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Bellyk, Lou Parry Photography, Jayne Primeau Photography,
Kim O’Neill, Ronny D’Haene, Kai Sorenson, Emily Fortney,
Nadine Wark, Agnes Burroughs, Jeanette Paddon, Jacoba Bos,
Steve Loxton, Joanne vanDam, Marion Urquhart Charkow, Amy
Weiler, Julie Harries, Jean Leedale Hobson, Vivienne Mathers,
Maryleah Otto, Will Bartlett, Alice Kelly, Kenneth Lapointe,
Bettianne Szeider, Mike Keenan, Kevin Babbey, Nancy McSloy,
Glen C. Phillips, Chris Treftlin, Sipkens Nurseries, Kelly-Lynn
Musico, Ruth Sharon, Mary Lou Tasko, Photography by Daniel J.
Bellyk, Lou Parry Photography, Jayne Primeau Photography,
Kim O’Neill, Ronny D’Haene, Kai Sorenson, Emily Fortney,
Nadine Wark, Agnes Burroughs, Jeanette Paddon, Jacoba Bos,
Steve Loxton, Joanne vanDam, Marion Urquhart Charkow, Amy
Weiler, Julie Harries, Jean Leedale Hobson, Vivienne Mathers,
Maryleah Otto, Will Bartlett, Alice Kelly, Kenneth Lapointe,
Bettianne Szeider, Mike Keenan, Kevin Babbey, Nancy McSloy,
Cathy Dobson, William Bedford, Frank Prothero
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It must have been 20 years ago now
that I wrote an article in Daytripping
Magazine called “Peace Walls” where
I expounded on a conversation I had
with my good friend Steve Loxton. We
theorized that, in the not too distant future,
the technology would exist for residents
or visitors in one city to approach a
large wall that was both a camera and a
television screen, and we would see and
speak to the people in the reflection even
though they were in another place on the
other side of the world. Also that these
walls could therefore be in many cities, in
many countries. And as the technology
proliferated these walls might even be
in a setting like a restaurant where the
diners, who appear to be sitting next to
you and sharing in your conversation,
could actually be in Moose Jaw or
Moscow.
Lo and behold Maggie and I were on
vacation in New York City only a few
weeks ago and walked up to this monolith
outside the Flatiron Building called “The
Portal.” It resembled a very large, circular
mirror with a sturdy, almost concretelike,
grey frame, and there were people
in it waving and smiling at the New
York crowd that were peering back into
it, ourselves included. We were drawn
right into as we stood ten feet away. But
they were over 5,000 kilometers away, in
Dublin!
It was lunchtime in Manhattan, six
hours later in Ireland, but at a convenient
time where it’s daylight on both
continents. There was no audio, just the
video, and a welcome sign of sorts stated
that it was being livestreamed so folks
everywhere on the planet could watch
it in real time, but that it wasn’t being
recorded. We were lucky to stumble
upon this astounding piece of technology
on only it’s sixth history making day. So
I gives them Dublin folks a peace sign
and sure enough they gives me a peace
sign back, a few of em do. One lady on
our NY team got us all doing the wave,
and when I say all of us I mean both the
Yankees and the Dubliners. To be honest
I’m guessing that everyone was a tourist
except for the lady in the bird costume
that started the wave. But my point is
that we were thousands of miles and a
six hour time difference apart from each
other and a whacky lady dressed as a bird
could bring us all together for... well, the
wave didn’t last all that long actually... it
was about 40 seconds tops. But it’s a start
isn’t it?
So of course I took out my phone and
sent a video to my friend Steve ‘cause I
was so proud of this remarkable future
that we had foreseen and I just had to
share the experience with him. “Peace
Walls” were finally a reality in 2024, just
as we had predicted many years before
— and it turns out that even a chicken
lady can be the symbolic dove that ties
mankind together from all corners of the
globe. We have undoubtedly found that
there will be peace on Earth. Okay, now
let us make chocolate a human right, and
colonize Mars.
So... with that inspirational experience
in our memory banks, Maggie and I had
a real nice lunch in Bryant Park (the
cleanest washrooms in New York, or so
they like to say), caught a plane back to
Detroit and started the drive back home
to Brights Grove. We were flipping back
and forth between radio stations when we
were excited to hear one news channel
updating the evolution of our “Portal.”
Well... it turns out they had to shut it
down only a couple hours after we left.
No specific reasons were given, but it was
only mere moments before it dawned on
us that we had seen this technology at it’s
quietest possible hours in these two great
cities. We witnesssed the tamest possible
version of “The Portal.” Full disclosure...
I’ve been slightly intoxicated in both the
Big Apple and in the Dublin bar district
at midnight on a Monday night, and it’s
a far cry from from what you’re gonna
get from the polite lunch time crowd on
any day. Forgive me for speaking out of
turn but I dare say there could have been
nudity, and loads of it.
Well this just shows how folks can’t
control themselves when they think
they’re anonymous, and I blame this
anonymousnous on social media which
wasn’t a factor when Steve and I invented
the Peace Walls. It would be unnatural
to blame nudity. I sure as heck don’t
blame the chicken lady at all because
at least she tried, and won, for about 40
seconds. I’m also trademarking the term
“Anonymousnous” so you can all just -
you know what!
This is actually a true story and
The Dublin/New York Portal was
scheduled to return within days after
May 14th with some adaptations (and
we wish them the best). The idea
began in 2021 by connecting the the
cities of Vilnius, Lithuania and Lublin,
Poland and is the creation of artist
and entrepeneur Benediktas Gylys of
Lithuania. I’m guessing that the original
installation went off without a hitch (by
comparison.) Find more information at
www.portals.org
The Chicken Dance of Peace
by Mark Moran, Publisher
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The Balancing Act & Finding Equilibrium
By Kelly-Lynn Musico, Brights Grove • Registered Physiotherapist, Registered Yoga Teacher
Now that the weather is starting to
get nicer, many of us are spending
more time outdoors. How can we use
this new outdoor environment to up
our balancing act?
This summer let’s tap into our inner
child and try this: see how long you can
stand on one leg. With your eyes open,
shoes off, raise one of your feet so
that it is near your other ankle and see
how many seconds you can hold the
position. Safety Considerations: If you
know you have poor balance, please do
not try this. Only perform with proper
hands-on support and supervision, as
needed to minimize risk of falls.
You may be shocked to discover
how long you can maintain or how
soon you lose your balance. Balance
tends to decrease as we age. So, why
does this matter?
Balance is crucial for our overall
health, well-being, and quality of life.
Having good balance is increasingly
important as we grow older. Some key
reasons why we should practice regular
balancing activities and exercise as we
age:
1. Prevention of falls or minimizing
injury due to potential falls.
2. Maintaining mobility and
independence.
3. Improving muscle strength and
flexibility
4. Weight bearing increases bone
density, so standing, balance
activities improve joint health.
5. Balance exercises can enhance
cognitive function.
6. Enhances emotional well-being.
So, as the summer shines brighter
and the days get longer, it’s the perfect
time to embrace the summer season to
the fullest while maintaining or upping
our balancing act.
1. Gentle yoga or Tai Chi in the park:
Engaging in low impact yoga or Tai
Chi amidst nature’s beauty helps
improve balance, and overall wellbeing.
2. Riding a Bike: Tap into fun
and adventure in your local
neighbourhood. Cycling engages
the core muscles, promotes
joint flexibility, and enhances
proprioception, which is crucial for
maintaining balance.
3. Water activities in a pool or
nearby lake: Safe and enjoyable
way to work on balance and
coordination. Simply walking in
water provides resistance that
strengthens muscles and enhances
stability. Or try standing on one
leg in the water. How does that
compare to land? You may be
pleasantly surprised.
4. Gardening: Gardening activities
such as reaching, bending, and
shifting weight all help to maintain
and improve our overall strength
and balance. It also provides mental
and emotional benefits through
connection with nature.
5. Outdoor Walking: Walking is
essentially alternating a single leg
stance every time we take a step.
For added challenge, try walking
on trails, or uneven surfaces like
grass or sand. Regular walking
also supports cardiovascular health
contributing to overall well-being
and reducing risk of falls.
6. Picnics and outdoor concerts:
Dancing to outdoor music or even
picnicking with friends or family
is a great way to stay social and
keep moving. Walking on uneven
grass or sitting on a picnic blanket
are all ways to challenge strength,
flexibility, and balance.
So, the balancing act is increasingly
important for maintaining equilibrium,
both physically and mentally. Good
balance can lead to a fulfilling and
independent life, especially as we age.
It is never too late to get started at
improving your balance. What are you
waiting for?
Move. Feel. Live.
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GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens
and nature. What in the world is going
on down there on that planet? What
happened to the dandelions, violets,
thistle and stuff I started eons ago? I had
a perfect no-maintenance garden plan.
Those plants grow in any type of soil,
withstand drought and multiply with
abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting
blossoms attracts butterflies, honey bees
and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see
a vast garden of colours by now. But, all I
see are these green rectangles.
St. FRANCIS; It’s the tribes that settled
there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started
calling your flowers “weeds” and went to
great lengths to kill them and replace them
with grass.
GOD: Grass? But, it’s so boring. It’s not
colourful. It doesn’t attract butterflies, birds
and bees; only grubs and sod worms. It’s
sensitive to temperatures. Do these
Suburbanites really want all that grass
growing there?
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently so, Lord. They
go to great pains to grow it and keep it green.
They begin each spring by fertilizing grass
and poisoning any other plant that crops up
in the lawn.
GOD: The spring rains and warm weather
probably make grass grow really fast. That
must make the Suburbanites happy.
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently not, Lord. As
soon as it grows a little, they cut it.
Sometimes twice a week.
GOD: They cut it? Do they then bail it
like hay?
ST. FRANCIS: Not exactly, Lord. Most of
them rake it up and put it in bags.
GOD: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash
crop? Do they sell it?
ST. FRANCIS: No, Sir, just the opposite.
They pay to throw it away.
GOD: Now, let me get this straight. They
fertilize grass so it will grow. And, when it
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does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw
it away?
ST. FRANCIS: Yes, Sir.
GOD: These Suburbanites must be
relieved in the summer when we cut back
on the rain and turn up the heat. That
surely slows the growth and saves them
a lot of work.
ST. FRANCIS: You aren’t going to believe
this, Lord. When the grass stops growing
so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more
money to water it so they can continue to
mow it and pay to get rid of it.
GOD: What nonsense. At least they kept
some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke
of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees
grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty
and shade in the summer. In the autumn,
they fall to the ground and form a natural
blanket to keep moisture in the soil and
protect the trees and bushes. It’s a natural
cycle of life.
ST. FRANCIS: You better sit down,
Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new
circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake
them into great piles and pay to have them
hauled away.
GOD: No. What do they do to protect the
shrub and tree roots in the winter to keep
the soil moist and loose?
ST. FRANCIS: After throwing away the
leaves, they go out and buy something
which they call mulch. They haul it home
and spread it around in place of the leaves.
GOD: And where do they get this mulch?
ST. FRANCIS: They cut down trees and
grind them up to make the mulch.
GOD: Enough! I don’t want to think
about this anymore. St. Catherine, you’re
in charge of the arts. What movie have
you scheduled for us tonight?
ST. CATHERINE: 'Dumb and Dumber'
Lord. It’s a story about...
GOD: Never mind, I think I just heard
the whole story from St. Francis.
Summer 2024 (Seuss-isms) “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
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by Joanne vanDam • From Daytripping July-Aug 2015
There’s so much work, I could get done.
But, a work free day’s my mission.
Instead of cleaning this old house,
I think I’ll just go fishin’.
I’ll grab my pole and tackle-box.
Some lures, some worms, a spinner.
My goal? A peaceful river’s edge
and a nice big trout, for dinner.
After all the time, that I have spent,
getting lures and worms and slugs,
The only thing that’s biting,
are black flies and other bugs.
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My first cast is a beauty.
I’m as proud as I can be.
‘Till I notice that my line is caught,
behind me, in a tree.
It takes some time to get it down.
By the time I get it free.
I find my line is broken and
the hook is in my knee.
One band-aid and a new hook,
A juicy worm and bobber.
My second cast is better.
At least it’s in the water.
But, the day’s been so relaxing.
Fresh air and sunshine’s nice.
I should do this more often
and I only fell in, twice.
But, now it’s time to head home.
The fishing’s been quite poor.
I’m soaking wet and itchy
and I’ve just lost one more lure.
Today was not a failure.
Though I have no fish to roast.
I got to spend it fishing and
for supper, I’ll have toast.
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(Seuss-isms) “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
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Planting for pollinators and attracting
butterflies to the garden has been a
popular trend for a number of years.
Perhaps it is time to add a few more
summer favourites for these garden
fairies. Consider planting Coneflowers
and Garden Sage and Butterfly Weed, to
ensure more of these pleasant visitors
visit. How about a bee bath? Something
as simple as a ceramic saucer to hold
water and some marbles or stones as a
landing pad will suffice.
Maybe you need to add the sound
of water to the garden to help drown
out the noise of traffic and everyday
busyness. This can be as elaborate as
a pond and waterfall complete with
Koi fish and Waterlillies or as simple as
a large bowl on a patio or deck with a
small trickle fountain. Even in a patio
bowl garden, it is possible to enjoy
smaller fish such as Comets and Sarassa
Goldfish. Just find a place to keep these
indoors for the winter or give to a friend
with a larger pond.
A popular trend for adding a water
garden is a bubbling rock pond-less
water feature. A hidden reservoir with
circulation pump and a drilled hole in
a feature rock is a great way to add the
element of water without maintaining a
pond.
Anytime that you add water and plants
to a garden, more wildlife will frequent
your oasis. Toads, frogs, songbirds, and
many more creatures will enjoy the
efforts you have put in to add to your
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our labour.
This summer as you see the results
of your work and eat from your veggie
and herbs you have so lovingly tended,
maybe its time to lure some more
wildlife to the garden.
July
❏ Water deeply all the new plantings
from this year and the veggie
garden
❏ Trim spent blossoms to encourage
more blooms (or just let the seeds
develop to feed the birds)
❏ 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
August
❏ Start thinking about adding new
seasonal colour where there are no
showy flowers
❏ If plants are out of place make note
to relocate these in late September
❏ Keep the hummingbird feeder clean
and stocked
Summer is a time to slow down,
smell the roses and admire the
beauty of creation and share it
with those you love.
September
❏ Move the plants that need a new
home and divide perennial plants
❏ Add fall blooming mums,
ornamental kale, and tall grasses
to container gardens to welcome
the next season
❏ Plant trees for shade and other
larger plants you should have
many years ago. (You remember
how hot July and August were
don’t you?)
Summer 2024 (Seuss-isms) “Today was good, today was fun, tomorrow is another one!” P A G E 7

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What’s for
Supper?
By
Marion Urquhart Charkow
Quite often when I’m having my daily
chat with my friend by Lake Ontario as
I reside on the shores of Lake Superior,
we discuss “what’s for supper.” We feed
off one another so to speak to get ideas
of what to put on the table that night.
She is several years younger than me
and grew up in the Maritimes whereas I
lived in the west end of Toronto during
the years of WWII.
There was rationing, each household
having their little books of coupons for
meat, sugar, tea, butter and, as I recall,
for gasoline. To conserve fuel to visit my
mother’s old uncle near Camp Borden
during the summer months, Dad took
the streetcar to work at the Evening
Telegram.
Friday nights we drove the 60 miles
to Sam Beaucamp’s humble abode
where we fished, hunted, and watched
young lads, barely out of school, march
past our doors towards the Nottawasaga
River for troop training.
We had the usual Victory Garden on
Uncle’s acre: asparagus, potatoes, green
onions, carrots, beets and beans. There
were several wild apple trees at the side
of the road that provided bright red orbs
for Mom’s apple pies, a rhubarb growth
at the back door and wild berry patches
if you knew where to find them. We all
helped to pick. There were no freezers
in those days, the results of our labour
had to be dealt with. A raspberry pie
baked in the oven of the wood stove
as jam bubbled on top. The jams and
preserves of peaches, pears and plums
were all stored in the cold cellar when
we returned to the city on a Sunday
night. They would brighten many a
winter meal. Sugar had to be conserved
to provide us with these sweet samples
and Grandma would extend a coupon
or two during preserving time.
However, meat was also rationed,
the troops had to be fed and it was a
happy day if Dad caught a trout in the
Boyne River and even the occasional
sucker from the Nottawasaga. At one
point I came home for lunch to find an
entire pig’s head sitting on the stove.
Mom had brought it home from one of
the Essa Township farmers and was in
the process of making headcheese. I
have never eaten such ever since. Other
times to Dad’s delight she would be
cooking tripe, the lining of a ruminant’s
stomach, which Dad seemed to enjoy
immensely. Stuffed heart, always beef,
braised pigs’ feet, delicious vegetable
soup made with a chicken gizzard,
heart and neck, this was part of the
war years’ menu. There was always
homemade ketchup, mustard pickles
and on occasion pickled onions for
flavouring.
Of course our mothers did not go
out to work. The kitchen chores were
very time consuming as were other
household duties such as washing with
a wringer-washer, hanging out clothes
to dry, ironing, waxing hardwood floors,
making and mending most of our
clothes and knitting our socks but that’s
all another story. Although TV dinners
are not at the top of my favourite meals,
they’re good in a pinch.
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(Seuss-isms) “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.”
Summer 2024

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2 Jim Reeves I Won't Forget You
3 Roger Miller Dang Me
4 Johnny Cash Understand Your Man
5 Jim Reeves I Guess I'm Crazy
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7 Johnny Cash It Ain't Me, Babe
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So God Invented Grandmas
by Jean Leedale Hobson• from Daytripping March-April 2002
A grandma is an extension of a mother.
She’s been that route herself in time
past; now she’s elevated to another
plateau in the stages of the family saga.
This time around, the odds in favour
of achieving a goal of excellence are
greater than when she was striving to
be a supermom.
Lucky the family who can call on a
grandma when a crisis hits, or have
her take over while the parents take a
much-needed weekend get-away. Lucky
the grandma who is able to pitch in on
occasion and become the temporary
maternal hub of the household .
What does a grandma have going for
her? Topping the list is her memory.
She can fill eager little ears with a
steady flow of stories, of their mother’s
or father’s childhood, or of her own
young years, giving the tales a touch of
the romantic or the amusing. Family
history can come to life in the telling
about earlier generations and the part
they played in the family’s - and even
the country’s - evolvement.
Television and VCRs take a backward
step when grandma suggests a game of
Chinese checkers or Go Fish, or making
a team effort of doing a jigsaw puzzle
with all hands pitching in to complete
the picture.
Less pressured than a busy mother,
a grandma can allow little hands to
“help” in the kitchen where, strangely,
cleaning up after baking or a meal is part
of the fun without the usual grumbles.
Grandma can be counted on to correct
the mistakes in a small girl’s knitting, or
to help in deciphering the directions on
a boy’s model car kit. In the absence of
a mommy or daddy, she can accept the
unwarranted praise as part of her newfound
wonder-woman status.
In the park she’ll push a child on a
swing until her arms nearly fall off, but
she’ll keep on as long as she hears happy
giggles; she’ll hover anxiously by the
monkey bars, but clap in appreciation
of the antics being performed for her
benefit.
She’ll produce a jar full of old buttons
to intrigue a young sleep-over guest
in her home, or spill out a box of old
coins, an album of family photographs,
treasures not found in the toyshop
in the mall, but giving a child equal,
if not greater, pleasure. Bathtime fun
followed by hilarious bedtime clowning
give way (thankfully at last) to a story, a
cuddle - and, for grandma, a well-earned
collapse into her own comfy chair when
all is quiet.
Grandmas stay young at heart, but
unfortunately their energy limit is
reached more quickly (and frustratingly)
than in motherhood years. You know -
“the spirit is willing ....,” and all that .
But would a grandma turn the clock
back a generation and be a mother
again? Not likely! Things are just fine as
they are now, thank you! She’s paid her
dues over the years. Now it’s time to sit
back and reap the revenues, yet always
doing her best to deserve them.
In his play, Richard III , Shakespeare
stated: “A grandma’s name is little
less in love than is the doting title of a
mother.”
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(Seuss-isms) “If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”
Summer 2024

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Death By Scotch Mint
By Vivienne Mathers
from Daytripping Spring 2022
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We always had Scotch mints in the car
when I was a kid. Dad would reverentially
bestow one upon each passenger. Seeing
a bag at the gas station recently sparked
the memory and purchase. Driving home
from visiting my dad at his Tillsonburg
nursing home, I popped one into my
mouth. Ah, the circle of life.
They are a little larger than a marble
and a little harder than titanium. You
have to suck on one quite a while even
though every instinct tells you to crack it
open with your new crown. Eventually, it
becomes chewable and then the gummy
innards adhere to your teeth until
journey’s end, or forever.
This time was different. As I changed
lanes on the 401, this Scotch mint
migrated to the very back of my mouth,
and teetered on the edge of my gullet
like a Tiger Woods putt.
I too, hung in the balance, unsure if I
could cough it back under control. Would
the attempt make me choke, or should I
just swallow it?
It was here, I wished I knew more about
human anatomy, specifically, mine. How
wide is an esophagus, anyway? Would
I have enough time before blacking out
to pull off the highway and record a will
on my cellphone? If it didn’t block my
airway immediately, do esophaguses
narrow and is my asphyxiation merely
delayed?
It dropped hard and huge down my
throat. A minty tightness quickly took
hold in my chest. I mutated into a fully
distracted driver, thoughts centred solely
on tracing the route of this potentially
lethal Scottish treat.
I was still breathing. What is the transit
time of a Scotch mint? Fruit is two hours.
I quaffed the entire contents of my water
bottle, perhaps hot tea would have been
better suited to dissolution. Burping
frequently, I reached home, circle of life
still intact.
The white, round rock appears lodged
adjacent to my breastbone. Unsure if
it is planning a side trip to an artery, I
have recorded my will. I have decided to
bequeath my remaining Scotch mints to
fellow travellers who have halitosis, and
who like to live on the edge.
POLISH
A good appetite needs
no sauce.
A guest sees more in an hour
than the host in a year.
Do not push the river, it will
flow by itself.
Even a clock that does not
work is right twice a day.
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times:
in water, in butter, and in wine.
Ink, if not used, will dry up.
Innocence itself sometimes hath need of a mask.
Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears.
Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless
to try and find what is gone.
The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's,
then a sweetheart's.
The greatest oaks have been little acorns.
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.
What little Johnny has not learned, big John will not know.
Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself.
Words must be weighed, not counted.
Summer 2024 (Seuss-isms) “Step with care and great tact & remember that life’s a great balancing act.” P A G E 11

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1) Choose a suitable background for photo.
2) Mount camera on tripod and focus.
3) Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth.
4) Place puppy in pre-focused spot, return to camera.
5) Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees.
6) Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand.
7) Get tissue and clean nose print from lens.
8) Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy's nose.
9) Put magazines back on the coffee table.
10) Try to get puppy's attention by squeaking toy over your head.
11) Replace your glasses and check camera for damage.
12) Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say "No, Outside!"
13) Call spouse to clean up mess.
14) Fix a drink.
15) Sit back in Lazy Boy with a drink and resolve to teach puppy "sit" and
"stay" first thing in the morning.
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by Maryleah Otto, from Daytripping May-June 2008
Some people enjoy reading the oddest
things, like the phone book for instance.
For me, it’s the encyclopedia. The other
day while browsing through the pages of
the Canadian Encyclopedia, I learned a bit
of fascinating trivia.
Do you know who composed
the music for O Canada, our
national anthem? Do you
know who wrote the first
lyrics? Well, if you don’t,
you’re not alone. Neither
did I. But soon you will.
The music for our
anthem was composed in
1880 by Calixa Lavallee, a
French Canadian musician
who was commissioned by
the Lieutenant Governor
of Quebec, the Honorable
Theodore Robitaille, to write
a melody for a poem by
Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier. Routhier
was one of the organizers of the National
Congress of French Canadians whose
convention would coincide with the
annual St. Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations
on June 24 of that year. His poem, which
was also commissioned by the Lieutenant
Governor for the June events, is the French
version of our anthem and its words are
still sung to this day.
Both the music and the words were
heard publicly for the first time at a banquet
held in the Pavillon des Patineurs (the
skating arena) in Quebec City following the
June 24, 1880 celebrations. Sadly, Lavallee
had not copyrighted his composition and
he died in obscurity at the age of only 49
in 1891. But the melody lingered on.
Ten years later, in 1901 during a
royal visit to Canada by the future King
George V and Queen Mary, the song was
performed in the original French. Soon the
first English language version appeared.
Its author was Dr. Thomas Bedford
Richardson of Toronto. However, his words
didn’t catch on and in 1908 Collier’s
magazine held a contest with a prize for
the best new English words to Lavallee’s
ever-popular tune. The contest winner
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was one Emma McCulloch. Although her
words were very beautiful, they too failed
to catch the public’s ear. Later the same
year, the version most familiar to English
Canadians was written by a Montreal
lawyer called Robert
Stanley Weir. These
words were used in 1927
for Canada’s Diamond
Jubilee celebrations. At
that time, of course, O
Canada was still only a
well-loved patriotic song,
not an official national
anthem.
The years between
1924 and 1980 marked
the long struggle from
simply patriotic song
to official national
anthem. Prime Ministers
Mackenzie King and
Lester B. Pearson played major roles
in this effort. The House of Commons
often argued about what song to use, for
there were other contenders too, such
as The Maple Leaf Forever and God Save
the Queen. Legal matters of copyright
had to be settled. Disagreements about
the English words still arose and were
resolved, changing just two phrases of
Weir’s original version. Nowadays, in the
interest of inclusive language, “in all thy
sons command” is replaced by “in all of
us command.”
Finally, on Canada Day 1980, our 113th
birthday, the Governor General, the Right
Honorable Ed Schreyer proclaimed O
Canada to be our official national anthem.
Great crowds assembled to witness
the signing of the royal proclamation.
Descendents of both Routhier and Weir
were present. Music and words in both
official languages rose joyously into the
warm summer air. We had our very own
song at last! And I like to think that Calixa
Lavallee still hears his beautiful melody,
written so long ago, echoing through the
spheres.
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In this 1957 photo by Ken Catton, the old post office (built in
1902) is seen. About a year later, it would be torn down and
replaced with the current Federal Building and Post Office.
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A Miracle Plant
Mid-September 2022, while walking
through my backyard I saw three
perfectly ripe cherry tomatoes on the
grass, which left me puzzled, as I do not
have any tomato plants. Since I have
squirrels scampering in the yard all day
long, I thought they must be stealing
them from one of the neighbours, then
leaving them here. Then I wondered, do
squirrels even eat cherry tomatoes?
If so, then why were they just left
behind? Another thought came
to mind. If the squirrels were
responsible for this, would there
not be teeth marks on them? The
little tomatoes looked so
good, but not knowing where
they came from I dropped
them into my composter
and forgot all about it. A few
days later, I saw more ripe cherry
tomatoes on the ground. Being very
curious about this, I questioned
some of my neighbours with
tomato plants. Were their
tomatoes disappearing? They
did not seem to think so. Time
went on with me finding cherry
tomatoes every few days. I was at a loss
for an explanation to this little mystery.
A couple weeks later, on a beautiful
autumn afternoon, I went out to sit in
my yard to read. After a while, I put my
head back to look at the cloudless sky.
The leaves on my giant maple tree were
just turning into lovely gold,orange, and
reddish shades. Then I saw what looked
like a greenish clump about 30 feet up in
the tree. Puzzled, I walked over closer to
the tree and was flabbergasted to see a
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scrappy looking plant bearing dozens of
cherry tomatoes! This tomato plant was
thriving in a hollow in the tree, where
we had a huge limb removed many
years ago since it leaned dangerously
over the back of our house. Eventually, a
hollow formed where the tree limb was
cut. Somehow, tomato seeds were left
there, (from birds, perhaps?) resulting
in the tomato plant! I would never have
imagined this being possible until I
saw it happening. My neighbour
took the picture when I called
her over to have a look.
I tried doing research on the
chances of a tomato plant
growing up in a tree, but could
not find anything. However,
I discovered someone who
said he found a cherry tomato
plant growing in a crevace of
the concrete. Someone else
was showing a picture of one
growing in the front stoop of
their house. Obviously, these are
tough little plants that are happy
in many strange places.
Since discovering the “mystery”
tomato plant, I now look forward to
finding tomatoes on the grass. I simply
give them a quick wipe then savour
their sweetness. It is soon coming to
an end though, as I see only two ripe
tomatoes left on the plant; and though
there are still green ones left, I know
they won’t get a chance to ripen as we
are soon getting frost. I am hoping to
find another tomato plant growing there
once again next spring—or something
as equally interesting!
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(Seuss-isms) “Look at me now! It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how.”
Summer 2024

Putting the “old” back in “Damn, you’re old!”
Sarnia Grain Elevator
circa 1960 &
Michigan Central Railway Dock,
Courtright, 1918
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, grain elevators
stood along the banks of the St. Clair River at railway terminals in Courtright,
Point Edward, and downtown Sarnia. However, while these three facilities
were substantial in their own right and certainly enhanced local farmers’
access to distant markets, the largest marine elevator to have ever existed in
Lambton is the one that currently towers over Sarnia Bay. Built in 1927, the
complex’s original holding capacity was 1,000,000 bushels (as distinct from
its annual processing capacity of several times more). Major expansions
in 1928, 1941, 1952, and 1963 dramatically boosted its holding capacity
to a colossal 6,000,000 bushels, making it one of the biggest elevators
on the Great Lakes. Having long augmented the agricultural economy in
Southwestern Ontario, the Sarnia elevator remains busy to this day. Pictured
above, taking on a load of grain, is the Alexander F Holley, one of the longestserving
“whaleback” or “cigar boats” on the Inland Seas.
From about 1880 until 1940, Lambton’s ports also actively participated in
the Great Lakes tourist economy. In particular, St. Clair River docks from Port
Lambton to Point Edward were the points of departure for steamship and
ferryboat cruises up and down the river, into Lakes Huron and St. Clair, and to
holiday destinations, such as Tashmoo Park on Harsen’s Island, Stag Island,
Detroit, or cottage enclaves along the Lake Huron shoreline. Depicted in the
postcard image at the bottom are Petrolia Wagon Works employees boarding
the sidewheeler City of Toledo at Courtright for a summertime day-trip along
the St. Clair. Undoubtedly, the river’s cool waters were a strong drawing card
for these merrymakers. Despite being immensely popular during the first
third of the twentieth century, the Great Lakes excursion trade eventually lost
out to the automobile. Quite simply, people
grew to prefer the freedom of recreational
choice offered by this landlocked mode of
transportation. AC, LHM (George A. Hadden
photo)
Courtesy of Glen C. Phillips -
Lambton: An Illustrated History of the County
© 1999
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Tales from Weaselscat
a quiet small town somewhere in Saskatchewan
Epitaph:
“What would you want written on your
gravestone Uncle Peter?” asked Karl. The
topic of passing on and gravestones had
occupied the attention of the barbershop
brigade for several days.
The old trapper turned barber didn’t
hesitate; “Just two lines,” he said. “The
first would be… ‘He died with his boots
on.’” A murmur of satisfaction
filled the room, for all knew
that Uncle Peter had led a
vigorous, adventurous life and
was still fit and as tough as
nails.
Uncle Peter didn’t talk
much about his early life,
and little was known even
by Karl, Lorenz, Leo and
Gordie, his closest friends.
They knew that as a young
man fresh out of high school in the late
sixties, Uncle Peter had defied his parents
and set off seeking adventure. His
wanderings led him to Minnesota where
he worked for a tunnelling contractor
before enlisting in the US Marine Corps.
He survived two tours of Vietnam. Upon
his return, his thirst for adventure had
turned into a thirst for quiet and solitude
and he headed to a forestry job in
northwestern Ontario. Over the years he
had slowly drifted west from one logging
camp to the next, through the muskrat
country of Manitoba, and eventually
into Saskatchewan. Somewhere along
the way, he had picked up the skills of
barbering.
The happiest years of his life had been
when he wandered into the Weaselscat
District, met a Meti woman named
Sarah LaCroix and lived with her in a
small cabin on the edge of town. There
he thrived as a trapper and as a fishing
and hunting guide for tourists from
Regina and Saskatoon. He and Sarah
had no children, but Sarah’s family was
extensive and there was a constant
stream of cousins, nieces and nephews
visiting their cabin. He became known
Proud Member of...
By Will Bartlett,
Camlachie
as “Uncle Peter” to all of them, and the
name stuck.
Sarah was the love of his life and the
wisest person he had ever known, but
their years together were few. She was
diagnosed with cancer while still in her
fifties. Uncle Peter tended to her with the
help of Lorenz who had gone through
a similar battle and lost his wife. Five
months and twelve days after diagnosis,
Sarah passed on.
Uncle Peter missed her
smile and her down to earth,
matter-of-fact, humourous
approach to life. In his
sadness, he gave his trapline
over to a “niece” and a
“nephew,” converted their
cabin into a barbershop to
provide a modest living, and
he moved into a room at the
David Thompson House, an
old but well-loved hotel in town where
Lorenz, Leo and Gordie boarded.
Not that his sense of adventure or
his bush sense had diminished; he was
still a “bush rat” and regularly went out
on traplines with his many “nephews,”
and he would disappear at times for
days to wander and explore through the
bush or along the creeks and rivers. In
his seventies now, he would still be the
first to volunteer to search for lost hikers
in the bush or to fight a wildfire. And so
everyone agreed that it was fitting that
the words on his gravestone should be
“He died with his boots on.”
When the murmuring simmered
down Karl asked, “Ok, so the first line is
‘He died with his boots on,’ What would
you like the second line to read?”
Uncle Peter’s eyes sparkled. “The
second line,” he drawled, “would be…
“‘But his pants were nowhere to be
found.’”
Life had thrown many curves his way,
and he had seen his share of sorrow, but
Uncle Peter was grateful to be alive, and
he still had his sense of humour.
Life was good in Weaselscat, a quiet
small town somewhere in Saskatchewan.
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(Seuss-isms) “Just tell yourself Duckie, you’re really quite lucky.”
Summer 2024

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Cherry Crisp
6 cups sweet cherries, pitted
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/6 teaspoon salt
In a bowl, combine cherries, granulated sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch, salt and
almond extract. Treat a 9 x 9 inch baking dish with non-stick coating. Spoon in
cherry mixture.
TOPPING: In a bowl whisk together flour, brown sugar and oats. Cut in cold
butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add sliced almonds and stir.
Spoon oat mixture evenly over cherry mixture. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F
oven for 40 minutes or until filling is bubbling and topping is crisp. Let stand for
10 minutes before serving. Yummy served warm. Makes 6 generous servings.
Cherry Scones
Who can resist those amazing
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Cherries are well known and
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content, their antioxidant qualities
a and further to that, a 1 cup serving
of cherries registers less than
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Cherry Dessert Topping
2 cups fresh tart cherries, pitted
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/2 cup sugar
Few drops red food colouring (optional)
In a saucepan combine cornstarch and sugar. Stir in water. Add cherries and
cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Continue
to cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in orange juice and
food colouring. Makes 2 cups. Wonderful served
over vanilla frozen yogurt. Refrigerate leftovers.
Cherry BBQ Sauce
2 1/4 cups fresh sweet (dark) cherries,
pitted & roughly chopped
1 cup ketchup
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 2/3 cups whole SWEET cherries
(pitted and coarsely chopped)
2 cups flour
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar (divided)
TOPPING INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter (must be cold)
1/2 cup sliced almonds (or less if desired)
2 teaspoons ground mustard
2/3 teaspoon pepper
1 onion, minced
2 1/2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
In a saucepan, sauté onions in butter until softened. Add garlic and cook for
1 additional minute. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Cover and cook over
low-medium heat for 25 minutes, or until cherries are tender and sauce has
thickened. Refrigerate in a sealed glass container until ready to use. Many
enjoy this sauce with both beef and pork tenderloin. It’s good!
2 tablespoons butter (cold butter works best)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 teaspoon salt
Non-stick spray
Drain chopped cherries on paper towel. In a bowl, stir together 2 tablespoons of
the sugar, then the flour, salt and baking powder. Work in cold butter until
mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs (a pastry blender works well or use
your hands/fingers or 2 knives). Stir in drained cherries. In another bowl, stir
together milk, oil and vanilla. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture. Pour
milk mixture into well and stir until mixture forms a firm dough. Turn out dough
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each half to a 3/4 inch thick, 6 inch circle. Cut each 6 inch h disk,
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coating. Place scones with a small distance between each wedge.
Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Place in a
preheated 450 degree F oven, rack placed above oven centre.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden. Makes 12 scones.
Delicious served warm with butter, honey or cherry jam.
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should start writing things down, so they wouldn't forget them. That night
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Unlocking the Power of Self-Care:
Celebrating 30 Years with Treat Yourself Wellness Centre
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives,
we often forget one crucial element—
ourselves. Amidst the chaos, it’s easy
to overlook the importance of self-care,
but neglecting it can lead to detrimental
effects on our physical, emotional, and
mental well-being. However, in the
heart of Sarnia, there’s a beacon of light
guiding individuals towards a path of selfcare
and rejuvenation: the Treat Yourself
Wellness Centre (TYWC).
Celebrating an impressive milestone
of 30 years serving Lambton County,
TYWC isn’t just a wellness center; it’s
a testament to the power of dedication
and commitment to holistic health. What
started as a family business in a humble
house in Petrolia has blossomed into a
thriving centre in the Mitton Village,
offering an array of unique services
designed to help you feel your very best.
Led by third-generation owner Alisha
Buchanan, TYWC has curated services
and programs aimed at reducing stress
and enhancing the quality of life for its
patrons. From stress modules tailored to
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target individual stressors to detoxifying
lymphatic cleanses and low-level light
therapy to accelerate healing, TYWC
offers a comprehensive approach to
wellness that addresses both the mind
and body.
One standout offering at TYWC is the
HART Survey, providing clients with a
comprehensive health check-in. This indepth
screening equips individuals with
invaluable insights into their hormones,
minerals, brain health, and aging index,
empowering them to take proactive
steps towards disease prevention and
overall well-being.
In light of their 30-year anniversary,
TYWC is rolling out the red carpet
with a series of exciting promotions,
discounts, free draws, giveaways, and
more surprises throughout the year.
One such celebration includes Fantastic
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gift certificates will be given away, with
a $500 value gift certificate up for grabs
every Monday. Plus, mark your calendars
for June 10th when the FOX 99.9FM
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additional pop-up promotions.
The commitment to community
and wellness doesn’t stop there.
Despite the challenges posed by the
COVID-19 pandemic,
TYWC remained
steadfast in its mission,
providing essential stress
management services
through biofeedback
retraining. This innovative
approach, which connects
the mind and body to
promote relaxation and
healing, has garnered
praise from numerous
satisfied clients.
But the journey to
wellness doesn’t end at
the centre’s doorstep.
TYWC recognizes the
importance of accessibility
and convenience,
offering an online store
where customers can
conveniently shop for natural vitamins,
minerals, supplements, and more. And to
show appreciation for their loyal patrons,
TYWC is offering a special 10% discount
on all online orders throughout June
2024, as part of their 30th-anniversary
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As we navigate the complexities
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Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around
you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always
brought me out of unhappy situations.
If by chance some day you’re not feeling well and you
should remember some silly thing I’ve said or done and it
brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart,
then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.
No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you
forget it for a few seconds.
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions,
the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care,
therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about
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God’s children and their happiness are my reasons for being.
I just want to be known as a clown, because to me that's the
height of my profession. It means you can do
everything—sing, dance and above all, make people laugh.
The Summer of Love
Way back in 1967 there was a cultural
phenomenon called ‘The Summer of Love.’
During the ‘Summer of Love’, 100,000
young people from around the world
flocked to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
district for free food, drugs, and love (as
well as a free clinic for medical treatment)
and a free store that gave away basic
necessities to anyone who needed them.
Toronto, more specifically Yorkville, had
a similar but much smaller ‘love-in’.
Everyone slept together, hung out
together, lived together, and crashed
anywhere at anyone’s pad...
Man, it was like far out. Way out.
Groovy. Everybody did their own
thing. Everyone was mellow. Good
vibes. If it felt good, you did it. You
let it all hang out baby. It was heavy,
man. Can you dig it?
I was only a fourteen year old
Canadian though, too young to be
a hippie, and nowhere near California,
but already I had been playing for a year
now with my two older brothers and
whatever different drummers we could
round up in our group, The London Mist.
We played such places as The Purple Pad,
The Intersection, The Safari Club, Surfside
3 - all way-out groovy gigs in Essex County.
I remember the real love and good
feelings everyone seemed to spread
around to each other. It wasn’t phoney.
It was a time of “Peace, brother” while
holding up two fingers in a ‘V’. “Love”.
The Beatles ground-breaking album
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Scott McKenzie’s “If You’re Going To San
Francisco, Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers
In Your Hair”, the Jefferson Airplane, the
Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Hendrix, The
by Kenneth Lapointe
from Daytripping July-Aug 2010
Doors, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The
Association, The Turtles.
Beads, ‘flower power’, psychedelic
music,, black light posters, mod clothes,
the ‘counter-culture’, the ‘revolution’...
In June ‘67 the world’s first live
satellite t.v. show called ‘Our World’
was simultaneously broadcast to many
countries. I remember seeing it on t.v.
in our living room. The Beatles played
All You Need Is Love in an informal
studio gathering, while many young
musical celebs of the day such
as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards,
Marianne Faithful, Graham Nash,
Keith Moon and Eric Clapton sat
around on the floor helping to sing
on the refrain.
Speaking of t.v., some of the shows
in 1967 were Bewitched, Hogan’s
Heroes, The Flying Nun, Mannix,
Ironside, The Fugitive, and Star Trek.
Among the top ten movies of 1967
were In The Heat Of The Night, The Dirty
Dozen, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner,
Cool Hand Luke, and The Graduate. (I don’t
know about anyone else but I’m starting to
feel REAL old!).
The Summer of Love - there was no
other time like it and none like it since.
It was a time when it was not only
acceptable but encouraged to openly show
and say to your fellow human beings your
love for them, and to spread good feelings
all around. It was a wonderful magical
way to make the world a truly lovelier
place, if only for a short while.
It didn’t entirely die. Two years later the
grandaddy of all counterculture and ‘flower
children’ gatherings would take place - the
phenomenon called Woodstock.
Summer 2024 ...Oh the things you can think up if only you try!”
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weekdays Sarnia Weekly adult activities at Strangway Centre, Sarnia sarnia.ca 332-0656
weekdays TV Low Impact Chair Yoga on Your TV, Cogeco, 9am Cogeco Channel 700
weekdays TV Balanced Yoga on YourTV Cogeco, 9:30am Cogeco Channel 700
weekdays Sarnia Mall Walking, visit Guest Services to sign up www.lambtonmall.com
weekdays various Wellness Programs by North Lambton CHC. Pre-reg. www.nlchc.com
monthly various Book Clubs and events at Lambton County Libraries lclibrary.libnet.info/events
Mon Corunna Pepper, Corunna Legion, 1pm 519-862-1240
Mon (last) online Drop in & Chat, Lambton Ont Ancestors, (not in Dec) www.lambton.ogs.on.ca
Mon (4th) Forest Buddy Check Coffee, Free Support Group, 11am Legion www.forestlegion.ca
Mon (2nd) Sarnia Buddy Check Coffee, Free Support Group, 11am Legion svance505@gmail.com
Mon (to Jul 7) Sarnia Lawn Bowling Lessons, Free, Germain Park, 6-8pm sarnialawnbowlingclub.com
Mon Wyoming Forever Fit with LEO, Wyoming Legion, 9:30am www.leohelps.ca
Tues (2nd) online Zoom Genealogy meetings, 7-8:15pm, Free www.lambton.ogs.on.ca
Tues (4th) Petrolia LEO Diners Club, Hot Lunch, pre-reg. www.leohelps.ca
Tues (alt) Petrolia Meat Raffle - 6:30 at Black Gold Brewery, Kiwanis www.petroliakiwanis.ca
Tues (4th) Port Franks Pepper at Seniors Club, 12:30, $5, Opt. Centre Register at 519-318-7866
Tues (2nd) Sombra LEO Diners Club, Soup & Sandwich, pre-reg. www.leohelps.ca
Wed Br Grove Meat Raffle, 5-7pm, Huron Oaks Golf Course FB Sarnia Lakeshore Optimist Club
Wed (Jun12-Sep) Br Grove Summer Market, Kenwick Park, 4-8pm FB Bright’s Grove Summer Market
Wed (3rd) Corunna LEO Diners Club, Hot lunch, pre-register www.leohelps.ca
Wed Forest Darts, Forest Legion, 7pm www.forestlegion.ca
Wed Grand Bend Farmers’ Market, Lambton Heritage Mus. 9am-1pm lambtonshoresmarkets@gmail.com
Wed (3rd) Oil Springs Meeting Night at Oil Springs Legion, 7pm FB Oil Springs Legion
Wed (3rd) Petrolia Jamboree, Soft Rock, Country. Lunch 12-1pm $10, 1-4pm petrolialegion216.ca
Wed Sarnia Triple C Carvers, Royal Cdn Naval Assoc, 8:30am-noon www.tripleccarvers.ca
Wed (2nd/4th) Sarnia Day Hospice St. Joseph’s Hospice, Reg. required 519-337-0537
Wed (1st) Sarnia LEO Diners Club, Afternoon Tea, pre-register www.leohelps.ca
Wed Sarnia Morning Chair Yoga at Lambton Mall, visit Guest Services, Free lambtonmall.com
Wed Wyoming Forever Fit with LEO, Wyoming Legion, 9:30am www.leohelps.ca
Thurs (2nd) Alvinston LEO Peer Social Club, Coffee, 10-noon. Pre-register www.leohelps.ca
Thurs Corunna Cribbage, Corunna Legion 1pm 519-862-1240
Thurs Petrolia Meat Raffle, Petrolia Optimist Club, Crabby Joe’s 6pm www.lcpetroliaoptimist.org
Thurs Sarnia Park Nite at Canatara Park, 5pm to dusk, thru Sept 26 FB Sarnia Street Cruisers
Thurs Sarnia Catch the Ace, Trivia Night, Sarnia Legion www.sarnialegion.com
Fri Corunna Bridge, Corunna Legion 1pm 519-862-1240
Fri Forest Farmers’ & Artisan Market, 9am-1pm lambtonshoresmarkets@gmail.com
Fri Grand Bend Meat Raffle, 50/50, Karaoke, 5pm at Legion FB Grand Bend Legion
Fri Petrolia Karaoke at the 216 Lounge, Petrolia Legion 8pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
Fri (last) Point Edward Vintage in the Village Cruise Nights, 4:30pm, Waterfront Pk 519-337-3021
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May 31, June 28, July 26 & August 30
Gates Gt open 4:30pm
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Fri (2nd/4th) Sarnia Open Dances, 7:30-11pm, $10, Polish Hall Sarnia 519-337-5708
Fri (1st) Sarnia First Friday, downtown multi-cultural walkabout FB Sarnia First Friday
Fri Sarnia Live Music and Dancing, Sarnia Legion www.sarnialegion.com
Sat Corunna Meat Draw, Corunna Legion, 4pm 519-862-1240
Sat Forest Meat Raffle, Forest Legion 3:30pm www.forestlegion.ca
Sat Petrolia Farmers’ Market, May 18-Oct 19, 7:30am-Noon 519-882-2350 Thera
Sat (4th) Petrolia Ladies Aux. Progressive Euchre Tournament, 1pm $10 www.petrolialegion216.ca
Sat Sarnia Meat Raffle, Sarnia Legion 3pm www.sarnialegion.com
Sat Sarnia Live Music and Dancing, Sarnia Legion 7pm www.sarnialegion.com
Sun (1st) Petrolia Free Family Swim, Petrolia YMCA 1-3:30pm www.petrolia150.com
For Live Music Listings check out FB group “Sarnia’s Live Music Hub” or www.sarniarocks.com
EXHIBITS
ongoing L Shores Historic Buildings at Lambton Heritage Museum www.heritagemuseum.ca
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
ongoing online First Nations in the 149th www.heritagemuseum.ca
May 15-Jun 30 L Shores Il Cammino: From Italy to Sarnia-Lambton www.heritagemuseum.ca
Jul 17-Nov 9 L Shores Hockey - Canadian Museum of History Travelling Exhibit www.heritagemuseum.ca
May 4-Jun 1 Br Grove Fast Forward: Sr. High School Student Exhibition galleryinthegrove.com
June-July Br Grove Art Workshops galleryinthegrove.com
Sept 14-Oct 19 Br Grove Kennady Rayn & John Williams galleryinthegrove.com
Nov 2-Dec 14 Br Grove Gifts of the Season, Annual Artisan Sale galleryinthegrove.com
May 3-30 Sarnia High School Art Show lawrencehouse.ca
June 7-29 Sarnia First Nations “Three Fires by the Water’ lawrencehouse.ca
July 5-27 Sarnia 6+1 Art Group “Anything Goes” lawrencehouse.ca
July 5-27 Sarnia Bill Walters, Solo Exhibit lawrencehouse.ca
Aug 2-31 Sarnia Members Exhibit “Figuratively Speaking” lawrencehouse.ca
Sept 6-28 Sarnia Nancy Pequegnat-Jackson Solo Exhbit lawrencehouse.ca
Sept 6-28 Sarnia Pavel Alexey Solo Exhibit lawrencehouse.ca
Nov 1-30 Sarnia Members Exhibit “A Time for Giving” lawrencehouse.ca
Dec 6-28 Sarnia Members Exhibit “Handmade for the Holidays” lawrencehouse.ca
JUNE 2024
1 Petrolia Pizzafest at Victoria Park, Noon to 7pm www.town.petrolia.on.ca
1 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market, Maawn Doosh Gumig Gym, 9-2pm 519-336-8410
1 Oil Springs Town Wide Yard Sales facebook.com/townwideyardsale
1 Watford Town Wide Yard Sales facebook.com/townwideyardsale
30-Jn 2 Sarnia Poutine Feast, Centennial Pk FB 2024 Sarnia Poutine Feast
1 Wyoming Bluewater Hog Legion to Legion Poker Run, Reg 9am FB Bluewater Chapter of HOG
2 Forest D-Day Parade, Legion www.forestlegion.ca
2 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
2 Petrolia Coffee & Cars, 9am-Noon, at MacFarlane’s www.sarniastreetmachines.com
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4-23 Petrolia Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot: “Rainy Day People” VPP www.thevpp.ca
6 Petrolia Special Meat Raffle for Kerr Park, Crabby Joe’s, 6pm FB Lambton Central Petrolia Optimist Club
7-8 Petrolia Townwide Yard Sales - NEW DATES! www.town.petrolia.on.ca
7-8 Corunna Firefighter Field Days by Volunteer FF Association FB Corunna Volunteer FireFighters Assoc.
7 Forest Fish Fry at Legion, 5-7pm www.forestlegion.ca
7 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown cultural walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
7 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
7 Sarnia Food Truck Festival, 4:30-9:30pm, Hiawatha Horse Pk FB Savoury Sarnia Food Truck Festival
8 Alvinston Town Wide Yard Sales facebook.com/townwideyardsale
8 Camlachie D-Day Exhibit Grand Opening, 10am-2pm FB Plympton-Wyoming Historical Society
8 Wallaceburg Oaks Automobile Kraft Show, 10am-3pm, Oaks Retirement 519-627-9292
8 Petrolia PNE Fire Department BBQ Fundraiser, 10:30am-2:30pm FB Event
8 Br Grove Lady Luck Shoot & Scoot, Reg. 10am, KSU 11am FB Lady Luck Riders MC
8 Wyoming Live Music Night, Summer Kick-Off Party - food, bar FB Wyoming Lions Club
9 Forest Father’s Day Breakfast, 9am-Noon, Legion www.forestlegion.ca
9 Wyoming Wyoming Public Cemetery Memorial/Decoration Day FB Town of Plympton-Wyoming
9 Sarnia Slow Roll - Bluewater International Granfondo www.bigf.ca/b-i-g-slow-roll
10 Forest Ladies Aux Quarter Auction, 7pm www.forestlegion.ca
11 Online Evening Drop In & Chat, LC Br of Ont Ancestors, 7pm lambton.ogs.on.ca
12 Br Grove Summer Market, 4-8pm, Kenwick Park, every Wed FB Brights Grove Summer Market
12 Petrolia Seniors Picnic, Lions Hall, 11am-2pm, Reg. by Jun 7 519-383-4308 Bill
13 Thedford Charity Golf Tourn. for Brain Injury Assoc. of S-L, Widder Stn kellysteeves@royallepage.ca
14 Thedford Charity Golf Tourn. for St. Joe’s Hospice, Widder Stn FB Wyoming Lions Club
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JUNE 2024 Cont’d
14 Forest Strawberry Social, 4pm-7pm, $25 Adults, at Legion FB Kiwanis Club of Forest Ontario
14-15 Wyoming Town Wide Yard Sales FB Town of Plympton-Wyoming
14-15 Camlachie Synergy 150: A Musical Extravaganza, United Church 226-520-3336 or 519-312-3618 tickets
14-16 Alvinston 5th Annual Alvinston Pro-Rodeo, BAICC www.alvinstonprorodeo.com
14-16 Sarnia 25th Sarnia Kinsmen Ribfest, Centennial Park www.sarniakinribfest.com
15 Petrolia Discovery Antique & Unique Sale, 9am-2pm www.petroliadiscovery.org
15 Petrolia PNEFD Open House, 1pm, Celebrating 150 Years FB Petrolia & North Enniskillen Fire Dept
15 Pt Lambton Classic Car Show, Sombra Opt Club, 8am, Comm. Hall FB Sombra Township Optimist Club
15-16 Petrolia Petrolia 150 Provincial Town Crier Contest www.petrolia150.com
15-16 Petrolia RCMP Musical Ride at Greenwood Park www.petroliafair.ca
16 Forest Ladies Aux. Father’s Day Breakfast, Legion, 9am-Noon www.forestlegion.ca
20 Watford Summer Market, 5-9pm, Centennial Park FB Watford Summer Market
20 Pt Edward Early Canada Day Celebrations, Free Family Event www.villageofpointedward.com
20-22 Sarnia Borderfest, Centennial Park www.bluewaterborderfest.ca
21 Mooretown 28th Annual SODA Golf Tournament, $150, 11:30am 519-344-7777
21 Forest Fish Fry, Legion, 5-7pm www.forestlegion.ca
22 Br Grove Canada Day Celebrations FB Bright’s Grove Optimist Club
22 Petrolia Victorian Wedding & Tea (play & luncheon) 519-882-1390
22 Petrolia Indigenous Friendship Garden Dedication, 11am www.petrolia150.com
22 Forest Trivia Night, 7pm, Must pre-reg. $100/team of 4 519-786-5357
22-24 Sarnia Aamjiwnaang First Nation 61st Annual Pow Wow FB Event
23 Pt Edward Cruise In the Park Car Show/Concert, Canatara Pk, 8-3 www.sarniastreetmachines.com
23 Wyoming Super Summer Sundays with Jay Allen, 2-5pm, bbq avail. FB Wyoming Legion
24 Sarnia Seniors Cruise, Duc D’Orleans II, 8am-3pm, Free 519-344-1763 x306
Monday, June 24, 2024
Rain or shine 8am to 3pm • Cost is “Just a Smile!”
Registration opens at 8am on June 24, 2024 at the dock
First come, first served (in person only)
Cruise times:
9am, 10:30am,
Noon, 1:30pm & 3pm
Info: 519-344-1763 ext. 306 or SarniaSeniorsCruise@gmail.com
24 Online Drop In & Chat, LC Br of Ont Ancestors, 2-3:30pm lambton.ogs.on.ca
24 Sarnia Ian Thomas... Not Gone Yet! www.imperialtheatre.net
28 Pt Edward Vintage in the Village Cruise Nights, 4:30pm, Waterfront Pk 519-337-3021
29 Petrolia IODE 75th Ann. Luncheon, Victoria Hall, $28, 11:30-2pm 519-882-4359 Denise
JULY 2024
1 Petrolia Canada Day Celebrations www.town.petrolia.ca
2-28 Petrolia “Sweet Soul Music” A VPP Original www.thevpp.ca
5 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
5 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
6 Petrolia Ryan Hicks Memorial Golf Tournament ryanshousegolf@gmail.com
7 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30pm www.petrolia150.com
7 Sarnia VegFest, Canatara Park, 10am-5pm www.sarniavegfest.com
7 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, SheWolves of London, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
12-13 Br Grove Bright’s Grove Music Fest, Kenwick Park, 3:30-11pm FB Bright’s Grove Music Fest
12-13 Petrolia Art in the Park, Victoria Park - over 50 Artists www.town.petrolia.ca
Fri. July 12th, 11am-7pm • Sat. July 13th, t , 9am-5pm
In Historic Downtown o
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n 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
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12-14 Brigden Ram Rodeo at Brigden Fairgrounds www.ramrodeoontario.com
13 Oil Springs Black Gold Fest, 11am-4pm FB Oil Museum of Canada
13 Petrolia Barn Dance www.town.petrolia.ca
13 Pt Edward National French Fry Day, come for legendary fries “Under the Bridge!”
13-14 Kettle Point 53rd Chippewas of Kettle & Stoney Point Pow Wow 519-786-2125 or Facebook
14 Grand Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Classy Wrecks, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
23 Wyoming Super Summer Sundays with Jay Allen, 2-5pm, bbq avail. FB Wyoming Legion
16 Port Franks Euchre Rama, 9am, $10 includes lunch, Opt. Centre FB Port Franks Seniors
18 Watford Summer Market, 5-9pm, Centennial Park FB Watford Summer Market
18 Forest Car Show www.shopforest.ca
19-20 Sarnia Revelree Music Festival, Canatara Park, all ages www.revelreemusicfestival.com
20 Br Grove Lady Luck Mid Summer Run, Reg. 10am, KSU 11am FB Lady Luck Riders MC
20 Oil Springs Summer Celebration & Cornhole Tournament www.oilsprings.ca
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20 Pt Edward Mackinac Race, two Pancake Breakfasts at 7 & 11 am www.bycmack.com
20-21 Br Grove Bluewater Triathalon, Dualthon & Ironkid Triathalon www.bluewatertriathlon.ca
21 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, J W Jones, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
26 Pt Edward Vintage in the Village Cruise Nights, 4:30pm, Waterfront Pk 519-337-3021
26-27 Sarnia Bluewater Anglers Walleye Derby www.bluewateranglers.com
28 Gr Bend Great Canadian Truck Show, GB Motorplex, 9am-11pm FB Great Canadian Truck Show
28 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Benahart with Shebad, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
31-Aug 2 Kettle Pt 6th Annual Unity Gathering, Kettle Point Park FB Chippewas of Kettle & Stoney Point
AUGUST 2024
31-Aug 2 Kettle Pt 6th Annual Unity Gathering, Kettle Point Park FB Chippewas of Kettle & Stoney Point
1 Sarnia Hot August Nights-Cool Cars Car Show, Canatara Pk www.sarniastreetmachines.com
2 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
2 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
4 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
4 Br Grove Bluewater International Granfondo, 6am-3pm www.bigf.ca
6-18 Petrolia Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” at VPP www.thevpp.ca
8 Watford Summer Market, 5-9pm, Centennial Park FB Watford Summer Market
10 Sarnia SOAR 2024, Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport, 9am-2pm www.copa7.ca/SOAR
11 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Brothers Wilde, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
15-17 Petrolia Hard Oil Music Festival, Greenwood Park www.Petrolia150.com
17 Petrolia Petrolia 150 Parade www.town.petrolia.on.ca
18 Petrolia Nonsectarian Church Service in Greenwood Park, 11am www.town.petrolia.on.ca
18 Forest Elimination Draw at Legion, $20 www.forestlegion.ca
18 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Mudmen, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
24 Petrolia Fibre Arts Festival, 3rd Annual, Lions Club, 10am-4pm lcfibrefest@gmail.com
24 Sarnia Alzheimer Society of S-L’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” alzheimer.ca/sarnialambton/en
24 Petrolia Kiwanis Charity Golf Tournament www.petroliakiwanis.ca
24 Wyoming Truck & Tractor Pull, PW Agricultural Society, 2pm 519-384-4098 or FB
24 Sarnia Mitton Village Block Party, 6th Annual FB Mitton Village Block Party
25 Watford Annual Decoration Day Service, 2:30-4pm www.warwicktownship.ca
25 Rc Corners Country View Classic Car/Truck Show for Hospice, 8-2 FB Country View Car and Truck Show
23 Wyoming Super Summer Sundays with Jay Allen, 2-5pm, bbq avail. FB Wyoming Legion
25 Gr Bend Summer Sunset Sounds, Steel City Rovers, 7pm www.summersunsetsounds.ca
30 Pt Edward Vintage in the Village Cruise Nights, 4:30pm, Waterfront Pk 519-337-3021
31 Ply-Wyo Lambton County Plowing Match, 5589 London Line www.lambtonplowmens.ca
SEPTEMBER 2024
1 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
5 Watford Summer Market, 5-9pm, Centennial Park FB Watford Summer Market
6 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
6 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
6-8 Petrolia Petrolia-Enniskillen Fall Fair www.petroliafair.ca
7 Sarnia Art in the Park, Mike Weir Park Lakeshore Rd, 9am-5pm FB Rotary Club of Sarnia Bluewaterland
8 Pt Edward Lady Luck 42nd Toy Run, Reg. 12pm at BW Bridge FB Lady Luck Riders MC
9 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
10-29 Petrolia The Ultimate “Fiddler on the Loose” - A VPP Original www.thevpp.ca
13-14 Wyoming Plympton-Wyoming Fall Fair www.plympton-wyomingfair.com
14 Petrolia Harvestfest, Farmers’ Market www.town.petrolia.on.ca
16 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
17 Port Franks Euchre Rama, 9am, $10 includes lunch, Opt. Centre FB Port Franks Seniors
20-22 Forest Forest Fall Fair www.theforestfair.ca
28 Lamb Cty Doors Open Lambton County FB Lambton County Archives
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The newspaper industry has a long
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6) I don't care if it doesn't look fashionable, it's comfortable!
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that strain the eyes and boggle the
mind. This is a far cry from having a
relaxing coffee break with the paper.
It seems the only human touch
of the computer is that it can catch
a virus. I find it difficult to believe
something as impersonal as the
internet could possibly replace
newspapers. The printed press provides
me with a window on the world, giving
background information on current
events and personalities in the news. I
can absorb this information at my own
speed and go back to the printed page
at my convenience. Besides bringing
its readers world and area news, there
are often recipes, advice columns
and reports on events going on in
the area. For the area businesses, the
printed press is a valuable advertising
avenue. And for post war immigrants,
newspapers were, along with the Bible
and the Eaton’s catalogue the three
top sources for learning the English
language.
The possibility of newsprint becoming
obsolete also leaves me wondering
about such things as: How can a person
hide behind a computer at the breakfast
table and how can you swat a pesky fly
with a computer mouse?
How can I clean paint brushes and
wipe windows and mirrors to a glossy
shine without a wad of newsprint?
How will I keep casseroles hot while
en route to an ill friend or new mom
without the insulating qualities of
newsprint.
To keep my tomato plants from
wilting before they get to my daughter’s
garden, I’ve always relied on layers of
wet newspapers which kept them fresh
long enough to travel past Toronto in
rush hour traffic. Can the internet beat
that?
And I’d like to know how my
husband can clean his catch of fish on
a campsite picnic table without layers
of newspapers to prevent the little ones
from falling through the cracks.
Newspapers are still an indispensable
part of our life and a trusted media
that educates, informs and entertains
the readers. I for one look forward to a
relaxing break with the paper, reading
about people, places to visit, and to
learn about the history of our great
country. Neighbourly advice and recipes
plus puzzles to are among my favourite
reading. And I’m glad this “Biggest
Little Paper in Canada” contains all of
the above and more.
Publisher’s note: A lot has changed
since Jacoba wrote this in 2009.
Daytripping is still around and now
Welcome to The Club is as well, but
please don’t be using it to clean your fish!
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Navigating Grief. You see, I refer to the
earlier article because that is what Stan
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Grief is defined as the anguish
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This grief causes anxiety, physiological
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Well, the bad news is that you will
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By Chris Treftlin,
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of us have experienced some form of
major loss in the past three years. These
are the key relationships of family and
friends. Pets, sometimes the closest
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account for 20% of us going through
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very, very hard.
How about the good news. By
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acknowledging the steps that you must
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gone? Then denial, they are not gone.
Third is anger. How could they leave
me? Next is the bargaining stage. Here
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lost, while living your best life. After
all, isn’t that what they would have
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The Cranberry Vase
By Bettianne Szeider • from Daytripping Summer 2023
My mother, who is in her 80’s is very
agile for her age. She lives alone with
her precious cat, Lovely. From time
to time she enjoys baby-sitting my
grandchildren who are now four and six
years old. There is always alot to keep
the girls busy and they look forward to
each visit with great excitement.
Mom always reminds them that she
needs a lot of hugs and kisses because
she is alone and misses them very
much when they are gone. The girls of
course, eagerly oblige her.
One evening, after a day
filled with many outdoor
activities, she noticed that
the girls were very busy
in the kitchen. On further
investigation she discovered
that they had taken
down her favourite large
cranberry vase and had it
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them.
With much curiosity,
Mom approached them and
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of them blew gently into the opening
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Completely bewildered at the sight,
Mom asked them exactly what they
were doing. They explained to her
that it must be very lonely to be living
by herself and that they were glad that
she at least had Lovely to keep her
company. They also knew that when
it was time for them to go home,
she might be needing some
extra love from time to time.
They told her that when she
felt this way, all she had to do
was breathe some of the love
that they had blown into the
vase and that would make
her feel better.
With a wet eye, she
gave them both a hug, and
thanked them for having
such a great idea.
Life is Good.
Family is Everything.
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in enjoying the here and now, and what
I have observed is that one must not
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incessant chirping outside from
all of those feathered creatures intent
on getting on with their day. You drag
yourself to the bathroom, confront
an aging stranger in the mirror, who
resembles the ugly two guys who reside
on your passport and driver’s license,
shifty-lookers whom you would never
admit into this country if you ever had
that power. Restrictions abound these
days. You are not allowed to smile
when you get a passport picture taken.
Customs officers must lead dreary
lives, observing all of these unhappylooking
people, but let’s get back to the
bodies of retirees.
Sadly, power is an attribute that
deserted us long ago. Would you believe
that I once performed an amazing
double kip-up at University while
executing my free exercise gymnastics
routine in order to get a degree in
Physical Education at McMaster, which
they now call Kinesiology to make it
sound comparable to a prestigious
his patient, “You are going to live to
eighty.”
The patient replied, “I am eighty!”
And the doctor said, “What did I tell
you?”
Speaking of octogenarians, I have
a friend named Gord who claims that
his pants no longer fit, the pant legs all
much too long. He claims that over the
years his height has shrunken a full 3
inches. Every pad between each of his
vertebrae has collapsed. Because I have
a degree in Physical Education, I know
that the vertebral column consists of
33 vertebrae, some cervical, thoracic,
lumbar, sacral and the coccyx, so if you
shave space between them all like my
friend Gord, you will definitely shrink
in height. Apparently, the earth’s
gravity pulls us towards its center,
compressing our spines, and as we
age, the buffers between each vertebra
decrease in sponginess.
I said to Gord, “That’s great news;
you would now qualify for the astronaut
science degree, which both my program, because in space, there’s no
daughters achieved as undergrads and
constantly remind me that my degree,
in contrast, is worthless compared to
theirs. Of course, they didn’t perform
a double kip-up to get their science
degrees, so I think that I can safely rest
on my laurels.
In order to execute the kip-up, I
practiced diligently for well over a
month. Similarly, we had to perform
routines on the parallel bars and rings—
pure strength for us jocks who were
much more familiar with football and
hockey. And then there was vaulting,
not so bad when the horse was turned
sideways, but rather frightening in its
long vertical position. I remember the
first guy in our class running a great
distance, building up speed and then
crashing headfirst into the padded end,
much like hitting a moose while driving
your car in Newfoundland. Those
were the days when we enjoyed some
slender control over our streamlined
bodies; now our bodies seem to be
headed on the same perilous route as
that of Titanic.
No, old age is not for sissies, and
for sure, nobody gets out alive, but we
can control (to a degree) our attitude.
gravity, and your spine elongates! Then,
your pants would fit.” It didn’t seem to
make him any happier. He reminded
me of his age and fitness level and
cutbacks to the space program.
Gord did get in the last word on the
matter. He squinted at me through his
new glasses with extra thick lenses,
and he said, “I used to dread getting
older because I thought that I would
not be able to do all of the things that
I wanted to do; but now that I am
older, I find that I don’t want to do
them anymore.” This reminds me of
the classic psychological syndrome
labelled approach-avoidance.
Comedian Bob Hope once advised,
“I don’t feel eighty; in fact, I don’t feel
anything until noon. Then it’s time for
my nap.” This sounds like an easy way
to sail into one’s 90s. And just think,
as you approach 100, there will be
increasingly less and less peer pressure!
No more compulsion to eat supper at 5
pm. What a relief. More time for me
to watch Olympic gymnasts on TV and
fondly remember my incredible double
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happiness in a disembodied state.
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Eat your food as medicine, otherwise
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The one who loves you will never
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This is a story about a boy and a
girl and a dog. The boy came from
London. The girl came from London.
No one really knows where the dog
came from.
My grandfather, John, was born in
London, England. Right around the
time the Great War ended, John’s
mother abandoned the family, and
John’s father, weakened by his war
wounds, died from the flu that swept
the world. John was placed in an
orphanage. When he
was ten years old they
asked him where in the
world he wanted to go.
He’d seen pictures of the
Rocky Mountains and said
Canada. The ship let him
off in Montreal, and from
there he travelled west by
train, where a widow lady
living near Walsingham
took him in. After his first
night in southern Ontario he woke up
and ran to the window looking to see
mountains that were still a thousand
miles away.
My grandmother - her name was
Vivian - was born in London, Ontario.
Her mother was seventeen years
old and unmarried. She kept my
grandmother for a few months but
realized she couldn’t raise her on her
own, so with a sad heart she put an
ad in the newspaper saying she had
a baby girl she was putting up for
adoption. A farmer and his wife - her
name was Lucy and his was Hampton,
but everybody called him Deke -
adopted her. Deke and Lucy never had
any children of their own, although
Lucy, like my grandmother’s mother,
had also had a child out of wedlock
when she was very young.
My grandfather entered the
workforce after finishing Grade 8.
He had a couple of jobs, and then
Jack.
The dog who came to stay.
By Kevin Babbey • from Daytripping March-April 2019
ended up working as a hired hand on
Deke and Lucy’s farm. He fell in love
with the farmer’s daughter, and they
married when my grandmother was
seventeen. Given their backgrounds,
they were a lot like two strays who
found each other.
And that’s where Jack comes into
this story. No one really knows where
Jack came from, he just showed up
on Deke and Lucy’s farm one day
looking for a meal and a friendly
pat. Somehow, I suspect,
he sensed that a stray
could find some love on
this farm, so he made
himself at home and
never left. Jack loved
curling up by the cook
stove on cold nights, and
he loved following the
farmers around. He’d
follow behind the plow
all day long, seeing what
curiosities were revealed by each
fresh furrow and burying his wet nose
in the soil to sniff out traces of critters
still hidden from his eyes.
Jack especially loved harvest time.
Harvest was sure to rouse the field
mice from their summer hideouts, and
Jack so enjoyed chasing after them. He
even caught a few, although he never
killed one. It was more like he’d found
some new friends to play with.
Jack was like that with everyone.
There wasn’t a mean bone in his
body. Deke and Lucy never needed a
BEWARE OF DOG sign because Jack
never met a stranger he didn’t like.
Still, somehow, if you went out after
dark you felt safe as long as this gentle
giant was by your side.
So, yes, this was a story about a
boy and a girl and a dog. But, more
importantly, it was a story about three
strays who found a place to belong and
be loved.
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to good use saving our feathered friends! Thank you so much for giving
the Raptor Centre consideration when choosing a charity to support.
With much appreciation ~
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Answers Below
1. “Bad-Ass” librarians from this African city preserved
thousands of centuries-old manuscripts from Al-Qaida’s
destruction.
2. What is the term for the process of improving the strength
and durability of materials through the application of heat
and/or pressure?
Welding Forging Tempering Quenching
3. What famous American poet wrote The Road Not Taken
and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening?
4. Rodney, Ontario, is home to North America’s smallest of
these institutions.
5. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Auckland Wellington Christchurch
6. In which year did the Titanic sink?
7. This rapper began their career as an actor on the teen
drama Degrassi: The Next Generation?
8. Which pitcher holds the record for the most career
strikeouts?
9. In Monster’s Inc., a code 2319 refers to what type of
incident? Be specific..
ANSWERS:
1. Timbuktu ; 2. Tempering; 3. Robert Frost; 4. Jails ;
5. Wellington; 6. 1912; 7. Drake; 8. Nolan Ryan; 9. white sock
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Travel Then and Now by Nancy McSloy • from Daytripping May-June 2010 We were armed with digital cameras
It was 1959, I was six years old
and we were going on a summer
vacation. As a six year old living in
rural Southwestern Ontario I was over
the moon! Imagine, we were leaving
our farm home for two weeks to go on
a huge motor trip! I would not see my
friends or other family members until I
got back home!
We loaded up the 1947 Dodge
with a couple of suitcases, not
matching luggage, a picnic cooler full
of sandwiches and other homemade
goodies and of course the teapot and
camp stove. It was early morning and
mom, dad and I were off to the big town
of Kapuskasing for two weeks to visit
family!
At meal time we would find a
roadside picnic table and stop to have
a picnic. Dad made tea using the camp
stove and teapot. Dad was very frugal
so restaurants were out of the question.
There was even a privy at the roadside
stops. What more did we need!
We had a camera which could take
pictures outside. It was like a square
black box. We were able to take about
twelve black and white photos over the
course of the vacation. Souvenirs were
out of the question though! We did not
have an auto club membership so if
the car broke down, we’d be stranded
in Northern Ontario hoping some kind
soul would stop to help us out.
The trip was about 600 miles so
we stopped about half way to our
destination and stayed in a tiny cabin at
a lake for the night.
At last we were at our destination,
my aunt’s house in Kapuskasing. During
our visit there was no contact with the
folks back home! No long distance calls,
although I think we sent postcards. We
saw all kinds of things that I had never
seen before! I sat in the middle of the
back seat with my chin resting on the
front seat so that I could take in the
amazing views while we were driving.
I could hardly wait to get home and
brag to my friends about how awesome
vacations are!
We did that vacation with a car, food,
clothes and some books for me to look
at along the way. We did not even have
seatbelts in those days. My, how things
have changed in 50 years!
For Christmas 2009, we decided to
take our three granddaughters to Florida
to see Mickey Mouse and do some other
Florida things that kids like to do. When
the girls found out about the surprise,
they too were over the moon!
We purchased out-of-country
health coverage, an oil change,
our passports, our auto club
membership, permission letters
from the girl’s parents, American
money, a hotel reservation for our
arrival in Daytona Beach and of course
a print out of our route.
The rule was one piece of luggage
each. We loaded up the car with the
girls strapped in with their seatbelts, the
luggage, plus books and colouring books
for the girls, two portable DVD players
and lots of DVDs, pillows, favourite
stuffed animals, healthy snacks and
juice boxes, plus two cell phones, one
with unlimited text messaging so the
girls could text their parents whenever
they wanted.
We left early morning on December
26 and began the long drive south.
The meals were not at road side picnic
tables, but at restaurants chosen by the
girls. Bathroom breaks were not at a
privy, but at either rest areas or service
centres. We stayed in hotels with pools
and internet service.
and two cell phones. Thus we came
home with about 250 photos that were
quickly downloaded on the computer so
we could choose what ones we wanted.
We came back with more stuff in our
trunk - many souvenirs.
The trip was wonderful and Disney
World was great! The difference was
that the girls were in touch with their
parents at least ten times per day! There
was at least one phone call per day, plus
unlimited text messaging. The parents
knew within minutes what we were
doing.
My how technology has changed
things over the years, even travel! That
trip in 1959 was simple, yet amazing,
but the trip in 2009 was something that
our girls talked about for quite some
time.
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BOB BAILEY
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Building A Better Sarnia-Lambton
The Associate Minister of
Housing delivers funding from
the Building Faster Fund to
Sarnia’s Mayor and Councillors
at Sarnia City Hall.
The Minister of Mental Health and
Addictions joined representatives
of Lambton County and the Rotary
Club to discuss how the province
and our local communities can
work together to solve the issues
of mental health, addictions, and
homelessness.
At the opening of the new
Plympton-Wyoming Health and
Wellness Centre in Wyoming. The
new centre will help improve
access to care for many in central
Lambton County.
At the announcement of the
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Wallaceburg Hospital expansion
with Chatham-Kent-Leamington
MPP, Trevor Jones, and CKHA CEO,
Lori Marshall.
I consider the Victoria Day Weekend the unofficial kickoff of
summer. I’m personally looking forward to visiting all the festivals,
markets, cultural events, and outdoor activities that take place
during the warm summer months. Many of those great activities
will be listed in the pages of The Club, so keep reading and find
out all there is to do in Sarnia-Lambton this summer.
As I speak to people throughout our area, one of the biggest topics
of conversation, especially for those of us in the 55+ age group, is
access to high quality, public health care. Which is why I am
extremely proud that our government continues to make historic
investments in Ontario’s world class health care system.
Locally we are seeing many new investments, that will ensure
everyone has access to care close to home. On April 19th, I had
the privilege of joining the leaders of the Central Lambton Family
Health Team, North Lambton Community Health Centre, and the
Rapids Family Health Team to announce new funding that will
support nearly 7,000 vulnerable, marginalized, and unattached
patients in our community access primary care.
On May 10th, I was honoured to take part in the important
announcement that Bluewater Health has been approved to move
forward with the redevelopment plans of Charlotte Eleanor
Englehart Hospital in Petrolia, including the long-awaited
expansion of the emergency department. Detailed design work
will begin immediately, with construction beginning at the hospital
as early as 2025. I look forward to sharing more great news in the
months ahead.
I hope you and your family embrace every opportunity to get
outside this summer and experience everything that
Sarnia-Lambton has to offer. Enjoy life to the fullest!
The Minister of Mental Health and
Addictions announces $2.5M
investment in a new mobile crisis
response team in Lambton County.
The Minister is joined by Anita
Trussler, Lambton Public Health;
Warden Kevin Marriott, Lambton
County; MPP Elect Steve Pinsonneault,
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
Joining Pathways Health Centre for
Children Director of Finance, John
Beer, Members of the Ontario
Government, and others, to announce
$4.5M in additional funding for
Children’s Treatment Centres in
Southwestern Ontario.
Visiting the newly opened
Gregory A. Hogan Catholic
School in Sarnia. The new
school was made possible by an
investment of $24,243,249 from
the Government of Ontario.
Joining Bluewater Health Foundation
Chair, Mark Braet; Bluewater Health
CEO, Paula Reaume-Zimmer; and
Petrolia Mayor Brad Loosley, at the
announcement of the long-awaited
Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital
expansion project.
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By Cathy Dobson • from Daytripping Summer 2023
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The winding road to the Petrolia
Discovery oil field offers a lot more
than just a beautiful country drive. It is
steeped in history and ends at one of the
most surprising historical landmarks in
Canada.
The Petrolia Discovery is an authentic
1860s oil field in action. But it’s much
more than that. Its historic buildings
and working oil field featuring a rig so
large it could power 350 wells in its
day, are the backdrop to a story both
startling and fantastic.
“This place is so important to the
opening of the global oil industry,”
explains Liz Welsh, a Hard Oiler who
grew up in Petrolia and now chairs the
Petrolia Discovery.
She remembers the fanfare when the
Petrolia Discovery opened in 1980 as
a unique historic oil field with original
jerker line technology. “I was here and
they had a gusher to mark the opening,”
she said motioning to the sky where the
oil blew out of the ground.
“I grew up fascinated by this history.
I guess there is oil in my blood,” Welsh
laughed.
She marvels at the technology and
tools developed by the earliest oil
drillers who figured out how to capture
Black Gold, then shared their knowledge
in places as far away
as Persia (now Iran),
Indonesia, Australia and
Russia.
“The Petrolia oil
drillers learned how
to do it by the seat of
their pants,” Welsh said.
“Their ingenuity is what
fascinates me.”
A tour of the Petrolia
Discovery starts at the
gum beds discovered
by early pioneers in the
area, and takes about an
hour. It’s for all ages and
includes a lot of hands-on
activities for kids.
Liz Welsh, Board Chair
of Petrolia Discovery.
Hard Oilers—the
people who love Petrolia—are proud to
tell their town’s story, said Welsh.
The Discovery has always been a
labour of love spearheaded by legions
of talented volunteers.
There was a brief period when the
historic oil field fell into disrepair and
was shut down but several years of
restoration work and a determined
group of volunteers have turned the
museum’s fortunes around.
“I think management and the board
lost the focus for the site at one time,”
said Welsh. “So we are going back to
the basics to showcase the oil field.”
She has big praise for the current
board of directors that is working
hard to restore the site and ensure it is
around to educate and entertain visitors
for many years to come.
They have raised tens of thousands
of dollars to repair and upgrade 10
buildings including a one-room school
house, a blacksmith shop, a hardware
store and the toll house that came from
nearby Plank Road.
There’s a stable at the intersection of
Oil and Tank streets and a woodworking
shop where materials needed to
maintain the oil field are fabricated.
Ryan Shaw, 16, and Sivana Stec,
19, are hired as tour guides this year
and take on an interesting list of other
responsibilities like oiling the lines,
fixing exhibits, researching artifacts and
digging new post holes.
“We get a ton of international people
here,” said Ryan. “I’ve talked to people
from Germany, Spain, Italy, India, all
over. “I even talked to an oil driller
from France who was shocked when
he found out the tools he still uses were
created here.”
“We’ve just finished chimney
restoration and a new metal roof on the
blacksmith shop and we are starting
work on the Canadian Drill Rig this
year,” she said.
Importantly, there are 14 operational
wells on site, including four that run with
Petrolia-born jerker line technology.
The enormous Fitzgerald Rig has
also been restored. It was built by the
first president of Imperial Oil in 1901
2023’s tour guides are Sivana Stec and Ryan Shaw, shown with
the restored Fitzgerald Rig, revolutionary when it was built by
Imperial Oil’s first president Frederick Fitzgerald in 1901.
and revolutionized the oil extraction
business.
“It’s the gem of the property,”
said Welsh. “When it failed in 2018,
in excess of 3,500 volunteer hours
went into getting the Fitzgerald Rig
operational again, as well as a Creative
County grant.”
“As far as we know, it is the largest
operating powerhouse rig in the world.”
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Victorian Order of Nurses Visitor, Footcare Clinic Assistant, Bingo, Adult Day Program, In-Home Exercise 519-542-2310 ext. 4267
LC Long-Term Care Living Various opportunities from Coffee Program to organist/pianist to dining companions lambtoncares.ca/volunteer
Lambton Elderly Outreach Reception, Transportation, Friendly Visiting, Meals on Wheels, Diner’s Club, Forever Fitness 519-845-1353
Alzheimer Society of S-L Program, Event and Bingo Volunteers 519-332-4444
Habitat for Humanity Handyman Assistant, Build Volunteer, ReStore: Sales Floor Support, Cashier 519-339-7957
St. Joseph’s Hospice S-L Residence Reception, Volunteers for Kitchen, Grocery Shopping, Direct Support, and more 519-337-0537 stjosephshospice.ca
Literacy Lambton Volunteer opportunities in the Adult or Family Literacy Programs, Special Events, and more literacylambton.org/volunteer/
Noelle’s Gift to Children Bingo & Event Volunteers: online registration at www.noellesgift.ca under volunteer tab www.noellesgift.ca
Bluewater Health Patient Care Assistant, Help Program, Reception 519-464-4400 ext. 5406
United Way of S-L Bingos, and Thank You Community Volunteers theunitedway.on.ca or 519-336-5452
P-W Historical Society Plympton-Wyoming Historical Society (positions on the Board) and at Museum (in Camlachie) sueewright53@gmail.com
Canadian Red Cross Meals on Wheels (Sarnia, Bright’s Grove, Pt Edward), Transportation in- and out-of-town www.redcross.ca (volunteer tab)
Family Counselling Centre Provide support to local older adults through Tel-Check and Distress Line programs.. 519-336-0120 ext. 251
St. Vincent de Paul S-L Volunteers needed to raise awareness and help end hunger and poverty in our community. stvincefb@gmail.com
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Sarnia Humane Society Several volunteer opportunities. Non-clumping cat litter, towels and small fleece blankets, etc. www.sarniahumanesociety.com
River City Vineyard Donation of food, extra clothing, valuables, and small household items to foodbank and shelter 519-383-8463(VINE)
Petrolia Food Bank Monetary and food donations to food bank (please check expiry dates) 519-882-3950
Inn of the Good Shepherd Clothing, linens & bedding, food items. Volunteer opportunities available. 519-344-1746
Women’s Interval Home New unused items only will be accepted to shelter: hygiene items, clothing, gift cards, etc. kyla@womensintervalhome.com
Petrolia Comm. Refrigerator Any type of food items, personal items and monetary donations 519-882-1390
Willing Hands Yarn Club Donations of yarn used for scarves, hats, blankets, etc. distributed locally and nationally. 519-336-8088 biskit@sympatico.ca
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At Home Spa
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London Road Diagnostic Clinic
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M&M Food Markets
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Metro - Northgate
Mission Thrift Store
Napoli’s Pizza
Patodia Eye Institute
Russell St. Home Hardware
Sarnia Library
Shine at Home
Shoppers - Wellwise (Northgate)
Sipkens Nurseries
Sole Decisions
St. Vincent de Paul
Strangway Community Centre
The Bookkeeper
The Eye Guy
The Shoebox
Treat Yourself Wellness
United Way
BRIGHT’S GROVE
Foodland
Skeeter Barlow’s
CORUNNA
Foodland
Hogan Pharmacy
Rob’s No Frills
Pharmasave
FOREST
Alton Farms Winery
Foodland
Pharmasave
Williamson Farms Country Store
GRAND BEND
Lambton Heritage Museum
MOORETOWN
Mooretown Sports Complex
OIL SPRINGS
Oil Museum
PETROLIA
Black Gold Brewery
Central Lamb. Family Health
Country Yarns
Heidi’s Independent Grocer
Hogan Guardian Pharmacy
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*Not a complete list, but these locations
should always receive papers.
Lambton Pharmacy
PORT FRANKS
Grog’s Restaurant
REECE’S CORNERS
Lambton Elderly Outreach
Marcanda Gifts & Tea Room
Zekveld’s Garden Market
WYOMING
Foodland
Great Lakes Goat Dairy
Lambton County Archives
Marley IDA Pharmacy
Spa-Cation
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You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are
filled with snow.
The local paper covers national and international headlines
on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -40 degrees a little chilly, but it's a dry cold.
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
You can play road hockey on skates.
You perk up when you hear the theme
from "Hockey Night In Canada."
You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.
You drink pop, not soda.
You talk about the weather with strangers
and friends alike.
You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
You know that Mounties "don't always look like that."
You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without
feeling nauseated.
You know what a toque is.
You know Toronto is not a province, or the capital of Canada.
Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorite food groups.
I am convinced, as I quite often am,
that gardeners should be issued with
shoehorns along with their purchases as
they leave the garden centre. They can
be heard mumbling under their breath as
they depart many plants in tow—Now, if
I move the bridal wreath spirea over about
one inch, and give that lilac standard a
really good haircut, I’m sure I can squeeze
the butterfly bush next to the Russian Sage
beside the coreopsis and in front of the
tickseed. There’s no point in leaving any
room for weeds to get a toe hold. As soon
as there is bare ground those beasties just
drop right in and take over.
True gardeners are the ones who take
the instructions for planting and pruning
right to the letter. When it says, “can be
maintained or pruned to 45 inches,” well
by golly that’s exactly the room it will get
and not an inch more, as the plan is set
and there’s no room for any space stealers.
As I’ve said before, gardeners are
special people—they should have been
the ones packing to go on the Titanic.
They would have found room for at
least 55 more lifeboats. Those intrepid
gardeners would have helped Noah find
room for the unicorns to get on the Ark,
and no doubt they would have been useful
on the space station getting everything in
and ship-shape.
There is no greater joy registered on
Gardeners
Need Shoehorns
By Agnes Burroughs, Dorchester • from Daytripping July-Aug 2014
our earth, as when a gardener has one
garden packed to the very borders, and
must extend that one or dig a brand new
garden.
Oh the total bliss of getting to split up all
the plants they already have, or ecstasy of
unlimited proportions in creating a whole
new bed in perhaps a shady area that will
require shade plants that they haven’t had
experience with before.
But oh the brave gardener is not to be
thwarted. With hundreds of reference
books and newest garden magazines
in hand the grimy handed, dirty nailed
gardener sets down in the shade to plan the
shade garden of all shade gardens. It will be
the best, darn garden, because gardeners
are courageous souls who will not stop
until they are under their beloved soil.
Backbreaking tilling of soil with well aged
manure and compost to give the specially
picked plants the very best home possible,
so it will thrive and flourish and make the
gardener the envy of the neighbourhood
each time someone surveys their garden
and says, “Well done.”
Gardeners all say the very same thing
when it is mentioned that, “these gardens
must be a lot of work,” and “how ever
do you keep up to constant watering and
perpetual weeding?”
“It’s really not all that difficult if you love
what you do,” I’ve heard them remark as
they beam with pride and humility at the
wonderfully colourful plants and shrubs
filling their space here on earth.
There is of course, a certain knack to
this gardening affliction or addiction—
whichever you choose to be your
particular adjective.
Gardeners will fill every free inch of soil
with fantastic plants, and when there is
no more conceivable spot left, their eyes
will reach upwards. Before you know it
there are trellises and arbors reaching
skyward with vines and blooming flowers
towering above our heads, window boxes,
hanging baskets, urns on the porch,
fences adorned, overhead sprinklers
affixed, pots above the garden and even
pots in the garden.
Keen gardeners scan the horizon
looking north, south, east and west for
just one more inch to create a thing of
beauty. With any luck and, of course,
some more (dare I say enjoyable) labour,
the gardener will find that extra inch.
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SESQUIPEDALIANS
In this age of Facebook, Twitter and
texting, words are both spelled and used
in very strange ways. Even in everyday
speech, words are used carelessly. When
Conservatives are called Nazis and
Liberals are called Communists, where do
the real Nazis and Communists fit in? And
as for so-called buzz words, they come
and go like women’s clothing fashions.
People are no longer cast aside, they are
“thrown under the bus.” Recently, I heard
an adult using a favourite teen word to
describe his homemade pizza. He said it
was “awesome!” The Grand Canyon, now,
that’s awesome. But a pizza? Hardly.
In this age of ubiquitous advertising
we are accustomed to everything from
soup-to-nuts being described in over-thetop
hyperbole on the one hand and baby
twitter on the other. If we consider a burger
or a hot dog to be amazing, how then to
describe Niagara Falls? It’s hard to decide
which is the most annoying; meaningless
advertising hype or the obscure, showoff
words employed by the likes of the
late American author William F. Buckley.
People who pepper their sentences with
words which they know their readers
or listeners will have to look up in the
dictionary were described by Benjamin
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Disraeli as being inebriated
by the exuberance of their
own verbosity. I guess that
sounded better to him than
saying they were drunk
on the sound of their own
words.
Another classic example
of a sesquipedalian, (lovers
of words that contain many
syllables) or a blowhard
who loves to show off his
store of $10 (adjusted for inflation, $20)
words is Canadian columnist and host of
CBC Radio One’s Cross Country Check-
Up, Rex Murphy. While it’s advisable to
not use many small words where one big
one will do the trick, it’s not only showing
off, it’s downright bad mannered to use
words that you know your listeners won’t
understand.
Winston Churchill, who was no slouch
when it came to language, sometimes had
to resort to eloquent euphemism to make
his point. For example, he once accused
a fellow Member of Parliament of being
guilty of a “terminological inexactitude,”
had he used plain words and called his
opponent a liar, he would have been held
in contempt of parliament. Churchill
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"Please don’t feed the animals.
If you have any food,
give it to the guard on duty."
By William Bedford • from Daytripping Nov-Dec 2011
was also shrewd enough
to know that his target
wouldn’t know that he
was being called a liar.
Churchill, however, was
a firm believer in the use
of plain language. When
he requested aid from
U.S. President Franklyn
D. Roosevelt at the
beginning of World War
Two, he said “give us the
tools and we will finish the job.” That
sounds a lot better than if he had said:
“furnish us with the implements and
we will endeavor to complete the task.”
Anyway, moderation in the use of words,
as in everything, would seem to be the
sensible way to go so as not to confuse
or annoy our listeners or readers. It’s not
all that difficult to find the middle ground
between calling a spade a manually
operated earth-excavator and, like, you
know, calling it a dirt-digger.
Publisher’s Note: We had to bring this
article back. Love him or loathe him,
Rex Murphy’s highfalutin manner and
capacious vocabulary entertained and
informed Canadians for decades. He passed
away recently at the age of 77.
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Make a day of it in Forest!
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3rd Sunday
in June
Car Show
3rd
Thursday
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Farmers’
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Friday
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Love the Grand
Trunk Trail
By Mary Lou Tasko,
Lambton Shores Nature Trails
www.lsntblazers.com
Since 2011, Lambton Shores
Nature Trails has partnered with the
Municipality of Lambton Shores to
maintain and develop the Grand Trunk
Trail in Forest. This trail follows the old
rail bed of the Grand Trunk Railway
from Railroad Way in Forest to just
shy of Brush Line Road, a distance of
approximately two kilometres. Over
the last several years, the trail has
undergone many improvements, some
for accessibility, some to celebrate the
rail’s history and some to help folks
better enjoy this natural environment.
In 2017-18, LSNT coordinated the
construction and installation of the
Forest trailhead structure that serves as
a gateway to the Grand Trunk Trail. The
trail has been widened, chip and dust
added, and several benches installed to
improve accessibility. Pollinator boxes
—raised gardens planted with native
species—dot the trail from start to finish.
An original whistle post, which alerted
the engineer to blow the train’s whistle
upon approaching a road crossing, has
been refurbished and remains in place
one-quarter mile out of town. As well,
railroad crossing signs,
replicas of those often
seen in rural Lambton
County, are installed
at a farm field crossing
along the trail.
A major project,
spearheaded by
Lambton Shores Nature
Trails and managed
by the Municipality
of Lambton Shores,
was the 2023 Hickory
Creek train bridge
refurbishment. While
its structure was
sound, the bridge was long overdue for
an aesthetic makeover. The floor of the
bridge was replaced, concrete approach
ramps were set, new side railings were
constructed with decorative “GTR”
labelling and nameplates, and safety
fencing installed at the ends of the bridge
expanse. Landscape rocks enhance the
slopes to the creek. A “train birdhouse,”
celebrating the spirit of the Grand Trunk
Railway was installed west of the train
bridge.
The latest addition to this peaceful
walking area is the Grand Trunk Love
Lock Stand which was installed between
the trailhead and bridge.
What’s a Love Lock?
Love locks are a symbol of love and
commitment. Couples affix a padlock
to a public structure, oftentimes a
bridge, but it may be a gate, fence or
other structure. They typically write
their names, initials or even a personal
message on the lock. Once the padlock
is affixed, the couple throws away
the key (into the river if they are at a
bridge) to symbolize their unbreakable
bond.
How did this tradition begin?
The origin of love locks is uncertain,
but there are two common stories
associated with them.
The first, widely publicized in the
New York Times bestseller, The 99%
Invisible City (Mars, Kohlstedt 2020),
is that the tradition began in the small
Serbian town of Vrnjacka Banja. Here,
a young schoolteacher named Nada,
and an army officer named Relja, fell
madly in love. They pledged their love
to one another while standing on a local
bridge just before Relja went off to fight
in World War I. Unfortunately, while
serving in Greece, Relja found a new love
and married her. Nada slowly died of a
broken heart after Relja’s betrayal.
Young women in the town were
worried that the same fate might befall
them. They began fastening locks with
their and their lover’s names on the
city’s Most Ljubavi (Bridge of Love),
where Nada and Relja had made their
promise. They believed the action of
attaching the lock and throwing the
key in the river would preserve their
love for eternity. Over time this local
practice slowly declined. Decades later,
Desanka Maksimovic, a noted Serb
poet, visited the village and heard the
story. Her romantic poem “Prayer for
Love” popularized the tale and
rejuvenated the practice. Today,
the Bridge of Love swarms with
love locks from bank to bank.
The second origin story is
rooted in the province of Anhui in
eastern China. According to the
lore, a beautiful young woman
fell in love with a poor young
man. Her father did not want her
to live a poor life so he arranged
her marriage to a rich older man.
Brush Road
On the day of the wedding the two
young lovers ran away to Huangshan
Mountain where hand in hand, “locked
together,” they leapt to their death.
Today, the guard rail chains that line the
trail are heavy with love locks.
Whatever the actual origin, these
romantic stories have inspired lovers
around the world to use love locks as a
public declaration of their enduring love
and commitment. While people love
“love locks,” their immense popularity
has created some problems in large
cities where the accumulation of
padlocks is construed as visual pollution
or dangerous to the stability of bridges or
structures. Communities have adopted
a variety of approaches to manage the
phenomenon, from deterrents such as
fines or lock removal, to provision of
alternate locations such as love lock
“trees,” chains or stands.
At the Grand Trunk Trail in Forest,
Lambton Shores Nature Trails has
installed a Love Lock Stand in an attempt
to embrace this romantic tradition, but
also preserve the integrity and aesthetic
of the newly refurbished train bridge.
Come for a visit and perhaps create
a special memory with your love by
attaching your love lock and depositing
the key in the box provided.
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in PORT FRANKS!
Isn’t it weird being the same age as old people?
Downtown. Shopping malls are a
complete bore. There is nothing there
for the mind or the soul. Loved the walk
downtown of years past. Always meeting
friends, seeing new sites.
The 100 acre farm. A whole culture, a
social and economic system, disappeared
with the demise of the 100 acre farm. We
lost much more than we gained as the
agricultural revolution pressed forward.
Halloween. Remember when the
street was full of children having a good
time going door to door to door? In the
last four years, we have had one goblin
come to our door as opposed to the
twenty we used to enjoy.
Economic equality. Okay, we never
had that entirely but remember when
the richest man in town was the banker
and he didn’t even make twice as much
as your father who delivered milk by
horse and wagon.
You need to try their Famous Zaney Bread!
Homesness as opposed to
homelessness. We never knew anybody
who didn’t have a house or home.
Cruising the drag. Friday night on
Main Street—almost everyone you knew
either on foot or in one of those classic
cars of the 1950s. American Graffiti is
the best capture of those days. You can’t
cruise a shopping centre parking lot.
The local newspaper. The one that
carried a photo of your sister’s
wedding, your grandfather’s funeral
and the score in your Bantam League
hockey game (the one where you
scored twice). Why has this muchneeded
form of communication
Things I Miss
By Frank Prothero, Port Stanley
gone the way of the dodo bird? An eleven
inch computer screen is no substitute.
Ball Room Dancing. There was
nothing to compare to a big band playing
A Sentimental Journey while you glided
over a perfect dance floor. The music
was not bitter politics laced with swear
words and
references
to drugs. It was soft and sweet and so
memorable.
Kids working. Not child labour for
sure but there was a lot of value in kids
doing responsible things like having a
paper route or picking fruit in season.
They learned the value of a dollar, the
relationship between work and money.
Of course, it is all against the law today
and there are no papers to deliver. The
kids are the losers in this situation.
If you stop and think about it, you
can compose your own list of things
you miss. Just remember, we can’t get
them back. They are gone
forever so cling to your
memories and the next
time somebody gushes
about the newest and
latest fads and changes,
measure it against what you
stand to lose.
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JUNE
Sat-Sun - 15 & 16
Petrolia 150 TownCrier Contest
Sat-Sun - 15 & 16
RCMP Musical Ride,
Greenwood Pk
Sat 22
Indigenous Friendship Garden
Dedication - 11am - Victoria Pk
JULY
Mon - 1
Town - Canada Day Celebrations
Fri&Sat - 12 & 13
Art in the Park
Sat - 13
Town - Barn Dance
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Hard Oil Music Festival
Greenwood Pk
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Petrolia 150 Parade
Sun - 18
10 am Nonsectarian
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Friday, July 12 - 11am to 7pm
Saturday, July 13 - 9am to 5pm
Over 50 artists and artisans!
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