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Ottawa Journal
For the week of March 20-24, 2006
     Bringing Attention to Two Good Causes I%27m happy to be devoting this week%27s column to raise awareness to two very important causes for the month of March - "Help Fight Liver Disease Month" and "Kidney Health Month." Awareness is essential to fighting diseases related to both the liver and kidney
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Tuning Fork (The Rest of the Story)
     The last time I wrote for Christian Perspectives, I talked about a tuning fork that my dad had used for many years which had come into my possession. I told you all that the tuning fork was a symbol of my dad%27s faith. Striking the fork produced middle "C" which gave the standard for tuning the who
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Royal Canadian Legion News
     There was more than a "lilt" of Irish laughter last Friday as Branch 233 members and guests got into the spirit of St. Patrick%27s Day, in typical Irish fashion. We served 70 Beef Stew Dinners, clapped to the step-dancing of Melissa Mouck from the Ottawa Valley Step Dancers, and were kept smilin%27
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Lent, 2006
     The Lenten season began as the final preparation for the baptism of adults who had been under instruction for many months. It is now also a preparation for the annual reaffirmation of baptismal vows at Easter. Seven responsibilities are emphasized here.
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Government wants to censor media
     According to an internal e-mail and government sources, Prime Minister
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Top winner in race may be Harper
     T o hear Liberal Party president Mike Eizenga tell it, his struggling party has
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Rae unlikely to get NDP support for merger
     Bob Rae is calling on New Democrats and Liberals to unite to take on Stephen
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Music
     T he music I play is a glue that holds the years together. It was a blast from the
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I'm Headed For Dayton And I'm Actually Happy About It
     I %27m on my way to beautiful downtown Dayton, Ohio. Dayton may not come to mind when
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Spring comes softly
     The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, We welcome the hope
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Honeywood man died in train wreck at South River
Dipping Into the Past
     100 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 22, 1906  Ernest Thurston, of Honeywood, was killed in a railway collision at South River,Wednesday of last week. Thurston was on his way to the west, having started from Stayner in charge of a car of settlers%27 effects. A Barrie despatch of Thursday tells of the sto
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NOTES FROM THE WIINE KNOT
     The wine knot is the area at the top of the wine trunk where each season the new shoots that will bear grapes emerge - and normally to where these shoots are pruned back each season - the start of the process of wine-making.
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