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Doodling… Dandy Performance Enhancer For The Brain?

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:44 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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by: Karen Graham I’m a teacher, so I admit up front that when I see a student doodling in my class, I am offended. Am I not entertaining enough? (It’s a rhetorical question.) Like most of my colleagues, I assume that when someone is doodling, they are not listening to… Continue reading →

A Champion in Our Midst… Bruce Lepper Loves Details

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:43 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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by: Celia Hunter Bruce Lepper was on the “whenever and all the time” schedule of a graphic artist in advertising and an art director at various agencies in Toronto, while trying to paint. It was too busy a life. It seems both Bruce and his wife Lyn were ready for… Continue reading →

Community Spirit… Pat Barr Does It All For Fun

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:41 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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by: Celia Hunter Pat Barr and her husband Dave moved to the area just 10 years ago, and one of the first things on Pat’s to-do list was to turn up at a Community Choir practice, to sign up. She was welcomed with some surprise: no one had brought her… Continue reading →

4th Line Theatre Among Grant Winners

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:40 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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Through the Celebrate Ontario 2014 program, the province is helping 5 local festivals and events in the Peterborough area that celebrate the region’s diversity, heritage and culture, while enhancing the visitor experience and increasing attendance. Local festivals and events receiving support include Dinosaur War 2014 – Indian Reptile Zoo –… Continue reading →

Loon Expo Is All Local

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:39 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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This Sunday, March 23, there is an ideal opportunity for everyone to find out what buying locally can do for you, for the local economy and for sustainable jobs in the commu nity.

Spring In The Air for Bailieboro W.I.

By Karen Graham | March 19, 2014 - 6:38 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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Bailieboro Women’s Institute held its annual luncheon this Tuesday, March 18, and filled the Centreville Church Hall with W.I. members from Bailieboro, North Shore, Westwood, Mount Pleasant and Selwyn, as well as community members. The Bailieboro members supplied a hot lunch, salads and pies. Conversation was animated as old friends… Continue reading →

There Was A Time… Remembering Zella Bentley

By Karen Graham | March 12, 2014 - 4:25 pm |July 3, 2014 March 2014
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Last week, in her bimonthly column, The Church House, Anita Huntley talked about the influence Zella Bentley still has in her kitchen in the former United Church in Millbrook. This week, in On the Line, Marg Aiken mentions that wallpaper was purchased from the Bentley store in Millbrook. It seems… Continue reading →

Fox in the Wood House

By Karen Graham | March 12, 2014 - 4:24 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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by: Andy Harjula Nancy Fox is a volunteer with the Millbrook Farmers’ Market. Readers will find Nancy at the Millbrook Farmers’ Market this summer, sorting potatoes into boxes and bags on behalf of Pinehaven Farm, west of Millbrook. The farm is operated by the Wood family, who have been grounded… Continue reading →

Woodlot Meeting Brings Many Interests Together

By Karen Graham | March 12, 2014 - 4:22 pm |April 2, 2014 March 2014
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by: Andy Harjula The Ontario Woodlot Association, a grassroots organization of wood lot owners from across Ontario, held their Annual General Meeting in Peterborough last weekend. The mission of the OWA is to promote the sustainable management of Ontario’s private wood lots. Membership is open to all but of special… Continue reading →

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