Bunker Open Seven Days a Week Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Fire Rated Man Door with Smile. Fire Rated Lock Set. We put the enjoyment OPTIONS, SOLUTIONS back into life! & SERVICE THAT Come talk to Sean about 21 Whitewood Avenue E., New Liskeard WORKS. our pain free dentures. 705•647•6888 | 1•866•840•6888 No referral necessary. temiskamingdenturecenter.ca 705-672-2488 • JPLSTORAGE.CA 1-888-672-2488 THE SPEAKER’S WEEKEND eekender EDITION WVol. 18 – No. 30 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 Visit us on Bunker open seven days a week Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The Bunker Military Museum has a full complement of summer students thanks to fed- eral and provincial funding. The museum is now open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week, with three summer stu- dents who are eager to show visitors the interest- ing artifacts at the museum. Located at 24 Prospect Avenue in Cobalt, the Bunker provides a fascinating glimpse back into the lives, equipment, uniforms and stories related to the people who participated in past conicts. Eleven-year-old Chris Pichette cooled o as he slipped and slid at the Earlton park June 22. The Fun in the Sun Museum board president Marg Harrison says event marked the opening of the Earlton pool to the public for the season. Activities were sponsored by Armstrong the museum is about the people who took part Township and the recreation committee, and were supported by the volunteer re department, the Centre de santé in the wars, and not about the wars themselves. communautaire du Témiskaming, and the EarlyON program. (Sta photo by Diane Johnston) Continued on 3a DID YOU GET The Speaker THIS WEEK? Here are some of the stories in our June 26 edition… • The Temiskaming Shores and Area Rotary Club has made a big splash in proposing the construction of a splash pad for the New Liskeard waterfront. • Get your red and white on, Canada Day will be celebrated in a THE TEMISKAMING Vol. 114 – No. 20 Speaker number of communities across the South Temiskaming region. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019 THE THE TEMISKAMING SPEAKER • A re destroyed a Harley Township barn, but no livestock were SportsWEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019 Happy A celebration of learning (H.S.T. included) Canada Day! $1.75 per single copy harmed in the blaze. SPEAKERWEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019 www.northernontario.ca Open mind, • The Latchford bridge will see more rehabilitation work this summer. Grade 3 student Jeery Smith watched Spray level head carefully as Danika Vessel of New Liskeard prepared a smudging • It could be a wild ride. Watch out for moose, bear and other critters Shillinglaw eager to buildmixture. Vessel, who is Métis, also works with We Matter, a mental and spritz on previous successes health initiative led Sue Nielsen by and for Indigenous youth. Speaker Reporter executive mentor. I look to on area roads as a number of collisions involving wildlife have been Park seeking donors bring positivity to all aspects of TSMHA,” said Shillinglaw Sta photos by TEMISKAMING SHORES — Diane Johnston to make a splash There’s a new minor hockey in an email interview. president and he’s eager to He’s a father of four, three of whom are involved in mi- Diane Johnston start the job on a positive Grade 2 students Bryce Pollock, left, and Georgia reported in the region. Speaker Reporter note and grow the game nor hockey. Tucker worked to craft leather medicine pouches that locally. And he’s no stranger to would hold sage, sweetgrass, cedar and tobacco. TEMISKAMING SHORES – Proponents of the proposed splash the game having grown up Derek Shillinglaw replac- Derek Shillinglaw pad park in Temiskaming Shores are hoping donors will dip into es outgoing Temiskaming in North Bay, playing hockey their pockets to turn the project into a watery reality. Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSM- at the A, AA and high school The Temiskaming Shores and Area Rotary Club and the City levels. • Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus spoke to English Catholic It wasn’t just another day at the beach for Greg Brazeau, above, and his family squad HA) president James T. Paterson for a of Temiskaming Shores have launched a corporate sponsorship two-year term beginning in 2019-20. He also knows the game of hockey as they competed in the annual tourney in New Liskeard June 22. Eight teams took from another important angle. and donation drive. part in this year’s beach volleyball tourney, which raises funds to support Timisk-Timisk “I believe I bring an open mind, a National Indigenous He was an ocial from the age of The park will be built near the Spurline and miniputt complex aming District Secondary’s volleyball program. (Sta photo by Diane Johnston) level head and some hockey experi- on the New Liskeard waterfront. ence as a player, ocial, parent and 13 to 25. Central School students about leadership and civic engagement. The nautical-themed park will range over 2,640 square feet, Captain & Temagami Dry Ginger Ale and include 25 features that spray, spritz and dump water on Peoples Day at EPS youngsters. The Rotary Club envisions it as “the fl agship park in the North- Diane Johnston east,” said club president Einas Makki. Speaker Reporter To date, almost $300,000 has been committed to the project. • Having an open mind and a level head will help Derek Shillinglaw to ENGLEHART – On a sunny June 21, Englehart Public students cooked ban-ban That leaves a little over $226,000 to be raised. Casey Mini Teacher Tara-Leigh Muraska, Grade 2’s Caleigh Holmes, centre, and Grade 4’s Ava nock over an open re, made medicine pouches, and learned about IndigenIndigen- Babcock tried their hand at cooking bannock over a campre. Construction will depend on the success of the fundraising ous culture. drive, said Makki at the fundraising campaign’s launch June 20. The timing was just right. Mike McArthur, a city councillor and member of the project The school’s fourth annual Celebration preside over the Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association as the committee, was optimistic that it’ll be up and running next sum- of Learning Day was held on the nal FriFri- mer. Olympics day of the school year and coincided, for “This is a project that’s been talked about and talked about,” the rst time, with the rst day of summer McArthur said. and National Indigenous Peoples Day. “It’s no longer talk.” “That’s really how it came about,” said He said the splash pad park, which will be free to all, will be one principal Sheila Siermachesky. new president. “We’re learning through the school, more attraction adding to the waterfront. turn 20 through the system, about truth and rec-rec SPONSORSHIP Diane Johnston The campaign includes various levels of sponsorship. HUMAN SUNDAE onciliation.” Speaker Reporter Twelve per cent of the school’s 200 stustu- A donor who contributes up to $499, for example, will be a Park Chocolate sauce, whipped cream, caramel sauce and candy sprinkles are all key ingredients in any ice cream sundae. They were also the ingredients poured on the principal and vice principal at Ecole dents from junior kindergarten through Buddy. BELLE-VALLÉE – Tokyo is preparing to host the Summer Olympics Grade 6 identify as Indigenous. • It was another successful Father’s Day Get Active in Temiskaming event. catholique St-Michel on the last day of school June 20. Students were told if they met a fundraising As contributions increase, so too does the amount of name in 2020, and the next Winter Olympics are slated for Beijing in Among the day’s guests was Bertha challenge of $10,000 they could decorate the principals as sundaes. Of course the students exceeded recognition. 2022. Cormier of Matachewan First Nation. Depending on the sum, donors may be a Park Buddy, Pal, their fundraising challenge to the tune of $13,235 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation during a Jump But for two decades, Casey Township has been staging its own She instructed students in the making Friend, Anchor, Captain, Sunshine, Pirate and Schooner. Rope For Heart event. Pictured gleefully pouring whipped cream on vice principal Mélina Gravel mini Olympics every year. of medicine pouches and explained the A donor of $100,000 is recognized as a Legacy Sponsor. Walkingshaw’s head is student Ella Pedersen. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen) “It brings people back together, and they’re having fun. That’s meaning of the small bags, which concon- • Members of the Timiskaming Tumblers gymnastics club are having Continued on 3a the main thing,” said organizer Michel Lachapelle midway tained samples of the sacred medicines Or, donors may choose to purchase a specifi c element. through this year’s event. of sage, sweetgrass, cedar and tobacco. Summer She hoped students would also take The 2019 games opened in Belle-Vallée June 21 and continued through June 23. away the message that, when they have as Never Before!! bands paying tribute to Aero- This year’s event boasted nine teams, most representing questions about Aboriginal cultural tradtrad- success this season. smith, the Rolling Stones and extended families and involving friends. itions, “don’t be afraid to ask.” Parades and fi reworks “I still go to the elders and ask a lot of the Doors and to Guns ‘N’ Ros- This year’s line-up included dodgeball, Texas horseshoes, slo- questions,” she said. Celebrations across the regionson Memorial July Arena and1 the es. Opening the concert are lo- pitch, volleyball, a basketball free throw and an obstacle course. At Englehart Public, a club envisioned DISTRICT (Staff) – The region Liskeard waterfront Monday, Waterfront Pool-Fitness Cen- Saturday’s events were capped by a reworks display.