angry and resentful 

all the time, although underneath it all, 

he is kind-hearted and comes through 

for you in the end. Rabbit. 

The worrier, the one who fusses, the 

one who hides his head under pillows 

during thunderstorms, is a Piglet. He 

is afraid of most things. He hesitates. 

He is a follower. He picks someone he 

trusts to shadow, and then does so, 

without question. The person wringing 

his hands and whimpering, “Oh dear, 

oh dear,” that’s him. Piglet. 

The tender-hearted, gentle soul, 

the nurturer, that is a Kanga. Focuses 

on nothing else but her children. 

Everything revolves around that little 

baby in her pocket. She is indiscernible 

without her offspring. She has little 

identity aside from Roo. Kanga. 

The hyper one, spontaneous and 

annoying, is a Tigger. Very self-centred, 

thinking of little more than where the 

next thrill is coming from. You are 

lucky if you can get one coherent and 

logical thought out of him. 

When you press him for 

information, all he 

will tell you is that he 

likes bouncing best. 

Which would be 

fine if he would just 

bounce somewhere 

else. But he happens 

to like bouncing 

where he will be 

most noticed, which is 

often right in your face. 

When he is not bouncing, he 

harbours some irrational fears about 

Heffalumps. There’s no talking it out of 

him, because he would have to listen 

to you first. Tigger. 

And then, there is the voice of 

reason, the one you run to when 

everything falls apart. The one who will 

pick you up and hug you, call you silly 

with great and unalterable affection 

and invite you to a tea party. His socks 

are always pulled up. Everything he 

says is right. You would trust him with 

your life. Christopher Robin. 

Which one are you? My guess is that 

you are one of them! 


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While works of man I've noticed there, 

A tendency to make things square. 

If she had only made square trees, 

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The Expertise of Six Year Olds 

by Gail Northgrave Adams, London • from Daytripping Sept-Oct 2005 

Daniel J Bellyk 

Six year olds are inquisitive 

and open to knowledge. 

Everyone should have one, 

even if only for a few hours. 

Our six year old grandson, 

Jordan was out visiting and 

having a private birthday 

party with us. I took him 

shopping so he could select 

his own gifts. However, it 

was Grandpa who had the pleasure of 

teaching him how to use them. Lessons 

included putting batteries into a new 

flashlight and firing his bow and arrow 

at the target. Jordan spent a lot of time 

licking the suction cup of his arrow, then, 

gave a yell of delight when it finally stuck 

on target. This was another success story 

to be added to his six years on Planet 

Earth. 

After dinner, and while working in the 

garden, Grandpa discovered a partly 

decomposed cat under the brush pile. 

As Jordan watched Grandpa burying it he 

declared, “That was probably a perfectly 

good cat at one time.” 

Next, a conversation ensued about the 

mysteries of death. “Why,” ask Jordan, 

“did the eyes of the cat stay 

open?” 

“Well,” explained Grandpa, 

“sometimes humans die with 

their eyes open too.” 

Jordan silently took in this 

information, then raised his 

blue eyes to meet Grandpa’s 

brown ones and spoke his 

six year old wisdom. “I guess 

people could die of a heart attack and not 

have time to close their eyes.” 

Grandpa smiled and nodded. 

Watching my grandson with his grandpa, 

I realized how necessary it is for boys to 

have adult male companionship. Adults 

who enjoy explaining, showing, and 

doing things with children contribute 

enormously to their well-being. In return, 

boys remind adults to be open to the joys 

and mysteries of life. 

“Age,” wrote Goeth, “does not make 

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seriousness there are six year olds who 

have an unplanned, uncanny expertise 

to bring smiles to both Grandma’s and 

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Time to plant tender annuals and vegetables always arrives... after May 2-4 but never 

is the weather guaranteed. 

Summer in the garden seems the thing most homeowners anticipate every year. 

When you see the summer flowers coming into their glory, there is time for relaxation 

at hand but best not to waste it. 

There are always many chores in the garden, but for those who love to be in the 

garden, these are mostly enjoyable. 

Now that the temperatures are rising and the days are long, all our planting efforts 

yield their reward—colour, fruit, shade, wildlife and pollinators to enjoy—and so 

much more. Remember to take the time to enjoy. I particularly love the mornings and 

evenings in the garden as the colours look their best and there is so much activity in 

the flowers from birds and pollinators. I hope for a few lazy, hazy afternoons for a 

quick outdoor snooze followed by a cool dip in the water. Here in Sarnia-Lambton we 

are surrounded by clear waters that are so inviting. 

Below you will find a list of some of the garden activities to enjoy and, as always, 

something you love never seems like a job. 

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July 

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garden 

❏ Trim spent blossoms to encourage 

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❏ Keep weeds at bay so plants have 

space to develop 

❏ Monitor insect and bird populations 

and marvel at their beauty and 

design 

❏ Harvest to enjoy and share the 

produce from your garden 

Doing something you love 

never seems like a job. 

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by Marion Clouse • from Daytripping Jan-Feb 2004 

Stigma 

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Margot Kidder confessed to Barbara communities and in the workplace. 

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At the funeral home, there was a lot 

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“What really happened?” When it came 

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always took the turn of “why would 

anyone choose that way out and why 

didn’t the person get some help?” Many 

people don’t get help when they’re 

feeling depressed, overwhelmed by life, 

helpless, and hopeless. There is still a 

great stigma, or fear, attached to any 

mental illness. If someone is not doing 

well emotionally or mentally it is talked 

about in a whisper, “they had a nervous 

breakdown,” or “they’re not themselves,” 

or “they have trouble coping with life.” 

People think you are less of a person, 

weak, not like everyone else. Often, 

the person struggling sees themselves 

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sometimes you need a little help to get 

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“I just didn’t want people to know of my 

vulnerability. I was ashamed. It was a 

confession of weakness.” 

If you are struggling with any mental 

or emotional illness, seek help. Talk to 

people. Fifty years ago, Cancer was a 

word that was whispered about. How 

far have we come since then in Cancer 

education and research? Can we dream 

that in fifty years time people will 

understand that mental illness is an 

illness like any other illness, and that 

there is hope? Talking about it will help 

erase the stigma associated with mental 

illness. 

Assoc. Publisher's Note: This article was 

written about 20 years ago. I do believe 

we've come a long way in making it more 

"normal" to have open conversations about 

mental health, but we can still do better. 

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Answers Below 

1. American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson had a hit single called 

“Breakaway.” It was co-written by another Canadian singer. Was it 

a] Paul Anka b] Avril Lavigne or c] Amanda Marshall? 

2. What term describes a part of the body only when seated? 

3. What is the common name for the High Mobility Multi-purpose 

Wheeled Vehicle? 

4. What does 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 equal? 

5. There is a statue in the park. It has a person on a horse, the horse 

has both feet in the air. What does this mean? 

6. What do the words “Kayak”, “Level” and “Racecar” have in 

common? 

7. What happened in Ontario, the winter of 1932 due to extreme cold? 

8. Who was the voice of Shaggy on the Scooby-Doo cartoons? 

9. In Nelly Furtado’s hit song “Promiscuous Girl,” she makes a 

reference to a fellow Canadian. Who? 

10. The birthplace of Radar is said to be which Ontario town? 

11. What man did Adolf Hitler commission to build his “car for the 

people” or Volkswagen? 

12. Who appeared as Mini Me in the Austin Powers movies? 

13. Who is the person that Narcissus fell in love with? 

14. In the 1950’s, who made stars out of “The Comets”? 

15. The piano was invented in which country in 1709? 

16. Which NHL player retired with exactly 500 goals to his credit? 

ANSWERS: 

1. b] Avril Lavigne 2. the lap 3. HMMV or Humvee or Hummer 4. 12345678987654321 

5. the person died in battle 6. they are all palindromes (the same forwards or 

backwards) 7. Niagara Falls froze completely solid 8. Kasey Kasem 9. Steve Nash 

10. Clinton 11. Ferdinand Porsche 12. Vern Troyer 13. himself (or his reflection) 

14. Bill Haley 15. Italy 16. Lanny McDonald 500 goals, 1006 total points 

Summer 2023 “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.” -Babe, 1995 

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This magazine comes with a free, built-in, old fashioned fly swatter! 

For the Love of Trees 

By Susan Iedema, London • from Daytripping Nov-Dec 2018 

As I have grown older, things that I am 

sure I took for granted as a child, I now 

appreciate. Trees are one of those things. 

Old black and white pictures, taken 

after an ice storm, depict the damage 

done to the trees around the house 

where I grew up. Broken, ice covered 

branches lay strewn about as larger 

limbs burdened with the ice, hang low 

above them. Other trees look as if they 

are ready to split in two. One of the trees 

damaged was my mom’s favourite, the 

birch tree. As my dad prepared to go 

outside and start the cleanup, my mom’s 

familiar warning that he better not cut 

down her birch tree rang out. 

In the summer, large maples on the 

west side of our house made the porch 

located there a cool place to sit after 

supper. 

Behind the garage, pieces of wood 

nailed up the trunk of a tree invited one 

to climb and find my brother’s treehouse 

hidden within the large branches. 

My dad regularly helped clear dead 

wood from a forested lot owned by a 

friend. This wood served as fire wood 

for both parties. My dad confided 

in me one day that he could 

take a chair and sit in that forest 

for hours. Maybe not then, but 

now I understand what he 

meant. I can sit for hours in 

my own backyard taking in 

the wonders of nature. 

Even my sister told me 

recently, out of the blue, of 

her love of trees. 

In my current back 

yard, a number of 

trees outline the yard. Large pine trees at 

the back grow on a slant and make me 

hope, when wind storms come, that their 

roots are strong. The eerie sound of the 

wind through their branches brings back 

another childhood memory of passing 

a property with pines that produced 

the same spooky sound. A sound that 

seemed to raise the hairs on the back of 

my neck and urged me to run for my life! 

On the east side of our yard, cedar 

trees provide morning shade giving us a 

place to sit in warm weather and have 

our morning coffee break. 

The maple tree on a neighbouring 

property will always remind me of the 

original owner who told me that her late 

husband planted that tree many years 

ago. Late in the day, this tree takes over 

the job of providing shade to our yard. 

I guess my love of trees was also 

witnessed by my excitement and 

anticipation when the city sent a notice 

announcing the planting of a tree in front 

of our house. I awaited the arrival like a 

new parent and watered her from a pail 

during a recent drought. 

Most days I can hardly wait to 

get outside for a walk in the nearby 

park. If I pick the right entrance a 

majestic willow greets me. More 

gnarly and knotty ones, which I 

think are beautiful, await me 

further along. 

Research online produces 

a long list of the benefits of 

trees, but I really don’t need 

a list as I can see and feel 

these benefits every day 

of my life! 

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Petrolia’s 

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Downtown 

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apartment project in the downtown 

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TOP 10 

1 Bill Anderson Still1963 

Country Hits 

Source: 

playback.fm 

2 Bobby Bare 500 Miles Away from Home 

3 George Hamilton IV Abilene 

4 Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire 

5 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountains Boys 

The Ballad Of Jed Clampett 

6 Skeeter Davis The End Of The World 

7 Jim Reeves Welcome to My World 

8 Marty Robbins Ruby Ann 

9 Buck Owens Love's Gonna Live Here 

10 Ned Miller From A Jack To A King 

Billboard Hits 

Source: 

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1 The Crystals Da Doo Ron Ron 

2 The Chiffons He's So Fine 

3 The Kingsmen Louie Louie 

4 The Ronettes Be My Baby 

5 James Brown Prisoner of Love 

6 The Drifters On Broadway 

7 The Trashmen Surfin' Bird 

8 Martha And The Vandellas Heat Wave 

9 The Beach Boys Shut Down 

10 The Chiffons One Fine Day 

Movies 

Cleopatra 

How the West Was Won 

It's a Mad Mad 

Mad Mad World 

Tom Jones 

(Oscar for Best Picture) 

Son of Flubber 

Dr. No 

The V.I.P.s 

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“I’m walking here! I’m walking here!” -Midnight Cowboy, 1969

Sometimes, no news really is good news. 

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Full Service Pharmacy 

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FOREST 

FOREST 

BRIGHTS GROVE 

Sarnia 

197 Maria St 

134 Ontario St 

Bright St near Russell 

John near Devine 

Capel & Maxwell 

Guthrie Dr W 

Coerbury & Elgin 

Wellington St & Stuart 

Pineview Ave (Guthrie Park) 

Greendale near Hall St 

Cathcart Blvd east of Colborne 

McCaw & Evan St 

McGee St 

Coventry Ct 

Cathcart Blvd & Bove Ct 

Beach Lane 

Animal Farm at Canatara Park 

Wilson St 

O'Rae St 

Webster & Willard 

Bradford Dr 

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Dow Centre for Youth, Indian Rd S 

Exmouth & Murphy-First Chrisan 

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Bright's Grove 

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Bright St & Thelma 

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St John In-the-Wilderness Church, 

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Devonshire & Evergreen 

King St & Timber Ridge 

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Foster Cres in Ipperwash 

Superior & Riverside in Pt Franks 

Thedford 

Main St & Third St 

Forest 

Queen & Washington 

Forest United Church (James & 

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Forest Road/Main Street (across 

from Esso) 

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Sunset Ave Park 

in Lambton County! 

Petrolia 

Derby near Holland 

4112 Petrolia Line (outside Remax) 

Maple & Eureka 

Pine & Catherine 

4475 Petrolia Line 

Petrolia YMCA on Tank St (by 

gazebo) 

Brigden 

Jane St (park entrance) 

Adelia St & Brigden Rd 

Aamjiwnaang First Naon 

Community Centre I Maawn Doosh 

Gumig/Virgil Ave 

Corunna 

Bennck & Homestretch 

Fane St 

Mooretown 

Moore Line & Emily (across from 

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Sombra 

Smith Line just off St Clair Pkwy 

Port Lambton 

Along St Clair Pkwy River Trail (N of 

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Wyoming 

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Wyoming Bapst Church (back SW 

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Summer 2023 “It was beauty killed the beast.” -King Kong, 1933 

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60 might be the new 40, but 9 pm is the new midnight. 

Frances’ 

Helpful 

Hints 

1) Have a sickly stained vase 

or bottle and don’t know 

what to do? Give it an Alka 

Seltzer! That’s right! Fill with 

water and drop in an Alka 

Seltzer and let stand for 24 

hours. Then brush, wash and 

rinse thoroughly. Dry and the 

stain should be gone. This 

usually works quite well. If 

not, what can I say, but throw 

out the vase or bottle. 



2) Don’t do this! Don’t do 

that! Well here are some 

more “don’t” mentions. 

Don’t wash ivory. Don’t 

repaint old toys. Don’t tape 

old paper. Don’t wash oil 

paintings. Don’t buff pewter. 

Just don’t do it! 

NOV 24 - DEC 10 

DEC 15 - 17 

STARBRIGHT 

RIGH 

T 

CHRISTMAS S 

2023 

2 

A Glorious 

o 

Tradition 

io 

THE VPP HOLIDAY 

JAMBOREE 

Foot Stompin’ 

Festive Fun 

3) How to clean Lacquer? 

Truly a dilemma but never 

fear because help is on the 

way. Make a paste of flour 

and olive oil. Use clean 

flannel cloth to polish the 

item with this concoction and 

the result is a clean gleaming 

finish. Tasting the paste is 

not recommended. 

4) Good old baking soda is 

still out there working like a 

trojan. Use baking soda and 

water to give graniteware and 

other enameled ware a 

gleaming finish. Truly 

amazing stuff! 

5) To wax or not to wax? 

That is the question. If you 

like to wax your furniture, 

remember that it is safe to 

put paste wax over spray 

wax, but not a good idea to 

apply spray over paste wax. 

It could soften the wax and 

ruin the finish. So, don’t 

spray the paste! 

I was a singer born in 

Tennessee on November 26, 

1939. I picked cotton as a kid 

and worked as a nurse’s aide. A 

1971 single helped propel my 

music career, and I was called 

the Queen of Rock and Roll. 

I Guess 

Who? 

am a politician born in Canada on 

December 25, 1971. I followed my 

father into politics and got involved 

with the Liberal party at an early 

age. I became a prominent member 

of Parliament, and then earned a 

key political position in 2015. 

Answer: Justin Trudeau Answer: Tina Turner 

6) Here’s a little quiz. I’ve got 

it, no, I had it, no, I threw it 

out. What are the most 

despised, the most hated 

expressions of all times for all 

antique dealers? By George, 

you’ve got it! 

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“Stella! Hey, Stella!” -A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

You’re not getting older, you’re just becoming a classic! 

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Enjoy Friends | Enjoy Independence | Enjoy Life 

Summer Joy 

The wonderful joy and carefree bliss 

we all felt as children when it was 

picnic time can not be replaced by any 

toy, game or gimmick today. Can you 

remember those feelings? I know I can. 

The sun felt kinder, the grass looked 

greener and the blue skies were oh so 

blue it felt like you could swim in them. 

Our annual family picnics were held 

in Woodstock at Waterworks Park. We 

had to have a big open space like that, 

to accommodate all of us. There were 

moms and dads, aunts, uncles, nieces, 

nephews and cousins twice removed 

(whatever that means) and that easily 

added up to over 100 folks sitting down 

to a sumptuous picnic lunch, games 

and gossip. 

Each year, you had to endure the 

endless string of relatives commenting 

how big you had grown since last 

year, and which one of the group you 

belonged to and my goodness how the 

those freckles had nearly taken over 

your face, before you could sit down to 

a feast fit for the king. 

Everyone brought creamy potato 

salad, crispy scalloped potatoes, 

macaroni salad, sliced ham, fried 

chicken, spicy baked beans, threebean 

salad, pickled and devilled eggs, 

sweet pickles, dill pickles, bread and 

rolls, relish trays with celery, carrots, 

cheeses, salmon sandwiches, egg salad 

sandwiches and plenty of strawberry 

Freshie to wash all of it down. There 

wasn’t an empty space to be had on 

your plate once you started down that 

long line of delicious treats. You learned 

really quickly who made the best baked 

beans or the best fried chicken and you 

praised their accomplishments (haven’t 

eaten this good since last year) so they 

would make the same thing next year. 

Of course there were always 

innovators who produced some new 

dish each year, and wanted everyone to 

try (just a bit) but it was a long stretch, 

to think it could replace the tried and 

trues we had enjoyed for years. My 

theory is, it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 

After you had done true justice to 

the first course, and were sure you 

couldn’t possibly eat another bite, you 

caught a whiff of the dessert table. Now 

that was perfection to see all of those 

angel food cakes with soft whipped 

frosting, lemon meringue pie with real 

by Agnes Burroughs • from Daytripping July-Aug 2012 

shoe, 

meringue, sweet apple pie, dark 

chocolate cake with frosting, 

marshmallow fruit pudding, 

chocolate chip, butterscotch and 

peanut butter cookies, pecan 

squares, butter tarts, pumpkin, 

custard, raisin, blueberry, 

strawberry and rhubarb pie, all 

set out like a bake shop just waiting 

to be savored. Some of the desserts 

had come a long distance, and were a 

little worse for wear, but we polished 

them all off no matter how slanted or 

squished together. 

How could you possibly eat another 

bite? Give us a few hours of running 

around the park, playing a few games, 

trying out the swings, slides and teeter 

totters, and we would be right back 

over at that picnic table begging for a 

piece of pie or a rice krispie square to 

munch on. 

After all that food you would think 

you would be in a sugar coma, but no, 

we were right ready to start the games, 

once the ladies had the tables sort of 

cleaned up and the food was safely put 

back into coolers. There were potato 

sack races, kick the shoe, hide the 

two legged races, water balloon 

toss, hard boiled egg race, hammer and 

nail challenge, and lots of races just 

for the sheer fun of running. Everyone 

got a prize whether they won or lost. 

All the kids got coloured balloons, ice 

cold freezies, peanuts in the shell and 

rolls of rainbow Lifesavers. The men 

always had a friendly game of baseball, 

or played horseshoes. After the games, 

the ladies, having worked most of the 

previous day to get ready for today, sat 

down and enjoyed a well deserved rest. 

The children never seemed to tire 

of finding something to keep them 

occupied, from playing in the water to 

chasing after balls and balloons. All too 

soon, it was time for a light snack and 

time to pack everything away for the 

journey home with promises to meet 

next year, same time, same place. 

Summer 2023 “Here’s Johnny!” -The Shining, 1980 

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If this brings back good memories, send us some of your own. 



Helping launch Project 

Lifesaver, an innovative new 

program to quickly locate 

people who have wandered and 

are reported missing. 

With Lambton-Kent-Middlesex 

MPP Monte McNaughton, 

members of LIUNA Local 1059, 

and other dignitaries for an 

important announcement 

recognizing the importance of 

women in the trades and creating 

female-friendly jobsites. 

On behalf of Ontario’s Ministry of 

Health, I was pleased to announce 

$236,500 in one-time top-up 

funding for St. Joseph’s Hospice 

to support and sustain existing 

residential hospice capacity. 

Visiting the Bluewater Anglers 

during their annual Open House 

with Ontario Trillium Foundation 

(OTF) Rep. Don McGugan (right) to 

celebrate their $21,500 OTF grant. 

BOB BAILEY 

MPP – Sarnia-Lambton 

Building A Better Sarnia-Lambton 

Summer is upon us in Sarnia-Lambton. I hope you and your family have 

the opportunity to experience all the festivals, markets, cultural events, 

sporting activities and more that Lambton County has to offer. 

When I’m out and about in the community, one of the questions I often 

get asked is about what financial, health and housing supports are 

available for those of us in the 55+ age group. 

Here are just a few highlights of the incentives the Ontario government 

has to offer: 

The Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit supports a wide range of 

medical expenses to help low-to-moderate-income senior families age 

at home. These supports include attendant care, assistive breathing 

devices, and hearing and walking aids. Eligible recipients receive up to 

25 per cent of their claimable medical expenses up to $6,000, for a 

maximum credit of $1,500. 

The Home and Vehicle Modification Program helps children and adults 

with restricted mobility to continue living safely in their homes, avoid 

job loss and participate in their communities. Eligible individuals may 

receive grants of up to $15,000 to modify their home and/or vehicle. 

The Ontario Senior Homeowners’ Property Tax Grant is intended to 

help offset property taxes for low-to-moderate-income people 64 years 

of age or older who own their own home. It provides up to $500 each 

year depending on adjusted family net income. 

Some other programs you might be interested in are the Ontario Trillium 

Benefit, the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, the Ontario Sales 

Tax Credit, and the Ontario Seniors’ Public Transit Tax Credit. 

For more information on these and other programs for people 55+, 

please feel free to contact my Constituency Office. 

Have a wonderful summer – and enjoy everything that beautiful 

Sarnia-Lambton has to offer! 

Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Gary 

Atkinson (back left) and 

members of their Town Council 

paid a visit to the Legislative 

Assembly of Ontario. 

CONSTITUENCY OFFICE 

805 Christina St. North, Suite 102 

Point Edward, ON N7V 1X6 

Joining Michelle Holbrook and the 

team from Sarnia-Lambton 

Rebound to celebrate their 

$147,900 Ontario Trillium 

Foundation Grant and the grand 

opening of The ReFound Store. 

Contact Bob Bailey 

Tel.: 519-337-0051 

Fax: 519-337-3246 

Honoured to welcome new 

Sarnia Police Service 

Deputy Chief Julie 

Craddock, seen here 

during her swearing-in 

ceremony. 

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“I feel the need - the need for speed!” -Top Gun, 1986 

With Sarnia Mayor Bradley delivering 

a special thank you, on behalf of the 

Premier, to GM Tina Mel and the staff 

at Fairwinds Lodge Retirement 

Residence for their heroic efforts to 

ensure residents’ safety during the 

January 15th fire. 

E-mail: bob.baileyco@pc.ola.org 

Website: bobbaileympp.com

Let’s grow old together. You go first. 



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Golf, Really? 

By Kelly-Lynn Musico, Brights Grove • Registered Physiotherapist, Registered Yoga Teacher 

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• hay fever 

• oral thrush 

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We offer 

prescriptions for: 

• acid reflux 

• hemorrhoids 

• cold sores 

• impetigo 

• insect bites and hives 

• urinary tract infections 

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• sprains & strains 

• tick bites 

I recently shared a story from when 

I was a physiotherapist in my 20’s. I 

recalled being inspired by two of my 

patients who were in their 80’s. 

At the time, I was treating clients in an 

outpatient physiotherapy department 

at a local hospital and, while I do not 

remember my clients’ 

names, I do remember 

one client in her 80’s had a 

back injury and the other, 

also in her 80’s, a shoulder 

injury. Yes, it was great 

that they were actively 

seeking physiotherapy 

for their injuries but what 

was more impactful to 

me at the time, was their 

committed desire to get 

better. I still remember 

them pleading with me, “I 

have to get better, I miss 

golfing with my friends.” The other 

said, “I’m still walking the course with 

my friends, but I want to golf too.” 

What commitment. 

I absolutely loved this! 

Not only did they both demonstrate 

the physical benefits of golf, but it was 

evident there were social benefits too. 

This was a huge eye opener for me, 

that golf was a sport that I too could do 

well in my later years. At the time, I had 

not taken up the sport but I remember 

thinking... I’m not likely to be playing 

volleyball or basketball in my 80’s, so 

maybe I should try golf. 

And so, it was those two ladies in 

their 80’s who inspired my younger 

twenty-something self to continue to 

stay active and start on my own golf 

journey. One is never too old to provide 

inspiration to others! 

Although I do not play as much as I’d 

like, I am grateful I started golf and I do 

Photo credit: Ontario’s Southwest 

hope to continue to play well into my 

later years. Golf is clearly a sport that 

can be played at any age, and it’s never 

too late to start. I love that it provides 

physical activity in nature, mental 

stimulation, and opportunities for much 

needed social interaction. 

Also, remember that seeking 

physiotherapy at any age demonstrates 

a proactive approach to maintaining 

mobility, strength, and overall wellbeing. 

And, engaging in any physical 

activity and physiotherapy at any stage 

of life can be highly beneficial. 

Move. Feel. Live. 

Summer 2023 “I’ll have what she’s having.” -When Harry Met Sally, 1989 

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Have You Ever Seen God? 

Have you ever watched the setting sun or seen it rise in morn, 

Or gazed upon a mother’s face the day her baby’s born? 

Have you ever seen an ocean blue that meets the endless sky, 

Or stood atop a mountain peak to watch an eagle fly? 

Have you ever cried then felt at peace when situations fail, 

Or found a friend who comforts you when spirits feel so pale? 

Have you ever seen a flower bloom and marvelled at its hue, 

Or walked about before the dawn and felt the morning dew? 

Have you ever heard a song so sweet that tears begin to fall, 

Or watched a little puppy dog come running when you call? 

Have you ever seen a rainbow cloud with stripes like heaven’s door, 

Or sheltered in to watch the rain as storms and thunder roar? 

Have you ever hurt and felt such pain, and later found 

you’re healed, 

Or sensed a joy inside your soul that’s hard to keep concealed? 

Have you ever tasted something sweet, a flavour of delight, 

Or heard the still when you lay down and listen to the night? 

Have you ever seen a bride in white, adorned from head to toe, 

Or had the chance to share your love and watch young 

children grow? 

Have you ever seen a summer’s field ablazed with golden grain, 

Or tasted bread that’s freshly baked or played with 

Grandpa’s train? 

Have you ever felt the joy of love, the warmth of an embrace, 

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unable anymore to care for that other 

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finally have to face the reality unless 

they find alternate living arrangements 

for the person needing care. Their own 

health will be compromised, which is 

not good for either one of them. It is 

one of the most difficult life decisions a 

lot of spouses face. I know, because it’s 

one I was forced to make. 

I dreaded November 18th, 2014. 

That was the arranged day to place my 

93 year old husband in a long term 

care home. I was fearful my elderly 

husband, suffering with dementia and 

several physical ailments, would create 

a terrible fuss. It was fortunate I had the 

wonderful support of a close friend, and 

our adult grandson, who both assisted 

me with the move. 

When we arrived at the facility our 

grandson took my husband gently 

by the arm as he guided him into the 

home. We were met in the foyer by a 

staff member who escorted us up to 

Norway Spruce, his assigned floor, and 

then into his semi-private room. 

Harvey smiled as he looked around 

and appeared to like what he saw; he 

even said, “This is nice.” He was warmly 

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and the 

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Did I Do The Right Thing? 

By Victoria Stirling, London • from Daytripping Nov-Dec 2015 

greeted by more staff members as they 

busied getting him admitted, and he 

was affable and cheerful. Because of my 

earlier fears I was astonished, as well as 

relieved, at how well all of it was going. 

My grandson and I were invited to 

stay and have lunch in the dining hall 

with him. It was reassuring to see this 

was a brightly lit area with the tables 

pleasantly laid. The meal had been 

prepared in the home’s own kitchen 

and it was good; enjoyed by all of us. 

After his noon meal we returned to his 

room, and as my husband wanted to 

take his usual afternoon nap, we told 

him we loved him, would see him again 

soon, and left. 

Yet as we drove away from the home 

that day part of me remained there 

with him. The feeling of guilt, that I had 

somehow let him down, continued to 

be a personal burden during most of 

the seven months he lived in the long 

term care home. Even though I really 

knew I could not manage him at home 

it was always still there. 

Since July 6th, 2015 when my 

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beloved husband passed peacefully 

away with quiet dignity and pain free, 

I’ve learned he did have quality time in 

that facility. 

In many of the staff’s condolences 

since, I’ve read, as well as heard, of 

the effect my husband had on them. 

He had enjoyed a unique camaraderie 

I hadn’t been aware of with other 

residents, some relatives of residents, 

and those special staff members. 

Harvey had participated in 

recreational activities; among them 

the twice monthly happy hour which I 

know, having gone with him, was one 

of his favourite. While he was able, 

he’d done some walking in the halls 

with Dan, a male physiotherapist. As 

they walked they chatted. Dan told me 

how interesting he found my husband, 

especially hearing about all the things 

he had achieved in his life: his 26 years 

in the Royal Navy, the many countries 

he’d visited, and how he’d met and 

married me. 

When Harvey talked about his life 

in Scotland it reminded some listeners 

of their own heritage. A resident at the 

home said how much she’d enjoyed 

his company at the dining table they 

shared; how she would miss him, he 

always made her laugh. 

This was not how his life had been 

for the previous two years which he 

spent all and every day sitting, watching 

TV, just doing nothing. It didn’t matter 

how much I tried to encourage him 

that there was more to life, he wouldn’t 

budge. 

So how do I feel now? I’m sad for 

myself, as having been married to him 

for nearly 63 years his life and mine 

are united. He’ll always be a part of it. 

Still I’ve found much solace in learning 

about his experiences in the home. Just 

knowing the people he came in contact 

with, how they got to share a part of 

the man I knew, before Dementia had 

changed him. This has also erased 

some of the guilt I’ve carried all this 

time because now I know, for both of 

us, I did do the right thing. My hope is 

these words of mine may bring comfort 

to anyone else going through a similar 

experience. 

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Thank you Victoria, for having the 

bravery to share your experience with 

us. I hope your words may help another 

reader in some way. 

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Let the Wind Take Your Words 

By Mary Lou Tasko, Lambton Shores Nature Trails • www.lsntblazers.com 

Earlier this spring, Lambton Shores 

Nature Trails, in partnership with the 

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Area, 

installed a “wind phone” in the Ausable 

River Cut Conservation Area, just off 

Highway 21 in the municipality of 

Lambton Shores. 

If you are unfamiliar with the 

concept, a wind phone is a disconnected 

telephone placed in a natural setting. It 

allows people who are grieving the loss 

of a loved one to talk to them—letting the 

“wind take their words.” Although the 

conversation is one-sided, many people 

find it helpful in the grieving process as 

it gives them a voice to express their 

thoughts and feelings. 

The idea originated in Japan in 2010, 

when Itaru Sasaki installed a phone 

booth, complete with an obsolete phone, 

in his garden where he could sit and talk 

to his deceased cousin. He found the 

continued connection and peace of the 

garden comforting and therapeutic. The 

idea caught on, and there are now over 

60 wind phones worldwide. They take 

many different forms, but 

they all provide the same 

thing—a telephone and a 

private space in natural 

surroundings. 

Grief counsellors agree 

that grieving is an ongoing 

process that never really 

ends and “moving 

forward” is really about 

learning to live with loss. 

Local psychologist Dr. 

Fiona Meeks says, “People 

process and grieve in 

various ways, and there isn’t a one-sizefits-all 

approach or journey; however, for 

some people, it can be very therapeutic 

and healing to identify ways to connect 

with a deceased loved one as they 

navigate and move forward in their life. 

The concept of the wind phone achieves 

exactly that: it provides the ability to 

maintain a connection with deceased 

loved ones in a natural setting.” 

LSNT learned about the wind phone 

through a CBC report on an installation 

in Deer Lake, Newfoundland. Melanie 

Young, family physician and deputy 

mayor of Deer Lake, chairs a health and 

wellness committee that spearheaded 

the installation of the wind phone in the 

community. Dr. Young says “The phone 

itself acts as a symbolic intermediary. 

It allows people who are grieving the 

opportunity to externalize their grief. 

For those of us that often help people 

along the grieving process, we know 

that externalizing grief can often be very 

powerful in healing.” She also noted 

that, once the world seems to move 

on after a death, people 

who are grieving can 

feel terribly isolated. For 

many, the wind phone 

allows them to sustain 

a relationship with their 

loved one. Source: https:// 

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m north from the trailhead, just off the 

main trail. LSNT built a kiosk with a metal 

roof and a small bench from recycled 

materials. Inside the kiosk is a black 

touch-button phone and small plaque 

inscribed with a poem. Written by Millet 

Israeli, a New York City psychotherapist, 

the poem eloquently expresses the 

purpose of the wind phone. 

Though I’ve lost you, 

I can hear your voice 

in the silent echoes of your absence. 

You speak to me through rustling 

leaves, 

whistling wind and bowing branches. 

Though I’ve lost you, 

I feel you here 

in this shrine of trees 

in nature’s sanctuary. 

This Wind Phone is for all who grieve. 

You are welcome to find solace here. 

Please use it to connect with those 

you have lost. 

To feel the comfort of their memory. 

May you hear their voices in the wind. 

May you be at peace with your losses. 

LSNT has been overwhelmed by the 

response! Since its installation in late 

March, the short path to the wind phone 

kiosk has been well-trodden and LSNT 

has received profuse positive feedback. 

The LSNT Facebook post alone has 

reached almost 10,000 hits. CBC Radio 

hosted Ross Atkinson, LSNT’s Chair of 

Operations, on Afternoon Drive with 

Allison Devereaux, and several articles 

have been published by CBC News, 

Cottage Life, Blackburn News and the 

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Area. 

Most important are the personal notes 

LSNT has received from individuals who 

have already used the wind phone. 

Dr. Meek notes that, “The installment 

of the wind phone at the Ausable River 

Cut Conservation Trail offers a means for 

members of our community to maintain 

significant connections and relationships, 

both psychologically and spiritually, and 

it also normalizes the importance of 

doing so for some people as part of their 

grieving process. I believe that the wind 

phone will provide a valuable means of 

coping with grief and loss for members 

in our community.” 

While the wind phone may not be 

an effective tool for everyone who is 

grieving, its growing popularity is proof 

that it is one more strategy for people to 

lessen the pain of loss. LSNT invites you 

to visit our local wind phone, or perhaps 

pass along this information to anyone 

you think it may benefit. You may also 

wish to check out the website My Wind 

Phone (https://www.mywindphone.com) 

for a little more history, wind phone 

locations, shared stories and a myriad 

of resources for folks who are living with 

grief. 

P A G E 40 “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” -All About Eve, 1950

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just couldn’t resist 

the temptation. After 

convincing herself she 

really didn’t want to 

open Williamson Farms 

Country Store in Forest, 

ON, she went ahead and 

did it anyway. “I bought 

the building 13 years ago on New Year’s 

Eve,” Chris proclaims. “It was a store 

that had been closed for many years and 

I looked at it, but said I wasn’t going to 

buy it because it wasn’t really something 

I wanted to do.” However, the real estate 

agent visited Chris just before Christmas 

to tell her the price had been reduced. 

So the store that she didn’t want to 

buy, was purchased on New Years Eve. 

Today, Chris runs the store alongside 

her daughters, Gwen Williamson who 

helps with their website and sales, and 

Nicci Podolinsky who helps with day to 

day operations. 

Over time Williamson Farms Country 

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Williamson Farms Country Store 

Store has developed into 

a one-stop shopping 

mecca. “We created a 

store of niches. We carry 

a little bit of everything 

for our small community. 

There is a lot of stuff 

in 2,200 square feet 

of space. 

We don’t waste an inch,” 

says Chris - and she is not 

exaggerating. Williamson’s 

features children’s gifts, 

clothing and accessories, 

games, garden products, 

gift baskets, greeting cards, 

home décor, meats, maple 

syrup products, Canadian 

foods, and wall art among 

other products. 

“The priority was 

always to focus on locally 

grown foods,” says Chris. 

When the store opened, 

Chris wanted to feature 

Williamson Farms meats and maple 

syrup, as a way of a creating an income 

for their family. “It was important to us 

to feature farm fresh products, because 

farming is a seasonal income. We have 

evolved to the point where we have a 

small commercial kitchen so we can 

do homestyle baking and homemade 

fudge in the store and that has proven 

to be a real draw to the store.” 

Williamson Farms Country Store is 

open seven days a week in July and 

August. In the winter, they are open 

Monday to Saturday. For Nicci, selling 

has been in her blood since she was 

a child. “My parents sold sweet corn 

from the back of their truck when I was 

very young,” Nicci says. “We’ve had 

the on-farm retail store for more than 

30 years. People used to walk into that 

store when I was 12 or 13 and ask, ‘Are 

you the little redheaded kid who used to 

sit in the back of the truck eating sweet 

corn?’ I have been selling one way or 

another my entire life.” 

Nicci and Chris have prioritized 

building a great rapport with their 

customers. “We just try to be as honest 

with the customers as possible,” says 

Nicci, 37. “If we have forgot something 

or made a mistake, we own up 

to it and tell people if they can 

give us 10 minutes, we’ll make 

sure everything is right.” While 

running the store, making and 

baking products, and working 

on the farm keeps them busy, 

the mother-daughter duo still 

prioritize having a good time. 

“Working at the store is a lot 

of fun. The customers are fun, 

the products are fun and even 

shopping trips for new products 

is fun.” 

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Summer 2023 “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” -Dirty Dancing, 1987 

P A G E 41



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Grandparents are interesting people 

who can contribute a great deal to 

families and society, as well as leave 

valuable legacies for future generations. 

They add a special dimension and 

richness to our lives. I was fortunate to 

grow up with an extended family that 

included my grandparents on my father’s 

side. Grandpa Cook was an Imperial Oil 

employee and farmer, born in Brooke 

Township. Grandma was a seamstress 

born in Dawn Township. Together they 

raised a family of four, starting out in a 

log cabin. 

Memories of my grandma draw me 

to the kitchen of two residences, first in 

Corunna, then in Alvinston. The kitchen 

was the focal point of both the two-storey 

homes, the gathering place to not only 

have meals but to hang out with other 

family members. Grandma seemed to 

have her head in the oven a lot, either 

putting something in or taking something 

out. Even today, the smells of baking 

always bring her to mind, especially 

the smell of cinnamon. My sister and I 

would watch her roll out pastry for pies; 

unfortunately, neither one of us carried 

on this tradition. 

By Nadine Wark, Sarnia • from Daytripping May-June 2016 

According to family lore, Grandma 

had no problem chasing a chicken out 

back and cutting off its head for a ‘fresh’ 

chicken dinner. Fortunately, we never 

witnessed that feat! There was also the 

gardening, canning and preserving every 

year and sewing on the old Singer. When 

I was a very young girl playing in the 

orchard in the afternoons, she would 

call me to the porch and suggest it was 

nap time. Most times I don’t remember 

falling asleep as we were busy playing 

‘I Spy’ and ‘What would you do for a 

million dollars.’ I wanted to know if she 

would eat a cockroach for a million…her 

reply was always the same, “I suppose I 

would if it was roasted first.” 

Staying overnight was a real adventure 

as, like most grandparents, mine would 

ignore the clock, letting me stay up past 

bedtime eating snacks (today known as 

junk food). Then there was Grandma’s 

snoring and her apology, “Sorry, dear, I 

will turn over.” 

When it was time to visit the outhouse 

in the middle of the night, she would 

grab the flashlight and lead me out into 

the spooky blackness. I always had a 

fear that a hand would come out of the 

hole and grab me! However, Grandma 

assured me that this was not possible. 

Both grandparents had a definite 

interest in my schoolwork and after 

reviewing my report card, would always 

find some change for penny candy 

at McRae’s General Store. When I 

complained of having to walk six blocks 

to school, my jaw dropped as they said 

they walked five miles to school, even in 

snow-storms, to a one-room schoolhouse 

with all eight grades and one teacher… 

yikes! 

Memories of my grandpa include 

playing board games like regular 

checkers, Chinese checkers, Fish or Snap. 

When I was a little older, he taught me 

Canasta, I became good at it and 

he was ticked off when I beat him 

several times! He would pepper his 

conversations with phrases like 

“between you and me and the 

gatepost”…I thought that a 

bit strange. When I think 

of him, I recall the hours 

my friends and I played 

hide-and-go-seek in his 

cornfields or climbed his 

apple and cherry trees. I 

also remember my grandparents pulling 

up in their Ford to take my sister and I to 

the Brigden Fair. 

Although only six years of age, I vividly 

recall in May of 1953, my grandparents 

calling me in from the yard in Corunna 

as the skies to the north looked dark 

and foreboding. It was May of 1953 and 

a tornado hit Sarnia, leaving a path of 

devastation, but sparing our village of 

Corunna. 

My grandpa passed away when I 

was 12 years old, so our time together 

was short. My grandma, however, lived 

to be almost 99 years old. I cherish the 

memories as I recall the 

legacy of love and 

caring they left with 

our family. 

P A G E 42 “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” -Braveheart, 1995

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