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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Mosser Brothers did everything together
October 31, 2011
From the time they were born in the Galt Hospital on July 25, 1923, Robert and Andrew Mosser were inseparable.They played six-man rugby at the Preston High School and were ends on the team which won The W.O.S.S.A. championship. They joined the Boy Scouts in 1935, and in 1940 were both elevated to the rank [...]
The Anniversary Waltz
October 31, 2011
Anniversaries can be interesting but as guys know, after the first one, they’re all the same. We thank our wives in a restaurant where a snobbish server bearing a smooth towel but a prickly attitude hovers about for a generous tip; our wives thank us later. Anyway, my Brenda and her best friend Pearl decided [...]
Missing posts
October 29, 2011
some of the stories submittied after the election may have been lost. If you had something posted that was lost, please resubmit and we’ll repost them. Thanks
Southwood Students attend Vimy Rededication
October 28, 2011
This is a video I did for a friend who went to Vimy Ridge, with a group of students from Southwood school, for the re dedication ceremony of the Vimy Monument for the 90th anniversary of the battle. 3500 student from across Canada participated. He is using it, without the text, as a backdrop for [...]
Lorraine Harris, 2011 Bernice Adams Award winner for music
October 25, 2011
Lorraine Harris, 2011 Bernice Adams Award winner for music is getting ready to take her musical career to new levels with the release of her 2nd CD. Her first CD, Knock, was a huge success. Two of her songs were released on a compilation CD, “Lift Jesus Higher,” along with a video, “He’s The One.” [...]
How to write a Fantasy/Horror Story by Kelley Armstrong
October 25, 2011
You are going to see more focus on fiction here in the future. Short stories can be an important step in getting your first novel finished, but there are very few places to get short fiction published. There is going to be a separate discussion area for writer’s forums. Ten years ago, when I started my first [...]
Iconographer Christopher Van Donkelaar: “Unorthdox” Artist makes own paint
October 21, 2011
You may not think a handful of dirt could ever be useful. However, to a local painter, this is a world of possibility. Iconographer Christopher Van Donkelaar appeared Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts, providing the audience with an in depth look into his fascinating method of painting. At first glance, [...]
Casting Spells in Hespeler
October 20, 2011
Halloween may be a fun time to get dressed up, watch scary movies, eat candy and party for the general public, but that’s not what it means to those who practice Witchcraft and/or are Wiccans. Halloween is much more personal for a Wiccan/Witch. “Some Wiccans or Witches celebrate the ancestors, some of them celebrate the [...]
In A Land Far Far Away
October 20, 2011
On a day long ago, in a land far away a young girl moved to the big, bad village of Hespeler. Her mom had brought her to Ontario to get her and her brother away from their father. This young girl, who was about to turn twelve years old, did not want to move away [...]
Region Should Abandon Silly Green Bin Program
October 19, 2011
The headline in today’s RECORD (Oct. 19, 2011) reads Residents slow to embrace costly green bin program http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/611568–residents-slow-to-embrace-costly-green-bins I would prefer the article read: REGION ABANDONS SILLY GREEN BIN PROGRAM The timing of the article is interesting. Nyle Ludolph, founder of the Blue Box program has passed away within the past week. The article points [...]
Develop Concerns at Dumfries Conservation Area
October 18, 2011
The Cambridge Official plan has some residents excited and concerned. A developing plan was reviewed by the planning services department during a council meeting yesterday. Director of policy planning Elaine Brunn Shaw presented the review and how it will affect the city. She talked about creating complete communities while [...]
The Citizen: Your Advocate in Cambridge
October 18, 2011
Last night The Citizen took a major step forward when one of our interns, Jake Robinson, sat at the media table during a council meeting. I felt a sense of both pride and accomplishment watching Jake chat with Kevin Swayze from The Record. As a journalism intern, it was important for him, and Jake looked [...]
Limerick Rd. Update
October 17, 2011
Below is the synopsis of the groundwater report from Limerick Rd. Justin Gaudon has prepared. Justin is a third year Environmental Studies student at U of W with a long list of awards and certificates. We asked to take the 200+ pages of doublespeak and explain it to our readers in plain English. We asked [...]
Crocs
October 17, 2011
You should be put on a spit and char broiled if you wear Crocs…perhaps the ugliest footwear thrust upon us by flighty fashion gurus. Now, I’m willing to make exceptions for children…who look cute in them…but for anyone over fourteen, the wearing of such profanely ugly footwear should be tormented forever by having their butts [...]
Sweater for a Soldier
October 17, 2011
My father, Jim Alexander, served overseas with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment during WWII. He was one of four Hespeler boys to receive the Military Medal for bravery. The others were Fred Baker, George Edmonds and John Spencer. This recount of one of my dad’s war stories, is dedicated to their memory. (B.A.) During World [...]
Cambridge 2015
October 12, 2011
Cambridge 2015 Fiction By Mike Cahill I had just left the General Committee Meeting and was walking down Dickson towards Water Street. It was just about 10 pm as I arrived at the entrance to my club. Coming out, I happened to see Jim Hillis, and James Haggerty. Arm in arm, and laughing like schoolboys [...]
The Future of Cambridge: Writing Contest. Over $500 in prizes!
October 12, 2011
“And in the death As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building High on Poacher’s Hill And red, mutant eyes gaze down on Hunger City No more big wheels” From “Future Legend” by David Bowie The City of Cambridge has recently come out with [...]
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