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I have noticed that many people have taken advantage of the nice weather to put up their Christmas lights. As nice as some of these lights look, I was reminded a couple of weeks ago when the power went out, their beauty depends entirely upon their ability to connect to a power source. More ... Our Youth Education Officer wishes to thank all the schools and students that participated in the Remembrance Poster & Poetry Competition. The respective schools will be notified of winners for the awards presentation on Sunday Nov 29. More ... In the last few weeks I've had a lot of fun writing about the kids rehearsing and getting ready to perform Theatre Orangeville's Yule season's production - A Christmas Story. More ... CBS commentator Andy Rooney, famous for his humorous approach to hard truths, had this to say during his "60 Minutes" commentary on November 7, 2004. "I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost evenly divided this time. More ... This month's Canadian tour by Prince Charles and the former Mrs Parker-Bowles who now holds Regan's, that Shakespearean vixen's, title of Duchess of Cornwall, was more important than it seemed. It rekindled the debate about the function and future of the monarchy. Let's hear more about it at the local level. More ... Ontarians are shocked to learn that a privileged few have jumped the queue for H1N1 flu shots, yet quicker service for those who know the right people is as ingrained in the health care system as x-rays and scalpels. This is not to suggest queue-jumping is the norm, but there is plenty of evidence of it and enough to be a concern. More ... How did we get ourselves into such a mess? We live by numbers but different countries speak a different 'number' language. By a change to the decimal system we conformed to world standards but what's the significance of ten? The more logical system as defined by nature is twelve. The year is divided into 4 seasons each 3 months long. More ... 125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 27, 1884 • The supper given by Warden Gillespie to the members of Dufferin County Council and friends in Shelburne on Wednesday evening of last week was one of the greatest social events of the season. More ... It is part of the magic of theatre that, no matter how chaotic the last rehearsals seem to be, everything comes together as the curtain goes up. Countless are the times when this truth has surprised even the participants. Perhaps, the theatre is protected by its own brand of fairies, but, whatever makes it happen, we are all grateful. More ... |
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