New Management with big Plans for Local Stone and Building Supply Firm
Last May, Diane Rozon and Bill Wilks took over the Grant Drew Designer Stone business that has distributed brick and stone products in the area for more than 15 years. The new owners plan to continue along the same path but with a vastly expanded product and service line. They see great opportunities for…
At Home on the Range
Friday evenings, a group of teenagers meet at the Peterborough Armories as members of the local Royal Canadian Army Cadets. They have already been to the regular cadet meeting on Tuesday where they participate in activities such as land navigation studies, citizenship, leadership, effective speaking, outdoor survival, drill, sports and more. The Friday group…
Computer Solutions Plus helps Belizean Electrician
Last week, Computer Solutions Plus staff pitched in to convert a laptop to respond verbal commands instead of requiring the physical manipulation of a mouse or keyboard. Spanish teacher Peggy Ortiz also assisted with the conversion, ensuring the laptop responds to Spanish voice commands. The laptop will be donated to Eduardo Diaz a former…
Common Ground November 2018
“…..chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.” Robert Burns The cold and bleakness of November is a bit easier to face knowing that the garlic has been planted and the potatoes, such as they are, have been dug and put away for winter. I’m grateful that I don’t really need the potatoes…
The Trees They Grow so High
First off, a big thank-you and well done! to Lisa Stefaniak for her splendid column last month on Monarch butterflies, “What’s in a Weed?” I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope you noticed that it was a guest author! Most of our native trees are pretty well leafless now. And therefore they…
Newspaper Club November 2018
Escape Maze! by Newspaper club member Kailah If you were in grade 4, 5 or 6 you would have gone to escape maze with the school. Imagine a corn field but it’s not. It’s a whole bunch of paths that go to different stations. You even go into the forest. It’s like a scavenger…