Stiff Competition at North Cavan Spelling Bee
Seventeen students in grades four through six lined up in the North Cavan Public School gymnasium last week to show off their spelling skills to all of the staff and students at the school. These students had prepared for the challenge, working on word lists with a teacher the previous week. Despite autofill technology…
Plant a Forest, Help Clean the Air
Eleanor Reed is planting a forest on a private property south of Millbrook. A licensed Forest Consultant and registered professional Forester, she helps property owners do their part in reducing their carbon footprint by transforming open, fallow fields into true forests, converting these spaces into carbon sponges for many years to come. It’s not…
Come Spring, Come Gardeners!
If this tenacious winter has you down and while you are waiting for the first robin to appear, you might want to get a preview of things to come around the Old School. “A Place to Sit” https://nourishproject.ca/place-sit – is a wonderful little video available on Youtube, featuring one of the precious things our…
Walton Wood Products Make You Feel Good Inside and Out
Walton Wood Farm founder Leslie Scott has something to prove and she’s not done yet. When she pitched her firm on the 11th season of the Dragon’s Den series, she received more offers than the program aired. One dragon offered to buy her out completely, but Leslie wasn’t interested because for her it’s…
Newspaper Club
Camander Cat Goes Back To School By Newspaper Club Member Jordan I was sitting in my office, Mutt and I were having our weekly game of go fish when the phone rang. “Hey cat, its chief.” “Hey chief, what seems to be the problem this time?” I asked. “We have intel that somebody is…