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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
From The Lions Den ~ Autumn Giving
Submitted by Lion Anne Granberg
The favourable autumn weather has allowed extending the Black Diamond Campground to remain open over the Thanksgiving long weekend. A great outing to wind-up the camping season.
With Halloween coming up, Foothills Lions Club have donated $500 towards the “Spook House” display, October 28th – 31st at the Turner Valley Legion. Should be a shrieking adventure for the youngsters.
The Longview ARC Society (arts, recreation and community) received a donation of $2500 from the Foothills Lions Club for their “Longview Xtreme Makeover” project. Up-grades will be built, made and done by volunteers to their playground, equipment for their sports facilities, skate rink area and other needed improvements.
Collector Fest was well attended at on-going basis throughout the day. Thank you to all the donors for the pins, cards, prizes and to the participants that exchanged, bought and browsed through the collections. It was encouraging to see some of the youth involved in the hobby.
On the International Lions Club level, the project that will be undertaken, is an aim to plant one million trees world-wide, within the next year! Trees are vital to our planet, improve our air, protect our water and save energy. It's an entirely achievable project, as is Sight First and Disaster Relief.
The support given by the Bingo players is much appreciated – see you October 14th at 6:30pm.
The Foothills Lions Club
“Serving Our Community”
The favourable autumn weather has allowed extending the Black Diamond Campground to remain open over the Thanksgiving long weekend. A great outing to wind-up the camping season.
With Halloween coming up, Foothills Lions Club have donated $500 towards the “Spook House” display, October 28th – 31st at the Turner Valley Legion. Should be a shrieking adventure for the youngsters.
The Longview ARC Society (arts, recreation and community) received a donation of $2500 from the Foothills Lions Club for their “Longview Xtreme Makeover” project. Up-grades will be built, made and done by volunteers to their playground, equipment for their sports facilities, skate rink area and other needed improvements.
Collector Fest was well attended at on-going basis throughout the day. Thank you to all the donors for the pins, cards, prizes and to the participants that exchanged, bought and browsed through the collections. It was encouraging to see some of the youth involved in the hobby.
On the International Lions Club level, the project that will be undertaken, is an aim to plant one million trees world-wide, within the next year! Trees are vital to our planet, improve our air, protect our water and save energy. It's an entirely achievable project, as is Sight First and Disaster Relief.
The support given by the Bingo players is much appreciated – see you October 14th at 6:30pm.
The Foothills Lions Club
“Serving Our Community”
Longview Library Literally Speaking
We are getting off to an exciting start to the winter season. Just a reminder that the Crib Club takes place every Thursday afternoon from 2-4pm. Free coffee or tea is available. Our artist of the month is Stefanie Agar, who will be showing October 6th onward, so please stop by to see her work. On Wednesday, November 2nd. as part of the Law@Lunch Series, a video-conference on Information, Identity Theft and Law will be held from 12-1:30pm.
Starting October 6th, every Thursday am, from 10 to noon, Joan invites you to come and share a cup of coffee and some baking with her. This will give you a chance to meet your neighbours, listen to music, read our magazines, or do a puzzle or two. Joan is really eager for you to come, so don't let her down. Speaking of magazines - we have an unusually good selection for such a small library. Besides the 17 magazine subscriptions that we already have, we now have Zoomers, Good Times, Style at Home, Bugle-Elk Country and The Hunt, Canadian Cowboy Country, Horse Canada, Canadian Cowboy, Outdoor Canada and Cycle Canada. You can check these out just as you would a book, so you don't have to rush with them.
Joan invites you to come to speak to her if you would like to organize a group which could meet in our new conference room at no cost. It is comfortable, private and very tastefully decorated.
Now for the serious stuff. Every December 31st, the Marigold Library System automatically deletes all memberships that have expired 2 years prior. For example, December 2011, all expired memberships dated 2009 will be deleted from the library system. Please support your community library. Come in to see Joan and renew your membership. It is $10.00 for a single, $20.00 for a family and $3.00 for a Senior per annum. It is a great bargain. Keep in mind that you can't even buy a paperback for less than $10.00. Sometimes they are more. So watch your pennies and use your library. See you there!
Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin is a story of a mother and daughter, their loves, losses, insecurities and passions. One of the problems explored, arises when the daughter must make the decision to put her mother in a nursing home or to let her return to her home with a large support staff. Griffin writes with grace and compassion. She teaches family studies at the graduate level, so is at ease with her subject.
The Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock is about the German Occupation of the Island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. Unlike Mary Ann Schaffer's, THE GUERNNSEY LITERARY AND POTATOE PEEL SOCIETY, which was a gentle, lovely read, this book is a brutal portrayal of life on the Island at that time. It is foot-noted with historic dates and facts. Murder mystery is cleverly combined with wartime mystery and is a good read.
Happy Reading
Sylvia Binkley
sliv@telus.net
Starting October 6th, every Thursday am, from 10 to noon, Joan invites you to come and share a cup of coffee and some baking with her. This will give you a chance to meet your neighbours, listen to music, read our magazines, or do a puzzle or two. Joan is really eager for you to come, so don't let her down. Speaking of magazines - we have an unusually good selection for such a small library. Besides the 17 magazine subscriptions that we already have, we now have Zoomers, Good Times, Style at Home, Bugle-Elk Country and The Hunt, Canadian Cowboy Country, Horse Canada, Canadian Cowboy, Outdoor Canada and Cycle Canada. You can check these out just as you would a book, so you don't have to rush with them.
Joan invites you to come to speak to her if you would like to organize a group which could meet in our new conference room at no cost. It is comfortable, private and very tastefully decorated.
Now for the serious stuff. Every December 31st, the Marigold Library System automatically deletes all memberships that have expired 2 years prior. For example, December 2011, all expired memberships dated 2009 will be deleted from the library system. Please support your community library. Come in to see Joan and renew your membership. It is $10.00 for a single, $20.00 for a family and $3.00 for a Senior per annum. It is a great bargain. Keep in mind that you can't even buy a paperback for less than $10.00. Sometimes they are more. So watch your pennies and use your library. See you there!
Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin is a story of a mother and daughter, their loves, losses, insecurities and passions. One of the problems explored, arises when the daughter must make the decision to put her mother in a nursing home or to let her return to her home with a large support staff. Griffin writes with grace and compassion. She teaches family studies at the graduate level, so is at ease with her subject.
The Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock is about the German Occupation of the Island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. Unlike Mary Ann Schaffer's, THE GUERNNSEY LITERARY AND POTATOE PEEL SOCIETY, which was a gentle, lovely read, this book is a brutal portrayal of life on the Island at that time. It is foot-noted with historic dates and facts. Murder mystery is cleverly combined with wartime mystery and is a good read.
Happy Reading
Sylvia Binkley
sliv@telus.net
Monday, October 17, 2011
Jean Pare at 83
Cookbook author Jean Pare admits that retirement hasn’t been easy.
“At first it was hard to let go,” she tells Daily Split host Brian Lovig in an interview airing this
week on the Vision television network. At 83-years-old and after 30 years and more than 30
million books sold, the prolific author retired in February of this year from the publishing
empire she founded in 1981: Company’s Coming.
In an interview that mixes a bit of business with the personal story of the author, Mrs. Pare
talks about how she got into the cookbook business “sort of by accident” when she took on
her first catering gig for more than 1,000 people in her then hometown of Vermillion, Alberta.
That led to more catering which eventually led to the decision to publish her first book, 150
Delicious Squares, in 1981.
That single book on a single subject was the beginning of a Canadian publishing success
story that grew to include more than 200 titles, and has earned Mrs. Pare countless awards
including the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal, the Pinnacle Award, Remarkable
Woman Award, the Order of Canada, and, as Mr. Lovig points out in the interview, the “Great
Mother Award” -- and he should know.
But hers is much more than a business success story, and this is more than a typical
interview, as Mother and son share memories about the author’s journey from small town
homemaker who overcame substantial obstacles to become a beloved author and the face
behind the name that lives in so many kitchens across Canada.
Catch the full interview on Sunday October 23. Daily Split airs Sunday evenings on the
Vision Television Network at 8 p.m. West coast, 9 p.m. Alberta, 11 p.m. Eastern, Midnight
Atlantic.
Daily Split TV is a 30 minute talk show/social commentary hosted by the charismatic Lovig,
who can currently be seen on the website www.dailysplit.com where he entertains a
dedicated political and business oriented following with his very opinionated commentary on
current events and the world of business. Daily Split TV seemed a natural progression from
the website.
“At first it was hard to let go,” she tells Daily Split host Brian Lovig in an interview airing this
week on the Vision television network. At 83-years-old and after 30 years and more than 30
million books sold, the prolific author retired in February of this year from the publishing
empire she founded in 1981: Company’s Coming.
In an interview that mixes a bit of business with the personal story of the author, Mrs. Pare
talks about how she got into the cookbook business “sort of by accident” when she took on
her first catering gig for more than 1,000 people in her then hometown of Vermillion, Alberta.
That led to more catering which eventually led to the decision to publish her first book, 150
Delicious Squares, in 1981.
That single book on a single subject was the beginning of a Canadian publishing success
story that grew to include more than 200 titles, and has earned Mrs. Pare countless awards
including the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal, the Pinnacle Award, Remarkable
Woman Award, the Order of Canada, and, as Mr. Lovig points out in the interview, the “Great
Mother Award” -- and he should know.
But hers is much more than a business success story, and this is more than a typical
interview, as Mother and son share memories about the author’s journey from small town
homemaker who overcame substantial obstacles to become a beloved author and the face
behind the name that lives in so many kitchens across Canada.
Catch the full interview on Sunday October 23. Daily Split airs Sunday evenings on the
Vision Television Network at 8 p.m. West coast, 9 p.m. Alberta, 11 p.m. Eastern, Midnight
Atlantic.
Daily Split TV is a 30 minute talk show/social commentary hosted by the charismatic Lovig,
who can currently be seen on the website www.dailysplit.com where he entertains a
dedicated political and business oriented following with his very opinionated commentary on
current events and the world of business. Daily Split TV seemed a natural progression from
the website.
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