By Richard Bell
Long-time Eastern Shore musician Foster Newcombe will be playing his Stompin’ Tom Connors Review at Memory Lane heritage Village on June 22. AT 84, Newcombe has been entertaining people across Canada for decades. In May, he will be playing at least 6 gigs across Ontario in a tour to raise money for veterans.
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By Mackenzie Myatt
[Editor’s note: Mackenzie Myatt is a local cyclist and writer from Musquodoboit Harbour who interned with the Cooperator through Canada Summer Jobs. She has competed internationally for the Canadian National Mountain Bike Team racing several World Cups and World Championships. She has always loved poetry and recently started sharing poetry about the idiosyncrasies of life on a bike. She has a BFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta. You can find more information about her on her website: mackenziemyatt.ca. She is publishing a collection of poetry Fall 2023 with Strong Girl Press.]
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Soul’s Harbour Rescue Mission Women and Children’s Emergency Shelter
This Fundraising Event began with a unique start. The Eastern Shore Lads (ESL) made their live debut with Bruce Walton, Ian Flewwelling, and William Alfred walking along the sides and front of the seating area while playing their guitars. Brian Staple accompanied them by rhythmically tapping his guitar on stage. Together they perform a catchy tune called “Feeling Groovy”, followed by four more songs. Their notable 4 part acapella performances helped to raise the bar for the entire show!
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On June 7 there will be a Yard Sale at Gaetz Brook Legion. Set up time is 7:30am. Runs from 9am-2:30pm. Tables are available for $10 each and limited to 2 tables per family. There will also be BBQ hot dogs and burgers for sale. Reserve your table by texting Dan Ash at 902-223-2656 or email: [email protected].
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The Earth Clean up day was inspired by a United Church of Canada’s Campaign called for the “Love of Creation: A Faith in Action Justice Campaign”. One of the action items was a pledge to reduce personal and household gas emissions. We invited church and community members to join us for the earth day clean up. We were grateful to have our councillor, David Hendsbee assist us. For the weeks of Lent we shared environmental issues to consider how we perhaps could address climate change instead of taking from our environment. We as United Church members and adherents were also asked to write to our members of parliament to express our concerns for the present and future care of our environment.
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By Richard Bell
The 61m temporary bridge that will carry two lanes of traffic on Highway 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour is starting to take shape on the east side of the river. The temporary bridge is a Bailey Bridge, which was invented and deployed during World War II to provide fast temporary bridges for Allied forces dealing with all the bridges destroyed by the retreating Germany army. The Bailey Bridge’s component parts are designed to fit together like a giant toy Erector Set.
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By Eric Cole
Is it just me or did Spring struggle to come in this year? By the back end of April, all we’d had were dribs and drabs of it—a frog calling from a cold ditch, a single swallow on the wire buffeted against the wind. My eyes still watered on Dumping Day as the wind careened through the hustle and bustle down on the wharf. Our daffodils almost flowered but again and again shut up shop at the last minute thanks to renewed cold.
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There will be another “Game Days” in June to explore interest in holding a weekly “Board Game Café” starting this fall. The session will take place in the basement of the First United Church. The second Game Day is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th from 2-5pm.
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By Richard Bell
Tiny houses are included in almost every list of proposals for solving the province’s lack of affordable housing. At the Natural Building East conference at the Deanery Project on May 10, Matt Holzer highlighted some of the lessons he and his wife learned while building their 192 square foot tiny house in rural HRM.
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