By Richard Bell
This year’s edition of the Seaforth Great Potato Weight-off at the Seaforth Community Hall on October 21 was another rollicking, calorie-stuffed night of fun for kids and grown-ups alike. The potato weigh-in itself went quickly, and then most of the evening’s action focused on raising funds for the Community Hall by auctioning off a stunning array of pies: apple crisp, coconut cream, pumpkin, chocolate bourbon pecan, and more. There was even a Piecaken, a pie inside a cake.
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Saturday, December 2nd at 6pm is the 5th Annual Musquodoboit Harbour Christmas Parade of Lights! Bundle up the kids and come out for a great community event. There will be activities throughout the community before and after the parade.
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“What Historical Figure Would You Like to Meet and Why?”
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Stirling Cashman Mason (1921-1944) as one of sixteen children born to James and Myrtle Mason in Tangier, Nova Scotia. Cashman went to a one-room school in Tangier where a single teacher taught 60 students in eleven grades. He did very well academically and when it was time to enter grade eleven, his uncle, Professor Guy Mason, offered to take him to Truro to finish high school, on a path to his goal of becoming an Anglican Clergyman.
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An estimated 600 people turned out for the Forest Funeral march in downtown Halifax on October 19. The marchers wound their way from Grand Parade Square through the city to a rally in front of Province House. The event was an expression of the growing outrage over the failure of the province to reduce the devastating forest losses caused by clear-cutting, whole tree harvesting, and herbicide spraying.
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Florence Conrod has many stories to tell, and we are blessed that she is willing and able to share them.
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In the community of Porters Lake, on the Myra Road, there is a small church, St Marks Anglican, within sight of the Porters Lake narrows. The church has a small cemetery on a gentle east-facing slope. Directly opposite on the other side of the road is Pixie Keizer’s Garage, a good landmark if you are looking for St Marks (some might say it’s just the opposite).
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Steve Giles retired from Canada’s canoe/kayak team in 2004 after the Athens Olympics but is still gathering titles! Steve was just named to Nova Scotia’s Top 15 athletes in Nova Scotia sport history, coming in at #9.
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On Friday afternoons, from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Old School in Musquodoboit Harbour, seniors are gathering for a program designed to engage with their creative exuberance, despite any physical or cognitive challenges.
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Four youth athletes from Orenda Canoe Club in Lake Echo have been named to the Nova Scotia Provincial team in the kayak events.
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