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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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Events 16-17
Discount List 12
Community Resources 15
Giving List (Volunteering) 18
Word Search 29
Postcards from the Past 27
Trivia 31
Recipes 7&20
Crossword 24
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OPENING REMARKS
“The Inheritance”
Morris Schwartz is on his deathbed, knows the end is near, is
with his nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons. "So", he says to
them, "Bernie, I want you to take the Beverly Hills houses. Sybil,
take the apartments over in Los Angeles Plaza. Hymie, I want
you to take the offices over in City Center." Sarah, my dear wife,
please take all the residential buildings downtown." The nurse is
just blown away by all this, and as Morris slips away, she says,
"Mrs. Schwartz, your husband must have been such a
hard-working man to have accumulated all this property.”
Sarah replies, "What Property? He has a paper route!"
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