Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
CHANGE THE STREET NAME TO LITTLE JOHN LANE!!!!!!
You regular readers would remember a column I wrote months ago of visiting my old area in Glen Falls.
I was sad to learn of the many people who died in such a short period.
Well, it happen again!
I was very upset once I found out that John T. McMillan Jr died on August 31st at the age of 34.
I just couldn’t believe it!
He was known by the people in that area as Little John!
Who is little John you asked?
When I first moved to Glen Falls, I quickly learned that it was like a little village within the City Limit.
As any other little area, it had a little store.
It was an convenience store and he named it - Little John's Variety Store
I’ll never forget the time, I walked through his door. He said - May I help you Sir? Thank you for coming Sir! Have a good day Sir!
After a few visits, I asked John - What’s with all the Sir..Sir…Sir???
He reminded me that he needed me and I didn’t need him. To him public relation was the utmost importance.
Once the Government decided to remove all the VLT’S from the stores, I gave my sympathy to John saying that I felt sorry for him because he won’t be able to go to Florida every winter?
He quickly replied - I am very happy the machines are gone because you don’t know the abuse I went through from people shouting at me because they lost all their money. From now on, the people who visits this store will buy from me and not to play the machines.
I couldn’t fight that one. Mind you. John had lots of pride with his little store. He spent thousands of dollars paving his yard.
He had two little kids- Taylor, 4, and Maggie, 1.
He wasn’t keen on shoplifters or people hanging around outside his store. He was stern and that’s the way he was!
Little John was good with the little kids and they always enjoyed going to his store.
He wanted to change it in a family store and he succeeded.
But unfortunately he died at such a young age. Life isn’t fair sometime.
They say the good dies young? Well that statement sure goes with Little John’s sudden death.
I heard the citizens in that area will petition Common Council to change the name from Glenview Avenue to Little John Lane?
It would be a fine tribute to a man who affected so many in such a short period on this planet.
May God Bless Little John!!!!!
I was sad to learn of the many people who died in such a short period.
Well, it happen again!
I was very upset once I found out that John T. McMillan Jr died on August 31st at the age of 34.
I just couldn’t believe it!
He was known by the people in that area as Little John!
Who is little John you asked?
When I first moved to Glen Falls, I quickly learned that it was like a little village within the City Limit.
As any other little area, it had a little store.
It was an convenience store and he named it - Little John's Variety Store
I’ll never forget the time, I walked through his door. He said - May I help you Sir? Thank you for coming Sir! Have a good day Sir!
After a few visits, I asked John - What’s with all the Sir..Sir…Sir???
He reminded me that he needed me and I didn’t need him. To him public relation was the utmost importance.
Once the Government decided to remove all the VLT’S from the stores, I gave my sympathy to John saying that I felt sorry for him because he won’t be able to go to Florida every winter?
He quickly replied - I am very happy the machines are gone because you don’t know the abuse I went through from people shouting at me because they lost all their money. From now on, the people who visits this store will buy from me and not to play the machines.
I couldn’t fight that one. Mind you. John had lots of pride with his little store. He spent thousands of dollars paving his yard.
He had two little kids- Taylor, 4, and Maggie, 1.
He wasn’t keen on shoplifters or people hanging around outside his store. He was stern and that’s the way he was!
Little John was good with the little kids and they always enjoyed going to his store.
He wanted to change it in a family store and he succeeded.
But unfortunately he died at such a young age. Life isn’t fair sometime.
They say the good dies young? Well that statement sure goes with Little John’s sudden death.
I heard the citizens in that area will petition Common Council to change the name from Glenview Avenue to Little John Lane?
It would be a fine tribute to a man who affected so many in such a short period on this planet.
May God Bless Little John!!!!!
LETS TRY THIS STYLE OF LEAVING COMMENTS!!!!!
What do you think? I had people telling me that they hate the new style but some people loves it! So? Lets try this one? Lets just try to stay on the issue. Merci....Try to stick to a user name so it will be less confusing!!!!
THE IRVINGS ARE ALREADY FAVORING AND REWARDING BERNARD LORD!!!
This is in today's Telegraph Journal.
Bernard lord IN COLOR!!!
Shawn Grahan IN BLACK AND WHITE!!!!
Bernard lord IN COLOR!!!
Shawn Grahan IN BLACK AND WHITE!!!!
Sunday, October 16, 2005
WHY DON'T THESE DOCTORS MLA'S UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF RITALIN???
I was going to use the title as – Is Dr.Russell King a jackass????
I seem to receive mix feelings from these former Health Ministers.
Last year, I confronted Dr.Dennis Furlong on the issue of Ritalin.
As a private citizen he told me that ADHD is over diagnosed.
DDDUUUUHHHHHH.....I hope so because there are over 40,000 kids on Ritalin around this province.
A few months ago, I was told that Bernard Lord won’t hold a committee to study Ritalin.
I was told that Dr.Larry Kennedy < Lib > told the MLA'S of the Health committee that as a doctor? There’s no need to do a study on Ritalin.
The next day, I confronted the Mr.Kennedy.
He let it known to me that he was a doctor so therefore he knows what he’s talking about!
I quickly reminded the MLA that I have ADHD therefore I know exactly what I’m talking about!
He reminded me that parents came to his office just last week and told him that the teachers send them?
I reminded the Liberal MLA that one of my conditions when the protest ended was that no teachers were allowed to suggest to the parents that their child should be on Ritalin.
Now we come to Dr Russell King.
I bumped into this former Liberal Health Minister during the weekend and I wasn’t impressed whatsoever.
He was chatting with a woman and I approached him on the issue of Ritalin.
He quickly told me that Ritalin is God sent for some families.
I continue to press the former Minister on the issue of Ritalin.
He once again let it know to me that it’s bad for protesters or media to speak out against Ritalin because it is a gift from God for some Families.
I wonder if he knows that Ritalin began with Hitler? I heard this a few months ago that Hitler wanted some pills to give to his soldiers. Maybe the readers can tell me otherwise?
Anyway…. you could tell by the expression on his face that he didn’t even want to debate the issue with me.
I reminded the Minister if he knew that by the decision of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission that kids taking Ritalin are label as close to mental retardation? The minute they take that first pill? Their lives are ruined!!!!
He let it known that he wasn’t going to debate the issue with me.
He told me that with proper diagnosis it is a God sent for some families.
I reminded the Former Health Minister that if he knew that it cost $1,400 for a proper diagnosis of a child? Therefore the kids who are on Ritalin are from poor Families.
He quickly turned his head.
It’s funny that once I mentioned that most of the kid who’s on Ritalin are from poor families? The conversation quickly came to an end.
I hope this jackass don’t come back into public office because we need people in there who fights for the people who’s poor or rich!
I’m learning that these Doctors politicians don’t truly understand what’s going on with this issue.
Over 40,000 kids on Ritalin. 10,000 signatures asking the Government to do a study but Bernard Lord is proudly sticking to his gun by saying that the drugging and the killing of our children will continue till oct 15, 2007!
I got news for Mr.Lord.
Saint John Harbour has hundreds of families who’s children were force on Ritalin and this will play a factor in the by-election.
I seem to receive mix feelings from these former Health Ministers.
Last year, I confronted Dr.Dennis Furlong
As a private citizen he told me that ADHD is over diagnosed.
DDDUUUUHHHHHH.....I hope so because there are over 40,000 kids on Ritalin around this province.
A few months ago, I was told that Bernard Lord won’t hold a committee to study Ritalin.
I was told that Dr.Larry Kennedy < Lib > told the MLA'S of the Health committee that as a doctor? There’s no need to do a study on Ritalin.
The next day, I confronted the Mr.Kennedy.
He let it known to me that he was a doctor so therefore he knows what he’s talking about!
I quickly reminded the MLA that I have ADHD therefore I know exactly what I’m talking about!
He reminded me that parents came to his office just last week and told him that the teachers send them?
I reminded the Liberal MLA that one of my conditions when the protest ended was that no teachers were allowed to suggest to the parents that their child should be on Ritalin.
Now we come to Dr Russell King.
I bumped into this former Liberal Health Minister during the weekend and I wasn’t impressed whatsoever.
He was chatting with a woman and I approached him on the issue of Ritalin.
He quickly told me that Ritalin is God sent for some families.
I continue to press the former Minister on the issue of Ritalin.
He once again let it know to me that it’s bad for protesters or media to speak out against Ritalin because it is a gift from God for some Families.
I wonder if he knows that Ritalin began with Hitler? I heard this a few months ago that Hitler wanted some pills to give to his soldiers. Maybe the readers can tell me otherwise?
Anyway…. you could tell by the expression on his face that he didn’t even want to debate the issue with me.
I reminded the Minister if he knew that by the decision of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission that kids taking Ritalin are label as close to mental retardation? The minute they take that first pill? Their lives are ruined!!!!
He let it known that he wasn’t going to debate the issue with me.
He told me that with proper diagnosis it is a God sent for some families.
I reminded the Former Health Minister that if he knew that it cost $1,400 for a proper diagnosis of a child? Therefore the kids who are on Ritalin are from poor Families.
He quickly turned his head.
It’s funny that once I mentioned that most of the kid who’s on Ritalin are from poor families? The conversation quickly came to an end.
I hope this jackass don’t come back into public office because we need people in there who fights for the people who’s poor or rich!
I’m learning that these Doctors politicians don’t truly understand what’s going on with this issue.
Over 40,000 kids on Ritalin. 10,000 signatures asking the Government to do a study but Bernard Lord is proudly sticking to his gun by saying that the drugging and the killing of our children will continue till oct 15, 2007!
I got news for Mr.Lord.
Saint John Harbour has hundreds of families who’s children were force on Ritalin and this will play a factor in the by-election.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
VERY GOOD TIMING FROM THE BERNARD LORD GOVERNMENT!!!!
NB Telegraph-Journal | Provincial News
As published on page A1/A2 on October 15, 2005
Province jails innocent autistic boy
Government's decision sickens autism advocate
Kathy Kaufield
Telegraph Journal
The provincial government is temporarily housing a severely autistic 13-year-old New Brunswick boy on the grounds of the Miramichi youth jail, a decision that is drawing fire from the province's Autism Society.
"Personally, when I saw the information initially, I was sick to my stomach," Harold Doherty, spokesperson for the New Brunswick Autism Society, said Friday. "That's my gut reaction."
The boy, who cannot be named by law because he is under the care of the Minister of Family and Community Services, is severely autistic and requires highly specialized care.
A department official confirmed Friday the province placed the boy in a small cottage on the grounds of the youth jail in Miramichi in mid-September and contracted a private company to provide care for him 24 hours per day.
Department spokesperson Robert Duguay said the boy does not have any contact with the youth housed at the jail nor the guards who work there. He said the province will keep him there until a space opens up for him at a specialized care facility for autistic children in Maine, they hope at the end of October.
Mr. Duguay said the province tried to make other arrangements, including placing him in a special care home, but those did not meet his needs and placing the boy on the grounds of the youth facility was the best option.
"It's not an environment with bars and jail," Mr. Duguay said. "It's nothing of that nature. It's a facility that was appropriate for that high complex needs level. It was appropriate for the safety of the client. It's a safe environment for him. It's a safe environment for the caregivers too. It's just temporary."
But Mr. Doherty said the boy should not be housed on the grounds of the jail even if he is in a separate cottage. He worries the boy may come in contact with offenders held there and said it's just not an appropriate place for this child.
"Obviously they (the province) wouldn't lie and say he's in a cell if he's not in a cell but he's still in prison there. That's the reality," Mr. Doherty said.
He said in this particular case, the province could have rented a small house in a quiet area and asked the private company to care for him there.
He said province needs proper residential facilities for autistic children because there are many children who are severely autistic and in need of care. About 1,200 New Brunswickers have some form of autism.
"To me, (this case is) a pretty clear indictment of the fact that we don't have proper facilities for autistic children with that severity of autism. If all we can do is imprison those children, we have failed them. That's the obvious reality," he said.
Mr. Doherty, who has a profoundly autistic nine-year-old boy, said the situation made him worry about what could happen to his own son.
"If I pass way in an automobile accident tomorrow and he is turned over to the state, is imprisonment in his future? These are real concerns that we live with on a regular basis," he said.
Mr. Duguay said the province couldn't build a residential facility for just one case.
"Are you saying we should build a centre in New Brunswick when we have one in Maine because of one exceptional case?" Mr. Duguay said. "Are we building a centre for one case when we got calls yesterday from people asking for money for shelters all around the province?"
Mr. Duguay said the boy's parents gave custody of the boy to the province because they couldn't care for him anymore. Citing confidentiality, he wouldn't provide any more details about when that happened or whether the parents approved the boy's transfer to the grounds of the youth jail.
He said the province placed the boy at a special care home but that didn't work out.
"He needed to be isolated without having people living near because he would have been disruptive. It's a very exceptional case... It's an exceptional situation that needed an exceptional solution and it is temporary," he said. "We feel that this is okay, that this is all appropriate. It's all well looked after and we are not sure what the concerns are all about."
When pressed about why the province chose a cottage at the youth jail over other options, Mr. Duguay said: "We had two days to make a decision. This was available."
Mr. Duguay initially said the cost was confidential but later put the cost at $700 per day for staffing and food. Two people care for the boy at all times.
"We can't take an individual like that and put him in a closet and close the door and lock the key. We have to look after the person... Personally at the department, we don't care how much. We have to do it and we try to find the best in a reasonable way."
Mr. Doherty said the placement of the boy at this location is inappropriate.
"You can dress it up anyway you want, it's still a prison. What it represents is a total failure to provide any decent residential care for a severely autistic person in New Brunswick," he said. "In the best case scenario, they are going to send him to Maine. They are going to export him. To me that's a total failure."
He said the autism society has long lobbied for residential care facilities in the province for severely autistic individuals. He said he plans to write several cabinet ministers, including Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens, about the situation.
Liberal public safety critic John Foran said Friday the boy may be living in a cottage but he's still being housed at the youth facility compound.
"I don't believe that somebody should be held there who is not there through a court," Mr. Foran said. "He hasn't been sentenced there by a court... He hasn't committed any crimes."
He said the government should have rented a cottage or home elsewhere to house the boy.
Mr. Doherty said the autism society was upset when the province placed a young autistic man, Waleed Arif, in Centracareseveral years ago and this new case raises even more concerns.
"It's gone from bad to worse as far as we are concerned.
As published on page A1/A2 on October 15, 2005
Province jails innocent autistic boy
Government's decision sickens autism advocate
Kathy Kaufield
Telegraph Journal
The provincial government is temporarily housing a severely autistic 13-year-old New Brunswick boy on the grounds of the Miramichi youth jail, a decision that is drawing fire from the province's Autism Society.
"Personally, when I saw the information initially, I was sick to my stomach," Harold Doherty, spokesperson for the New Brunswick Autism Society, said Friday. "That's my gut reaction."
The boy, who cannot be named by law because he is under the care of the Minister of Family and Community Services, is severely autistic and requires highly specialized care.
A department official confirmed Friday the province placed the boy in a small cottage on the grounds of the youth jail in Miramichi in mid-September and contracted a private company to provide care for him 24 hours per day.
Department spokesperson Robert Duguay said the boy does not have any contact with the youth housed at the jail nor the guards who work there. He said the province will keep him there until a space opens up for him at a specialized care facility for autistic children in Maine, they hope at the end of October.
Mr. Duguay said the province tried to make other arrangements, including placing him in a special care home, but those did not meet his needs and placing the boy on the grounds of the youth facility was the best option.
"It's not an environment with bars and jail," Mr. Duguay said. "It's nothing of that nature. It's a facility that was appropriate for that high complex needs level. It was appropriate for the safety of the client. It's a safe environment for him. It's a safe environment for the caregivers too. It's just temporary."
But Mr. Doherty said the boy should not be housed on the grounds of the jail even if he is in a separate cottage. He worries the boy may come in contact with offenders held there and said it's just not an appropriate place for this child.
"Obviously they (the province) wouldn't lie and say he's in a cell if he's not in a cell but he's still in prison there. That's the reality," Mr. Doherty said.
He said in this particular case, the province could have rented a small house in a quiet area and asked the private company to care for him there.
He said province needs proper residential facilities for autistic children because there are many children who are severely autistic and in need of care. About 1,200 New Brunswickers have some form of autism.
"To me, (this case is) a pretty clear indictment of the fact that we don't have proper facilities for autistic children with that severity of autism. If all we can do is imprison those children, we have failed them. That's the obvious reality," he said.
Mr. Doherty, who has a profoundly autistic nine-year-old boy, said the situation made him worry about what could happen to his own son.
"If I pass way in an automobile accident tomorrow and he is turned over to the state, is imprisonment in his future? These are real concerns that we live with on a regular basis," he said.
Mr. Duguay said the province couldn't build a residential facility for just one case.
"Are you saying we should build a centre in New Brunswick when we have one in Maine because of one exceptional case?" Mr. Duguay said. "Are we building a centre for one case when we got calls yesterday from people asking for money for shelters all around the province?"
Mr. Duguay said the boy's parents gave custody of the boy to the province because they couldn't care for him anymore. Citing confidentiality, he wouldn't provide any more details about when that happened or whether the parents approved the boy's transfer to the grounds of the youth jail.
He said the province placed the boy at a special care home but that didn't work out.
"He needed to be isolated without having people living near because he would have been disruptive. It's a very exceptional case... It's an exceptional situation that needed an exceptional solution and it is temporary," he said. "We feel that this is okay, that this is all appropriate. It's all well looked after and we are not sure what the concerns are all about."
When pressed about why the province chose a cottage at the youth jail over other options, Mr. Duguay said: "We had two days to make a decision. This was available."
Mr. Duguay initially said the cost was confidential but later put the cost at $700 per day for staffing and food. Two people care for the boy at all times.
"We can't take an individual like that and put him in a closet and close the door and lock the key. We have to look after the person... Personally at the department, we don't care how much. We have to do it and we try to find the best in a reasonable way."
Mr. Doherty said the placement of the boy at this location is inappropriate.
"You can dress it up anyway you want, it's still a prison. What it represents is a total failure to provide any decent residential care for a severely autistic person in New Brunswick," he said. "In the best case scenario, they are going to send him to Maine. They are going to export him. To me that's a total failure."
He said the autism society has long lobbied for residential care facilities in the province for severely autistic individuals. He said he plans to write several cabinet ministers, including Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens, about the situation.
Liberal public safety critic John Foran said Friday the boy may be living in a cottage but he's still being housed at the youth facility compound.
"I don't believe that somebody should be held there who is not there through a court," Mr. Foran said. "He hasn't been sentenced there by a court... He hasn't committed any crimes."
He said the government should have rented a cottage or home elsewhere to house the boy.
Mr. Doherty said the autism society was upset when the province placed a young autistic man, Waleed Arif, in Centracareseveral years ago and this new case raises even more concerns.
"It's gone from bad to worse as far as we are concerned.
CFBC TALK OF THE TOWN RECEIVES A LETTER OF WARNING!!!!
NB Telegraph-Journal | Saint John
As published on page B4 on October 15, 2005
Radio host reprimanded for caller's comments
CFBC takes steps to improve caller screening for Talk of the Town
Grant Kerr
Telegraph-Journal
A Saint John radio host has received a slap on the wrist from management after failing to stop a caller from uttering threats over the air of a call-in show.
Rick Mantle, host of CFBC 930 AM's Talk of the Town, was given a written reprimand after a caller suggested that in order to remove Common Council from office, one way might be to "hire an assassin if you have to". That was in reaction to a public policy decision that angered the caller.
Those words were unacceptable to Gordon Dalzell, a retired social worker who heard the call on Aug. 24.
"As a social worker for 32 years I have spent my whole life promoting peaceable and socially appropriate means of dealing with conflict and violence," Mr. Dalzell said.
He was upset that Mr. Mantle's response to the caller was, "I wouldn't go that far," without offering a more stern rebuke.
The comments made by the caller caused Mr. Dalzell, who was driving at the time, to write down the rant after he had pulled his car over. He then sent a complaint to national broadcasting regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Council (CRTC). The CRTC passed the complaint to the station owner, Maritime Broadcasting (MBS), as is the practice.
As a result of Mr. Dalzell's complaint, MBS gave Mr. Mantle a written reprimand. In a letter to Mr. Dalzell, dated Oct. 2, a manager stated, "although our goal is still to allow the public to express their views, that guidelines of acceptable behaviour have to be policed."
The letter also stated that "While we support the right to free speech, we agree that the caller's comments crossed the line of acceptable behaviour. We agree that the onus is on us, as the broadcaster of this program, to not only air the caller, but to guide them on acceptable behaviour."
The letter was signed Dan Barton, the Moncton-based director of programming for MBS.
The radio station has also improved its caller screening process by hiring former host, Terry Wallace, to produce the show and screen the calls, reminding callers about acceptable on-air behaviour.
As published on page B4 on October 15, 2005
Radio host reprimanded for caller's comments
CFBC takes steps to improve caller screening for Talk of the Town
Grant Kerr
Telegraph-Journal
A Saint John radio host has received a slap on the wrist from management after failing to stop a caller from uttering threats over the air of a call-in show.
Rick Mantle, host of CFBC 930 AM's Talk of the Town, was given a written reprimand after a caller suggested that in order to remove Common Council from office, one way might be to "hire an assassin if you have to". That was in reaction to a public policy decision that angered the caller.
Those words were unacceptable to Gordon Dalzell, a retired social worker who heard the call on Aug. 24.
"As a social worker for 32 years I have spent my whole life promoting peaceable and socially appropriate means of dealing with conflict and violence," Mr. Dalzell said.
He was upset that Mr. Mantle's response to the caller was, "I wouldn't go that far," without offering a more stern rebuke.
The comments made by the caller caused Mr. Dalzell, who was driving at the time, to write down the rant after he had pulled his car over. He then sent a complaint to national broadcasting regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Council (CRTC). The CRTC passed the complaint to the station owner, Maritime Broadcasting (MBS), as is the practice.
As a result of Mr. Dalzell's complaint, MBS gave Mr. Mantle a written reprimand. In a letter to Mr. Dalzell, dated Oct. 2, a manager stated, "although our goal is still to allow the public to express their views, that guidelines of acceptable behaviour have to be policed."
The letter also stated that "While we support the right to free speech, we agree that the caller's comments crossed the line of acceptable behaviour. We agree that the onus is on us, as the broadcaster of this program, to not only air the caller, but to guide them on acceptable behaviour."
The letter was signed Dan Barton, the Moncton-based director of programming for MBS.
The radio station has also improved its caller screening process by hiring former host, Terry Wallace, to produce the show and screen the calls, reminding callers about acceptable on-air behaviour.
NEW BRUNSWICK FAMOUS BEER BANDIT BOOK IS OUT!!!!
I wish that my book would get printed that fast!...lol...I met Wade at the Soup Kitchen and I might add that he's a very nice guy! Hey? He put this Province on the map!!!!....lol
Coming October 15, 2005
When trucker Wade Haines embarked on a weekend suffering from a concoction of sleep deprivation, cocaine, rye whiskey and collapsing personal relationships, nothing good was bound to come of it. The 54,000 cans of Spanish-labeled, Mexico-bound Moosehead beer he was supposed to deliver to a depot in Toronto on August 16, 2004, never arrived. Haines went missing. The Mounties hit the trail. And Moosehead’s brand hit unparalleled heights as the media went on an as-yet unabated feeding frenzy.
The Beer Bandit Caper - The Mounties, Their Man and Mexico’s Missing Moosehead chronicles the hilarities, oddities and tragedies of the missing Moosehead saga. From the oft-convicted Haines, to the off-beat defense lawyer, to the off-the-wall story of beer-drinking black bears, to the often-enamored reporters, the wacky New Brunswick heist became the water cooler story of the year. Read for yourself what a total twist the word 'Cerveza' can do to what could have been just a passing late summer story of beer, bears and bad decisions.
Coming October 15, 2005
When trucker Wade Haines embarked on a weekend suffering from a concoction of sleep deprivation, cocaine, rye whiskey and collapsing personal relationships, nothing good was bound to come of it. The 54,000 cans of Spanish-labeled, Mexico-bound Moosehead beer he was supposed to deliver to a depot in Toronto on August 16, 2004, never arrived. Haines went missing. The Mounties hit the trail. And Moosehead’s brand hit unparalleled heights as the media went on an as-yet unabated feeding frenzy.
The Beer Bandit Caper - The Mounties, Their Man and Mexico’s Missing Moosehead chronicles the hilarities, oddities and tragedies of the missing Moosehead saga. From the oft-convicted Haines, to the off-beat defense lawyer, to the off-the-wall story of beer-drinking black bears, to the often-enamored reporters, the wacky New Brunswick heist became the water cooler story of the year. Read for yourself what a total twist the word 'Cerveza' can do to what could have been just a passing late summer story of beer, bears and bad decisions.
Friday, October 14, 2005
CAN BERNARD LORD WIN THE RIDING OF SAINT JOHN HARBOUR WITH THIS CANDIDATE???
Did Bernard learned his lesson in the riding of the Shediac Cape Pele last year? Will he upset the voters by waiting till the last minute or day to call a by-election? Can he win this election?
Thursday, October 13, 2005
$200.00 AN HOUR FOR PAINTING GOVERNMENT BUILDING?????
During these last few days, I noticed a crane hosting workers from Supply Services to the second floor of the building of the opposition.
Question? Why don't they use proper staging? That crane not including the wages cost $200.00 per hour. Sure would be cheaper.
THE ACADIANS WERE DEPORTED 250 YEARS AGO TODAY!!!
I just received this little email....
By the way, pour ton information, toi qui aimes les nouvelles,
aujourd'hui 13 octobre, est le 250e anniversaire du départ des premiers bateaux de la Déportation.
Les premiers bateaux avec leur cargo humain ont quitté la
région de Chignecto (Sackville, Amherst, Aulac, Pointe-de-Buote,
Memramcook, etc) le 13 octobre pour arriver dans les colonies américaines du sud après la mi-novembre.
Les parents de mon ancêtre, Charles et Anne ??????, étaient
sur le sloop Endeavor qui les a déposés en Caroline du sud.
Heureusement que deux de leurs fils s'étaient enfuis à l'Ile St-Jean (Ile du Prince-Edouard).
Ils ont été faits prisoniers plus tard mais n'ont pas subi la
Déportation.
That's why I'm around!
Bonne journée.
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MEET MISS CANADA INTERNATIONAL 2006!!!!
Her name is Solange Tuyishime < trust me I never spell that name without writing it down >...lol...The funny thing about it is that her Mother looks as good looking as her daughter. They both attend the same church as mine. They are very good people!!!
Miss Canada International 2006
Solange Tuyishime, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Solange Tuyishime; is a 22 years old from Fredericton New Brunswick. She was born and raised in Central Africa. When she was 13 she escaped from the war in central Africa and moved to Canada.
She continued her education at École Sainte-Anne (A well recognized French school in Fredericton, New Brunswick). In school she was a very active person. She played Basketball for two years, volleyball for three years and soccer all through high school and was captain of the girls’ soccer team during her last year. She was also part of the student union, the year book committee, theatre committee, and a cheerleader. She graduated from École Sainte-Anne in 2001 with a scholarship from the Knights of Columbus. Through those years, She received numerous awards such as: most improved player 18 & Under girls “AAA”, Sportsmanship award and most valuable cheerleader, 1st place- Provincial Champions, N.B.I.A.A. Sr. Soccer Girls (four years in a row).
After graduating from École Sainte-Anne with a high school diplomat, she decided to continue her education at St-Thomas University. She was accepted in the journalism program, where she received a $6000 ATV Media Scholarship that is awarded to a third year student in Bachelor of Arts in journalism program, who demonstrates an interest in television journalism. On May 9th of 2005, she graduated from St-Thomas University with honours in French and a major in Journalism. In the future, she would like to further her education with masters in Public Communication.
Whenever she gets the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, she does it without hesitation. Every year Solange donates cloths and shoes to community living. Last years she participated in the Run for the cure, raising money for breast cancer, and she wrote articles that were published every month, encouraging more people to participate. Since she love working with children, for the past two years she has been coaching soccer, to children of grade 5 and 6. Last year she was the vice president of the African Student Union. During the year they organized activities for the African community in Fredericton. For many years she helped this association voluntarily in many activities like the African night that’s held every year at the University of New Brunswick.
In 2004 she was crowned Miss New Brunswick International 2004. This was an opportunity of a lifetime that gave her the chance to participate at the Miss Canada International pageant where she finished a runner up.
“My life time experiences have made me the strong person that I am today. I am proud to be a Canadian, and being a survivor from the war, I’ve learned to be appreciative, to never take anything for granted, to help those who are less fortunate, to work hard in life and to never give up on my dreams.”
Solange Tuyishime
Miss Canada International 2006
DO YOU HAVE A PENNY????
This nice girl decided to collect pennies for the food bank! Their store is located on Regent Street! When you people go for a walk around the block? Drop in any pennies in the bottle.
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Average Visit Length .......... 7:02
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