By John Hawkins
It must have been around 3AM one morning back in the mid 1950s when I heard my grandfather get up and light the wood stove in the big room in the camp that served the purposes of cooking, eating and kicking back. He fried up bacon and eggs and soon we were walking out the camp road in the darkest night I can ever remember. The only thing I could see was the light of fireflies clicking on and off.
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By Jill Bellefontaine
Keegan McGinnis, 21, of Cole Harbour has created a business that leaves a lasting impact on those in need. Just over a year ago McGinnis created his business, My Greatest Play: Clothing With a Purpose, when one of his professors told him about an entrepreneurship competition happening in Halifax.
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By Suzy Teubner
Dr. Seuss once said, “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Now, finding out the answers to what may appear to be a complex or confusing life situation is as simple as dialing three numbers – 2-1-1.
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By DJ Shuman
If you’re old enough to remember playing role-play games in your basement or reading comic books, you might think that today’s youth have let go of these pastimes.
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One of the great pleasures of editing this newspaper has been the opportunity to learn about the interests and concerns of the Shore’s younger writers. This issue contains the last stories for this academic year from two students from Eastern Shore District High, DJ Shuman and Marcus Brady.
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Letter to the Editor
What Does Protection Mean?
Premier McNeil seems to think that Oil and Gas development is a perfect fit with a Marine Protected Area. Just as he probably thinks that it is appropriate to clearcut a game sanctuary. (Liscombe) The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Keith Colwell says that he is concerned about the livelihood of the lobster fishers with the Eastern Shore being declared an Area of Interest for a Marine Protected Area.
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[Note: The province’s announcement of a new high school on the Eastern Shore has raised questions about the future of Gaetz Brook Junior High. The Gaetz Brook Junior High School Advisory Council chair Melanie MacIsaac recently sent the following letter to Education Minister Zack Churchill and MLA Kevin Murphy.]
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This recipe is adapted from an Anthony Bourdain recipe – Serves 4
“Everyone should know how to roast a chicken. It's a life skill that should be taught to small children at school. The ability to properly prepare a moist yet thoroughly cooked bird, with nicely crisp skin, should be a hallmark of good citizenry—an obligation to your fellow man. Everyone walking down the street should be reasonably confident that the random person next to them is prepared, if called upon, to roast a chicken.”
~Anthony Bourdain
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By Richard Bell
MLA Kevin Murphy will be a critical player in the upcoming but still undefined site selection process for a new high school on the Eastern Shore. Back in 2014, Murphy proposed moving Eastern Shore District High, the skating rink, and the Birches Nursing Home from Musquodoboit Harbour to what he called a “campus” in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park in Chezzetcook. In an interview, Murphy reviewed the history of his “campus” proposal, and the potential for locating additional facilities and services at a new high school.
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By Richard Bell
Is the Twin Oaks Waste Water Treatment Plant polluting Petpeswick Inlet? The plant serves Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital, Eastern Shore District High, and the Birches nursing home.
John Woods has been on a long and twisting odyssey through urban and provincial bureaucracies trying to nail down hard evidence about the impact of the plant on the inlet. Woods, an engineer by trade, embarked on this voyage as the chair of the Infrastructure Committee of the Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs.
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