by Kristi Green | Jun 2, 2014 | News
By Betty Weston Now that winter is over (or so we hope), let us go back to 1975 when we had a very mild winter – yet come the first of April, we had the worst storm of the season! It was Thursday morning and nearly all the snow had gone except for a few snowdrifts...
by Kristi Green | May 30, 2014 | News
By Soke Michelle Maizis Four members of Team Maizis Martial Arts Academy in Stayner travelled to Georgetown on May 24 to compete in the Crispin Super Shi-ai. In his first-ever tournament, Jackson Andrews had a great day, winning fifth in the 11/12 Intermediate Weapons...
by Kristi Green | May 30, 2014 | News
By Roree Payment Earlier this week, two Clearview firefighters with 82 combined years of service, went home in the fire truck for the last time. Captain Jim McCarthy and firefighter John Lemmon, who each served for 41 years, retired on May 26. Both were members of...
by Kristi Green | May 30, 2014 | News
By Sandra Bednarek Sunday morning church service was very special for the congregation of Avening United Church as they celebrated their 142nd anniversary. This will be one of the last services, as this little country church will close at the end of June 2014. The...
by Kristi Green | May 30, 2014 | News
By Helen Blackburn The Grade 8 graduating classes in recent years typically go on overnight trips to some far away city. Ottawa is one of the places often visited, sometimes Quebec City. Once I even heard of New York, and this spring, some Nottawa students went to...
by Kristi Green | May 29, 2014 | News
By Lynn Connell In Swahili, the word majengo means “a building up.” But for me, what has happened in the last six years, means a miracle. Six years ago, while teaching painting in Africa, I was taken to visit 52 little kids, ages two to nine, huddled together on a...
