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Today's date: Wednesday May 22, 2013 Vol 46 Issue 20
   

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THIS WEEK

Elora Writer's Festival: Celebrating Canadian writers, A&E: Songs of Sinatra at Drayton Festival Theatre, Events, Rural, Seniors, County, Sports



Bits and Pieces

by Barrie Hopkins

Chi-Chemaun

Blaaough-blugh-blugh!

There just ain’t no way, any how, any place, that one can alphabetically express, politely or otherwise, the guttural grunts that belched across the watery miles on a past Thursday morning just prior to noon.

If it had come from one of our farm animals, I can assure you a vet ...

Canada's Business

by Bruce Whitestone

Changing the emphasis

All shareholders obviously want better shareholder values. While some decry the cult of shareholder value, of course most are hoping for that.

Warren Buffet, the legendary investor, ignored this plea, contending that investors should realize that the focus should be on the long run, where investors will then make money on ...



Valuing Our History

by Stephen Thorning

Pay to county councillors was a live issue in summer of 1924

The salaries and allowances paid to county councillors have figured prominently for decades in discussions of the workings of our county government, and particularly so in the years since amalgamation.

However, the perception of a lucrative career as a county councillor is not a new one. The matter of council compensation ...



WriteOut of Her Mind

by Kelly Waterhouse

Breakfast

After years of unsuccessful date nights, the Carpenter and I are trying a new thing: date mornings. It might not sound romantic, but in my marriage, bacon is an aphrodisiac. Why not use that to my advantage?

I should also mention that romance for us isn’t about seduction so much as ...

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Barrie Hopkins
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Stephen Thorning
Kelly Waterhouse

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Bits and Pieces

  • Phenomenon of nature
  • Common sense
  • April showers
  • Rising moon
  • Billy or Buck
  • Failure
  • Spring
  • Writing
  • Canada's Business

  • A mixed blessing
  • Union problem
  • Bridging the gap
  • Things to come
  • Becoming blurred
  • Familiar pattern
  • Using cash
  • Angry customers
  • Comment from Ottawa

  • Foreign workers
  • Budget 2013
  • Free trade agreements
  • Aboriginal issues
  • Looking back at 2012
  • Dedicated to veterans
  • Remembering Lincoln Alexander
  • Job creation
  • Life-wise

  • Retirement
  • Canadas scarcity of calamity
  • Often we mirror our parents
  • Putting up with put-downs
  • A tale of two landlords
  • A letter from the campsite
  • Two shades of black
  • Precious memories
  • Queen's Park Report

  • Bad budget
  • Local issues
  • More of the same
  • New boss?
  • Riding issues
  • Lest We Forget
  • Bad timing
  • A time to remember, a time for thanks
  • Stray Casts

  • Final lines: Its been great
  • Valuing Our History

  • Groves tried unsuccessfully to donate hospital to town in early 1920s
  • Young West Garafraxa man died in gravel pit accident in 1924
  • Superior Knitting Company did not enjoy good relations in Mount Forest
  • Assisting Mount Forest industry was a divisive issue in 1923
  • Store robberies were an epidemic in Wellington County in the 1920s
  • Elora firefighters battled two major blazes in May 1920
  • Fergus man had distinguished career on the Great Lakes
  • Clifford turned to Ontario Hydro system after gas plant explosion in 1921
  • WriteOut of Her Mind

  • Motherhood is enough
  • Bent out of shape
  • Parked
  • Slumber party
  • Confessions of an athlete’s mom
  • Lucky 13
  • Gender bunny
  • Spring out of the closet
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