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She said Northern libraries rely on the NEIGHBOURLY DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OLS-North for a variety of services. Good Friday is always a good day to get together with neighbours. These New Liskeard kids were enjoying bikes, “They administer a consortium, or scooters and just being together April 19 as their parents also gathered to celebrate the end of another winter a buying group, in Northern Ontario and the arrival of spring. From the left are Celia Foley, Tia Conlin, Brayden Boyce, Kendall Eckensviller, Georgia called the Joint Automation Server Ini Peters, Chloe Lalonde, Kael Rivard, Ann Conlin and Spencer McNair. (Sta photo by Darlene Wroe) tiative that provides us with the software- that we use to check in books, check out books and search our collections. DID YOU GET The Speaker THIS WEEK?Continued on 3a Here are some of the stories in our April 24 edition… • The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provin cial Police (OPP) say on April 15, shortly before 2 p.m.- Temiskaming Shores and area. they were notied of found human remains in Coleman • The City won’t be taking on as many large capital works • Mamma Mia! The Joint Venture Theatre in Englehart will Township. projects thus easing its reliance on borrowed funding. stage a classic musical May 1-4 at Englehart High School. • When the geese y overhead and spring buds appear, • Purchasing of fuel in the City of Temiskaming Shores • Over 100 children are bouncing the big orange ball on the we know it’s Festival des Folies Franco-Fun time in has fueled its own debate around the council table court with the TDSS Youth Basketball League. about tendering procedures. Vol. 114 – No. 11 • Guess how many years The Community Living Walkathon THE THE TEMISKAMING Speaker has been making fundraising strides in the region? See Building Communities: THE Ann and Reg Holdsworth. Ball handling TEMISKAMING our story on Page 2b of our Sports Section. Page 1C ability is www.northernontario.ca SPEAKERWEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 $1.75 per single copy(H.S.T. included) crucial to the game of Sports basketball. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 Trey • The Northern Ontario Hockey Association is celebrating a emains identifi ed Bigelow was practicing SPEAKER Police investigating dribbling the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 ball during death of local man a mini ball Youth hoops century of hockey excellence. session on COLEMAN TOWNSHIP (Staff) bers of the Temiskaming OPP Tuesday, — The Temiskaming detach- Crime Unit, under the direction April 16. BUILDING ment of the Ontario Provin- of Detective Staff Sergeant (Staff photo cial Police (OPP) say on April Kurtis Fredericks of the OPP • The New Liskeard Cubs gave out some awards and to find by Sue league shakes 15, shortly before 2 p.m. they Criminal Investigation Branch. COMMUNITIES Nielsen) were notifi ed of found human The OPP thanked members remains in Coleman Township, of the public who assisted Ann and Reg Holdsworth enjoy sitting in their home or out by the Montreal River southeast of Cobalt. during this investigation. taking in the beauty and history of the area. (Sta photo by Darlene Wroe) A post mortem was conduct- No further details were made out who won what, check out this week’s Speaker for the ed by the Ontario Forensic Pa- available as of The Temiskam- things up thology Service in Ottawa. ing Speaker’s deadline. Reg and Ann Holdsworth reect on life and area history The human remains have Anyone with information been identifi ed as those of Darlene Wroe relating to this investigation the Cobalt Mining Museum and the Nicholas Rivard, 21, of Hailey- Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter Eugene Holdsworth. He grew up at 395 Littlejohns from the Barrie area) farmed is asked to contact the OPP at Cobalt Historical Society. Whitewood Avenue, just west of the details. bury. Speaker Editor He and his wife Ann now live in Cole- in Harley Township on Concession 2, 1-888-310-1122 or the nearest site where Koe’s Chinese Restaurant He was reported to have last COLEMAN TOWNSHIP - As a kid grow- man Township on the edge of the his- Lot 12. TEMISKAMING SHORES once operated. When the Holdsworths been seen alive in Cobalt on police authority. Anonymous ing up in New Liskeard, whenever Reg toric Montreal River and near all the “He was not a very successful farmer,” – The TDSS Youth Basket- moved there around 1946, Whitewood tips may be sent to Crime Holdsworth got a chance to go through mining history that has so thoroughly Reg commented. “They raised 12 kids March 24. ball League has another Avenue was just a dirt road, and the Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 the Cobalt area, his head would be al- drawn his attention, along with the his- though.” The OPP was contacted GOOD SPORTS full roster of more than area was part of Dymond Township. • Our C-front this week features another story in the Build (TIPS) or online at www.cana- most spinning as he tried to take it all Reg’s father Eugene, born in 1911, about his disappearance on A little good-natured sibling rivalry was on display in Englehart recently when Tanner Harman, 140 players this season tory of the First Nations people, the fur The family of Reg’s mother Evelyn diancrimestoppers.org/tips in. traders, and the loggers. was the youngest of those. March 27. 15, (left) and his brother Austin, 13, attempted to outdo each other in a friendly game of one- and kids are seeing a few Headframes, geology and history had arrived in the New Liskeard area Police say the investigation where a cash reward of up to But geology and geography are of Eugene and Evelyn had two sons - on-one basketball. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe) changes in the format. fascinated him, although it never real- in 1904, coming from Newington, On- Ron in 1932 and Reg in 1942. remains ongoing with mem- $2,000 may be awarded. particular interest to him and he has The league’s founder, ly became part of his life until about tario, near Cornwall. THE BORGFORDS Cathy Beauchamp, isn’t taken every opportunity to personally Reg’s maternal grandfather had been seven years before he retired, when see important mining sites on his trav- Ann grew up in the Milberta area. ing Communities series – this week Reg and Ann Hold- leading the way this year he started to teach at Cobalt Public a saw ler and had worked in lumber Her maternal grandparents were because of work commit- els with Ann. mills before going to work for Hill Clark Numbers crunched School. “Through bush and bramble,” Ann Charles and Elizabeth Johnson who - Franco-Fun ments that have taken Since his retirement in 1997, he has Francis where he continued to practice came north from the Cobourg area be- her away from Timiska- adds laughing. his trade. Temiskaming Shores fi nalizes budget been deeply involved in promoting Reg was born in New Liskeard in Nov- cause they wanted to farm, and set up Festival honours ming District Secondary and building on that history through Reg’s paternal grandfather was Wil- School (TDSS). ember 1942 to Evelyn (Raymond) and on land west of Thornloe. sworth are in the spotlight. Treasurer Laura-Lee MacLeod outlined the liam Holdsworth. He and his wife (Alice Diane Johnston Instead, teacher and life in Temiskaming Speaker Reporter changes for council. coach Jon Maga is at the The deferral of a single project – the long-await- helm of the youth league. TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city will have to bor- Sue Nielsen ed reconstruction, above and below ground, of 570 TDSS Youth Basketball League volunteer Rebecca Ramsay shows “Cathy created the TDSS Speaker Reporter row less this year than it had anticipated, thanks metres of Albert Street in Haileybury – was a major younger players how to effectively dribble the ball during a Tuesday Youth League basketball largely to the deferral of a big project, reduced factor. night session. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen) program over 15 years TEMISKAMING SHORES — It’s a “joie de vivre” kind spending on others, and provincial cuts that were The city had hoped for $1.35 million from the On- ago and I am lucky to fol- of vibe for the 14th annual Festival des Folies Fran- less deep than expected. tario Community Infrastructure Fund to offset the low in her footsteps,” said co-Fun which runs April 25-28. Temiskaming Shores council put the fi nishing project’s estimated cost of $3 million. Maga. The Festival honours French Canadian traditions, touches on its 2019 budget last week.